S10.E17: The Morgana Logistics Corporation

[paigow]

Airdate:  THURSDAY Jun 8 / 23 

The task force encounters a ring of fraudulent companies shipping contraband around the world; Congressman Hudson's investigation escalates when he recruits help from within the FBI.

Edited June 5, 2023 by paigow

[ottoDbusdriver]

2 hours ago, paigow said:

The task force encounters a ring of fraudulent companies shipping contraband around the world

I'm surprised that they aren't called 'Amazon Crime' ?  :)

[paigow]

Is the crime contraband delivery? Or defrauding criminals by NOT providing Same Day  contraband delivery as promised?

ETA: Ben Stone called to remind me that no breach of contract can occur when the promised goods or services are illegal.

Edited June 5, 2023 by paigow

[dwmarch]

5 hours ago, paigow said:

Congressman Hudson's investigation escalates when he recruits help from within the FBI.

Let me guess, he went down to the FBI's firing range. Testimony and receipts were provided to show that despite millions of dollars in training time and 9mm ammo, Ressler still can't hit the broad side of a barn if he's standing inside of one. That is going to be tough to argue against.

[paigow]

9 hours ago, dwmarch said:

Testimony and receipts were provided to show that despite millions of dollars in training time and 9mm ammo, Ressler still can't hit the broad side of a barn if he's standing inside of one. 

Ressler will get a paintball pistol and one of those extendible batons... Dembe will get all 9mm rounds initially allocated to The Donald 

[anthonyd46]

So after this one I guess there is a 2 week break? 

[pertho]

A couple of seasons late but,

We're supposed to accept that Dembe, personal body guard and helper to the most wanted criminal by the FBI, applied for a job and the US government went, yeah ok?

[edhopper]

So Red let's the task force take down his own organization. Except they don't and no one is arrested.  Couldn't he have just paid every one off and close it down?

[milkyaqua]

Yes, the task force doesn't seem to be doing much arresting of folks nowadays.  I'm almost inclined to agree with the congressman. 

So it's going to be Dembe being an FBI agent that takes the task force down?  I still don't buy that Red will let the task force get hung out to dry especially Dembe or Cooper (for Agnes' sake).  Red has already had to tap dance out of being called a snitch for the FBI before I can't imagine what would happen if the congressman does indeed out him as the FBI's big squealer while he's planning his retirement with Weecha...

Red has a funny way of dissolving businesses but I guess it was easier having the task force take his organization down than it would have been to just walk away from it and let them fight it out amongst themselves?  At least the folks got a party out of it (though Red does seem to have given them and the others a severance package).

The finale really better be worth it after all this filler (though we did get a little movement on what the ending is headed towards this epi).

[paigow]

Paris SWAT Leader: Why are we waiting?

President Macron: For 2 FBI agents

[rr2911]

13 hours ago, edhopper said:

So Red let's the task force take down his own organization. Except they don't and no one is arrested.  Couldn't he have just paid every one off and close it down?

I guess this way the Task Force will go on record as taking down one of the biggest fraudulent companies while Red continues to disolve his businesses?

 

[dwmarch]

Reddington sure comes across as a noble criminal here, doesn't he? What is in the crates? Is it guns? Drugs? People? No, nothing so nefarious! It's expensive wine and Red is just trying to avoid paying the exorbitant import taxes on it. How very American for his crime to be a tax revolt!

So why would four assistant directors of the FBI need to get together to sign off on Dembe anyhow? Is that how personnel decisions are made there? Maybe Cooper convinced the other three it was a good idea by passing a joint around?

When Hudson decided to leave his envelope behind I knew there was going to be some variation of DEEZ NUTS in it. He is a great social engineer and he's much smarter than the task force. I am rooting for him!

Lizzie is mentioned but not seen. We need a term for this, Golden Lizzie or something. I wonder if this is because Hudson found himself filled with irrational anger every time he looked at her picture.

[paigow]

Is global gallivanting going to break the Task Force? How much were those rush tickets to Paris? They did not even stay over a Saturday.... Rossi must have commandeered the BAU jet.

Dembe should have hired under an alias like Zumba. Then the classified meeting could have been about improving workplace Health & Wellness.

[Crashcourse]

Red likes to speechify and blather on so much, I'm surprised nobody's just pulled out a gun and shot him dead.  

[Dowel Jones]

The 'real' mystery here is why did he name the company the Morgana Logistics Corp.?  Who's Morgana?  Or maybe who is Morgan?

If the Congressman is hot to investigate why Dembe was hired, wait till he gets to why the FBI kept employed a Russian agent/terrorist/wife of a Blacklister/Blacklister herself?  Putting aside the wooden personality, the bad wig, and the general incompetence, of course.

[paigow]

Red is a Star Wars fan. It was Organa Logistics - but LucasFilm litigated Red incessantly until Morgana emerged as an acceptable compromise.

Edited June 9, 2023 by paigow

[ottoDbusdriver]

That episode was soooooo boring.

They should have ended this season when Wujing was killed.

Ever since that episode it is all just filler plodding along to the final episode.

The part that I don't understand is that there was a time a couple of seasons ago when Reddington was desperate for money -- why wouldn't he have just tapped into his Morgana Logistics cash ?  Especially if Morgana has been running for years and is as vast as those maps showed.

Really don't care about the Congressman and his hunt for Red October Task Force 836. 
Are we going to find out later that he is also a secret love child of Rederina ?

Still no sign or mention of the dogs, Robert Vesco's cat, or Sierra the cat.

[paigow]

18 minutes ago, ottoDbusdriver said:

Really don't care about the Congressman and his hunt for Red October Task Force 836. 

Bobby Axelrod

[paigow]

On 6/9/2023 at 3:11 PM, Crashcourse said:

Red likes to speechify and blather on so much, I'm surprised nobody's just pulled out a gun and shot him dead.  

10 years of monologues... But usually Red has a gun and the listener is unarmed.

[Crashcourse]

14 hours ago, paigow said:

10 years of monologues... But usually Red has a gun and the listener is unarmed.

Maybe sometimes the listener is armed but becomes mute and zombified after listening to Red.