In this episode, Raymond "Red" Reddington (James Spader) reveals the whereabouts of his rival Berlin's (Peter Stormare) long-lost daughter, and attempts to hunt down the person responsible for his belief that she was dead.
Upon airing, the episode was watched by 9.75 million viewers, and attained an 18-49 rating of 2.5,[3] placing first in its time slot and second for the night, behind only its lead-in show The Voice.
[3] Four months ago, Elizabeth (Megan Boone) shoots Tom (Ryan Eggold) and lies to Reddington (James Spader) about his death.
In the present, Red meets with Berlin aka Milos Kirchhoff and reveals that his daughter, Zoe (Scottie Thompson), is alive.
Red believes The Decembrist faked her death using The Stewmaker's help and sent body parts implying that Reddington killed Zoe.
Red tells Elizabeth that he knows about Tom; he expresses his disappointment and asks her to interrogate him about Berlin because he kidnapped Alan Fitch.
[4] However, this also marks a significant decrease in viewership and ratings from the first season's fall finale, which brought in 11.67 million viewers and an 18-49 rating/share of 3.2/9.
[6] The Canadian broadcast received 1.99 million viewers, making it the third most-watched telecast of the night and the twelfth of the week.
[8] Brent Furdyk of ET Canada said "the gripping thriller ended the first half of its second season in true over-the-top fashion with two major characters biting the dust".
[9] Jim McMahon of IGN gave the episode a 7.2 out of 10, saying that the show's midseason finale "goes out with some potentially big plot developments and a small bang".
[10] Sean McKenna of TV Fanatic gave the episode a 4.6 out of 5: "Perhaps it being a fall finale helped amp things up, but it was so satisfying to get the entire hour focused on the bigger story.