The Blacklist - The Boy Scout [Donald Ressler | Diego Klattenhoff] #8: "Cops don't kill people. They protect them."

a fine mess · 11-22-2017, 09:28 PM

the boy scout
Donald Ressler | Diego Klattenhoff
s e v e n t h • a p p r e c i a t i o n • t h r e a d

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Donald Ressler is a veteran field agent who is a stickler for procedure. Ressler's greatest asset is his single-minded, almost obsessive devotion to his work. He spent five years on a FBI task force obsessively pursuing Reddington, which resulted in his fiancee breaking off their engagement. He despises having to work with a criminal like Reddington, but he acknowledges that Reddington does get results. Initially he distrusts Elizabeth Keen and her connection to Reddington, but eventually comes to respect and work well with her. After he was shot by Anslo Garrick, he reignited his relationship with his former fiancée, Audrey Bidwell. Unfortunately she was killed by Mako Tanida, after which Ressler learned she was pregnant with his child. Ressler develops a addiction for pain pills after getting shot and losing his girlfriend and unborn child. When he is in Alaska with Liz on a case, he purposely breaks his thumb to get a new prescription for his pain pills. Ressler is abducted and his pills were taken from him. He starts to go into withdrawal in the woods. Liz finds out about his addiction when she finds Ressler's badge, ID, gun, and his pills. Liz wants to help him fight his addiction and after they have been into a car accident, he is flushes his pills down the drain. Ressler is made the interim head of the Task Force when Red and Liz go on the run and he is in charge of leading the manhunt. Once he caught Liz, Cooper is reinstated and Ressler goes back to working as a field agent and partners up with Samar.

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quote of the moment ღ
"A Mongolian peasant gets brought into an office where an important man offers him a million dollars on one condition – that he press the red button on his desk.
And he tells the poor man that if he presses the button, an old man in Mongolia drops dead. Now, he won’t tell him why, only that his death is good for the people.
So, he pushes the button, takes the money and goes home. But he’s haunted by what he did. He can’t spend any of the money and, eventually, he commits suicide.
A man recently told me that story. Said we all have a Mongolian peasant in our lives – something we’ve done that we’re ashamed of – and that the minute someone finds out what that is,
why, he can make you do anything. Say anything, confess to anything. Either to cover it up or to atone."
Episode 4x13

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the reasons ღ
Because he is willing to risk his life for others.
Because he is brave and takes risks.
Because he values his job and makes it his priority to do good at it.
Because even though he gets beaten up way too much he is still our hero.
Because he is not such a boy scout anymore.
Because he is very handsome.
Because we would like to get rescued by him.
Because being the boss really suits him.
Because even though he is tough, he is not afraid to show his emotions.
Because he deserves a loving woman by his side.

—DONALD "B O Y S C O U T" RESSLER—
"Funny thing, you know, I used to be a real boy scout. Strictly by the book. Followed all the rules. Then this thing happens. My fiancée, she gets killed, murdered right in front of me.
And the guy who did it, the only way I could get him was to forget all the rules. It was a real crossroads for me. Had to choose which path to take.
The thing is, I think it’s real important for you to know, the path I took, there wasn’t any rules. And the thing I realized was that sometimes that’s okay."

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future titles ღ
"I know, but I'm in the darkness, and doing the right thing is the only way I'll ever feel the light again."
"Turns out he killed a guy and stuck him in the trunk. I'm dumping the body for him."
"I feel like crap! But I know the good we do here, why it matters."
"You look and feel and smell like cop. You are what you are, it's admirable."
"I know you don't think much of me, but you don't get assigned a case file like yours unless you pass muster."
"I'm not the guy you kill. I'm the guy you pay."
"I've already lost the only thing in this world that I've ever loved."
"I have nothing in this world, except this job."

past titles ღ
"Every time you "meet", someone ends up dead."
"My greatest enemy brought her back and my best friend took her away."
"I used to be a real boyscout. Strictly by the book. Followed all the rules."
"My job isn’t to trust my gut. My job is to uphold the law.
"It’s so easy to lose perspective, forget what really matters."
"He’s my brother. Should’ve been there."

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Miranda · 11-23-2017, 11:12 AM

TFTNT Cece!

a fine mess · 11-23-2017, 10:41 PM

OP looks amazing, nice job!

Miranda · 11-24-2017, 01:47 PM

Thanks Cece.

HazelEyes008 · 11-25-2017, 04:18 PM

I like the OP

Miranda · 11-27-2017, 11:21 AM

^Thanks.

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Fangirl49 · 11-27-2017, 01:49 PM

Miranda · 11-28-2017, 06:46 AM

You're welcome Marilyn.

Lauren Helen Graham · 11-28-2017, 12:56 PM

Aww, we've got a new thread

Thanks so much for it

I love the quote that you used for the title.

And yes, this OP looks stunning, as do all of ours thanks to Miranda

Miranda · 11-30-2017, 11:31 AM

Thanks Kris.

So I wonder where Ressler is going to be when the show returns and what happened to him in those 10 months.

Lauren Helen Graham · 11-30-2017, 12:18 PM

Me, too... It's so unpredictable since there is a 10 months time skip... What do you think?

Miranda · 12-02-2017, 11:28 AM

You know, tbh, I have no idea. I do think he is in way over his head with Prescott but I don't know what Prescott had him do. What do you think?

Lauren Helen Graham · 12-03-2017, 01:26 PM

I really don't know either... I'm sure there were a lot of assignments in the meantime that he would have had to do for Prescott. But I have no idea how far he went.

Miranda · 12-04-2017, 03:13 AM

But Prescott has left him alone for a while before the 10 month time jump but of course we don't know what happened in the meantime.

Lauren Helen Graham · 12-04-2017, 03:37 AM

But we don't know how much time had passed by during the first episode of our show, right? It could have been a really small amount, maybe one to two weeks... Now we're talking about ten months. I'm sure that Ressler had to do some stuff for him.


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