Fangirl49

Hutton: You were a traitor treated like a patriot. I was a patriot treated like a traitor. So that’s what I became.

I love that quote Miranda.

Lauren Helen Graham

Aww, the quote about Red It's so fantastic and it made my day.

The one from Hutton though is really sad, isn't it? It's how people become this kind of person.

Fangirl49

I’m thinking this Hutton quote is Reds story. If RR was in on this money scheme, that makes him the traitor treated like a patriot.

Miranda

The Hutton quote really is sad.

Fangirl49

Cooper: How do you do it? Wake up each morning, content to live a lie? How do you put on a face for the world?
Red: I don’t live a lie. I may once have had another identity, but that identity no longer exists. I am exactly who I am. And I can assure you, I’m a far more interesting Raymond Reddington than Raymond Reddington ever was.
Cooper: And what about Ilya Koslov?
Red: I’ve always believed who you are should define you, not who you were. And I don’t know anyone that should be more at peace with who they are than you. Whatever decisions you make going forward — I hope they grant you that peace.

Miranda

so with that being said, he confirms that he is not the real RR but when Cooper starts talking about Ilya Koslov, he is kinda dodging the question and redirecting it too Cooper. If he really was Ilya Koslov, he could have confirmed that as well right? another reason we can add to why he is not Ilya Koslov.

Fangirl49

[ Video: ]
Young Cooper: It happened fast. I remember Lieutenant Hutton getting hit. I remember radioing and returning fire, but they were everywhere. I tried to keep him safe, but next thing I knew they had taken him. He was gone.
Interviewer (Nametag: “Reddington”): Your actions were commendable, Lieutenant Cooper. But I have to ask you about reports that you and Lieutenant Hutton were seen having an argument prior to these events.
Cooper: That never happened.
Interviewer: What never happened? That you had words, or that they were argumentative?

Miranda

Ressler: "You know what I've always wanted to say?"
Red: "I have no idea."
Ressler: "This is going to be a gas!"

Lauren Helen Graham

Red should have known, shouldn't he?

Miranda

I think he should have expected this.

Fangirl49

I didn’t expect that either. That made it so awesome!

Lauren Helen Graham

We always got Red deflecting when something wasn't true and he didn't want to say... That's what he does when Cooper starts about Ilya Koslov.

Fangirl49

I wondered about Red saying who you are should define you, not who you were. I know he was trying to help cooper.

But it also made we wonder about Ilya. If who he was, was a bad person?

Lauren Helen Graham

Hm... Since I don't believe that Red is Ilya anymore I guess it's not meant about him.

About Cooper just in the sense of who he was character wise and how he had changed, who he had become.

Fangirl49

I pretty much agree with you. But I did wonder if they might try to say Ilya was bad. But I am convinced Ilya and frank are the same person