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Recap / The Blacklist S 2 E 18 Vanessa Cruz

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Directed by Guy Ferland

Written by Vincent Angell, Daniel Knauf, Amanda Kate Shuman, Brandon Margolis, & Brandon Sonnier

Vanessa Cruz (No. 117) provides examples of:


  • Asshole Victim: All of Vanessa Cruz's victims, who had framed her innocent husband after he tried to do the right thing and then murdered him. Granted, she was using a woman in order to eventually murder her as part of a frame-up, but said woman gets away unscathed.
  • Becoming the Mask: Vanessa Cruz seems to have developed genuine feelings for Abby Issa despite originally intending to kill her as part of her plan.
  • Femme Fatale: Vanessa Cruz uses her sexuality as a powerful weapon to lure her targets in.
  • Frame-Up:
    • The victims of Vanessa Cruz framed her husband, Hernando Cruz, for their insider trading scheme and then faked his suicide.
    • In turn, Vanessa Cruz is an expert at framing people, sending her victims to prison or using it to give credence to their “suicides” which she sets up.
  • Revenge: The whole motivation for Vanessa Cruz's Frame Ups is to get revenge for the murder of her husband Hernando Cruz.

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