The Blacklist: Laura Sohn Promoted to Series Regular for Season 8
The Blacklist‘s Laura Sohn will be putting in a lot more time at the Post Office: The NBC drama has promoted Sohn, who recurs as FBI Agent Alina Park, to series regular status for Season 8, TVLine has exclusively learned.
Sohn made her debut as Alina in the current seventh season, filling a vacancy left on the FBI task force by Mozhan Marnò’s Samar, who left the show in Season 6. A recent graduate of Quantico, Alina came to the bureau with impressive credentials and good instincts — but her checkered past, which was explored a bit in Episode 14 of this season, has affected her career as she tries to suppress her demons.
The Blacklist‘s previously announced eighth season will mark Sohn’s first series-regular TV gig. Her other small-screen credits include episodes of Instinct, God Friended Me and NCIS: New Orleans.
Though The Blacklist was among more than 100 series to shut down production during the coronavirus pandemic, there are still two episodes left in Season 7. First up is “Roy Cain” (Friday, 8/7c), in which Dembe lands in a dangerous situation and Red considers choosing a successor after experiencing a health scare. (The hour also serves as The Blacklist‘s 150th episode; you can watch the cast celebrate that milestone in the exclusive video embedded below.)
The makeshift Season 7 finale, titled “The Kazanjian Brothers,” will then air on Friday, May 15. As reported earlier this week, The Blacklist has found a creative way to complete the episode, despite production getting shut down halfway through filming: The finale will feature a mix of live-action and animated (!) scenes, which cast members voiced from their homes.
Blacklist fans, are you glad we’ll be seeing more of Agent Park next season? Tell us in the comments section below.
If she kills Liz’s mom, (and Liz) she’ll be my fave!
Not going to happen the writers decide when and if a character dies and katarina will be back s8
Katarina is returning in s8 not dieing yet
I still miss Samara, but Agent Park has been another great addition to a great cast!!
Don’t like Park. Please get another cast. She’s not a good fit. Bad casting. Whenever i see her, i cringe.
I agree, she doesn’t fit with the rest and her story is totally unbelievable.
I love her, beautiful and dangerous.
Didn’t care for her from the very beginning, doubt that’ll change. No trust.
Red brought lizs betrayal on himself
yes she is great for the show
I have to admit I didn’t care for her at first, but after this past episode, when she opened up abouit her past, changed my mind. Hopefully, she will be a good addition.
Don’t like her. She’s a newbie who acts like a know it all! Bleh!!
It was awesome series and don’t wanna be end. Will wait for the new one.
I really really love Redd. And Liz. Please bring more series soon. Can’t wait to see you both together again.
NO! Laura Sohn is not a good.fit.foe the team. I am.afraid her role will get series cancelled.
Meh, not a fan of the character.
NOOOO!!!! Agent Park needs to GO!!! She doesn’t fit with the cast at all!!! I just don’t like her as a character on this show. She belongs on NCIS or something else. I cringe when she pops up. Sorry not sorry 😐
I agree
Don’t like her at all
Eh. I don’t really care for her character. But, she’ll 100% be my fave if she does as Natalie commented above and puts an end to Katarina (or the woman pretending to be Katarina or the woman who had surgery to look like Katarina or….. since you just never ever know in this show).
She is real Katarina not a imposter
I love love love The Blacklist! I have got to be your number 1 fan! I can’t get enough of it!
I am your number 1 fan! I love love love The Blacklist!
I wish Samar would still be in the team. It’s a pitty that she left the show :'(
I mean Park is quite okay, but it’s just not the same.
I just cannot stand Sohn!!!
She has ruined my favorite tv show for me.
Get rid of her
She doesn’t fit in!!!!!
Oh so agree with you!
I don’t like this new addition. She is very high on herself. She needs to stand back a little, and watch the professionals.
I cannot take Shon seriously. She is simply too immature for the show and I think that’s what some others here are trying to say. Samar was comfortable in her own skin and in her expertise. Don’t need a kid trying to prove herself, both as a character and actor, as part of the show. VERY disapointed to have her onboard. As one other person said I cringe when she comes on and don’t know how long I’ll be willing to do it. I may have to go back to watching Boston Legal reruns to get my Spader fix😛.
She seems way too cocky for a brand new Quantico grad. Hopefully she will grow on us.
I love this show and I adore James Spader
Park is an asset to the team. I look forward to seeing on a regular basis S8.
Don’t like Park. Please get another cast. She’s not a good fit. Bad casting. Whenever i see her, i cringe.
Park should just stay in the park.
Not a good addition to the team. She doesnt seem to fit with anybody. Not with aram, or wressler, or liz and definetely not with reddington.
Love the Blacklist. It’s one of our favorite shows. We wish Samar would come back. Don’t care too much for the new actress. She just sounds so rehearsed, and wish Samar was still on the show.
Yes, l love her serious side.