Does Dom die on blacklist?

On Friday night, we were treated to some extra time with two of the most fascinating characters in the Blacklist extended universe, Dom and Dembe. After all, they're the only other people in the world who seem to know the answers that Raymond Reddington insists on withholding from Elizabeth Keen. Coincidentally, they also happen to be the only two people outside the Task Force who Elizabeth Keen trusts to have her best interests at heart.

And yet she sees no correlation between their knowledge of the truth and their continued loyalty to Red. As a viewer, it's an odd feeling to want the exact same answers that Liz wants and really, to have wanted them for just as long as her and yet feel so completely frustrated by the methods she's taking to get those answers. Remember when Liz was using the ample means at her disposal as an FBI special agent to research Katarina Rostova and Ilya Koslov? That seemed like a good way to get some answers! But then remember when her alleged mother reemerged in her life, lied to her for a long time, endangered her daughter, and was super-mean to her and then Liz was like, "I know how I'll get answers I'll just piggyback off whatever THIS LADY'S up to!"

That plan has always had a couple too many holes for me to get behind.

And now Dom is dead, and everyone in the Task Force is saying it's Reddington's fault, even though Katarina is the one who landed him in the hospital, and Lizzie is the one who abducted and interrogated him while in a fragile physical and emotional state. [Insert GIF of woman looking perplexed by math equations here]

Reddington may be at the eye of this storm, but surely they can see that he's not the one kicking up all the dust? I want Elizabeth to get her answers, I really do because Elizabeth getting answers means us getting answers. I just wish she'd work a little smarter, not harder. Although, I guess I should allow that Liz might not have that nuanced level of thinking when she just watched the man she once thought was her father kill the woman she now thinks was her mother

Needless to say, it's all a little complicated. So you're going to want to keep your arms and legs inside the recap, look away from Dembe's sad, tortured eyes, and pay very close attention to every single thing Dom says. Let's get into it:

The episode picks back up with Dom still in the custody of Liz and Katarina, and Liz is giving him the business. She's mad that he's calling her Masha, she's mad that he claims he's keeping Reddington's secrets to protect her, and she's mad that he (allegedly) tried to kill her (alleged) mother all those years ago. "That woman," Dom croaks. "You abducted me for her?"