re: Is the Blacklist any good?

There's enough mystery behind Spader's character to keep you watching.

And mystery is what is sorely lacking in most network dramas. Usually, they will write in some "genius" who figures things out too quickly and too conveniently, but really he is there to guide the audience so they don't have to think at all.

I started binge watching The Blacklist season one on Netflix. But it is 22 episodes long.

There was enough mystery for me to watch the first 15 episodes, but then I got tired of the new dilemma/villian introduced each episode and started fast-forwarding through the villians on-screen and watched only the parts of the main characters so I could get my questions answered. It was pretty solid.