MBTI Type: ESTJ

Liz doesn’t hesitate to take charge of a situation when she sees it going south, and assert herself by issuing orders. It is hinted by her husband that Liz cares more about her job and being successful than she does about their home life. She frequently puts personal stuff on the back burner because she’s deeply invested in a case; Tom actually doesn’t expect her to keep some of her commitments, because she always calls and cancels in favor of work. Liz often makes tactical decisions that benefit whatever outcome she is striving for, regardless of how her superiors feel about them. She also finds it easier to make connections and to think when she creates a murder board, where she can SEE everything at once and “think aloud.” Liz comes into her new job armed with a ton of information about criminal profiling and psychology, which she applies to figuring out the nuances of her case files. Her past weighs heavily on her, and she is strongly sentimental about it (keeping a burned teddy bear from the fire that killed her dad; experiencing a wave of emotion when thinking about his death after Red builds her a music box that plays the tune her dad used to sing to her, etc). She is very detail-oriented in her job, and trusts her own experiences over anyone else’s (“I know him”). Liz figures out some of the nuances of Red’s plan, connecting all the case files into a single larger picture that allows a pattern to emerge and give her insight. She is good at coming up with theories and sensing the truth, or something close to it (her guesses about Red are not always right, but rarely far wrong). However, she is not especially good at this offhand; it takes her time and concentration, and she is completely blindsided by events on a regular basis. She has no suspicions about her husband and refuses to believe Red’s hints about him until very late in the game. She makes decisions based on how she feels about them, more than how others feel about them (being uncertain about Tom makes her back out of adopting a child, even though it’s what he wants; though he is upset with her for constantly backing out of commitments, Liz continues to put her job, the thing she cares about most, first). Liz is prone to acting on her feelings, sometimes to her determent when she’s extremely emotional (blowing surveillance in the process). She is very upset when others betray her and often turns that pain into a desire for revenge, which allows her the ability to use torture to get what she wants, but she leaves processing her feelings to the last minute and is such a workaholic, her marriage suffers in the process. She just can’t separate her personal life from her professional life and “be home, when I’m home.”

Enneagram: 3w2

Liz is assertive and often takes matters into her own hands; she routinely disobeys direct orders and rushes into action, placing herself and others in danger in the process of saving people. She isn’t afraid to stand up to her superiors or to challenge Reddington. She also uses underhanded tactics at times to get information, including breaking her husband’s thumb while interrogating him. Liz is able to smile and fake things, including pretending to be emotionally invested in her marriage after she finds out her husband is a spy. She easily adapts to new situations and becomes whatever others need her to be, appealing to them on an emotional level or showing assertiveness and strength, depending on what the situation calls for. She’s also a workaholic who doesn’t know when to leave the office and is invested in her job even when she’s at home for the weekend. Liz cares about helping, protecting, and saving people. She wants desperately to be a mother and was planning to adopt, out of a desire to enrich someone else’s life. She can also be invasive in how she tries to help others.

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