The Blacklist is an American drama series that premiered on NBC on September 23, 2013. It stars James Spader, Megan Boone, and Harry Lennix. The pilot was written by Jon Bokenkamp and directed by Joe Carnahan.[2] Executive producers for the series include Bokenkamp, John Eisendrath, and John Davis for Sony Pictures Television and Davis Entertainment.
Plot Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. Reddington will co-operate, but insists that he will speak only to Elizabeth Keen, a rookie FBI profiler. Keen questions Reddington's sudden interest in her, though he claims that Keen is very special. After the FBI brings down a terrorist he provided information on, Reddington reveals that the terrorist is only just the first of many. In the last two decades, he's made a list of criminals and terrorists he believes the FBI cannot find because they did not know they exist and that they matter the most. Reddington calls it "The Blacklist".
Cast and characters James Spader as Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, known for brokering deals for criminals and called "The Concierge of Crime", who surrenders to the FBI and provides information but continues to pursue his own agenda. Megan Boone as FBI Special Agent Elizabeth Keen, a profiler and the only one to whom Reddington will speak. Diego Klattenhoff as FBI Agent Donald Ressler Ryan Eggold as Tom Keen, Elizabeth's husband. Ilfenesh Hadera as Jennifer Palmer Harry Lennix as FBI Assistant Director Harold Cooper Parminder Nagra as FBI Agent Margot Malik
EpisodesNo. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production
code | U.S. viewers
(million) | 1 | "Pilot" | Joe Carnahan | Jon Bokenkamp | September 23, 2013 | 101 | 12.58[13] | Wanted fugitive Raymond "Red" Reddington (Spader) turns himself into the FBI, and offers to help them find Ranko Zamani (Jamie Jackson), a terrorist, on the condition he talks only to new profiler Elizabeth Keen (Boone). After being informed that Zamani intends to kidnap the daughter of General Daniel Ryker (Chance Kelly), Elizabeth picks her up, only for her convoy to be ambushed and the girl taken, Furthermore Zamani breaks into Elizabeth's house and stabs her husband Tom (Eggold). As he recovers, Red meets with Zamani, leading the FBI to him, where Zamani is killed by Agent Donald Ressler (Klattenhoff). Elizabeth realises that Zamani intends to detonate a chemical bomb strapped to Ryker's daughter. She finds her in a zoo and Red sends an associate to disarm the device. Red then reveals that he has intelligence to help the FBI find unknown threats he had gathered over the years. Later, as Elizabeth cleans her apartment, she finds a box with money, a gun and several fake passports, all with Tom's photograph. | 2 | "The Freelancer (No. 145)" | Jace Alexander | Jon Bokenkamp | September 30, 2013 | 102 | 11.35[14] | Following a train derailment, Red believes this to be the work of an assassin known as "The Freelancer", and later he and Elizabeth learn of the assassin's next target: Floriana Campo (Isabella Rossellini), a humanitarian working to end sex slavery by cartel gangs. The two attend one of Campo's charity events where Red identifies the Freelancer, who is apprehended by Ressler. The Freelancer confesses that Red hired him to poison Campo. It is revealed that Red knew Campo is a fraud; she is actually running her sex slavery ring and uses the charity to eliminate the competition. Meanwhile, as part of Red's immunity agreement, CIA agent Meera Malik (Nagra) is assigned as his security detail. Tom is released from hospital, and Elizabeth places his box back under the floorboards where she found it, and later views a recording of Tom speaking of his love for her during an adoption hearing. | 3 | "Wujing (No. 84)" | Michael Watkins | Lukas Reiter | October 7, 2013 | 103 | 11.18[15] | High-profile Chinese criminal Wujing (Chin Han) asks Red for help in decrypting a message from a CIA agent who was murdered in Shanghai. Red appoints Elizabeth to go undercover as a master decrypter, and they arrive at Wujing's underground base in the States. With help from a CIA provided device, Elizabeth decrypts the message of Wujing's target, architect and CIA asset Henry Cho, who is currently located in Washington, D.C. As Red and Elizabeth join Wujing's gang to escape from the FBI, Ressler and Malik race to save Cho and his son from Wujing's assassins. Elizabeth plants her tracker on Wujing's car, leading to his arrest. Red reveals that he chose Elizabeth to work with him because of her father. Meanwhile, Elizabeth requests a ballistics report on the gun from Tom's box. The results are classified as it was involved with a high-profile homicide. An unknown party sets up surveillance in Elizabeth's house. | 4 | "The Stewmaker (No. 161)" | Vince Misiano | Patrick Massett & John Zinman | October 14, 2013 | 104 | 10.93[16] | Elizabeth testifies against drug lord Hector Lorca (Clifton Collins, Jr.) when a vital witness is kidnapped. Red believes the witness was taken by "The Stewmaker" (Tom Noonan), a chemical expert who uses chemicals to dissolve his victims. He is also believed to have been responsible for countless disappearances. Elizabeth appeals to Lorca to help capture the Stewmaker, only to be captured by him. Red and Ressler are forced to work together, the latter of which poses as an inside man when they meet with Lorca to get him into contact with the Stemaker, real name Stanley Cornish. Red finds Cornish's hideout, saves Elizabeth, and kills him by pushing him into a bath of his own chemicals, while stealing a photograph from a picture album. | 5 | "The Courier (No. 85)" | Nick Gomez | John C. Kelley | October 21, 2013 | 105 | 10.44[17] | Red finds out that The Courier (Robert Knepper) – a middleman that no one crosses – is delivering a package worth millions of dollars to an Iranian spy. The Courier is a "ghost" and no one, including Red, knows what he looks like, and he also happens to have a rare condition that makes it impossible for him to feel pain. Following a car chase, Elizabeth and Malik manage to arrest the courier, who tells her that he has imprisoned Seth Nelson, an NSA analyst. He is buried and only has a limited amount of air left. While the FBI search for him, the Courier escapes, but is eventually tracked by Malik and Ressler, who kill him. Elizabeth and Red meanwhile, find and save Seth. As a result of Elizabeth's work, she is allowed the unredacted file of the high-profile murder, however Tom discovers the box. | 6 | "Gina Zanetakos (No. 152)" | Adam Arkin | Wendy West | October 28, 2013 | 106 | 10.51[18] | After Tom confronts Liz about the box and she produces the photo of him in Boston where the murder took place, he claims he is innocent and insists that they turn it into the FBI so his name can be cleared. Elsewhere, Red informs Liz and the FBI that the next name on the Blacklist is a beautiful and deadly corporate terrorist, Gina Zanetakos (Margarita Levieva). Elsewhere, Tom maintains his innocence while being interrogated. Soon Liz realizes there is more than meets the eye when she discovers the passports containing Tom's face are forged. When Zanetakos says Red was behind the Boston incident, Liz tells him the two of them are "through". | 7 | "Frederick Barnes (No. 47)" | Michael Watkins | J. R. Orci | November 4, 2013 | 107 | 10.34[19] | After a chemical attack on a subway, Liz and the FBI search for the man responsible. Liz reluctantly calls on Red for his help after she finds her search for the next person on the blacklist, brilliant scientist Frederick Barnes (guest star Robert Sean Leonard), heading to a dead end. Meanwhile, Liz wants nothing to do with Red, outside of work, after he again implicates Tom. | 8 | "General Ludd (No. 109)" | Stephen Surjik | Amanda Kate Shuman | November 11, 2013 | 108 | 10.69[20] | Liz uncovers an elaborate plot to destroy the country's financial system when a new name on the blacklist is revealed by Red. Meanwhile, Tom informs Liz that her adoptive father's cancer has returned. Due to terrorism caused by General Ludd's group, Liz is unable to fly over to her adoptive father's hospital. Meanwhile, Red goes and talks to Sam(Liz's adoptive father) about telling Liz the truth about her family. Red tells Sam that Liz should never know the truth about her real father, and smothers Sam with a pillow. General Ludd is apprehended and Liz finds out that her Dad has died. Red comforts Liz on her mourning. | 9 | "Anslo Garrick (No. 16)" | Joe Carnahan | Story by: Joe Carnahan & Jason George
Teleplay by: Joe Carnahan | November 25, 2013 | 109 | 10.96[21] | Donald attempts to protect Red from a possible assassination attempt but is misled. The newest member on the blacklist, Anslo Garrick, (Ritchie Coster) infiltrates the FBI black site and tries to capture Red. During the raid, Donald is severely wounded from a shotgun blast to the leg. Red carries him to a bulletproof holding cell and the two remain locked inside, as Red attends to Donald's wound. Meanwhile, Liz gets caught in an elevator and tries to figure out what is going on. She frees herself and works her way through the facility, taking out Garrick's men along the way, until one of them knocks her unconscious. A code is needed to free Red from the cell and without it, Garrick starts killing people. Harold is the only one who knows the code, but refuses to give it to Garrick. Red is forced to watch as Garrick kills Luli. He begs Harold to open the cell to no avail. With Garrick now with a gun to his head, Dembe tells Red that he's not afraid to die and that they'll meet again. The two say goodbye to each other by reciting a verse from the Quran. A gunshot is heard as the episode cuts to black. | 10 | "Anslo Garrick (Part 2)" [22] | TBA | TBA | December 2, 2013 | | TBA | Official website : http://www.nbc.com/the-blacklistThe Blacklist : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2741602/
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