He and his men infiltrated a Mossad compound, seeking a list that contained the names of the members of the task force. This plot turns out to be a decoy to divert the FBI's attention from his real mission: capturing Liz Keen. Only when a man talks to Red at the beach does he realize the woman he rescued was a ghost and it was she who tells him that he did save her, through channeling his grief in losing Liz. 21) is a professional thief known for stealing money and information from China, Iran, and the United States. Red later visits Aram and tells him they have work to do. Sadly for fans of The Blacklist, season 8 marked Megan Boone's last appearance as Elizabeth Keen. It first aired on March 3, 2014 on NBC. In "Smokey Putnum" upon discovering Ressler's true identity, Prescott blackmails him for favors if he wants his secret to remain under wraps. Ressler and Robby try to move the body, only for it to be stolen by the Albanian mob to whom Robby owes money. After using Red and Liz as a diversion to allow her to steal the Effigy of Atargatis, she sold it to the Russian mafia after removing the Kungar 6 list. Unfortunately, Kirk pinged Tom's phone at the hospital, allowing his men to track the Keens to Cuba and kidnap Liz. In response, Reddington urgently begins seeking the Fulcrum and manages to collect various items needed to decrypt it. When she replies it was because Janet made him happy, he kisses her. 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After Liz and Ressler retrieve Ziegler's file, McMahon has the entire Task Force arrested, framing them for conspiring against the President. Megan Boone was born in Petoskey, Michigan, USA. Believing Red has sent false transcripts of the DNA test, she calls him to confront him, only to discover that Kirk had lied to her the whole time and the DNA transcript that Tom had given her was falsified. With James Spader, Diego Klattenhoff, Harry Lennix, Hisham Tawfiq. When Elizabeth nearly gets subpoenaed for the harbormaster's murder, Reddington and Ressler attempt to extradite Tom from Germany so he can clear her name; Tom initially refuses but then appears in court and willfully surrenders. Warning: This post contains spoilers for Outer Banks' Season 3 finale. While en route to collect the duffel bag containing the mysterious remains, Garvey rams his car into a parked car and escapes while leaving Red and Dembe there. Solomon tries to stop Tom and Nez, claiming that Susan was set up by Howard and had no knowledge of it. After a confrontation with Red, Gerard commits suicide the night before the three-year anniversary of Liz's death. Samar doesn't talk to Aram and leaves, apparently shaken by the fact Janet knew that she had feelings for him. Her once-idyllic marriage to Tom Keen unravels when she discovers evidence that he is not the man he appears to be. Although the preview shows that Liz and Tom are moving back together, there is still that uncertainty as to why she agrees . Aram is forced to aid in the prison break of a man about to be executed and witnesses the Architect's brutality in securing the man's freedom. He also admits that while he doesn't like working with Red, he was the reason why Ressler had Audrey back in his life, and because of Jonica, she's dead. Original main cast member Parminder Nagra left the cast at the end of the first season. Liz also realizes that Red wanted her to grow more as an FBI profiler and embraces him. In Nachalo, it's revealed that Ivan was an old friend of both Dom and Katarina and served as Katarina's KGB handler. In "Lipet's Seafood Company", Samar engages in an unsanctioned Mossad operation to steal a microchip without the FBI's knowledge. Liz is in disbelief at Kirk's claims and doesn't trust him. She helps her former partner Levi destroy important documents, but she is captured by her brother and taken to the harbor, where Reddington intercepts them, freeing Samar and capturing Shahin. Despite this, Aram refuses to give up on her, playing the comatose Samar music and officially proposing to her before placing his grandmother's ring on her finger. With the help of his friend, Attorney General Connolly, he entered an experimental drug trial. Dembe Zuma (Blacklister No. Cooper berates Red for this, but Red simply tells him that Kirk is gone and won't be coming back and insists they move on. In "Elizabeth Keen", she becomes #1 on the blacklist and plots against Reddington. After they threatened him to kill Elizabeth if he didn't talk about his motives for his infiltration, Tom and makes a deal: in exchange for Liz would not be their target, he reveals his assignment: he's going to help them solve the murder of a woman named Sarah Hastings, who was affiliated to the Germans, which is the main reason they want revenge for her death. Later, Tom brings Karakurt to Cooper's house and they are forced to flee with Charlene when the Cabal sends a team to kill Karakurt. Notorious for sending his enemies to the gulags in Siberia, he was a loyal servant of the Soviet Union. However, Vargas betrays Dembe and shoots him. Tom later goes after Susan before Red calls him to stop Tom. While holding on to the skeletal remains, Garvey later discovers a DNA test was done on the remains and learns who the remains belong to. In "Eli Matchett", Cooper meets with Tom in a Chinese Restaurant and although he can't be trusted, Cooper thinks he's perfect for the job. He changes his mind at the last minute when his men ping Tom's phone at the hospital where Agnes is being cared for, and discover Liz is alive. They stop Ressler just in time from killing Hitchin and Liz revealing he was under the influence of propofol and manipulated to kill Hitchin by Kaplan and Krilov. Aram later joins Red's team to kidnap the Director and exonerate Liz by using his computer skills to hack an elevator's controls to make it go to the wrong floor. Although he reluctantly does, Cooper is determined to help Liz clear her name and investigates Karakurt. In "Dr. Adrian Shaw: Conclusion", while Red is being held captive and threatened by Kirk, Red tells Kirk that he is Elizabeth Keen's father ("What do you want me to say? She refuses to cooperate and suspects he has an ulterior motive in wanting the transcripts so he can capture Red. Raymond "Red" Reddington (James Spader), a former government agent turned high-profile criminal, who had eluded capture for decades, voluntarily surrenders to the FBI, offering to cooperate on capturing a list of criminals who are virtually impossible to catch. However, unknown to Red, Liz was conspiring with Ross and Red's daughter Jennifer to learn the truth. Liz realizes that Reddington was the man behind the camera in one of the few pictures she has of her mother. In "The Decembrist", Raymond Reddington tells Milos Kirchoff how he interrogated Kornish about a photograph of Zoe D'Antonio found on the body of one of his associates. She met with Elizabeth Keen, whom Red had said was a career thief. The Blacklist is an American crime drama television series that premiered on NBC on September 23, 2013. Upon encountering this ex-boyfriend on her return to Anchorage, Alina chooses not to kill him and allows the police to arrest him instead. She had a previous romantic connection with Reddington, which he broke off. 31), born Shahin Navabi, is the younger brother of Mossad agent Samar Navabi. 12/31/2022: Patrick W # 47991426 added mother. On the drive there, Ressler is betrayed when Tanida informs him that he wasn't responsible for the deaths of both the FBI agents and Audrey's. In "The Cyranoid," he allies with Elizabeth Keen in order to take down the real N-13, Reddington, the one responsible for the murder of his family. Reddington's death is left unrevealed to the world, who, due to the evidence planted against him as a contingency by Katarina, would come to view Reddington as a traitor. He also learns that Julian Gale, a rogue FBI agent, is working with her to procure the immunity deal between Red and the FBI. Tom contacts her, looking for work to provide for Liz and his unborn baby. Later she joins the Blacklist task force on an indefinite basis. Rather than tell Cooper the truth, she resigns from the task force. Aram manages to find Samar in time to save her life; however, she is left on life support. Using himself as bait, he can keep Janet occupied long enough for Ressler to arrest her. Only then, Jennifer confronts Red for what he's done and the fact that Ian saved her and Naomi's life from their disappointment when they learned of his criminal career. Red later subdues and impersonates Macatee as part of a failed plan to escape the prison. Reddington admits to blocking her memories of the fire, and she eventually regains her memory of the event, when she killed her father to protect her mother. According to the spoilers for episode 18, Tom also asks for Liz's help to finally leave D.C. or to track down the killer of Sarah Hastings. Thanks to Gerard's deal, Liz is later able to walk free. When Ressler passes the test, his analysis shows the wrong hormone level, leaving a possibility for Park to be having cancer. He goes over to Paul's Pub to seek Jennifer's help in getting money while instructing her to claim it's a robbery in progress. In "Sir Crispin Crandall", Gerard locates the vault where Peter Kotsiopulos is keeping his embezzled money. In the present day, she exhumes all the bodies she buried for Reddington over the years, intending to use them to destroy him. McMahon is about to kill Reddington when Dembe arrives and kills her. In "Mr. Kaplan: Conclusion", after facing the prospect of the task force being shut down due to Kaplan's war on Reddington, Cooper resolves to settle once and for all the question of Liz and Reddington's relationship. The Major" (Blacklister No. In reality, Fitch sent body parts belonging to someone else and helped Kirchoff's daughter escape to the United States, but not before convincing her that her father was responsible for the bombing. The bones in the duffle bag may belong to the real Reddington and the man known as Reddington is possibly an imposter who murdered everyone who tried to reveal the truth to Liz.[5]. To evade capture by the FBI, she seeks asylum at the Russian embassy, identifying herself as "Masha Rostova" and pretending to be a Russian spy. Tom's spying on one of Kirk's men and confrontation leads him to where Kirk's true whereabouts are: Russia. Later, he separates from Charlene. Red is shown to be completely devastated by her death, as is the rest of the task force, and Tom is left to raise their daughter, Agnes, alone. In "Lipet's Seafood Company", Red calls a favor on newly elected president Robert Diaz. Deborah S. Craig as Luli Zheng, one of Reddington's bodyguards and his money manager. However, she accepts the offer because she still wants to know who Reddington is. This sparks Elizabeth's revenge crusade upon Reddington. In "Dr. Adrian Shaw", Liz attempts to save Kirk through the transplant; but the DNA test performed by the hospital reveals that Kirk is not her father. "The Samoan", a former confidential informant of Meera Malik, later employed by Elizabeth to hold Tom Keen prisoner. In "Dr. Adrian Shaw: Conclusion", while Red is being held captive and threatened by Alexander Kirk, Red admits that he is in fact Elizabeth Keen's father. Dom later convinces Red to leave and honor his word to the FBI, saying that Red has good people who count on him. She tells him that she was upset that she had already lost her mother, her nanny, and Sam, the people who knew her the best. Mike Houston as Heber, a respectful and honest policeman, who investigates in the murder of Doug Koster, trying to find Coopers connection to it and expose him. When Liz goes on the run after killing Tom Connolly, Ressler urges her to come in, saying that otherwise, he will have to lead the FBI manhunt against her. The Blacklist: Two Stars Exit Ahead of Season 10 Paul Dailly at May 30, 2022 9:20 am. The Blacklist: Created by Jon Bokenkamp. He is happy when she admits she rescinded her transfer papers and decided to stay. He later helps Liz go on the run after she assassinates Attorney General Tom Connolly, a member of the Cabal. He has an unexplained interest in Elizabeth Keen and knows personal secrets about her that she has never made public. 1, Katarina Rostova, No. Director Andrew McCarthy Writers Jon Bokenkamp Vincent Angell (teleplay by) Daniel Cerone (teleplay by) Stars James Spader Aram helps him out by procuring one name, Kathryn Nemec, whom Red recognizes as Mr. Kaplan. Unlike Dembe, she prefers using blades to shotguns, but she can handle any weapon effectively. In "Lipet's Seafood Company", it's confirmed that Red allowed Kirk to escape. During the first eight episodes of the second season, Red meets with Milos Kirchoff again, who once more blames him for his daughter's death and intends to hurt Red by going after Zoe, whom he assumes is Red's daughter. The next morning, Cooper, Aram, Dembe, Park, and Ressler all gather at Liz's grave to remember their friend and share their happy memories of Liz's life. Kate "Mr." Kaplan (Blacklister No. The Cabal then frames her for Hawkins's assassination and for being a Russian spy. Gerard privately tells Ressler that it doesn't feel like a win to him but rather a loss for both Marvin and Red as he would've faithfully served Red for the rest of his life if he could've. It is later revealed that Reddington was accused of committing treason by leaking information to the Soviet Union that led to the death of several American naval officers. Maurice Hastings spent more than half of his life in prison. Red works to meet with the president-elect, to whose campaign he contributed in exchange for his help with the Alexander Kirk situation, and is eventually able to secure a presidential pardon for Liz killing Tom Connolly. Later she stole a painting from Red as revenge (leaving the second note). In "Sutton Ross", Samar awakens from her coma and accepts Aram's proposal. Raymond "Red" Reddington is an ex-United States Navy officer, presumed to be an officer of the Office of Naval Intelligence, and number 4 on the FBI's Most Wanted List. Working together as a team, they use high firepower and ruthless tactics to achieve their goals. Karl Miller as Pete McGee, a disgraced doctor who assists Tom in his quest to identify the bones given to him by Mr. Kaplan. A Special Agent with the FBI whom Liz interviews for a place on the Task Force. On their way there, Red's men block the attempt, and despite Kaplan's warning not to leave the car, Liz does. He was killed by Tom, which triggered an investigation that nearly brought murder charges against Elizabeth. In "Requiem", Kaplan calls Red, and he confronts her for hiding Liz from him. When confronting the man who housed her and shot Dembe, Red and Baz discovered he wired a bomb and escaped as he died in his house. Contributor: Don Blauvelt (46932939) who added middle/maiden names, full birth/death dates/locations. In full view of Red, she is killed by Anslo Garrick. He coerces Ressler into arranging his release by threatening to reveal the latter's collaboration with Reddington to Julian Gale. During this time, Katarina was forced to kill a Soviet agent in self-defense; Kaplan disposed of the body. The Director and Laurel Hitchin attempt to prevent this by transferring Liz to an undisclosed location due to her supposedly having terrorist connections and then suffocating her when Aram changes the box's door code. He rescues a woman who attempted suicide one time and takes her back to the abandoned hotel. A protegee of Dominic Wilkinson, Stepanov has been a longtime friend and ally to Raymond Reddington and is the former handler of Katarina Rostova. Liz later calls Red and informs him of her suspicion of Gale being his assailant. Meera Malik is a CIA field agent assigned to Reddington's security detail at the personal request of Diane Fowler. She visits Aram in jail but chooses not to tell him about Janet's involvement after he says that Janet's support is keeping him sane. If she is found to be a match, they will prepare her for surgery and do a blood transfusion. In "Marvin Gerard", as Liz is being escorted to the airport, the convoy is attacked by Ressler, forcing Liz to run on foot. In "Mr. Kaplan, Conclusion", it's revealed that Tom found the suitcase Kaplan left in the storage locker and looks inside it. Elizabeth survives while Tom dies from his wounds. He ends his relationship with Janet for good when he discovered that she testified against him to get her criminal record expunged. In "The Troll Farmer", Ressler interrogates Cooper for his involvement in letting Liz escape and learns a few of the Cabal's plans for the FBI itself. After she finds out he was an agent hired by Berlin to keep her under surveillance, she has the marriage annulled. Yarn is the best search for video clips by quote. 13) is a corrupt U.S. 32) is a high-ranking Cabal operative. Katarina returned to abduct her father Dom for the information that he, Ilya, and Red refused to give. In "Cape May", it is revealed that Reddington believed that she had committed suicide by drowning to protect Liz from unknown individuals who were pursuing her. In "Caelum Bank", she is removed from the field as the result of her constant headaches. 3, Mr. Kaplan, No. Alexander Kirk (Blacklister No. Tom Keen photographed her meeting with Cynthia Panabaker. Colby Lewis as Peter Simpson, Park's husband. He is credited with stealing 282 million dollars from Baghdad during Operation Shock and Awe and the abduction of a CIA asset from Tehran during the 200910 Iranian election protests.