He also tends to leave his men to die while he escapes. At Tansi Farms, Red and Dembe discover the suitcase buried there is gone and that they must get it back before Liz discovers the truth about how her mother, Katarina Rostova, died. Easily move forward or backward to get to the perfect clip. Maurice Hastings was released from prison last year after long-untested DNA evidence pointed to a different suspect. He chases Liz again after her escape and hunts her ambulance as Red tries to take her to the hospital to save her life. Two series regulars are departing The Blacklist following its season 9 finale, EW has confirmed. 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. Director Andrew McCarthy Writers Jon Bokenkamp Vincent Angell (teleplay by) Daniel Cerone (teleplay by) Stars James Spader He has an unexplained interest in Elizabeth Keen and knows personal secrets about her that she has never made public. Seeing Alina's brutality, Reddington changes his mind and agrees to give her the position. When Samar revealed the knowledge that she and Ressler investigated her being an operative working for Kirk to gain FBI files, Aram regretted how he treated her. In the present day, Hutton turns up alive and Cooper travels to Iran to rescue him. Annie Heise as Janet Sutherland, an NSA agent who was first introduced as Aram's girlfriend. She appears to be colluding with Reddington for an unknown purpose. Katarina Rostova (Blacklister No. In "Nachalo," he attacks Reds bunker and kills all of the analysts, but he is blown up with all of his squad by Reddington after hearing apologies for killing his family from him. Andrew Patterson (Blacklister No. Dom tells Liz about her mother and her history with Ilya Koslov, the man who became Reddington to protect Katarina. In season 1's finale, "Berlin: Conclusion", she is killed in a nightclub by an escaped convict who slits her throat. 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. Cooper rejects the letter, stating that his name wasn't found on Prescott's client list. Probably also the only time. She then agreed to his proposal to assume Raymond Reddington's identity and gain access to his accounts, to protect her and her daughter Masha from the Cabal, and to stop Reddington from being discredited as she knew he would be. It is unknown what criteria Red is using to determine each member's position on the Blacklist, but most of the lowest numbers revealed so far (e. g. Elizabeth Keen, No. In "Mr. Kaplan Conclusion", Liz is informed by Harold that he had done a DNA test between her and Red and she'll know within 24 hours if he is her father. In "The Director Conclusion", after Red forces the Cabal to exonerate Liz, a mission Copper aids in, Cooper is reinstated as head of the task force and congratulates Ressler for his work in Cooper's absence. After a talk with Marvin, he decides to come back to business and regain its lost glory. Tom's final words are that Liz will be the one to make it, and he dies in the hospital. In "Gaia", she and Aram fought over her plans to transfer, with the latter admitting that he only congratulated her out of respect for both Ressler and Cooper. In "Miss Rebecca Thrall", he calls Ressler for a favor in relocating a package inside a car. So Kirk takes her to the house he claimed she grew up in, near Nova Scotia. Reddington is alerted to the trap by Tom, and turns the tables, capturing Hargrave instead. Tom finds him later, but Ian Garvey kills him. Anna McMahon (Blacklister No. However, Red calls Gerard a coward who can't ever hope to replace him, pointing out that Gerard's actions had left him hidden rather committing Liz's murder himself. 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]. In "Eli Matchett", Ressler refuses his help and warns him to stay out of his way. Reddington had been trying to protect her from the knowledge when he blocked her memories. Visiting Cooper at the post office, he can confirm the woman that Panabaker had a meeting with looks like Liz's mother, Katarina. In "Brothers", it's revealed that as a teenager Ressler shot and apparently killed his father's former partner Tommy Markin after overhearing a phone call in which Markin revealed the truth during Ressler's father's funeral. 10), Reddington's trusted and loyal bodyguard, driver, body man and confidant, is introduced as a Muslim former freedom fighter from South Sudan. However, Reddington uses the body to force Hitchin into dropping the investigation even though it means that Wright will not get justice as Ressler wanted. In "Anna Gracia-Duerte", Garvey attempts to take Liz and Aram hostage, both are looking for the witness' whereabouts. 14), born Constantin Rostov, is a powerful billionaire businessman who made his fortune buying up Russian companies after the fall of the Soviet Union. He discovers the safe to be a duplicate and calls the master, who made the safe. He then confronts her at gunpoint and demands that she persuade the Major to let him walk away from their organization, and she agrees. He went on to serve as prosecutor for the state of New York for 3 years, after which he made a partner at his father-in-law's criminal defense firm. Gerard completes his deal and he is later released with the charges against Cooper being dropped as a result, but he first reveals the truth about Red's deal to Wujing and a list of people that he's sent to prison all over the world. Gerard is eventually arrested by Ressler, but he offers a deal to create a new Taskforce with Gerard replacing Red which the Justice Department decides to accept. Liz is in disbelief at Kirk's claims and doesn't trust him. Working together as a team, they use high firepower and ruthless tactics to achieve their goals. Shortly after that, Kirchoff's daughter was suspected of falling in love with a dissident and imprisoned. Red reveals that Milos Kirchoff's daughter Zoe is actually alive and someone else in Milos Kirchoff's faction had lied to him about her being killed. She mentions that she is also Red's daughter and they're half sisters. Find the exact moment in a TV show, movie, or music video you want to share. However, Reddington died of his injuries and the two covered up his death, leading to Reddington being declared missing. She has yet to learn why, but he has told her that it has something to do with her missing father. He explains that Zoe was brought to Kornish, for him to make her disappear. Dante Nero as Samuel Aleko a.k.a. He viciously tortures Dembe for information on Reddington's location but fails to break him. While it initially seems he is referring to Liz's recent death, a later conversation reveals that the allusion was toward saving Liz (ne Masha) as a child and losing her mother, Katarina. She also learns that she is the key to unlocking the mysteries of the Fulcrum and that she has unknowingly had the Fulcrum itself in her possession since childhood. He is strongly opposed to Park working with the Task Force and taking down criminals as he worries about it affecting their family life. 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 claims he could have kept her safe as he always had but she needed answers and now they've destroyed her. It was assumed that he was Raymond Reddington's bodyguard. Afterward, he gives Cooper a letter of resignation and includes his confession for all the things he's done. Dom later convinces Red to leave and honor his word to the FBI, saying that Red has good people who count on him. 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. Nez has struggled with addiction before and during the series she relapses. The Blacklist is an American crime drama television series that premiered on NBC on September 23, 2013. After capturing Jonica, Ressler blamed him for his betrayal that led to the deaths of their closest friends and Audrey. Gerard had accepted the deal, but told Red that to him the most important thing in the world was their work on the Blacklist, but it wasn't to Red. However, Ian Garvey interferes with his group and attacks the two. 2 Main characters featured in The Blacklist 2.1 Raymond Reddington 2.2 Elizabeth Keen 2.3 Donald Ressler 2.4 Aram Mojtabai 2.5 Tom Keen 2.6 Meera Malik 2.7 Harold Cooper 2.8 Samar Navabi 2.9 Dembe Zuma 2.10 Alina Park 3 Main characters featured in The Blacklist: Redemption 3.1 Susan Hargrave 3.2 Nez Rowan 3.3 Matias Solomon 4 The Blacklist During the mission, Tom and Solomon rob a pharmacy together and Tom shoots Solomon in the gut in revenge for the attempt on Liz's life. With Red's help, Ressler discovers Prescott's real name is Mitchell Hatley and gives chase. After being captured, she was allowed a plea bargain since the bomb had not devastated the port. In "Monarch Douglas Bank", it is revealed that Red used to be married to Naomi Hyland and has a daughter named Jennifer. He succeeded in extracting Reddington from the FBI's custody and tortured him. In "The Avenging Angel", while passing the drug test to return to the job, Ressler asks Park for help by giving her correct biomaterial to him, as his first own test contained the prohibited oxycodone, making it impossible to show the needed results. It first aired on March 3, 2014 on NBC. She deliberately misleads Aram when he begins investigating the incident. Red later tells Liz that Kirk is "gone" but doesn't elaborate further and doesn't tell her that he's her father. She is married to Peter, who is not keen on her getting in danger and working as a field agent. Tom contacts her, looking for work to provide for Liz and his unborn baby. However, she changes her mind at the last minute but is shot by one of Townsend's surviving men and dies in Reddington's arms. 28) is a Russian hacker and deep cover SVR double agent, codenamed Rakitin, who uses his security clearance within the U.S. government to funnel top secret intelligence to N-13 through Ivan Stepanov. He and Reddington are part of a select few with access and knowledge to a blackmail file known as the Sikorsky Archive. Coming back to the Task Force, Aram realizes Samar's feelings for him and shares a kiss with her. While attempting to return to the US, Cooper is captured by Hutton's men. Eventually, she is forced to let him go in exchange for Berlin's location after he murders a harbormaster, Eugene Ames. He resurfaced in America, where he abducted six technicians working on Israel's Iron Dome defense system. Under duress he whispers a confession to Neville that immediately sets Neville on a mission to kill Elizabeth to torture Red. Finally, after he confesses to Liz that he had initially hired Tom Keen to enter her life and watch over her, she gives him the Fulcrum, after which he is shot by the Director's agents. 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. With the help of Marvin Gerard, Red makes a deal with Laurel for her to publicly exonerate Liz on all but Tom Connolly's murder. Sarah Michelle Gellar Just Wore a Totally See-Through Bra on Instagram for the Best Reason. Apparently, Tom was recruited at the age of 14 (he was then known as Jacob Phelps) by a blacklister known as the Major (Lance Henriksen) due to the combination of sociopathy and extreme talent and spent the better part of the next 20 years as a deep-cover operative for various criminal enterprises. He typically organizes his operations to take place during wars, natural disasters, or other upheavals and takes advantage of the surrounding chaos to cover them up. In "Ian Garvey: Conclusion", despite taking Garvey hostage and en route to collecting the skeletal remains of Katarina, Ian rams his sedan into another car, leaving Red and Dembe there as he escapes. [6] Moreau is a terrorist with an anti-globalist, nationalist political ideology. With the assistance of Assistant Attorney General "Smiling Tommy" Connolly, Reddington helps Tom and Elizabeth sweep the whole event under the rug; Elizabeth is cleared while Tom "never existed". When he reported several low-ranking operatives of a poaching organization, the Mombasa Cartel, to the authorities, the cartel killed Dembe's father, mother, and siblings and sold him to human traffickers. Kirk decides to kill Red rather than release him in exchange for the cure and the two men reminisce over Katarina Rostova. After he was shot by Anslo Garrick, he reignited his relationship with his former fiance, Audrey Bidwell. He orders The Protean to assassinate Liz, but he fails, so Townsend takes the situation under his own control. In "The Director: Conclusion", Liz spends the night in a cell protected by Ressler that keeps the Cabal from reaching her, but Laurel plots to have her assassinated as she's moved. 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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. Ep. Using himself as bait, he can keep Janet occupied long enough for Ressler to arrest her. After Shahin was captured by Red, Samar disowns him, believing that he died with their parents. Tom's spying on one of Kirk's men and confrontation leads him to where Kirk's true whereabouts are: Russia. After arresting Liz, Ressler joins Red's efforts to protect her from the Cabal, aiding in protecting Karakurt in "the Director". [1] In May 2017, the show was renewed for the fifth season with Eggold leaving the show. 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. Sadly for fans of The Blacklist, season 8 marked Megan Boone's last appearance as Elizabeth Keen. He is shocked when she decides to jump to her own death. Easily move forward or backward to get to the perfect clip. Some criminals are unknown to the FBI, or have avoided leaving behind the needed evidence for a conviction, or live a high-profile public life whilst concealing their criminal behavior. Portrayed by Tom Noonan (season 1, episode 4; season 2, episode 8). In "The Debt Collector", when he is accused by Gale of wanting to help Red, Ressler reprimands him for being selfish. In "Ian Garvey: Conclusion", Garvey meets Jennifer at a park in Baltimore and tells her what he plans to do to Red. Despite standing down, Ressler is later taken into custody with his FBI badge revoked. In "Boukman Baptiste", it is revealed that Red has vanished after the events of Season 8, leaving Dembe and his ruining empire. Then, working for Susan Hargrave, he plots to steal a nuclear weapon. Henry Prescott was a cleaner hired to dispose of bodies accidentally or intentionally killed by the victims. 119122) were four Serbian relatives who specialized in snatch and grab operations. 41) is a defunct network of communications satellites that was intended to provide data coverage throughout the globe. Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Press Release 3 Number on The Blacklist In that case, Liz has to plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter and will get three years' probation. Contents 1 Background 2 Season 2 2.1 "T. Earl King VI" 2.2 "The Major" 2.3 "The Longevity Initiative" 3 Season 3 3.1 "Alistair Pitt" 3.2 "Mr. Solomon" 4 Season 5 4.1 "Ian Garvey" 5 Unanswered Questions 6 Gallery 7 External Links Background To save it, Dembe takes over before becoming an agent. Piter Marek as Nik Korpal, Liz's former boyfriend and practicing doctor, who was coerced into working for Red. He is reminded of their deal in what could happen if he refuses. Recognizing that more people will die if the Architect escapes and shaken by what he has witnessed, Aram kills the Architect with his own portable coilgun without hesitation. When Red tries to claim that she helped build his syndicate tight, Kaplan reminds him that she is the one who knows where the bodies of the people he had killed are buried and that she hid them from the FBI over the years, including that of Diane Fowler. As she tries to walk off, not thinking he'll kill her or lose Elizabeth, Reddington shoots and kills Katarina in front of the just arriving Elizabeth. In "Caelum Bank", Marvin Gerard claims that the whole trick about Kaplan was one of his plans to make Reddington step back from investigating the murder of Elizabeth. Naval Academy graduate, he worked in US counterintelligence and was being groomed for admiral when something happened on his way home for the Christmas holidays. 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