The Blacklist is an American crime thriller television series that premiered on NBC on September 23, 2013. The show follows Raymond "Red" Reddington (James Spader), a former U.S. Navy officer turned high-profile criminal who voluntarily surrenders to the FBI after eluding capture for decades. He tells the FBI that he has a list of the most dangerous criminals in the world which he has compiled over the years, and he is willing to inform on their operations in exchange for immunity from prosecution on condition he works exclusively with rookie FBI criminal profiler Elizabeth Keen (Megan Boone), to whom he seemingly has no connection.
Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold, Amir Arison, Hisham Tawfiq, and Harry Lennix also star in the series. Executive producers for the series include Jon Bokenkamp (for the first eight seasons), John Eisendrath, and John Davis for Sony Pictures Television, Universal Television, and Davis Entertainment; Joe Carnahan serves as director.
Each season has received positive reviews, with many critics praising Spader's performance in particular. On February 22, 2022, the series was renewed for the tenth season.
Raymond "Red" Reddington, an ex-U.S. Naval Intelligence officer who had disappeared twenty years earlier to become one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, surrenders himself to FBI Assistant Director Harold Cooper at the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C. Taken to an FBI "black site," Reddington declares he wishes to help the FBI track down and apprehend the criminals and terrorists he has spent the last twenty years associating with. They are the individuals who are so dangerous and devious that the United States government is unaware of their very existence.
He offers Cooper his knowledge and assistance on two conditions: immunity from prosecution and cooperation with Elizabeth Keen, a rookie recently assigned to Cooper. Keen and Cooper are suspicious of Reddington's interest in her, but he will only say that she is "very special". After Cooper tests Reddington's offer in locating and neutralising a Serbian terrorist in the first episode, Reddington reveals that this man was only the first on the "blacklist" of global criminals that he has compiled over his criminal career and states that he and the FBI have a mutual interest in eliminating them. With a few exceptions, each episode features one of the global criminals, and Reddington assists the task force hunting down and capturing them.[c] The mysteries of Reddington's and Liz's lives, and his interest in her, are gradually revealed as the series progresses. She starts digging into her family past, the question of his real identity and their interconnection, while he desperately tries to hide them. However, the more secrets Reddington keeps from Elizabeth, the more people close to Liz are killed as a result. With every minute spent with Red, Liz becomes more like him, and as she reveals his secrets, she begins to confront him, which leads to inevitable consequences.
James Spader as Raymond "Red" Reddington: a master criminal turned confidential FBI informant who is presumed to be Elizabeth Keen's biological father. During seasons 1-8, Elizabeth and the task force's effort to uncover his true identity was a major ongoing narrative. During Season 9, his main concern was ferreting out a traitor within his organization.
Megan Boone as Elizabeth "Liz" Keen: born Masha Rostova, Keen is a special agent and profiler with the FBI on Harold Cooper's team. Her presence was the part of Reddington's deal with Cooper for no apparent reasons, until her connection to Reddington became obvious.
Diego Klattenhoff as Donald Ressler: a special agent with the FBI on Cooper's team.
Ryan Eggold as Tom Keen: born Christopher Hargrave, later taking the adoptive name Jacob Phelps, Keen works as a covert operative and is Liz's husband.
Parminder Nagra as Meera Malik: a field agent with the CIA who worked with Cooper's FBI team.
Harry Lennix as Harold Cooper: the assistant director of the FBI Counterterrorism Division who uses Reddington to stop people on his Blacklist.
Amir Arison as Aram Mojtabai: a cyber expert with the FBI on Cooper's team.
Mozhan Marnò as Samar Navabi: a Mossad agent who works with Cooper's FBI team.
Hisham Tawfiq as Dembe Zuma: Reddington's bodyguard and confidant, who separated with him and turned FBI agent in season 9.
Laura Sohn as Alina Park): an FBI field agent who previously worked in Anchorage.
Anya Banerjee as Siya Malik: Meera's daughter and an intelligence officer with MI6 who comes to work with Cooper's team.
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