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The Blacklist is an American crime drama television series that premiered on NBC on September 23, 2013. 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. He insists on working with a rookie profiler by the name of Elizabeth Keen (Megan Boone). The show also stars Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold and Harry Lennix. Executive producers for the series include Jon Bokenkamp, John Eisendrath, and John Davis for Sony Pictures Television, Universal Television, and Davis Entertainment. Original main cast member Parminder Nagra left the cast at the end of the first season. In December 2013, the show was renewed for a second season, Amir Arison was promoted to the main cast and Mozhan Marnò joined the cast. In February 2015, The Blacklist was renewed for a third season with Hisham Tawfiq promoted to main cast. In May 2017, the show was renewed for the fifth season with Eggold leaving the show. In May 2018, the show was renewed for the sixth season with Marnò leaving on March 29, 2019. In March 2019, The Blacklist was renewed for its seventh season with Laura Sohn joining the cast as a recurring character. She was promoted to series regular on May 7, 2020. On June 15, 2021, during Season 8, Megan Boone reported that she was leaving the show. On May 27, 2022, after Season 9, both Amir Arison and Laura Sohn announced they were also leaving the series. On October 7, 2022, Anya Banerjee joined the cast as Siya Malik. Cast overview Main characters featured in The Blacklist Raymond Reddington Portrayed by James Spader 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. A U.S. 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. 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. Nicknamed "the concierge of crime", Reddington is known for brokering deals between criminals. He willingly surrenders to the FBI and provides information on a roster of criminals that he refers to as "the blacklist", dangerous criminals who are so careful to avoid leaving any traces behind that the FBI has not even detected their existence. His ethics are somewhat murky, and he espouses the use of some crimes (such as extortion, counterfeiting, torture, and murder) in the service of "the greater good". He uses his arrangement with the FBI to pursue his own secret agenda; it is revealed that he needed their help to find Berlin, a mysterious nemesis who had been attacking his organization. He has an unexplained interest in Elizabeth Keen and knows personal secrets about her that she has never made public. He will stop at nothing to protect her and even goes as far as to block her memories of the fire she was trapped in. But she finally regains them and learns that her mother killed her father when she was a child after he had attacked her mother. Red explains that he never wanted Liz to end up like him and was trying to prevent that. He had a romantic affair with Liz's mother, Katarina Rostova, and it is implied several times that he may be Liz's biological father. No proof of this is ever shown, and Red himself initially denies it when directly confronted by Liz, although he does claim that he knew her father well. Red is confirmed as Liz's father in "Dr. Adrian Shaw: Conclusion", and in "Mr. Kaplan: Conclusion", he finally acknowledges this to Liz after she presents him with a DNA test confirming his paternity. In "Monarch Douglas Bank", it is revealed that Red used to be married to Naomi Hyland and has a daughter named Jennifer. In "Dr. Linus Creel", when he confronts Naomi about her, he discovers that Jennifer left after her marriage to Frank and hasn't tried to make contact since then. After the death of Alan Fitch, Reddington comes into conflict with the Director, the new head of the Cabal. The Director does not believe that Reddington has the Fulcrum, a blackmail file that Reddington had used as leverage to force a stalemate with the Cabal, and wanted to end the détente and kill Reddington. In response, Reddington urgently begins seeking the Fulcrum and manages to collect various items needed to decrypt it. 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. However, he survives and continues to throw obstacles into Liz's path as she seeks to find out more about her mother. When Liz is framed by the Cabal for the assassination of Senator Hawkins, Reddington counters by gathering 11 of the world's top investigative journalists and giving them the information contained in the Fulcrum. He later helps Liz go on the run after she assassinates Attorney General Tom Connolly, a member of the Cabal. Accompanied by Liz, Reddington goes on the run to gather various resources needed for his plan to bring down the Director and exonerate Liz. He eventually succeeds in forcing the Cabal to abandon the Director and then kills him. However, Red is unable to clear Liz completely of the killing of Tom Connolly, and she only returns to the task force as an asset like Red himself. He meets with Laurel Hitchin, who suggests he weakened the Cabal so that they would invite him to join it. After watching Liz die in his arms, Dembe convinces Red to leave the van containing her body. After being told to stay away from Agnes by Tom in "Cape May", Red goes on a self-imposed exile to get away from everything and find better means to cope with Liz's death. He rescues a woman who attempted suicide one time and takes her back to the abandoned hotel. 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. In "The Artax Network", Red finally visits Dom, the father of Katarina, and while he still blames him for what he has done, Dom reluctantly allows Red to stay. When Aram tracks him down to try to convince Red to help them again, he refuses to leave and sends Aram on his way. Dom later convinces Red to leave and honor his word to the FBI, saying that Red has good people who count on him. As a token of gratitude, Red fixes a C♯ key on Dom's piano and leaves. Red later visits Aram and tells him they have work to do. 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. As Kirk goes to kill him, Red whispers something to Kirk th.... Discover the Mark Crispin Miller Gerard Colby popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Mark Crispin Miller Gerard Colby books.