The Blacklist is an American drama series created by Sony Pictures Television and Davis Entertainment on NBC. The “[[Pilot ]]” debuted on September 23, 2013.
On October 4 2013 NBC placed a back nine order, bringing the series up to 22 episodes.
After the first 10 episodes, on the 2nd of December 2013, the series took a mid-season break with the the 11th episode airing on 13th January 2014.
After 3 more episodes the series took another break, for the Winter Olympics, between the 27th of January and the 24th February 2014.
Plot
For decades, ex-government agent Raymond "Red" Reddington (James Spader) has been one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives. Brokering shadowy deals for criminals across the globe, Red was known by many as "The Concierge of Crime."
Now, he's mysteriously surrendered to the FBI with an explosive offer: he will help catch a long thought dead terrorist, Ranko Zamani, under the condition that he speaks only to Elizabeth "Liz" Keen, an FBI profiler fresh out of Quantico. For Liz, it's going to be one hell of a first day on the job.
What follows is a twisting series of events as the race to stop a terrorist begins. What are Red's true intentions? Why has he chosen Liz, a woman with whom he seemingly has no connection? Does Liz have secrets of her own?
Zamani, we come to find out, is only the first of many on The Blacklist: a list of politicians, mobsters, spies, and international terrorists. He will help catch them all... with the caveat that Liz continues to work as his partner. Red will teach Liz to think like a criminal and "see the bigger picture"... whether she wants to or not.
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Cast
Main Cast
- James Spader as Raymond Reddington
- Megan Boone as Elizabeth Keen
- Harry Lennix as Harold Cooper
- Diego Klattenhoff as Donald Ressler
- Ryan Eggold as Tom Keen
- Parminder Nagra as Meera Malik (17 episodes)
Recurring Cast
- Hisham Tawfiq as Dembe (17 episodes)
- Amir Arison as Aram Mojtabai (14 episodes)
- Deborah S Craig as Luli Zeng (7 episodes)
- Rachel Brosnahan as Jolene (5 episodes)
- Charles Baker as Grey (4 episodes)
- Jane Alexander as Diane Fowler (4 episodes)
- Emily Tremaine as Audrey Bidwell (3 episodes)
- Dikran Tulaine as Max Ruddiger (2 episodes)
- Ritchie Coster as Anlso Garrick (2 episodes)
- Alan Alda as Fitch (2 episodes)
- Susan Blommaert as Mr. Kaplan (3 episodes)
- Lance Reddick as The Cowboy (2 episodes)
- Susan Kelechi Watson as Ellie (2 episodes)
Guest Stars
- Ilfenesh Hadera as Jennifer Palmer
- Chance Kelly as General Daniel Riker
- Jamie Jackson as Ranko Zamani
- Delphina Belle as Beth Riker
- Isabella Rossellini as Floriana Campo
- Daniel Sauli as The Freelancer
- Chin Han as Wujing
- Rob Yang as Jin Sun
- Andrew Pang as Henry Cho
- Clifton Collins Jr. as Hector Lorca
- Tom Noonan as Stanley R. Kornish
- Barbara Schulz as Laurence Dechambou
- Margarita Levieva as Gina Zanetakos
- Robert Sean Leonard as Frederick Barnes
- Justin Kirk as Nathaniel Wolff
- Alan Dice Clay as Abraham Maltz
- Frank Whaley as Karl Hoffman
- Ryan O'Nan as Eric Trettel
- Campbell Scott as Owen Mallory
- Jennifer Ehle as Madeline Pratt
- Diane Wiest as Ruth Kipling
- Hoon Lee as Mako Tanida
- Will Denton as Harrison Lee
- Mark Ivanir as Ivan
- Sam Freed as Frederick Osborne
- Damien Young as Milton Bobbit
Crew
Writers
- Jon Bokenkamp (3 episodes)
- Lukas Reiter (4 episodes)
- Patrick Masset & John Zinman (2 episodes)
- John C. Kelly
- Wendy West
- J. R. Orci (2 episodes)
- Amanda Kate Shuman
- Joe Carnahan (2 episodes) & Jason George
- Brandon Margolis & Brandon Sonnier
- Anthony Sparks
- Jim Campolongo
- Jonathon Shapiro
- John Eisendrath
- Daniel Voll
Directors
- Joe Carnahan (2 episodes)
- Jace Alexander
- Michael Watkins (5 episodes)
- Vince Misiano (2 episodes)
- Nick Gomez
- Adam Arkin
- Steven Surjik
- Dan Lerner
- Michael Zinberg
- Peter Werner
- Steven A. Adelson
Executive Producers
- Jon Bokenkamp
- John Eisendrath
- John Davis
- John Fox