The blacklist season 5 episode 2 cast series#

James Spader as Raymond 'Red' Reddington: A master criminal turned confidential informant for the FBI, who is later apparently revealed to be Elizabeth Keen's biological father.Main article: List of The Blacklist characters In every such episode, the rank and name or alias of the featured criminal on Red's blacklist is displayed at the close of the opening sequence.

With a few exceptions, each episode features one of the global criminals, and Reddington assisting the team tracking and apprehending them.

The blacklist season 5 episode 2 cast series#

The mysteries of Reddington's and Liz's lives, and his interest in her, are gradually revealed as the series progresses. After Cooper tests Reddington's offer in locating and killing a 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. Keen and Cooper are suspicious of Reddington's interest in her, but he will only say that she is 'very special'. He offers Cooper his knowledge and assistance on two conditions: immunity from prosecution, and that he wants to work exclusively with Elizabeth Keen, a rookie profiler newly assigned to Cooper. Taken to an FBI ' black site,' Reddington claims he wishes to help the FBI track down and apprehend the criminals and terrorists he spent the last twenty years associating with: individuals that are so dangerous and devious that the United States government is unaware of their very existence. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C. 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. Executive producers for the series include Bokenkamp (for the first eight seasons), John Eisendrath, and John Davis for Sony Pictures Television, Universal Television, and Davis Entertainment. The pilot episode was written by Jon Bokenkamp and directed by Joe Carnahan. The series also stars Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold, Amir Arison, Hisham Tawfiq and Harry Lennix. However, he insists on working exclusively with rookie FBI profiler Elizabeth Keen ( Megan Boone). 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. Navy officer turned high-profile criminal who voluntarily surrenders to the FBI after eluding capture for decades. The show follows Raymond 'Red' Reddington ( James Spader), a former U.S. The Blacklist is an American crime thriller television series that premiered on NBC on September 23, 2013. Sony Pictures Television (Internationally).