Blacklist season 9 who is Reddington

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But finding Red isnt easy, as the head of the Blacklist has gone into hiding in the past couple of years in order to mourn the loss of Liz and try to heal from watching her die in his arms. Cooper eventually locates Red in Cuba after passing through a few people who vet Cooper in some unusual ways, like cracking an egg and asking him what he sees in the yolk, before getting to Red. He begs Red for his help, telling him what has happened to Dembe in order to try to bring him back. Red is reluctant to agree, saying he doesnt believe he could come back and not start to go down a path of revenge to take out all the people he believes are responsible in some way for Lizs death.

Cooper is able to convince Red to support him and the reunited Task Force (minus Ressler, who is still super bitter and blames Red for Lizs death) from the shadows in their hunt for The Skinner. But while back in Washington, D.C., he makes some time to watch Agnes from a safe distance, though Cooper has asked him to stay far away.

She means everything to me, Red tells one of his new employees of Agnes, without telling her or the audience specifically why Lizs daughter matters so much.

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When push comes to shove, Ressler does agree to join the Task Force as they are closing in on The Skinner, though he warns Red better stay far away from the situation. However, when Red decides to leave after the team hits a dead end, Ressler comes directly to his private plane, telling him that if he loved Liz, he needs to stay and help them continue. Ressler says Liz died for the Blacklist, and they need to honor her by continuing to check off names on it.

The Season 9 premiere ends with Ressler leaving the choice up to him, and walking away before we find out if Red will stay or go.

The Blacklist launched in 2013, with Boone starringas FBI agent Elizabeth Liz Keen alongside Spader as criminal mastermind Raymond Red Reddington. The initial premise of the series was that the pair would team up to hunt down the names on Reds blacklist of dangerous criminals, with the exact nature of Reds connection to Liz and their shared backstory serving as one of the driving mysteries throughout the eight seasons.

Heading into its June finale, with Boones exit having been planned well in advance, all signs pointed to the show finally delivering answers. The recap-heavy penultimate episode had already tied up a number of loose threads, leaving just one question unanswered: Who is Raymond Reddington?

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But the finale, which aired on NBC on June 23, didnt answer that one either not really. Boones character was killed off at the end of the episode without getting the answers that she was promised. Both episodes seemed tohint at a popular fan theoryabout Red being Lizs birth mother, but no outright confirmation was provided before Boones character died on screen.

We were left with some big clues as to who assumed the Red persona and became the character played by James Spader, but we got no outright answer, because villain Neville Townsend (Reg Rogers) stormed the epicenter and shot Liz before she could get the conclusion to the story. The penultimate episode concluded with Red pressing a button that put the entire epicenter of his intelligence up in flames, both killing Townsend and destroying his decades of collected intelligence.

The Blacklist Season 8 finale episode, titled Konets, saw Red hatch a plan to have Liz kill him and take over his operation. Red is convinced that his mysterious illness is terminal and the only way to keep the criminal underworld at bay in the wake of Townsends death is for Liz to rise up as a formidable enough threat herself. He shows her a letter from her mother, promising that it will answer all her questions once the plan is complete.

Unfortunately for Liz and for viewers hoping for concrete answers, she never gets a chance to read the letter and find out the full truth. As shes about to go through with the plan and kill Red, Liz is shot through the chest by Townsends right-hand man Vandyke (Lukas Hassel).

Following the Season 8 finale, series creator Jon Bokenkamp revealed he was exiting The Blacklist,saying in a statementannouncing his departure that he genuinely believe[s] the series remains full of life, creatively strong, and that bright days lie ahead. His co-showrunner, John Eisendrath, remains aboard.

The Blacklist airs Thursdays at 8/7c on NBC.