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The Blacklist Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 2013 - 2014
Episode 1
Pilot
Mon, Sep 23, 201345 mins
Ex-government agent and one of the FBI's Most Wanted fugitives, Raymond "Red" Reddington (James Spader) mysteriously turns himself in to the FBI and offers to give up everyone he has ever worked with including a long-thought-dead terrorist but under one condition - he'll only talk to newly-minted female FBI profiler, Elizabeth Keen (Megan Boone) with whom he seemingly has no connection. For Liz, it's going to be one hell of a first day on the job and what follows is a twisting series of events as the race to stop a terrorist begins.
Episode 2
The Freelancer (No. 145)
Mon, Sep 30, 201341 mins
Red predicts an impending catastrophe rooted by the work of an assassin called "The Freelancer." Together Liz and Red go undercover to prevent his next target, Floriana Campo, from being killed. Elsewhere, Ressler and newly re-hired CIA agent, Meera Malik, who's been added to Red's private security detail, keep an eye on them from a distance. Meanwhile Liz considers what she should do next concerning Tom and the mysterious box she found hidden under the floorboards.
Episode 3
Wujing (No. 84)
Mon, Oct 7, 201342 mins
Red (James Spader) takes Liz (Megan Boone) on an undercover assignment to bring down a freelance Chinese spy who's targeting CIA agents.
Episode 4
The Stewmaker (No. 161)
Mon, Oct 14, 201341 mins
When a witness in the murder trial of a ruthless cartel boss disappears, Red (James Spader) leads Liz (Megan Boone) and Ressler (Diego Klattenhoff) on a search for the Blacklist's No. 161, a gruesome hit man known as the Stewmaker.
Episode 5
The Courier (No. 85)
Mon, Oct 21, 201343 mins
Red (James Spader) leads Liz (Megan Boone) and Ressler (Diego Klattenhoff) in a hunt for a kidnap victim and his abductor - The Blacklist No. 85, a secretive criminal courier whose inability to feel pain makes him impossible to stop. Liz uncovers evidence linking Tom (Ryan Eggold) to a Russian defector's unsolved murder.
Episode 6
Gina Zanetakos (No. 152)
Mon, Oct 28, 201342 mins
After Tom confronts Liz about the box - he claims he's innocent and insists that they turn it into the FBI so his name can be cleared. Elsewhere, Red informs Liz and the FBI that the next name on the Blacklist is beautiful and deadly corporate terrorist, Gina Zanetakos.
Episode 7
Frederick Barnes (No. 47)
Mon, Nov 4, 201343 mins
Red (James Spader) leads Liz (Megan Boone) in the search for a deranged chemical weapons expert who unleashed a rare but fatal disease in the Washington, DC subway.
Episode 8
General Ludd (No. 109)
Mon, Nov 11, 201342 mins
Red (James Spader) demands a deal from Cooper (Harry Lennix) before he'll agree to stop an anti-capitalist terrorist network's next deadly attack, while her dad's failing health reveals secrets in Liz's (Megan Boone) past.
Episode 9
Anslo Garrick (No. 16)
Mon, Nov 25, 201342 mins
The Team's Headquarters (Post Office Black Site) is attacked in an effort to assassinate Red (James Spader).
Episode 10
Anslo Garrick (No. 16): Conclusion
Mon, Dec 2, 201342 mins
Red is kidnapped by terrorist Anslo Garrick. Will Elizabeth find him? What other secrets will be unveiled?
Episode 11
The Good Samaritan (No. 106)
Mon, Jan 13, 201443 mins
A serial killer from Liz's past strikes again while Red hunts for his betrayer.
Episode 12
The Alchemist (No. 101)
Mon, Jan 20, 201443 mins
As Red (James Spader) enlists activist whistleblowers in his search for the mole, Liz (Megan Boone) pursues a deranged scientist who's helped dozens of criminals escape by engineering and killing their genetic doubles.
Episode 13
The Cyprus Agency (No. 64)
Mon, Jan 27, 201443 mins
As Liz (Megan Boone) heads up an investigation that exposes an adoption agency's shocking secret, Red's (James Spader) pursuit of the FBI mole identifies a surprising new suspect.
Episode 14
Madeline Pratt (No. 73)
Mon, Feb 24, 201442 mins
Liz helps Tom adjust to the impending adoption; Red reveals a woman from his past is a target; Red convinces Liz to pull off a heist at the Syrian Embassy.
Episode 15
The Judge (No. 57)
Mon, Mar 3, 201442 mins
Red investigates Jolene's life; Liz and Ressler go after a criminal known as The Judge, who incarcerates the ones that put innocent men away.
Episode 16
Mako Tanida (No. 83)
Mon, Mar 17, 201442 mins
An agent whom Ressler knows is found dead. All evidence points to a Japanese criminal whom he, the man who died and two others apprehended while he was pursuing Reddington. And when one of the other men is found dead, Ressler tries to get his girlfriend to safety but the Japanese finds him and during a struggle, she is killed. Ressler only wants to find the man and even asks Reddington for help. Liz asks Red for help and gives a piece of information, they were not aware of which changes things. And Red tells the cowboy to bring the woman Tom's been seen with to him but things don't go as planned.
Episode 17
Ivan (No. 88)
Mon, Mar 24, 201443 mins
Red tells Liz that a hacker known by the name Ivan is responsible for the death of a man. Thing is that the man operates in Russia. Liz goes to where he died and they're approached by NSA agents who tell them to back off. Cooper shows up and tells them they should work together. They tell them that the man who was killed was working for them and he was working on something that can enable anyone to access anything which a hacker like Ivan could use. And he had it with him when he died but there's no sign of it. So Liz and Red go to Russia to find Ivan and see if he has the device. At the same time Liz is looking for Jolene while Tom tries to make sure anything linking him to Jolene is gone.
Episode 18
Milton Bobbit (No. 135)
Mon, Mar 31, 201442 mins
Now aware that Tom is not whom he pretends to be, Liz uses a case to distract the team as she investigates her husband's true intentions.
Episode 19
The Pavlovich Brothers (Nos. 119-122)
Mon, Apr 21, 201443 mins
The Pavlovich brothers specialize in abductions of high value targets and according to Red, they are planning their next hit. While the team tries to protect the next target, Red has a job of his own for the Pavlovich Brothers. Elsewhere, Liz patiently tries to uncover the truth about Tom.
Episode 20
The Kingmaker (No. 42)
Mon, Apr 28, 201442 mins
After a politician in Prague is framed for a murder, Red suspects it's the work of The Kingmaker - a strategist behind the rise of some of the world's most powerful politicians. While Red helps Liz and the FBI catch him, Liz uncovers a secret that Red's been keeping from her.
Episode 21
Berlin (No. 8)
Mon, May 5, 201442 mins
Liz refuses to work with Red after discovering the truth about the death of her father. Seeking to make amends and force Liz to see him, Red brings the FBI a case they can't ignore. Meanwhile, Liz reveals what she knows about Tom's secret life to the FBI.
Episode 22
Berlin (No. 8): Conclusion
Mon, May 12, 201443 mins
With the crashing of the mysterious prisoner transport plane, the city is on lock down as the authorities are on the hunt for all the escapees. Meanwhile, with Red in custody, Liz uses her power to get him out since he is their best chance at finding all the suspects. Elsewhere, their main objective is to track down Berlin, a prisoner on the plane who is somehow involved.