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Jon Bokenkamp Jon Bokenkamp (born September 9, 1974 in Kearney, Nebraska) is an American writer and producer best known for his role in writing the screenplays for '' Taking Lives'' and '' The Call'', and creating the NBC series ''The Blacklist'' along with '' ...

that premiered on

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on September 23, 2013. It stars

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Megan Boone Megan Boone (born April 29, 1983) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as FBI agent and profiler Elizabeth Keen on the NBC drama series ''The Blacklist''. She had a recurring role in '' Law & Order: LA'' and an episodic appeara ...

Diego Klattenhoff Diego Klattenhoff is a Canadian actor known for his portrayals of Mike Faber in the Showtime series ''Homeland'' and as FBI Special Agent Donald Ressler in ''The Blacklist''. He has also appeared as Derek in '' Whistler'', Ivan in ''Men in Tre ...

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, and

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. Raymond "Red" Reddington (James Spader), one of the

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's most wanted fugitives, surrenders at

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in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have similar interests in getting rid of dangerous criminals and terrorists. Reddington will cooperate only with Elizabeth Keen (Megan Boone), a rookie FBI

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who we see in the first episode, has trouble profiling just herself and is not too keen on the idea. Over the course of his own criminal career, Reddington has made a list of global criminals who he believes are acting liabilities to his own interests or to society, most of whom are unknown to the FBI, and not on the FBI's "

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" list — he calls it "The Blacklist". As the series progresses, Reddington uses the FBI to apprehend enemies and strategic interests for his own personal gain. Executive producers for the series include Bokenkamp,

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, and John Davis for

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, and

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. In February 2022, NBC renewed the series for a tenth and final season which premiered on February 26, 2023.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2013–14)

Season 2 (2014–15)

Season 3 (2015–16)

Season 4 (2016–17)

Season 5 (2017–18)

Season 6 (2019)

Season 7 (2019–20)

Season 8 (2020–21)

Season 9 (2021–22)

Season 10 (2023)

Special episodes

Behind ''The Blacklist'' (2021)

The first 22-minute special episode was made available exclusively on NBC show page on November 4, 2021, featuring a backstage of the show and a preview for

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Celebration episodes

Each time the show passes an episodic milestone, the cast and crew have a celebration on the set of the Task Force headquarters. Some moments of the celebration, along with remarks from the cast, is published on NBC's official website as web exclusive content.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Blacklist Lists of American crime drama television series episodes