After practically a decade of betrayals and bloodshed, The Blacklist begins its endgame on February 23. NBC introduced earlier this month that the upcoming tenth season would be the drama’s remaining outing.
Showrunner and govt producer John Eisendrath mentioned in a press release that it’s an honor to succeed in The Blacklist’s conclusion: “It’s been incredibly fun to create the strange, devious, and delightful Blacklisters to challenge Raymond Reddington [James Spader] and our FBI Task Force each week.”
And these challenges will escalate in Season 10, it appears. NBC mentioned in a press launch that Red faces “unparalleled danger” this season on the present. “With Reddington’s covert role as an FBI informant facing exposure, former Blacklisters will unite against him in their lethal desire for revenge — testing Red and the FBI Task Force as never before,” the community added.
Note the phrase “lethal” — as in, extra individuals are gonna meet their maker! Ahead of The Blacklist’s Season 10 premiere, we’re rating the present’s 10 most stunning deaths thus far. It ought to go with out saying, however main Season 1–9 spoilers beneath!
10. Luli Zeng
You know the way unhealthy guys give a countdown once they’re holding somebody at gunpoint in a negotiation ploy? Unfortunately for Luli (Deborah S. Craig) — who joined Dembe (Hisham Tawfiq) on Red’s safety element in Season 1 — the mercenary Anslo Garrick (Ritchie Coster) pulled the set off proper when he reached zero.
9. Alan Fitch
Look away, M*A*S*H followers: Alan Alda’s Assistant Director of National Intelligence (and secret Cabal member) crossed a syndicate chief in Season 2 and ended up with an explosive round his neck, and that bomb detonated proper as Fitch began telling Red one thing essential. Blast!
8. Reven Wright
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This deputy lawyer common, performed by Adriane Lenox, had the unhealthy luck of asking too many questions on National Security Advisor Laurel Hitchin — extra on her later — and her connection to a Cabal member in Season 3. And as soon as Hitchin confirmed that Wright alone knew about that damning hyperlink, she pulled out a gun and shot Wright to maintain her silent.
7. Sam Scott
Liz (Megan Boone) misplaced her adoptive father, Sam (William Sadler), in Season 1 — not due to the most cancers for which he was hospitalized however as a result of Red smothered him to maintain him from telling Liz a secret about her organic father.
6. Laurel Hitchin
We’ll by no means belief kitchen islands once more. In Season 4, Hitchin (Christine Lahti) died when she struck her head on her kitchen counter in a scuffle with Donald Ressler (Diego Klattenhoff). (If this had been a campier present, Ressler may need mentioned, “I have a counter-proposal for you, lady…”)
5. Mr. Kaplan
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Mr. Kaplan (Susan Blommaert) leaping off a bridge to her dying in Season 4 wasn’t the shock — that appeared like a given for the character as soon as Red cornered her on the bridge. Instead, the shock was Red’s longtime fixer might even die in any respect. This was a girl who survived Red taking pictures her within the head, in any case.
4. Meera Malik
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Parminder Nagra actually appeared like one of many predominant characters in The Blacklist’s first season… till a henchman slit the throat of her CIA-agent character in a dance membership within the finale.
3. Tatiana Petrova
Tatiana (Laila Robins), the KGB spy who posed as Katarina Rostova, taunted Red in Season 8, saying he’d by no means have the ability to kill her due to her connection to Liz. She was mistaken: Red shot her lifeless as Liz arrived simply moments too late to avoid wasting the girl she thought was her mom.
2. Tom Keen
Blacklister Ian Harvey (Jonny Coyne) fatally stabbed Tom (Ryan Eggold) in Season 5 — however the covert operative lasted lots longer than he may need. “When we first pitched the series, Tom was going to die in the pilot,” govt producer John Eisendrath advised TV Insider in 2017. “An executive at our pitch said, ‘He should live. Then you have the mystery of who he is.’”
1. Liz Keen
No one on The Blacklist is protected, irrespective of excessive up an actor is on the decision sheet. This we discovered in Season 8, when Elias VanDyke (Lukas Hassel) shot Liz within the again to avenge the dying of his syndicate boss, Neville Townsend (Reg Rogers). It was a shock to some viewers, absolutely, however the information of Boone’s Blacklist exit leaked within the press every week earlier.
The Blacklist, tenth and Final Season Premiere, Sunday, February 26, 10/9c, NBC