Reddington was not always a stone cold killer. He used to have a normal family, life, and job until a traumatic fire, constant beatings, and having it all taken away from him literally psychologically changed him into a sociopath.
Personality… sly, manipulative, and charming. Red is always three steps ahead of everyone else, and is determined to keep himself a mystery. As he puts it, “I'm a criminal.
Raymond "Red" Reddington is the villainous protagonist of the NBC series The Blacklist. He is a master criminal who helps the police find other criminals. He was portrayed by James Spader, who also portrayed Eddie Dutra in The New Kids, Lee Woods in 2 Days in the Valley, Stewart Swinton in Wolf, Mr.
Summary. The Blacklist revealed in season 6 that Raymond Reddington is Liz's father, but the man she knows isn't the real Reddington. Katarina Rostova's friend, Ilya Koslov, took Reddington's place following his death and changed his appearance with surgery.
Reddington rescues Zuma as he is convoyed to the federal building and disappears. After residing in his mansion in Andalusia, Reddington takes a walk along the fields and ultimately dies from a bull. The number of Reddington on his fictional Blacklist is 0, stylized as 00.
Known as the "concierge of crime," Red has proven time and time again that he didn't earn his title without some next-level badassery. Red is the smartest person in every room, which has led to some intense mic-drop moments.
He acknowledged that Elizabeth was his weakness because she is one of the few people he cared about enough to relinquish some of his power and control. This both terrified and comforted him as she was both his greatest weakness and his greatest joy. With her death, he showed how love did make him powerless in the end.
As the concierge of crime, the man widely know as Red was as mysterious as he was powerful. The Blacklist had a chokehold on viewers for a decade thanks to the mind-boggling mystery that was Raymond Reddington, played by the talented James Spader.
Though the origin of Red's connection to Liz isn't fully explained by the end of Wednesday's Season 8 finale, the hints laid out across the last two episodes of the season strongly suggest that Raymond Reddington is actually Liz's mother, Katarina Rostova (played in flashbacks by Lotte Verbeek).
In “Sutton Ross”, it is revealed that he is not Raymond Reddington but an imposter who has been using his identity for more than 30 years. In “Rassvet”, it is revealed that he is Ilya Koslov, a childhood friend of Katarina Rostova, the love of his life and her occasional lover.
Elizabeth Keen has been portrayed by Megan Boone since 2013. Elizabeth Scott Keen (Blacklister No. 1) is an FBI profiler. According to Reddington and the FBI, her birth name is Masha Rostova, and she was born in Moscow to Katarina Rostova, a Russian intelligence agent whom everyone regards as a "myth".
But Season 9, Episode 8 confirmed that Dembe gave Liz the letter before her death —which means she died knowing the truth about Red, who is still very much alive.
Who was responsible for Elizabeth Keen's death? Season 9 of The Blacklist ended with Reddington finally answering the pressing question, "Who was responsible for Elizabeth Keen's death?" After working with Marvin to piece together details of Keen's murder, the puzzle slowly revealed that Marvin was to blame.
We've known for a year that the duffel bag contains human bones, but the identity of the poor skeleton inside it has been kept a secret — just the way Red wanted. But on Wednesday's Season 5 ender, we finally learned to whom those bones belong: Raymond Reddington.
Meera managed to sneak away with Cooper's classified file and provided Red with a copy of who authorized the order. In doing so, Meera helped Red discover the identity of the actual mole: Diane Fowler. Fast-forward to the nail-biting end of Season 1.
One of the greatest villains in Blacklist history was blacklister Peter Kotsiopulos, #24, also known as The Director. Like The Riddler to Batman, Kotsiopulos is one of the few people who knows Red's true identity and connection to Liz.
Summary. Megan Boone left The Blacklist to pursue other opportunities, allowing the show's creators to give her character a satisfying closure in season 8. Elizabeth Keen's storyline in The Blacklist reaches its conclusion with her death in season 8, preventing Megan Boone from returning for seasons 9 and 10.
Red called the task force to help extract him, but French officials had no record of him, because it turned out the hospital was a set constructed in a warehouse in Annapolis, Red wasn't paralyzed, and the French intelligence officer was actually a master of deception named Louis T.
This was never a sexuality storyline at all but instead a story about the love of a mother and the lengths she would go to save and protect her child. Raymond Reddington was Katarina Rostova.
Let me talk to you about our main character, international criminal mastermind Raymond Reddington. Red for short. He is undeniably one of the best-written television characters from the last decade. He's a classic villain.
