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Chronological

🐣 Grey: “It must be nice to be home again, Sir” Red: “Well, we’ll see about that” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/izXONbp5Cg

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/yRwyDB82a3
// walking

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/Hc7ww4hN7H
// flag

🐣”I’m here to see Asst Director Harold Cooper … Tell him it’s Raymond Reddington” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/2Cj5AmVM9A

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/FZYwIOEKNY
// standing

🐣 Red kneels on FBI seal and waits his “Welcome Home” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/q23ve5gk7y

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/AqU1B9qmhh
// dull screen

🐣 When the attendant keys in Red’s name, this is what she sees … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/VtmeNgQint

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/OH04arcEjB
// siren

🐣 Welcoming committee [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/sdc1tciImI

🐣 Profile: Raymond Reddington [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/Rita7yHnof
// collage

🐣 “It really is him” – FBI Asst Director for Counter-Terrorism Harold Cooper [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/dXiwjadV8M

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/sm45guxNej
// in cuff, seen from above

🐣 Donald Ressler, the case officer for Reddington, debriefs the others [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/vKahoSA19g

🐣 Reddington was a highly respected Naval Officer, on a fast track to Admiral [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/MwFFNUPV9b

🐣 Mysteriously he disappeared on Christmas Eve 1990 on his way home to his family [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/O6OxugfrL2

🐣 Classified documents leaked to foreign governments were traced to Reddington [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/uSDR2wwl2B

🐣 Reddington built an extralegal logistics empire and became “The Concierge of Crime” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/6pCYKjxjkx

🐣 Cooper wants to keep close track of Reddington … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/YXgZ3QFTOQ

🐣 “Ouch!” – So Red is injected with an RFID tracking chip [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/yUJAzSzLSV

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/dWn3nWCN1x
// view at level

🐣”You must have many questions. First of all, why I am here” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/gqiDWCOiFL

🐣 Red says he is after an international criminal of Serbian descent named Ranko Zamani [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/W3E1psEr6j

🐣 Cooper tells Red Zamani has been dead for six years [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/tfZdpoZRXf

🐣 Red: “Then a dead man just stepped off United 283 from Munich to Dulles” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/Nfx3HXlsu5

🐣 The FBI identifies Zamani, traveling under an alias [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/jtzBdk4jRt

🐣 Red to Cooper: “Was I right?” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/MGoGpLuSAQ

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🐣 Cooper (sheepishly): “You were right.” Red promises more but first exacts a demand … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/fFO7nnD3DW

🐣”… There’s one very important rule: I speak only with Elizabeth Keen.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/yoIvuElDfL

🐣 Ressler: “Who the hell is Elizabeth Keen?” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/Ak7X04g1G9

🐣 This is Elizabeth Keen, a newly graduated FBI profiler on her first day of work” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/AnVNgdE9mt

🐣 Elizabeth Keen (Megan Boone) with husband Tom (Ryan Eggold) [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/Ikfj9GX3WM

🐣 Tom and Liz have been married less than two years and plan to adopt a child [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/iagZC79ZHV

🐣 Dashing off to work, Liz doesn’t want to be late on her first day [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/Zta2khI0g5

🐣 The FBI wants Liz to come ASAP [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/FetEOZOsKG

🐣 What the –?! [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/XGgeXr7gWK

🐣 Liz nervously strokes a scar on her wrist [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/aOXYOhejw0

🐣 Liz waits to talk to Asst Director Cooper [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/sQm4rF6XLh

🐣 “I have no history with Reddington” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/muhb6YnIHP

🐣 “Profile yourself” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/cwpGRSUcBH

🐣 “They think I’m … a bitch” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/6VyYDvZhcz

🐣 Ressler is skeptical. Red is supposed be his assignment [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/jj6fK9yu6H

🐣 “Do you find it odd Reddington surrendered himself the day you started working … ?” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/QWBibY4cu1

🐣 “I think it suggests he was waiting for me” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/lz3pJDjyfB

🐣 ” … he thinks I can be easily manipulated. The man obviously doesn’t know me … ” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/f9Zfoyt33U

🐣m… waiting … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/I3vFtOdZjZ
// Red

🐣 Cooper: “If you need anything, remember we’re right here” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/uDiEkDLrYm

🐣 He looks innocent enough. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/Q9bkGZHJss

🐣 Love the yellow. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/zX5rBmN1nj

🐣 The containment unit is retracted. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/K64ilG2tYf

🐣 “Agent Keen, what a pleasure” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/sGYlZjFxGR

🐣 Liz: “Well I’m here.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/zFym572nVq

🐣 “You got rid of your highlights. You look much less ‘Baltimore’.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/S2m30ycovp

🐣 “Do you get home much? I haven’t been home in years” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/Is0CB1y2MY

🐣 “Why involve me? I’m nobody. It’s my first day. Nothin’ special about me.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/q7rJ5hfChR

🐣 “Oh, I think you’re very special” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/sFC26XMfu6

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🐣 “Within the hour, Ranko Zamani will abduct the daughter of US General Daniel Ryker” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/z0r203Firz

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/B7c90edFxb
// Ressler and Cooper

🐣 “And I’m supposed to believe you?” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/MfhHFiOIqi

🐣 “No, of course not!” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/mMlEIWHAdC

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/gp0wUJYRoK

🐣 “I’m a criminal” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/KpAn2WKUdw

🐣 “Criminals are notorious liars” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/ARxpkDwFFX

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/MIz3ghYQai
// dark, cool look

🐣 “Everything about me is a lie” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/PBBWsx9wSo

🐣 “But if anyone can give me a second chance, it’s you.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/sz5bLR8plu

🐣 “The two of us have overcome so much. I mean, look at you. Abandoned by a father – ” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/aFYApF2Wd1

🐣 ” – who was a career criminal. A mother who died of weakness and shame.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/Q0QmCREKw9

🐣 Red: “And yet here you are, about to make a name for yourself … ” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/YpVuch8ccZ

🐣 “About to capture Ranko Zamani.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/stZjhvRqT7

🐣 “I’m gonna make you famous, Lizzie.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/X16qyimJDh

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/a6kxXi5cwt
// Red

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/a6kxXi5cwt

🐣 “What did you tell him? … Private things about my family?” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/134ZnvFO6n

🐣 ” … You asked my opinion. Here it is. That girl’s gonna get taken.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/MuLFXqZVtF

🐣 “You better pull yourself together because you just called in the cavalry” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/h5nZ768cT5
// Ressler

🐣 Tom: “I’ll…take care of it. I think this woman might punch me in the face, – but I got it” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/wOw4JcH8rm

🐣 The cavalry. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/ikDgcffEP9

🐣 “We have a situation, sir. It’s about your daughter” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/xTjEr4616P

🐣 “My daughter?” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/9b476GTsC8

🐣 His daughter. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/35GNGDHX00

🐣 “Guys, with the guns, please. We don’t want to scare the kids. I got this” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/DT8ucOeKVZ

🐣 “Hi, Bethany, don’t be scared. I just need you to come with me, okay?” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/Jx9nEWLNVP

🐣 “Oh – You don’t have to … Thank you so much. This is beautiful.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/IU8veekAze

🐣 “Do you want to call your daddy?” “Yeah, I want to tell him I’m okay” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/ksturdQlZ2

🐣 “Not okay” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/tjeQofoTHf
// truck plows into SUV

🐣 … http://pic.twitter.com/b5R6Ka0Edn
// chaos

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/hxdbAPgja9
// chaos

🐣 The drivers are shot through. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/O7K73Rx2Oa

🐣 Attackers spill flammable liquids on the top of the bridge [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/s3itJnV1aY

🐣 Beth is fine, but very scared, [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/rkLWBINr9T

🐣… [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/NgZnM1a1tx
// Liz, okay

🐣 Liz takes out one of the attackers. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/hqFksdqdPe

🐣 A gas mask is lowered into the SUV. Liz to Beth: “These men are gonna take you.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/lWciubOmtO

🐣 “Are they gonna hurt me?” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/A2kQAlNPAf

🐣 Liz: “They’re not gonna hurt you. I’m gonna find you, okay?” Beth: “Okay” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/QTs3CzkbzV

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/3sWcMzOomm

🐣 Escape by inflatable boat … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist pic.twitter.com/ysbxNrTuJr

🐣 The abductors set a fire … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/o1aVexFFuN

🐣 … Ressler escapes only by jumping of the bridge. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/WWY7XyRsow

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/bu741FscXR

🐣 Beth looks back [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/NLyTnha0yP

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/DM2uno0hVN
// Liz, dejected

🐣 … The bracelet Beth gave to Liz … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/DAJCEQvarT

🐣 Liz enters [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/0XsdX4SLI1

🐣 “I need your help with Zamani” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/6nvAbJAvKq

🐣 “How about a trade. You tell me and I’ll tell you. Tell me about the scar on your wrist…” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/LRpt8xOIhc

🐣 Red: “I’ve noticed how you … stroke it.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/advAMD3GdK

🐣 “There was a fire. I was fourteen” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/YUztfz3Cjo

🐣 “Someone tried to hurt you.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/9KGApo9szq

🐣 “Not exactly. No.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/6407qQEwDi

🐣 “May I see it?” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/SVShBUPZPf

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/ucA60MN6I3
// wrist

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/1Caimeneyj
// Red looks

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/sV5ho7GnRn
// Liz draws back

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/k4tuO5rhFK
// Red looks away, as if he’s broken a taboo

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/snAWmKicoy
// even more so

🐣 … “Is a child really what you want? A baby won’t change what happened in the past” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/K6EsT5g7vY

🐣 “You lost the right to speak @ parenthood when you abandoned your wife & daughter” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/Od4QKoZKOF

🐣 “The girl.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/JurylFURTP
// Liz

🐣 “You won’t find the girl until you learn to look at this differently” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/EWc6oK3EQh
// Red

🐣 “And how should I look at it?” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/nRsaI686G9
// Liz

🐣 “Like a criminal.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/cohi2VGUt7
// Red

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🐣 “It may come easier than you think. Shall I show you?” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/X8uc0PbE5D

🐣 Red has offered to help the FBI capture an international terrorist named Ranko Zamani [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/rAPS5GHzf5

🐣 “At least you know what Zamani looks like.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/7aJifrhJP3

🐣 “Miroslav. They call him The Chemist. A highly regarded munitions expert.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/oodzYbe8XI

🐣 “I don’t know what any of this is” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/UmF9HydE4l

🐣 Red: “What about the girl? What do you have on the girl and her father?” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/62XqaVXYlT

🐣 “Your 36-hour timeline would suggest a singular event. … I’m not sure how the girl fits.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/pkywXHUKAT

🐣 Red: “You’re thinking like a cop. Cops are so objective – they’re obligated to protocol” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/W9sct8BE7R

🐣 Red: “Make it personal” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/n1I991aWIe

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/r8yKxBNiMe
// Red, pensive

🐣 ‘So what does he desperately want before he dies? And how does that relate to the girl?’ [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/HbATEIXykg

🐣 “Her father, the General, spent time in Bosnia.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/QqEN2tpMbQ

🐣 “He bombed a chemical weapons facility, poisoning the village. Zamani’s home.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/tF1rJZfSCS

🐣 “It’s about his family. They died. Zamani survived.’ [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist pic.twitter.com/kzzDaG1Wig

🐣 “He wants revenge. He hired the Chemist to build a bomb, detonate it in Washington” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/lSOAEPxsdZ

🐣 “He’s gonna use Beth to settle the score, deliver the bomb.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/Hi4nNzAHwb

🐣 Red seems pleased. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/VvEEnMfvs3

🐣1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/4iXEv2aMoS
// Liz

🐣 “I have an acquaintance. They call him The Innkeeper, runs a series of safe houses.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/yZ7jUseF9j

🐣 “Lean on him. He’ll know where to find the Chemist.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/1aDpwVABbt

🐣 Red won’t tell more without being allowed to move freely. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/7lk7sszJzt

🐣 “No more restraints, no more cages.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/74Pb3zsRQC

🐣 Cooper: “If you think we’re gonna put you up at the Sheraton … ” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/w1Fk0kCxsg

🐣 Red: “Save your Starwood points, Harold. The Sheraton’s not my scene.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/NsJhDhpjG5

🐣 Red’s new digs. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/fyuHXJjtky

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🐣 Ressler: “Hey, live it up, pal. Soon as this is over, you’re headed back to a black site.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/0nnUP9T0p2

🐣 Red: [ Moments later, to Ressler ] “Tip the gentleman, will you?” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/X6MoVw6qVv

🐣 Red’s information allows for capture of The Chemist. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/kXJgZUpUoM

🐣 Red lifts a toast to those surveilling him in his hotel room. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/euyvswiDRT

🐣 Liz arrives home to a big surprise. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/qo5dvIbkLN

🐣 She’s elated … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/jhtooZj8UA

🐣 … Until she sees Tom. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/FrhtNprSo6

🐣 And Zamani. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/pnbl8p5qAq

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/lBHNYS0Zv3
// Tom close-up

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/sd6cdQZ62Z
// Liz upset

🐣 … It just gets worse. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/yBxuzQb1Yp
// Tom, stabbed

🐣 By the time Zamani leaves, Tom is in very bad shape. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/tBeIvyWH1B
// Liz calling

🐣 Tom is critical. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/DHgNczdW7A

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/kZWH9QIDKQ
// Red in hotel, fave pic

🐣 Liz confronts Red. “Don’t play stupid. You’re the only thing that’s connecting us!” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/VBqs5P4MAh

🐣 Liz: “We’re not a team! … I’m not your partner!” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/Eq7nPQRdkm

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/RHw3zEQPiQ
// Red looking helpless

🐣 “Tell me! You know him! Why is my husband dying in a hospital right now?!” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/Jbi48N35BM

🐣 “The truth is … your husband doesn’t matter. Zamani did you a favor, Lizzy.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/iY4kRhE52W

🐣 Liz stabs Red with a pen. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/rOqAUZXiXT

🐣 “Now, you know I just punched a hole in your carotid.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/BPsMKuTQVX

🐣 “Yeah. But if I die you’ll never know the truth about your husband.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/yTzVT7vqab

🐣 “You know nothing about my husband.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/zgLNHjSagF

🐣 Liz pen out and tosses it on the table. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/sehdvzGFzZ

🐣 Later, Liz goes home. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/blf9UVnMZr

🐣 The CSI people are finishing up. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/QMF4qqvm47

🐣 Liz starts to clean up. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/7Nznnm03k3

🐣 Later, Liz insists on seeing Red in the hospital room Ressler is guarding. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/mKsAhacjbI

🐣 Red is gone. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/obwAHOpBsE

🐣 Liz sees Red walking away. A long length of rope is found. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/JBLelsDLEm

🐣 Red’s assistant, Newton Phillips, dressed as an orderly. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/y8Kaveb7VJ

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/PaSa4jqnB6
// Red near Washington monument

🐣 “Hello, old friend.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/DflN1kwu09

🐣 Red: “How did things go with Agent Keen?” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/cHBLVwegrS

🐣 Zamani: “Paid her a visit, like you asked.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/5qFcfNCtbF

🐣 Red: “And the husband?” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/VWTvzGU8Wa

🐣 Zamani: “Like you asked.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/JumPHqkjcU

🐣 “This is about the children. Raymond, today … I am giving their plague back to them.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/IFtMg6Dchr

🐣 Zamani: “In sixty years they will be talking about this day– about my legacy.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/XUegzGMnDo

🐣 Ressler is following the signal from Red’s tracking chip. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/dK8tFtNcQB

🐣 Red: [ To Liz ] “Zamani wants more than the General’s daughter. He’s after ‘children.'” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/mcQi40G6IW

🐣 Red: [ On phone ] “In the house what did he say, what did you see?” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/lInUouTpde

🐣 Liz: “Uh, there was blood. There was blood everywhere” Red: “Take a breath, Lizzy” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/5oD1udfr8q

🐣 Liz: “I know what I saw. This mark, I’ve seen it before. He’s going to bomb the DC Zoo.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/JsPoc5d38o

🐣 Beth is sitting patiently on a bench at the Zoo. She’s wearing a backpack. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/9luU6hX5ix

🐣… [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/UONc7tHPIO

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🐣 Liz: “Beth? Hi, honey. Are you hurt?” Beth: “No.” Liz: “Are you alone?” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/paqNA5ZgzT

🐣 Beth: “He said to wait here for my daddy. He said not to take it off.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/yhpCNtFRBX

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/gfrt6O5xCW
// timer seen in Beth’s backpack

🐣 Liz: “There’s less than three minutes.” Red: “My friend, he’s on his way.” http://pic.twitter.com/mlO2UhmR2Z

🐣 Red: “Whatever you do, don’t touch it.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/m136uyfUwB

🐣 Meanwhile, Ressler has followed the tracking chip to a rooftop. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/2cKTdMkwJy

🐣 It’s Zamani, not Red. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/VKxWvV5jpw

🐣 Suicide by cop [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/mHmWfDqVOU

🐣 Zamani had Red’s tracking chip. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/L9S96yDnFl

🐣 Red’s friend arrives, begins working on the bomb. He speaks no English. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/9nzw99GBII

🐣 Liz tries to keep Beth calm. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/RS9LsvueTM

🐣 Liz lets Beth touch her scar – to make her brave. “My daddy gave it to me,” says Liz. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/HMUjKJHurG

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/aiWyPNJKCq
// close-up of bomb

🐣 The bomb stops with 10 seconds to spare. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/Ep4Ye4dgUa

🐣 “Uzasny!” Red’s friend runs off – with the bomb. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/zxAfLI23wT

🐣 Red: “Nos dash daisa!” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/Ai30TXtfEc

🐣 Liz: “That is a chemical weapon!” Red: “He’s fascinated by the things” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/e7BjHK8Pvo

🐣 Red: “He certainly has more use for it than we do.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/EailS4XS5x

🐣 Beth reunites with her father. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/xC2LvL41mk

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/Ewt5XZYfQx
// Red puts hands behind head

🐣 Ressler gets to apprehend Red. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/ZAVHwtA3nL

🐣 Red to Liz: “We’re gonna make a great team” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/KYNraYFtQ9

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/qWDW2ohCfg
// Liz

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/0zK0WtmAg0
// FBI building

🐣 Cooper: “Who is the Ukrainian?” Red: “I’m not gonna tell you.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/xN6bkz0iVI

🐣 Cooper: “You gave him a chemical weapon.” Red: “He took it. … ” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/lXf4JmHnpb

🐣 ‘That’s the price of doing business, Harold, with certain people who can get things done.’ [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/IWr2p1ko0f

🐣 “You never look at the larger picture. The bomb didn’t detonate, the girl is safe … ” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/uOATKZvi6z

🐣 “Zamani’s dead. Frankly, I think this all went down rather swimmingly.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/j6XiweuuBH

🐣 Ressler: “This was never about Zamani. You…infiltrated the FBI to get at our intelligence” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/rELw1A5ibV

🐣 “Your intelligence?” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/o17dplKLQ4

🐣 “I certainly don’t want your intelligence, Agent Ressler. I’m quite happy with my own” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/xuSw8k2qRJ

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🐣 “I think we’re finished.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/uFSWl9lnpA

🐣 “Well, this was fun. Let’s do it again. … Understand, Zamani was only the first.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/vwjuOlcVIT

🐣 “It’s called The Blacklist. That sounds exciting.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/iQOgRIS9XV

🐣 “That’s why we’re all here, of course. My wish list.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/qPWufG9CZr

🐣 “A list I’ve been cultivating for over 20 years. Politicians, mobsters, hackers, spies” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/OP2kNnIs8a

🐣 “The ones you can’t find because you don’t even know they exist. Zamani was small fish” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/JPRCxNNLGe

🐣 “I’m Ahab. And if you want the whales on my list, you have to play by my rules … ” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/3uoX15Mwdl

🐣 ” … Most importantly, I speak only with Elizabeth Keen.” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/zsdZyZiRhs

🐣 ♫ Jim James’ A.E.I.O.U. plays [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/yNTWIe3a1A

🐣 ♫ Daylight comes ♫ [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/pml6slHllB

🐣 ♫ Daylight goes ♫ [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/QCD59GZneS

🐣 ♫ How far will reach ♫ [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/y18xHUbEYi

🐣 ♫ Ain’t nobody knows ♫ [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/zK5GXbRR71

🐣 ♫ I use state–of–the–art ♫ [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/a3bn1FY6qI

🐣 ♫ Technology ♫ [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/gRd6m9OG7t

🐣 ♫ It’s supposed to make ♫ [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/ASyhnM6XYG

🐣 ♫ For better livin’ ♫ [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/vF6lCGEBdT

🐣 ♫ Are we better human beings? ♫ [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/SZlsTH9bcJ

🐣 ♫ And I’m straining to remember ♫ [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/v9U000TXxp

🐣 ♫ Just what it means to be alive ♫ [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/IfhQFEDArP

🐣 ♫ [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/EIilFa1Mu6
// photo of Liz and Tom on desk

🐣 ♫ [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/5xqcpXF0s3
// Liz, sitting by window, eery light

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/2e24kbn9oG
// Red, sleeping, upright in chair, dark

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/uKAeFmIrmv
// Red, bright, startled awake, upright

🐣 A visitor. [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/SSvQCBkYpM
// Liz, wary

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/UVY3A8dZpk
// Red, awake now

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/Zc2fuaMN1r
// Liz, not showing emotions

🐣 “You’ve discovered something curious about your husband, haven’t you, Lizzy?” [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/UwWqygLk8g

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/Mi0QMvB5vV
// Liz, registers surprise

🐣 … [1:1 Pilot] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://pic.twitter.com/7v9JdJBzC9
// Red, inscrutible smile

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