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NBCās series The Blacklist starring James Spader and Megan Boone
Series created by: Jon Bokenkamp
Program air date: 4/28/2016 in the US
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Last updated: 5/1/2016 4:40 pm CT [ Central/Chicago time ]
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Director: Donald E Thorin, Jr
Written by: Dawn DeNoon
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Raymond āRedā Reddington ā James Spader
Elizabeth Keen ā Megan Boone
Donald Ressler ā Diego Klattenhoff
Harold Cooper ā Harry Lennix
Tom Keen ā Ryan Eggold
Aram Mojtabai ā Amir Arison
Samar Navabi ā Mozhan MarnĆ²
Dembe Zuma ā Hisham Tawfiq
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GUEST STARS:
Benjamin Stalder ā Kelly AuCoin
Mr Kaplan ā Susan Blommaert
Hotel Security Chief ā Ray Crisara
Nez Rowan ā Tawny Cypress
Dom ā Brian Dennehy
Operator 4-6 ā Murphy Guyer
Cynthia Panabaker ā Deirdra Lovejoy
Charlene Cooper ā Valarie Pettiford
Ellie ā Susan Kelechi Watson
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š“ Script 3:20 The Artax Network (ā 41)
Blurb:Lizās funeral. Each team member mourns in their own way. Meanwhile, Red visits a relative of Lizās. The search for the killers begins.
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Previously on āThe Blacklistāā¦
Mr Kaplan: This is on you, Raymond. You were wrong to make her believe you could keep her safe.
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Red: She left behind a little girl āā Sheāll need protection.
Tom: Only if youāre in her life. I wonāt let you make the same mistake with her that you made with Liz.
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Cooper: Who attacked us at the church?
Red: I donāt know. Whoever employed Solomonās services, they know too much. Theyāre breathing down our necks even now, listening, watching. We need to put down the threat quickly.
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Tom: Shh! (Baby WAILING) Oh, I know. I know.
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[ Assistant Director Harold Cooper is delivering the eulogy at Lizās funeral service ]
Cooper: I wish there was something I could say to stop your tearsā¦
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Tom: Shh. Shh. Shh.
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Cooper: ā¦to take away the pain of losing her, but I canāt.
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(Baby CONTINUES WAILING)
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Cooper: What I can do is remind you of how lucky we were to have had Elizabeth in our lives.
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[ Samar has come to visit the baby. A guard stops her ]
Guard: I need to see some ID.
[ Samar shows the FBI badge on her belt ]
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[ āŖ RAY LAMONTAGNEāS āPART ONE HOMECOMINGā PLAYS ]
Cooper: What does the Lord ask of us? To do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with our God.
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Samar: Reddingtonās guys?
Tom: Yeah. Not that I asked them to be here.
Samar: Theyāre here for her protection.
Tom: Yeah, well, I donāt want Reddington or his goons to be any part of her life.
(Baby FUSSING)
Samar: I know.
Tom: Please tell me you know how to swaddle a baby.
Samar: (SCOFFS) I hear bourbon works.
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Cooper: Did Elizabeth do justice? She came into our lives under extraordinary circumstances that few agents could hold up under. But she did more than hold up. She thrived.
[ Flashback ]
[ Charlene opens door to Cooper ]
Cooper: You look nice.
[ End flashback ]
āŖ Low and mean āŖ
Cooper: She withstood scrutiny from her peers, false accusations from her government, and helped take down some of the worst criminals this country has ever known.
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Aram: Agent Ressler, itās time.
āŖ Years in the air āŖ
[ Ressler is watching video of Liz being surveilled ]
(KNOB CLICKS) (STATIC HISSES)
Man: [ On video ] Code red! Code red! All units, please respond.
( ā ā RAPID GUNFIRE ā ā )
Man: Weāre under heavy fire. Man: Bearcat, donāt dismount there. Shut it down.
Ressler: Wait, who the hell are these guys?
Aram: We canāt be late.
Ressler: We gotta find them.
Aram: Yeah, and we will, just not now. We have to go.
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Cooper: Did she love mercy? Iāve never met anyone more forgiving. Elizabeth followed her heart, and against all odds, it led her back to the man she loved.
āŖ Hillside flush with the sunrise āŖ
Cooper: Did she walk humbly with her God? (CHUCKLES) Iāll never forget the day I met her. It was her first day on the job. She had been offered an opportunity that most agents wait a lifetime to get. āWhy me?ā she asked. (VOICE BREAKS) āIām nobody special.ā
āŖ Show me the feathers youāve found āŖ
āŖ The glass in the ground āŖ
āŖ A comforting sound āŖ
Cooper: I think we all know different. She was humble, self-effacing, and very, very special. Like all of you, Iām sad and angry. Like you also, Iām also very blessed to have known Elizabeth. So as we leave here today, letās celebrate. The last few days, many have come up to me and theyāve said, āWe are so sorry for your loss.ā But we havenāt lost Elizabeth. (VOICE BREAKS) We know exactly where she is. [ Places his hand on his heart ]
[ āŖ FACESā āOOH LA LAā PLAYS ]
āŖ Poor old granddad āŖ
āŖ I laughed at all his words āŖ
āŖ I thought he was a bitter man āŖ
āŖ He spoke of womanās ways āŖ
āŖ Theyāll trap you, then they use you āŖ
āŖ Before you even know āŖ
āŖ For love is blind and youāre far too kind āŖ
āŖ Donāt ever let it show āŖ
āŖ I wish that I knew what I know now āŖ
āŖ When I was younger āŖ
āŖ I wish that I knew what I know now āŖ
[ Ressler, Samar and Aram are in car on the way to the graveside service. Ressler is driving. Aram lights up a joint ]
Samar: I canāt believe Reddington didnāt come.
Ressler: I can. He knows this is his fault. Hey, Aram, that downloadā¦ how far along are youā¦
Aram: (VOICE BREAKS) Donāt judge. Iām justā¦ (EXHALES SLOWLY) Iām just super stressed out.
āŖ The dressing rooms are gray āŖ
Ressler: Oh, youāre kidding me, right?
Samar: Itās legal in D.C.
[ Aram passes the joint to Samar, who takes a long drag ]
āŖ Before they make you feel a man āŖ
āŖ But love is blind and you soon will find āŖ
(ARAM SNORES) (EXHALES SLOWLY)
āŖ Youāre just a boy again āŖ
Samar: I feel horrible.
Ressler: Well, you should. Itās a funeral.
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Charlene: I feel so badly for Tom.
Cooper: I keep thinking maybe thereās something we should do for him.
Charlene: We?
āŖ Ooh la la āŖ
āŖ Ooh la la, la la, yeah āŖ
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[ Redās car pulls up to an old house deep in the woods. He gets out ] (CAR DOOR CLOSES)
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[ At graveside ]
Minister: Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen. All: Amen.
Aram: Wait. I need toā¦ I need to say something.
(PAPER RUSTLES) (BREATHES UNEVENLY) (VOICE BREAKING)
Aram: āWhen she shall dieā¦ take herā¦ and cut her out in little stars, and she will make the face of heaven so fine that all the world will be in love with night and pay no worship to the garish sun.ā āRomeo and Juliet.ā Agent Keen loved Shakespeare. And Dr. Seuss. She loved dim sum andā¦ and BeyoncĆ©, and those little wooden, uh, foot massagers that go under your desk. (VOICE BREAKS) I know the things she loved because we were friends. Even though I called her āAgent Keen,ā that was out of the respect I had for her. (BREATHING UNEVENLY) Her friends also called her Liz. (CRYING) I miss you, Liz. (SNIFFLES) Justā¦ Okay. Thank you. (SPEAKING INAUDIBLY)
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(Red KNOCKS ON DOOR) (DOOR CREAKS)
Dom: What are you doing here?
Red: Your granddaughter. Sheāsā¦ Iām sorry.
(Dom turns and walks away; FOOTSTEPS DEPART)
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Cooper: We are not standing down. And donāt give me protocol about investigating the death of a colleague.
Cynthia Panabaker: Then how about youāre too close, too emotional, and too raw to come within a country mile of doing a good job finding who attacked Agent Keenās wedding?
Cooper: We have to do something.
Panabaker: Yes, you do. Find Reddington.
Cooper: Heāll turn up. He always does.
Panabaker: No, he always did because of Keen. Now his cooperation was predicated on her. Now that sheās gone, does he intend to continue?
Cooper: I donāt have a clue.
Panabaker: Well, then you need to get one. We made a deal with the most wanted man in America. Itād be nice to know if heās planning to honor it.
Cooper: And Keen?
Panabaker: You worry about Reddington. Weāve assigned top agents to her case.
Cooper: Who?
Panabaker: Topā¦ agents.
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Ressler: Come on, they really expect us to stand down?
Cooper: Yeah, thatās not happening. Where are we?
Aram: All right, whoever was after Agent Keen hacked into a telecom hub. The servers in that basement were sifting data intercepted from the fiber optic cables.
Samar: Sifting it and sending it where?
Aram: I donāt know. Once they realized weād figured out what they were doing, they pulled the plug andā¦ and severed all communications.
Ressler: But we know what they were looking forā¦ Keen. They were watching her.
Aram: Right. Yes. Watching and listening through private security camerasā¦ (TAPPING KEY) traffic cams.
Cooper: Someone was watching the attack on the church, in real time.
Ressler: She never stood a chance. They were following her the whole time.
Cooper: And you have no idea where this information was being sent? Who was tracking her?
Aram: Iām tracing the packet routes, but itāsā¦ itās gonna take time. What I do know is that, uh, Agent Keen wasnāt the only person they were monitoring. Uh, they were intercepting cell and CCTV footage out of the Warwick Hotel in Midtown, along with voice and Internet traffic out of something called the, uh, Global Financial Council.
Cooper: How is that connected to Keen?
Aram: I donāt know. Itāsā¦ (SIGHS) Thereās so many pieces to sort through. Itāsā¦ This is the sort of thing Mr. Reddington would just see without even blinking.
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(BIRDS CHIRPING) (CHAIR SCRAPES FLOOR)
[ Dom serves Red some scrambled eggs ]
Red: Thank you.
Dom: Mm-hmm.
(Pepper mill GRINDING)
Red: As soon as the name āMasha Rostovaā hit the 24-hour news cycle, they came for her. I thought I couldā¦ (SIGHS) protect her. I did protect her, all these years. Iāve anticipated almost every threat. (UTENSIL SCRAPING) But this oneā¦ ā¦a medical complication in childbirth.
Dom: Masha had a child?
Red: A girl. She was born prematurely, but sheās expected to be fine.
Dom: Well, thatās wonderful. (UTENSIL CLINKS) Now I am a great-grandfather.
Red: I came here to tell you that.
Dom: Sure. Iām sure you did. Right there on your desk calendar.
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Tom: Okay, so weā¦ tuck, then we fold from the bottom. Uhā¦ (SIGHS) Just tuck, foldā¦. (WHISPERS) Crap. I donāt know. (Baby FUSSES) Shh, shh. You know, I know what youāre thinking. Youāre thinking, āDad, you suck at this.ā But Iām telling youā¦ I can do this. (EXHALES SHARPLY) I think. (CHUCKLES)
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Aram: Okay, Iāve got something. All right, one of the cellphones being tapped belongs to an executive assistant named Amanda Bigelow, the other to an Anthony Mayhew, a chauffeur. Both work for an executive whoās staying at our third point of reference, the Warwick Hotel, while in New York to speak at a conference held by reference point number four, the Global Financial Council. So the common denominator is the executive. Benjamin Stalder. (TYPING) President of the Energy Consortium Group.
Samar: If the same people who monitored Liz are monitoring him, he could be the key to finding Lizās killers.
Cooper: Or he could be their next target.
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(TELEPHONE RINGS IN DISTANCE)
[ Two men have cleared out Lizās office and are about to walk out with boxes ]
Ressler: Hey. What the hell are you doing?
Young man: What?
Ressler: Youāre clearing her out like sheās been evicted from a monthly rental. Have some respect.
Young man: Standard procedure is to secure the effects of a terminated partyā¦
Ressler: Get out. Now. Hey! You two, out now.
Cooper: Donald.
Ressler:You believe this?
Cooper: Theyāre just doing their job. [ To the two men: ] Why donāt you take a break? Iām gonna collect Agent Keenās effects myself.
Ressler: Vultures.
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(BIRDS CHIRPING)
Red: (PLAYING LOW NOTES on piano) Iād imagine it to be a challenge, playing Rachmaninoffās C-sharp minor āPreludeā without the benefit of C-sharp.
Dom: It would beā¦ if I played anymore. Why are you still here?
Red: Iām not entirely sure I know.
Dom: Mm. Sympathy?
Red: Excuse me?
Dom: Are you waiting for my sympathy? Maybe a hug.
Red: God, no.
Dom: Good, because you wouldnāt find that here anyway.
Red: I just needed to be someplaceā¦ quiet.
Dom: Well, I wasnāt expecting you. I have to go to town for groceries.
Red: Iām sorry for the intrusion. Let me give you some money, please. Could you pick up a single malt? Preferably from the Highlands, but not Islay. The water there tastes like seaweed and iodine.
(SIGHS) (FOOTSTEPS DEPART) (DOOR CREAKS OPEN) (DOOR CLOSES)
[ āŖ GREGORY ALAN ISAKOVāS āSUITCASE FULL OF SPARKSā PLAYS ]
(LATCHES CLICK, LID CREAKS)
[ Red is in the garage, looking through boxes of things from Katarinaās childhood. A hand-made doll. A drawing of a little girl holding hands with her mother and father, very similar to that burned in the fire scene, and very similar to how Liz described to Red her āhidden desireā in the Djinn ā the dream of a normal life ]
āŖ Traveling through the graveyard āŖ
āŖ With a suitcase full of sparks āŖ
āŖ Honey, Iām just trying to find my way to you āŖ
āŖ Lit up every campfire āŖ
āŖ I found out in the dark āŖ
āŖ All the countless days along the sea of blue āŖ
āŖ Learned the language of the Mockingbird āŖ
āŖ She took and twisted all my words āŖ
āŖ Yeah, Iām just trying to find my way to you āŖ
āŖ And Iāll meet you in the graveyard āŖ
āŖ With the winter trees and stars āŖ
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Medical history taker: What can you tell me about the motherās family medical history?
āŖ Open up this suitcase full of sparks āŖ
Tom: Nothing. And neither could she. They died when she was young.
Medical: What about Elizabeth herself? Any cancer, heart disease, diabetes?
Tom: No. Lookā¦ (INHALES DEEPLY) Doctor, is something wrong with my baby?
Medical: Agnes is just fine. But the more genetic blanks I can fill in the charts, you know, the better I know what to screen for. What about your family?
Tom: More blanks. I never knew my parents either. I think thatās what made Liz and I work. You know, it was the first time either of us felt likeā¦ ā¦family. (CELLPHONE RINGS, BEEPS) Excuse me.
Cooper: Cooper.
Tom: Itās Tom Keen.
Cooper: Tom, Iām glad you called. I just collected a box of personal things from Lizās office.
Tom: All right. Iāll come pick āem up now. Look, maybe I couldā¦ (DOOR CLOSES) ā¦work on the case while Iām there, because Iāmā¦ Iām useless here.
Cooper: We have things under control.
Tom: No. See, thatās the problem, all right? The situation doesnāt call for control. The only way weāre gonna find the bastards who came after Liz is if we sink to their level.
Cooper: Tom, stop. Just be with your child. We have a solid lead, and weāre working it now.
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Benjamin Stalder: I donāt care how well the stock was doing before. Itās imploding now. Itās a classic pump and dump. (TELEPHONE RINGS) We need to liquidate immediately. Noā¦ Wait, hang on. Front desk is calling. (RING) I think my driverās here. I gotta head over to the conference. (RING) Dump that stock, Lawrence! (RING)
[ Stalder leaves without answering the room phone ]
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Samar: Stalderās not answering. Keep trying the room. Weāre almost there, but I need hotel security to find him and secure him.
Desk/Security: Agent Navabi, I have eyes on Mr. Stalder approaching the elevator. Heās got two of his own men with him, and I see his driver down here in the lobby. Heās good.
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Operator 4-6: Rolling Thunder, this is Operator 4-6. Unicorn is at the elevators.
(TIRES SCREECH)
Man in SUV: Roger that. We are 15 seconds from location. Asset is on site, ready for extraction. (ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)
Samar: Whereās Stalder?
Desk: Elevator 2, landing any second.
[ Nez Rowan is in the elevator. When the door closes, she and an assistant attack Stalderās guards ]
(BAG THUDS) (CLICK) Uhh! (GROANS) (GRUNTING) (COCKS GUN) (ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)
Ressler: [ Impatiently, waiting for elevator with Stalder to arrive ] Come on. Come on. (COCKS GUN)
[ Elevator door opens. Stalderās two guards are collapsed on the floor. Stalder is gone ]
Ressler: Gone. [ To Desk/Security ] What floor did it stop on?
Security/Desk: Seven.
And where do those stairs lead?
Security/Desk: West alley service entrance, end of that corridor.
Ressler: All right, let me take the alley.
Samar: Okay.
(TIRES SCREECH)
[ Samar finds Nez and Stalder in the stair well ( ā¼ļøšā½ā”ļøāšš¼šŖšš½ fist/knife/pistol-whipping šāšš½šŖā½š« ā¼ļø fight ensues ]
Uhh! (GRUNTING) (šŖ BLADE ZINGS) ( š« GUN š« CLATTERS) (GRUNTING) Uhh! (EXHALES DEEPLY) [ Nez abandons Stalder, runs outside ]
Ressler: FBI! Freeze! On the ground! On the groā¦
[ Ressler is knocked down by the get-away vehicle. Nez climbs in ]
(TIRES SCREECH) Nez: Abort! We got FBI! Go! Go! Go!
(TIRES SQUEAL)
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( BIRDS CHIRPING)
[ Red is seated in garage, playing with glitter ]
Dom: You have no right to go through her things.
(Grocery BAGS THUD)
Dom: And thatās my coat!
Red: I was just imagining young Katarina covered in glitter. As an adult, itās easy to dismiss this stuff as girlish frivolity. You forget the wonder it creates, the light captured, secret wishes evoked. It renders even the darkest days sparkly. (BLOWS glitter into the AIR) Never underestimate the power of glitter.
Dom: Stop it.
Red: Stop what?
Dom: Stopā¦ torturing me.
Red: That was never my intention.
Dom: (EXHALES) Then what are you doing out here? These boxes are all I haveā¦ all I have left of my daughter.
Red: Iām sorry, Dom. I understand.
Dom: No, you donāt. You donāt understand. You think because Mashaās dead, now youā¦ you can understand me? (SIGHS) You canā¦ you can share my misery?
Red: I feel bereft, just like you.
Dom: No, not just like me. Sheās gone because of choices you made for both of them. First Katarina and then Masha. As far as Iām concerned, you killed my entire family! No, youāre not like me. (THUD)
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Cooper: Nez Rowan? Youāre sure it was her?
Samar: I had a pretty good angle on her face as she cracked me with the butt of her weapon. š¤ Itās her.
Ressler: How is that even possible? We had her dead to rights for the armed robbery of a nuclear facility, conspiracy to kidnap, accessory to murder.
Cooper: I personally signed the paperwork for her transfer to Fort Meade to await trial.
Ressler: So why isnāt she rotting in a cell?
Cooper: Iāll have Aram look into it.
Samar: Aram is taking a personal day today. Heās not dealing with Lizās death very well. (TELEPHONE RINGING IN DISTANCE)
Cooper: Heās not alone. Iāll look into the Rowan situation myself.
Ressler: Look, sheās definitely working with the same team of mercs who tried to abduct Keen. Rowanās extraction team outside the hotel todayā¦ they wore the exact same equipment as they did.
Cooper: Okay, well, letās find out from Mr. Stalder why theyāre after him and how he connects to Liz. (TELEPHONE RINGS)
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Benjamin Stalder: I run the Energy Consortium Group. We advise governments and private sector clients on energy and economic business models. I recommend who gets billion-dollar contracts and who doesnāt.
Samar: Soā¦ Thatās why you travel with such a heavy security contingent.
Stalder: Yeah. Thatās right. Iāve received plenty of death threats over the years.
Ressler: Weāll need any record you have of those, along with a complete client list.
Stalder: Of course.
Samar: Did anything unusual happen today, before the abduction?
Stalder: No. (SIGHS) I never left the suite. I was working on my speech for the Global Financial Council.
Ressler: Can you think of any reason why someone would want to stop that speech?
Stalder: No. It was just a general state of the industry address.
Ressler: Mr. Stalder, do you have any connection with Elizabeth Keen?
Stalder: The fugitive. Right? Uh, no, only what I hear in the news. Whatever happened to her, anyway?
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[ Red is helping put groceries away ]
(SIGHS) (BOTTLES CLINK)
Dom: Thatās not where the capers go.
Red: Domā¦
Dom: Move.
Red: You still have family.
Dom: Who? The baby? I wonāt live long enough to see her out of nappies. If Iām allowed to see her at all. I had to make do with photographs of Masha. Did you even tell her about me?
Red: I couldnāt. You know how complicated it was.
Dom: There was nothing complicated about it. We had to back out of Mashaās life to keep her safe, after you made a colossal mess of everything. Only you couldnāt stay well enough away, could you? Now youā¦ you come to my house with this sorry tale of loss, like youāre the only one affected by this. Youāre the only one whose feelings matter. Well, guess what, Raymond? Masha was my granddaughter, and now sheās dead without even knowing I existed! (SIGHS) All my sacrifices shot to hell. I couldāve spent the last 30 years just being her grandfatherā¦ You selfish prick. (EXHALES DEEPLY)
Red: She had your temper.
Dom: (SCOFFS) I loved that girl enough to let her go, which is more than you can say.
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Stalder: Did my office send you what you wanted?
Ressler: Yes. We have your client list. Weāre running them down now.
Samar: But we need to go over your abduction one more time.
Stalder: Weāve been over it six times. I canāt stay here. I have to fly to Dubai tonight.
Ressler: Listen, Mr. Stalder, leaving now would be a huge mistake. Youāre in immediate danger. Stalder: (SIGHS) My firm contracts with the best security teams that money can buy. Now that weāre aware of the threat, I am confident in their ability to keep me safe. Now Iām sorry, but I have to go.
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Cooper: Do you know who had Nez Rowan released from military custody three days ago?
Panabaker: Oh, honey, youāve come to a goatās house looking for wool. I warned you, Harold. Stand down.
Cooper: You know who did it.
Panabaker: Have you found Raymond Reddington?
Cooper: Damn it, Cynthia. Nez Rowan was part of a shadow army that left directly to the death of Agent Keen. Rowan was the best lead we have. Who let her go free?
Panabaker: (CLOSES FILE) I donāt know. Itās over my head. What I can tell you is that there are certain U.S. government missions. Covert. Dangerous. Necessary. And they require the expertise of an independent organization.
Cooper: Donāt patronize me. Those people got one of my best agents killed, and you expect me to walk away. How can I justify that?
Panabaker: I know full well you look the other way when you need to, because working with an international criminal enables you to bring good to the world.
Cooper: I canāt look the other way. Not this time. They took someone that I love.
Panabaker: Best thing you can do for all of us is locate Reddington and find a way to keep him on your team.
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(CELLPHONE BEEPS, DIALING) (CELLPHONE the VIBRATES)
Tom: [ To infant: ] Hold on. Hold on. (Phone VIBRATES) Yeah.
Cooper: You ready to roll in the mud?
Tom: Thought youād never ask.
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[ Aram come to the door of Domās house ]
(KNOCKING ON DOOR) (BIRDS CHIRPING) (DOOR CREAKS) (SINGSONG VOICE)
Aram: Surprise.
Red: (INHALES SLOWLY, CLICKS TEETH)
Red: Dembeā¦
Aram: Please donāt be mad at him. Dembe understood how important this is, and you werenāt answering his calls, or I-I never would have dropped by unannounced. Itās rude, andā¦ I hate to be rude.
Red: What do you want, Aram?
Aram: You need to come back with me.
Red: Why?
Aram: Weāre not getting anywhere. In the investigation ofā¦ Agent Keenās death. We could use your help.
Red: Harold Cooper is a very capable leader. Heāll sort it out.
Aram: Itās more than that. I canāt work. The Post Office, without Agent Keenā¦ Without youā¦ itās just a government building.
Red: Iām sorry you came all the way out here for nothing, Aram. I canāt help you. (DOOR CREAKS)
Aram: No. You gave me a speech over an empty grave, about the foundational elements in our lives. āPeople who form the brick and mortar of who we are.ā How, when theyāre suddenly not there, weā¦ we collapse into rubble. Now it was after Agent Keen was almost killed by the Cabal. But I saved her. You looked into that empty grave back then and said youād be staring at her if it werenāt for me. Now I understand why you have collapsed into rubble. I do, and Iām truly sorry. But Iām here to collect on your debt. You owe me. So letās go.
(VOICE BREAKING)
Red: To payā¦ m-my debt to you would require more than I possess. Iām not coming back.
[ Red closes door ] (FOOTSTEPS DEPART)
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(RESSLER SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) (TELEPHONE RINGS IN DISTANCE)
Ressler: If Reddingtonās not coming back for Keen, heās not coming back, period.
Samar: Okay, so whatās our next move? Aram, did you have any luck with those servers from the basement?
Aram: I thought Iād be able to figure out where they routed their data, but I couldnāt find the end of the proxy chain.
Ressler: Well, they have to be bouncing it off some kind of hidden servers around the Earth.
Aram: Or hidden serversā¦ over the Earth. I checked all the viable telecom satellites in GEO and LEO orbit, but I didnāt check the offline ones. (TYPING)
Cooper: Offline satellites?
Aram: Yeah, there are thousands of unused and decommissioned satellites circling our headsā¦ space junk. Itās not enough that we litter the planet. Okay, the challenge is to figure out which ones they used.
(TYPING CONTINUES)
Cooper: Agent Mojtabai. Agent Mojtabaiā¦ (STOPS TYPING) Welcome back. (RESUMES TYPING)
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(DOOR CREAKS) (DOOR CLOSES)
[ Red enters. Thereās a glass of buttermilk for him on the counter. He takes a mouthful (GROANS) and heads to the sink to spit it out ]
Dom: Donāt you dare!
Red: (SWALLOWS) Ugh.
Dom: (CHUCKLES)
Red: (EXHALES DEEPLY) How do you drink this stuff?
Dom: We drank it with every meal on the farm when I was a boy. But we had cows, and we made our own. In the summers, we made buttermilk pops in the freezer. Kept us all from passing out.
Red: So buttermilk reminds you of home.
Dom: I overheard your conversation with the Arab boy.
Red: Heās from Delaware. You wonāt be troubled again with unexpected visitors. I know how you value your privacy.
Dom: Why didnāt you go with him?
Red: What would be the point? Thereās nothing I could do that would really matter.
Dom: Cry me a river. Hmm? What the hell are you really doing here? Youā¦ you gave me the news about Masha. What do you want from me?
Red: A way forward. I canāt live for long with what I feel inside. I donāt see how anyone can.
Dom: You said it, chum. Look around here. You call this living? (EXHALES SHARPLY) (VOICE BREAKS) After I lost my daughterā¦ (BREATHING UNEVENLY) I crawledā¦ crawled into the wilderness like a mortally wounded animal to get as far away from the pack as I could, toā¦ to run out the clock. Run out the clock and die. Andā¦ If you came for a survival manual, you wonāt find it here. But youā¦ youāve got one thing I havenāt had for a long time. Youāve got a reasonā¦ a reason to walk out that door. It sounds to me like there are honest people out there who are depending upon you toā¦ (STAMMERS, LAUGHS) God help them. God help them. (LAUGHS)
Red: Dom, youāve always had a good reason to walk out the door.
(BREATHES UNEVENLY)
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Aram: Okay, I think Iām getting somewhere.
Ressler: So you found the needle in the haystack?
Aram: Iām not looking for a needle. We need the whole haystack. (TAPS KEY) And if Iām right, itās the Artax Network.
Cooper: What is that?
Aram: Itās an old telecom project to provide data coverage to every corner of the Earth through a network of 73 satellites. Anyway, the company went bankrupt and the project was abandoned.
Samar: But the 73 satellites are still out there.
Cooper: You think our target is using them?
Ressler: Is there any way to confirm that the networkās still active?
Aram: Well, Iāve just gained access to a relay station, and I am about to lock onto one of the satellites. If itās in use, the data will be encrypted, butā¦ weāll know if itās active. Okay. (EXHALES DEEPLY) Here we go. (BEEP)
Cooper: They have control of the Artax satellite network.
Samar: And they used it to kill Liz.
Ressler: All right. Can we use it to find them?
(TELEPHONE RINGING IN DISTANCE)
Aram: Okay, so I was able to get a location by examining the latency patterns in the satellite signal. Theyāre being fed to 2054 Pulaski Avenue.
[ SWAT team rolls up to building ] (TIRES SCREECH)
SWAT Leader: Concrete panels with granite faces. Weāve got no line-of-sight inside. Only one point of entry.
Ressler: Then only one point of egress. Lock it up tight after we breach.
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Operator 4-6: HQ, this is Operator 4-6. We have poachers at the Eagleās Nest. Initiating the protocol.
(BEEP, SHREDDER WHIRRING) (MICROWAVE BEEPS) (MICROWAVE WHIRRING)
Operator 4-6: Theyāre in. (POPPING)
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Aram: Other than Nez, we canāt put faces to any of the mercs. So I scrubbed through the Warwickās security footage to try and find some.
Cooper: Good job. Whatād you get us?
Aram: (TAPS KEY) Nothing. Um, at least no mercs. But I did find thisā¦ (TAPS KEYS)
Cooper: A shot of our victim. One hour before his abduction. Stalder told Ressler and Navabi he never left his suite. Was he lying or did he just forget?
Aram: Well, that doesnāt look like a womanā¦ or a conversationā¦ heād have forgotten. (TAPS KEY)
Cooper: Who is she?
Aram: I donāt know. And we canāt ask Stalder. I checked. He just cleared U.S. airspace.
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(TELEPHONE RINGING IN DISTANCE) (ZIPPER ZIPS, POPPING IN MICROWAVE)
Operator 4-6: Theyāre onto the 11th floor. Go. 15 seconds and counting.
[ The men clear out ]
(BEEPING) ( š„š„š„ EXPLOSION š„š„š„) (CRACKLING AND SIZZLING) (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) (CRACKLING CONTINUES)
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[ Ressler and the SWAT team come in to destroyed communications center ]
Ressler: All right, do a full vertical sweep. Theyāre somewhere in this building.
(CRACKLING CONTINUES)
Samar: [ Looks in microwave ] So much for evidence.
(CRACKLING)
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[ Red is working on a project in Domās garage ]
(SANDING) (BLOWS AIR)
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[ Tom is at airport, secretly clicking photos of Cynthia Panabaker talking with a woman with long black hair ]
(ENGINES WHIRRING) (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING) (SPEAKING INAUDIBLY) (SHUTTER CLICKS) (SHUTTER CLICKS)
(DOOR OPENS, METRONOME TICKING) (DOOR CLOSES) (TICKING CONTINUES)
Dom: Raymond?
[ No answer, but: Red has fixed not only Domās metronome, but the damaged C-sharp key on the piano. Dom smiles broadly ]
(TICKING CONTINUES) (TICKING CONTINUES) (CHUCKLES)
Dom: Raymond! (PLAYS NOTE) (TICKING CONTINUES) [ Dom turns off the metronome ] (TICKING STOPS) (SIGHS) (Dom begins PLAYING SOMBER PIANO PIECE)
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[ PIANO MUSIC CONTINUES ]
[ Red visits Lizās grave ]
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[ PIANO MUSIC CONTINUES ]
Cooper: Thank you for having dinner with me. It was nice.
(SEAT BELT CLATTERS)
Charlene: Mm-hmm. Youāre welcome to come inside.
Cooper: No. Not tonight, but maybe we can have dinner again. Tomorrow?
Charlene: (WHISPERS) Yeah.
(SWITCH CLICKS)
(SIGHS DEEPLY) (CHUCKLES) (SWITCH CLICKS)
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[ PIANO MUSIC CONTINUES ]
[ Samar is about to leave darkened Post Office. She noticed Ressler is in Lizās office. She pauses, then departs. Ressler finds Lizās wooden foot massager under her desk, smiles ]
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(Infant FUSSING) (Tom WHISPERS)
Tom: Huh? Yeah, I know. (GASPS) Wait. Shh. (WHISPERING) Itās okay. Shh. (FUSSING CONTINUES) (GASPS) Shh. What did you say? Oh, come here. (FUSSES)
[ Tom finally succeeds in swaddling the baby ]
Tom: I did it. I did it, huh? I got you. I got you. We did it. Yeah, we did. (EXHALES DEEPLY)
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(Elevator DOOR CLANKS)
Cooper: Tell me you found something useful.
Tom: Depends. I followed Panabaker to the airport, where she had a meeting on the tarmac with this woman.
Cooper: Thatās the woman that Stalder met at the hotel just an hour before his attempted abduction.
Tom: Whoās Stalder?
Cooper: Benjamin Stalder. A high-powered executive at an energy consortium. Whoever was tracking Liz was also going after him.
Tom: Why?
Cooper: I donāt know. We let him go, but Iām getting the distinct feeling that was a mistake. Stalderās obviously more involved than he was letting on.
Tom: So who is this woman? [ The woman with the long black hair ]
Cooper: We donāt know yet. The hotel photo wasnāt much to go on, but with these new images, Aram should be able to locate her in one of our databases.
Tom: Liz was convinced that her mother was the one who tried to kidnap her. Reddington said she died years ago, but Liz didnāt believe that, and neither do I. I think weāre staring at Katarina Rostova.
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[ Aram is at his computer at home ]
(KNOCK ON DOOR) (DOOR CREAKS)
Aram: Mr. Reddington.
Red: Iām here to pay my debt to you, Aram.
Aram: Youāre back.
Red: Strap on your bike helmet. Weāre going to work.
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ā« NOTE: The piano piece is āCrime of Passionā from āPreston Tylk,ā by Matt Kuenne. From a comment by composer Kurt Kuenne at TuneFind (4/29/2016 http://bit.ly/24tB9F8):
āCrime of Passionā should be available on CD Baby and iTunes within the week, Iāll post on my Facebook page (facebook.com/kurtkuennefilmmaker) and Twitter ā @KurtKuenne ā as soon as the link is live. The piece is a piano solo arrangement of the theme from my score for Jon Bokenkampās first feature āPreston Tylkā and is my own original composition. ā¦ Glad you enjoyed it! :)
You may also purchase at Amazon Music: http://amzn.to/1W0QDP8 (in addition to CD Baby, iTunes and Spotify)
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ā« Part One Homecoming
by Ray LaMontagneāŖ A Billboard, Back Road, Meadow
Sunset through the trees. I canā t remember the faces Iāve seen.
Low and mean.āŖ High Rise, White light, Shadows
Years in the air.
I donā t recall all the āwhyā or the āwhereā or āwho was thereāāŖ Show me the Feathers youāve found
The glass in the ground
A comforting sound when the lights are down.āŖ Hillside flush with the Sunrise
Spring in the air
I cant remember a morning so fair, Not a careāŖ Show me the Feathers youāve found
The glass in the ground
A comforting sound when the lights are down.āŖ The Birdsong, tugging on my slumber
Opens my eyes.
Slowly I am woken to find
Your hand in mine.āŖ Show me the Feathers youā ve found,
The glass in the ground,
A comforting sound when the lights are down.āŖ A Billboard, a Back Road, a Meadow
Sunset through the trees.
I cant recall all the faces Iā ve seen
So low and mean.āŖ The Birdsong, tugging on my slumber
Opens my eyes.
Slowly I am woken to find,
Your hand in mine.āŖ Show me the Feathers youāve found
The glass in the ground,
A comforting sound when the lights are downLyrics and Credits: http://bit.ly/1Tl8drb
YouTube Play: https://youtu.be/4Ub4ZgwEDrU
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ā« Ooh La La
By The FacesāŖ Poor old granddad
I laughed at all his words
I thought he was a bitter man
He spoke of womanās waysāŖ Theyāll trap you, then they use you
Before you even know
For love is blind and youāre far too kind
Donāt ever let it showāŖ I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was younger
I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was strongerāŖ The can canās such a pretty show
Theyāll steal your heart away
But backstage, back on earth again
The dressing rooms are grayāŖ They come on strong and it aināt too long
Before they make you feel a man
But love is blind and you soon will find
Youāre just a boy againāŖ When you want her lips, you get a cheek
Makes you wonder where you are
If you want some more and sheās fast asleep
Then sheās twinkling with the starsāŖ Poor young grandson, thereās nothing I can say
Youāll have to learn, just like me
And thatās the hardest way
Ooh la la, ooh la la la yehāŖ I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was younger
I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was strongerLyrics and Credits: http://bit.ly/1UnyutO
YouTube Play: https://youtu.be/1_xwnb3cymc
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ā« Suitcase Full of Sparks
By Gregory Alan IsakovāŖ Traveling through the graveyard with a suitcase full of sparks
Honey, Iām just trying to find my way to you
Lit up every campfire I found out in the dark
Oh, I cut down all the cottonwoodsāŖ I picked up all the arrowheads off buffalo trails of the Indians
The Oklahoma sky was cutting through
Along the tracks with the Runaway,
He just talks and talks and talks
Honey, Iām just trying to find my way to youāŖ I quit counting stars that night in the cold by the satellite field
And I quit panning gold,
Digging holes
Yeah, Iām just trying to find my way to youāŖ Swam across the Poncha
Took a train to Cataloo
Opened up my guitar case and all the songs were blue
I haunted all the alleys
Lord, I drifted down the valleys
Honey, Iām just trying to find my way to youāŖ And I quit casting hooks off the California coast we held so dear
And I quit flashing smiles, and running wild
Yeah, Iām just trying to find my way to youāŖ Threw my bottle to the ocean,
She never wrote me back
All the countless days along the sea of blue
Learned the language of the Mockingbird
She took and twisted all my words
Yeah, Iām just trying to find my way to youāŖ And Iāll meet you in the graveyard
With the winter trees and stars
Oh, we could open up this suitcase full of sparksLyrics and Credits: http://bit.ly/23guviX
YouTube Play: https://youtu.be/RTrYY5ycajY
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š£ āAgent Keen loved Shakespeare. And Dr. Seuss. She loved dim sum and BeyoncĆ© ā¦ ā [3:20 Artax Network] #TheBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728325630069080068/photo/1
// Aram, graveside
š£ ā¦ [3:20 The Artax Network] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728325710591332352/photo/1
// Tom mourning Liz
š£ āI canāt look the other way. Not this time. They took someone that I loveā [3:20 The Artax Network] #TheBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728336407006040065/photo/1
// Cooper
š£ āBest thing you can do for all of us is locate Reddingtonā [3:20 The Artax Network] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728336494323060737/photo/1
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š£ [3:20 The Artax Network] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728321083372232705/photo/1
š£ Harold Cooper delivers the eulogy at Lizās funeral [3:20 The Artax Network] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728321863181434880/photo/1
š£ āWe havenāt lost Elizabeth. ā¦ We know exactly where she isā [3:20 The Artax Network] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728321936527216640/photo/1
š£ Ressler: āOh, youāre kidding me, right?ā Samar: āItās legal in D.C.ā [3:20 The Artax Network] #TheBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728325469599203328/photo/1
š£ āAgent Keen loved Shakespeare. And Dr. Seuss. She loved dim sum and BeyoncĆ© ā¦ ā [3:20 Artax Network] #TheBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728325630069080068/photo/1
š£ ā¦ [3:20 The Artax Network] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728325710591332352/photo/1
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š£ A rickety house deep in the woods [3:20 The Artax Network] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728328863390928901/photo/1
š£ āYour granddaughter. Sheāsā¦ Iām sorryā [3:20 The Artax Network] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728328969443938305/photo/1
š£ āIt must be a challenge, playing Rachmaninoffās C-sharp minor āPreludeā without the benefit of C-sharpā [3:20] http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728329284964622336/photo/1
š£ Red discovers some things from Katarinaās childhood [3:20 The Artax Network] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728331873278033920/photo/1
š£ Lizās fantasy. Her motherās drawing, and her own [3:20 The Artax Network] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728331945860456450/photo/1
š£ āNever underestimate the power of glitterā [3:20 The Artax Network] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist https://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/777255628842471424/photo/1
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š£ āWe have things under control.ā [3:20 The Artax Network] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728333935734751233/photo/1
š£ āThe only way weāre gonna find the bastards who came after Liz is if we sink to their levelā [3:20 Artax Network] http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728334116643430401/photo/1
š£ Dom: [ To Red ] āAs far as Iām concerned, you killed my entire family!ā [3:20 The Artax Network] #TheBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728334924877430784/photo/1
š£ Dom: āI loved that girl enough to let her go, which is more than you can sayā [3:20 Artax Network] #TheBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728335041462329344/photo/1
š£ āI know you look the other way when you need to because working with an intl criminal enables you to do goodā [3:20] http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728336308397953025/photo/1
š£ āI canāt look the other way. Not this time. They took someone that I loveā [3:20 The Artax Network] #TheBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728336407006040065/photo/1
š£ āBest thing you can do for all of us is locate Reddingtonā [3:20 The Artax Network] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728336494323060737/photo/1
š£ āNow I understand why you have collapsed into rubble. ā¦ But Iām here to collect my debtā [3:20 The Artax Network] http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728341231202242560/photo/1
š£ āTo payā¦ my debt to you would require more than I possessā [3:20 The Artax Network] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728341292405510144/photo/1
š£ Cooper: āThey have control of the Artax satellite networkā Samar: & they used it to kill Lizā [3:20 Artax Network] http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728350679861891072/photo/1
š£ Aram: āThat doesnāt look like a womanā¦ or a conversationā¦ heād have forgottenā [3:20 Artax Network] #TheBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728350881914052608/photo/1
š£ Red is working on a project in Domās garage [3:20 The Artax Network] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728354116766851072/photo/1
š£ Tom is secretly photograghing a meeting of Cynthia Panabaker & a woman w long black hair [3:20 The Artax Network] http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728354240087752704/photo/1
š£ ā¦ [3:20 The Artax Network] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728354293049237505/photo/1
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š£ Tom: āI think weāre looking at Katarina Rostovaā [3:20 The Artax Network] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728364773566390272/photo/1
š£ Tom (finally) succeeds in swaddling the baby [3:20 The Artax Network] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728364907544989697/photo/1
š£ Aram listens to music [3:20 The Artax Network] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728364846593363968/photo/1
š£ Someone at the door [3:20 The Artax Network] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728365820376580097/photo/1
š£ ā¦ [ Redās āintimidate Aramā look ] ā¦ [3:20 The Artax Network] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728365886994718720/photo/1
š£ Aram: āMr Reddingtonā [3:20 The Artax Network] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728365970918506496/photo/1
š£ āIām here to pay my debt to you, Aramā [3:20 The Artax Network] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728366033547853824/photo/1
š£ āStrap on your bike helmet. Weāre going to workā [3:20 The Artax Network] #TheBlacklist @NBCBlacklist http://twitter.com/BlacklistDCd/status/728366101046796288/photo/1
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