🔴 Script 8:3 16 Ounces
NBC’s series The Blacklist starring James Spader and Megan Boone
Series created by: Jon Bokenkamp
Program air date: 1/22/2021 in the US (7pm Central/Chicago Time)
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Last updated: 1/25/2021 at 10:40am CT [ Central/Chicago time ]
Directed by: Andrew McCarthy
Written by: John Eisendrath, Jon Bokenkamp, Lukas Reiter
SERIES STARS:
Raymond ‘Red’ Reddington – James Spader
Elizabeth Keen – Megan Boone
Donald Ressler – Diego Klattenhoff
Harold Cooper – Harry Lennix
Aram Mojtabai – Amir Arison
Alina Park – Laura Sohn
Dembe Zuma – Hisham Tawfiq
GUEST STARS:
Administrator – Ruth Aguilar
Motel Clerk – Miche Braden
Mark (Clerk) – Greg Fallick
Skip Hadley – Drew Gehling
Marshal Gib Horn – Dion Graham
Bud – Cooper Grodin
Admissions Clerk – Shannon Harris
Chuck – Jonathan Holtzman
Esi Jackson – Kecia Lewis
Marshal #2 – Corey Mach
Nurse – Andrew Mayer
Dr Miles Dawson – Mark Price
Marvin Gerard – Fisher Stevens
🔴 Script 8:3 16 Ounces
Brief (Where we’re at):
Liz’s mother Katarina Rostova and grandfather Dominic (“Dom’) Wilkinson (Katarina’s father) are dead. Dom died after being abducted by Liz from under Red’s care where he was recovering from a gunshot wound to the chest suffered during a shootout with Katarina’s men. Katarina’s plan was to interrogate Dom regarding the identity of a mysterious operative dubbed N-13 believed to possess a blackmail file called the Sikorsky Archive. In 1991, Dom had attempted to have Katarina killed and tell the world that she was N-13. But the plot failed because Katarina was not in the car when it exploded; it killed her husband Pyotr instead. A bounty was put on Katarina’s head (“The Townsend Directive”) and she went into hiding, with Red’s help. But Liz and Ressler’s search for information about Liz’s past alerted the Townsend Organization that Katarina might still be alive and the Directive was reactivated.
Katarina convinced Liz she needed answers from Dom about the true identity of N-13, so Liz helped by abducting him along with his doctor during transport. Liz first questioned Dom, but he refused to give up any information and went into a seizure. Liz told Katarina she didn’t want to go on with the questioning. She called Ressler for help and arranged to meet him to beg him to help get more medical help for Dom, but Dembe had previously placed a bug on Ressler’s lapel. Liz told Ressler that Dom was being held in the warehouse district. Red’s men used the bug to track them and captured Ressler and Liz at their rendezvous spot.
Red had Dembe release Ressler, leaving Liz to question Red about the Sikorsky Archive and whether he was N-13. He did not answer but implied that Katarina was no innocent victim. Meanwhile, Katarina continued her questioning of Dom, who in a state of delirium after his seizure, spoke partly in Russian and saw Katarina as she appeared in 1991. At first he resisted telling her who N-13 was, but when she threatened to leave, he broke down and said that Reddington was N-13. As for the Sikorsky Archive, he said she had taken it but Reddington had it.
Red and his men were able to track down and enter the warehouse where Katarina was holding Dom, but the doctor said Katarina had just left. Red went to Dom’s bedside, where Dom said he had told Katarina “everything.” Dom, close to death, said he had seen “My Katarina, my daughter.” Red, realizing his mental state, told Dom Katarina loved him and “nothing can change that.” By the time Ressler arrived, Dom had died. Ressler accused Red of being responsible for Dom’s death “no matter how you want to spread the blame around.” Red, leaving, said “You’re probably right.”
Red called Dembe to tell him of Dom’s death and what Dom had told Katarina and that there was only one intervention that was possible. In the meantime, Katarina called William Heidegger, the head of the Townsend organization in the Western Hemisphere and offered to give him the identity of N-13. They agreed on a meeting place. What Katarina didn’t know was that Red was in the room with Heidegger.
Red had told Dembe to take Liz to his apartment, but Liz tricked Dembe, locking him out of his car, leaving his phone inside with the location of the meeting.
When Katarina arrived at the meeting place, she found Heidegger sitting on a park bench, facing the a pond, his chin on his chest and his cap pulled down. She said Reddington was N-13, but Heidegger did not respond. “Say something,” she said, “Can you hear me?” “No, I don’t believe he can,” responded Red from behind her, laying his gun against her neck. Heidegger was just a propped-up corpse. Katarina insisted that Red couldn’t kill her:
Red: Why is that?
Katarina: Because Elizabeth would never forgive you.
Red: You don’t know a damn thing about Elizabeth.
Katarina: Oh, that’s not true. I’ve gotten to know her. She chose me. She’s helping me. She has no idea who you are. Me? I’m her mother. And even now, there’s love there.Katarina got up and began to walk away. “I can’t let you leave,” Red said. Katarina turned around to taunt him: “My God. I can’t imagine what this must be like for you, knowing you can’t kill me because of how much Elizabeth loves her mother.” Liz appeared in the distance, running toward them. Red shot Katarina twice, in full sight of Liz. As Red’s men cleared the scene and hustled Red into a car, Liz was left behind, rocking back and forth and sobbing.
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Voice-over: Previously on “The Blacklist”:
Scenes from the distant and recent past …
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[ At Red’s flat as Liz looks at the photo of herself as a small girl on a swing with a woman ]
Red: I knew her as Katarina Rostova, one of her many names.
[ Scenes of Katarina emerging from the water at Cape May ~ first a scene from Red’s opium-induced phantasm with him saving her; then the scene from Katarina’s own memory of her emerging from the water alone ]
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[ At Dom’s house in the country ]
Dom: Many powerful people were looking for your mother.
Liz: She was being hunted.
Dom: And she knew she needed to disappear, to fade away.
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Red: As I feared would happen, elements from Katarina’s past are circling Elizabeth like a pack of wolves in the night.
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[ At Tansi Farms, upon finding the empty burial site dug up by Mr Kaplan ]
Dembe: I’m not sure Elizabeth will ever be ready to learn about what you did to Katarina.
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[ In Paris as Red walked on the dark street behind Katarina ]
Red: [ Voice-over ] I need to control the danger to Elizabeth. I have built a vast criminal network predicated on that very principle.
Red: [ Calls out ] Katarina.
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[ In Paris, as Red has been captured and is being tortured by Katarina ]
Red: I’ve always helped you.
Katarina: You were never on my side.
[ The 💥🔥‼️ Explosion ‼️🔥💥 of the car in Belgrade when Dom tried to assassinate Katarina ]
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[ In her kitchen, Liz aims her gun at Katarina ]
Katarina: I’m your mother.
Liz: A mother protects her children.
Katarina: I did protect you, by hiding you. And I didn’t want you to be hunted, too.
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Katarina: I love you, Masha.
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[ After Liz kidnaps Dom but was caught by Red when she reached out to Ressler )
Red: You know you can’t trust that woman, right?
Liz: “That woman” is my mother.
Red: No, she’s just using that to exploit you.
Liz: If you hurt her, we’re done.
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[ In the park where Katarina was to meet with Heidegger but Red showed up ]
[ Red shoots Katarina, as Liz runs toward them ] [ 💥 Gunshots 💥 ]
[ The park where Red shot Katarina ]
Ressler: Whatever happened here, it’s over. There’s no sign of Reddington or Keen.
Park: No visible blood or spent shell casings. We can get a forensic team, see what they find.
Cooper: [ On speakerphone from Post Office ] Do it, but my guess is, we won’t find anything.
Reddington probably had his cleaners on standby.
Aram: He didn’t kill her. He wouldn’t. I mean, uh, it is Mr. Reddington, but, guys– guys, still, i-it’s Liz’s mother.
Cooper: Agent Ressler, any word from Keen?
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[ Liz enters her apartment and begins to pack a bag ]
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Ressler: No. Nothing. When she called to tell me what Reddington was going to do, it was on Dembe’s cell. If she still has it, she’s not answering.
Cooper: What about her phone?
Ressler: She doesn’t have it. Reddington’s people took it and her service weapon when they grabbed us.
Cooper: You need to get to her apartment. Agent Mojtabai, call Agnes’ school, find out whether Keen picked her up.
[ Liz’s apartment. She takes a cell phone out of a drawer. As she continues to pack, she listens to the recorded messages ]
Recording: You have reached the voicemail box of–
Liz’s voice: Elizabeth Keen. [ Beep🔅]
Merritt: Hey, Liz, it’s Merritt. We got your message. Yes, of course, you know Agnes can always come home with us after school. I’m sure Kelly will be thrilled. Hope work goes well.Recording: Next message. [ Beep🔅]
Ressler: Hey, Keen, it’s me. We need to talk. Look, I’m not mad, okay? But I’m worried about you. Call me when you get this.Recording: Next message. [ Beep🔅]
Katarina: All those years searching for answers, and you were right in front of me the whole time.
[ Liz peers from around a wall partition and listens ]
Red: For what it’s worth, I didn’t know what Dom was planning in Belgrade.
Katarina: I believe you. But after, you let the world believe the lie. You dangled me out there, let everyone think I have the Archive. And now I know why. Because if they were chasing me, it meant they weren’t chasing you.
Red: It’s not quite that simple.
Katarina: You’re N-13, aren’t you? You framed me. You fed me to Townsend as a patsy, and Dominic knew and helped you do it.
Red: I could’ve helped you – the way I always have. Kept you one step ahead. But staying safe wasn’t enough. You needed answers. Well, now you have them. And now they’ve destroyed you.
Katarina: What if I promise never to tell a soul what I’ve learned?
Red: Well, that would be the last lie you ever told.
[ In a warehouse, Red watches as his men wrap Katarina’s body in plastic sheeting and secure it with duct tape ]
Dembe: Raymond, we should go.
Red: You think this was a mistake?
Dembe: You ask a tactical question. I see only an ethical one. No. It was not a mistake, but it was wrong.
Red: Because of Elizabeth.
Dembe: You’ve pushed her too far.
Red:: I wonder.
[ Aram and Agent Park are searching Liz’s apartment ]
Park: Most of her clothes are gone.
Aram: [ Quietly ] Where are you, Liz? What are you doing?
[ The seedy “Metro Motel” ] [ Siren wailing ]
[ Liz slides the Motel Clerk a passport with her photo but with the name “Allison Thomas” through a metal tray under a bullet-proof partition ]
Motel Clerk: Thank you, Mrs.Thomas. And how would you like to pay for the room this evening?
Liz: Cash.
[ Liz slides the cash through. The Receptionist passes her the keys ]
[ Liz enters her motel room ]
[ Lock clicks ] [ Door opens and closes ] [ Lock clicks ] [ She dumps her suitcase down; wads of bills slide out ]
[ Liz listens to more of the recording Katarina had left as a message with her answering service ]
Katarina: You won’t kill me. You can’t.
Red: Why is that?
Katarina: Because Elizabeth would never forgive you.
Red: You don’t know a damn thing about Elizabeth.
Katarina: Oh, that’s not true. I’ve gotten to know her.
[ The Post Office ]
Cooper: So, she left her apartment. What about Agnes?
Aram: I spoke to a woman named Merritt Marks. She took Agnes home with her daughter after school for a play date. Now, Liz called her a few hours ago, saying she had to leave town for a work emergency and asked her to take Agnes for a few days.
Cooper: So we’re nowhere. We’ve lost track of Keen and her mother.
[ Liz sits at a small table in the motel room, listening to the recording ]
Katarina: She chose me. She’s helping me. She has no idea who you are. Me? I’m her mother. And even now, there’s a love there.
Red: I can’t let you leave.
Katarina: [ Laughs ] My God. I can’t imagine what this must be like for you. Knowing you can’t kill me because of how much Elizabeth loves her mother.
[ 💥 Gunshots 💥 ]
[ Liz startles at the sound of the gunshots. She clicks the phone off ] [ Cellphone Beeps🔅]
[ Cooper is in his office, making calls ]
Cooper: That’s right. Keen, Elizabeth. It’s just my gut, but I don’t think she left the city. Thanks, Joe. I appreciate your discretion.
[ Receiver clicks ]
[ Cooper looks up. Liz has entered ]
Cooper: [ Sighs ] Do you have any idea how many favors I’ve called in trying to find you?
Liz: He killed her.
Cooper: Thank God you’re okay.
Liz: Did you hear what I said? It was an execution.
Cooper: We went to the park. We couldn’t find any evidence.
Liz: That’s why I’m here. I have all the evidence you need.
[ Liz plays the recording for Cooper ]
Katarina: […] I can’t imagine what this must be like for you, knowing you can’t kill me because of how much Elizabeth loves her mother.
[ 💥 Gunshots 💥 ]
Cooper: You saw it happen?
Liz: With my own eyes, and I’ll testify to it. I don’t care what happens to me, but he can’t get away with this.
[ Cooper hesitates ]
Liz: Say something.
Cooper: I-I’m thinking.
Liz: About what? He murdered my mother.
Cooper: The Russian spy who tried to bleed him to death, who had your grandfather shot? Who our intelligence bureaus believe killed at least a dozen American agents for the KGB and the Cabal?
Liz: I know what she’s done. None of it justifies her execution.
Cooper: I’m not trying to justify it.
Liz: Like hell you’re not. You’re making excuses, looking the other way, like we’ve always done.
Cooper: I was clear with Reddington your mother was not to be harmed.
Liz: [ Sarcastically ] Well, he obviously took that message to heart. You know why he did it? Because he could. He knew that no one on this task force was gonna do anything about it.
Cooper: That’s unfair.
Liz: It’s the truth. When he shot her, I wanted to run, just get Agnes and go where nobody would find us. But I’m here because of you. Because I thought maybe you were the one person who still cared about what’s right.
Cooper: I won’t be lectured by you on professional ethics. Reddington’s out of control. I know that. I also know that I can’t take him down without taking you down with him.
Liz: I don’t care anymore.
Cooper: Then I’ll care for you. You kidnapped your grandfather. A felony kidnapping charge alone is enough to destroy your life, send you to prison, sever any relationship you have with your daughter. You may be disgusted by my silence, Agent Keen, but you will benefit from it.
Liz: Everywhere I go, there’s a man who insists on protecting me.
[ Liz takes out her badge and lays it down on Cooper’s desk ]
Cooper: [ Sighs ] Elizabeth– if you want out, go. But I hope you’ll think about what we do here before you decide.
Liz: It’s over.
Cooper: Maybe. But I’m asking you – talk to Reddington first. What he did is inexcusable, but if you talk to him, if you could get him to tell you why he did it, it won’t bring her back, but it may start the process of healing.
Liz: It won’t. But for you, I’ll consider it, sir.
Cooper: If this is the last time we see each other – for the first time, I wish you would call me Harold.
Liz: Even when you know I’m not gonna like it, you’ve always been honest with me. Very few people have. Thank you for that – Harold.
[ Liz walks over to Aram’s workstation carrying two large soft drinks. He’s working frantically ]
[ Keyboard clacking, computer 🔅Beeping🔅 ]
Liz: Any luck?
Aram: [ Without looking up ] No calls. We’re running taps on her cell and apartment lines and a third on the friend she asked to watch Agnes –
[ Aram’s voice trails off. He looks up at Liz ]
Liz: If anyone can find me, my money’s on you.
Aram: You’re here.
Liz: You look tired.
[ Liz puts one of the drinks down by Aram. She puts the other by her, at the edge of the table ]
Aram: Does– Does Mr. Cooper know–
Liz: Yeah, Cooper knows.
Aram: So you talked?
Liz: Talked? Yeah. Communicated? Not so much.
Aram: Oh. Don’t worry. I mean, I know he’s angry, but in a day or two–
Liz: Look, I don’t know how to tell you this–
Aram: He’s gonna let you come back.
Liz: I don’t want to come back. I wanted to tell you in person that I– have to step away for a bit, and so I’m not gonna see you for a while, and– I just want you to know how grateful I am [ Chuckles ] This is so hard.
[ Liz backs up, knocking her drink over ]
Aram: Whoa.
Liz: Oh, wow. I’m so sorry.
Aram: [ Nervously ] No. Don’t worry. I’ll just– Uh, hang on. I’ll just grab some paper towels.
Liz: Sure.
[ Aram dashes off. Once he’s out of sight, Liz opens a drawer of his desk and peels off a requisition form from a pad. Then she leaves ]
Aram’s voice: Coming.
[ Aram hurries back and begins wiping up the spilled drink. It takes him a few moments to realize Liz is gone ]
[ Red stands outside Dom’s rustic house in the country. His lawyer, Marvin Gerard, is there with him ]
Red: It’s just a part of life. Watching the generation ahead of you, the people you care about, grow old. And at some point, you start to – do the mental work necessary to prepare yourself for the inevitable. And yet, I’m afraid I stand here, Marvin – woefully unprepared.
Marvin: There’s no way you could prepare for this, Raymond. Dom didn’t die of old age. He was taken from you.
Red: House won’t be worth much. It’s a relic from another time, like he was.
[ An assessor who is with them, Skip Hadley, walks over ]
Skip: You should bulldoze the house.
Red: [ Chuckles ] Yeah.
Marvin: Skip, the house has incredible emotional value. Mr. Reddington has no interest in bulldozing–
Red: Well, ultimately, it’s not my decision. The house belongs to Elizabeth now. [ Sighs ] Well, why do you say bulldoze it?
Skip: Well, the value’s in the land, not the house. You said there’s five acres. You subdivide. You put up a quarter-acre McMansion on each lot.
Marvin: McMansion? Take my advice – Stop while you’re behind.
Red: [ Chuckles ] I must say, it sounds pretty awful, Skip. But send me a proposal. I’ll forward it on. God knows if it were up to me, given my recent bouts with mortality, I find myself more and more in the liquidation phase.
Marvin: You are not going anywhere. As your lawyer, I forbid it. But while we’re on the subject–
Red: [ Scoffs ] You want to know if I still intend to leave most everything of mine to Elizabeth?
[ Liz wants up to a requisition desk ]
Mark: Agent Keen. What brings you down to the dungeon?
Liz: Hey, Mark. Uh, Agent Mojtabai’s running some urgent wire taps, and he asked me to drop this off for him.
[ Liz hands Mark the requisition slip ]
Mark: [ Reading it ] Whoa. You don’t see that every day. What do you got going on?
Liz: Same as always. Causing trouble for the worst of the worst.
Mark: I figured you couldn’t tell me. Hang on. Should be just a few minutes.
Marvin: You don’t want me to change your will? Even after she took sides against you?
Red: Okay. So, today, she opposes me, maybe tomorrow. But not forever. Look at Dom and I. There were years when he hated me. Many more bad years than good. And yet, in the end, we– [ Cellphone ringing ] –found our way to each other.
Dembe: [ Handing Red his phone ] It’s Elizabeth.
Red: Elizabeth.
Liz: I told you what would happen if you hurt my mother.
Red: Where are you?
Liz: You killed her. In the park. I saw it.
Red: I know what you saw, and it wasn’t everything you thought you saw.
Liz: I told Cooper I’m done. I’m taking Agnes, and we’re leaving, and you’re gonna let us go.
Red: Not until we talk.
Liz: We’re talking now.
Red: Not like this. There’s a lake near Dom’s house. I’m scattering his ashes there this afternoon. Meet us at the house, and we can talk on the way. And if after our talk, you still feel the same, you can say your goodbyes to us both.
Liz: When?
Red: 2:00 p.m. [ Pause ] Is that a yes?
Liz: I’ll be there. [ Beep🔅]
Red: You see, Marvin? It may feel at times like the end, but our story isn’t over yet.
[ Mark returns to the requisition desk with Liz’s order in a thick manila envelope ]
Mark: There you go. Careful, now.
Liz: Thanks. Wish us luck.
Mark: You won’t need it. I don’t know who your target is, but if you use that the right way, he won’t know what hit him.
[ Liz’s car is parked outside the motel. She sits inside it and unwraps the item Mark gave her. It’s a block of red plastic explosive that looks like modeling clay. She has set up wiring and an detonator, a bomb that will go off when the passenger door is opened ]
[ Ressler exits the door of the motel. He sees Liz by her car, testing the door handle ]
Ressler: [ Calls out ] Keen. Keen.
[ Liz steps away from the car to greet Ressler ]
Liz: How’d you find me?
Ressler: Doesn’t matter. The point is, I did.
Liz: If Cooper sent you to ask me to come back, I’m not doing it.
Ressler: Okay, first of all, he didn’t ask me to. He doesn’t even know I’m here. And, second, I agree. I don’t think you should come back.
Liz: Is that what you came to say?
Ressler: Come on. I came to say you’re both right. Charging Reddington isn’t an option if it means that you go down with him. But – you coming back to work, like nothing ever happened, well, it’s also not an option.
Liz: I gotta go.
Ressler: Keen, what are you even doing here? I mean, you left your apartment, you parked Agnes with–
Liz: That’s temporary.
Ressler: Until what? What’s going on with your car?
Liz: Nothing. Just– the passenger door was sticking a little bit.
Ressler: You want me to take a look?
Liz: No. I fixed it.
Ressler: I know you. We’ve been partners a long time, which is why I know that you have no intention of letting this rest. I’m worried about you.
Liz: Join the club. You, Cooper, Reddington, the whole crew can just sit around and talk about what’s best for Liz Keen.
Ressler: That’s not fair. Look, I care about you, and there’s nothing wrong with me saying that.
Liz: Are we done? Like I said, I gotta go.
Ressler: Yeah. We’re done – Allison.
Liz: How’d you know that? My alias?
Ressler: [ Chuckles ] You got drunk one night. Wing Yee. You told me.
Liz: So that’s how you found me.
Ressler: I’m gonna miss celebrating your birthday there.
[ He starts to leave ]
Liz: Ressler. I’ll think about what you said. I promise.
[ Ressler leaves. Liz tests the door. A green light on the detonator comes on when she presses the door handle ]
[ Liz drives up to Dom’s house ] [ Engine shuts off ]
Red: I’m glad you came. We have a lot to talk about.
Liz: What’s your plan? To try and sell me half-truths that I can never verify or– to confuse me with double-speak?
Red: There is an explanation.
Liz: No. Only a confession. I watched you kill her. And before you try to “explain” how you didn’t–
[ Liz plays the recording on her phone ]
Katarina: My God. I can’t imagine what this must be like for you. Knowing you can’t kill me because of how much Elizabeth loves her mother.
[ 💥 Gunshots 💥 ]
[ Red looks nervous and slightly angry ]
Liz: My mother prepared me for this moment. She gave me all the proof I would ever need.
Red: If you came to play me that recording, you’ve done it. You can take it and go. Or you can stay while we lay your grandfather to rest – and perhaps have a conversation.
Liz: Fine. You ride with me. We’ll talk on the way.
Marvin: Good idea. Dembe and I will go ahead, and we’ll meet you at the lake.
[ Liz steps around the car to the driver’s side ]
[ Red puts his hand on the car door handle and begins to compress it when he is overcome by a paroxysm of coughing. He coughs blood on the window of the car and begins to collapse ]
Red: [ Coughing ] Dembe–
[ Dembe catches Red before he falls. Blood streams from Red’s mouth ]
Red: [ Coughing ]
[ Dembe makes a call ]
Dembe: Traveler is down. We need a mobile triage. Come on. No more than a 10-mile radius outside 236 Glenellen. Outside Sharptown.
[ Dembe helps Red to his car ]
Marvin: Get in. Listen to me. You are not allowed to die. Do you hear me?
[ Engine starts ]
Marvin: Okay, hang in. Hang in.
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[ Marvin and Liz watch as Dembe’s car leaves ]
Marvin: [ To Liz ] Whatever happens – he loves you. You know that, right? You chose that woman over him, and he still wants to leave everything to you.
Liz: “That woman” was my mother. And he killed her. I don’t want anything from him.
[ Tires screech ] [ Dembe pulls in to a hospital patient receiving deck and gets out ]
Dr Miles Dawson: What the hell are you doing here?!
Dembe: You’re on call for an emergency.
Dr Dawson: At a mobile unit. Not here. This is a public emergency room. How am I supposed to–
[ Dembe helps Red out of the car ]
Dembe: I spoke to the Colonel. Closest mobile unit’s 17 minutes out. He needs help now.
[ Dr Dawson sees the blood coming from Red’s mouth ]
Dr Dawson: Yeah, yeah, yeah. I’ll handle it.
[ Dr Dawson helps Red into the ER ]
[ Keypad dialing ] [ Line ringing, click ]
Dembe: Mr. Cooper. I need your help.
[ A hospital Administrator and an Admissions Clerk are trying to log information on Red into the hospital computer system, but Dembe is unhelpful ]
Dembe: I’m sorry, but I can’t.
Administrator: We’re trying to help your friend, but to do that, we need your help.
Dembe: He doesn’t have insurance.
Administrator: And that’s fine, but he has to have personal information. Family history. List of medications.
Dembe: And as I explained to Miss Keats, I can only share those details with his attending physician.
Admissions Clerk: Yeah, well, his attending doesn’t enter him into my system.
Dembe: I don’t want him in your system.
Administrator: Please. Mr. Vaughn [i.e., Dembe]. What’s really going on here? Who is that man? Who are you?
Dembe: A spiritual advisor.
Admissions Clerk: What kind of spiritual advisor carries a gun in a hospital?
[ Cooper appears ]
Cooper: Dembe. How is he?
Dembe: Not good. They’re doing tests now.
Admissions Clerk: Who are you? Another one of his spiritual advisors?
Cooper: No. I’m the Assistant Director of the FBI. [ Shows his badge ] And I need you to get your security team up here right now. Tell them to secure this floor. Lock it down.
[ Esi Jackson, who was once hired by Liz to help track Ilya Koslov, but was intercepted by Red and compelled to work for him, sits with Liz in her motel room. Liz peers out the window ]
Esi Jackson: Woman, are you out of your mind?
Liz: Yes.
Esi: You want to murder Reddington?
Liz: I already tried to murder him. I need your help to finish the job.
Esi: And why exactly would I do that?
Liz: Because you know he’s gonna kill you anyway. That’s why you’re working with him. He threatened your life, forced you to turn on me. What do you think happens to you when you’re no longer of use to him? Esi, I understand. If you don’t want to do it, I’ll figure something out. But – I’m gonna kill him with or without your help.
Esi: How?
Liz: The “how” is the easy part. I got to get to him first.
Esi: You know where he is?
Liz: Everhart Memorial Hospital. In lockdown. Surrounded by an army of FBI agents and protective detail.
Esi: Being assisted by hospital security who have every inch of that building secure with CCTV.
Liz: Not to mention his body man and the security team which is undoubtedly en route if not already there.
Esi: Let me.
Liz: What?
Esi: I can get to him. Reddington trusts me. I’m part of his team.
Liz: He’ll kill you if he finds out.
Esi: Didn’t you just say he was gonna kill me anyway?
Liz: Yes.
Esi: I don’t doubt it. His threats to me were very real, and I’d rather get this done than be dragged into the grave with him.
Liz: Okay. Here’s what I was thinking.
[ Flash Forward: ]
[ Elevator bell dings ] [ Two US Marshals get off the elevator ]
Liz: Our best option is to just lean into the truth. All it’ll take is one call to cause pandemonium.
[ Flash Forward: ]
Ressler: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on. What’s going on?
Gib Horn: Gib Horn. Deputy US Marshal. An anonymous caller gave us a credible tip you have a fugitive on site.
Ressler: I don’t know what you’re talking about.
Gib Horn: Don’t play dumb with me. Raymond Reddington. Where is he?
Liz: Now, the Marshals will cause a diversion, but we’re still fighting the clock because everyone in Reddington’s inner circle is working to move him as fast as they can from the hospital to a secure site.
[ Flash Forward: ]
[ Cooper and Dembe talk to Dr Dawson ]
Dr Dawson: Yes, he’s medicated and under observation, but he’s not stable enough to be moved.
Cooper: Well, he’s certainly not safe here.
Dr Dawson: Which is why you shouldn’t have brought him here to begin with.
Dembe: We didn’t have a choice.
Dr Dawson: No. What we have is a protocol.
[ Ressler walks up with the the US Marshals ]
Ressler: Sir, we have a situation.
Marshal Gib Horn: He’s a fugitive, so he’s our responsibility.
Ressler: Not if we’re guarding him.
Gib Horn: What does that even mean, “guarding him”? Guarding what?
[ Cooper flashes his badge ]
Cooper: Harold Cooper. What the hell is going on?
Gib Gorn: Gib Horn, US Marshals. I’m here to take the top fugitive from your Most Wanted list into custody. Is that gonna be a problem?
Cooper: That’s – complicated.
Gib Horn: How about you uncomplicate it?
Liz: Our other ticking clock is Aram.
Esi: Who’s Aram?
Liz: He’s a very smart colleague of mine. I got my hands on the weapon by using one of his requisition forms, and it’s not gonna take him long to figure out something’s wrong.
[ Aram has discovered a requisition form is missing and calls the desk ]
Aram: Yes, I’m positive. Meaning no, I didn’t request it. Could you just please check the logs for me?
Esi: Okay. Hold on just one second. Say we call in the Marshals and they cause this whole mess and say your Aram friend doesn’t figure out that you’ve stolen military-grade explosives from the FBI requisition locker – and say, just for the sake of argument, that I do get inside that hospital, we’re still gonna have to come up with some cock-and-bull story in order for Reddington’s guards to let me anywhere near him.
Liz: That’s the beauty of it. We don’t need a story. All you have to do is tell them the truth.
Esi: What exactly is the truth?
[ Esi is with Bud and Chuck, two of Red’s men, at the hospital. Bud calls Dembe ]
Bud: Dembe, she won’t tell me, but she says that it’s urgent and that she needs to speak to you directly.
Chuck: Esi, the Feds have cleared the floor. They’re not even letting the Marshals see him, let alone you.
[ Esi talks to Dembe on Bud’s phone ]
Esi: I don’t care what you all want to believe or not. I’m telling you – Elizabeth Keen is on her way here now to murder Raymond Reddington.
[ Ressler talks to the Marshals ]
Ressler: No, that’s not what I’m saying. We’re not even confirming he’s here.
Marshal Gib Horn: I’m not asking you to confirm whether he’s here. I know he’s here, otherwise you wouldn’t have cleared the floor. What I’m asking is, is what JTTF [link] you work for?
[ A few steps away Cooper tries to reach DOJ’s Cynthia Panabaker ]
Cooper: [ On phone ] Then get her out of the meeting. I don’t care who she’s with. Tell her Harold Cooper has a mission request that’s urgent priority.
Ressler: The reason he can’t verify is because we’re off book.
Marshal Gib Horn: Well, somebody sure as hell calls the shots.
Cooper: [ To Horn ] Okay, I-I’ve got DOJ on the line. If you give me just a few minutes.
Marshal #2 to Marshal Horn: Deacon just spoke to Judge Wolf. Court order is in the works.
Cooper: Okay, hold on.
Marshal Horn: I’ll hold, until my court order comes through. Then we’re taking Reddington whether you like it or not.
[ Cynthia Panabaker finally is on the line ]
Cooper: Cynthia. It’s me. I need you to make a phone call.
[ Elevator bell dings. Chuck and Bud get out with Esi. Bud and Esi enter Red’s room where Dembe sits alongside Red, who is sleeping ]
Dembe: [ To Esi ] Talk to me.
Esi: She came to me, said she needed my help. Said she was gonna kill him.
Dembe: Elizabeth said this?
Esi: Yes. She sounded crazy. She said something about her mother, how he killed her, how she couldn’t let him get away with it.
Dembe: Okay. Calm down. There are police everywhere. He’s well-protected.
Esi: You don’t get it. She knows he’s here. She told me to come see you to get her his location.
Dembe: Elizabeth is coming here?
Bud: Come on. She’ll never even make it past the perimeter.
Dembe: Don’t underestimate Elizabeth. Get back downstairs.
[ Bud leaves ]
⋘⋙
Dembe: Tell me exactly what she’s planning.
Esi: I don’t know, only that she wanted me to be her eyes, said she wanted me to give her his room number.
Dembe: Let me see your phone.
[ Dialing ] [ Liz answers. Dembe dials and holds the phone so Esi can talk to Liz while he listens in ]
Liz: Esi. Hey. What’s going on?
Esi: Liz, if you’re gonna do it, you gotta do it now.
Liz: Is it clear?
Esi: Yes. Just like you said. They cleared the floor. He’s in room 312. You gotta hurry.
Liz: I’m already in the building.
Esi: Liz, you gotta get here now.
Liz: I’m in the east stairwell, headed your way. Get out. Go. And, Esi – thank you.
[ Beep🔅]
Dembe: [ On phone ] Bud, Elizabeth is in the building. East stairwell. [ To Esi ] Do not leave his side.
[ Dembe leaves ] [ Door closes ]
[ Post Office ]
Ressler: [ On phone ] What do you mean? What requisition form?
Aram: From my desk. Liz used it to withdraw 16 ounces of Semtex from our requisition lockup at 10:42 this morning. Meaning–
Ressler: She’s coming for Reddington. Alright, Aram, get here now.
[ Cellphone Beeps🔅]
Ressler: Park, notify Cooper.
⋘⋙
[ Dembe walks toward Ressler ]
Ressler: Keen’s coming for Reddington.
Dembe: I know. She’s in the building now.
Ressler: How do you know that?
Dembe: We need to move Raymond. He’s not safe.
[ Dembe heads down the stairwell ] [ Ressler calls Park ] [ Radio clicks ]
Ressler: Park, tell Cooper we need to mobilize the Medevac unit. We got to get Reddington out of here. Now.
Park: Why? What happened?
Ressler: Keen is in the building.
[ Gun drawn, Dembe rushes down the east stairwell, while Bud and Chuck rush up from below ]
[ Now alone with Red, Esi carefully removes the bomb assembly from her satchel and attaches it to the side of Red’s hospital bed ] [ Metal clinking ]
[ Red awakens, groggy ]
Esi: It’s okay. Go to sleep. It’s just a dream.
[ Ressler enters ]
Ressler: What’s going on? Who are you?
Esi: Esi Jackson. Dembe asked me to stay here with Mr. Reddington.
Ressler: Alright. You gotta go. It’s not safe.
[ Esi leaves ]
Ressler: [ On phone ] Park, where we on that Medevac?
Red: [ Sleepily ] No. Wait. She–
Ressler: You gotta go. Now.
⋘⋙
[ Cooper walks down the hospital corridor ]
Cooper: [ On phone ] Agent Ressler. Pilot just arrived. Get Reddington to the helipad.
⋘⋙
[ Red’s room ]
Ressler: Alright. Copy that. We’re on our way.
Red: [ Barely audible ] Donald–
[ Two male nurses enter and begin to prepare Red for Medevac. One notices the bomb ]
Nurse: What the hell’s that? Is that thing what I think it is?
Ressler: [ Yelling after Esi ] Hey! You–
[ Esi scurries away down the hall ]
Ressler: [ To the nurses ] Go. Now. Get out. Park, I need a bomb squad in unit 312 now.
[ Dembe runs down and Bud and Chuck run up the east stairwell until they run into each other ]
Chuck: Where is she?
Dembe: [ It dawns on him: ] She was never here.
[ Dembe turns around and starts running back up the stairs, followed by Chuck and Bud ]
[ Liz sits in her car ] [ Cellphone vibrates ]
[ A text comes across: “It’s done” ] [ Cellphone clicks shut ]
[ Liz fingers the detonator, slides a release button. She pauses, then presses the red detonate button ]
[ Beep🔅]
⋘⋙
[ Red’s hospital room ]
[🔅Beeping🔅] [ A panel of lights 🚥 on the bomb starts flashing🚨🚨🚨] [🔅Beeping🔅]
Red: Donald, what–
[ Ressler grabs a chair and smashes⚡️the window ~ ⚡️Glass shatters⚡️] [🔅Beeping🔅intensifies ]
[ Ressler grabs the bomb and throws it out of the window ]
[💥🔥💥 EXPLOSION 💥🔥💥]
[ The bomb explodes outside the window with enough force to overturn Red’s hospital bed, fill the room with 💨 smoke💨 and send debris flying ]
[ Liz is back in her motel room, talking on her phone to Agnes ]
Liz: You finished all of them? Every worksheet? Oh, that’s fantastic, honey.
[ Knock on door ]
Liz: You want to know what else is fantastic? After today, Mommy’s not gonna have to leave for work ever again.
[ Liz looks through the peephole, then opens the door. Esi enters and sits on the bed ]
Esi: Okay, whatever’s going on at the hospital, that is some bull.
Liz: What a silly question, Agnes.
Esi: Wrap it up. We gotta talk.
Liz: [ To Agnes ] What do you think I’m gonna do? I’m gonna be with you. I just have to take care of one last thing, and then I’m coming to get you, okay? Goodbye, munchkin. Mama loves you very much.
[ Liz hangs up ]
Esi: “Munchkin” is right, because we are somewhere over some kind of rainbow.
Liz: What’d you find out?
Esi: Not a damn thing.
Liz: What do you mean? We heard the explosion.
Esi: What I mean is what I mean. I don’t know. I mean, I do know. He couldn’t have survived. But no one would confirm it. You know the whole “if a tree fell, did anyone hear it” thing? Well, this is like that.
Liz: Except this is a bomb, and people definitely heard it. Okay. Tell me again. Is there a possibility that anyone other than Reddington was hurt?
Esi: Not if your plan would have worked, but your agent friend–
Liz: Yeah, the agent you said went back into the room– Is there any way he made it out in time?
Esi: I don’t think so.
[ Liz looks distressed ]
Esi: I’m sorry. Was he a good friend?
⋘⋙
[ Liz makes a call ] [ Beep🔅, dialing ] [ Line ringing, click ]
Aram: Hello.
Liz: Are you at the hospital?
Aram: Agent Keen.
Liz: Aram, are you there?
Aram: If by “there,” you mean at the scene of your crime? Yes. I’m there.
Liz: And Reddington, i-is he–
Aram: Do not ask me to bear witness to what you have done.
Liz: So – he’s dead.
Aram: I know about the requisition form, how you forged my signature. Thanks to you, I am a co-conspirator to attempted murder.
Liz: Did you say “attempted”?
Aram: I looked it up. I mean, I knew what it was, but I thought I would just, you know, double-check. I could go to jail for life. For each count.
Liz: Each count?
Aram: That is two life sentences, and with my luck, they won’t even be served concurrently.
Liz: Aram, listen to me. You got to tell me exactly what happened.
Aram: Mr. Reddington survived.
Liz: And Ressler?
Aram: The doctors are with him now.
Liz: But he’s gonna be okay? – Aram!
Aram: I was just thinking, um– next time I see you– you’ll be under arrest.
[ Cellphone Beeps🔅]
Liz: [ Sighs ]
[ Ressler sits shirtless on an examining table while the doctor checks him. He has bruises and cuts, but otherwise seems fine ]
Cooper: You saved Reddington’s life.
Ressler: Is that a compliment or a criticism?
Aram: And possibly the lives of everyone on this floor. I just– I can’t understand how Liz could’ve been okay with– with any of this.
Cooper: I don’t think she was. I think she knew full well the protocols that would kick into place would leave Reddington vulnerable, and I’m sure once forensics are run on the explosive device, it’ll indicate the blast radius was limited to Reddington’s room.
Aram: And that’s okay?
Cooper: Absolutely not. Just because I don’t believe she intended to hurt anyone else doesn’t mean I think it’s okay she tried to kill Reddington.
Ressler: What’s the prognosis, Doc?
Dr Dawson: Eh, some of the lacerations will require stitches, and I’ve ordered a CT scan to check for internal bleeding, but all things considered, I’d say you’re in miraculously good shape.
[ Agent Park walks in and looks at Ressler ]
Park: Huh. Pretty hot. [ To Cooper ] The Marshal wants a word.
Cooper: The warrant. If he got it, it’s over.
Aram: I think it’s over either way.
[ Cooper meets Marshal Gib Horn in the corridor ]
Cooper: I assume that’s your court order.
Marshal Horn: It should be.
Cooper: But?
Marshal Horn: But you’ve got some serious juice. A cease-and-desist order from the Deputy AG herself – and a gag order. My entire team’s gonna have to sign NDAs, make like this never happened.
Cooper: It’s nothing personal. I appreciate your needing to dot your I’s and cross your T’s. If I were in your position, I would have done the same.
Marshal Horn: But you’re not in my position. I’m here to arrest a criminal. You’re protecting him.
Cooper: Our task force does good work.
Marshal Horn: I’m sure you do. Sometimes. But what that order tells me is that you’ve got a tiger by the tail, and that means for every job well done, there’s a corner that gets cut, a rule that gets bent, an I that doesn’t get dotted, a T that doesn’t get crossed. And – nothing personal – but if I was you, I couldn’t live with myself.
[ Liz looks out the window of the motel room ]
Esi: Well, this sure worked out. Now we’ve got Reddington after us and the FBI.
Liz: It’s gonna be okay.
Esi: Really? How? Because this, right here, this is about as not okay as I’ve ever felt.
Liz: 86 bodies.
Esi: What?
Liz: A few years ago, Reddington’s cleaner unearthed the bodies of 86 people he’d killed. Handed them over to the FBI. Evidence of 86 murders. And he’s still out there. I’ve seen how he does it. Stays one step ahead. I know how he does it. And we can do it, too.
[ Cellphone speed-dialing ]
⋘⋙
[ Red’s new hospital room. Red is bruised but otherwise survived the blast ]
[ Line ringing ]
Liz: Dembe, it’s me. Put him on.
Red: Admit it. When you thought I was gone, you realized how dull life would be without me.
Liz: If by “dull”, you mean normal, then, yes. And it was very peaceful.
Red: What do you want?
Liz: I want to thank you. You told me to think like a criminal, and now I am one. You prepared me for this. Maybe because you knew it was inevitable, but because you did, I’m ready and I’m coming for you.
Red: That would be such a mistake.
Liz: I don’t think so. You’re sick, you’re old. You’re an easy target.
Red: [ Chuckles ] Yes, I have my liabilities. But then, of course, I have so many assets.
Liz: Well, I have something you’ll never have.
Red: And what is that?
Liz: I’m willing to kill you. You don’t have it in you to kill me, and you never will, and that’s why I’m gonna win.
Red: What a terrible waste of your life.
Liz: Maybe. But it’s my life. [ Beep🔅]
[ Liz knocks ] [ Ressler opens his door ]
Ressler: Keen.
Liz: Are you okay?
Ressler: You shouldn’t be here.
Liz: I spoke to Aram, and when he told me you’d been hurt–
Ressler: You know we’re gonna have to come after you, right?
Liz: When I thought you wouldn’t make it–
[ Liz moves to hug Ressler but touches his sore back ]
Ressler: Ouch.
Liz: I’m sorry.
[ Liz backs away ]
Ressler: Well, you should be. You nearly killed me.
Liz: I know. And when I thought I had – [ Sniffles ] – nothing else mattered. I’m a fugitive again– and you have to come for me, but before you do, before I start running – I need a rest. Even if it’s just for one night. Will you let me do that?
[ Ressler lets her in ] [ Door closes ]
[ Red’s hospital room ] [ Monitor 🔅Beeping🔅 ] [ Red has dozed off sitting upright in a chair next to the bed ]
[ Knock on door ] [ Red wakes ]
[ Dembe opens the door ] [ Cooper enters ] [ Door closes ]
Cooper: I need help. About what happened with Katarina. Help me understand why you did it.
Red: The truth is, after all these years, I’m not sure I– understand all of it myself. Harold, um–
[ Cooper takes a seat ]
Cooper: I know how you feel about Elizabeth. Yet – you killed her mother. How could you do that to someone you love? What you did to her, what you did to – Katarina, I don’t think Elizabeth will ever forgive you for it.
Red: She might. Some day. But before then [ haltingly ] – I fear she may – do something that – she can never recover from. And of all the tragedies that you and I have experienced together, that would be the most tragic. We have to do– do everything in our power to prevent that from happening.
Cooper: I agree. Good. But– how do we even start?
Red: By putting Elizabeth Keen at the top of the Blacklist.
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