The Blacklist Declassified

Brief (Where we’re at):

Liz has been apprehended by the FBI, after a tense stand-off in which she held at gunpoint the hit man Neville Townsend sent to capture her, defying instructions by Ressler, Aram and Park to put her gun down. When the hit man, known in Red’s world as “The Protean” (Blacklister #36; a shape-shifter who commits murders using the identity of someone who had just died, in this case, a “Rhys Engel”) made a move for Liz’s gun, Ressler was forced to shoot him, leaving Liz apoplectic. Not only had he killed her entire team (Esi Jackson, Skip Hadley, and Jax), but he shot and killed her half-sister Jennifer, who he used to lure Liz out. Jennifer died in route to the hospital. Liz saw the hit man as someone who could lead her back to Townsend’s world, to answer the big question: What did Ivan Stepanov (Blacklister #5), one of Red’s “oldest and closest friends” – who also happens the be in Russian intelligence – tell Townsend that caused him to immediately turn on her, and put out ransom-for-murder “Directives,” not only on her but on her team, Red and the task force.

It can be easy to forget that Liz is still #1 on the Blacklist after she provided an instrumental assist in helping the task force decipher messages between Red and Stepanov and after having been deployed by Cooper to grab Stepanov in Moscow. Instead, Townsend got wind of the plan by bugging Ressler’s phone. This allowed him to move in first. He captured Stepanov and submitted him to torture and an SVR-developed “truth serum” to get him to tell one of Red’s big secrets which is so significant that he not only wants to kill them, he wants to kill Liz while Red watches, just as he was forced to watch his family’s murder after Red (as N-13) spilled secrets from a cache of stolen documents (the “Sikorsky Archive”) that led the Russian Vory (mafia) to take revenge on Townsend.

Despite her assists to the task force, Liz still faces legal jeopardy for the bombing of Red’s hospital room after he suffered a bout of the mysterious illness he is dying from, and for the proxy murder of Mary Bremmer, Neville Townsend’s sister (Chemical Mary, Blacklister #143). Townsend ordered the murder of his sister to test the sincerity Liz’s offer of an alliance against Red and to keep Mary from talking. This murder succeeded but may face legal hurdles as it was not committed directly by Liz, but by her “Cyranoid,” (Blacklister #35) a look-alike who Liz controlled remotely.

 
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Cooper: [ Voiceover ] Previously on The Blacklist:
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Liz: I used to believe in salvation.

[ Silenced (💥) gunshot ] [ Jax grunts and falls ]
[ Skip Hadley sees the gunman Rhys Engel and raises his hands ]
Skip: Wait, wait, no.
[ Silenced (💥) gunshot ] [ Skip grunts and falls ]

Liz: That good was rewarded–

[ Esi leaps on Engel ] [ Grunting ] [ Silenced (💥) gunshot ] [ Esi is killed ]
[ Engel finishes off Skip (💥) ]

Liz: And evil punished.

[ Liz’s half-sister Jennifer is shot 💥 ]

Liz: [ Voice breaking ] But I don’t believe in that anymore. Not in this life.
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Townsend: I’ve opened up a new directive, like the one for Rostova, but double the bounty.
Rhys Engel: That won’t be necessary. I’ll be there. With Keen.
[ Liz holds her gun to the back of Engel’s head ]
Liz: Looking for me?
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[ Liz sits in the back of Engel’s car, pointing her gun at him in the driver’s seat ]
Liz: [ To Engel ] Drive!
[ Ressler and Aram’s SUV arrives; they jump out and rush to Engel’s car ]
Aram: Liz, put the gun down.
Liz: Not until I get the answer I’m looking for!
[ Engel goes for Liz’s gun ] [ Ressler shoots him 💥💥 ]
Liz: No! He knows where Townsend is!
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Cooper: [ On phone ] We have her in custody.
Red: Harold, bring her here. … I’m the only one who can save her.
Cooper: Not today.
Red: Elizabeth Keen is a criminal. She will never be an agent again. She will never be a civilian. Her only hope for survival exists in my world.

 
[ Neville Townsend listens to “frantic, chaotic” violin music ]
[ Katica Illényi plays Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s ♫ “Flight of the Bumblebee” ]
[ ⏺ No Lyrics ] [ ♪ Tap square below to play ♪ ]

[ In a nearby room, Chester, one of Townsend’s men, prepares his meds ]
[ Door opens ] [ Vandyke, Townsend’s security/tactical lead, enters ]
Chester: Mr. Townsend is sleeping.
Vandyke: Keen is being moved.
Chester: He can’t be disturbed.
Vandyke: I need to see him. We have people in position–
Chester: He was very clear.
Vandyke: Keen is in FBI custody.
Chester: So?
Vandyke: So hitting a federal convoy is public. Messy. I need to see him.
Chester: Hey. We work for a madman. I’m separating the man’s medications, so I know better than anyone else. He’s totally insane. This is insane.
Vandyke: Watch your words.
Chester: He’s feeding off this. Destroying himself and us. The FBI raided us. There are warrants for our arrest.
Vandyke: You’re out of line.
Chester: I mean, what the hell is this even about? Elizabeth Keen has to die. We should go out, shoot feds, risk our own lives for some lunatic?
Vandyke: What did you call him? What did you call Mr. Townsend?
Chester: I didn’t mean– I didn’t–
Vandyke: The man is avenging the death of his wife and children, which means we are the only family he has left. So we will take care of him the way he takes care of us. Now let me do my work and don’t ever disparage the good man again.

 
[ Cooper and Aram get out of the elevator at the Post Office. Aram is on the phone ]
Cooper: Where are they?
Aram: The decoy convoy is passing through the Seventh Ward.
Cooper: Keen and Ressler?
Aram: They held back. Left just six minutes ago. [ To person on phone ] Thank you.
[ They get to Aram’s workstation. He brings up a live map showing the convoy’s location ]
Aram: Best guess is they are 23 minutes out.
Cooper: No interference?
Aram: Uh, nothing yet. Maybe Townsend isn’t crazy enough to hit an FBI convoy.
Cooper: You really believe that?
Aram: I do not. Just, uh, trying to stay optimistic here.

 
[ Liz sits next to Ressler in a moving SUV ]
Liz: Why are you doing this? Ressler, you know what happens if you take me in.
Ressler: I know what happens if I don’t. Townsend won’t stop. And I won’t bury you, Keen. I won’t stand next to Agnes while she cries at your funeral.
Liz: You think I’m safer in custody? Townsend has people everywhere. He can hit me from the inside. I won’t last more than a few days.
Ressler: We’ll see.
Liz: Even if you’re right, what then? It’s over. I’ll never be an agent again. I’m going to prison.
Ressler: You don’t know that. If Reddington can still walk around, you can walk too.
Liz: The rules are different for Reddington. Look, what I’ve done, I can’t undo. Mary Bremmer’s death? The bomb in Reddington’s hospital room? Everything that happened in Kansas. You’re holding on to a reality that doesn’t exist. Ressler, you have to accept it. Things are never going back to the way they were.

 
[ Cooper’s office ] [ Red comes in and takes a seat ]
Red: I tried to convey this, Harold. But once again, we find ourselves in a situation where, when faced with a unique, complicated, and volatile set of circumstances, you immediately punt to bureaucratic protocol.
Cooper: Elizabeth’s coming in. I’m not releasing her, and you can be damn sure I’m not turning her over to you.
Red: Things have changed. From the day I arrived, my intent has been to keep Elizabeth safe. To do that, I had to keep certain facts about my life hidden.
Cooper: Well, the truth is out. Whatever you’re hiding, Townsend knows.
Red: Yes, and because he knows, his focus has shifted away from me and onto Elizabeth.
Cooper: Why?
Red: To try to make me understand how he suffered the day his family was slaughtered.
Cooper: So he wants to kill Elizabeth to make you suffer?
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[ Townsend broods. Violin music resumes ]
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Red: Not just suffer. To understand. He experienced something too dark to comprehend. To avenge what was done to his family and to him, he wants to feel that I’ve experienced a similar darkness for myself.
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[ Townsend snaps awake ]
Townsend: [ Gasps ]
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Cooper: Why are you telling me this now?
Red: Because you can’t protect her, Harold. And you’re about to find out what you’re up against.

 
Ressler: Part of it’s my fault. I didn’t stop you before you went too far.
Liz: [ Chuckles ] Ressler.
Ressler: All the calls, going to meet you without telling Cooper. That night you showed up at my apartment.
Liz: You weren’t wrong for wanting to help me.
Ressler: But I didn’t help, Liz. I only made it worse. I mean, I let how much I care about you cloud my judgment.
Liz: This wasn’t about your judgment. I knew exactly what I was doing. Look, if Reddington wants to keep his secrets, it’s fine. He can keep them all. Except for the ones that are truth about my life and my daughter’s life. Except for the ones that explain why psychotics like Townsend wake up every morning drooling about new and exciting ways to murder me and my daughter as payback for something he did. Those he doesn’t get to hide. And I’m telling you right now. I am so tired of the double standard.
Ressler: What double standard?
Liz: You know. Reddington can do whatever he wants, and the Task Force just takes it in stride. We don’t even know who he is. Except for that he’s a Russian spy who murdered my adoptive father, my mother, is responsible for the deaths of my husband, my half-sister, my grandfather.
Ressler: Nobody’s okay with that.
Liz: You accept it! Doesn’t matter what he does. It’s okay. But me? I fight back and I’ve “gone too far.”

 
Driver: Looks like we just got some backup.
[ Ressler makes a call ]
[ Aram’s desk phone rings ☎️ ]
Aram: Hey, uh, I’m monitoring your progress. Everything okay?
Ressler: So far, so good. No sign of Townsend, and the backup you sent just got here.
Aram: Backup? Uh, okay, and, uh, what backup would that be?
Ressler: We got local. Two MPD units just joined the convoy.
Aram: Okay, negative. I’m checking scanners now, but we specifically chose not to ask for city reinforcement. Those aren’t cops.
[ One of the police cruisers pulls up; a man signals to pull over ]
[ The “police” open fire 💥💥💥 💥💥💥 ]
Driver: Gun!
Ressler: Shots fired, shots fired! Officer down!
Liz: Get us out of here!
[ The driver is shot 💥 in the head ]
[ 💥💥💥 💥💥💥 ]
[ One of the police cruisers climbs over a parked car and flips over, crashing on the pavement in front of the other 💥‼️💥]
[ Horn 🔊 blaring ]
[ The SUV with Ressler and Liz hits a concrete pillar underneath an overpass 💥 ]

 
[ Ressler wakes up with blurred vision, groggy. Liz is not there ] [ Ressler opens the door of the vehicle, but falls onto the pavement. He’s been shot in the upper right chest ]
[ Someone walks toward him, seen through his blurred vision. The man points his gun at Ressler ]
Henchman: Where’s Keen? Last chance.
Liz: Right behind you.
[ Liz shoots him 💥 ]
Liz: Hey, Ressler, are you okay?
Ressler: [ Speaks indistinctly ]
Liz: I can’t hear what you’re saying, honey.
Ressler: I can’t breathe.
[ Liz sees Ressler’s gunshot wound ]
Liz: Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! Okay, we got to go. We cannot stay here. We got to go. We got to move.
[ Liz helps Ressler to his feet and with her supporting him, they walk away from the scene ]

 
[ Vandyke arrives in a large black SUV ]
[ At home, an assistant hands Neville Townsend a phone ]
Townsend: Tell me it’s done.
Vandyke: Almost. Two of our men are dead, but the convoy’s down.
Townsend: She’s on foot?
Vandyke: In the Seventh Ward. Less than a minute ahead of us.
Townsend: I’m sending more men. Lock the area down. Clear every block until you find her.
Vandyke: And then?
Townsend: If possible, bring her to me. If not, kill her and anyone else who stands in your way.

 
[ The Post Office ] [ Aram listens to the police radio ]

[ Over police radio: ]
— Reports indicating shots fired.
— All units, officers down. All units, officers down.
— Witnesses on site report multiple fatalities.
— EMS and SWAT en route.

[ Aram rushes up the yellow metal staircase to the landing ]
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[ Cooper sits in his office with Red ]
Aram: Excuse me. Uh, convoy’s down, sir.
Cooper: Down?
Aram: Attacked by, uh, two gunmen posing as Metro PD units. So far they’re saying three agents down, two in the support vehicle and the one driving Liz and Ressler.
Red: Aram, what about Elizabeth?
Aram: She’s unaccounted for. So is Agent Ressler. Although a witness claims she saw a man and a woman running from the scene.
Red: They’re on foot? Where? What exact location?
Aram: The convoy was hit moving southeast on Central at Wilmont.
Red: That won’t be the end of it. Townsend will have more teams on the ground.
Cooper: Reddington, we’ll handle it. The area will be swarming with police.
Red: We’re running out of time, Harold. You look your way, I’ll look mine.
[ Red puts on his fedora and leaves ]

 
[ Liz and Ressler get to a building with a red door covered with graffiti ]
Ressler: [ Coughing ]
Liz: I need your badge.
[ Liz slides Ressler’s badge between the doorframe and the door to unlock the catch. The door remains stuck. She jerks it open ]
[ 🚨 Sirens wailing 🚨 ]
[ Townsend’s men fan out ]

 
Cooper: What about the gunmen?
Aram: Both dead, found shot at the crash site.
Cooper: I want you and Agent Park on site. Coordinate the Bureau and Metro response and find them before Townsend can.

 
[ Inside the building, Liz and Ressler get to a kitchen. They enter and Ressler sits down. Liz finds a folded white towel and a roll of duct tape to bandage Ressler’s wound ]
Liz: Take your coat off.
Ressler: [ Grunts ]
[ Outside, one of Townsend’s men finds the red door ]
Liz: I got you.
[ Townsend’s man shoots 💥 the lock ]
[ ⚡️Glass shatters⚡️ ]
[ Liz leaves Ressler to investigate. She shoots the man who entered ] [ Gunshot 💥 ]
[ Liz fights with another man ] [ Gunshot 💥 ]
Ressler: [ Alarmed ] Keen?!
[ Liz returns ]
Liz: We have to keep moving.
[ Liz helps Ressler up; they leave ]

 
[ In Red’s car ]
Dembe: Raymond, even if we can avoid the police and Townsend’s men, Elizabeth won’t be easy to find.
Red: I agree, which is why we’re not looking for Elizabeth. We need to find Bino.
Dembe: Bino?
Red: I think his real name is Balthazar something. Baker. Anyway, he came up as muscle with Moms Wimbley, back when she went to war with the Italians in the mid-’70s.
Dembe: He was an enforcer?
Red: One of the best. Story was he had more hits than Babe Ruth. People started calling him Bambino. After a while, just Bino. Nowadays, he runs a payday loan operation in the Seventh Ward. His people move at least half a million in cash on those streets every week. He’s got eyes on every corner. Locals on the payroll who move his money right under the law’s nose. If Elizabeth and Donald are still alive, he can find them. He owns an underground chess club in the Seventh Ward – The Castle. Bino’s a hell of a player. Way better than me. Maybe even better than you.

 
[ Bino Baker’s underground chess club, The Castle ] [ One player sits alone at a table, staring at a chess board ]
Balthazar “Bino” Baker: You’re still here? Rashad, go home. Take a shower. Eat a sandwich.
[ Door opens ] [ Red and Dembe enter ]
Red: Ah! The latest victim. Let me guess – The Greek Gift Sacrifice.
Bino: First a shootout in the street. Now you show up? Hmm. Can’t be a coincidence.
Red: I need your help.

 
[ Red has explained the situation to Bino ]
Bino: They’re still in my Ward? You’re sure about that?
Red: I’m not. I’m hoping. But you could make some phone calls, Bino, let your network know that these are our friends.
Bino: Hmm. Friends who are being hunted by shooters, not to mention the police and the feds.
Red: These people are important to me.
Bino: My people are important to me. If they get involved, they could be killed or worse: They could be arrested and interrogated.

 
[ With Liz helping Ressler to walk, they reach a staircase. Ressler is tiring ]
Ressler: [ Breathing heavily ]
Liz: Easy.
[ They sit on the stairs ]
Liz: Call Aram.
Ressler: No. It’s not safe. You said it yourself. Townsend’s got eyes and ears everywhere.
If we reach out, he’ll know.
Liz: We have to risk it.
Ressler: No. No. Keen, you should go. You won’t make it out carrying me around.
Liz: I am not leaving you. You have to tell the police where you are. I don’t care if I get arrested as long as you get to a hospital.
Ressler: Where are we?
[ Liz gets up to look out of the door ]
[ 🚨 Sirens wailing 🚨 ]
[ Ressler places a call ]
Ressler: It’s Ressler. We need help. I’m with Keen. We’re on foot, but I’ve been shot. Townsend’s men are closing in.
Liz: Tell him we’re at Danton and 56th.
[ Ressler hands the phone to Liz ]
Liz: Hey, Aram, we’re at Danton and 56th. Ressler is having a hard time breathing. I think the bullet might’ve collapsed his lung.
Red: Danton and 56th.
Liz: Reddington?
Red: Elizabeth, listen to me. I have a way for Donald to get the help he needs and to get both of you away from danger. [ To Bino ] Decision time, Bino. Help me and I’ll help you. Don’t just focus on the move right in front of you. Look a few moves ahead.
[ Red holds his phone so Bino can speak into it ]
Bino: There’s a bar on Danton and 59th. The Outpost. If they can get there, help will be waiting.
Red: Did you hear that?
Liz: Yeah, I heard. Who was that?
Red: A friend. The Outpost. You’re only three blocks away. Get moving.
[ Call ends🔅]
Liz: [ Annoyed ] Why?
Ressler: Because, like it or not, he’s the best chance to get out of here alive.
[ Liz helps Ressler to his feet ]
Liz: If you die, I’m gonna kill you. You know that, right?
[ Both grunt ] [ They head out again ]

 
[ Radio chatter ]
[ Aram and Agent Park are at the scene of the crash ]
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[ Townsend’s men hurry through the streets, searching ]
[ From a perch above the street, Vandyke catches sight of Liz and Ressler ]
Vandyke: There! One block east on Danton. Circle up to 58th. Go, go, go! Cut them off!
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[ Liz and Ressler make it to The Outpost ] [ They enter ]
Liz: Hello? Reddington?
[ Gunfire 💥💥💥 💥💥💥 ] [ The windows on the bar are shot out ]
[ Liz returns fire 💥💥💥 ]
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[ A panel of the wall slides back ]
Delores Knapp: This way. Quickly. Quickly. Watch your heads.
[ They go through the opening and the hidden door slides back ]
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[ Vandyke and Townsend’s goons enter ]
Vandyke: Find them!
[ The men search and return: ]
— Clear!
Townsend’s Man: It’s all clear. They didn’t go out the back. Door’s bolted from the inside.
Vandyke: They were here. Where the hell did they go?

 
[ Delores leads Liz and Ressler through the pipeline of tunnels ]
Delores: This takes us under the buildings going east.
Liz: You work for Reddington?
Delores: Honey, I don’t know who that is. You’re in the pipeline courtesy of Mr. Bino. Whoever you are, you got some powerful friends.

 
[ Park runs up to Aram ]
Park: Metro’s got a dozen officers looking for them. So far, no sign of either of them.
Aram: I just checked with Dispatch. No sightings came in to 911. Maybe they aren’t running. Maybe they were taken.
Agent Paula Danforth: Hey, we got a report of gunfire. Patrol on canvass heard the shots.
Aram: Where?
Agent Danforth: About eight blocks north on Danton. A bar called The Outpost.

 
[ The Outpost ]
Vandyke: They’re here. Keep searching.
Townsend’s Man: We are out of time. Someone must’ve heard the shots. Sir, if we don’t go now, we’re gonna have to fight our way out.
[ 🚨 Sirens wailing 🚨 ]
Vandyke: Fine. Clear out.
[ Vandyke’s places a call ]
Townsend: [ On phone ] Take her to the safe house on Bowden.
Vandyke: I don’t have her. I thought we did, but I don’t know. It’s almost like she disappeared.
Townsend: Disappeared?
Vandyke: We have to clear this area. Our location’s blown.
Townsend: Seems I made a mistake entrusting this to you.
Vandyke: No, sir, I can find her.
Townsend: Apparently not. [ Cellphone beeps🔅]

 
[ Delores, Liz and Ressler emerge from the pipeline where a man awaits — with a hearse ]
Delores: Here you go, darlings. Far as I take you. Hey, Walter.
Walter Stevens: Delores. You want to tell me what the hell’s going on?
Delores: Don’t know. Bino said snatch them up, so I snatched them.
Walter: All right, in you go, the both of youse.
Delores: This is how the pipeline works. Whatever’s traveling is called the baton. It gets handed from one runner to the next.
Liz: And we’re the baton?
Walter: Normally it’s a brick of cash half the size of Cleveland. But if Bino says it’s you, I guess it’s you.
Liz: He’s hurt. We need to get him to a hospital.
Walter: Nobody said anything about a hospital.
Liz: He’s been shot! He’s having trouble breathing.
Delores: Honey, we don’t know where you’re going. Only the last runner knows the destination.
Walter: Yeah, if you want a hospital, you’re better off letting the cops come and get you.
Ressler: That’s not an option.
Walter: Then I suggest you get in the vehicle. Time’s ticking. We got a hand-off to make.

 
[ Aram and Park are now at the bar (The Outpost) ]
Cooper: [ Over phone ] A gunfight?
Aram: Shots fired into and out of the bar. My guess is Liz and Ressler were holed up inside.
Park: Looks like Townsend’s guys got in. Nobody’s here, so we have to assume they were taken.
[ Cooper’s cell phone vibrates ]
Cooper: Hang on. I’ve got another call. It’s Reddington. Maybe he knows something.
[ Cooper’s cellphone beeps 🔅]
Cooper: I’m concerned. We tracked them to a local bar, but we can’t be sure they made it out.
Red: Not to worry, Harold. Elizabeth and Donald are in safe hands.
Cooper: Thank God. ~ How do you know that?
Red: Because I arranged the pickup. An associate of mine in the Seventh Ward.
Cooper: And he has them?
Red: I’m told they’re in transit. Donald’s hurt but holding on. They’re not out of the proverbial woods yet, but we have reason to hope.

 
[ Liz and Ressler lie alongside one another in the back of the hearse ]
Ressler: Keen, if I don’t make it–
Liz: Stop. Almost everyone I love is gone. As it is, I’m barely hanging on. I cannot lose you too.
Ressler: Oh, so now you love me? And you waited until we’re in the back of a hearse to tell me?
Liz: Maybe you shouldn’t speak. Save your strength.
Ressler: It’s okay, Liz. I know what you mean.
[ They nudge closer together ]

 
[ A sidewalk in the Seventh Ward ] [ Anton Mobley, a boy about 10 years old, walks with a friend ]
Anton Mobley: I know how to do the math. I’m just saying they make calculators for a reason. Whoa. Is he handing out money?
[ A line of children file past a black car. Inside is Neville Townsend ]
Anton: Hey, Mister, can I get one of those?
Townsend: Depends. You want a job?
Anton: What kind of job?
[ Townsend hands Anton some money along with a card ]
Townsend: That money’s a finder’s fee. I’m looking for finders. And if you’re any good, there’s a lot more where that came from.
Anton: Who you trying to find?
Townsend: Big crash over on Central. These two took off running.
[ He holds up photos of Liz and Ressler ]
Townsend: They’re hiding somewhere in the Ward.
Anton: You could find them yourself.
Townsend: Maybe. But I know how it goes around here. People talk, but not to outsiders. If you want to find someone, it’s best to make arrangements with the locals. No trouble, just information. If you know where they are, call the number on the card. Anybody has a problem, tell them Mr. Townsend said it’s okay.
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[ Anton runs to Bino Baker’s home base, The Castle. He dashes inside. A security guard tries to slow him, but Bino waves him over ]
Bino: Anton. What’s up, little man?
[ Anton hands Bino the card with Townsend’s name and number ]
[ Bino’s look darkens ]

 
[ Red’s cell phone rings✨ ] [ Beeps🔅]
Red: Bino. I’m hoping this is good news.
Bino: Neville Townsend? That’s who your people are running from?
Red: Does it matter?
Bino: You’re damn right it does and you know it. If you had told me, I would’ve never gotten involved.
Red: Well, that explains my reluctance.
Bino: I don’t believe this. Do you know what Neville Townsend will do to me when he discovers that I’m the one who helped you?
Red: Hard to say. Probably the same thing I would’ve done to you if you hadn’t helped me.
Bino: This isn’t a joke.
Red: I’m not laughing, Bino. Townsend doesn’t know it was you, so all we have to do is keep it that way.
Bino: I’m out. You hear me? I’m out!
Red: It’s too late. You’re already in. They’re in transit.
Bino: Deal’s off. I’m turning them over.
Red: That would be a mistake.
Bino: You should’ve told me. Bottom line – I’m more afraid of him than I am of you.
Red: Don’t do this. If you give them to Townsend, he’ll kill them.
Bino: Better them than me.

 
[ The hearse has arrived at its destination ]
Walter: We’re here. Head in and take the staircase on the right. That’ll lead to a basement storage room. Someone will meet you, take you from there.
Liz: Give me a hand. He needs help getting out. Ressler.
[ She pats his face ]
Liz: He’s unconscious. Can you hear me? Open your eyes, Ressler!
Walter: He’s still breathing.
Liz: The car keys!
Walter: Whoa, hang on.
Liz: I do not care where you were told to take us. We are going to a hospital right now. Do you understand me?
[ Liz takes Ressler’s badge out and shows Walter ]
Liz: FBI, Walter. He’s a federal agent. If he dies, your life is finished! Now give me the keys.
Walter: Can’t go to a hospital.
[ Liz grabs Walter by the lapels ]
Liz: He’s dying!
Walter: The nearest hospital is 30 blocks away. Your man doesn’t have that kind of time. He won’t make it.
Liz: I have to try!
Walter: Okay, there’s a place. It’s close, but it’s not a hospital. There’s a doctor. Used to work as a surgeon before coming to America. Bino keeps one on the payroll in case one of his people gets hurt.

 
[ They arrive at the underground hospital. It is sparse, but there is an operating table ]
Surgeon: What happened to him?
Liz: Are you the surgeon? This is where you operate?
Surgeon: Who’s this?
Walter: Trust me, you don’t wanna know.
Liz: Gunshot wound to the chest, probably a collapsed lung. All you have to do is stabilize him until an ambulance gets here.
Surgeon: [ Speaks Mandarin ] Get them out of here.
[ The non-medical personnel begin to file out ]
Liz: Please. Save him.
[ Liz speed-dials ] [ One of the men in the group grabs her phone ]
Liz: Give that back!
Walter: They won’t let you call. Whole point is this place doesn’t exist. No cops, no ambulances.
Liz: He can’t stay here.
Walter: Careful now. You don’t want to insult these good people.
[ The surgeon opens Ressler’s shirt ]

 
[ Red calls Cooper from his car ]
Red: Harold, sad to say things have taken a nasty turn for the worse. The associate I told you about has reconsidered our arrangement.
Cooper: What do you mean? I thought Keen and Ressler were in transit.
Red: I’m sure they are, but Bino has changed the delivery address. He found out that Elizabeth’s being hunted by Townsend, and he intends to give Townsend what he wants.
Cooper: You never told him it was Townsend?
Red: Of course not. I was trying to motivate the man.
Cooper: So now what?
Red: Now we rally, Harold. Now we shock Mr. Bino and the rest of them with our poise and ingenuity.
Cooper: And how do we do that?
Red: I have no idea. Well, that’s not entirely true. I have one place to start. That, uh, bar you mentioned, is it still a crime scene?
Cooper: No, Agents Mojtabai and Park had it processed, but they cleared out a little while ago.
Red: Good. Stay by the phone. If this works, you and the Task Force will need to work quickly.

 
[ Red shows up with Dembe at the bar, The Outpost. The only person in sight is a man sweeping up ]
Arthur: Who are you?
Red: I’m the man you answer. I’m the man you tell the truth.
Arthur: Yeah, sure.
Red: Let’s start with your name. First is fine.
Arthur: My name is Arthur. I clean up mostly, mop the floors, take out the trash.
Red: Okay, Arthur. Two very good friends of mine were told to come in by a man named Bino. You know the man I mean?
Arthur: Everybody knows Mr. Bino.
Red: [ Chuckles ] Yes. Bino told them to come in so they could enter the pipeline. Still with me, Arthur? You know what I’m talking about?
Arthur: The pipeline?
Red: So you don’t? Well, that’s either true or you’re playing games. I love games. In fact, I’m playing one now, with dominos. First, I line them up, then I knock the first one over, and it leads to another and then another and another until the trail takes me where I’m trying to go.
Arthur: I don’t know anything.
Red: Well, I should think not. You’re just the first domino. Problem is I can’t reach the end of the trail unless you fall.
Delores: Leave him alone.
Red: [ Chuckles ] Look at that, Arthur. The second domino has revealed itself.
Delores: I’m the one who helped your friends.
Red: Sometimes the dominos fall without even pushing them.

 
[ The underground hospital ] [ The Surgeon is done operating on Ressler ]
[ Flora Cash’s ♫ “You’re Somebody Else” plays ]
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♪ I saw the part of you
That only when you’re older you will see too– ♪

Surgeon: [ To Liz ] He’s stable for now. But his lung, it’s badly damaged. I don’t know if it can be saved.
Liz: Thank you. Can I see him?
Surgeon He’s not awake.
Liz: Please.

♪ You held the balance of
The time that only blindly I could read you
But I could read you It’s like you told me– ♪

Liz: Hey. I’m here.
[ She strokes Ressler’s forehead ]

♪ It’s not a race to the end– ♪

Liz: I’ve been thinking about what you said. How everything I’ve done, the choices I’ve made are partly your fault. You know that’s crazy, right? Aside from being sort of chauvinistic. You know, Reddington, Tom. For whatever reason, I live in a world where people aren’t who they seem to be. It’s hard to know what or who to believe. But you. You’ve always been there. The real you, telling me the truth. And I love you for that.

♪ But you’re somebody else
Only it ain’t on the surface– ♪

Liz: There, I said it! It wasn’t in the back of a hearse, but, hey, the back of a Chinese restaurant is pretty good. You’re okay. We’re gonna make it out of here. I promise.
Bino: Sorry, Ms. Keen. But that’s a promise you won’t be able to keep.

 
Delores: It’s like the sewer system, only with cash.
Red: [ Chuckles ] I like that. The sewer system with cash.
Delores: Bino’s got spots all over the Ward. You come in, ask whoever runs the spot for a loan, guaranteed against your paycheck, which is coming but you don’t have it yet.
Dembe: And if you’re approved?
Delores: We give you the cash. Or, if you’re here to give back the loan that we already gave you, we accept the money and flush it to Bino.
Dembe: Through the pipeline.
Delores: Bino’s got pipes all through the Ward. This is just one of them. Bino called me, said he was sending two people over that I should snatch them up and send them through.
Red: These pipes – Where exactly do they lead?
Delores: Bino’s not stupid. The runners only know the next step in the journey.
Red: The next step then. I need a name.

 
[ Red and Dembe pay a visit to the hearse driver ]
Walter: Walter Stevens. You two found the right guy, but I don’t know anybody named Delores.
Red: It’s all right, Walter. We’re associates of Bino’s.
Walter: See now, I don’t know who that is either. You fellas sure you’re in the right neighborhood?
Dembe: Listen, friend.
Walter: I’m not your friend. Hey, I don’t– I don’t know you.
Dembe: Now’s not the time to be brave. It’s the time to be smart.
Walter: Well, if you two and this Mr. Bino were really tight, you’d go ask him what you want to know and you’d leave me the hell alone.
[ Red takes out his gun ]
Red: I’m out of time, Walter. [ He takes out his gun ] Now, that’s not your fault, but I’m making it your problem, so did you see the two people I’m looking for? A simple yes or no will suffice.
Walter: Yeah.
Red: And you handed them off to another runner, correct? Again, yes or no would be fine.
Walter: No.
Red: Last chance.
Dembe: Tell him.
Walter: I am telling him. We never made the hand-off. By the time we got there, that agent was out cold. He’d been shot, wasn’t breathing right.
Red: You didn’t take him to a hospital. If you did, we’d know.
Walter: It’s not a hospital. Not a real one, anyway.

 
[ The Post Office ]
Cooper: I got Agents Mojtabai and Park standing by in the Seventh Ward.
Red: Good, because I’ve got a location. Elizabeth and Donald were taken to the Shanghai Palace, a restaurant at Weston and Grand. Dembe and I are headed there now.
Cooper: A restaurant?
Red: I don’t have good news, Harold. Apparently Donald had to be taken to an underground surgeon because there wasn’t enough time to get him to a hospital.
Cooper: And you don’t know his condition?
Red: No.
Cooper: What about Elizabeth?
Red: I don’t know. We’re on our way. Call an ambulance and tell Aram and Agent Park to hurry.

 
Bino: So, you’re what all the fuss is about. Elizabeth Keen.
Liz: And you’re Bino? I’m confused. Reddington said you were a friend.
Bino: Reddington has no friends.
Liz: Your people are helping us.
Bino: Only because Reddington withheld the truth. He never told me you were running from Neville Townsend. Get her out of here. Take her back to The Castle.
Liz: Wait. Wait, Townsend doesn’t know you’re helping me.
Bino: You don’t know that. He may. Which is why now my best option is to turn you over and apologize.
Liz: No, no, no, no, wait, wait. Listen, okay? We’re in the same boat, Bino. Your life is at risk because Reddington withheld information. Believe me, I understand that more than anybody on this planet.
Bino: Take her.
Liz: Townsend doesn’t even care about me. The only reason he wants me dead is to get back at Reddington for something he did a long time ago.
Bino: What?
Liz: I don’t know. What I do know is – If you want to make peace with Townsend, you’re not gonna do it by turning me over to him. You’re gonna do it by killing Reddington.
Bino: So let me guess. You’d like to help me do that?
Liz: Bino, I can’t think of anything I’d like more.
Bino: Put her in the car.
Liz: No. No! No! Ressler!
[ Liz reaches for Ressler’s hand, pulls it toward her as she is taken away ]
Bino: [ To the Surgeon ] You. That man never wakes up.
Surgeon: Hmm?
Bino: Whatever you did, undo it and get rid of him.
[ They put Liz into a truck. Bino gets in next to her ] [ Engine starts ] [ The truck pulls away ]

 
[ A black SUV pulls up to the restaurant ]
[ The Surgeon prepares to inject Ressler in the neck ]
Agent Park: FBI! Show me your hands! Hands!
[ The Surgeon grabs a gun ]
Aram: No, stop! Hands! Stop! No! Put it down!
[ The Surgeon puts the gun down ]
Park: She’s not here.
Aram: Ressler, don’t, uh– Don’t try to move. Help’s on the way, okay?
Ressler: [ Barely audible ] Castle.
Park: What’s he saying?
Ressler: [ Louder ] Keen, The Castle.
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[ The ambulance pulls up ]
Park: Hey, here, over here! He’s not breathing properly.
[ Aram’s cell phone rings✨]
Aram: Hello?
Red: Elizabeth. Is she there?
Aram: No. Uh, but Agent Ressler is here. Uh, he’s injured, but EMTs are on site.
Red: But no word on Elizabeth?
Aram: No, we don’t know where she is, but, uh, Ressler said something about a castle? Does that mean anything to you?
Red: I can look into it. Tell Donald to stay in the light. I’ll call you when we know more.
[ Call ends🔅]
Red: The Castle. Bino took Elizabeth back to his club.

 
Townsend: [ Over phone ] I understand. You did the right thing by calling.
Bino: I hope you’ll accept my apology. Reddington intentionally misled me. Of course I’d never agree to intervene if I’d known you were involved.
Townsend: And you have Keen?
Bino: With me now. I understand your people are in the Ward?
Townsend: So am I. This is something that I’m handling personally.
Bino: Even better. I have a small club where I do business. I’ll send you the address. Keen will be waiting when you arrive. And, Mr. Townsend, I really do appreciate your understanding. This was all an unfortunate mistake.
[ Line beeps🔅] Hello?

 
[ Ressler is loaded into the ambulance as Park and Aram watch ]
[ Black Sabbath’s ♫ “Solitude” plays ]
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Cooper: [ On phone ] Castle. What does that mean?
Park: We don’t know. A place? Maybe some kind of safe house?
Cooper: Whatever it is, if that’s where Bino took Keen, we need to find it fast.

 
[ The Castle ]
Liz: He’s gonna kill me for something I had nothing to do with. That doesn’t bother you?
Bino: You sound surprised.
Liz: You own a chess club. You like the game. I’m the pawn, and you’re serving me up for the slaughter.
Bino: It’s a gambit. You know that term? It’s when a player sacrifices a piece in order to gain a positional advantage later in the match.
Liz: [ Laughs ]
Bino: A calculated risk.
Liz: And what advantage are you hoping to get exactly?
Bino: Are you kidding? We’re talking about Neville Townsend, the one man powerful enough to make Raymond Reddington think twice. Look around. I may be small time, but that does not mean that I don’t have big-time aspirations. A man like Neville Townsend snaps his fingers and my life changes.
Liz: Or it ends completely.
Bino: Like I said, a calculated risk. And all things considered, I like my chances.
Liz: You don’t know him. I do.
Bino: Apparently, you’re really important to him. So important that he came to take care of you in person. It seems to me that he’d be very grateful to a guy like me for making it easy.
Liz: That’s not how he thinks.
[ Pounding on door ]
Bino: They must’ve gone around the back.
Liz: I’m telling you, he’s gonna kill us both.
Bino: We’ll soon find out. Open it.

♪ Nothing can please me
Only thoughts are of you– ♪

[ The double doors open with a barrage of 💥💥💥 Gunfire 💥💥💥 ]
[ Red and Dembe demolish all of Bino’s men, leaving him standing alone ]
Red: I have to say, I’m finding it hard to resist a chess pun in this moment. I mean, if you can’t say “checkmate” at a time like this – Checkmate. [ 💥💥 Red shoots Bino ]
[ Liz has grabbed a gun and points it at Red ]
Liz: Drop your gun.
[ Dembe points his gun at Liz ]

♪ I’ve not stopped crying since you went away– ♪

Red: Elizabeth, I’m certainly not looking for a thank you, but this does seem uncalled for.
Liz: Why? Because you ‘saved’ me? From a man I didn’t know, who only wanted to kill me because of you? I can’t take it anymore.
Red: You’re not wrong. I understand your anger.
Liz: They’re all dead because of you. Tom, Esi, Jennifer, my mother.
Dembe: Elizabeth, please. We have to go. Put the gun down.
Red: Yes, they’re all dead. I tried to tell you that this is what would happen. Everything I’ve been afraid of, everything I came into your life to prevent, it’s happening. Secrets I’ve been keeping because to tell them would mean dangerous people like Townsend would stop at nothing to kill you and your daughter. And now some of those secrets are out, and they are coming. I’m sorry. I’ve tried so hard for so long to protect you from all of this. And I’ve failed.
[ Liz lowers her gun ]

♪ Memories I have remind me of you– ♪

[⚡️Tires screech⚡️]

♪ Of you
Of you ♪

[ Dembe looks outside through the blinds. Townsend and his men are piling out of their vehicles ]
Dembe: Raymond, we’re out of time.
Red: We have a car nearby.
Dembe: They’re coming front and back.
Red: That doesn’t sound good under any circumstances.
[ Pounding on door ]
♪ ♪

 
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♫ The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumblebee
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♫ You’re Somebody Else
By Flora Cash

♪ I saw the part of you
That only when you’re older you will see too
You will see too
I held the better cards
But every stroke of luck has got a bleed through
It’s got a bleed through
You held the balance of the time
That only blindly I could read you
But I could read you
It’s like you told me
Go forward slowly
It’s not a race to the end

♪ Well you look like yourself
But you’re somebody else
Only it ain’t on the surface
Well you talk like yourself
No, I hear someone else though
Now you’re making me nervous

♪ You were the better part
Of every bit of beating heart that I had
Whatever I had
I finally sat alone
Pitch black flesh and bone
Couldn’t believe that you were gone

♪ Well you look like yourself
But you’re somebody else
Only it ain’t on the surface
Well you talk like yourself
No, I hear someone else though
Now you’re making me nervous

♪ Well you look like yourself
But you’re somebody else
Only it ain’t on the surface
Well you talk like yourself
No, I hear someone else though
Now you’re making me nervous

♪ Where are we?
Where are we?

♪ Well you look like yourself
But you’re somebody else
Only it ain’t on the surface
Well you talk like yourself
No, I hear someone else though
Now you’re making me nervous

♪ Well you look like yourself
But you’re somebody else
Only it ain’t on the surface
Well you talk like yourself
No, I hear someone else though
Now you’re making me nervous

♪ I saw the part of you that only when you’re older
You will see too, you will see too

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♫ Solitude
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[Verse 1]
♪ My name it means nothing, my fortune is less
My future is shrouded in dark wilderness
Sunshine is far away, clouds linger on
Everything I possessed, now, they are gone
They are gone, they are gone…

[Verse 2]
♪ Oh, where can I go to and what can I do?
Nothing can please me, only thoughts are of you
You just laughed when I begged you to stay
I’ve not stopped crying since you went away
You went away, you went away…

[Verse 3]
♪ The world is a lonely place, you’re on your own
Guess I will go home, sit down and moan
Crying and thinking is all that I do
Memories I have remind me of you
Of you, of you…

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