Home > The Blacklist > Season 1 « TV Series Page The Blacklist: Season 1 (2013 - 2014) SEASON: Season 1 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Season 8 Want to see Episode List Season 1 The Blacklist Critics Consensus James Spader is riveting as a criminal-turned-informant, and his presence goes a long way toward making this twisty but occasionally implausible crime procedural compelling. 82% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 57 90% Audience Score User Ratings: 1133 NEW More Info × Close Want to see Super Reviewer Submit Super Reviewer Edit Review Episodes 1 Pilot Air date: Sep 23, 2013 The race to stop an terrorist begins in the premiere of this crime series about a most-wanted fugitive who works with a rookie FBI profiler to take down criminals and evildoers. More 2 The Freelancer Air date: Sep 30, 2013 Red predicts a catastrophe will occur and will stem from the work of an assassin called the Freelancer. When Red and Liz go undercover to protect the killer's next target (Isabella Rossellini), Ressler and a rehired CIA agent monitor the duo from afar. More 3 Wujing Air date: Oct 7, 2013 Red and Liz go undercover to pursue a high-level Chinese spy who may be involved in a shadowy scheme to decode a classified CIA transmission. Elsewhere, Liz puts the investigative focus on Tom. More 4 The Stewmaker Air date: Oct 14, 2013 Liz testifies against a drug lord. Danger lurks when a witness in the case is abducted at the hands of possibly "the Stewmaker," a man responsible for hundreds of missing people. Meanwhile, Red and Ressler join forces for the first time. More 5 The Courier Air date: Oct 21, 2013 The hunt is on for an elusive courier who's delivering a package worth millions to an Iranian spy. As she scrambles to stop the transaction, Liz gets swept up in a kidnapping scheme. Meanwhile, Ressler is forced to accept Liz's importance to the team. More 6 Gina Zanetakos Air date: Oct 28, 2013 A beautiful yet menacing corporate terrorist is tracked. Meanwhile, Tom confronts Liz about a mysterious box. More 7 Frederick Barnes Air date: Nov 4, 2013 Liz and the FBI track the criminal responsible for a chemical attack on a subway. Elsewhere, Liz reluctantly reaches out to Red to help nab a brilliant scientist (Robert Sean Leonard). More 8 General Ludd Air date: Nov 11, 2013 A plot to destroy the U.S. financial system is uncovered by Liz. Meanwhile, Tom helps Liz when a family member becomes ill. More 9 Anslo Garrick Air date: Nov 25, 2013 Part 1 of 2. Donald tries to protect Red from a possible assassination attempt. Meanwhile, the next blacklist target infiltrates the FBI's black site and hunts down Red; and Liz gets caught in an elevator. More 10 Anslo Garrick - Part 2 Air date: Dec 2, 2013 While Red bargains with his captor to spare Agent Ressler's life, Liz tries to disable the signal jammers preventing a call for back-up. More Show More Episodes The Blacklist: Season 1 Photos View All Photos (114) Tv Season Info Series 1 sees our introduction to former government agent turned criminal Raymond Reddington who, after turning himself into the FBI, says that he will help them capture some of the world's most dangerous criminals. However, he will only talk to one agent, Elizabeth Keen and as the series progresses we slowly get hints of why this might be while simultaneously following the FBI's progress in catching the criminals Reddington is pointing his finger at. Genre: Drama Network: NBC Premiere Date: Sep 23, 2013 Creator: John Bokenkamp Exec. Producers: John Bokenkamp, John Eisendrath, John Davis, John Fox Cast James Spader as Raymond "Red" Reddington Megan Boone as Elizabeth Keen Ryan Eggold as Tom Keen Diego Klattenhoff as Donald Ressler Harry Lennix as Harold Cooper Parminder Nagra as Meera Malik Ilfenesh Hadera as Jennifer Palmer Ritchie Coster as Anslo Garrick Rachel Brosnahan as Jolene Clifton Collins Jr. as Hector Lorca Robert Sean Leonard as Frederick Barnes Ryan O'Nan as The Alchemist Linus Roache as The Kingmaker Isabella Rossellini as Floriana Campo Chin Han as Wujing Jennifer Ehle as Madeline Pratt Mark Ivanir as Ivan Justin Kirk as Nathaniel Wolff Damian Young as The Undertaker Alan Alda as Mr. Fitch Hoon Lee as Mako Tanida Robert Knepper as The Courier Margarita Levieva as Gina Zanetakos Frank Whaley as Karl Hoffman Campbell Scott as Owen Mallory Dianne Wiest as Ruth Kipling Aja Naomi King as Elisa Rubin Will Denton as Harrison Lee Deborah S. Craig as Luli Pat Squire as Louise Hoffman Amir Arison as Aram Mojtabai Show More Cast News & Interviews for The Blacklist: Season 1 10 TV Shows You Should Binge-Watch This December 2016 Emmy Winners Announced: Game of Thrones and Veep Win Top Awards 2016 Emmy Award Nominations View All The Blacklist: Season 1 News Episodes 1 Pilot Air date: Sep 23, 2013 The race to stop an terrorist begins in the premiere of this crime series about a most-wanted fugitive who works with a rookie FBI profiler to take down criminals and evildoers. More 2 The Freelancer Air date: Sep 30, 2013 Red predicts a catastrophe will occur and will stem from the work of an assassin called the Freelancer. When Red and Liz go undercover to protect the killer's next target (Isabella Rossellini), Ressler and a rehired CIA agent monitor the duo from afar. More 3 Wujing Air date: Oct 7, 2013 Red and Liz go undercover to pursue a high-level Chinese spy who may be involved in a shadowy scheme to decode a classified CIA transmission. Elsewhere, Liz puts the investigative focus on Tom. More 4 The Stewmaker Air date: Oct 14, 2013 Liz testifies against a drug lord. Danger lurks when a witness in the case is abducted at the hands of possibly "the Stewmaker," a man responsible for hundreds of missing people. Meanwhile, Red and Ressler join forces for the first time. More 5 The Courier Air date: Oct 21, 2013 The hunt is on for an elusive courier who's delivering a package worth millions to an Iranian spy. As she scrambles to stop the transaction, Liz gets swept up in a kidnapping scheme. Meanwhile, Ressler is forced to accept Liz's importance to the team. More 6 Gina Zanetakos Air date: Oct 28, 2013 A beautiful yet menacing corporate terrorist is tracked. Meanwhile, Tom confronts Liz about a mysterious box. More 7 Frederick Barnes Air date: Nov 4, 2013 Liz and the FBI track the criminal responsible for a chemical attack on a subway. Elsewhere, Liz reluctantly reaches out to Red to help nab a brilliant scientist (Robert Sean Leonard). More 8 General Ludd Air date: Nov 11, 2013 A plot to destroy the U.S. financial system is uncovered by Liz. Meanwhile, Tom helps Liz when a family member becomes ill. More 9 Anslo Garrick Air date: Nov 25, 2013 Part 1 of 2. Donald tries to protect Red from a possible assassination attempt. Meanwhile, the next blacklist target infiltrates the FBI's black site and hunts down Red; and Liz gets caught in an elevator. More 10 Anslo Garrick - Part 2 Air date: Dec 2, 2013 While Red bargains with his captor to spare Agent Ressler's life, Liz tries to disable the signal jammers preventing a call for back-up. More Show More Episodes Critic Reviews for The Blacklist Season 1 All Critics (57) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (47) | Rotten (10) Yes, it's a preposterous premise, and Boone as well as the character she plays are in over their heads, but if NBC is willing to spend money to make this formula work, it could have a hit on its hands. Sep 23, 2013 | Full Review… David Hiltbrand Philadelphia Inquirer Top Critic It's a fast-paced mystery that's just plain entertaining. Sep 23, 2013 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… David Hinckley New York Daily News Top Critic Spader is amusingly smug and hammy, as he manipulates the FBI honchos, Keen, and the criminals who think he's on their team. Even so, there is nothing in the pilot that makes me eager to return. Sep 23, 2013 | Full Review… Matthew Gilbert Boston Globe Top Critic C'mon, producers. Upend the procedural. Let Spader run loose. Sep 23, 2013 | Rating: B+ | Full Review… Diane Werts Newsday Top Critic The Blacklist is watchable but patently unbelievable and increasingly unpalatable. Sep 19, 2013 | Rating: C+ | Full Review… Ed Bark Uncle Barky Top Critic Portraying a brilliant criminal mastermind who opens the drama by turning himself in to the FBI, demanding the presence of a specific rookie agent, he (Spader) is effortlessly captivating. Sep 6, 2013 | Full Review… Joanne Ostrow Denver Post Top Critic Blacklist is the more purely and criminally enjoyable of the night's new melodramas, largely because James Spader is so good at being playfully bad. Dec 7, 2018 | Full Review… Matt Roush TV Guide A lot of the snazzy action and spiffy pacing may be a cover-up for subpar writing, but the pilot kept things entertaining enough that I'd like to see the second episode. Hopefully it will clear up a few things. Dec 7, 2018 | Full Review… Tim Surette TV.com The Blacklist, a slick and surprisingly brutal spies-and-black-ops drama that speeds along blithely without an original thought in its head. Jul 22, 2018 | Full Review… Adam Sweeting The Arts Desk The Blacklist is mysterious and compelling without being too over the top and complicated. May 7, 2018 | Rating: 4.3/5 | Full Review… Sean McKenna TV Fanatic View All Critic Reviews (57) Audience Reviews for The Blacklist: Season 1 Aug 21, 2019 Awesome show! James Spader is incredible here. Jared R Apr 21, 2019 Started code mysterious but Megan Boone was not very convincing Ahmed M Apr 21, 2019 I used to love this show. Trying to watch this season without laughing. The acting, script, and what is with the music! The show has taken such a dive they might as well cancel it. Jes W Feb 19, 2019 Typical dumbed down tv series for the masses. The writing and editing is just bad. In one episode, it takes the main character half the day to travel to a remote location. Then near the end of the show, the rest of the team conveniently covers the same distance in about 10 minutes. It's things like where I just have to shake my head and realize this is network programing. In my opinion Spader carries this show. the rest of the cast is just ok. Overall story line has potential, the plots are meh, Mike S Feb 13, 2019 The Blacklist (2013) is the type of tv series that once you finish an episode, you would want to move to the next to find out more and uncover the mysteries surrounding the awfully confident infamous criminal Raymond Reddington and his relationship to agent Elizabeth Keen. Itâ??s kind of shady and makes you draw lots of conclusions to determine what's going to happen next so itâ??s perfect for people who love analyzing and coming up with different scenarios to fit the events in the series to the point when you have to complete a full season to know the answer. At the same time, almost every episode ends up with uncovering few truths about each character in the show. One more upside about the show is even though the main story is about Keen and Reddington, the other characters are heavily involved in developing the plot and its not the self-centered kind of show that always make the show about one characterâ??s life. That being said, weâ??ll move to the not very pleasing sides of the show. The major plot development, like Elizabeth finding out about her husband, is way too slow and took up a whole season for her to find out. It is frustrating especially when everything in the show tells so, Elizabeth is the last one to find out. Also, theyâ??re describing Elizabeth to be this special intelligent agent but so far, nothing the matched that portrait that they did a very good job at building but not emphasizing it in the show. I would still recommend watching the series and getting a closer look at Reddingtonâ??s arrogant, always prepared and secretly helping others (sometimes by destroying othersâ??) and his role in the life of Elizabeth Keen the agent with trust issues, erased memories, and big secrets will make one of the best crime, thriller, and dramatic tv show. Dec 03, 2018 THE BLACKLIST is the most arousing yet compulsive TV show that has some but all of the recognition that it deserves! How could the worlds most wanted man known as Raymond Reddington played by James Spader, become so valuable and trustworthy to the FBI. Reddington also known as Red is willingly ready to hand over what he called the Blacklist. The blacklist is full of unknown terrorist who are classified as highly dangerous and are disguised everyday people. They could be you mail carrier your teacher, president or even your spouse. Reddington will effortlessly convey the names on the black list under two circumstances. One being his immunity; he wont seek the death penalty yet spend another day imprisoned, and two being the most important, he will only answer to a simple but the best profiler in her division Elizabeth Keen. The moment Red entered her life shes been left to do nothing but question it. She constantly fights herself and instincts to seek the truth. After all she is a profiler, reading someone is her job but why is Reddington so hard? The acting in this show is sensational. I catch myself feeling remorse for a number of characters of which are fictional and I know nothing about outside of my TV screen. Reddington however is outstanding. I often ask myself how can a man be so serious? James Spader is known for being quite odd and thrilling in his acting. In this espionage type show he teaches you to think like a criminal so that you will see a different picture. James Spader does this by wearing his poker face; showing no emotion to anyone even those that mean the absolute most to him. His facial expression and demeanor are the same throughout the entire show which benefits him as a criminal because no one can read him or know if he is telling the truth or not, youll just have to risk it all and find out. Ive watched all five seasons and twenty-two episodes; each terrorist that is revealed is known for something significant nothing has ever been the same. This show is definitely one of a kind. keaura w Aug 28, 2018 The best TV series I've ever watched to this date! Allen L Mar 06, 2018 I love the blacklist red is the best CHaCHARACTER ever amazing show Kerry D Jan 12, 2018 The FBI couldn't possibly be as inept as this show represents. The characters are cardboard cutouts, the dialogue stupendously trite. But James Spader is fantastic and almost saves the show. But he can't pull it off in the end. Jack M Jan 07, 2018 James Spader's performance as Red Reddington can't salvage the utter garbage that is The Blacklist. With bland writing, predictable twists and god awful CGI, The Blacklist is as generic as they come and offers nothing new in the genre of crime drama television. Joakim L See all Audience reviews News & Features 150 Erotic Movies Ranked worst to best! 2019's Most Anticipated 63 movies coming up this year 200 Essential Movies Chosen by RT staff! 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