The Blacklist (season 10)

The tenth and final season of the American crime thriller television series The Blacklist was ordered on February 22, 2022[1][2] and premiered on February 26, 2023, on NBC.[3] The season will conclude the series on July 13, 2023 with the final two episodes.[4]

The Blacklist
Season 10
Official poster
Starring
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes12
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseFebruary 26, 2023 (2023-02-26) –
present
Season chronology

James Spader, Diego Klattenhoff, Hisham Tawfiq, Harry Lennix returned for the season, while Anya Banerjee debuted in a new main role. It is the first season of the series not to star Amir Arison and Laura Sohn after their promotion to main cast; it is also the second season without Megan Boone.[5]

The season is produced by Davis Entertainment, Universal Television and Sony Pictures Television. John Eisendrath, John Davis, Joe Carnahan and John Fox continue to serve as executive producers of the series, while series creator Jon Bokenkamp returned as an executive producer.[6]

Cast and characters
See also: List of The Blacklist characters

Main

Recurring

Guest starring

Episodes
See also: List of The Blacklist episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		Title [7][8]Blacklist
guide [8]		Directed byWritten by [9]Original air date [8][7]US viewers
(millions)
1971"The Night Owl"N/ACort HesslerLukas ReiterFebruary 26, 2023 (2023-02-26)2.32[10]
An explosion occurs in New York where Aram spots Reddington, near the explosion site, who has been missing for six months. Dembe and Ressler arrive at the exploded building, which is also a Chinese annex. They investigate it, identify the victim and retrieve her notebook. The victim was a former member of The Fribourg Confidence who was once on Red's Blacklist. The files extracted from her notebook lead to Pablo Picasso's sculpture called The Night Owl, which was stored by a transferring company in Montserrat. There, the group finds out that it is a black site used by MI-6, while The Night Owl is the codename of The Freelancer. They also meet Siya, the daughter of Meera Malik who now works as an MI-6 agent. She helps Dembe and Ressler proceed with their operation. Meanwhile, Wujing with his mercenary squad launch an attack on the building to rescue The Freelancer. Eventually, Wujing frees him and enlists him as an ally, whilst Ressler, Dembe and Siya return to Washington where they meet Reddington. He tells them about Wujing's intentions and reveals that he orchestrated the explosion in New York. When he leaves the Post Office, he tells Dembe that he stopped using his private transport and security but refused to explain the reasons for doing that. Meanwhile, Cooper and Siya discussed the possibility of her joining the Task Force.
1982"The Whaler"No. 165Michael CaraccioloSean HennenMarch 5, 2023 (2023-03-05)1.76[11]
Wujing is spotted at multiple private casinos around the world, associating himself with a gambling specialist known as The Whaler. Reddington enlists Ressler and the newly incorporated Siya undercover at her upcoming game in Sydney to connect with The Whaler. Red puts Siya in a leading spot, which causes Ressler to have concerns about Siya ending up the same way as Meera and Elizabeth, as he thinks she doesn't understand the danger of her new job. During the game, they are escorted out by The Whaler's security, who plans to torture them for information as to who they really are. However, they manage to break out on their own shortly after being exposed as law enforcement agents. They move to the security office and find out that Wujing, who also attended the game, was using it as a cover to launder the money stuck in his Chinese bank accounts and finance his campaign against Reddington. Meanwhile, Red himself attends the game by blackmailing The Whaler using 6 million in diamonds to play against Wujing and get to know his rival. Cooper and Dembe give a hint to the Australian police department, and they raid the casino and deprive Wujing of his winnings. He escapes and later kills The Whaler for her betrayal to Reddington.
1993"The Four Guns"No. 199Matthew McLootaKatie BockesMarch 12, 2023 (2023-03-12)1.89[12]
When Cooper attends one of Cynthia Panabaker's pre-election briefings, an attempted assault is carried out on Panabaker, leaving two expert bodyguards disarmed and one of them injured. To guarantee security for Cooper and Panabaker, Reddington gives details on The Four Guns, a group of unequalled pickpockets who use their skills to complete sophisticated missions and were never connected with Wujing's offensive. The Task Force reaches out to one of them, but he refused to talk until he got interrogated by Reddington, where he talks about the mastermind behind an attack named Lucas Roth, a former secret service agent who worked with two presidents, including former Blacklister Robert Diaz, whose council was Panabaker. Ressler is sent to assist Panabaker in her debate, but she is attacked during the meeting and captured by Roth on the escape route. Roth unmasks the traitor within her security, who passed personal information onto her opponent. Cynthia shoots Roth, while Ressler arrests both him and the traitor. Meanwhile, Reddington uses The Four Guns to set Robert Vesco free so they could set off for a treasure hunt.
2004"The Hyena"No. 200John TerleskyDaniel CeroneMarch 19, 2023 (2023-03-19)1.72[13]
An attorney gets killed in a bathroom. At Cooper's house, Reddington explains to Cooper that the killing was an attempt to find the hidden wealth of a late investor named Warren Bostwick. The team discover a video recorded by Bostwick before his death, shown to the team by Kendall, one of his 3 triplet daughters. Bostwick explains 3 clues through a poem, where each clue is one part of a password to all of Bostwick's digital wealth, and each clue corresponds to each of his daughters. Bostwick did this for his 3 triplet daughters to work together and bond as a family since they have been quite divided. After Ressler and Dembe were refused by Kendall to see the poem containing the clues, Reddington got the poem through an associate cryptanalyst that Kendall worked with. Red requests Robert Vesco's help instead of the task force, to decipher the clues of the poem using their combined wisdom. Elsewhere, the Hyena finds and kills Kendall, learning her clue in the process. The team find Alex, one of the other daughters, and keeps surveillance on her, whilst Reddington and Robert begin solving more clues with Tadashi's help, visiting Alex to figure out the second clue. Meanwhile, the third sister Cordelia is working with The Hyena, who kidnaps Alex to solve her clue. The final clue is at Warrens's and his wife's grave, where Reddington confronts and outwits Cordelia, solving the last clue for himself, which allows him access to Warren's wealth. In the final scenes, Robert is approached by a representative of Wujing, who offers to see Robert about a "mutual interest". Meanwhile, an unaware Reddington explains to Cooper how he and Robert have moved on from their previous quarrels.
2015"The Dockery Affair"N/ARuben GarciaT Cooper & Allison Glock-CooperMarch 26, 2023 (2023-03-26)1.78[14]
The Task Force investigates the murder of Judge Alice Dockery with the help of Red's forensic scientist Herbie to save the prime suspect from legal accusations for a crime not committed by him. After interrogating parties of her former lawsuits, one of the defendants falls under suspicion and is captured by Ressler and Siya before he could kill his other victim. Meanwhile, Robert Vesco meets with Wujing to discuss Red's betrayal of him. Vesco confronts Red only to hear him prove Wujing's words and joins his campaign against Red shortly after.
2026"Dr. Laken Perillos: Conclusion"No. 70Michael CaraccioloNoah SchechterApril 2, 2023 (2023-04-02)2.06[15]
Wujing orchestrates a prison break in West Virginia to rescue an incarcerated Dr Laken Perillos. He tells her about Red's secret alliance with the FBI and uses her torturing skills to prove Red's working as a CI with members of the Task Force. He instructs her to extract information from a recently captured Dembe. Meanwhile, Wujing and Vesco contact a recently released Bo Chang, a.k.a. The Troll Farmer, to turn him against Red. On their way to Chang, Vesco drops his phone near the safehouse where Perillos was torturing Dembe to let Reddington and the Task Force locate the safehouse and rescue Dembe. They find Perillos has nearly killed Dembe and got nothing from him. An FBI Special Forces unit intercepts Dembe and transfers him to Red's medical crew. There, he is resuscitated and is visited by Red who tells him about Vesco being his mole in Wujing's organisation. In the final scenes, Wujing kills Vesco after he finds out about his betrayal. Wujing also orders his forces to kill Perillos.
2037"The Freelancer: Pt. 2"No. 145Cort HesslerSam ChristopherApril 9, 2023 (2023-04-09)2.12[16]
A private ferry explodes in Baltimore Harbor. Hours before one of Reddington's associates spotted The Freelancer leaving the ferry, so Red hands over the investigation to the Task Force in search for him. Ressler and Dembe head out to the pier the ferry has sailed from and locate the gloves left by The Freelancer with a toxide used for overheating the ship's engine. They recruit Herbie to help them identify the toxide as their own forensic team is unavailable. After Herbie finished investigating the bacteria, he notices a recent transaction in Wujing's bank accounts and leads the Task Force to the next target, but they arrive too late to catch The Freelancer or to prevent another explosion. Meanwhile, Reddington visits Rogelio, his old partner, to discuss a breach in his surveillance troops that missed Veseli prior to his attacks, and finds out that he has set up his own family business and is now making bedding accessories. Red searches for betrayers and finds out that Veseli himself notified them of his attacks so Wujing could see Red's response and find out about the members of the Task Force by a local photographer who sent him photos of Ressler, Dembe and Siya via a cloud storage. With the help of Herbie, they find the place of a next assault and stave it off, letting Veseli go but capturing a photographer. Shortly after, Wujing's representatives hire Henrick Fiscker's mercenary squad. Meanwhile, it has been two years since Ressler abstained of drugs and he is proposed to oversee an addicted agent.
2048"The Troll Farmer: Pt. 2"No. 38Jono OliverTaylor MartinApril 16, 2023 (2023-04-16)1.73[17]
Reddington has troubles with steel shipment after one of his port handlers refuses to work with him amidst Wujing's gossips. Meanwhile, Bo Chang sets up a fake shooting at the hospital and pushes it through social media to draw an NSA agent's attention to it. When he arrives at the hospital and leaves his car, Chang sneaks into the car and extracts data from an agent's badge. The Task Force start working on the case to find out more about Chang's further operations. The investigation leads them to a top-classified NSA meeting held to introduce a new cyber weapon. Chang interferes into the presentation by forcing an evacuation and steals the suitcase with the weapon. Using the geoposition of a tracking device embedded into the suitcase, The Task Force receives the location of Chang's hideout, strikes it and capure Chang. Cooper makes Chang work for Reddington and hand the counterfeit suitcase over to Wujing as he comes to the fixed place in exchange for freedom. However, as Chang awaits Wujing in the park they agreed to meet, Alban Veseli approaches him instead, but the Task Force scares him off and he escapes with Richard Deever, Siya's former partner working for Wujing, but recently captured by Red. Veseli is delivered to Red and Deever is incarcarated by the FBI while Chang is set free. Meanwhile, Herbie keeps calling Siya, eager to assist in any possible way to leave his household duties, so Red stands up for him and offers Cooper to hire him as part of their team. He also anticipates the end of a conflict with Wujing in 3 days in a phone call to Cooper.
2059"The Troll Farmer: Pt. 3"No. 38Christine GeeLukas ReiterApril 23, 2023 (2023-04-23)1.69[18]
20610"The Postman"No. 173Kevin BerlandiJustine NeubarthApril 30, 2023 (2023-04-30)1.98[19]
20711"The Man in the Hat"N/AOlenka DenysenkoDaniel CeroneMay 7, 2023 (2023-05-07)1.70[20]
20812"Dr. Michael Abani"No. 198Andrew McCarthyNoah SchechterMay 14, 2023 (2023-05-14)1.66[21]
20913"The Sicilian Error of Color"N/ATBAT Cooper & Allison Glock-CooperMay 21, 2023 (2023-05-21)TBD
21014"The Nowhere Bride"No. 192TBACristina BoadaMay 28, 2023 (2023-05-28)TBD
21115"The Hat Trick"N/ATBAKatie Bockes & Sam ChristopherJune 1, 2023 (2023-06-01)TBD
21216"Blair Foster"No. 39TBATaylor MartinJune 1, 2023 (2023-06-01)TBD

Production

Development

On February 22, 2022, James Spader announced the renewal of the series while making his appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, with the NBC press release coming out shortly after.[22]

On February 1, 2023, NBC officially announced that the season would serve as the last of the series.[2] The same day, the poster and the trailer for the season were released.[2] James Spader later revealed that the season was planned as final before the filming so to finish the series properly.[23] He also noted that for him the series would shift from its original conception if it went beyond this season.[24]

Casting

On May 27, 2022, it was revealed that original cast member Amir Arison and another main actress, Laura Sohn, would depart the series following the finale of season 9.[5] However, Arison stated that he and producers had been discussing his potential return to the series after The Kite Runner, the play he left the series for, ends its run on Broadway.[25] Later, on October 6, he was invited to a 200 episode celebration, where in a series of posts he made another hint on his potential return.[26] On February 22, 2023, an exclusive preview of the season premiere revealed the return of Arison to the series.[27]

On August 9, 2022, it was revealed that casting was in process for the role of Siya Malik, an MI6 intelligence officer, who was a daughter to Meera Malik, the character introduced in the first season.[28] On October 6 celebration, it was disclosed that Anya Banerjee had accepted the role.[29]

In September 2022, Chin Han, Jonathan Holtzman and Teddy Coluca announced their respective returns.[30][31][32] Deirdre Lovejoy and Sami Bray who portrayed United States Senator Cynthia Panabaker and Agnes Keen in the ninth season, respectively, returned for the season.[27] Stacy Keach who previously played true criminal Robert Vesco, returned for four episodes of the season, although the storyline surrounding his character since season 6 was never resolved.[33][34] Aaron Yoo was also previewed to return in the season, reprising his role from the third season.[35]

On November 23, Chris McKenna wrote that he would be joining the series in an unknown recurring role, later revealed as one of Wujing's contract associates.[36] On March 9, 2023, it was revealed that Alex Brightman would recur in the season as Red's forensic scientist.[37]

Filming and release

Filming for the season started in September 2022, as was previously expected by location manager of the series Tom Scutro.[38] On October 6, filming for the 4th episode in the season, which is also 200th overall, was finished and celebrated with a special event at their set in Chelsea Piers, in which the Task Force headquarters are located.[29] Filming for the final episode is started on April 24, 2023.[39] and concluded on May 1, with the closing ceremony held the same day. Filming for the series was finished hours before the beginning of 2023 writers strike which could have affected the show's further production.[40]

With the release of NBC’s fall schedule on May 26, 2022, it was revealed that the series would not air until midseason.[41] Such move had only been implemented to season 6 before. On November 7, it was set that the series would premiere on Sunday, February 26, 2023, on 8:00 p.m..[3] However, due to the network's increased interest to Found, a new drama originally set to air following The Blacklist, subsequent corrections to the midseason schedule were performed by NBC.[42] The season's regular timeslot would be 10:00 p.m., following season 5 of the revived Magnum P.I..[42] Starting with June 1, the series would be moving to Thursdays 8:00 p.m. timeslot while the series finale would air for two hours on July, 13, 2023.[7] Each episode would be available to stream on Peacock the next day after its initial release on NBC.[42]

While announcing the renewal of the series in February 2022, Spader noted that a 22-episode season is expected to be produced,[22] which was later confirmed by TVLine on November 18, 2022.[43]

Spader was set for an appearance on The Tonight Show to promote the series on February 16, 2023, but failed to show up.[44] Instead, the episode featured Travis Kelce, an American football player for Kansas City Chiefs.[45] He initially appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers to promote the 200th episode of the series on March 15, 2023.[46]

Ratings
Viewership and ratings per episode of The Blacklist
No. Title Air dateRating
(18–49)		Viewers
(millions)		DVR
(18–49)		DVR viewers
(millions)		Total
(18–49)		Total viewers
(millions)
1 "The Night Owl" February 26, 20230.22.32[10]TBDTBDTBDTBD
2 "The Whaler" March 5, 20230.11.76[11]TBDTBDTBDTBD
3 "The Four Guns" March 12, 20230.21.89[12]TBDTBDTBDTBD
4 "The Hyena" March 19, 20230.21.72[13]TBDTBDTBDTBD
5 "The Dockery Affair" March 26, 20230.21.78[14]TBDTBDTBDTBD
6 "Dr. Laken Perillos: Conclusion" April 2, 20230.22.06[15]TBDTBDTBDTBD
7 "The Freelancer: Part 2" April 9, 20230.22.12[16]TBDTBDTBDTBD
8 "The Troll Farmer: Part 2" April 16, 20230.21.73[17]TBDTBDTBDTBD
9 "The Troll Farmer: Part 3" April 23, 20230.21.69[18]TBDTBDTBDTBD
10 "The Postman" April 30, 20230.21.98[19]TBDTBDTBDTBD
11 "The Man in the Hat" May 7, 20230.21.70[20]TBDTBDTBDTBD
12 "Dr. Michael Abani" May 14, 20230.21.66[21]TBDTBDTBDTBD

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