The Blacklist season 2 explained

Season Number:	2
Bgcolour:	8F0404
Network:	NBC
Num Episodes:	22
Episode List:	List of The Blacklist episodes

The second season of the American crime thriller television series The Blacklist premiered on NBC on September 22, 2014, and concluded on May 14, 2015, and ran for 22 episodes. The season was produced by Davis Entertainment, Universal Television, and Sony Pictures Television, and the executive producers are Jon Bokenkamp, John Davis, John Eisendrath, John Fox, and Joe Carnahan.

Premise

The second season follows Reddington's war with The Cabal, a shadowy multinational group that holds positions of influence in government and business, over The Fulcrum, a digital repository of information about The Cabal's illegal activities that both parties want. The season introduces Samar Navabi (Mozhan Marnò), a former agent of the Mossad and new member of the Task Force with a connection to Reddington. The first part of the season sees the resolution of Red's conflict with Milos Kirchoff, AKA Berlin. The second half of the season introduces a new series antagonist Peter Kotsiopulos (David Strathairn), the ruthless Director of the National Clandestine Service (AKA The Director) and a key member of The Cabal, who seeks possession of The Fulcrum at any cost. The season also follows Elizabeth Keen's investigation into Tom's double life and the subsequent breakup of their marriage. Liz ends up being tried over her involvement in a murder committed by Tom and the subsequent cover up. Ultimately Liz and Tom reconcile but Liz ends up on the run from the FBI and the Task Force after killing Tom Connolly (Reed Birney), the U. S. Attorney General and secret member of The Cabal.

Cast

See also: List of The Blacklist characters.

Main cast

• James Spader as Raymond "Red" Reddington
• Megan Boone as Elizabeth Keen
  • Diego Klattenhoff as Donald Ressler Ryan Eggold as Tom Keen
• Harry Lennix as Harold Cooper
• Amir Arison as Aram Mojtabai
• Mozhan Marnò as Samar Navabi

Recurring cast

• Hisham Tawfiq as Dembe Zuma.
• Reed Birney as Thomas "Smiling Tommy" Connolly, Assistant Attorney General.
• Lance Henriksen as The Major, Tom Keen's former mentor and trainer.
• Adriane Lenox as Reven Wright, Deputy Attorney General
• Susan Blommaert as Mr. Kaplan, Reddington's personal "cleaner".
• Peter Stormare as Berlin, real name Milos Kirchoff, Reddington's nemesis in the first season.
• Alan Alda as Alan Fitch, Assistant Director of National Intelligence.
• Mary-Louise Parker as Naomi Hyland/Carla Reddington, Reddington's ex-wife.
• Scottie Thompson as Zoe D'Antonio, Berlin's daughter.
• Hal Ozsan as Ezra, a personal guard assigned to Elizabeth by Reddington.
• Ron Perlman as Luther Braxton, a high-profile international thief.^{[1] [2]}
• David Strathairn as "The Director", the mysterious head of the National Clandestine Service (NCS).^[3]
• Janel Moloney as Kat Goodson, the liaison between the NCS and the FBI.
• Clark Middleton as Glen Carter, a DMV employee occasionally employed by Reddington to retrieve information.
• Chandler Williams as Elias, member of the Disenfranchised.
• David Patrick Kelly as Elias's right-hand man.
• Ned Van Zandt as Leonard Caul, a security expert and creator of the Fulcrum.
• Dikran Tulaine as Max, a skilled bomb maker and longtime acquaintance of Red's

Episodes

See also: List of The Blacklist episodes.

Reception

The second season of The Blacklist received positive reviews from critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports an 83% approval score based on 18 reviews, with an average rating of 7.8/10. The consensus reads: "Though The Blacklist flirts with narrative overload, it's held together by James Spader's scenery-eating performance and wildly entertaining action".^[4]

Ratings

No.	Title	Air date	Time slot (EST)	Ratings/Share (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	Viewers Rank (Week)	DVR 18–49	DVR Viewers (millions)	Total 18–49	Total viewers (millions)
1	"Lord Baltimore (No. 104)"		Mondays 10:00 pm	3.5/10	12.55	14^[5]	2.0	6.782	5.5	19.334
2	"Monarch Douglas Bank (No. 112)"			2.8/8	10.51	22^[6]	1.9	5.997	4.7	16.527^[7]
3	"Dr. James Covington (No. 89)"			2.6/8	10.07	19^[8]	2.1	6.470	4.7	16.537^[9]
4	"Dr. Linus Creel (No. 82)"			2.8/8	9.76	21^[10]	1.8	6.191	4.6	15.949^[11]
5	"The Front (No. 74)"			2.4/7	9.34	25^[12]	2.0	6.034	4.4	15.372^[13]
6	"The Mombasa Cartel (No. 114)"			2.5/7	9.57	21^[14]	1.9	6.144	4.4	15.711^[15]
7	"The Scimitar (No. 22)"			2.4/7	9.30	20^[16]	1.9	6.281	4.3	15.581^[17]
8	"The Decembrist (No. 12)"			2.5/8	9.75	21^[18]	2.0	6.208	4.5	15.961^[19]
9	"Luther Braxton (No. 21)"		Sunday 10:38 pm	8.4/23	25.72	3^[20]	1.5	4.765	9.9	30.489^[21]
10	"Luther Braxton (No. 21) Conclusion"		Thursdays 9:00 pm	2.4/7	10.11	10^[22]	1.6	5.067	4.0	15.178^[23]
11	"Ruslan Denisov (No. 67)"			1.7/5	8.19	26^[24]	1.9	5.995	3.6	14.187^[25]
12	"The Kenyon Family (No. 71)"			1.7/5	7.71	28^[26]	1.8	5.833	3.5	13.546^[27]
13	"The Deer Hunter (No. 93)"			1.9/6	8.01	25^[28]	1.7	5.695	3.6	13.705^[29]
14	"T. Earl King VI (No. 94)"			1.8/5	8.23	27^[30]	1.7	5.329	3.5	13.562^[31]
15	"The Major (No. 75)"			1.8/5	7.63	30^[32]	1.6	5.328	3.4	12.856
16	"Tom Keen (No. 7)"			1.8/5	8.64	12^[33]	1.7	5.356	3.5	13.992^[34]
17	"The Longevity Initiative (No. 97)"			1.6/5	8.12	18^[35]	1.6	5.245	3.2	13.367^[36]
18	"Vanessa Cruz (No. 117)"			1.6/5	7.70	22^[37]	1.7	5.573	3.3	13.252^[38]
19	"Leonard Caul (No. 62)"			1.5/4	7.47	31^[39]	1.5	4.808	3.0	12.273^[40]
20	"Quon Zhang (No. 87)"			1.2/4	6.60	33^[41]	1.7	4.966	2.9	11.565^[42]
21	"Karakurt (No. 55)"			1.4/5	6.90	29^[43]	1.5	4.720	2.9	11.623^[44]
22	"Tom Connolly (No. 11)"			1.6/5	7.49	22^[45]	1.3	4.594	2.9	12.086^[46]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Exclusive: NBC's The Blacklist Casts the Villain For Its Super Bowl Episode. Schneider. Michael. November 13, 2014. TV Guide. November 18, 2014.
2. Web site: 'The Blacklist' Casts Ron Perlman as Villain of Super Bowl Episode. Barr. Merrill. November 18, 2014. Screenrant. November 18, 2014.
3. Web site: 'The Blacklist' enlists David Strathairn, Janel Moloney, Gloria Reuben for Super Bowl two-parter. Abrams. Natalie. January 13, 2015. January 16, 2015. Entertainment Weekly.
4. Web site: The Blacklist - S02 reviews. rottentomatoes.com. Rotten Tomatoes. January 20, 2017.
5. Web site: TV Ratings Broadcast Top 25: 'Sunday Night Football' Tops Week 1 With Adults 18-49 & With Total Viewers. TV by the Numbers. Sara. Bibel. September 30, 2014. September 30, 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141009130245/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/09/30/tv-ratings-broadcast-top-25-sunday-night-football-tops-week-1-with-adults-18-49-with-total-viewers/308184/. October 9, 2014.
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15. Web site: 'Modern Family' Has Biggest Adults 18-49 Ratings Increase; 'Elementary', 'Parnethood' & 'The Originals' Top Percentage Gains & 'The Blacklist' Leads Viewer Gains in Live +7 Ratings for Week 6 Ending November 2. https://web.archive.org/web/20141119190206/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/11/17/modern-family-has-biggest-adults-18-49-ratings-increase-elementary-parnethood-the-originals-top-percentage-gains-the-blacklist-leads-viewer-gains-in-live-7-ratings-for-week/328676/. dead. November 19, 2014. TV by the Numbers. Amanda. Kondolojy. November 17, 2014. November 17, 2014.
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18. Web site: TV Ratings Broadcast Top 25: 'Sunday Night Football' Tops Week 8 With Adults 18-49. https://web.archive.org/web/20141120194202/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/11/18/tv-ratings-broadcast-top-25-sunday-night-football-tops-week-8-with-adults-18-49/329077/. dead. November 20, 2014. TV by the Numbers. Amanda. Kondolojy. November 18, 2014. November 18, 2014.
19. Web site: 'The Big Bang Theory' Has Biggest Adults 18-49 Ratings Increase; 'The Vampire Diaries' Tops Percentage Gains & 'The Blacklist' Leads Viewer Gains in Live +7 Ratings for Week 8 Ending November 16. https://web.archive.org/web/20141218075459/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/12/02/the-big-bang-theory-has-biggest-adults-18-49-ratings-increase-the-vampire-diaries-tops-percentage-gains-the-blacklist-leads-viewer-gains-in-live-7-ratings-for-week-8-ending-november-16/334672/. dead. December 18, 2014. TV by the Numbers. Amanda. Kondolojy. December 2, 2014 . December 2, 2014.
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