The Blacklist (season 9)

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The Blacklist
Season 9
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes11
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseOctober 21, 2021 (2021-10-21) –
present (present)
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The ninth season of the American crime thriller television series The Blacklist was ordered on January 26, 2021.[1] The season premiered on October 21, 2021, on NBC.[2]

This is the first season without Jon Bokenkamp as showrunner and Megan Boone as Elizabeth Keen.

The season is produced by Davis Entertainment, Universal Television and Sony Pictures Television, all executive producers (except Bokenkamp) remain the same: John Eisendrath, John Davis, Joe Carnahan and John Fox.

Cast[]

See also: List of The Blacklist characters

Main cast[]

Recurring[]

Guest starring[]

Episodes[]

See also: List of The Blacklist episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		Title [3]Blacklist
guide [4]		Directed byWritten byOriginal air date [3]US viewers
(millions)
1751"The Skinner"No. 45Christine MooreJohn Eisendrath & Lukas ReiterOctober 21, 2021 (2021-10-21)3.07[5]
Two years following Elizabeth Keen's death, the task force is disbanded and Reddington's whereabouts are unknown. Meanwhile, Dembe, who is now an FBI agent, is injured while his partner is killed, forcing Cooper to recruit the task force and search for Reddington. Later on, Cooper finds Reddington, who informs him to find The Skinner, who was responsible for the attack.
1762"The Skinner: Conclusion"No. 45Matthew McLootaLukas Reiter & John EisendrathOctober 28, 2021 (2021-10-28)2.81[6]
The former task force continue their search for The Skinner who kidnapped a programmer and his family in hopes of receiving a rare microchip. Meanwhile, Cooper asks the help from an old colleague, who is now a senator, for a favor.
1773"The SPK"No. 178Christine MooreDaniel CeroneNovember 4, 2021 (2021-11-04)3.09[7]
Reddington enlists the task force to find the Supreme Priori Knighthood (SPK) who specialize in stealing artifacts. Their leader is none other than Robert Vesco, who ran off with Reddington's money back in Season 6. Vesco tells Reddington that his money is in Malta, and they plan to go there; however, when Vesco learns his goons plan to bomb a church, he goes and tries to stop him, but fails, which forces Reddington to save him. Afterwards, Aram opts out of his company to continue working with the task force, Park confronts Ressler about his failed drug test, Dembe arrests Vesco on Red's plane, and Reddington finally meets Agnes.
1784"The Avenging Angel"No. 49Andrew McCarthySean HennenNovember 11, 2021 (2021-11-11)2.99[8]
Dembe visits Reddington, who enlists him and the task force to take down the Avenging Angel, who rights the wrongs done to people by others. Cooper wakes up not knowing what happened, and finds out that Charlene's fling, Doug Koster, is dead. Cooper runs ballistic tests using his contacts, and finds out the deadly bullet was from his gun, presumingly making him Doug's killer. Separately, Park gives Ressler her own urine sample so that he can pass his drug test, but after testing, there is an inconsistency in hormonal ratings, which correlates to cancer. Reddington buys the painting that the Avenging Angel wants, and kills her over her actions in the same manner she is accustomed to.
1795"Benjamin T. Okara"No. 183Jono OliverNoah SchechterNovember 18, 2021 (2021-11-18)2.94[9]
Reddington gives Dembe and the task force a case involving DARPA military technology, stolen by the head scientist, who is taking revenge on the fellow scientists who made the device with him. Park hides the fact that she is back on the task force from her husband, Dembe's status as a FBI agent threatens Red's operations, and Harold and Charlene get questioned by the head detective investigating Doug Koster's death, where Charlene backs up Harold's alibi. Charlene becomes distraught after lying, Alina and Peter find out Alina never had cancer, but she was pregnant, Okara commits suicide because of the effects he suffered from creating the weapon, and Dembe and Reddington fight over if he's "in" or "out"; since Reddington asks Dembe to kill the man who was trying to do business with Red, who refused due to Dembe's status as a FBI agent, Dembe refuses, and opens the box that Red gave him if he was to leave their business ventures. Alina lets out her emotions, while Ressler comforts her, and Peter walks away angrily.
1806"Dr. Roberta Sand, Ph.D."No. 153Andrew McCarthyT Cooper & Allison Glock-CooperDecember 9, 2021 (2021-12-09)2.89[10]
When a congressman survives an attack with no loose ends leading to a striker, Red informs Cooper that the real target was his wife, who caught a bullet instead. She was an obstacle for a powerful syndicate, risen with the help of their therapist, Dr. Sand. The Task Force, with a help of Dembe, search for a sniper, and, when he is detained, arrange a meeting with Dr. Sand her way and capture her. Meanwhile, Red launches a new investigation to find, if Elizabeth Keen knew his identity before dying two years ago, and receives a positive fingerprint result on a letter she had to collect from Dembe after Red is murdered. Cooper struggles a ballistic test and gets away with murder helped by Lew, and Park’s relationships with Peter escalate. While Dembe and Park prevent murder of an informant, Red rescues Dr. Sand with a request to work with him. Later, Cooper receives a phone call from a blackmailer, who has information on his particion in killing Doug Koster.
1817"Between Sleep and Awake"N/AChristine MooreTaylor MartinJanuary 6, 2022 (2022-01-06)3.53[11]
As a tragic anniversary approaches, Ressler takes a day off and walks to Liz’s grave, recalling some recent events, happened after Liz’s death in the meantime. On his way to a cemetery, he tries to recuperate his mental condition and move forward.
1828"Dr. Razmik Maier"No. 168Avi YouabianJustine NeubarthJanuary 13, 2022 (2022-01-13)3.41[12]
The Task Force investigates into the case of a doping doctor, who first helps atheletes rise and then kills them. As Red hints them on a betting company, the doctor is desperately trying to clear an enthusiastic journalist. When Park and Ressler are sent to her house and find her dead, Ressler tries to steal her oxycodone prescription, but Park stops him of doing so. She is angry with Ressler because he has ruined her trust and hasn’t stopped using drugs. When Dembe and Aram arrive at the place of a new Razmik’s victim, they find her unconscious and his corpse in the trunk of his co-worker. Park and Aram arrest him just in time he was going to end his target. Meanwhile, investigations of both Red and Cooper bring their fruitful results and terrible consequences.
1839"Boukman Baptiste"No. 164Andrew McCarthyDavid MerrittJanuary 20, 2022 (2022-01-20)3.43[13]
Reddington gives a new task to Cooper after recent organised murders of his three port keepers and asks him to track the killers down. He also orders Cooper to replace Dembe in light of latest events. Dembe and Ressler set out to the last port left, where they stumble upon the terrorists with the leader had been killed during one of Dembe’s attack. In fact, he wasn’t, but his son was, prompting him to revenge. When Dembe is captured, the group set out to kidnap his daughter, Isabella. Ressler saves Dembe, but they arrive too late, when the only option left is to give up Red’s empire, so first Dembe reveals the events of the last two years to Red; Red agrees to help. Dembe, with the help of Weecha, Chuck and Morgan, save Isabella, killing all the terrorists in between. Meanwhile, Marvin Gerard talks to Red, trying to get him back on his ruining empire.
18410"Arcane Wireless"No. 154Michael CaraccioloSam ChristopherFebruary 25, 2022 (2022-02-25)2.94[14]
Heddie, now an undercover seller, is caught by FBI and asks Red and Marvin for help. Marvin is up for a rescue, whereas Red uses the Task Force - only to give them a hint on an untracable telephone company, “Arcane Wireless”, which is able to provide the telephones to every single criminal. In within the investigation, Aram meets his mentor, who made him a professional technician. The mentor, though, is ready to take Aram’s place in the company he just left. As the search advances, some unexpected details come up, such as the network is not criminal at all, but is connected to Red and Heddie’s arrest.
18511"The Conglomerate"No. 142Adam WeisingerAiah SambaMarch 4, 2022 (2022-03-04)2.72[15]
The whereabouts of Agent Park in two years are revealed as the Task Force is hunting on a group of assassins. Working undercover, she has to impress some ghosts of her past - and not to break her life with Peter. Meanwhile, Red receives a notebook of Vandyke and Aram discovers that he used a tracking device on Liz, with the last signal outcoming was at the cemetery where she was buried, making Red to dig her corpse out.
18612"The Chairman"No. 171TBATBAMarch 18, 2022 (2022-03-18)TBD
18713"Genuine Models, Inc."No. 176TBATBAMarch 25, 2022 (2022-03-25)TBD
18814"Eva Mason"No. 181TBATBAApril 1, 2022 (2022-04-01)TBD

Production[]

Development[]

The show was officially renewed for a ninth season on January 26, 2021. On June 24, 2021, it was announced that series creator Jon Bokenkamp would not return as a showrunner for this season.[16] Later, it was reported that executive producer John Eisendrath would take his place as a showrunner.

Casting[]

On June 15, 2021, it was announced that Megan Boone would depart the series after eight seasons.[17] On October 18, 2021, NBC announced that Diany Rodriguez would join the series in a recurring role.[18]

Ratings[]

Viewership and ratings per episode of The Blacklist
No. Title Air date Rating
(18–49)		 Viewers
(millions)		 DVR
(18–49)		 DVR viewers
(millions)		 Total
(18–49)		 Total viewers
(millions)
1 "The Skinner" October 21, 2021 0.4 3.07[5] 0.3 2.02 0.6 5.09[19]
2 "The Skinner: Conclusion" October 28, 2021 0.3 2.81[6] 0.3 1.96 0.6 4.77[20]
3 "The SPK" November 4, 2021 0.3 3.09[7] 0.3 1.85 0.6 4.94[21]
4 "The Avenging Angel" November 11, 2021 0.3 2.99[8] 0.3 1.91 0.6 4.90[22]
5 "Benjamin T. Okara" November 18, 2021 0.3 2.94[9] 0.3 1.88 0.6 4.82[23]
6 "Dr. Roberta Sand, Ph.D." December 9, 2021 0.3 2.89[10] 0.2 1.86 0.5 4.76[24]
7 "Between Sleep & Awake" January 6, 2022 0.4 3.53[11] 0.3 1.82 0.7 5.35
8 "Dr. Razmik Maier" January 13, 2022 0.4 3.41[12] 0.3 2.00 0.7 5.41
9 "Boukman Baptiste" January 20, 2022 0.4 3.43[13] 0.3 2.06 0.7 5.49
10 "Arcane Wireless" February 25, 2022 0.3 2.94[14] 0.3 1.88 0.6 4.81
11 "The Conglomerate" March 4, 2022 0.3 2.72[15] TBD TBD TBD TBD

References[]

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