The Best Seasons Of 'The Blacklist,' Ranked
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1316 VOTESThe third season of Blacklist premiered on October 1, 2015, and contains 23 episodes. This season continues to focus on Liz and Red's uneasy relationship.
This season contains several memorable episodes including: "The Troll Farmer," "The Director" and "The Director: Conclusion."
Memorable moments from Season 3 include:
- Red and Liz go on the run.
- Red and the task force work together to avenge an attack on Liz.
- Liz meets someone claiming to be her father.
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2318 VOTESThe first season of Blacklist premiered on September 23, 2013 and contains 22 episodes. This season focuses on the delicate dance between cop and criminal.
This season contains several memorable episodes including: "The Freelancer," "Milton Bobbit" and "The Pavlovich Brothers."
Memorable moments from Season 1 include:
- Red turns himself in to the FBI.
- Red visits Sam in the hospital.
- Berlin is discovered.
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3196 VOTESThe second season of Blacklist premiered on September 22, 2014, and contains 22 episodes. This season focuses on the uneasy alliance of Red and Elizabeth.
This season contains several memorable episodes including: "Lord Baltimore," "Monarch Douglas Bank" and "Luther Braxton Conclusion."
Memorable moments from Season 2 include:
- Red receives a disturbing package.
- Liz is accused of murder.
- Liz recovers a memory.
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4148 VOTESThe fourth season of Blacklist premiered on September 22, 2016, and contains 22 episodes. This season focuses on the balance of Red, Liz, good, and evil.
This season contains several memorable episodes including: "Esteban," "Mato" and "Miles McGrath."
Memorable moments from Season 4 include:
- Liz is taken to her "childhood home."
- Red is poisoned.
- Liz makes a discovery about Red.
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5159 VOTESThe sixth season of Blacklist premiered on January 3, 2019, and contains 22 episodes. This season continues to focus on the mystery of Red.
This season contains several memorable episodes including: "Marko Jankowics," "Guillermo Rizal" and "Robert Diaz."
Memorable moments from Season 6 include:
- Red gets arrested.
- Red gets a last-minute reprieve.
- The FBI opens an investigation on the president.
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6131 VOTESThe fifth season of Blacklist premiered on September 27, 2017, and contains 22 episodes. This season focuses on Red and Liz confronting truths and lies.
This season contains several memorable episodes including: "Smokey Putnum," "Abraham Stern" and "The Invisible Hand."
Memorable moments from Season 5 include:
- Red rebuilds his team.
- Garvey and Red are involved in a shoot-out.
- Liz learns Red's secret.
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748 VOTESThe ninth season of Blacklist premiered on October 21, 2021. This season, set two years after the end of the previous season, finds a titanic shift in the Task Force's relationships.
This season contains several memorable episodes including: “Andrew Kennison,” “Between Sleep and Awake,” and “El Conejo.”
Memorable moments from Season 9 include:
- A tragic anniversary approaches.
- Aram signs up for a mind-bending therapy.
- Reddington gives Dembe and the task force a case involving DARPA military technology.
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8121 VOTESThe eighth season of Blacklist premiered on November 13, 2020, and consisted of 22 episodes. In this season, Reddington faces his biggest enemy yet, while cracks form in the Task Force. This season also is the last with actress Megan Boone.
This season contains several memorable episodes including: "Anne," "Ogden Greeley" and "Roanoke."
Memorable moments from Season 8 include:
- Liz goes rogue.
- Reddington tracks down The Freelancer.
- Red shares all his secrets with Liz.
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9123 VOTESThe seventh season of Blacklist premiered on October 4, 2019, and contains 19 episodes. This season continues to focus on the mystery of Red. The impact of the pandemic at the time forced the show to end production early - choosing the creative solution of using animated sections to complete the finale episode.
This season contains several memorable episodes including: "Cornelius Ruck," "Dr. Lewis Powell" and "Twamie Ullulaq."
Memorable moments from Season 7 include:
- Red visits an old flame for dinner and is caught up in a mystery.
- Liz lines up a new recruit to replace Samar.
- Flashbacks to 1995 show why Ressler got into law enforcement.
