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The Blacklist Season 3: Expect a More Energized Story

I know it's hard to wait for the fall premieres, but hang in there Blacklisters...


When The Blacklist makes its impressive return, EP John Eisendrath reveals that the new season "will have a different feel...it is a great shot of adrenaline. There’s a real energy and urgency, and it came from an organic place." While the show will "still be delivering blacklisters," the beginning of the season will focus on Red and Liz as they evade capture from the FBI.


That’s going to cause a lot of tension between those on the task force, each of whom has a very specific point of view about the value of [arresting Liz]. Ressler is a dogged, by-the-book guy who is going to bring [Liz and Red] in. At the same time, we have found opportunities for Red and Liz to convince the FBI that one of the best ways to keep track of them is to assist them in going after certain blacklisters, who Red and Liz are going after in order to exonerate Liz.

But what about the puzzling relationship between Red and Liz? Well, it seems we may have to hold on just a bit longer for any major breakthrough.


We will give hints. There will be echoes of questions that we will bring up about [Liz’s] mother. We will infuse the episodes with some of that, but a lot of the beginning is, ‘What’s happening now? How are they going to escape Ressler? Are they going to avoid capture? I understand that there’s an appetite to want the whole truth. But the whole truth won’t come until the end, and along the way, many breadcrumbs have been laid out. We’re definitely working toward an endgame.