The Blacklist

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Raymond "Red" Reddington has spent years on the FBI's most wanted list as a near-legendary fugitive. One day he makes a move that stuns everyone: he walks into FBI headquarters in Washington and gives himself up of his own accord. His claim is surprising: he and the Bureau want the same thing, namely to take down dangerous criminals and terrorists. Over the past twenty years, Reddington has drawn up a list of the most significant criminals and terrorists in the world, people the FBI cannot track down because it does not even know they exist. He calls it "The Blacklist". He agrees to help the FBI, but on one condition: his only point of contact must be Elizabeth Keen, a newly minted profiler. Jon Bokenkamp's crime thriller premiered on NBC in 2013 and spans ten seasons and 218 episodes, led by James Spader, Diego Klattenhoff and Harry Lennix.