The Blacklist Season 9: Plot, Cast, Synopsis, and Release Date

The Blacklist Season 9 is the action-packed thriller that you have been waiting for! The season will kick off with a two-hour premiere on NBC and continue to air in its regular time slot of Monday nights at 10 pm. James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, and Hisham Tawfiq will return as Raymond Reddington, Elizabeth Keen, Tom Keen, and Donald Ressler, respectively.

The season takes place two years after the action-packed finale of Season Eight. Raymond Reddington and Liz Keen are in hiding, but as always, he is her link to criminality around the world. The show will also see a return from Mr. Kaplan (Susan Blommaert), who has been on hiatus for several seasons now; Red’s daughter, Katarina (Lotte Verbeek), and son Tom Keen; as well as FBI Assistant Director Harold Cooper.

The action will continue with the team taking on cases of human trafficking, terrorism, espionage, cybercrime, and more!

Season Recap

• The action picks up two years after the action-packed finale of Season Eight, with Raymond Reddington and Liz Keen in hiding.
• Mr. Kaplan (Susan Blommaert) returns to aid Red’s team on cases that include human trafficking, terrorism, espionage, cybercrime, and more!
• When a young boy is kidnapped during political chaos in Chile, Elizabeth must choose between her family as she fights for his safe return!
• The action continues with the team taking on cases of human trafficking, terrorism, espionage, cybercrime, and more!
• Red’s daughter Katarina (Lotte Verbeek) and son Tom are back but have been absent for several seasons now. They will be joined by FBI Assistant Director (Jonathan Hart), who is a new addition to the family and will be Liz’s boss.
• In The Blacklist Season Nine, Red has been tasked with offering up his daughter Katarina as bait for intelligence agencies on multiple continents to flush out those responsible for assassinating U.S. President Gabriel Olivas at the end of season eight!
• Elizabeth Keen’s life remains complicated when her father, Raymond Reddington returns two years after going into hiding and offers himself as bait so that he can reveal the identities of people involved in an assassination plot against U.S president Gabriel Olivas which was thwarted during last seasons finale.

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Synopsis

Season Nine of The Blacklist picks up where the action-packed season eight finale left off,f and Liz Keen (Megan Boone) is in a fight for her life, after being caught by Ian Garvey. Meanwhile, Raymond Reddington’s (James Spader) plan with Katarina Rostova to bring down those who betrayed him is taking shape.

The action continues with the team taking on cases of human trafficking, terrorism, espionage, cybercrime, and more as Liz Keen (Megan Boone) is in a fight for her life after being caught by Ian Garvey. Meanwhile, Raymond Reddington’s plan to bring down those who betrayed him is underway.

In an action-packed new case for Liz Keen (Megan Boone), Team Reddington continues tracking international criminals trafficking in human cargo while Red takes measures against those who betrayed him.

Cast Summary

James Spader returns as “Red” aka Raymond Reddington; Megan Boone stars as Elizabeth Keen; Diego Klattenhoff plays Donald Ressler; Harry Lennix portrays Harold Cooper; Ryan Eggold reprises his role of Tom Keen from time to time this season; Amir Arison joins this season as Aram Mojtabai; Mozhan Marnò appears again this year portraying Samar Navabi; Hisham Tawfiq is back as Aram’s father Esteban Navabi, and Parminder Nagra also returns this season to reprise her role of Meera Malik.

Release Date and Other Updates

NBC confirmed the renewal of season 9 in January 2021. The audience might have to wait for another six months to get the new season. According to guesses and predictions, the brand new season of “The Blacklist” may premiere in December 2021.