History Series / TheBlacklist

** "Nachalo": [[spoiler:The information compiled by Katarina and the actual Raymond Reddington when the former spied in the US, in Moscow and in other places against various VIPs was the full intelligence package in the Cold War known as "The Fulcrum".

** "Ian Garvey": [[spoiler:Tom dies and Liz is in a Coma for 10 months.]]

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Invoked in "Luther Braxton", where "The Factory" - a secret American interrogation facility in the Bering Sea - is captured by a Blacklister. Though the inmates are heavily implied to deserve the treatment they receive there, it becomes a form of BlackComedy when the villains subject the heroes to some of it - three of the series regulars spend the episode suspended from chain nooses, attempting to keep some of the weight off their necks by standing on tiptoe on tiled blocks slick with the blood of executed inmates.

** "The Director, Conclusion" puts together all the hints and pieces of Red's plan throughout the first half of Season 3 to undermine the Cabal enough to [[spoiler: exonerate Liz and take down the Director.]]

*** "Rassvet" suggest that after the death of the actual Reddington, [[spoiler:ex-Russian Embassy employee Ilya Koslov became Red.]]

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: In "The Front", characters call [[spoiler: the medieval strain of pneumatic plague a virus, when real-world plague is caused by a bacterium, ''Yersinia pestis'', which actually causes all three of pneumatic plague, bubonic plague, and septicemic plague; the type depends on where the infection takes hold.]] Oddly, Cooper nonetheless suggests [[spoiler: the use of antibiotic protocols in place to deal with plague]] and is shot down [[spoiler: not because antibiotics won't work on a viral infection but because antibiotics wouldn't work on an a medieval version. Because somehow, bacteria that haven't had a chance to develop antibacterial resistance are harder to deal with than bacteria that have.]] They try to work around some of this by suggesting that [[spoiler: the villain of the week did some genetic engineering, though where he learned to do that and when they had the time is not really clear.]]

** Every single one of the victims of the Good Samaritan. He only targets [[spoiler:abusers, giving them the same injuries they inflicted on their victims.]]

** The Judge pronounces judgement on the people responsible for miscarriages of justice, [[spoiler: which is why Cooper is targeted, for beating a confession out of a terrorist.]]
** The Deer Hunter, [[spoiler: or at least the second one]], finds their victims via [[spoiler: a women's domestic abuse legal center, and targets their clients' abusers]]. Comparisons with [[spoiler: the aforementioned Good Samaritan]] are made in the show itself.
** Vanessa Cruz's victims, [[spoiler:who had framed her innocent husband after he tried to do the right thing, leading to his suicide. Granted, she was using a woman in order to eventually murder her as part of a frame-up, but said woman gets away unscathed.]]

** Ian Garvey in Season 5. [[spoiler:He kills Tom, steals the duffel bag that both Red and Liz have been hunting all season and is a general prick to basically everybody. The only reason Liz wants him alive is so she can find the truth about the duffel bag.]]

* {{Filler}}: Due to its episode count of 22 episodes a season, there are some that don't contribute heavily to the ongoing StoryArc and generally slow things down, however, [[ZigZaggingTrope some episodes look like filler]], but aren't. The show has had a reputation in recent years for producing many filler episodes.

The show has aired seven seasons. The seventh season aired 19 instead of 22 episodes due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.

The show has been renewed for an eighth season.

The show has aired six seasons. The seventh season is currently airing, although due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, it's ending at 19 episodes instead of the planned 22. The show has been renewed for an eighth season.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: In The Front, characters call [[spoiler: the medieval strain of pneumatic plague a virus, when real-world plague is a bacteria and is actually the same species across types of infection.]] This makes Cooper look like an idiot when [[spoiler: he suggests the use of antibiotic protocols in place to deal with plague]] and is shot down because [[spoiler: antibiotics wouldn't work on an a medieval version. Because somehow, a bacteria that hadn't had a chance to become antibacterial resistance is harder to deal with than one that has.]] They try to work around some of this by suggesting that [[spoiler: the villain of the week did some genetic engineering, though where he learned to do that and when they had the time is not really clear.]]

* MentorShip: At least, in fanfic. Take a look at the fanfiction sites and you'll see that most stories are Reddington/Liz. Given that they have what could be seen as BelligerentSexualTension, it's not hard to see why.

The show has aired six seasons. The seventh season is currently airing, although due to the [[UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic Coronavirus pandemic]], it's ending at 19 episodes instead of the planned 22. The show has been renewed for an eighth season.

* ImpersonationExclusiveCharacter: The Season 5 finale [[ArcWelding ties together]] various hints from across the series to reveal that [[spoiler:Raymond Reddington is in fact an imposter. The real Reddington died 30 years ago during a fight with Katarina over their daughter; Katarina then hired an associate to undergo MagicPlasticSurgery and [[DeadPersonImpersonation steal his identity]] in order to get ahold of enough money for her to go into hiding and start a new life. And for reasons that are still unclear, the imposter's continued to carry on the act ever since.]]

** In Season 6, Anna McMahon storms the FBI site with Secret Service agents and place nearly everyone under arrest.

** The whole premise of Reddington's arrangement with the FBI is based on this, most of the time. Many of the Blacklisters are BiggerBads that Reddington himself often find despicable and horrible, even if sometimes getting rid of them would also be good for his business.

* ImpersonationExclusiveCharacter: The Season 5 finale [[ArcWelding ties together]] various hints from across the series to reveal that [[spoiler:Raymond Reddington is in fact an imposter. The real Reddington died 30 years ago during a fight with Katarina over their daughter; Katarina then hired an associate to undergo MagicPlasticSurgery and [[DeadPersonImpersonation steal his identity]] in order to get ahold of enough money to go into hiding and start a new life. And for reasons that are still unclear, the imposter's continued to carry on the act ever since.]]

* FirstEpisodeSpoiler:

* 'The Blacklist'' (2016-17): A tie-in comic series published by Titan Comics.

A tie-in comic series, ''The Blacklist'' was published by Titan Comics ran from August, 2015 to June, 2016.

A spin-off aired in the 2016-17 US television season titled ''[[Series/TheBlacklistRedemption The Blacklist: Redemption]]''.

A spin-off aired in the 2016-17 US television season titled ''[[Series/TheBlacklistRedemption The Blacklist: Redemption]]''. There's also a tie-in comic series published by [=IDW=].

The show has aired six seasons. The seventh season is currently airing.

* ColdSniper: Reddington employs one, Ezra, to protect Elizabeth. Later he narrowly escapes one, when Julian Gale turns out to be one.

* Norman Singleton is eventually revealed to be an inversion, he is revealed to be working with the Big Bad, only for it to be revealed later he didn’t know.

* SuicideByCop: [[spoiler: Zamani]] makes it look like he is holding a remote bomb detonator so Ressler will shoot him dead. Henry Prescott also tries to goad Ressler into this.

** Soloman ends up shooting a child at the bank robbery he was staging. He's fine with this, Tom is definitely not.

** [[spoiler: When Hitchen tells the Director to kill Keen, he responds:]]

** By Season 3, with Elizabeth now a fugitive, many others view her as this. After she is cleared of all charges, Julian Gale still thinks this in Season 4.

* ChildSoldiers: In "Lord Baltimore", Reddington gets kidnapped by three Cameroonian child soldiers. [[spoiler:Turns out that it was part of Reddington's idea in order to talk to one of the warlords there.]]

** Cooper ''was'' one as well, admitting to Liz that, following orders, he once [[spoiler:beat a confession out of a terrorism suspect.]]

** Ressler briefly becomes one after after [[spoiler:killing Laurel Hitchin.]]

** In the Season 4 finale, [[spoiler:Kaplan throws herself off a bridge to initiate a contingency plan, which involves giving a suitcase of bones to Tom.]]