Following a train derailment at the site, which Red believes to be the work of an assassin known as "The Freelancer", he and Elizabeth learn of the assassin's next target: Floriana Campo ( Isabella Rossellini), a humanitarian working to end sex slavery by cartel gangs. Red alerts Elizabeth about a location and time where an unknown terrorist action will occur. Red phones her and inquires about this discovery, which leaves her puzzled. Later, as Elizabeth cleans her husband's blood off the carpet, she finds stashed under the floorboards a box containing money, a gun, and several fake passports bearing Tom's photograph. Red then reveals that he has intelligence to help the FBI find unknown threats he has compiled on a "blacklist" gathered over the years. Elizabeth finds the girl in a zoo, and Red sends an associate to disarm the device. Elizabeth realises that Zamani intends to detonate a chemical bomb strapped to Ryker's daughter. The meeting turns out to be a setup, and Agent Donald Ressler (Klattenhoff) kills Zamani. As Tom recovers, Zamani meets with Red and informs him of Tom's injury, which Red apparently ordered. Furthermore, Zamani breaks into Elizabeth's house and stabs her husband Tom (Eggold). After being informed that Zamani intends to kidnap the daughter of General Daniel Ryker ( Chance Kelly), Elizabeth picks her up, only for her convoy to be ambushed and the girl taken. Wanted fugitive Raymond "Red" Reddington (Spader) turns himself in to the FBI and offers to help them find Ranko Zamani (Jamie Jackson), a terrorist, on the condition he talks only to new profiler Elizabeth Keen (Boone). See also: List of The Blacklist episodes No. Peter Stormare as Milos Kirchoff, AKA "Berlin", a former member of the KGB and an escaped convict.Emily Tremaine as Audrey Bidwell, Ressler's former fiancée.Lance Reddick as The Cowboy, a bounty hunter hired by Red to track down Jolene Parker/Lucy Brooks.Rachel Brosnahan as Lucy Brooks (alias Jolene Parker), a woman working for Berlin who weaves her way into the Keens' life.Graeme Malcolm as "The Man with the Apple", an unnamed man in charge of the surveillance of the Keen household.Kaplan, who is actually a woman and Red's personal "cleaner". Alan Alda as Alan Fitch, a member of a mysterious government organization that has come in contact with Red.
Jane Alexander as Diane Fowler, the head of the FBI's counterterrorism unit.Craig as Luli Zheng, Red's other bodyguard who usually handles finances. Hisham Tawfiq as Dembe Zuma, Red's trusted bodyguard.Charles Baker as Grey (Newton Phillips), Red's aide.Amir Arison as Aram Mojtabai, a quirky and skilled technician who regularly assists the FBI.Harry Lennix as FBI Assistant Director Harold Cooper.Diego Klattenhoff as FBI Special Agent Donald Ressler.Megan Boone as FBI Special Agent Elizabeth Keen.James Spader as Raymond "Red" Reddington.
See also: List of The Blacklist characters Main cast The Cabal is usually represented by Alan Fitch ( Alan Alda), the Deputy Director of National Intelligence, who tries to maintain a civil relationship with Reddington despite the Cabal's misgivings while trying to determine what Reddington actually knows. A second subplot involves the Cabal, a shadowy multinational group that holds positions of influence in government and business, and their interest in Reddington's activities. A major subplot for the season is Elizabeth Keen's discovery that her husband Tom Keen ( Ryan Eggold), a schoolteacher to all appearances, is actually a covert operative with an unknown agenda and Liz's efforts to discover who he actually is and who sent him.
The season also introduces series antagonist Milos Kirchoff ( Peter Stormare), AKA Berlin, a former Russian KGB officer with a longstanding hatred of Reddington. This is the only season for Meera Malik ( Parminder Nagra), a CIA officer and member of the Task Force, who is killed in the season finale. The Reddington Task Force, led by Assistant Director Harold Cooper ( Harry Lennix), becomes the lead law enforcement agency responsible for capturing or killing the members of the Blacklist at Reddington's behest (usually to Red's benefit), which causes conflicts particularly for Special Agent Donald Ressler ( Diego Klattenhoff), who was originally tasked with capturing Reddington. He refuses to explain why Liz must be involved. Reddington surrenders to the FBI and offers to identify and help capture the criminals he has worked with, whom he calls "The Blacklist", but only if he is allowed to work with Liz Keen, a rookie profiler at the FBI. The first season introduces Raymond Reddington ( James Spader), Elizabeth "Liz" Keen ( Megan Boone) and the members of the Task Force, a multiagency law enforcement working group dedicated to hunting down Reddington.