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75-947: In 2022, SWAT teams had approximately 1,600 callouts . Following the Wounded Knee Occupation in 1973, the FBI established a SWAT program. In the summer of 1973, six field offices Albuquerque , Denver , Kansas City , Omaha , Phoenix and Washington , established SWAT teams of five members. The teams went to the FBI Academy at Quantico to train for a few weeks with the FBI Firearms Training Unit and also spent some time with military Special Forces. FBI SWAT teams are specially trained to serve warrants and intervene in high-risk incidents such as active shooters, barricaded suspects, or protection for personnel or dignitaries. FBI SWAT teams are trained to

150-410: A job , hitch , incident , callout , call-out , or simply a call ) is an incident that emergency services or public safety organizations (such as police , fire departments , and emergency medical services ) are assigned to resolve, handle, or assist with. Operationally, a call for service is any incident where emergency services are a third-party intervener, regardless of whether their presence

225-473: A season 3 plot point. She was absent in a part of the season with her character killed, while her subsequent return was kept in secret from the cast. In June 2021, it was revealed that Boone would be leaving the series after season 8, which was initially written to be focused on her departure so as to close the storyline of Elizabeth. On March 11, 2013, Ryan Eggold accepted the role of Tom Keen, Elizabeth's husband, who has previously worked for Reddington as

300-410: A call for service is received, it is given a basic "call type" and designated response code by the dispatcher for transmission and assignment. The call types issued by dispatchers can often be vague due to predefined types issued by their agency or jurisdiction's legal code, such as "Alarm" and "Unknown Trouble". As it pertains to police work, when the call for service is broadcast over the radio, it

375-461: A co-executive producer. In 2015, Michael Watkins also became co-executive producer. On June 24, 2021, a day after the finale of season 8 was aired, Bokenkamp revealed that he would not return for future seasons while Eisendrath became the sole showrunner. However, Bokenkamp remained credited as creator in future seasons. On March 14, 2022, Eisendrath prolonged his deal with Universal Television for three additional years. In February 2018, Watkins

450-462: A contract as executive producers. NBC ordered a pilot for the series on January 22, 2013, along with three other dramas. Deadline Hollywood reported on March 13, 2013, that the pilot was written by Bokenkamp and directed by Joe Carnahan . On May 10, the series was picked up by NBC for the 2013-14 television season . During an NBC upfront presentation in May 2013, it was announced that The Blacklist

525-628: A guest role of Peter Kotsiopulos, the Director of the National Clandestine Service . Reed Birney played the final blacklister of season two, Tom Connoly , and his death scene in the season finale was met with a standing ovation from the crew. Stormare continued to recur through the season and later departed in the middle of it. The third season featured numerous celebrities in major recurring roles as well as provided various comebacks of familiar characters. Deidre Lovejoy

600-406: A month. Nine FBI SWAT teams are designated as "Enhanced" SWAT teams and are specially trained to be able to assist/augment the full-time national Hostage Rescue Team if needed. Enhanced SWAT teams are typically located at larger field offices and comprise a larger number of personnel than standard teams, in addition to having increased access to additional tactical equipment and methods. FBI SWAT

675-512: A national standard and utilize the same equipment which enables a team to provide assistance to another Field Office Team. SWAT teams can be dispatched to aid local law enforcement with limited resources to manage large-scale high-risk incidents. Several factors can determine the deployment of FBI SWAT. Some of those factors are: The SWAT Operations Unit (SOU), part of the Critical Incident Response Group , oversees

750-444: A one-time guest appearance. However he managed to prolong his contract first as recurring for the first two seasons, and, on March 31, 2015, earned a place in the main cast. He also admitted that producers and scriptwriters gave him permission to alter the story and the past of Dembe based on his own insight and life experience. Mozhan Marnò joined the cast for the second season on July 29, 2014. Various news sources confirmed that

825-460: A panel twice on San Diego Comic-Con . The panel appeared before the show's debut on July 18, 2013, and during a remote special convention on July 23, 2020. On May 11, 2014, NBC decided an episode of the series would air after the 49th Super Bowl . John Eisendrath told Collider that the casting process was difficult. In February 2013, he and Bokenkamp invited Kiefer Sutherland , Bryan Cranston , Pierce Brosnan and Richard Gere to apply for

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900-626: A place in the local Top 10 and usually remained there for more than a week. The eighth and ninth seasons had most notable performances in Romania, Greece, and DACH countries . In Asia and Oceania, the series is broadcast by AXN Asia ; the tenth season premiered on February 26, 2023, and will air simultaneously with NBC. This excludes Japan, where only two seasons have been broadcast by AXN Japan , although most recent episodes were scheduled to air starting July 18, 2022. In Latin America and Brazil,

975-502: A single episode usually takes an average of nine days, while sometimes two episodes may be filmed simultaneously in order to save time. The series is filmed in 4K using Sony PMW-F55 cameras that are adapted to use Panavision lenses. It is edited using Avid Media Composer , and editor Christopher Brookshire says the show has "a very distinctive look and pace." An average of three cameras are used at one time, but as many as six cameras are sometimes recording. The final episode of

1050-498: A spy trying to take revenge on Reddington and the eventual blacklister of the finale. Janssen also returned for one episode. In the sixth season, Dourif continued to recur in the season while Aronov departed. In November 2018, it was revealed that Coy Stewart would play Vontae Jones, Reddington's innocent cellmate Reddington meets and befriends while in prison. Stacy Keach played financier and con man Robert Vesco , who in real life escaped without payment of $ 200 billion from

1125-478: A spy. In the middle of season 4, Eggold left the series to star in The Blacklist: Redemption , a new spin-off centered on his character, but returned later this season following the cancellation of Redemption . He was ultimately written off the next season. In a 2021 interview, he spoke about an option to return to the series, perhaps as a guest star, stating that it was "not totally out of

1200-633: A ten-day course over 10 weeks known as the New Operator Training School (NOTS) after which they are able to serve on a SWAT team, but not on every aspect of operations, such as room entries. After a probationary period that may last six to eighteen months, the new team members are sent to SWAT Basic a three week course at the FBI Training Academy in Quantico for full certification. SWAT teams train on average 32 hours

1275-408: A tie-in media franchise, including comic series, standalone novels and a video game. A spin-off , The Blacklist: Redemption , also created and developed by Bokenkamp and Eisendrath, aired on NBC from February to April 2017. It shared the same fictional universe with the original series and was entirely focused on Ryan Eggold's character, Tom Keen. With a few exceptions, an episode features one of

1350-464: A transfer to Sky Group -owned Sky Investigation . It broadcast the final five episodes of season eight and season nine, which was split into two parts and premiered on December 19, 2021, and July 3, 2021, respectively. Sky Group also had the rights to broadcast The Blacklist in the United Kingdom and Ireland, where season nine premiered on May 11, 2022, on Sky Max , and formerly broadcast

1425-403: Is about catching bad guys but with a bad guy at the center of it. And that came about at around the same time that the real-world criminal Whitey Bulger was found. So, the idea was, "Well, what would happen if a man like him turned himself in and said, 'I am here. I have some rules that I want you to follow, but if you follow them I will give you the names of people that I have worked with, during

1500-431: Is assigned to an officer who patrols the specific sector or beat within which the call for service originates. Once assigned, the officer must respond and issue some type of finality back to the dispatcher indicating the action taken in order to essentially "finish" that particular call and prepare the patrol shift for the next call. Multiple calls for service may be assigned at once to several patrol beats and, depending on

1575-481: Is known to use the M4 carbine , Heckler & Koch MP5/10 , Remington 870 , Remington 700 , various Glock models (17 Gen4, 19M, 20), SIG Sauer P226 , and Springfield Armory 1911 Professional Custom . FBI SWAT also uses ballistic shields , stun grenades , enforcer battering rams , sledgehammers , Halligan bars , and gas masks , among other equipment. FBI SWAT uses a variety of armored SWAT vehicles , including

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1650-516: The FBI 's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, surrenders himself to FBI Assistant Director Harold Cooper at the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C. Taken to an FBI " black site ", Reddington declares he wishes to help the FBI track down and apprehend the criminals and terrorists he has spent the last twenty years associating with. They are the individuals who are so dangerous and devious that

1725-985: The Lenco BearCat , Humvee , various MRAP models, and occasionally tracked armored personnel carriers . A variety of civilian-style vehicles are also used when necessary (such as to avoid attention), often unmarked SUVs , vans , or pickup trucks produced by subsidiaries of Ford , General Motors , and Stellantis . In film and television, FBI SWAT appears in films such as Face/Off (1997), The Town (2010), S.W.A.T.: Firefight (2011), and S.W.A.T.: Under Siege (2017), and television shows such as FBI , Criminal Minds and The Blacklist (2013). FBI SWAT also appears in several video games, such as SWAT 4 (2005), Payday 2 (2013), Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege (2015), Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands (2017), Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint (2019), and Ready or Not (2021). Call for service A call for service ( CFS , also known as

1800-576: The United States government is unaware of their very existence. He offers Cooper his knowledge and assistance on two conditions: immunity from prosecution and cooperation only with FBI Special Agent Elizabeth Keen, a rookie criminal profiler recently assigned to Cooper's task force . Keen and Cooper are suspicious of Reddington's interest in her, but he will only say that she is "very special". After Cooper tests Reddington's offer in locating and neutralizing Serbian terrorist Ranko Zamani in

1875-488: The 20 years that I have been a fugitive. ' " John Eisendrath on conception of The Blacklist , 2013 The first mention of The Blacklist appeared on August 13, 2012, when Jon Bokenkamp came up with the idea of an international crime series introduced to him by John Fox, his fellow producer The same day it was revealed that NBC had bought rights for the series from Sony . John Eisendrath from Universal Television , John Davis and Fox had already signed

1950-624: The FBI SWAT program. The SOU is responsible for developing standardized training, procedures and tactics, and for research and development including equipment, for the SWAT teams to ensure interoperability for multiple-office deployments. During multiple-office deployments the SOU provides planning assistance and oversight. Candidates for SWAT teams have to pass selection which includes fitness and marksmanship assessments. SWAT selectees then have to complete

2025-620: The FBI in hunting down other criminals on his "Blacklist". The series also stars Megan Boone , Diego Klattenhoff , Ryan Eggold , Amir Arison , Hisham Tawfiq , and Harry Lennix . The Blacklist was given a series order in May 2013, and ran from September 23, 2013 to July 13, 2023 on NBC . The pilot episode garnered 12.6 million viewers in the United States. The series was produced by Sony Pictures Television , Universal Television and Davis Entertainment . John Eisendrath , John Davis and John Fox served as executive producers for

2100-401: The U.S. and who was rumored to die from lung cancer in 2007, amidst theories about his pseudocide . In two back-to-back episodes, the series connects Vesco and Reddington as Red searches for a lost treasure. Bokenkamp said about the two actors: "Spader and Keach together are a delight!". Laila Robins also appeared in the season's final minutes as Liz's mother, Katarina Rostova, a subject of

2175-487: The United States and Canada, the ninth season debuted on October 6, 2022, and September 21, 2022, respectively, prior to the premiere of season 10. In DACH countries and Luxembourg , the ninth season was released on June 26, 2022. In the Netherlands, the ninth season was released on December 3, 2022. In Scandinavian countries , the ninth season was released on October 23, 2022, along with Spain. In Latin America ,

2250-622: The blacklister in the finale. The fourth season opened with the misleading departure of Blommaert after her character Mr. Kaplan was seemingly shot by Reddington. However, Kaplan remained alive till the end of the season. In August 2016, Leon Rippy joined as a ranger and her savior, Hunter, while Enrique Murciano landed a role as Julian Gale, an FBI investigator who previously worked with Ressler on capturing Reddington, in February 2017. Thomsen continued his role as Alexander Kirk, Liz's presumed father, who had been holding her hostage. He left

2325-399: The character. Spader's vision was for the international criminal to be a bald or short-haired person wearing a hat. The producers rejected his idea, however, Spader insisted on trying on a fedora while screening the pilot; later, the crew felt the hat enhanced Reddington's image and agreed to keep it. In an interview on Late Night with Seth Meyers , Spader admitted that he had gotten into

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2400-460: The country. After an absence of two years, however, Reddington returns to help his former bodyguard , Dembe Zuma, who has in the interim become an FBI Special Agent with the assistance of Cooper, when a modern pirate named the "Skinner" nearly kills him. Red promises to retire and move to Cuba with his girlfriend once the Skinner is neutralized. However, when Red begins to take over management of

2475-525: The danger to Liz caused by his reemergence intensifies, and Reddington uses Cooper's task force to protect her. The storyline ends with season 8 , when Liz is murdered by a hitman seeking revenge for Red's killing a crime lord at the end of the season. The explanation of Reddington's identity and his interference in Elizabeth's life are never given. Following Liz's death at the end of the eighth season, Cooper's task force has disbanded and Reddington has fled

2550-454: The day after the debut on NBC. The series was broadcast simultaneously on Global in Canada. In France, the first eight seasons were broadcast by TF1, with all seasons available on pay TV service Serieclub. In Germany, the first five seasons were broadcast on RTL Crime . In Italy, the first seven seasons and the first seventeen episodes of season eight were broadcast on Fox Crime before

2625-420: The entire run of the series; Bokenkamp also executive produced the series for the first eight seasons. Other executive producers include director Joe Carnahan and Spader. During its run, The Blacklist won a Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award and was nominated for six more, as well as received nominations for two Golden Globe Awards , two Saturn Awards and two People's Choice Awards . The series spawned

2700-494: The first episode, Reddington reveals that this man was only the first on the "blacklist" of global criminals that he has compiled over his criminal career and states that he and the FBI have a mutual interest in eliminating them. The mysteries of Reddington's and Liz's lives, and his interest in her, are an ongoing theme as the series progresses. She digs into her family's past, the question of his real identity and their connection, while he desperately tries to hide them. Each season,

2775-412: The first four seasons of the series before shutting down on June 24, 2021. Sony Channel Turkey also broadcast the show before closing. In Hungary, Sony-owned channel Viasat 3 broadcast the first two seasons of The Blacklist , with the second season premiering on April 16, 2015. In the United States, all episodes were available for purchase on Prime Video . The new episodes were released on Peacock

2850-552: The global criminals whom Raymond Reddington assists the task force in hunting down and capturing. In every such episode, the rank and name or alias of the featured criminal on Red's blacklist are displayed at the close of the opening sequence. Otherwise, only the episode name is shown. The action takes place primarily in present-day Washington D.C. , although other locations around the world are featured occasionally. Raymond "Red" Reddington, an ex- US Naval Intelligence officer who had disappeared twenty years earlier to become number 4 on

2925-428: The lead villains of the season, with two back-to-back episodes under his Blacklist number. The season also featured most of the lead cast from the series' spin-off , The Blacklist: Redemption . In July 2015, Edi Gathegi was revealed as a high-class operative and assassin set up to kill Elizabeth. Famke Janssen was cast as Susan Hargrave, an authoritative criminal magnate and Tom's mother. Ulrich Thomsen served as

3000-446: The name of the character she would reprise was Tamar Kartzman, until it was initially changed to Samar Navabi. Samar was a field professional agent recruited by the task force Director and originally working for Mossad who develops relationships with Aram. She officially confirmed her departure on March 29, 2019, in the middle of the sixth season. She returned once, in 2022, during the show's ninth season. On May 7, 2020, Laura Sohn

3075-519: The ninth season, while casting continued for new roles, most of the recurring characters of the previous seasons, such as Lovejoy, Turturro, Holtzman, Blimline and Coluca, maintained their roles. Blimline, whose character died offscreen , departed at the end of the season. In October 2022, Diany Rodriguez and Karina Arroyave revealed that they would be starring in the upcoming season as Cuban sisters Weecha and Mierce Xiu, respectively. Keach and Richardson both returned for one episode. Stevens also left

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3150-455: The point of no return when Reddington closes his operations center responsible for the blacklist and after a legal investigation is launched against the task force, Cooper must arrest Red to avoid prosecution against him and his task force. Reddington evades capture but is fatally gored by a bull in Andalusia , where Ressler discovers his body. The idea was kicked around to center a show that

3225-804: The premiere date of season eight was scheduled on July 18, 2021, but was changed to June 1, 2022. In France and the majority of French-speaking countries in Africa, the eighth and latest season premiered on Netflix on November 13, 2022. Some countries with domestic language voiceover did not violate any broadcaster rights and therefore were allowed to release new episodes simultaneously with NBC. For season nine, these countries included India, Israel, South Korea, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Portugal, Slovakia and Romania. Netflix also has streaming rights for all nine seasons in Greece and Australia. The series performed well on Netflix. In almost every country new seasons scored

3300-465: The realm of possibility". On March 13, 2013, Diego Klattenhoff joined the series as Donald Ressler, a law-abiding field agent working with Cooper's task force. The next day, on March 14, 2013, Harry Lennix was cast as Harold Cooper, the leader of a newly formed task force, which cooperates with Reddington. Lennix has appeared in each season of the series; in an interview with Collider , he stated that he would be willing to continue his role into

3375-404: The remains of his empire, he breaks his promise and decides to stay in charge of what he can still control. Red and Cooper come to an agreement to resume his deal with the FBI and continue hunting down global criminals on his "blacklist" in honor of Liz's undertaking. Cooper manages to find the old task force members and re-create their division. The secret Red kept from Liz becomes irrelevant, and

3450-467: The role by chance, and she instantly became passionate about it. She had taken a week to prepare for her audition as Keen and had been called back multiple times before she received the role in March 2013. Eisendrath recalled that he and Bokenkamp found "something specific" about Boone, and they got comfortable with her playing of the character. In 2015, Boone revealed her pregnancy which was implemented as

3525-469: The role of Raymond Reddington. In an interview to Variety , Bokenkamp told about his intentions to cast Sutherland for the role, though he also expressed doubt about the significance of the role to all these actors. At last, three days before filming began, they contacted James Spader to see if he would be interested in playing Reddington. After a lengthy remote conversation, Bokenkamp and Eisendrath cast Spader, as they felt confident in his understanding of

3600-409: The role of Reddington over the nine seasons; he also noted that to play his role plausibly at the beginning of season nine, he spent a considerable amount of time alone and not appearing on set. Although showrunners attempted to search for a more established actor as they cast Reddington, they invited more obscure performers for the role of FBI profiler Elizabeth Keen. Megan Boone got to know about

3675-459: The season as Ilya Koslov, a person previously pretending to be the real Reddington. In December 2019, Joely Richardson was cast as Cassandra Biancchi, an international thief and the ex-girlfriend of Reddington, for a special episode partly based on Agatha Christie novels. Today host and meteorologist Al Roker appeared in the series' 150th episode as himself. In the eighth season, various familiar actors returned in guest roles because it

3750-440: The season finale, was produced using filmed material in live-action combined with animation created by Proof , a visual effects company which uses uses 3D animation software and real-time computer graphics led by Eisendrath's brother in law. The episode aired on May 15, 2020. Filming for the eighth season resumed in live-action with extra COVID-19 precautions. The eighth season premiered November 13, 2020. On January 26, 2021,

3825-453: The second to the seventh seasons, and he was scheduled to appear in season eight, but died of West Nile virus in 2020, before the season was filmed. He was honored by the series in one of the episodes of season eight, as his character also died of the same virus; Huey Lewis also appeared as himself. Brian Dennehy , who played Elizabeth's grandfather and Rostova's father, Dominic Wilkinson, also died in 2020. He appeared in guest roles from

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3900-530: The series after the ninth season's finale which had the title addressed to his character. However, he was still nominated for the 47th Saturn Awards for best guest starring role . Han also returned in the finale, when his character, after being incarcerated for 10 years, escapes from prison and starts gathering blacklisters from all over the world to avenge Reddington. Two major recurring stars died while starring. Clark Middleton , who played Glen Carter, Reddington's tracker and one of his best friends, from

3975-461: The series in the first half of the season, although the fate of his character remained undisclosed. In the finale, Bazzel Baz, Murciano and Blommaert departed from the series. The fifth season brought more new recurring characters. In August 2017, it was announced that Michael Aronov , and Aida Turturro would take the recurring roles of Smokey Putnum, the logistician and an embezzler , and Heddie Hawkins, his accountant. In October, Jonny Coyne

4050-501: The series on Sky One . Spanish channel Energy had the rights to broadcast the first seven seasons, with the latest season premiering on January 22, 2022. The series is also broadcast in Spain through Movistar Plus+ , where the tenth season premiered on February 27, 2023, without domestic dubbing, which was later added. In Australia, the broadcast rights belonged to 7 Australia , where the tenth season will premiere on May 22, 2023. In

4125-481: The series was broadcast by AXN Latin America and AXN Brazil , respectively, with the ninth season awaiting release. In Spain and Portugal, the broadcaster was AXN Portugal , with the tenth season premiering on February 28, 2023. In Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the ninth season was due to premiere on August 2, 2022, on Sony AXN . Russian channel Sony Turbo, one of three Sony channels in Russia, also broadcast

4200-562: The series was filmed in Nyack village in Rockland County, New York , on April 24, 2023. On August 28, 2014, Netflix signed a deal with Sony to access The Blacklist through its subscription, with an estimated price of $ 2,000,000 per episode, the biggest overall deal at that time. New episode releases varied widely due to shortening Netflix rights in front of local TV networks; it was mostly based on location and local language. In

4275-435: The series was renewed for the ninth season. The series was renewed for the tenth season on February 22, 2022, which, unlike the previous renewals, was first announced by Spader himself during his appearance on The Tonight Show , not by a press release. On February 1, 2023, it was announced that the tenth season is going to be the final of the series despite the extension of Eisendrath's contract. The Blacklist received

4350-453: The severity or urgency of the call, multiple calls may be assigned to one individual officer or pair of officers, to be handled in a "queue" of priority. The Blacklist The Blacklist is an American crime thriller television series created by Jon Bokenkamp and developed by John Eisendrath . It stars James Spader as Raymond Reddington , an international criminal and one of the FBI 's Most Wanted fugitives who cooperates with

4425-408: The show's major story line. For the seventh season, Robins was given a recurring role. The Blacklist's showrunners told Deadline and Variety that they were trying to change the format of the series to a family drama, rather than a crime drama as it was intended to be. It was the reason for the introduction of Rostova, who also served as the lead villain of the season. Brett Cullen starred in

4500-484: The show's twentieth season, like his favorite TV show, Gunsmoke . On July 25, 2013, Parminder Nagra joined the cast as Meera Malik, a professional field agent who decides to help Elizabeth settle into her new job. However, she was written out of the series after the first season. Eight years after her departure, Anya Banerjee joined the series for the tenth season in a role of Meera's daughter, MI-6 intelligence officer Siya Malik. On October 8, 2014, Amir Arison

4575-635: The story now centers on not only Red but also Cooper and the field agents Liz used to work with. Now, the task force must confront new criminals as well as familiar ones who have returned in order to take revenge on Red for his betrayal. After the threat of the former Blacklisters is neutralized, the task force faces a new threat in the form of ambitious Congressman Arthur Hudson who suspects them of rogue behavior and works tirelessly to uncover their many secrets. They also contend with Red making unexpected moves by using them to shut down several central parts of his criminal empire for unknown reasons. It all comes to

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4650-457: The third to the seventh season, when he died during the filming of the final episodes. However, his character was included in the animated special, which was filmed in his honor. For storyline purposes, his character was recast with Ron Raines . Despite being set in Washington, D.C. , the series is filmed in New York . The series' Task Force headquarters are located at Chelsea Piers which

4725-613: Was NBC's highest-testing drama for the last 10 years. The official trailer for the series was released on May 12, 2013. Originally, a 13-episode first season was planned, but after the premiere reached 12.3 million viewers, NBC ordered nine additional episodes on October 4, 2013, bringing the season's episode count to 22 episodes. All four showrunners signed a deal with Sony before the premiere; first, Eisendrath on June 7, 2013, then, Bokenkamp on July 16, and both Davis and Fox on July 29. Additionally, in November 2013 J.R. Orci became

4800-488: Was cast as White House Counsel Cynthia Panabaker, set to replace Adriane Lenox , who had left earlier this season. Fisher Stevens debuted as Marvin Gerard, an imprisoned criminal attorney joining Reddington's criminal empire, in the eponymous episode of the third season. Two actors portraying former blacklisters, Lance Henriksen and Margarita Levieva , returned during the third season. Strathairn also returned as one of

4875-463: Was cast as Red's nemesis and Tom's murderer, Ian Garvey; his adopted daughter, Lilian Roth, actually Liz's stepsister, Jennifer Reddington, was portrayed by Fiona Dourif . Jonathan Holtzman and Genson Blimline also began starring in recurring capacities as two Reddington's operatives. Nathan Lane played a notable blacklister for the series' 100th episode. John Waters and Julian Sands appeared in season conclusion with Sands portraying Sutton Ross,

4950-522: Was cast in a major supporting role in September, as Alan Fitch, the Deputy Director of National Intelligence and one of Red's former allies. To bring the series closer to reality a former CIA agent, Bazzel Baz, was hired by the producers to teach CIA techniques on assaulting buildings to the crew. Baz instead contacted old associates for the scenes, and went on to play a role in the show that

5025-445: Was fired over alleged harassment involving a camera assistant . He claimed that there was no reason for firing him and blamed his colleague, Laura A. Benson, for using him as a way to rise in her career. Then, he sued Sony, Laura Benson, and another of his colleagues, Bill Roe, a year later. The series was renewed for the seventh season on March 11, 2019, and was renewed for its eighth season on February 2, 2020. The seventh season

5100-709: Was mostly used while filming Law & Order . Producer Richard Heus said they chose to film specific Washington, D.C. locations for the series, including the Lincoln Memorial , the Washington Monument , and the National Mall , because they were "iconic American locations." All the sets, excluding the Task Force headquarters, are either shot in different locations of the state or are filmed in special sound studios. The process of filming

5175-418: Was originally set to consist of 22 episodes. However, the production suffered from COVID-19 pandemic and was shut down in May 2020. Filming of the nineteenth episode has been suspended, while episodes 20, 21 and 22 were never put in production. The producers decided to shorten the episode count to 19 episodes and put off three remaining episodes until season 8. The nineteenth episode, which eventually became

5250-417: Was played by Lukas Hassel. Blommaert returned in a guest appearance in the season, as a hallucination of Mr. Kaplan coming for Liz. Dourif also made a cameo appearance in the season. The penultimate episode brought back Robins (who departed after the second episode of the season), Thomsen, and Cullen. Robins was revealed to be Tatiana Petrova, Katarina Rostova's body double, instead of Rostova herself. In

5325-425: Was promoted to a recurring role as Aram Mojtabai, a quirky technician and a professional computer master after he showed some extraordinary on-the-move improvisation skills in his debut episode. He was promoted to series regular on May 20, 2014. After the finale of season 9, Arison departed the series, but return appearances were left possible. Hisham Tawfiq 's appearance as Dembe Zuma was never presumed to exceed

5400-418: Was promoted to series regular as Alina Park, another new field agent taken into Cooper's task force, also previously recurring in the seventh season. She departed after the series' ninth season. The first season introduced several well-known actors in recurring roles. For the pilot, Ilfenesh Hadera was cast alongside Harry Lennix, playing Jennifer Palmer, a federal agent and a friend of Elizabeth. Alan Alda

5475-512: Was requested or they came across it in the course of their duties. The term "call" originates from the telephone calls made by the public to emergency telephone numbers to report the incident to dispatchers and request an emergency service response. There are two types of calls for service: dispatched calls , which are made by members of the public through emergency number calls; and self-initiated , self-generated , or directed calls , which are made by emergency services personnel. After

5550-509: Was similar to his own experiences in the CIA. Chin Han and Margarita Levieva were among the blacklisters besides Peter Stormare as Berlin . Susan Blommaert and Teddy Coluca also began starring as Reddington's valuable team members. For the second season, Mary-Louise Parker was cast as Carla Reddington, one of Red's ex-wives. The episode " Luther Braxton " introduced David Strathairn in

5625-402: Was the last season of the original storyline. The series continued casting new characters as well. Reg Rogers was cast in the role of the main antagonist, the mentally disordered crime lord Neville Townsend, who sought revenge on Red after he murdered his family and who launched a bounty hunt on Katarina Rostova. One of his bodyguards, who also assisted in the murder of Elizabeth, Elias Vandyke,

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