The Blacklist season 3
The third season of the American crime thriller television series The Blacklist premiered on NBC on October 1, 2015, and concluded on May 19, 2016. The season consisted of 23 episodes. The season was produced by Davis Entertainment, Universal Television, and Sony Pictures Television, and the executive producers were Jon Bokenkamp, John Davis, John Eisendrath, John Fox, and Joe Carnahan.
Premise
The third season sees Liz and Reddington on the run from the government and the Task Force. The first part of the season explores The Cabal's efforts to capture Liz and Reddington and their efforts to clear Liz's name. The Cabal is represented by the ruthless Director of Operations|Director] of the CIA's National Clandestine Service Peter Kotsiopulos. The season also introduces private intelligence contractor Susan "Scottie" Hargrave, the mother of secret agent Tom Keen, mercenary Mattias Solomon and ex-United States Navy officer Nez Rowan, key characters for the spin-off series The Blacklist: Redemption, focusing on Tom and Scottie Hargrave. The final episodes of the season also introduce a new series antagonist Alexander Kirk, AKA Konstantin Rostov, a businessman with aplastic anaemia, who claims to be Liz's father and will stop at nothing to protect her and win her loyalty. An important subplot for the season is Liz's pregnancy and Reddington's cleaner Mr. Kaplan's efforts to protect Liz and Tom's daughter from Reddington.Cast
Main
- James Spader as List of [The Blacklist characters#Raymond Reddington|Raymond Reddington]
- Megan Boone as Elizabeth Keen
- Diego Klattenhoff as Donald Ressler
- Ryan Eggold as Tom Keen
- Harry Lennix as Harold Cooper
- Amir Arison as Aram Mojtabai
- Mozhan Marnò as Samar Navabi
- Hisham Tawfiq as Dembe Zuma
Recurring
- Susan Blommaert as Mr. Kaplan.
- Deirdre Lovejoy as Cynthia Panabaker.
- David Strathairn as Peter Kotsiopulos, the Director of the National Clandestine Service.
- Edi Gathegi as Matias Solomon, a Cabal operative sent to hunt down Reddington.
- Adriane Lenox as Deputy Attorney General Reven Wright, the Department of Justice liaison to the Task Force.
- Christine Lahti as Laurel Hitchin, National Security Advisor and chairman of the commission tasked with investigating the OREA bombing.
- Margarita Levieva as Gina Zanetakos, a corporate terrorist turned master criminal who recruits Tom for a heist.
- Andrew Divoff as Karakurt, a Russian assassin responsible for the OREA bombing and killing of Senator Hawkins.
- Fisher Stevens as Marvin Gerard, Reddington's lawyer.
- Peter Vack as Asher Sutton, a socialite whom Tom Keen exploits to track Karakurt.
- Paul Reubens as Mr. Vargas, Reddington's double agent.
- Tony Plana as Mr. Diaz, the Venezuelan Foreign Minister whom Reddington asks for help.
- Conor Leslie as Gwen Hollander, Asher Sutton's girlfriend.
- Clark Middleton as Glen Carter, a DMV employee occasionally employed by Reddington.
- Ned van Zandt as Leonard Caul, an operative of Reddington's and an expert on computer security.
- Tawny Cypress as Nez Rowan, a mercenary.
- Famke Janssen as Susan "Scottie" Hargrave and the mother of Tom Keen.
- Ulrich Thomsen as Alexander Kirk/Konstantin Rostov, the man claiming to be Liz's father.
- Benito Martinez as Senator Robert Diaz, a presidential candidate being supported by Alexander Kirk.
- Murphy Guyer as The Eye in the Sky.
- Piter Marek as Nik, Liz's former boyfriend and Reddington's emergency doctor.
- Raoul Trujillo as Mato, a hitman employed by Alexander Kirk.
Episodes