The Blacklist Season 5 Episode 5 Synopsis

Red's intel puts Liz and the Task Force on a collision course with a rival unit from the CIA. Red and Hawkins lay the groundwork for their new business venture. Tom goes undercover in search of information.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 5 Episode 5 of The Blacklist was watched by 5,230,000 viewers, resulting in a 0.80 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

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The Blacklist Season 5 Episodes...

• s05e01 - Smokey Putnum
• s05e02 - Greyson Blaise
• s05e03 - Miss Rebecca Thrall
• s05e04 - The Endling
• s05e05 - Ilyas Surkov
• s05e06 - The Travel Agency
• s05e07 - The Kilgannon Corporation
• s05e08 - Ian Garvey
• s05e09 - Ruin
• s05e10 - The Informant
• s05e11 - Abraham Stern
• s05e12 - The Cook
• s05e13 - The Invisible Hand
• s05e14 - Mr. Raleigh Sinclair III
• s05e15 - Pattie Sue Edwards
• s05e16 - The Capricorn Killer
• s05e17 - Anna-Gracia Duerte
• s05e18 - Zarak Mosadek
• s05e19 - Ian Garvey: Conclusion
• s05e20 - Nicholas T. Moore
• s05e21 - Lawrence Dean Devlin
• s05e22 - Sutton Ross

The Blacklist Show Summary

For decades, ex-government agent Raymond "Red" Reddington has been one of the FBI's Most Wanted fugitives. Brokering shadowy deals for criminals across the globe, Red was known by many as "The Concierge of Crime". Now, he's mysteriously surrendered to the FBI with an explosive offer: He will help catch a long-thought-dead terrorist, Ranko Zamani, under the condition that he speaks only to Elizabeth Keen, an FBI profiler fresh out of Quantico. For Liz, it's going to be one hell of a first day on The Job.

What follows is a twisting series of events as the race to stop a terrorist begins. What are Red's true intentions? Why has he chosen Liz, a woman with whom he seemingly has no connection? Does Liz have secrets of her own?

Zamani is only the first of many on a list that Red has compiled over the years: a "blacklist" of politicians, mobsters, spies and international terrorists. He will help catch them all... with the caveat that Liz continues to work as his partner. Red will teach Liz to think like a criminal and "see the bigger picture"... whether she wants to or not.