Season 4 of the American crime drama TV series “The Blacklist” on NBC is currently on its winter hiatus after airing its eighth episode on November 10. The show will return to the small screen on January 5, 2017 in what promises to be another pulse-pounding episode.
The upcoming ninth episode, entitled “Lipet’s Seafood Company,” will feature an investigation into an international terrorist operating on American soil. It is possible that the title of the episode refers to a hole-in-the-wall eatery which serves delicious food but is a front for clandestine operations.
The episode shall reportedly test the allegiances of the FBI Task Force which is also fitting considering that Raymond ‘Red’ Reddington, played by James Spader, and Harold Cooper, played by Harry Lenix, suspect that there is a mole in the team, reports News Everyday.
As it is, anybody from Donald Ressler, played by Diego Klattenhoff, Aram, played by Amir Arison, and Samar Navabi, played by Mozhan Marno, could be the mole in the Task Force.
Working to uncover the mole
The ninth episode shall also see Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Keen, played by Megan Boone, working to uncover the identity of the mole in the team, although she is also a suspect since she is part of the Task Force.
Liz has been agitated to know that there is one among her colleagues who committed high treason. But she cannot hide his fear that she’s about to take down one of her closest friends, notes the University Herald.
During the fall finale episode, it was already mentioned that a mole is working inside the Task Force and based on the rumors and latest reports, the consensus of the identity of the undercover agent or double agent for that matter, is Samar.
Based on the promo teaser of the upcoming ninth episode of “The Blacklist” Season 4, Red discovers that someone from the FBI Task Force is hiding as a secret agent, which puts the entire country in danger.
Red then informs Harold Cooper about the imminent threat and immediately conducts a probe on the matter.
While the teaser seems to hint of Samar as the mole in the FBI Task Force, those who are familiar with “The Blacklist” could not really understand how Samar can become involved in a terrorist group.
But it can be recalled that she joined the FBI Task Force in Season 2 from the Mossad Arab special forces group. She was able to extract Red from a hotel in an attack helicopter.
Thus far, the only thing that was disclosed about Samar’s background is that she is an Iranian-born Baloch who entered the Mossad after her parents were maltreated and killed by the Iranian government.
Admitting his relationship to Liz
During the fall finale episode of “The Blacklist,” Red was forced into claiming that he is actually the long lost father of Liz Keen, which no longer came as a surprise to the fans of the TV series.
Show lead writer Daniel Cerone said that all the confusing stuff that happened during the midseason finale of “The Blacklist” Season 4 will come together to make sense in the second half.
Cerone also said that Red’s very shocking confession is actually part of a much more elaborate plan which would be known by the Season 4 finale.
After the eighth episode of “The Blacklist” Season 4 entitled “Dr. Adrian Shaw: Conclusion” that aired on NBC on November 10, it seems that the mystery about Liz’s real father went back to the beginning theory – that Raymond Reddington is likely to be the one.
Based on the promo teaser of episode 8 before its airing, fans were already anticipating the big reveal when Kirk asks Red if he is the father of Liz. Over the course of three and a half seasons of “The Blacklist,” the show has hinted it time and again but Red never bothered in clarifying that mystery.