Anna-Gracia Duerte

"Anna-Gracia Duerte"
Season 5, Episode 17
Episode Information
Air date	April 4, 2018
Directed by	Michael Caracciolo
Written by	Lukas Reiter Jonathan Shapiro
Episode Chronology
Previous	“[[The Capricorn Killer ]]”
Next	“[[Zarak Mosadek ]]”

"Anna-Gracia Duerte" is the seventeenth episode of Season 5 of The Blacklist and the hundred and sixth episode overall.

Press Release

When an associate of the Nash Syndicate is murdered, Red sets Liz and the Task Force on the case in order to recover evidence crucial to bringing down Ian Garvey. Meanwhile, Aram considers a step forward in his relationship with Samar.

Number on The Blacklist

• 25

Unanswered Questions

1. Raymond Reddington
   1. Red’s misjudgment with Ian Garvey resembles his misjudgment with Kathryn Nemec.
   2. How did Red find out about the ledger which detailed Jawal's dealings with Garvey?
      1. A: Liz told him about it after getting a confession from Anna in the location where it is.
      2. Q: Red was arranging a meeting to obtain the ledger when Jawal was killed.
   3. Why did Red need the FBI file on Jerry Jawal?
2. Anna-Gracia Duerte
   1. Why did Anna use a car bomb? What reason would be accepted for a car bomb? The Jerry Jawal murder was staged to look like a robbery.
   2. Will Anna become an advocate for anti-child marriage?
   3. Why did Anna resent her parents for making her marry Robert Corbin?
      1. A: Anna had been raped and the parents forced the marriage to avoid public shame.
3. Elizabeth Keen
   1. Why was Keen angered over Red's involvement in taking the witness who watched Garvey kill Norman Singleton?
      1. A: Garvey cannot be charged with a crime without a witness.
   2. How did Liz convince Anna to help her find the ledger that involved Jawal's dealings with Garvey?
      1. A: She implied that it was part of her plea bargin.
   3. Why did Liz ignore Red's warning not to meet with a man who worked on the airline's shipping company?
      1. A: She is tired of Red's verbal evasion.
      2. A: She was concerned about finding the witness and was not aware that Garvey was setting up a plan to kidnap her and Aram.
4. Donald Ressler
   1. Why did Ressler suffer no injuries from the car bomb?
5. Samar Navabi
   1. Why did Samar tell Anna the story of what happened to her cousin Yana?
      1. A: To prove that she could empathize with Anna's motivations.
      2. A: Yana was a child bride and thus Samar knew what Anna went through.
   2. How did Samar convince the attorney general to have Anna charged as a minor, rather than an adult?
      1. A: Cooper and Samar stated that Anna's attorneys would turn Anna into a poster child, martyr, and public celebrity. Gerald would be seen as the man who was defending child marriage.
6. What explanation will be invented for the bar killings?

Cast

Main star

• James Spader as Raymond Reddington
• Megan Boone as Elizabeth Keen
• Diego Klattenhoff as Donald Ressler
• Harry Lennix as Harold Cooper
• Amir Arison as Aram Mojtabai
• Mozhan Marnò as Samar Navabi
• Hisham Tawfiq as Dembe Zuma

Guest star

• Jearnest Corchado as Anna-Gracia Duerte

Gallery

Anna

External Links

• NBC.com
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