Anna McMahon

"Anna McMahon"
Season 6, Episode 21
Episode Information
Air date	May 10, 2019
Directed by	Michael Caracciolo
Written by	Taylor Martin Kelli Johnson
Episode Chronology
Previous	“Guillermo Rizal”
Next	“Robert Diaz”

“Anna McMahon” is the twenty-first episode of Season 6 of The Blacklist and the hundred and thirty-second overall.

Press Release

Presidential adviser Anna McMahon faces off with Cooper and the Task Force in a winner-takes-all race to locate the missing dossier containing details of a conspiracy against America.

Number on The Blacklist

• 60

Unanswered Questions

1. Anna McMahon
   1. Princip is a reference to Gavrilo Princip.
   2. How did/does Anna plan to blame the Third Estate for the assassination?
      1. A: Anna is planning on planting evidence showing the Third Estate broke into the presidential debate and were behind the sniper shot.
   3. What does Robert Diaz gain from being a martyr? His illegal election donations have not been discovered.
      1. A: As revealed in ”Robert Diaz” the plan was not to kill the president, but rather his wife.
   4. Miriam Diaz seemed to be pressuring Robert into the conspiracy.
      1. A: She was pressuring him to "do the right thing" which was to come clean on the hit and run revealed in "Robert Diaz".
   5. How did Anna identify the Grimm family?
      1. A: They had a photo from ”Bastien Moreau: Conclusion” of Moreau dropping the USB flash drive into the Grimm kid's backpack.
   6. How did Anna obtain the photo of Bastien Moreau dropping the USB flash drive into the backpack?
   7. How many of the DHS (United States Department of Homeland Security) agents are part of the conspiracy?
      1. A: Likely not many, only the leaders of the president's security unit and the select few Milian Sandquist brought on his hunts, the rest can be fooled into helping.
2. Why is Katarina Rostova so important to the Cabal?
   1. Due to the information she took from the Cabal when defecting from the Soviet Union.
3. Why did Harold Cooper and Donald Ressler refuse to break regulations and their belief in the chain of command?

Slanders on the FBI

1. Why were there no FBI SWAT teams used?

Trivia

• Similarities with “Anna McMahon” and “Tom Connolly”
  • A government official is a target for assassination.
  • Elizabeth Keen and Raymond Reddington are the only members of the Task Force that can stop the conspiracy.
  • Keen is the only task force member to escape immediate arrest.
  • Red and Keen are talking on the phone when the arrests are made.
  • The conspiracy is being directed by a member of the government.
  • The task force is arrested and/or hunted.

Cast

Main star

• James Spader as Raymond Reddington
• Megan Boone as Elizabeth Keen
• Diego Klattenhoff as Donald Ressler
• Amir Arison as Aram Mojtabai
• Hisham Tawfiq as Dembe Zuma (credit only)
• Harry Lennix as Harold Cooper

Guest star

• Jennifer Ferrin as Anna McMahon
• Benito Martinez as President Robert Diaz
• Nathan Darrow as Jonathan Grimm
• Michael Xavier as Christopher Miles
• Kate Arrington as Tammy Grimm
• Luis Moreno as Sam Whatley
• Khris Davis as Agent Randolph

Co-star

• Regina Schneider as First Lady Miriam Diaz
• Ben Horner as Milian Sandquist
• Jonathan Holtzman as Chuck
• Genson Blimline as Morgan
• Landon Maas as Parker Grimm
• Patrick Hamilton as Agent Steven Jacob Tyson
• Ryan Woodle as Earl Wilson
• Gerardo Rodriguez as Rogelio
• Joy Lynn Jacobs as Assistant
• Scot Zeller as Chief of Staff
• Kyle Klaus as Homeland Agent #1
• Krista Donargo as Homeland Agent #2
• Cristala Carter as WFO SWAT Officer
• Shavey Brown as Police Officer
• Kerri Lynn Miller as Stroller Lady
• Angela Jeanneau as Agent Andrada
• Ruth Solorzano as Luciana
• Geoff Lee as Jin

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External Links

• NBC.com
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