Chemical Mary

"Chemical Mary"
Season 8, Episode 7
Episode Information
Air date	February 19, 2021
Directed by	Christine Moore
Written by	Daniel Cerone
Episode Chronology
Previous	“The Wellstone Agency”
Next	“Ogden Greeley”

“Chemical Mary” is the Seventh episode of season 8 of The Blacklist and the hundred and fifty-ninth overall.

Press Release

The Task Force must race to stop simultaneous danger presented by two blacklisters. Cooper approaches a congressman for intel.

Number on The Blacklist

• 143

Unanswered Questions

1. Moral shades of gray/grey
   1. ”Chemical Mary“ -- Mary Bremmer questions the double standards applied to weapons of mass destruction.
   2. “The Longevity Initiative” -- Roger Hobbs and Red had valid points about the history of risky medical research. None of the characters seem to have the right to make moral judgements about the letter of the law and the spirit of the law. They show outrage when somebody else evades the law, but ignore those arguments when they are involved.
   3. “The Pharmacist“ -- Pascal and Aram's informant had valid points about the history of risky medical research. None of the characters seem to have the right to make moral judgements about the letter of the law and the spirit of the law. They show outrage when somebody else evades the law, but ignore those arguments when they are involved.
2. Corporate and fringe research morality
   1. ”Chemical Mary“ -- double standards concerning warfare and weaponry
   2. “The Lindquist Concern” -- innovation is suppressed to ensure corporate profits
   3. “The Longevity Initiative“ -- there are moral shades of gray/grey concerning experimental medical research
   4. ”The Pharmacist” -- moral shades of gray/grey and corporate suppression
3. Mary Bremmer
   1. Why does Keen need Mary Bremmer?
   2. How many of Bremmer’s contacts and employees will be arrested and/or convicted?
   3. Bremmer had a point about the moral similarity between chemical weapons and nuclear weapons.
   4. Toussaint translates to “All Saints“.
   5. How did Bremmer know that the client would not murder her over Bremmer murdering Bujare?
4. Elizabeth Keen
   1. Keen’s plan to avoid the aircraft crash relied on a razor thin margin of success for the timing.
   2. Why did Keen need Alban Veseli for the aircraft crash?
   3. Why did Scooter know how to contact Alban Veseli?
   4. Will Veseli be convicted again?
   5. Why was there no independent backup for the aircraft GPS?
5. Raymond Reddington
   1. What type of alcohol was in the attorney's office?
   2. Why did Red’s contact in Moscow suspect that Harold Cooper had the USB flash drive?
      1. A: Harold Cooper could gain access for information regarding Rakitin and N-13.
6. Harold Cooper
   1. Keen crossed the line before allying with a mass murderer and war criminal.
7. Alina Park
   1. What will be Alina’s debt to Red?
   2. What did Alina refer to with the “empty victory“ of the arrest of Veseli?

Cast

Main star

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

Guest star

• Roger Bart as Scooter Rovenpor
• Daniel Sauli as Alban Veseli
• Francesca Faridany as Mary Bremmer
• Patrick Breen as Congressman Russell Friedenberg
• Ahmed Lucan as Ismael Aknoz
• Demosthenes Chrysan as The Albanian
• David E. Harrison as Ivan Stepanov

Co-star

• Chloe Freeman as Jax
• Clinton Brandhagen as Rocco

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External Links

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