Cornelius Ruck

"Cornelius Ruck"
Season 7, Episode 12
Episode Information
Air date	March 27, 2020
Directed by	John Terlesky
Written by	Lukas Reiter
Episode Chronology
Previous	“Victoria Fenberg”
Next	“Newton Purcell”

“Cornelius Ruck” is the twelfth episode of Season 7 of The Blacklist and the hundred and forty-fifth overall.

Press Release

Secluded on a private island, Red reunites with an old flame and a ring of thieves in a plot to make millions off stolen art. Plans are quickly derailed, however, when guests on the island mysteriously show up dead.

Number on The Blacklist

• 155

Unanswered Questions

1. Cornelius Ruck
   1. How many Turkish agents will be arrested?
   2. What will happen to the corpses on Lungef Jorden Island, Baltic Sea?
   3. How was the nesting casket supposed to be retrieved if Red had not been alerted?
      1. A: A member of the staff would have recovered it.
   4. How did Mahmoud know where the gun safe was?
   5. Why was the gun safe in the house?
   6. How was the poison administered?
      1. A: The drink and/or food.
2. Raymond Reddington
   1. How much money will Red and Cassandra receive for the nesting caskets?
   2. How did Red know it was Cornelius Ruck?
   3. Where did Red learn autopsy skills?
   4. Why did Red use the sailfish rather than a dagger or a knife?
      1. A: It was the best option available.

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
• Harry Lennix as Harold Cooper

Guest star

• Joely Richardson as Cassandra Bianchi
• Darren Goldstein as Cornelius Ruck
• Ajay Naidu as Mahmoud Iqbal
• Hugo Armstrong as Joko Kozinski
• Adeola Role as Annika Logan
• Katie Thompson as Margo Pontiller
• Kate Bornstein as Cynthia Mallet

Co-star

• Sarah Kell/Katherine Kell as Agnes Keen
• Lohrasp Kansara as Operative #1 (Ahmet)

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External Links

• NBC.com
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