Orion Relocation Services

"Orion Relocation Services"
Season 7, Episode 9
Episode Information
Air date	December 6, 2019
Directed by	Stephanie Marquardt
Written by	Sean Hennen Taylor Martin
Episode Chronology
Previous	“The Hawaladar”
Next	“Katarina Rostova”

“Orion Relocation Services” is the ninth episode of Season 7 of The Blacklist and the hundred and forty-second overall.

Press Release

Red and Liz investigate Orion Relocation Services, an organization that surreptitiously facilitates the disappearance and relocation of criminals. Meanwhile, Katarina delves into the memories of an old friend in order to get additional information about the Townsend Directive.

Number on The Blacklist

• 159

Unanswered Questions

1. Orion Relocation Services
   1. Was the name Orion used because of the hunter connection?
   2. Did Orion conduct any legitimate moving jobs?
      1. A: Yes. The Monitor Moving Company was the front company used to select the victims.
   3. How many of Orion’s clients will be arrested?
   4. What will happen to Denise Young?
      1. A: She acted in self defense.
   5. What did Orion do with property of the victims?
      1. A: Sold it or used for their black market clients.
   6. How did the FBI locate Orion’s files?
      1. A: They searched the offices.
2. Raymond Reddington
   1. Who is Red? Evidence is indicating a KGB agent.
   2. Will Red have further deals with Richard Potash?
   3. What is the Vory?
      1. A: A ”vory v zakone” is a member of the Russian mafia, basically the Russian Mob equivalent of a ”made man”.
   4. How did Red locate the lightswitch and move in the dark at the underground restaurant (Rasmus Ray, Comestible)?
      1. A: He memorized the layout.
   5. Why is Red so concerned with animal rights?
   6. Who was the colonel?
3. Katarina Rostova
   1. Who is Neville Townsend?
   2. Where does Katarina know Victor Skovic from?
   3. Why is Katarina so important?
   4. Why did Masha/Elizabeth Keen need to be protected?
   5. Why did the KGB not kill the bystanders? The KGB was a secret police force.
      1. A: They were not in Soviet territory and restraint is needed.
4. Elizabeth Keen
   1. Where did Keen get the silencer?
      1. A: The FBI or the black market.
   2. What is a DBA?
      1. ”Doing business as” name, a publicly known alias for a company/corporate entity.
   3. Why did Keen decide to murder Katarina instead of arresting her?
5. Alina Park
   1. Alina has violated her own standards. She told Red first.
6. Sofia Burke
   1. How much cash was Burke given?
   2. Who was Sofia Burke talking to on the telephone?
   3. What did Sofia Burke fear?
   4. Was the failed theft of the Dresden Green Diamond a reference to the 2019 Dresden heist and the Green Vault?

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

• Laila Robins as Tatiana Petrova
• Brett Cullen as Ilya Koslov
• Deborah Rush as Stella Bisset
• Michael Cerveris as Victor Skovic
• Gabriel Mann as Young Ilya Koslov
• C.J. Wilson as Young Dominic Wilkinson
• Laura Sohn as Alina Park
• Adrianna Mitchell as Denise Young
• Danielle Davenport as Sofia Burke
• Raymond Bokhour as Richard Potash
• Ryan Andes as Sofia Burke's Partner
• Ramzi Khalaf as Rasmus Ray

Co-star

• Peter Bradbury as Berdy Chernov
• Sarah Kell/Katherine Kell as Agnes Keen
• Michael Quinlan as Gregory Flynn
• June Ballinger as Madeline Tolliver
• Masha Dakic as Female Guest
• Doug Darwin as Agent Harris Gentry
• Kathleen Littlefield as Young Woman
• Mark Puchinsky as Pyotr (Young Man)
• Brian Smyj as Mover #1

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External Links

• NBC.com
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