Minister D

"Minister D"
Season 6, Episode 9
Episode Information
Air date	February 22, 2019
Directed by	Michael Caracciolo
Written by	Noah Schechter Jonathan Shapiro
Episode Chronology
Previous	“Marko Jankowics”
Next	“The Cryptobanker”

“Minister D” is the ninth episode of Season 6 of The Blacklist and the hundred and twentieth episode overall.

Press Release

While Red fights in court to clear his name of treason once and for all, Liz and the Task Force investigate a Blacklister who has a reputation for leveraging dark secrets.

Number on The Blacklist

• 99

Unanswered Questions

1. The title is a reference to ”The Purloined Letter”.
2. Raymond Reddington
   1. Why is Red so desperate to keep his real identity a secret?
   2. How did Red obtain the Fulcrum from the Cabal in the 1980's while he was serving in the United States Navy?
      1. A: In “Nachalo“ it's revealed that the real Raymond Reddington copied documents in Katarina Rostova's possession and created the Fulcrum out of them.
   3. What did Red mean when he said the Keen could have betrayed him “again”? What was the first betrayal?
      1. A: Faking her death in “Alexander Kirk: Conclusion”.
3. Jordan Loving
   1. Did Loving use low-tech equipment (old style reel-to-reel audio tape recording, typewriter) to avoid being traced?
   2. How many of Loving’s victims will be arrested?

Slanders on the FBI

1. Why did the FBI not search the photograph frame?
   1. A: It would have been evidence destruction.

Cast

Main star

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

Guest star

• Stephen Spinella as Jordan Loving
• Becky Ann Baker as Judge Roberta Wilkins
• Ken Leung as Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Sima
• Cliff Bemis as Lawton Nuss
• Jamila Velazquez as Homeless Woman
• Bhavesh Patel as Sayantan Shah
• Lotte Verbeek as Katarina Rostova (voice only, uncredited)
• Alan Alda as Alan Fitch (voice only, uncredited)

Co-star

• Juan Carlos Infante as Mando
• Celestine Rae as Mikela Pariente
• Luke Vexler as Peter Dereamer
• DK Bowser as Homeless Man
• Lydia Gaston as Shop Owner
• Desi Waters as Court Clerk
• Guy Margo as Juror #3
• Liz McCartney as Juror #4 / Pug Lady
• Christianne Tisdale as Juror #5
• Lawrence Winslow as Juror #6
• Kelley Curran as Co-Counsel (uncredited)

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External Links

• NBC.com
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