Nicholas T. Moore

"Nicholas T. Moore"
Season 5, Episode 20
Episode Information
Air date	May 2, 2018
Directed by	Solvan “Slick” Naim
Written by	Jon Bokenkamp Lukas Reiter
Episode Chronology
Previous	“Ian Garvey: Conclusion”
Next	“Lawrence Dane Devlin”

“Nicholas T. Moore” is the twentieth episode of Season 5 of The Blacklist and the hundred and ninth episode overall.

Press Release

The mysterious appearance of an unidentified young girl sends Liz and the Task Force on a hunt to discover her connection to the secret Red is hiding. However, when her family steps in to protect their own secrets, the investigation turns into a race to save the little girl's life.

Number on The Blacklist

• 110

Unanswered Questions

1. Elizabeth Keen
   1. Why did Keen refuse to tell Red about Jennifer's whereabouts?
      1. A: Liz understood why Jennifer wanted no contact with Red for abandoning her and Naomi Hyland.
2. Raymond Reddington
   1. What was the car accident Lomay referred to?
      1. A: The car accident in the previous episode, the one where Garvey escaped from Red.
   2. How did Red close the restaurant?
      1. A: He most likely bribed the owner.
   3. Why did Red say “death switch” instead of fail-safe or fail-deadly?
      1. A: Possibly because Red is a Cold War era relic and not much into modern terminologies. While in recent times a dead man's switch refers to a fail-safe mechanism that halts machinery in absence of an operator, during the Cold War that term referred to an automated counter-strike in case the chain of command had been incapacitated or eliminated. Both sides had such contingency plans in place, thus triggering Mutual Assured Destruction.
   4. What was the “bonus prize”?
      1. A: Possibly money.
   5. Did Red choose the newspaper story at random or had he heard rumors of New Haven?
3. Nicholas Tyler Moore
   1. How did Moore recruit his followers?
      1. A: It was silently revealed at the end of the episode that some of the “elders” were aware it was just a story. It's likely they all agreed with Moore to start the cult.
   2. How did Moore fund New Haven?
      1. A: It probably started with his royalties as an author for his book. Because it's mostly natural, not much funds would be needed.
4. Jennifer Reddington
   1. How did Frank contact Jennifer?
      1. A: Possibly Naomi told him where Jennifer was and to contact her just in case something went wrong.
   2. Why did Jennifer ask Red not to contact her again?
      1. A: She was angry over Red's abandonment of her and Naomi.
5. Naomi Hyland
   1. Who killed Naomi?
      1. A: It could have been a hit by Ian Garvey, a remnant of Milos Kirchoff's syndicate, or something unrelated to Reddington entirely.
   2. Why was Naomi killed?
6. How did the FBI locate the house?
   1. A: It's assumed talking with the woman, she also revealed where the general direction of New Haven was.
7. Why was Judson in prison?
   1. A: He was apprehended at a gunfight crime scene and during interrogation he somewhat admitted being associated with a fugitive that shot dead a man.

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

• Bob Gunton as Nicholas Tyler Moore
• Michael Aronov as Joe Putnum
• Pruitt Taylor Vince as Lawrence Dane Devlin
• Fiona Dourif as Jennifer Reddington
• Caroline Lagerfelt as Vera
• Stephen McKinley Henderson as Dr. Francis Woerner
• Pamela Dunlap as Ms. Moore
• Austyn Johnson as Maybelle
• Shane Patrick Kearns as Judson
• Alicia Minshew as Dr. Melissa Lomay
• Michael Eric Reid as W.P. Frost

Co-star

• Jorge Cordova as Dr. Brook
• Caroline Hewitt as Pearl
• Drew Reade as Spotter
• Manoel Felciano as Robert
• James T. Alfred as Officer Ronnie Glanton
• Danielle Lee Greaves as Administrator
• Harley Yeager as Smoker
• Robb Sherman as Orderly
• Jeremy Gram Weaver as Kit
• Celia Howard as Female Elder
• Richert Easley as Male Elder
• Jamie Soltis as Female Villager
• Isaac Beauchamp as Gunman
• Michael R. Pauley as SWAT Commander
• Nina Kassa as Colleague

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External Links

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