Requiem

"Requiem"
Season 4, Episode 17
Episode Information
Air date	April 20, 2017
Directed by	Terrence O'Hara
Written by	Daniel Cerone
Episode Chronology
Previous	“Dembe Zuma”
Next	“Philomena”

“Requiem” is the seventeenth episode of Season 4 of The Blacklist and the eighty-second episode overall. 

Press Release

Memories of the past set Red on a dangerous collision course with an enemy determined to destroy his criminal empire.

Number on The Blacklist

• None, N/A

Unanswered Questions

1. Kathryn Nemec
   1. What use are the bodies of Red’s victims? The FBI will state that Red killed them and add the murders to his other crimes.
      1. A: The bodies that were dug up from the mass graves were those of Diane Fowler and other important people that Red killed over the years. Nemec plans to use those bodies to attack him in secret as a means for revenge.
      2. A: Nemec is exposing Red's murders of high profile victims to expose his connection to the task force.
   2. Nemec's recreational vehicle did not look large enough for 86 corpses.
   3. How did Nemec ensure that the ice rink was not entered before she was ready? Did she rent the building?
      1. A: Ice rinks are periodically shut down for maintenance.
   4. What did Nemec retrieve from hotel room 8?
      1. A: A dismembered body belonging to one of Red's former members of his syndicate.
      2. Q: Why would Nemec hide a corpse in a motel room? It could be discovered during renovations.
      3. A: By the time renovations or demolitions would begin, connections to Reddington would have either gone cold or misdirected.
      4. A: Scheduled renovations or demolitions take time.
   5. When did Nemec start her attacks?
      1. A: After she was healed by the man in the woods.
      2. A: Her first attack was killing his money launderer and accountant, Smoll, using Natalie Luca, hired by Isabella Stone and using Reddington's money.
2. Katarina Rostova
   1. Who was the man Katarina killed in the flashback?
      1. A: Possibly a traitor from Russia whose corpse Nemec hid in an unmarked grave.
   2. How was Rostova a traitor to the United States?
      1. A: “Minister D” reveals that she was the one who really leaked the classified documents that got 134 American sailors killed and framed Reddington for the crime.
   3. Where was Rostova living?
      1. A: Nova Scotia with Constantin, aka Alexander Kirk.
   4. Why were the police present at the house? Rostova told Nemec that involving the police would increase the danger to Liz.
      1. A: It's possible that Constantin called the police to find Liz.

Cast

Main star

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

Guest star

• Susan Blommaert as Kathryn Nemec
• Lotte Verbeek as Katarina Rostova
• Joanna P. Adler as Young Kathryn Nemec
• Amy Rutberg as Annie Kaplan
• William Sadler as Sam Scott
• Jack Topalian as Little Nikos
• Charles Baker as Newton Phillips

Co-star

• Madeleine Plener as Young Kate
• Jeremy Landon Hays as Father
• Lily Lewinter as Young Masha
• Karl Jacob as Ex-Con
• Bazzel Baz as Baz
• Bruce Faulk as Bobby J
• Spenser Granese as Jason
• Sabina Friedman-Seitz as Young Woman
• Ben Young as Redneck One
• Dave Stishan as Redneck Two
• Curzon Dobell as Doctor
• Lucia Spina as CSP Officer
• Olan Montgomery as Motel Manager
• Sean Brody as Man in Car

Gallery

  

External Links

• NBC.com  
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