Robert Diaz

"Robert Diaz"

Season 6, Episode 22

Episode Information

Air date

May 17, 2019

Directed by

Bill Roe

Written by

Jon Bokenkamp
John Eisendrath
Lukas Reiter

Episode Chronology

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“Anna McMahon”	“Louis T. Steinhil”

“Robert Diaz” is the twenty-second episode of Season 6 of The Blacklist and the hundred and thirty-third overall.

Synopsis[]

Press Release[]

As the president's true plan comes into focus, Liz and the Task Force fight to avert disaster. Meanwhile, Red meets in secret with a man who holds information about his past.

Number on The Blacklist[]

15

Unanswered Questions[]

Raymond Reddington
1. Why was Red reluctant to tell Harold Cooper that he had contacts inside the United States Department of Homeland Security?
2. What is the Townsend Directive?
  1. A: It is revealed to be a standing order to kill Katarina Rostova in “Louis T. Steinhil”.
Robert Diaz
1. Will anybody be held accountable for assassination attempt? Or will everybody involved be allowed to resign?
  1. A: Most of the people behind the conspiracy died before it could be revealed. Diaz and other survivors were incarcerated.
2. How would the government have explained the “shot while trying to escape“ story for Ressler, Aram Mojtabai, and Elizabeth Keen?
  1. A: Probably something similar to what was intended for Matias Solomon's murder in ”Mr. Solomon”, stopped for some reason, they overpowered the guards in the back of the van and tried to break out.
3. How will the government explain the assassination attempt, the false accusations against the task force, and the ambush of the Department of Homeland Security convoy?
4. What will be the political repercussions against the task force?
  1. A: After having stopped the scheme and proving it there would be minimal repercussions.
5. Where did Diaz obtain the 300,000,000 dollars to pay the fixer to cover-up the car accident?
  1. A: The cash donations from Alexander Kirk.
6. Why did Diaz need 300,000,000 dollars to pay the fixer to cover-up the car accident?
  1. A: For the public image. Part of the payment was to cover up the hit and run.
  2. A: The fixer knew they could extort Diaz.
  3. A: It wasn't all used for the cover-up, it also went to the election.
7. How did the Secret Service locate Aram?
8. The slogans shouted by the protestors were a reference to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
9. Why did Milian Sandquist fail to kill Miriam Diaz?
  1. A: He was taken by surprise when Ressler and Keen showed up stop him.
Katarina Rostova
1. Why is Katarina so important to the Cabal and/or Russian government?
  1. A: Because of the information Katarina stole from the Cabal and Soviet Union upon her defection, later revealed to be the Sikorsky Archives.
2. Was Katarina expecting Red in Paris?
Anna McMahon
1. Why did Anna tell Donald Ressler to kill her?
2. Where was Anna during the ambush?
Dembe Zuma
1. How did Dembe learn the location of the ambush?
  1. A: He followed Reddington after learning about the Townsend Directive.
Cynthia Panabaker
1. Why did Cynthia Panabaker agree to help Cooper? She refused to help when Red was arrested.
  1. A: Just like Reven Wright, she knew Harold was a honorable man and the accusations against him being a traitor were ridiculous.
Why is the Post Office box made of a titanium gold alloy?
1. A: Titanium gold alloys are stronger than reinforced steel.

Slanders on the FBI[]

Trivia[]

Goof: During the shootout Milian prepares to throw a fragmentation grenade only to show him throwing a flashbang seconds later.
Goof: The agent that Milian takes the grenade from is still alive at the time but dead moments after the explosion with no signs of anyone having killed him.
Goof: During the firefight, none of the agents reload, particularly Ressler who fires more cartridges than his revolver could conceivably hold.