Smokey Putnum

"Smokey Putnum"
Season 5, Episode 1
Episode Information
Air date	September 27, 2017
Directed by	Bill Roe
Written by	Jon Bokenkamp John Eisendrath
Episode Chronology
Previous	“[[Mr. Kaplan: Conclusion ]]”
Next	“[[Greyson Blaise ]]”

"Smokey Putnum" is the first episode of Season 5 of The Blacklist and the ninetieth episode overall.

Press Release

With his criminal empire in ruins, a surprisingly carefree Red enlists Liz in an unlikely plan to simultaneously earn cash and deliver a new Blacklister to the Task Force. As Liz faces the new reality of working alongside her father, Ressler finds himself in a precarious position and Tom weighs his options.

Number on The Blacklist

• 30

Unanswered Questions

1. Elizabeth Keen
   1. Why was Keen opposed to Red stealing a car?
2. Raymond Reddington
   1. How much of Red’s actions were an act? He showed carelessness with Elizabeth Keen and purpose with Dembe Zuma.
   2. Why is the suitcase so important? Identifying the skeleton will be difficult.
   3. Did Red know about Putnum in advance or was he desperate for the money?
   4. Why did Red not consider the possibility of his call being monitored?
   5. Why was Red successful in getting a 50 percent finder’s fee from Maurice?
   6. How much of the 40,000 dollars was used to free Hawkins?
3. Joe Putnum
   1. Why did the ceiling break?
   2. The judge’s speech showed that the case against Putnum had already encountered legal problems.
4. Donald Ressler
   1. Ressler’s behavior with Henry Prescott has shown he is losing his self-control.
   2. How did Prescott run Ressler’s prints?
5. Harold Cooper
   1. Cooper’s decision to rebuild Red’s crime syndicate places the task force under Red’s control as they are now working for Red and the FBI.
   2. Does Cooper suspect Ressler? Ressler’s answers were evasive.
      1. A: Yes, he does, but blamed it from job stress. In "The Informant", when Samar voiced her concerns about Ressler, Cooper became more suspicious.
6. Tom Keen
   1. What was the significance of Tom’s dream?
7. Police chase
   1. Why did the police have such a rapid response time?
   2. Why did the police care flip over?
8. Roman LeMarc, Friedrich Brigade
   1. How did the FBI arrest the neo-Nazis so quickly?
   2. How did the neo-Nazis monitor Red’s call?
   3. How did the neo-Nazis obtain vehicles that allowed them to imitate the United States Marshals Service?
   4. How did the neo-Nazis find Joe Putnum on the road?

Cast

Main star

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

Gallery

 

Videos

The Blacklist - Season 5 First Look (Sneak Peek)

External Links

• NBC.com
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