The Blacklist (TV Series)

Caelum Bank (No. 169) (2022)

James Spader: Raymond 'Red' Reddington

Quotes 

• Raymond 'Red' Reddington : Is that a threat? I'm Redmond Rillington. I don't have to make threats, I just have to speak.

• Raymond 'Red' Reddington : I remember the day Elizabeth died better than entire years of my life. I remember what she wore, the smell of rain in the air. The sound of her voice. The last words she spoke. The look in her eyes in that moment, that last moment when she looked at me, as if for the first time seeing me for who I really was. But I'd forgotten about the headache until today when Agent Park was in front of me with her headache and a glass shattered. All the time I spent agonizing over that GPS tracker that Elizabeth ingested, where it came from. But I'd forgotten about Elizabeth's headache. The morning of her death, we stopped by your office to sign some paperwork, transfer some holdings. We had tea. She had coffee. What was in it? She got a headache, and you gave her aspirin. That's how you bugged her. You did it right in front of me.

• Raymond 'Red' Reddington : Who said anything about forcing? By the time I'm finished, he'll be happy to give me what I want.

• Dembe Zuma : You cannot kill Heddie before you get the truth.

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : I tell you what this reminds me of. The coast of Madagascar in 2010, on that stunning Spirit's Loop, all that beautiful mahogany bright work. What was it? 80, 90 feet? And then we saw the skiffs, pirates out of Nacala. I wanted to fight. We were certainly armed for it. High seas adventure. But you insisted we stand down. What was it you said to me? Surrendering loses us nothing we'll miss but gives them the world. Not one shot was fired. They took the boat, the brandy, my Sea-Dweller I loved that watch.

• Marvin Gerard : I've got half the criminal underworld asking me if my boss murdered the head of Caelum Bank. Do you understand?

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : I do. I just don't care.

• Raymond 'Red' Reddington : And I hope your story is good. Your life depends on it.

  Marvin Gerard : I am the most loyal to you and always have been. But I never swore an oath to Elizabeth Keen. I never made it a secret that I didn't trust her. She was unworthy and unqualified. To have her run things? Over my dead body.

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : Careful what you wish for, Marvin.