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Daniel Knauf, Executive Producer and Writer: This is the last time I’m going to talk about this. I’ll be totally straight. The first day I came on the show we were all gathered in the writer’s room and Jon and John stood up and told us “Okay here is this thing, we are swearing you to secrecy. Do not discuss this, do not reveal this, Red is actually transgender. He used to be a woman and he’s hiding in a male body. And we all went, Wow, that’s kind of cool. Keep in mind this was a long time ago. This was before transgenderism was like a big… but now, now if they’d actually DONE IT, like actually done a big reveal, it would’ve felt like such a you know also-ran … oh you did it because it’s so popular now or, you’re so woke, or some bullshit. Back then though it was truly, I mean, a remarkable turn of events for the main character.zz

Christine Gee, Script Supervisor: fan: can you tell us if we will at least find out Reddington's true identity by season 8? Christine: if you've been paying close attention to the things Red says, then you already know. But there will be an exchange in the final episode that will say it indirectly. https://www.reddit.com/r/TheBlackList/comments/131mrwm/we_already_know_reds_try_identity_people_just/

Amir Arison, "Aram": fans: Are they gonna answer the questions "who's Raymond Reddington really? Amir: watch closely, esp last couple of eps of Season 8. https://katarinas-redemption.tumblr.com/post/735291206872039424/redarina-confirmations-by-blacklist-staff

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Blacklist (US TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Elizabeth Keen/Raymond Reddington, Elizabeth Keen & Raymond Reddington Characters: Raymond Reddington, Elizabeth Keen Additional Tags: Redarina | Raymond Reddington and Katarina Rostova are the Same Person, dream walking, post 8.22, Mentioned Elizabeth Keen Death, Pre-Relationship, Ambiguous/Open Ending Summary:

Season 1

Red: Everything about me is a lie.

Red:  Fine. You can be my daughter

Red: Red: Watch yourself with her, Donald. She hates men, and cops most of all.

Liz: I held up my end of the deal. Now it’s your turn. You owe me an answer. Red: What’s the question? Liz: Why me? Red: Because of your father. Liz: What does that mean? Did you know my father? Have the two of you met somehow? Red: I wish the answer were as simple as the question seems. But the truth is, the question isn’t simple either. I share your frustration.

Liz: Are you my Father? Red: No.

Madeline: The girl– tell me about her. Red: What would you like to know? Madeline: How did you pick her? Red: Fate.

Red calls her "Lizzy".

Season 2

Naomi: I kept my end of the bargain, didn’t say anything about you or Elizabeth. Red: How much does she know? Naomi: Very little. A- are the [Sighs] Are the two of you, what, working together? I don’t even want to know how you pulled that off.

Naomi: I kept my end of the bargain, didn’t say anything about you or Elizabeth. Red: How much does she know? Naomi: Very little. A- are the [Sighs] Are the two of you, what, working together? I don’t even want to know how you pulled that off.

Liz shoots and kills the Attorney General.

Liz: You’re my sin eater. Red: Tried to be. But I failed. I never wanted you to be – Liz: What? Red: Like me

Season 3

Red #2: With the help of a man you call Raymond Reddington. He’s an imposter. He’s using you. You wanna know about the case files? About Shell Island? I’ll tell you, as soon as you give me 10 minutes with him, face to face. Liz. The FBI has no relationship with Raymond Reddington. Red #2: No, they don’t. But they think they do.

Liz: My mother’s alive. You lied to me. Red: Velov is the one who lied to you, Lizzie, not me. Katarina Rostova committed suicide in 1990. Liz: Velov was the agent assigned to find her. He was getting close, she knew it. That’s why she allegedly walked into the ocean. She wanted the world to believe she drowned. Red: But Velov knows differently. Liz: He tracked her to a hotel in Prague. She had just left. But in such a hurry, she missed this… A photo of her little girl. Me. Red: That could easily have been planted. Liz: You said the name Masha Rostova had been lost to history until the manhunt. Now it’s out there, and someone’s looking for me. It’s my mother. Who else would care? Who? [ Sighs ] You were right. Some things can’t be forgiven.

Red: If anything happened to me, this was to go to Elizabeth.

Red: So she would know.

Red: Now I’m not sure I ever want her to know. Dembe: Perhaps, Raymond, in this case, what you want is irrelevant.

Dembe: If the universe wants her to know, she will find a way. [ Red lights the envelope on fire and watches it burn ]

Cape May episode:

Red and Katarina are talking about the SAME child and the same Hobson's choice. It's all in the dialogue. In Red's story, the woman has to die (metaphorically, not literally). In Katarina's story, the woman has to die in order to save the child. They both lament the decisions they are being forced to make. (killing the woman.) They are the same person. In the end, Red is reassured by Katarina that he made the right decision, and she ended up being saved.

Red: It was a Hobson’s choice. There was a woman and her child. Both were doomed. Both would die. I could either save one or lose both. I chose the child. It was… it was the worst thing I’ve ever had to do in my life. Worst thing by far.

Red: That’s every suicide. Every single one. An act of terror perpetrated against everyone who’s ever known you… Everyone who’s ever loved you. The people closest to you… the ones who cherish you… are the ones who suffer the most pain, the most damage. Why would you do that? Woman: [ WHIMPERS ] Red: Why would you do that to people who love you? Woman: I have no choice. Red: There’s always a choice. Woman: Is there? That little girl. The one you told me about? The one whose father you spared? What would you do if you knew… knew… that as long as you drew breath, as long as you continued to exist, her life would be in danger? She would be hunted, and she would be killed. What would you do? Red: What would you do? Woman: My child is being raised by someone else. I am her mother… and I am death to her. [ Tears ] So this is what I’m doing. I never wanted this. ("I never wanted this reconciles with Red saying, "It was the worst thing I've ever had to do in my life." Red: I know. Woman: Then go. Red: I can’t.

Season 4