The Blacklist (TV Series)

General Ludd (No. 109) (2013)

James Spader: Raymond 'Red' Reddington

Quotes 

• Harold Cooper : Absolutely not. I'm not giving you access to the FBI's ViCAP system.

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : Then you'll just have to find another criminal to talk to Elizabeth Keen and make fun of Agent Ressler.

• Raymond 'Red' Reddington : I have no interest in cases that I have no interest in.

• Raymond 'Red' Reddington : [chuckling]  I never tire of being correct.

• Elizabeth Keen : You have a suburban housewife printing fake money out of her garage.

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : Mary is an artist. She has a tremendous gift.

• Raymond 'Red' Reddington : Abraham! I refer important clients to you, people who are vital to my business. People whose livelihood depends on your confidentiality, and you roll over like a cockapoo wanting his belly scratched?

  Elizabeth Keen : You said this guy was sold!

  Abraham Maltz : Wait a minute.

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : Some woman who claims to be an FBI agent makes a few ham-fisted threats, and you hand over one of your own clients? That's dirty pool. God forbid, this little incident ever gets back to poor Nathaniel Wolff.

  Abraham Maltz : Red, I don't know what's going on here...

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : What other secrets have you just given away?

  Abraham Maltz : Nothing!

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : Who knows about the work I've had done?

  Abraham Maltz : Nobody, truthfully. You know me.

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : I brought Christina to you specifically for your discretion and expertise. I assured her you were trustworthy.

  [to Keen] 

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : I'm sorry I was wrong.

  [to Abraham] 

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : Shame on you, Abraham!

  [to Keen] 

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : I know another doctor. Let's go.

  Abraham Maltz : No! Ray! We can make this right. You know me. I would never give out a name of any client.

• Raymond 'Red' Reddington : I find it so reassuring. The movie stars, the pop singers, they really are just like the rest of us.

• Elizabeth Keen : You want me to protect some plastic surgeon who may be linked to a terrorist organization.

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : Yes.

• Raymond 'Red' Reddington : It's hard to... not say goodbye. I have lost so many people. Never seems to get any easier.

  Tom Keen : I don't know what I'm gonna say... to my wife. I've been sitting here for I don't know how long, trying to... figure out how to tell her. My wife and her dad, they had something... He took her in when she was four-years-old. Adopted her. And raised her as a single parent. She's gonna be heartbroken.

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : Yes. It'll undoubtedly take some time. But I'm sure she'll be fine. He'll always be there with her. Standing in the shadows to keep her safe. Laughing with her in the light. Watching through her eyes, all those who get close. He'll always be there. She will be fine.

  Tom Keen : I hope you're right.

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : I know I am.

• Raymond 'Red' Reddington : You will always be her father, Sam. I can only hope to... love her and protect her as you have.

• Raymond 'Red' Reddington : I finally had a chance to see her, Sam. There's a fire inside she got from you. She's volatile, unpredictable, soft, and hard, and... soft again. Stronger than she knows. You gave her an incredible gift, Sam. Taking her in and loving her as your own.

  Sam : They've given me six weeks. For what? So I can lay here and watch them take me apart. I wish they'd said six hours. And I told them, I said, "You can get rid of those damn machines. Go monitor somebody who's actually got vital signs." I need to tell Lizzy.

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : No

  Sam : I know what we agreed, but before I go I have to tell her.

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : I can't let you do that.

  Sam : She deserves the truth.