Episode
The Blacklist: The Russian Knot
Overview
The Task Force hatches a plan to steal a Soviet-era cipher machine needed to decrypt coded messages. Townsend puts Liz's loyalty to the test. Red and Dembe are called to an unexpected meeting.
Details
- Series
- The Blacklist
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 2021-04-30
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
The Russian Knot is Episode 15 in Season 8 of The Blacklist. It aired on 2021-04-30. The runtime is 43 min.
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