‘The Blacklist’ Season 9 Episode 12 Preview: Photos, Plot and Cast

NBC’s The Blacklist season nine will return after a two week break with episode 12, “The Chairman.” Episode 12 is set to air on March 18, 2022.

In addition to James Spader as Raymond “Red” Reddington, the season nine cast includes Diego Klattenhoff as Donald Ressler, Amir Arison as Aram Mojtabai, Hisham Tawfiq as Dembe Zuma, Laura Sohn as Alina Park, and Harry Lennix as Harold Cooper.

“The Chairman” Plot: The Task Force pursues their latest target, the Chairman, who operates a dark web stock market trading shares of criminal organizations. Red takes extreme measures to locate a tracking device, which sends Ressler into a spiral.

Season 9 Description, Courtesy of NBC:

“In the two years following the death of Elizabeth Keen, Raymond Reddington (Spader) and the members of the FBI Task Force have disbanded – their lives now changed in unexpected ways and with Reddington’s whereabouts unknown. Finding themselves each at a crossroads, a common purpose compels them to renew their original mission: to take down dangerous, vicious and eccentric Blacklisters. In the process, they begin to uncover lethal adversaries, unimaginable conspiracies and surprising betrayals that will threaten alliances and spur vengeance for the past, led by the most devious criminal of them all – Raymond Reddington.”

The Blacklist Season 9 Episode 12
Ramon Aleman, James Spader as Raymond “Red” Reddington, and Diany Rodriguez as Weecha Xiu in ‘The Blacklist’ season 9 episode 12 (Photo by: Will Hart /NBC)
The Blacklist Season 9 Episode 12
Hisham Tawfiq as Dembe Zuma in season 9 episode 12 (Photo by: Will Hart /NBC)
The Blacklist Season 9 Episode 12
James Spader as Raymond “Red” Reddington in season 9 episode 12 (Photo by: Will Hart /NBC)
The Blacklist Season 9 Episode 12
Harry Lennix as Harold Cooper in season 9 episode 12 (Photo by: Will Hart /NBC)
The Blacklist Season 9 Episode 12
Harry Lennix as Harold Cooper and Danny Mastrogiorgio as Lew Sloan in season 9 episode 12 (Photo by: Will Hart /NBC)
The Blacklist Season 9 Episode 12
Diego Klattenhoff as Donald Ressler, Hisham Tawfiq as Dembe Zuma, and Harry Lennix as Harold Cooper in “The Chairman” episode (Photo by: Will Hart /NBC)