‘The Blacklist’ Season 9 Episode 5 Preview: Photos, Plot and Cast

Complicated personal lives and a military technology case keep Red busy on NBC’s The Blacklist season nine episode five. “Benjamin T. Okara” will air on November 18, 2021.

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.

“Benjamin T. Okara” Plot: Dembe’s position as an FBI agent causes complications for Red as the Task Force handles a case involving military technology. Cooper and Park each find their personal lives increasingly complicated.

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 5
Hisham Tawfiq as Dembe Zuma and James Spader as Raymond “Red” Reddington in ‘The Blacklist’ season 9 episode 5 (Photo by: Will Hart/NBC)
The Blacklist Season 9 Episode 5
Hisham Tawfiq as Dembe Zuma, Diany Rodriguez as Weecha Xiu, and Karina Arroyave as Mierce Xiu in season 9 episode 5 (Photo by: Will Hart/NBC)
The Blacklist Season 9 Episode 5
James Spader as Raymond “Red” Reddington in season 9 episode 5 (Photo by: Will Hart/NBC)
The Blacklist Season 9 Episode 5
Diany Rodriguez as Weecha Xiu in season 9 episode 5 (Photo by: Will Hart/NBC)
The Blacklist Season 9 Episode 5
James Spader as Raymond “Red” Reddington in season 9 episode 5 (Photo by: Will Hart/NBC)