The Blacklist (TV Series)

The Courier (No. 85) (2013)

James Spader: Raymond 'Red' Reddington

Quotes 

• Raymond 'Red' Reddington : [about the seller the FBI is tracking]  If you really want her to talk, I should meet with her.

  Donald Ressler : Every time you "meet", someone ends up dead.

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : We've gotten off to a rocky start.

  Harold Cooper : You've killed three people.

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : I'm not perfect.

• Elizabeth Keen : You're not telling us everything.

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : Let me put your mind at ease. I'm never telling you everything.

• Raymond 'Red' Reddington : Thank you.

  Elizabeth Keen : For what?

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : For being honest with me. In my life, I don't encounter that frequently.

• Raymond 'Red' Reddington : Have you ever wondered how criminals who know they can't trust one another are still able to conduct business with each other?

  Elizabeth Keen : They replace trust with fear and the threat of violence.

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : The next target on the Blacklist is the physical embodiment of both. He's known as the Courier, and his involvement in a transaction virtually guarantees its success. Once he's hired to make a delivery, he can't be bribed, he can't be stopped. If either party attempts to double cross the other, he kills them both. The perfect middleman for an imperfect world.