“So, Nathan Lane in that is the child like Liz, trying to wrestle with what it means to have a parent who was a criminal.” The Blacklist Raymond Reddington Nathan Lane Spoilers EP 100 EP 511 Blacklist Interviews Blacklist Season 5 “We chose to do a story that has some analogy to that in the story between Nathan Lane’s character and his father, who has a history much like Reddington’s he was criminal like Reddington,” EP John Eisendrath adds. It’s going to be a really fun episode.”īut Stern mainly serves as an echo of the show’s core father-daughter dynamic. “He’s got some baggage that he’s trying to overcome that makes him peculiar and strange and dangerous in his own way. “Nathan comes in and plays a character who is a sort of unexpected criminal,” executive producer Jon Bokenkamp says. The landmark episode pits Raymond Reddington (James Spader) against a worthy foe in the blacklister of the hour, the cunning Abraham Stern (Lane), both of whom seek a legendary treasure that Stern believes is his birthright. Nathan Lane is heading to The Blacklist for the show’s milestone 100th episode - and EW has the exclusive first look.

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