The Blacklist

Previously on The Blacklist...

Elizabeth Keen, will you marry me?

You will not marry her. Why?

Because I didn't ask Daddy's permission?

Thanks, boys.

He's reckless.

He's not worthy of being your husband.

And he sure as hell is not worthy of raising that child.

I want to keep the baby.

Our baby.

The online recording implicates the United States

in the murder of a Chinese official.

The recording appears to prove that Zhang Hou was poisoned

as part of a plot orchestrated by this man,

State Department official, Russell Prichard.

How the hell did this happen?

My face is all over the news!

You better get me out of Beijing.

The Chinese are looking for me.

It's only a matter of time before...

Hey! Hey, wait! Please. Please!

The recording isn't real! It's all some kind of frame-up!

It was released by a man called the Caretaker.

That's who you have to find! The Caretaker.

Help! Help!

It's me.

The first secret has been released.

The second one will come very soon.

Made you breakfast.

I'm the one who's supposed to be taking care of you.

Come here for a minute.

Hmm.

Oh, you're feeling better.

That's good. Much.

What's this?

Yes.

Yes to what?

Yes. I want to marry you.

Are you for real?

Yes. I want to take care of you for the rest of our lives.

For better and definitely for worse.

I don't know what to say.

Uh, maybe he'll be walking you down the aisle?

Not if you're at the end of it.

Good point.

Hey, I've delivery for Tom Keen, from Safe Stop Pharmacy.

Oh, it's prescription medicine. Oh, I can get it.

I need a patient-signature.

I got it. It's fine. I'm good. I'm great.

I will. Rest.

Yeah. You got everything?

Percocet for the pain,

and the Glock 26 for your pleasure.

How are you feeling?

We've decided to keep the baby.

I've accepted We?

Tom's proposal. We're gonna get married.

Right.

I know how you feel about him.

I hope you can keep an open mind.

Are you aware that a gentleman in your State Department

has been murdered in Beijing?

Yes. Fished out of the Hai River.

His name was Russell Prichard.

Murdered by the Chinese as payback

for the assassination of a Chinese official.

General Hou. Hou?

With the help of Aderson Wen,

an extremely powerful Chinese-American businessman.

When Zhang Lou was in town visiting the UN

Mr. Wen invited him to a dinner party at his home.

That night, Zhang Lou is poisoned by agents that Mr. Wen

agreed to let the State Department place on the serving staff.

That agreement, it seems, was recorded by Aderson Wen himself.

He knew once the murder was committed,

he'd be considered a loose end by your government.

He wanted insurance that the government wouldn't kill him.

Precisely. Which brings us to our next blacklister.

They call him the Caretaker. A secret keeper.

Documents, recordings, photos.

The Caretaker maintains

an impenetrable safe deposit vault for criminals,

governments, captains of industry.

And he only releases those secrets

according to one's specific instructions.

So in Aderson Wen's case, that recording was leverage.

He probably didn't want it released

unless he was murdered or arrested

for the poisoning of Zhang Lou.

I agree.

And yet, my sources tell me Aderson Wen is very much alive

and was in no danger of prosecution

which means something has gone terribly wrong.

The integrity of the Caretaker's operation

is the only thing preventing

thousands of closely-guarded secrets from being exposed.

Secrets that implicate powerful and dangerous people.

I'm begging you.

I don't know who you are. I've done nothing to you, please...

You don't have to do this. You can let me go. Please.

If his system is failing, I assure you

Russell Prichard's death is only the beginning.

According to Reddington, the recording of Prichard and Aderson Wen

is just one secret of thousands.

He says the Caretaker has evidence

of murder, corruption, blackmail,

and not just from governments. From corporations, billionaires.

This is the kind of information people kill to acquire.

And kill to keep secret.

He wants to find the Caretaker and contain the leaks.

Why? Isn't it best for the truth to come out?

That sounds a little naive.

All right, morality aside, let's just find this guy

and deal with whatever secrets he's keeping one at a time.

Start with Aderson Wen.

If he deposited a recording with the Caretaker,

maybe he knows what the hell is going on.

We better get to him fast.

If he helped us kill Zhang Lou,

the Chinese are gonna want a word with him.

Well, you don't seem very surprised to see me.

They say two things will survive a nuclear holocaust,

cockroaches and Twinkies.

You're a little of both.

I'll make this easy for you.

And hard.

I'm here to make you an offer.

Mind if I change into some clothes before we negotiate?

Be my guest.

So what's the offer?

Peace.

Despite the fact that you shot me and left me for dead.

That's far enough.

Aah!

Aah!

Damn it, woman. Why does it always have to be like this with you?

I came here for peace.

Peace is boring.

Not if I have to put a hole in your head to get it.

And you come at me again, that's exactly what I'm gonna do.

Hello, Jeanette.

Tell us about the Caretaker.

I was told he could keep a secret. I was misinformed.

Mr. Wen, tell us everything you know about him

and maybe we won't give you to the Chinese.

I'm an American. You can't extradite me.

Who said anything about extradition?

Tom and I are getting married.

That's great.

After everything you've been through,

I'm happy you found your way back to each other.

I know from personal experience,

that's not an easy thing to do.

I'm so sorry about what's happening with you and Charlene...

Forget about that. You're getting married!

It's crazy.

I just wish...

Despite everything she's put me through,

I wish my mom could be there.

Of course you do.

It's only natural.

I mean, everybody has something to say about her.

I just wish I knew the truth for myself, you know?

And you're sure there's no one who can help you find it?

I tracked down this one man, Anton Velov.

He said he didn't know much,

but I think he was holding something back.

Sounds like you should pay this Mr. Velov a visit.

Could be you didn't poison Zhang Lou,

but the recording proves that you conspired to.

So, you've got no play here, except to start talking.

I don't have anything to say.

I don't know his name. We never met.

But you gave him the recording. How?

I put it in the tubes.

Tubes.

What tubes?

The U.S. Post Office initiated pneumatic tube service in 1893.

Soon it had over 27 miles of tubes

running beneath Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx.

And that is just the Post Office.

There were libraries, hospitals, department stores.

According to Wen, the Caretaker uses this system

to transport documents and other hard media.

Which one of these tubes leads to this Caretaker?

There are hundreds of tubes and thousands of terminal points.

It's a potential superhighway to transport

drugs, cash and contraband right under our noses.

There is no way to untangle it.

I know someone who can.

Who?

He's quite an eccentric. A recluse.

But I'm a faithful client and he's agreed to meet with us.

There is one thing that I can't seem to

wrap my head around.

What? Tom.

After all the lies,

all the deception and humiliation, how can you just

forgive and forget?

I haven't forgotten.