This story takes place between epsiode 8 and 9 of season 5. After Keen losing her husband, Tom Keen she ran away to grieve. She told Raymond Reddington, eventhough she is gone, he needs to continue his part of the deal to the FBI. Reddington told them about The Animal Savior and about The Catcher who can help finding this criminal. When Samar and Aram going undercover to get information from The Catcher they face some suprises. After Aram and Smar coming to the conclusion The Catcher was of no use Reddington is trying to get information from criminals of his criminal empire like Smokey Putnum and Glen Carter. The Blacklist is a TV series about Raymond 'red' Reddington, a former U.S. Navy officer turned high-profile criminal, surrenders to the FBI after avoiding capture for a few decades. He gives the FBI a list of very dangerous criminals the FBI couldn't catch or don't even know they exist. He demands only speaking with A profiler Elizabeth Keen.