The Blacklist: Who Is Raymond Reddington?

      Ever since Raymond Reddington surrendered himself to the FBI to broker a deal for his notoriously secret Black List we have all been wondering: Who is Raymond Reddington?

Hardcore "Simon Says" game ever

       Red, as we all call him, is known as "The Criminal's Concierge"; he can get you anything you need, he's a high class middle man but don't assume that he's subject to your rules. Red always has a plan, he's calculating although his light, courteous demeanor would suggest otherwise. While he may be a criminal working with very dangerous, elite criminals he is not made of stone. Red forms close friendships with few people and they are always under his protection. Red killed Floriana Campo mostly because her human trafficking scheme victimized Red's bodyguard and he was ready to cave to Anslo's will when his accountant/casual lover had a gun to her head. Yet Red protects no one as fiercely as he protects Elizabeth Keen or Lizzy as he affectionately calls her.

This Angel is really a Devil.

Tom never breaks character, not even when he's gutted.

       We've all wondered why Red seems so focused and doting on Keen, to the annoyance of the serious Agent Ressler. Although Keen is a rookie Criminal Profiler, Red conditions that he will only help the FBI if he can have Keen as a mediator. The theory we all vehemently believe as fact is that Keen is Red's daughter. I also believe that but I don't know if she's his daughter from when he was in the Navy. She may be an illegitimate daughter he had along the way. His daughter whom he left at age 4 I think died. That's the only other reason why Red would take a photo from the Stewmaker's album (and why he pushed the freak in a tub of acid) and why he looked up a profile on a young woman in a private file. 

Ressler just can't figure Red out...

        Reasons why Liz Keen is Red's daughter are that for one: why did Red come form out of the shadows? While he helps the FBI he treats it like a hobby as he seems more focused on Keen's marital status. We all have to admit that Tom Keen is hiding something. He just seems too perfect. Any normal guy would have probably asked for a divorce by now given Keen's job and the home invasion. Red seems to believe that Tom is working for a very dangerous criminal organization that Red knows personally. Me, I think Tom was a Russian spy and now a sleeper agent. Whatever Tom's double status, Red would resort to violence in order to get Tom away from Keen. Then there was that time when Red visited Keen's adoptive father. They knew each other and Red expressed his gratitude for his friend in taking Lizzy in. In conclusion I think Liz may be very close to Red. Close enough for him to risk his shadow status and the anger of a secret cabal. 

Yes no one thinks we know each other...

        The theory floating around about Red is that he's a deep cover CIA agent. Well that seems to be a huge possibility. A deep cover CIA agent that not even Malik is aware of. It could explain why he abandoned his family without any real explanation. Red was on the fast track in becoming an admiral at such a young age and seems to be the perfect candidate for such work as dealing with the world's worst criminals: assassins, double agents, mass murderers, terrorists, etc. 

Where's the third Stooge?

       There's more to Red than meets the eye. One minute he'll save your life but the next he can just as easily kill you if it suits his needs. He has a devil-may-care attitude but also an indifference. He is a philosopher and lives his life to the fullest but he also is a cold blooded killer. There's 50 shades of gray when it comes to Raymond Reddington, but maybe we'll discover a few more of his secrets when The Blacklist returns.