While The Blacklist: Redemption remains in the dark for either a renewal or cancellation, Variety says Season 5 of The Blacklist is set for 22 episodes.
Barring Season 3’s additional episode ordered, this has been the standard for the series thus far, so there’s nothing unusual there.
Season 3’s fake death was a big cliffhanger that’s hard to live up to, but Season 4 has thrown some twists and turns that lead me to believe something huge will set up Season 5.
Teases have bounced around concerning Keen’s mother having an affair with Reddington, which could confirm the father theory, as well as the seemingly less interesting “No, he’s not her dad,” side of it.