Liz learns that the man she shot on the night of the fire was in fact the real Reddington who died despite Katarina Rostova and Ilya Koslov rescuing him from the fire. Once Liz recovers Jennifer, Sarkany double crosses Ressler but not before Ressler shoots him dead.Īfter tracking down her grandfather Dominic Wilkinson, Liz finally learns the truth about what happened to the real Raymond Reddington and the identity of the imposter, Ilya Koslov. Ressler proposes to Sarkany a trade of stolen drugs from one of his mules, for Jennifer’s life and safe return. Reddington uses his considerable connections in the prison to get Liz the address for Sarkany in Federal Hill, Baltimore. Fearing nowhere else to turn, Liz enlists Ressler to help her spring Jennifer from Sarkany’s safe house and is forced to tell Reddington of Jennifer’s abduction.

He believes her to be a federal agent until she learns of her sister’s position at the FBI. Liz escapes but the armed men throw Jennifer in their vehicle and take her to Sarkany for interrogation. Hans Koehler’s former nurse Marguerite Renard, Liz and Jennifer are ambushed by a protective detail for her, as she turns out to be the current girlfriend of Hungarian kingpin Marko ”Sarkany” Jankowics. Liz expresses overwhelming guilt to Jennifer about going through with it. Liz and Jennifer toast to their plan to get Reddington out the way while they search for clues to his true identity. The sisters discover the house is entirely gone, finding only the foundation concrete and a local sheriff with fleeting memories of that night. They discover the site of the vacation home which was the scene of the legendary ‘night of the fire’ from Liz’s past. Liz and Jennifer track a lead in an old newspaper article about a fire in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Jennifer narrowly escapes detection when Ross is killed and later joins Liz at Tom's grave before they depart to get justice for their father. Jennifer joins Liz and Sutton Ross in exposing the truth about the duffel bag: they belong to the real Raymond Reddington who was killed and replaced by the unknown impostor who has been known as Raymond Reddington for decades. Red obliges to Jennifer's request and she leaves so he can give a long overdue apology to Naomi. Therefore after getting some answers, she asks for Red to not contact her again. Jennifer asks Red if he knows who did kill her mother and he says he did not even know she was dead. She mentioned she hadn't known Naomi had been dead until Frank finally contacted her. At Naomi's grave site, Jennifer admitted that her mother cut off contact with her in order to protect her from Red who would one day be looking for her and trusted Garvey to take care of her. It then turned out she has been shot and killed. There she asked him some questions and in return she would bring him to Naomi. She first refused and later changed her mind. Raymond asks Jennifer to bring him to Naomi. At the hospital, Jennifer watches as Ian is wheeled into surgery. Jennifer watches in horror as Ian is shot by Keen and Dembe. Jennifer confronts Red for abandoning her and Naomi. Jennifer tells Ian that Red is Keen's father. Sometime later Ian shows up to Paul's Pub wounded and asking Jennifer for money, telling her to claim it was a robbery in progress. He admits he kill Red now and that Jennifer never needed to hide behind what truly happened in her past. Jennifer later confronts Ian about Tom's murder, which he suspects she had been speaking to Keen. She mentions it was too late for her and Liz to have a sisterly bond. She refuses stating that Ian saved her and Naomi from Red. Liz asks for Jennifer's help to capture Garvey since he has information concerning the skeleton in the duffel bag. Liz then reveals that Red is also her father and they are half-sisters. Garvey saved Jennifer's life and she was placed in Witness Protection for 20 years while waiting for the day when he is finally brought to justice to face his crimes. When Liz takes Jennifer to her apartment to ask for her help in putting him away, she revealed an abusive relationship she and her mother both endured with Red. Jennifer is introduced as a bartender living under an assumed name Lilly May Roth whom Garvey visits. Naomi mentions that she and Jennifer lost contact after she remarried. Jennifer was mentioned at the end when Red demanded Naomi tell him where she is.

The blacklist season 5 episode 18 recap