“No. 85: The Courier” quotes from The Blacklist

Have you ever wondered how criminals who know they can't trust one another are still able to conduct business with each other?

Elizabeth Keen

They replace trust with fear and the threat of violence.

The next target on the Blacklist is the physical embodiment of both. He's known as the Courier, and his involvement in a transaction virtually guarantees its success. Once he's hired to make a delivery, he can't be bribed, he can't be stopped. If either party attempts to double cross the other, he kills them both. The perfect middleman for an imperfect world.

If you really want her to talk, I should meet with her.

Donald Ressler

Every time you "meet", someone ends up dead.

We've gotten off to a rocky start.

Harold Cooper

You killed three people.

I'm not perfect.

Elizabeth Keen

You're not telling us everything.

Let me put your mind at ease. I'm never telling you everything.

[interrogating the Courier with Ressler] Good cop/bad cop isn't working. Let's try bad cop/worse cop.

Lady, you don't understand Tommy.

Elizabeth Keen

I know his condition prevents him from feel-

No, I mean you don't understand him. Our old man knocked us around when he needed to, which didn't bother Tommy. But dad hated that. Felt like he couldn't control his own son, and he couldn't. So when he was 11, dad started hosting these dogfights. Not with two dogs, but with a dog and Tommy. Well, we had this barn. People would come from miles around. They'd get drunk and make bets. What it did to him over time...Tommy's broken. Somewhere in his head, a switch flipped. I wish I could help you, but you know how it goes. You're here because somebody screwed up. The deal went sideways. And now the buyer and seller have targets on their head, if they're not dead already.