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One reason "The Blacklist" works so well: The producers locked up James Spader to star as Reddington. Spader, whose previous TV credits include "The Office" and "Boston Legal," has never been better, deploying his elliptical charm to promise the FBI access to his lengthy roster of politicians, mobsters, hackers, spies
-- "the criminals who matter," he taunts the agents, "the ones you can't find because you don't even know they exist." But what will be the price for his expert assistance? Already Liz feels threatened by him: Reddington somehow knows about, and blows the whistle on, her secret past. He also seems privy to some weird things she never knew about her husband (Ryan Eggold, "90210"), who seems a loving househusband busy trying to arrange an adoption for him and his wife (and keeps insisting, "Our family comes first," before she dashes off to save the world). Suffice it to say, the "Blacklist" premiere ends with tantalizing questions that dwarf the immediate crisis. Getting to know this series' characters should be fun for weeks, or even years, to come. ___ Online:
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