Raymond "Red" Reddington, a former US Navy officer turned high-profile criminal, voluntarily surrenders to the FBI after eluding capture for decades. He tells the FBI that he has a list of the most dangerous criminals in the world and is willing to guide their operations in exchange for immunity. However, he insists on exclusively working with a rookie profiler by the name of Elizabeth Keen. 

Raymond Reddington brings Elizabeth Keen a new Blacklister: the Bodysnatcher, an unnamed, unknown figure, who has turned kidnapping into an art form. But when Liz and the team move to intercept the Bodysnatcher, Reddington reveals that he is not their real target. Their real target is much more sinister and it will take all their strength and dedication to resist him—and to discover what Raymond Reddington is really after.