The Blacklist Season 10 Episode 11 The Man in the Hat
When Red is identified as a possible hostage during a deli robbery in Philadelphia, Dembe and Ressler take action. Back in D.C., Senator Panabaker evaluates the task force’s dealings with Red while Siya digs deeper into her mother’s past.
That said, she has some questions. For one, why does the FBI so willingly trust Raymond Reddington (James Spader), a man with a criminal empire? Also: There are hidden circumstances surrounding her mother Meera‘s murder while she served in the Task Force that need to be addressed.
The latest Blacklist episode, “The Man in the Hat” (Season 10, Episode 11), took a closer look at Siya’s complicated past. Once a viral video surfaces of an armed man holding a group of people hostage at a gas station, the Task Force becomes concerned when one victim looks exactly like Red. While Agent Ressler (Diego Klattenhoff) and Dembe Zuma (Hisham Tawfiq) go to the rural gas station to investigate, Siya holds down the fort at the post office.
Siya admits to Harold Cooper (Harry Lennix) that she previously attempted to look into some of her mother’s cases, specifically her last one. Cooper tells her that he got approval for Siya to gain secure access to all the Task Force’s records to see what damage Red did with Hexroot (alongside recruited Blacklister the Troll Farmer). That includes records about her mom’s role in the Task Force.
Remember, the primary reason Siya joined the Reddington Task Force was to seek the truth about her mother’s highly-confidential demise. For context: Meera was tragically murdered in the Season 1 finale while going against the nefarious Blacklister, Berlin. Siya isn’t shocked when she finds this out. After all, she’s a former MI6, so it’s not too insane for her to imagine her secret-agent mother meeting her maker on the job. That said, a small detail in Meera’s FBI personnel file does blindside Siya.
Siya is referred to as an “adopted child” in Meera’s records, which doesn’t align with what Meera told Siya growing up. But sure enough, after double-checking her birth certificate, Siya sees she was born in a health clinic in Kolkata despite being told she was born in the U.K. Even worse, Siya’s research concludes that the Kolkata health clinic never existed. Stunned by this discovery, Siya shares her concerns with Task Force forensic analyst Herbie Hambright (Alex Brightman).
“If I was adopted, she would have told me,” Siya theorizes while noting her genetic similarities to her family. “It has to be a mistake, right?”
Herbie offers to run Meera’s DNA profile against Siya’s to verify the truth, and she reluctantly agrees. Herbie completes the DNA test and places the results in an envelope. By doing so, he says Siya can choose whether or not she actually wants to see the answer. She can rip the envelope up and ignore it forever or find out once and for all. While hesitating, Siya asks Herbie what he would do in her position. After Siya reveals she always felt loved growing up, Herbie tells her to focus on the happy childhood Meera provided instead of the birth details.
The Blacklist
Season Number: 10
Episode Number: 11
Episode Title: The Man in the Hat
Air Date: May 7, 2023
Language: English
Subtitle Language: English
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