The Blacklist Season 9, Episode 12, "The Chairman" (No. 171), follows the Task Force as they target a dark-web criminal financier while Red seeks to uncover the investor responsible for Elizabeth Keen's death. The episode features the exhumation of Keen's body for a tracking device, highlighting the emotional toll on the team and intensifying the ongoing blackmail subplot surrounding Harold Cooper. Read the full recap at Entertainment Weekly . 'The Blacklist' recap: Time to bring out the tissues