In tonight's episode of NBC's The Blacklist the main character Raymond Reddington (played magnificently by James Spader) delivers a speech that I predict will be referenced for the rest of our lives and the lives of our children.
While there is probably already a clip of it out there, I was so startled by the poignancy, relevance, and sheer honesty I went back and copied the speech word for word by hand.
Here it is. Bravo to the writers at NBC as well as an astounding delivery by James Spader.
Enjoy.
Reddington:
Have you ever seen the aftermath of a suicide
bomber?
Female Character:
You’re wasting time…
Reddington:
I have, June 29th, 2003. I was
meeting two associates at the Murush restaurant in Tel Aviv. As my car was
pulling up, a twenty-year-old Palestinian man name Kazi Safar enters the restaurant
and detonates a suicide vest wired with C4. The shock wave knocked me flat,
burst my ear drums. I couldn’t hear—the smoke—it was like being underwater.
I went inside—A nightmare. Blood, parts of
people—You could tell where Saraf was standing when the vest blew—it was like a
perfect circle of death. There was almost nothing left of the people closest to
him. 17 dead, 46 injured, blown to
pieces. The closer they were to the blast the more horrific the effect.
Female Character:
Please stop—
Reddington:
That’s every suicide. Every single one. An
act of terror perpetrated against everyone who has ever known you. Everyone who
has ever loved you. The people closest to you, the ones who cherish you are the
ones who suffer the most pain, the most damage—why would you do that? Why would
you do that to people who love you?
Female Character:
I have no choice.
Reddington:
There’s always a choice.
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