Raymond "Red" Reddington (
James Spader), a former
U.S. 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 that he has compiled over the years and is willing to inform on their operations in exchange for
immunity from prosecution. However, he insists on working exclusively with a rookie FBI
profiler by the name of Elizabeth Keen (
Megan Boone).