The Blacklist (TV Series)

Arthur Hudson (2023)

Toby Leonard Moore: Congressman Arthur Hudson

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• Raymond 'Red' Reddington : Hello? Hello? Is it working? I'm sorry. Excuse me. I hate to barge in like this. But may I speak for just a moment? Because there's a perspective you may not have considered. Mine.

  Congressman Arthur Hudson : I don't believe this. This is exactly what I've been talking about. This man has pirated himself into a closed-door meeting with the Attorney General. He's out of control.

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : Forgive me. You all can see me, but I can't see you. Wh-Who is speaking?

  Congressman Arthur Hudson : Arthur Hudson, Mr. Reddington. And it's clear to me by this intrusion that you have more power than any confidential informant ever should.

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : It's funny. It seems you have more power than a congressman should. How is it exactly that you've anointed yourself the Inspector General of a clandestine FBI task force?

  Congressman Arthur Hudson : Someone has to stand in your way.

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : Congressman, your conflict is with me, not the FBI. Everything we're discussing here, the ongoing criminal enterprise, the invasive tactics taken at the Capitol, it's all me. You need to redirect your fight.

  Congressman Arthur Hudson : I need to put you behind bars.

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : I've been, several times. It didn't take.

  Attorney General Stromberg : Gentlemen, enough! I would like to see the results 836 has provided over the years. Let's review the case files.

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : About that. In the spirit of full disclosure, I had every mention of my name deleted from those files several months ago, so- Otherwise, they're an exciting read.

  Congressman Arthur Hudson : Do you see? Do you see the mockery he's made of all this?

  Attorney General Stromberg : I honestly can't believe what I'm hearing. I have to agree with Hudson here. Unless someone can convince me otherwise, I see this informant relationship as a bureaucratic failure.

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : That's a bit myopic, don't you think?

  Attorney General Stromberg : How else am I supposed to see your actions in regards to the Capitol as anything other than high treason?

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : You call it whatever the hell you want. That's fine by me. But leave Harold Cooper and his people out of it. They don't know the breadth of my operation. Not a tenth of it, not a hundredth. Even what we've touched on today is nominal compare to what I have set up around the world. I have more bugs in more rooms than your prosaic little mind could possibly imagine. I've forgotten more about surveillance and black bag ops than you could ever teach in every classroom in Langley and Quantico. But you know what's truly inarguable? Harold Cooper and his team have lost and sacrificed, given their lives, and still delivered to you time and time again. You want to blame someone, blame yourself and the others who proceeded you. Because you want your information from Raymond Reddington. You want to solve cases. You want to save lives. You want to have an effect. But you don't want to be guilty of doing business with me, not in the harsh light of day. Well, shame on you. I am what I am. You made a devil's bargain. Did you really expect me to stop being the devil? You know what?

  Congressman Arthur Hudson : You know what I think?

  Attorney General Stromberg : Nor do I care. May I have a moment to think - please?