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Warning: This article contains spoilers about The Blacklist season 9 episode 9"Boukman Baptiste."

In its latest episode, titled "Boukam Baptiste," The Blacklist took another trip to the past by exploring how Raymond Reddington's (James Spader) former right-hand man Dembe (Hisham Tawfiq) became Agent Zuma. We find out that after Elizabeth Keen (Megan Boone) died, Red checked out, leaving Dembe to step up and keep things going. During that time, the son of the man attacking Red was accidentally killed, and that tragic mistake sent Dembe on the road to the FBI.