'The Blacklist: Redemption' season 1 spoilers: Latest promo video reveals why Tom Keane joins Scottie Hargrave

A new promo has been released for “The Blacklist: Redemption” and it hints why exactly Tom Keen will be leaving “The Blacklist” for redemption. This upcoming spinoff will let viewers see the world’s most elite and elusive criminals from Red’s infamous list as they join forces to form a team that does what it can to regain self-worth and respect.

Undercover operative Tom Keen (Ryan Eggold) will be the focus of this series. He will be joining the team’s brilliant chief Susan Hargrave (Famke Janssen), who happens to be his own long-lost mother. Also in are Matias Solomon (Edi Gathegi), Adrian Martinez and Tawny Cypress.

Spoiler alert! This article contains “The Blacklist: Redemption” spoilers. Read on if you would like to know what happens before the next episode airs.

In a fairly recent episode of “The Blacklist,” it was revealed that Tom’s supposed father Howard Hargrave (Terry O’Quinn) had passed away in a plane crash. However, the YouTube promo [watch below] shows otherwise. Howard is alive and kicking and will ask Tom to join the company run by Hargrave so that he could get close to her.

A lot is expected to be unveiled about Tom’s family and background as he joins a private army composed of people from Red’s infamous black list. On this new journey, Keen will realise things with regard to his past life, especially the details regarding the loss of his mother and family.

The show’s executives reportedly admit that this spinoff will not be like what most fans would expect. It will be entirely different form “The Blacklist” series because it has its own story to tell. There have been news that the upcoming eight episodes of “The Blacklist: Redemption” would put light into some of the original show’s dark areas and even add more thrill to it. They also noted that fans should brace themselves for a lot of intense scenes and action-packed adventures.

On top of all this, it has been confirmed that Red (James Spader) will not be seen on the show. This is obviously because this spinoff would be focusing on Tom and his mother and how they got to where they are now. The reasons why Tom would enlist himself in an enemy organisation will be revealed slowly when the show premieres on Feb. 23 with the title "Leland Bray."

“The Blacklist: Redemption” airs Thursdays on NBC in the US. In Australia, it will air on Channel Seven.

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