- [last lines]
- Raymond 'Red' Reddington: [to Lizzie] I think you don't want to give me the Fulcrum, because it's your only link to keep me around, and once I have it you'll never see me again.
- Raymond 'Red' Reddington: The Deer Hunter is not in fact a brutal buck, but a delicate doe.
- Donald Ressler: A woman?
- Elizabeth Keen: I disagree.
- Raymond 'Red' Reddington: The Deer Hunter used to engage his victims up front, in an act of sexual male aggression, but now has shifted to deploying tactics from far off, suggesting a feminine act of cunning. Serial killers usually last for two-three years, this one has been active for twelve years. For every rule, there is an exception. The reason you haven't caught your man is because he's a woman.
- Raymond 'Red' Reddington: You tell me about the Fulcrum, and I'll help you get your Deer Hunter.
- Elizabeth Keen: You're not even interested in serial killers.
- Raymond 'Red' Reddington: True. I find them unimaginative and woefully predictable. But I am interested in the cases the FBI has wronged over the years.
- Elizabeth Keen: Wronged?
- Raymond 'Red' Reddington: When I was young, I wanted to dance. I saw Gary Cooper dance on the screen, it was wonderful. Years later when I saw Gary, he looked old and grey. It turned out he had a cracked heart valve, very difficult to fix. He was on a waiting list to the end of his days. Just like Elias.
- Samuel Aleko: How do you know about my brother?
- Raymond 'Red' Reddington: Elias will have to wait three years at least on that list before his name comes up, for consideration. I can get him a doctor in a week, no price.
- Samuel Aleko: And why would you do that?
- Raymond 'Red' Reddington: Because you're going to do something for me.