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How Long is "The Blacklist's" Blacklist?

I'm almost always late to the game on pop culture*. I didn't know about Firefly  until it was off the air for many years, and am much more likely to wait for shows to hit Netflix than I am to see them when they first run. Such is the case with The Blacklist  with James Spader (note: the show is not for young viewers -- I'm not sure if I'm even old enough to watch some parts of it -- but this post is more than safe). I watched the pilot earlier today and found it interesting. But you probably want to know what it has to do with statistics. Image from netflixlife.com It's the list itself. The so-called Blacklist that Spader's character references in the pilot. A list of all the baddies in the world. Each baddie has a number, and each episode of the show focuses on one baddie. However, these numbers aren't presented sequentially, which begs the question: How long is The Blacklist 's Blacklist? Here are the titles of the first two episodes (af