Tom Keen was free and clear, ready to start a new life in paradise. When The Blacklist's Liz Keen becomes the FBI's most wanted, however, Tom will be pulled right back in.

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Now that Lizzie (Megan Boone) is a fugitive, Tom (Ryan Eggold) will have to dive back into the DC underworld to keep her safe as season 3 begins.

"Tom has been cleared and Liz is now a fugitive on the run," series creator Jon Bokenkamp told Entertainment Weekly. "They're completely flipped in who they are and almost also in the way they approach the situation - she's now feeling the desperation of being a criminal and trying to operate in the shadows, and he's trying to come clean and trying to redeem himself in her eyes."

Unfortunately for Liz, Tom won't immediately here of her high-profile homicide. The death of the Attorney General, however, will no doubt become a hot button news story and it won't be too long before Tom is back in the loop.

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"When he catches wind of this, he'll have something to say about it and will not want to sit back," Bokenkamp explained.

Catch up with Mr. and Mrs. Keen when The Blacklist returns to NBC on Oct. 1 at 9 p.m. ET.