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Blindspot (TV series)

American action crime drama series (2015-2020)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ19858482 ↗
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Blindspot is an American crime drama television series created by Martin Gero for NBC and executive-produced by Gero and Greg Berlanti. The show stars Sullivan Stapleton and Jaimie Alexander, and follows a mysterious woman with no recollection of her past or identity whose numerous tattoos contain clues to crimes that a team of FBI agents must solve. Rob Brown, Audrey Esparza, Ashley Johnson, Ukweli Roach and Marianne Jean-Baptiste co-star alongside Stapleton and Alexander. Archie Panjabi, Luke Mitchell, Michelle Hurd, Ennis Esmer and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio joined in later seasons.

Blindspot was produced by Berlanti Productions, Quinn's House, and Warner Bros. Television, and premiered on NBC on September 21, 2015. On May 10, 2019, NBC renewed the series for a fifth and final season, which aired from May 7 to July 23, 2020.

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Blindspot focuses on a mysterious tattooed woman who is found naked inside a travel bag in Times Square in New York City by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). She has no recollection of her past or identity. They discover that her tattoos contain clues to crimes they must solve.

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