Sneaky, that one.
As usual, Im getting ahead of myself.
Luckily for dad, the idea of taking on the military and Homeland Security is right up Hayes alley.
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All Im asking is that Omar Abbas be offered the protection of this great countrys legal system.
The guy has a sense of humor after all!
The CIU gets to work, with Hayes and Tess interviewing Omar via video conference.
Hes not looking so good, but hes unwilling to start eating again.
As he tells Hayes and Tess, control over whether he lives or dies is all he has left.
Omar shares his story: On the day in question, the cab-driving Abbas had dropped off a fare.
Thats all he knows.
Any idea why they think youre al-Qaida?
Because my name is Omar Abbas, I have brown skin, and Im Muslim, he replies.
That bag wasnt mine.
One way or another, it ends soon.
So, who did?
Perhaps he is a terrorist, or at least a terrorist sympathizer, after all.
I had to get out of there, Asif says.
So I told them what they wanted to hear.
Hes never even met his daughter.
(Doesnt she know by now the CIU is made up of superheroes?
Hayes pleads for her father to give up his anonymous source, but he refuses.
The rest of the case unravels pretty quickly from there.
Perhaps hes the one who left the duffel bag in Omars cab?
His name was Paul Sedgewick, and his familys wealth had been wiped out by the countrys financial crisis.
Smell like motive enough to you?
Why is there always an agenda with you?
a dismayed Hayes asks her dad following Omars release into his familys arms.
Not just me, Bug, thats everyone.
Thats Wallace, the jaded elder Morrison responds.
But part of what he loves about you is that youre my daughter.
You were raised in a political family.
You have power, access, all the things he never had.
Youre wrong about him, she says, rather unconvincingly.
Okay, but how will you ever know?
he asks, though Hayes doesnt answer.
Will Hayes lingering doubts cause the lovebirds to call it quits in next weeks series finale?
Well have to tune in to find out.
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