Kirkman deals with bad Russians and worse Americans
Hey, look things are happening!
Well, sort of…
Were getting closer to figuring out if MacLeish is good or bad (probably bad!
Credit: ABC/Ben Mark Holzberg
), who blew up the Capitol (probably someone on the inside!
), and who Leos real dad is (probably a scumbag!).
Plus, theres a good old-fashionedDesignated Survivor-ian twist at the end.
Lets get to it, starting with this weeks Russian plot.
International Intrigue
We first see Kirkman as hes giving a speech about the Yankees playing baseball after 9/11.
There shouldnt be any potential problems there, right?
After the presser, Kirkman shares a private moment with Coach Weston.
The two bond over their shared leadership and general handsomeness.
A potential doping scandal Russian authorities have apparently found 20+ vials of HGH.
The whole team, they allege, is implicated.
Kirkman is livid and in disbelief: Coach Weston is a national hero!
Hes a freelance spy, more or less, and it looks like the Russians are on to him.
The doping drugs were planted to give them an excuse to detain and scrutinize him more easily.
In other words, its a tricky situation.
Kirkman decides to meet with the Russian ambassador to try and find a solution.
Kirkman declines, at the risk of Weston standing trial in Moscow.
The plan works…almost.
National hero, schmational schmero!
Now the dude is threatening to leak the story to the press.
Leo himself doesnt know about any of this.
This leads to some tension between Kirkman and Alex regarding how to get ahead of the story.
Fed up, Alex pays a visit to the guy in prison to find out what he wants.
And what he wants is pretty basic for the president to release him from jail.
Plus, he throws in a flirty smile.
I, for one, dont trust him.
Neither does Maggie Q. Whoever blew up the Capitol must have murdered him, she declares.
Kirkman, the innocent schmuck, wants MacLeishs expertise on the matter.
He can tell somethings up…
Elsewhere, Maggie Q meets up with a CIA source to get some more answers.
She finds the man at a tavern playing pinball, as CIA sources are wont to do.
Stay out of it, the guy tells Maggie Q. Catalan is bad news and an American traitor.
Maggie Q is intrigued.
She goes back to HQ to tell Atwood the news, but guess who drops by unannounced?
Some might say suspicious?
Also suspicious: Atwood gets a frantic call from his wife.
His son never made it home from school.
Could MacLeish be involved?
She calls Atwood to tell him the news, but he runs into a twist of his own.
A mysterious woman tells him shes holding Luke captive.
Shell let him go under a few conditions: First, dont tell anyone about any of this.
Second, make an appointment with the president and do whatever it is she instructs him to do.
