Alex and Ryan are catching up with their handlers, Shelby and Nimah, respectively.
So basically, Alex and Ryan have gotten nowhere, and they know it.
As the two are discussing Lydias intenseness, the show cuts to Lydia mid-workout.
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Of course there is!
The entire group goes out for drinks and gossiping.
Theyre wondering aloud about Leigh and where they might get placed following training.
The following morning, Owen Hall introduces their next skill: assessment.
The recruits always need to be aware of their surroundings, the instructors urge.
When Alex is surprised by the detail, Dayana says Leon loves to talk, just not to Alex.
Did Leon and Dayana already know each other before arriving at the Farm?
Are they in cahoots?
Lydia wants to be deployed to Mogadishu, where the bombing just took place.
(Which is where Lydia was returning from when training first kicked off.)
Shelby and Nimah are having an equally frustrating meeting with Miranda.
Miranda wants them to pressure Alex and Ryan more.
A good handler pushes, she says.
Gets in their heads, manipulates.
They do whatever it takes to get the job done.
Since theyve completed their introductory challenges, its time for the real meat of the day at the Farm.
Instructions have been left in black on their forearms: Be back before dark.
Alex is partnered up with Leon, who is currently making a compass out of sticks and a stone.
They both begin to pepper with questions.
He doesnt talk about it, he says, because he barely survived.
Harry and Leigh pair up because Harry noticed Leigh has a cell phone on her.
He persuades her to use the GPS and get back together, first.
And while everyone eventually makes it back, before dark, as instructed, Owen Hall is still unhappy.
They should have make it back in 20 minutes, not four-plus hours.
Does her dad have something to do with why shes still here?
Well it turns out that Owen Hall does have something to do with grounding Lydia.
And she is not happy about it.
You know what they say?
That someone probably leaked your name on purpose, so you could never screw up again.
She leaves the kitchen in a fury.
Outside she makes a call.
Im in, she says to whoever is on the other end of the line.
Tell me what I do next.
This means either Alex and Ryan have tipped off the AIC or someone else is running another covert mission.
Hes found Will Olsen, curiously enough.
He wants to rip one of the masks off an assailant so he can see who they are.
She finds a crate of the terrorists garb and gets dressed.
Now she can move around freely to count weapons, attackers, hostages, and more.
Shelby saved the file on her personal computer and Miranda asks her to to retrieve it.
Except things go a little haywire when Shelbys report gets uploaded onto Mirandas computer.
As soon as Miranda plugs in Shelbys gadget, her screen goes black and the tech department rush in.
Step away from the computer, they instruct Director Shaw.
Miranda asks Shelby what shes done as IT confiscates her laptop.
This was Mirandas plot to delete that report.
Ryans whole plan is to create a diversion.
The terrorists usher both Ryan and Alex out of the room, separately.
Alex is being marched down a dark stairwell; she asks about her captors plans for her.
(But everyone needed to witness the First Ladys beheading?)
Alex decides to take her chances now.
She spins around and knocks the gun from her guards hands, and they begin to fight.
She eventually rips off the womans mask, to see a blond, white woman.
She asks who theyre working with.
Who is behind the attack?
The woman dies quickly.
Thank god for Shelbys over-achieving ways.
Excitedly, she pops back into Mirandas office and says that she found one lone copy of the report.
Dont worry, Miranda, I already gave it to Burke for him to distribute, she says.
Miranda almost blows her cover with a pretty poor attempt at trying to act pleased with the news.
I start wondering if Shelby has gotten herself in danger…
But then were back with the G20 Summit hostages.
Raina is trying to get information on where the terrorists have taken Alex and Ryan.
It lands with a thud, with a note tied around its neck.
2 Down, it reads.
Alex is alive, she says as if Alex tossing people through ceilings is her signature move.
Questions lingering at the end of episode 3:
