The recruits learn how to hide in plain sight

Ugh.

I mean… where do we even begin?

Lets get those out of the way, shall we?

JAKE MCLAUGHLIN

Credit: ABC/Nicole Rivelli

So maybe not so good…

Crying by the end, he tells Sebastian to be true to himself, whatever that is.

Later, Sebastian literally tries to kill Harry.

But Sebastian is still upset.

He never used to have temptation before Harry, and he wants to do away with it.

The Sebastian-and-Carly bit comes back into play quickly.

Sebastian cant bring himself to shoot his wife, and he and Carly end up in a gunfight.

Sebastian is injured, but Carly is killed.

Oh, also, Carly is an AIC member.

And before she dies, she tells Alex that she isnt a terrorist shes just a CIA operative.

Honestly, its a good question.

The Harry versus Sir Lawrence drama comes off as put to bed (for now!)

when Harry finds nothing useful in the NSA documents.

He tells Dayana that hes glad to go, relieved, even.

Alex has to spend the entire challenge/assignment spying on him.

Shes not sure she believes he is just undercover anymore.

Which brings us to something else important: The president has sanctioned the AIC operations.

Lydia tells Ryan as much when he presses her on the motive behind their missions.

He calls Alex to tell her when she is on a surveillance mission with Owen.

(Lydia also tells him that the Parks Department employee isnt dead; that was staged.

This relieves some guilt for Ryan, and I imagine its news Leon would love to hear.)

Owen insists this isnt the work of Lydia or any other high-level operative.

Its being done by an obsessive.

I know what youre thinking: Great.

A new character with a questionable set of motives!

More on that next week, I assume.

Anyway, the warehouse blows up just as someone is trying to enter.

Alex tries to stop him and doesnt get a good look at him before hes consumed in the blast.

The two other major players this week are Will Olsen and Dayana, both of whom become vitally important.

And finally, it appears like Dayana is a ringleader for this underground circuit.

She also says that she needs Alex to go back inside the crisis zone.

She says Alex is the only one she can trust because Dayana is inside.

Questions lingering at the end of episode 12: