It finally addresses head on the issue of Tom Keens maybe-mommy Scottie and not-dead-dad Howard.
Tom can really only be sure of one thing: He is being manipulated bysomeone.
This episode seeks, with varying degrees of success, to figure out who is manipulating him most.
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The beginning, however, is… not so fun.
Bishop says its a pretty regular practice for the OST, DOE, CDC, etc.
Yeah, well hes goingrealdeep on that idea this week.
He just has toquicklystop a band of thieves 36,000 feet in the air with his good pal Solomon.
He hisses back, I cant let you do this.
So, these two are probably up to something.
NEXT:Caaaaan you check a shotgun to Beijing?
He quickly finds the jamming equipment and crushes it, putting him back in touch with DuMont and Co.
It turns out five of the six guys wreaking havoc upstairs are ex-Navy SEALs who all trained together.
Solomon regains consciousness just as the men are suiting up in parachutes.
That leaves everyone still on the plane in a pretty precarious position.
I appreciated his response to DuMont telling him he would have to land the plane himself: Are youserious?
Even super-spy Tom Keen has a limit to his skills.
Back in the office, this is Toms chance to get into Scotties office.
Not great security, Scottie.
Indeed, the file is exactly where Howard told him it would be, with the keyword FALCON.
But Tom finds something else, too: artwork by little Christopher with his handprint on it.
The handprint is fresh on Toms mind when he shows up at Howards apartment to give him the keyword.
And when he does, Howard pulls out the key book, which is… a comic book.
But once Howard applies FALCON to the comic book and the coded message, the message is nonsense.
Somethings not right, its always worked before.
He storms out with plans to tell Scottie the truth.
Now, I am an unabashed Solomon fan, so this scene was just a treat.
But when it came time to pay up, she couldnt.
So she prayed and she prayed: But that woman could pray!
One bullet to temple…
I was 13 and Wilbanks was the first man that I ever killed.
NEXT:Loves got him looking so crazy right now…
But that will have to wait.
Thats when we see Braddock, the guy she had the altercation with earlier, enter the picture.
They hand him a gun, he goes in the room with Jennifer, and we hear a gunshot.
As it turns out, they didnt know the other men, but they did know each other.
As part of her job with the CIA, Jennifer was attached to Braddocks Ranger unit.
They had an affair, and she had to get a restraining order against him.
Yikes, you guys, this episode really runs the gamut of awful situations.
They arrive just as shes hit Braddock over the head with an oar and taken off.
Nez finds her hiding, but Braddock knocks her out from behind and takes off with Jennifer.
Tom finds them, but Braddock knocks his gun out away, so they go hand-to-hand.
And Braddock isjustabout to choke Tom out completely when Jennifer picks up Toms gun and shoots Braddock.
Now go get some rest; youve been through a lot.
Speaking of emotional trauma: Tom.
He goes into Scotties office once hes returned to admit that he hasnt been completely honest with her.
Somebody told me that you werent to be trusted, he says.
And because of that I havent really been myself.
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