Elizabeth and Russell team up to take down Craig Sterling.
This episode served as the calm before the storm.
Yes, there was drama, but the real drama is bubbling up and going to explode next week.
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At the very end of this episode we got a glimpse of whats coming… and its intense.
I think it would be a wonderful thing to bring that back in various episodes.
I also really liked their fancy secret meeting place.
The plan begins when Admiral Ellen Hill (Joanna Day) announces that shes retiring.
However Russell manages to convince Sterling that hes on his side and says he doesnt want another scandal.
He even tells Sterling that he doesnt like Secretary McCord.
Sterling says that he will vet Reeves and then decide whether hes worth backing or not.
Russell meets up with Mike B. and Bess in a secret meeting spot to talk about their plan.
Basically their plan revolves around Sterling taking their bait and recommending Reeves.
Spooked, Parisi shows up at Sterlings gym and warns him that Mike B. was poking around.
After Sterling officially backs Reeves, the plan is set in motion.
Mike taps a Chronicle employee, Vanessa, and leaks that Reeves bribed Sterling.
so you can hide the evidence that he conspired with Parisi, Sterling sheds his planner.
They have officially found the man who hacked into Air Force One.
Although there isnt proof yet, Dalton says he wants strike options on his desk.
Meanwhile, Dmitri is officially headed to Moscow, and hes terrified.
Henry assures him that he will do everything in his power to keep him safe.
What does this mean exactly?
Dmitri pays a prostitute to use her phone and tells Henry hes alive and has intel.
Russell gets a call from the Pentagon and confirms that Russia hired Lasco to hack Air Force One.
He says that it will be an act they will never forget.
The episode ends with Secretary McCord speaking with the Russian Ambassador.
The United States maintains its right to retaliate when we deem it necessary.
Tonight, we deem it necessary.
At that moment Russia goes dark and Dmitri is stuck on a train trying to flee the country.
