Elizabeth McCord doubts Russia’s involvement in the Air Force One attack.
He is literally the reason they did not launch a full-scale attack on Russia.
Is the conflict with Russia over?
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I hope this episode changes that.
Boy, did that turn out to be the wrong decision.
He may as well have winked after he said it.
Maria Ostrov was not going to look weak and promised that Russia will hit back.
So… Maria Ostrov retaliates, because why wouldn’t she?
“We need to retaliate and we need to hit them hard.”
POTUS agrees to let Bess give the speech and she has 24 hours to prepare.
If the speech doesn’t work, there is no hope of negotiations after revealing all of their intel.
We cut back to Henry who drops in on Russell to tell him about Dmitri’s intel.
Bess and Henry are now working together against the clock to find out who was really behind the attack.
Cue Elizabeth McCord’s freak out.
She asks her team to recount everything they know.
They know that Lasco had connections with Russia, Iran, China, and North Korea.
They rule out North Korea and Iran, but China could make sense.
When we come for you, it won’t be with missiles and cyberattacks.
We will repossess you."
I guess this would be a problem for a later episode.
She has Jay quietly collect information on the plane crash and everything begins to unravel.
Henry points out that when he was doing parachute training, the first couple jumps everyone was slightly injured.
Whether it be a a cut, bruise or even sprains and fractures.
He was, of course, Ukrainian.
They decide to keep their men in Ukraine and enforce a no-fly zone over Ukraine.
Russia violates the no-fly zone that night, because why not?
The episode ends with Dalton granting permission to take down the Russian plane.
