- Michael's brother shows up to ask him to help a Russian woman whose sister is being held by Russian mobsters, and Sam tries to work a local agriculture source to find out more information about Michael's handler.
- To Michael's surprise is kid brother, Nate Westen, has a real job, as a limo driver. Nate asks for his help when the limo firm's spicy receptionist Katya's sister Elena, is kidnapped by Takarov's Florida branch of the Russian mob. So Mike plays fellow Russian ex-con Sergei, and Sam a CIA agent agent. Meanwhile Sam poses as an agricultural investor to pump gourmet official Harvey Gunderson for info on Carla's cover.—KGF Vissers
- So, where'd we leave off? After a nice bikini shot to open the show, Michael sat on a park bench examining the classified document that the Pakistani spy, Waseem, had given him last week. Most of it had been redacted, but, as Michael explained, it was like watching a movie on an airplane: "all the juicy parts are missing, but you still get the basic idea."
Michael discovered that Carla -- his new handler -- used "irrigation consultant" as her cover in Kurdistan. He thought she might be using the same cover now. Michael thought he was being tailed by a black Lincoln Town Car, but it turned out to be his brother, Nate, whose presence was going to be a problem.
Nate wanted Michael to help a lady friend of his who was having trouble with some Russian mafia guys. Michael wondered what Nate's "angle" was, whether he wanted money from the girl or wanted to sleep with her, but Nate said he was just trying to change his life around. The woman, Katya, explained that her sister was being smuggled into the country, but the mob boss, Ivan, demanded more money before giving up the girl and threatened to kill her if Katya went to the cops.
Sam got together with Harvey Gunderson, a bigwig in the local agriculture game, to find out if Carla is working as an irrigation consultant in the area.
Later, Michael suggested to Sam that they interrogate Ivan and they sent Fiona out to "bag him." She lured Ivan to her car in a parking lot, while Sam watched, but a scuffle ensued when Fi pulled a Taser on Ivan. He was holding onto Fi's leg when she got a clear chance to zap him, and she did it, knowing full well that she's take the shock. She did, and they both collapsed as Sam ran over.
Michael and Sam set up an elaborate interrogation area and Sam proceeded to squeeze him for information. In order to convince Ivan that his "cell" was real, Sam asked Michael to move in with Ivan. That required Michael getting beaten a bit to make it look real, and Fi was happy to oblige. Nate even got a punch in. Michael moved into the cel with Ivan and convinced him he was Russian and got Ivan to talk about his human trafficking organization.
Ivan wasn't budging after even more interrogation from Sam and Michael later got Ivan to tell him that he's the only person who knows where the safe house containing the smuggled girls is, and that his men know to kill anyone but him who goes there. They also are instructed to kill the girls in the safe house if they haven't heard from him by Friday. Michael hatched a plan to help Ivan escape from the cell, hoping he'd get back to the safe house.
Michael's mom pleaded with him to be kinder to Nate. She said Nate's troubles first started when Michael left for the spy game. Back in the cell, Michael staged an elaborate fight with Nate, who posed as their captor. After breaking free and pretending to shoot Nate, Michael and Ivan headed to the safe house, where a dozen, or so, girls were waiting. After convincing Ivan to trust him to move the girls to another safe house, Michael got Ivan to run to the bosses, who weren't pleased to hear that Ivan had talked to the CIA. His day wasn't going to end well. Meanwhile, Michael, Fi and Sam took care of Ivan's thugs and freed the captured girls.
It turned out Carla's cover in Miami was that she was irrigation specialist. Imagine that! All they had was a business card that included a P.O. Box, so Michael and Fi sat and waited to see who'd come to pick up the mail. And they waited. And they waited...
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