While Annie runs the extraction of a Chinese scientist named Shen Yue who is willing to defect, she runs into complications and is forced to make a difficult choice.
Annie learns that her college professor Mark Ramsay was secretly working for the CIA when he was killed tracking a Pakistani spy ring. The CIA asks Annie to find the missing intel using her connection to Ramsay's widow Safia.
When a covert CIA operative and friend of Joan's gets caught up in a hostage crisis in Mexico, Annie and Joan are sent to assess the situation under the cover of being a news team. But when Arthur decides that they need additional backup, he sends Ben Mercer to assist them.
Auggie is aided by a flight attendant (Rebecca Mader) while on his vacation to the international jazz festival in Istanbul. His trip turns into a mission when he inadvertently records the voice of the man who injured him during the war in Afghanistan.
Martian exploits a means to an end. A call to Antwerp pays dividends.
Bosko briefs the State Dept. as Martian questions Naomi's objectivity.
Martian and Owen debrief Coyote. Bosko pressures Henry.
Colin Lane, Anisa Nandaula and Tom Cashman step up, all gunning to snatch the throne from the carry-over champ, while battling a terrible bartender, baffling smells, and the world's fastest game of blackjack.