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Someone needs to take the reins of the I.R.K. government,

someone who believes in the same ideals and principles as Omar Hassan...

and who shares his strength.

If it is the will of my people,

I will take my husband's place at the peace conference.

Did you find him, President Taylor... The man who killed my father?

Samir Mehran. Yes.

He was badly wounded, but he'll live to stand trial.

I took care of him.

So there is no connection to us. We're in the clear.

Maybe not. There was a woman there who might have recognized me.

What woman? She may be C.T.U.

I'm not sure, but I've seen her face before.

Once again, Mr. Novakovich,

you're giving every indication that Russia has no interest in this peace accord.

I don't understand how you can believe that installing Hassan's widow...

will alleviate our concerns about the instability of the I.R.K. government.

I have close friends in Moscow.

Do you honestly think your relationships can change their minds?

Let's just say I'm going to be able to exercise some leverage.

Jack thinks that someone inside of C.T.U. is working for the terrorists.

I spoke to Hastings. He cleared me through, Jim.

- Stay where you are and keep your hands where I can...

She just entered the parking garage.

- - Who are you, you lying bitch?

Don't move.

- -

Renee. Renee!

- -

- Come on. Come on. -

You were on the phone with her right before she got shot. What were you talking about?

Samir Mehran was given a lethal injection at the scene of his capture.

Renee thought she recognized one of the E.M.T.'s

from her days undercover with the Russian mob.

I... I gotta get back to you.

I'm sorry. She didn't make it.

Sir?

Sir, I'm so sorry, but we need to move her now.

Sir, are you the husband of the deceased?

- No. - Well, we need to contact her next of kin.

Can you help us with that?

Do you know where her parents live?

Are they alive?

I-I don't know.

Sir, are you gonna be all right?

I don't know if these will fit. I got them from an intern.

Thank you.

Yeah.

Jack, I heard about Renee. I'm so sorry.

What can I do to help? Tell me who did this.

You told me earlier Renee thought she recognized someone...

at Hassan's crime scene... an E.M.T.?

Let us deal with that.

We have everyone here working on it.

Don't try and handle me, Chloe.

Not now. Who did she see?

She thought she recognized somebody...

from the Russian mob, Red Square.

Bazhaev's group? Right.

I want to talk to him.

Like I said, I'm already on it.

He's in custody somewhere, Chloe.

I brought him in myself. Where is he?

There's something that you need to know.

Division replaced Hastings with me.

That means I'm responsible for what happens to Bazhaev.

I know you're upset about Renee. So am I.

But Bazhaev's our only lead. I need whoever talks to him to be in complete control.

I don't think that's you right now.

I won't interfere with your investigation.

You think you can stick to that? I give you my word.

Chloe, I'm gonna ask you one more time. Where is he?

He's in federal court downtown. He's being arraigned right now.

Plan was for this chamber to be full by now.

Ethan, what in the world are you doing here? You should be resting.

- Doctor said it was my call. - Ethan.

I'm fine.

I was thinking, Madam President...

Our discussion about enlisting Charles Logan...

It's done. You've contacted him already?

He's on his way to talk to the Russian foreign minister.

That was fast.

The Russians were about to announce that they were pulling out of the talks.

I didn't see a lot of options.

So, what's his angle?

Madam President, you said he's on his way to talk to Novakovich.

How does he intend to get the Russians to stay?

I assume he uncovered something in his business dealings with them.

- But you don't know what it is? - Not exactly.

Madam President, he's operating in your name.

Shouldn't we find out?

I agreed I wouldn't.

"Don't ask, don't tell" was the price for Logan's cooperation.

Mikhail!

Mr. President.

The Russian people join you in mourning President Hassan.

His death was... a tragedy for all peace-loving nations.

You can save your platitudes.

- You want the truth. - Why not, for a change?

Espresso. Sir.

I assume President Taylor sent you here...

to bring my country back to the bargaining table.

She is going to be disappointed.

President Taylor lured the whole world here...

with the promise that Hassan had united the I.R.K.,

that there would be peace for the first time in decades.

Well, now it is clear that was a lie.

There was no unity even with Hassan, and now that he is gone...

His widow, Dalia, can pick up the mantle.

Not in our estimation.

Hassan was undone by his own opposition.

How could his widow possibly succeed where he failed?

'Cause we both know the opposition that undid him had outside help.

Nuclear threats,

assassination plots against a heavily guarded head of state...

This was not some third world malcontents lashing out.

This was a highly organized effort...

orchestrated by a major rival to the United States,

a rival convinced that their best interest...

was to stop the peace process by killing Hassan.

- If you are insinuating... - Insinuating, no.

I'm saying it was people inside your government...

First among them, you.

That is an outrageous accusation.

It's a fact for which I have proof.

I don't believe you. Well, that's your right.

But I'll tell you this. You don't want to test me.

Because what I have, I will share with President Taylor...

if you and I fail to come to an understanding here.

Espresso, sir.

At this point, President Taylor knows nothing about any of this.

I didn't see what good could come out of inflaming...

the situation between our countries further,

not without talking to you first.

And now I have.

The president's expecting me at the U.N. I need to go.

And what will you tell her? What I would like to tell her...

is that Russia is back at the table and her peace process is on track.

But if neither of us hears from you before I get there,

I'm afraid what I'll have to tell her instead is the unvarnished truth.

Sergei "Bazayoff."

Bazhaev, Your Honor. We'd like to waive reading.

I'm sure you would, given the charges here.

I can tell you right now, I'm gonna deny bail.

Judge Ruffin, Sergei Bazhaev is a

businessman with deep ties to this community.

- He's a foreign national. - That's true, Your Honor,

but he has lived in this country continuously since 1985.

His entire family lives here.

In fact, several members of his family are represented in court today...

His wife, daughter-in-law, grandson...

For whom, incidentally, he is the sole means of support.

According to the charges, he's their sole support...

because he killed the boy's father, not to mention the other counts...

Trafficking in nuclear materials, assassination, conspiracy.

Like I said, I'm gonna deny bail.

I'm remanding him to Marion immediately.

Your Honor, may I have five minutes with my client, please?

Fine. You have five minutes. Court will recess for 30 minutes.

Clear the courtroom, please.

My client would like to have a word with you.

If you touch my family, I swear to God, I...

You're not really sitting in the right chair to be making threats.

Who shot Renee Walker?

I don't know that name.

She was a former F.B.I. agent. Approximately six years ago,

she worked undercover in your organization.

Earlier today, she recognized one of your men as Red Square.

There is no Red Square. Not anymore.

Let me explain myself.

This agent, Renee Walker...

I considered her to be my family.

So take a long, hard look into my eyes...

and realize that I will have no problem...

taking out each member of yours...

before they even get home today...

unless I get the information I want.

Whoever killed her had nothing to do with me.

Enjoy your time at Marion.

I'll tell your wife and your daughter-in-law you said hello.

Wait. Wait!

If I tell you, they'll kill my family anyway.

We'll provide them with witness protection. I give you my word.

Moscow.

The Russian government. They're behind it, not me.

Everything that happened today, all of it, was them.

Who inside the government? I don't know.

What do you mean, you don't know? You're talking about 100,000 people.

I need names. I don't know names.

They never let me get close.

The woman working with them arranged everything. What woman?

The one they planted at C.T.U.

Dana Walsh.

Sir, let's go.

You promised.

You promised.

Nerve-racking, isn't it... waiting?

I only saw Novakovich's face, sir,

but you definitely had his attention.

Hmm.