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* DramaticGunCock: Fiona with her shotgun, twice in rapid succession, making less sense than usual with this trope since she would be ejecting the round she loaded the first time.
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-->'''Michael:''' In the spy trade, it's a bad idea to keep photographs [{{beat}}] unless the people in them are already dead.
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* DiesWideOpen: Michael closes Victor's eyes for him after giving him a MercyKill.
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* MercyKill: Victor knows if Management takes him alive "they'll take me apart". He asks Michael to do it. Michael does.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: The plan to take out Carla hinges on blackmailing her with her off-the-books jobs, because her superiors don't like that... they're an entire off the books ''criminal intelligence organization''.
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* CoolCar: Maddie and Sam steal Maddie's neighbor's car, a classic cherry red Buick.
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* CoolCar: CoolCar:
** Michael and Victor peel out of the parking garage in a stolen ''corvette''.
** Maddie and Sam steal Maddie's neighbor's car, a classic cherry red Buick.
** Michael and Victor peel out of the parking garage in a stolen ''corvette''.
** Maddie and Sam steal Maddie's neighbor's car, a classic cherry red Buick.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: The plan to take out Carla hinges on blackmailing her with her off-the-books jobs, because her superiors don't like that... they're an entire off the books ''criminal intelligence organization''.
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* KillEmAll: Victor's initial plan. He wanted to burn the entire organization to the ground after he found out they were behind his family's deaths.
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* DespairEventHorizon: Michael teeters on the edge of it after he shoots Victor. His eyes are full of tears, he briefly taps the barrel of the gun against his temple, contemplating suicide... Bruce Campbell in the commentary is in awe of Donovan's performance.
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* ProductPlacement: On Star makes its return, paying for another awesome finale and getting Michael to a hardware store while avoiding traffic and government buildings.
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* AndSomeOtherStuff: The TropeNamer episode!
-->'''Victor:''' None of that burns hot enough to do any damage.\\
'''Michael:''' It does if you mix in ethylene dioxide and some other stuff.
-->'''Victor:''' None of that burns hot enough to do any damage.\\
'''Michael:''' It does if you mix in ethylene dioxide and some other stuff.
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* CarChaseShootOut: Michael and Victor get into a car chase against some of Carla's [[TheMenInBlack suits]]. Michael fires behind them to discourage pursuit, resorting to firing ''under'' the other car to ricochet bullets up through the floorboards. The agent isn't discouraged, so Michael {{MacGyver|ing}}s a makeshift incendiary grenade out of [[AndSomeOtherStuff Some Other Stuff]] in his glovebox. The agent [[DeadlyDodging dodges into a pile of dirt]] and flips his car.
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* VillainRespect: Victor to Michael and Fiona.
** After Michael pulls his AndSomeOtherStuff gambit to scare off one agent:
--->'''Victor:''' ''(grinning)'' I like you. Have I ever told you that?
** Michael and Victor drive down a street where Fiona has rigged bombs on several cars to block their pursuers. Afterwards, she pulls up next to them in her car, grinning from ear to ear.
--->'''Victor:''' ''(utterly gobsmacked)'' ''Where'' did you meet ''her?''
** After Michael pulls his AndSomeOtherStuff gambit to scare off one agent:
--->'''Victor:''' ''(grinning)'' I like you. Have I ever told you that?
** Michael and Victor drive down a street where Fiona has rigged bombs on several cars to block their pursuers. Afterwards, she pulls up next to them in her car, grinning from ear to ear.
--->'''Victor:''' ''(utterly gobsmacked)'' ''Where'' did you meet ''her?''
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Apparently Carla's go-to response to problems. As Michael surmises, she would send a black ops team to deal with a parking ticket. This is part of the team's blackmail gambit against her - her superiors don't appreciate a lack of subtlety, and they ''really'' wouldn't appreciate [[YouHaveFailedMe her using organization resources for off-the-books jobs.]]
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Apparently Carla's go-to response to problems. As problems: Michael surmises, she comments upon reading Victor's files that "she would send a black ops team to deal with a parking ticket. ticket." This is part of the team's blackmail gambit against her - her superiors don't appreciate a lack of subtlety, and they ''really'' wouldn't appreciate [[YouHaveFailedMe her using organization resources for off-the-books jobs.]]
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* HiddenInPlainSight: Once Sam and Maddie lose their immediate pursuers, Maddie gets out of the car, planning to blend into a crowd of retirees in order to free Sam up to go help Michael.
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* DualWielding: Sam, briefly. [[RealityEnsues He doesn't hit anything, but he wasn't trying to.]]
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* DualWielding: Sam, briefly. [[RealityEnsues He doesn't hit anything, but he wasn't trying to.]]
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* WhamEpisode: Two major characters are dead and the episode ends with a major change to the status quo.
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* VillainousBreakdown: Carla is ''really'' starting to lose it by the time Fiona shoots her: when she sees Management's helicopter coming, her voice goes from keeping her cool to outright screaming at Michael over the phone in the space of about a minute.
* WhamEpisode: Two major characters are dead and the episode ends with a major change to the statusquo.quo.
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* WhamEpisode: Two major characters are dead and the episode ends with a major change to the status
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* AlasPoorVillain: Honestly, despite everything that Victor has done, it's hard not to feel bad for him after learning his past.
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* AlasPoorVillain: Honestly, despite everything that Victor has done, it's hard not to feel bad for him after learning his past. Michael is clearly torn up about it when he's forced to MercyKill him.
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* [[EvilCannotComprehendGood Formerly Good Cannot Comprehend Good Isn't Evil]]: Victor legitimately doesn't understand until it's spelled out for him that Michael isn't planning on turning him in to Carla even if it means getting his life back. Or that Michael isn't willingly working for Carla.
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* [[EvilCannotComprehendGood Formerly Good Cannot Comprehend Good Isn't Evil]]: EliteAgentsAboveTheLaw: {{Discussed}}: Victor theorizes this is how the [[NebulousEvilOrganization burned spies organization]] got started: "Somebody runs an operation off the books. It's supposed to be a one-time thing but when it's over, there's power to be had. Takes on a life of its own."
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Victor legitimately doesn't understand until it's spelled out for him that Michael isn't planning on turning him in to Carla even if it means getting his life back. Or that Michael isn't willingly working for Carla.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Victor legitimately doesn't understand until it's spelled out for him that Michael isn't planning on turning him in to Carla even if it means getting his life back. Or that Michael isn't willingly working for Carla.
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-->'''Fiona:''' Who knew you could feel this bad for a psychopath on the edge of sanity.
-->'''Michael:''' People don't get there on their own, Fi. Being under Carla's thumb- it's a strain.
-->'''Fiona:''' You've done okay.
-->'''Michael:''' I haven't lost everybody I care about.
-->'''Michael:''' People don't get there on their own, Fi. Being under Carla's thumb- it's a strain.
-->'''Fiona:''' You've done okay.
-->'''Michael:''' I haven't lost everybody I care about.
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-->'''Fiona:''' Who knew you could feel this bad for a psychopath on the edge of sanity.
-->'''Michael:'''sanity.\\
'''Michael:''' People don't get there on their own, Fi. Being under Carla'sthumb- it's thumb--it's a strain.
-->'''Fiona:'''strain.\\
'''Fiona:''' You've doneokay.
-->'''Michael:'''okay.\\
'''Michael:''' I haven't lost everybody I care about.
-->'''Michael:'''
'''Michael:''' People don't get there on their own, Fi. Being under Carla's
-->'''Fiona:'''
'''Fiona:''' You've done
-->'''Michael:'''
'''Michael:''' I haven't lost everybody I care about.
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* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Carla:
** First when she suspects Victor for being off the grid, she has her agents set up a perimeter at Michael's last known location.
** Then she is able to find the safe house where Victor's insurance is.
** Finally she has the local marinas searched. finds Victor's boat, wires it with C4, and just waits for him and Michael to return.
** First when she suspects Victor for being off the grid, she has her agents set up a perimeter at Michael's last known location.
** Then she is able to find the safe house where Victor's insurance is.
** Finally she has the local marinas searched. finds Victor's boat, wires it with C4, and just waits for him and Michael to return.
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* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Carla:
** First when she suspects Victor for being off the grid, she has her agents set up a perimeter at Michael's last known location.
** Then she is able to find the safe house where Victor's insurance is.
** Finally she has the local marinas searched. finds Victor's boat, wires it with C4, and just waits for him and Michael to return.
** First when she suspects Victor for being off the grid, she has her agents set up a perimeter at Michael's last known location.
** Then she is able to find the safe house where Victor's insurance is.
** Finally she has the local marinas searched. finds Victor's boat, wires it with C4, and just waits for him and Michael to return.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Sam sternly refuses Maddie's offer for a beer, which makes Maddie realize:
-->'''Maddie:''' This ''is'' serious.
-->'''Maddie:''' This ''is'' serious.
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* SympathyForTheDevil: Victor is as crazy as he is because he lost his wife and 4-year-old son thanks to Carla. Lampshaded by Fiona.
-->'''Fiona:''' Who knew you could feel this bad for a psychopath on the brink of insanity?
-->'''Fiona:''' Who knew you could feel this bad for a psychopath on the brink of insanity?
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* SympathyForTheDevil: Victor is as crazy as he is because he lost his wife and 4-year-old son thanks to Carla. Lampshaded by Fiona.
Fiona and Michael:
-->'''Fiona:''' Who knew you could feel this bad for a psychopath on thebrink edge of insanity?sanity.
-->'''Michael:''' People don't get there on their own, Fi. Being under Carla's thumb- it's a strain.
-->'''Fiona:''' You've done okay.
-->'''Michael:''' I haven't lost everybody I care about.
-->'''Fiona:''' Who knew you could feel this bad for a psychopath on the
-->'''Michael:''' People don't get there on their own, Fi. Being under Carla's thumb- it's a strain.
-->'''Fiona:''' You've done okay.
-->'''Michael:''' I haven't lost everybody I care about.
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-->"All your old enemies from your spy days, where do you think they've been? Did they just forget about you or has someone been keeping them at bay?"
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-->"All your old enemies from your spy days, all the people who have scores to settle with Michael Westen? where do you think they've been? Did they just forget about you or has someone been keeping them at bay?"
* BondOneLiner: ''"Finally."''
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: "You have no idea what Hell will rain down if we stop looking out for you!"
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* DualWielding: Sam, briefly. [[RealityEnsues He doesn't hit anything, but he wasn't trying to.]]
* [[EvilCannotComprehendGood Formerly Good Cannot Comprehend Good Isn't Evil]]: Victor legitimately doesn't understand until it's spelled out for him that Michael isn't planning on turning him in to Carla even if it means getting his life back. Or that Michael isn't willingly working for Carla.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: "You have no idea what Hell will rain down if we stoplooking watching out for you!"you!"
* ItHasBeenAnHonor: Victor to Michael. "Good playing with you, sport."
* [[EvilCannotComprehendGood Formerly Good Cannot Comprehend Good Isn't Evil]]: Victor legitimately doesn't understand until it's spelled out for him that Michael isn't planning on turning him in to Carla even if it means getting his life back. Or that Michael isn't willingly working for Carla.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: "You have no idea what Hell will rain down if we stop
* ItHasBeenAnHonor: Victor to Michael. "Good playing with you, sport."
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* KillEmAll: Victor's initial plan. He wanted to burn the entire organization to the ground after he found out they were behind his family's deaths.
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* TragicKeepsake: Victor has photos and clippings about his dead family. It's all he has left of them.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Apparently Carla's go-to response to problems. As Michael surmises, she would send a black ops team to deal with a parking ticket. This is part of the team's blackmail gambit against her - her superiors don't appreciate a lack of subtlety, and they ''really'' wouldn't appreciate [[YouHaveFailedMe her using organization resources for off-the-books jobs.]]
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* NowOrNeverKiss: Fi lays one on Michael. "It's not goodbye, it's just...in case." Then she smacks him across the face, telling him that's a reminder to be careful.
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* CoolCar: Maddie and Sam steal Maddie's neighbor's car, a classic cherry red Buick.
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* MamaBear: Maddie sends Sam back after Michael, noting that if there's one thing a woman her age can do in Miami, it's blend in.
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* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Carla shows just how good she is in this episode:
** She runs surveillance and checks in with her operatives, and when Victor has been off the grid long enough, she sets up a perimeter around Michael's last known location.
** She finds the safehouse where Victor's "insurance policy" is, despite him going to great lengths to make sure she couldn't.
** Finally, she has the local marinas searched, finds Victor's getaway boat, wires it with C4, and waits with a sniper for Michael and Victor to show up.
** She runs surveillance and checks in with her operatives, and when Victor has been off the grid long enough, she sets up a perimeter around Michael's last known location.
** She finds the safehouse where Victor's "insurance policy" is, despite him going to great lengths to make sure she couldn't.
** Finally, she has the local marinas searched, finds Victor's getaway boat, wires it with C4, and waits with a sniper for Michael and Victor to show up.
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* AlasPoorVillain: Honestly, despite everything that Victor has done, it's hard not to feel bad for him after learning his past.
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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Victor knows that he will be tortured to death if the Organization gets him, so he tells Michael to kill him.
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* CrazyPrepared: Victor. He booby trapped the cabin of his boat with a claymore mine, he made a file of damning enough evidence against Carla to earn her a "retirement bullet," he stored said file at one of multiple safehouses he set up - though Carla still finds the one where it is - and instead of hiding the file inside, he hid it in a fake utility box nearby, which even impresses Michael.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Carla shows just how good she is in this episode:
** She runs surveillance and checks in with her operatives, and when Victor has been off the grid long enough, she sets up a perimeter around Michael's last known location.
** She finds the safehouse where Victor's "insurance policy" is, despite him going to great lengths to make sure she couldn't.
** Finally, she has the local marinas searched, finds Victor's getaway boat, wires it with C4, and waits with a sniper for Michael and Victor to show up.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Carla shows just how good she is in this episode:
** She runs surveillance and checks in with her operatives, and when Victor has been off the grid long enough, she sets up a perimeter around Michael's last known location.
** She finds the safehouse where Victor's "insurance policy" is, despite him going to great lengths to make sure she couldn't.
** Finally, she has the local marinas searched, finds Victor's getaway boat, wires it with C4, and waits with a sniper for Michael and Victor to show up.
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* SympathyForTheDevil: Victor is as crazy as he is because he lost his wife and 4-year-old son thanks to Carla. Lampshaded by Fiona.
-->'''Fiona:''' Who knew you could feel this bad for a psychopath on the brink of insanity?
-->'''Fiona:''' Who knew you could feel this bad for a psychopath on the brink of insanity?
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Michael jumps and starts swimming back to Miami.
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Michael jumps and starts swimming back to Miami.Miami.
!Tropes
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Management has one for Michael:
-->"All your old enemies from your spy days, where do you think they've been? Did they just forget about you or has someone been keeping them at bay?"
* {{Cliffhanger}}: Michael opts to take his chances, but his narration acknowledges that he's truly out in the cold and more vulnerable than ever.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: "You have no idea what Hell will rain down if we stop looking out for you!"
* KilledOffForReal: Victor and Carla.
* SadisticChoice: Take Carla's position in the Organization or demand they stay out of his life (knowing that will leave him open to all sorts of old enemies). Michael chooses the latter.
* WhamEpisode: Two major characters are dead and the episode ends with a major change to the status quo.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Management has one for Michael:
-->"All your old enemies from your spy days, where do you think they've been? Did they just forget about you or has someone been keeping them at bay?"
* {{Cliffhanger}}: Michael opts to take his chances, but his narration acknowledges that he's truly out in the cold and more vulnerable than ever.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: "You have no idea what Hell will rain down if we stop looking out for you!"
* KilledOffForReal: Victor and Carla.
* SadisticChoice: Take Carla's position in the Organization or demand they stay out of his life (knowing that will leave him open to all sorts of old enemies). Michael chooses the latter.
* WhamEpisode: Two major characters are dead and the episode ends with a major change to the status quo.
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Fi and Mike check out Victor's boat and find proof of his story. Meanwhile Victor warns Sam Carla is sure to find out he is working with Mike and rain down hell upon them all. Mike comes back and sends Sam to protect his Mum and Fi to act normally to try and prevent Carla getting suspicious. Then he and Victor try and escape. They end up stealing a car and having Fi detonate several vehicles on a prearranged street to escape.
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Fi and Mike check out Victor's boat and find proof of his story. Meanwhile Victor warns Sam Carla is sure to find out he is working with Mike and rain down hell upon them all. Mike comes back and sends Sam to protect his Mum and Mum. He asks Fi to act normally to try and prevent Carla getting suspicious. Then he and Victor try and escape. They end up stealing a car and having Fi detonate several vehicles on a prearranged street to escape.
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So Michael now has Victor as a captive. After trying to get Carla to back off Michael gets Victor to explain his actions. Victor was burned and had his family killed by Carla so he's been attacking the organisation from the inside.
Fi and Mike check out Victor's boat and find proof of his story. Meanwhile Victor warns Sam Carla is sure to find out he is working with Mike and rain down hell upon them all. Mike comes back and sends Sam to protect his Mum and Fi to act normally to try and prevent Carla getting suspicious. Then he and Victor try and escape. They end up stealing a car and having Fi detonate several vehicles on a prearranged street to escape.
Meanwhile Sam isn't able to persuade Madeline to leave in time and they end up having to blow up her sun room to sneak past the men outside her house with guns. They sneak off in a borrowed Buick and Madeline persuades Sam to ditch her and go help Michael. Sam finds Fi after Michael has said goodbye to her and they decide to go back to the Marina and help Mike.
Then they steal Victor's evidence of Carla's dirty deeds from a fake utility box under the nose of Carla's security guards. They plan to head to Cuba using Victor's boat and then call in the higher ups of the Burn Notice organisation to deal with Carla. Unfortunately Carla is at the marina and shoots Victor in the chest. She warns Michael that he can either kill Victor and help her lie to Management or she'll blow the boat up. She's about to press the button when Fi kills her.
Victor then tells Michael his only shot is to pretend Victor and Carla were rogue operatives and he killed them. Michael doesn't want to give up on saving Victor but Victor points out either way he's finished. Michael shoots him in the chest and after a moment puts on his game face and heads out to the helicopter to meet Management (aka Martin Crane). Management asks what he wants and he says he wants to be left alone. Management opens the helicopter door and tells Michael that's the way out then.
Michael jumps and starts swimming back to Miami.
Fi and Mike check out Victor's boat and find proof of his story. Meanwhile Victor warns Sam Carla is sure to find out he is working with Mike and rain down hell upon them all. Mike comes back and sends Sam to protect his Mum and Fi to act normally to try and prevent Carla getting suspicious. Then he and Victor try and escape. They end up stealing a car and having Fi detonate several vehicles on a prearranged street to escape.
Meanwhile Sam isn't able to persuade Madeline to leave in time and they end up having to blow up her sun room to sneak past the men outside her house with guns. They sneak off in a borrowed Buick and Madeline persuades Sam to ditch her and go help Michael. Sam finds Fi after Michael has said goodbye to her and they decide to go back to the Marina and help Mike.
Then they steal Victor's evidence of Carla's dirty deeds from a fake utility box under the nose of Carla's security guards. They plan to head to Cuba using Victor's boat and then call in the higher ups of the Burn Notice organisation to deal with Carla. Unfortunately Carla is at the marina and shoots Victor in the chest. She warns Michael that he can either kill Victor and help her lie to Management or she'll blow the boat up. She's about to press the button when Fi kills her.
Victor then tells Michael his only shot is to pretend Victor and Carla were rogue operatives and he killed them. Michael doesn't want to give up on saving Victor but Victor points out either way he's finished. Michael shoots him in the chest and after a moment puts on his game face and heads out to the helicopter to meet Management (aka Martin Crane). Management asks what he wants and he says he wants to be left alone. Management opens the helicopter door and tells Michael that's the way out then.
Michael jumps and starts swimming back to Miami.
