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Directed by Creator/JoeLazarov
Written by Creator/TomGarrigus, Creator/PierluigiCothran, Creator/PatrickCunnane, & Creator/TraceyRice
Written by Creator/TomGarrigus, Creator/PierluigiCothran, Creator/PatrickCunnane, & Creator/TraceyRice
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Kirkman's administration and the FBI race against time to find the dirty bomb on American soil before it goes off.
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!!Tropes in this episode:
* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: Kirkman and Darby share a quiet chat in the bunker amidst the hectic search for the bomb.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Discussed by Kirkman and his new vice-president, Ellenor Darby. Turns out that he nominated her for Vice-President based in part on the fact that she didn't [[TheStarscream actively have designs on the Oval Office]].
* TheAtoner: Director Forstell has become this, holding himself responsible for Alex Kirkman's death.
* BackForTheDead: FBI Director Forstell hasn't been seen since his investigation into Alex Kirkman and her family came to an abortive end, and he dies at the end of the episode.
* {{Cliffhanger}}[=/=]SequelHook: The episode ends with Kirkman ordering a military strike on targets in Kunami.
* CommutingOnABus: Andrea Frost reappears, this time to employ her firm's proprietary software to seek out those responsible for the bomb.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Kirkman's administration worries that striking Kunami is this. Kirkman orders it anyways.
* DownerEnding: The bomb goes off, killing Director Forstell and several FBI agents, and Kirkman orders a military strike on Kunami in response.
* EvilCounterpart: Lyor's EvilBrit former colleague, Greg Bowen, shows up again in the service of Chairman Kim.
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Agent Wells calls up Forstell as soon as she deduces that the real bomb is inside a DC Metro station. Mere seconds later, it goes off.
* FrameUp: Turns out that Kunami is framing East Hun Chiu for the bomb threat, to scuttle the peace negotiations with West Hun Chiu and keep the two nations on a war footing, to in turn preserve several billion dollars in arms deals for Kunami.
* HeroicSacrifice: Several FBI agents are killed when the bomb goes off in a DC Metro station, along with Director Forstell, who charged in to get them out.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Agent Wells and her partner find the bomb maker, but he is already dead from the radiation poisoning.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Director Forstell and President Kirkman have this understanding over Forstell's prosecution of the FBI investigation.
* InspectorJavert: Agent Wells gets more and more belligerent at Joon Kim as he keeps his silence.
* NumberTwo: The episode confirms that Ellenor Darby has officially become the new Vice-President after being nominated by Kirkman.
* {{Qurac}}: The emirate of Kunami shows up again.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: A subplot deals with Director Forstell trying to apologize to Tom for his investigation into the First Lady's family which indirectly led to Alex Kirkman's death. He succeeds, but then promptly dies in the explosion of the dirty bomb.
* RedHerring:
** When Chairman Kim's son Joon goes missing, it's assumed that he's involved with an East Hun Chiuan plot. Turns out that he tried to seek out [[IHaveYourWife his girlfriend]].
** The first bomb the FBI finds is a pipe bomb with minimal explosive power and none of the missing radioactive material. This leads Agent Wells, her partner, and the rest of the FBI to search for wherever the ''real'' bomb went.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Andrea Frost's firm's proprietary data-mining software, L.Y.R.A., is a clear allegory for Facebook and other corporations or government agencies which have prominently been doing the same thing.
* SpottingTheThread:
** IntrepidReporter Simon Day and other members of the Press Corps manage to deduce that a crisis is afoot when Kirkman and much of his administration are nowhere to be found all at once (being hustled to the White House bunker) and the Speaker of the House is away.
** [[PlayfulHacker Chuck Russink]] does this again, figuring out the route that the bomb maker's van took to drop off the bomb.
---> '''Chuck:''' Suck it, L.Y.R.A.[[note]]Andrea Frost's proprietary data-mining technology[[/note]]
* WarForFunAndProfit: Kunami is manufacturing a pretext to keep East and West Hun Chiu at war to preserve billions of dollars in arms deals for Kunami interests.
* YouAreTooLate: Chuck Russink, Agent Wells and Wells' new partner deduce that the bomb has been taken to a DC Metro station and inform Director Forstell, but it goes off as Forstell runs into the station to extract his agents.
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!!Tropes in this episode:
* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: Kirkman and Darby share a quiet chat in the bunker amidst the hectic search for the bomb.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Discussed by Kirkman and his new vice-president, Ellenor Darby. Turns out that he nominated her for Vice-President based in part on the fact that she didn't [[TheStarscream actively have designs on the Oval Office]].
* TheAtoner: Director Forstell has become this, holding himself responsible for Alex Kirkman's death.
* BackForTheDead: FBI Director Forstell hasn't been seen since his investigation into Alex Kirkman and her family came to an abortive end, and he dies at the end of the episode.
* {{Cliffhanger}}[=/=]SequelHook: The episode ends with Kirkman ordering a military strike on targets in Kunami.
* CommutingOnABus: Andrea Frost reappears, this time to employ her firm's proprietary software to seek out those responsible for the bomb.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Kirkman's administration worries that striking Kunami is this. Kirkman orders it anyways.
* DownerEnding: The bomb goes off, killing Director Forstell and several FBI agents, and Kirkman orders a military strike on Kunami in response.
* EvilCounterpart: Lyor's EvilBrit former colleague, Greg Bowen, shows up again in the service of Chairman Kim.
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Agent Wells calls up Forstell as soon as she deduces that the real bomb is inside a DC Metro station. Mere seconds later, it goes off.
* FrameUp: Turns out that Kunami is framing East Hun Chiu for the bomb threat, to scuttle the peace negotiations with West Hun Chiu and keep the two nations on a war footing, to in turn preserve several billion dollars in arms deals for Kunami.
* HeroicSacrifice: Several FBI agents are killed when the bomb goes off in a DC Metro station, along with Director Forstell, who charged in to get them out.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Agent Wells and her partner find the bomb maker, but he is already dead from the radiation poisoning.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Director Forstell and President Kirkman have this understanding over Forstell's prosecution of the FBI investigation.
* InspectorJavert: Agent Wells gets more and more belligerent at Joon Kim as he keeps his silence.
* NumberTwo: The episode confirms that Ellenor Darby has officially become the new Vice-President after being nominated by Kirkman.
* {{Qurac}}: The emirate of Kunami shows up again.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: A subplot deals with Director Forstell trying to apologize to Tom for his investigation into the First Lady's family which indirectly led to Alex Kirkman's death. He succeeds, but then promptly dies in the explosion of the dirty bomb.
* RedHerring:
** When Chairman Kim's son Joon goes missing, it's assumed that he's involved with an East Hun Chiuan plot. Turns out that he tried to seek out [[IHaveYourWife his girlfriend]].
** The first bomb the FBI finds is a pipe bomb with minimal explosive power and none of the missing radioactive material. This leads Agent Wells, her partner, and the rest of the FBI to search for wherever the ''real'' bomb went.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Andrea Frost's firm's proprietary data-mining software, L.Y.R.A., is a clear allegory for Facebook and other corporations or government agencies which have prominently been doing the same thing.
* SpottingTheThread:
** IntrepidReporter Simon Day and other members of the Press Corps manage to deduce that a crisis is afoot when Kirkman and much of his administration are nowhere to be found all at once (being hustled to the White House bunker) and the Speaker of the House is away.
** [[PlayfulHacker Chuck Russink]] does this again, figuring out the route that the bomb maker's van took to drop off the bomb.
---> '''Chuck:''' Suck it, L.Y.R.A.[[note]]Andrea Frost's proprietary data-mining technology[[/note]]
* WarForFunAndProfit: Kunami is manufacturing a pretext to keep East and West Hun Chiu at war to preserve billions of dollars in arms deals for Kunami interests.
* YouAreTooLate: Chuck Russink, Agent Wells and Wells' new partner deduce that the bomb has been taken to a DC Metro station and inform Director Forstell, but it goes off as Forstell runs into the station to extract his agents.
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