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While the CIA assigns Michael to babysit a scientist (who he hands over to Fi), Jesse asks him for help in bringing a group of Yakuza human traffickers to justice.


  • Blatant Lies: Sam gets caught tailing two Yakuza guys from the restaurant, and pretends he's returning a watch. One of them takes it and says, "Yes, that is mine" with a watch clearly visible on the wrist of the hand holding the watch.
  • The Bus Came Back: It's Sugar!
  • Dark and Troubled Past: Maddy makes it clear, Frank didn't just hit the boys.
  • Dramatic Gun Cock: "What's Japanese for 'drop your weapons'?"
  • I Got You a Drawer: The episode ends with Michael asking Fi to move in with him.
    Mike: I got you something.
    Fi: ... lumber?
    Mike: It's a shelf. It's gonna be a shelf.
  • Like Father, Like Son: The gang bring's Maddy in to play nurse, while Mike has to play bad boss. For his role, he channels his father. Both of them are disturbed and upset by how closely he resembles Frank. Even Sam and Fi, who have helped with and played that kind of role in the past are disturbed when Mike starts screaming at her.
  • Obfuscating Stupidity: Michael tries to keep his target from blackmailable offenses by scaring off girls by acting like a loud, stupid, drunk.
  • Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: Ryoko, the client, trails off when describing what the Yakuza force the girls to do.
  • Yakuza: The local bad guys are Japanese mobsters, right down to the tattoos.

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