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Previously on "Quantico"...

Anybody wanting to attack America

just got a huge windfall if they know where to look.

I'm forming a select team to fight it.

A covert joint-task force.

This is Caleb's brother, Clayton Haas.

Each time information from the cache is accessed,

it gives us a unique opportunity

to identify one or more of these collaborators.

We just uncovered the next Bernie Madoff.

- Have him arrested. - We can't do that.

We don't want the real criminal to know what we're doing.

I think Harry would be an asset to this team.

You're no longer in Her Majesty's service.

They threw me out after I exposed their mission here.

- Jon Jeffries. - I'm Sasha Barinov.

I'm covering this for the Journal.

Ryan Booth.

And we're just worried about you.

Yeah, well, you should be worried about me getting killed.

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Nick, you need to see this.

Th-There was an explosion at the plant.

Apparently, there's some kind of PPh seepage?

- The water's contaminated? - They don't know yet.

They think it might be terrorism.

Police!

Attention, residents...

This is the Brookwell Police Department.

This is not a drill.

You are being evacuated.

You must leave your residence immediately.

Attention, residents...

The cache of information was accessed again.

Emergency-response protocol for all state officials in Virginia.

I know. The team knows.

But until there's movement on the part of the AIC,

there isn't much we can do, so...

You don't like me very much, do you?

I don't know you.

And I don't know you...

or anyone else on the team, which is a problem.

I need to know my team better

than any of the collaborators that'll come after them and...

I would love your insight.

Your opinion.

I mean, what... what kinds of things would they say about themselves?

Or what would the opposition say about them?

Let's start with Alex Parrish.

All right.

You already know Alex is a hero.

Problem is, she always has to be the hero,

no matter the situation.

Impetuous, reckless, and emotional.

She's also, at least up until now...

pretty incapable of change.

Hey. We just started a game in the back. Grab your drink.

Hey, Franco, can I get another pitcher, please?

Her and Booth?

A deep connection.

On or off, they're a team.

As for Ryan,

he's a good soldier... Follows the rules.

But unfortunately, the professional rules

go out the window when the personal intervenes.

And that starts and ends with Alex.

How did Harry take the news that Clay said "no"?

He went from Pierce Brosnan to Daniel Craig in seconds flat.

I mean, I don't have the heart to tell him

it was probably for the best.

I mean, the fact that we'd let bad guys go

in the hope of finding greater evil

is not really gonna sit well with someone with his history.

You're still mad about that Ponzi scheme.

Of course I am.

You might be CIA, but I'm still FBI.

My job is to catch criminals, not turn a blind eye to them.

We're in it for the long run, not the sprint.

What if the long run never ends, Ryan?

And then Dayana Mampasi?

In just six months, you turned a pacifist NGO lawyer

into a dangerous operative.

Got to be a reason that happened.

She was a child soldier under Mugabe.

She'd tell you that she shed her dark past

when she moved to this country, but it never went away.

You're hustling me, aren't you?

- Nobody hustles like a lawyer. - Mnh-mnh.

Just because I'm better at pool than you thought I'd be

doesn't mean that I'm playing dirty.

Rematch?

No. I have to get back to reading the intel report.

What intel report?

About the cache?

Okay.

Now, I've never worked with Nimah before,

just read her file, like you.

She's strong-willed, determined, righteous,

weighed down by her sins,

- and doesn't know how to let go of her p... - No need to continue.

Amin's not a real member of this team,

just a glorified mascot.

You didn't ask about Shelby Wyatt.

An orphan. She's worked hard to craft her own identity

and now cares way too much about how the world perceives her.

Think I'm pretty well-versed on her weak points.

Here's to long days, short nights,

and wondering if you're saying the wrong thing

every time your new boss talks to you.

Really?

Ignoring me for some townie

who's not even making eyes at you?

Oh, please, he totally was.

I think he just got cold feet because of Ryan.

I don't see you going over there and talking to him yourself.

I could. It's just...

Alex, admit it. This is about Ryan.

It always has been and it always will be.

You guys may not be together,

but you're still tied to each other.

Oh, yeah, we definitely need to get better lives.

Your ex, my ex's brother, and saving the world.

That's all we got.

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This one's a little thicker than the others.

Yeah.

I'll save you the month of reading...

I have a bunch of weak points.

But I know how to call the shots.

Now, the opposition would wonder if I can take them.

Can you?

After the year I had, I'm still here, aren't I?

Not of your own volition.

Not initially, but I chose to stay.

So, what about you, Junior?

You're... You're intelligent. You're dedicated. That's clear.

But you lack experience

required to make the kind of hard decisions essential to this job,

and you don't want to be here, either.

Gather the team.

She always has to be the hero.

Impetuous, reckless, and emotional.

She's also, up until now, pretty incapable of change.

Shelby Wyatt cares way too much

about how the world perceives her.

It's time we get things out in the open.

A free flow of information.

And these files?

Oppo research I've had done on each and every one of you.

Nimah... righteous, weighed down by her sins,

and doesn't know how to let go of her pride.

We don't have time for petty squabbling.

You need to face how you're perceived

in order to work better moving forward.

It's brutal, I know,

but it only helps in the long run.

Was this stunt to enlighten them or to undermine me?

What's to undermine?

You're not in charge here.

She'd tell you she shed her dark past...

First order of business...

two hours ago,

there was an incident in Brookwell, Virginia.

Reports are still sketchy and confirmation is trickling in,

but initial intel is that there was an explosion

- at a chemical-storage plant. - One of the tank farms.

Some of the residents have taken to social media.

Nimah, monitor it as real-time data for the time being.

The rest of you, it's time to do our own oppo research.

I need to know what the collaborators might want

from a chemical spill.

I don't want media spin.

I want what you think they'd gain from Brookwell...

Whatever it takes to put more faces on our board.

Clock's ticking.

I need actionable intel

from whoever is running evidence recovery.

What do you mean they're not on site yet?

Homeland Security doesn't report it as a threat.

Well, NSA's got no foreign chatter on it, either.

So, a rep from FEMA claims

that it's still too early for a formal risk assessment.

I mean, the first report of the incident came out two hours ago.

What were they doing all this time?

It isn't real.

Hmm?

- What? - It's a hoax.

Like a prank? I-It's on major news outlets.

There's photos.

It's like I taught you at The Farm...

It's... it's illusion, misinformation.

I think the Twitter feeds, the news reports, the pictures...

They're all fake.

Like what happened in Louisiana in 2014.

There was fake reports

of a chemical release in St. Mary Parish

that was created and carried out by Russian hackers.

It's a doctored video.

Wow, he's right.