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Episode 4 - Love Always
Cal's showing D.C. police and FBI agents footage of the assassination of a Colombian mayor, who was shot while glad-handing his way through a crowd. Cal tells them to pay particular attention to the gunman's face prior the shooting, which he isolates in close-up. It's the same expression seen in similar close-ups of a Basque separatist and an American teenage girl before they killed people. It's involuntary, not cultural. And this is the face you're looking for, says Cal.
They're all watching this because the South Korean ambassador to the U.S. is about to attend his son's wedding -- and intelligence reports have the politician targeted for death. The ambassador tells Cal and Gillian that his prime concern is his son and fiancee. He'll take the risk.
When the big day comes, Cal, Gillian, Ria, and Eli are all there. So is Gillian's husband, Alec, who works for the State Department. Ria notices that Alec is lying when he tells Gillian he has a business meeting immediately after the ceremony. Cal says that's not her business.
As people pass through the metal detectors, Ria and Eli spot a guy who turns out to be carrying drugs. An African-American Secret Service agent notices Ria.
Now everyone's inside, and Cal and company are watching them all. Gillian notices the ambassador's bodyguard's bow to the groom isn't deep enough. When the groom plays a video of him and his bride, Cal spots a man with the expression they've all been looking for and calls for help. The man tries to run and gets nowhere, but a shot is fired -- and the groom is hit.
The building is sealed, and the suspect is interrogated. He's glad he did it. But Cal says his face shows the pleasure that a liar has when he's getting one over. And he has no gun -- just a lighter and no cigarettes. But he lost the water bottle he was carrying -- filled with gasoline, Cal discovers. Gillian explains he was going to set himself on fire as a political protest. He's not the shooter.
So who wanted to kill the groom? While Cal and Gillian interview the bride, Phoebe, they determine she's concealing something. Meanwhile, Eli makes the lying pack of jackals who were videotaping the wedding and now smell tabloid dollars give him their tapes. Ria finds herself partnered with that same Secret Service officer, Karl Dupree, and knows he asked to work with her.
The ambassador tells Cal and Gillian that the shooting wasn't about his son, it was just politics, jabbing his finger for emphasis. But Cal notices the finger and mind weren't in synch. (We see a clip of Bill Clinton doing the same thing.) And when Alec asks Gillian to let him leave the building, she refuses.
As the interrogations continue, Ria notices the best man is lying. Watching tapes of the rehearsal dinner, Cal sees him slipping the groom the finger. It's a "gestural emblem," says Cal. (We see clips of Obama and Rumsfeld doing the same.)
The best man tells Cal and Gillian the groom had a gambling problem and recently blew the $5,000 he'd given him to solve it. Meanwhile, Ria catches a guy lying about his job, trying to get Karl to let him leave.
While Phoebe tells Cal and Gillian that her husband hadn't placed a bet in six months, the ambassador barges in, saying he paid all his son's gambling debts as a wedding gift. Cal excuses himself -- and when Alec asks Cal to let him leave, he refuses, knowing the phone call he sees him make isn't work-related.
Gillian's talking to the ambassador when Cal bursts in, firing a pistol into the ceiling. Just blanks, Cal explains, noting the ambassador tried to protect his bodyguard, who turns out to be the ambassador's other, not publicly recognized, son. Sure, he's angry about that, but he takes his job seriously, and didn't shoot his brother. But mentioning Phoebe fills him with disgust, as he explains that she recently asked him to accompany her to a meeting with a man, then went alone.
On a tape of the wedding ceremony, an ill-timed shoulder shrug indicates Phoebe's lying about her name. And none of her wedding guests were relatives or old friends. And ... she's disappeared.
Eli can't find anyone on the tapes expressing anger toward Phoebe, so it must be someone behind the cameras! When Cal confronts the cameramen, one of them attacks him. Turns out he's her ex-husband and an ex-military man, who -- enraged that she left him four years ago -- re-machined a pistol, stashed the pieces in his equipment bag, and has been planning to kill her new lover for months.
The ambassador thanks Cal and Gillian for their services. A tearful Phoebe says she didn't know her ex-husband was there; she was just unhappy and wanted a new life. After she exits to join her husband, Cal and Gillian watch the ambassador and his bodyguard/son exchange respectful bows.
Dupree asks Ria to join him for a drink. She refuses -- because she likes him and will know every lie he ever tells her. He's OK with that.
Meanwhile, Gillian -- feeling sorry she didn't help Alec make that meeting that would've been good for his career -- promises to make it up to him. "I'm a good girl," she says. Cal disagrees. She calls him a liar.
They're all watching this because the South Korean ambassador to the U.S. is about to attend his son's wedding -- and intelligence reports have the politician targeted for death. The ambassador tells Cal and Gillian that his prime concern is his son and fiancee. He'll take the risk.
When the big day comes, Cal, Gillian, Ria, and Eli are all there. So is Gillian's husband, Alec, who works for the State Department. Ria notices that Alec is lying when he tells Gillian he has a business meeting immediately after the ceremony. Cal says that's not her business.
As people pass through the metal detectors, Ria and Eli spot a guy who turns out to be carrying drugs. An African-American Secret Service agent notices Ria.
Now everyone's inside, and Cal and company are watching them all. Gillian notices the ambassador's bodyguard's bow to the groom isn't deep enough. When the groom plays a video of him and his bride, Cal spots a man with the expression they've all been looking for and calls for help. The man tries to run and gets nowhere, but a shot is fired -- and the groom is hit.
The building is sealed, and the suspect is interrogated. He's glad he did it. But Cal says his face shows the pleasure that a liar has when he's getting one over. And he has no gun -- just a lighter and no cigarettes. But he lost the water bottle he was carrying -- filled with gasoline, Cal discovers. Gillian explains he was going to set himself on fire as a political protest. He's not the shooter.
So who wanted to kill the groom? While Cal and Gillian interview the bride, Phoebe, they determine she's concealing something. Meanwhile, Eli makes the lying pack of jackals who were videotaping the wedding and now smell tabloid dollars give him their tapes. Ria finds herself partnered with that same Secret Service officer, Karl Dupree, and knows he asked to work with her.
The ambassador tells Cal and Gillian that the shooting wasn't about his son, it was just politics, jabbing his finger for emphasis. But Cal notices the finger and mind weren't in synch. (We see a clip of Bill Clinton doing the same thing.) And when Alec asks Gillian to let him leave the building, she refuses.
As the interrogations continue, Ria notices the best man is lying. Watching tapes of the rehearsal dinner, Cal sees him slipping the groom the finger. It's a "gestural emblem," says Cal. (We see clips of Obama and Rumsfeld doing the same.)
The best man tells Cal and Gillian the groom had a gambling problem and recently blew the $5,000 he'd given him to solve it. Meanwhile, Ria catches a guy lying about his job, trying to get Karl to let him leave.
While Phoebe tells Cal and Gillian that her husband hadn't placed a bet in six months, the ambassador barges in, saying he paid all his son's gambling debts as a wedding gift. Cal excuses himself -- and when Alec asks Cal to let him leave, he refuses, knowing the phone call he sees him make isn't work-related.
Gillian's talking to the ambassador when Cal bursts in, firing a pistol into the ceiling. Just blanks, Cal explains, noting the ambassador tried to protect his bodyguard, who turns out to be the ambassador's other, not publicly recognized, son. Sure, he's angry about that, but he takes his job seriously, and didn't shoot his brother. But mentioning Phoebe fills him with disgust, as he explains that she recently asked him to accompany her to a meeting with a man, then went alone.
On a tape of the wedding ceremony, an ill-timed shoulder shrug indicates Phoebe's lying about her name. And none of her wedding guests were relatives or old friends. And ... she's disappeared.
Eli can't find anyone on the tapes expressing anger toward Phoebe, so it must be someone behind the cameras! When Cal confronts the cameramen, one of them attacks him. Turns out he's her ex-husband and an ex-military man, who -- enraged that she left him four years ago -- re-machined a pistol, stashed the pieces in his equipment bag, and has been planning to kill her new lover for months.
The ambassador thanks Cal and Gillian for their services. A tearful Phoebe says she didn't know her ex-husband was there; she was just unhappy and wanted a new life. After she exits to join her husband, Cal and Gillian watch the ambassador and his bodyguard/son exchange respectful bows.
Dupree asks Ria to join him for a drink. She refuses -- because she likes him and will know every lie he ever tells her. He's OK with that.
Meanwhile, Gillian -- feeling sorry she didn't help Alec make that meeting that would've been good for his career -- promises to make it up to him. "I'm a good girl," she says. Cal disagrees. She calls him a liar.
