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Orion, a super-secret CIA group that was sent on illegal and off-the-books missions -- like assassinations, and the like -- was basically being shut down by the government and so the government then had to get rid of all the evidence of the program having existed; meaning, all the Orion operatives had to be killed. Jane is living evidence then (her memories and tattoos combined a dangerous combination), thus her existence being kept secret by Shepherd and Sandstorm.
After having met with Shepherd, Jane goes back to the FBI to report in and tells them that Shepherd wants them to pursue a specific tattoo case: the one that looks like a Coliseum. She tells them they have to solve the case today, which leads the other team members to question if it's a trap and to overall discuss how they don't trust Jane, which Jane of course overhears. Poor Jane is getting the short end of the stick from her "mom" Shepherd, who's keeping her in the dark on much of Sandstorm's going-ons, and from her FBI team who treat her with mistrust and don't hide their displeasure in working with her.
After they crack the tattoo, they realize the Juarez cartel and DEA are somehow in cahoots as weapons that are meant to act as bait by the DEA (through an act called "gun waltzing") are actually being sold and handed over to the cartel, though the DEA agent in charge is claiming they've been lost. They trace the "lost weapons"to DEA agent Valentine Baker, who they track down to a bank where she's basically emptying her accounts and grabbing her passport. They see Juarez cartel members outside the bank and the FBI team thinks they're there to protect Baker but they're actually there to kill her. Shooting commences, Jane ends up saving Reade's life (though that doesn't earn her much favor with the team), and Baker's taken into the FBI for questioning.
There, it's discovered that Baker isn't actually behind these lost weapons ending up in the hands of the Juarez cartel but her mentor, Robert Kingston, is the dirty agent -- and the Juarez cartel is about to get their hands on some missiles unless they can stop him. The team splits up to find Kingston at a storage unit, with Baker covering the exit, and she sees Kingston going to leave and tries to stop him -- only to end up shot. (Don't worry -- she doesn't die, though she will never walk again, Nas tells Weller later.) Now they have to trace Kingston's delivery truck through traffic cams, which they do, in a place that's underneath lots of airplane traffic and has the whole Eastern Manhattan within missile distance. The team's not sure what the target is at first, but Patterson quickly deduces it's a plane carrying Mexican politicians and law enforcement officials about to be within shooting distance now.
Luckily, the FBI team manage to subdue or kill the cartel members before the plane can be blown up, though one man is able to shoot off a missile, which Jane safely steers into the water using the remote control. All's well that ends well, I guess.
In the midst of all this serious stuff, FBI psychiatrist Borden adorably asks out Patterson after giving her a floppy disc version of the game Oregon Trail. After some fumbling, Borden manages to ask Patterson if they could grab dinner together some time, and Patterson agrees. Yay!
Meanwhile, Reade meets up with an old friend, Freddy, who attended football camp with him -- the same football camp run by Coach Jones, who used to sexually abuse boys. Reade wants Freddy to testify and tells him to call the DA so Jones will go to jail, but the DA deems Freddy a bad witness since he's had problems holding down a job and with substance abuse. Reade then has to tell Freddy that Jones isn't going to pay for what he's done and goes to meet Freddy in-person to deliver the bad news, only to find him drinking as the DA already called him. Before leaving, Reade is asked by Freddy why he isn't testifying, and Reade asks him about what, seeming to have forgotten that maybe he was also a victim (or at least witnessed abuse) while at Jones' football camp. (Poor Reade -- to be continued...?)
Besides all that, we learn that Keith Manning, an official in the Department of Justice, was behind Sandstorm's information on the gun-waltzing practices, so they've turned over a card in the mystery of Sandstorm's members, but Nas tells Jane that they still can't see the whole picture and there's more to be done. Also, Roman and Shepherd receive work that Cade (who Jane told them abducted and tortured her when it was really the CIA) has been spotted. Additionally, Weller's ex Allie (Trieste Kelly Dun) shows up to his apartment and tells him that she's pregnant and open to Kurt being as involved as he wants to be in the kid's life.
Lastly, the episode ends with Jane visiting the Orion memorial she went to with Shepherd and Roman, only to have Roman come up behind her and inject her with something and kidnap her. Yikes! That family's got issues.
Hopefully, we'll get some more answers next week -- though I'm sure even more questions will keep popping up!
Badass of the week: Roman.
Quote of the week: Nas to Jane after Jane complaining that the team doesn't trust her and that Nas can't possibly understand what it's like to be looked at with such hatred and suspicion: "I'm a Pakistani-born woman who's busted my ass climbing to the top of the National Security Agency. You think I haven't dealt with my share of aggression and mistrust?"
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