The Brink

In Islamabad, Pakistan, low-level State Department bureaucrat Alex Talbott asks his driver Rafiq to take him to a local bazaar to score some weed. The two encounter a mass protest that turns violent, and end up fleeing their car and taking refuge in the house Rafiq shares with his parents and sister.

Alex is captured by Zaman's soldiers and subjected to intense interrogation when they suspect he's working for the CIA. Meanwhile, Walter begs the president to delay the air strikes until he can reach someone in the Pakistani government.

Alex needs to get to the U.S. embassy to send a message to Walter, but he'll have to get past the ambassador to do it. Meanwhile, Zeke and Glenn land in the brig to await their disciplinary hearing, and Walter's desperate flight to India could be in jeopardy due to a medical emergency.

As Walter fights through his dire medical condition, he gives Alex what he needs to make his negotiations with General Raja. Zeke weighs his options for his future while he and Glenn are on a new misssion.

Zeke and Glenn narrowly escape two armed men in a tribal region. Alex and Rafiq go to Fareeda's school. Walter pays an unscheduled visit to the Israeli foreign minister.