- A burned spy turns to Michael to help protect him from an enemy who has found him and wants him dead, not knowing that Michael is the person who burned him.
- Vaughn intends to torture burned spy Jesse Porter, but Michael convinces him to he can win his confidence instead. Thus the team agrees to help Jesse deal with his nemesis, arms dealer Ming Khan, who believes Jesse stole a fortune from him. Michael pretends to be Jesse's enemy too, so Khan will accept him as ally. Hothead Jesse complicates things further, so he'll need a hiding place, while ma Weston has decided to look for a boarder.—KGF Vissers
- Sam begins by warning Mike not to work with Vaughn, but Michael didn't want to live with the "burning" of Jesse Porter -- the guy whose identity he unwittingly assumed last week. Vaughn told Michael that the FBI released Jesse, and Mike knew he'd be looking for the person who burned him. Mike wanted to handle Jesse and turn him into an ally.
Michael told Fiona he was going to do everything he could to help Jesse once he was able to find him. They broke into an office to figure out how Jesse was routing his phone calls, and Fi went to work making their break-in look like it was done by a disgruntled employee. Her version of this task included crafting an explosive out of an aerosol can, nail polish remover and a cigarette. It worked.
Sam and Michael went into Maddy's house with guns drawn after she texted them, "Need help now." She wanted them to help her convert the garage into an apartment because she wanted to rent it out. They didn't like the idea, because they use it for "work." She asked them to tile the floor. As they worked, they heard a conversation on Jesse's wire-tapped phone. They heard enough to know where he was going to meet someone.
Michael, Sam and Fi went to the meeting spot and watched as some SUVs rolled up, and Sam thought it was a trap. Sam created a diversion by throwing a metal bicycle chain up and around some power lines, causing a short-circuit and a fire. It was enough of a distraction to give Jesse time to escape the setup. Jesse ran away and Fi was impressed with his ability to handle himself.
Mike asked Vaughn for some help, but he refused because Michael had said he wanted to handle Jesse himself. Mike got home and noticed the lock on his gate was turned the wrong way, so he surprised Jesse, who was waiting inside. Jesse asked for Michael's help.
Jesse told Mike he'd been burned, but he had a bigger problem in that he was being sought by an old enemy. Michael offered to help him with the old enemy and let him stay in an empty condo in Fi's building. Jesse told them all about the guy who was chasing him, and that the old enemy thought Jesse had stolen $2 million from him. Mike and Fi said they would try to set up Khan, the enemy, in a gun buy and have the cops arrest him. Jesse laughed and didn't believe they could pull it off.
"I'm a spy," Michael told him. "It's what we do."
Mike found Khan and told him they had a mutual enemy in Jesse and that they should make a deal. Mike's first attempt didn't work as Khan and his No. 2, Lee, refused to work with a stranger off the street.
Plan B was a staged ambush on Khan where Jesse went in to take out Khan, but Michael would come in at the last minute to scare him off and make Khan trust him. Jesse went a little rogue and shot at Michael to sell the story. After a dramatic standoff in which Khan's guys all had their guns pointed at Michael, he convinced them that they needed his help as much as he needed them.
Sam was upset with Jesse for having gone all "Lone Ranger," and told him they were going to "dance" if he pulled that kind of stunt again. Michael calmed them both down and went back to the task of getting Khan to agree to a major weapons buy. He met with Khan and Lee and gave them his plan regarding the weapons needed to take out Jesse. Lee was worried the request was too big and too dangerous, but Michael convinced Khan to go ahead with it and asked Michael to provide an account number where he could deposit the funds.
After some modifications to their vehicle of choice, Michael and the gang were ready to transport some weapons.
Michael brought the goods to Khan and Lee. They set off to drive to a bunker and Michael tricked Khan and his guys into taking the weapons to the bunker themselves. They drove off and Sam called the cops, which set off the high-speed chase Michael was hoping for. It ended with Khan and Lee getting caught and arrested.
The next day, Michael couldn't get a hold of Jesse, but he got a phone call from Khan. He got out of jail after getting a favor paid back by a friend in the DEA. First thing he did was get Jesse and tortured him as Jesse refused to answer Khan's questions. Michael asked to see him, but needed Khan to assure him Jesse would remain in one piece.
Michael decided to go to Plan C, in which he tries to convince Khan that his right-hand man Lee was the one who stole his $2 million. Fi went off to see if Barry could wrangle some account numbers. Fi got the information and Michael went to see Jesse at Khan's place, where he planned to slip Jesse the information about Lee's bank account number that would make it seem like Lee stole the money.
Michael told Khan he could convince Jesse to talk. Michael showed Jesse an obituary and said it was his aunt's, and Jesse was quick enough to play along. On the obit, Michael had changed the random woman's place of resident to Antigua, where Lee kept his bank account. He also changed the archive number on the obit to Lee's bank account number. During his interrogation with Jesse, he found ways to point out the information on the paper that he wanted Jesse to notice, and it all worked out.
Lee realized Jesse had named his account number and Khan turned his gun on Lee. They shot each other and Michael untied Jesse in the chaos.
Jesse said there was a bee infestation in the condo next to Fi's so he'd need a new place. Fi offered Maddy's garage.
Vaughn was glad Michael had earned Jesse's trust and was eager to get inside Jesse's head. He told Michael to get at the information Jesse had quickly.
Michael went to ask Jesse about why he was burned. Jesse told him he was looking into some wars stuff and apparently got too close to it. Before saying any more, though, he told Michael that he was going to see the whole thing through. He was intent on getting back into the spy game and finding the person who burned him -- and killing him.
He asked Michael, "Are you good with that?"
Michael said yes.
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