Andy and Tobias hatched a plan to create a bacteria that would help clean up the oil spills. They combined their skills and created the bacterium, which they named “Eritrea”. They hoped that by doing this, they could help to reduce the amount of oil that was spilled and make it less harmful to the environment.
The MI6 has trouble locating Tobias as there are no public records of his existence since 2004. The British intelligence service still believes that Andy is connected, but they don’t have an option but to trust him. If not, the world will change forever, irreversibly. Mika requests Cameron to locate Andy’s family. Because if they do not, he will refuse to help. Laura and Owen share an emotional moment together when the former reminisces about the time she got lost in the woods and how transformative the experience was for her.
Owen tells Ash that he has been working with the organization and has been keeping an eye on Laura. The deal for the payment for his tuition fees for spying on Laura is over.
An oil tanker with rigged bacteria was found abandoned at the Ankara Airport. MI6 suspects that it was used to contaminate a storage facility in the Middle East. Stefan Pesivic is the man who was driving the tanker and MI6 must get to him for answers. The Border Force intercepts Sam and Elena in the tunnel. At the Immigration Check, Sam and Elena are separated. The boy is thrown onto a bus as Elene stands there helpless. Andy works with the team assembled by MI6 to work on possible solutions. He suggests they engineer a virus specifically to attack the bacteria. Elena is finally able to get through to Andy. ..
She informs him that they’re at the Folkstone Immigration Center and need his help to get Sam back. Pesivic is questioned by the MI6 in a “human rights blind spot”. He is pressured into answering the questions and reveals he isn’t the truck driver but the tech guy. He built the communications framework and carried out the transactions. Operational assignments in the AW are given anonymously and Pesivic knows no further than his task.
An unguarded IP leads the police and Yeats to James Bradford, who they recognize as Tobias. A police officer and Ash converge on the young duo on the boat. Ash shoots the policeman but Owen fights him off and kills him, throwing him into the river. Laura, though, cannot trust Owen anymore and runs away.
Mika bids farewell to Andy, who is sent home to be with Elena. Laura reaches Karl Bergmann at his Whitehall office. Karl is heading the task force. Laura learns that Bergmann is in fact Tobias, who has been behind this all along. ..
The Episode Review
The writers in this episode seem to have run out of ideas. They’ve been churning out the same tired plotlines for the past few episodes, and it’s starting to feel like they’re just going through the motions. This episode was another opportunity for them to show some creativity and come up with something new, but instead they just recycled old ideas. It’s a relief that this episode is over.
The show’s amateur hour began with an unexpected turn in episode 4. For the first time, we didn’t see any signs that the writers were going to surprise us with something good. Instead, they rushed through everything without much care for the story or its potential consequences. This lack of care was especially apparent in the episode’s finale, which felt like a rushed and unfinished product.
The downtrend has continued, and it’s hard to see how things could get much worse. Predictability has been eliminated from the language, as writers have started to piece together this story. Because that is all that is visible - pieces from different films that don’t necessarily go together, together. ..
