EPISODE

4. Fearless Leader

Michael infiltrates a gang in order to take down a highly sought after criminal and ends up befriending a gang member who may not be as bad as he seems. Elsewhere, Sam contends with an IRS agent who's related to a woman from Sam's past.

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Paxson makes Michael’s life interesting by putting a police tail on him around the clock, so he decides to finally get her to back off by helping her with a difficult case she’s working, trying to bring in an experienced, arrogant criminal who rips off drug dealers and has a nasty habit of causing the deaths of anyone within range. The team befriends one of his associates, a wannabe gangster with a good heart, and works with him to get close to and finally bring down the main man. Paxson then decides to let Michael off, cautioning him not to cross the line again, so he decides his best way forward is, much to Fi’s disappointment, get back into the CIA. Meanwhile, an IRS agent with a grudge against Sam tries to audit him for revenge, but Sam finally realizes what went wrong in their past and they end up reconnecting.

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