EPISODE

20. Ghost Detainee

After Elizabeth delivers her first speech to the United Nations General Assembly formally condemning the terrorist group Hizb-al Shahid, she discusses forming a coalition against them with the Russian Foreign Minister. However, the talks create a conflict of interest between Elizabeth and Henry, who is searching for a way to save Dmitri's ill sister, Talia Petrov, from the Russian government.

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Troubled by nightmares, Henry checks up on Dmitri's sister and learns that she has been arrested in Russia. She turns down his attempts to help her. Hijriyyah says she will help Henry's team find Disah after they kill her father, who frightens her more than Disah does. Elizabeth negotiates with the Russian Prime Minister to form a coalition to deal with the terrorist group, agreeing that the U.S. will veto any Eastern European applications to join NATO for five years and gaining Russia's cooperation in finding Hijriyyah's father. The U.S. kills Hijriyyah's father and she tells them where Disah planned to go. Elizabeth has to have her favorite horse put down.

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