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21. Connection Lost

When President Dalton gets word that the world's most wanted terrorist, Jibral Disah, is hiding in Islamabad, he sends the "Murphy Station" – Henry, Jane and Jose – on a dangerous mission to eliminate the threat. Also, Elizabeth and Henry go to couples therapy.

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Elizabeth and Henry go to her therapist for marriage counseling. Elizabeth plants some disinformation with Pakistan's foreign minister and Henry's team determine that it was passed immediately on to Disah and the terrorist group, who begin buying explosives. Conrad and Elizabeth inform the prime minister of his foreign minister's doings, and also warn him that the terrorists have planted explosives along the route for tomorrow's parade. The foreign minister tweets that the prime minister agreed to allow the U.S. to monitor its nuclear weapons, and the populace rises up in outrage. Henry's team, in Islamabad to try to locate Disah, stay behind when the embassy is evacuated. The prime minister is pulled from his vehicle and killed by a mob of protestors. Conrad authorizes a proposal to secure Pakistan's nuclear weapons.

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