EPISODE

1. News Cycle

When the assistant vice minister of Timor-Leste suddenly dies during a meeting with Elizabeth on the first day of the U.N General Assembly, she becomes suspicious after the president of Timor-Leste ships the body back without a proper investigation. Also, a "fake news" story surfaces claiming Elizabeth is responsible for the minister's death, and Dmitri returns to work with Henry.

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Elizabeth meets with a representative from Timor-Leste who dies before telling her why he wanted to meet. Conspiracy theorists on the internet accuse Elizabeth of murder. Elizabeth discovers that the government of Timor-Leste has been corrupted by a Mexican drug cartel, and the murder was to prevent exposure. The U.S. helps Timor-Leste rid itself of the cartel members in its country. Dmitri passes a lie detector test so that he can work for Henry. He tells his sister that he was able to hide his drug addiction because of his training in Russia which enabled him to fool a lie detector test.

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