The results of "The Lost Art of Diplomacy" see Baldwin escaping capture (despite the protections in place that should have kept her from ever being freed) and Emily "Prime" coming over to Howard Silk's world with the purpose of speaking to her husband, Howard Prime, about how she was set up and to determine who is behind the contract killer, Baldwin. Before Baldwin is freed from Aldrich's security detail while in transport (big mistake), she does get to speak to Howard Silk, the two conversing about why he tried to prevent her counterpart (the violinist) from being killed by Aldrich's sniper. Silk still attends to the bedside of his comatose wife while her counterpart is left poisoned in an apartment with scattered pills as a staged reason for her demise. That was quite a tragic end but in the two alternate worlds where killers are being issued to take out agents, Emily's paralyzed state, eyes wide open, with no way to halt her inevitable fate just the latest casualty of all this. Silk's just a good man. He really is. And when Baldwin realizes Silk is a good man, clearly she just wants to get a full picture of who this man is. But Prime requesting Silk go over instead of him to other side gives me pause as it does Silk's superiors obviously...just seems like such a bad idea. But with strings being pulled as killers go about disrupting matters, moving to counterpart worlds by orders of a figurehead hiding in the shadows, Prime needs time to better understand what is going on. Poor Silk gets a new job but the satisfaction of finally achieving any success continues to be dealt a blow due to being dragged out of office into the field despite still remaining somewhat distanced from the complexities that exist within his company in regards to counterparts and hidden messages shared during correspondence as diplomacy between "both sides" starts to endure discomfort thanks to Baldwin's "mischief". Emily Prime's lover, Ian (Nicholas Pinnock) goes over with her to meet with Howard Prime, neither allowed to move about in the counterpart world, only to acquire intel...to say there are tensions would be an understatement. Richard Schiff remains a very busy man, introduced as a diplomat with plans to exploit Baldwin's capture, named Roland Fancher. Quayle gets very little effort from a prostitute before having to meet with Prime and Aldrich about how increasing problems make keeping relations between both sides extra difficult. Diplomatic relations and a body count on both sides adds intrigue, and with Baldwin freed again the death toll will more than likely continue to rise.
Review of The Lost Art of Diplomacy
