- Finch and Mr. Reese try to protect a taxi driver that is being chased by the Estonian mafia. HR try to make a deal with Elias.
- Reese and Finch's next number may be their most difficult to date if only because there is not on the surface any clear indication who he may be a target of or who he may be targeting, and because of the large number of non-connected people he encounters every day. He is Fermin Ordoñez, who defected to the United States from Cuba as a major league prospect, leaving behind a wife and child in Cuba in search for this better life for them all eventually. An injury ended his pro ball aspirations, and now he ekes out a living as a cabbie. He is trying to smuggle his family out of Cuba, but his contact is requesting more money than he has available. As Reese tails him, Carter learns that one of his recent fares is found dead, with the Secret Service involved. Through that murder, Reese discovers that the murder was because of something that was left in Fermin's cab that may be a breach of national security. Reese and Fermin have to find that now missing item as leverage to protect him against the people who murdered his fare and who will continue killing until they retrieve that item. Meanwhile, HR is trying to resurrect itself despite the investigation into their activities. Their current manoeuvrings place Fusco in a difficult position.—Huggo
- The Machine delivers the number of the taxi driver Fermin Ordoñez, a former baseball player, who defected from Cuba to the USA. Wounded in a game, he had to quit his baseball career and his wife and son were left in Cuba. Finch notes that he withdraws all his forty-thousand-dollar savings and Reese learns that he is trying to smuggle his family from Cuba. However, his contact, J.P. Suarez, who brought him from Cuba, is demanding more money. Carter finds that one of his last passengers was killed in the Central Park and he was a spy since the Secret Service is investigating the case. Reese poses as passenger and saves Fermin from an ambush. He learns that his passenger left a laptop in the taxi and the Estonia mafia is trying to retrieve the notebook, killing everyone that had contact with the object. Now, Finch, Reese and Fermin are looking for the desired computer. Meanwhile, Fusco is in a terrible situation since the HR is asking Elias to help them to recover.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Open with a man promising a cabbie $500 if he waits for him. The new number is the driver, a man named Fermin Ordonez. The previous day he emptied his savings. Finch gets a ride from Ordonez, who had been a promising pitching prospect when he was younger. Finch plants audio and video and they are able to go back and look through video of his past fares.
Carter tells Finch that Ordonez' record is clean.
We see Simmons briefing Quinn on Donnelly prying and the fact they need to bring in some new talent. Quinn thinks they need to make peace with Elias. Simmons calls Fusco with news of the meeting.
Reese sees Ordonez sell his laptop and thinks the man has all of his savings on his person. We see Ordonez meet with a man named Mendoza in a restaurant. Ordonez gives Mendoza $45,000 to get his wife and son, Maria and Jorge, out of Cuba. Mendoza tells him the price has gone up. Ordonez is upset, saying Cuba is no longer safe for them. Mendoza tells him to find another $45,000.
Finch hacks into Cuba's government records and finds out Ordonez defected while part of the national baseball team. His family faces prison if caught trying to leave the country. Ordonez talks to a former Cuban teammate who plays for New York. The man gives him a few bucks.
Simmons goes to one of Elias' lieutenants asking for support in building HR back up. He agrees, in return for HR taking out the only head of the five families Elias couldn't take out.
Carter goes to the scene of a murder that has drawn Secret Service interest. An agent named Vickers tells her the man is a Russian named Pushkov. It is the man from the opening scene. Vickers wants to find out who brought him there and Carter tells Finch about the possible connection to Ordonez.
Ordonez picks up a woman with an accent. She tells him to take her to Queens but gives no address. Reese follows on his motorcycle. She shows a picture of Pushkov and asks a few questions. She calls somebody and tells them in Russian to "clean this up," then leaves. Reese jumps in the cab and helps get Ordonez out of the jam.
They stop and Ordonez tells him a little bit about the Pushkov fare and that he left a laptop in the cab. Pushkov was supposed to sell it to the Estonian mob. The plan is to get the laptop back.
Reese and Ordonez drop in on the store where he sold the laptop. The store owner has been killed, but he apparently sold the computer before he died. Finch finds the online buyer and starts to try and track him down.
Reese calls Carter and gives her an update, asking her to look into the blonde Estonian. Ordonez tells Reese that Mendoza was the guy who helped him defect. When Ordonez was injured Mendoza began trying to extort him.
Vickers tells Carter that Pushkov was a hacker who managed to get the drone pilot protocols. They have no idea what might be on the laptop.
Finch thinks Pushkov may have gotten into Homeland Security's database and stolen information on thousands of travelers which would be invaluable for terrorists.
Finch finds the laptop online and agrees to a meeting. Reese arrives and finds the location empty other than a camera.
Fusco tells Simmons he can't participate in the murder. Simmons promptly emails him video of him shooting Davidson that would sink him.
After looking at Reese through the camera and tries to cancel the sale. Finch uses the camera signal to find where the seller was watching the feed. Reese is accosted by some Estonians and Finch decides he might have to meet the seller.
Carter and Vickers find the blonde on the pawn shop surveillance. She is a wanted woman named Arina.
Finch meets the laptop sellers and purchases it for $100,000, making the man promise to leave the area. Finch turns around and looks at Arina. She is joined by four Estonians, just as Reese arrives. They manage to fight their way to safety just before the police arrive.
Before grabbing the mob boss Fusco talks to Reese. Fusco doesn't tell him what's going on. The boss was tipped off the potential hit and the man Fusco was with is killed. The boss gives Fusco a message to take back to HR.
Reese and Finch give Ordonez the laptop to use as leverage with the Secret Service to bring his family to the US.
We see Ordonez reunited with his wife and son.
Reese tells Carter to keep an eye on Fusco.
Fusco gives Simmons the message they were double-crossed. The message from Elias was for HR to "go to hell." Later on we see Carter get an anonymous tip that Davidson was murdered by another cop.
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