In Quantico, interim deputy director Liam steps in as Miranda is duly suspended and assigns Ryan as new chief instructor. The recruits are about to graduate and can win priority in the crucial post assignments in a last competitive exercise, passing the border from Canada smarter then than traffickers, which proves harder then expected. Alex is surprised that not Ryan but Drew himself tried to prevent them being teamed up, yet he gets them trough and explains a lover is just too distracting. Caleb takes time out to arrange a meeting for him and surprised, hesitant Shelby with her fugitive parents, who explain why their tech-firm's suspicious Taliban-link demanded disappearing, but buys them off after finding out they're still selfish manipulators. In the present, Ryanis bugged by Simon so he and Alex can finding the mysterious captive CIA asset, which turns out to be Will Olsen, who decides against escaping to work with them from the inside.
—KGF Vissers