Stone follows Jackie from her condo but loses his nerve to approach. When she drops change, he helps retrieve it and has a strong reaction to seeing her outstretched palm.

The Camel Club retrieves Milton’s surveillance DVD. The footage shows Reinke and his confederate searching Milton’s home, plus a third masked man who knocks out a security guard. Milton receives a threatening phone call: Someone has taken Chastity.

Kate visits Stone and invites the Camel Club to dinner at Lucky’s mansion. She reveals her knowledge of the Club members and mentions that she and Alex found the boat with a bullet hole and were subsequently attacked. At the dinner, Kate confronts the group about Roosevelt Island. Milton blurts out about Chastity’s kidnapping. The Camel Club votes to tell Kate everything.

Kate tells Alex about the Camel Club. He is furious but agrees to meet them after learning that they have video evidence.

In Brennan, Captain Jack destroys laptops and activates a contingency, secretly ending his partnership with Hemingway and revealing that he now works for North Korea. Djamila writes the date and time of her death in her journal. Adnan meets with Ahmed, who expresses distrust for their American leader.

Air Force One lands in Pittsburgh, and the motorcade departs for Brennan. Over 10,000 people fill the dedication grounds. Alex spots the Camel Club in the crowd.

Djamila arrives home to find Lori Franklin there, insisting on taking the children to see the president. When she goes to make the crucial warning call, Djamila discovers that Timmy has hidden her cell phone. She overpowers Lori with a knife, ties her up, sedates her, and drives away with the three children in her van.

After his speech, Brennan shakes hands with the disabled National Guardsman’s prosthetic hand and is puzzled by the moisture on it. Onstage, Gray is shocked to see Stone in the crowd.

Brennan suddenly appears ill. The first wave of shots begins. Countersnipers kill four shooters. Fedayeen set themselves on fire, destroying the ambulance and vehicles. Agents, including Alex, carry the stricken president toward his limo as more people are hit, including Dr. Bellamy. When the driver is shot, Alex takes the wheel and speeds toward Mercy Hospital.

At the hospital, snipers shoot the agents carrying the president. Alex pulls Brennan behind the limo for cover. A hospital security guard named Farid Shah emerges, fires at the snipers, and gains Alex’s trust. Alex deputizes him to carry the president inside.

Alex then realizes in horror that Farid is using Brennan’s body as a shield against him, not the snipers. Unable to get a clear shot, Alex watches Farid disappear into the hospital with the president. He reports the abduction and runs inside, where a bomb explodes.

The Camel Club escapes. Reuben notes that the weapon he grabbed felt unusually light.

Inside the hospital, Adnan places Brennan on a gurney. A doctor injects the president and takes him to a basement elevator. Adnan throws a smoke grenade and cuts the power.

Alex crawls through the smoke, chasing Adnan outside. Adnan and Ahmed are loading the president into an ambulance. Alex shoots Adnan in the arm; Ahmed returns fire, hitting Alex’s vest. Adnan shoots Alex in the arm. The ambulance speeds away as Alex collapses.

George Franklin goes home unexpectedly and finds Lori bound and sedated.

The ambulance arrives at the garage, where Djamila waits with the van. She opens a lead-and-copper-lined hidden compartment for Brennan. Ahmed attempts to kill the unconscious president, but Adnan shoots and kills Ahmed. They place Brennan in the compartment.

Djamila’s van is stopped at a roadblock. Using the crying children, she convinces the police to give her a cursory search. They inspect inches from where the president lies hidden.

Hemingway’s helicopter picks up Gray at the dedication grounds.

After transferring the president to Hemingway’s helicopter, Djamila drives back. Police give chase. She places the three Franklin children safely on the grass, waves goodbye to Timmy, and writes a note. She accelerates toward the officers, chanting a final prayer. They shoot her dead. The note, written in Arabic, contains the date and exact time of her death.

Gray flies with Hemingway, unaware that the president is in the cargo hold below. At headquarters, Gray goes to work while Hemingway flies off, Brennan still in the storage compartment. Vice President Ben Hamilton assumes presidential duties.

Alex is debriefed by Director Martin, who reveals that no agents or police were killed in Brennan—all were shot with tranquilizer darts. The hospital snipers also used tranquilizers but fired live rounds to keep reinforcements away. Alex was the only one shot with live ammunition. Reviewing the video, Alex spots moisture on the soldier’s prosthetic hand and states that artificial hands do not sweat—the toxin was transferred through a handshake.

The nation is at DEFCON 2. Kate finds Alex at home, drunk, playing guitar, and consumed by guilt. She wants his help with the Camel Club’s investigation, but Alex refuses, comparing his failure to that of Clint Hill, the agent who was on duty when Kennedy was assassinated—the same man whose heroism had inspired Alex to join the Service.

Gray interrogates the captive Farid Shah without success. Al Jazeera contacts the NIC to report that they have received a ransom note; the kidnappers authenticate with the president’s nuclear codes. The demands include troop withdrawals and foreign policy changes, but the final, shocking element is that Brennan will be released unharmed in one week, regardless. The cabinet is stunned. Gray asserts that the real question is the mastermind’s identity, as this is unlike any known terrorist group.