A man wakens in the morning and cleanses himself for prayer. He's a Muslim and in order to pray he should have been clothed not half naked! Walid (Walid Amini) meets his friend at the bus stop and he tells him he can have his notes as he won't be needing them anymore; implying he's about to do something like ending his life. Walid's friend can't get on the bus as he doesn't have fare. Moments later the bus explodes. He could have borrowed money from his friend. But not getting on he makes it look like he knows what is about to happen, the suicide aspect aside. This episode was filmed 2009 and appeared to be rather insensitive to the 7/7 bombings in London, choosing the bus as the target.
Walid is viewed as the bomber more than his friend as he's still alive, they could have been in league together. As soon as he put on his earphones, it was apparent he wasn't involved and was oblivious to what was about to happen. Cal (Tim Roth) et al watch the news and Cal and Ben (Mekhi Phifer)) are cleared by the FBI Director to attend the interrogation of a suspect, Sharif Hamza Ali (Don Wallace) before Cal leaves, Zoe (Jennifer Beals) brings Emily (Hayley McFarland) to stay with Cal at work as she has to go into the DOJ.
Cal bursts into the interrogation to show Messler (Molly Price) how to make the suspect more comfortable and less afraid. She hasn't been getting anywhere with her tactics. Ria (Monica Raymund) and Gillian (Kelli Williams) are taken to the mosque where the boy was in attendance. They wear headscarves and Ria drops her papers. She's helped by one of the boys. She stares right into his face, she also 'accidentally' drops her scarf, feigning being hot. Watching the footage they see one man displays anger towards her and he is suspected along with two others; who exhibit similar emotions.
Sharif admits to knowing one of the men in the photo but he didn't know about the bombing. He was afraid to talk as he says the boys are illegal and he's a smuggler; bringing them in so they can have better lives. Beepers sound at once informing them of another bombing this time at a mall in Virginia. The main suspect this time is Shi Khan, the same boy who helped Ria with her papers. Ria berates herself for missing it. Cal relates a story to her about being in Ireland and letting a man go, later he shot six in a pub and killed three outright. Sometimes it happens.
Eli (Brenden Hines) and Ben are at the mall and Ben shows Eli blood spatter, Eli commenting he's going to be sick now. Ben wonders why the bomb was detonated there and not nearer the food court where it would have done more damage. Then notices the absence of cameras. Eli points out a camera which would have gotten some footage as it was opposite a mirror. Cal walks in on Gillian in tears and tells her Dupree (Sean Patrick Thomas) is missing. Gillian immediately wants to tell Ria but Cal refuses since she needs to focus and already blames herself for the second bombing. So it's common knowledge that Ria is with Dupree. Cal also knows why Gillian is upset but he doesn't push her to talk at this point, letting her tell him in her own time.
Gillian and Ria interview Shi's family and his mother and father, Omar Khan (Anthony Azizi) who is always typecast as a foreigner and most times a terrorist as in a Criminal Minds episode. They did not see their son as a terrorist. Ria notices Khan's nephew is ashamed. Watching the video from the mall, Eli says Shi was moving in on a girl and wasn't the bomber. Gillan also agrees. Both the boys were innocent. Ria then notices the look of anger on the Imam's (Bernard White) face as he hurries by in the background. Ben is kind of impressed she noticed from so far away. The Imam was an informant for the FBI during the last administration, under the auspices of Agent Bitcher (Jonathan Banks). Ben doesn't know him. He was angry Bitcher bugged the entire mosque. Nothing new this was also done in NCIS season 5.11 episode Tribes. Zoe informs Cal that Dupree has been found alive and is in hospital.
Cal lets Ria know and she rushes to be by his side. Later when Gillian turns up she notices Gillian already knew, and that it was Cal who didn't want her to know. Gillian's hidden so much from them about her personal life and yet she lets this one slide. Cal and Ben pay a visit to Bitcher and Ben finds his secret mansize vault where he keeps the recordings. Zoe says the tapes can be used if there's an imminent threat, which there is. Eli and Gillian analyze the recordings and she recognizes a voice - cos she listens and not cos as cal says, she remembers everything. The voice is of Omar Khan. At the mall Eli analyzes the blast pattern on the computer and Ben determines they had to have been carrying the bomb in something they were given. The shrapnel on the wall looks like that from coins. Thus Ben knows the bomb was in the collection tins from the mosque.
Khan admits it was his nephew and he was punishing him and he can't believe he did this to his son. He was obvious as a suspect and when Ria noticed his shame she didn't say why he was ashamed in the store, was there a reason. Ben finds him on the rooftop about to detonate more bombs and shoots him, he had no other choice. He tells Cal he saw it in his eyes and Cal thinks they need to find him an office here.
Cal sees Gillian and she tells him she's moving out; she and Alex are separating. Lots more touchy feely moments between them. Cal then visits Ria and she is furious. Cal had to do what he did. She has a talent but it's not about her or about him, she has to share that talent with others, it belongs to everyone. He won't stop lying to her. We're not told why Gillian left Alex, perhaps she's finally realized he's no good and come to her senses. Maybe she's stopped deluding herself that nothing's wrong.
Lots of tension this episode especially since Cal still keeps lying to Ria to get the job done cos that's what it's all about and he continues to undermine her even when she's trying to do her job. It's not the work she hates but having to work for him. Ria appears to be so confident in reading people and her ability and it was good to actually see her come down to earth; or as Cal would put it, brought down a peg or two. She really believes she missed reading Shi and Cal keeps this misapprehension going for a long time. Then her confidence in her talent should return since she was right in the end, he wasn't a bomber. It was cruel of Cal to let her beat herself up over it and not tell her about Dupree; but he attempts to justify his reasons. Oh forget justification, this is Cal and he doesn't need to apologize for his actions to anyone.
A bit of an exciting episode to ensure there would be a season 2, with still plenty of questions left unanswered. Was Cal's team about to unravel with the weight placed on them with their personal lives impinging on the case, as Cal 's feelings seem to be unravelling as far as Zoe goes? He still loves her but he also has feelings for Gillian. Emily also demonstrates Cal's talented trait in reading people as she tells Gillian Cal's happier when he's with Gillian than with Zoe. The job has to be done regardless of costs to Cal especially since he's still burdened with the guilt of his mother's death.
It's apparent there's more to Cal and Gillian's relationship, yet neither one broaches the subject and now that she's finally moving on, the door is wide open. Who dumped whom? Ria upholds the 'integrity' of the group. She doesn't lie or keep secrets, except when she was drawn in by Eli to do so for him, she believes she can get the job done honestly and without trampling on people's feelings, something which sets the master apart from the apprentice. At least for now. Eli is still plodding along and hanging around for free. Cal called Gillian and Ria "love" in the same episode. Okay it's more of a Brit phrase or term of endearment, but he's never used it before for either one of them.
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