- Finch and Reese go undercover in a hotel to protect a cleaning woman who is the apparent target of Serbian killers. Meanwhile, Carter begins the process of joining the FBI and someone from their past unexpectedly returns.
- Reese and Finch get jobs as a bellhop and concierge respectively at the upscale, 700 guest Coronet Hotel where the next number, Mira Dobrica, works as a maid. They figure that whatever will happen by or to Mira will happen at the hotel since she works 60 hour weeks there. Mira is a streetwise woman, who arrived in the US in 1999 as a refugee from the war in Kosovo. Reese and Finch believe she will be the target. Figuring out who the perpetrator is will be difficult as the 700 guests are primarily unknown. After their initial stint at the hotel, they believe the case will have to do either with the illegal side operations of the hotel's front of house manager, the overly officious Derek Fowler, something in Mira's background from the Kosovo war, or whatever their old friend Zoe Morgan is working on, she who is wandering around the hotel. What they are unaware of is that they have an outside threat from two different parties that have been tracking them. Meanwhile, SAIC Brian Moss, reading through Donnelly's old files, re-offers Carter a field op position with the FBI. Carter agrees to the hiring process, the only part about which she is nervous is the mandatory polygraph test, most specifically as the questions may relate to Reese and Finch. Finch gives her some pointers on how to get over the polygraph. The test process and results aren't exactly what Carter anticipates.—Huggo
- The Machine delivers the number of the maid of the Coronet Hotel Mira Dobrica, and Finch and Reese get jobs as a bellboy and concierge of the hotel to protect her. They learn that she is a refugee from the Kosovo War and arrived in the USA in 1999 when she was sixteen. She is a hard worker that works sixty hours per week, and they do not know who might want to kill her. First, they believe it may be related to the solicitation activity in the hotel, managed by the Manager Derek Fowler the doorman Bud Garrison that Mira denounced to the police. Reese protects Mira from a drunken CEO tug Brantley from sexual harassment and then he breaks into the room of the alcoholic guest Charles Harris is arguing with her. But when Finch and Reese spot foreign military agents in the exits of the hotel and Charles, who is a freelance journalist, vanishes, they learn that Mira is the witness of crimes of war. Meanwhile, FBI Agent Brian Moss finds old notes from Donnelly inviting her to join the agency, and he tells her that the offer is open. Carter accepts the invitation and is submitted to the polygraph test. However, her relationship with Det. Cal Beecher does not allow her to join the Agency. Special Council sends Hersh to kill Reese and has a new secretary.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Open with the machine picking up a conversation about a girl who "saw it happen" and whether a woman can keep her safe.
Finch talks to Reese about how much he loves hotels as they walk into the employee entrance of one. The latest number is Mira Dobrica (Mía Maestro), who works as a maid. Finch doesn't know much about her, but based on her life he assumes her danger is work-related. Reese will pose as a bellhop and Finch a concierge so Reese can get into every room and Finch will have computer access.
Reese and Finch will be working for a manager named Derek Fowler (David Pittu). He tells them they are hosting an aviation industry event and we see the guests are arriving.
In the elevator Reese briefly runs into Zoe Morgan (Paige Turco). Reese plants a camera on Mira's cart, then overhears her arguing with the CEO of an energy drink company named Tug (Stephen Schnetzer). Tug is making sexual advances and Reese arrives to protect her.
Mira and Reese talk in the hallway.
Finch has learned that Mira originally came to the U.S. as a Serbian refuge during the Kosovo War. She came alone in 1999.
We see Derek and his head doorman Bud (Lawrence Popper) confront Mira about police looking into their "side operation."
Over the phone Pennsylvania Two (Jay O. Sanders) welcomes Hersh (Boris McGiver) back from prison. He wants Hersh to quickly find Reese and find out who is working for. We see Hersh break into a police cruiser and drive off.
Carter and Cal Beecher (Sterling K. Brown) talk about taking their relationship to the next level and having him meet her son. Special Agent In Charge Brian Moss (Brian Hutchison) tells Carter he's found in Donnelly's notes reference to her possibly becoming an FBI agent. She's still interested and the next step will be a lie detector.
Reese notices potential prostitutes at the hotel's bar and wonders if that might be Derek's side business. Carter calls Finch with word that a working girl was picked up at the hotel and had her bail posted by Bud. She asks Finch for advice about the polygraph and he advises her to lie on one of the baseline questions in order to trick the test. He also advises her to avoid him and Reese in the near future.
Charles Harris (Andy Murray) is a guest at the hotel. He speaks with an accent. He wants to speak with Mira and pulls her into his room. Reese enters the room and finds Mira and Harris arguing. There are photos on a table.
Outside the room, Reese tells Mira he knows she's involved with the girls and that she tipped off the police. She tells Reese to stay away from her.
Reese finds out Harris is a freelance journalist and thinks Mira must be one of his sources. A suspicious-looking man in a turtleneck (Jakob Von Eichel) has been sitting in the lobby all day. The guys have Zoe strike up a conversation with him and "accidentally" spill a glass of wine on him. As soon as he leaves to clean himself somebody walks over and takes his place. They realize the men are spotters of some kind, a hit squad with military training.
Reese searches a room connected with one of the spotters named Peter who checked-in with a German passport. There is a file in the room on Harris and a series of articles he wrote on a Serbian colonel named Petrovic who was accused of war crimes. Finch hacks into Harris' laptop and finds out that Mira is actually Albanian and witnessed Petrovic order the execution of her entire family. She changed her ethnicity and name for protection.
Reese shoots one of the spotters just before he can kill Mira. She realizes the danger she is in. Finch loses his connection to Harris' floor and sends Reese to the room.
Carter begins her polygraph. She admits to smoking marijuana in college, which is a lie.
Harris is missing and there is a blood stain on the wall. They are too late. Mira fills in Reese about some of her history. Reese tries to figure out how they could have found her. Using her phone he finds a microphone in one of the lamps in Harris' room. He follows the cord to the room next door and manages to take out another operative.
Mira makes a run for it but ducks into an elevator containing another member of the hit squad. Finch stops the elevator. Fusco calls Reese with word the hit squad member are moving out with Harris' body. Finch tells him to make sure they don't leave the hotel. The assassin wants to know the location of Harris' recording of another witness. Reese arrives on the scene and takes out the man. Mira won't leave without the recording.
Fusco takes out the men who are with Harris' body.
Hersh calls Pennsylvania Two with word that something is happening at the hotel.
Reese sends Mira with Fusco and tells Finch they need to leave.
During Carter's polygraph somebody pops into the room. She is then asked questions about Beecher and informed there are ongoing investigations into him.
Reese gets the recording from Mira's locker. Derek wants to know what is happening. Reese knocks him out and leaves.
On Reese's way out of the hotel Hersh shows up behind him and puts a gun to his head.
Carter is told her offer to join the FBI has been rescinded. It sounds as if the reason is her relationship to Beecher
Fusco arrives at the station with Mira. One of the assassins is also there, pretending to have been mugged.
Hersh takes Reese to the kitchen and asks him who he works for. The two end up fighting and Reese is able to stab him. He tells Hersh he's 20 minutes from death and leaves him to decide between following him and going to the hospital.
Carter tells Beecher perhaps it's too soon for him to meet her son. She tells him she "needs time."
The assassin makes a break for Mira. He gets a wire around her neck but Carter shoots him and saves her.
We see that Petrovic will stand trial. Zoe tells the guys that the prostitution ring has been broken up. Finch has purchased the hotel and made Mira the manager.
Hersh calls Pennsylvania Two from his hospital bed. He tells he's needed "ASAP" and Hersh pulls out his tubes and leaves. We see Pennsylvania Two preparing for a state dinner and that his new assistant is none other than Root (Amy Acker).
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