When he pulls up, it already looks like a crime scene, complete with an ambulance and rubberneckers. Getting out of the Charger and walking up to the sidewalk in front of the high-rise apartment building, Michael VOs, "When you realize that an operation is compromised, that your enemies are on the move, you're on a clock. You have to move as fast as you can to try to contain the damage and harden your defenses before it's too late." Wait, is he talking about himself, or the people who now seem to be after him? He pushes past some gathered spectators and looks down. "Sometimes you make it in time..." Diego lies dead on the sidewalk, his head in a pool of blood. "...And sometimes you don't." Michael looks up at the high balconies above him, which suggest to him that Diego got down here without the aid of stairs or elevators. He continues, "When you work in intelligence, the worst feeling in the world is knowing nothing. Being caught up in something you don't begin to understand." Michael walks calmly back to the Charger, but pounds his fists on the roof in frustration when he reaches it. "Because it's not the enemy you see that gets you. It's the one you don't."

Not much of a cliffhanger, apart from the fact that Michael now knows less about his situation than he has for two seasons. The show will be back in January, so let's hope Michael has a great fall. Yes, I said great fall. What, too soon?

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