We see: a hand dropping a pair of dice on a chain into the outstretched hand of an African-American man; a lanky girl staring out a window; a letter dated March 14, 2011; the gun going off; the girl again; a man sliding a wedding band onto a woman's finger; the boy, swinging higher into the trees ... then a quick repeat of all those impressions before we go back to the girl. An American voice asks off-screen, "Charlie, what is it? You gotta tell me?" And the grown-up Charlie turns around and says, "They found him."

The present-day Charlie comes to, gobsmacked by whatever she saw. And the episode closes with the FBI building blowing to hell and back, so for her sake and Mark's, I hope the "him" in question is Mark and he's pulled out of the building by Hellinger's people right before it blows. But whether that happens? Is an Unanswered Question. There are so many, and unless there's some featurette to tell us what was supposed to happen next, I guess we'll have to be content with making up answers for ourselves.

So, hands up all of you who watched the first episode and flashed to this being a one-and-done show? You all have the gift of foresight. We could learn a lot from you.

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