Tonight on NBC State of Affairs airs with an all new Monday January 26, season 1 episode 10 called, “The War at Home,” and we have your weekly recap below. On tonight’s episode the team races to find a terrorist cell’s missing bombs, and Charlie [Katherine Heigl] enlists the aid of a former adversary in the effort. Meanwhile, domestic fear and suspicion escalate as President Payton [Alfre Woodard] faces a new political threat, and an operation is jeopardized.
On the last episode, Charlie (Katherine Heigl) and the PDB team raced to prove that sorority girl Stacy Dover (guest star Gracie Dzienny) was, in fact, an active member of Ar Rissalah’s American terrorist cell. Amidst the high staked investigation, Charlie was forced to confront the fact that one of her closest allies may have betrayed her. Meanwhile, Operation Bellerophon was in full swing as Nick Vera (guest star Chris L. McKenna) got one step closer to contact with Omar Fattah. But Charlie’s efforts to bring down Ar Rissalah may not be able to prevent an attack on the homeland. Alfre Woodard, Adam Kaufman, Sheila Vand, Cliff Chamberlain, Tommy Savas and David Harbour also star. Guest starring Nestor Carbonell, Courtney B. Vance, Farshad Farahat and Melinda McGraw. Did you watch the last episode? If you missed it, we have a full and detailed recap right here for you.
On tonight’s episode as per the NBC synopsis, “Charlie (Katherine Heigl) and the PDB team race to find the Ar Rissalah 7’s missing bombs before other members of the terrorist cell rise up and attack the homeland. In their hunt, Charlie must enlist the help of a former adversary, Professor Ahmad Ahmadi (guest star Anil Kumar). As domestic fear and suspicion builds, President Payton (Alfre Woodard) is under fire for her close ties to the CIA and faces a new political threat from Senator Burke (guest star Rex Linn). Meanwhile, Operation Bellerophon is jeopardized when Nick Vera (guest star Chris L. McKenna) and Omar Fatah (guest star Farshad Farahat) pick up a tail in the Philippines. Adam Kaufman, Sheila Vand, Cliff Chamberlain, Tommy Savas and David Harbour also star. Guest starring Matthew Lillard and Adam Arkin.”
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Payton is taking heat for Green’s death at the hands of AR. There are calls for impeachment. Payton works on a speech. She says an attack by AR doesn’t warrant an attack on our Constitution. She says no to profiling and discrimination but says if you are a member of AR, if you persist in waging war against the US, you will be hunted down. A woman stands up and yells that she’s a tyrant and must be impeached. A man throws a bottle and they hustle her off the stage and into her limo.
The motorcade speeds away and David says her critics see her as using the CIA as her royal guard. He cites the treatment of Professor Ahmadi. She says she’s terrified about where the next bomb will go off – a subway or a spelling bee. He says it would be different if they were getting results. He tells her this could bring down her presidency and encourages her to assign an outside investigator and let the CIA burn if they’re guilty. She says they have to control it and suggests Senator Burke.
Charlie goes to where some terrorists are being held. They talk to Kenneth, one of the terrorists and let him know what fate awaits him. She asks where the bombs are. He tells her – we are your brothers, sisters, fathers, children. The others take up the chant. Charlie walks out annoyed. She goes to brief Payton. She says Nick’s intel isn’t helping. She says no one has given them the lab or bomb locations. She says Nick is with Fatah and will let them know when they are close to the Sheikh.
Payton says Fatah can’t walk away from this. Charlie says she knows this and she tells her to make sure Nick knows it too. Mo asks Charlie if she has news. They discuss looking for a missing link and wonder what the link between the seven is and how they met. Lucas says they weren’t recruited in the traditional sense, they drifted toward AR. They wonder how they found each other and how they communicated with Al Moosari.
In the Philippines, Fatah and Nick creep through a grassy region and then come face to face with other men. It turns into gunfire and then Fatah and Nick run after taking out the other men. They hide as other soldiers run by. Then they are surrounded. Nick tells them to put their weapons down. But then the soldiers are shot by snipers and they’re free again. Fatah asks what that was. Nick isn’t sure. Burke comes to see Payton and he says he admires that she’s willing to investigate the CIA.
He says he’ll do what he can. She says they can hold a joint presser and announce it. He says he doesn’t want Senator Owen to run it and she asks who. She reminds him he’s an opposition party member and he says he would be a non-voting committee head. She says if turns into a witch hunt, that’s an issue. He says he doesn’t want powerful enemies, he wants an end to terrorist threats on their soul. Dash comes to get Charlie and says he found something.
ExtremeTruth.net has a message board and all seven were on there but the site has since been shut down but the private messages weren’t on the cache. Ahmadi owned the site and that’s the problem since he hates them. Fatah tries to figure out who saved them. Nick says it’s not the CIA and says they wouldn’t shoot Filipinos. Fatah says they have to move on to meet the Sheikh. The other man says the people following them must be dead before they can go on.
He tells Fatah to send Nick to make sure all the men are dead. Charlie goes to see Ahmadi. She asks about the website and says she’s an analyst with the CIA. He reminds her they accused him of being a terrorist. She says anything that inspires terrorism is just as bad as terrorism. She tells him the American members of AR were recruited through his website. He says he came to America to feel safe and enjoy democracy and the rule of law. He says the CIA showed him what he came for was a lie.
She says she wants access to the servers. She says she’s trying to save lives. Charlie comes back to the CIA and she got the access. Dash says she’s been summoned to the conference room. Senator Burke is there. He says there’s a congressional committee being formed to address the abuses of the agency. She tells him to take it up with the director. He tells her he’s in a hospital bed and that’s not appropriate. She says this isn’t either.
He says he won’t make this a witch hunt as long as nobody acts like a witch. Acting Director Banks shows up and says this interview is over. He says until the committee has a name, purpose and subpoenas, don’t come in my building, park in my lot or come to my office. He tells him if he wants to be stroked to go to a massage parlor and says this is Langley, not Capitol Hill. He tells his men to escort him out. And out he goes.
Banks tells Charlie the investigation is a catapult of crap and to keep her head down so it flies over her head. Nick calls and says he has 30 seconds. He asks if there are guardian angels on his op. She says no. He says he has to do something and it’s better she doesn’t know. She says try to get back in one piece. He says that’s the plan. Kurt is in his office reading an article about the attack on Navarro. Victor comes in and says the spy game takes its toll.
He says we are not paid well for what we do and what we lose. He asks if he’s a cowboy. He says if he’s not, he asks why the hell is he driving a pickup in DC. He tells him he has a real job and tells him to get a real car. He leaves him a black credit card and another card. Banks comes to see Payton and she says she heard Burke came to see him today. He says Burke is trying to lay out Navarro and he doesn’t care. Banks says he didn’t vote for her or anybody and will shield his people.
She says they should just give him what he wants within reason. Charlie says it was Burke and Mo says the rumors are true. Charlie says the focus is likely to be on them and they say Kurt is likely to be get hit hard. Lucas says he’s the sequel to Aldrich Ames. Kurt is at a Mercedes dealership looking at $150k cars. They ask if he wants it bulletproof. He laughs but they tell him they’re not kidding. Payton heads to Green’s service. She hugs Green’s daughter and tells her she’s sorry she lost her.
She says they had their differences but they were friends before they were politicians. Her dad comes out and says she’s not welcome. He says she’s only there for her poll numbers but his daughter says she invited her and he says no photos for exploitation. Dash says they found two of the seven talking about picking up term papers at a certain address where they’re no school. Nick looks at foot prints in the mud. Some guys in extreme camo sneak through the swamp. Nick shoots one.
The other runs into the woods. When he checks on the one, the guy tries to choke him. He breaks his neck and then the other guy speaks to him in American English saying – you were told to stay away. He checks the dead one and sees an Airborne Ranger tattoo. The other one that ran away pulls off his head gear and curses – it’s Syd! Payton looks through a photo album when Marshall comes in. He says he thought she was already in bed. She says she has a lot on her mind.
She asks how his speech was. He says he pulled in a crowd of eight. He asks how the bomb factory search is going and she says Charlie thinks they’re close. He says okay and asks what else is on her mind. She asks why he didn’t tell her he went to Kyle’s viewing. He says it was last minute and she says she was passing him passing classified photos and was sleeping with him. He says he thought they were done keeping score but he was crying at her wake. He says 10 years was long enough.
She says she’s forgiving but not forgetting. She says she gave him information about their son as a friend that she refused him as a wife. Nick comes back to Fatah and says it’s done. He says he killed one and the other ran off. Fatah demands the gun and Nick hands it over. They head off to the camp. Kurt speeds along in his fancy new car playing loud music. He pulls off the road and gets out. He looks at the car and opens the back door. He searches all over the exterior and then finally finds a tracker. He curses.
Charlie and the gang are searching the building at that address with a bomb robot. They find a line of backpacks. Seven of them. The robot tries to unzip one but can’t. They send a guy in wearing a Hurt Locker suit. He unzips it and confirms it’s a bomb. He says he can defuse. He cuts it and moves on to the next. He starts to open the next bag and the whole building blows. Charlie goes to brief Payton on the incident. She says they found the site where they were storing the bombs for the attack.
She says a bomb technician was caught in the blast but says thousands of lives could have been lost otherwise. She says Ahmadi helped them by giving access to his servers. Payton says he’s a true patriot and it’s a rare thing nowadays. Charlie asks if she’s okay and she says she’s tired and never wanted this thing to start and now wants it to be over. She says the AR Seven need to be moved to a transparent site and allowed access to lawyers and medical professionals.
She says she heard Banks stepped in hard on her interview with Burke. Charlie says it was pretty great. Payton says Burke will make a lot of noise while the two of them take out Hakam and Fatah. She says Burke will target the CIA while they erase the greatest threat in recent history. They clink their glasses in a toast. Over at Burke’s office, box after box of CIA files are delivered to him. He opens a folder and sees that nearly every word has been redacted.
Kurt looks at his desk and tosses his briefcase down. Victor crushes a pill and takes it with whiskey as Kurt comes in and thanks him. He hands back the black credit card and the GPS tracker. Kurt says the money, car and job is recruitment not recon and says he’s surprised he hasn’t found a hooker in his bed. He asks what Victor really wants and he says he wants him to tell him everything about Fatah and Bellerephon.
Charlie watches the news coverage of the explosion of the bomb site. Mo comes in and says the bombs are off the streets. She reminds her that she taught her to never second guess the trade offs. Mo says there’s some actions in the Philippines and says it’s an American body. Charlie says if Nick killed an American during an unsanctioned op, he’ll burn either way. Ahmadi gets a letter. It’s a thank you card from Payton for his service to the United States of America.
He puts it in his desk then goes to a secret door in his closet and opens it up. We see hanging racks of bomb components.
THE END!
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