Baxter demands the UK raise its terror alert, but Wilde cites billions in costs and lack of certainty.
The episode opens with Baxter returning to work at New Scotland Yard, where she finds Rush already in her office. They attend a meeting with Jim about the investigation into detective Fouques. Rush informs Baxter of appointments with MI5 and Metropolitan Police anti-terror command. During the car ride, Baxter reveals she uses fake insurance cards under the name Vanita to avoid claims. Rush tries to make small talk, asking about Baxter's boyfriend and family, but she cuts him off when he mentions Curtis. They discuss Rush's daughter, with Baxter mistakenly thinking she's sixteen instead of six. At MI5, Baxter argues with chief Wilde about elevating the UK's terror alert, citing the Times Square church massacre. Wilde resists, citing costs and lack of concrete evidence, suggesting the attack might be opportunistic. Baxter leaves frustrated, and Rush receives news that one of the church killers has been found alive but in a coma. Later, Edmonds returns home drunk, and his wife Tia berates him for his obsession with Baxter, listing Baxter's flaws like stubbornness and heavy drinking. In a flashback to November 2015, Sasha undergoes a cult initiation where she must be marked with a knife. She panics and cannot go through with it. Dr. Green, the cult leader, orders her friend Eduardo to kill her, which he does by crushing her skull.
