The passing of the gun control bill marks a major accomplishment of the administration, one that could not have happened without Kimble's support. As such, Tom seriously considers appointing her Vice-President. However, a story regarding an incident from twelve years ago pointing to she being involved in possible graft hits the media, claims which she vigorously denies to Tom. The leading candidate for leaking such a story is Jack, her main rival to lead the Republican Party. However, Kimble may have more political enemies within her party - of which she is aware - that may want to see her leadership of the party end. Regardless if she can discover who is gunning after her with the story, the political damage may already be done, which Tom has to consider in his appointment. Meanwhile, Hannah and Jason are able to make it out of their tenuous situation in North Dakota alive, albeit with Jason being injured in the process. Lozano being alive is the key which they now have to follow, which includes who the authorities killed instead of Lozano and how Lozano and this John Doe were able to switch places. Although this lead points to a somewhat expected person, Hannah, Jason and John still have to be concerned about the mole within the White House. And, Abe continues to receive leads from an anonymous source as to the Capitol bombing, that source who seems to know the answers but who refuses to give Abe the entire story, he needing to discover that on his own. The latest person the source points Abe to is Jason.
—Huggo