A compressed 40-minute episode accelerates multiple plotlines: Agent Mercer pursues and is captured by Alex's captors after a violent chase. The captors are revealed as British operatives posing as French, and one hostage is executed at 1 p.m. A hostage scandal leaks to the press, forcing Dalton onto live television without Toussaint's knowledge. Toussaint's assistant Adrienne is exposed as the mole feeding intel to the captors about Toussaint, Dalton, and rescue plans. Toussaint prioritizes national political stakes over immediate rescue, handing Matheo her phone so a friend can trace the source of the incriminating video.
Old James Bond (actual name Agent Mercer, played with grizzled grit by Gerald Kyd) chased down Alex's captors in a car before he was run off the road, shot, and also kidnapped; we discovered that said captors are British but pretending to be French; 1 p.m. hit, and one of the hostages was shot in the head; the hostage scandal was leaked to the press; resultantly, Dalton was forced to go on live television and tell the world about it, unknown to Toussaint.
The episode opens in French Guiana, where Old James Bond is in the midst of attempting a lone-wolf rescue mission. I'm really enjoying Kyd's screen presence and how much he has convinced me that, despite being a bit-part character with little screen time, he might actually just save the day. I am also glad that he wasn't killed off after the chase sequence, whatever the captors' motives may be.
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