- Matty splits the team up for a mission, and partners the teammates with their fellow teammates they had the most problems with during the Codex affair.
- The team infiltrates a Zurich hotel/safe house to recover an insider who has information on a Brazilian gangster. Matty combines Mac with Russ, and Riley with Desi, so they can have some "alone" time together to resolve their trust issues after Codex.—Gislef
- In Marrakesh, 10 months after the team defeated Codex, Mac goes into a spa where Russ is relaxing and lying next to a man, Vincent Broulee, who is checking his phone. Russ spikes Vincent's drink, and Vincent passes out. Mac complains that Russ didn't let him handle it, and the two agents prepare to drag Vincent off. They hear a man coming, and Mac pouts a bottle of water on the hot stones.
When the guard comes in, Mac hides with Russ. As the guard draws his gun and moves in, the water in the bottle expands and explodes the glass in the guard's face. He falls into the nearby pool, and Mac and Russ carry the unconscious Vincent out.
Vincent wakes up in a Phoenix interrogation room, handcuffed to a chair. Mac and Russ are there, and tell Vincent that they need him to check them into the Zurich Grand. They only take guests by referral, and Russ tells Vincent that they know who his father is and that Vincent Jr. has been embezzling $10 million from hi through the Grand. Vincent tries to make a call, and points out that their phone is broken.
In Zurich, Desi drives through the streets, parks near the Grand, and gets a wounded Riley out of the passenger seat. Going inside, Desi pounds on the door bell until the concierge, Egor, answers. She says that she has a reservation under "Henderson", and Egor looks at Desi as three guards come in and surround the desk. When Desi says that Vincent made the reservation for them, Egor understands completely and says that friends of his son Luis are friends of the Grand. He checks Desi in immediately and asks if she wants "dinner" sent up.
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Earlier, Vincent tells Mac and Russ that there is a code at the hotel, and "dinner" means "first" aid", and "spa" means "hospital".
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Desi says that they'll take dinner in their room, and Egor tells her that the "spa" is open 24 hours. He says that guns, cell phones, and tablets aren't allowed. Desi hands everything over, smiling.
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12 hours earlier at Phoenix, Desi and Riley take the elevator to the briefing room. They make small talk, and Desi looks suspiciously at Riley when Riley isn't looking.
When they arrive in the war room, Matty tells them that she's briefed them a reservation at the Grand. She explains that the Grand is where the European underworld hides out, and Desi and Riley will go undercover to extract Paula Matos. Bozer is there, Paula is a money manager for arms dealer Gustavo Salazar, the "Butcher of Brazil". She handles one of Salazar's legitimate businesses, and last year Salazar pulled her over to the criminal side of his organization and threatened to kill her son if she talked. She sent the on into the hiding and went off the grid, and Phoenix sources tracked her to the Grand.
All guests of the Grand are guaranteed anonymity while they get new identities and bank accounts, and the hotel has full computer security so their ID databanks can't be hacked. Mac and Russ are using Vincent to set Desi and Riley up as a criminal team, specializing in high-risk tech heists. The two of them are going in as a small exfil team to get Paula out, and Riley assures Matty that they've got it. Desi agrees and leaves with Riley.
Once they're alone, Bozer wonders if something is going on between Riley and Desi. Matty explains that when the team went after Codex, Riley and Desi were on opposite sides of the op. Trust was broken, and Matty insists that not only do they have the right skillset for the op, but it will force both pairs--Mac and Russ, and Riley and Desi--to have some one-on-one time.
Egor takes Desi and Riley to their room, then leaves. Riley drops her fake wound, and hacks into the Grand computers using a hacking device planted in their guns in storage. The device connects Phoenix to the Grand database, and Riley uses the power of the Phoenix servers to hack the hotel database.
Once Riley gets in, she confirms that Paula checked in three weeks ago and had a facial at the spa three days later. There's nothing on her since then, and Riley runs the Grand's facial recognition and discovers that Paula never showed up on the hotel surveillance cameras again.
Mac gets takeout food for Vincent, and asks what he can tell them about "facials". Russ offers Vincent $12 million for the information, and Vincent says that the Grand plastic surgeons are the best in Europe. They also create fake IDs, and only keep paper records to prevent hacking.
Mac passes on the info to Bozer and the women, and Bozer says that once the women get the paper file on the work Paula had done, he can reconstruct an image of what Paula looks like now. Riley calls for an appointment for a "facial", and gets in immediately. Once she hangs up, Desi points out that her bullet wound is fake. Riley gets in the wheelchair the hotel provided, and tells Desi to trust her.
Desi takes the wheelchair-bound Riley to the spa, and the attendant Susie greets them. Riley has made a fake wound with a pneumatic gunpowder lipstick device that Bozer provided her with earlier, and fake blood that she made with water, red dye, and sugar. Susie confirms the "wound" is real, and Susie calls for a doctor to stitch it up.
Once Susie leaves, Riley uses a hotel tablet to cancel the doctor's page, calls the nurse to an emergency on an upper floor, and they break into the surgical suite nearby to look for Paula's file. They call in to Matty, who has them check the medical records and look for blood thinners that would have been used in the plastic surgery. The women check for records dated three weeks ago, and Desi finds Paula's file.
As they go through the file, Riley asks Desi if they're good. Desi says that they are, and Riley points out that Desi has been more untalkative than usual. They find Paula's file, and Riley scans it and uploads it to Bozer. Two thugs knock at the door when their access doesn't work, and Riley dons a lab coat and poses as a worker, while Desi hides. They don't respond to Riley, and Desi pops out and attacks them.
Desi and Riley take the two men out, and they argue about whether the thugs were buying Riley's disguise or not as they fight. After knocking out one thug, the other injects Desi in the neck with a syringe he picks up. She takes him out and then staggers around. Riley finds a stimulant and injects Desi with it, and she hits the thug who stabbed her with a chair.
Riley finishes uploading the scan, and Bozer figures the two thugs work for Salazar and were trying to find Paula. Matty warns that Salazar will send more thugs, and tells Mac and Russ to get to the Grand and watch their teammates' backs.
Mac offers Vincent his freedom and half of $12 million if he gets them into the Grand as well. Russ talks to Mac privately and warns that he doesn't trust Vincent. When Mac asks him to trust himself, Russ points out that Mac's trust record for earning trust isn't good. Mac notes that Russ' track record isn't good, and knows Salazar killed Russ' mother. Russ insists that it's different, and they argue over whether to win Vincent's trust or use threats.
Matty, listening in, tells them both to stop. She orders Russ to follow Mac's lead, and Russ tells Vincent that if they don't check in regularly, their associate will transmit the information on Vincent's betrayal to his father. Vincent agrees, but warns that no one will believe that they're his guys dressed in their civvies.
Later at the Grand, Vincent takes Mac and Russ in. They have new suits, and Egor compliments Vincent on his suit.
In the file room, Desi stitches together Riley's real fake wound. She complains that Riley didn't tell her about her plan, and Riley complains that Desi didn't let her talk before she attacked them. Desi finishes her work, and Riley asks her what is up. After a moment, Desi merely says that they need to get rid of the thugs.
As Vincent chats with Egor, Mac notices Salazar and his men come in. He whispers a warning via earbud to Bozer, who checks the medical records Riley sent him. Bozer comes up with a reconstruction of what Paula might look like now, and Matty runs a facial recognition on all guests. They get a hit on a guest on the 15th floor and send it to Riley.
Salazar and his two thugs go into the spa. Russ tells Vincent to act injured, and steps on Vincent's foot when he balks. Mac and Russ take Vincent into the "spa". Meanwhile Salazar and his men go in, and Salazar tells Susie that he was supposed to meet his friends but they're not there. As Susie refuses to discuss the other guests, Mac and the others come in and Susie tells Vincent that she'll be right with him.
Mac mixes ammonia from a window cleaner with a vase full of tea tree oil, then heats up the mixture. While he, Russ, and Vincent cover their noses, the fumes choke Salazar and the others. Susie leads them out, and Mac and his team follow them to Salazar's room. Riley and Desi head for Paula's room.
Egor and his guards intercept Mac and his team. Vincent immediately tells Egor that he gave a coded phrase to Egor earlier that he was with "undesirables'> The guards handcuff Mac and Russ, and Vincent figures that by the time Russ' "associates" realize they're out of contact, Vincent will be long gone. Vincent apologizes to Mac as the guards take the agents off.
Riley and Desi arrive at Paula's room, and Riley knocks at the door and claims to be room service. There's no answer and Riley hacks the electronic lock. Paula comes out of the closet, with her new face that looks like Jane, and aims a gun at them. She demands to know who they are, and Riley tells her that Salazar has checked in to kill her and they're there to stop him.
When Paula wonders how she can trust them, Riley says that they're the good guys and Desi sarcastically tells her to speak for herself. Desi says that death is too good for Salazar, and she wants to see him rotting in a cell. She explains that she trusted Salazar but was a fool to trust anyone who claimed to be her family, and he double-crossed her. Desi tells Paula that she needs her to testify against Salazar, so they can put Salazar away for Paula, her son, and all the people whose lives he's ruined.
Paula says that she can't testify, but she has all the financial evidence on a file. She checked it in with Egor, and it's in a vault in the basement. If the women get her out of the Grand alive, the file is theirs. Riley agrees, but tells her to leave the gun behind so the metal detectors don't pick it up and it's against the rules to have a gun in the hotel. As they leave, Desi disgustedly says to herself that now Riley wants to follow the rules.
Egor has his guards lock Mac and Russ in a secure room. Once the concierge and his men leave, Mac picks his handcuffs open confirms the reinforced walls won't let their comm transmit through. Russ points out that he said they couldn't trust Vincent. Mac asks Russ if he trusts him enough to get him out of there, and Russ says that he does. In return, Mac opens Russ' handcuffs and opens the bathroom door. The real Paula is hiding inside and says that Salazar tracked her there and she figured the secure room was the last place he'd look for her.
When Russ identifies her, Paula figures that the Grand violated her security. Mac says that they're there to get Paula out, and Russ wonders who Riley and Desi are with.
Riley hacks into the secured storage room and opens a box. As she works, she congratulates Desi on her speech to Paula. Riley figures that Desi was talking about her Phoenix "family", and Desi asks why Riley went after Mac when he joined Codex. Desi points out that Riley didn't let her in on her plan, and Riley points out that Desi was planning to drop a bomb on the Codex compound. When Desi angrily points out that it wasn't her plan and she stopped the bomb, Riley notes that they stopped Codex.
Opening the secure box, Riley gets the hard drive with the info. She tells Desi to hold onto it for safekeeping, and Desi takes it, surprised that Desi now trusts her. As they head down a stairwell, "Paula" draws her gun on Riley and tells them to hand over the drive. "Paula" says that they can call her Jane, and Salazar offered a bonus for the drive and she figured that she'd grab it and sell it to the highest bidder. Jane hung out at the spa until she spotted someone looking for Paula. She tells Desi to hand over the drive or she'll kill Riley.
Mac, Russ, and Paula go back to the main room and Mac works on a bathroom exhaust fan. Russ tells Paula that Mac's methods are unorthodox and Mac doesn't always do what Russ thinks he should do, but his gift is what makes him the best. Mac tells Paula that Russ always does the right thing in the end, and Paula doesn't care.
Using the induction magnet from the fan's motor, Mac moves the deadbolt and opens the main door. Russ punches the guard outside into unconsciousness.
Jane repeats her demand to Desi to hand the drive over. Desi points out that if she hands the drive over, Jane will just shoot Riley anyway. Riley says that she's got it and flashes a hard drive CD from her pocket at Desi. Desi deliberately picks a fight with Riley, and the two women argue as a bemused Jane looks on. When Desi finally takes out the drive, Riley throws the drive at Jane, knocking the gun out of her hand the two agents run up the stairs. Salazar and his thugs are coming down the stairs and spot them.
Jane grabs the drive and the gun, and shoots at the agents as they run down the stairs. The nearest access door is locked, and Riley tells Desi to buy her two minutes while she works on the lock. Desi attacks one thug as he arrives, knocking him down the stairwell to where he almost hits Jane, who is shooting upward. Salazar and his other thug arrive, and Desi attacks them As Desi knocks out the last attacker, Riley gives up and kicks the lock, and the door opens.
The two teams of agents arrive, with Egor and his men in pursuit of Mac and the others. Paula says that she knows a way out, and Desi wonders how they know she isn't leading them into a trap. The woman says that she wants to get out of the Grand more than they do, and the agents figure they'll follow her.
Paula leads them through the Grand's secret servant corridors to the spa. Riley tries to hack the elevator so they can escape, but someone locks Riley out of the system. Egor announces over the loudspeaker that there's a lockdown because of uninvited guests, and Mac spots a skylight and says he can get them out but needs an initial burst of lift.
Riley and Desi have the same idea and take Mac to the surgical suite, while Russ barricades the door. Egor, Vincent, and the guards locate the team in the spa, and Egor calls all the guards there.
Mac and the female agents return from the spa with tanks of oxygen. Desi wraps surgical tubing around the ceiling beams, and Mac has everyone grab a strand of tubing, and the other ends are attacked to the tanks. Mac tells the others to kick off the valves, and when the tanks shoot across the room, they'll lift the group up to the skylight. Paula wonders if they trust Mac's contraption, and everyone says that they do.
Egor and his men shoot open the door, while the agents kick off the valves and escape via the skylight. They get to their jet and head back to LA, and Russ says that Matty has arranged for Paula to testify against Salazar in return for immunity. Riley has the drive from the hard drive unit, and explains that she removed it from the hard drive housing when she took it out of the deposit box. Russ assures Paula that her son will be waiting for her in LA, and Paula thanks the team even though she says that they're unorthodox.
Desi talks to Riley privately and asks her if she had the data then why did she give her the housing to carry. Riley says that it was a misdirect because she knew something was off about Jane. When Desi complains that Riley didn't let her in on her plan, Riley says that since Codex, there's been a wall up between them. Desi admits that she was mad that Riley went after Mac. She apologizes, and Desi apologizes for thinking they had betrayed Phoenix and joined Codex. Desi forgives Riley, and Riley confesses that she hates her new place. In response, Desi says that she's never been to a spa and hits things to relax.
When the team arrives back at Phoenix, Paula is reunited with Luis. Russ apologizes to Mac for focusing on Mac's mistakes instead of his own. Mac accepts his apology, and Bozer tells them that the Swiss authorities reviewed the drive data and arrested Salazar, and the Grand staff eagerly turned him over. Russ asks what happened to Vincent, and Matty says that Egor turned on Vincent for letting Phoenix in. Vincent went straight to the authorities so he could go to jail rather than face his father's wrath.
Matty has given Riley and Desi the Phoenix jet for a special assignment. Russ complains that he owns the jet, while Desi and Riley fly to the Meldives and relax at an island spa. They hang out in a mud bath and share a toast to their first of many spa getaways. Desi hates the mud, and says that she's there for the company. Riley tells her that she can get out, and Desi says that she can't because she lost her bikini bottom in the mud.
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