Plot

Sam Shaw and her associate, Michael Cole, receive the Relevant numbers from the Machine.

Sam Shaw and her associate Michael Cole receive numbers from the machine much like Finch and Reese, but they receive the ones relating to terrorist threats, which they are to extinguish. Working as field agents for the US Government, they, however, do not yet know the source for the numbers. Shaw and Cole end up being the next numbers Finch and Reese receive. Despite Shaw and by association Cole having killed many in the past, Reese and Finch receive their numbers as the intended targets. The perpetrators are insiders who want to dispose of them because they are questioning and thus getting close to finding out the source of the numbers. Shaw specifically is initially unaware that she is targeted because of where they are heading toward in that questioning. As Shaw tries to find out who gave the kill order on her, Reese and Finch have problems keeping her safe if only because of her suspicious nature as a killer agent, and her loner attitude. What they all are also unaware of is that someone else is working undercover to try and track down the source of the numbers, thus putting them all in further danger.—Huggo

Sameen Shaw and Michael Cole receive the relevant numbers that come from the Machine, thinking that they come from a group called Research. When Cole starts to dig around to find out the truth, the agency decides to shut them down. Reese and Finch try to help them before it's too late.—cnfsdkid

In Berlin, Sam Shaw and her partner Michael Cole destroy a terrorist cell that is building a dirty bomb. Then they travel to New York since they have a new number. Therefore, Shaw and Cole receive the relevant numbers from The Machine related to terrorist threats. In New York, a man called Wilson delivers a new number to Shaw. Cole is questioning how the numbers are acquired and he mentions that their target Aquino was not accurate. Out of the blue, Cole receives a message telling him that it is a trap and they must leave the place. However, they are immediately attacked and Cole dies protecting Shaw. Reese appears to rescue her, but is shot by Shaw that learns that Wilson has betrayed them. The injured Shaw kidnaps a drug dealer named Lewis and head to the house of his boss. She removes the bullet from her stomach and when she is attacked by Lewis' gang, she kills them all and let Lewis go. Hersh hunts her down while Shaw contacts CIA Veronica Sinclair, who was attacked by Root and is posing as if she was her. She subdues Shaw, but when she will torture her, Wilson's men arrive and are killed by Shaw. Reese also helps her and brings Shaw to meet Finch, who shows that Cole and she were their numbers. However, she is distrustful and does not want to stay with Reese and Finch. Now she is seeking revenge against Wilson.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Open in 2011 with a conversation about a man who "asks too many questions," followed by gun shots.

In present day Berlin, an English-speaking woman, Sam Shaw (Sarah Shahi) is cornered by two men. A police officer arrives but she says she thinks it's just a mistake. The two men pull out guns, yell that someone named Bekhti (Michael Elian) needs to be contacted and say the "Americans are onto us". The woman shoots the two men, then knocks out the officer. A voice in the woman's ear asks about Bekhti.

Shaw and her male partner track some men to an apartment where they are building a dirty bomb. They use gas to knock the men out and eventually take care of the explosive. She gets out of there unharmed and the two make reference to her making a trip to New York since "we have another number".

In New York, Shaw meets with a man named Wilson (Paul Sparks), who gives her the next number.

Shaw's partner, Michael Cole (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), tells her the new number she's been following is a Michigan resident named James Mercer. He was a former Marine with a dishonorable discharge who became part of a militia and was recently wired $10,000 before heading to Queens. During this process she spots Reese and tells Cole she thinks she's been made. Mercer gets a call telling him "tomorrow's the big day".

That night Cole asks Shaw if she ever wonders where research gets the numbers and if they might be wrong. She tells him that research is never wrong, but he has checked up on an old case and thinks one of their past targets, a man named Aquino, wasn't accurate. Aquino was supposedly working for the Hezbollah, but Cole found that his funding actually came from a U.S. government source. Cole is able to get into Mercer's computer and finds their names all over his files. A message then pops up reading "It's a trap. Get out of there. Now." Cole is able to warn Shaw just before automatic gunfire rips through the wall but he is shot and killed. Reese shows up and tries to help her but she doesn't trust him. Shaw jumps out of a window and finds that Wilson is behind the operation to kill them. They exchange shots but Shaw manages to get away. Wilson places a call to Pennsylvania Two [(link=nm0761587]) telling him what happened. Wilson tells him the only edge they may have is that he thinks he "clipped her."

Shaw kidnaps a drug dealer named Lewis (Turron Kofi Alleyne) and brings him back to his boss' apartment. She's been hit in the stomach with a hollow point and borrows some "supplies" to help her remove the bullet. After removing the bullet she loses consciousness. She wakes up to find other men in the apartment. She quickly takes them out with her back-up gun and lets Lewis leave.

Hersh (Boris McGiver) tells Pennsylvania Two that Shaw is one of the best and won't be found unless she wants to be. He thinks it's highly likely she'll be coming after them for revenge. They plan to find Veronica Sinclair, Cole's CIA contact.

Shaw calls Sinclair and tells her they need to meet the following day.

Shaw calls Wilson and says she wants to meet with control or else she'll go public with the Aquino files.

Cole arrives at the Sinclair meeting, but Root (Amy Acker) is there pretending to be Sinclair. Root says Cole asked her to look into wire transfers related to a nuclear engineer named Daniel Aquino. His payments were made to look as if they were coming from Hezbollah, but in fact were coming from a wing of the Pentagon called the Intelligence Support Activity. It is the group Shaw has been working for. Shaw hears Sinclair tied up in the bathtub and Root knocks her out with a stun gun. Root says she doesn't want to hurt Shaw, but she wants the name of Aquino's contact. It sounds as if Aquino was paid to build a home for the machine. Shaw is saved from torture when Root sees that Wilson's men are on their way upstairs. Shaw is able to kill the three men. Reese shows up just after that and is able to convince her not to shoot at him. He says he has a friend who wants to meet with her.

Reese takes Shaw to Finch. He shows her that her and Cole's numbers came up. Finch says she'll never scratch the surface of the organization she's looking into and offers their help. She declines.

At a formal gathering Shaw confronts Pennsylvania Two. He tells her that he is not Control, but he's "the closest you're going to get." He tells her that the public not knowing what they do is the reason there hasn't been another attack. She gives him Cole's research on the Aquino case. She then kills Wilson. Pennsylvania Two lets her leave, impressed that she is ultimately a good soldier.

Hersh sneaks up behind Shaw and appears to kill her with a hypodermic needle. Carter and Fusco show up at the scene and take over. With help from Leon Tao (Ken Leung) as a fake paramedic they bring her back to life in a cemetery. Shaw thanks them, but takes their cell phones and drives off in the ambulance as the episode ends with Finch asking, "I wonder if she'll call us a cab."