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Finch finds a large encrypted file and starts to hack it, while Scott gets a blocked call. He
takes the call, which is from a temp agency which says that they have a two-day staff position
for him at a Delancey fundraiser. Scott gratefully takes the job.
The next day, Finch and Reese continue to follow Scott. Carter calls to tell them that Scott
has a clean record, but he recently applied for a firearm license for a rifle. Finch says that they’re
checking on Scott and she shouldn’t worry about him, and then tells Reese that the file contained
emails that Scott has been sending to Delancey. Delancey is the one in charge of the cutbacks
that cost Scott his job. They realize that the emails are death threats and that Scott plans to
assassinate Delancey.
Reese follows Scott into the hotel where the fundraiser is being held. He sees Scott go into an
employee entrance and tries to follow him through, but a security man directs him through the
main entrance. After Reese ditches his piece, he and Finch go through the metal detector. Reese
has Finch watch Delancey while he goes to the basement where Scott and the temp staff have
gathered.
Meanwhile, one of Delancey’s backers warns him to lay off the rhetoric. Finch tells Reese
that his system is flagging Scott’s emails. It turns out that the emails were copied onto Scott’s
computer from a remote location.
As Delancey takes the stage, Reese goes to the balcony and spots Scott with what appears
to be a rifle. He tackles him and discovers that it’s a confetti cannon. As they realize that Scott
is being set up, a shadowy figure on the balcony shoots Delancey. The shooter runs off and
Reese runs after him, while the people on the floor see Scott and assume that he’s the shooter.
Meanwhile, the real shooter gets to the street and fades into the crowd. Finch comes out and
meets with Reese, and they watch as Scott is taken away by the police.
Back at their headquarters, Finch and Reese watch newscasts on the shooting. Finch says
that the people responsible made an extensive effort to set Scott up. However, he warns Reese
that Scott is still in danger if the Machine gave them his number. Reese figures that a team is
involved, with a hacker and a shooter. He calls Carter, who is angry that Finch said she didn’t
have to worry about Scott. She tells Reese that the Feds have brought Scott to her precinct, and
Reese tells her that Scott wasn’t the shooter.
When Reese asks for her help, Carter warns that she can’t do much.
Carter goes into the observation room to watch as Special Agent Ellis talks to Scott. Scott
says that an employee took him up there but the man isn’t on the cameras. There’s no record of
the temp agency, and the gloves that the man gave Scott test positive for gunshot residue. The
hospital calls to tell the police that Delancey didn’t make it. Meanwhile, Scott calls his wife Leslie
and tells her that it’s a mistake. The FBI is searching the house and he tells her to take their kids
next door while she cooperates with the police. The agents find a second computer and Leslie
tells Scott about it, but he has no idea where it came from.
Reese worries that Scott is still in danger because the killers will take out the patsy with a
fake suicide or accident to cover their tracks. Finch finds a Trojan virus in one of Scott’s emails,
giving the hacker access. He puts the virus into his own system so that they can track it, but
warns Reese that the hacker is clever. Finch can’t access the IP, but he can tell that the hacker
is accessing the plans for a Federal courthouse. Carter calls to tell them that the Feds are taking
him to the courthouse for arraignment the next day. Reese tells Finch to send him the most
direct route to the courthouse and leaves.
That night, Reese waits along the direct route. The van delivering Scott goes by and Reese
rams it, knocks out the Federal agents with a gas grenade, and gets Scott out. As he drives away,
Scott realizes that he’s the man from the balcony that tackled him. Finch tells Reese that he
hasn’t been able to unmask the hacker’s IP, but he’s spotted a vulnerability in his firewall. He
gets into the hacker’s system, but realizes that the hacker let him in so they could plant a worm
that gives access to their electronic systems.
Finch tells Reese to destroy his phone and cuts off, and then shuts down the power in the
headquarters before leaving.
Out on the streets, Finch buys a disposable prepaid cell phone and calls to leave the phone
number for Reese. Meanwhile, Reese takes Scott to a hotel for safekeeping. He then calls the
answering machine and gets Finch’s new number. Finch has gone to a library and tells Reese
that the hacker compromised their systems and he had to abandon the library. He tells Reese
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