"The Brink" Recap: "I'll Never Be Batman"

Written by Scotty

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Walter Larson’s health is not getting any better when he lands in India.  With his new friendly kidney stone causing plenty of trouble, will not be deterred by it and bypasses the hospital to meet with the Foreign Minister.  After not being able to convince Rakesh to pull back his troops from the border, Walter offers to be a human shield, so if Pakistan decides to strike, they will have to deal with the United States as well.  With a deal locked in place, Walter is rushed to the hospital to remove the kidney stone and after talking with the President, he knows there is something amiss, but will not be able to do anything while he is in surgery.

Zeke is starting to have mixed feelings about what he has promised his ex-wife, along with his soon to be baby’s momma.  Comparing himself to Bruce Wayne/Batman, he knows that he can make it work, but does not know how either of the two women will respond when they find out.  Getting called up to take recon pictures over Pakistan since Glenn shot down the only drone in area, the two are back in the air and contemplating what Zeke’s next move should be.  After receiving heavy fire, Zeke admits to himself that he will never be Batman since his new decision to take care of both families will have him working all of the time and he will not be able to be the father he is striving to be to any of his children.  Before he knows it, the plane gets hit and the two friends have to eject and wind up in a minefield, but that is far from their only problem.

The President is riding a fine line after receiving Raja’s wish list.  Thinking that Walter is not going to be able to keep Pakistan from starting a nuclear war with one of its bordering countries, he has come up with a plan of his own.  Even seeing the results that Walter has just delivered by becoming a human shield, he is still going to move forward with setting up an offensive strike against Zaman before it is too late.  When he receives word that Walter is ready to leave India and try to beat Pierce to his next meeting, he orders Walter to keep his feet on the ground and not to interfere with what is about to happen. 

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Waiting for a call back from Walter Larson, Alex Talbot has already grasped the importance of his job.  Being the in between man between the United States and General Raja, Alex has just been given approval on most of the requests on the list and needs to deliver the information to Raja.  After Walter gives him some tips and sends him to pick up a bag of cash to present to the general, Alex is abducted by the Ambassador’s goons and will not be able to contact Raja or deliver his good news.  Being able to escape custody, Alex calls Rafiq’s house and finds out that the general's men are listening and set up a meeting time at the house.  Not wanting to get involved, Rafiq’s family is displeased, but if the deal goes sour, they will not be around long enough to care.

Talk about some back stabbing going on, on the U.S. side.  If you have been watching, you know that Pierce and Walter do not like each other one bit, but Walter has some sort of control over the President when he is around.  Now that he is overseas, trying to stage a coup that will remove the crazy Zaman from power, the President is listening to the other pair of lips in his ear and is ready to strike.  Alex is able to keep his head above water and even after Walter tells the Ambassador that Alex is basically in charge, the Ambassador is not going to back down from his recent threats.  Even though Alex is able to escape and meet with General Raja, he is still in danger, but with a couple thousand dollar bills in his possession now, he may be able to buy his way out of what comes next.  Walter Larson has a reach much further than anyone knows and when calling ahead to Israel to find out when his nemesis is going to arrive, you can tell that he has more than just some history there.

It is about to heat up, maybe even go nuclear when the next episode takes place.  A coup is promised within twenty four hours to take General Zaman out of power, but when Raja finds out that he is not going to get all of his demands when he takes the power, what will he have in store for the United States?  And if the coup does not work, what will that mean for the U.S. and more importantly, Rafiq’s family that has been helping Alex throughout the ordeal.  And now that Zeke and Glenn are grounded, in a minefield with guns being pointed at them, how will a rescue team make it out to bring them back to the carrier?  So many questions and no answers right now, we just have to wait and see what the next episode will bring to the table tonight.

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