"The Brink" Recap: "Swim, Shmuley, Swim"

Written by Scotty

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Being held at gunpoint, Zeke and Glenn have to find a way to make their new captors understand that they are not there to hurt them.  As Glenn is being tied up by one of the locals, Zeke sees his opportunity and takes it.  Being able to escape, the two are looking for their plane crash site since that is where the rescue party would be sent, but without any food or water, they are fading quickly and even their sense of direction is failing them.  

Taking a break on the top of a hill, Zeke sees something in the distance heading down the road and makes a run for it to see if whomever in the car can take the two to safety, but passes out before he can speak with the driver.  Waking up in a furnished home, Zeke and Glenn have been delivered to safety and have been given the keys to the kingdom when it comes to food, but when Zeke asks about a phone, their hostess’ change their tune and it appears that the two Navy flyers have traded one bad situation for another.

Alex Talbot has done his job by delivering 80 million dollars to Raja and with the coup in place, he is ready to take a load off.  But when word comes from Rafiq’s mother that his sister is not answering the phone, Alex puts on his hero pants and leads the charge to find her.  Fareeda’s school looks like a war zone when the two men arrive and not knowing what happened they are very hesitant to head towards any sounds that they may hear.  Finding Fareeda alive and well, they also find seven of her students that need to be taken with the small group since there is no other place for them to go when the fighting starts.  Even though nobody seems to like the idea to go to the U.S. Embassy, Alex is able to convince them that the girls will be protected from the oncoming violence outside.  Being greeted by his Ambassador with open arms, Alex is in shock about the reception he has been given, but is no longer worried about being transferred to a different embassy.

Walter Larson is doing all that he can to fend off a military strike and get enough time for his guy Raja to take over the reins in Pakistan.  Being able to finagle himself into his old friend Talia’s office, Walter puts his foot down and will not leave until he is able to talk to the Prime Minister.  Although Talia is not used to the antics, she receives a call from the Prime Minister and Walter is able to convince the leader to give him five minutes to try and persuade the country from going to war.  Walter explains what he has working for him and the Prime Minister agrees that it is a good plan and is ready to put a hold on his attack for a few more hours and see how the Raja take over goes, but when Pierce arrives on the scene, the mood quickly changes as photos of Raja fleeing the country have surfaced. 

Military strikes are imminent now with Raja running away with his 80 million dollars and there is nothing that Walter is able to do.  Thinking on his feet has been his great gift up to this point and I don’t know what he will be able to do now, without his coup, and no backing from either side.  Alex does show he has feelings for Fareeda, even her school girls can see it and know he does not have a shot with the teacher.  Trying everything he could think of, getting the girls to the embassy was the greatest decision he could have made and making himself look selfless in the eyes of everyone, there is no better way to get someone to take a second look at you.  Poor Zeke and Glenn are now in the clutches of a pair of thieves that will not let them leave.  Being in the middle of nowhere, the two are stuck with no chance of rescue once again, but this time at least, they have air conditioning.  This series just grabs you and keeps squeezing until it is ready to let go and with five more episodes to go, I don’t know how the story is going to end, but am looking forward to it.

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