"The Brink" Recap: "Who's Grover Cleveland?"

Written by Scotty

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Zeke and Glenn are back on the carrier when Zeke receives word that he has a phone call from the main land.  Walking into the room, Zeke sees Lt. Sweet standing in front of him along with his ex-wife Ashley on the video screen.  Trying to explain himself, since even now he knows that his plan will not work to keep both families running, he confesses his love to Ashley.  Without the response that he expected from that, Zeke has to get back to work and start moving the new product that she has sent him so they will have a little startup money to possibly move back in together and start their family anew. 

President Navarro is looking to cover his back after his smart bomb blew up the Pakistani palace with Raja inside.  Knowing that there is plausible deniability, he is looking to take the next steps in now removing the previously removed president from the face of the planet.  When General Zaman tries to launch a nuke, the war room erupts in chaos and everyone is trying to find the solution, including Walter Larson.  But Walter has been sidelined with the loss of Raja and now he is out of ideas of how to stop World War III from taking place.  With ideas going around the table, Walter sees that no one has any answers to what their attack plan will do to the landscape, much less to how many innocents will be killed in the process.

Alex is trying to make sure that Rafiq and Fareeda know that his intentions with the seven girls was pure.  As the Ambassador gets word to clear out the embassy, the girls will be taken along with him as he will need them to pass over the wall and into the twelve gates.  Fareeda is not comfortable with this plan, but when the helicopter arrives to take the group to safety, she has little choice.  With Zaman’s men pulling down the gates to the embassy, everyone needs to be off of the ground, but when a hang up keeps Rafiq from being able to get on the helicopter, Alex has no choice but to stay behind and help his friend.  While traveling to the border, the helicopter encounters a hiccup and is forced to land at Fareeda’s uncle’s cabin and unload the girls to help with the weight issues the pilots are encountering.

This episode covered so much in such a short time, it is amazing that it was not an hour long.  With Walter trying to keep the blood thirsty War Room from starting the next war, he is defeated and has to lash out more than usual to make sure everyone knows what they are doing.  After beating up Pierce, the President has had enough and wants Walter out of the house.  But Walter will not go down without a fight as he is trying to get ahold of the other pages of General Zaman’s psych evaluation.  Zeke is put on the spot when orders come through that his carrier will be launching a massive offensive on Pakistan and there will be bombing runs lasting up to thirty six hours.  

With his uppers in hand, he is ready to make a ton of money, but when nobody is willing to pay his hiked up prices, he is forced to give them away for the greater good.  While Alex is trying to convince Rafiq and Fareeda that the girls will be in a better place outside of the embassy, he has something else up his sleeve as he pays off the helicopter pilots to deliver the girls to his friends cabin.  But being stuck in the embassy while General Zaman’s troops are taking over, Alex and Rafiq are the highest ranking officials in the building and when Alex’s phone starts ringing, there is no reason why he should not answer.  This series has been great and with only two more episodes in season one, I am curious on how everyone will come together to prevent the next World War…if they are able too.  

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