"The Brink" Recap: "Baghdad My Ass"

Written by Scotty

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The uprising in Pakistan is far from over and there is little anyone from the President’s office can do about it.  Walter Larson is ready to get on the plane and fly over the pond to get his feet on the ground and talk some sense into General Raja, but he is having some problems of his own. Not feeling right and almost passing out from the pain in his lower extremities while talking to the President, Walter is battling a kidney stone.  Turning back to the states to get surgery before his libido is erased, Walter gets a call from Alex Talbot informing him of the demands Raja has to take down the new regime.

Zeke and Glenn have been put in a holding cell on the carrier and are awaiting their court martial.  Zeke gets a special visitor, Lt. Sweet who is baring his child.  With her mind made up, she will keep the child and does not care if Zeke is around or not, but Zeke is not willing to give up on this relationship just yet.  After a cover up story has been put in place for the roofied flight, both Zeke and Glenn are off the hook for accidently shooting down a drone.  With a clear head, Zeke puts in a call to his ex to tell her that he is coming home, but before he leaves, he needs the biggest shipment of goods that she can get her hands on to have enough startup money to make a new life for themselves in California.

Alex Talbot is waiting to see what his fate has in store for him.  After talking with General Raja and knowing that Walter Larson is the key to over throwing the crazy General Zaman, Alex is given a message that must be delivered before it is too late.  Calling on his friend Rafiq one more time, Alex has to get to the embassy and contact Larson using the ambassador’s private line.  Being turned away, Alex and Rafiq come up with a plan to sneak into the office and after talking to the ambassador’s assistant, they are all in agreement that he has lost it completely and are ready to see the world come to an end.  Getting through to Walter Larson, Alex is able to list off all of the demands and get the ball rolling for a siege to get General Zaman out of power.

Talk about a set up episode for something bigger to come.  Zeke is going to try to be in his current kids lives and his future kids life as well, I can see the ex-wife and the girlfriend having to fight over who gets the oversized pilot once he gets his final score.  Alex Talbot has become very essential for being the go to guy, and I will admit that I am a little bit surprised that he was released from the prison, but I do see how it was not beneficial to having him locked up.  Walter Larson seems to be primary story line in this episode, having to continue his normal battle of wits with the other members of the war room and trying to convince the President that he is doing the right thing.  But Walter has his problems at home as well since he has not been able to talk to the President about his wife being appointed to the Supreme Court. 

There is just so much and a ton of little things, it is hard to even imagine what will happen in the next episode, but I am looking forward to it.  I want to see what happens with General Raja when his demands are met and he is not really looking to remove his crazy half-brother from power.  Walter Larson has his own medical problems going on and has turned back to Pakistan, how will he be able to stand and talk with any of the people he needs to when being in so much pain?  I am pretty sure another misunderstanding will happen due to this, but who knows how far it will go.  Hope you are enjoying this series as much as I am.  I can tell you, I am hooked and have a hard time waiting to see what happens next.

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