Joe comes clean about Vasili Sirin and the mole to Robin Larkin, who urges him to probe Gordon Piper, and later puts up surveillance once Joe hesitantly accepts the task. Joe enjoys spending time with Mae and the Pipers, going to church and helping with a children's birthday party, to bond with Gordon. Mae secretly reveals to Eva Piper suspecting Abbott being involved in Sam's suspicious death, Eva advises contacting senator Sidney Thrush, who led a congressional inquiry into Abbott. Mae asks Eva for time to consider. Joe spends the rest of the evening with Gordon on his motor yacht, where Gordon gets drunk and cuts his own hand. As he reports to Larkin they agree that Piper is the perfect candidate for a foreign asset given his debts and frustration. Sam Barber Jr. plots an even more noticeable revenge against Abbott after dismissing his mate's lawn-on-fire message prank. Badly injured, Vasili reaches his former colleague and sex mate Kat Gnezdy.
—KGF Vissers