Episode 1 – Friends and Family
After Michael jumps out of the helicopter in the previous episode Lesser Evil, he swims to the shore where his instincts kick in and he notices a cop looking in his direction. After a quick chase scene, Michael enters a motel where he calls Fiona and finds out that someone has stopped protecting his name, and there are numerous warrants out for him. After quick deliberation, Michael decides to cooperate and walks outside where he is promptly arrested.
While in jail, Sam comes to visit Michael where he tells him that his sunglasses have been sent to the loft, as well as a card which was sent from Management asking if he was ready to cooperate. Michael decided not to and asked Sam for help to get out. Afterwards, Michael’s old friend, Harlan shows up, bails him out and then asks him for help.
Michael, Fiona and Sam have Victor locked up in an old factory. They interrogate him and he tells Michael about files he has in his hideout located on a boat. They find out that while Victor was staying in Mexico, Carla had his wife and 4 year old son killed, and he was burned. Victor tells Sam that Carla and her men will go after Michael’s family, so Mike sends Sam to get his mother and take her out of the city. Michael and Victor are left alone in the factory; when Carla’s men arrive, they are chased throughout Miami but they manage to elude them. Michael and Victor decide to leave the city for Cuba and go to his boat. When Victor goes out to start it, one of Carla’s snipers shoots him. Carla calls Michael and tells him that she will blow up the boat if he doesn’t kill Victor. Carla gets anxious, and is about to blow up the boat when Fiona shoots and kills her. Victor tells Michael that he will die either way and tells Mike to shoot him so that “Management” will spare him. Before Mike kills him, Victor warns him to get out of the spy business while he still can. Michael comes out of the boat and gets on a helicopter with the head of Carla’s business. The helicopter flies out into the middle of the ocean and the leader (John Mahoney) tells Michael that he has a job opening for him, and if he refuses, his organization will stop protecting Michael and his family from his many enemies. Michael tells him that he will “take his chances,” jumps out of the helicopter, and begins the long swim back to Miami.
Samantha, Michael’s ex-fiance, shows up at his loft to plea for help; her son was kidnapped by a black market trader. Samantha was blackmailed into stealing an expenisve, valuable military chip. When Samantha’s son, Charlie, is rescued, it is revealed that Charlie is not Michael’s son; Samantha had let Michael believe that Charlie might be his to secure his help. The trader, Brennan is an ex-spy who became disillusioned, went rogue and was burned. Michael and Fiona try to con Brennan into giving them the chip, but eventually must convince him that giving them the chip to return to its high-security facility is his only option. Michael and Samantha manage to replace the chip using several explosive devices thus ensuring that the chip will never be missed. Samantha leaves Miami with Charlie, and Michael admits to Fiona that the reason he broke up with Samamtha was that he loved Fiona more. Later, Michael manages to arrange a meeting with Victor, but both men get into a fight so Michael incapacitates and captures Victor.
