The Courier (No.85) S1E5

Send an Encrypted Message to the Men

Ah, yes… Episode five. “The Courier.” An unassuming title, for a man capable of withstanding unspeakable pain. Quite literally—our courier doesn’t feel it. A genetic condition. Makes him rather good at his job… and a nightmare to interrogate.

You see, a package has gone missing—a man, actually. An Iranian hacker with access to classified intel. He’s being slowly suffocated in a buried glass coffin, left as collateral in a most unpleasant exchange. Time is short. Lizzie is, as usual, frustrated with my methods. I, of course, am patient. These things require finesse… and the occasional use of a cattle prod.

In the end, secrets are unearthed—not just in the desert, but between Lizzie and her shadowy husband. Always so many secrets, like layers of skin on an onion. And like all onions… eventually, they make you cry.