Official synopsis: When a high school chemistry teacher and his family are kidnapped,
DCO takes the case because the teacher is a former chemical weapons
engineer for the Russian Army, hidden by the CIA in the Witness
Protection Program. Are the kidnappers using the teacher to
manufacture VX gas? Martin, Crystal and Troy Buchannan go undercover
to infiltrate the Chechen mob, rescue the family and stop the
production of the deadly gas.
http://www.tntdrama.com/shows/legends/season-1/episode-2/chemistry.html
SPOILERS AHEAD!!
In the opening scene we see the chemistry teacher and his family
being kidnapped by rouge Chechen agents, who want him to manufacture
VX gas, which can be used for chemical terrorist attacks. The teacher, a former Russian Army engineer, is an expert & why the DCO is called upon to act to stop these plans. This plot is unresolved in this
episode, I assume it continues in the next.
At the end of the last episode, Martin Odum was left with the
warning from a deceased homeless Vet that his own person was just
another legend. As this episode opens, Martin is speaking with a
mental health counselor, a mandatory procedure after exiting an
undercover job. The counselor tries to draw Martin out, including
about his family, but he insists that he is fine. He later goes out
with his son Aiden & tries to patch up their relationship, and
that with his ex-wife Sonya.
Martin also asks after deceased
co-worked & friend Bobby. When confronted with the dead Vet's
file, which was retrieved from Bobby's apartment, Martin decides to
tell his boss Nelson Gates what the man said about him not really
being Martin, but kind of blows it off as the ravings of a crazy man.
Yet there is other suspicion in the office: after Martin asks agent
Tony Banks in the Surveillance department for some help with identifying the
Vet, he wants to investigate Martin because the video revealed Martin was the last person to see him alive. He is ordered
not to do it, but puts a tail on Martin anyway. He has to dodge it.
Martin, Crystal and Troy Buchannan do go undercover at a club in order to infiltrate
the Chechen mob & find out where the chemistry teacher & his family are, but the cover is blown, bad things happen, the operation is
busted wide open & terribly, Troy pays the ultimate price.
This is
devastating to the team, especially Crystal, but the teacher & family are still in trouble and the bad guys are
still at large. Martin tells his boss Gates that a bigger bait
fish is needed to catch them- the legend, Dante Auerbach, nicknamed
"Lord of War."
What interested me most about this episode is that
Martin himself is now under investigation and we
don't know what will be uncovered, but any info that is found is just as
important to Martin as they are to the bureau! I'm keenly interested
in this puzzle. Next episode reveals another legend
who looks like a real piece of work. Bring 'em on, just
#DontKillSeanBean!!
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There are different questions about Sean's character, feeling for show, etc. I wrote them a book :)
