The Brink Episode 1.03 Baghdad My Ass

At the ISI headquarters in Islamabad, Alex watches his interrogator Haroon Raja practice his golf swing while he complains about his estranged half-brother Umair Zaman. Raja tasks Alex with getting a message to Walter Larson, threatening him and Rafiq's family with execution should Alex fail.

Zeke and Jammer are placed in a holding cell while they await proceedings. Gail Sweet, Zeke's former lover, drops by and explains that she's being sent to offshore duty in San Diego, where she plans to have their baby on her own. Taking the news in stride, Zeke asks Gail to flush his stash before it's discovered.

Walter returns home to pack for his trip to New Delhi and walks in on his wife getting it on with her well-hung personal trainer Billy, who's also Walter's bartender friend at Bobby Van's. Unfazed by the sight, Walter continues to pack. Joanne corners him on his way out the door to tell him she's taking the Pentagon general counsel job she was offered, despite his objection to her working for his enemy, Sec Def Pierce.

Alex and Rafiq unsuccessfully petition Ambassador Kittredge for use of his secure phone line. Beyond security concerns, the Ambassador believes the unrest in the region is Divine Intervention and believes the outcome is in "the Lord's hands."

Zeke and Jammer go before the Admiral to learn their fate, but are shocked when they are cleared of all charges. The Admiral explains to the two pilots that they fired their missile because they believed they were under attack. Furthermore, the missile didn't strike a drone - it dropped harmlessly into the sea and definitely didn't start an international conflict. After they're dismissed, commander Dougan pulls Zeke aside to tell him that he expects the next batch of Provigil to be on the house.

En route to New Delhi, Walter pours a double shot of Jack Daniels to distract himself from the debilitating pain in his crotch. While on a call with President Navarro, Walter finally passes out in agony. When he wakes, a doctor explains that he has a kidney stone that's caused an infection in Walter's penis. The doctor urges them to return to D.C. immediately so that they can operate. Initially reluctant to turn back, the threat of erectile dysfunction convinces Walter to head home.

Rafiq and Alex convince Ambassador Kittredge's beleaguered assistant Samantha to let them use his secure line to contact Walter. Alex finally gets through to Walter and lists off Raja's demands: two hundred million dollars, a communication intercept satellite and a nuclear submarine. As Alex struggles to remember the final demand, Ambassador Kittredge walks in and hangs up the phone. He tells Alex that he planned to fire him, but instead will send him to Baghdad, "a city so thoroughly drained of its charm that people go there now just to blow themselves up." When Walter calls back, he demands that Kittredge hand the phone over to Alex, who relays Raja's final demand: Membership to the exclusive Augusta National Golf Club. After explaining the situation to the president, Walter orders his plane back to New Delhi.

Meanwhile, in Islamabad, Raja meets with his supposedly estranged brother Zaman, to celebrate their impending victory over the United States.