SHADOW BOX (2.10)

Reese and Finch must protect Abby Logan, a young woman who was recently fired within the last few weeks from a military charity called Homes for Heroes. As they begin to look into her past, they learn that she has teamed up with an ex-Marine named Shayn Huson, and together the two are planning to rob the bank that houses the funds for Homes for Heroes. While it initially looks like Abby and Shayn are the bad guys, Reese discovers that Homes for Heroes is actually a corrupt organization that made millions off of veterans through predatory lending schemes, which does not sit well with Reese at all. Reese helps Abby and Shayn break into the bank and help steal the incriminating financial records, but not before being caught by the FBI with three other goons who work for Homes for Heroes. None of the men will talk, so Agent Donnelly and the Feds don't know who the real Man in the Suit is and they're forced to arrest the whole bunch. FBI Agent Donnelly approaches Carter with an offer: he'll tell her about their plans to catch the Man in the Suit if she takes a temporary position with the bureau. Hoping to help Reese, she accepts, then learns that the Feds have found a way to triangulate the cell phone that Reese uses. They conduct a raid on the bank as Reese and the POI are robbing it, which results in Reese's capture and arrest.

Air date: December 13, 2012
Written by Patrick Harbinson and directed by Stephen Surjik.

C.O.D. (2.09)

Finch informs Reese that their new POI is a former major league baseball prospect turned cab driver named Fermin Ordonez, and the two trade off tailing Fermin in his cab as he drives around the streets of New York City. They reason that almost anyone who gets into Fermin's cab could pose a threat to him, so they must keep a close eye on him. When a leggy blonde Estonian woman has Fermin drive her into a secluded area of the city which Reese recognizes as a trap, he's forced to intervene and save Fermin from a group of attacking Estonian mobsters. Later, as they run from the mob, Fermin admits that one of his previous fares, Vadim Pushkov, left a laptop in his cab that he recently sold for cash. Pushkov turned up dead, and now there's a race to locate the laptop between the Feds, the Estonians, and our heroes. Finch tracks it down and buys it off a third party dealer who wants to make some quick cash, but he's quickly intercepted by the blonde Estonian and her henchmen. Reese and Fermin arrive in the nick of time to save Finch, take out the bad guys, and recover the laptop. In the end, Fermin is able to work out a trade with the Feds: he gives them the laptop in exchange for bringing his estranged wife and son over to the United States from Cuba. Meanwhile, Simmons puts heat on Fusco to deliver a message from HR to the incarcerated criminal mastermind, Elias. Fusco and another HR crony go to deliver the message, but end up getting double crossed. Elias has no plans to work with HR in the future.

Air date: December 6, 2012
Written by Ray Utarnachitt and directed by Clark Johnson.