12. Guilty as Charged

Complete story — includes the ending

With Jesse in the wind looking for him, Michael works with a big-shot criminal defense attorney to save his daughter after a murderer he's representing threatens her life as a hedge against an upcoming verdict. An attempt at a stealth rescue is stopped by her kidnappers before it starts, so the team must instead create a situation that gives them enough time to secure her safe return while also not freeing a guilty man. As for Jesse, Michael tries to plead his case and persuade Jesse to back him up at the meeting he set up with Barrett, to no avail; the meeting doesn't go any better, as Vaughn shows up despite promising he’d stay away. In the ensuing chaos, Barrett escapes with Michael, who was seriously injured by Jesse in an effort to protect him, but, despite a last-ditch move to get rid of Barrett, Michael ends up left for dead in the street after an unseen person takes off with both the Bible and the NOC list that it decodes.