18. Last Stand

Complete story — includes the ending

Fully on Vaughn's bad side, Michael and the team aim to keep the NOC list away from him so they can get it to someone in the government reliable enough to bring the organization down, and they settle on Congressman Cowley (from 4.7, "Past and Future Tense"). With Sam and Maddie working on the skeptical congressman, everyone else does their best to get the list to safety before they have to cut their plans short and outrun Vaughn's men into an abandoned hotel where they're quickly besieged. Vaughn plays every card he has to press Michael into giving him the list, from a wounded team member to even taking Maddie hostage after Sam encourages her to leave town, so Michael and Fi decide to make a last stand against Vaughn while Jesse takes the list. Just in time, Sam arrives with U.S. Army troops deployed by the congressman, ending the threat from Vaughn and his organization. As the wounded are tended to, Michael is ushered away for questioning by men in suits and ends up in D.C., where a man he recognizes offers cryptic congratulations as they walk into a government building.