EPISODE

18. Fail Safe

Michael receives his biggest CIA mission yet just as Anson's plans kick into high gear in the Season 5 finale. While Michael's on the job, Sam and Fiona keep an eye on Anson but may not be able to stop him.

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Now that Anson's aims are known, Michael and the team determine to stop him, but his evasiveness and deviousness only serve to increase frustration within the team. While Sam and Fi continue looking for something they can use on Anson, Michael is assigned to lead his first official CIA team since he was burned, with orders to bring a spy recruiter (guest star Eric Roberts ) in for rendition. One failed snatch-and-grab later, Michael gives it another go with Jesse as a prospect for their target before Anson steps in and tells Michael to burn the team so he can restart his organization; Michael and his friends talk it over and decide to take one last shot at wiggling out before they let Fi go. Despite the efforts of Anson's mole within the CIA team ( Kristanna Loken ), the mission succeeds without any collateral damage and Michael races to stop Anson from separating him and Fi, but he arrives too late, as she turns herself in to save the man she loves.

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