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13. Invasive Species

After his father's death, Henry's family uncovers shocking secrets that open old wounds for them, including his grieving sister Maureen, who blames Henry for not spending enough time at home. Also, Russell keeps important information from Elizabeth's team at the State department.

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Henry's father dies and the family travels to Pittsburgh to attend the funeral. A detective informs Henry that his father died by suicide. Jason goes through his grandfather's computer and discovers that he was being catfished, sending all of his money to a fake internet persona. Blake tracks down the email address, and the family learns that the perpetrator was a friend of Henry's father, who was desperate for money. Henry and his sister Maureen argue over their father's cause of death, but ultimately reconcile. Russell tasks Elizabeth's team with working on a cross-agency task force on invasive water species. Nadine discovers that a paragraph of their cross-agency task force report on East Africa has been redacted by the CIA. Russell admits to Nadine that he authorized it in order to hide details of a senator taking campaign donations from a company associated with the Chinese government.

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