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S5E3 · The Midges

Philip and Elizabeth tell Paige more about the family business, but pressing new questions arise when an operation takes a ghastly and unexpected turn. Meanwhile, a sensitive package jeopardizes Oleg's life back home.

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Paige uses her newly learned calming technique when Matthew presses her about her emotional state. Dennis and Stan approach two potential sources with no immediate results. Mischa's trip takes an unexpected turn in Ljubljana when his intended contact is not available. Oleg enforces anti-corruption rules in a Soviet supermarket where Martha is seen shopping. After Oleg refuses to meet with a contact who claims to be sent by Stan, he is given a recording that would incriminate him. Philip and Elizabeth decide to divulge bits of information concerning the agriculture mission to Paige, hoping that she will become more sympathetic to their work. The Jenningses go to Oklahoma City, where the midges are being bred and studied. They are forced to murder an unwitting biologist after having extracted key intelligence from him.

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