I Am Pilgrim

Cumali arrives to pick Murdoch up, telling him awkwardly that they are meeting her son on an archaeology field trip. They board a boat together, and Murdoch is certain they are sailing for the Theater of Death. They arrive, and Cumali leads him through the tunnel to the submerged ruins. They keep walking, and Murdoch sees men, one of whom looks vaguely familiar and is middle-aged. Murdoch reminds himself that he must call Bradley before the men can grab him. Bradley oversees communicating the danger to the boy unless al-Nassouri cooperates. Cumali explains she has discovered his real identity, and her brother emerges. Al-Nassouri explains that he will torture Murdoch to learn the name of those who have betrayed him. To his horror, Murdoch realizes the torture will be waterboarding and that the older man present is the father of Christos Nikolaides, eager for revenge on any American agent.

While Murdoch faces Cumali’s trap, Bradley takes the nanny and the boy hostage, forcing the nanny to hold the child up with a noose around his neck, so that if the nanny falls he will die. Bradley cannot reach Cumali by phone. He becomes terrified the nanny will fall before he can place the call.