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Kathryn, Max, and Caden gather at a remote house to delve into personal and political revelations. Will the family fight take to the world stage?

Kathryn and Caden prepare to step up their attack against Max, they protecting others who may get caught in Max's line of fire, getting rid of anyone who may be spying on his behalf whether that be deliberate or inadvertent, and having a venue they believe will get their message out to the widest audience possible. In the process, Caden finds out more about why Orla is the in hospital. Someone Kathryn hoped would be on her side isn't in the fear of what Max could and probably will do in retaliation. With Caden's situation, Max cleans house at the newspaper as only a small part of his defense about what he knows is to come with Kathryn and Caden. Meanwhile, the Jaharis try to do damage control in light of the Reporter article - they in the process demonstrating behind closed doors that their family dynamic is much like the Finches - while Angela Howard believes she has made a coup in co-opting someone specific to her camp. And Scott tries to come clean to his mother - from who he is estranged - before she finds out the news in more public ways.

Using his wealth and power, Max has placed Caden in a military hospital in its mission to get its soldiers healthy and well enough, both physically and mentally, to return to the field. While Max conveniently heads to Mexico on a mixed business/personal trip, he leaves Kathryn to do the heavy lifting with the hospital, Colonel Reese, the hospital's administrator, who believes Caden's presence there undermines the ethos of the hospital and the military itself, and with Caden, who is not dealing well emotionally with what has happened to him and what he believes his future looks like. Regardless, some caring people among the hospital staff and patients, all who know who Caden is, may be able to provide some glimmer of hope for his recovery. Upon Max's return, something that he and Lauren orchestrate may undo all the positive work in Caden's recovery. Meanwhile, Tonia's dead body has been found. While Maggie asks some tough questions at a news conference on the issue, Nick, after speaking to his wife, may succumb to the pressure to go away quietly.