Donovan Easton is an American covert operative. Recently, though, it seems that all of his operations have been thwarted by a something he is unaware of at everyturn His enemies seem to know things about his plans that they should not be able to know. Unable to continue his work under these circumstances, he decides that he has to find out who or what is secretly working against him.
His search leads him to the opulent beachfront home of drug cartel boss Fernando Ramirez in Cuba, who he believes may have some information. But just as they are getting down to business, two black helicopters descend on the house and spill out a host of NSA agents demanding that the traitor Donovan Easton surrender to their custody. When he refuses, the soldiers attack. Ramirez thinks he has just been set up, and orders his own men after Donovan as well.
Donovan escapes the house and is chased by the agents, who to his shock and horror are shooting to kill. He fends off as many as he can as he makes his way toward the nearest airport. When he tries to contact his handlers, he is either disconnected or informed that he won’t get away with what he did. After finally shooting down one helicopter and disabling the other, he finally reaches the airport. Stealing the identity of a passenger, he boards the first plane he can get on, and passes out from his injuries when it reaches altitude.
Meanwhile, in Miami, retired Navy SEAL Bruce Garrick is having drinks with his friend Wilbur from the CIA, who asks him if he’s heard about the death of his old friend Donovan Easton. He says Donovan was found to be selling secrets and was declared a traitor. But the strangest thing is that there was no record of a trial for his crimes; he seemed to have been summarily executed, and no one has been able to trace who gave the order. Bruce leaves the meeting sadly, wondering what Donovan got himself into.
Soon, though, he is called to a hospital downtown as the emergency contact they have of a patient who was passed out injured on a flight to Cuba. Though he doesn’t recognize the name, he decides to go see what’s up. He is surprised to find Donovan unconscious in the hospital bed.
Bruce fills Donovan in on what he heard about his situation, while he tells Bruce what happened to him in Cuba. They conclude that Donovan has been framed, leading to his blacklist, his attempted execution, and the presumption of his death. Bruce lets him crash at his place for the moment, and in the meantime calls Donovan’s brother Lucas to let him know he’s back in town. Lucas is thrilled to hear it, and invites them all over to dinner later that week. Though Donovan intends to look into his blacklist immediately, Bruce knows he is without resources or any of his old connections, and offers him a job working with him at his new freelance business, a combination of private investigations and operations-for-hire. Donovan knows he needs the money, so he agrees to lend his services to the next job.
Shortly thereafter Donovan decides he needs to buy new weapons, and seeks out a local gun dealer with a meeting arranged by Uncle Enzo, a local Mafia don Bruce knows. The dealer, Bailey Monroe, brought along some protection for the meeting, and Donovan and Bruce find themselves on the wrong end of a gun belonging to their old friend Gwendolyn Reese, an ex-IRA guerilla and jack of all artistic trades. She is delighted to reunite with them, and apologizes for the damage she did.
Gwen and Bruce pile Donovan into the car and refuse to tell him where he is going. He is upset to discover that he has been brought to his brother Lucas’s house, the family golden boy. Bruce and Gwen drag him inside, and is forced to make nice to the family he has been avoiding for the last ten years. Lucas and his wife Diane try to make friendly conversation about his life, but he is resistant, though his eleven-year-old niece Olivia and eight-year-old nephew Chase really take to him and to his friends. Lucas resigns himself to being unable to make a connection with his brother, but asks him to stay with them at their house until he gets back on his feet. Finally, before the evening ends, he asks Donovan to please call their mother, whom he has not spoken to since the funeral of their father. Donovan takes the guest room, but sneaks out the window as soon as the lights go out.
The next day they are scheduled to meet with a client Bruce has arranged, a young man by the name of Ari Rosen.
To be continued in Episode 1.02 - Just For Now
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