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Meanwhile, back at the port, Jack is searching around the Port's shipping manifest while Tony stands guard at a window and the rent-a-cop sits tied up and muffled with tape. Tony asks Jack if there's any luck yet, and Jack notes that there were two ships unloaded at the port today with cargo that could have come from Sangala. However, the information is password protected and unavailable. Jack rips the tape from the guards mouth (ouch!) and demands to know his name. It's Carl Gadsen. Jack tells the guard that the terrorists responsible for today's attacks are coming to pick up WMDs, and tells the guy he knows that's hard to believe. The dude is all: Actually, I totally believe you. I am helping them out, but they told me the cargo was smuggled electronics from South Korea. All he had to do was open the gate, look the other way, make sure everyone else went home, and disable all the security cameras. Easy Peasy! By the way, he swears he had no idea they were terrorists...he's not a BAD guy, just a desperate one.

"You can't be serious?! A Bugaboo twin stroller costs $1,000?!"

Jack, convinced they've found the evidence they need, decides to call in the Feds, but all the methods of communication are jammed by the baddies! Just then, Stokes and crew at the gate radio Carl and Jack/Tony tell him to take the call. They want to know Where the heck he is and why he hasn't come down to let them in yet. He just says "OK" and hangs up. Jack tells him he needs to go down and let them in, and that Jack/Tony will follow and call for help when they are outside the jamming grid. Carl is hesitant, and Jack tells him he's a part of all this now whether he likes it or not. Tony pipes in that there are 8 hostiles, heavily armed, and three vehicles (likely with more men inside). Jack tells the dude again that he's got to go let them in, and that's that! The dude asks Jack to "promise" him that they will have his back (those promises work out great...just ask Marika!), and Jack does so (but with a sideways glance to Tony first, as they both know he's likely dead meat).

Carl finally agrees, and they start wiring him up with a listening device. While they do so, he goes into a long-winded defense of his actions. He swears again he had no idea they were terrorists, that he was only doing it for the money because his wife is pregnant, and how long it and costly the process was to get her pregnant, and how insurance wouldn't cover anything (Who cares?!) All he wanted was a family, dammit! Jack kind of ignores him and sends him on his way, telling him it's just another day at the office...and we cut to break!

A couple weeks ago, I took the high road and refrained from making an anal sex joke on an image much like this one. These recaps are still all class, no crass. I'm refraining once again. No need to thank me...that's just how I roll!

Five minutes later, Carl makes it to the front gate, and Stokes wants to know what took so long. Carl doesn't answer and Stokes wants to know why he's so nervous. Carl again doesn't answer and tells them he needs the routing document to locate the container, as he opens the gate, they pass him the document and he tells them the location. Stokes keeps asking questions, this time about Carl's wife and whether or not he told anybody. Carl says no, of course not. Stokes asks AGAIN why he's so nervous, and Carl covers admirably by saying he thought this was going to be a simply pick-up and he's freaked out by the small army they showed up with and doesn't want to get caught. Stokes tells him nobody is going to get caught, orders his men to move out, and tells Carl he's coming with them. Carl protests, while Jack and Tony eye each other nervously in the trailer. Stokes is insistent, and Carl has no choice but to play along/go with them. In the trailer, Jack says "dammit!" and Tony tells him to "forget" about Carl...that he was "dead the minute he stepped outside." Ouch! Cold, Tony!

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