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"Jihad is cost-effective, not free." Farik mentions this fact more than once on this episode, and it's both horrifying and poignant. There are a lot of sympathizers to the extremist Muslim cause, but not everyone will work for free. The terrorist cell that Farik is in charge of has to make money some way; they've chosen drug trafficking. As Darwyn points out, why not use the infidels' own vices against them. In this episode they do, and it's probably a terrifying reality. On with the show!

There was a random accident in Tijuana, Mexico, killing the man the terrorists had in place to deal with the drug traffic for their side. Now that he is out of the picture, the money has stopped coming. The drug czar refuses to send anymore money until their deal is renegotiated. Farik decides to go down and deal with the problem himself, taking Christian and Darwyn along for backup. Meanwhile, across the border in America, Ray is busy trying to defend his agent against a board that is not entirely convinced killing Bobby was the right thing to do. Ray is fighting for Darwyn, but losing. Tommy and Ilija were told by Farik to start blending into American society, but both find it harder than they thought it would be.

In Mexico, Darwyn is disgusted when the drug czar sends an underage prostitute to "persuade" him. At Farik's command, he follows her back to find a brothel overflowing with underage call girls and boys. Darwyn convinces Farik that even though they are just using the drug czar for money, this must be stopped. During negotiations, the czar tries to make a move on Farik, causing a shootout between both sides. Darwyn saves Farik, and the czar is dead. Farik puts another man in charge of the drugs and has him agree to new terms. Feeling victorious, the cell heads home, only to be arrested at the border. While in detainment, Ray comes in and lets Darwyn know they were about to be shut down, but just got a lead something is about to go down. Something much bigger than they were anticipating.

Another incredibly compelling episode. I can't believe this was only the third one. I personally loved the line at the end where Farik says something along the lines of "wait until they see us", then Darwyn looks around repeats it back. It's a horribly frightening thought that we may not know what our enemy looks like in this war. In this cell alone there is a Jew, an African American, a Frenchman, and your average all-American boy-- people you pass everyday on the street, and I think that's part of why this show is so unique; it's putting scarily familiar faces on these demons.