Blue Sincerely Reunion

"**Blue Sincerely Reunion**" is the fourth episode of the second season of HBO Max's *The Flight Attendant*. It released on April 28, 2022 on HBO Max alongside the third episode, "The Reykjavik Ice Sculpture Festival Is Lovely This Time of Year."

## Synopsis

After attempting to get Megan safely out of Reykjavík, Cassie fears she's being framed for murder when two bodies are found in Echo Park.

## Plot

### The Queen of Long Island

At the Blue Sincerely, Megan shoos patrons out of the bar, telling them that they're closing early. She tells Cassie that she sincerely hopes nobody followed her and Cassie replies that nobody did, that she's better than that. She asks why she's freaking out. Megan shouts that she's not, then calms down a bit, telling her that it's good to see her, but it's not good for her to be there. Cassie asks what she means, that she told her she needed help. "When did I ever say that?" asks Megan and Cassie explains her interpretation of the emoji chain, that it said to bring the puffin keychain to the "Queen of Long Island." Megan tells her that she's not the Queen of Long Island, that she was asking her to bring it to their friend Cherri, of the Queen Strip Club of Long Island. "You just overshot by a few thousand miles," she tells her and Cassie agrees that her explanation is better.

Megan tells her that the key is for a lockbox where she stashed evidence against the North Koreans. Cassie asks why she didn't bring the box with her. Megan replies that she wanted to use it to try make a deal of some sort. She tells Cassie she doesn't know how much longer she can stay safe living on the land. A woman, Charlie, comes in. Megan tells Cassie she's lucky to have Charlie, that she basically saved her. She introduces Cassie, and Charlie asks what she's doing there. Cassie explains about the message. Megan tells Cassie that Charlie sells black market fishing boats. Cassie thanks Charlie for keeping Megan safe and Charlie says she has a crush on Megan, but to not tell anybody. "We just dance," Megan tells Cassie. She continues that she has a half million bounty on her head, that there's a a man from North Korea hunting her. Cassie says that she of course does, that she's top-shelf. Megan calls it the nicest thing Cassie's ever said to her.

Cassie then finds herself in her mind palace. "Top shelf is right," comments sparkly Cassie, tossing around bills and saying that Megan is living it up like a pirate lady. "That should be me," she comments and young Cassie says if that were so, then the scary guy would be after her. Sparkly Cassie replies that Megan has a sugar mama, asking Cassie just how many black market boats Marco owns. Cassie says that she's sparkly too, that she doesn't need dirty money and Megan needs her help. "Seems like you kind of need her to need your help," points out young Cassie. She sys it's easier to do that than focus on her own stuff. "March 21, March 23," comments sparkly Cassie. Cassie asks what she means, that they're just dates. Sparkly Cassie says they're doing shots, but Cassie tells her they aren't and exits the mind palace.

Back in the real world, Charlie is pouring shots. Cassie tells her she can't have it, that she isn't drinking. She tells her it's generous. Megan says she's being rude to her host, asking if she can just playing sober. Cassie tells her she's been sober for a year, AA sober. "Really?" asks Megan, seeming impressed. Charlie tells Megan that "it's ready." Cassie asks about the man hunting Megan and Megan tells her that he's relentless. Cassie says they have to get out, that she has a plan. Megan, however, says that they already have their own plan to stop him for good. Cassie asks what this means. Megan details the plan, that he's been coming in every night and they're going to spike his favorite cocktail with poison mushrooms. Cassie asks if they're really going to do this tonight. Just then, Hak shows up at the door.

### "Miss me?"

Cassie and Megan hide and watch. Charlie pours Hak his drink. She mixes in the mushroom powder, telling him to drink slowly. He says she looks a little different, asking if she has something going on. He starts to drink, but just then, Cassie's smartphone rings. It's Jenny calling. Hak turns and looks over. He sets down the drink and goes over to where Cassie and Megan are hiding. He pulls a gun on them, then suddenly someone stabs him in the back. As he falls forward, the face of Miranda Croft is revealed. "Sorry if he was one of your friends," she comments. "Anyhoo, miss me?" she asks.

"Who are you?" whispers Megan and Cassie does a quick introduction. Megan thanks her, saying it was supposed to go down with poison mushrooms. "I'm here because of poison mushrooms?" asks Miranda and Cassie explains the whole situation with Megan. She says that she thought Miranda was going to send someone else, a business associate. Miranda tells Cassie that she got bored being boss. Miranda stomps Cassie's phone, telling her to pat Hak down and get his ID. Cassie does so while Miranda puts in a call to her colleague, Cecilia. Miranda tells her that she just stabbed a North Korean spy and she's sure there'll be plenty more. "We will not be exiting out the front," she tells her. Cecilia says it's way above her pay grade, but Miranda tells her that she'll give her a contingency fee. They head out, dodging shots and boarding a bus.

Back at Cassie's place in Los Angeles, Annie wakes up to see Gabrielle Diaz staring down at her. "Cass, is that you?" she asks, but it most certainly isn't. "They're waking up," Gabrielle tells Esteban, who tells her not to worry about it, saying they'll dose them again if needed. Gabrielle says that she almost had Cassie at LAX, only for her to disappear. "I'm not getting fucked over by a fucking flight attendant," she tells Esteban. He tells her to stay focused. Meanwhile, Max has woken up too. They chat to each other and Annie asks Max if those are the neighbors. "Yeah," Max agrees. He notes that Gabrielle's hair is blonde and they wonder if she could be the double. Max then risses to a sitting position, saying that he's going to cut his zipties with his shoelaces. Annie asks how he knows that's a thing and he tells her he saw it on YouTube.

Annie quips that YouTube is a "super-reliable source" and he shoots back that slipping off zip-ties isn't as easy as slipping off a ring. She asks if he's joking, if he really wants to talk about this now. "No," he starts, "but if I did, I'd tell you..." and Esteban comes over and slaps him in the head, shouting at them. Annie screams and he tells them that they're looking all over and not finding anything. He asks them where Cassie is and Annie tells him she's on a flight. He replies that it can't be, that they checked every manifest and found nothing. He asks if they'd like to be bruised up for their wedding pictures. "Dude, I wouldn't hold my breath for that," gasps Max. It's the wrong thing to say, as Esteban tugs at him and makes a fist. Annie pleads with him not to hit him, saying they don't know where Cassie is. Gabrielle comes in, telling him to stop, that he's going to hurt his hand. "We have tools for that," she tells him. He agrees it's a good point.

### Big time with the mob

In Iceland, Cassie looks out the window for pursuers. Miranda has been shot and is applying a tourniquet to her leg. Megan complains that she's hot. Cassie asks how she can possibly be hot. "Cassie, when a woman reaches a certain age..." quips Charlie. Miranda asks Cassie how she is and Cassie tells her about her double troubles. "Somebody's committing crimes as you and you flew to Iceland?" asks Miranda. Cassie tells her it's tough, but that's she's handling. "How exactly?" asks Miranda and just then Cassie gets a call. She says she has to take this call from Jenny, that it's part of the process of AA. Jenny starts up about her podcast and Cassie asks her to please tell her this isn't why she's been calling incessantly. She tells her she can't do a podcast, that it's a bad time. Cassie promises to text her. "Cassie if anyone asks you do to a podcast about this, you'd better say no," Megan tells her. Cassie agrees she won't be telling anyone about this.

Back in LA, Esteban and Gabrielle start preparing tools to interrogate Annie and Max. Esteban says to Gabrielle that the bounty won't wait forever, that there are "other people looking for her." Gabrielle tells him that everyone talks. She walks over to Annie and Max with a set of knives and a taser. Max says that they're psychos, but she replies that they're fully sane, that they just care more about money than Annie and Max's comfort. She tells them that the taser's output is 50,000 volts, but if you turn it down, it'll really hurt. She tases Max and Annie tells him she loves him. She apologizes for being bad at feelings and he tells her they'll be okay. She says if they die, she's not okay with things, and what their future looks like. She says something about having worked for the mob and Gabrielle asks just what she means. Annie hesitates, then tells her she was "big time" with the mob, Max picking up the thread and agreeing. Gabrielle recognizes it as "obviously a bluff." She says she doesn't care about any of it and moves to tase Max again when Esteban comes in, saying that he found something. "She's in Iceland," he tells Gabrielle, holding up the keychain envelope.

Back in Iceland, the group arrives at a place called Sky Lagoon, only for a car with North Korean agents to suddenly pull up. Miranda has them take off running and Cassie asks how they even found them there. "I can solve that little mystery" comments Miranda, calling Cecilia and asking her if she cares to explain. Cecilia replies that she has a baby on the way and the bounty on Megan Briscoe's head pays way more than she does. Miranda asks if she's really asking for a raise and Cecilia replies that she's not dodging bullets at what she pays. Miranda tells her to stick to plan B and they'll talk and hangs up. She tells the others that Cecilia has betrayed them, but that it'll all be fine. Suddenly, they find themselves face-to-face with the North Korean agents. They take off running again, only to find themselves in a sauna. They search frantically for an agent and then a woman comes at them with a gun. Miranda manages to disarm her, then the two fight. The woman manages to get the jump on Miranda and begins choking her to death, only for Cassie to cover her head with a towel and pull her away. This allows Miranda to punch her out and then they take off running again. Cassie asks just what they're supposed to do now. Megan says that running isn't working and Miranda tells them they need to steal a boat. So they do.

In LA, Gabrielle and Esteban chat, Gabrielle asking Esteban if they should let the North Koreans know they have a lead. Esteban says they need eyes on Megan Briscoe first. They search info on flights to Iceland as Annie wonders why they're interested in Megan. She wonders if maybe they're not even after Cassie. Max tells her that he doesn't know who they're after, but that they're sitting ducks. He tries again and manages to break his zip-ties. He grabs his phone and secretly takes photos of Esteban and Gabrielle. Gabrielle then comes over, saying that she knows she hasn't known them long, but they have some serious relationship stuff to work out. "So long lovebirds," comments Esteban, saying that if they call the police, they'll kill them. They exit, grinning. Max exhales in relief and hugs Annie. She apologizes for taking off the ring and he tells her he's sorry she took off the ring too, telling her to just stay there. He closes and locks the door. Annie asks that if Esteban and Gabrielle are just using Cassie to find Megan, then why blow up a car? Max replies that they may not have had anything to do with the bombing, that they didn't seem that focused on Cassie. Annie wonders who the double is if not Gabrielle. Meanwhile, said double is shown walking through a park, a baggie in her hand.

### Bluefin bucks and poison mushroom powder

In Iceland, Cassie's group have left their boat and are now boarding a helicopter. As they are, Cassie gets a call, which she insists she has to take. "What the fuck?!" shouts Miranda, asking how she even has service right now. The call turns out to be from Shane Evans, who tells her that he wants to lead with that he has not called to fight. She tells him she's not answering to fight and he says that he made some assumptions that he maybe shouldn't have. He says that he's never not closed a case, so year two of the whole Megan thing has him on edge. Megan shouts at Cassie to ask Shane why he's asking about Hak. "Who is that?" asks Shane. Cassie tells him it's nothing, just an angry tourist. He asks if she's okay and she tells him that she is, just that it's complicated. He says that if she's ever in trouble she can just come to him. "You'd be the first person I'd call," she agrees. He tells her he's only a phone call away and hangs up. Cassie gets in the helicopter. Shane then goes over to a colleague from the CIA, who is investigating one of the dead bodies left behind in the group's wake. He holds up his smartphone. "Megan Briscoe, most likely traveling with a blonde," he tells him. "Give me eyes on all the airports."

Back at Cassie's place in LA, Annie looks through her purse, upset about something being missing. Max tells her it's just stuff. Annie sobs, saying that when she took the ring off, she put it in the purse. He gets up. She asks just what he's doing. He stares across the street. "Those assholes left their door open," notes Annie. She asks if Max sees them and he says he doesn't, telling her to come on. They go over and investigate, discovering the dog Mr. Waffles barking at a door. Annie opens it and discovers the couple tied up inside. She begins untying them, shouting at Max to call 911.

The helicopter touches down and Miranda gets out. Cassie asks Megan if she's ready. She gives a little head-shake and Cassie gets out, saying she'll give her a second. Miranda goes over to Cecilia, who notes that she didn't say she'd been shot. Miranda asks what she thought was going to happen, asking if she got everything she requested. Cecilia agrees, handing her a box. Miranda tells her she can locate and train her replacement so she can kill her. Cecilia asks if she really thinks she can replace her. She asks her who else can organize her international crime syndicate and make sure she has a matcha latte, handing her one. "Oh, fucking hell!" comments Miranda, taking the latte. Back at the helicopter, Charlie tells Miranda that she has to go, that she gets it. She hands her a heart necklace, saying she can't be with her to protect her, so she should take a little of her with her. She also hands Megan a bag. "Bluefin bucks and some poison mushroom powder, just in case," she explains. They giggle at how many mushrooms Megan picked and Megan thanks her for everything. "Who will I dance with now?" asks Charlie and they hug.

Watching this, Cassie finds herself going into her mind palace. She finds herself holding buckets to catch water dripping from the ceiling. She tells young Cassie that she's just trying to watch Megan's "Casablanca goodbye." She asks young Cassie, who is standing on a ladder, if she needs help, but she turns the question back on her. Cassie replies that she's not the one doing a weird balancing act for something that's going to fall over anyway. Young Cassie replies that she may just be an alocholic teenager, but the metaphor is obvious. "Good luck," she tells Cassie, who wonders just where all the water is coming from. Young Cassie replies that sparkly Cassie said that somebody upstairs must have left the bathtub running, like they passed out. Cassie returns to the real world and helps Megan exit the helicopter to head to a plane waiting in a hangar. She asks Cecilia if they've met, but she tells her they haven't. She and Miranda take off.

### Hildegard

On the plane, Miranda presents Megan with a fake ID. She is now "Hildegard Nedeerlandse Bouffant." Megan questions it and Miranda tells her she's free to use her own if she doesn't like it. Megan tells her that Hildegard is fine. Cassie says the name is horrible but it works, that Miranda knows what she's doing. She says that she put a list of things they need to do to get her back to her family, but Megan doesn't want to talk about her family. "What?" asks Cassie and Megan asks her if she knows how hard it's been, not being with her family for a year. She says it's felt like decades and she wants to see them, but she's not really sure they want to see her, if she wants to drag them back into this. She says she's on her way home and freaking out. Cassie tells her that her family is desperate to see her. She tells her that it will be okay. Her phone rings and it's Marco. Megan asks her who Marco is and she tells her he's her boyfriend. She asks what she's supposed to say to him, that she jetted off to Iceland and tried to save her friend and did, but she can't tell him anything else. Megan suggests she just say "I'm okay. I'll see you soon." Cassie says she can't lie to him again and needs a drink so bad. She says she wants to forget all this. "You're really sober?" asks Megan, telling her it's so impressive. She takes her hand, saying she missed her. She thanks her. "Always," agrees Cassie and Megan lays back to sleep.

Cassie goes over to Miranda, telling her that she really came through. She tells her she has to get Megan back to her family in Long Island. She starts to say that she was hoping for something, but Miranda cuts her off. She tells her that she finds her fascinating, but that there's going to be no more Miranda Ex Machina. She tells her it's a no on Long Island. Cassie asks if she doesn't want to get back in the saddle. She says that she did, but she forgot how good Cassie is at getting into trouble and she'd like to enjoy the fruits of her labors and not get shot in the leg again. "Same leg!" she shouts. She tells her to go home on her own and solve her own drama. She grabs the box from Cecilia, saying that she's giving it to her. Cassie opens it and it turns out to be mace and a personal safety alarm, along with a little olive oil that Miranda pressed. They touch down in LA, Cassie telling Megan that she'll stash her at her place and then figure out the next step after that.

Cassie is then distracted by a monitor showing a news report - a murder at Echo Park. Megan goes on about making a deal with the CIA or FBI, then asks if Cassie is even listening to her. Cassie tells her to so on as the reporter says that two bodies were found, wrapped in tarps and weighted down by heavy chains. On the scene, Cassie spots the milky-eyed guy from the CIA. Below the monitor, sparkly Cassie appears, saying that the stuff used in the murder looks like everything that was bought on Cassie's credit card. "How much do you want to bet that that killer looks exactly like..." "Me." finishes Cassie. She curses.

Cassie and Megan arrive back. Cassie puts in a call to Annie. She says that she sounds weird, asking what's wrong. Annie tells her that some crazy stuff went down and the police were there. She asks if Cassie connected with Marco, but Cassie says they have to meet. Annie says she'll have Max pick a place and text her. "Call Marco!" she shouts. "Welcome to Westwood," Cassie tells Megan, saying that they had to take a detour. She tells her she needs her to trust her, leading her to a house and knocking on the door. The person who answers is Brenda, her sponsor. She invites them both in, Megan introducing herself as Hildegard. She asks to use the bathroom. Brenda points the way and Cassie tells her that she appreciates her doing it.

### Blowing things up

Brenda says it's no problem, that she's her sponsor and putting her out is her job. She tells her that she needs to be honest, though, asking what's going on. Cassie tells her that Hildegard is having family issues and it's an act of service. Brenda asks how Cassie is doing and she tells her she's doing good. Brenda replies that her vibe is very manic and she's not going to accept the answer. She asks to try again and Cassie tells her that she's trying to be a hero and holding on so tight that her hands are burning. She tells her that she'd like to have a drink but didn't, but that she's one tiny accident away from a complete collapse. Brenda tells her that sobriety is never not hard. Cassie asks if it should feel like walking a tightrope above a pit of broken glass. "Only sometimes," replies Brenda, saying that Cassie looks like her oldest child after she saved her from asphyxiating in the pool. She tells Cassie to calm down and that she can let her friend stay for one night. She heads off to make tea. Megan comes over to Cassie. She tells her that she needs to get to Long Island now. Cassie tells her to just stay for one night. Megan says that she's been on the run without her help for over a year and she needs the evidence before someone murders her. Cassie pleads with her to just say for one night. She hands her the mace, saying she'll pick her up. "Just one night, please," she pleads.

Cassie meets with Annie and Max, saying she can't believe they were held hostage. Max says it was more like prisoners, given that they didn't want a ransom. Annie says that they really thought that Gabrielle was her double, but then they realized they were after info on Megan. Cassie says she's horrified that it happened. Annie tells her the upside is that Max snapped a photo of one of them. She shows Cassie a picture of Esteban and Cassie says that she knows him, that he was in Berlin. Cassie asks if everyone is crazy and pretending to be someone else. She tells them that Megan is safe. Max says that according to the news, the Echo Park lake murders were right after Esteban and Gabrielle left, so it couldn't have been them. Cassie asks if they all agree that the double committed the murders and Max points out that there are cameras all around the lake. Annie tells Cassie that the tonnage is starting to add up. Cassie says that she has to go to the CIA, that it's all too much. Annie tells her that they told her not to look into it but she did and she will look suspicious. Cassie says it's gone too far and she has to say something.

So Cassie goes to the CIA and knocks on the door of Benjamin Berry's office. He asks just what she's doing there. She claims to have been looking for Dot Karlson, saying she really has to talk to someone. He tells her it's not the time. She tells him that it is, that it's very important. He tells her he's tough with her because he's trying to protect her, that it's dangerous work. She observes bottles of alcohol all around him and asks if he's okay. "No," he admits. He tells her that he lost two analysts, murdered at Echo Park Lake. He says they don't even have any idea why they were there. She tells him she heard about it, but had no idea they were CIA. He says that the whole place is a disaster and sometimes he wants to burn it down. He asks if she's ever had that feeling, telling her to go, that he'll be fine. She stares, sits down next to him, then takes his hand. "The door's over there," he tells her. Cassie goes into her mind palace. She says she's so tired and sparkly Cassie tells her she can practically smell the alcohol on Benjamin's breath. "Imagine how good he would taste," she says. "Say no," better choices Cassie tells her. Sparkly Cassie tells her that she's been wanting to blow up her fake happy life for days and it's time to blow it up. "Say yes, she says. Cassie exits the mind palace. She kisses Benjamin intensely and they start taking off clothes. They make out and Cassie goes into the mind palace, where the lights are flashing and better choices Cassie starts knocking stuff over, aggravated, and tossing off her engagement ring. Cassie and Benjamin have sex.

## Cast

### Starring

* Kaley Cuoco as Cassandra "Cassie" Bowden

* Zosia Mamet as Annie Mouradian
* Deniz Akdeniz as Max
* Mo McRae as Benjamin Berry
* Callie Hernandez as Gabrielle Diaz
* Griffin Matthews as Shane Evans
* J.J. Soria as Esteban Diaz

and

* Rosie Perez as Megan Briscoe

### Guest starring

* Margaret Cho as Utada
* Michelle Gomez as Miranda Croft
* Jessie Ennis as Jenny
* Bruce Baek as Hak Oh-Seong
* Briana Cuoco as Cecilia
* Shohreh Aghdashloo as Brenda
* Audrey Grace Marshall as Young Cassie Bowden
* Erik Passoja as Jim Jones

### Co-starring

Special thanks to Monette Moio, Kaley Cuoco's stunt double, body double and acting double.

* Erica Ibsen as Cassie Double #2
* Kate Cochran as Cassie Double #3
* Peipei Alena Yuan as North Korean Henchwoman
* Kunsang Dhondupsson as North Korean Henchman

## Trivia

* The song played during the closing credits is "Only You Know" by Beach House from the album *Once Twice Melody*.

## Quotes

"Cassie, Cassie, Cassie. Alrighty. I find you fascinating. I seriously, honestly, I do. But no more Miranda Ex Machina."

- Miranda Croft