Eli Briscoe

**Eli Briscoe**, also known as **Josh Jones**, is a character on HBO Max's *The Flight Attendant*. He is portrayed by David Iacono.

Eli is the teenage son of Megan Briscoe and William "Bill" Briscoe. Although he seems to have a rather healthy family life, he has grown away a bit from his parents and is entirely unaware of the shady corporate espionage that Megan is involved in against his father.

In the second season, Eli has taken on a second job to support himself and his father in the wake of Megan having disappeared. He has had no contact with her for around a year.

## Throughout the Series

### "Conspiracy Theories"

Bill Briscoe tells Megan that he doesn't want her shopping eBay on his laptop anymore because it's gotten ridiculously slow and he thinks it might have a virus on it. She suggests that he speak to Eli, saying that she saw him watching highly graphic porn on it. He tells her that Eli doesn't even know what porn is, but she retorts that he's 15 and has been watching porn for at least five years. She says that if it wasn't Eli, then somebody else left the porn site open. At this, William calls for Eli.

### "After Dark"

Megan is out driving with Eli and tells him that they're going to stop for ice cream, but she needs to pick something up from Cassie first. He asks why she even likes Cassie, calling her the "absolute worst," but she retorts that Cassie is her best friend. He calls this kind of sad, but she says that she likes Cassie because she does whatever she wants and people still like her. She tells him that she hopes he never has to experience feeling unwanted, that it's terrible. He then shows her a video of Cassie out dancing at a bar and she's impressed with how he was able to locate her. She gets what she wanted from Cassie and the next day she gets up early to take Eli to his swim team meet. He tells her that it was "fun playing detective" with her and that she can be pretty cool sometimes.

### "Arrivals and Departures"

Having gone on the run from North Korean agents, Megan calls her home and Eli picks up. She asks him why he isn't in school, but he asks in return why she's calling the landline. She starts to tell him that she wanted to leave a message on the answering machine, but then stops him, saying he has to answer her question. He tells her that William is sick and in his room, crying, so he thought it would be good to stay home to help. Megan tells him to tell William to look inside the small ceramic rooster, that what's in it will help him to get out of trouble. She then breaks down sobbing, saying to tell his father that everything was so beautiful. She tells him that she loves him and his father and hangs up. He then goes and opens up the rooster. Inside are rolls of hundred dollar bills, a flash drive and a note reading "Dearest Bill & Eli, I love you. I will fix it. I'm sorry!" He leaves the room, shouting for his father to come.

### "Mushrooms, Tasers, and Bears, Oh My!"

Eli Briscoe has had no contact with his mother Megan for nearly a year and is working at restaurant to support himself and his father. One day, he receives a strange Snapchat message from Megan, a series of emojis and note to call Cassie and forward it to her. He does so, telling Cassie that he tried to Snapchat back, but the account was disabled. Cassie tells him that Megan loves him more than anything and she's going to make sure things are okay. He tells her that he hopes so and hangs up.

### "Brothers & Sisters"

Eli meets with Megan in a parking lot. He complains that she sent a note with a customer of the restaurant where he works at. He asks her if she's even allowed to be there right now. She tells him that she of course is and he finally relents, allowing him to hug her. He questions how she even knew that he works at the restaurant and she tells him that she got it off of one of the other students from his swim team. He explains that he quit the swim team in order to work more, telling him that dad (Bill) had to sell off the house in order to pay the legal bills. He asks her if she's going to disappear again, but she promises that she won't and they hug again.

Later, Eli arranges a meeting with Bill for Megan. Upon seeing Megan, Bill orders Eli away, telling him to go back to work. Eli therefore misses the conversation in which Bill tells Megan that the FBI told him to call them if she ever showed up, then walks away from her.

### "No Exit"

As Eli stands waiting for a bus home from work, Megan stands above in a parking garage, watching him. She is then approached by the North Korean agent Ro Sung Ho, who comments that Eli always takes the same bus home. When she asks the agent how he knows this, he tells her that her interests are his interests, saying that it's a shame that Eli quit the swim team, that he was quite good.

### "Backwards and Forwards"

Megan, having stuffed Mr. Ro in the trunk of her car after a beating, warns him that if he goes near her son again, her new mission in life will be to end his.

Sometime following this, in the evening, Eli emerges from a van with his father Bill in front of a large, well-appointed house. The two share a joyful reunion with Megan, as they have all arrived there to start a new life in witness protection. "This is the house?" asks Eli and a witness protection agent who is there with Megan asks if they like it. He continues that it doesn't really matter, but it's nice when those in witness protection feel good about where they end up. "It's better than being killed," comments Eli. Megan chastises him by name, leading the agent to comment that they need to get used to using their new names. Eli then tells Megan that he is now "Josh," and the agent comments that "Josh" is right that it's better than being killed. "Josh," along with Bill and Megan, who are now "Mr. and Mrs. Jones," head inside the new home.

## Appearances

Season One
* "Conspiracy Theories"
* "After Dark"
* "Hitchcock Double"
* "Arrivals and Departures"
* "No Exit"
* "Backwards and Forwards"

Season Two
* "Mushrooms, Tasers, and Bears, Oh My!"
* "Brothers & Sisters"
* "No Exit"
* "Backwards and Forwards"