Backwards and Forwards

"**Backwards and Forwards**" is the eighth and final episode of the second season of HBO Max's *The Flight Attendant*. It released on May 26, 2022 on HBO Max.

## Synopsis

Cassie connects the dots in a far-reaching conspiracy, while Megan tries to make amends with Shane.

## Plot

### Teaser - Megan's warning

In a parking garage in Newark, Megan Briscoe exits her car. She goes to the trunk and opens it, revealing Ro Sung Ho. She tells him that she's no pushover. She warns him that if he comes near her family again, her new mission in life will be to end his. She tells him it's not an idle threat, setting a box of chocolates on him. She closes the trunk. She then sits down at a cafe and eats a pizza. She sees a couple of cops with a dog and covers her face with a book, but they pass by. She boards an Imperial Atlantic flight. She notices a couple of flight attendants who seem concerned about something. Whatever it is, however, it isn't her. The flight takes off for Los Angeles.

### Not working alone

Cassie is at the bottom of the Ferris wheel, Grace's blood all over her face. A distorted voice asks her if she's okay. Another asks if she can tell them anything about what happened. Another asks Cassie to come with her. Cassie hears more voices and then is shown crying at a hospital, a bracelet on her wrist. She is in the bathroom, having cleaned off some, but not all, of her face. She goes into her mind palace. "You got blood on your face," comments the mean Cassie. Cassie asks her what she wants. She tells her that she thinks Grace had the right idea, to just get it over with. Cassie asks what's wrong with her and she tells her that she doesn't want to wait around while she blows her life up one little piece at a time. Cassie tells her to shut up, but she says it would be easy. She claps her hands repeatedly, showing her flashes of what happened. Back in the hospital, she gets a text from Megan asking where she is. She stares at the blood, then splashes water on her face.

Cassie goes and finds Annie and Max in a waiting room. Annie asks if she's okay and she says that she is. Annie says that the staff wouldn't tell them anything, that they've been watching paint dry. Cassie tells them that both Benjamin and Shane have stab wounds, but that they're going to be fine. Cassie asks why they followed them to the pier, if they're nuts, that Shane told them to stay. Annie asks if Cassie would have stayed home and knitted a sweater. Cassie agrees that she's a hypocrite and the mean Cassie snipes at her that she is indeed a hypocrite. Cassie asks if *they're* okay and they agree that they are.

Dot Karlson comes over. She asks Cassie if she can speak with her, saying that it's important. Cassie tells Annie and Max to stay, that she's sure everything's fine. She gets up and walks with Dot, who tells her "Unfortunately, it's not fine." Cassie quips that it's exactly what she wanted to hear. Dot thanks her for her statement from the scene, saying that they verified that Benjamin was not involved with Grace. She tells Cassie she's sorry she encouraged her to doubt him. She pulls out a file, saying that she shouldn't do it, it's classified. She says that she thinks Cassie should see it, pulling out a photo of two doubles standing together and telling her that Grace was not working alone. Cassie tells Dot that Grace did say it was bigger. Just then, her phone chimes with another message from Megan: "I'M AT THE ADDRESS. NOW WHAT?" Two agents walk up and Dot tells Cassie she wants her to come with all of them. She asks for five minutes and Dot tells her to just be fast.

She goes back to Annie and Max, asking them if they still have "that laptop," the one they took from Esteban and Gabrielle Diaz. They agree that they do. Cassie then goes to Shane's hospital room. "Oh my God!" she shouts, seeing him in hospital bed, and he asks that she act like it's not a big deal, so he can continue to believe that as well. "It's just a little scratch, you're such a baby!" she says and he tells her she's overcorrected. She tells him she's still in shock. He says that it's over and that he thought she was crying wolf, but she was right. He tells her to treasure it. She sighs, telling him he loves him, but that she needs a favor. He points to his chest, noting that he's in the middle of the last favor.

### The big realization

Cassie goes to the doorway and ushers in Megan. "Hi, Shane," she tells him, saying that she's sorry he got stabbed. He reaches for his phone, but Cassie shouts at him to not touch it. He tells her that he knew if he stuck with her long enough she'd bring him Megan and there she is. Cassie asks if this means he's been working her the whole time and he shoots back that she can't be offended that he didn't believe her lies. He begs her to hear Megan out, that she has evidence against the North Koreans that could get her and her family into witness protection. "She's our friend," she pleads. Megan tells Shane that she didn't even know what she was doing until it was too late. She tells him she's sorry and sorry that he ran after her, that he had no idea he was CIA. She tells him that Mr. Ro told her there's an entire network. She shows him the laptop, saying it's filled with tons of information. She says she knows it's a hail mary, but she wants to make things right. She tells Shane she's done with running, that she's tired. "Come on," she begs him.

Cassie goes into the mind palace, where the mean Cassie is sitting down between two metal bears. She comments that she's going to name them Shane and Megan, that if you push them together, it'll look like they're nuzzling or mauling each other. Cassie tells her she's in the middle of something important. Cassie tells her that if she's trying to make her feel bad again, it's mission accomplished, but she shouldn't mess up the one good deed she's able to do. The mean Cassie tells her that her helping Megan is only to make her feel like she's not completely worthless, which is selfish. She tells her she doesn't deserve to be happy because she makes everyone around her miserable. Back in the real world, Cassie tells Shane that she was so fixated on stopping Grace that she almost got herself killed. She tells him to not be like her, to think about what's on the other side. He turns to Megan, telling her that he would need complete transparency. "She totally knows," agrees Cassie, and Shane waves her goodbye.

Back outside in the hospital hallways, Cassie gets a call. It's from her brother Davey's husband, Rick Green. He asks her if it's a bad time and she says that it's a perfect time. He says that Davey has been texting him about how he let him down and can't come home. He says that it sounds like Davey never got on the plane. Cassie agrees that she did get a few weird texts from Davey. She tells him she will track him down. She texts Davey, telling her to call him ASAP. She then joins Dot in a car, on the way to the office to the CIA. She gets another text from Rick, telling her that he's still got nothing from Davey and that he's staying calm, but starting to get worried. Cassie asks Dot if they could go to her place before the office, that a lot has happened and she'd like to take a shower, that there's blood in her hair. Dot tells her that she didn't do anything wrong, but there's still somebody out there who could be a danger to her. She has her take a few deep breaths, saying it's a habit she picked up with nervous junior officers in Iraq. She suggests they head to her place instead, that it's nearby and they're not getting anywhere in the traffic anyway.

They arrive at Dot's place, which is very well-appointed, with glass windows with an amazing view of the skyline, everything you would expect from the head officer of a branch of the CIA. Dot leads Cassie up to her bathroom, promising her a tour after she gets cleaned up. Cassie looks at some of Dot's photos, then heads into the bathroom. In the cabinet, she discovers a bottle of Santal 33, the same perfume worn by the double. She has a flashback of a photo of Grace wearing the same uniform that saw Dot wearing in one of the photos, one that appears to have been torn in half, and Grace commenting that she keeps it as a reminder that the only person you can really trust is yourself. She then recalls Shane talking about how there are very few people who have access to her file that could fabricate a psych eval. In her mind palace, she puts the pieces together. "Oh my God, it's Dot," she realizes.

### Pulling alarms

The mean Cassie rings a bell, saying that it's too perfect. "Not you," replies Cassie, asking if there are any of the others she can speak to. The mean Cassie replies that she ran right into the killer's hands, that she wants to give up her life. Cassie says that if it were true, she would have let Grace shoot her on the Ferris wheel. "Sounds like you thought about it," she replies, saying that maybe it's what got her there. She claps her hands, flashing Cassie back to the Ferris wheel. Cassie tells her to not do that again, but she replies that she's her. She asks if she gets it, that the world is a terrible place where dads die and mothers hate you. She tells Cassie that it doesn't get better, but she already believes that, or else she wouldn't be there. Back in the real world, Cassie calls Annie. She tells Annie that it wasn't just Grace, but Dot, and she's at Dot's apartment right now. She tells Annie that she needs Max right now. Fortunately, Max has just arrived and is standing beside Annie. He tells her he's there and she asks if him she sends him the address if he can trigger an alarm. "Yeah," he agrees with no hesitation. Cassie hangs up. "Now," Max asks. "Yes, obviously," says Annie.

Max triggers the alarm and Cassie heads downstairs, bracing herself against the tinnitus. Unfortunately, though, she runs straight into Dot. Cassie asks if they shouldn't go somewhere they can exit, but Dot grabs a remote, shutting it off. "False alarm," she tells Cassie. Cassie asks if they shouldn't go somewhere safe. Dot says that her breathing is quicker and her pupils are dilated, that she didn't even take time to put her shoes on. She asks her to tell her what she thinks she's figured out. "Okay," agrees Cassie, saying that she thinks Dot knew Grace and helped her out of the military somehow. Dot says that if Grace felt indebted to her, it's not her fault, that she's one of any number of broken tools she's used. "Like you," she continues. Cassie asks if Will Kotov was one of those broken toys too, but Dot tells her she's not going to get into specifics. Nevertheless, he tried to blackmail her, so she eliminated him. Cassie points out that she's been killing people left and right and trying to pin it on her. Dot tells her to grow up. She appears to morph before Cassie's eyes into the mean Cassie, who tells her that the world is messed up and unfair and she's just figured out how not to care. Dot tells Cassie that it may be a nihilistic point of view, but she's done this sort of thing before and still sleeps fine at night. "I'm dead inside, but I feel fine," says the mean Cassie.

Cassie tells Dot that she doesn't feel like she has a choice because she's the one with a gun and she's blocking her. Dot replies that she's only blocking her if she believes she'll shoot her. She continues that if she comes towards her when she fires the gun, the ballistics will support that she was defending herself. Cassie curses. "Why me?" asks Cassie and Dot tells her that the first time she saw her file, she knew that she could fit the story of a rogue operative, especially one who has been captured on camera at every crime scene. "You left the Viewmaster," realizes Cassie. Dot agrees that it's kitschy, but Cassie's *real* psychological evaluation told her that she can't resist puzzles, as if the Alex Sokolov thing didn't make that obvious.

Cassie goes back into the mind palace, telling the mean Cassie she needs to get out of Dot's condo. The mean Cassie says she's too self-destructive for this, but Cassie tells her she may make bad choices, but it's not what she is. "It's what I am," comments the mean Cassie, squeezing Davey's "Easy does it" bear. She says that it's what all the other Cassies are too, that the screaming sound in her ears isn't tinnitus, but self-hate. "Shut your fucking mouth!" shouts Cassie, literally blowing the mean Cassie away. She tells her that she may not like herself very much, but she just saw a woman take her own life in front of her and she would never do that. She dares her to make whatever self-hating joke she wants, telling her that while she does that, she's going to go stay alive. She also says that her tinnitus comment gave her an idea, "so thanks for that." Back at Dot's, Cassie tells Dot that she's wrong about her and that the people who know her won't believe anything she's saying. "People believe the person who's still alive. And after attacking me in my own home..." comments Dot, reaching for her gun. She says that Cassie put together a lot, but not soon enough, and she doesn't have any alarms left to pull.

"Maybe I have one," replies Cassie, pulling out the personal safety alarm given to her by Miranda Croft and setting it off. Dot covers her ears and Cassie runs, straight into the arms of the CIA agents from before. "Grab her!" shouts Dot, telling them to turn off the alarm also, but they go over to her instead. They tell her that Benjamin Berry sent them and place her under arrest. She shouts for them to get their hands off her, but they don't. That evening, Benjamin meets with Cassie on the roof of Dot's place. She asks if he shouldn't be in the hospital. He tells her that he was, but he's okay, and he wanted to make sure everything was wrapping up okay, that it's no small thing arresting a regional director for treason and murder. She asks how he even knew about Dot and he says that he saw things in Cassie's file that he knew were fabrications. He then started looking into Dot and everything unfolded. Cassie asks if he's saying she's a hero. "So this is about you?" he asks. "100%" she tells him. He says that it turns Dot was selling access to CIA records for years. He tells her it's lucky that one of the agents mentioned Dot was bringing her there, that it's a big breach of protocol. He says it's good that they were able to get inside before Dot found a plausible reason to shoot Cassie and Cassie agrees with the sentiment. He asks her to come to the office to debrief. She asks if they could just debrief about this and not the night in his office. He suggests they go with "the very adult I don't really remember what happened in the office." "What office?" agrees Cassie. They agree that they'll keep things professional from now on.

### The truth about Jenny

Cassie takes out her phone. "Davey, Davey," she mutters, seeing two texts from him and saying that she totally forgot about him. The texts read "I SCREWED UP" and "I CAN'T GO HOME." Cassie asks just what he's talking about. She calls his number, but it's Jenny who answers. Cassie asks her why she has Davey's phone, if something happened. She says that he just threw it, that he was manic and talking about his kids. She says that now he's in her backyard, pacing and yelling. Cassie replies that it's her fault. Jenny says she was going to call the police, but Cassie asks her to text her the address and she'll come over and get Davey. She promises to be there soon.

Cassie arrives at Jenny's place and knocks on her door. Jenny lets her in and she asks where Davey is. Jenny tells her it's mostly okay now, that he's in the other room on the sofa and that he's stopped yelling. She leads her into the kitchen, offering her tea, but Cassie asks that she just take her to him. Jenny says she didn't know what to do and Cassie tells her it wasn't about her, that she's just been going through a lot. She promises to make amends. Jenny thanks her, saying it means a lot. She says she should talk to Davey and leads her into the bedroom. Cassie comments on the huge size of the house and Jenny says it's her grandmother's who passed away recently. She says she's trying to go through everything, but it's a lot. She says her boyfriend thinks she should get rid of the place, but she's not sure. They arrive in the bedroom to find Davey passed on out on a couch. Cassie asks if he's okay and slumps over it. While she tries to rouse Davey, Jenny picks up her ringing phone, holding a hammer to it. Jenny holds up the phone, saying that it's Annie. Cassie turns and sees Jenny holding both the phone and the hammer. On the wall behind Jenny is a bunch of pictures of Feliks, along with pictures of Cassie and words such as "liar," "traitor" and "fake." Also on the wall - news articles about Alex Sokolov.

"Just a quick question..." begins Cassie, but Jenny puts Cassie's phone down on a table and smashes it with the hammer. "Oh my God," shouts Cassie, then starts shaking Davey, shouting at him to wake up. Jenny tells her not to bother, that she loaded him up with drugs and that he'll be out for a while. Cassie asks her what's going on, if this is because she didn't want to do her podcast. "There's no podcast!" shouts Jenny, saying that it was a lie and so was her alcoholism. She continues that it isn't even her house, just that of some old lady who doesn't lock her doors. "It's not about a fucking podcast," she tells Cassie, stepping aside to reveal the Cassie the pictures of Feliks, surrounded by or forming hearts and also with the phrase "Mr. & Mrs." Cassie has flashbacks of the various times that Jenny seemed to be stalking her and how she kept mentioning her boyfriend. She recalls her mentioning her boyfriend being hung up on his ex, "even though she was a self-absorbed, stupid loser." "How?" asks Cassie.

A flashback shows Jenny meeting Feliks in prison. "Who are you, then?" he asks her. She tells him that she's Jenny, a journalist working on a story for a podcast about Alex Sokolov's death. She tells him it was in a letter she sent, but he says he's not interested. She says she'll just go and he agrees that's alright and starts to hang up the phone he's talking to her on. She, however, tells him to wait. She tells him that there is no podcast, that she's not sure why she thought that was a good lie. She says that she read about him online and she knew she had to meet him because of how handsome and obviously innocent he is. He tells her that he's sorry, but he did do what he was convicted of. He says he did them all because he was in love. "Did someone hurt you?" she asks and he asks if he's ever heard the name "Cassie Bowden." They begin writing a series of letters to each other, in which Feliks says that he just can't get over Cassie and still feels her pull. She asks if he ever thinks he could love again. He says that he can't get Cassie out of his head and he wants her to find her. She tells him that she found her and he tells her to watch her and study her, and tell him everything. He tells her that she might have to lie to Cassie, that she's a dark person who can't understand people like them. "All I wanna do is help you," she tells him. "Maybe she's just in the way," Feliks tells her, saying that maybe he could love her if Cassie was dead. She smiles.

### "It's all me."

Back in the present day, Cassie tells Jenny to listen to her, that Feliks is a master manipulator. Jenny says that Feliks told her she would say that. She says she wouldn't have so many bad thoughts about Feliks if she knew him like she does. Cassie asks if he told her he gets off on killing cats and hanging them from trees. "Those cats deserved it," replies Jenny, saying that Cassie needs to stop blaming others. She says she used to think that they were a lot alike, but then she realized how awful Cassie was. "So let me just put you out of your misery," she says, holding up the hammer. Cassie asks if she's really going to kill her with a hammer. "It's a perfectly nice hammer," replies Jenny. Cassie goes into her mind palace. All of the alternate Cassies are there. "You're all still here?" asks Cassie and the mean Cassie asks if she thinks they're enjoying this. Cassie tells her to shut up or she'll throw her against the bar again. She asks why they won't just go away and the sparkly Cassie asks why she won't *let* them go away. They tell her that they're not the ones doing this, she is. Cassie tells them that unless they have a plan to get Davey out, she's ready to leave them behind. "Why is this so hard?" she asks, wondering why she can't get rid of them. She has a series of flashbacks. "It's me. It's all me," she realizes. "We all need to run," she tells the other Cassies, saying she has to get Davey out now.

Jenny lunges with the hammer, but Cassie dodges. She runs out a door, doing the same in her mind palace. She encounters a series of locked doors, but finally finds one that opens. She removes the doorknob on the inside as Jenny tells her she's coming to find her. She says that Feliks thought that she could learn to be like her, but she realized after she saw her life that it would be easier to get rid of her. She says it's what Feliks really wanted her to do anyway. In the mind palace, as Cassie rides an elevator, the alternate Cassies begin disappearing one by one. She gasps as she encounters a dummy of Feliks. Jenny opens a door and Cassie lunges forward at her, knocking her to the floor. They both get up and face off as, in the mind palace, the sparkly Cassie waves goodbye, leaving Cassie alone. She arrives at the top floor and exits the elevator, which takes her into the real world, just her and Jenny. Jenny tells her that they should just get it over with. Cassie shouts at her to listen, that she can have Feliks, that she doesn't want him. She says that Feliks is a vicious killer and they deserve each other. She tells her she's right about her, that she can't lie anymore. Davey approaches Jenny from behind as Cassie admits to her to being "a deeply flawed, sad alcoholic, narcissistic thrill addict." She tells her that she doesn't like herself, but it's who she is, and it's enough for her. She tells her fuck off. Jenny raises the hammer, but Davey smashes her in the back with a frying pan. Cassie then shatters a vase over her head. Cassie asks Davey if he's okay, telling him that it's over. "She..." starts Davey, but Cassie tells him it's okay, that she knows. She says it was insane but that Feliks really messed her up. He says that she was already messed up, but at least now she's going to be locked up somewhere.

Megan Briscoe stands outside a large home with a tall man. "Not what you imagined?" he asks her and she says it doesn't matter. A van pulls out and from it emerge her son Eli and her husband Bill. She covers her mouth and sobs, saying that she didn't know if they were going to come and that nobody would let her call them. She hugs and kisses Eli. "This is the house?" asks Eli and the tall man asks if they like it. He says that it doesn't really matter, but it's nice when folks in witness protection feel good about where they end up. Megan asks Bill what he thinks. "It's big," he replies and Megan chuckles. He continues that he likes the yard. He asks what she thinks and she says that it's different, but they agree that it's good. "Better than being killed," comments Eli. "Eli!" chastises Megan and the agent says that they want to get into the habit of using their new names. Eli tells Megan that he is now "Josh." The agent says that "Josh" is right that it's better than being killed. Addressing Megan and Bill as "Mr. and Mrs. Jones," he says that somebody must really like them, that it's a really nice setup. He hands Megan an envelope, saying he was asked to give it to her. She opens it and finds a note reading "Stay out of trouble. - Shane" She smiles. "Shall we?" she asks and they all head inside.

### Suspicious Minds

Cassie is on a videocall with Davey and Rick. She tells them that she's running late and needs to get to the airport. Davey gives her tips on breathing and Rick comments that Davey is doing yoga based on a tip from someone in AlAnon. Cassie says that she's the one who should be doing yoga, given that she moved to L.A., then says on second thought that she doesn't want to do yoga. Davey tells Rick that he shouldn't be telling Cassie where that came from, that it's anonymous. "Who am I going to tell?" asks Cassie, ending the call. There's a knock at the door and Cassie tells Brenda to come in. She hands her two boxes of donuts. She says she didn't have to do it, that she's only missing one meeting. Cassie says that she felt bad and that she's in a rush. Brenda tells her to wait just one second, asking her how she feels being 30 days sober. Cassie replies that she feels good, that she's not going to drink today so it's good. Brenda tells her that it is, of course, good and she's glad she's well.

Cassie sits on a flight, having a quiet moment to herself. She then makes a call, which turns out to be to her mother. She says that it's Cassie, then that she doesn't know why she said that, that she only has one daughter. "That I know of," quips Lisa. "Bad joke," she says, then asks Cassie what she wants. Cassie says that she didn't want to bother her and Lisa suggests that maybe they could talk later. "No," says Cassie, saying that she wanted to tell her that when she and Davey were there, she heard her. She says that it couldn't have been easy for her to say, that she's sure she didn't enjoy saying it to her. "No," admits Lisa and Cassie tells her she's just going to say it, that she knows she hurt her a lot. She continues that she probably doesn't believe a word or that she's changing, but she is changing. She tells her she's trying and she hopes that she can see that, that it might take a while, that it took decades to get to this phone call. She says she knows she won't be better overnight, but she wants her to know she's taking steps she needs to take to get there. She hopes she can watch from a very safe distance. An announcement comes in, saying that they've closed the plane's boarding doors and asking that the passengers discontinue the use of phones. Cassie tells Lisa she's on a flight and she has to go. "Thank you for listening," she tells her. "And I hope we can talk again," says Lisa, completing the sentence. "Very soon." "Me too," agrees Cassie, telling her she loves her. "I love you too, Cassie," replies Lisa. Cassie smiles and ends the call. She sniffles and a fellow flight attendant asks her if she's okay. She tells her that she is, that she's really, really good.

Cassie arrives at a chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Inside, Annie and Max are kissing. They have just gotten married. She sits next to Shane, applauding. An Elvis impersonator sings and plays the guitar. Shane comments that he can't believe Cassie invited her to be her date then showed up late. "Hey, at least it's not a memorial service," quips Cassie and they toast with a non-alcoholic beverage. Cassie asks Shane if she told him that Max and Annie are going to start some sort of P.I. firm. "That's very 1979 *Hart to Hart*," comments Shane. Cassie says she's too young for the reference and Shane says he hopes they stay out of trouble. He asks Cassie if she's good to do the rest solo, that he has a flight to catch.

"Is it a work flight or a *work* flight?' asks Cassie slyly. He grins and she says she has to stop yapping about this job they don't have or Benjamin will cut her loose. He says that what he's about to tell her is classified but that Dot was a very bad lady who put a lot of agents at risk and some in the ground. Therefore, Cassie is golden to the CIA. She tells him to be safe and Shane hugs Annie, congratulating her. He says he's a terrible wedding guest and leaves. "Did you see I got married?" asks Annie to Cassie and she agrees she was there. Annie tells Cassie she's having a minor out-of-body experience and Cassie suggests she just enjoy it for five minutes. Annie then says since Cassie loves her so much and wants her to be happy, she's going to do something and Cassie is going to play along. "Do not touch that bouquet!" shouts Cassie, but Annie tosses it at Cassie, who lets it drop to the floor. The Elvis impersonator begins playing "Suspicious Minds" as Annie turns to Cassie, who grins at her. Cassie, Annie and Max share a dance together.

## 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 (credit only)
* Griffin Matthews as Shane Evans
* J.J. Soria as Esteban Diaz (credit only)

with

* Cheryl Hines as Dot Karlson

and

* Rosie Perez as Megan Briscoe

### Guest starring

* Special Guest Star Sharon Stone as Lisa Bowden
* T.R. Knight as Davey Bowden
* Mae Martin as Grace St. James
* Jessie Ennis as Jenny
* Shohreh Aghdashloo as Brenda
* Audrey Grace Marshall as Young Cassie Bowden
* Terry Serpico as William "Bill" Briscoe
* James Seol as Ro Sung Ho
* David Iocano as Eli Briscoe
* Joseph Kamal as Demir
* Victoria Kelleher as Sara Park
* William Demerritt as Rick Green
* Colin Woodell as Feliks

### Co-starring

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

* Kate Cochran as Cassie Double #3
* Tiffany C. Adams as Female Cop
* Lon Gowan as Officer
* Carrie Madsen as Older Flight Attendant
* Carlos Ragas as WITSEC Agent
* Ilea Alfaro as Bartender

## Trivia

* This episode is dedicated "In loving memory of our friend and co-worker Robert Andrew Reeves."
* Colin Woodell is credited for his role as Feliks in the episode's closing credits rather than the guest star credits at the beginning in order to hide the twist of his appearing in the episode.
* Following its premiere, *The Flight Attendant* showrunners Steve Yockey and Natalie Chaidez provided a breakdown of this episode, as well as the season as a whole, to TVLine. They stated that Chaidez came with the idea of there being two Cassies. According to Yockey, it was during the first outline of the finale that they came up with the idea of Cassie accepting the other aspects of herself, at which point she could consciously "shut down" the mind palace. When asked if it was the goal to put Annie and Max increasingly dangerous situations such that an engagement and marriage didn't seem scary for Annie, Yockey stated that he doesn't feel that was done on purpose, but was a great way to state it. When asked for the reasoning behind the Jenny and Feliks storyline, Yockey replied that Jenny's character was initially intended as a reflection point for Cassie. Cassie's actress, Kaley Cuoco, stated that she missed from the first season the idea of a big unexpected twist. Writer Ian Weinreich then pitched the idea of Jenny being a "Manson chick" for Feliks, and they ran with the idea after Sarah Schechter of Berlanti Productions loved it.

## References

1. ↑ Jacobs, Meredith (May 26, 2022). ‘The Flight Attendant’ Bosses on Leaving Cassie in a Hopeful Place & Possible Season 3. TVLine. Retrieved on May 27, 2022.