John's To-Do List 5/18/12

**John's To-Do List 5/18/12** is the fourth episode of Season 1 of *Patriot*. It aired on February 24th, 2017.

## Synopsis

In Luxembourg, Leslie attempts to set John up for failure by increasing his workload just as John's real job requires immediate and critical action. An old friend arrives and further complicates John's life.

## Plot

A title card explains that the year in which the greatest number of racially motivated attacks occurred in Great Britain was 1989, and the highest number of incidents took place in South Essex. In that very time and place, two British-Pakistani boys, Mikham and Kkyman Candahar, listen to a soccer game featuring local team Jaywick Sands over the radio while they play with a ball in an alleyway. Several white adults spot and rush towards them. Taking the bus, they are casually slapped around by more white adults, which they ignore in favor of listening to the game. Jaywick Sands wins thanks to the efforts of star player Niles Cox, and the boys attend their victory parade, in which Mikham gets an autograph from Cox who tells them to "go back to where you came from." Now 2012, Mikham is revealed to be the man who took the money from John Tavner. In a flashback to "Milwaukee, America", it is revealed that he is staying in the same hotel as John. A cheerful Mikham points out that they could have met in the lobby and the two part ways, Mikham getting in the elevator and being joined by the Japanese woman.

Deeply troubled, Tom Tavner tries to calm his mind by sitting in his office and playing "Freight Train". In the McMillan bathroom, Leslie Claret coldly informs John that he will be forced to do an extra share of a presentation for Denon at Luxembourg, deeply annoyed with his sudden connection to Lawrence Lacroix and wanting to embarrass John. They are joined by the rest of the travel team, Stephen Tchoo wearing a helmet that helps his recovery and Lawrence expresses his attraction to Ally O'Dhonaill. Alice Tavner again listens to the start of John's recording in Tom's office while she watches a home video of a young John on a bike getting "shot" by Edward and falling over. She is interrupted by Tom, and insists that her husband is not okay and that she knows he is in Milwaukee. Being as vague as possible, Tom explains that Agathe Albans is trying to connect something to John. She points out that John specifically called her, something against his regulations, but Tom counters by citing a principle he uses in his line of work to find people trying to be invisible: "you are what you can't stop doing." John is compelled towards Alice, so if Agathe links them and follows her, she can easily find John. Alice insists that she wants to look out for her husband because she does not think anyone else is. Tom partially relents, promising to go see John himself. Alice continues watching the videos, seeing one of Tom trying and failing to help John ride a bike.

The man in the kayak arrives in Luxembourg by water while Edward arrives by air, being intercepted by Agathe at the airport. She pulls him aside to interview him where he asserts that he was "robbed" by one man, and Agathe explains that she is talking to him because his attack happened in close proximity to the Barros murder. As Edward leaves the airport, he notices Sophie is following him. Being shuttled off the plan, Dennis McClaren expresses shock to John that they were able to fit $170,000 in his neck pillow while John reads a book on piping. Noticing that John seems stressed and needs organization, Dennis takes his phone and makes a timed to-do list, including capturing Edgar Barros, handing him off to Edward, finding Mikham at the bar showing the Jaywick Sands game as suggested by Tom with his principle, end his conflict with the Barros brothers by trading them Edgar and the $170,000, meeting the Denon team before his presentation, and the presentation itself, his reminder tone set to Queen's "You're My Best Friend".

He follows Barros to a freight elevator and attacks him as it moves, binding him with duct tape and stuffing him into his travel bag. He goes to meet Edward, but he reveals he is being tailed by Sophie and cannot take Barros from him. As he arrives outside the bar, delayed because of Barros' weight on his back, he notices Mikham getting into a cab. He sets down his bag and tries to catch him, but fails and returns to find a young deliveryman about to open his bag out of curiosity. Bribing him with his watch, (and shoving Barros' hand back into the bag in the process) he asks if the man delivered any British food to hotels recently, getting Mikham's room. As he arrives outside the room, Barros inadvertently Mikham to John's presence as he struggles. The extra weight on his back causes John to fall backwards down the stairs from attempting to kick in the door, landing right on top of Barros. Mikham attacks him and throws him down the rest of the stairs before fleeing the hotel. His phone informs him that the presentation is in half an hour, and that he has missed with meeting with the Barroses and the Denon outing. Out of options, he goes up to Mikham's room and takes his room safe, making sure to drop it directly on Barros' head while putting it in his bag.

The kayak man, having traced John's computer activity on a music forum they both frequent, (and one that John uses to argue with an underage user about Willie Nelson) asks after "John Tyhmens" (revealing him to be "Saperstein"). The clerk notes that Tyhmens looks like "John Lakeman" and notes that he is due back in the hotel soon. Saperstein thanks him and gives him a copy of their album he has on hand. Dennis and Edward catch up to John at the same time, the latter having slipped away from Sophie, and they both take the bag off his hands and walk with him to the presentation. Saperstein barely misses John in the lobby, but John notices him. To Leslie's shock, John delivers a confident, enthusiastic presentation in a much lighter and happier tone than normal. After the presentation, John watches from his room as Saperstein stops Agathe on the street and gives her a copy of *Circles of Resonance*. Understanding that having his photo on an album cover under a different name endangers his cover, he decides to follow Agathe and instructs Edward and Dennis to open the hotel safe, hoping that Mikham's passport will be inside to keep him stuck in Luxembourg.

At the front desk, John is given an envelope addressed to him from Agathe, and sees that Leslie, Lawrence, and Peter Icabod have all received ones as well. He opens his to find a summons to a police interview. Wondering how to open the safe, Edward theorizes if, like in cartoons, they can throw the safe out the window and the impact will force it open. Together, he and Dennis arrive at the conclusion that the best cartoons "always reflect real life" and Dennis goes outside to take the contents of the safe when it hits the ground. It opens, and Dennis finds a Japanese passport inside belonging to a "Numi Haruno", revealed to be the Japanese woman seen wandering the streets. John tails Agathe through a crowd of hundreds of people dressed in white, a sight that seems to unsettle him. He follows her to her apartment and waits for her to unlock her door, only to collapse from exhaustion.

## Cast

* Michael Dorman - John Tavner
* Kurtwood Smith - Leslie Claret
* Michael Chernus - Edward Tavner
* Kathleen Munroe - Alice Tavner
* Aliette Opheim - Agathe Albans
* Chris Conrad - Dennis McClaren
* Terry O'Quinn - Tom Tavner
* Gil Bellows - Lawrence Lacroix
* Mark Boone Jr. - Rob Saperstein
* Marcus Toji - Stephen Tchoo
* Julian Richings - Peter Icabod
* Hana Mae Lee - Numi Haruno
* Norm Sousa - Edgar Barros
* Kane Mahon - Mikham Candahar
* Julian Zane - Young Mikham Candahar
* Matthew Abraham - Young Kkyman Candahar
* David Bastian - Niles Cox
* Michael Emmett Carey - Desk Clerk
* David Fisch - Impressed Audience Member
* Andrew Junk - Second Audience Member
* Jason Goff - First Jaywick Sands Fan
* Christopher Borek - Second Jaywick Sands Fan
* Charlotte Arnold - Ally O'Dhonaill
* Zoe Schwartz - Sophie
* Elias Bauer - Bike Kid
* Kayden Alexander Koshelev - Six Year-Old John Tavner
* Raquel Tepper - Young Belgian Girl