Jacob reveals to Michael that he is holding Kirsty captive. He's willing to do a trade: Kirsty for the ashes of Robert March, Angie's husband. But no squad involvement. Michael will have to go it alone.

Michael heads off with Frances to find out more about Jacob. They discover Jacob too was on the trail of John Doe - real name Paul Hoyle. Hoyle was a former nuclear scientist turned environmental researcher sent in to cover the clean-up at Chernobyl.

Jacob reveals himself as a Code V to Kirsty. She is shocked. Jacob asks her if he's really that different.

John Doe is refusing to feed. He asks to see Pearse. Pearse enters the cell, dismissing the security detail. John Doe taunts him. Pearse will die soon. Why doesn't he join them?

Michael watches Angie perform a dissection on John Doe as the squad seeks his true identity. His resolve builds. He heads for the incarceration chamber and takes out Robert's ashes.

Vaughan is worried about Pearse's breach of security. He searches his office and discovers Pearse's medication. Vaughan confronts Angie. Why didn't she reveal Pearse's illness? Facing death, who knows what Pearse might decide.

Vaughan and Angie confront Pearse. On the tapes of their conversation, John Doe talks about 'poison'. Angie thinks John Doe meant radiation: the cause of his cancer not the treatment.

Frances wants to know what Michael's getting himself into. He shows her the ashes. She's none the wiser - but determined to find out more. She heads for the environmental agency that Hoyle worked for. Vaughan and Angie are already there. Frances is taken for interrogation.

Pearse tells Frances that they know Michael has been compromised. What have they asked him to do? Frances remains tight-lipped.

Angie discovers the ashes missing from the incarceration chamber.

Tapes taken from Jacob's flat reveal that John Doe's last research as a scientist was into Nuclear Winter. No sun for twelve months. A Code V Eden.

Pearse takes Frances to John Doe. And executes him. All that's left is the familiar red powder. The truth dawns of Frances. She reveals where the exchange will take place.

Michael meets with Jacob and Kirsty. Unseen, the squad is in position. But Angie holds them off. Vaughan is worried. Does she want her husband back?

Pearse arrives. He tells Michael of the Code Vsê plans for mass extermination. John Doe's knowledge of nuclear winter would give the Code Vs the chance to take over. Synthetic blood isn't about peace. It's about war. Robert is the last piece in the puzzle.

Still, Michael hands over the flask. Jacob spills his blood onto the ashes. As Angie eliminates Jacob, the ashes whip up into a violent storm. A figure emerges. Only it's not Robert, it's Jack. Michael's last attempt to show Kirsty the truth. This isn't the Jack she loved. Jack pushes Kirsty aside and escapes.

Pearse is satisfied. They know the Code V agenda and how they regenerate. Jack is small fry. Kirsty and Michael part coldly.

Michael is finally confronted by Jack. He'll leave Kirsty alone. But he'll stay in touch...

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