Quantico Boss Breaks Down Alex and Owen's Risky Plan

Using Clay (Hunter Parrish) and Maxine's (Krysta Rodriguez) engagement party to get all the collaborators in one room to turn one of them, Ryan (Jake McLaughlin) seemingly does so with Alice Winter (Elisabeth Waterston), who proposes a meet-up so she can bring two him two more of her cohorts.

Sensing it's a trap, Alex (Priyanka Chopra) is the only one who's vehemently against the plan, but Keyes has already cleared it.

[...] that "one" is Alex, who wipes the task force's files and hands them to one of the collaborators, Fletcher (Fredric Lehne), while the rest of the task force watches the news break on their covert op.

Will Owen's plan work?

Creator and showrunner Joshua Safran answers our burning questions below.

Are they actually all the task force's files?

Does Fletcher suspect anything?

There's a quick shot of him darting his eyes as Alex is pulling out the folder.

[Laughs] It's not that they suspect anything but definitely in the next episode Fletcher and the rest of the collaborators give Alex a couple of tests to prove her loyalty and to prove that it's real. ...

[Laughs] He simply wants to ensure that they have a better angle.

The next episode is like reality in a way, which is that when you're undercover and you're tested, you have to pass even if it goes against what you believe in, even if it means killing somebody.

Owen has his mojo back sort of.

What is the rest of the task force thinking?

There's a really great scene between Shelby and Ryan in the opening moments of the next episode where they talk about that.

Yeah, Ryan and Shelby (Johanna Braddy) can't leave The Farm because they are the ones who are exposed right now.

Raina (Yasmine Al Massri) can't leave The Farm -- well, she can, but she's in danger of outing herself as Raina.

The next episode is really sort of the last stand between the collaborators and our team.

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