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Recap - 'The Event': 'Cut Off the Head'

Vice President Jarvis in The Event

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As a sleeper agent named Herbert conducts experiments on ice core samples, a military team moves in on his position. Under Sophia's orders, Herbert destroys the evidence of his research and leaps from a window to his death before he can be captured. Sophia explains to the other sleepers that Herbert was researching a special weapon that can be used to drastically decrease the human population. She also reveals that he uploaded his findings prior to his death and assigns Aaron to analyse the data. When another sleeper expresses his concern about Herbert's death, Sophia agrees that the time has come to incapacitate the American government, by killing President Martinez.

In the White House briefing room, Martinez is informed of Herbert's death and his experiments. Vice President Jarvis suggests bringing in other world leaders for help, but the President dismisses the idea. Later, Martinez meets with Senator Lewis, who reveals that her recent tests have shown all White House staff to be human. However, Lewis informs the President that his wife is still refusing to be tested, revealing that she has compiled a file on the First Lady's past. She claims that the file contains inconsistencies and reminds Martinez that Christina always encouraged his political career, suggesting that he may have been a pawn of the sleepers all along. Martinez angrily rejects the accusation and orders Lewis to leave.

In his office, Jarvis is contacted by Sophia. He lambasts her for the recent destruction of the Washington Monument, but she claims that it was Martinez's refusal to negotiate that led to the bloodshed. Sophia proposes an alliance and claims that if Jarvis aids her, then she will make him the President. Meanwhile, in Morez, Sean infiltrates Dempsey's chateau and carries an unresponsive Vicky from the burning building. He performs CPR and revives her, but moments later, they are both captured by Dempsey.

The Event S01E12: Senator Catherine Lewis and President Martinez
In the sleepers' village, Leila uses a kitchen knife to cut her hand and is taken to see the medic. Once her wound is patched up, she sneaks away to speak with Simon, who is tied to a bed nearby. Simon informs Leila of Sophia's genocidal plans and explains that Thomas's old house contained maps of an area in Siberia, where a weapon is being held. He also reveals that a woman's name - Irina Bogdanov - was written on one of the maps, and tells Leila to warn the authorities.

An armed Jarvis meets with Sophia in secret and she warns him that the human race will lose a war against her people. She offers to spare America in the coming genocide if Jarvis helps her and again tempts him with the prospect of becoming President. That night, Martinez apologizes to his wife Christina for his recent behavior and they reminisce about the time they fell in love in Belize. However, Martinez begins to pick up on inconsistencies in his wife's recollection of the time before they met. As his suspicions about Christina deepen, Martinez visits Lewis to retrieve the file on his wife's past.

Jarvis speaks with Sterling and attempts to convince him that Martinez's hatred for Sophia is clouding his judgement. Jarvis suggests that he could broker a peaceful treaty with Sophia, but Sterling angrily reprimands the Vice President, telling him that he has not been forgiven for his past actions. As the sleepers close in on the location of their weapon, Jarvis contacts Sophia and agrees to work with her against Martinez.

The Event S01E12: Sophia McGuire
Back in the sleepers' village, Leila invites her guard inside the house for a drink and is able to steal his cell phone. She contacts the emergency services, but the guard notices that his phone is missing and confronts Leila. After a scuffle, she is able to knock him out with a lamp and escapes the house. Meanwhile, at Dempsey's chateau, the millionaire explains to Sean that he is part of a tribe of sentinels who have resided on Earth for three millennia to protect humanity from non-terrestrials. He claims that his people can see the tapestry of history and the larger sweeping events to come, and indicates that it is Sean's fate to stop Sophia. Sean claims that the old man is deluded, so to prove that he means what he says, Dempsey shoots himself in the head.

Sean and Vicky flee the chateau, taking a bag of Dempsey's with them. As Sean discovers an ancient scroll inside the bag, he is contacted by Leila. She explains that Sophia is searching for a weapon and passes on the name Irina Bogdanov, but is then captured by Michael. Back at the White House, Martinez confronts Christina about her origins, and she tearfully claims that she has been keeping a secret - her parents were illegal immigrants, who posed as Cubans to enter America. A relieved Martinez comforts his wife, but her expression suggests that she is still hiding something.

Jarvis is given a sachet of poison, disguised as a sugar packet, by an undercover sleeper agent. Sophia learns of the exchange and remarks that no country on Earth will be safe once they have the weapon. In Murmansk, Russia, a team works to excavate a frozen corpse from the ground, while in the White House briefing room, Jarvis replaces the President's sugar packet with the poison sachet moments before the latest meeting begins.

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