Alex Morf

After communications with the president's plane are lost, Elizabeth is sworn in as the acting president. Henry is asked to recruit one of his students for the NSA.

Elizabeth, Russell and Mike B. must oust Craig Sterling from his role as national security adviser without creating a scandal; the person who hacked Air Force One is identified.

An unanticipated turn of events threatens to dissolve a peace deal with Russia; an emergency occurs on the International Space Station.

An abhorrent web of lies and betrayal is uncovered when a woman is confronted with video of a night she can't remember; Carisi struggles to move on from his ordeal when the suspect changes his plea.

When dealing with the Russian government, the president's administration comes across hostility. Dmitri is interrogated about being a spy.

Grace and Zach get Peter out of a tight scrape with the police. Meanwhile, Alicia tries to help her building manager Simran, but he gets into trouble with immigration and is threatened with deportation so it's up to Alicia to find a crafty solution to keeping Simran in the country.