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In the first sequence, we see Don Minu; an older man leaves a bunker in the middle of the hills in Calabria, Italy. He goes to a meeting with his grandson Don Stefano to a meeting of mob family heads. He tells he needs money to feed everyone and decided to place an order of 5 tons of cocaine to revive their businesses. He says he was forced to live in a bunker due to the mafia wars and that he wants their trust again. He provides the rates on the drugs: “Best family price”. A loyalist of Don Minu, Luciano collects funds for the drugs from varies heads of mob families. Later he is abducted by Don Stefano's loyalist Nicola and Don Stefano joins him. They kill Luciano, feed him to pigs and burn all the money collected by him. Stefano hates his grandfather for a reason revealed later in the series and wants to sabotage his operation.

Next, we are witness to a chili factory in Mexico where cocaine is hidden in Chili Pepper cans. The handler of the factory is tracked by a special ops team and in a chase sequence, he is finally captured in a crowded market after a brutal gunfight which kills a school going girl. They torture him to death, before getting information on an upcoming meeting between the brokers of the drug deal.

Next, we see the special forces surround a large restaurant where the meeting is taking place. They observe Leyra brothers, Enrique and Jacinto enter the restaurant. Later in the meeting, the Leyra brothers are alerted by their bodyguards of the special ops teams and meeting ends abruptly. Here, Edward Lynwood, the broker, is injured by the bullets. In the flashback, we see Edward and his daughter, Emma, negotiating for a large cargo ship which they eventually strike a deal for 18 million USD. Emma raises her concerns after the Italian accountant has noted that the money has not come through (which was earlier sabotaged by Don Stefano). There is a heated discussion between Emma and Edward regarding the large liability they carry with him paying upfront for the drug deal as a broker between Don Minu and Leyra brothers. The total liability with the ship and drug deal is more than 31 million USD and Emma is worried they would not be able to close it within the four weeks time. Her younger brother Chris lipreads the conversation, which ends with Edward assuring Emma that Don Minu would honor his word and there would no liability.

In the next scene, Emma and Chris lay next to their dead father on the bed and talk about their childhood memories. Emma lies to Chris and states his last words were for Chris to join the family business and stop living for his sickness, which was exactly opposite of what Edward her.

After returning from his funeral, they are abused by Stefano, who has come to New Orleans. He threatens them and tells them to abort the shipment and directly connect him to the Mexican cartel, cutting them out of this and future transactions. The next day Emma sets up a meeting with Stefano and stands up to him, telling him that shipment would be on course as per the plan and Chris would personally take charge of it.

Onboard the ship Chris witnesses an attack via helicopter by Mexican special forces and is quickly knocked down by one of the soldiers. Next scene, we are taken back to the barracks of the special forces where Sergeant Manuel meets Captain Varas. Varas is concerned, referring to the young girl who was accidentally killed, and stating that the Leyra brothers escaping the siege only because of an insider. He tells Manuel that he will have to replace the entire squad if the mole is not flushed out. Manuel commits that he leads a brave and committed contingent and suspects no one from his squad.

Later outside his barracks, Manuel is escorted by a narcotics dealer in his car and asked to take care of a shipment. Later in the day, he tracks down a man in a club and kills him with two more men and drags their bodies in his van and later blows the club. He then hangs the bodies from a bridge with "traitors" written over them. Later it is revealed that two men were from cartel and one of them 'Bunny' was his squad member. Manuel had done this to divert suspicion away from him and Varas is convinced. His squad is guilt-ridden because Bunny was a very loyal member of their squad and later it is revealed that entire squad is corrupt and led by Manuel because he believes that the moment their purpose is over they would be discarded and hence they have to fend for themselves. Manuel is a devout Christian and visits church to get over his guilt.

Chris, while having a random inspection, discovers oil stashed in the engine room and that the cylinders are loose, a clear indication that someone wants light the engine on fire. Chris alerts the captain, but the captain knocks out Chris. When he regains consciousness, he finds that there is massive fire and he is locked in his room. He manages to escape the room and triggers the emergency systems. The fire stops, but so does the power on the ship. He grabs a gas mask and inspects the damage and realizes that ship cannot move and sees a lifeboat on the horizon which he understands is what the captain and crew used to escape.

Next, we see a flashback where Stefano meets the captain of the ship. The captain mentions that he is sick of the sea as there is no thrill left because of automation and incompetence of his Filipino crew, who work for very low wages. Stefano promises him a fat retirement package, but in return he wants the captain to make sure the ship never gets to Gioia Tauro. The captain reluctantly accepts the offer.

In Calabria, Italy, Stefano gets visitors from his grandpa Don Minu. He and his wife immediately understand the meaning of this and Stefano's wife sneaks a phone in her husband's jacket before he leaves. Don Mino impresses upon Stefano that he knows about his sabotage. Later they head out to the pigsty and one of Don Minu's friends slaughters a pig. They all take it in turns to drink the pig's blood and Stefano drinks it single sip to hide his fear from others. Don Minu insists that the shipment is in transit and it must arrive; if it doesn't, his enemies have won.

Stefano heads to the bathroom and secretly rings his wife with a code which gives her his location. Don Minu's man hears it and they leave the place knowing Stefano's friends would attack them soon. Later the phone is taken away from him.

Manuel goes to pay his respects to wife of "Bunny" who he killed in the club in the second episode. His wife tells Manuel that her dead husband respected him and wonders how he let anyone claim he wasn't loyal. Manuel is weighed down by the guilt and gives her a package of cash, lying to her that their squad took up a collection.

Chris is able to get the ship to Dakar, Senegal with the help of coast guard and tries to reason with Senegalese officials to allow his cargo to continue on to Italy. He is informed that after customs inspection they would be able to move the cargo. Chris tries to get his anti-spasm drugs from a local pharmacy but unable to purchase them because he needs a prescription. A street urchin takes him to local crime lord to get his medicine. He buys an alternative from him, along with some weed.

Chris is finally reunited with Emma and she apologizes for putting him in this situation. Emma takes charge of the situation and is determined to deliver the cargo. She hires a local fixer, Omar, to assist in getting her cargo out of the country. They bribe the port official, but he tells them that only after the approval of the higher-ranking customs official the cargo would move out of the port. The customs official understands that the cargo contains something valuable other than jalapeños, as claimed by Emma, and requires her to give up her ship to rescue her cargo. As they are leaving, police come to inspect the cargo; however, Omar is alert and asks for a warrant which they don't have, delaying the inspection until tomorrow. Emma and Chris understand that they don't have much time to rescue their cargo. In the middle of the night, Chris wakes up Emma and tells her that police are coming to arrest them.

Back in the Sahara Desert — Chris and Emma's convoy is approaching a town of controlled by ISIS terrorist. When the escort speaks to the terrorist, they demand 100kg of cocaine for safe passage. Time is running out. Emma has to get the cargo to Casablanca and left with no choice.

They agree to their terms and they arrive at one of their strongholds. One of the terrorists asks Chris to leave the car and they separate him from Emma. There is confusion about what the terrorists actually want. Emma is placed in a makeshift prison and given food by females caretakers. When she inquires of her brother they are scared and quickly leave the place. Next day when she wakes up, she finds the prison door is left open and runs. Emma snoops around the house and sees a group of Jihadists celebrating an attack on French nationals in a hotel announced by the media. She runs into her escorts ( possibly with the help of the female caretakers) and he tells her that Chris and a few other terrorists including their leader has died when a French drone struck their convoy. Emma is distraught and cannot believe the news. Her escort tries to take her away, but Emma does not want to leave without Chris. The escort manages drags her and Emma gives in after coming terms to reality. Outside, they are attacked by gunfire and they take cover in another home. The escort is shot, but his associates are still returning fire however they are greatly outnumbered and the terrorists are quickly closing in. It seems their fate is inevitable and suddenly Chris zooms into the scene in a car and raises his hands. The firing stops. Now we are shown what happened to Chris after he was separated from his Emma. The leader of the Terrorist with his associates ride out towards a refugee camp. Midway he gives his blessings to his son who presumably is going on a suicide mission. After arriving close to the refugee camp, the leader tells Chris that his wife is inside the camp and guards allow only doctors to enter the camp. He has to pretend that he is a doctor and gain entry into the camp so he can meet his newborn son. This goes out smoothly and they start their return journey. One their way home, Chris narrates to the leader that he saw the same emotions in his eyes he saw in the eyes of his parents because they had him tested when he was very young and came to know of about his hereditary disease which would result in his death at a young age. He tells him that although he can conceive a child, there would be 50% chance that he would pass on the disease to his child and even if the child doesn't carry his disease he/she would be orphan at a very young age so he can never father a child.

Early in the morning, they stop for their prayers and Chris comes out of the car for some minor errand. That is when he is dazed by the explosion and finds that almost everyone is dead. He panics and gets in one of the cars. He is about to run away but finds the leader bleeding profusely. He gets down, puts him in the car and drives back to the stronghold where Emma is and sees there's been an ambush. When the terrorist see their leader they stop firing.

There is no sense of relief as they are still gripped by the shocks they endured in their journey.

Back in Mexico Manuel has got control over a few drug lords and has recruited a few hundred teenagers with their help. His men take control of an abandoned factory and start a military-grade training camp with arms training for the new recruits whom they call vampires. Along with training he is also brainwashing. The whole operation is very well oiled and very soon Manuel would have an army of few hundred very lethal soldiers who would be at his beck and call.

He pays a periodic visit to Diego's wife. As always his guilt weighs him down and pregnancy of her adds to his guilt. As usual, he hands her some cash. This time she is more congenial and appreciates his help. She indirectly expresses her feelings towards him by asking to go out with him presumably for a date.

After the first contingent is trained, they are given a mission. They abduct a bus, line up all the passengers under a flyover and kill them. They also record the shooting and leave just one person alive so that he can tell the media about their brutality. Later Manuel takes Diego's wife to his Chruch possibly for the Sunday mass. She is upset and leaves midway telling him that she was expecting a more pleasant type of outings like ice-cream or a coffee. Manuel meets the Leyras brothers and hands him over the collection from sale of their drugs. When they ask for their payments, Leyras brothers tell them that securing their drug business is burning a hole in their pocket and a new consignment of weapons is coming. So they will have to wait for their payday. Manuel is visibly upset but handles the situation in a cool manner. His associates are visibly upset and they don't fear what they would tell to their army. Manuel tries to cheer them up and takes them to an expensive restaurant for dinner. They have a good time at the restaurant and when they are almost done with their dinner the Leyras brothers arrive with their family. Manuel asks the waiter to give Leyras brother 2 bottles of the most expensive wine as a compliment from his side indirectly humiliating them. There is a small exchange of words and they leave the restaurant. Manuel decides to relieve his stress by taking Diego's wife for a date. He goes to her home and they go out for an ice-cream. The date goes on well however, towards the end of it he receives a call. He then rushes to his training camp he sees that one of his men, Indio is dead and few others injured in a gun fight.

In the flashback, we see that when Manuel parts his way after the dinner, Indio receives a call for delivery of weapons. They return to their base and wake up their army for the task. Everything goes well and the weapons are inspected by Leyras's men and everything is in order. However, the tension that was built up between Leyras's men and Manuel's army spills over resulting in the gunfight where Indio dies.