angela’s eyes
undercover eyes (5/13)

Continuing tonight on Five is the US drama series that focuses on the work of Angela Henson – an FBI agent with a unique talent for seeing through people’s lies. In tonight’s episode, Angela and Leo go undercover to bust a drug ring in an affluent country town; and Angela clashes with Gene over his relationship with her mother.

FBI boss Gene Taylor orders Angela and Leo to go undercover in the country town of Westerby in order to smash a drugs ring that is thought to be behind a spate of teenage overdoses. Angela poses as an English teacher in the local high school while Leo takes the job of sports coach, and together they get to know the residents, including Ed, the friendly diner owner. Angela is quick to note Westerby’s affluence: “There’s a suspicious amount of money in this town,” she says.

Angela’s attention is soon focused upon a pair of girls apparently passing drugs around in class. Using the school’s CCTV system, tech expert Dozer catches the girls on camera bothering Zoe, a first year student. Zoe dodges Angela’s questions but Angela soon figures out who is behind the drugs circulating in the school: Zoe’s ne’er-do-well boyfriend, Brad, who works in the local gas station. Angela warns Zoe to stay away from him: “He’s a bad guy – you hang out with a guy like Brad, you end up in jail,” she says. Angela tells her about her own experience of jail when she was a reckless teenager.

The team decides to ensnare Brad in a drugs deal and Angela nominates Dozer for the job – much to Leo’s displeasure. “Being an ex-stoner doesn’t qualify someone for undercover work,” Leo says. Nonetheless, Dozer plays his part well, and arranges to meet Brad to pick up some drugs. The team swoop on Brad’s house at the appointed hour only to find that he has fled, leaving behind stacks of computer equipment. “Looks like this guy’s into a lot more than drugs,” Angela notes. But a more shocking discovery lies in the next room: Zoe is sprawled unconscious on the floor from an overdose.

A guilt-ridden Angela feels she could have done more to protect Zoe, and battles with Gene to be allowed to continue the operation. Gene grants them more time, and Dozer provides a new lead from the data on Brad’s computer: a network of trucks that have been robbed in recent weeks. Angela returns to Brad’s gas station to find more clues and encounters Ed, who also owns the truck stop. Ed claims not to know where Brad is, but Angela’s sixth sense tells her that he is lying.

With Ed under suspicion, Angela and Leo decide to tail him – only for Leo’s car to be sabotaged by his students. Angela continues on her own, despite Leo’s pleas for her to wait: “You cannot go alone – it’s not safe!” he says. Angela follows Ed to the woods where he meets with a stolen truck. Desperate to keep her quarry in sight, she climbs into the back of the truck and promptly loses radio contact with her team. As Dozer and Leo struggle to locate her, Angela finds herself in grave danger...

Also this week, Angela confronts Gene about the fact he has been visiting her imprisoned mother without her knowledge. Gene says he befriended her mother in order to gain vital, classified information – but Angela knows he is lying. “Did you really just lie to my face and think you could get away with it?” she asks. Gene begs her to believe him, but Angela is left wondering if she can really trust her boss and mentor.