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Title: Romance Languages Season: 1 Episode #: 1.07 Episode: 7 First Air Date: November 6, 2011 (10pm) DVD: Available September 2012 Instant Video: Season 1 HD Instant Video: Season 1 Writer: Mike Daniels & Jack Orman Director: Julie Anne Robinson Guest Stars: Goran Visnjic as Niko Lonza Gaius Charles as Joe Jeremy Davidson as Richard
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Fan Rating: 8.78/10 (Average of all fan submitted ratings) Synopsis: Sparks fly when Laura meets an intriguing sailor on a wild flight; Kate's government mission clashes with her love affair.
(Preview From ABC)
In the morning, the building’s super isn’t thrilled about that, either. When he spots Joe in the apartment, he tells Laura to kick him out or else he’ll kick her out. She reluctantly complies, but covers for it by offering to take Joe out to see the city for the day until he needs to catch his train home. At the train station, some white men take offense at Laura and Joe being together. When Laura takes Joe’s hand, it sets them off and the next thing we know Joe’s getting assaulted right there in the train station! Laura takes him over to Kate’s apartment to bandage him up. She apologizes for the way things are for him: how she worried what people would think seeing them together and how when the super told her to kick him out, she did. Laura kisses Joe and the two of them end up spending the rest of the afternoon in Kate’s apartment together. Things are getting further complicated for Kate and her Yugoslavian boyfriend, Niko. She’s been ordered to turn him into a double agent, but he’s being recalled to Yugoslavia in four days. Panicked, she calls Richard, her handler, and asks for help. He “helps” by sending some men over to take Niko in by force. Kate is furious and upset the next day when she confronts Richard, but he insists she did her part, now it’s up to him to finish the job. Richard has to change tactics when Niko refuses to cooperate and he calls Kate in to see Niko. Niko’s understandably hurt and upset with Kate. It turns out their conversations had been recorded, which Kate never knew was happening, but we can’t blame Niko for not believing her. U.S. Intelligence is demanding that Niko either spy on his country for them, or they’ll turn over incriminating tapes to his government, most likely resulting in his execution there. Kate doesn’t find out what’s to become of Niko until a few days later when she gets a call just as they’re about to take off on a flight around the world. She rushes out into the terminal to see Niko, who’s accompanied now by some handlers of his own. Their conversation is full of subtext and words left unsaid, and it’s absolutely heartbreaking how the two of them clearly want to be together; want to hold one another and say goodbye, but can’t. Niko heads for his flight back to Yugoslavia where he’ll take his chances as a double agent, and Kate has to hide her tears as she heads to her flight in time to welcome passengers on board to head off to a new destination. |
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