Cruz Manuelos, a rough-around-the-edges but passionate young Marine, is recruited to join the CIA's Lioness Engagement Team to help bring down a terrorist organization from within. Joe, the station chief of the Lioness program, is tasked with training, managing and leading her female undercover operatives.

Things go awry for Joe and her team during a mission out in the field. Joe is left devastated. Upon her return home, Joe's family life presents it's own challenges. Cruz tries to escape a dangerous situation. Joe must choose an agent.

Sacrificial Soldiers

Joe continues her training with Cruz whose methods are questionable. Cruz starts to build a relationship with Aaliyah. Kate gets into a fight during her soccer game. Neal has to deliver difficult news to a patient.

The Beating

Cruz is invited to spend the weekend with Aaliyah and her inner-circle. Joe keeps Kaitlyn informed of Cruz's progress. Kyle comes to Joe desperate for help with an asset.

Bruise Like a Fist

Cruz is put in a compromising position while out with Aaliyah and friends in the Hamptons, causing Joe and Kaitlyn to doubt her. Kaitlyn and Westfield confront Kyle over what happened at the border, complicating things further for Joe and her team.

The Choice of Failure

Joe and Neal deal with the aftermath of Kate's accident. Westfield and Kaitlyn deploy Joe's team to subdue a terrorist threat. Cruz's cover may be in jeopardy.

Truth Is the Shrewdest Lie

Aaliyah bonds with Cruz over a spa day. Bobby, Tex, Two Cups, Randy and Tucker confront a threat at the Safe House. Kaitlyn and Joe are scolded for the San Antonio mission in a debrief.

The Lie Is the Truth

While shopping in Manhattan for the wedding, Aaliyah and Cruz get closer. Kate returns home only to say goodbye to her mom once again. Joe guides Cruz through internal struggle and doubt in completing the mission.

Wish the Fight Away

Unforeseen circumstances leaves the mission in jeopardy. A suspicious Ehsan confronts Cruz before his wedding day. Joe and the team prepare for the worst.

Gone Is the Illusion of Order

Joe, Kyle, and the QRF team embark on a timely extraction after a high-ranking government official is kidnapped by a cartel.

Beware the Old Soldier

After a new Lioness is identified, Joe and her team travel to Iraq to close the asset.

I Love My Country

Kaitlyn works to drum up support for their plan. Meanwhile, Lioness training begins for Captain Josie Carrillo.

Along Came a Spider

Joe and Kyle make contact with a potential new source of intel. A newly expanded team conducts a hit with unanticipated results.

Five Hundred Children

The warehouse discovery rattles the team. Joe is torn between two urgent missions.

Shatter the Moon

Events come to a head at the Carrillo estate faster than expected. Josie makes her move.

2381

Despite Joe's weakened state, the team is forced back to Iraq to make a point.

The Devil Has Aces

Operation Sky Hawk is a go as Kaitlyn and Westfield pressure Pablo to side with them.

The Compass Points Home

A covert strike unearths a hidden threat, drawing Joe into a shadowy chain of events.

The Spider and the Fly

Kaitlyn races to contain a crisis spiraling across agencies; Neal tries to steady rising fear at home.

No Sorrow Like the Survivor

Joe confronts a breach, driving the team into a risky play to root out infiltrators.

The Bear Is Infected

A frantic hunt is launched as the team races against time; at home, Neal struggles with growing fears.

Murder Hornets

Joe leads the hunt as her team exposes a hidden network operating through covert handlers, while Kaitlyn and Westfield hustle to assess the threat.

The Idiot Army

Neal tries to hold the family steady as Kaitlyn, Kyle, and the team bid to decode hints through a hidden network.

Sugar Land

As the operation erupts into open conflict Kaitlyn and Westfield coordinate a massive search.

Kiss the Girls

Kyle's chase sparks deadly fallout as Joe uncovers a wider plot.

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