Eve finds a connection between a murder committed by Villanelle and another death in 1974, and is disturbed by the delivery of a birthday cake sent by Villanelle.
After Matheson is found dead, the hacker, identifying herself as “Root”, admits to Finch that she had him killed to tie up loose ends. Root acknowledges Finch, by name, as a worthy adversary.
Reese monitors Michael Cole’s family where Shaw finds him. Finch calls with a new number, that of Monica Jacobs , a high-ranking employee of a technology company called Rylatech.
Reese and Fusco race to find the next number, Carl Elias. They reach his hideout in a bank in Manhattan, but The Brotherhood arrive and capture them all. It turns out that Harper now works for Dominic.
