While the Jackal is calculating his next move, the intelligence side of the story is introduced. Agent Bianca Pullman (played by Lashana Lynch) at MI6 begins piecing together evidence from the Munich hit. She suspects a master craftsman built the weapon used—an elusive gunmaker known as Norman Stoke. The episode sets up a classic cat-and-mouse game between the two.
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