As for Xavier Collins (Sterling K. Brown), his focus was on getting the president to safety and getting his wife Teri out of Atlanta. We’ve known from the start that Teri never made it that day, but that sure didn’t keep me from feeling Xavier’s desperation with every dropped phone call and failed text.

"Morality seems much clearer when you are not a decision-maker," Brown told IndieWire while breaking down the show's pivotal, penultimate episode.

"The stakes don't get any higher at this point," says the actor of his secret service agent heading into the season finale, which will reveal who killed James Marsden's president.