Episode: 2Episodes: 30
Marcus enters the bedroom and escorts Elena down to the family dinner. At the table, Alexander displays a fake royal medal while Isabella praises him. Elena detects counterfeit art nearby. Victoria then challenges Elena’s claimed Oxford degree. Under the table, Elena tries to activate a hidden listening device. Marcus stomps on her hand, takes the bug, and whispers a warning into her ear.
Marcus enters the bedroom to invite Elena downstairs for the evening banquet. Elena packs her small purse carefully. She then steps out of the room alongside Marcus to join the rest of the Astor family.
Alexander shows off his royal recognition medal to the table, and Isabella praises it. Elena looks closer and notices cheap resin glue holding the medal together. She also smells wet acrylic paint coming from a supposed Monet painting.
Marcus asks if the painting reminds Elena of British galleries, and she mentions afternoons in Oxford. Victoria speaks up immediately. She tells the table she visited Magdalen College two years ago and never saw Elena on campus.
Elena drops her dinner napkin on purpose and bends down under the table. She attempts to plant her micro bug. Marcus abruptly stomps his shoe onto her hand, pinning her against the floor.
Marcus snatches the listening bug right out from under Elena's fingers beneath the table. He leans in close beside her ear and quietly tells her that her little toy is now confiscated.
“This medal signifies royal recognition of the Astor name. The only one in America.”
“Monet's brushwork is always mesmerizing. Takes me back to Oxford afternoons.”
“Elena, your resume lists you as an honors graduate of Magdalen College, Oxford... But I visited that college two years ago. I don't remember seeing you there.”
“My dear wife, your little toy has been confiscated.”
Marcus presses close to Elena and informs her that he took her surveillance device. Elena stares back in shock and terror as she realizes her cover is compromised on her very first night. Will Marcus expose her undercover assignment to the rest of the family, or does he have his own plans for her?