Nessa Stein discovers that her trusted friend Atika has been her captor and a double agent all along. The two women clash over the ethics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the bloody legacy of the Stein family business. Atika reveals the personal trauma that fueled her betrayal, forcing Nessa to confront the physical evidence of her family's past.
NESSA STEIN: You’re here...
ATIKA: I’ve always been here. Always.
NESSA STEIN: Oh...
ATIKA: I didn’t know what that man would do to you and I tried to stop him with all my heart. But I did know that they would take you in Gaza.
NESSA STEIN: No...
ATIKA: We knew what your brother had done. We knew he’d do something else. I had to stay close to find out what it was.
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