EPISODE CONTEXT

Episode 2 delivered the payoff of the transoceanic voyage with the team's arrival in America; Episode 3 wastes no time converting that momentum into a new kind of challenge, shifting the season's focus from travel to confrontation. Sitting at the quarter-mark of a 12-episode run, this installment introduces the first real obstacles on American soil and establishes the tension that will likely define the middle stretch of the season. It's a clear narrative hinge—everything before was about getting here, and everything after builds on what this episode sets in motion.