MOVIE: The Irrational Season 1 Episode 2

Kylie wonders if he is just trying to spend time with his ex-wife. Alec says they might not be married anymore, but they still make a great team. Alec asks for a ride to campus since he has someone waiting for him in his office. Once he arrives, he sees CJ (Amy Aquino) and questions why she is there. CJ isn’t there as a journalist. Instead, she needs Alec’s help solving a murder. They sit down and discuss polonium-210 which was used to kill Alexander Litvinenko. CJ is convinced she was poisoned by polonium. She explains why she thought she could trust him with her last request. CJ wants to talk about potential suspects instead of possible treatments.

She has been doing a piece on a Belarusian oligarch. CJ had lunch with an informant named Yuri (Andrei Kovski) recently. Ever since she experienced symptoms, she has been trying to contact Yuri who hasn’t responded. Either Yuri did it or he was the target and CJ was collateral damage. The only one who may missed CJ is her writing partner, Gene. She hasn’t talked to her daughter since the Obama administration. Once Alec agrees to help, CJ collapses. At the hospital, Marisa tells Alec that the CIA and NSA are also getting involved. Gene arrives moments later.

He was hoping CJ was wrong about it being polonium poisoning. Gene confirms he was at the lunch with Yuri, yet he hasn’t had any symptoms. He told her not to meet with Yuri in public because people who poke around the oligarch usually end up dead. Marisa promises to speak to the department about getting him protection. When asked about Yuri, Gene says he remembers that he likes chess. Alec admits they don’t know how long CJ has left. Back at his office, Alec listens to Phoebe (Molly Kunz) and Rizwan (Arash DeMaxi) talk about CJ. Alec says they need to find someone who doesn’t want to be found. Phoebe and Rizwan suggest getting Yuri to tell them where he is.

They find out that he is wearing a shirt from Pro Chess Fans. They send him a message pretending Pro Chess Fans is sending him a free gift. Once the message has been sent, they begin waiting for a reply. Phoebe questions whether they should speak to CJ’s daughter, but Alec says she asked him not to. Alec receives a message from Yuri who is awaiting his free gift. He asks Phoebe to call Marisa and tell her to meet him at the marina. Once Alec goes there, Marisa messages him asking him to wait for her. He doesn’t wait for her and instead begins looking for Yuri. Once he finds him, he notices that Yuri has a gunshot wound. Yuri yells for him to run before more shots are fired.