The Freelancer is on assignment, and a Red employee has a side hustle.
I mean, can a mass murderer catch a break?
Because he’s back and as mass-murdery as ever.

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To be fair, he was able to buy a three-foot gummy snake for Agnes.
At TFHQ, Cooper says the Freelancer needs no introduction, then introduces him anyway.
His boring/real name is Alban Veseli, and he hides assassinations in large-scale catastrophes, like a ferry sinking.

Anya Banerjee as Siya Malik, Diego Klattenhoff as Donald Ressler.Will Hart/NBC
Later, they also find the large plastic gloves the Freelancer had worn that could contain trace evidence.
It’ll give him a chance to test out the sheets.
Malik escorts Herbie (Alex Brightman) into TFHQ.

Hisham Tawfiq as Dembe Zuma, Anya Banerjee as Siya Malik, Diego Klattenhoff as Donald Ressler, Alex Brightman as Herbie Hambright, Harry Lennix as Harold Cooper.Will Hart/NBC
She leads him to a computer and then, I assume, finds some aspirin.
They set off, minus Malik, who has to stay to take care of Herbie.
Every time a tip gets through to Red, the same FBI agents appear.

Alex Brightman as Herbie Hambright.Will Hart/NBC
And how could Wujing prove this to others?
Dembe glares at the skeevy photographer on the sidewalk.
A quick subpoena later, and the Task Force has a location.
Once there, Malik spots Perry and his camera immediately and arrests him.
Rogelio is sending Red off with a Tupperware full of delicious home cooking.
His dream is fully funded.
Their leader, Henrick Fisker, is still jailed, but the rest of them are hard at work.
Once they see the pictures, they’re eager to join Wujing’s war.