First Officer Tara Sidnana, a female co-pilot, hijacks control of a passenger airplane after a seemingly mundane interaction with the actual pilot, Logan Carter. She is arrested on terrorist charges, but she reports that Carter had raped her a few months before and that she panicked when forced to fly with him again. An investigation reveals that Carter had no criminal record, but that the airline Optimum Air knew about the rape accusations and had tried to cover them up. Further questioning reveals that Carter had previously raped another female co-pilot (with photographic records of her injuries), and that the airline and its executives were both covering crimes by their male employees, and enforcing discriminatory policies against its female employees. Carter agrees to a confession in exchange for a reduced sentence. Barba feels that the airline is to blame for the rapes and intentionally leaks information to the press. The airline faces the devaluation of its stocks due to the bad publicity, and is threatened with bankruptcy. Meanwhile, Fin has found out that Deputy Chief Dodds had secretly contacted interviews to find a potential replacement for Olivia during her time off duty. He covertly threatens Dodds during a private conversation between them.
—Dimos I