Charlie, a fiery and brilliant young actress, meets a mysterious stranger on the beach in Greece and he draws her into a high-stakes international espionage operation.
Charlie is recruited with the promise of the role of a lifetime to infiltrate a dangerous revolutionary cell; as a cover story, she and Becker must pose as lovers.
Charlie drives a car laden with explosives to a drop-off in Austria; Kurtz and Becker race to save Charlie from a fatal misstep.
Charlie awaits contact from Michel's network but worries whether her performance will hold up under scrutiny; she and Becker share a last moment together before she crosses the point of no return.
Charlie joins a group of revolutionaries in Lebanon, with no one to save her if she is exposed as a spy; she works to earn the trust of Khalil and Michel's sister, Fatmeh.