by Bryce Olin for ShowSnob
The Diplomat season 2 episode, “Our Lady of Immaculate Deception,” begins immediately where the fourth episode ended.
In Scotland, Margaret Roylin (Celia Imrie) revealed to Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge (Rory Kinnear) that it was actually her who hired Roman Lenkov to create a conflict and stop the Scottish secession movement, but the false flag operation went wrong.
Instead of hearing her out and listening to her reasoning, Trowbridge lost his mind and strangled Roylin. She falls to the ground and hits her head as the CIA agents who planned the operation rush in to pull Trowbridge off of her.
No, Trowbridge doesn’t kill Margaret Roylin
Thankfully, for the sake of the story, Trowbridge doesn’t kill Roylin. She’s injured badly, but she’s not dead. Not yet, anyway. She’s being treated for her wounds when the episode begins.
Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) leaves the room and goes back to the party. She informs Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell) that the operation went poorly, but they realize that Trowbridge was actually telling the truth. He didn’t know about the operation with Roylin. It was all Roylin’s plan, which means that Trowbridge is innocent.
But, it appears that Roylin’s plan worked, and the CIA washes their hands of Roylin.
Roylin doesn’t want to go to the hospital to get her injuries treated, but Eidra Park (Ali Ahn) informs her that because she attacked her own country, the United States will not be protecting her anymore. Trowbridge tells Eidra that he won’t arrest Roylin or let this get out until he knows who he can trust within the government.
Trowbridge meets with Kate after the party. He is writing down his version of events for the “eventual inquiry.” Kate explains what Roylin told her and why she invited Austin Dennison (David Gyasi). During their conversation, Trowbridge realizes that they were using Roylin to figure out if he was involved in the bombing of the ship. He storms out of the room and gets in the car with Dennison, heading back to London.
Dennison gives Kate the cold shoulder. He isn’t happy that she kept all this from him.
Allison Janney as Vice President Grace Penn finally shows up in The Diplomat season 2
She is beauty. She is Grace (Penn, Vice President of the United States.)
Finally, after waiting for more than four episodes, Vice President Grace Penn (Allison Janney) appears in The Diplomat season 2 episode 5.
Stuart wakes up Kate and Hal to inform them that Eidra sent in her report on the incident last night, and the Vice President was sent to London to support the Brits. Kate and Hal and staff are picked up via helicopter as they head back to London.
Read the rest of the recap, HERE.