In this penultimate episode, what is possibly the best moment in the series occurs deep in the Caicara jungle near Puerta Maripana in Venezuela. CIA officer Jim Greer is being held captive with a group of Venezuelan dissidents. As Greer is describing the upcoming election and how a woman named Gloria Bonalde may unseat the dictator Reynes, a grizzled man emerges from the shadows with a beatific look. This is long-lost Sergio, the spouse of Mrs. Bonalde. At this moment, one expects Greer to make a statement similar to that of Henry Morton Stanley, when he met up with his old buddy in the heart of Africa: "Dr. Livingston, I presume?"
The program opens with the childhood home of Ubarri torched on the orders of President Reyes. This will be the last straw for Ubarri in resisting his boss. The next gruesome order of Reyes is to kill the entirety of the forty-one prisoners held in the Caicara jungle prison.
But Dr. Jack has reunited with the small American team in the jungle, and they conscript mercenaries to search for Jim Greer. As the mass executions are taking place, Dr. Jack fears that Jim is dead. But he is informed by Sergio Bonalde that Jim was taken away for special treatment and locked away in a cell in Caracas.
The title of the episode, Dios y Federación (God and Federation) is the traditional symbol of the nation of Venezuela. It was the slogan used by rebel forces during the Federal War, a civil war that occurred at roughly the same time as the American Civil War. It was later emblazoned on the country's coat of arms after the conflict ended in 1863. But the republican values have not been honored by President Reyes. As if it is not enough for Reyes to play judge, jury, and executioner, he personally slits the throat of his trusted minion Ubarri in the Miraflores palace. The ruthless, paranoid dictator now literally has blood on his hands.
The program opens with the childhood home of Ubarri torched on the orders of President Reyes. This will be the last straw for Ubarri in resisting his boss. The next gruesome order of Reyes is to kill the entirety of the forty-one prisoners held in the Caicara jungle prison.
But Dr. Jack has reunited with the small American team in the jungle, and they conscript mercenaries to search for Jim Greer. As the mass executions are taking place, Dr. Jack fears that Jim is dead. But he is informed by Sergio Bonalde that Jim was taken away for special treatment and locked away in a cell in Caracas.
The title of the episode, Dios y Federación (God and Federation) is the traditional symbol of the nation of Venezuela. It was the slogan used by rebel forces during the Federal War, a civil war that occurred at roughly the same time as the American Civil War. It was later emblazoned on the country's coat of arms after the conflict ended in 1863. But the republican values have not been honored by President Reyes. As if it is not enough for Reyes to play judge, jury, and executioner, he personally slits the throat of his trusted minion Ubarri in the Miraflores palace. The ruthless, paranoid dictator now literally has blood on his hands.
