: Jennings' mercenaries track Banning to his father's cabin. Clay detonates a massive grid of pre-planted explosives around the woods, wiping out the mercenary squad and saving his son.
: On the run from both the FBI and his own agency, Banning seeks out his estranged, anti-government survivalist father, Clay Banning, living in the woods of West Virginia.
: Top Secret Service Agent Mike Banning undergoes training at a private military facility owned by his former Ranger teammate, Wade Jennings. Banning is secretly struggling with migraines and a dependency on painkillers due to years of combat and protective service.
: FBI Agent Helen Thompson finds fabricated evidence linking Banning to the attack, including his DNA on the getaway van and bank accounts containing millions of dollars from a Russian source. Banning is arrested.