in the next episode, "s.o.b.", michael calls lincoln and informs him that sandinsky knows everything. lincoln advises him to leave miami, but michael still refuses. michael calls christina and wants to meet with her to make an arrangement if he gets scylla. she agrees, and, along with her men, heads to the warehouse where michael and sara are. they search the warehouse and michael puts baggies filled with chemicals inside christina's suv and puts the air conditioning on, setting it to full. when christina and her men return to the car, she starts it and when the heat hits the bags, the chemicals evaporate, suffocating the occupants. michael and sara take this opportunity to abduct christina and tie her up and put her in the trunk. when she regains consciousness, and she reveals to michael that lincoln is not his brother. his real parents, who were company agents, were killed. aldo adopted lincoln when he was three. she never loved lincoln like she loved michael. michael says lincoln was a brother more than she was a mother: she left, he stayed, he fed him, kept him off the streets and kept him in school. according to the writer of the episode, karyn usher, on the episode audio commentary, what she told michael was in fact a lie. christina does not want michael to keep saving lincoln. michael demands to know where lincoln is, and she does not answer until michael attempts to torture her. she reveals the location at an energy conference. michael leaves, leaving sara to watch christina. michael meets lincoln at the energy conference where the indian prime minister's son, naveen banerjee, is assassinated by christina's men. lincoln and michael reunite, whereby michael reveals to lincoln that christina set them up. the police then pursue them.