michael successfully tricks gretchen into giving lj and sofia back safely. when a shootout begins out a museum in panama, michael grabs the gun from linc's car and has gretchen in his sights, but she escapes when police start to shoot at her. later on outside the hospital, lj gave him the same origami rose that michael had given to sara on her birthday. fueled by revenge, he bids farewell to his family as he goes on a solo mission to hunt down gretchen.