'Treadstone' Episode 8 shows Doug McKenna as a dead agent, but just not how you imagined
We last saw Doug McKenna and wife Samantha outside of Marcus Sachs' residence in the 'Treadstone' Episode 7. He is stubborn about saving the Sachs family from the asset who is sent to kill them, while he tries to warn them, the Sachs' house is bombed. The Episode 8 titled 'The McKenna Erasure' sees him wake up coughing, after the blast. He looks around to see that Marcus is not hurt, however, his wife has been badly injured. In an attempt to save her, Doug tries to get closer to her, and that results in a shoot out in which Marcus ends up getting shot. By the time Doug neutralizes the threat and returns to check on Marcus, he sees Sam and finds out that both Marcus and Marcus' wife has died. Sam tells Doug that this is exactly what she has been trying to avoid since the first time he mentioned Treadstone.
Seeing Sam frustrated and losing hope, something changed in Doug. Even as he claims that this is crazy, he tries to plant evidence on the Treadstone asset that he just killed to make it look like it was Doug who had died. He uses facial recognition to ensure that the people that the asset is reporting to are kept in the dark about the truth. He also checks in about successfully completing the mission, which was to kill Marcus and his wife. After setting up the scene to work in his favor, Doug and Sam set out to their car. Before he can breathe a sigh of relief, however, Sam tells him that she wants to get in touch with the CIA.
He tells her that it is not a good plan and even tries to warn her about getting killed for what she did. Sam is, however, not convinced. She is tired of looking behind her back, running from the CIA. So she tells Doug that the only way all of this will stop is when the two of them know that they are safe. She tells him that she can convince the CIA about why she killed one of their own. She is looking at this as an opportunity to find out the truth behind the agents who are being woken up. Doug doesn't agree with her, but he does give in.
The two of them arrive at the residence of the asset that they just took out. It is located in Washington DC and in an attempt to find clues to the truth behind Treadstone and to cover Doug's tracks — since he is supposed to be dead — Doug transforms into the asset. The two of them have similar physical traits and with Sam's help, we see Doug practice to act like Vincent, speak the languages that he spoke, his signature among other things. He is prepared to go undercover, but will he find the truth about Treadstone?
The next episode of 'Treadstone' will air on Tuesday at 10 pm ET on USA Network.