Agile Ship's Cargo Manifest

Document records cargo for a ship tied to the Agile crew, listing only 45 containers while the FBI holds 98 crew members in custody. Nancy McNally flags this mismatch during a tense Situation Room briefing, prompting Leo's curt dismissal as a port-closure error amid flickering lights and mounting stress.

2 appearances

Purpose

Logs containers and cargo details for the ship carrying Agile crew

Significance

Exposes operational discrepancy that briefly halts routine intelligence review, underscoring bureaucratic glitches before Ron Butterfield's intrusion shifts focus to Zoey's abduction

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S4E22 · Commencement

Manifest Glitch and the Moment the Room Goes Black

The Agile ship's cargo manifest is cited by Nancy as concrete evidence of a discrepancy—45 containers listed versus 98 crew detained—serving as the procedural hook that grounds the briefing in a tangible anomaly and motivates port-closure debate.

Before: In FBI/port evidence files; available to Situation Room analysts as part of the briefing materials.

After: Remains an open intelligence anomaly but is immediately deprioritized as the administration pivots to the Zoey abduction crisis.

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S4E22 · Commencement

Black Alert — Zoey Missing; Leo's World Collapses

The Agile ship's cargo manifest is the technical clue Nancy cites early in the briefing; its discrepancy (45 containers vs. recorded crew) frames the room's initial debate and underscores the administration's shift from bureaucratic puzzle to security crisis.

Before: Held and cited by intelligence analysts and FBI field offices as a contested document used to justify port closures.

After: Left unresolved in the immediate moment as the team's focus pivots to Zoey's disappearance; remains an active intelligence thread to be pursued later.

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