Angela, Donovan and Saxe compare notes to determine whether Mike Sandoval could truly be the mole within the D.A.’s office, and Greg Knox’s murderer. Angela connected the burner phone Ghost used to the mole when her call from that phone was answered inside the D.A. building. Saxe is skeptical about the concrete evidence they have against Sandoval. To him, it’s pretty farfetched that a District Attorney would be the Lobos mole and kill another Federal agent without the right evidence. Donovan confirmed the Sandoval suspicion after his daughter told him about Sandoval’s visit to his apartment. They had to play it smart, otherwise Sandoval might get away and kill one of them in the process.
Saxe meets with Sandoval to inform him about Angela’s theory. To Angela, Mike Sandoval has to be the mole, and she was prepared to speak with Mak to present her case. Sandoval meets Angela at her apartment to discuss his “innocence” When Angela pulls out the receipts (redacting Greg’s phone records with the Federales, camera footage from Sanchez’s apartment, etc.) Sandoval confesses the murder then goes into kill mode to silence Angela and escape.
What Sandoval didn’t know was that Angela was wearing a wire and this was a sting operation. As the FBI rushes in to make the arrest, Sandoval threatens Angela with the information Lobos gave about her. Angela disconnects the wire and shoots Sandoval in self defense, then shows him the wire and advises him to cut a deal.
After the arrest, Sandoval requests immunity in exchange for his testimony, otherwise he’d claim influence by Lobos over his day-to-day activities, and have over 20 years of convictions disputed. Mak places Sandoval in protective custody while considering his offer. Angela, whose sought retribution for Greg’s death all season, told Terry Silver to let Proctor know about the Sandoval arrest. Angela did this, knowing that Proctor would tell Ghost and Tommy, and they’d have to devise a way to keep Sandoval quiet or their drug empire would be exposed to risk. Tommy made one call to his newfound father Tony Teresi to handle Sandoval, and Mike met his end in a clean and efficient way. Angela took satisfaction in Sandoval’s death, whispering “That was for Greg” over his body. Greg was vindicated and to Angela, her thirst for justice and revenge was quenched.
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