The essential episodes of Shooter
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Shooter — each pick states its reason.
- 01
When a plot to assassinate the President of the United States is discovered, highly-decorated veteran Bob Lee Swagger is recruited by his former Commander, Isaac Johnson, to help prevent the attempt. Meanwhile, disgraced FBI agent Nadine Memphis, investigates potential assassins.
- 02
Bob Lee tries to protect his family while incarcerated and Isaac aims to silence him. In other events, Nadine contacts Bob Lee's wife, Julie, who's dealing with the backlash against her family.
- 03
Bob Lee tracks down his former instructor, who he hopes will help him find the shooter; Nadine interrogates Payne; Isaac realizes that he's in over his head; and a reporter makes Julie an offer.
- 04
Bob Lee travels across the country in order to find the shooter; Julie deals with a family betrayal; Nadine contacts a Ukrainian reporter who can explain the conspiracy; and Isaac questions his allegiance.
- 05
Bob Lee and Nadine plot to secure evidence that could expose the conspiracy; Isaac searches for an exit strategy; Payne tries to flee; and Julie and Mary are in danger.
- 06
After Julie and Mary are abducted, Bob Lee must figure out a way to broker an exchange for the recently acquired evidence he lifted from Jack Payne. Nadine, working with Bob Lee, struggles to balance her allegiance to him and the FBI, as Isaac strikes a tenuous deal to assist them as trade for his freedom after it's done.
- 07
Bob Lee Swagger joins his former Marine unit for an awards ceremony in Frankfurt, Germany. There, he and his wife Julie narrowly escape a deadly terrorist attack. FBI Agent Nadine Memphis accepts a new job with powerful Washington insider Patricia Gregson.
- 08
Bob Lee looks into the terrorist attack that may have targeted his Marine unit; Memphis helps on the ground in Germany.
- 09
Bob Lee and Isaac learn the world's greatest assassin is in the U.S.; Nadine comes to Texas with suspicions of a conspiracy.
- 10
Bob Lee tries to piece together Solotov's motive for targeting his unit; Nadine finds a witness to the event that set everything off; Solotov hides in plain sight.
- 11
Bob Lee tracks Solotov's money and goes up against a Mexican cartel; Nadine helps a journalist investigate a cover-up; Julie makes her frustration heard.
- 12
Picking up from Season 2's cliffhanger, Bob Lee Swagger is taken hostage by Solotov, the world's greatest assassin. Julie and Isaac team up to help bring him home safely. Nadine confronts Senator Hayes about his connection to Atlas. A surprising piece of information about Bob Lee's own father sets off a whole new mission, while back in D.C., a mysterious operative begins plotting an attack.
- 13
Bob Lee's investigation into Earl's murder leads him to the local slaughterhouse; Nadine and Isaac's quest to take down Atlas forces them into an uneasy alliance with a former Atlas agent.
- 14
An attempt on Sam Vincent's life leads Bob Lee and Julie to a stockpile of information left behind by Earl Swagger, which may have been the cause of his murder. Nadine, Isaac, Harris and Carlita take a run at one of the heads of Atlas.
- 15
Following the blast in D.C., Bob Lee attempts to put an end to Atlas once and for all, all while trying to salvage his marriage and tie up the remaining threads from his past. Isaac, Nadine, and Harris find new roles for themselves in the government.
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