A prison warden (Corbin Bernsen) claims to have been beaten and forced to pay ransom for his kidnapped wife, but detectives learn she is living with an escaped prisoner.
The team must find the person behind an ambush on a vehicle carrying Jada Khaled.
Callen and the team try to track down Sam when he disappears during a mission in Sudan.
A discovery sends Callen and Sam to Africa to investigate; Sam's family is moved to a safe house.
Sam's son sends him a distress code after his school is taken over by extremists.