Callen, Sam, Kensi and Deeks join Hetty's team from the Vietnam War, Sterling Bridges, A.J. Chegwidden and Charles Langston, in a dangerous and off-the-books rescue mission to save Hetty from her captors in Vietnam. Also, Mosley calls in Nell's sister, homeland security specialist Sydney Jones, to assist the team in Los Angeles with processing evidence connected to Hetty's time in Vietnam.

Callen pursues every alternative when the Diplomatic Security Service apprehends his father, Nikita Aleksandr Reznikov, as part of an exchange for two American photographers being held hostage in Iran.