Trigger of Deception

"Trigger of Deception" is the third episode of the second season of Australia S-Unit. It was written and directed by Daniel Isaac and saw the return of Jacob Edwards as Roman Duke.

Story
The episode follows two timelines. The past and the present.

Past Story
Roman returns to an unknown figure at one of Greene's warehouses after kidnapping Cynthia Solomos. The unknown figure questions this idiotic move Roman made and tells him to kill Cynthia. Roman states that Marcus will hunt him down for it. The man tells that he will kill Cynthia himself and gives Roman instructions to rob a jewellery store ordered by Greene. Roman agrees. Before he leaves however Marcus bursts through the warehouse door and shoots down a few men. The mysterious man throws a flashbang, blinding Marcus and allowing time for Roman to escape while the man takes Cynthia outside. Marcus, blinded, believes the person taking Cynthia is still Roman. Marcus pursues him to the street where he holds Cynthia at gun point. Marcus pleeds to let her go however Cynthia yells hatred toward Marcus for letting this happen. Marcus tries to apologies, however before finishing Cynthia is shot.

A few weeks later, Marcus visits Cynthia's grave and says sorry, preparing himself for suicide he raises his gun to his head. Before he can proceed however he receives a phone call from Brad Fisher, who asks him to come into the station for questioning. Marcus agrees.

At the station, Marcus gets angered by his interrogator, claiming that he let "Roman" go because when Cynthia was shot, Marcus went into shock and couldn't move. Marcus leaves the station and tries to move on with his life.

A year later, in 2010, Marcus visits Cynthia's grave and states his apologies once more. He receives a phone call asking him to come and meet his new partner. Marcus arrives at a local resturaunt and meets Lieutenant Commander Derek Peterson. Derek introduces himself as Marcus' new partner and Marcus shows his disgust over having a new partner. Derek claims to know what happened to Marcus however Marcus doesn't believe Derek knows the true gravity of the situation. Derek receives a phone call on a case and he and Marcus leave to investigate.

Another year later, Marcus tries to visit Cynthia's grave but can't force himself to leave the car, instead taking illegal narcotics and staring at a photo of Cynthia. Marcus then receives a phone call from Derek asking him to come investigate a potential drug warehouse with him to which he agrees. Marcus puts the photo away and unfolds a piece of paper, revealing a wanted poster for Roman Duke. Marcus screams at the paper before heading off to Derek.

Present Story
In 2013, Marcus awaits for Derek in the car to go and see Roman in prison. Derek enters and asks that Marcus be prepared to hold back his anger from whatever Roman might say. Marcus claims that all he wants is to know where to find Cynthia.

At the prison, Derek and Marcus interrogate Roman. Roman reveals to them that there is indeed someone from the Solomos case still alive. He however also states that he does not know who this person is, whether it is Cynthia or not. Roman also reveals that he wasn't the one who killed Cynthia, that it was in fact another, primarily Mr Greene's second in command to his crime business. He lies to Derek however by stating that he doesn't know who the second in command is. Derek and Marcus leave.

At home, Marcus goes to bed while Derek looks through the Solomos case files, where he reads up on the supposed death of Cynthia. Derek also reads a news report that talks about Kale, Derek's old partner's, death. Derek has a little memory of Kale.

The next morning, Derek wakes up Marcus and informs him that Greene's second in command gives the orders to his employees that are set forth by Greene. He also informs Marcus that he talked with Allan Faraday last night who told him that Greene's second in command worked for S-Unit as an inside mole for Greene. Derek then told Marcus that Allan said that Greene's second in command left S-Unit in 2009 to work for Greene full time. Marcus then claims that the second in command aka the mole in S-Unit must have hacked the S-Unit database, which is why Greene always knew where Derek and Marcus where and what their plans were.

In prison, Roman is visited by an unknown figure who starts a riot and frees Roman from prison.

Receiving word of his escape, Derek and Marcus pursue. They track Roman down to the warehouse where they arrested Jackson Grant in 2011. There they find Roman, who opens fire on them. Derek says to Marcus that Roman is his if he wants it. Marcus agrees and dives toward Roman, shooting and killing him instantly. Marcus sighs relief, claiming that his revenge is finally over. An instant phone call however disproves this as Greene's second in command, who is in fact the mysterious caller from the previous episode, claims that Marcus is fair from over and that to truly have revenge he will have to find him.

Returning home, Marcus thanks Derek for his help before departing. Marcus arrives at Cynthia's grave and tells her that Roman is dead and that he won't rest until he finds her supposed killer and finds her, promising to take her home. Marcus then walks away and a mysterious figure walks over to Cynthia's grave and kicks the flowers Marcus put down.

Reception
Trigger of Deception received positive reviews. Viewers called it a "live up" to the previous episode and a "great telling of Derek and Marcus' origins."