In the Season 20 finale, Agent Torres finds himself in prison as the team tries to stop an impending terror attack on U.S. soil.
Tropes:
- The Big Bad: Kostya Valkov and his daughter Viktoria (aka Evelyn Shaw).
- Bodyguard Betrayal: Yuri Valkov is killed by his bodyguard Lev on orders from Yuri's father Kostya to keep him from talking.
- The Bus Came Back: Ducky makes a cameo appearance in MTAC to help the team figure out Valkov's Evil Plan. Sadly, this would be Ducky's final appearance (as well as
McCallum's final performance overall) on the show before his actor David McCallum passed away on September 25, 2023. - Cliffhanger: Season 20 ends with Nick confronting a man who had seemingly betrayed Nick's family and threatening him at gunpoint:?: "Nicky? Is that you?"Nick: "Oh, yeah. I'm not a kid anymore."?: "Yeah, I-I can see that. Look, I-I... I thought a lot about you, and your... your mom, and your sister. I thought about you often."Nick: "Not as often as I have thought about you."?: "Hey, I-I want you to know I'm a changed man now, Nicky. You know, the mistakes I made..."Nick: "Just stop. Stop talking."?: "So, what-what do you want?"Nick: "What I've always wanted: To watch you die."
- Offing the Offspring: Kostya Valkov had his own son Yuri killed to keep him from talking too much.
- Parental Favoritism: Yuri revealed to Nick that his sister Viktoria (aka Evelyn Shaw) often got away with being a Big Sister Bully toward him because she was their father's "little princess".
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Once Yuri completed his part of the Evil Plan, Kostya had his own son killed to keep him from talking.
