10:54 Mid-Atlantic Time Zone (MST)

Mid-flight, Allie challenges Frank Heck’s authority and insists they must get off the plane before midnight, privately thinking they are already in King Sorrow’s domain. Heck keeps a calm, needling tone, aiming to test her credibility while extracting specifics about the threat.

Allie frames the danger around a “bad man” on board—Horation Matthews—describing him as an extremist. Heck focuses on intent and means, pressing whether there is a weapon or bomb, and when Allie learned of the danger. Allie cites prior research and her experience around instability, but Heck redirects to her own mental health history and drinking to undermine her reliability.

As Heck probes further—her rushed arrival, abandoned car keys, and emotional state regarding Van—Allie maintains the plane will be destroyed but retracts any explicit claim about a weapon, creating doubt. Heck warns about penalties for false accusations and causing diversions, signaling he may not act without firmer evidence.

Before Allie can recover, Van arrives and issues an ultimatum that the wedding is off if she remains with Heck, abruptly shifting the power dynamic and interrupting the interrogation as the flight draws closer to midnight.