Will Karloff or his tech guy Will figure out that Joey is holding the wrong phone? Presumably they’d have to see Joey’s phone up close to know.

Zack’s only power in holding this phone is the ability to blow a courtroom of innocent people to kingdom come.

That’s a lot of power. And of course, no power at all. No leverage at all. Because a blown-up courtroom is exactly what Karloff wants.

Last time Zack had Joey’s phone, he had numbers, photos, evidence of a dark life. This time, now, he just has a six-digit code.

A pretty forceful and formidable one.

There’s not much else to find on the rest of Joey’s phone. He’s already searched it. And now he doesn’t want to fool around with the phone any more than necessary.

Although one bit of fooling around is necessary.

He carefully, very carefully, sends a text to his own phone. To Joey.

A text with a different number, just to be safe. A totally made-up six-digit number. Instructing Joey to dial it. Because Zack has the feeling, the reasonable feeling, that Karloff may have someone in the courtroom watching Joey. Someone unaware they could soon be splattered against the courtroom walls. Someone reporting back to Karloff.

And if they report seeing Joey dutifully, earnestly entering a number and nothing happens, maybe Karloff and his people will think there’s a glitch. A failure of technology. And not a failure of Joey. And maybe that is a way to buy a little time, while Zack tries to think of something better.

He sends the text and then sets Joey’s phone down carefully.

It was impulsive, Zack switching the phones. The same impulsiveness that had him looking around a stranger’s phone and getting into the original fix.

He didn’t really have a plan for it. Still doesn’t. And what if Joey, seeing that the phone he’s holding has never been opened and realizing what Zack has pulled on him, is either so pissed off or so terrified of failing in his assignment or still wants to prove himself the good soldier, so he caves in and admits to Karloff or Will or their crew what happened?

Then what?

First, Zack was running from a killer for hire.

Now, he’ll be running from a whole criminal network. A cartel.

Joey had made mistakes. Not being careful. Grabbing the wrong phone in the GreenGirl.

Not accepting Zack’s dead-phone deal and coming after Zack to kill him.

Not paying attention. Letting his phone get switched in Steve’s apartment.

But this guy Karloff. He isn’t a guy who makes mistakes. You don’t get to be where he is by making mistakes.

Zack might be on the run again.

This time with no Emily. No Steve. No plan.

No Joey, even.

Where would he go? Where would he hide? How long could he hold out?