Thompson excels as a NSA agent with a skill at deduction who is working under an alias for Penny, referred to as her work husband. At the same time, shw tries to have a normal home life, telling oblivious husband Moses thst she works for a puzzle company, which is kind of true. They have a daughter and son to raise, and are baffled when they find the boy has a stash of thousands of dollars in a shoebox in his room. Other domestic problems include the reliable cliche of Moses' important client is coming for dinner and Thompson has been too bust chasing killers to prepare it!
The serious part of the story revolves around a number of agents being directed by trigger words to murder colleagues. This is related to a mission in Adghanistan and secret experiments but Thompson puts it all together by the end. An entertaining mix of mystery and comedy, this is one of 9 movies in the series.