This: Neither waking up next to a blonde he barely knew only to get abducted by thugs presumably working for his parents or their dubious friends nor watching teenage girls waving a gun in a mixture of bravery and hysteria at his kid brother was something he ever cared to experience again.

is made of win. You've thrown in a bunch more awesome allusions to season 1 that would take too much space to quote, but I love them all. :) I also like how you set up Linderman's connection with Isaac, gave a glimpse of Gabriel, and introduced the Haitian. Oh, and Nathan flying FTW!