Plot Synopsis

THE VALOR is a one-hour drama series that explores how the boundaries between military discipline and human desire are tested on a U.S. Army base that houses an elite unit of helicopter pilots trained to perform clandestine international and domestic missions. The drama unfolds in the present as well as in flashbacks to a failed mission involving one of the first female pilots in the unit, ultimately uncovering layers of personal and government/military secrets, and leading to a season-long plan to rescue a group of MIA soldiers. When an elite unit of U.S. Army helicopter pilots called the Shadow Raiders is sent on a top secret mission to Somalia, the mission goes terribly awry and only two members of the team return safely: Warrant Officer Nora Madani, one of the unit's first female helicopter pilots, and her commanding officer, Captain Leland Gallo. The whereabouts of their comrade Jimmy Kam are unknown. Now back in the U.S., Madani and Gallo are the only ones who know the truth about what really went wrong in Somalia. Nora's boyfriend, First Lieutenant Ian Porter, suspects she's not telling him the full story, and Jess Kam, Jimmy's wife and Nora's friend, is frustrated and furious at being kept in the dark. Meanwhile Thea, the enigmatic CIA officer charged with investigating the failed mission, has her own suspicions about what occurred. With Nora still recovering from a gunshot wound she suffered during the mission, the commander of the Shadow Raiders, Col. Robert Haskins, grounds her from flying. But when it's discovered that Jimmy is alive and being held captive by a group of ruthless terrorists, Nora is determined to join Gallo back in the cockpit to rescue their friend. As preparation and training intensify, Nora and Gallo grow closer, and soon find themselves torn between duty, honor and desire as they wonder who they can trust, and whether the secrets they're hiding will help save Jimmy...or put them all in terrible danger.
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On Monday, January 29, 2018 at 9pm ET/PT, The CW premiered "Costs of War," the season finale of VALOR. Nora is ready to confess despite the consequences. Meanwhile, Ian is blindsided by an evil truth.