I think that Howard is behind it. You'll see... He didn't tell Tom for nothing in the promo that Tom was trained his whole life for this moment.
I somehow am suspicious of him.
And still, it doesn't make sense because right now I don't see a reason for doing something like that. What could have been so important, what mission?
True... He was in an orphanage, right? Or wasn't he? Oh man... I never really payed attention to Tom's storyline