I just rewatched it, and I think there’s a weird moment when, impliedly, it could’ve happened: Ed O’Neill says the important thing is to refuse when he asks for the book — explaining that he’ll then surely offer a bribe or make a threat or something, and that’s what they’ll nail him for, because, otherwise, what can he actually get charged with at this point? So far, he’s lied without being under oath and he’s told our hero to get some legal advice, and, uh, that’s pretty much it, isn’t it? Have to get him on tape saying incriminating stuff, or they’ll have nothing on him, right?
That’s when Scott (a) says, as if it’s only just now dawning on him, that they’ve been after the guy for a long time; and he (b) pointedly looks away from the book on the ledge — because he’s now looking over at Felicity Huffman, and saying “that’s why you were down at the island!” And the shot, which I take to still be showing us his POV, lingers on Huffman for a little while.
On the one hand, I’ve seen MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE episodes make a switch in that short a time; on the other, the fact that the script apparently makes no reference to anything of the sort seems to suggest that, no, this isn’t that kind of movie…