kind of crazy how grace is an echo of all the women from ethan's past and she doesn't even know it. she's a mirror of a younger ethan of course. alanna's henchman holding a gun against her just like gabriel held a gun against marie. first action ethan took as jims' protégé was recruiting his classmate sarah into the imf and years later repeating the pattern with grace knowing the consequences. kittridge trying to use her and wanting her to betray ethan, in the same way jim used claire to betray ethan. she's a competent civillian thief who's life gets changed for better and worse – like nyah. she's a mentee of ethan like lindsey. her kidnapping canonically gets compared to julias. she saves and brings ethan back from the dead just as julia and ilsa has done in the past. and she's still someone who barely knows him – practically a stranger.