Covert Affairs s03e03 Episode Script

You're being reassigned.
Who are you? I'm Lena Smith.
I'm your new boss.
The next time you want some consideration regarding one of my operatives, just come to me directly.
I'm Parker.
I'm leaving the nest this fall, though.
Off to the Peace Corps.
Eritrea? I just want to go somewhere where I'm needed.
I'm catching the first flight back to Eritrea.
So you can propose? It's beautiful.
Is this a bad time? If it is, just tell me and we can talk tomorrow.
Although you always leave so early for work.
Maybe I could meet you downstairs in five minutes? Sure.
Actually, this really can't wait.
Um Michael's in town.
Really? He wants a divorce.
Did he say that? No.
But I know him.
I'm so sorry, Danielle.
Don't be.
I'm okay with it.
I'm even ready for it.
It's just The girls.
What do I tell them? Katia and Chloe are going to be fine.
They have you.
And you.
Do you want me to go with you tomorrow? I can drive you.
No.
I have to do this by myself.
Okay.
Well, even though you're doing this by yourself, I'm here, okay? You're not alone.
But you want to be alone right now, right? Mmm.
Yeah, that would be good.
Marco! Polo! This game is a lot trickier when you can't cheat.
Oh, you like to cheat, huh? Better keep your hands where I can see them.
Oh, not a chance.
Peace Corps margaritas.
Three parts humility, two parts lime, one part any other damn thing you can find.
All right.
Hopefully, alcohol.
And then, you mix and serve generously.
No salt on Auggie's.
Nice.
This must be why the locals are so fond of you.
Oh, yeah, I wish.
Hey, listen, you guys.
Thanks for letting a civilian tag along.
Here's to the Peace Corps, to a week in paradise Mmm.
And to the indisputable skills of our bartender.
- Right.
- Cheers! Thanks for putting up with my friends.
You know, they're just blowing off a little steam.
I'm an ex-Army man.
I get the concept of a little R and R.
They like you, too, by the way.
I know.
How about you? Mmm.
I'm still making up my mind.
If I have your undivided attention I have a surprise for you.
Your very own specially chosen oyster shell.
Actually, I'm not sure what kind of shell this is.
It might be a conch.
I don't know.
Auggie, what is it? Oh, my God.
Parker, will you marry me? Excuse me.
Gentleman waiting.
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
Well, you should know now, Mr.
Anderson, that we're going to have three kids.
Two girls and a boy.
The boy first.
A little Auggie.
Wow.
We are really fast-tracking this thing.
He's going to be just like his father.
Oh, blind? Amazing.
Parker! Auggie! Something's happened.
Help! Wade.
What's going on? Everything okay? She slipped and cracked her head.
Oh, my God.
Debbie.
Where is she? Port side.
Debbie? - Debbie? - Is she bleeding? No.
No, I don't think she's bleeding.
Debbie? Here, her pupils are dilated.
They're not reactive.
She's got a weak pulse.
We've got to get her to the hospital.
Okay.
Let's get her below.
Yeah, good idea.
Yeah.
Parker, keep the door open.
Okay.
Wade, just careful with the head on the way down.
Okay? Careful, careful, careful.
Debbie's conscious.
She's hanging in there.
I already radioed in a distress call.
You what? Well, once we get to Massawa, I'll pay for a helivac.
I don't care what it costs.
What? No, it's just distress calls in this part of the world are sometimes not a great idea.
What are you worried about? All we've seen is the U.
S.
Navy.
Just keep your eyes open.
What is it? Do you see anything starboard? Yeah, it's a small boat.
Coming fast.
How many people are on board? Um Three men.
Auggie, they have guns.
Pirates.
Okay.
Pirates don't sail these waters.
This isn't the Gulf of Aden.
That's not the welcome wagon, Wade.
- I can outrun them.
- We can't outrun them.
And we can't outfight them.
We cooperate.
That's the fastest way to get Debbie medical care.
They're shooting at us.
Just warning shots.
They're firing into the air.
Shut off that engine.
Everything okay? Everything is going to be fine.
Just stay calm.
Okay? Don't move.
Phone.
Phone.
You got a phone? Don't move.
Don't move.
Don't move.
Nobody to be hurt.
Ring.
Ring, ring, ring.
No, no, no.
Blind? Yes.
No phone.
Hello? Passports.
Hydrodynamic charts of the Red Sea? Looking for buried treasure? Hi, Lena.
I was hoping you'd still be in Munich.
Everything okay with Simon? Yes, it is.
I was just about to send you a report.
Time spent on reports is time out of the field.
Can I run something by you? Off topic? Am I going to need my coffee first? I got a call 45 minutes ago from Auggie Anderson's girlfriend, Parker Rowland.
It was a hang-up.
You're getting ready to ask me relationship advice? No.
A couple of days ago, Auggie left to spend some vacation time with her.
She's in the Peace Corps in Eritrea.
Eritrea? Ugh.
Man after my own heart.
Best coffee in the world.
I contacted the Peace Corps and they said they were joined by two other volunteers Debbie Green and Wade Moore.
Auggie said they were going sailing.
Should be fine in those waters.
Well, outside the red zone for pirates.
No.
They're off the coast of Northern Sudan, according to the GSM signal.
I did a quick check on Wade Moore.
His father is a defense industry contractor, Angus Moore.
He just made a $200,000 money transfer to Topaz Security.
K and R is Topaz's specialty.
He's a good friend of yours.
Yeah.
We need to make some phone calls.
No.
No, no, no, no, no.
Where are they taking her? Wade, stop.
Where? Wade, stop.
She's got She's a medical hostage.
What does that mean? I They don't want to give her medical care.
It's too risky.
They're going to get her help.
I promise.
She's an American.
I can hear it in her accent.
So, here we are.
Firstly, your friend, Deborah, is to be released.
Medical aid, then a trip home.
She can get a parade, a book deal, go on Dateline They love pirate stories.
As for the rest of you, I know this is frightening.
We're not about hurting people.
This is just a business transaction.
You're American.
You're blind.
Interesting.
A blind guy walks down a dock in Africa.
There's a joke in there somewhere.
Call me Analise.
I will be negotiating on behalf of our pirate friends.
Your future now depends on the behavior of your loved ones.
I'm assuming they do, in fact, love you and are very anxious for your safe return.
Come.
Auggie Anderson and three other individuals have been taken hostage by Somali pirates.
When? We just got word.
What the hell was he doing in the Red Sea? You okayed his request.
I didn't know he was going on a cruise.
Bad, bad timing, this.
Okay.
So.
I'll loop in East Africa desk.
I want to call Jeff Miller at State.
He's a guy you can at least talk to.
And DS needs to free up some emergency funds for potential ransom.
That's being handled.
So, who's on point? All right.
That was No, no.
That's fine.
No, I know.
But we need to move faster.
Yeah.
But, um Yeah, I'm going to call you back.
Can you hold on a second? Joan.
Lena.
What can I help you with? I understand you've been tasked with the hostage situation in East Africa.
That's right.
Annie brought it to me.
The DCI kept me on it.
Can I talk with you in your office? Sure.
Auggie Anderson is my former op.
I know his training, his thought process.
And I am just as familiar with this territory as you are.
I understand that.
But you don't have a State Department cover.
For when it comes time to negotiate.
If you're even thinking about boxing me out again, I'm not going to let that happen.
No one's boxing you out, Joan.
Look.
You're wound up.
I get it.
You're concerned.
But there is no reason to come in here and do this.
Pull up a chair, Joan.
I'm going to check in with State.
In the meantime, Annie, read Joan in on where we stand.
Everybody out.
Go, go.
Come.
What are they saying? Shh.
Excuse me.
This woman is engaged to this man.
They're going to be married.
And since he is your money source, it would not be wise to separate them.
Go ask your boss.
She'll know.
Go ahead.
Did I hear something about impending nuptials? That's right.
Me and Parker.
What? He was too cheap to buy you a ring? We left it back home.
It needed to be resized.
Smart move.
You never know what can happen to your most prized possessions in this part of the world.
What about Debbie? She's on her way home.
Courtesy of the Peace Corps.
She's fine.
On to business.
Auggie, your family in Illinois, and Parker, your family in Virginia, will not figure in the negotiations.
What does that mean? Means Wade's the rich one.
Know your facts.
I can put a price on anything.
Oil.
Minerals.
People.
My father will pay.
That won't be a problem.
Good.
Good to hear.
That's the spirit.
Now, speaking of prices, there's value in all sorts of things.
One simply has to know the details.
For instance A man who maintains his physique Who keeps his head in a fraught situation He may have once worn a uniform.
What have we here? Shore leave in Okinawa? Memorialize this brotherhood and drunken buzz.
God and country for all to see.
Am I about right? I have a phone call to make.
Now, when this is all over, you need to tell me where you're registered.
I'll send a gift.
Based on the coordinates of the cell phone call, we'll likely be dealing with one of six clans who perpetrate these hostage takings.
Probably the Hawiye clan.
Maybe.
Or maybe not.
Things change quickly in Africa.
Lena forgets we served together for a year at the Nairobi station.
And what a year it was.
I'm concerned about the Moore family.
They have pull.
And they've hired Topaz Security.
I can reach out.
Covered.
I've spoken with them and they're standing down.
What about the other families? No need.
Wade's family has the money.
The Moores have granted me proxy to handle the negotiation.
Do we have eyes over Sudan? Mmm.
DGSE says satellite availability is imminent.
DGSE? You're piggy-backing on a French intelligence satellite? Yeah.
If I waited for NRO to task satellites, I'd never get anything done.
Still bending the rules, I see.
A woman can get great results by being flexible, Joan.
Negotiator's holding on the polycom.
Do we have coordinates? Nothing.
They're good.
All right.
Give us a minute.
Okay.
So, let's run this down.
White woman, young, unmarried Rich, white American male, age unimportant, 4.
5.
Thirty-year-old male from suburban Illinois.
Nominal.
She'll round up to six.
I'll counter at two.
Yeah, well, there's something you're not considering.
Auggie is ex-Special Forces.
And he has the tattoo.
Where? Here.
On his back.
The pirates have other options.
There's a standing offer from Hezbollah and the Brothers in Allah.
Two million dollars for any captured U.
S.
Serviceman.
She's right.
Special Forces get a bonus.
Four million.
That means they could sell Auggie independently, regardless of what we offer.
We have to acknowledge he's Special Forces.
No, actually, we don't.
Well, it would be better if we did, as a sign of good faith.
There is no good faith in negotiations like this.
Lena's right.
We should hold it.
If they don't know, we shouldn't give them ideas.
Let's get this done.
This is Lena Smith from the State Department.
Good to talk with you, Lena.
Are you still drinking Tusker? More than I probably should, yes.
Can you give me a minute? I know this woman.
Analise Pound.
She's a former U.
S.
Oil executive.
Spent half her life in East Africa.
Sometimes, she can get emotional.
Two of her hostages have died recently.
So, request another negotiator.
No, I can handle it.
So, we're thinking two.
Two million for all three hostages.
Analise, I'm not going to negotiate with myself.
Well, you're not negotiating with me.
I'm not? You're a far cry from eight.
Eight? For a spoiled rich kid and his two friends? Whose families still value them, no doubt.
Plus, one is Special Forces.
You understand what that means, don't you? Special Forces? That's the first I've heard of that.
Uh-huh.
It says here on my dossier that one of the men is blind.
Is that true? Doesn't make him any less valuable to certain parties who have an abiding interest in U.
S.
Soldiers.
What would the State Department say to his family then, Lena? Is that a threat? You know how I feel about threats.
Call it a question with a pinch of malice.
I'm prepared to offer a package deal.
But because you weren't upfront with me, wasted my time, it's 10 million.
We're standing at two.
Take that to your people.
We'll be waiting.
It's a little like buying a car.
You.
Come.
Who is he talking to? He wants me to go with him.
Wait.
Wait, where are you taking her? Never touch me.
Hey.
No, no, no, no, no.
Wade? Wade? No, no, no.
Wade.
Wade.
No.
No.
No.
Wade, he just wants to take her to the bathroom.
Hey.
All right, Wade.
He's going to take you first now.
You.
Go.
You okay? Yeah.
That was good.
That was good.
He stood up for you.
He risked his life.
They might just buy that you two are engaged.
Now, listen to me.
I need you to stay close to him.
I need you to help me sell it.
Okay? Okay.
You.
You seem to know exactly what to say and do.
And just be so calm.
I mean, how? How How How do you know all this? How? I don't Hey.
I've got to tell you something before Wade gets back.
I'm with the CIA.
I understand situations like this.
People like this.
I can keep you safe.
Like CIA, CIA? Yeah.
Is that why we're in this place? No.
No.
But my training is what's going to get us out of here.
Wait.
Wait.
When? When were you going to tell me? I was going to tell you the next time you were in D.
C.
Parker, I thought a lot about how to tell you.
And believe me, it wasn't like this.
I was going to take three days off of work just so that we could have time to talk about it.
I knew you'd have questions.
Look, I I know this is hard.
Hard? Oh, that doesn't begin to describe this.
Parker.
Come on.
You proposed to me.
And I said yes.
Who am I marrying, Auggie? No, no, no.
You know who I am.
Parker.
Don't do that.
Listen to me.
I love you.
I trust you completely.
Now, I I've compromised your trust.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, too.
You.
Come.
That was Smart, what you did earlier, saying that she was my fiancee.
I wouldn't have been that quick.
You did fine.
No, I don't know.
I'm not really known for my quick wit.
Seven different boarding schools in seven years.
My father was convinced I wouldn't amount to anything.
And I have been trying to prove him right ever since.
You dedicated your life to public service.
Yeah, I don't really think of it as service.
Fact is, it's a blast, the Peace Corps.
The people, the travel.
Parker, though? She's the real deal.
She really cares.
You know she talks about you non-stop.
You're a lucky guy.
I know.
Here.
How did you get this? It was on the ground.
It must have fallen out of his pocket.
So, I grabbed it.
Wade You keep this up, you may find yourself in the wedding party.
It's too quiet.
You need to reach out.
Up the bid.
No.
The ball's in their court, and they know it.
Well, then, I want to speak to Angus Moore.
I'll bring him up to speed.
He might solve all of this with a single check.
One team, one voice, Joan.
He'll lose confidence if we confuse him.
Who knows what his next play will be? Annie, you have a call on your NOC line.
The Smithsonian.
Uh, take a message, please.
No, that's okay.
You can take it.
All we can do now is wait.
I'II I'll be quick.
Hello? I was just thinking about our weekend in Munich.
And I thought Did you take my phone charger? Uh, really? That's why you're calling? What other reason would I have? Actually, yes, I did take your phone charger.
I didn't realize until I got back home and saw mine.
Well, I need it back.
I need to make a phone call.
Aren't you making a call right now? Not for much longer without my charger.
Tell you what.
Why don't you do this? I'm in Paris.
Fly to Paris, and you can bring it back to me.
You want me to buy a two thousand dollar plane ticket to return a twenty dollar charger? No, the ticket's on me.
Buy a new one, Simon.
Come on, Annie.
Where's your sense of adventure? I'll talk to you later.
I've got to go.
Bye.
Was that Yeah.
Nice.
Listen up.
Moments ago, there was an armed attempt to rescue our hostages, and they hit the wrong house.
Moore went ahead and sent in Topaz, anyway.
Yeah.
I thought we had that under control.
So did I.
Always expect the wild card.
Always build in redundancy.
Incoming.
It's your negotiator.
Wonderful.
Big, big mistake.
We can't be held responsible.
We had no hand in this.
Your TAC team is dead.
They're not ours.
New rules.
The price is now 15 million.
No more negotiations.
You have two hours.
Because of your screw up, you lose a hostage.
Click.
Angus Moore was always a cowboy.
And Topaz never cared much for protocol.
You said you had them standing down.
They're private actors.
There's no controlling that.
The good news is they were incompetent enough not to get anybody hurt.
Nothing's changed.
Still making promises you can't keep.
Still taking unnecessary risks with my operatives.
What are we talking about? Nairobi, right? All over again.
Whatever you think happened back then, didn't.
You're like a heartsick schoolgirl who just can't let go.
You blew my asset.
Someone died.
You left town.
What part of that is incorrect? Jonathan, for your information, was not who you thought he was, professionally or otherwise.
He got himself killed.
Okay, stop.
We need a contingency plan.
This is about Auggie.
She's right.
Let's keep our heads, and get your friend back, like I promised.
You, come.
Everyone.
Where are we going? Here, here, here.
Come, come.
Come.
Come.
Come.
Come.
Why are they moving us? It means we need to escape.
It sounds like we're hitting more traffic.
They must be taking us back into the city.
Maybe the deal's been made.
Wade, you heard that explosion.
That was a rescue attempt.
Maybe there will be another one.
Hostages don't survive moves.
We need to escape.
Now, if we're heading back into the city, that means roadblocks.
That's going to be our best shot.
No.
No.
Parker.
I know you don't want to hear this right now, but you need to trust me.
No.
I'm frozen, Auggie, okay? Okay, that's how terrifying this is.
I just Hey.
You can do this.
I need you.
Now, we are going to get out of this together.
Okay? Okay.
We have firepower in the area, right? It's not that easy, Annie.
USS Carl Vinson is in the Red Sea.
And SEAL Team Two is on that ship.
We have them on alert.
Move them where? Pound is going to move them.
She thinks we have a possible fix.
So, she'll move them into a city.
Ras Hadarba.
It's something.
I'm all for action, but an entire city? That's not actionable.
We wire the money and we wait.
Now, you agree.
Now? If anything goes wrong, the extraction team is on standby.
We just have to give them the word.
Why are you waiting until something goes wrong? Annie, we don't know where Auggie is.
And we can't put more people at risk until we do.
When we get word or we hear from Auggie himself, then maybe we can do something.
Otherwise, we wait.
Auggie will follow his training.
He will find a way to escape if he needs to.
I know him.
It's your call, Annie.
You know him well.
No one knows him better.
Send the team.
All right, this is it.
Get ready.
Timing is everything.
Now, listen to me.
The second that you see daylight, we go.
Wade, there has got to be a gun.
Got it.
Aim high.
This way.
This way.
Wade! Wade! Wade! Wade, come on! Hello? Hey.
I'm looking for the American Taxi Company.
Auggie.
I knew it.
Are you okay? Yeah.
We're all right, but we need a ride.
They're en route.
We'll use this cell phone signal.
It's so good to hear your voice.
You have no idea.
Actually, I'm pretty sure I do.
We need to find a rooftop.
Go.
Go.
As fast as you need to.
Go.
What is it? A dead end.
Yeah, I can't.
There's no way.
Well, we've got to find a way to the roof.
Okay.
Okay.
Um They're here.
Stop, stop, stop.
Fence.
Go, go, go.
Auggie said he'd be on the roof of the building for extraction.
What's that on the roof? Auggie, there are towers.
How high? High.
Then, they can't land on the building.
What's the ETA for the chopper? Two minutes.
Two minutes.
Don't even think about it, Auggie.
Can we jump? Auggie, no.
Wade? Yeah.
Then, we jump.
You go first.
Parker and I will jump together.
Jump? Auggie, no.
We barely made it up the stairs.
We can do this.
Guys.
They're coming.
Then, we jump.
- You okay? - Yeah.
Okay, he's okay.
Okay, we're going to count off our steps together.
Ready? And One, two, three, four.
Now, here's the deal.
We both have to commit.
Once we start running, we cannot stop.
Okay? Okay.
Okay, take my hand.
Parker, we can do this.
Take my hand.
Now.
They are coming.
Roger that, Carlton.
Package in tow.
10 minutes out.
Two-one-seven, have you in tow.
See you then.
Good work, Annie Walker.
Joan, thank you for Cheers.
Cheers.
I know this wasn't what you thought you were going to be doing today.
Work is work.
We're going to accomplish a lot together, you and me.
Do you think Joan is okay? Yeah, she's a big girl.
She gets it.
Annie? You want to climb up the ladder at the Agency, right? To do that, you need a storied biography.
Joan is one chapter in that story.
I will be another.
And someone else after me will be your next.
Then, one day, it will be you.
You will be that story.
Simon is calling you on your NOC line? Not bad.
I didn't give him the number.
He must have gotten it off my NOC profile online.
Even better.
I took his cell phone charger.
I'm having S and T wire it up.
GPS tracker.
Data-mining.
Then, I'll return it to him in Paris.
Adding to your story already.
I didn't kneel.
Maybe that was the problem.
How did you Parker, will you marry me? Auggie.
I should have trusted you.
Forgive me? Yes.
Yeah.
I've told you my only secret.
I promise.
Okay.
We're going to be happy.
I know.
Okay.
I've cleared my whole night.
And I have the care package.
Wine, chocolate, ice cream I'm good.
You're already into the wine.
Michael and I decided to give it another shot.
I know.
I know.
Um, what happened? Michael was just pleading with me in that sad little hotel room.
And I just looked at him and thought of all the moments we'd had together.
And I just realized that that chapter of my life is not over yet.
Because I don't want it to be.
Danielle, is this about the girls? I'm doing it for us.
As a family.
The girls need a happy mom.
Yeah, and I'll get there.
We'll get there.
As a family.
In California.
In California? Michael got a job in the Bay Area.
The hours are better, so he'll be home.
So, we can work on things.
That's amazing.
You think so? I do.
I do.
I mean, and you won't be homeless.
The market sucks.
So, we'll just, we'll figure out the house later.
Oh, my gosh.
I'm not thinking about that.
I'm going to miss you very much.