The Copenhagen Test (2025) s01e03 Episode Script

1
Marlowe:
You're the mole, Alexander.
Someone's been watching
and listening through you.
-I would never knowingly
betray my own country!
-I need to know
what Hale's gonna do next.
Predict him.
Study him.
Figure out
what's driving him.
-How's the game?
-It carries on without you.
Cobb: Alexander,
what're you doing up here?
-New assignment.
Claymore.
Moira: We need
to infiltrate his life.
-Who am I?
-You're Michelle.
-I'm Alexander.
-Natalie.
I wasn't really supposed
to give you my real name, so.
It's between us.
Moira: We know nothing
about who did this.
But we know one thing
that they don't.
We found the hack.
That's how
we're gonna catch them.
Parker: They have to check
his feed somehow,
see that we haven't
found the hack.
If it appears
to be clean,
well, they resume operation,
and, if not,
they kill him.
[grunts]
Marlowe:
How's the head, Clarissa?
We know you're CIA.
You're gonna tell me
everything you know
about the person
who hired you.
-A man with a cane
threatened to expose her
if she didn't work for him.
-This young man is the nephew
I've told you so much about.
Come, join us for a drink.
[humming]
[continues humming]
[gun cocks]
woman: Get up!
[tense music playing]
[breathing heavily]
I don't know who you are,
but you're trespassing!
-I was admiring the flowers.
Did you plant them?
-My husband will be here
any minute!
-Can I wait inside with you
until he comes?
If you don't mind company.
["Let Me Call You Sweetheart"
by Bing Crosby playing]
In your eyes ♪
So true ♪
-Careful with that.
-Oh, it's not loaded.
Let me call you ♪
"Sweetheart" ♪
I'm in love with you ♪
[kettle whistling]
Biscuit with your tea, Kate?
-I wouldn't turn down
a biscuit.
[song fades]
[gentle music playing]
There you are.
Where've you been?
[both laugh]
Mm
[tense music playing]
Why is that thing there?
-That's nothing
to worry about.
-Not in the house.
I don't like it in the house.
-It's okay.
-No, I don't want it
in the house.
-Kate.
-I don't want it in the house.
-Kate!
-No.
[sighs]
[♪♪♪]
[theme music playing]
[♪♪♪]
[exhales]
[beep]
[beep]
Cobb: Okay.
Me, there.
Operations, there.
-And that one?
-In case
Director Moira joins.
-You think he might?
-I think he might.
[cell phone buzzing]
Can I have
the room, please?
You found something
on Hale, didn't you?
-Osiris is on the move.
-Okay, notify Shadowboxer.
We've updated the book.
[♪♪♪]
-Hey.
-Well, hello.
Ready?
-Yeah.
-My turn.
Dream vacation.
No thinking.
-Everest. Solo.
No supplemental oxygen.
You?
-Greek Isles.
Read lots of books
-Mm.
-play in the sand.
-They're cute together.
-[chuckles]
-die and be reborn.
[laughs]
Shut up.
-Wow. [laughs]
-Your question.
-Okay, uh--
Where do you go
to feel centered?
No thinking.
-Uh, cemeteries.
Alexander: Cemeteries.
-That's not bad.
-You wanna
talk about that?
-No.
I'll just
fix this
a little bit.
There.
Come on.
Ops tech:
They're heading underground.
Going dark.
Shadowboxer has him.
Alexander:
They're very clumsy animals.
Michelle: They are. That’s why
I think they’re not real.
-There's a lot of
weight to them.
-They are.
-But I think
they're real animals.
[both laugh]
man [over PA]:
This train is being held
due to
a technical malfunction.
Service will resume shortly.
[static crackling stops]
-[sighs] Clear.
[clears throat]
[Michelle sighs]
You good?
-Uh, yeah. You?
-Yeah.
So, you're stickin' around
for a minute.
-They want me to continue
to play the girlfriend.
Be too suspicious
if I disappeared quickly.
-Or you're just
keeping an eye on me.
And worst-case scenario,
if I start to get out of line,
you take me out.
-Booh
man [over PA]: This train
is resuming normal operations.
-Mm, that was fast
man [over PA]: Thank you
for your patience.
-Lucky us.
[classical music playing]
Moira:
Three current operations.
Slovakia.
You're trying
to rule out the Chinese.
-I'd like to discover
what allegiances
our enemy holds.
-Are you certain about this?
-Would that matter?
[♪♪♪]
-Good morning.
Hale.
-Haven't seen you
here before, sir.
-I can't always
run this place
from my cage,
now can I?
-Hello, sir.
Edmund Cobb.
Poseidon Intelligence.
It is an honor.
-Eliza Amin.
Poseidon Operations.
-This is Hale.
Claymore Operations.
-Yes, we've worked
together before.
Moira: Good.
You'll be doing it again.
I'm giving Claymore oversight
on Poseidon.
Effective immediately.
-And your reasoning
for that, sir?
-There's some overlap
with Claymore's source, Mosaic.
Just a precaution to make sure
we don't put anything at risk.
Secure briefing
in thirty, Hale?
-Sir.
You're asking me
to see real intel.
Classified intel. Why?
-Because we want
our enemy to see it, too.
-You're sacrificing Poseidon.
-If our operation
in the bookstore succeeded,
then we have convinced
whoever did this
that we didn't find the hack.
That was defense.
Now we start the hunt.
But if we stop giving them
valuable intel, they'll notice.
We need to sacrifice
something real.
Because, ultimately,
this is a blue dye test.
We leak intel,
we follow that intel
where it goes,
it leads us
to whoever did this to you.
-How many people
will die as a result?
-There are a range of outcomes
we're willing to accept.
-Meaning, you don't know.
-People have already died.
How many more people
will die
if we don't figure out
who hacked you?
There could be others like you.
Walking security breaches.
Who are they gonna get killed
if we don't stop this?
[sighs]
-Are you sure
this is gonna work?
-Absolutely.
-Absolutely sure, huh?
-Sixty-forty.
-This'll be hard for him.
-He's killed plenty of people.
-Not on his own side.
This is betraying
the kind of people
he used to serve with.
And if he resists
going through with it,
the people
seeing through his eyes
are gonna see that, too.
-So, figure out a way
to make sure
he goes through with it.
Please.
[sighs]
[sighs]
[♪♪♪]
Amin: This is Hugo Klovach.
A Slovakian politician
in the opposition party
who has been highly critical
of the current
autocratic regime.
Recently, his financier,
Ilana Lexmann,
signaled to the White House
his intentions of entering
the upcoming Slovakian
presidential election.
Hugo Klovach is sympathetic
to US interests in the region.
So, it's important to us
for him to win.
[clears throat]
-Through a source
at Langley,
we've learning about
a CIA operation
to bring Klovach back
into Slovakia for the election.
The current CIA plan
is to infill him
into a safe house
three days from now.
Poseidon's goal
is to monitor the CIA mission.
And provide support
if it appears
that the operation
is compromised in any way.
We'll be tracking all movement
and communication,
and Amin has already placed
a back-up Orphanage
strike team in-country
in case we need to step in.
Amin: The CIA doesn't know
we're watching.
We've embedded
one of our operatives
in the CIA strike team.
He'll be our eyes
on the ground
for Klovach's arrival
into the country.
The arrival is the key.
If the existing regime
is gonna make a move,
that's when they'll do it.
-We'll be getting
operational details tomorrow.
Location, time, etcetera.
And then--
Then you'll know everything.
Thank you, sir.
Moira: All right, thank you.
[Amin clears throat]
[♪♪♪]
[sighs]
[suspenseful music playing]
-He missed his turn.
-He's not going home.
-How do you know that?
-He's just walking.
He didn't realize
he was agreeing
to help set up an ambush.
He's processing that.
-How long will that take,
you think?
[♪♪♪]
-This is a problem, Parker.
[beep]
[♪♪♪]
-I'm not sure
why you're here.
My staff says
they gave you my answer.
-Yes, ma'am. My request for
an internal review was denied.
About three minutes
after I filed it.
Fast work.
-Alexander Hale's
already cleared
an internal review.
-And that was a mistake.
Poseidon
is an important operation
for our country
and our European allies.
Alexander Hale presents
an elevated risk.
I'd like you to read this
and see why.
He was tied to the three Assets
we lost in North Korea.
And then he just happened
to point us in the direction
of the evidence
that exonerated himself.
Evidence that I cannot
independently verify.
I've obtained
his State Department file.
Three years ago, he failed
a loyalty test in Belarus
where he defied a direct order
to prioritize American lives.
-How did you get
his personnel file?
-Ma'am, you know
I can't tell you that.
-Cobb, one of these days
you're gonna let me
give you a job.
-Actually, I'm just hoping
you'll start doing yours.
-Which part of that speech
were you under the impression
we didn't already know?
When we made
our decision about him,
we had more information
than you will ever have.
He's cleared.
And let me save us both
some time in the future.
Anyone in Claymore is
off-limits to internal review.
-On whose authority?
-The fact that you're still
asking me questions
and not nodding mutely
tells me you don't understand
how much
you are pissing me off.
Drop it.
And prove against all odds
that you do actually understand
the importance
of the chain of command.
[lively piano music playing]
Cobb: Remember when you
asked me before
if I was the only one
with concerns
about certain personnel?
I think I'm the only one.
What do I do next, Henry?
-Nothing.
Mm, better not to draw
too much attention
at this point.
-Are you saying
I should just let it go?
-I'm not your boss, Edmund.
I'm your uncle.
I can't tell you
to do anything.
But I advise you
to file it away for now.
If you're right, everything
will become clear eventually,
and if you're not,
you haven't risked
your reputation.
I can always help you
to take it across the street.
-You're saying going outside
The Orphanage?
-Not now,
but when the time is right.
-What if
something bad happens?
While I'm waiting?
[sighs]
-Most of this life
we've chosen
is about figuring out
what you can live with.
And then finding a way
to live with that.
-Don't be surprised
if he's closed off
and hard to read.
-He was a sniper, Parker.
He's always hard to read.
Yes? No?
-Mm.
But he knows
that you're Orphanage,
and we know
that he has doubts
about what
we're asking him to do.
So, he's gonna
hide that from you.
It's trying too hard.
-Yeah.
-You got to be
a safe place for him.
He has to trust you.
-Because you don't
trust him yet.
-Because he's still
an unknown.
And we have to be able
to manage him.
Yeah. That one.
By the way, good job
with that cemetery answer.
It was nice.
-Felt like Michelle.
-I'll update the book.
-How are you
dealing with it?
-With what?
-You've never killed
anyone before.
-I'm not responsible
for what's about to happen.
-Good. That's what you
have to keep telling yourself.
[♪♪♪]
-We're monitoring phones,
chat groups,
and military communiques
in Slovakia.
If our enemy leaks
to the current
Slovakian administration
the travel details
of Klovach's secret return,
we'll know about it.
And we'll have a damn good idea
where it came from.
-Thank you.
-Yeah,
that's actually not why
I'm here, dear.
We've been tracking the signal
from Alexander for weeks now.
The pattern's
never the same.
Alternating
between satellites.
But you see this
right there?
The signal splits.
One is hazier,
more heavily encrypted.
And one is cleaner.
-And what do you think
that means?
-Well, it-- it--
it could be a signal bleed
or it's going
to two different places.
-Is that something we knew
this technology could do?
-No.
But then again,
none of the previous trials
had a signal this strong
or consistent.
So, inside Alexander
is a new version
of the Cassandra tech.
Modified somehow.
-Wonderful.
-I-- I'm working on it.
In my hovel.
Far, far away.
-Better news, please?
-His friends, family,
old military buddies,
they're all clean.
They didn't hack him.
-Victor Simonek?
-Fifty-year career
in intelligence.
Patriot.
Invested his money wisely.
No vices.
-Is he capable of this?
-Anyone is capable
of anything.
What he's missing
is a motive.
He genuinely cares
for Alexander.
-And the ex-fiancee
-Doctor Rachel Kasperian?
We've been following her
around the clock.
Remy's handling surveillance.
Monitoring her phones, routers.
She's clean so far.
The ex-fiancee might not've
known what was in the pills,
but I'm not ready
to clear her yet.
-Why?
-Call it a feeling.
And we're out of eggs.
-It's your turn
to get groceries.
-It most certainly is not.
Removing Cobb
would've seemed suspicious,
but I handled it.
He shouldn't be
a problem anymore.
Now Alexander just
has to go through with it.
[knocking at door]
-Doctor Kasperian?
[suspenseful music playing]
[door opens]
-Sorry, are you new?
Where's John?
-Oh, he's sick.
I usually work
the first floor.
It's a little nicer up here.
Nice office.
-Thank you.
-Thanks.
-Yeah.
[lively music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
[people cheering]
-Alexander! Over here!
Let him through, please!
That's my son!
He's a veteran.
-Hey, Mom. Hi.
-Oh [sighs]
Ah, you've lost weight.
Look at you,
you're all skin and bones!
-Mom, I'm fine.
-Why aren't you feeding him?
-Because I can't cook
like you can.
Hey.
-Hey, man.
Thanks for being here.
-Yeah, yeah.
-Where's Dad?
Helen: Oh.
-Uh, Preston!
Helen: There.
-Preston! Preston!
-Hey!
Helen: Hey, go join him.
He would love that.
-Nah, not today.
Um, I'm gonna go get some water.
Do you want anything?
-Well, your father wants
a fried Snickers
and a funnel cake.
-It's not a state fair, Mom.
-Tell him that.
[crowd cheering]
-Here you go.
That'll be three minutes
on that funnel cake.
-Thanks.
-You're like a real soldier now!
-I am! I am!
[woman laughs]
[indistinct chatter]
man: Why aren't ya out there?
-Me? Oh, no.
I've done enough marching
for a lifetime.
-I'm Roger.
-Alexander. Hey.
-Army?
-Yeah, you?
-Uh, not me. My son.
He was Marines.
Fifth Battalion.
Kevin Mathison? I don't guess
you crossed paths.
-I don't think we did, no.
Is he in the parade?
-He died in combat.
-Oh.
I'm so sorry to hear that.
-Thank you.
It, uh--
It took a while,
but I'm not sorry.
I mean, we all lose people,
you know?
How many get to know
it was for a good reason?
[sighs] That's what
makes the difference.
My son's death
had a purpose.
Thank you for your service.
-Thank you for your son's.
[cheering]
[inaudible dialogue]
[whooping]
-[laughs]
-Oh, hi!
Oh, Preston!
[inaudible dialogue]
Oh
[crowd cheering]
[Helen laughs]
[soft tense music playing]
[♪♪♪]
-Looks like
your speech worked.
-Can you incinerate
this, please?
-Oh, we intercepted
a communication
sent between Klovach's people.
If that's credible,
they're moving up the mission
and changing the location
at the last minute.
[suspenseful music playing]
-This source
is unreliable at best.
I'd grade it
"lowest confidence."
-If we're wrong
about that
we could miss
the entire operation.
-It's my call.
Bury it. Please.
-Oh.
Here's the five-sixty-eights
you asked for.
Do you have
the diplomatic cables?
-I have summaries.
-They'll want the full cables.
-I'll pull those
once I get back to my office.
-What's that?
-Raw intel.
Lowest confidence.
I'll get you those cables.
Ellie: It came out
of Poseidon.
They tried to bury it.
-How'd you get it from them?
-Oh, I cloned their printer
when we got oversight
so we'd get our own copy
of whatever they print.
What? I just thought
it might come in handy.
-Fair enough.
Okay. How do we fix this?
-Whoever's watching
through Alexander
needs to see the details
hours in advance
or they won't be able to tell
the Slovakian regime in time.
Then there's no ambush.
We need to get
the new time and location,
and Alexander
needs to see it.
-And quickly.
The new safehouse location
we'll get from a friend
in Langley who can help.
We'll figure out a way
to have Alexander
get the new travel itinerary.
-We can't give him time
to question.
[sighs]
We need to make him
think about the how
so he doesn't stop
to think about the why.
It's a chance
to prove himself to us
in the field.
We just say that--
-Klovach's people fucked us.
They're changing the plan
at the last minute.
And we can't do our job
if we're in the dark.
We need to know now
or we could be losing
our window.
You haven't done
any field work for us yet.
But I have a feeling
you can handle this.
-What do you need me to do?
Moira: Ilana Lexmann
is the power broker
behind Klovach's candidacy.
She's stateside,
consolidating support.
She's scheduled
to appear this afternoon
at a fundraiser
in Georgetown.
-Hi. Am I too late to join?
-Unfortunately,
the event is closed.
-That's a shame.
I was looking to make
a, uh, sizeable donation.
-We had a wire on her
until two days ago
when she switched her phone.
Now, we're betting
that she is the one
that switched the plan
for Klovach's arrival.
It's a protective move.
It's what I would do.
So now we need two things.
The first
is the safehouse location,
which we'll get
from another source.
-It's time to pay
a debt, Clarissa.
Moira: And the second
is when it's happening.
That's where you come in.
There's a reason why
she switched that phone.
It has to be part
of the intel chain.
We need to get to it.
Alexander:
Her phone will be locked.
We won't have enough time
to break the encryption.
-There's one thing you can do
with a locked phone.
[♪♪♪]
[line ringing]
-9-1-1, what's the nature
of your emergency?
-Got it.
-Working.
Should take about
three minutes.
Stay on the call.
When we hang up,
you'll know it's done.
[♪♪♪]
[electronic trilling]
[indistinct chatter]
-Thank you.
[indistinct chatter]
-Excuse me, Miss Lexmann.
Hi. It's so good
to see you again.
Um, uh, you probably
don't remember me,
but we met in New York.
-Of course. Of course.
Apologies,
I have a plane to catch.
-It's just, um--
I wanted to tell you
about the election. Um--
I think Slovakia deserves
to have a better government.
And I'm so sorry
it doesn't.
-Thank you. Thank you.
Alexander: Oh!
I am so sorry.
That's funny. Uh, make sure
you got the right one.
-Yes.
[♪♪♪]
-Hey, here. Here.
-I need to know
which CIA safehouse
is codenamed "Greengrass."
-We're still waiting.
Clarissa: Back from
your break, Lee?
Thought I'd miss you.
-Good to see you too,
Agent Kaiser.
Are you in possession of any
classified documents or property
that may bring harm
to any officer of the CIA
or the United States
Government?
-Just one today.
-Get the fuck out of here.
-Standby for safehouse.
Okay, "Greengrass"
coordinates are
-Forty-eight-point-five-four-
nine-four. November.
Twenty-one-point-five-five-
three-zero-echo.
Yep, go.
[♪♪♪]
-We have some
updated intel for you.
-Thank you.
-Thank you.
[sighs]
Ellie: Kolvach's time
and location has changed.
It's all in this new intel.
[suspenseful music playing]
[electronic beeping]
-We're tapped in.
-We're up.
CIA comms: Moving.
Ten clicks out.
-There, two SUVs.
CIA comms: Taking out
the heat of the engines.
Eight total.
Seven clicks.
-Where'd this new intel
come from?
-We've got lots of sources.
I think that's why Claymore
was given oversight.
Better intel.
CIA comms: Five clicks.
[tense music playing]
Touchdown.
We're in the clear.
[♪♪♪]
[woman speaking Slovak]
Parker:
Why is the family here?
They weren't supposed to come.
[Klovach speaking Slovak]
-[gunshot]
-[woman gasps]
[indistinct screaming]
[gun firing]
-Send the backup team in now!
-No, it's too late.
They'll get slaughtered.
[guard speaking Slovak]
[pants]
-[guard grunts]
-[gun firing continues]
[guard grunts]
[woman cries]
[Klovach speaking Slovak]
[woman cries]
-[gunshot]
-[woman screams]
[gunshot]
[Alexander breathing heavily]
[♪♪♪]
[sighs]
[soft tense music playing]
-Now we follow
-[gasps]
where the blue dye went.
[pants]
Good job.
[sighs]
[sighs]
Moira: We'll need to do
a full analysis
of what went wrong here,
but the analysis is going
to come to the conclusion
that you made a judgment call
on a piece of intel,
and it turns out,
it was the wrong call.
We almost missed
what we were there to oversee.
[sighs]
It happens.
You're a good operative.
There will be more missions.
-Why wouldn't I be subject
to an internal review?
Why wouldn't everyone
on that operation--
-We were monitoring
because we thought
the CIA or the locals
couldn't be completely trusted,
and it looks like
we were right.
The CIA found out
about the change
in time and location
when we did,
so, it had to be
Klovach's people.
Your discomfort
with Alexander Hale
is documented,
so let's not pretend
that burying
that piece of intel
wasn't at least
partially motivated
by waiting to see
what happened.
You wanted to be certain.
And now you know.
You and Hale were briefed
at the same time
and then spent
the next twelve hours
on call, here,
and the ambush
still happened.
Unless you can think
of any way
Hale could be responsible.
-[clicks tongue]
No, sir.
-Then that must be a relief.
[instrumental music playing]
Victor:
You can sit right there.
It's a little acoustic quirk
of this room.
No one else can hear us.
I assume from
your endearing paranoia,
there's a sensitive matter
to discuss.
-Do you remember my friend
that I try to watch out for?
Alexander?
-Mm-hmm.
-Uh, he's a little
too trusting.
A little too loyal.
And we both know
what that place does
to people
who are too trusting.
-You think he's in trouble.
-I-- I don't know.
Would your nephew be able
to look into anything?
Maybe find out
how worried I should be.
[clicks tongue]
-I'm sorry,
my old friend,
but I'm really more of
a sounding board for Edmund.
He and I never talk about
what happens
inside The Orphanage.
And given my role
at the National Intelligence
office, I-- I--
I don't think
it would be proper.
-Right. Right.
Well, um, sorry
if the suggestion
made you uncomfortable.
-Oh, not at all.
We've been through far worse
together, you and I.
And I can tell your--
your friend means
a great deal to you.
I wouldn't worry.
These things have a way
of working themselves out.
[♪♪♪]
[cane tapping]
[♪♪♪]
[footsteps approaching]
Michelle: Hey.
-Hey.
-Do you want to know
why you're here?
-Yeah.
-Well,
you asked me
where I go to center myself.
And I said cemeteries.
That was a lie.
I actually come here.
There's something
about old churches.
When I'm in here,
I feel
connected
to every single person
that has passed
through here before me.
Makes me feel small
in the grand scheme of things.
And that's nice sometimes.
Do you wanna see
some place even better?
Come.
Watch your head.
[static crackling stops]
[sighs]
You good?
-Yeah, I'm good.
-They told me
about the mission.
And the collateral damage.
I'm sorry.
You should know
they asked me to watch you
and report back
on how you're handling it.
See if you have any doubts
about what you're doing.
I'll tell them
whatever you want me to.
I've been there.
These agencies
they ask you to do
something unthinkable
and then worry
if you think about it too much.
But they don't know
the real cost.
The only ones
that know that
are the people in it.
Like us.
You're one of us now.
If you wanna talk about it,
you should.
It doesn't have to be me.
Find someone
that you can trust.
[sighs]
-We had to sacrifice
a real mission.
Innocent people died
because of me.
[♪♪♪]
-Hey
-[sighs]
-But I also don't know
how many people
we might save
if we pull this off, so, I--
I don't know.
-I've been there, too.
What are you going to do?
[sighs]
-We have to win.
Whatever it takes.
It-- It can't be for nothing.
Michelle:
He trusts me.
He's conflicted,
but he's onboard.
Parker: Thank you.
Get some sleep.
Moira: We know more about
our enemy's allegiances now.
They have none.
-Mm.
-Leaks from North Korea,
Syria, and now Slovakia.
No ideological connection
or national strategy.
They're selling intel
to whoever wants it,
regardless of how
it destabilizes
political alliances.
Our enemy is an independent
non-state actor.
-So,
we're hunting a lone wolf.
-We learned
something else, too.
We followed the blue dye,
the words "Poseidon"
showed up in communications
with the current administration
of Slovakia,
and those messages
originated from here.
Somewhere in Eastern Europe
is where our enemy
processes the hack.
Independent,
but connected.
Probably former GRU
or Russian Intelligence.
[sighs]
Can I walk you out?
-Thank you, Peter.
No.
I have one thing left to do.
[♪♪♪]
[footsteps approaching]
The things you can't carry
write it all down,
then bury it away,
and try not to dig it back up.
[♪♪♪]
-Now that Slovakia's done,
we need to lay low.
Let everyone
get comfortable.
My nephew has confirmed
our Asset is no longer
under suspicion
at The Orphanage.
I'd like to keep it that way.
But [sighs]
our Asset
is gonna figure out
that he's compromised
eventually.
We should be prepared
to use someone as leverage.
Someone close to him.
Someone he loves.
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