CIA (2026) s02e05 Episode Script
Real Intelligence
1
[WHIRRING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
♪
[MACHINE BEEPS, POWERS DOWN]
♪
[DEVICE BEEPS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
♪
- Marie.
- [GASPS SOFTLY]
♪
I know what you did.
♪
You vibe-coded that
UI chat feature, didn't you?
[CHUCKLES] You got me.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Busted.
Yeah. No, I'm just messing with you.
I-it's really nice work.
Anyway, I'll, uh
I'll catch you later.
♪
Thank you.
♪
[DISTANT BUZZER SOUNDS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER
OVER POLICE RADIO]
- [LOCK CLICKS]
- Guram Dadiani.
We, uh, found your name
on a list, Guram
special operators deployed by the U.S.
in former Soviet Georgia.
We're looking
for another man on that list
Felix Vincente.
[DISTANT DOOR BUZZES]
Well, let me jog your memory.
Operation Palomar, 1997.
The U.S. wants regime change
in Tbilisi, Georgia.
So we recruit disaffected young men,
and we train them
to go into places we can't go,
plant listening devices, bombs.
But then political winds
shift in America,
and the program's canceled overnight.
We lost track of those assets.
As far as we can tell now,
they're all dead
except you and Vincente.
Churchkhela
a little taste of the home country.
Help yourself.
If I help you, I get what
respect and admiration of CIA?
I want to be in Colorado.
I want to see mountains.
Why don't we see how this goes?
Your story has wrong beginning.
Oh, yeah?
They find us, CIA.
But we were not men.
We were children.
[DISTANT DOOR BUZZES]
They took us into the woods
to train us
surveillance, weapons,
how to get in, how to get out
how to kill.
Vincente
teacher's pet, we called him.
And why is that?
Our teacher, Robert Goodman
Felix Vincente was his favorite.
Like a son he was to Goodman.
But then
But then what?
You turn us into weapon,
then throw us away.
He blamed Goodman
for leaving us with nothing.
Maybe if you find him
Goodman?
He's dead.
Did Vincente get to him?
No.
You sound very sure.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Vincente killed two ex-DEA recently.
Yes?
And yet walks free
because he was taught well
by a man he swore to kill.
Did he succeed? Who can know?
But I would never bet
against Felix Vincente.
♪
My dad died of cancer. That's a fact.
Listen, Bill, that guy
in there would say anything.
- You can't let it get to you.
- No?
How about how my dad, who
coached my Little League team,
turned a bunch of naive kids
into murderers?
Well, yeah, that sucks.
Understatement of the year.
My dad created a monster
who's still out there.
I'm going to catch him.
All right.
And, uh, you want to catch him
'cause it's the right thing to do
or because you want to find him
and ask him once and for all,
was my dad a good person?
Both.
Mmm.
Asian swamp eels.
They're wiping out
your native species in Florida.
Some of them may have deserved it.
[BOTH CHUCKLE] What's up, Jen?
It's been a while.
What do you know about Ubergott?
It's the fastest-growing
American AI company
DOD contracts.
They're set to go public soon.
They're developing a frontier
AI model called Tentilla.
So I've heard.
Well, MSS has intel that
Ubergott's lawyers
got quite aggressive
with China's top AI firms today
out of the blue.
Warned them not to touch any of their IP
if it should come their way.
So they think someone stole their model
and wants to sell it
to a Chinese competitor.
You think Ubergott was hacked?
I don't know.
I don't care.
It doesn't matter how it got out.
What matters is, it's out.
If I were you, I'd figure out
who's got it, fast.
♪
According to my MSS assets,
an enemy with access to Tentilla
- could create a lot of trouble.
- [CHUCKLES]
No, not not trouble.
More like a generational paradigm shift
- in global geopolitics.
- Oh, great.
Have I told you recently
how much I hate computers?
Tentilla is supposed to be next level.
Three trillion parameters.
They didn't release it
because the world isn't ready
to exist with Tentilla in it.
Well, that's if you believe the company,
which I'm not sure that we should.
But it can access any network system
I mean, banks, power grid,
communications, all of it.
- The Pentagon?
- Sure.
We can't afford to be on the
wrong side of tech like that.
Yeah, which is why Ubergott
holds $2 billion in defense contracts.
And now someone may have stolen
their most valuable invention.
Gina, Baxter,
scour your online resources,
see if you can find any mention
of an Ubergott hack.
Colin, Bill, get with the CEO,
Jared Fallon,
see what he can tell you.
Okay.
♪
So it wasn't a hack.
[SCOFFS] Our security system
rebuffs hundreds
of hacking attempts a day.
What, is this a rumor from your
vaunted intelligence network?
Because there's
nothing for you to do here
that I can't do myself.
- Okay, Mr. Fallon.
- Jared.
Jared.
If it wasn't a hack,
it wasn't the Chinese,
why'd you send your lawyers after them?
You know, maybe we should
leak the hack to the press,
see if Jared here is
a bit more forthcoming
with the Ubergott investors.
Mm.
It was an inside job, all right?
A pain-in-the-ass engineer
named Marie Poquette.
She stole a copy of
the new frontier model and
Tentilla.
Took it right out the front door.
I'm sure she's loaded it to
her personal computer by now.
Why do you think she did it?
Because it's worth a trillion
dollars to the right buyer.
And, yes, the Chinese and any
number of our competitors here
would love to get a look at it,
so do the math.
Well, for someone
who's got a trillion dollars
wandering around out there,
you don't seem overly worried.
Excuse me?
I mean, annoyed, sure, but not worried.
Is that because you got
your own personal security team
already out there looking for her?
Yeah, that's not gonna work for us.
We need you to call your team off.
CIA will use its vaunted
intelligence network
to help find this woman.
And, uh, you give us
all the details
you have so far on the theft.
How does that sound to you?
Or we could shut down your team
publicly, of course.
[DISTANT TELEPHONE RINGING,
INDISTINCT CHATTER]
So Jared Fallon's cooperating.
I wouldn't call it that, but, yeah.
Yeah, the thief
is an engineer Marie Poquette.
She's, uh, not a master criminal,
so she shouldn't be hard to find.
Ubergott's sending over security footage
and her employee file.
[ALARM BLARING]
Hey, can you guys still hear me?
Guys, can you hear me?
Something's happening.
Hello?
[CAR HORNS HONKING, TIRES SCREECHING]
Guys.
Yeah, it's not just there, Nikki.
[CELL PHONE BLARING]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
It was citywide the whole
thing lasted about 60 seconds.
Any casualties?
Car accidents but nothing fatal.
- We got lucky, then.
- So, what, it was all a hoax?
There was no bioweapon, no missile,
but the hack got
into municipal networks,
emergency broadcast channels,
private companies,
all at once, which is not great.
I talked to the lead engineer
at Ubergott.
He's looking
into the various system logs,
but he could already tell
they were using Tentilla.
What did Jared's guys send us
about the woman who stole it?
So that's Marie Poquette.
She is [SIGHS]
Employee 11 at Ubergott
spotless record,
star on the rise until a few months ago,
when she started
making complaints at work
about workflows.
Then yesterday, she was seen
on a security camera
making a copy of Tentilla.
Well, what's she doing
with this puck thing here?
That's Tentilla, etched into glass.
- That works?
- It did yesterday.
She walked it through security
inside her water bottle,
out the front door,
and then we lose her here.
Is there anything suspicious
in her financials?
Well, her savings account is really low,
and she's got a lot of debt.
So she's broke,
in possession of a
trillion-dollar cyberweapon
and just ran
a 60-second commercial for it.
We cannot let this thing get loose.
- You mean more loose.
- Looser.
Gina, Baxter,
dark-web auction chatter
anyone shopping a frontier model.
Colin, Bill, Marie's place
she might be long gone by now,
but anything you
can find on a potential buyer.
- Go.
- Okay.
[SCOFFS]
Olivia, I really had no idea
that you were coming for a visit.
How's D.C.?
Oh, you know, busy as it ever was.
I just had to come into town
to take a few meetings.
Mm.
You know, funny timing, though.
Um, I wasn't here but half an hour,
and I heard that two of your boys
were having a meeting
with Guram Dadiani.
Ah. Mm.
That doesn't mean anything to you?
Nikki, why are two of your officers
visiting with high-security prisoners
- without your knowledge?
- [CHUCKLES]
They're gathering intel.
That's their job.
[CHUCKLES]
Well, I mean, yes,
but isn't it also your job
to know exactly what's going on?
And especially when it
comes to Felix Vincente.
Appreciated the heads-up
on him, by the way.
I'll talk to my guys.
No.
You'll get them to stop digging.
I appreciate the suggestion, but
you're not in charge here.
Nikki, please don't forget
that you have a lot at stake
in this Vincente business as well.
I suggest you act accordingly.
It's always good to see you.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
- [DOOR CLOSES]
- Clear.
As expected, she's not here.
Okay, well, seeing as
we've come all this way,
we may as well have a look around.
Well, she uses Post-it notes.
Apparently, she's out of Dijon mustard.
Password-protected, naturally.
I wouldn't peg this as the
apartment of a cyberterrorist.
I mean, apart from the computer,
everything else is analog
antique furniture, a green thumb, vinyl.
Yeah, well, it doesn't change the fact
that she helped build
a dangerous AI model,
then disappeared with it.
She will be held accountable,
if anything.
[GASPS] Oh, my God.
Who the hell are you?
- Easy.
- Stay back.
You a friend of Marie's?
- Marie, are you in there?
- She's not here.
- Bill, do your thing.
- Yeah.
I'm just gonna grab my credentials.
Special Agent Bill Goodman
we're with the FBI.
And you are?
Cecile, Marie's sister.
Okay, Cecile,
why don't we put the mace away
and have a chat?
Is Marie okay?
I-I have been calling
and texting ever since
that that crazy stuff happened
this morning, and no response.
Is that why you're here?
Did something happen to her?
Is she okay?
We think your sister was
involved in the cyberattack.
W-wait, what? That's insane.
She would never
The tech she's been working
on is worth a lot of money
to the right buyer.
Oh, okay, okay. You don't know Marie.
You don't know anything about her.
She didn't get into AI for the money.
She she did it for me.
I was born with an autoimmune disease.
It's fatal and rare.
Practically no one's bothered
researching it.
We took out loans, we paid
for every experimental drug
nothing worked.
So my sister, 'cause she's a genius,
built an AI model to find
a treatment, and it worked.
She's the only reason I'm still here.
Okay, maybe.
All we know is that your sister
stole an AI model
that was used to terrorize
New York City,
and now no one knows
where she is, not even you.
[DOORBELL CHIMES]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
♪
Guess we're not the only ones
looking for Marie.
Four of them, may be armed.
Cecile, we need to leave right now.
- Where are we going?
- Grab your bag. Let's go.
- But
- Let's go.
We'll take the stairs. Come on.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Clear.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[ENGINE TURNING OVER]
What's going on? Who were those guys?
Let's find out later, shall we?
From a distance.
- Must be after Tentilla.
- Yeah.
Oh, my God, we have to find my sister.
- Hopefully before they do.
- [ENGINE REVVING]
Hold on.
[TIRES SQUEALING]
- Are they chasing us?
- Looks that way.
But we're not gonna let them
catch us, are we, Bill?
- [CAR CHIMES]
- I saw you in my apartment.
Marie?
You need to stop looking for me.
What the
[HORN BLARES]
Marie, they just saved my life.
I think they can help you.
Where are you?
- I'm okay, Cece.
- We're being followed.
- Can you hack their car?
- [CAR HORNS HONKING]
It isn't networked.
But I can help you get away from them.
I just need a little more time.
We're out of time.
They're gaining on us.
Okay, speed up.
Not happening. All I got is red lights.
Not anymore.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[HORNS BLARING]
- Okay, turn right up ahead.
- That's a dead-end alley.
- Turn right.
- Hang on.
[TIRES SQUEALING]
- Okay, left through the gate.
- Here, here, here.
♪
Very impressive, Marie.
But now we need you
to hand over the model.
I'm not a terrorist, okay?
I'm trying to wake people up.
What I did today
[SCOFFS] All that chaos
it took me 15 minutes with Tentilla.
We're all just scrolling
our way to Armageddon.
Yeah, well, a judge is gonna decide
if you're doing a public service
- or committing a crime.
- Hey, hey.
Marie, listen,
we can protect you, okay?
You and Cecile,
but time is of the essence.
Marie, are you still there?
Take Cece somewhere safe.
I'll meet you, but it's on my terms.
Deal?
Yes. Deal.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Nikki, where are we at?
Cecile and her security detail
just arrived at the NYPD safe house.
Okay, good. You manage
to track down the Hellcat?
We followed traffic-cam
footage to a dead end
stolen plates.
But the VIN traced back
to SRV Beam Inc.,
which is a shell company
for Chinese intelligence.
My asset said Beijing would
pay anything for the model.
Luckily for us, it's not for sale.
The "Times," CNN, and "60 Minutes"
all confirmed what Marie told you.
An anonymous whistleblower from Ubergott
made contact last week,
promised a big story and follow-up.
So Marie isn't a thief, per se,
just a well-intentioned little felon.
Yeah, sure.
Or she's an arsonist putting
out a fire she helped set.
[SCOFFS] Yeah
Either way, we still need to bring Marie
and Tentilla in safely.
What did she ask for?
She wants to meet us at the
old Pearson Bank in Brooklyn.
We come alone, or she bolts.
But I really don't think she understands
how much she's out of her depth here.
We'll convince her to see sense.
Good. Go.
Bill.
I bet I know what you're thinking.
Yeah, head on a swivel. Could be a trap.
Yeah, well, anything
could be a trap, Bill.
[LOCK CLICKS, DOOR BUZZES]
Go on, then. After you.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[DOOR CLOSES]
Well, Marie certainly has a flair
for the theatrical, doesn't she?
♪
Follow my voice,
and take the stairs
down toward the vault.
♪
Over here.
♪
Open sesame.
♪
Definitely not a trap, right?
Hi.
Marie?
I, uh I love the choice of venue.
Most lockable doors
I could find on short notice.
Impressive. Now open this one
and hand over the model.
Not yet.
I have one more request
immunity.
Well, we can
we can certainly talk about that, Marie.
Well, if you want Tentilla,
I need some assurance
that I'm not gonna be prosecuted.
No, no, no. Listen to me, Marie.
The next men that come looking for you,
they're gonna have that tablet
in their hands
before your body hits the floor.
All right, jeez, Bill, enough
vinegar for today, please.
Marie
listen, we know you're scared.
And we can take you to Cecile,
and we can end all of this.
But in order to do that,
we need you
and that cyberweapon of yours
to come with us right now.
I didn't set out to build a weapon.
I thought we were gonna save the world,
end climate change, war, disease
with this tech that's,
like, a million times smarter
and faster than we are, but
but we're losing control of it.
It's becoming so dangerous,
and no one's willing to slow down.
Because what if China beats us?
What if Russia or Iran
[ALARM BLARING]
What the hell is that?
What is this?
You promised me
[BLARING CONTINUES]
Marie, those are not our people.
- Call for backup.
- Oh, wouldn't that be nice?
No service.
Okay, listen, Marie,
this message to the world of yours
it won't be worth a damn
if these people get hold of Tentilla.
We have to move now. Open these doors.
Marie, look, we can still get
out of here,
but you need to start trusting
the two of us right now
if we're gonna get
out of here alive, okay?
- Open the door.
- Out of time!
[SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY]
Marie.
♪
[SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE]
- Marie.
- [MARIE BREATHING HEAVILY]
Marie, they're gonna blow this door.
- Please let us in.
- [BREATHING HEAVILY]
Okay. Go, go, go, go, go.
Come with me. Go, go, go.
Get down, get down, get down.
[PERSON SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE]
♪
Marie, what else can that thing control?
T-the doors,
some some security cams. I
- Okay
- Oh, we're fish in a barrel.
What about the lights?
Can you do the lights?
- Uh
- Okay, great.
On three, lights off, open those doors.
- Bill will do his thing.
- What do you mean, his thing?
One, two, three, go.
[PEOPLE GRUNTING]
♪
Bill?
Lights.
There'll be more. Let's go.
- [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
- Okay, let's go.
You have an exit strategy, right?
Don't look at them. Don't look at them.
- Where are we going?
- Yeah, okay, um, follow me.
T-those men were trying
to kill us, and he shot them.
I mean, they're dead.
They're just, like
they're, like, dead.
Okay, Marie, take a seat. Sit down.
Take some deep breaths, okay?
Cece.
If they found me
I-I have to call her.
I-I'll use the secure channel.
We have NYPD protecting her.
- You're sure?
- Yeah, yeah.
I'm gonna check in with her now.
Try to remember she's
a scared young woman.
[CELL PHONE DIALING]
Cecile told us about her illness
and how you found a cure
with your software.
Yeah.
That's incredible.
Yeah.
I-I built an AI research model,
and it came up with a bespoke treatment.
That is what this tech can do
when it's pointed at the right thing.
But Tentilla is different.
Yeah? How so?
It spawns new generations
by teaching itself new tricks,
including some
that we barely understand.
But you created it.
And now I can't control it.
- Is she safe?
- Yeah, she's good.
She's safe.
Bill.
The detail's not answering.
- Dead radio?
- Maybe.
Nikki's headed over there now.
Great.
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER ON TV]
♪
- We're clear.
- Weak pulse.
Cecile's gone.
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
Can I get an ambulance?
We have an officer down.
[RINGING CONTINUES]
Hello?
Bring the model by 5:00 p.m.
if you ever want
to see her again.
[LINE BEEPS]
♪
Did you tip them off to us, Jen?
Absolutely not.
Darwin Feng, MSS operative looking
to move up the ranks fast.
He told Beijing
he's bringing home a prize.
But a kidnapping in your
backyard means he went rogue.
Apparently, he's decided
Tentilla's worth the risk.
Okay, so where would this Feng stash
an off-book hostage?
♪
You know, when your ex came
after you and your son, Jen,
I had him put away for good.
And I've risked my life
to share secrets ever since.
They are threatening to kill
a teenage girl. Jen, please.
[SIGHS]
♪
MSS own multiple properties in the city,
but there are three in Flushing
that are used for various ops.
That's a start.
What are the addresses?
We're doing everything we can
to track her down.
I-I'll give them the model,
whatever they want.
This is my fault.
No, no, out of the question.
We're not giving them Tentilla.
- We can't.
- Screw you.
I'm not letting them kill my sister.
Marie, our team will come up
with a plan, okay?
Just just hang in there.
[SIGHS]
Hey.
It's not her you're angry at, is it?
If you build a monster
you're responsible for what it does.
Oh, jeez, Bill.
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
Hey.
[SIGHS]
- I brought whiskey.
- [CHUCKLES]
So we tell Feng we'll play ball.
We give him the model.
Meanwhile, the techs gave me a laptop
loaded with a dummy program.
Marie, you tell them you need
to validate it before you
So you want me to trick them?
Uh, it's more stalling for time.
With respect, the the second
they look into the code,
they're gonna know it's garbage.
No, it won't get that far.
While we're slow-rolling them,
Colin and Bill will find
and extract Cecile.
Once she's safe,
the FBI swoops in,
takes everyone into custody.
Hey, you can do this.
No.
N-no, no, this is never gonna work.
I-I mean
I can't bluff my way
through something like this.
Marie, you're a senior engineer
at one of the world's top tech firms.
I mean, come on,
you're overqualified for this.
It has to be you, Marie.
They know who you are.
Have a little faith.
And if not that, have a little whiskey.
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Just getting to 41st and Main.
All right, ignore the building on 39th.
It's been condemned last month
by the city.
They're already tearing it down.
All right, we'll start with 41st.
Excuse me.
Wait. No, no, no, wait.
I got it. I got it.
41st is in escrow.
It's got to be 112 Roosevelt.
Yeah, back this way. On our way!
♪
This is it.
I'll take the first floor.
Gina, you take second.
Bill, you take third. Go, go, go.
All right, stay active on comms.
♪
Excuse me. Have you seen this girl?
♪
Hey.
Hi.
Hey, have you seen this girl?
Hey, Baxter,
this building's got security cameras.
They must be for show.
I'm not seeing any feeds.
No? Okay, cool.
Tough crowd. Baxter, got anything?
I'm running resident background checks.
Almost done with the first floor.
Excuse me. Let me ask you a question.
Have you seen
FBI! Stop!
♪
Stay down!
♪
False alarm.
♪
I'm pleased you made it
on time, Ms. Poquette.
But you hardly needed
to bring a chaperone.
- And you are?
- Just a friend.
You have the model?
♪
Let us proceed.
Wait.
For what?
For her sister we need
to know that she's safe.
♪
Sit.
[SPEAKING MANDARIN]
[SOBBING]
Tell your sister what time it is.
It's 5:02.
Marie, they said
they're gonna kill me
if you don't give them
what they
I understand your work
saved your sister's life once.
Today you have a chance
to save it again.
Right.
Yes.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Transfers require validation protocol.
It'll take some time.
She has some time
for now.
[KEYS CLACKING]
♪
Validating now.
You haven't seen her? Have you seen her?
[SIGHS] Okay, thank you.
Excuse me. Excuse me.
- Hey
- [LOCK CLICKS]
Excuse me.
Uh
[SPEAKING MANDARIN]
[SIGHS]
[LOCK CLICKS]
♪
Gina, Bill, fourth floor.
♪
Hey.
We got eyes.
Oh, well, that one looks like it works.
Yeah. Question is, which door?
Wait, guys. I got it.
[ALARM BLARING]
Go, go, go.
Come on. Go, go, go, go.
Let's go.
Clear the building.
Come on, clear the building.
- It worked, didn't it?
- Yeah.
♪
"Validation protocol"
[SPEAKING MANDARIN]
[SPEAKING MANDARIN]
Keep a little faith, huh?
♪
Enough.
Disconnect the computer.
We will take it with us.
You will get your sister back
once we have accessed the model.
The security measures in place
Our team can break through them.
- The computer, now.
- We had a deal.
If you do that, the whole
drive will self-destruct.
Your guy cold-boots that package
outside a shielded environment,
the lockouts will brick the weights,
and you go home with alphabet soup.
I'm not familiar
with "brick the weights."
Oh, God, that's right.
You guys are still using
Python over there, huh?
Look, if you could do what I do,
you wouldn't be here
trying to steal what I made.
So just let my program do its thing,
and we can all get what we want.
Cool?
♪
[KEYS CLACKING]
[ALARM BLARING]
FBI. Drop the gun!
♪
[DOOR OPENS]
Clear! Back room!
There were two of them.
Did you get them?
Yeah. Hey, hey, you're safe.
- Okay.
- You're okay. You're okay.
- We got you.
- [SOBBING]
We got you.
We've got her. She's all right.
♪
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
Oh, those guys they're with us.
Put your hands in the air.
Federal agents
let me see your hands, now.
- What's going
- [INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
[CRYING]
We got you.
You're good.
- [DOOR OPENS]
- [GASPS]
- Are you okay?
- Yeah, I'm fine. I'm fine.
Did they hurt you? I-I am so, so sorry.
Are you all right?
What what happens now?
Can we go home?
No.
They're taking me in for theft
and cyberterrorism.
Mm, that's not
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
I knew the risks.
And if what I did got people
to finally pay attention
to how dangerous this tech is,
scared them into doing
something before it's too late,
it was worth it.
In the end, Tentilla never got loose.
Ubergott has their tech back.
As for your case,
I'll put in a good word.
It's not much, but it's not nothing.
I don't understand.
- She's the hero.
- [SCOFFS]
Yeah, well, sometimes
a hero has to suffer.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
Spoke to FBI Cyber Division.
Looks like Ubergott's gonna
get some legislative guardrails
if Congress can get their act together.
Who's that in with Kovulchek?
It's Olivia Markinson.
She's up from D.C.
You know what she's doing here?
I've got a feeling I do now.
You have been poking around
into Felix Vincente
and where he came from.
And it pinged on her radar?
You have no idea.
One of my first postings,
I worked under Olivia.
She was tough, effective.
One day, the DDO pulls us into a SCIF
and gives us the broadest strokes
on Operation Palomar,
made it clear that its very existence
would cause huge problems
if it ever got out,
especially Vincente.
[SCOFFS] Yeah, well,
"CIA-trained operative
turns international assassin"
isn't exactly the stuff
of press releases.
We were told to sweep it up
and leave no trace.
Olivia took care of most of the assets,
but finding Vincente was harder.
I tracked him to Havana.
But he was already on a plane
on his way to Miami.
Olivia saw to it
that his Cessna went down
somewhere over the Atlantic.
So let me guess
now it's proven he's alive,
she'll do anything
she can to keep it a secret.
Bill, I didn't know about
your father's involvement.
Now you understand why I have
to find him before Olivia does,
before he disappears.
I'm with Bill.
Turns out he's my ride-or-die.
Then we need to move carefully.
I need to know everything.
If you move a rock, I want
to know what's underneath,
and I want to make damn
sure you put it back,
'cause if we want to win,
we need to play together.
Understood.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[DOOR OPENS]
[SIGHS]
♪
Nikki, my favorite deputy chief.
Deputy Director Kovulchek, no one, uh,
told me that you were here.
Oh, I've had a long day of meetings
Olivia, myself, and every
stakeholder with an opinion,
and we all arrived
at the same conclusion.
There has been a leadership vacuum
at this station for far too long.
So, effective immediately,
Olivia Markinson
is chief of New York station.
Every operation runs through her now.
♪
Thank you, Deputy Director.
I look forward to taking the reins.
♪
[WOLF HOWLS]
[WHIRRING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
♪
[MACHINE BEEPS, POWERS DOWN]
♪
[DEVICE BEEPS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
♪
- Marie.
- [GASPS SOFTLY]
♪
I know what you did.
♪
You vibe-coded that
UI chat feature, didn't you?
[CHUCKLES] You got me.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Busted.
Yeah. No, I'm just messing with you.
I-it's really nice work.
Anyway, I'll, uh
I'll catch you later.
♪
Thank you.
♪
[DISTANT BUZZER SOUNDS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER
OVER POLICE RADIO]
- [LOCK CLICKS]
- Guram Dadiani.
We, uh, found your name
on a list, Guram
special operators deployed by the U.S.
in former Soviet Georgia.
We're looking
for another man on that list
Felix Vincente.
[DISTANT DOOR BUZZES]
Well, let me jog your memory.
Operation Palomar, 1997.
The U.S. wants regime change
in Tbilisi, Georgia.
So we recruit disaffected young men,
and we train them
to go into places we can't go,
plant listening devices, bombs.
But then political winds
shift in America,
and the program's canceled overnight.
We lost track of those assets.
As far as we can tell now,
they're all dead
except you and Vincente.
Churchkhela
a little taste of the home country.
Help yourself.
If I help you, I get what
respect and admiration of CIA?
I want to be in Colorado.
I want to see mountains.
Why don't we see how this goes?
Your story has wrong beginning.
Oh, yeah?
They find us, CIA.
But we were not men.
We were children.
[DISTANT DOOR BUZZES]
They took us into the woods
to train us
surveillance, weapons,
how to get in, how to get out
how to kill.
Vincente
teacher's pet, we called him.
And why is that?
Our teacher, Robert Goodman
Felix Vincente was his favorite.
Like a son he was to Goodman.
But then
But then what?
You turn us into weapon,
then throw us away.
He blamed Goodman
for leaving us with nothing.
Maybe if you find him
Goodman?
He's dead.
Did Vincente get to him?
No.
You sound very sure.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Vincente killed two ex-DEA recently.
Yes?
And yet walks free
because he was taught well
by a man he swore to kill.
Did he succeed? Who can know?
But I would never bet
against Felix Vincente.
♪
My dad died of cancer. That's a fact.
Listen, Bill, that guy
in there would say anything.
- You can't let it get to you.
- No?
How about how my dad, who
coached my Little League team,
turned a bunch of naive kids
into murderers?
Well, yeah, that sucks.
Understatement of the year.
My dad created a monster
who's still out there.
I'm going to catch him.
All right.
And, uh, you want to catch him
'cause it's the right thing to do
or because you want to find him
and ask him once and for all,
was my dad a good person?
Both.
Mmm.
Asian swamp eels.
They're wiping out
your native species in Florida.
Some of them may have deserved it.
[BOTH CHUCKLE] What's up, Jen?
It's been a while.
What do you know about Ubergott?
It's the fastest-growing
American AI company
DOD contracts.
They're set to go public soon.
They're developing a frontier
AI model called Tentilla.
So I've heard.
Well, MSS has intel that
Ubergott's lawyers
got quite aggressive
with China's top AI firms today
out of the blue.
Warned them not to touch any of their IP
if it should come their way.
So they think someone stole their model
and wants to sell it
to a Chinese competitor.
You think Ubergott was hacked?
I don't know.
I don't care.
It doesn't matter how it got out.
What matters is, it's out.
If I were you, I'd figure out
who's got it, fast.
♪
According to my MSS assets,
an enemy with access to Tentilla
- could create a lot of trouble.
- [CHUCKLES]
No, not not trouble.
More like a generational paradigm shift
- in global geopolitics.
- Oh, great.
Have I told you recently
how much I hate computers?
Tentilla is supposed to be next level.
Three trillion parameters.
They didn't release it
because the world isn't ready
to exist with Tentilla in it.
Well, that's if you believe the company,
which I'm not sure that we should.
But it can access any network system
I mean, banks, power grid,
communications, all of it.
- The Pentagon?
- Sure.
We can't afford to be on the
wrong side of tech like that.
Yeah, which is why Ubergott
holds $2 billion in defense contracts.
And now someone may have stolen
their most valuable invention.
Gina, Baxter,
scour your online resources,
see if you can find any mention
of an Ubergott hack.
Colin, Bill, get with the CEO,
Jared Fallon,
see what he can tell you.
Okay.
♪
So it wasn't a hack.
[SCOFFS] Our security system
rebuffs hundreds
of hacking attempts a day.
What, is this a rumor from your
vaunted intelligence network?
Because there's
nothing for you to do here
that I can't do myself.
- Okay, Mr. Fallon.
- Jared.
Jared.
If it wasn't a hack,
it wasn't the Chinese,
why'd you send your lawyers after them?
You know, maybe we should
leak the hack to the press,
see if Jared here is
a bit more forthcoming
with the Ubergott investors.
Mm.
It was an inside job, all right?
A pain-in-the-ass engineer
named Marie Poquette.
She stole a copy of
the new frontier model and
Tentilla.
Took it right out the front door.
I'm sure she's loaded it to
her personal computer by now.
Why do you think she did it?
Because it's worth a trillion
dollars to the right buyer.
And, yes, the Chinese and any
number of our competitors here
would love to get a look at it,
so do the math.
Well, for someone
who's got a trillion dollars
wandering around out there,
you don't seem overly worried.
Excuse me?
I mean, annoyed, sure, but not worried.
Is that because you got
your own personal security team
already out there looking for her?
Yeah, that's not gonna work for us.
We need you to call your team off.
CIA will use its vaunted
intelligence network
to help find this woman.
And, uh, you give us
all the details
you have so far on the theft.
How does that sound to you?
Or we could shut down your team
publicly, of course.
[DISTANT TELEPHONE RINGING,
INDISTINCT CHATTER]
So Jared Fallon's cooperating.
I wouldn't call it that, but, yeah.
Yeah, the thief
is an engineer Marie Poquette.
She's, uh, not a master criminal,
so she shouldn't be hard to find.
Ubergott's sending over security footage
and her employee file.
[ALARM BLARING]
Hey, can you guys still hear me?
Guys, can you hear me?
Something's happening.
Hello?
[CAR HORNS HONKING, TIRES SCREECHING]
Guys.
Yeah, it's not just there, Nikki.
[CELL PHONE BLARING]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
It was citywide the whole
thing lasted about 60 seconds.
Any casualties?
Car accidents but nothing fatal.
- We got lucky, then.
- So, what, it was all a hoax?
There was no bioweapon, no missile,
but the hack got
into municipal networks,
emergency broadcast channels,
private companies,
all at once, which is not great.
I talked to the lead engineer
at Ubergott.
He's looking
into the various system logs,
but he could already tell
they were using Tentilla.
What did Jared's guys send us
about the woman who stole it?
So that's Marie Poquette.
She is [SIGHS]
Employee 11 at Ubergott
spotless record,
star on the rise until a few months ago,
when she started
making complaints at work
about workflows.
Then yesterday, she was seen
on a security camera
making a copy of Tentilla.
Well, what's she doing
with this puck thing here?
That's Tentilla, etched into glass.
- That works?
- It did yesterday.
She walked it through security
inside her water bottle,
out the front door,
and then we lose her here.
Is there anything suspicious
in her financials?
Well, her savings account is really low,
and she's got a lot of debt.
So she's broke,
in possession of a
trillion-dollar cyberweapon
and just ran
a 60-second commercial for it.
We cannot let this thing get loose.
- You mean more loose.
- Looser.
Gina, Baxter,
dark-web auction chatter
anyone shopping a frontier model.
Colin, Bill, Marie's place
she might be long gone by now,
but anything you
can find on a potential buyer.
- Go.
- Okay.
[SCOFFS]
Olivia, I really had no idea
that you were coming for a visit.
How's D.C.?
Oh, you know, busy as it ever was.
I just had to come into town
to take a few meetings.
Mm.
You know, funny timing, though.
Um, I wasn't here but half an hour,
and I heard that two of your boys
were having a meeting
with Guram Dadiani.
Ah. Mm.
That doesn't mean anything to you?
Nikki, why are two of your officers
visiting with high-security prisoners
- without your knowledge?
- [CHUCKLES]
They're gathering intel.
That's their job.
[CHUCKLES]
Well, I mean, yes,
but isn't it also your job
to know exactly what's going on?
And especially when it
comes to Felix Vincente.
Appreciated the heads-up
on him, by the way.
I'll talk to my guys.
No.
You'll get them to stop digging.
I appreciate the suggestion, but
you're not in charge here.
Nikki, please don't forget
that you have a lot at stake
in this Vincente business as well.
I suggest you act accordingly.
It's always good to see you.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
- [DOOR CLOSES]
- Clear.
As expected, she's not here.
Okay, well, seeing as
we've come all this way,
we may as well have a look around.
Well, she uses Post-it notes.
Apparently, she's out of Dijon mustard.
Password-protected, naturally.
I wouldn't peg this as the
apartment of a cyberterrorist.
I mean, apart from the computer,
everything else is analog
antique furniture, a green thumb, vinyl.
Yeah, well, it doesn't change the fact
that she helped build
a dangerous AI model,
then disappeared with it.
She will be held accountable,
if anything.
[GASPS] Oh, my God.
Who the hell are you?
- Easy.
- Stay back.
You a friend of Marie's?
- Marie, are you in there?
- She's not here.
- Bill, do your thing.
- Yeah.
I'm just gonna grab my credentials.
Special Agent Bill Goodman
we're with the FBI.
And you are?
Cecile, Marie's sister.
Okay, Cecile,
why don't we put the mace away
and have a chat?
Is Marie okay?
I-I have been calling
and texting ever since
that that crazy stuff happened
this morning, and no response.
Is that why you're here?
Did something happen to her?
Is she okay?
We think your sister was
involved in the cyberattack.
W-wait, what? That's insane.
She would never
The tech she's been working
on is worth a lot of money
to the right buyer.
Oh, okay, okay. You don't know Marie.
You don't know anything about her.
She didn't get into AI for the money.
She she did it for me.
I was born with an autoimmune disease.
It's fatal and rare.
Practically no one's bothered
researching it.
We took out loans, we paid
for every experimental drug
nothing worked.
So my sister, 'cause she's a genius,
built an AI model to find
a treatment, and it worked.
She's the only reason I'm still here.
Okay, maybe.
All we know is that your sister
stole an AI model
that was used to terrorize
New York City,
and now no one knows
where she is, not even you.
[DOORBELL CHIMES]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
♪
Guess we're not the only ones
looking for Marie.
Four of them, may be armed.
Cecile, we need to leave right now.
- Where are we going?
- Grab your bag. Let's go.
- But
- Let's go.
We'll take the stairs. Come on.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Clear.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[ENGINE TURNING OVER]
What's going on? Who were those guys?
Let's find out later, shall we?
From a distance.
- Must be after Tentilla.
- Yeah.
Oh, my God, we have to find my sister.
- Hopefully before they do.
- [ENGINE REVVING]
Hold on.
[TIRES SQUEALING]
- Are they chasing us?
- Looks that way.
But we're not gonna let them
catch us, are we, Bill?
- [CAR CHIMES]
- I saw you in my apartment.
Marie?
You need to stop looking for me.
What the
[HORN BLARES]
Marie, they just saved my life.
I think they can help you.
Where are you?
- I'm okay, Cece.
- We're being followed.
- Can you hack their car?
- [CAR HORNS HONKING]
It isn't networked.
But I can help you get away from them.
I just need a little more time.
We're out of time.
They're gaining on us.
Okay, speed up.
Not happening. All I got is red lights.
Not anymore.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[HORNS BLARING]
- Okay, turn right up ahead.
- That's a dead-end alley.
- Turn right.
- Hang on.
[TIRES SQUEALING]
- Okay, left through the gate.
- Here, here, here.
♪
Very impressive, Marie.
But now we need you
to hand over the model.
I'm not a terrorist, okay?
I'm trying to wake people up.
What I did today
[SCOFFS] All that chaos
it took me 15 minutes with Tentilla.
We're all just scrolling
our way to Armageddon.
Yeah, well, a judge is gonna decide
if you're doing a public service
- or committing a crime.
- Hey, hey.
Marie, listen,
we can protect you, okay?
You and Cecile,
but time is of the essence.
Marie, are you still there?
Take Cece somewhere safe.
I'll meet you, but it's on my terms.
Deal?
Yes. Deal.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Nikki, where are we at?
Cecile and her security detail
just arrived at the NYPD safe house.
Okay, good. You manage
to track down the Hellcat?
We followed traffic-cam
footage to a dead end
stolen plates.
But the VIN traced back
to SRV Beam Inc.,
which is a shell company
for Chinese intelligence.
My asset said Beijing would
pay anything for the model.
Luckily for us, it's not for sale.
The "Times," CNN, and "60 Minutes"
all confirmed what Marie told you.
An anonymous whistleblower from Ubergott
made contact last week,
promised a big story and follow-up.
So Marie isn't a thief, per se,
just a well-intentioned little felon.
Yeah, sure.
Or she's an arsonist putting
out a fire she helped set.
[SCOFFS] Yeah
Either way, we still need to bring Marie
and Tentilla in safely.
What did she ask for?
She wants to meet us at the
old Pearson Bank in Brooklyn.
We come alone, or she bolts.
But I really don't think she understands
how much she's out of her depth here.
We'll convince her to see sense.
Good. Go.
Bill.
I bet I know what you're thinking.
Yeah, head on a swivel. Could be a trap.
Yeah, well, anything
could be a trap, Bill.
[LOCK CLICKS, DOOR BUZZES]
Go on, then. After you.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[DOOR CLOSES]
Well, Marie certainly has a flair
for the theatrical, doesn't she?
♪
Follow my voice,
and take the stairs
down toward the vault.
♪
Over here.
♪
Open sesame.
♪
Definitely not a trap, right?
Hi.
Marie?
I, uh I love the choice of venue.
Most lockable doors
I could find on short notice.
Impressive. Now open this one
and hand over the model.
Not yet.
I have one more request
immunity.
Well, we can
we can certainly talk about that, Marie.
Well, if you want Tentilla,
I need some assurance
that I'm not gonna be prosecuted.
No, no, no. Listen to me, Marie.
The next men that come looking for you,
they're gonna have that tablet
in their hands
before your body hits the floor.
All right, jeez, Bill, enough
vinegar for today, please.
Marie
listen, we know you're scared.
And we can take you to Cecile,
and we can end all of this.
But in order to do that,
we need you
and that cyberweapon of yours
to come with us right now.
I didn't set out to build a weapon.
I thought we were gonna save the world,
end climate change, war, disease
with this tech that's,
like, a million times smarter
and faster than we are, but
but we're losing control of it.
It's becoming so dangerous,
and no one's willing to slow down.
Because what if China beats us?
What if Russia or Iran
[ALARM BLARING]
What the hell is that?
What is this?
You promised me
[BLARING CONTINUES]
Marie, those are not our people.
- Call for backup.
- Oh, wouldn't that be nice?
No service.
Okay, listen, Marie,
this message to the world of yours
it won't be worth a damn
if these people get hold of Tentilla.
We have to move now. Open these doors.
Marie, look, we can still get
out of here,
but you need to start trusting
the two of us right now
if we're gonna get
out of here alive, okay?
- Open the door.
- Out of time!
[SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY]
Marie.
♪
[SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE]
- Marie.
- [MARIE BREATHING HEAVILY]
Marie, they're gonna blow this door.
- Please let us in.
- [BREATHING HEAVILY]
Okay. Go, go, go, go, go.
Come with me. Go, go, go.
Get down, get down, get down.
[PERSON SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE]
♪
Marie, what else can that thing control?
T-the doors,
some some security cams. I
- Okay
- Oh, we're fish in a barrel.
What about the lights?
Can you do the lights?
- Uh
- Okay, great.
On three, lights off, open those doors.
- Bill will do his thing.
- What do you mean, his thing?
One, two, three, go.
[PEOPLE GRUNTING]
♪
Bill?
Lights.
There'll be more. Let's go.
- [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
- Okay, let's go.
You have an exit strategy, right?
Don't look at them. Don't look at them.
- Where are we going?
- Yeah, okay, um, follow me.
T-those men were trying
to kill us, and he shot them.
I mean, they're dead.
They're just, like
they're, like, dead.
Okay, Marie, take a seat. Sit down.
Take some deep breaths, okay?
Cece.
If they found me
I-I have to call her.
I-I'll use the secure channel.
We have NYPD protecting her.
- You're sure?
- Yeah, yeah.
I'm gonna check in with her now.
Try to remember she's
a scared young woman.
[CELL PHONE DIALING]
Cecile told us about her illness
and how you found a cure
with your software.
Yeah.
That's incredible.
Yeah.
I-I built an AI research model,
and it came up with a bespoke treatment.
That is what this tech can do
when it's pointed at the right thing.
But Tentilla is different.
Yeah? How so?
It spawns new generations
by teaching itself new tricks,
including some
that we barely understand.
But you created it.
And now I can't control it.
- Is she safe?
- Yeah, she's good.
She's safe.
Bill.
The detail's not answering.
- Dead radio?
- Maybe.
Nikki's headed over there now.
Great.
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER ON TV]
♪
- We're clear.
- Weak pulse.
Cecile's gone.
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
Can I get an ambulance?
We have an officer down.
[RINGING CONTINUES]
Hello?
Bring the model by 5:00 p.m.
if you ever want
to see her again.
[LINE BEEPS]
♪
Did you tip them off to us, Jen?
Absolutely not.
Darwin Feng, MSS operative looking
to move up the ranks fast.
He told Beijing
he's bringing home a prize.
But a kidnapping in your
backyard means he went rogue.
Apparently, he's decided
Tentilla's worth the risk.
Okay, so where would this Feng stash
an off-book hostage?
♪
You know, when your ex came
after you and your son, Jen,
I had him put away for good.
And I've risked my life
to share secrets ever since.
They are threatening to kill
a teenage girl. Jen, please.
[SIGHS]
♪
MSS own multiple properties in the city,
but there are three in Flushing
that are used for various ops.
That's a start.
What are the addresses?
We're doing everything we can
to track her down.
I-I'll give them the model,
whatever they want.
This is my fault.
No, no, out of the question.
We're not giving them Tentilla.
- We can't.
- Screw you.
I'm not letting them kill my sister.
Marie, our team will come up
with a plan, okay?
Just just hang in there.
[SIGHS]
Hey.
It's not her you're angry at, is it?
If you build a monster
you're responsible for what it does.
Oh, jeez, Bill.
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
Hey.
[SIGHS]
- I brought whiskey.
- [CHUCKLES]
So we tell Feng we'll play ball.
We give him the model.
Meanwhile, the techs gave me a laptop
loaded with a dummy program.
Marie, you tell them you need
to validate it before you
So you want me to trick them?
Uh, it's more stalling for time.
With respect, the the second
they look into the code,
they're gonna know it's garbage.
No, it won't get that far.
While we're slow-rolling them,
Colin and Bill will find
and extract Cecile.
Once she's safe,
the FBI swoops in,
takes everyone into custody.
Hey, you can do this.
No.
N-no, no, this is never gonna work.
I-I mean
I can't bluff my way
through something like this.
Marie, you're a senior engineer
at one of the world's top tech firms.
I mean, come on,
you're overqualified for this.
It has to be you, Marie.
They know who you are.
Have a little faith.
And if not that, have a little whiskey.
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Just getting to 41st and Main.
All right, ignore the building on 39th.
It's been condemned last month
by the city.
They're already tearing it down.
All right, we'll start with 41st.
Excuse me.
Wait. No, no, no, wait.
I got it. I got it.
41st is in escrow.
It's got to be 112 Roosevelt.
Yeah, back this way. On our way!
♪
This is it.
I'll take the first floor.
Gina, you take second.
Bill, you take third. Go, go, go.
All right, stay active on comms.
♪
Excuse me. Have you seen this girl?
♪
Hey.
Hi.
Hey, have you seen this girl?
Hey, Baxter,
this building's got security cameras.
They must be for show.
I'm not seeing any feeds.
No? Okay, cool.
Tough crowd. Baxter, got anything?
I'm running resident background checks.
Almost done with the first floor.
Excuse me. Let me ask you a question.
Have you seen
FBI! Stop!
♪
Stay down!
♪
False alarm.
♪
I'm pleased you made it
on time, Ms. Poquette.
But you hardly needed
to bring a chaperone.
- And you are?
- Just a friend.
You have the model?
♪
Let us proceed.
Wait.
For what?
For her sister we need
to know that she's safe.
♪
Sit.
[SPEAKING MANDARIN]
[SOBBING]
Tell your sister what time it is.
It's 5:02.
Marie, they said
they're gonna kill me
if you don't give them
what they
I understand your work
saved your sister's life once.
Today you have a chance
to save it again.
Right.
Yes.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Transfers require validation protocol.
It'll take some time.
She has some time
for now.
[KEYS CLACKING]
♪
Validating now.
You haven't seen her? Have you seen her?
[SIGHS] Okay, thank you.
Excuse me. Excuse me.
- Hey
- [LOCK CLICKS]
Excuse me.
Uh
[SPEAKING MANDARIN]
[SIGHS]
[LOCK CLICKS]
♪
Gina, Bill, fourth floor.
♪
Hey.
We got eyes.
Oh, well, that one looks like it works.
Yeah. Question is, which door?
Wait, guys. I got it.
[ALARM BLARING]
Go, go, go.
Come on. Go, go, go, go.
Let's go.
Clear the building.
Come on, clear the building.
- It worked, didn't it?
- Yeah.
♪
"Validation protocol"
[SPEAKING MANDARIN]
[SPEAKING MANDARIN]
Keep a little faith, huh?
♪
Enough.
Disconnect the computer.
We will take it with us.
You will get your sister back
once we have accessed the model.
The security measures in place
Our team can break through them.
- The computer, now.
- We had a deal.
If you do that, the whole
drive will self-destruct.
Your guy cold-boots that package
outside a shielded environment,
the lockouts will brick the weights,
and you go home with alphabet soup.
I'm not familiar
with "brick the weights."
Oh, God, that's right.
You guys are still using
Python over there, huh?
Look, if you could do what I do,
you wouldn't be here
trying to steal what I made.
So just let my program do its thing,
and we can all get what we want.
Cool?
♪
[KEYS CLACKING]
[ALARM BLARING]
FBI. Drop the gun!
♪
[DOOR OPENS]
Clear! Back room!
There were two of them.
Did you get them?
Yeah. Hey, hey, you're safe.
- Okay.
- You're okay. You're okay.
- We got you.
- [SOBBING]
We got you.
We've got her. She's all right.
♪
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
Oh, those guys they're with us.
Put your hands in the air.
Federal agents
let me see your hands, now.
- What's going
- [INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
[CRYING]
We got you.
You're good.
- [DOOR OPENS]
- [GASPS]
- Are you okay?
- Yeah, I'm fine. I'm fine.
Did they hurt you? I-I am so, so sorry.
Are you all right?
What what happens now?
Can we go home?
No.
They're taking me in for theft
and cyberterrorism.
Mm, that's not
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
I knew the risks.
And if what I did got people
to finally pay attention
to how dangerous this tech is,
scared them into doing
something before it's too late,
it was worth it.
In the end, Tentilla never got loose.
Ubergott has their tech back.
As for your case,
I'll put in a good word.
It's not much, but it's not nothing.
I don't understand.
- She's the hero.
- [SCOFFS]
Yeah, well, sometimes
a hero has to suffer.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
Spoke to FBI Cyber Division.
Looks like Ubergott's gonna
get some legislative guardrails
if Congress can get their act together.
Who's that in with Kovulchek?
It's Olivia Markinson.
She's up from D.C.
You know what she's doing here?
I've got a feeling I do now.
You have been poking around
into Felix Vincente
and where he came from.
And it pinged on her radar?
You have no idea.
One of my first postings,
I worked under Olivia.
She was tough, effective.
One day, the DDO pulls us into a SCIF
and gives us the broadest strokes
on Operation Palomar,
made it clear that its very existence
would cause huge problems
if it ever got out,
especially Vincente.
[SCOFFS] Yeah, well,
"CIA-trained operative
turns international assassin"
isn't exactly the stuff
of press releases.
We were told to sweep it up
and leave no trace.
Olivia took care of most of the assets,
but finding Vincente was harder.
I tracked him to Havana.
But he was already on a plane
on his way to Miami.
Olivia saw to it
that his Cessna went down
somewhere over the Atlantic.
So let me guess
now it's proven he's alive,
she'll do anything
she can to keep it a secret.
Bill, I didn't know about
your father's involvement.
Now you understand why I have
to find him before Olivia does,
before he disappears.
I'm with Bill.
Turns out he's my ride-or-die.
Then we need to move carefully.
I need to know everything.
If you move a rock, I want
to know what's underneath,
and I want to make damn
sure you put it back,
'cause if we want to win,
we need to play together.
Understood.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[DOOR OPENS]
[SIGHS]
♪
Nikki, my favorite deputy chief.
Deputy Director Kovulchek, no one, uh,
told me that you were here.
Oh, I've had a long day of meetings
Olivia, myself, and every
stakeholder with an opinion,
and we all arrived
at the same conclusion.
There has been a leadership vacuum
at this station for far too long.
So, effective immediately,
Olivia Markinson
is chief of New York station.
Every operation runs through her now.
♪
Thank you, Deputy Director.
I look forward to taking the reins.
♪
[WOLF HOWLS]