Special Ops: Lioness (2023) s03e07 Episode Script
Kiss the Girls
1
[TENSE, DRAMATIC MUSIC]
When a diplomatic visa's canceled,
the revocation is immediate.
That's a one-way ride to the airport.
What does it mean for us?
- It means you get to go home.
- Really?
Everybody that wanted to hurt me
is being loaded on that bus.
Russian contract agents took
your senior case officer
just outside her house
Monday morning.
- [OLEKSANDRA] Last Monday?
- [KYLE] Today is day six.
[OLEKSANDRA] Kleburg County
Regional has a 6,000-foot runway.
Only a Global 8000 has
that kind of range.
- You might be out of time.
- [SIGHS]
[KYLE] Oh, you're loaded full.
[CHUCKLES]
Where you really going?
[GRADY] Brother, I am getting
fucking flanked out here.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Go left. Hands up, motherfucker!
[GUNSHOTS CONTINUE]
[MENACING MUSIC]
[RENAT] Your problem now.
[GASPS]
[GRUNTS LOUDLY]
[BABAT] I am here
to take you to your death.
[SCREAMS]
[WHIMPERING]
I understand.
Look, can we just
They're probably waiting, too.
Should I find another room?
[SCOFFS] I think we're
way past secrets on this one.
[QUIET, DRAMATIC MUSIC]
I can't answer that question.
I can't answer that without
I know what you're asking for,
but I'm gonna need
a lot more than that before
[WESTFIELD] Give me your best
assessment of what they do nex.
What's their pivot?
[MEADE] Best guess is to
try to move her into Mexico,
something small that stays below 8,000,
King Air,
Conquest, Piper Cheyenne,
something like that.
They're gonna want a private
airstrip now, no more airports.
That means taking her west.
We're monitoring
private strips in the area,
from Victoria to Goliad,
to Kenedy to Cuero.
They'll need her out of this theater,
but they're gonna avoid interstates,
large urban areas like San Antonio.
DEA and HSI have everything
to the south locked up.
It is their only real option.
They can try to hold her in place,
but by now, they know we're onto
their network of safe houses.
They won't trust any existing out.
They'll want to build a new one.
And we think they're gonna
want to build it on the move.
They're ready for you.
Thank you.
Sure would be helpful if you were here.
They are scrambling.
Joe will make her move,
and when she does, I am her lifeline.
If she gets access to a phone,
I am her only hope.
I can't risk coming in and
having my phone in a strongbox.
I just can't do it.
Okay. If you need
to reach me, I'm in the SCIF.
Listen, if we catch a break,
I'm asking for forgiveness.
There will be no time for permission.
- I send 'em.
- Don't make a mess
of some Houston street, Kaitlyn.
If we get a window,
I make no promises.
Retrieving her should be zero-sum.
It is.
♪
[TYPING ON KEYPAD]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
Thank you.
What's the situation, Byron?
Situation's fluid, sir.
[MASON] But that was their plane?
- Correct.
- With intentions of taking her where?
We don't know.
That plane's fuel load was at capacity,
giving them an almost 8,000-mile range.
That puts them in Tehran.
Or they refuel in Tunis,
Algiers, Tripoli,
continue on to Sanaa in Yemen,
Doha in Qatar. Moscow.
- Anywhere.
- But now?
Well, now, they must pivot.
Twin prop into Mexico
with cartel assistance.
They'll probably use a private
airstrip in a rural area,
possibly on a ranch
or a cartel-controlled property,
but that involves moving her by vehicle
a couple hundred miles.
Texas DPS,
Rangers, HSI, DEA,
FBI and local sheriff's office,
everyone is on alert for late-model SUVs
and vans with out-of-state plates,
rental vehicle registration,
plates that match
the vehicle but not the VIN.
There's plate readers at almost
every intersection in Texas
and throughout their highway system.
NSA is monitoring as well.
What are the odds of apprehension?
It's a needle in a haystack, sir.
But the haystack is smaller,
and we have the means to
inspect every blade, so to speak.
I'd say we have a 30 to 50% chance
of intercepting her en route.
[HOLLAR] If you do,
what are the chances that our
interception is met with force?
Based on the incident
at the airport, I would say
the chances of that are 100%.
I mean, that flight crew chose to engage
federal officers over surrendering.
I mean, even if
they had been successful,
even if they'd killed our officers,
they knew that that plane
would be intercepted in the air.
Upon discovery, the decision to
die for this mission had been made,
or made long before
the mission was even initiated.
Which means this is
not a Russian operation.
This was ideologically motivated.
So terrorism.
For lack of a better word, yeah.
Then who?
Why?
[WESTFIELD] It's purely speculation,
but the best we can
piece it together is that
this is retribution
for the operation in Iran.
In Iran?
The operation to remove
the nuclear scientists
that were brought into that region.
And they somehow identified her?
[WESTFIELD] Or
they received information from
a mole within our organization.
Or NSA. Or State.
We don't know.
But finding that leak
needs to be next on the list.
For now, our focus needs to remain
on retrieving our officer.
Right.
[DRAMATIC, HAUNTING MUSIC]
♪
[TENSE, DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[INDISTINCT POLICE RADIO CHATTER]
[FBI AGENT] We're gonna
need your team at Justice.
We gotta properly document
these statements.
Yeah, well, that
ain't fucking happening.
Kyle, it's not an option.
Wasn't the mission. Our mission
is retrieving our case officer,
and that mission is ongoing.
We're getting back in the fight.
We'll deal with these debriefs
when we get her back.
My orders are debrief now.
Are you out of your fucking mind?
Grab the vehicle.
♪
Look, I'm not some fucking street cop.
My night ain't over
when I get in a gunfight.
It's just beginning.
And I highly doubt this is
the last gunfight of the night.
[TIRES SCREECH SOFTLY]
♪
♪
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
Run your NODs.
Nah. City lights fuck with 'em.
[OFFICER]
Dispatch, this is Alpha-524.
Need 10-29 on Texas plate Lima,
five, five, niner, three, Alph.
[DISPATCHER] Registered to
a Nancy Martinez, DOB 03-22-82.
No priors, no outstanding.
[OFFICER]
Copy, no priors. No outstandin.
Goddamn it. Give us something.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[CONVERSING IN FARSI]
Dispatch, this is Bravo-336.
I need a 10-29 on a suspicious vehicle.
Black minivan. Toyota.
Model unknown, year unknown.
Wisconsin plate Zebra, Alpha, Alpha,
two, two, zero, niner.
Wisconsin plates in Texas.
That's a rental.
[DISPATCHER] Bravo-336.
Vehicle is registered
to a Cirra Auto Sales, LLC,
1233 South Pruitt,
Baytown, Texas.
Be advised, active warrants
for Renaldo Menendez,
listed on LLC.
Armed robbery, one count.
Grand theft auto, three counts.
Light him up.
[MEN ARGUING IN FARSI]
Hey, you. Up. Up!
[MAN SPEAKS FARSI]
[JOE GRUNTING]
Hey.
One sound, one move
and you're dead.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[PAUL] You see that?
SUV in front pulled over, too.
- Yep.
- [SIGHS]
Dispatch, when we pulled over suspect,
a lead vehicle
pulled over as well.
A black SUV. Late model.
I can't read plates.
Request assistance.
10th, south of Washington.
- You hearing this?
- Uh-huh.
[DISPATCHER] Copy, 336.
Stand by for additional units.
What do you think?
I think it's worth checking out.
Yeah.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
- Yeah, Bobbo, that's our girl.
- Let's go, go, go!
We are six miles from that location.
♪
[DISTANT SIREN APPROACHING]
♪
[GUNS COCK]
[SIREN STOPS]
[MAN SPEAKS FARSI]
Minivan ran a red light.
License plate
came back to a known felon,
warrants for
armed robbery and grand theft.
We pull him over,
and this SUV ahead of him
pulls over as well.
- Interesting.
- Yeah.
So, you want us with you
on the minivan or the SUV?
Let's start with the minivan.
Let's do it.
[BABAT SPEAKS FARSI]
You make the slightest sound,
we kill them
and then I fucking kill you.
[BREATHES SHAKILY]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[BREATHES SHAKILY]
Evening.
License and registration?
[JOE GRUNTS, SCREAMS]
[JOE GRUNTING]
[HORN BLARING]
Shots fired, shots fired!
Officer down, officer down!
[INTENSE, DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Shots fired! Shots fired!
[PANTING]
[GUNSHOTS]
♪
♪
[PANTING]
[GUNSHOTS]
♪
Reloading.
That's a lot of open ground.
You break left, I go right.
Move.
♪
[SHOUTS]
♪
[HAMMER CLICKS]
Bring that in!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
- I'm on the prize.
- We're going to get Joe.
[TEX] Shit.
♪
- Don't look very Russian to me.
- Uh-uh.
Man, I'm so far past
trying to figure out
what the fuck this was.
What was the scene like over there?
Bunch of PD down.
Think one of 'em made it through.
Pull them badges out, his
buddies are gonna come in hot.
Yeah, that's no bullshit.
And hey, listen, listen,
hold them rifles out
by the barrels, okay?
Or just fucking dump 'em.
I ain't dumping shit.
Think about that.
I did.
♪
[DISTANT SIRENS APPROACHING]
You're okay.
- Are you okay?
- I'm okay.
Tell me, tell me when they're coming.
I don't want them to see me like this.
- No, no. Nobody's coming, Boss.
- I don't want anybody
Hey. Nobody's coming. Okay?
[SOBBING]
♪
[PANTING]
I guess I owe you now.
You don't owe me nothing.
Thank [SIGHS] Thank you.
♪
Don't let my girlfriend see this.
[CHUCKLES]
- Come on.
- [GROANS]
[BOBBY] We got you.
[CRUZ] Come on.
[JOE GRUNTS]
[CRUZ] Okay.
Ah, shit. Looks like you're down a toe.
Yeah, those fuckers.
- That's why we got ten of 'em.
- [SIRENS APPROACHING]
I don't think that's why we get ten.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
[COMMANDER]
Put your weapons down!
Take five steps back,
turn around,
then drop to your knees and
put your hands over your head!
FBI!
Those are our guys in the field.
We don't know who anybody is.
I got three down here.
That ain't the enemy. That's the
fucking cavalry. Give me that thing.
That's HRT in the field.
The bird is HRT.
Team, you're clear to come in.
Don't fucking shoot us!
You're clear.
We got her?
Yeah.
They're getting her on the bird.
[EXHALES]
Fucking got her.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[GROANS]
You live to fight another day.
♪
[SNIFFLES] Those guys
saved my fucking life, man.
- [VEHICLE DOOR CLOSES]
- [SNIFFLES]
Fucking guardian angels, man.
[ENGINE STARTS]
♪
[PANTING]
We're up.
♪
Goddamn.
[CRYING]
♪
[SOFTLY] Okay.
Good.
[SIGHS]
Everything work out?
[SIGHS]
[PHONE CLATTERS]
Yeah, seems like it.
The rest gonna make it on the news?
Some version of it will
make it on the news.
[SCOFFS]
Not the truth.
When does the truth ever make the news?
I know we have a rule, you and I,
that, uh, we never
share direct information,
but I think this warrants
a suspension of that rule.
Okay.
Our firm was tasked with, um, factoring
all known integers of this equation,
with the hopes of seeking the
most likely responsible party.
Fucking State Department
and their outside analysis.
And they wonder why we
can't keep anything secret.
No offense.
We only peddle the secrets
we're instructed to peddle
by the very people who made
the secret in the first place.
Oh, I'm aware.
In any event, none of this
follows any forward action policy
of China
or Russia.
Not even Iran
would, with its total lack
of political foresight,
endeavor to pursue
anything this aggressive.
The risk-reward ratio
is upside down on this thing.
Well, on that, we're in total agreement.
So, who does that leave?
Factions of ISIS, Al-Qaeda, uh
possibly cartels?
Although Russian
contractors are off-brand.
Uh, Joe
Joe was working in Afghanistan
and she wreaked a lot of havoc, so
But do they have the
wherewithal to fund and execute
something of this scale?
They certainly have
enough agents in-country.
They have enough
sleeper cells in-country.
Zealots willing
to blow up a shopping mall,
take flying lessons but not,
not operators, not tradecraft,
at this level anyway.
[QUIET, DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Who?
Well, who might it indirectly benefit?
Who stands to gain if the United States
were to strike
deeply into Iran or Syria
even Russia?
For that matter, China.
Who benefits from that?
Ukraine.
Israel.
European Union gets
a lot of their dirty work done
without any effort.
If that were the case,
how would it be possible
without someone from inside
guiding or misdirecting?
A mole.
Have you flipped any
foreign agents recently?
Anyone offered themselves up?
Provided valuable intel
that checked out?
Was quite a coup for the agency
a couple of months ago.
Biggest espionage sting since Abscam.
Where did that information come from?
♪
Ukraine benefits the most.
They have the intelligence,
infrastructure,
they have the resources,
and we keep giving them money.
- With no oversight.
- With no oversight.
How long before you release the report?
Would it benefit you
if we drug our feet on that?
It would benefit me
if you came up with
a different conclusion.
Let me work on that.
I'm taking a bath.
Goodnight, dear.
♪
[GASPS] Ow, ow.
I don't doubt it.
I meant, "Ow, stop pinching it."
- Fuck, Two Cups.
- Sorry, ma'am.
I got to get it clean here.
It's clean. It's fucking clean, okay?
Yeah, okay, yeah.
The med crew
is gonna meet us at Andrews.
And then we're gonna take you
straight to surgery at Walter Reed.
- No.
- Yes, Joe.
No. I'm going home.
I'm gonna see my family.
The toe's gone.
Can't get any worse.
No, not until gangrene sets in,
and they're amputating
your leg at the knee.
Your family's waited this long,
they can wait another day.
That's what's gonna happen.
Hey.
Yeah?
How much Provigil did you take?
Just two.
Two?
Well, that's what Tucker took.
Tucker weighs 200 and fucking 80 pounds.
You know, ma'am, there's
there's
lots of reasons you can lose a gunfight.
I ain't letting "tired" be one of them.
Fair enough.
[JOE SIGHS]
[EXHALES]
I see our Ken Doll made the trip.
Your Ken Doll ran the trip.
I mean, he found your out
and ruined it.
And I mean, he showed
no mercy on the way.
Say what you want about him,
but he went to war for you.
Really?
He's the reason we found you.
Hey.
You want a drink?
What are we having?
Ah. [CHUCKLES]
I've got shitty vodka or shitty whiskey.
- Shitty whiskey.
- Shitty whiskey it is.
[SIGHS]
[WHISPERING] I got to be
honest with you, Joe.
I didn't think we were gonna find you.
I didn't think I was gonna be found.
Nah.
Nah.
We were gonna find you.
No matter what.
You don't have kids, do you?
None I've met.
Well, if you ever claim one
your next battle will be
to live life for your causes
or live it for theirs.
I wonder if you can fathom
all the quandaries
that contradiction creates.
Well, I don't know
what "fathom" means. [CHUCKLES]
Of all the fucking people
to stay awake with.
- Hey, you want to play cards?
- No.
- I need to sleep.
- God, I am wide awake.
Well, that sounds like
a personal problem, Two Cups.
One you should keep to yourself.
Yes, ma'am.
Being quiet.
I won't make a sound.
Stop talking.
[WHISPERS] Yes, ma'am.
[SIGHS]
Girls, let's go.
There you go.
Is this granola?
Uh, looks kind of like oatmeal, sort of.
Actually,
you're both right. It's muesli.
Yeah, Dad, you've got to stop
going to Whole Foods without me.
- [CHUCKLES]
- [DOORBELL RINGS]
Stay here.
We found her.
We found her, she is safe,
she's in good health.
[SIGHS]
What did you tell the girls?
I didn't tell the girls shit.
I lied to 'em.
I said she had a work emergency.
What would I tell them that
would make any sense, Kaitlyn?
Now you can tell them
that she's coming home.
When?
This afternoon, most likely.
I need you to do me a favor
and get her out of the field.
I can't do it anymore, and
I won't allow our children to
I can't discuss this with you. I can't.
But I can tell you
there is a desk in her future.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
I can promise you that.
That's all I ask for.
[KATE] Dad?
[LOW, DISSONANT MUSIC]
Hi, Kate.
What happened?
Well, I came by to talk to your mother,
but she's not back yet.
Oh, here it is.
"Flight delayed, should be back
by three."
- So, great. So, she should
- [NEAL] Okay. All right.
be back by three. Will you
get her to call me then?
Yeah.
[KATE] Yeah,
I don't know, it's just weird
'cause, uh, usually Mom texts me
before she comes home.
International flight.
No Wi-Fi over the Atlantic.
You are so grown up, Kate.
My goodness.
What's that look for?
Nothing. Nothing, I just,
I guess everyone thinks
I'm some kind of fucking idiot.
You stay up all night
in the living room,
Mom leaves without saying
goodbye for a week, Dad.
For a week, something
she has never done!
What is happening?
Dad, where is she?
What aren't you telling us?
Why are you lying?
Because I don't fucking know.
I don't know, but I know
that she's coming home today.
I'll believe it when I see it.
[DOOR UPSTAIRS SLAMS]
You okay?
[CRYING]
Hey
[SIGHS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
How is she?
She's out of surgery.
She's awake, she's alert.
She's pretty pissed off.
Understandable.
- I share the sentiment.
- Yeah.
[SIGHS]
- [KNOCK ON DOOR]
- [MULLINS] Yes.
Morning, sir.
Come in. Have a seat.
Help yourself to coffee.
Doubt either of you had
any sleep last night.
[MEADE] Byron?
I'm good, thank you.
[MULLINS] So
lot of speculation in the news about
what the hell this was.
We would like to continue the narrative
that this was a joint operation
between FBI and DEA
that halted a smuggling operation.
We talking narcotics,
or we talking people?
If we say people,
we have to produce the people,
so narcotics is cleaner.
And then, if we need photographs
of seized material,
DEA can repurpose seized narcotics,
we can photograph that,
add it to the press release.
Narcotics isn't very sexy
in the eyes of the press.
We don't expect
the story to have any legs.
What about local PD?
They willing to swallow that?
They lost three of their own.
We have explained the national
security element to this case,
and the 552(B3) exemption
to the Freedom
of Information Act allows us
to freeze all police reports,
local, state and federal.
All agencies understand
and are complying.
Okay.
Next, who's behind this?
Any idea?
Well, what we have is speculation,
and, yes, the evidence to
support our theory is circumstantial,
but it's pretty damning nonetheless.
We believe that
the double agent who brought us
the Yurimov operation and
orchestrated intelligence raids
against foreign assets here
was playing a much longer game.
We believe that ultimately her goal
was a CIA senior case officer abduction
or something that would elicit
military response against Russia,
possibly even Iran,
with the intent
of further pressuring Russia
into a ceasefire with Ukraine.
You think this is a Ukrainian operation?
Ukraine is the only nation
that stands to benefit
if the operation is successful
but bears no burden if it fails.
This Ukrainian agent, what's her name?
Oleksandra Balakin.
She gives us all this information,
she gives us Yurimov,
she gives us the entire Russian
network of intelligence officers
and their American assets
with the real purpose of manufacturing
a retaliatory event with the goal
of an escalated response from us.
Why?
To what end?
I think, ultimately,
to pull us into the war.
Whether that'd be through direct action
or additional funding and supplies.
Didn't this Balakin supply
information that led to the rescue
- of our officer?
- She supplied
information that put us
in the general region.
We don't think they believed
we would act as quickly as we did.
They needed a trail of evidence
that proved to be accurate.
But they underestimated our resources,
our ability to coordinate
with other agencies,
and they vastly underestimated
our surveillance infrastructure.
This is your best guess,
not fact. Correct?
It's our best theory,
but, no, we do not have direct evidence
tying Ukrainian intelligence
to the operation.
Hmm.
So
what do I
do with this information?
Where do I move the chess piece?
What is the chess piece?
Sir, it's also important
to point out that
while we concur, we did not
come to this conclusion on our own.
State Department hired a think tank.
They analyzed the data surrounding
this event, and what
we're presenting to you
is their conclusion.
Once the findings are released,
they will become available
to the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
and the-the House
Foreign Relations Committee
What will the reaction of Congress be?
What will be the reaction of
the press once this is leaked?
And it most certainly will be leaked.
What corner does
that force POTUS into, then?
Well, Congress and the press
will call to cease funding
the war in Ukraine.
And then what happens, sir?
Ukraine falls to Russia
in a matter of weeks.
And the Russian Navy has
access to the Mediterranean
through the Bosphorus Straits,
the Turkish Straits,
and the Sea of Marmara.
Well, we don't want that.
No, sir.
So
what we have to do first
is kill the report.
We don't kill the report?
We kill the foundation
the report was built on, sir.
The double agent.
As a foreign agent,
we are authorized under AUMF and LOAC,
and the imminent threat
that she poses allows
exemption to Executive Order 12333.
Under these circumstances, our agency
has the authority to order it
without POTUS approval.
What else?
Russia still has no knowledge
we're holding Yurimov, correct?
Well, POTUS has decided
that's a chip he wants to keep.
We say to give him back, sir.
[MEADE] Yurimov is an extreme
threat to the Ukraine, yes,
but we have no evidence, nothing
that he ever took action,
direct or indirect,
against the United States.
[WESTFIELD] No need
to disclose how we got him.
Yurimov will surely explain that
upon his release,
but the very act of giving him back
without asking for a trade in return
has its own leverage in Moscow,
especially after what's
transpired these past few months.
Relations need to thaw.
This will certainly help.
It's a lot to think about.
Yes, sir, it is.
Well, thank you for coming in.
Thank you, sir.
Sir?
Yes?
Sooner the better
on the Ukrainian agent.
DOJ will most likely move her
now that we made contact.
Well, forgive me for taking some time
to consider authorizing
the murder of this woman, Byron.
It's not murder, sir. It's war.
No, Byron.
It's murder.
Is it something we must do?
Perhaps, but don't ever delude yourself
into thinking it's anything different.
Thank you, sir.
[DOOR CLOSES]
[GENTLE MUSIC]
♪
Drive, Bobby.
I said drive.
Yes, ma'am.
[PHONE VIBRATING]
Hello?
[JOE] It's me.
Hey.
[SIGHS] Hey.
Um,
I-I don't, I don't know where to start.
I don't know what to say.
- How are the girls?
- They're worried.
Me, too.
Don't worry, okay? I'm fine.
I just know what you went through, Joe.
You're not fine.
I'm fine now.
I'll be home soon.
When?
Soon.
Kaitlyn said
this is all behind you, Joe.
Almost.
I love you.
I love you, too.
Kiss the girls for me, okay?
I will.
When you say soon, do you mean tonight?
I mean when it's over.
Okay.
When is it over?
Like I said.
Soon.
Boss?
Yeah?
Where to?
Office.
The office?
I'm gonna figure out
who was behind this.
And I'm gonna kill them.
I like the sound of that.
[SOMBER, HAUNTING MUSIC]
[TENSE, DRAMATIC MUSIC]
When a diplomatic visa's canceled,
the revocation is immediate.
That's a one-way ride to the airport.
What does it mean for us?
- It means you get to go home.
- Really?
Everybody that wanted to hurt me
is being loaded on that bus.
Russian contract agents took
your senior case officer
just outside her house
Monday morning.
- [OLEKSANDRA] Last Monday?
- [KYLE] Today is day six.
[OLEKSANDRA] Kleburg County
Regional has a 6,000-foot runway.
Only a Global 8000 has
that kind of range.
- You might be out of time.
- [SIGHS]
[KYLE] Oh, you're loaded full.
[CHUCKLES]
Where you really going?
[GRADY] Brother, I am getting
fucking flanked out here.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Go left. Hands up, motherfucker!
[GUNSHOTS CONTINUE]
[MENACING MUSIC]
[RENAT] Your problem now.
[GASPS]
[GRUNTS LOUDLY]
[BABAT] I am here
to take you to your death.
[SCREAMS]
[WHIMPERING]
I understand.
Look, can we just
They're probably waiting, too.
Should I find another room?
[SCOFFS] I think we're
way past secrets on this one.
[QUIET, DRAMATIC MUSIC]
I can't answer that question.
I can't answer that without
I know what you're asking for,
but I'm gonna need
a lot more than that before
[WESTFIELD] Give me your best
assessment of what they do nex.
What's their pivot?
[MEADE] Best guess is to
try to move her into Mexico,
something small that stays below 8,000,
King Air,
Conquest, Piper Cheyenne,
something like that.
They're gonna want a private
airstrip now, no more airports.
That means taking her west.
We're monitoring
private strips in the area,
from Victoria to Goliad,
to Kenedy to Cuero.
They'll need her out of this theater,
but they're gonna avoid interstates,
large urban areas like San Antonio.
DEA and HSI have everything
to the south locked up.
It is their only real option.
They can try to hold her in place,
but by now, they know we're onto
their network of safe houses.
They won't trust any existing out.
They'll want to build a new one.
And we think they're gonna
want to build it on the move.
They're ready for you.
Thank you.
Sure would be helpful if you were here.
They are scrambling.
Joe will make her move,
and when she does, I am her lifeline.
If she gets access to a phone,
I am her only hope.
I can't risk coming in and
having my phone in a strongbox.
I just can't do it.
Okay. If you need
to reach me, I'm in the SCIF.
Listen, if we catch a break,
I'm asking for forgiveness.
There will be no time for permission.
- I send 'em.
- Don't make a mess
of some Houston street, Kaitlyn.
If we get a window,
I make no promises.
Retrieving her should be zero-sum.
It is.
♪
[TYPING ON KEYPAD]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
Thank you.
What's the situation, Byron?
Situation's fluid, sir.
[MASON] But that was their plane?
- Correct.
- With intentions of taking her where?
We don't know.
That plane's fuel load was at capacity,
giving them an almost 8,000-mile range.
That puts them in Tehran.
Or they refuel in Tunis,
Algiers, Tripoli,
continue on to Sanaa in Yemen,
Doha in Qatar. Moscow.
- Anywhere.
- But now?
Well, now, they must pivot.
Twin prop into Mexico
with cartel assistance.
They'll probably use a private
airstrip in a rural area,
possibly on a ranch
or a cartel-controlled property,
but that involves moving her by vehicle
a couple hundred miles.
Texas DPS,
Rangers, HSI, DEA,
FBI and local sheriff's office,
everyone is on alert for late-model SUVs
and vans with out-of-state plates,
rental vehicle registration,
plates that match
the vehicle but not the VIN.
There's plate readers at almost
every intersection in Texas
and throughout their highway system.
NSA is monitoring as well.
What are the odds of apprehension?
It's a needle in a haystack, sir.
But the haystack is smaller,
and we have the means to
inspect every blade, so to speak.
I'd say we have a 30 to 50% chance
of intercepting her en route.
[HOLLAR] If you do,
what are the chances that our
interception is met with force?
Based on the incident
at the airport, I would say
the chances of that are 100%.
I mean, that flight crew chose to engage
federal officers over surrendering.
I mean, even if
they had been successful,
even if they'd killed our officers,
they knew that that plane
would be intercepted in the air.
Upon discovery, the decision to
die for this mission had been made,
or made long before
the mission was even initiated.
Which means this is
not a Russian operation.
This was ideologically motivated.
So terrorism.
For lack of a better word, yeah.
Then who?
Why?
[WESTFIELD] It's purely speculation,
but the best we can
piece it together is that
this is retribution
for the operation in Iran.
In Iran?
The operation to remove
the nuclear scientists
that were brought into that region.
And they somehow identified her?
[WESTFIELD] Or
they received information from
a mole within our organization.
Or NSA. Or State.
We don't know.
But finding that leak
needs to be next on the list.
For now, our focus needs to remain
on retrieving our officer.
Right.
[DRAMATIC, HAUNTING MUSIC]
♪
[TENSE, DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[INDISTINCT POLICE RADIO CHATTER]
[FBI AGENT] We're gonna
need your team at Justice.
We gotta properly document
these statements.
Yeah, well, that
ain't fucking happening.
Kyle, it's not an option.
Wasn't the mission. Our mission
is retrieving our case officer,
and that mission is ongoing.
We're getting back in the fight.
We'll deal with these debriefs
when we get her back.
My orders are debrief now.
Are you out of your fucking mind?
Grab the vehicle.
♪
Look, I'm not some fucking street cop.
My night ain't over
when I get in a gunfight.
It's just beginning.
And I highly doubt this is
the last gunfight of the night.
[TIRES SCREECH SOFTLY]
♪
♪
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
Run your NODs.
Nah. City lights fuck with 'em.
[OFFICER]
Dispatch, this is Alpha-524.
Need 10-29 on Texas plate Lima,
five, five, niner, three, Alph.
[DISPATCHER] Registered to
a Nancy Martinez, DOB 03-22-82.
No priors, no outstanding.
[OFFICER]
Copy, no priors. No outstandin.
Goddamn it. Give us something.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[CONVERSING IN FARSI]
Dispatch, this is Bravo-336.
I need a 10-29 on a suspicious vehicle.
Black minivan. Toyota.
Model unknown, year unknown.
Wisconsin plate Zebra, Alpha, Alpha,
two, two, zero, niner.
Wisconsin plates in Texas.
That's a rental.
[DISPATCHER] Bravo-336.
Vehicle is registered
to a Cirra Auto Sales, LLC,
1233 South Pruitt,
Baytown, Texas.
Be advised, active warrants
for Renaldo Menendez,
listed on LLC.
Armed robbery, one count.
Grand theft auto, three counts.
Light him up.
[MEN ARGUING IN FARSI]
Hey, you. Up. Up!
[MAN SPEAKS FARSI]
[JOE GRUNTING]
Hey.
One sound, one move
and you're dead.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[PAUL] You see that?
SUV in front pulled over, too.
- Yep.
- [SIGHS]
Dispatch, when we pulled over suspect,
a lead vehicle
pulled over as well.
A black SUV. Late model.
I can't read plates.
Request assistance.
10th, south of Washington.
- You hearing this?
- Uh-huh.
[DISPATCHER] Copy, 336.
Stand by for additional units.
What do you think?
I think it's worth checking out.
Yeah.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
- Yeah, Bobbo, that's our girl.
- Let's go, go, go!
We are six miles from that location.
♪
[DISTANT SIREN APPROACHING]
♪
[GUNS COCK]
[SIREN STOPS]
[MAN SPEAKS FARSI]
Minivan ran a red light.
License plate
came back to a known felon,
warrants for
armed robbery and grand theft.
We pull him over,
and this SUV ahead of him
pulls over as well.
- Interesting.
- Yeah.
So, you want us with you
on the minivan or the SUV?
Let's start with the minivan.
Let's do it.
[BABAT SPEAKS FARSI]
You make the slightest sound,
we kill them
and then I fucking kill you.
[BREATHES SHAKILY]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[BREATHES SHAKILY]
Evening.
License and registration?
[JOE GRUNTS, SCREAMS]
[JOE GRUNTING]
[HORN BLARING]
Shots fired, shots fired!
Officer down, officer down!
[INTENSE, DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Shots fired! Shots fired!
[PANTING]
[GUNSHOTS]
♪
♪
[PANTING]
[GUNSHOTS]
♪
Reloading.
That's a lot of open ground.
You break left, I go right.
Move.
♪
[SHOUTS]
♪
[HAMMER CLICKS]
Bring that in!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
- I'm on the prize.
- We're going to get Joe.
[TEX] Shit.
♪
- Don't look very Russian to me.
- Uh-uh.
Man, I'm so far past
trying to figure out
what the fuck this was.
What was the scene like over there?
Bunch of PD down.
Think one of 'em made it through.
Pull them badges out, his
buddies are gonna come in hot.
Yeah, that's no bullshit.
And hey, listen, listen,
hold them rifles out
by the barrels, okay?
Or just fucking dump 'em.
I ain't dumping shit.
Think about that.
I did.
♪
[DISTANT SIRENS APPROACHING]
You're okay.
- Are you okay?
- I'm okay.
Tell me, tell me when they're coming.
I don't want them to see me like this.
- No, no. Nobody's coming, Boss.
- I don't want anybody
Hey. Nobody's coming. Okay?
[SOBBING]
♪
[PANTING]
I guess I owe you now.
You don't owe me nothing.
Thank [SIGHS] Thank you.
♪
Don't let my girlfriend see this.
[CHUCKLES]
- Come on.
- [GROANS]
[BOBBY] We got you.
[CRUZ] Come on.
[JOE GRUNTS]
[CRUZ] Okay.
Ah, shit. Looks like you're down a toe.
Yeah, those fuckers.
- That's why we got ten of 'em.
- [SIRENS APPROACHING]
I don't think that's why we get ten.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
[COMMANDER]
Put your weapons down!
Take five steps back,
turn around,
then drop to your knees and
put your hands over your head!
FBI!
Those are our guys in the field.
We don't know who anybody is.
I got three down here.
That ain't the enemy. That's the
fucking cavalry. Give me that thing.
That's HRT in the field.
The bird is HRT.
Team, you're clear to come in.
Don't fucking shoot us!
You're clear.
We got her?
Yeah.
They're getting her on the bird.
[EXHALES]
Fucking got her.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[GROANS]
You live to fight another day.
♪
[SNIFFLES] Those guys
saved my fucking life, man.
- [VEHICLE DOOR CLOSES]
- [SNIFFLES]
Fucking guardian angels, man.
[ENGINE STARTS]
♪
[PANTING]
We're up.
♪
Goddamn.
[CRYING]
♪
[SOFTLY] Okay.
Good.
[SIGHS]
Everything work out?
[SIGHS]
[PHONE CLATTERS]
Yeah, seems like it.
The rest gonna make it on the news?
Some version of it will
make it on the news.
[SCOFFS]
Not the truth.
When does the truth ever make the news?
I know we have a rule, you and I,
that, uh, we never
share direct information,
but I think this warrants
a suspension of that rule.
Okay.
Our firm was tasked with, um, factoring
all known integers of this equation,
with the hopes of seeking the
most likely responsible party.
Fucking State Department
and their outside analysis.
And they wonder why we
can't keep anything secret.
No offense.
We only peddle the secrets
we're instructed to peddle
by the very people who made
the secret in the first place.
Oh, I'm aware.
In any event, none of this
follows any forward action policy
of China
or Russia.
Not even Iran
would, with its total lack
of political foresight,
endeavor to pursue
anything this aggressive.
The risk-reward ratio
is upside down on this thing.
Well, on that, we're in total agreement.
So, who does that leave?
Factions of ISIS, Al-Qaeda, uh
possibly cartels?
Although Russian
contractors are off-brand.
Uh, Joe
Joe was working in Afghanistan
and she wreaked a lot of havoc, so
But do they have the
wherewithal to fund and execute
something of this scale?
They certainly have
enough agents in-country.
They have enough
sleeper cells in-country.
Zealots willing
to blow up a shopping mall,
take flying lessons but not,
not operators, not tradecraft,
at this level anyway.
[QUIET, DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Who?
Well, who might it indirectly benefit?
Who stands to gain if the United States
were to strike
deeply into Iran or Syria
even Russia?
For that matter, China.
Who benefits from that?
Ukraine.
Israel.
European Union gets
a lot of their dirty work done
without any effort.
If that were the case,
how would it be possible
without someone from inside
guiding or misdirecting?
A mole.
Have you flipped any
foreign agents recently?
Anyone offered themselves up?
Provided valuable intel
that checked out?
Was quite a coup for the agency
a couple of months ago.
Biggest espionage sting since Abscam.
Where did that information come from?
♪
Ukraine benefits the most.
They have the intelligence,
infrastructure,
they have the resources,
and we keep giving them money.
- With no oversight.
- With no oversight.
How long before you release the report?
Would it benefit you
if we drug our feet on that?
It would benefit me
if you came up with
a different conclusion.
Let me work on that.
I'm taking a bath.
Goodnight, dear.
♪
[GASPS] Ow, ow.
I don't doubt it.
I meant, "Ow, stop pinching it."
- Fuck, Two Cups.
- Sorry, ma'am.
I got to get it clean here.
It's clean. It's fucking clean, okay?
Yeah, okay, yeah.
The med crew
is gonna meet us at Andrews.
And then we're gonna take you
straight to surgery at Walter Reed.
- No.
- Yes, Joe.
No. I'm going home.
I'm gonna see my family.
The toe's gone.
Can't get any worse.
No, not until gangrene sets in,
and they're amputating
your leg at the knee.
Your family's waited this long,
they can wait another day.
That's what's gonna happen.
Hey.
Yeah?
How much Provigil did you take?
Just two.
Two?
Well, that's what Tucker took.
Tucker weighs 200 and fucking 80 pounds.
You know, ma'am, there's
there's
lots of reasons you can lose a gunfight.
I ain't letting "tired" be one of them.
Fair enough.
[JOE SIGHS]
[EXHALES]
I see our Ken Doll made the trip.
Your Ken Doll ran the trip.
I mean, he found your out
and ruined it.
And I mean, he showed
no mercy on the way.
Say what you want about him,
but he went to war for you.
Really?
He's the reason we found you.
Hey.
You want a drink?
What are we having?
Ah. [CHUCKLES]
I've got shitty vodka or shitty whiskey.
- Shitty whiskey.
- Shitty whiskey it is.
[SIGHS]
[WHISPERING] I got to be
honest with you, Joe.
I didn't think we were gonna find you.
I didn't think I was gonna be found.
Nah.
Nah.
We were gonna find you.
No matter what.
You don't have kids, do you?
None I've met.
Well, if you ever claim one
your next battle will be
to live life for your causes
or live it for theirs.
I wonder if you can fathom
all the quandaries
that contradiction creates.
Well, I don't know
what "fathom" means. [CHUCKLES]
Of all the fucking people
to stay awake with.
- Hey, you want to play cards?
- No.
- I need to sleep.
- God, I am wide awake.
Well, that sounds like
a personal problem, Two Cups.
One you should keep to yourself.
Yes, ma'am.
Being quiet.
I won't make a sound.
Stop talking.
[WHISPERS] Yes, ma'am.
[SIGHS]
Girls, let's go.
There you go.
Is this granola?
Uh, looks kind of like oatmeal, sort of.
Actually,
you're both right. It's muesli.
Yeah, Dad, you've got to stop
going to Whole Foods without me.
- [CHUCKLES]
- [DOORBELL RINGS]
Stay here.
We found her.
We found her, she is safe,
she's in good health.
[SIGHS]
What did you tell the girls?
I didn't tell the girls shit.
I lied to 'em.
I said she had a work emergency.
What would I tell them that
would make any sense, Kaitlyn?
Now you can tell them
that she's coming home.
When?
This afternoon, most likely.
I need you to do me a favor
and get her out of the field.
I can't do it anymore, and
I won't allow our children to
I can't discuss this with you. I can't.
But I can tell you
there is a desk in her future.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
I can promise you that.
That's all I ask for.
[KATE] Dad?
[LOW, DISSONANT MUSIC]
Hi, Kate.
What happened?
Well, I came by to talk to your mother,
but she's not back yet.
Oh, here it is.
"Flight delayed, should be back
by three."
- So, great. So, she should
- [NEAL] Okay. All right.
be back by three. Will you
get her to call me then?
Yeah.
[KATE] Yeah,
I don't know, it's just weird
'cause, uh, usually Mom texts me
before she comes home.
International flight.
No Wi-Fi over the Atlantic.
You are so grown up, Kate.
My goodness.
What's that look for?
Nothing. Nothing, I just,
I guess everyone thinks
I'm some kind of fucking idiot.
You stay up all night
in the living room,
Mom leaves without saying
goodbye for a week, Dad.
For a week, something
she has never done!
What is happening?
Dad, where is she?
What aren't you telling us?
Why are you lying?
Because I don't fucking know.
I don't know, but I know
that she's coming home today.
I'll believe it when I see it.
[DOOR UPSTAIRS SLAMS]
You okay?
[CRYING]
Hey
[SIGHS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
How is she?
She's out of surgery.
She's awake, she's alert.
She's pretty pissed off.
Understandable.
- I share the sentiment.
- Yeah.
[SIGHS]
- [KNOCK ON DOOR]
- [MULLINS] Yes.
Morning, sir.
Come in. Have a seat.
Help yourself to coffee.
Doubt either of you had
any sleep last night.
[MEADE] Byron?
I'm good, thank you.
[MULLINS] So
lot of speculation in the news about
what the hell this was.
We would like to continue the narrative
that this was a joint operation
between FBI and DEA
that halted a smuggling operation.
We talking narcotics,
or we talking people?
If we say people,
we have to produce the people,
so narcotics is cleaner.
And then, if we need photographs
of seized material,
DEA can repurpose seized narcotics,
we can photograph that,
add it to the press release.
Narcotics isn't very sexy
in the eyes of the press.
We don't expect
the story to have any legs.
What about local PD?
They willing to swallow that?
They lost three of their own.
We have explained the national
security element to this case,
and the 552(B3) exemption
to the Freedom
of Information Act allows us
to freeze all police reports,
local, state and federal.
All agencies understand
and are complying.
Okay.
Next, who's behind this?
Any idea?
Well, what we have is speculation,
and, yes, the evidence to
support our theory is circumstantial,
but it's pretty damning nonetheless.
We believe that
the double agent who brought us
the Yurimov operation and
orchestrated intelligence raids
against foreign assets here
was playing a much longer game.
We believe that ultimately her goal
was a CIA senior case officer abduction
or something that would elicit
military response against Russia,
possibly even Iran,
with the intent
of further pressuring Russia
into a ceasefire with Ukraine.
You think this is a Ukrainian operation?
Ukraine is the only nation
that stands to benefit
if the operation is successful
but bears no burden if it fails.
This Ukrainian agent, what's her name?
Oleksandra Balakin.
She gives us all this information,
she gives us Yurimov,
she gives us the entire Russian
network of intelligence officers
and their American assets
with the real purpose of manufacturing
a retaliatory event with the goal
of an escalated response from us.
Why?
To what end?
I think, ultimately,
to pull us into the war.
Whether that'd be through direct action
or additional funding and supplies.
Didn't this Balakin supply
information that led to the rescue
- of our officer?
- She supplied
information that put us
in the general region.
We don't think they believed
we would act as quickly as we did.
They needed a trail of evidence
that proved to be accurate.
But they underestimated our resources,
our ability to coordinate
with other agencies,
and they vastly underestimated
our surveillance infrastructure.
This is your best guess,
not fact. Correct?
It's our best theory,
but, no, we do not have direct evidence
tying Ukrainian intelligence
to the operation.
Hmm.
So
what do I
do with this information?
Where do I move the chess piece?
What is the chess piece?
Sir, it's also important
to point out that
while we concur, we did not
come to this conclusion on our own.
State Department hired a think tank.
They analyzed the data surrounding
this event, and what
we're presenting to you
is their conclusion.
Once the findings are released,
they will become available
to the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
and the-the House
Foreign Relations Committee
What will the reaction of Congress be?
What will be the reaction of
the press once this is leaked?
And it most certainly will be leaked.
What corner does
that force POTUS into, then?
Well, Congress and the press
will call to cease funding
the war in Ukraine.
And then what happens, sir?
Ukraine falls to Russia
in a matter of weeks.
And the Russian Navy has
access to the Mediterranean
through the Bosphorus Straits,
the Turkish Straits,
and the Sea of Marmara.
Well, we don't want that.
No, sir.
So
what we have to do first
is kill the report.
We don't kill the report?
We kill the foundation
the report was built on, sir.
The double agent.
As a foreign agent,
we are authorized under AUMF and LOAC,
and the imminent threat
that she poses allows
exemption to Executive Order 12333.
Under these circumstances, our agency
has the authority to order it
without POTUS approval.
What else?
Russia still has no knowledge
we're holding Yurimov, correct?
Well, POTUS has decided
that's a chip he wants to keep.
We say to give him back, sir.
[MEADE] Yurimov is an extreme
threat to the Ukraine, yes,
but we have no evidence, nothing
that he ever took action,
direct or indirect,
against the United States.
[WESTFIELD] No need
to disclose how we got him.
Yurimov will surely explain that
upon his release,
but the very act of giving him back
without asking for a trade in return
has its own leverage in Moscow,
especially after what's
transpired these past few months.
Relations need to thaw.
This will certainly help.
It's a lot to think about.
Yes, sir, it is.
Well, thank you for coming in.
Thank you, sir.
Sir?
Yes?
Sooner the better
on the Ukrainian agent.
DOJ will most likely move her
now that we made contact.
Well, forgive me for taking some time
to consider authorizing
the murder of this woman, Byron.
It's not murder, sir. It's war.
No, Byron.
It's murder.
Is it something we must do?
Perhaps, but don't ever delude yourself
into thinking it's anything different.
Thank you, sir.
[DOOR CLOSES]
[GENTLE MUSIC]
♪
Drive, Bobby.
I said drive.
Yes, ma'am.
[PHONE VIBRATING]
Hello?
[JOE] It's me.
Hey.
[SIGHS] Hey.
Um,
I-I don't, I don't know where to start.
I don't know what to say.
- How are the girls?
- They're worried.
Me, too.
Don't worry, okay? I'm fine.
I just know what you went through, Joe.
You're not fine.
I'm fine now.
I'll be home soon.
When?
Soon.
Kaitlyn said
this is all behind you, Joe.
Almost.
I love you.
I love you, too.
Kiss the girls for me, okay?
I will.
When you say soon, do you mean tonight?
I mean when it's over.
Okay.
When is it over?
Like I said.
Soon.
Boss?
Yeah?
Where to?
Office.
The office?
I'm gonna figure out
who was behind this.
And I'm gonna kill them.
I like the sound of that.
[SOMBER, HAUNTING MUSIC]