True Lies (2023) s01e04 Episode Script
Rival Companions
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HARRY: I'm Harry Tasker,
husband, dad, computer salesman,
and for 17 years the most
important person in my life
didn't know I was also something else.
Omega Sector's top spy.
HELEN: I'm Helen Tasker,
wife, mom and professor.
After an unfortunate incident
where I found out our
whole life was a lie,
now I'm also a spy.
HARRY: Honey, all those things are true.
- They're just, you know.
- HELEN: What?
HARRY: True lies.
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
(APPLAUSE)
Thank you.
Thank you for the invitation
to speak here today.
We live in a dangerous time.
GUARD: Security check-in. North gate.
GUARD 2: North gate, all clear.
GUARD: Perimeter check. East gate.
All clear.
(HIGH-PITCHED WHIRRING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(CHATTER STOPS)
(HIGH-PITCHED HUM)
(GROANING)
(PEOPLE SCREAMING)
Go, go, go, go!
(SHOUTING IN GERMAN)
♪
COMPUTER: The unknown
assailants evaded all security measures.
Threat level: red.
That happened this morning
at an international summit in Brussels.
The victim was an Albanian
right-wing politician.
- Do we know who's behind it?
- TRILBY: No.
The Albanians are sure it was Serbia,
so they're massing troops on the border.
Serbia thinks it was the
Albanians trying to justify an attack,
and they're arming up too.
MARIA: If they start shooting,
that's tens of thousands dead, easy.
Plus a few million refugees.
Can we calm this down?
Not likely.
The assassins just put out a
statement promising more killings.
We have to stop
the assassins before things get hot
and the nuclear powers get into it.
So, in the spirit of "it takes one
to know one," I'm bringing in help.
A top assassin we've
contracted with a few times.
Oh my God, you don't mean
The Wolf. Yes.
He's found assassins for us before.
He took out that guy who
bombed the Athens station. He has
a knack.
The Wolf? You sure?
'Cause we don't usually work with him.
I mean, he is a contractor, so
we can distance ourselves from the
- icky stuff.
- Do you want to know what's icky?
Shooting an innocent man in cold blood.
I'll work with anyone who can
stop that from happening again.
Study up on the assassination.
The Wolf arrives tomorrow.
The Wolf. Wow.
MARIA: You guys hear about that
time he waited for five days in a tree
to get a shot at that
warlord in Myanmar?
- Epic. Doesn't he always work alone?
- GIB: Yeah.
I've been here since
Myspace was poppin',
and even I don't know somebody
who's crossed paths with him.
- HARRY: I almost did.
- What?
- The Athens station op.
- You never told me about that.
Yeah, 'cause it freaked me out.
I ran cleanup.
The witnesses were hysterical.
Everybody was screaming and
talking about how the Wolf's eyes were
"bottomless wells of darkness."
Assassins aren't meant to be cuddly.
And there aren't any more
problems in Athens, so
Yeah, okay, but do you
know why I didn't meet him?
Because he went and had a gyro.
I mean, what kind of
person slaughters someone
and then goes and eats a gyro?
- A frickin' legend.
- MARIA: Yeah.
Who doesn't love gyros?
It's pita and lamb delicious.
HARRY: I'm just saying
that he's not like us.
He doesn't think like we think.
No, he thinks like an assassin.
That's why we need him.
Still at it?
Yeah.
Yeah, I had a tough day, too.
Sometimes it's hard being the
only trainee at Omega, you know?
Mm-hmm.
It's like, I'm in weapons training,
and I swear to you the M4 carbine
is put together like some jigsaw puzzle.
And it's not like I have any friends
I can get together for a study group.
- Yeah, I know.
- Plus,
Dana and Jake are away at camp,
so it's lonely here, too.
Which is why
I'm adopting a chimpanzee.
That's nice, dear.
Harry! You're not even listening.
I'm sorry. It's just,
I got a new assignment and
some of the players are a little scary.
- Oh? How are they scary?
- You've got too much
on your plate.
No need to worry about this.
But I want to.
I want to be a part of things.
I want to be a part of the team.
You have to finish your training, babe.
We all had to go through it.
Yeah, but maybe I could
help a little right now.
Troops are massing
on the Serbian border as we speak.
I'm trying to prevent a war here.
Okay, I'll just go to bed.
- Sorry.
- Good night.
Good night. I love you.
You're adopting a chimpanzee?
When assembling a 4-16,
it's very important to oil your weapon
at every stage.
So, after you oil the bolt,
you want to brush it
ten times. Like this.
One time, two time,
and a three and a four,
a five and six
Ms. Tasker?
- Are you with us?
- Wha Yeah.
I'm with you. Totally.
Okay. Without referring to the diagram,
identify the spent brass deflector.
(WATCH BEEPS)
Oh. That's lunch. (CHUCKLES)
We'll pick this up later.
(QUIET CHATTER)
And listen, I said, "Baby, I'm trained
in sleep deprivation tactics."
Ooh! (CHUCKLES)
May I?
No, no, not at all. (CHUCKLES)
- Thank you.
- Sure.
Sort of feels like
the new girl in school.
Are you are you n-new to Omega?
Yeah. I'm in training.
I'm the only trainee, so
That's why you're stuck with
the weird dude eating
tuna fish sandwiches.
(LAUGHS) The-the nice dude
who allowed me to join him.
It's rough being the new kid, I know.
I moved a lot when I was young.
I did, too.
Uh, my family and I, we
moved here from Manila
when I was in about third grade.
And I didn't speak any
English, so, that time,
I just, you know, ate lunch
in the bathroom for a week.
That's that's horrible.
I mean, it was a good
motivator, too, you know?
I ended up speaking
English by winter break.
Yeah, I couldn't stand
being the weird kid.
Boy, I get that.
I was always the kid
with the weird hobbies.
I guess I smile at all
the wrong times, too, so
Oh, is there a wrong time to smile?
Apparently. Kids were very scared of me.
But my mom would train me
to research the other kids.
So I could figure out what was cool
or, you know, what they liked.
Oh. Why?
So I could pretend to be normal.
Well, you know,
maybe it wasn't pretending.
Maybe it was
planting the seed of who you could be.
I like that.
I've never heard that. A seed?
That's very nice.
Uh, oh
Shoot, I have a I have a
- I'm on a new mission.
- Oh.
So, it's got a clock on it.
I-I have to go.
Okay.
Well, it was lovely chatting with you.
- I'm Helen, by the way.
- Oh, hey, Helen.
Uh, they they call
me the, uh, the Wolf.
Oh. (ROARS) The Wolf.
(CHUCKLES) So scary.
(HOWLS, CHUCKLES)
No, really, what's your
what's your real name?
Oh. Wow. Um
(SHORT CHUCKLE)
Nobody's ever asked me that.
It's Nathan.
Well, it's nice meeting you, Nathan.
- That was very fun.
- (CHUCKLES)
Thank you.
A-Are you guys here for the 1:00?
The Wolf?
Yes, hi.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Or is it Do you prefer Mr. Wolf?
Wolf, the Wolf, Mr. Wolf, whatever.
- You're Luther, right?
- Yeah.
I heard about the ops
you ran down in Ecuador.
(EXCLAIMS)
That was amazing.
The Wolf knows about my op.
MARIA: Okay, all right, settle down.
Maria Ruiz.
Looking forward to working together.
The youngest Omega recruit ever.
That's right.
Oh! Excuse me.
And you must be Albert Gibson.
You wrote the white papers
on comm unit etiquette?
You read it? Wow. Nobody reads those.
It's really powerful stuff. They should.
Harry Tasker,
who ran cleanup for me in Athens.
Thank you for that, by the way.
That op was, uh
pretty grisly, huh?
Really? I just think
about the gyros. Dee-lish.
Okay, all right, maybe
we should get started.
We just made a run on
our contacts in Serbia
to try to get a lead
on the assassins here.
Oh, I, uh, I actually went
over this case last night.
I don't think there is
any cheese down that hole.
Well, it could be the Albanians
taking out one of their own.
Could justify an invasion. I was wor
Uh I-I don't mean to interrupt,
it just doesn't feel right either.
Any Albanian assassin is gonna
use the Dragunov SVD rifle.
Serbians are all about
their M91s. But these guys
Um, do you mind if I
- Oh, no, no.
- Sorry, the
After the attack they
left a sound weapon behind.
This is their weapon of choice.
Yeah, yeah, we're aware.
Yeah, but you have to
think about what that means.
They wanted us to find that. Why?
They wanted people to know about it.
Because they want to sell more weapons.
They just need a market.
Like a war in the Balkans.
They're weapons dealers.
Yes. Assassinate the right politicians,
start a war, rake in billions.
Shampoo, rinse, repeat.
Just, wow. That's a
great theory. Super smart.
Thanks. I mean, it's just, you know,
what I would do, so
Wait, what? That's what you would do?
So, we're looking for people selling
high-tech weapons on the black market.
Yes. Especially people
with black ops backgrounds.
All right, well, here we
go, team, let's get to it.
Yes, sir.
HELEN: And then
he told me this super sweet story
about how his mom would have him
research his fellow classmates
to make friends. I was just like,
"Where do I sign up
for that mom school?"
- Harry?
- Hmm?
Are you hearing a word that I'm saying?
Yes, yes, all the words.
Oh, okay, what's my new friend's name?
- Nelson.
- Nathan.
Harry, come on.
I'm sorry, babe, it was just
a really weird day at work today.
- Okay, well
- Helen, did you see that?
See what?
- Something's outside.
- How?
I thought we had a super
tight Omega security system.
Yes, we do. It should be going off.
But I know someone's there.
- Stay out of sight.
- Okay.
Hey, Harry.
How did you get past my
security? I would've shot you.
(CHUCKLES) That's funny.
No, I'm serious. Why didn't
you just come to the front door?
Oh, I don't-I don't really enter
buildings that way, I guess.
I like to stick to the shadows.
That's kinda my thing.
Nathan?
(GASPS) Helen?!
What-what are you doing here?
Oh my God, are you Oh
- Are you and Harry
- We're married.
What?
Wait, are you working with Harry?
I am. They brought me on the team.
Oh, my gosh. Harry, I can't
believe you're working with Nathan.
- That's so fun.
- That's so fun.
Super fun.
HELEN: You take any cream or sugar?
No, thank you.
This is perfect. I like it
I like it dark. (CLEARS THROAT)
So, Harry, I came by tonight because
I've learned over the
years to pay attention
to people's body language,
and-and today, in the meeting,
he-he was very
hunchy with his shoulders.
And so I ju-I just wanted to make sure
we were all good.
Yeah. We're all good.
Are you sure?
'Cause you seem a little uncomfortable.
Yeah, honey.
You do.
Right?
Well, you did breach
our security perimeter.
(CHUCKLES) How did you do that?
Once you get the hang of how to
bypass an Omega security system,
it's easy peasy.
Easy peasy yes, that is what
they said about my weapons training.
But I can't put together
an M4 Carbine to save my life.
- A-An M-4?
- Yeah.
I can help you with that.
I actually wrote this song.
The barrel screws into
the front sight mount ♪
Complete, and the
flip-up sight's connected to ♪
The charging assembly ♪
And And
I mean, it goes on.
There's 136 pieces, but, um
I have a great idea.
- How about I train you?
- (GASPS)
No. No, no, no, no.
I don't think that's a good idea,
because we have the mission.
That's fine. I do my best thinking
when I'm shooting. What do you say?
After I train you, you'll be able
to shoot a filling out
of a bad guy's mouth at,
like, a thousand yards.
So, you'll be the Wolf and
- I'll be the Dentist!
- Be the Dentist!
(SQUEALS) Oh!
- Jinx! You owe me a Coke!
- Jinx! You owe me a Coke!
(BOTH LAUGHING)
Guys?
Guys, I-I don't think
that this is such a good idea.
- No, it's settled.
- Yeah.
We start tomorrow.
Harry, isn't this great?
- Mm.
- Uh
I should probably get going.
I'm gonna go out the back door.
- The-the front door
- I want to try an escape route.
- Mm.
- I'll see you tomorrow.
- Go out the front door.
- Bye, Harry.
- Front door
- (LAUGHING)
- Bye.
- I'll see you tomorrow.
- (DOOR CLOSES)
- Oh
- That was
- So great.
Now Nathan can train me and I'm not
gonna feel so lonely at work.
And then he hopped my back fence,
snuck right past my security,
up to my kitchen door
to make sure I was comfortable?
- Well, that was nice of him.
- Nice?
It's weird.
He offered to take over
Helen's weapons training.
I keep thinking about
those people in Athens
who couldn't stop screaming.
I mean, would you want
him training your wife?
I'm not married. Bam. I got something.
All right, Wolf checked out the profiles
that we came up with he likes
this guy for the assassination.
Ulrich Müller was an assassin for
German intelligence, went rogue.
Links to shady
high-tech weapons dealers,
including one who's currently in talks
with both the
Albanians and the Serbians.
A lot of the targets
on our list are selling to both sides.
Yeah, but this one
was at a train station
in Belgium the day
before the assassination.
Oh, look.
There he is again
at Dulles Airport on Tuesday.
Which means the next hit is here.
Yeah. Yeah, yeah,
that's what it looks like.
All right, I'm gonna get an APB going.
We got to try to find this
guy before he hits again.
Well, good, looks like
the Wolf did his job.
- I'll let him know he can go.
- Go?
Harry, we got an assassin
on the loose in the D.C. area.
We need to be looking at
targets, evaluating intel.
Wolf's just getting started.
WOLF: Just like that, easy peasy.
I cannot do it that fast.
That is like lightning.
Well, I am an assassin, so, you know
Oh. Is that is that
your actual job description?
Yeah, did they not Did
Nobody mentioned that?
Well, I No, I kind of put together
that you were helping
to catch assassins.
But you're not
Well, I mean,
you work for Omega Sector, right?
Yeah.
So, you only go after threats
that they send to you or
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah.
I don't-I don't just walk
around and pew, pew!
Assassinate random people.
I mean, it's like being an accountant.
You don't just pick
people off the street
and then do their taxes.
Do you like it?
Um
do I-I like being an assassin?
I don't know. I mean, I've never
never really thought about it.
You've never really thought about
whether or not you like your job?
The thing is I don't
really feel feelings.
Like happiness or
contentedness or whatever.
I can't even send, like,
those little heart emojis. Ding.
I can't do that.
That's so sad.
I also don't feel sadness.
It's kind of a good
thing, being an assassin,
not feeling regret or guilt or
No guilt? I mean, that's amazing.
I'm a working mom, so that's all I feel.
Yeah, I guess I mean,
I guess it has its perks.
But sometimes I worry
that
I'm just broken on the inside, somehow.
And that I'm just pretending
to be a normal person.
And that, maybe, behind my eyes
there's just this, like
empty darkness.
Well, what I see is a light
and a person.
You do?
At least a seedling of a person.
You and your seeds. (LAUGHS)
A broken person wouldn't do a nice thing
like help me with my weapons training.
- Yes! Time to shoot. Are you ready?
- (CHUCKLES)
Okay. (GUN CLICKING)
(CHUCKLES)
Oh, I almost forgot. I have, um,
I brought, uh, my "chill
mix" to help you relax.
- ("OPEN" BY GRACE KAY PLAYING)
- Ready?
Come a little closer to me ♪
Over where it's
safer to be surrounded ♪
And grounded ♪
Less fire and more putting out ♪
A baby pink colored
throughout your senses ♪
Defenses ♪
And you could be open ♪
And we could be open ♪
Open. ♪
And I got, three bullseyes, Harry.
I mean, Nathan makes
everything easy peasy.
He's an amazing teacher.
Yeah, I wouldn't go straight
to "amazing." (CHUCKLES)
Are you jealous? Of Nathan?
No. I mean, I don't think
you're gonna leave me
for the Wolf or anything. I'm
just frustrated that no one
sees what I see in this guy.
I mean, he kills people for a living.
You have to kill some
people on missions, too, right?
Yes, but it's different.
When I shoot somebody,
I shoot 'em from the front, with honor.
Do you know the Wolf's signature move
is two shots to the back of the head?
Oh. Do dead people care if
you shoot 'em in the front
or the back of the head? I don't know.
It's the principle of the thing, Helen.
They send in the Wolf
when I turn down a job
because I won't be
able to sleep at night.
And I read the Wolf's file.
Do you know how many
times he's turned down a job?
- Mm-mmm.
- None times.
And have I had a hard job before? Yeah.
So, sometimes I have
to go see the psych guy.
Do you know how many times
the Wolf has seen the psych guy
after an assassination? None times!
I swear, it's like the
guy flat-out doesn't care
about killing people, ever.
I wouldn't say that. I mean,
just today he was worried
that he's a broken person.
He is a broken person.
That's what I'm saying.
He creeps me out.
Well, it sounds like he got you guys
- closer to catching the assassins.
- Did he?
There's still gonna be an assassination,
but we just don't know when or where.
(WATCH BUZZES) Well Yeah, Gib?
GIB: Hey, Harry, the
Wolf and me got a lead
on when the next hit is gonna be.
- Seriously? You
- GIB: The guy's incredible.
I'm sending you the location.
Mm. See?
Helpful.
All right. On my way.
- We're gonna talk about this later.
- Okay.
(BEEPING)
Hey. The hit's going down here?
What are they assassinating Trees?
(LAUGHS)
That's funny.
I was just thinking to myself, like,
"How would I kick off a giant war?"
And I thought, "Oh, I would
kill the Serbian ambassador,
and make it look like
Albania retaliated."
I mean, I'd keep it quiet,
scout the area with burner phones.
So we scanned the area around
the Serbian ambassador's house
for burner phone activity,
found five phone calls on
burner phones from this location.
And checked the ambassador's itinerary.
He flies out to Serbia tomorrow morning,
so the hit's got to be tonight.
Teamwork makes the dream
work. It's right up there.
They're probably gonna
hit around the back
near the bedrooms, 'cause
that's where the people are.
I mean, this is, you know,
this is what I would do, so
All right. Let's go
visit the ambassador,
tell him what's going
on, set up a perimeter
- (TIRES SCREECHING)
- That truck is it
Truck doesn't have a driver.
It's the truck.
It's happening now! Go, go!
♪
♪
GIB: A driverless truck? I mean,
these guys are into
some next-level stuff.
It's pretty thrilling. I've never
been up against an auto-drive truck
that detonates on impact.
- Detonates?
- Oh, yeah.
I will bet you one hoagie that
that thing is loaded with PETN.
I mean, it could be RDX
but, given the application, I'm sure
they're going for maximum boom.
Harry. Uh, Gib here.
Need you to run that
truck right off the road.
But do not shoot the trailer or we'll
be scraping you off the pavement.
HARRY: Comforting, Gib.
Luther, get alongside that truck.
Oh. The, uh, the one with
all the explosives? Sure.
If we shoot out the tire,
it should veer into the trees.
It's not working. They're run-flats.
GIB: Harry, you're about
two minutes away from
the ambassador's house.
Whatever you're gonna do, do it fast.
Luther, get close.
MARIA: Harry, remember what Gib said
about scraping you off the pavement?
Yeah.
It was comforting.
- Oh!
- Oh, hey, Harry!
Harry, bail out now!
Nice work last night.
Good news? Nobody got hurt.
And now for the bad news
And there's a lot of bad news
The Serbian ambassador knows
that the boom was meant for him,
and the Serbs aren't
taking it lying down.
They launched missile strikes
this morning against Albania.
In turn, Albania is rolling tanks.
So, tell them they're being played.
We did. They want proof.
And until we get it,
the war only gets worse.
And if NATO and Russia get involved,
we all get to live in fallout shelters.
What about the explosives in the truck?
That amount of PETN does
not just show up in D.C.
Yeah. Forensics is on it.
Guys, stay frosty, okay?
The minute we get a lead, we go.
I could really go for a meatball sub.
(GUNSHOTS)
Harry!
You get it out of your system?
What do you mean?
Come on, Harry. Floor's got
more brass on it than a jazz band.
Clearly, you have an
issue with the Wolf.
- What going on?
- Okay, yes.
Everybody thinks this
guy's a hero. When he sees
death and destruction,
he gets the munchies.
When someone says something horrible,
he says, "That's what I would do."
I'm just saying, not a lot of things
scare me, but this guy? He scares me.
And now he's training Helen. Yes.
And she thinks he's a great guy,
and they're going to
lunch together all the time.
She won't listen to me.
You listening to her?
What?
Man, I love you, but you
get tunnel vision sometimes.
Helen's going through a
lot of change right now.
And maybe she needs a
little bit more attention,
little bit more support,
than what you're giving her.
And maybe that's what
she's getting from Wolf.
So you're saying that I
should be okay with her
- hanging out with a murderous psycho?
- (DOOR OPENS)
Uh
WOLF: Just want to let you know
the PETN in that bomb was
made with a signature plasticizer.
We traced it back to
a local chemical plant.
Good news. Okay. I'm
gonna go check that out.
Yeah, good.
Gib's gonna go check
that out. That's good.
Teamwork makes the dream work.
Am I right?
(DOOR CLOSES)
So that's what bottomless
wells of darkness look like.
♪
(TWIG SNAPS)
(LEAVES RUSTLING)
What are you thinking?
I-I nearly shot you again.
(CHUCKLES)
It's funny every time.
Is there something you need?
I had a great idea.
I want Helen to join us on the mission.
What mission?
The mission to take out the assassins?
Yeah. I shared some
Müller intel with her.
She had incredible insight.
Plus, she speaks German like
she's from the Deutschland.
Okay. That's an
interesting idea, but, uh,
Trilby wants Helen to
finish her training.
I already spoke to
Trilby. She loves the idea.
And then
I called Helen.
And she is
very excited.
You don't disagree, do you?
No.
I think it's a great
idea. She should come.
Great.
I'll see you tomorrow.
See you tomorrow.
HELEN: And I translated
the analysis of these war profiteers,
I add a couple of notes, and Nathan said
I'm the best analyst he's ever seen.
And then he went to
bat for me with Trilby.
It's nice to have a friend
who's pulling for me.
Okay, okay, I'm sorry,
I have to say this.
The Wolf isn't friend material.
Oh, this again, Harry?
Come on. I'll admit it
When I found out that
Nathan was an assassin,
I had, you know, a
little "yikes" moment.
But I wasn't that thrilled
when I found out what you do
Shooting terrorists in Paris
You know, it's morally complex.
But I gave you the benefit of the doubt
because I know you have a good heart.
And I know that Nathan
has a good heart, too.
Okay, listen.
The Wolf overheard me
call him something that
I was saying to Gib,
and it was not flattering.
But he gave me this look.
And it was chilling.
And then he stalked me to my car.
- Well, what did you say about him?
- I-I just I It was
I called him a murderous
psycho or something.
Oh, you called him a murderous psycho
and you wanted him to, what, be happy?
You don't get it. He's dangerous.
I looked into his eyes tonight,
honey, and there was nothing.
Just bottomless wells of darkness.
Well, I looked into his eyes
too, and I saw some light.
Oh
Also, Trilby ordered me,
so, want me to defy an order?
No. I-I just
I just want you to try and watch
him. Just try to see what I see.
Fine.
And can you just support me?
And my friendship.
Okay. Yeah.
GIB: This is it, guys. We're rolling.
You got something from the chemical
plant that made the explosives?
Yep. I hacked their mainframe
and traced a purchase order
to an Arlington warehouse.
You think the assassins are
working out of a warehouse?
Probably bugged out by now,
but it's a good place to pick up
a trail, we could do some recon.
Yeah, and the clock's ticking.
Trilby says Albania's launching
a full-scale invasion tonight.
So, pound those coffees.
Don't pound your coffee too hard, Harry.
Wouldn't want you to choke.
To death.
All right, this place looks
abandoned, but let's do it right.
If there's any signs of life
in there, I want to know.
All right, Helen.
First time stay alert.
Yeah. Gib? For the
recon that they're doing
They don't do any shooting, right?
No. Shouldn't be. Why?
Just
That's good. Nothing.
HARRY: Well, if the assassins
were here, looks like they're gone now.
LUTHER: East side clear.
Okay. Advance to north and south
vantage points for confirmation.
So, I am glad you and Helen are friends.
Oh, you didn't sound glad last night.
Yeah, about what you heard
Some things sound bad out of context.
Is there a good context
to "murderous psychopath"?
That was just, like, a figure of speech.
You can't take these
things seriously, man.
I didn't survive this long by
not taking things seriously.
Man.
- LUTHER: West side clear.
- We are clear on the south side.
GIB: Got it.
Sit tight. I'll let Omega
know you're moving in.
Wait, no, Gib.
I think you should look at this.
I'm going over all the communications
that you hacked from the chemical plant
where the explosives came from,
- and something's weird.
- Weird how?
All of the employees
have American names,
and all of the internal memos and emails
are written in English, but I can tell
from the grammar and the word choices
that it was written by a German speaker.
I'm pretty sure every single
one of these emails is fake.
Hey, guys.
Hold up a second, something smells bad.
Helen just figured out that
the chemical plant was a front.
Whole thing might be a setup. Stand by.
A setup? How could it be a setup?
That truck nearly blew
up the Serbian ambassador.
Müller knew we would
trace the explosives
whether he killed the ambassador or not.
One way or the other,
we were ending up here.
So he creates a false trail, lures us
into his trap. And kills the only people
that can stop him from
starting a war. I mean, it
That's what you would do.
Yeah.
We should call for backup.
No, if they see backup,
they're gonna bug out.
We got one chance to surprise
them and it's right now.
We don't have much
time to flip the script.
Okay, well, look, th-they're
gonna be expecting us
through that eastern loading bay.
It's got the best sight lines.
We can use that.
GIB: Yeah, I don't know, guys.
There's a lot of unknowns here.
We don't know how many
assassins are inside.
I mean, we need a massive misdirection.
Gib, how attached are
you to that tac van?
Come on, Harry!
I like this one.
I just got her all set up.
("LET'S GO!" BY SPACE CAMP PLAYING)
Come on, now, ready, let's go ♪
Come on, ready, let's go ♪
We turn it up until
the roof is shaking ♪
We 'bout to put on a show ♪
We 'bout to put on a show ♪
You know we're all
about them good vibrations. ♪
It's been a great run, little mama.
Neither one of us thought
it would end like this, but
- Gib.
- It's for the greater good.
There's-there's gonna be
shooting now, right? Obviously?
Yeah.
Okay. Yeah. Okay.
I just need to do one thing. Nathan.
- Yeah?
- Hi.
I just wanted to say
something to you before you left.
Oh. Okay.
I know you said you
weren't sure about the seed.
Uh-huh.
I just wanted to say I'm sure.
And, um, I know you have a good heart.
And I hope that you remember that today.
Okay.
Okay.
HARRY: All right, let's
get the van into position.
♪
(SHOUTING IN GERMAN)
(SHOUTING IN GERMAN)
(STEAM HISSING)
Hey, you ♪
Think you need me ♪
From what you ♪
Saw on TV ♪
Think twice ♪
But I won't let you
be my own demise ♪
Harry! Together? Go!
I won't let you be my own demise ♪
Go!
Müller's running!
Go after him, Harry, we got this.
I'm a nuisance ♪
I'm a danger ♪
You're a liar ♪
Cover us!
Saw on TV ♪
Think twice ♪
Don't deceive me ♪
But I won't let you be
my own demise, hey ♪
Do we think they're okay?
I don't know if they're
okay, but they're still alive.
You can check their
vitals right here. See?
Uh-huh. 58 beats per minute?
Wolf really doesn't mind killing.
No, he does not.
Okay. All right, he could be anywhere.
Okay.
You go in front. I'll
cover you from behind.
- From behind?
- Yeah.
You mean, like, behind my head?
Yeah. I do it all the time. Go.
Okay, uh, just thinking out loud here.
Uh, we should stick together.
What? I can-I can hit a target
from a thousand yards with this thing.
That's right, but I'm
just gonna say this out loud.
Uh, you shoot
people in the back of the head.
- It's kind of your thing.
- Harry.
Do you think I'm gonna kill you?
Maybe.
Did I think about it?
Yeah. But then Helen said this
really nice thing about
seeds and then I was like,
"Oh, whatever, never
mind, I'm not gonna do it."
- Seeds?
- Yeah.
You're a very lucky man.
Now let's do this.
Besides, if I wanted to kill you,
you'd never see it coming.
(CHUCKLES, EXHALES)
(QUIETLY): Pew! Pew!
(CHUCKLES)
(CLICKS)
Hey, Wolf? Uh, could use a little help.
Uh
Nathan?
Wolf. Nathan. Where are you?
- Why isn't Nathan answering?
- HARRY: Nathan!
Wolf!
Nice tricks. But now it's time to die.
(GUNSHOT)
Sorry I was late. I walked around to try
to get a cleaner shot.
Oh, okay. Yeah, no problem.
It was pretty intense,
huh? Hey, you okay?
Oh, yeah. (GRUNTS)
You feel like a grilled cheese?
Huh?
TRILBY: Nice job. You stopped a war
and took a dangerous
outfit off the board.
Mission complete.
- (CLEARS THROAT)
- Uh, oh, yeah.
Someone pointed out that
if it hadn't been for Helen,
you would have all been
rocketed to kingdom come.
That same person suggested
that Helen was now ready to be
promoted to full-time agent.
(CHUCKLES): What?
Full agent?
Who?
You're probably one of
the most overqualified
trainees Omega's ever had.
- You're more than ready.
- TRILBY: I mean,
I was a Rhodes Scholar,
black belt in jiujitsu,
but who's keeping score?
Wait, is this real?
Yes, Helen. I approved it personally.
So, yes. Congrats.
Thank you so much.
I will not let you down.
Just don't think you're
gonna get an office.
Congratulations, Helen.
Sadly, for me it's time to adios.
But I got you all
little things to remember me by.
This is a leather conditioner.
You should use that
on your bag. It's amazing.
I will use it every day.
I know.
Maria,
this is to make your draw
even quicker.
That's a really nice
holster. Thanks, man.
- What do we got?
- I'm proud of this one.
A signed copy of the code for
the Aughtnet computer virus?
(CHUCKLES) Oh!
I got his signature right before the
(IMITATES CUTTING, SPURTING)
We know it's his last signature.
I-I made this for you.
A friendship bracelet.
'Cause we're friends.
I love it so much, Nathan.
Thank you.
And I got this for you.
It's a light-up key chain.
'Cause I know you get
skittish in the-in the dark.
Oh thanks.
Bring it in, bud.
HARRY: Yeah.
Congrats again, honey.
Thanks for pulling for me.
(SIGHS) Yeah, about that.
Gib mentioned something
the other day about
how the Wolf was giving
you something that I wasn't.
He made you feel included.
All I know is that Nathan made me
feel like I was part of the team.
And that felt nice.
Yeah, I get it. I just wanted to say
I'm sorry for not seeing it earlier.
Thank you for saying that.
You know
the kids aren't getting
back until tomorrow.
- Mm-hmm.
- And if you want me to, I can
show you how sorry I am.
Oh. I might be open to that.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
(PHONE DINGS)
Is he eating a gyro outside of
- a burning building?
- Yep.
Mm-Okay.
He
might be a little
- extra morally complex.
- (CHUCKLES)
HARRY: I'm Harry Tasker,
husband, dad, computer salesman,
and for 17 years the most
important person in my life
didn't know I was also something else.
Omega Sector's top spy.
HELEN: I'm Helen Tasker,
wife, mom and professor.
After an unfortunate incident
where I found out our
whole life was a lie,
now I'm also a spy.
HARRY: Honey, all those things are true.
- They're just, you know.
- HELEN: What?
HARRY: True lies.
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
(APPLAUSE)
Thank you.
Thank you for the invitation
to speak here today.
We live in a dangerous time.
GUARD: Security check-in. North gate.
GUARD 2: North gate, all clear.
GUARD: Perimeter check. East gate.
All clear.
(HIGH-PITCHED WHIRRING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(CHATTER STOPS)
(HIGH-PITCHED HUM)
(GROANING)
(PEOPLE SCREAMING)
Go, go, go, go!
(SHOUTING IN GERMAN)
♪
COMPUTER: The unknown
assailants evaded all security measures.
Threat level: red.
That happened this morning
at an international summit in Brussels.
The victim was an Albanian
right-wing politician.
- Do we know who's behind it?
- TRILBY: No.
The Albanians are sure it was Serbia,
so they're massing troops on the border.
Serbia thinks it was the
Albanians trying to justify an attack,
and they're arming up too.
MARIA: If they start shooting,
that's tens of thousands dead, easy.
Plus a few million refugees.
Can we calm this down?
Not likely.
The assassins just put out a
statement promising more killings.
We have to stop
the assassins before things get hot
and the nuclear powers get into it.
So, in the spirit of "it takes one
to know one," I'm bringing in help.
A top assassin we've
contracted with a few times.
Oh my God, you don't mean
The Wolf. Yes.
He's found assassins for us before.
He took out that guy who
bombed the Athens station. He has
a knack.
The Wolf? You sure?
'Cause we don't usually work with him.
I mean, he is a contractor, so
we can distance ourselves from the
- icky stuff.
- Do you want to know what's icky?
Shooting an innocent man in cold blood.
I'll work with anyone who can
stop that from happening again.
Study up on the assassination.
The Wolf arrives tomorrow.
The Wolf. Wow.
MARIA: You guys hear about that
time he waited for five days in a tree
to get a shot at that
warlord in Myanmar?
- Epic. Doesn't he always work alone?
- GIB: Yeah.
I've been here since
Myspace was poppin',
and even I don't know somebody
who's crossed paths with him.
- HARRY: I almost did.
- What?
- The Athens station op.
- You never told me about that.
Yeah, 'cause it freaked me out.
I ran cleanup.
The witnesses were hysterical.
Everybody was screaming and
talking about how the Wolf's eyes were
"bottomless wells of darkness."
Assassins aren't meant to be cuddly.
And there aren't any more
problems in Athens, so
Yeah, okay, but do you
know why I didn't meet him?
Because he went and had a gyro.
I mean, what kind of
person slaughters someone
and then goes and eats a gyro?
- A frickin' legend.
- MARIA: Yeah.
Who doesn't love gyros?
It's pita and lamb delicious.
HARRY: I'm just saying
that he's not like us.
He doesn't think like we think.
No, he thinks like an assassin.
That's why we need him.
Still at it?
Yeah.
Yeah, I had a tough day, too.
Sometimes it's hard being the
only trainee at Omega, you know?
Mm-hmm.
It's like, I'm in weapons training,
and I swear to you the M4 carbine
is put together like some jigsaw puzzle.
And it's not like I have any friends
I can get together for a study group.
- Yeah, I know.
- Plus,
Dana and Jake are away at camp,
so it's lonely here, too.
Which is why
I'm adopting a chimpanzee.
That's nice, dear.
Harry! You're not even listening.
I'm sorry. It's just,
I got a new assignment and
some of the players are a little scary.
- Oh? How are they scary?
- You've got too much
on your plate.
No need to worry about this.
But I want to.
I want to be a part of things.
I want to be a part of the team.
You have to finish your training, babe.
We all had to go through it.
Yeah, but maybe I could
help a little right now.
Troops are massing
on the Serbian border as we speak.
I'm trying to prevent a war here.
Okay, I'll just go to bed.
- Sorry.
- Good night.
Good night. I love you.
You're adopting a chimpanzee?
When assembling a 4-16,
it's very important to oil your weapon
at every stage.
So, after you oil the bolt,
you want to brush it
ten times. Like this.
One time, two time,
and a three and a four,
a five and six
Ms. Tasker?
- Are you with us?
- Wha Yeah.
I'm with you. Totally.
Okay. Without referring to the diagram,
identify the spent brass deflector.
(WATCH BEEPS)
Oh. That's lunch. (CHUCKLES)
We'll pick this up later.
(QUIET CHATTER)
And listen, I said, "Baby, I'm trained
in sleep deprivation tactics."
Ooh! (CHUCKLES)
May I?
No, no, not at all. (CHUCKLES)
- Thank you.
- Sure.
Sort of feels like
the new girl in school.
Are you are you n-new to Omega?
Yeah. I'm in training.
I'm the only trainee, so
That's why you're stuck with
the weird dude eating
tuna fish sandwiches.
(LAUGHS) The-the nice dude
who allowed me to join him.
It's rough being the new kid, I know.
I moved a lot when I was young.
I did, too.
Uh, my family and I, we
moved here from Manila
when I was in about third grade.
And I didn't speak any
English, so, that time,
I just, you know, ate lunch
in the bathroom for a week.
That's that's horrible.
I mean, it was a good
motivator, too, you know?
I ended up speaking
English by winter break.
Yeah, I couldn't stand
being the weird kid.
Boy, I get that.
I was always the kid
with the weird hobbies.
I guess I smile at all
the wrong times, too, so
Oh, is there a wrong time to smile?
Apparently. Kids were very scared of me.
But my mom would train me
to research the other kids.
So I could figure out what was cool
or, you know, what they liked.
Oh. Why?
So I could pretend to be normal.
Well, you know,
maybe it wasn't pretending.
Maybe it was
planting the seed of who you could be.
I like that.
I've never heard that. A seed?
That's very nice.
Uh, oh
Shoot, I have a I have a
- I'm on a new mission.
- Oh.
So, it's got a clock on it.
I-I have to go.
Okay.
Well, it was lovely chatting with you.
- I'm Helen, by the way.
- Oh, hey, Helen.
Uh, they they call
me the, uh, the Wolf.
Oh. (ROARS) The Wolf.
(CHUCKLES) So scary.
(HOWLS, CHUCKLES)
No, really, what's your
what's your real name?
Oh. Wow. Um
(SHORT CHUCKLE)
Nobody's ever asked me that.
It's Nathan.
Well, it's nice meeting you, Nathan.
- That was very fun.
- (CHUCKLES)
Thank you.
A-Are you guys here for the 1:00?
The Wolf?
Yes, hi.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Or is it Do you prefer Mr. Wolf?
Wolf, the Wolf, Mr. Wolf, whatever.
- You're Luther, right?
- Yeah.
I heard about the ops
you ran down in Ecuador.
(EXCLAIMS)
That was amazing.
The Wolf knows about my op.
MARIA: Okay, all right, settle down.
Maria Ruiz.
Looking forward to working together.
The youngest Omega recruit ever.
That's right.
Oh! Excuse me.
And you must be Albert Gibson.
You wrote the white papers
on comm unit etiquette?
You read it? Wow. Nobody reads those.
It's really powerful stuff. They should.
Harry Tasker,
who ran cleanup for me in Athens.
Thank you for that, by the way.
That op was, uh
pretty grisly, huh?
Really? I just think
about the gyros. Dee-lish.
Okay, all right, maybe
we should get started.
We just made a run on
our contacts in Serbia
to try to get a lead
on the assassins here.
Oh, I, uh, I actually went
over this case last night.
I don't think there is
any cheese down that hole.
Well, it could be the Albanians
taking out one of their own.
Could justify an invasion. I was wor
Uh I-I don't mean to interrupt,
it just doesn't feel right either.
Any Albanian assassin is gonna
use the Dragunov SVD rifle.
Serbians are all about
their M91s. But these guys
Um, do you mind if I
- Oh, no, no.
- Sorry, the
After the attack they
left a sound weapon behind.
This is their weapon of choice.
Yeah, yeah, we're aware.
Yeah, but you have to
think about what that means.
They wanted us to find that. Why?
They wanted people to know about it.
Because they want to sell more weapons.
They just need a market.
Like a war in the Balkans.
They're weapons dealers.
Yes. Assassinate the right politicians,
start a war, rake in billions.
Shampoo, rinse, repeat.
Just, wow. That's a
great theory. Super smart.
Thanks. I mean, it's just, you know,
what I would do, so
Wait, what? That's what you would do?
So, we're looking for people selling
high-tech weapons on the black market.
Yes. Especially people
with black ops backgrounds.
All right, well, here we
go, team, let's get to it.
Yes, sir.
HELEN: And then
he told me this super sweet story
about how his mom would have him
research his fellow classmates
to make friends. I was just like,
"Where do I sign up
for that mom school?"
- Harry?
- Hmm?
Are you hearing a word that I'm saying?
Yes, yes, all the words.
Oh, okay, what's my new friend's name?
- Nelson.
- Nathan.
Harry, come on.
I'm sorry, babe, it was just
a really weird day at work today.
- Okay, well
- Helen, did you see that?
See what?
- Something's outside.
- How?
I thought we had a super
tight Omega security system.
Yes, we do. It should be going off.
But I know someone's there.
- Stay out of sight.
- Okay.
Hey, Harry.
How did you get past my
security? I would've shot you.
(CHUCKLES) That's funny.
No, I'm serious. Why didn't
you just come to the front door?
Oh, I don't-I don't really enter
buildings that way, I guess.
I like to stick to the shadows.
That's kinda my thing.
Nathan?
(GASPS) Helen?!
What-what are you doing here?
Oh my God, are you Oh
- Are you and Harry
- We're married.
What?
Wait, are you working with Harry?
I am. They brought me on the team.
Oh, my gosh. Harry, I can't
believe you're working with Nathan.
- That's so fun.
- That's so fun.
Super fun.
HELEN: You take any cream or sugar?
No, thank you.
This is perfect. I like it
I like it dark. (CLEARS THROAT)
So, Harry, I came by tonight because
I've learned over the
years to pay attention
to people's body language,
and-and today, in the meeting,
he-he was very
hunchy with his shoulders.
And so I ju-I just wanted to make sure
we were all good.
Yeah. We're all good.
Are you sure?
'Cause you seem a little uncomfortable.
Yeah, honey.
You do.
Right?
Well, you did breach
our security perimeter.
(CHUCKLES) How did you do that?
Once you get the hang of how to
bypass an Omega security system,
it's easy peasy.
Easy peasy yes, that is what
they said about my weapons training.
But I can't put together
an M4 Carbine to save my life.
- A-An M-4?
- Yeah.
I can help you with that.
I actually wrote this song.
The barrel screws into
the front sight mount ♪
Complete, and the
flip-up sight's connected to ♪
The charging assembly ♪
And And
I mean, it goes on.
There's 136 pieces, but, um
I have a great idea.
- How about I train you?
- (GASPS)
No. No, no, no, no.
I don't think that's a good idea,
because we have the mission.
That's fine. I do my best thinking
when I'm shooting. What do you say?
After I train you, you'll be able
to shoot a filling out
of a bad guy's mouth at,
like, a thousand yards.
So, you'll be the Wolf and
- I'll be the Dentist!
- Be the Dentist!
(SQUEALS) Oh!
- Jinx! You owe me a Coke!
- Jinx! You owe me a Coke!
(BOTH LAUGHING)
Guys?
Guys, I-I don't think
that this is such a good idea.
- No, it's settled.
- Yeah.
We start tomorrow.
Harry, isn't this great?
- Mm.
- Uh
I should probably get going.
I'm gonna go out the back door.
- The-the front door
- I want to try an escape route.
- Mm.
- I'll see you tomorrow.
- Go out the front door.
- Bye, Harry.
- Front door
- (LAUGHING)
- Bye.
- I'll see you tomorrow.
- (DOOR CLOSES)
- Oh
- That was
- So great.
Now Nathan can train me and I'm not
gonna feel so lonely at work.
And then he hopped my back fence,
snuck right past my security,
up to my kitchen door
to make sure I was comfortable?
- Well, that was nice of him.
- Nice?
It's weird.
He offered to take over
Helen's weapons training.
I keep thinking about
those people in Athens
who couldn't stop screaming.
I mean, would you want
him training your wife?
I'm not married. Bam. I got something.
All right, Wolf checked out the profiles
that we came up with he likes
this guy for the assassination.
Ulrich Müller was an assassin for
German intelligence, went rogue.
Links to shady
high-tech weapons dealers,
including one who's currently in talks
with both the
Albanians and the Serbians.
A lot of the targets
on our list are selling to both sides.
Yeah, but this one
was at a train station
in Belgium the day
before the assassination.
Oh, look.
There he is again
at Dulles Airport on Tuesday.
Which means the next hit is here.
Yeah. Yeah, yeah,
that's what it looks like.
All right, I'm gonna get an APB going.
We got to try to find this
guy before he hits again.
Well, good, looks like
the Wolf did his job.
- I'll let him know he can go.
- Go?
Harry, we got an assassin
on the loose in the D.C. area.
We need to be looking at
targets, evaluating intel.
Wolf's just getting started.
WOLF: Just like that, easy peasy.
I cannot do it that fast.
That is like lightning.
Well, I am an assassin, so, you know
Oh. Is that is that
your actual job description?
Yeah, did they not Did
Nobody mentioned that?
Well, I No, I kind of put together
that you were helping
to catch assassins.
But you're not
Well, I mean,
you work for Omega Sector, right?
Yeah.
So, you only go after threats
that they send to you or
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah.
I don't-I don't just walk
around and pew, pew!
Assassinate random people.
I mean, it's like being an accountant.
You don't just pick
people off the street
and then do their taxes.
Do you like it?
Um
do I-I like being an assassin?
I don't know. I mean, I've never
never really thought about it.
You've never really thought about
whether or not you like your job?
The thing is I don't
really feel feelings.
Like happiness or
contentedness or whatever.
I can't even send, like,
those little heart emojis. Ding.
I can't do that.
That's so sad.
I also don't feel sadness.
It's kind of a good
thing, being an assassin,
not feeling regret or guilt or
No guilt? I mean, that's amazing.
I'm a working mom, so that's all I feel.
Yeah, I guess I mean,
I guess it has its perks.
But sometimes I worry
that
I'm just broken on the inside, somehow.
And that I'm just pretending
to be a normal person.
And that, maybe, behind my eyes
there's just this, like
empty darkness.
Well, what I see is a light
and a person.
You do?
At least a seedling of a person.
You and your seeds. (LAUGHS)
A broken person wouldn't do a nice thing
like help me with my weapons training.
- Yes! Time to shoot. Are you ready?
- (CHUCKLES)
Okay. (GUN CLICKING)
(CHUCKLES)
Oh, I almost forgot. I have, um,
I brought, uh, my "chill
mix" to help you relax.
- ("OPEN" BY GRACE KAY PLAYING)
- Ready?
Come a little closer to me ♪
Over where it's
safer to be surrounded ♪
And grounded ♪
Less fire and more putting out ♪
A baby pink colored
throughout your senses ♪
Defenses ♪
And you could be open ♪
And we could be open ♪
Open. ♪
And I got, three bullseyes, Harry.
I mean, Nathan makes
everything easy peasy.
He's an amazing teacher.
Yeah, I wouldn't go straight
to "amazing." (CHUCKLES)
Are you jealous? Of Nathan?
No. I mean, I don't think
you're gonna leave me
for the Wolf or anything. I'm
just frustrated that no one
sees what I see in this guy.
I mean, he kills people for a living.
You have to kill some
people on missions, too, right?
Yes, but it's different.
When I shoot somebody,
I shoot 'em from the front, with honor.
Do you know the Wolf's signature move
is two shots to the back of the head?
Oh. Do dead people care if
you shoot 'em in the front
or the back of the head? I don't know.
It's the principle of the thing, Helen.
They send in the Wolf
when I turn down a job
because I won't be
able to sleep at night.
And I read the Wolf's file.
Do you know how many
times he's turned down a job?
- Mm-mmm.
- None times.
And have I had a hard job before? Yeah.
So, sometimes I have
to go see the psych guy.
Do you know how many times
the Wolf has seen the psych guy
after an assassination? None times!
I swear, it's like the
guy flat-out doesn't care
about killing people, ever.
I wouldn't say that. I mean,
just today he was worried
that he's a broken person.
He is a broken person.
That's what I'm saying.
He creeps me out.
Well, it sounds like he got you guys
- closer to catching the assassins.
- Did he?
There's still gonna be an assassination,
but we just don't know when or where.
(WATCH BUZZES) Well Yeah, Gib?
GIB: Hey, Harry, the
Wolf and me got a lead
on when the next hit is gonna be.
- Seriously? You
- GIB: The guy's incredible.
I'm sending you the location.
Mm. See?
Helpful.
All right. On my way.
- We're gonna talk about this later.
- Okay.
(BEEPING)
Hey. The hit's going down here?
What are they assassinating Trees?
(LAUGHS)
That's funny.
I was just thinking to myself, like,
"How would I kick off a giant war?"
And I thought, "Oh, I would
kill the Serbian ambassador,
and make it look like
Albania retaliated."
I mean, I'd keep it quiet,
scout the area with burner phones.
So we scanned the area around
the Serbian ambassador's house
for burner phone activity,
found five phone calls on
burner phones from this location.
And checked the ambassador's itinerary.
He flies out to Serbia tomorrow morning,
so the hit's got to be tonight.
Teamwork makes the dream
work. It's right up there.
They're probably gonna
hit around the back
near the bedrooms, 'cause
that's where the people are.
I mean, this is, you know,
this is what I would do, so
All right. Let's go
visit the ambassador,
tell him what's going
on, set up a perimeter
- (TIRES SCREECHING)
- That truck is it
Truck doesn't have a driver.
It's the truck.
It's happening now! Go, go!
♪
♪
GIB: A driverless truck? I mean,
these guys are into
some next-level stuff.
It's pretty thrilling. I've never
been up against an auto-drive truck
that detonates on impact.
- Detonates?
- Oh, yeah.
I will bet you one hoagie that
that thing is loaded with PETN.
I mean, it could be RDX
but, given the application, I'm sure
they're going for maximum boom.
Harry. Uh, Gib here.
Need you to run that
truck right off the road.
But do not shoot the trailer or we'll
be scraping you off the pavement.
HARRY: Comforting, Gib.
Luther, get alongside that truck.
Oh. The, uh, the one with
all the explosives? Sure.
If we shoot out the tire,
it should veer into the trees.
It's not working. They're run-flats.
GIB: Harry, you're about
two minutes away from
the ambassador's house.
Whatever you're gonna do, do it fast.
Luther, get close.
MARIA: Harry, remember what Gib said
about scraping you off the pavement?
Yeah.
It was comforting.
- Oh!
- Oh, hey, Harry!
Harry, bail out now!
Nice work last night.
Good news? Nobody got hurt.
And now for the bad news
And there's a lot of bad news
The Serbian ambassador knows
that the boom was meant for him,
and the Serbs aren't
taking it lying down.
They launched missile strikes
this morning against Albania.
In turn, Albania is rolling tanks.
So, tell them they're being played.
We did. They want proof.
And until we get it,
the war only gets worse.
And if NATO and Russia get involved,
we all get to live in fallout shelters.
What about the explosives in the truck?
That amount of PETN does
not just show up in D.C.
Yeah. Forensics is on it.
Guys, stay frosty, okay?
The minute we get a lead, we go.
I could really go for a meatball sub.
(GUNSHOTS)
Harry!
You get it out of your system?
What do you mean?
Come on, Harry. Floor's got
more brass on it than a jazz band.
Clearly, you have an
issue with the Wolf.
- What going on?
- Okay, yes.
Everybody thinks this
guy's a hero. When he sees
death and destruction,
he gets the munchies.
When someone says something horrible,
he says, "That's what I would do."
I'm just saying, not a lot of things
scare me, but this guy? He scares me.
And now he's training Helen. Yes.
And she thinks he's a great guy,
and they're going to
lunch together all the time.
She won't listen to me.
You listening to her?
What?
Man, I love you, but you
get tunnel vision sometimes.
Helen's going through a
lot of change right now.
And maybe she needs a
little bit more attention,
little bit more support,
than what you're giving her.
And maybe that's what
she's getting from Wolf.
So you're saying that I
should be okay with her
- hanging out with a murderous psycho?
- (DOOR OPENS)
Uh
WOLF: Just want to let you know
the PETN in that bomb was
made with a signature plasticizer.
We traced it back to
a local chemical plant.
Good news. Okay. I'm
gonna go check that out.
Yeah, good.
Gib's gonna go check
that out. That's good.
Teamwork makes the dream work.
Am I right?
(DOOR CLOSES)
So that's what bottomless
wells of darkness look like.
♪
(TWIG SNAPS)
(LEAVES RUSTLING)
What are you thinking?
I-I nearly shot you again.
(CHUCKLES)
It's funny every time.
Is there something you need?
I had a great idea.
I want Helen to join us on the mission.
What mission?
The mission to take out the assassins?
Yeah. I shared some
Müller intel with her.
She had incredible insight.
Plus, she speaks German like
she's from the Deutschland.
Okay. That's an
interesting idea, but, uh,
Trilby wants Helen to
finish her training.
I already spoke to
Trilby. She loves the idea.
And then
I called Helen.
And she is
very excited.
You don't disagree, do you?
No.
I think it's a great
idea. She should come.
Great.
I'll see you tomorrow.
See you tomorrow.
HELEN: And I translated
the analysis of these war profiteers,
I add a couple of notes, and Nathan said
I'm the best analyst he's ever seen.
And then he went to
bat for me with Trilby.
It's nice to have a friend
who's pulling for me.
Okay, okay, I'm sorry,
I have to say this.
The Wolf isn't friend material.
Oh, this again, Harry?
Come on. I'll admit it
When I found out that
Nathan was an assassin,
I had, you know, a
little "yikes" moment.
But I wasn't that thrilled
when I found out what you do
Shooting terrorists in Paris
You know, it's morally complex.
But I gave you the benefit of the doubt
because I know you have a good heart.
And I know that Nathan
has a good heart, too.
Okay, listen.
The Wolf overheard me
call him something that
I was saying to Gib,
and it was not flattering.
But he gave me this look.
And it was chilling.
And then he stalked me to my car.
- Well, what did you say about him?
- I-I just I It was
I called him a murderous
psycho or something.
Oh, you called him a murderous psycho
and you wanted him to, what, be happy?
You don't get it. He's dangerous.
I looked into his eyes tonight,
honey, and there was nothing.
Just bottomless wells of darkness.
Well, I looked into his eyes
too, and I saw some light.
Oh
Also, Trilby ordered me,
so, want me to defy an order?
No. I-I just
I just want you to try and watch
him. Just try to see what I see.
Fine.
And can you just support me?
And my friendship.
Okay. Yeah.
GIB: This is it, guys. We're rolling.
You got something from the chemical
plant that made the explosives?
Yep. I hacked their mainframe
and traced a purchase order
to an Arlington warehouse.
You think the assassins are
working out of a warehouse?
Probably bugged out by now,
but it's a good place to pick up
a trail, we could do some recon.
Yeah, and the clock's ticking.
Trilby says Albania's launching
a full-scale invasion tonight.
So, pound those coffees.
Don't pound your coffee too hard, Harry.
Wouldn't want you to choke.
To death.
All right, this place looks
abandoned, but let's do it right.
If there's any signs of life
in there, I want to know.
All right, Helen.
First time stay alert.
Yeah. Gib? For the
recon that they're doing
They don't do any shooting, right?
No. Shouldn't be. Why?
Just
That's good. Nothing.
HARRY: Well, if the assassins
were here, looks like they're gone now.
LUTHER: East side clear.
Okay. Advance to north and south
vantage points for confirmation.
So, I am glad you and Helen are friends.
Oh, you didn't sound glad last night.
Yeah, about what you heard
Some things sound bad out of context.
Is there a good context
to "murderous psychopath"?
That was just, like, a figure of speech.
You can't take these
things seriously, man.
I didn't survive this long by
not taking things seriously.
Man.
- LUTHER: West side clear.
- We are clear on the south side.
GIB: Got it.
Sit tight. I'll let Omega
know you're moving in.
Wait, no, Gib.
I think you should look at this.
I'm going over all the communications
that you hacked from the chemical plant
where the explosives came from,
- and something's weird.
- Weird how?
All of the employees
have American names,
and all of the internal memos and emails
are written in English, but I can tell
from the grammar and the word choices
that it was written by a German speaker.
I'm pretty sure every single
one of these emails is fake.
Hey, guys.
Hold up a second, something smells bad.
Helen just figured out that
the chemical plant was a front.
Whole thing might be a setup. Stand by.
A setup? How could it be a setup?
That truck nearly blew
up the Serbian ambassador.
Müller knew we would
trace the explosives
whether he killed the ambassador or not.
One way or the other,
we were ending up here.
So he creates a false trail, lures us
into his trap. And kills the only people
that can stop him from
starting a war. I mean, it
That's what you would do.
Yeah.
We should call for backup.
No, if they see backup,
they're gonna bug out.
We got one chance to surprise
them and it's right now.
We don't have much
time to flip the script.
Okay, well, look, th-they're
gonna be expecting us
through that eastern loading bay.
It's got the best sight lines.
We can use that.
GIB: Yeah, I don't know, guys.
There's a lot of unknowns here.
We don't know how many
assassins are inside.
I mean, we need a massive misdirection.
Gib, how attached are
you to that tac van?
Come on, Harry!
I like this one.
I just got her all set up.
("LET'S GO!" BY SPACE CAMP PLAYING)
Come on, now, ready, let's go ♪
Come on, ready, let's go ♪
We turn it up until
the roof is shaking ♪
We 'bout to put on a show ♪
We 'bout to put on a show ♪
You know we're all
about them good vibrations. ♪
It's been a great run, little mama.
Neither one of us thought
it would end like this, but
- Gib.
- It's for the greater good.
There's-there's gonna be
shooting now, right? Obviously?
Yeah.
Okay. Yeah. Okay.
I just need to do one thing. Nathan.
- Yeah?
- Hi.
I just wanted to say
something to you before you left.
Oh. Okay.
I know you said you
weren't sure about the seed.
Uh-huh.
I just wanted to say I'm sure.
And, um, I know you have a good heart.
And I hope that you remember that today.
Okay.
Okay.
HARRY: All right, let's
get the van into position.
♪
(SHOUTING IN GERMAN)
(SHOUTING IN GERMAN)
(STEAM HISSING)
Hey, you ♪
Think you need me ♪
From what you ♪
Saw on TV ♪
Think twice ♪
But I won't let you
be my own demise ♪
Harry! Together? Go!
I won't let you be my own demise ♪
Go!
Müller's running!
Go after him, Harry, we got this.
I'm a nuisance ♪
I'm a danger ♪
You're a liar ♪
Cover us!
Saw on TV ♪
Think twice ♪
Don't deceive me ♪
But I won't let you be
my own demise, hey ♪
Do we think they're okay?
I don't know if they're
okay, but they're still alive.
You can check their
vitals right here. See?
Uh-huh. 58 beats per minute?
Wolf really doesn't mind killing.
No, he does not.
Okay. All right, he could be anywhere.
Okay.
You go in front. I'll
cover you from behind.
- From behind?
- Yeah.
You mean, like, behind my head?
Yeah. I do it all the time. Go.
Okay, uh, just thinking out loud here.
Uh, we should stick together.
What? I can-I can hit a target
from a thousand yards with this thing.
That's right, but I'm
just gonna say this out loud.
Uh, you shoot
people in the back of the head.
- It's kind of your thing.
- Harry.
Do you think I'm gonna kill you?
Maybe.
Did I think about it?
Yeah. But then Helen said this
really nice thing about
seeds and then I was like,
"Oh, whatever, never
mind, I'm not gonna do it."
- Seeds?
- Yeah.
You're a very lucky man.
Now let's do this.
Besides, if I wanted to kill you,
you'd never see it coming.
(CHUCKLES, EXHALES)
(QUIETLY): Pew! Pew!
(CHUCKLES)
(CLICKS)
Hey, Wolf? Uh, could use a little help.
Uh
Nathan?
Wolf. Nathan. Where are you?
- Why isn't Nathan answering?
- HARRY: Nathan!
Wolf!
Nice tricks. But now it's time to die.
(GUNSHOT)
Sorry I was late. I walked around to try
to get a cleaner shot.
Oh, okay. Yeah, no problem.
It was pretty intense,
huh? Hey, you okay?
Oh, yeah. (GRUNTS)
You feel like a grilled cheese?
Huh?
TRILBY: Nice job. You stopped a war
and took a dangerous
outfit off the board.
Mission complete.
- (CLEARS THROAT)
- Uh, oh, yeah.
Someone pointed out that
if it hadn't been for Helen,
you would have all been
rocketed to kingdom come.
That same person suggested
that Helen was now ready to be
promoted to full-time agent.
(CHUCKLES): What?
Full agent?
Who?
You're probably one of
the most overqualified
trainees Omega's ever had.
- You're more than ready.
- TRILBY: I mean,
I was a Rhodes Scholar,
black belt in jiujitsu,
but who's keeping score?
Wait, is this real?
Yes, Helen. I approved it personally.
So, yes. Congrats.
Thank you so much.
I will not let you down.
Just don't think you're
gonna get an office.
Congratulations, Helen.
Sadly, for me it's time to adios.
But I got you all
little things to remember me by.
This is a leather conditioner.
You should use that
on your bag. It's amazing.
I will use it every day.
I know.
Maria,
this is to make your draw
even quicker.
That's a really nice
holster. Thanks, man.
- What do we got?
- I'm proud of this one.
A signed copy of the code for
the Aughtnet computer virus?
(CHUCKLES) Oh!
I got his signature right before the
(IMITATES CUTTING, SPURTING)
We know it's his last signature.
I-I made this for you.
A friendship bracelet.
'Cause we're friends.
I love it so much, Nathan.
Thank you.
And I got this for you.
It's a light-up key chain.
'Cause I know you get
skittish in the-in the dark.
Oh thanks.
Bring it in, bud.
HARRY: Yeah.
Congrats again, honey.
Thanks for pulling for me.
(SIGHS) Yeah, about that.
Gib mentioned something
the other day about
how the Wolf was giving
you something that I wasn't.
He made you feel included.
All I know is that Nathan made me
feel like I was part of the team.
And that felt nice.
Yeah, I get it. I just wanted to say
I'm sorry for not seeing it earlier.
Thank you for saying that.
You know
the kids aren't getting
back until tomorrow.
- Mm-hmm.
- And if you want me to, I can
show you how sorry I am.
Oh. I might be open to that.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
(PHONE DINGS)
Is he eating a gyro outside of
- a burning building?
- Yep.
Mm-Okay.
He
might be a little
- extra morally complex.
- (CHUCKLES)