The Irrational (2023) s02e01 Episode Script
Collateral Damage
1
♪
I'm Alec Mercer.
Welcome to Applied Psychology 101.
You're the science guy.
That's Bill Nye. I'm actually
the behavioral science guy.
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
I know why people do
inexplicable things.
Paradoxical persuasion.
It's called an auditory illusion.
Bereavement sex.
Nothing irrational about that.
- [BULLETS RICOCHETING]
- [GASPS]
- Sorry, Eddie.
- My name's Trey.
What is he doing?
He's using absurdism to
force Trey to correct him
and ground himself in reality.
He bombed that church
20 years ago.
I feel relieved
knowing that the man
who did those terrible
things is not there anymore.
But does it make
me any different?
Guess you're going to
have to collect more data.
Kylie, what are you doing here?
Marisa sent my résumé
over to the FBI cyber team,
and they called me.
You're taking the job
with Rachel Myers.
I have to put my mental health first.
You will be missed.
Hi, Rose.
I've been a few different people.
U-turn. Whoa!
Nice driving.
You were MI6.
It must have difficult
to have your cover blown.
[GRUNTING]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
Alec.
- Hi.
- Hailie.
How are you?
I've been looking forward
to this for a long time.
Me, too. Can I get you a drink?
Yes, I would love that.
What the hell, Hailie?
Arthur, what a surprise.
The divorce isn't even finalized,
and you're out with some creep
in my favorite restaurant?
Is there a problem?
You mind giving us a moment alone?
I'd say that would be up to Hailie.
Get your hands off my wife.
You can do better than
this low-rent podiatrist.
What did you call me?
Really, Arthur?
You're embarrassing yourself.
Now I see what you were talking about.
Who the hell are you?
This is the man behind the $10 million
Medicare fraud scam?
He's not as tall as you described him.
It was over 30 million.
And I deserved every penny of it.
- $30 million?
- Yeah.
You sure about that?
I am.
I'm just checking
on behalf of my ex-wife,
the FBI agent in charge of your case.
And you are under arrest.
Arthur is a careful guy.
The FBI was trying to coax
a confession out of him
for months but got nowhere.
But when we are
in a hot state like jealousy,
anger, sexual arousal, we get
less careful, we make mistakes.
From a rational standpoint,
Arthur had everything to lose
and nothing to gain from talking.
But if there's one thing I want
you to take away from this class
is that nearly all irrational behavior
is driven by our emotions.
So the next time you find
yourself in a hot state,
take a moment to consider
how much you might
inadvertently divulge.
And use protection.
[LAUGHTER]
Thanks, guys. Have a good day.
You know, you tell that joke every year.
Phoebe.
Classic status quo bias.
Status quo bias would be
the irrational attachment
to status quo, as opposed to my very
rational preference
for status quo and a good joke.
So how's things with Professor Myers?
Great.
I mean, it's different, but great.
Hey.
Phoebe and I are going
to grab an early dinner.
You want to join us?
I'd love to, but I got a date with Rose.
You know, since you
and Rose got together,
it's the happiest I've
seen you since the divorce.
You're becoming very good
at reading people.
- Give her my best.
- Yeah, me too.
I'll do that.
Be good.
[SOFT PIANO MUSIC]
♪
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
Hi, it's Rose.
Please leave a message.
[PHONE BEEPS]
♪
Hi, it's Rose.
Please leave a message.
Hey, it's me again.
I'm outside your building,
and your car's not here.
I'm going to use that code you gave me
to go inside, all right?
I just want to make sure
everything's all right.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Hey, lady.
What are you still doing here?
You knew this consultant gig
doesn't pay by the hour, right?
I'm just trying to get
up to speed with this system
y'all got going here.
Ah, the Bureau can be
a little set in its ways.
That's why it's helpful
to have new blood.
Hey, Quinn said they're trying
to hook me up with an office.
Ooh, well, don't tell Alec that.
He's been consulting for
this department for 10 years,
and they haven't offered him that.
- [PHONE RINGING]
- Speak of the devil.
[CHUCKLES]
- Night.
- Night.
Hey, Alec, what's up?
It's Rose. She's missing.
What do you mean she's missing?
We had plans for dinner.
She didn't show up.
Her phone's off.
Oh, you know Rose.
She's got clients all over the world.
Maybe she had an emergency
in Beijing or something.
Her go bag is still
here in her apartment.
I saw a pile of cigarette butts outside.
Tells me someone was casing the place.
OK, how can I help?
I thought maybe you
could run her plates,
see if her car's turned
up in the system.
You're really worried
about her, aren't you?
[SIGHS] Something's not right, Marisa.
♪
[COUGHING]
Could I please have a drink of water?
I haven't got any.
[COUGHING]
Look, this is all I got.
You want some?
♪
I don't know who you think I am,
but I'm pretty sure you've
got the wrong person.
I don't know. It sure looks like you.
They say everyone has a doppelganger.
This says you used to be a
spy for MI6 till you got outed.
[CHUCKLES]
Do I look like a spy?
Well, you fight like a spy.
Hey, boss said not to talk to her.
I'm sorry.
No more questions.
How'd you find this?
We ran the plates.
Turns out Rose's car was towed when
it was left in a one-hour parking spot
for more than four hours,
and neighbors complained.
We think they slashed Rose's
tire and then lay in wait.
So Rose was intentionally targeted?
It looks that way.
The van was reported stolen
two days ago.
We requisitioned footage from
all the traffic cameras in the area.
Did you guys look
into the espionage angle?
We talked to the CIA.
So far, there's no chatter about this.
We are getting in touch
with the local MI6 office.
MI6?
I thought the British
stopped spying on us
sometime around 1776.
They did.
So now it's more like a mutual
understanding between allies.
Could be someone
from her corporate fixer work,
disgruntled former client.
Can you give us a minute?
Alec, we are looking into every
possible angle, I promise.
And I know I don't have to tell you
that you should not
be involved in this case.
There is no way I'm going
to sit by and do nothing
when Rose has been abducted.
Just let us do our job.
When Jace was killed, you
couldn't have been sidelined.
Jace was dead.
I hope and I believe
that Rose is still alive,
and I want to keep it that way.
Then let me help you find her.
Hey, we're seeing this video.
Rose is a tough lady.
And, honestly, I feel
bad for whoever took her.
She's more than tough.
She was trained
in kidnapping and ransom.
She's extracted kids
from Nigerian rebel forces,
rescued women from Mexican cartels,
even gotten soldiers
from behind enemy lines.
And that was all
in the Guardian article
that blew her cover.
Why risk kidnapping one
of the world's leading experts
on kidnapping?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Boss is here for the transfer.
W what's that for?
It's to sedate her.
She's been cooperative so far.
She's more dangerous than you think.
What are you giving me?
I got really sick on morphine once.
[RADIO CHATTER]
According to the traffic cams,
the van got off the highway here
and pulled back on six minutes later.
It looks like two different
vehicles pulled up here.
Well, one of them could have
been the van, or a van, anyway.
I mean, the other, based
on the treads, probably
a mid-to large-size SUV.
That's all we got so far.
Two vehicles pulled up
in the middle of nowhere
at the same time?
Maybe a transfer point.
Maybe.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Is there something in that can?
♪
[JINGLING]
♪
That's Rose's ring.
She must have left it for us.
Did you dust that can for prints?
[DEVICE TRILLS]
♪
A 98% male match?
Those prints aren't Rose's.
So whose are they?
Calvin Ellis.
Prior convictions in shoplifting,
narcotics possession, vandalism.
These are all what people like
to call victimless crimes.
Kidnapping's kind of off brand
for you, isn't it?
I don't have to say nothing to you.
[DOOR CLICKS]
Cal.
I have a feeling you're a good guy.
From the evidence we have,
we know that you gave Rose a drink.
That's nice.
Most bad guys, they wouldn't do that.
What's he doing?
I don't know what
you're talking about.
Alec is trying to change his mindset.
I have a feeling that
you know where Rose is
and that you want to tell us.
Getting him to rethink his identity.
Does it work?
I know it wasn't your idea.
We'll find out.
Somebody put you up to it, right?
You didn't want to do it, did you?
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
No.
I was a few months behind in rent.
I needed the job.
Hm.
So somebody paid you?
They said she was a spy,
that she'd done terrible things,
hurt people, that she deserved it.
You remember the name
of the person who paid you?
I only saw him the one time,
when we transferred her.
I don't know where
he took her after that.
Probably the same place
he took the other guy.
♪
What other guy?
Rise and shine.
Please.
Please, you've got the wrong person.
My name is Emily Dash.
I'm a kindergarten teacher.
I haven't seen you.
Don't bother, Rose.
He knows.
Harry?
Oh, good.
You remember your former colleague.
I'm sorry, Rose.
I told him everything.
Who are you?
There she is.
I'm Gavin, and you're Rose.
And you're a spy,
and he was your handler.
Now that we know who's who,
let's start again,
this time with the truth.
This was approved by MI6?
Yes.
When did the book come out?
Two weeks ago.
It was Harry's retirement project.
And you think whoever
has Rose did it because
of something in this book?
Harry's wife called yesterday.
He was taken captive
by a couple of men with guns.
We were exploring other angles
until you told us about Rose.
They only worked one
case together in the U.S.
Harry wrote about it.
Obliquely, of course, but we think
someone familiar with the
details put two and two together.
And who was that?
His name is Gavin King.
He used to work for
a private military contractor
called Alpha Defense.
Three years ago,
Gavin was in Afghanistan
when his wife,
Fiona Donnelly, was killed
on a routine operation
here in her house in Virginia.
The last I checked, MI6 isn't supposed
to have operations on U.S. soil.
Fiona's cousins were
terrorists of the new IRA.
We've been tracking them for
months, and they led us here.
And Rose was involved?
Rose and a small team, yes.
Look, I'll be candid.
The operation didn't go as planned.
Fiona was collateral damage.
We knew that Gavin was angry
and that he could be a loose cannon.
So we kept tabs on him
until we could determine
he was no longer a threat.
Clearly, we were wrong.
Do you know what he wants?
I have no idea.
He doesn't stand to gain
anything from Rose or Harry.
Nothing to gain, everything to lose.
It sounds like we're
talking about revenge.
What are you doing?
I'm calling Rizwan.
I want him to run an experiment.
Do you mind?
Of course.
Can we count on you for resources?
Officially, according to my superiors,
Rose never existed, and Harry's retired.
Unofficially, I love Rose.
We all do.
And if she hadn't been outed,
Gavin wouldn't have
been able to find her.
You'll have everything you need.
How dangerous is Gavin?
If anyone can take him down, it's Rose.
But given what we think he's
done so far, in all honesty,
I doubt either of them
makes it out alive.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
- You all right?
- I've been better.
How did he find you?
Vanity.
That's how.
I wrote a bloody book.
After I retired,
I looked back at my life,
and on paper, I'd done nothing.
I wanted people to know
that I did something.
Gavin must have read the book
and put the pieces together.
What pieces?
Fiona Donnelly.
So that's what this is about?
He found the names of my
children, my grandchildren.
I knew what I was signing up for,
putting my own life in danger
with this work, not theirs.
I told him everything I know.
Which is nothing much, since
the whole operation was me.
You gave him my name.
I had hoped you'd be harder to find.
Being outed has rendered
my invisibility cloak
rather useless.
There's no way out. I've tried.
Well, we have what he wants
information.
That's our currency.
You may as well give him
the lot before he hurts you.
He'll kill us both once I do.
At least we'll go quickly.
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
I haven't resigned myself to that yet.
You have a better plan?
I do, actually.
I've heard a fair number
of cars going by,
which means we're not
in the middle of nowhere.
There may be businesses nearby.
If we can hold out till the morning,
there's a good chance we may
be seen, or at least heard.
Also, I've left something
of a coded message
behind for my friends in the FBI.
If we're lucky,
they've already found it.
If you refuse to talk,
he'll still kill you.
I know.
That's why we only have one option.
Tell him as little as possible,
as slowly as possible.
He'll torture you.
Yes.
But it'll buy us time.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Hey, Phoebe.
Hey, Rizwan, do you have my
copy of Thinking Fast and Slow?
Probably somewhere,
but I can't talk right now.
Why? What's going on?
Rose was abducted,
and the professor wants me
to do an experiment on revenge.
Wait, what?
Rose was abducted?
Why didn't you call me?
I didn't want to
trigger your anxiety.
I appreciate that. I really do.
But it's Rose. I want to help.
There might be a way you can.
Anything.
Remember the time we did the experiment
on whether intentional pain
hurts more than unintentional pain?
We had to choose which
subjects got electrical shocks.
And you were the one who had
to pretend to choose to give
them electrical shocks.
Mild electrical shocks.
Unpleasant, but completely safe.
They were super pissed at you.
Think you could get them back?
[TENSE MUSIC]
[ELECTRICITY BUZZING]
[GROANING]
Just tell him, Rose.
If you don't, he'll kill us both.
[GROANING]
[COUGHS]
[PANTING]
All right, you win.
Your wife's cousins,
the O'Neals were terrorists.
Shot up a police station in Belfast.
Five men died.
They fled to America.
We came to rendition them.
There was a shoot-out.
Fiona was caught in the crossfire.
You were lied to.
The story about the house being
a meth lab was a cover-up.
Happy?
[WHIMPERS]
Checks out with what he said.
That's because it's all I know.
I believe you.
[GUNSHOT]
[GASPING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
♪
I'll be back.
Don't go anywhere.
[ENGINE STARTS]
[HYPERVENTILATING]
Oh, God.
You can either shoot me
or walk away with $200 in cash.
No strings.
Now, before we start, Phoebe's
handing out a sheet of paper
with the Ten Commandments on it.
I'd like you all
to recite them out loud.
Number one, thou shalt not
[PAINTBALL GUNS FIRING]
But if you shoot me,
you don't get the money,
and the paintballs
will cost you $11 each.
[PAINTBALL GUNS FIRING]
I'd like you to take five minutes
to think about this situation
from my perspective.
[PAINTBALL GUNS FIRING]
[GROANS]
He was overseas
when his fiancée was killed.
He felt like that situation
was out of his control,
and the need for revenge
became all-consuming.
It's like an obsessive
compulsive disorder.
He kicked down doors in Afghanistan.
If he wants something, he'll get it.
He may not be smarter than Rose,
but he is stronger and bigger.
If Rose is lucky, the killer
wants something from her.
Otherwise, she's already dead.
Rose is alive,
unless proven otherwise.
Hey.
- You OK?
- I'm fine.
I know you better than anyone,
so I'm just going to say it.
You're not fine.
[SIGHS]
I can admit
that I have a hard time staying
objective in this case.
It's called egocentric bias.
No.
It's called love, you idiot.
Rose and I have only been
dating for a few months.
It's a little too early
to use that specific word.
OK, fine.
You care about Rose.
You have feelings for her.
You like-like her.
And right now, she's in real danger.
So it's OK if it throws
you off your game a bit.
I don't have time to be off my game.
If we want to get Rose back alive,
I need to do what I
do in any other case.
Which is?
Go to Gavin's place
and see if I can
find something the FBI hasn't.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[PHONE LINE TRILLING]
- Hey, Professor.
- Any results?
Every single person who had the chance
to take revenge took it.
I tried morality priming,
recited them the Ten Commandments.
I tried perspective
shifting, offered them money.
I even charged them
for the paintballs, but
But once they got the idea
of revenge in their minds,
there was no talking them out of it.
Exactly.
I'm trying to come up with
another condition, but
Rizwan, call 911.
Uh, no, don't do that.
Call Marisa.
Tell her I've been abducted.
Wait, what?
The guys who took Rose are here.
If I let them take me, it's
the easiest way to get to Rose.
At least they don't have
a fighting chance with Gavin.
- But
- Call her.
Professor, there's no way
to talk someone out of revenge.
Professor.
Damn it.
♪
[CAR DOORS SLAMMING]
Thought you might be lonely
without your friend.
So I brought you another one.
Alec?
Alec!
Let him go.
He has nothing to do with this.
Hear that sound?
It's the chickens coming home to roost.
You see,
you took someone that matters to me.
So now I'm going to take
someone that matters to you,
unless you tell me what you're hiding.
I told you what happened to Fiona.
You haven't told me anything
I didn't already know.
Tell me everything, or I blow
your boyfriend's brains out.
Tell me what happened.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Fiona worked for us.
What do you mean, she worked for you?
Fiona was living with her father,
and her cousins were staying
there when I recruited her.
Turned her into an asset.
An asset?
She never told me that.
Never said a word.
She had orders not to.
Your orders.
So how'd she end up dead?
We were working with Fiona on the inside
and went to make our move.
We were hoping to catch
her cousins off guard,
but somehow they got wind of us.
They started shooting.
I couldn't reach Fiona.
For all I knew, she'd been
made and was dead already.
So the order was given to return fire.
Being a soldier, you should
understand how it works.
We didn't have a choice.
Who gave the order to fire?
You said the order was given.
Who gave the order to fire?
Who gave the order?
I did.
It was me, all of it.
Recruiting Fiona, putting her in danger,
going in before they could extract her.
It was me.
You want your revenge,
go ahead and take it.
Let him go.
Kill me.
♪
She's lying.
Alec, don't.
I've read up on you.
You're that, um, professor.
The one who helps the police?
Then you know I'm really
good at reading people.
And I also happen to
know Rose very well.
Did you notice the way
she folded her lip
before she said she gave the order?
- Rigid posture?
- Stop.
Not to mention these operations
don't work like this.
Orders like that, they go way up.
No. No, they don't, actually.
Up where?
Come on!
Give me a name, an address!
Where do the orders go?
[GASPS]
[SCOFFS]
[CHUCKLES]
You know, ever since I read
your friend Harry's book,
I've wanted to kill someone.
Well, lots of someones, actually.
Found a few British pubs in the DC area,
an Anglican church.
And I found a British
International School
I bet lots of Brits,
powerful and influential
ones anyways,
have children that go there.
Targeting a school is a good plan.
You can get a lot of attention that way.
But let's think it through.
The trouble with hitting civilians is,
that's the only thing
people are going to remember.
And I think you want people
to remember Fiona, right?
That means Fiona's story has to
be more interesting than the victims'.
Or what have you accomplished?
It'll feel good.
Not as good as getting
who really did this.
People you won't give me!
8293 Provence Street.
What is that?
You want to know where
the orders came from.
That's where.
No need to take out a bunch
of innocent schoolchildren.
Better be a real address.
If it's not,
you're both dead.
So is everyone at that school.
There were 149 pings to the cell tower
closest to Gavin's home at the time
Alec was talking to Rizwan.
This dot is Alec's phone.
The blue dots are the rest.
Can you see how many
were prepaid cell phones?
- 11.
- 11.
OK, now we're getting somewhere.
Can you see where those 11 people went?
Wait a minute. These two both
left after Alec's phone went dead.
He said the guys who
took Rose were there.
Guys, plural.
Where did those two people go?
I know where that is.
I bet Gavin's holed up
with his hostages there.
Let's go. Kylie,
if you can please pull any phone numbers
that those two phones have called?
I'm betting one of them
is Gavin's phone number.
On it.
Was that a real address?
It's an office of MI6 operatives.
The building is fortified.
They'll be ready
for whatever he has planned.
It's our best option
since you showed up.
I was abducted.
Come on, Alec.
Everyone must have been on high alert.
If you got taken, it's
because you let them take you.
OK, so you needed help,
and I saw a way to get to you.
[GARAGE DOOR RATTLING]
You didn't happen to
bring a tracking device,
so Marisa could find us, did you?
There wasn't time. Marisa will ping
my phone,
track the nearest tower,
find their phones.
She's probably on her
way here right now.
Oh, I had a plan!
To take the blame for
everything and get killed.
That wasn't a great plan, Rose.
Well, now both of us will get killed.
How is that better?
Marisa will find us.
Congratulations.
Looks like I'm going to need
you both alive a little bit longer.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
FBI!
- Search warrant!
- Alec!
Rose!
Clear!
Are we sure we got the right place?
♪
Marisa!
It's the right place.
We just got here too late.
♪
I thought he was going to use guns.
It's a reasonable assumption.
Fiona was killed in a shooting.
Most killers seeking revenge
would have used a gun.
I guess Gavin's an outlier.
I guess so.
Guns, they can handle.
But a 15-foot up-armored truck might
be able to breach security.
And it's unlikely he's going to
stop and let us out before he tries.
Isn't this about time
you work your Mercer magic?
Talk him out of this.
I wish I could.
Rizwan performed an experiment that
proves what my past
research has already shown.
There's no quick way of
talking someone out of revenge.
Is there a slow way?
Well, there's one
scientifically tested way,
but it involves a substantial
shifting of attention.
And it takes a good three months.
I'm guessing, depending on traffic,
we have about 14 minutes.
We have to try something.
We've analyzed
the GPS in Gavin's SUV.
One place he stopped by several times
is the British International School.
He might have been casing it.
So you think that's
where they're headed?
Maybe. We don't know for sure.
Gavin must have known that
we would examine the car,
so it's possible that
it was his plan to throw
us off of the real target.
So what's your strategy?
Right now, we have
a burner number for Gavin,
but it's turned off.
Alec knows that it's the only
chance that we have to find him,
so I'm hoping that
he's trying to turn it back on.
And in the meantime?
We need to evacuate that school.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
Gavin?
Interesting thing about revenge.
It's good for society.
It's humanity's built-in justice system.
It keeps us in check.
Psychologically hardwired,
mutually assured
destruction.
Now, I I know you're
angry about Fiona's death
and how badly you want to avenge her.
But, man, planning revenge is far more
fulfilling than actually
going through with it.
Because what happens after?
[BRAKES SCREECHING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
There is no after.
If you crash into that MI6 building,
you might manage to kill a few people.
All of us, at least.
But in the end, nothing will change.
Tell him what will happen, Rose.
You'll be dismissed as a whack job.
They'll find a manifesto
on your computer.
Ties to extremist groups.
Probably some child porn,
just for good measure.
No one will ever know
that what you're doing
has anything to do with Fiona.
She'll disappear from history,
and so will you.
Hey, hey, hey! There is another way.
There's another way
that you can get the truth out there
before this ends,
in a way that they can't undo it.
Rose will confess.
You will record it.
She'll tell them everything,
the truth about Fiona.
Even if you kill us, you could
still send it to the press,
or tweet it, or whatever you want.
But the world gets to know who she was,
that she was killed
by the British government
on American soil.
An admission by an outed MI6 agent.
Now, that, soldier, is real revenge.
Now, which would you rather do?
Commit a few more murders
and damn Fiona's memory
or just get the truth out
there once and for all?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
You have five minutes.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Starting now.
♪
Marisa, Gavin just turned his phone on.
We're tracking it now.
My name is Rose Dinshaw.
And for 13 years, I was
a covert operative for MI6.
But before that, I was a nobody,
the only child to immigrant
parents in the UK.
My father returned
to India when I was five.
He told me it was for work.
It was years later that I found out
it was to be with his mistress.
My mother was all I had,
until she was diagnosed
with stage III brain cancer.
[PHONE RINGING]
Marisa, are you at MI6?
Yes, why?
You gotta get out of there now.
Gavin's phone is pinging
a cell tower a quarter mile
from that building.
Can you get me an exact location?
I'm working with FBI cyber.
We need to get
a tactical team outside now.
Cover a 10-block radius
around the building.
After that, I drifted
for a bit, did this and that.
I tried to be a stage performer.
Quit stalling!
Let her finish.
I'm telling you
this because Fiona and I,
we had a lot in common.
♪
I got it.
She told me that she lost her
mother at an early age, too.
I never intended for Fiona to be harmed.
We connected.
8th and Clover.
He's armed and dangerous.
If you get eyes on him, fire.
She wanted a different life,
and that was something I could give her.
I could have given her that.
No, you couldn't.
She wanted to leave you.
Fiona told me about you,
about your jealous rages you flew into,
about how you abused her.
Did you hit her the way you hit me?
[GRUNTS]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
[GUN COCKS]
Alec, get down!
[GUNSHOTS]
Suspect down.
Hostages secured. They're OK.
[LAUGHS]
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
- Everything looks good.
- Great.
So I can get out of here.
Alec, what the hell
were you thinking, letting
yourself get kidnapped?
[GRUNTS]
I knew that if
I could get him to a hot state,
he'd leave his phone on long
enough for you to track him.
I weighed the pros and cons.
No, you did not.
As soon as you sign, you're free to go.
Are you sure?
What about Rose?
Rose Dinshaw?
She left a few minutes ago.
I'm guessing you're
going to need a ride?
[CAR HORN HONKING]
[SOFT MUSIC]
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
Rose!
It's me.
♪
[SIGHS]
You didn't wait for me at the hospital.
I know.
I should have.
I was ashamed, I guess.
Why?
For getting you involved in all of this
in the first place.
You look well, all things considered.
So do you.
[CHUCKLES]
- Does it hurt?
- Mm.
It'll heal.
Mostly, I'm just
[SIGHS] Tired.
Rose, you are the bravest person I know,
and I've known quite a few brave people.
You're the brave one.
If it weren't for you, I'd be dead.
No getting around that.
You're nothing short of heroic, Alec.
♪
Are you going somewhere?
I'm scheduled to be in Dubai tomorrow.
I'm taking the red-eye.
I really should get dressed.
Rose, you were abducted and tortured.
Maybe you should take
some time to process that.
I find when it comes to
trauma, it's best to move on,
not relive it.
So business as usual?
The work helps me, Alec.
It really does.
Honestly, I've been
in more dangerous situations
than this one before.
It's been a while, but I have.
I'll be fine.
I'll be fine.
You really must regret
getting involved with me.
I don't.
Look what happened to Fiona, to Harry.
If I had lost you
I'm not sure I could go on.
You didn't lose me.
And I have no regrets.
You will if you knew the things
I've done in the name of country,
loyalty, whatever you want to call it,
you'd hate me for it.
I'm feeling a lot of feelings right now,
but hate is definitely not one of them.
You're just saying that because you're
in a hot state after today.
Maybe.
Doesn't mean it isn't true.
[PHONE DINGS]
That's my driver.
He's downstairs.
[CHUCKLES]
Now I really wish I didn't have to go.
It's OK.
You have to work,
and I have to teach
a class early in the morning.
Maybe I'll teach a lesson
in the cultural benefits
and personal costs of revenge.
[LAUGHS]
Of course you will.
♪
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
♪
I'm Alec Mercer.
Welcome to Applied Psychology 101.
You're the science guy.
That's Bill Nye. I'm actually
the behavioral science guy.
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
I know why people do
inexplicable things.
Paradoxical persuasion.
It's called an auditory illusion.
Bereavement sex.
Nothing irrational about that.
- [BULLETS RICOCHETING]
- [GASPS]
- Sorry, Eddie.
- My name's Trey.
What is he doing?
He's using absurdism to
force Trey to correct him
and ground himself in reality.
He bombed that church
20 years ago.
I feel relieved
knowing that the man
who did those terrible
things is not there anymore.
But does it make
me any different?
Guess you're going to
have to collect more data.
Kylie, what are you doing here?
Marisa sent my résumé
over to the FBI cyber team,
and they called me.
You're taking the job
with Rachel Myers.
I have to put my mental health first.
You will be missed.
Hi, Rose.
I've been a few different people.
U-turn. Whoa!
Nice driving.
You were MI6.
It must have difficult
to have your cover blown.
[GRUNTING]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
Alec.
- Hi.
- Hailie.
How are you?
I've been looking forward
to this for a long time.
Me, too. Can I get you a drink?
Yes, I would love that.
What the hell, Hailie?
Arthur, what a surprise.
The divorce isn't even finalized,
and you're out with some creep
in my favorite restaurant?
Is there a problem?
You mind giving us a moment alone?
I'd say that would be up to Hailie.
Get your hands off my wife.
You can do better than
this low-rent podiatrist.
What did you call me?
Really, Arthur?
You're embarrassing yourself.
Now I see what you were talking about.
Who the hell are you?
This is the man behind the $10 million
Medicare fraud scam?
He's not as tall as you described him.
It was over 30 million.
And I deserved every penny of it.
- $30 million?
- Yeah.
You sure about that?
I am.
I'm just checking
on behalf of my ex-wife,
the FBI agent in charge of your case.
And you are under arrest.
Arthur is a careful guy.
The FBI was trying to coax
a confession out of him
for months but got nowhere.
But when we are
in a hot state like jealousy,
anger, sexual arousal, we get
less careful, we make mistakes.
From a rational standpoint,
Arthur had everything to lose
and nothing to gain from talking.
But if there's one thing I want
you to take away from this class
is that nearly all irrational behavior
is driven by our emotions.
So the next time you find
yourself in a hot state,
take a moment to consider
how much you might
inadvertently divulge.
And use protection.
[LAUGHTER]
Thanks, guys. Have a good day.
You know, you tell that joke every year.
Phoebe.
Classic status quo bias.
Status quo bias would be
the irrational attachment
to status quo, as opposed to my very
rational preference
for status quo and a good joke.
So how's things with Professor Myers?
Great.
I mean, it's different, but great.
Hey.
Phoebe and I are going
to grab an early dinner.
You want to join us?
I'd love to, but I got a date with Rose.
You know, since you
and Rose got together,
it's the happiest I've
seen you since the divorce.
You're becoming very good
at reading people.
- Give her my best.
- Yeah, me too.
I'll do that.
Be good.
[SOFT PIANO MUSIC]
♪
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
Hi, it's Rose.
Please leave a message.
[PHONE BEEPS]
♪
Hi, it's Rose.
Please leave a message.
Hey, it's me again.
I'm outside your building,
and your car's not here.
I'm going to use that code you gave me
to go inside, all right?
I just want to make sure
everything's all right.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Hey, lady.
What are you still doing here?
You knew this consultant gig
doesn't pay by the hour, right?
I'm just trying to get
up to speed with this system
y'all got going here.
Ah, the Bureau can be
a little set in its ways.
That's why it's helpful
to have new blood.
Hey, Quinn said they're trying
to hook me up with an office.
Ooh, well, don't tell Alec that.
He's been consulting for
this department for 10 years,
and they haven't offered him that.
- [PHONE RINGING]
- Speak of the devil.
[CHUCKLES]
- Night.
- Night.
Hey, Alec, what's up?
It's Rose. She's missing.
What do you mean she's missing?
We had plans for dinner.
She didn't show up.
Her phone's off.
Oh, you know Rose.
She's got clients all over the world.
Maybe she had an emergency
in Beijing or something.
Her go bag is still
here in her apartment.
I saw a pile of cigarette butts outside.
Tells me someone was casing the place.
OK, how can I help?
I thought maybe you
could run her plates,
see if her car's turned
up in the system.
You're really worried
about her, aren't you?
[SIGHS] Something's not right, Marisa.
♪
[COUGHING]
Could I please have a drink of water?
I haven't got any.
[COUGHING]
Look, this is all I got.
You want some?
♪
I don't know who you think I am,
but I'm pretty sure you've
got the wrong person.
I don't know. It sure looks like you.
They say everyone has a doppelganger.
This says you used to be a
spy for MI6 till you got outed.
[CHUCKLES]
Do I look like a spy?
Well, you fight like a spy.
Hey, boss said not to talk to her.
I'm sorry.
No more questions.
How'd you find this?
We ran the plates.
Turns out Rose's car was towed when
it was left in a one-hour parking spot
for more than four hours,
and neighbors complained.
We think they slashed Rose's
tire and then lay in wait.
So Rose was intentionally targeted?
It looks that way.
The van was reported stolen
two days ago.
We requisitioned footage from
all the traffic cameras in the area.
Did you guys look
into the espionage angle?
We talked to the CIA.
So far, there's no chatter about this.
We are getting in touch
with the local MI6 office.
MI6?
I thought the British
stopped spying on us
sometime around 1776.
They did.
So now it's more like a mutual
understanding between allies.
Could be someone
from her corporate fixer work,
disgruntled former client.
Can you give us a minute?
Alec, we are looking into every
possible angle, I promise.
And I know I don't have to tell you
that you should not
be involved in this case.
There is no way I'm going
to sit by and do nothing
when Rose has been abducted.
Just let us do our job.
When Jace was killed, you
couldn't have been sidelined.
Jace was dead.
I hope and I believe
that Rose is still alive,
and I want to keep it that way.
Then let me help you find her.
Hey, we're seeing this video.
Rose is a tough lady.
And, honestly, I feel
bad for whoever took her.
She's more than tough.
She was trained
in kidnapping and ransom.
She's extracted kids
from Nigerian rebel forces,
rescued women from Mexican cartels,
even gotten soldiers
from behind enemy lines.
And that was all
in the Guardian article
that blew her cover.
Why risk kidnapping one
of the world's leading experts
on kidnapping?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Boss is here for the transfer.
W what's that for?
It's to sedate her.
She's been cooperative so far.
She's more dangerous than you think.
What are you giving me?
I got really sick on morphine once.
[RADIO CHATTER]
According to the traffic cams,
the van got off the highway here
and pulled back on six minutes later.
It looks like two different
vehicles pulled up here.
Well, one of them could have
been the van, or a van, anyway.
I mean, the other, based
on the treads, probably
a mid-to large-size SUV.
That's all we got so far.
Two vehicles pulled up
in the middle of nowhere
at the same time?
Maybe a transfer point.
Maybe.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Is there something in that can?
♪
[JINGLING]
♪
That's Rose's ring.
She must have left it for us.
Did you dust that can for prints?
[DEVICE TRILLS]
♪
A 98% male match?
Those prints aren't Rose's.
So whose are they?
Calvin Ellis.
Prior convictions in shoplifting,
narcotics possession, vandalism.
These are all what people like
to call victimless crimes.
Kidnapping's kind of off brand
for you, isn't it?
I don't have to say nothing to you.
[DOOR CLICKS]
Cal.
I have a feeling you're a good guy.
From the evidence we have,
we know that you gave Rose a drink.
That's nice.
Most bad guys, they wouldn't do that.
What's he doing?
I don't know what
you're talking about.
Alec is trying to change his mindset.
I have a feeling that
you know where Rose is
and that you want to tell us.
Getting him to rethink his identity.
Does it work?
I know it wasn't your idea.
We'll find out.
Somebody put you up to it, right?
You didn't want to do it, did you?
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
No.
I was a few months behind in rent.
I needed the job.
Hm.
So somebody paid you?
They said she was a spy,
that she'd done terrible things,
hurt people, that she deserved it.
You remember the name
of the person who paid you?
I only saw him the one time,
when we transferred her.
I don't know where
he took her after that.
Probably the same place
he took the other guy.
♪
What other guy?
Rise and shine.
Please.
Please, you've got the wrong person.
My name is Emily Dash.
I'm a kindergarten teacher.
I haven't seen you.
Don't bother, Rose.
He knows.
Harry?
Oh, good.
You remember your former colleague.
I'm sorry, Rose.
I told him everything.
Who are you?
There she is.
I'm Gavin, and you're Rose.
And you're a spy,
and he was your handler.
Now that we know who's who,
let's start again,
this time with the truth.
This was approved by MI6?
Yes.
When did the book come out?
Two weeks ago.
It was Harry's retirement project.
And you think whoever
has Rose did it because
of something in this book?
Harry's wife called yesterday.
He was taken captive
by a couple of men with guns.
We were exploring other angles
until you told us about Rose.
They only worked one
case together in the U.S.
Harry wrote about it.
Obliquely, of course, but we think
someone familiar with the
details put two and two together.
And who was that?
His name is Gavin King.
He used to work for
a private military contractor
called Alpha Defense.
Three years ago,
Gavin was in Afghanistan
when his wife,
Fiona Donnelly, was killed
on a routine operation
here in her house in Virginia.
The last I checked, MI6 isn't supposed
to have operations on U.S. soil.
Fiona's cousins were
terrorists of the new IRA.
We've been tracking them for
months, and they led us here.
And Rose was involved?
Rose and a small team, yes.
Look, I'll be candid.
The operation didn't go as planned.
Fiona was collateral damage.
We knew that Gavin was angry
and that he could be a loose cannon.
So we kept tabs on him
until we could determine
he was no longer a threat.
Clearly, we were wrong.
Do you know what he wants?
I have no idea.
He doesn't stand to gain
anything from Rose or Harry.
Nothing to gain, everything to lose.
It sounds like we're
talking about revenge.
What are you doing?
I'm calling Rizwan.
I want him to run an experiment.
Do you mind?
Of course.
Can we count on you for resources?
Officially, according to my superiors,
Rose never existed, and Harry's retired.
Unofficially, I love Rose.
We all do.
And if she hadn't been outed,
Gavin wouldn't have
been able to find her.
You'll have everything you need.
How dangerous is Gavin?
If anyone can take him down, it's Rose.
But given what we think he's
done so far, in all honesty,
I doubt either of them
makes it out alive.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
- You all right?
- I've been better.
How did he find you?
Vanity.
That's how.
I wrote a bloody book.
After I retired,
I looked back at my life,
and on paper, I'd done nothing.
I wanted people to know
that I did something.
Gavin must have read the book
and put the pieces together.
What pieces?
Fiona Donnelly.
So that's what this is about?
He found the names of my
children, my grandchildren.
I knew what I was signing up for,
putting my own life in danger
with this work, not theirs.
I told him everything I know.
Which is nothing much, since
the whole operation was me.
You gave him my name.
I had hoped you'd be harder to find.
Being outed has rendered
my invisibility cloak
rather useless.
There's no way out. I've tried.
Well, we have what he wants
information.
That's our currency.
You may as well give him
the lot before he hurts you.
He'll kill us both once I do.
At least we'll go quickly.
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
I haven't resigned myself to that yet.
You have a better plan?
I do, actually.
I've heard a fair number
of cars going by,
which means we're not
in the middle of nowhere.
There may be businesses nearby.
If we can hold out till the morning,
there's a good chance we may
be seen, or at least heard.
Also, I've left something
of a coded message
behind for my friends in the FBI.
If we're lucky,
they've already found it.
If you refuse to talk,
he'll still kill you.
I know.
That's why we only have one option.
Tell him as little as possible,
as slowly as possible.
He'll torture you.
Yes.
But it'll buy us time.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Hey, Phoebe.
Hey, Rizwan, do you have my
copy of Thinking Fast and Slow?
Probably somewhere,
but I can't talk right now.
Why? What's going on?
Rose was abducted,
and the professor wants me
to do an experiment on revenge.
Wait, what?
Rose was abducted?
Why didn't you call me?
I didn't want to
trigger your anxiety.
I appreciate that. I really do.
But it's Rose. I want to help.
There might be a way you can.
Anything.
Remember the time we did the experiment
on whether intentional pain
hurts more than unintentional pain?
We had to choose which
subjects got electrical shocks.
And you were the one who had
to pretend to choose to give
them electrical shocks.
Mild electrical shocks.
Unpleasant, but completely safe.
They were super pissed at you.
Think you could get them back?
[TENSE MUSIC]
[ELECTRICITY BUZZING]
[GROANING]
Just tell him, Rose.
If you don't, he'll kill us both.
[GROANING]
[COUGHS]
[PANTING]
All right, you win.
Your wife's cousins,
the O'Neals were terrorists.
Shot up a police station in Belfast.
Five men died.
They fled to America.
We came to rendition them.
There was a shoot-out.
Fiona was caught in the crossfire.
You were lied to.
The story about the house being
a meth lab was a cover-up.
Happy?
[WHIMPERS]
Checks out with what he said.
That's because it's all I know.
I believe you.
[GUNSHOT]
[GASPING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
♪
I'll be back.
Don't go anywhere.
[ENGINE STARTS]
[HYPERVENTILATING]
Oh, God.
You can either shoot me
or walk away with $200 in cash.
No strings.
Now, before we start, Phoebe's
handing out a sheet of paper
with the Ten Commandments on it.
I'd like you all
to recite them out loud.
Number one, thou shalt not
[PAINTBALL GUNS FIRING]
But if you shoot me,
you don't get the money,
and the paintballs
will cost you $11 each.
[PAINTBALL GUNS FIRING]
I'd like you to take five minutes
to think about this situation
from my perspective.
[PAINTBALL GUNS FIRING]
[GROANS]
He was overseas
when his fiancée was killed.
He felt like that situation
was out of his control,
and the need for revenge
became all-consuming.
It's like an obsessive
compulsive disorder.
He kicked down doors in Afghanistan.
If he wants something, he'll get it.
He may not be smarter than Rose,
but he is stronger and bigger.
If Rose is lucky, the killer
wants something from her.
Otherwise, she's already dead.
Rose is alive,
unless proven otherwise.
Hey.
- You OK?
- I'm fine.
I know you better than anyone,
so I'm just going to say it.
You're not fine.
[SIGHS]
I can admit
that I have a hard time staying
objective in this case.
It's called egocentric bias.
No.
It's called love, you idiot.
Rose and I have only been
dating for a few months.
It's a little too early
to use that specific word.
OK, fine.
You care about Rose.
You have feelings for her.
You like-like her.
And right now, she's in real danger.
So it's OK if it throws
you off your game a bit.
I don't have time to be off my game.
If we want to get Rose back alive,
I need to do what I
do in any other case.
Which is?
Go to Gavin's place
and see if I can
find something the FBI hasn't.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[PHONE LINE TRILLING]
- Hey, Professor.
- Any results?
Every single person who had the chance
to take revenge took it.
I tried morality priming,
recited them the Ten Commandments.
I tried perspective
shifting, offered them money.
I even charged them
for the paintballs, but
But once they got the idea
of revenge in their minds,
there was no talking them out of it.
Exactly.
I'm trying to come up with
another condition, but
Rizwan, call 911.
Uh, no, don't do that.
Call Marisa.
Tell her I've been abducted.
Wait, what?
The guys who took Rose are here.
If I let them take me, it's
the easiest way to get to Rose.
At least they don't have
a fighting chance with Gavin.
- But
- Call her.
Professor, there's no way
to talk someone out of revenge.
Professor.
Damn it.
♪
[CAR DOORS SLAMMING]
Thought you might be lonely
without your friend.
So I brought you another one.
Alec?
Alec!
Let him go.
He has nothing to do with this.
Hear that sound?
It's the chickens coming home to roost.
You see,
you took someone that matters to me.
So now I'm going to take
someone that matters to you,
unless you tell me what you're hiding.
I told you what happened to Fiona.
You haven't told me anything
I didn't already know.
Tell me everything, or I blow
your boyfriend's brains out.
Tell me what happened.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Fiona worked for us.
What do you mean, she worked for you?
Fiona was living with her father,
and her cousins were staying
there when I recruited her.
Turned her into an asset.
An asset?
She never told me that.
Never said a word.
She had orders not to.
Your orders.
So how'd she end up dead?
We were working with Fiona on the inside
and went to make our move.
We were hoping to catch
her cousins off guard,
but somehow they got wind of us.
They started shooting.
I couldn't reach Fiona.
For all I knew, she'd been
made and was dead already.
So the order was given to return fire.
Being a soldier, you should
understand how it works.
We didn't have a choice.
Who gave the order to fire?
You said the order was given.
Who gave the order to fire?
Who gave the order?
I did.
It was me, all of it.
Recruiting Fiona, putting her in danger,
going in before they could extract her.
It was me.
You want your revenge,
go ahead and take it.
Let him go.
Kill me.
♪
She's lying.
Alec, don't.
I've read up on you.
You're that, um, professor.
The one who helps the police?
Then you know I'm really
good at reading people.
And I also happen to
know Rose very well.
Did you notice the way
she folded her lip
before she said she gave the order?
- Rigid posture?
- Stop.
Not to mention these operations
don't work like this.
Orders like that, they go way up.
No. No, they don't, actually.
Up where?
Come on!
Give me a name, an address!
Where do the orders go?
[GASPS]
[SCOFFS]
[CHUCKLES]
You know, ever since I read
your friend Harry's book,
I've wanted to kill someone.
Well, lots of someones, actually.
Found a few British pubs in the DC area,
an Anglican church.
And I found a British
International School
I bet lots of Brits,
powerful and influential
ones anyways,
have children that go there.
Targeting a school is a good plan.
You can get a lot of attention that way.
But let's think it through.
The trouble with hitting civilians is,
that's the only thing
people are going to remember.
And I think you want people
to remember Fiona, right?
That means Fiona's story has to
be more interesting than the victims'.
Or what have you accomplished?
It'll feel good.
Not as good as getting
who really did this.
People you won't give me!
8293 Provence Street.
What is that?
You want to know where
the orders came from.
That's where.
No need to take out a bunch
of innocent schoolchildren.
Better be a real address.
If it's not,
you're both dead.
So is everyone at that school.
There were 149 pings to the cell tower
closest to Gavin's home at the time
Alec was talking to Rizwan.
This dot is Alec's phone.
The blue dots are the rest.
Can you see how many
were prepaid cell phones?
- 11.
- 11.
OK, now we're getting somewhere.
Can you see where those 11 people went?
Wait a minute. These two both
left after Alec's phone went dead.
He said the guys who
took Rose were there.
Guys, plural.
Where did those two people go?
I know where that is.
I bet Gavin's holed up
with his hostages there.
Let's go. Kylie,
if you can please pull any phone numbers
that those two phones have called?
I'm betting one of them
is Gavin's phone number.
On it.
Was that a real address?
It's an office of MI6 operatives.
The building is fortified.
They'll be ready
for whatever he has planned.
It's our best option
since you showed up.
I was abducted.
Come on, Alec.
Everyone must have been on high alert.
If you got taken, it's
because you let them take you.
OK, so you needed help,
and I saw a way to get to you.
[GARAGE DOOR RATTLING]
You didn't happen to
bring a tracking device,
so Marisa could find us, did you?
There wasn't time. Marisa will ping
my phone,
track the nearest tower,
find their phones.
She's probably on her
way here right now.
Oh, I had a plan!
To take the blame for
everything and get killed.
That wasn't a great plan, Rose.
Well, now both of us will get killed.
How is that better?
Marisa will find us.
Congratulations.
Looks like I'm going to need
you both alive a little bit longer.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
FBI!
- Search warrant!
- Alec!
Rose!
Clear!
Are we sure we got the right place?
♪
Marisa!
It's the right place.
We just got here too late.
♪
I thought he was going to use guns.
It's a reasonable assumption.
Fiona was killed in a shooting.
Most killers seeking revenge
would have used a gun.
I guess Gavin's an outlier.
I guess so.
Guns, they can handle.
But a 15-foot up-armored truck might
be able to breach security.
And it's unlikely he's going to
stop and let us out before he tries.
Isn't this about time
you work your Mercer magic?
Talk him out of this.
I wish I could.
Rizwan performed an experiment that
proves what my past
research has already shown.
There's no quick way of
talking someone out of revenge.
Is there a slow way?
Well, there's one
scientifically tested way,
but it involves a substantial
shifting of attention.
And it takes a good three months.
I'm guessing, depending on traffic,
we have about 14 minutes.
We have to try something.
We've analyzed
the GPS in Gavin's SUV.
One place he stopped by several times
is the British International School.
He might have been casing it.
So you think that's
where they're headed?
Maybe. We don't know for sure.
Gavin must have known that
we would examine the car,
so it's possible that
it was his plan to throw
us off of the real target.
So what's your strategy?
Right now, we have
a burner number for Gavin,
but it's turned off.
Alec knows that it's the only
chance that we have to find him,
so I'm hoping that
he's trying to turn it back on.
And in the meantime?
We need to evacuate that school.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
Gavin?
Interesting thing about revenge.
It's good for society.
It's humanity's built-in justice system.
It keeps us in check.
Psychologically hardwired,
mutually assured
destruction.
Now, I I know you're
angry about Fiona's death
and how badly you want to avenge her.
But, man, planning revenge is far more
fulfilling than actually
going through with it.
Because what happens after?
[BRAKES SCREECHING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
There is no after.
If you crash into that MI6 building,
you might manage to kill a few people.
All of us, at least.
But in the end, nothing will change.
Tell him what will happen, Rose.
You'll be dismissed as a whack job.
They'll find a manifesto
on your computer.
Ties to extremist groups.
Probably some child porn,
just for good measure.
No one will ever know
that what you're doing
has anything to do with Fiona.
She'll disappear from history,
and so will you.
Hey, hey, hey! There is another way.
There's another way
that you can get the truth out there
before this ends,
in a way that they can't undo it.
Rose will confess.
You will record it.
She'll tell them everything,
the truth about Fiona.
Even if you kill us, you could
still send it to the press,
or tweet it, or whatever you want.
But the world gets to know who she was,
that she was killed
by the British government
on American soil.
An admission by an outed MI6 agent.
Now, that, soldier, is real revenge.
Now, which would you rather do?
Commit a few more murders
and damn Fiona's memory
or just get the truth out
there once and for all?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
You have five minutes.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Starting now.
♪
Marisa, Gavin just turned his phone on.
We're tracking it now.
My name is Rose Dinshaw.
And for 13 years, I was
a covert operative for MI6.
But before that, I was a nobody,
the only child to immigrant
parents in the UK.
My father returned
to India when I was five.
He told me it was for work.
It was years later that I found out
it was to be with his mistress.
My mother was all I had,
until she was diagnosed
with stage III brain cancer.
[PHONE RINGING]
Marisa, are you at MI6?
Yes, why?
You gotta get out of there now.
Gavin's phone is pinging
a cell tower a quarter mile
from that building.
Can you get me an exact location?
I'm working with FBI cyber.
We need to get
a tactical team outside now.
Cover a 10-block radius
around the building.
After that, I drifted
for a bit, did this and that.
I tried to be a stage performer.
Quit stalling!
Let her finish.
I'm telling you
this because Fiona and I,
we had a lot in common.
♪
I got it.
She told me that she lost her
mother at an early age, too.
I never intended for Fiona to be harmed.
We connected.
8th and Clover.
He's armed and dangerous.
If you get eyes on him, fire.
She wanted a different life,
and that was something I could give her.
I could have given her that.
No, you couldn't.
She wanted to leave you.
Fiona told me about you,
about your jealous rages you flew into,
about how you abused her.
Did you hit her the way you hit me?
[GRUNTS]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
[GUN COCKS]
Alec, get down!
[GUNSHOTS]
Suspect down.
Hostages secured. They're OK.
[LAUGHS]
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
- Everything looks good.
- Great.
So I can get out of here.
Alec, what the hell
were you thinking, letting
yourself get kidnapped?
[GRUNTS]
I knew that if
I could get him to a hot state,
he'd leave his phone on long
enough for you to track him.
I weighed the pros and cons.
No, you did not.
As soon as you sign, you're free to go.
Are you sure?
What about Rose?
Rose Dinshaw?
She left a few minutes ago.
I'm guessing you're
going to need a ride?
[CAR HORN HONKING]
[SOFT MUSIC]
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
Rose!
It's me.
♪
[SIGHS]
You didn't wait for me at the hospital.
I know.
I should have.
I was ashamed, I guess.
Why?
For getting you involved in all of this
in the first place.
You look well, all things considered.
So do you.
[CHUCKLES]
- Does it hurt?
- Mm.
It'll heal.
Mostly, I'm just
[SIGHS] Tired.
Rose, you are the bravest person I know,
and I've known quite a few brave people.
You're the brave one.
If it weren't for you, I'd be dead.
No getting around that.
You're nothing short of heroic, Alec.
♪
Are you going somewhere?
I'm scheduled to be in Dubai tomorrow.
I'm taking the red-eye.
I really should get dressed.
Rose, you were abducted and tortured.
Maybe you should take
some time to process that.
I find when it comes to
trauma, it's best to move on,
not relive it.
So business as usual?
The work helps me, Alec.
It really does.
Honestly, I've been
in more dangerous situations
than this one before.
It's been a while, but I have.
I'll be fine.
I'll be fine.
You really must regret
getting involved with me.
I don't.
Look what happened to Fiona, to Harry.
If I had lost you
I'm not sure I could go on.
You didn't lose me.
And I have no regrets.
You will if you knew the things
I've done in the name of country,
loyalty, whatever you want to call it,
you'd hate me for it.
I'm feeling a lot of feelings right now,
but hate is definitely not one of them.
You're just saying that because you're
in a hot state after today.
Maybe.
Doesn't mean it isn't true.
[PHONE DINGS]
That's my driver.
He's downstairs.
[CHUCKLES]
Now I really wish I didn't have to go.
It's OK.
You have to work,
and I have to teach
a class early in the morning.
Maybe I'll teach a lesson
in the cultural benefits
and personal costs of revenge.
[LAUGHS]
Of course you will.
♪
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪