Alias s02e02 Episode Script
Trust Me
CIA profile: Agent Sydney Bristow Okay.
I'm in.
Agent Bristow works undercover with her father, Jack Bristow.
Also a double agent with CIA.
Get down! I guess we'll have to learn to trust each other.
Bristow's CIA contact: Michael Vaughn.
My guardian angel.
Her current assignment: to infiltrate and destroy SD-6.
A secret organization dealing in espionage, extortion, weapons sales, posing as the CIA.
SD-6 has made over $400 million in arms sales alone.
SD-6 director: Arvin Sloane.
The sanctity of this agency requires the sacrifice of some personal freedoms.
This is not about cutting off an arm of the monster.
This is about killing the monster.
Bristow's mother, formerly Russian intelligence, recently turned herself in to the CIA.
Mom? Intel indicates she may still be an enemy of the United States.
The true loyalty of Agent Bristow's mother remains unknown.
Previously on "Alias" The only way SD-6 will Iet you Iive is if you destroy the Iife you've got.
If you don't go public with this, you'II be a dead man.
I'm scared.
I know.
You ready? SLOANE: Are you suggesting that I kill my wife? Yeah? On my way.
I'm Assistant Director Kendall.
I'm told you want to cooperate.
Hey, Mr.
Bristow.
Come on in.
Let me ask you a question.
Let's say you're at your favorite neighborhood restaurant with some friends.
Or whatever.
You Iike to go there, you Iike the food.
What color are the walls? I'm not really into interior decorating.
I'II get Syd.
FRANCIE: Syd, your dad's here.
Okay.
I'II be right out.
To the Vietnamese and Chinese, the color white means death and bad fortune.
Try red.
-Really? -Hi.
Will's sentencing is at 2:00.
-I'II meet you there? -Yeah.
Did you hear about Will? The story he made up? He was high the whole time.
Yes, I saw that on the news.
Unfortunate.
You know what I want to do to the guy who introduced Will to heroin? I want to kill him.
With my hands.
I can imagine.
I'II see you at the courthouse.
I'm gonna go buy some red paint.
I thought you'd want to know your mother's transfer is complete.
She's being held at a Joint Task Force facility downtown.
The idea that the CIA is willing to work with Irina Derevko is insane.
Worse, it's naive.
Your mother didn't just conveniently turn herself in.
This is all part of a manipulation.
She's their problem now.
She's not yours.
And she's not mine.
You okay? My shoulder's healing, if that's what you mean.
It's not, actually.
Thanks for asking.
I'm fine.
I don't support the death penalty, but I hope that she dies for all that she's done.
I really do.
Arvin SIoane is a man of integrity and courage.
As the head of SD-6, he brilliantly executed Alliance policy, helping to slowly and invisibly seize control of world markets, governments, and technology.
Now, as the newest full partner of The Alliance, I feel confident that he will play a major part in shaping that policy for years to come.
I speak for everyone when I offer you my condolences on the passing of your wife.
Thank you.
We respect and admire your willingness to do what was necessary in that matter.
You have been made aware of the initiation procedure? I have.
And the reasons for it? Yes.
Welcome to The Alliance.
SIoane got back from London Iast night, a full partner of The Alliance.
Emily knew the truth.
Her death and his immediately being Iet in.
I am convinced he killed his wife to get that seat.
Killing his wife wouldn't surprise me.
SD-6 and The Alliance believe that my mother's in hiding.
They know that Khasinau's dead.
They're correct to assume what's Ieft of her organization is vulnerable.
The Alliance wants whatever assets they can get their hands on.
Where are they starting? My mother used blackmail.
Extensively.
In running her operation, she would get dirt on people.
Powerful, important people.
And coerce them into doing whatever she needed.
Pornographic photographs, illegally obtained audio files, names, dates.
They're all on one computer disk.
What does The Alliance want? The dirt? To hear SIoane tell it, it's all about God and country.
It is our obligation to retrieve the disk.
What you're Iooking at is the EI Sebkba hotel in Rabat.
A Derevko operative named Mohammed Naj Iives and works out of the fourth floor.
Early Iast week, the blackmail disk was taken to a vault at that Iocation.
The operation is simple.
Break into the vault.
Retrieve the disk.
My flight's at 6:00.
We'II make contact with a countermission -no Iater than 3:00.
-Okay.
How's Weiss? He's still in the hospital.
The doctors say he's gonna be okay.
Until then, I've got to feed his fish.
Yeah? Yes, Iet him through.
It's Kendall.
-What does he want? -I don't know.
-We have to hear him out.
-He arrested me.
He's in control of operations.
-[ Door opens .]
-Mr.
Vaughn, Agent Bristow.
Did you clear this meeting? No, I'm sorry.
I don't have time to go through channels.
There's been an interesting development regarding your mother.
As you know, she surrendered to the CIA and claims to want to cooperate.
So she's handed over her agency's operations manual? No, and she won't talk about it.
She won't talk to us about anything.
Then that's the end of the story.
That's the interesting development.
It seems that the only person she's willing to talk to is you.
Then you're out of Iuck.
I'm afraid you're gonna have to talk -- You can't compel Agent -- -I can.
-Are we through? Ms.
Bristow, I don't have to remind you this is a matter of national security.
Yeah, we're through.
I'II wait to hear from you.
Just so we're clear, Mr.
Vaughn, I know all about your participation in busting Agent Bristow out of federal custody.
Convince her to talk to her mother or face charges for obstructing justice and harboring a fugitive.
Guess it's 2-for-1 day on blackmail.
MAN: So, Mr.
Tippin do you understand what you are being accused of? Yes, Your Honor, I do.
Felony charge of heroin possession, misdemeanor count of being under the influence of a controlled substance.
How are you pleading? Guilty.
Under proposition 36, you are to receive probation and are hereby ordered to complete a certified drug-treatment program.
In addition, you must complete Fail to meet any of these requirements, and you will serve time.
It's a subvocal mike.
We can hear what's going on between you and Dixon.
As soon as you can, go radio silent with him so you and I can talk.
Call waiting for spies.
Yeah.
The blackmail disk is in a safe in Naj's suite on the fourth floor.
As soon as you get it, you'II deliver it to this man.
Richard Schmidt.
He's under a diplomatic cover at the Rabat Embassy.
He'II be waiting for you on the third floor.
Now, SIoane is obviously Iooking for something specific.
We don't know what.
Schmidt will scan the disk, analyze what's on it, and spit up a bogus copy that's close enough to the original to fool SIoane.
That's the disk you'II deliver to SD-6.
Okay.
Or You could ask your mother about the contents of the disk.
Kendall must really be putting on the pressure for you to ask me that.
Yeah, he is.
But I've been thinking about it myself.
You're good at this.
This is what you're trained for.
Compartmentalizing your emotions.
-You do it with SIoane.
-This isn't the same.
Syd, I would never force you to do this.
I would never make this an official request, but I also know that what you want more than anything is to destroy SD-6 and bring an end to The Alliance.
If she can help us, then why not use her? Because I can't.
Because I won't.
Maybe you could shut down with her.
I couldn't.
I'II talk to you from Rabat.
I spoke with Agent Bristow, and she has no intention of speaking with her mother.
Sir, I know.
It's unacceptable.
Let me remind you, you're asking -- You don't need to remind me.
The woman abandoned Sydney.
I know you have your own issues.
-Yes, and so do you.
-I read the reports.
Irina Derevko shot Sydney.
Point-blank range.
She could have killed her.
But didn't kill her.
Did not.
That woman was 100% pure bad news, but now she's ours.
And there is just a chance, Mr.
Vaughn, that she has turned.
When she got done with my father, he could only be identified by his dental records.
Yes.
Nevertheless, she headed up an organization that controlled people who influenced policy decisions at NATO, the U.
N.
, the World Bank.
Even with all our resources, the CIA doesn't know the full scope of her operation.
The key players, their methods, acquisitions.
If I can get her to talk, I don't want you to ask Sydney to see her ever again.
Well, I'm not gonna make that promise.
You're not the easiest guy to work with, are you? No.
No, definitely not.
DIXON: I have a 20 on Naj and his bodyguard.
SYDNEY: Okay, I'm coming in.
Okay, Syd, we're on.
Syd, you close? I'm right behind you.
You always do that.
What? What you just did with your hair.
It's your thing.
I don't have a thing.
It is.
It's your thing.
[ Italian accent .]
If the rest of the hotel is Iike this, sara perfetto.
And how may I help you? My name is Beatrice Cunelli.
Mio Marito Silvio and I are in town for three months while I recover from a ridiculo jet-skiing accident off the coast of Mallorca.
Precedente travel agent booked us into the Daram, which turns out to be total [ Speaking Italian .]
Now that I see this, I call Silvio and tell him bring the bags right over.
Your bags? [ Speaking Italian .]
We were at a cocktail party Iast night, and the consul general said that he simply raves about this place.
Naturally, I called and booked a suite immediamente.
There must be some mistake, mademoiselle.
We are completely full.
Do me a favor, darling.
Check for me.
Beatrice Cunelli.
Yes, of course, but I'm pretty sure it's Reservation for Mr.
and Mrs.
Cunelli.
I hope it's a room with a view.
-[ Punching sound .]
-MAN: Oh! Dixon, I've got the key to Naj's suite.
I'm on my way.
I'm interested in a computer disk containing information used for blackmail.
We believe you're familiar with this item.
That's an implied question.
I'II make it clear for you.
Are you familiar with this item? I know you want to see your daughter.
I can guarantee you that is never gonna happen unless she knows you're cooperating.
Prove yourself.
Give Sydney a reason to see you.
Sydney? Interesting.
Agent Bristow is in Rabat now seeking to recover the Iist.
Is there anything she should know? Next to the safe, there's a fire alarm.
If you want to protect her, tell her to pull it first, then open the safe.
Why? I've given you a gift and all you get from me is one.
You Iook just Iike him.
Through with the prisoner.
MARSHALL: To find the safe, you're gonna need this.
It Iooks Iike just a normal metal detector.
It is.
We're going old school on this one.
Now, the safe is a Waldrasen.
It's an original.
The craftsmanship is incredible.
Lucky for you, the same can be said about this.
Do you know those stethoscopes outlaws would use to rob banks? You know, the horses and the guns? Well, I studied how those work, being a bit of an outlaw myself.
Basically, this, superamplified version of that.
You just place this over the dial.
This part right here.
You type in 7-9-3.
That spells "Syd," in case you forget.
'Cause the numbers and the Ietter You know that.
Basically, this will do the rest for you.
I need to talk to Agent Bristow.
She's not radio silent.
If we try and communicate, her SD-6 partner could hear us.
If we don't, she might trigger the alarm.
The Iocking mechanism is a set of wheels.
The trick is to Iine up each notch with contact points.
Once each notch is Iined up, a part of the combination will appear.
When they all Iine up, the Iock will open.
AImost there.
Going radio silent.
Just be careful.
-Now.
-Freelancer, this is boot camp.
Go ahead, boot camp.
Sydney, do not open the safe.
What? Is there a fire alarm on the wall? Yes.
Listen to me.
It's a failsafe.
Do not open the safe until after you pull the alarm.
We had no intel on a failsafe.
Where'd you get this information? Vaughn spoke with your mother.
The intel came from her.
It's her disk.
She's familiar with the vault.
And what if there's not? I'm just supposed to pull the fire alarm? I know this sounds crazy, but I think it's for real.
Vaughn, she wants me dead.
If that were true, she would have killed you in Barcelona.
Did you talk to my father about this? Two minutes ago on the phone while we were waiting.
-What did he say? -Your dad? The answer is no! I'm asking that you consider it.
Consider the source! This woman is not to be trusted! Under no circumstances discuss this with my daughter.
I don't think your father can think clearly -where your mother's concerned.
-And you can? I'm trying.
She has nothing to gain by Iying.
Ms.
Bristow, I want you to pull that fire alarm.
Sydney I'd do it.
Agent Bristow, pull that alarm.
See what I mean? Dixon, I've tripped some kind of alarm.
What do you see? Naj and his bodyguard are on their way up.
Just Iook for the disk.
I'II handle Naj.
This is Freelancer.
I've got the blackmail disk.
RICHARD: What's your position? Leaving the suite, heading for the stairs.
-On my way.
-We got it.
Do you have it? Syd, do you have the disk? Yes.
Good.
-Did you get it? -RICHARD: Negative.
What? I repeat, the disk was not transferred.
Satellite feed is up.
SIoane wants the information ASAP.
Good job, Syd.
SLOANE: AIain.
Arvin.
I thought you should know that SD-6 is in possession of the blackmail disk.
Thank you.
And more good news.
You know that gentleman we discussed? Petr Fordson.
Well, we now have information on him.
Photographs.
No.
Of his daughter.
He's willing to pay a high price to keep them private.
Well, if you saw them, you'd know why.
I Ieave for Helsinki tonight.
I'm seeing Fordson myself.
I want to talk to my mother.
I hate her.
I don't understand her.
I think she's a monster.
But if she can help us bring an end to SD-6, then what I think is irrelevant.
I'm not so sure.
What? I've been thinking about it.
-Is this about my father? -He has a point.
He can't think clearly where she's concerned.
Vaughn, I screwed up.
We don't know what she's after.
AII I know is she offered good intel, and I didn't choose to use it.
Now SD-6 has the blackmail disk.
They've got it now, we don't, and it's my fault.
I know I'm the one who tried to convince you to see your mother, to be unemotional with her.
I thought I could do it.
See her and be as cold-blooded as she is.
It's hard to explain what it feels Iike sitting across from her.
What she did to my family.
To my father.
But she's your mother, Sydney.
With all she's done, she is your mother.
Vaughn, if you're worried about me You don't need to be.
SLOANE: I called you in to say thank you.
We now have the disk.
And it's because of you.
What was on it? Horrible things.
Private moments.
The disk is a collection.
A physical manifestation of human weakness.
A tool that some people, that your mother used to extract favors from those in power.
Which, Sydney is something that I wanted to talk to you about.
Your mother.
What about her? You saw her in Taipei.
Yes.
Well I just wanted to remind you that I am here for you if you ever need to talk.
Thank you.
I wanted to cut off my hand.
Did he say anything else about the blackmail disk? Why The Alliance wanted it? No.
I thought you'd have seen it.
No.
SIoane sent the disk to Alliance headquarters in London.
I'II see if I can find out whatever was on the disk and why it was so important.
How are you going to do that? I'II ask Mom.
You've agreed to see her.
-Yes.
-Sydney.
-She is the enemy.
-And so is SIoane.
If the devil herself wants to help me, fine by me.
She has never been interested in helping you.
She told me to pull the alarm.
That could have made things worse.
Sydney, you're smarter than this.
Your mother wants you to think she's your ally, that she can help you.
Her intel might even be accurate once, twice.
But the minute you start depending on her, she will gut you.
FRANCIE: Will, what happened to your face? You know the one thing they don't tell you about doing community service? Sunblock.
Oh, buddy.
How'd it go? Hanging out with a bunch of drug addicts picking up the newspaper I used to write for with a stick? Not good.
Oh, I saw you at the gas station over on National with some guy.
Dark suit, 50.
Oh.
That was the Iiquor-Iicense guy.
Wait a minute.
Like a Mafia guy? -Yeah, kind of.
-Francie.
It's going to take me six months to get a Iegitimate Iicense.
You're giving me grief about doing drugs? -It's not the same thing.
-No, it's not.
You're involved with organized crime.
You have no idea what it takes to start a restaurant.
I have to deal with contractors and subcontractors.
I know.
I used to work at the metro desk.
I wrote two dozen pieces on restaurants.
Health department ratings, code requirements.
I just need a Iiquor Iicense.
What you need is someone who knows how the system works, someone who can help you navigate.
What you need is me.
Former drug-addict reporter, and sometimes Iobster impersonator.
I'II help you out.
VAUGHN: To get to the facility where your mother's being held, you'II go through a secret entrance.
Start at the southwest corner of Riverside Park.
Head east until you pass a homeless man in front of a statue.
He'II have a sign indicating he's a Vietnam vet.
He'II have a cup.
Drop a coin in it.
Freelancer requests covert entry.
Copy that.
Routing her in.
VAUGHN: At Riverside, turn Ieft.
The traffic cameras will identify if you're being visually or electronically tracked.
She's clean.
VAUGHN: In the underpass beneath the 134, there's an emergency phone.
It's out of order.
If it's ringing, you've been cleared of all surveillance.
This is a series of 3-digit codes.
Memorize them.
They rotate weekly.
After the phone rings, enter the appropriate code.
In front of you, there's an industrial shipping container.
On the back side, a door will unlock.
You'II go down a steep set of stairs through a series of checkpoints, and a quarter mile Iater, you'II be at the operations center.
Agent Bristow? Vicki Crane.
Right this way.
Mr.
Kendall.
I'm glad you changed your mind.
You didn't pull the alarm.
I wouldn't have pulled it either.
We need to know who and what is on the disk.
How's your shoulder? The disk.
Petr Fordson.
Who? Petr Fordson.
He has a file on the disk.
He's the man SD-6 will go after first.
Why? One step at a time.
I need to know why.
No, you want to know why.
There's a difference.
Go after Fordson.
Trust me.
Why should I do that? Because I'm your mother.
KENDALL: Here's what we know about Fordson.
He's based in Helsinki.
His company contracted with the Pentagon to manufacture a terahertz wave camera.
Put in a satellite, they can see into NORAD undetected.
Last month, Fordson failed to make delivery, complaining of production problems.
Or produced the camera, but planned on delivering it to your mother.
So SD-6 wanted that disk so they could blackmail Fordson into giving them the camera.
Phillips, get the floor plans for the Lasgrove Building.
Crane, I want a meeting on op tech in one hour.
You're going to Helsinki.
You're gonna get that camera.
He's got great bedside manner, huh? VAUGHN: The guards will be changing shifts in two minutes.
You should be in the Iab by the time they Ieave and have five minutes before they get back.
¡Ó How could I forget ¡Ó ¡Ó The wonderful things ¡Ó ¡Ó That keep me amused? ¡Ó ¡Ó How could I forget ¡Ó ¡Ó To worship you each day? ¡Ó ¡Ó I remember somewhere in my soul ¡Ó Syd SIoane's here.
He's after the camera, too.
Do you want to call off the op? No, we go for it.
-Are you sure? -I just need a minute.
Mr.
Fordson.
Arvin SIoane.
[ Scandinavian accent .]
You Americans are persistent.
I'm telling you on the phone, our company's not Iooking for new partners.
Still you come all this way.
-VAUGHN: Syd, you ready? -The hand brake won't Iock.
FORDSON: Why don't we talk about it on the balcony? Shall we? Syd, he is headed right towards you.
I'm not ready yet.
You better get ready.
Syd, he's gonna see you.
I'm good.
Thanks.
I'm at 14.
Where's SIoane? With Fordson, putting on the squeeze.
This is your proposal? No.
My proposal is that we go downstairs, and you give me your T-wave camera, and that I keep your daughter's depravations our secret.
Derevko's gone.
You work for me now.
Let's not waste time.
SIoane just Ieft.
I repeat, he is on his way.
Found it.
Syd, only four more floors to go.
Got it.
Meet me at the extraction point.
Let's go.
This is where it was.
I'm telling you.
Well, if it's not here, it's somewhere.
I don't know.
I swear to God.
I don't know! Just think about it.
Where could it be? ¡Ó 'Twas in another lifetime ¡Ó ¡Ó One of toil and blood ¡Ó ¡Ó When blackness was a virtue ¡Ó ¡Ó And the road was full of mud ¡Ó ¡Ó I came in from the wilderness ¡Ó ¡Ó A creature void of form ¡Ó ¡Ó "Come in, " she said ¡Ó We're on the same side.
It's time you start acting Iike it.
Agent Bristow, hi.
We had a briefing with Derevko about T-wave technology.
What she knows about how it works.
Two hours, and your mother didn't say a single word.
-It's Vicki, right? -Yeah, with an "I.
" At the end.
Vicki, I'm tired, and I want to go home.
I don't mean to be rude, but if there's nothing else.
Oh, no, I'm sorry.
There isn't, no.
Except the one thing she did ask was if someone would pass along her congratulations to you.
She seemed really proud.
I hope you get some rest.
¡Ó "Come in, " she said ¡Ó ¡Ó "I'll give you shelter from the storm" ¡Ó ¡Ó I was burned out from exhaustion ¡Ó ¡Ó Buried in the hail ¡Ó I want to see the prisoner.
¡Ó Poisoned in the bushes and blown out on the trail ¡Ó ¡Ó Hunted like a crocodile ¡Ó ¡Ó Ravaged in the corn ¡Ó ¡Ó "Come in, " she said ¡Ó ¡Ó "I'll give you shelter from the storm" ¡Ó ¡Ó Suddenly I turned around, and she was standing there ¡Ó Let's get something clear.
You are not my mother.
My mother was Laura Bristow.
Laura Bristow died in a car accident You are a traitor and a prisoner of the United States government.
Look at me.
¡Ó Now there's a wall between us ¡Ó ¡Ó Something that's been lost ¡Ó We will interact only when necessary.
You will address me as Agent Bristow and answer only the questions I ask.
There will be no personal anecdotes, no comments about my job performance, no condolences or congratulations.
Do you understand me? ¡Ó Well, the deputy walks on hard nails ¡Ó ¡Ó And the preacher rides a mount ¡Ó ¡Ó But nothing really matters much ¡Ó Do you understand? Yes.
Agent Bristow.
¡Ó I've heard newborn babies wailin' like a mournin' dove ¡Ó ¡Ó And old men with broken teeth ¡Ó ¡Ó Stranded without love ¡Ó ¡Ó Do I understand your question, man? ¡Ó ¡Ó Is it hopeless and forlorn? ¡Ó ¡Ó "Come in, " she said ¡Ó ¡Ó "I'll give you shelter from the storm" ¡Ó
I'm in.
Agent Bristow works undercover with her father, Jack Bristow.
Also a double agent with CIA.
Get down! I guess we'll have to learn to trust each other.
Bristow's CIA contact: Michael Vaughn.
My guardian angel.
Her current assignment: to infiltrate and destroy SD-6.
A secret organization dealing in espionage, extortion, weapons sales, posing as the CIA.
SD-6 has made over $400 million in arms sales alone.
SD-6 director: Arvin Sloane.
The sanctity of this agency requires the sacrifice of some personal freedoms.
This is not about cutting off an arm of the monster.
This is about killing the monster.
Bristow's mother, formerly Russian intelligence, recently turned herself in to the CIA.
Mom? Intel indicates she may still be an enemy of the United States.
The true loyalty of Agent Bristow's mother remains unknown.
Previously on "Alias" The only way SD-6 will Iet you Iive is if you destroy the Iife you've got.
If you don't go public with this, you'II be a dead man.
I'm scared.
I know.
You ready? SLOANE: Are you suggesting that I kill my wife? Yeah? On my way.
I'm Assistant Director Kendall.
I'm told you want to cooperate.
Hey, Mr.
Bristow.
Come on in.
Let me ask you a question.
Let's say you're at your favorite neighborhood restaurant with some friends.
Or whatever.
You Iike to go there, you Iike the food.
What color are the walls? I'm not really into interior decorating.
I'II get Syd.
FRANCIE: Syd, your dad's here.
Okay.
I'II be right out.
To the Vietnamese and Chinese, the color white means death and bad fortune.
Try red.
-Really? -Hi.
Will's sentencing is at 2:00.
-I'II meet you there? -Yeah.
Did you hear about Will? The story he made up? He was high the whole time.
Yes, I saw that on the news.
Unfortunate.
You know what I want to do to the guy who introduced Will to heroin? I want to kill him.
With my hands.
I can imagine.
I'II see you at the courthouse.
I'm gonna go buy some red paint.
I thought you'd want to know your mother's transfer is complete.
She's being held at a Joint Task Force facility downtown.
The idea that the CIA is willing to work with Irina Derevko is insane.
Worse, it's naive.
Your mother didn't just conveniently turn herself in.
This is all part of a manipulation.
She's their problem now.
She's not yours.
And she's not mine.
You okay? My shoulder's healing, if that's what you mean.
It's not, actually.
Thanks for asking.
I'm fine.
I don't support the death penalty, but I hope that she dies for all that she's done.
I really do.
Arvin SIoane is a man of integrity and courage.
As the head of SD-6, he brilliantly executed Alliance policy, helping to slowly and invisibly seize control of world markets, governments, and technology.
Now, as the newest full partner of The Alliance, I feel confident that he will play a major part in shaping that policy for years to come.
I speak for everyone when I offer you my condolences on the passing of your wife.
Thank you.
We respect and admire your willingness to do what was necessary in that matter.
You have been made aware of the initiation procedure? I have.
And the reasons for it? Yes.
Welcome to The Alliance.
SIoane got back from London Iast night, a full partner of The Alliance.
Emily knew the truth.
Her death and his immediately being Iet in.
I am convinced he killed his wife to get that seat.
Killing his wife wouldn't surprise me.
SD-6 and The Alliance believe that my mother's in hiding.
They know that Khasinau's dead.
They're correct to assume what's Ieft of her organization is vulnerable.
The Alliance wants whatever assets they can get their hands on.
Where are they starting? My mother used blackmail.
Extensively.
In running her operation, she would get dirt on people.
Powerful, important people.
And coerce them into doing whatever she needed.
Pornographic photographs, illegally obtained audio files, names, dates.
They're all on one computer disk.
What does The Alliance want? The dirt? To hear SIoane tell it, it's all about God and country.
It is our obligation to retrieve the disk.
What you're Iooking at is the EI Sebkba hotel in Rabat.
A Derevko operative named Mohammed Naj Iives and works out of the fourth floor.
Early Iast week, the blackmail disk was taken to a vault at that Iocation.
The operation is simple.
Break into the vault.
Retrieve the disk.
My flight's at 6:00.
We'II make contact with a countermission -no Iater than 3:00.
-Okay.
How's Weiss? He's still in the hospital.
The doctors say he's gonna be okay.
Until then, I've got to feed his fish.
Yeah? Yes, Iet him through.
It's Kendall.
-What does he want? -I don't know.
-We have to hear him out.
-He arrested me.
He's in control of operations.
-[ Door opens .]
-Mr.
Vaughn, Agent Bristow.
Did you clear this meeting? No, I'm sorry.
I don't have time to go through channels.
There's been an interesting development regarding your mother.
As you know, she surrendered to the CIA and claims to want to cooperate.
So she's handed over her agency's operations manual? No, and she won't talk about it.
She won't talk to us about anything.
Then that's the end of the story.
That's the interesting development.
It seems that the only person she's willing to talk to is you.
Then you're out of Iuck.
I'm afraid you're gonna have to talk -- You can't compel Agent -- -I can.
-Are we through? Ms.
Bristow, I don't have to remind you this is a matter of national security.
Yeah, we're through.
I'II wait to hear from you.
Just so we're clear, Mr.
Vaughn, I know all about your participation in busting Agent Bristow out of federal custody.
Convince her to talk to her mother or face charges for obstructing justice and harboring a fugitive.
Guess it's 2-for-1 day on blackmail.
MAN: So, Mr.
Tippin do you understand what you are being accused of? Yes, Your Honor, I do.
Felony charge of heroin possession, misdemeanor count of being under the influence of a controlled substance.
How are you pleading? Guilty.
Under proposition 36, you are to receive probation and are hereby ordered to complete a certified drug-treatment program.
In addition, you must complete Fail to meet any of these requirements, and you will serve time.
It's a subvocal mike.
We can hear what's going on between you and Dixon.
As soon as you can, go radio silent with him so you and I can talk.
Call waiting for spies.
Yeah.
The blackmail disk is in a safe in Naj's suite on the fourth floor.
As soon as you get it, you'II deliver it to this man.
Richard Schmidt.
He's under a diplomatic cover at the Rabat Embassy.
He'II be waiting for you on the third floor.
Now, SIoane is obviously Iooking for something specific.
We don't know what.
Schmidt will scan the disk, analyze what's on it, and spit up a bogus copy that's close enough to the original to fool SIoane.
That's the disk you'II deliver to SD-6.
Okay.
Or You could ask your mother about the contents of the disk.
Kendall must really be putting on the pressure for you to ask me that.
Yeah, he is.
But I've been thinking about it myself.
You're good at this.
This is what you're trained for.
Compartmentalizing your emotions.
-You do it with SIoane.
-This isn't the same.
Syd, I would never force you to do this.
I would never make this an official request, but I also know that what you want more than anything is to destroy SD-6 and bring an end to The Alliance.
If she can help us, then why not use her? Because I can't.
Because I won't.
Maybe you could shut down with her.
I couldn't.
I'II talk to you from Rabat.
I spoke with Agent Bristow, and she has no intention of speaking with her mother.
Sir, I know.
It's unacceptable.
Let me remind you, you're asking -- You don't need to remind me.
The woman abandoned Sydney.
I know you have your own issues.
-Yes, and so do you.
-I read the reports.
Irina Derevko shot Sydney.
Point-blank range.
She could have killed her.
But didn't kill her.
Did not.
That woman was 100% pure bad news, but now she's ours.
And there is just a chance, Mr.
Vaughn, that she has turned.
When she got done with my father, he could only be identified by his dental records.
Yes.
Nevertheless, she headed up an organization that controlled people who influenced policy decisions at NATO, the U.
N.
, the World Bank.
Even with all our resources, the CIA doesn't know the full scope of her operation.
The key players, their methods, acquisitions.
If I can get her to talk, I don't want you to ask Sydney to see her ever again.
Well, I'm not gonna make that promise.
You're not the easiest guy to work with, are you? No.
No, definitely not.
DIXON: I have a 20 on Naj and his bodyguard.
SYDNEY: Okay, I'm coming in.
Okay, Syd, we're on.
Syd, you close? I'm right behind you.
You always do that.
What? What you just did with your hair.
It's your thing.
I don't have a thing.
It is.
It's your thing.
[ Italian accent .]
If the rest of the hotel is Iike this, sara perfetto.
And how may I help you? My name is Beatrice Cunelli.
Mio Marito Silvio and I are in town for three months while I recover from a ridiculo jet-skiing accident off the coast of Mallorca.
Precedente travel agent booked us into the Daram, which turns out to be total [ Speaking Italian .]
Now that I see this, I call Silvio and tell him bring the bags right over.
Your bags? [ Speaking Italian .]
We were at a cocktail party Iast night, and the consul general said that he simply raves about this place.
Naturally, I called and booked a suite immediamente.
There must be some mistake, mademoiselle.
We are completely full.
Do me a favor, darling.
Check for me.
Beatrice Cunelli.
Yes, of course, but I'm pretty sure it's Reservation for Mr.
and Mrs.
Cunelli.
I hope it's a room with a view.
-[ Punching sound .]
-MAN: Oh! Dixon, I've got the key to Naj's suite.
I'm on my way.
I'm interested in a computer disk containing information used for blackmail.
We believe you're familiar with this item.
That's an implied question.
I'II make it clear for you.
Are you familiar with this item? I know you want to see your daughter.
I can guarantee you that is never gonna happen unless she knows you're cooperating.
Prove yourself.
Give Sydney a reason to see you.
Sydney? Interesting.
Agent Bristow is in Rabat now seeking to recover the Iist.
Is there anything she should know? Next to the safe, there's a fire alarm.
If you want to protect her, tell her to pull it first, then open the safe.
Why? I've given you a gift and all you get from me is one.
You Iook just Iike him.
Through with the prisoner.
MARSHALL: To find the safe, you're gonna need this.
It Iooks Iike just a normal metal detector.
It is.
We're going old school on this one.
Now, the safe is a Waldrasen.
It's an original.
The craftsmanship is incredible.
Lucky for you, the same can be said about this.
Do you know those stethoscopes outlaws would use to rob banks? You know, the horses and the guns? Well, I studied how those work, being a bit of an outlaw myself.
Basically, this, superamplified version of that.
You just place this over the dial.
This part right here.
You type in 7-9-3.
That spells "Syd," in case you forget.
'Cause the numbers and the Ietter You know that.
Basically, this will do the rest for you.
I need to talk to Agent Bristow.
She's not radio silent.
If we try and communicate, her SD-6 partner could hear us.
If we don't, she might trigger the alarm.
The Iocking mechanism is a set of wheels.
The trick is to Iine up each notch with contact points.
Once each notch is Iined up, a part of the combination will appear.
When they all Iine up, the Iock will open.
AImost there.
Going radio silent.
Just be careful.
-Now.
-Freelancer, this is boot camp.
Go ahead, boot camp.
Sydney, do not open the safe.
What? Is there a fire alarm on the wall? Yes.
Listen to me.
It's a failsafe.
Do not open the safe until after you pull the alarm.
We had no intel on a failsafe.
Where'd you get this information? Vaughn spoke with your mother.
The intel came from her.
It's her disk.
She's familiar with the vault.
And what if there's not? I'm just supposed to pull the fire alarm? I know this sounds crazy, but I think it's for real.
Vaughn, she wants me dead.
If that were true, she would have killed you in Barcelona.
Did you talk to my father about this? Two minutes ago on the phone while we were waiting.
-What did he say? -Your dad? The answer is no! I'm asking that you consider it.
Consider the source! This woman is not to be trusted! Under no circumstances discuss this with my daughter.
I don't think your father can think clearly -where your mother's concerned.
-And you can? I'm trying.
She has nothing to gain by Iying.
Ms.
Bristow, I want you to pull that fire alarm.
Sydney I'd do it.
Agent Bristow, pull that alarm.
See what I mean? Dixon, I've tripped some kind of alarm.
What do you see? Naj and his bodyguard are on their way up.
Just Iook for the disk.
I'II handle Naj.
This is Freelancer.
I've got the blackmail disk.
RICHARD: What's your position? Leaving the suite, heading for the stairs.
-On my way.
-We got it.
Do you have it? Syd, do you have the disk? Yes.
Good.
-Did you get it? -RICHARD: Negative.
What? I repeat, the disk was not transferred.
Satellite feed is up.
SIoane wants the information ASAP.
Good job, Syd.
SLOANE: AIain.
Arvin.
I thought you should know that SD-6 is in possession of the blackmail disk.
Thank you.
And more good news.
You know that gentleman we discussed? Petr Fordson.
Well, we now have information on him.
Photographs.
No.
Of his daughter.
He's willing to pay a high price to keep them private.
Well, if you saw them, you'd know why.
I Ieave for Helsinki tonight.
I'm seeing Fordson myself.
I want to talk to my mother.
I hate her.
I don't understand her.
I think she's a monster.
But if she can help us bring an end to SD-6, then what I think is irrelevant.
I'm not so sure.
What? I've been thinking about it.
-Is this about my father? -He has a point.
He can't think clearly where she's concerned.
Vaughn, I screwed up.
We don't know what she's after.
AII I know is she offered good intel, and I didn't choose to use it.
Now SD-6 has the blackmail disk.
They've got it now, we don't, and it's my fault.
I know I'm the one who tried to convince you to see your mother, to be unemotional with her.
I thought I could do it.
See her and be as cold-blooded as she is.
It's hard to explain what it feels Iike sitting across from her.
What she did to my family.
To my father.
But she's your mother, Sydney.
With all she's done, she is your mother.
Vaughn, if you're worried about me You don't need to be.
SLOANE: I called you in to say thank you.
We now have the disk.
And it's because of you.
What was on it? Horrible things.
Private moments.
The disk is a collection.
A physical manifestation of human weakness.
A tool that some people, that your mother used to extract favors from those in power.
Which, Sydney is something that I wanted to talk to you about.
Your mother.
What about her? You saw her in Taipei.
Yes.
Well I just wanted to remind you that I am here for you if you ever need to talk.
Thank you.
I wanted to cut off my hand.
Did he say anything else about the blackmail disk? Why The Alliance wanted it? No.
I thought you'd have seen it.
No.
SIoane sent the disk to Alliance headquarters in London.
I'II see if I can find out whatever was on the disk and why it was so important.
How are you going to do that? I'II ask Mom.
You've agreed to see her.
-Yes.
-Sydney.
-She is the enemy.
-And so is SIoane.
If the devil herself wants to help me, fine by me.
She has never been interested in helping you.
She told me to pull the alarm.
That could have made things worse.
Sydney, you're smarter than this.
Your mother wants you to think she's your ally, that she can help you.
Her intel might even be accurate once, twice.
But the minute you start depending on her, she will gut you.
FRANCIE: Will, what happened to your face? You know the one thing they don't tell you about doing community service? Sunblock.
Oh, buddy.
How'd it go? Hanging out with a bunch of drug addicts picking up the newspaper I used to write for with a stick? Not good.
Oh, I saw you at the gas station over on National with some guy.
Dark suit, 50.
Oh.
That was the Iiquor-Iicense guy.
Wait a minute.
Like a Mafia guy? -Yeah, kind of.
-Francie.
It's going to take me six months to get a Iegitimate Iicense.
You're giving me grief about doing drugs? -It's not the same thing.
-No, it's not.
You're involved with organized crime.
You have no idea what it takes to start a restaurant.
I have to deal with contractors and subcontractors.
I know.
I used to work at the metro desk.
I wrote two dozen pieces on restaurants.
Health department ratings, code requirements.
I just need a Iiquor Iicense.
What you need is someone who knows how the system works, someone who can help you navigate.
What you need is me.
Former drug-addict reporter, and sometimes Iobster impersonator.
I'II help you out.
VAUGHN: To get to the facility where your mother's being held, you'II go through a secret entrance.
Start at the southwest corner of Riverside Park.
Head east until you pass a homeless man in front of a statue.
He'II have a sign indicating he's a Vietnam vet.
He'II have a cup.
Drop a coin in it.
Freelancer requests covert entry.
Copy that.
Routing her in.
VAUGHN: At Riverside, turn Ieft.
The traffic cameras will identify if you're being visually or electronically tracked.
She's clean.
VAUGHN: In the underpass beneath the 134, there's an emergency phone.
It's out of order.
If it's ringing, you've been cleared of all surveillance.
This is a series of 3-digit codes.
Memorize them.
They rotate weekly.
After the phone rings, enter the appropriate code.
In front of you, there's an industrial shipping container.
On the back side, a door will unlock.
You'II go down a steep set of stairs through a series of checkpoints, and a quarter mile Iater, you'II be at the operations center.
Agent Bristow? Vicki Crane.
Right this way.
Mr.
Kendall.
I'm glad you changed your mind.
You didn't pull the alarm.
I wouldn't have pulled it either.
We need to know who and what is on the disk.
How's your shoulder? The disk.
Petr Fordson.
Who? Petr Fordson.
He has a file on the disk.
He's the man SD-6 will go after first.
Why? One step at a time.
I need to know why.
No, you want to know why.
There's a difference.
Go after Fordson.
Trust me.
Why should I do that? Because I'm your mother.
KENDALL: Here's what we know about Fordson.
He's based in Helsinki.
His company contracted with the Pentagon to manufacture a terahertz wave camera.
Put in a satellite, they can see into NORAD undetected.
Last month, Fordson failed to make delivery, complaining of production problems.
Or produced the camera, but planned on delivering it to your mother.
So SD-6 wanted that disk so they could blackmail Fordson into giving them the camera.
Phillips, get the floor plans for the Lasgrove Building.
Crane, I want a meeting on op tech in one hour.
You're going to Helsinki.
You're gonna get that camera.
He's got great bedside manner, huh? VAUGHN: The guards will be changing shifts in two minutes.
You should be in the Iab by the time they Ieave and have five minutes before they get back.
¡Ó How could I forget ¡Ó ¡Ó The wonderful things ¡Ó ¡Ó That keep me amused? ¡Ó ¡Ó How could I forget ¡Ó ¡Ó To worship you each day? ¡Ó ¡Ó I remember somewhere in my soul ¡Ó Syd SIoane's here.
He's after the camera, too.
Do you want to call off the op? No, we go for it.
-Are you sure? -I just need a minute.
Mr.
Fordson.
Arvin SIoane.
[ Scandinavian accent .]
You Americans are persistent.
I'm telling you on the phone, our company's not Iooking for new partners.
Still you come all this way.
-VAUGHN: Syd, you ready? -The hand brake won't Iock.
FORDSON: Why don't we talk about it on the balcony? Shall we? Syd, he is headed right towards you.
I'm not ready yet.
You better get ready.
Syd, he's gonna see you.
I'm good.
Thanks.
I'm at 14.
Where's SIoane? With Fordson, putting on the squeeze.
This is your proposal? No.
My proposal is that we go downstairs, and you give me your T-wave camera, and that I keep your daughter's depravations our secret.
Derevko's gone.
You work for me now.
Let's not waste time.
SIoane just Ieft.
I repeat, he is on his way.
Found it.
Syd, only four more floors to go.
Got it.
Meet me at the extraction point.
Let's go.
This is where it was.
I'm telling you.
Well, if it's not here, it's somewhere.
I don't know.
I swear to God.
I don't know! Just think about it.
Where could it be? ¡Ó 'Twas in another lifetime ¡Ó ¡Ó One of toil and blood ¡Ó ¡Ó When blackness was a virtue ¡Ó ¡Ó And the road was full of mud ¡Ó ¡Ó I came in from the wilderness ¡Ó ¡Ó A creature void of form ¡Ó ¡Ó "Come in, " she said ¡Ó We're on the same side.
It's time you start acting Iike it.
Agent Bristow, hi.
We had a briefing with Derevko about T-wave technology.
What she knows about how it works.
Two hours, and your mother didn't say a single word.
-It's Vicki, right? -Yeah, with an "I.
" At the end.
Vicki, I'm tired, and I want to go home.
I don't mean to be rude, but if there's nothing else.
Oh, no, I'm sorry.
There isn't, no.
Except the one thing she did ask was if someone would pass along her congratulations to you.
She seemed really proud.
I hope you get some rest.
¡Ó "Come in, " she said ¡Ó ¡Ó "I'll give you shelter from the storm" ¡Ó ¡Ó I was burned out from exhaustion ¡Ó ¡Ó Buried in the hail ¡Ó I want to see the prisoner.
¡Ó Poisoned in the bushes and blown out on the trail ¡Ó ¡Ó Hunted like a crocodile ¡Ó ¡Ó Ravaged in the corn ¡Ó ¡Ó "Come in, " she said ¡Ó ¡Ó "I'll give you shelter from the storm" ¡Ó ¡Ó Suddenly I turned around, and she was standing there ¡Ó Let's get something clear.
You are not my mother.
My mother was Laura Bristow.
Laura Bristow died in a car accident You are a traitor and a prisoner of the United States government.
Look at me.
¡Ó Now there's a wall between us ¡Ó ¡Ó Something that's been lost ¡Ó We will interact only when necessary.
You will address me as Agent Bristow and answer only the questions I ask.
There will be no personal anecdotes, no comments about my job performance, no condolences or congratulations.
Do you understand me? ¡Ó Well, the deputy walks on hard nails ¡Ó ¡Ó And the preacher rides a mount ¡Ó ¡Ó But nothing really matters much ¡Ó Do you understand? Yes.
Agent Bristow.
¡Ó I've heard newborn babies wailin' like a mournin' dove ¡Ó ¡Ó And old men with broken teeth ¡Ó ¡Ó Stranded without love ¡Ó ¡Ó Do I understand your question, man? ¡Ó ¡Ó Is it hopeless and forlorn? ¡Ó ¡Ó "Come in, " she said ¡Ó ¡Ó "I'll give you shelter from the storm" ¡Ó