Berlin Station (2016) s02e06 Episode Script
The Right Hook
1 Previously on "Berlin Station" 120 kilos of Semtex on the streets of Berlin.
What could possibly go wrong? Now it's come to my attention that your station reports to my office are reflecting bullshit in my direction.
- Excuse me.
- You tell me what you're really doing or I'll have you on the next plane home.
In front of a civilian, Richard, I don't think so.
But you may expect to be briefed by day's end.
Or you can put me on the last flight out.
The ambassador told me that Robert will be right next to you on the plane home - if you push this too far.
- Don't tell me how to run my station, especially when you have no fucking idea what's at stake.
Your account details, please? Where the money should go.
Gerhardt's account refused payment.
I'm sorry.
There's a change of plan.
I work for the CIA.
So I've been fucked over by you, by her, by everyone.
Testify against her.
You can cut your prison time in half.
How high up on the chain did you look for who funds Gerhardt? I think that a pattern of cash deposits routed through a fish market in Norway to an undisclosed account owned by Gerhardt would count as relevant.
- Papa.
- No! No! She just bought herself another 5% at the polls.
No, I didn't personally go to Norway to look into her finances, Steven.
Maybe it's time we do.
Welcome to the BBC, live from Berlin on election eve, as Germany braces for its most significant political contest in decades.
A first-time win for the right wing in German Parliament since World War II could have troubling implications for the EU and the global stage.
Katerina Gerhardt leader of the far-right PfD Party and purported target in yesterday's averted terror attack will be back on the campaign trail today.
Gerhardt vows to hold fast to her platform of reason not fear, hoping that Germans will heed the PfD motto tomorrow and "wach auf" or wake up at the polls.
Okay, put these clothes on.
We're leaving.
She talks about him as if he was nothing.
- Just a piece of shit.
- You're a wanted terrorist.
We can't stay here.
Now, it's not the perfect disguise it'll get us across town.
- Come on, come on.
- Don't fucking touch me, you CIA pig! Ex-CIA pig.
Right? Now, I know how you feel.
I really do.
- Oh, yeah? - But any minute now, the guy behind the counter downstairs is gonna figure out who you are.
And he's gonna call us in.
So please, just do as I tell you, all right? Why not split? Just fucking leave me here? Hm? Be honest or I'm not going anywhere with you.
Honestly, I can't leave this city without certain clearances in place.
You're my bargaining chip.
But also, what I told you is true.
Without my help right now, you will end up dead or behind bars.
Think Katerina Gerhardt's gonna be in the Bundestag in less than 24 hours? Oh, and check it out.
There she is.
She's bouncing questions on the averted attack.
Watch her spin this shit into electoral gold.
Okay, let's not panic till we track down the address on file.
Let's find out who's illegally funding her.
- Okay? - PfD's already at 12%, Steven.
They get to 15, they'll be in the Bundestag - and the coalition.
- Okay, uh, customs.
Ehh, I'm gonna hang back in case our friend Fischer's waiting for you.
You know, Robert? That was so stupid.
- What? - To request Oslo - Station clearance.
- Suppose this trail leads to some skinhead, Aryan lair, Steven.
It'll be good to have this guy's help.
Well, then we're really in trouble.
- Yeah.
- Okay.
I'll meet you at the wharf.
Should I tell Sheila to dig out my body armor? I apologize if yesterday if I was a little Hysterical? - Intense.
- For a station whisperer, you make a lot of noise.
You asked to see me.
Your flight to Dulles leaves 8:00 a.
m.
tomorrow.
Priority boarding.
Let me know if you'd like a vegetarian meal.
- I have a proposal.
- You aren't in a position - to propose at the moment.
- I was reckless, yes.
Although I do maintain I was right.
But I want Robert to stay on.
If I go home to Langley to lie down on the chopping block, so be it.
There's no need to send Robert too.
You and you deputy put explosives on the streets.
What makes you think you can secure him a future here? It was my bad call, not his.
Go.
Say your good-byes to Berlin.
- Robert Kirsch? - Yes, that's me.
- Nick Fischer.
- I think we crossed paths - once back at McLean.
- Yes.
- It's been a minute.
- So do you greet every visiting fireman who steps foot in Norway? 'Cause I only requested country clearance as protocol, not to guilt you into any kinda special treatment.
Yeah, I had a lunch with an NIS guy I wanted out of, So canceled him, taking you, same reservation.
Well, that's very generous, but, um You got a lunch date already? - Well, no.
- Then allow me to show you the happiest country on Earth.
With her nationalist party, PfD Perspective for Deutschland or Perspective for Germany Gerhardt is trying to distance herself from extremists on the right but without losing their support.
A first time win for the right wing in German parliament since World War II This is keeping a low profile? Yeah, well, we can't have you on public transport.
They rent these things out by the hour, no questions asked.
She deserves to die for what she did to him.
You you're probably right.
And for other stuff too, no doubt.
Today, before the election.
I don't want her getting a single vote.
So you're planning on killing her? That's a fuckin' that's genius.
- Shut up.
- Brilliant.
Why didn't I think of that? - I need a favor.
- Who is she? Someone who needs a safe place for a few hours.
- Hours? - Well, maybe 24.
- And if I say no? - You won't.
Ladies first.
What are you getting me into, Hector? The less you know, the better.
Put this in a safe place for me.
I'll be back in a couple hours.
Where are you going? It's not a good time, Esther, I'm sorry.
I'm in a hurry.
Please open.
Please.
Lena Ganz Hector has her, and we can't locate him.
- Where are they? - You have the whole of the BfV at your disposal.
Why come to me? Because you know Hector's moves.
And I have PfD loyalists inside my department watching my every step, you know that.
I have no idea where they are.
You want a drink? Work with me here.
We're on the same team.
- And Lena could help.
- Lena knows as much as we do.
Otto kept her on the fringes for that exact reason, to protect her.
- So you do know where she is.
- No, and you're putting your energy in the wrong direction.
Did you search Otto's office? There was a little grey box of burner phones.
We turned them over and got nothing.
- We're screwed.
- Well, maybe you didn't look hard enough.
It might be time to throw all this out, don't you think? Yeah, I know.
I I can't.
I don't know why.
What did he say to you? In the van? What difference would it make? I don't know until I hear it.
He said that he didn't feel respected.
Only feared.
And how did you answer? What could I say? It was true.
But I I asked him what he wanted his legacy to be.
Leader, a father? A terrorist? What's your legacy if you were to die right now? No comment.
What's yours? The safety of my country during my tenure at the BfV.
Which is is looking quite shitty now, with Katerina poised to enter the Bundestag.
Yeah, and that is on my record, too.
And my conscience.
You should get some sleep.
You look like shit.
- And if Lena calls on you - I'm not gonna tell you.
I'm sorry I'm so tense.
No, no, no, no, no.
Don't be sorry.
You just need to relax.
If Katerina suspected you, you would know it by now.
Not if that's how she's playing it.
Josef, you're crucial to her.
She's not getting rid of you.
I hope you're right.
But that would have a downside, too.
What? Because then this would have to be our last morning with each other.
Our work doesn't have to stop here.
If these are Katerina's tactics, they will continue to be Katerina's tactics.
This election doesn't have to be the end.
- We can still catch her.
- If I'm lucky enough to get through without a black mark, I cannot risk my PfD standing again.
And I cannot be in the bed of an American spy.
Oh, fuck.
Oh, it's her.
Yeah.
Yeah, okay.
Yeah.
Good.
Ciao.
A slot opened up on a BBC talk show.
She wants me to sing the party line.
See? What did I tell you? - You're in the clear.
- Maybe.
Unless she's waiting until after tomorrow, When she's in office.
And then the other shoe drops.
The service elevator takes you to the back alley.
Just as we were getting started on our way to something special.
Well, if you change your mind, you know where to find me.
Come on in.
Sorry, I was on a run when your message came through.
You've done great work here, April.
- Really proved yourself.
- Thanks.
So much so that I have a big assignment for you.
- Critical.
- Great.
Robert has a meet with Hector in an hour, but he had to leave town.
Hector's holding Lena, as you know.
Plan was, get him to turn her over to us in exchange for clearing his name off interdiction lists, but with Hanes tightening his grip on things, I'm not sure we're gonna be able to push that through.
Have you talked to Hanes? There's no getting him to budge? I don't have to tell you, polls open in 18 hours.
Lena is our last chance to connect Otto to Katerina.
You want me to get Hector to give Lena up, - even without the bribe.
- That is the game face I love.
It's usually served at Christmas.
And here's a fun thing, you have to wash the residue off utensils and pans straight away.
Because if left overnight, it never comes off.
That is fun.
That is a fucking blast.
You didn't come to Norway to try the lutefisk.
Mm-mm.
Why are you here? Honestly? Given how your elections went, I just wanted an on the ground POV.
Give me an idea of what to expect in Berlin tomorrow if the alt-right have their way.
Officially, though, I'm meeting a friend.
I bet I can help.
Any specific Norwegian scene you want in on? No, just a range, I hope.
My secretary put together the ideal Norway tour.
Lars will drive you.
Lars? Get a sense of the country's mood.
You know, I don't know what to say.
It's too much.
I can't accept it.
Why? Because it's not the treatment I got when I was in Berlin? I had that sad sack Frost following me.
Steven's working at KRA consulting now.
Other than that, I know very little of his moves.
Sadly, we've had a bit of a falling out.
- What's this? - It's fruit and cheese.
Cheese is brown in Norway.
Thank you.
Ironic.
Cheese is brown, none of the people are.
Yeah.
- I like the look of the skin.
- Mm-hmm.
There's no brown spots.
- Can I see the flesh? - Oh, of course.
- You see? Firm and glossy.
- Well, our menu's seasonal.
This winter, chef is set on salmon entr��e.
- Oh.
- And, uh, likely a trout.
- Mm-hmm.
- And tuna tartare appetizer.
- Oh.
- That's assuming - you provide sushi-grade.
- Oh, yes, of course.
Our stock of bluefin has recently flied up.
It is very busy in our waters.
- So, uh - So do you have an office? We can sit down, discuss logistics? I was thinking to say it.
This way.
Please.
Um, I wanted to ask you I'm just I'm so curious.
- Yeah.
- What's your biggest sale? - You must have some record.
- Yes.
Salmon is, of course, the giant one.
- Yeah.
- But we also do very good business in herring.
So wait a minute, you have these numbers in your head? That's kind of a shaky way of accounting.
Ohh, yes.
No, everything is painfully noted.
Yeah.
So you were saying salmon and herring.
Yes, and the klippfisk, is our top third.
Do you have any cooked samples I could try? Yeah, I have some pieces batter-fried.
- Yeah, yeah.
- I think yeah.
- Absolutely.
- Yes.
Okay.
Hector DeJean? - You're not Robert.
- April Lewis.
New to the station.
I need to see Robert.
He's out of the country, I'm afraid.
So am I off the interdiction list? There's been a problem on that front.
So what? I'm stuck in fucking Berlin? - Where is Lena Ganz? - Well, you tell me.
You're CIA.
You're supposed to - know these things.
- You were the last person seen with her.
She's our only hope with connecting Katerina Gerhardt - to her father.
- Right.
And then what? Breaking news proves as ineffective in Germany - as it did in the U.
S.
? - Maybe something a little more concrete.
The point is, we're not giving up.
Now that's a great attitude.
You should channel it into getting me what I'm fucking owed.
How will you feel if Katerina Gerhardt gets into the Bundestag tomorrow and you could've given over Lena for questioning prevented it? Prevented it? What? Made a difference? April, April, April.
You're young and you're passionate and you're idealistic, right? Give it five years.
Maybe the PfD winning won't affect your life like it will others, but you should still give a shit.
God, you look terrible.
- Lutefisk.
- Yeah, well, I guess an afternoon with that creep, enough to turn anybody's stomach.
He tried to push his driver on me, monitor my day.
But I told him I had to go back to the hotel and take a nap, so Well, what if he follows up? I left my phone in the room in case he's tracking me.
- We're fine.
- Okay.
We're onto something.
Come on.
Over and over, this Bjorn Larsen fellow is pumping money into the market.
He's buying haddock, he's buying it doesn't matter.
He's spending tens of thousands of euro week after week after week from the last of August until now.
And from there, the money was laundered directly into the PfD's accounts? I cross-checked the purchases to the deposits.
- They match up perfectly.
- Mm-mm.
It's kinda fishy, huh? Sorry.
What did you dig up on this Bjorn guy? Nothing.
You know, he repairs boats.
He goes to the Lutheran church.
He doesn't own a store.
He doesn't have a shop.
He doesn't need all that fish.
Norway.
Land of the midnight sun, huh? It's you know, it's nice.
I guess.
I I kinda wish I was one of those people that could be fulfilled by a view.
I was in Provence last weekend and Kelly and I were having coffee on the porch.
And she points to the ocean and she says, "What more could you want?" I said, "Really?" That's what I'm supposed to do now? I cash in at KRA for another year and then I what? I look at the ocean for the rest of my life? - I don't think so.
- Listen, if you if you equate making a difference with working for Hanes, then, yes, go.
- Look at the ocean.
- Look, I'm not working for Hanes, Robert.
The fact that I bring you this lead that we're chasing proves I'm not working for Hanes.
Then why do you indulge him, huh? Surely it's not for the free steak dinners.
Huh? You just trying to keep your hand in it? Stay relevant? You know you are absolutely no help.
And it looks like, hey, I'm pretty useful.
Yes, and I appreciate that.
Honestly, I do.
But you, my man, are moving on to another chapter, and it's time to accept that.
And it's not so terrible, Steven.
You got the beautiful Rolex, the nice suit, Kelly waiting for you in the south of France.
Look, don't come to me looking for sympathy when somebody flips you to your next chapter.
'Cause you're not gonna be ready for it, believe me.
Well, it's probably gonna be happening sooner rather than later after this flap, so Uh-huh.
- Any word from BB? - No.
She's not answering her phone.
Man.
You really like her, don't you? Yeah, I do.
- Political spectrum.
- Disagreements between people who agree on nearly everything, they are the most passionate.
And when consensus is almost achieved but cannot be reached, that is when things explode.
What is your solution? Vote PfD, I'm sure.
But beyond that, how will Germany deal with these conflicts? I met somebody recently.
And she and I could not have been more fundamentally at odds in our beliefs, but, uh, she taught me a lot.
And, um, a big lesson is sometimes we must double down to achieve the desired result.
What happened? I tried to stop her leaving.
Vicious little bitch broke a sugar bowl over my head.
What, she's gone? Excuse me? I might have a concussion, but don't act so concerned.
I'm sorry.
That bag you gave me, she took it.
What? Fuck! Ah! The fuck are you doing to yourself? Come in.
"PfD now projected to win 13%.
Number expected to rise.
" Yeah, I know.
That's why I wanted to speak to you about Josef.
What is it? Lucky I'm here.
Why are you here? Fuckin' Lena slipped the leash.
- Christ.
- Thought I'd find her in Daddy's bar.
Gimme that hand.
Okay, here we go.
Yeah.
That's the feeling you're after, right? - Think she slipped town? - Nope.
She was, uh, going on this morning about getting - revenge on Gerhardt.
- I don't blame her.
It was my approach with Ruth Iosava.
Yeah, I never asked you about that.
Was that satisfying? The revenge? Nothing would've been satisfying.
No, I guess not.
So what would you do in Lena's shoes? I don't know.
Once upon a time, I thought the truth would set us free.
But in a post-truth world, maybe a bullet's a better bet.
Karl, did you get the money I owed you? Yes.
But not why I'm calling.
I have a customer here, wanting to buy illegally.
Used your name as reference.
Don't tell me.
Flowery dress, big leather satchel, I hope.
Yeah.
What do you want me to do with her? Don't let her go.
Keep her busy.
Wait for me.
Found her.
Okay, I'll come with you.
No, you won't.
You'll stay here.
Get some gauze, some antibiotic cream, and hey Things could be a lot fuckin' worse, Daniel.
I would know, right? So pull yourself together.
You'll be fine.
We owe it to Josef to protect him! You are out of line! Your perspective is gone, You need to back up out of this station - and out of Germany - Okay, first of all, you do not have the fucking authority to fire me and you will never get me on a plane.
So please, I'm begging you, just fuck off.
Stay in Berlin, fine, but you will never set foot in this embassy again.
Hello? Hello? I wanna ask you something.
Do you know a Bjorn Larsen that lives up the street? Of course I know Bjorn.
- He's a whiskey sour and - Oh.
He helped me deliver my wife's third baby.
Yeah.
- You look for him? - Yeah, we are.
- He's in no trouble, is he? - He's in no trouble.
In fact, I'm considering offering him a job.
- Oh, good.
- So, yeah.
Have a look at this over here.
It's a great shot.
The photo over here.
The man in the yellow is Bjorn.
- And that grouper is 83 pounds.
- Wow.
That's a big fish.
Hey, Robert.
Come here, look at this picture.
- I just sat down.
- Robert, get up and come look.
- What? - Look at this one.
Hey, shit, that's Nick Fischer.
- He called you.
- Using my name to illegally buy a rifle.
Turns out the only arms dealers I know are CIA spies.
What do you need a gun for? Guess.
Okay, that's an SSG.
You're gonna need to get close to your target - for that to be effective.
- I'll use a disguise.
With that kind of score? You're gonna need to be sitting in her fucking lap to get a kill shot.
What do you recommend I use instead? I recommend you stick with me and don't get yourself killed.
No.
No, I'm not gonna do that.
Not until I do what I need to do.
She fucking betrayed him.
She used him.
She should be dead, not him.
Finish your round.
We're leaving.
What a mind fuck.
So you think that freak Fischer is the one that's been feeding this guy the cash? I can't imagine a COS and a Norwegian boatman - being fishing buddies.
- And we think the money's coming from our embassy in Oslo? Probably.
Which makes me wonder - What? - Oh, motherfucker.
What? What? Hanes.
Hanes, he used Fischer - to fuck with me in Berlin.
- Oh, no.
- He's gotta be behind this.
- Holy fucking hell.
We're up here looking for some nefarious entity behind PfD.
It's got American fingerprints all over it.
We leak this shit, America's credibility on the global stage is fucked, Steven.
Gerhardt is gonna win.
Wait.
We don't know if it's American money for certain.
We we just we don't know.
We have to talk to this Bjorn dude.
- Okay.
- Come on.
Well, yeah.
But let's make sure to send off what we've got so far to BB so she can at least start digging in.
No service.
The light's on.
Oh, fuck.
Well, doesn't look like - we're gonna interview Bjorn.
- Yeah.
And he's still warm.
We need to get the fuck out of here, get back on the grid, get some fuckin' cell towers in our life.
They might have a landline at the pub.
All right, hey.
Leave me your phone.
I wanna take some shots of this guy.
- I'll meet you there.
- All right.
Fuck, they've got a phone here.
Steven? - Hello? - Hello? Hi, do you speak English? - Operator? - I I need an operator who speaks English.
All right, he wants to talk to you.
- Hello.
- Damn it, man.
I tried so hard to protect you.
Yeah, bullshit.
What's the fuckin' plan here, Fischer? I came to your hotel to check on you.
There was no answer.
I thought maybe you were dead in your suite.
I made the concierge bust in.
Well, that was very decent of you.
I guess I owe owe you an apology for the inconvenience.
What's the fuckin' plan, Fischer? I did not wanna resort to extreme measures.
Extreme measures what the what the fuck? But you're too quick.
Now I'm here and you're there.
And you've put me in an impossible position.
Listen to me really clearly: money trail's been sent to the station.
- Somebody's gonna run with it.
- Yeah, but I spoke to Hanes, who wasn't approached, and I think he would've been.
So I'll assume you're bluffing.
I'll cross that bridge if I come to it.
No, Hanes is a fucking asshole, okay? Let's get that straight.
That being said, he would not okay anything that this motherfucker is about to do to me.
Look, I never wanted this, Robert.
It's important to me that you know that.
Please pass me back to Lars, now.
He wants to talk he wants to talk to you.
Jesus.
Next one's not till 5:00 a.
m.
We have to get off this island, Steven.
- Robert.
- What? What's that? Bingo.
What are you doing here? They wanted to send me back to Langley, but I'm not going so technically, I resigned.
Is it my fault? I think it's for the best, actually.
Come in.
So we send the text now.
It'll look like it's coming from the phone's carrier.
And as soon as it's opened, it'll turn on the harmonics.
Boom.
Phone's a mic.
It'll track him, too.
Whose phone is it, anyway? Esther.
It's me.
Are you awake? - What's the matter? - Can I come in? - I need to talk to you.
- Sure.
You look more a mess than yesterday.
What happened to your hand? I can't I keep thinking.
I can't stop.
Over and over.
Like a broken fucking alarm.
What did I do wrong? What how how could I have done things differently? Why did I fuck this up so bad? You didn't fuck anything up.
His brains were blown out while I was sitting right next to him.
- How is that not on me? - He was a terrorist.
He was looking to blow up innocent civilians.
All right, and he should have paid for that in jail like everybody else.
There there is no way that he could've staged such a large scale attack without Gerhardt's resources.
And if he was still alive today, we could've fucking nailed her.
I should've I should've turned Otto and worked with him rather than through him.
And then maybe tomorrow, Germany would not be voting in a fucking right wing terrorist! - You stop it, now.
- I can't do this anymore.
- I I gotta go.
- Can you calm down? - Stop.
- Ah, sorry.
Stop it, okay? Please, please stop.
Please.
They're getting up in Germany right now - Yeah.
- Polls are open.
I'd rather learn that Satan was funding the fuckin' PfD.
We have Hanes where we want him, at least.
But what if Hanes fuckin' wriggles free? Anything's possible in this in this day and age of �� la carte facts.
- Hey, Robert.
- Yeah? You think I killed him? Steven, the guy was trying to kill me.
I know, but he was just following orders, you know? Like Fischer, probably.
'Cause he and Hanes are answering to somebody.
- Wait a minute, there.
- Where? Look ahead, straight ahead.
Civilization.
I think.
Kind of.
- Hi.
Hi, hi.
- Hello? We don't mean to intrude, but we're looking for Bryggen wharf.
- Bryggen? - We want to we want to call a friend.
Uh, please.
Could you help us? Yeah, yeah.
- Keep going north.
- North.
Yeah, that direction and catch the ferry - at Hauglandshella.
- Yeah, Hauglandshella.
Got it.
Yeah.
But you can contact your friend from here, if you like.
- Oh? - I have a satellite phone.
- Oh, my God.
- Oh, thank you.
- Thank you.
- That would be amazing.
Yeah, sure.
- That's weird.
- What? It says her phone's been disconnected.
You try the station? It's ringing.
Oh, good morning.
So The jig is up.
We know you've been funneling cash to the PfD for the DOS or whomever and we've passed that back to the station.
No idea what you're referring to.
That's not the way to play this.
You know, I know it's early in the morning, you're just waking up and having your first scotch and acclimating and everything.
But, uh, you stepped ass-backwards into the alt-right cookie jar, buddy.
Now, you wanna carry this all on your shoulders, that's fine.
But I thought you know, I don't know I thought you might wanna pass the blame around.
What do you want? Well, let's see.
I want confirmation, elucidation.
Who tapped you to be the cash conduit for the PfD? Starts with an H, ends with an S? Hanes brought me in.
And, uh, who's footing the bill for all this? Who's the wizard behind the curtain? The money came in pouches from a slush fund.
That's all I know.
It's the Hanes show.
You'll have to ask him.
Hey.
Guess we pulled that off.
I imagine Josef is calling the embassy as we speak.
It'll hold.
Officially, you are no longer working there.
So tell me, exactly what made you wanna double down on him? I don't know.
Just gut instinct that something wasn't straight.
And that his relationship with Katerina was, um More complicated than he was letting on.
But thank you, by the way.
Thank you for trusting me and thank you for setting it up like you did.
Thank you for helping give the station a leg up as my final act here.
So straight to the airport now? - Afraid so.
- How did everybody at the station react to it? I imagine they don't know it yet.
You didn't tell anybody? No rousing exit speech.
I wouldn't know where to begin.
And I think that's how I've been conditioned.
Maybe in life we repeat ourselves.
You know, BB, that bridge is still standing because of you.
And if you hadn't spearheaded this op, Ganz would've just gotten his weapons elsewhere.
And it would've done down, along with hundreds of civilians, so please know that.
Yeah.
Thank you.
I still don't feel comfortable with you being the scapegoat in all of this.
I'm really proud of the work we've done here.
And whatever they accuse me of, I will say, "Yes.
" And, "You're welcome.
" I do have an ask, though.
April.
Look out for her.
Sure.
Thank you.
So are you still planning on doing it? - Definitely.
- When? Before the end of the day.
When results come in.
So she can't enjoy victory.
Tell me, how would you do it? It's not my fight.
But if it was.
If you're not getting what you went out for yesterday which it seems like you're not if you took up this cause instead.
I would wanna make a statement.
Let the whole world see.
That way, you're not just stopping her, you're sending a signal, you know? To all that follow.
- A public event.
- Yeah.
Help me.
Help me do it.
Someone has to.
What could possibly go wrong? Now it's come to my attention that your station reports to my office are reflecting bullshit in my direction.
- Excuse me.
- You tell me what you're really doing or I'll have you on the next plane home.
In front of a civilian, Richard, I don't think so.
But you may expect to be briefed by day's end.
Or you can put me on the last flight out.
The ambassador told me that Robert will be right next to you on the plane home - if you push this too far.
- Don't tell me how to run my station, especially when you have no fucking idea what's at stake.
Your account details, please? Where the money should go.
Gerhardt's account refused payment.
I'm sorry.
There's a change of plan.
I work for the CIA.
So I've been fucked over by you, by her, by everyone.
Testify against her.
You can cut your prison time in half.
How high up on the chain did you look for who funds Gerhardt? I think that a pattern of cash deposits routed through a fish market in Norway to an undisclosed account owned by Gerhardt would count as relevant.
- Papa.
- No! No! She just bought herself another 5% at the polls.
No, I didn't personally go to Norway to look into her finances, Steven.
Maybe it's time we do.
Welcome to the BBC, live from Berlin on election eve, as Germany braces for its most significant political contest in decades.
A first-time win for the right wing in German Parliament since World War II could have troubling implications for the EU and the global stage.
Katerina Gerhardt leader of the far-right PfD Party and purported target in yesterday's averted terror attack will be back on the campaign trail today.
Gerhardt vows to hold fast to her platform of reason not fear, hoping that Germans will heed the PfD motto tomorrow and "wach auf" or wake up at the polls.
Okay, put these clothes on.
We're leaving.
She talks about him as if he was nothing.
- Just a piece of shit.
- You're a wanted terrorist.
We can't stay here.
Now, it's not the perfect disguise it'll get us across town.
- Come on, come on.
- Don't fucking touch me, you CIA pig! Ex-CIA pig.
Right? Now, I know how you feel.
I really do.
- Oh, yeah? - But any minute now, the guy behind the counter downstairs is gonna figure out who you are.
And he's gonna call us in.
So please, just do as I tell you, all right? Why not split? Just fucking leave me here? Hm? Be honest or I'm not going anywhere with you.
Honestly, I can't leave this city without certain clearances in place.
You're my bargaining chip.
But also, what I told you is true.
Without my help right now, you will end up dead or behind bars.
Think Katerina Gerhardt's gonna be in the Bundestag in less than 24 hours? Oh, and check it out.
There she is.
She's bouncing questions on the averted attack.
Watch her spin this shit into electoral gold.
Okay, let's not panic till we track down the address on file.
Let's find out who's illegally funding her.
- Okay? - PfD's already at 12%, Steven.
They get to 15, they'll be in the Bundestag - and the coalition.
- Okay, uh, customs.
Ehh, I'm gonna hang back in case our friend Fischer's waiting for you.
You know, Robert? That was so stupid.
- What? - To request Oslo - Station clearance.
- Suppose this trail leads to some skinhead, Aryan lair, Steven.
It'll be good to have this guy's help.
Well, then we're really in trouble.
- Yeah.
- Okay.
I'll meet you at the wharf.
Should I tell Sheila to dig out my body armor? I apologize if yesterday if I was a little Hysterical? - Intense.
- For a station whisperer, you make a lot of noise.
You asked to see me.
Your flight to Dulles leaves 8:00 a.
m.
tomorrow.
Priority boarding.
Let me know if you'd like a vegetarian meal.
- I have a proposal.
- You aren't in a position - to propose at the moment.
- I was reckless, yes.
Although I do maintain I was right.
But I want Robert to stay on.
If I go home to Langley to lie down on the chopping block, so be it.
There's no need to send Robert too.
You and you deputy put explosives on the streets.
What makes you think you can secure him a future here? It was my bad call, not his.
Go.
Say your good-byes to Berlin.
- Robert Kirsch? - Yes, that's me.
- Nick Fischer.
- I think we crossed paths - once back at McLean.
- Yes.
- It's been a minute.
- So do you greet every visiting fireman who steps foot in Norway? 'Cause I only requested country clearance as protocol, not to guilt you into any kinda special treatment.
Yeah, I had a lunch with an NIS guy I wanted out of, So canceled him, taking you, same reservation.
Well, that's very generous, but, um You got a lunch date already? - Well, no.
- Then allow me to show you the happiest country on Earth.
With her nationalist party, PfD Perspective for Deutschland or Perspective for Germany Gerhardt is trying to distance herself from extremists on the right but without losing their support.
A first time win for the right wing in German parliament since World War II This is keeping a low profile? Yeah, well, we can't have you on public transport.
They rent these things out by the hour, no questions asked.
She deserves to die for what she did to him.
You you're probably right.
And for other stuff too, no doubt.
Today, before the election.
I don't want her getting a single vote.
So you're planning on killing her? That's a fuckin' that's genius.
- Shut up.
- Brilliant.
Why didn't I think of that? - I need a favor.
- Who is she? Someone who needs a safe place for a few hours.
- Hours? - Well, maybe 24.
- And if I say no? - You won't.
Ladies first.
What are you getting me into, Hector? The less you know, the better.
Put this in a safe place for me.
I'll be back in a couple hours.
Where are you going? It's not a good time, Esther, I'm sorry.
I'm in a hurry.
Please open.
Please.
Lena Ganz Hector has her, and we can't locate him.
- Where are they? - You have the whole of the BfV at your disposal.
Why come to me? Because you know Hector's moves.
And I have PfD loyalists inside my department watching my every step, you know that.
I have no idea where they are.
You want a drink? Work with me here.
We're on the same team.
- And Lena could help.
- Lena knows as much as we do.
Otto kept her on the fringes for that exact reason, to protect her.
- So you do know where she is.
- No, and you're putting your energy in the wrong direction.
Did you search Otto's office? There was a little grey box of burner phones.
We turned them over and got nothing.
- We're screwed.
- Well, maybe you didn't look hard enough.
It might be time to throw all this out, don't you think? Yeah, I know.
I I can't.
I don't know why.
What did he say to you? In the van? What difference would it make? I don't know until I hear it.
He said that he didn't feel respected.
Only feared.
And how did you answer? What could I say? It was true.
But I I asked him what he wanted his legacy to be.
Leader, a father? A terrorist? What's your legacy if you were to die right now? No comment.
What's yours? The safety of my country during my tenure at the BfV.
Which is is looking quite shitty now, with Katerina poised to enter the Bundestag.
Yeah, and that is on my record, too.
And my conscience.
You should get some sleep.
You look like shit.
- And if Lena calls on you - I'm not gonna tell you.
I'm sorry I'm so tense.
No, no, no, no, no.
Don't be sorry.
You just need to relax.
If Katerina suspected you, you would know it by now.
Not if that's how she's playing it.
Josef, you're crucial to her.
She's not getting rid of you.
I hope you're right.
But that would have a downside, too.
What? Because then this would have to be our last morning with each other.
Our work doesn't have to stop here.
If these are Katerina's tactics, they will continue to be Katerina's tactics.
This election doesn't have to be the end.
- We can still catch her.
- If I'm lucky enough to get through without a black mark, I cannot risk my PfD standing again.
And I cannot be in the bed of an American spy.
Oh, fuck.
Oh, it's her.
Yeah.
Yeah, okay.
Yeah.
Good.
Ciao.
A slot opened up on a BBC talk show.
She wants me to sing the party line.
See? What did I tell you? - You're in the clear.
- Maybe.
Unless she's waiting until after tomorrow, When she's in office.
And then the other shoe drops.
The service elevator takes you to the back alley.
Just as we were getting started on our way to something special.
Well, if you change your mind, you know where to find me.
Come on in.
Sorry, I was on a run when your message came through.
You've done great work here, April.
- Really proved yourself.
- Thanks.
So much so that I have a big assignment for you.
- Critical.
- Great.
Robert has a meet with Hector in an hour, but he had to leave town.
Hector's holding Lena, as you know.
Plan was, get him to turn her over to us in exchange for clearing his name off interdiction lists, but with Hanes tightening his grip on things, I'm not sure we're gonna be able to push that through.
Have you talked to Hanes? There's no getting him to budge? I don't have to tell you, polls open in 18 hours.
Lena is our last chance to connect Otto to Katerina.
You want me to get Hector to give Lena up, - even without the bribe.
- That is the game face I love.
It's usually served at Christmas.
And here's a fun thing, you have to wash the residue off utensils and pans straight away.
Because if left overnight, it never comes off.
That is fun.
That is a fucking blast.
You didn't come to Norway to try the lutefisk.
Mm-mm.
Why are you here? Honestly? Given how your elections went, I just wanted an on the ground POV.
Give me an idea of what to expect in Berlin tomorrow if the alt-right have their way.
Officially, though, I'm meeting a friend.
I bet I can help.
Any specific Norwegian scene you want in on? No, just a range, I hope.
My secretary put together the ideal Norway tour.
Lars will drive you.
Lars? Get a sense of the country's mood.
You know, I don't know what to say.
It's too much.
I can't accept it.
Why? Because it's not the treatment I got when I was in Berlin? I had that sad sack Frost following me.
Steven's working at KRA consulting now.
Other than that, I know very little of his moves.
Sadly, we've had a bit of a falling out.
- What's this? - It's fruit and cheese.
Cheese is brown in Norway.
Thank you.
Ironic.
Cheese is brown, none of the people are.
Yeah.
- I like the look of the skin.
- Mm-hmm.
There's no brown spots.
- Can I see the flesh? - Oh, of course.
- You see? Firm and glossy.
- Well, our menu's seasonal.
This winter, chef is set on salmon entr��e.
- Oh.
- And, uh, likely a trout.
- Mm-hmm.
- And tuna tartare appetizer.
- Oh.
- That's assuming - you provide sushi-grade.
- Oh, yes, of course.
Our stock of bluefin has recently flied up.
It is very busy in our waters.
- So, uh - So do you have an office? We can sit down, discuss logistics? I was thinking to say it.
This way.
Please.
Um, I wanted to ask you I'm just I'm so curious.
- Yeah.
- What's your biggest sale? - You must have some record.
- Yes.
Salmon is, of course, the giant one.
- Yeah.
- But we also do very good business in herring.
So wait a minute, you have these numbers in your head? That's kind of a shaky way of accounting.
Ohh, yes.
No, everything is painfully noted.
Yeah.
So you were saying salmon and herring.
Yes, and the klippfisk, is our top third.
Do you have any cooked samples I could try? Yeah, I have some pieces batter-fried.
- Yeah, yeah.
- I think yeah.
- Absolutely.
- Yes.
Okay.
Hector DeJean? - You're not Robert.
- April Lewis.
New to the station.
I need to see Robert.
He's out of the country, I'm afraid.
So am I off the interdiction list? There's been a problem on that front.
So what? I'm stuck in fucking Berlin? - Where is Lena Ganz? - Well, you tell me.
You're CIA.
You're supposed to - know these things.
- You were the last person seen with her.
She's our only hope with connecting Katerina Gerhardt - to her father.
- Right.
And then what? Breaking news proves as ineffective in Germany - as it did in the U.
S.
? - Maybe something a little more concrete.
The point is, we're not giving up.
Now that's a great attitude.
You should channel it into getting me what I'm fucking owed.
How will you feel if Katerina Gerhardt gets into the Bundestag tomorrow and you could've given over Lena for questioning prevented it? Prevented it? What? Made a difference? April, April, April.
You're young and you're passionate and you're idealistic, right? Give it five years.
Maybe the PfD winning won't affect your life like it will others, but you should still give a shit.
God, you look terrible.
- Lutefisk.
- Yeah, well, I guess an afternoon with that creep, enough to turn anybody's stomach.
He tried to push his driver on me, monitor my day.
But I told him I had to go back to the hotel and take a nap, so Well, what if he follows up? I left my phone in the room in case he's tracking me.
- We're fine.
- Okay.
We're onto something.
Come on.
Over and over, this Bjorn Larsen fellow is pumping money into the market.
He's buying haddock, he's buying it doesn't matter.
He's spending tens of thousands of euro week after week after week from the last of August until now.
And from there, the money was laundered directly into the PfD's accounts? I cross-checked the purchases to the deposits.
- They match up perfectly.
- Mm-mm.
It's kinda fishy, huh? Sorry.
What did you dig up on this Bjorn guy? Nothing.
You know, he repairs boats.
He goes to the Lutheran church.
He doesn't own a store.
He doesn't have a shop.
He doesn't need all that fish.
Norway.
Land of the midnight sun, huh? It's you know, it's nice.
I guess.
I I kinda wish I was one of those people that could be fulfilled by a view.
I was in Provence last weekend and Kelly and I were having coffee on the porch.
And she points to the ocean and she says, "What more could you want?" I said, "Really?" That's what I'm supposed to do now? I cash in at KRA for another year and then I what? I look at the ocean for the rest of my life? - I don't think so.
- Listen, if you if you equate making a difference with working for Hanes, then, yes, go.
- Look at the ocean.
- Look, I'm not working for Hanes, Robert.
The fact that I bring you this lead that we're chasing proves I'm not working for Hanes.
Then why do you indulge him, huh? Surely it's not for the free steak dinners.
Huh? You just trying to keep your hand in it? Stay relevant? You know you are absolutely no help.
And it looks like, hey, I'm pretty useful.
Yes, and I appreciate that.
Honestly, I do.
But you, my man, are moving on to another chapter, and it's time to accept that.
And it's not so terrible, Steven.
You got the beautiful Rolex, the nice suit, Kelly waiting for you in the south of France.
Look, don't come to me looking for sympathy when somebody flips you to your next chapter.
'Cause you're not gonna be ready for it, believe me.
Well, it's probably gonna be happening sooner rather than later after this flap, so Uh-huh.
- Any word from BB? - No.
She's not answering her phone.
Man.
You really like her, don't you? Yeah, I do.
- Political spectrum.
- Disagreements between people who agree on nearly everything, they are the most passionate.
And when consensus is almost achieved but cannot be reached, that is when things explode.
What is your solution? Vote PfD, I'm sure.
But beyond that, how will Germany deal with these conflicts? I met somebody recently.
And she and I could not have been more fundamentally at odds in our beliefs, but, uh, she taught me a lot.
And, um, a big lesson is sometimes we must double down to achieve the desired result.
What happened? I tried to stop her leaving.
Vicious little bitch broke a sugar bowl over my head.
What, she's gone? Excuse me? I might have a concussion, but don't act so concerned.
I'm sorry.
That bag you gave me, she took it.
What? Fuck! Ah! The fuck are you doing to yourself? Come in.
"PfD now projected to win 13%.
Number expected to rise.
" Yeah, I know.
That's why I wanted to speak to you about Josef.
What is it? Lucky I'm here.
Why are you here? Fuckin' Lena slipped the leash.
- Christ.
- Thought I'd find her in Daddy's bar.
Gimme that hand.
Okay, here we go.
Yeah.
That's the feeling you're after, right? - Think she slipped town? - Nope.
She was, uh, going on this morning about getting - revenge on Gerhardt.
- I don't blame her.
It was my approach with Ruth Iosava.
Yeah, I never asked you about that.
Was that satisfying? The revenge? Nothing would've been satisfying.
No, I guess not.
So what would you do in Lena's shoes? I don't know.
Once upon a time, I thought the truth would set us free.
But in a post-truth world, maybe a bullet's a better bet.
Karl, did you get the money I owed you? Yes.
But not why I'm calling.
I have a customer here, wanting to buy illegally.
Used your name as reference.
Don't tell me.
Flowery dress, big leather satchel, I hope.
Yeah.
What do you want me to do with her? Don't let her go.
Keep her busy.
Wait for me.
Found her.
Okay, I'll come with you.
No, you won't.
You'll stay here.
Get some gauze, some antibiotic cream, and hey Things could be a lot fuckin' worse, Daniel.
I would know, right? So pull yourself together.
You'll be fine.
We owe it to Josef to protect him! You are out of line! Your perspective is gone, You need to back up out of this station - and out of Germany - Okay, first of all, you do not have the fucking authority to fire me and you will never get me on a plane.
So please, I'm begging you, just fuck off.
Stay in Berlin, fine, but you will never set foot in this embassy again.
Hello? Hello? I wanna ask you something.
Do you know a Bjorn Larsen that lives up the street? Of course I know Bjorn.
- He's a whiskey sour and - Oh.
He helped me deliver my wife's third baby.
Yeah.
- You look for him? - Yeah, we are.
- He's in no trouble, is he? - He's in no trouble.
In fact, I'm considering offering him a job.
- Oh, good.
- So, yeah.
Have a look at this over here.
It's a great shot.
The photo over here.
The man in the yellow is Bjorn.
- And that grouper is 83 pounds.
- Wow.
That's a big fish.
Hey, Robert.
Come here, look at this picture.
- I just sat down.
- Robert, get up and come look.
- What? - Look at this one.
Hey, shit, that's Nick Fischer.
- He called you.
- Using my name to illegally buy a rifle.
Turns out the only arms dealers I know are CIA spies.
What do you need a gun for? Guess.
Okay, that's an SSG.
You're gonna need to get close to your target - for that to be effective.
- I'll use a disguise.
With that kind of score? You're gonna need to be sitting in her fucking lap to get a kill shot.
What do you recommend I use instead? I recommend you stick with me and don't get yourself killed.
No.
No, I'm not gonna do that.
Not until I do what I need to do.
She fucking betrayed him.
She used him.
She should be dead, not him.
Finish your round.
We're leaving.
What a mind fuck.
So you think that freak Fischer is the one that's been feeding this guy the cash? I can't imagine a COS and a Norwegian boatman - being fishing buddies.
- And we think the money's coming from our embassy in Oslo? Probably.
Which makes me wonder - What? - Oh, motherfucker.
What? What? Hanes.
Hanes, he used Fischer - to fuck with me in Berlin.
- Oh, no.
- He's gotta be behind this.
- Holy fucking hell.
We're up here looking for some nefarious entity behind PfD.
It's got American fingerprints all over it.
We leak this shit, America's credibility on the global stage is fucked, Steven.
Gerhardt is gonna win.
Wait.
We don't know if it's American money for certain.
We we just we don't know.
We have to talk to this Bjorn dude.
- Okay.
- Come on.
Well, yeah.
But let's make sure to send off what we've got so far to BB so she can at least start digging in.
No service.
The light's on.
Oh, fuck.
Well, doesn't look like - we're gonna interview Bjorn.
- Yeah.
And he's still warm.
We need to get the fuck out of here, get back on the grid, get some fuckin' cell towers in our life.
They might have a landline at the pub.
All right, hey.
Leave me your phone.
I wanna take some shots of this guy.
- I'll meet you there.
- All right.
Fuck, they've got a phone here.
Steven? - Hello? - Hello? Hi, do you speak English? - Operator? - I I need an operator who speaks English.
All right, he wants to talk to you.
- Hello.
- Damn it, man.
I tried so hard to protect you.
Yeah, bullshit.
What's the fuckin' plan here, Fischer? I came to your hotel to check on you.
There was no answer.
I thought maybe you were dead in your suite.
I made the concierge bust in.
Well, that was very decent of you.
I guess I owe owe you an apology for the inconvenience.
What's the fuckin' plan, Fischer? I did not wanna resort to extreme measures.
Extreme measures what the what the fuck? But you're too quick.
Now I'm here and you're there.
And you've put me in an impossible position.
Listen to me really clearly: money trail's been sent to the station.
- Somebody's gonna run with it.
- Yeah, but I spoke to Hanes, who wasn't approached, and I think he would've been.
So I'll assume you're bluffing.
I'll cross that bridge if I come to it.
No, Hanes is a fucking asshole, okay? Let's get that straight.
That being said, he would not okay anything that this motherfucker is about to do to me.
Look, I never wanted this, Robert.
It's important to me that you know that.
Please pass me back to Lars, now.
He wants to talk he wants to talk to you.
Jesus.
Next one's not till 5:00 a.
m.
We have to get off this island, Steven.
- Robert.
- What? What's that? Bingo.
What are you doing here? They wanted to send me back to Langley, but I'm not going so technically, I resigned.
Is it my fault? I think it's for the best, actually.
Come in.
So we send the text now.
It'll look like it's coming from the phone's carrier.
And as soon as it's opened, it'll turn on the harmonics.
Boom.
Phone's a mic.
It'll track him, too.
Whose phone is it, anyway? Esther.
It's me.
Are you awake? - What's the matter? - Can I come in? - I need to talk to you.
- Sure.
You look more a mess than yesterday.
What happened to your hand? I can't I keep thinking.
I can't stop.
Over and over.
Like a broken fucking alarm.
What did I do wrong? What how how could I have done things differently? Why did I fuck this up so bad? You didn't fuck anything up.
His brains were blown out while I was sitting right next to him.
- How is that not on me? - He was a terrorist.
He was looking to blow up innocent civilians.
All right, and he should have paid for that in jail like everybody else.
There there is no way that he could've staged such a large scale attack without Gerhardt's resources.
And if he was still alive today, we could've fucking nailed her.
I should've I should've turned Otto and worked with him rather than through him.
And then maybe tomorrow, Germany would not be voting in a fucking right wing terrorist! - You stop it, now.
- I can't do this anymore.
- I I gotta go.
- Can you calm down? - Stop.
- Ah, sorry.
Stop it, okay? Please, please stop.
Please.
They're getting up in Germany right now - Yeah.
- Polls are open.
I'd rather learn that Satan was funding the fuckin' PfD.
We have Hanes where we want him, at least.
But what if Hanes fuckin' wriggles free? Anything's possible in this in this day and age of �� la carte facts.
- Hey, Robert.
- Yeah? You think I killed him? Steven, the guy was trying to kill me.
I know, but he was just following orders, you know? Like Fischer, probably.
'Cause he and Hanes are answering to somebody.
- Wait a minute, there.
- Where? Look ahead, straight ahead.
Civilization.
I think.
Kind of.
- Hi.
Hi, hi.
- Hello? We don't mean to intrude, but we're looking for Bryggen wharf.
- Bryggen? - We want to we want to call a friend.
Uh, please.
Could you help us? Yeah, yeah.
- Keep going north.
- North.
Yeah, that direction and catch the ferry - at Hauglandshella.
- Yeah, Hauglandshella.
Got it.
Yeah.
But you can contact your friend from here, if you like.
- Oh? - I have a satellite phone.
- Oh, my God.
- Oh, thank you.
- Thank you.
- That would be amazing.
Yeah, sure.
- That's weird.
- What? It says her phone's been disconnected.
You try the station? It's ringing.
Oh, good morning.
So The jig is up.
We know you've been funneling cash to the PfD for the DOS or whomever and we've passed that back to the station.
No idea what you're referring to.
That's not the way to play this.
You know, I know it's early in the morning, you're just waking up and having your first scotch and acclimating and everything.
But, uh, you stepped ass-backwards into the alt-right cookie jar, buddy.
Now, you wanna carry this all on your shoulders, that's fine.
But I thought you know, I don't know I thought you might wanna pass the blame around.
What do you want? Well, let's see.
I want confirmation, elucidation.
Who tapped you to be the cash conduit for the PfD? Starts with an H, ends with an S? Hanes brought me in.
And, uh, who's footing the bill for all this? Who's the wizard behind the curtain? The money came in pouches from a slush fund.
That's all I know.
It's the Hanes show.
You'll have to ask him.
Hey.
Guess we pulled that off.
I imagine Josef is calling the embassy as we speak.
It'll hold.
Officially, you are no longer working there.
So tell me, exactly what made you wanna double down on him? I don't know.
Just gut instinct that something wasn't straight.
And that his relationship with Katerina was, um More complicated than he was letting on.
But thank you, by the way.
Thank you for trusting me and thank you for setting it up like you did.
Thank you for helping give the station a leg up as my final act here.
So straight to the airport now? - Afraid so.
- How did everybody at the station react to it? I imagine they don't know it yet.
You didn't tell anybody? No rousing exit speech.
I wouldn't know where to begin.
And I think that's how I've been conditioned.
Maybe in life we repeat ourselves.
You know, BB, that bridge is still standing because of you.
And if you hadn't spearheaded this op, Ganz would've just gotten his weapons elsewhere.
And it would've done down, along with hundreds of civilians, so please know that.
Yeah.
Thank you.
I still don't feel comfortable with you being the scapegoat in all of this.
I'm really proud of the work we've done here.
And whatever they accuse me of, I will say, "Yes.
" And, "You're welcome.
" I do have an ask, though.
April.
Look out for her.
Sure.
Thank you.
So are you still planning on doing it? - Definitely.
- When? Before the end of the day.
When results come in.
So she can't enjoy victory.
Tell me, how would you do it? It's not my fight.
But if it was.
If you're not getting what you went out for yesterday which it seems like you're not if you took up this cause instead.
I would wanna make a statement.
Let the whole world see.
That way, you're not just stopping her, you're sending a signal, you know? To all that follow.
- A public event.
- Yeah.
Help me.
Help me do it.
Someone has to.