FBI: International (2021) s03e05 Episode Script
Death by Inches
1
I think there's been
some kind of mistake.
No mistake.
The terms of our deal were explicit.
She doesn't know anything.
- She's just my assistant.
- He's right.
I just keep the calendar.
I set calls.
I smile and look pretty for clients.
This is very unnecessary.
I gave you what you asked for.
Your boss shared a file with me
in exchange for quite a large payment.
And yet
[TENSE MUSIC]
See the problem?
All the useful top secret
information is redacted.
It's worth nothing to me like this.
Jimmy's a former cabinet member.
He would never betray the United States.
That's very unfortunate.
- [YELLING]
- [SCREAMS]
Okay, all right.
I'll give you what you want.
I know how to get rid of the redactions.
Excuse me.
I, uh, I know a guy who can
provide the full document.
He's here in Vienna.
He works cybersecurity for the UN.
I just have to make one phone call.
But do not cut anything else, please!
[SIRENS WAILING]
We have to go.
You have until midnight
to get me the full file,
or we take more than an ear.
[CHUCKLES]
♪
Right, grab the keys.
- Leave everything else.
- What are you talking about?
There is no guy. I lied about the guy.
It's just we gotta run.
Oh, my God.
Okay. Hurry, hurry, hurry.
- Okay.
- Come on, come on, come on.
Give me these. All right.
- Go, go, go, go.
- Okay. Okay.
Okay.
Walking through the lobby
on our way to the car, okay?
All we gotta do is get in the car, okay?
We're gonna get in the car, and
we're gonna get to the airport.
- Stop. Stop right there!
- Just don't
- Hey. Don't
- Oh! Wait.
Hey, hey, no, no, no. Hey, hey, whoa.
Don't touch me. This is a mistake.
Ow!
Okay, before you say anything,
that is not what it looks like.
You're under arrest for the selling
of classified materials.
You cannot be ser oh!
I don't even know what's happening.
This has nothing to do with me.
Please, this has nothing to do with me!
♪
Former Secretary of Energy James Gaddis.
As you may remember, he left
the last administration
in disgrace thanks
to a corruption scandal.
Well, lately, he's been
trying to make a comeback.
He and his assistant, Natalie Rivers,
have been traveling across Europe
offering Gaddis's dwindling
influence and connections
as an energy consultant.
Guy's a real piece of work.
Isn't he still under investigation?
He is in New York.
But that didn't stop him
from getting picked up
by federal police in Vienna
with a bag full of gold bars.
Gold bars?
Eight kilograms' worth, totaling
$502,304 U.S.
It's not a good look, but what does this
have to do with the Fly Team?
We have reason to suspect
that our former secretary
may have graduated
to selling classified documents.
Europol received an anonymous tip
that Gaddis is trying to sell
a laptop computer containing
a top secret digital file.
Allegedly, it's a Defense
Department memo
warning of a software vulnerability
in Europe's nuclear plants.
He's selling a back door
into nuclear reactors.
I could think of a few people who might
wanna get their hands on that,
and none of them are good.
Has the Pentagon confirmed a breach?
No. They say it's all hot air.
But the bag of gold suggests otherwise.
All right, Smitty's in Vienna,
so let's get there and find
exactly what Gaddis sold
and who he sold it to.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Hey, Damian, I'm gonna need
you to hang back on this one,
coordinate from here.
I don't know if you've noticed,
but my strengths aren't
exactly in customer service.
Well, we learn all aspects here,
even the ones we don't like.
If I'm still in the doghouse
because of what happened
in Bulgaria, I get it.
But there's a nuclear threat.
- Is now really the time?
- Time is whenever I say it is.
I could be doing a lot more
than benching you.
Tate, can you help Powell
find a way to be useful?
Yeah.
Absolutely.
Gaddis was transferred to the embassy
this morning after giving a statement
to the Austrian federal police.
Was he cooperative?
That's not the word I would use, no.
Were you able to convince
Europol to transfer the case?
Yes.
My supervisor's direct quote
was, "He's your problem now".
Are you the guy?
Yes, sir.
James Gaddis. This is Natalie.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [SIGHS]
- Oh, come on.
You boys at the bureau know a lie
gets halfway around the world
before the truth
even put its pants on.
We're walking around
without our pants, buddy.
The mishandling
of classified documents is
Something that I and my staff
take very seriously.
But I don't have access
to that stuff anymore.
I gave it all back.
What about copies
on your personal computers?
Maybe you had some on there
that you didn't realize.
I would have immediately reported it.
This is all about what,
an anonymous tip?
Well, people might wanna
kick me when I'm down,
but anybody who claims
that I'd sell out my country
is a damn liar.
All right, what about the gold bars?
That's a consulting fee
for my work with the IAEA.
That's the UN nuclear watchdog
group based here in Vienna.
I'm aware.
So you're saying that
they pay you in gold?
Well, not generally, no,
but I requested it.
It's an investment product.
So why did you run from the cops?
Well, you know what,
that's the funniest thing.
I didn't even know
they were looking for me.
I thought there was a crime in progress.
I was running for my safety.
And you know, I was still a little woozy
- from cutting myself shaving.
- Mm-hmm.
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
You know what, we've met before.
Early on in my career, I was
working on the East Coast.
You helped me with
the Con Ed fraud case.
I went to you because
you had a reputation
for being a straight shooter.
What happened to that guy?
Well, you know, I don't
recall the conversation,
but I am happy to know
that you owe me a favor.
This is a photo of you
and your assistant
arriving at the Vienna Airport
three days ago.
You have a computer.
When you were arrested, that computer
was nowhere to be found, not in
your hotel room, not anywhere.
So where did it go?
Hotel staff must have taken it.
There's nothing five star
about that place.
Save it. I have your phone.
I have your home computer.
I have your financials.
New York's going through your house
and your office as we speak.
They're gonna turn your life inside out,
so I'll get the truth that way.
All right, well, what can I say?
My life is an open book.
Just ask Natalie.
There's no way anything
classified's on there.
He wouldn't trust me with it.
You don't read his emails?
I was a waitress at the
Havana Room when we met.
Jimmy didn't hire me for my reading.
I get his lunch orders, I book
his flights, I carry his bags,
and then I do it all over again,
because suddenly, he hates window seats
and shellfish and
So you carry his computer.
Yeah, sometimes.
Where is his laptop now?
I have no idea.
Your boss said that he didn't bring it
with him on this trip.
Can you confirm that?
Yeah, that's right.
Well actually, he admitted
that he did bring it,
but claims a hotel staff
member misplaced it.
So was he lying?
Or are you?
I told you I don't know where it is.
That's the truth.
Okay, so how about you
tell me what James Gaddis
is really doing in Vienna?
I just handed you his calendar.
You can look for yourself.
You know, this case started
with an anonymous tip.
Any chance that was from you?
What? No. No way.
I'd lose my job.
- I'm not saying anything.
- That's too bad.
Because lying to the FBI is a felony.
Five years in prison, maybe more
in a national security case like this.
Is that a threat?
Absolutely.
♪
Jimmy never tells me anything.
I wasn't lying about that.
But I do know where he got the gold.
Oh, this is it.
Wiener Edelmetalle.
That translates to "precious
metals from Vienna",
in case you were wondering.
With the serial numbers on the bars,
we could prove chain of custody
directly to a buyer.
What kind of spy makes it that easy?
Gaddis is accused of taking bribes.
Nobody said he was good at it.
[DOOR BUZZES]
We're one of the largest providers
of bullion in Vienna.
We sell to many people.
We have reason to suspect this gold
was used in a felony.
Trading gold is hardly a crime.
It is literally our business model.
Whatever Herr Gaddis did
after he left our store
is none of our concern.
And how exactly did he pay for the gold?
Does your business model
include keeping records?
It appears he had a large
credit on his account.
And where did that credit come from?
The confidentiality of our clients
is of utmost importance.
Did you happen to see
Gaddis carrying a laptop case?
I can't possibly recall.
Maybe the footage from those
cameras will jog your memory.
He gives his name, they hand
over the gold, he leaves.
- That's it.
- No sign of a payment.
No sign of a crime of any kind.
Natalie left the laptop at a park bench
while he picked up the payment here.
So the seller and buyer were
never in the same place.
So who is the buyer?
The store won't hand over their accounts
without a warrant,
so we're waiting on Europol.
But the company was
already on our radar.
Apparently we've been
tracking a gold dealer
who does business there.
His name is Mehdi Esfandiari.
He launders money for Iran.
Well, that's not good.
He could be Iranian intelligence.
No, the tradecraft is too sloppy.
But if he's got gold to buy
secrets and ties it to Iran,
all he's gotta do is make a call.
Keep digging.
♪
So this is what it's like
when we're out on missions.
It's like a library in here.
We're working.
Look at all that.
How do you even know where to start?
We don't have Gaddis's laptop,
but we're hoping the file was once
on one of his other devices.
Even if he deleted it, we can
check for data that's deleted,
but not yet overwritten.
And how long is that gonna take?
A lot longer if you keep bothering her.
Any luck with Gaddis's phone?
Nothing classified so far.
Ernesto?
Two weeks ago, Gaddis googled the phrase
"what is the Espionage Act?"
Close, but not a smoking gun.
What about you, Damian?
You find anything in his emails?
No, not yet, just a lot of
inane arguments with his wife.
There's only so much of that I can take
before my eyes start to bleed.
You're using a search algorithm, right?
You're not actually trying
to read 10,000 emails?
Yeah, of course.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
[SPEAKING FRENCH]
[SPEAKING FRENCH]
Are you guys talking about me?
I feel like I'm being roasted in, like,
- three different languages.
- Decent chance.
Hold on, I think we've got something.
Gaddis's wife, Paula, has
a farm in New Hampshire.
They've searched the storeroom
of the stable.
New York just sent over what they found.
Under all the saddles and whatever,
there were records from his time
as secretary of energy
and an encrypted hard drive.
Now we're talking. Have we got access?
I'm seeing it now.
There.
Gaddis transferred
that one file to his laptop.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
That's a Department of Defense report
on reactor security in Europe.
The tip was legit.
It's worse than that.
This isn't just a report
on a potential vulnerability.
It lays out the actual code
for a computer virus
and explains how it can be
inserted via Trojan Horse
into the reactor monitoring
software used by the IAEA.
Gaddis didn't just sell them intel,
he gave them a cyber weapon and
instructions on how to use it.
If activated at any one of these sites,
the virus could shut down the reactors
or cause a meltdown,
releasing radioactive
material for miles.
We're talking mass evacuations,
damage to the food supply,
lethal doses for anyone
close to the plants.
Let's go.
Greedy son of a bitch.
I know it looks bad.
You sold a cyber weapon to Iran.
You know the West has spent years
trying to slow Iran's nuclear
program with cyberattacks,
and now you've just handed
them a way to irradiate
half of Europe in retaliation.
I can explain, all right?
Would you like me to explain?
- Yes, I would.
- I had to lure them in.
Esfandiari is just
the tip of the iceberg.
The real bad guys,
the ones who wanna do
harm to our country,
I realized I could have
access to all of them.
So what are you saying?
This was all some sort of ploy?
Yes. A solo intelligence operation.
Except you did sell the file
and took the gold bars to prove it.
Only as evidence. They were testing me.
But I would never give up
actual security information.
All the sensitive parts were redacted.
I mean, the guy was furious.
He wanted to slit my throat.
Well, that part, I believe.
I told him I knew a corrupt
software guy at IAEA
who was willing
to remove the redactions.
But that was a lie.
He was never gonna get anything
but a page of black ink.
Redaction programs
are notoriously unreliable,
and you used one from five years ago.
Anybody with cabinet-level clearance
must know that if the computer
makes it to Tehran,
their intelligence will
crack it in a matter of hours.
Once Iran has that file,
all they need is someone
with access to a reactor.
And you could be responsible
for the next Chernobyl.
I see.
Well, in that case,
before I say the next part,
I'm gonna have to have
a large glass of scotch.
Which part?
All right, all right,
just as a heads-up,
Esfandiari may have mentioned that Iran
already has a man on the
inside, some worker
at one of Europe's nuclear plants.
But because of the redactions,
I wasn't worried.
What plant?
He didn't say.
As soon as they get the
virus, they can deliver it,
and the attack could
happen at any moment.
♪
Talk to me, Amanda.
We've got the intelligence
community on high alert
looking at all vulnerable reactors
for a man on the inside.
No hits yet.
Has any of the software
been tampered with?
We're checking, but it takes time.
For security reasons, the
computers at these plants
aren't even online.
So if a worker has to
physically insert the virus,
why not just send everyone home?
Problem solved.
We could limit to essential only,
but that's still a lot of people.
A significant chunk of the
EU's power output is nuclear.
Any ideas that don't involve
casting half a continent into darkness?
Right, our only shot
is to get the file back
before it gets passed on.
Is that even possible?
Well, Esfandiari gave
Gaddis till midnight
to unredact the file,
so he must not know
the document he possesses
can be cracked easily.
That gives us a window
to convince him to bring
the laptop back to us.
So we can go undercover
and complete the deal.
A sting operation.
That's right.
If Esfandiari thinks that
a corrupt security tech
can unlock the full file,
let's give him one.
Me.
♪
I'm listening.
All you have to do is
make the introduction,
tell Esfandiari that I can be trusted.
And what's in it for me?
Well, a chance to complete
your self-proclaimed
solo intelligence operation.
- And?
- And nothing.
You get a chance to
take that ridiculous lie
and make it real.
And if you spin it right, maybe you can
redeem your reputation
as a total slimeball.
All due respect.
Look, the only way I'm gonna play ball
is if you make my legal
problems go away, all of them.
That's up to the DOJ.
But cooperating and
getting back what you sold
would go a long way towards charges
like mishandling documents
and not, say, treason.
You know what?
If my country needs me, I will do it.
Thank you for your service.
We're gonna make a great team.
I can't wait to see Esfandiari
when he's the one
slowly getting dismembered.
Easy, easy.
All you need to do is make the call.
You let us do the rest.
Are you crazy?
No, I have to be at the meeting.
Natalie will set it up.
Our priority is to put as few people
in harm's way as possible.
These guys aren't fools.
Anything out of the ordinary,
it'll look like a setup.
[PHONE RINGS]
Hey, what's up?
Hey, just checking where
we are with my cover.
We need to get that info
to Gaddis now as well.
I reached out to the Undercover Ops unit
to put together a full profile
online presence, all of it.
Team's checking it now.
All right, good. This
needs to be airtight.
Okay.
Hey.
About Damian, I'm starting to think
that he's deliberately
making himself useless here
so he doesn't get asked to do it again.
Amanda, I don't have time
to deal with this right now.
I know. Neither do I.
I'm sorry.
I will talk to him when I get back.
I thought benching him
would send a message.
He got emotional in Bulgaria.
He lost his way. He knows that.
But he's a good agent. Just
give him a chance, okay?
He's worth it.
Okay.
Okay.
[LINE BEEPS]
So normally, you would set the meeting.
Would you ever pick someplace
public, like a bar or café?
That's better for us.
Sure.
He always wants to look like a big shot.
Okay, and during the meeting,
he would have you nearby?
- Natalie.
- Mm-mm.
This is a trap.
I already gave you information.
Now you're telling me that
I have to participate in a sting?
I'm supposed to call up the guy
who put a gun in my face?
No. No way.
Listen, I don't help cops.
Is that what you want me to tell
- the judge at your sentencing?
- I didn't do anything wrong.
So I don't have to say
or do anything for you.
You are smart, and you knew
your boss was up to something.
But I don't think you knew that
thousands of innocent people
are in danger.
So what do you say we just
both drop the attitude
and try to help them?
Corrupt cyber security
consultant Peter Landau.
It's nice to meet you.
The Undercover Ops unit has given him
a social media presence, added
him to a UN personnel list,
and swapped his photo
into a journal article
about nuclear energy.
I'm looking for holes,
but they've given him
everything from an ex-wife
to a DUI to a dog.
What more does a desperate man need?
The guys in Undercover Ops are good.
Spent seven years in that unit.
Sounds like you miss it.
Sometimes.
The call's coming in now.
Put it through.
[PHONE RINGS]
I was starting to worry
I wouldn't hear from you.
Jimmy is very sorry about
the misunderstanding,
but he has a friend
he'd like you to meet.
And this friend can
take care of our problem?
That's right, yeah.
She sounds nervous.
It's okay, she would be.
♪
Are you near downtown?
I can send you a location.
We can meet in about 15 minutes.
Fine. I'll be there.
We're in.
♪
Hi. Right this way.
They're here.
No sign of a laptop.
This meeting is just a test.
Gentlemen.
So shall we try this again?
No plastic tarp this time.
[CLEARS THROAT] Peter Landau.
Heard a lot about you.
- I can't say the same.
- Well, that's why we're here.
Shall we sit?
Peter and I go way back, and he owes me.
I got him his cushy job at the IAEA
when I was still energy secretary.
I don't know if I would call it cushy.
Well, it was fine until
you found the casinos.
He likes the card rooms almost
as much as he likes computers,
until it's time to pay up.
Point is, I have a debt that
I'd like to clear quickly,
so maybe we can help each other.
You're comfortable with the
arrangement we have in place?
Well, yeah, he takes
his cut out of mine.
He gets it when the deal
is done and when
I was asking him.
As long as I get paid, I'm happy.
Very well.
When Peter unlocks the full
document, this squares us.
No more threats.
We never hear from each other again.
We're done.
Agreed.
I think we have him on the hook.
♪
We may have a problem.
Male, Middle Eastern with a camera.
He's being subtle about it,
but he's watching
the meeting just like we are.
Is he with Esfandiari?
Could be countersurveillance.
I'll check it out.
Hi, uh, sorry to bother you.
- Do you speak English?
- Yes.
Do you mind taking a picture of me?
I was trying to get a selfie,
but I couldn't get the right angle.
- Not a problem.
- Thanks.
Maybe we could get this as a background.
I'll come around to your side.
So assuming that we go
forward with this deal,
how does it work?
Because I can't have
classified files in my email.
I will bring the computer to you.
We'll all meet up tonight,
later in your office.
My office?
Is that a problem?
Um
[WHISPERING] Well,
given what we're doing,
I just imagined a more
discreet location, you know.
I wanna make sure that
you are who you say you are.
Right, fine.
My office, 20 minutes, in and out.
Oh, man. These are perfect. Thank you.
If you want, I could take
some of you in your camera.
That's not necessary.
Enjoy your stay in Vienna.
I didn't get your name.
[GRUNTS]
Hey! He's on the move.
♪
Stop!
Hey!
Scott, he's headed toward
the front of the building.
Keep Esfandiari at your location.
♪
Alireza Soltani.
Operative for Iranian intelligence.
Five years ago, you were
working as an engineer,
suspected of infiltrating
European tech firms
to find ways around
international sanctions.
On the eve of being
deported back to Iran,
you disappeared, like a ghost,
only to emerge today reborn
as Turkish architect Reza Yildiz,
with a passport that,
whilst quite skillful, is fake.
Tell me where I've gone wrong so far.
You mispronounced Yildiz.
And everything else you said is a lie.
We have these surveillance
photos from your camera,
pictures of Mehdi Esfandiari.
Looks like you've been
following him for a while now.
Why?
I don't know who that is.
You know, I'm an architect on holiday.
You're an Iranian spy
with a fake passport
spewing lies to the FBI.
And on a personal note,
I'm running out of patience for it.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Why you taking pictures of us?
You want me to talk? Hmm?
You want me to be honest?
Then tell me, what exactly
is the FBI doing in Vienna?
No?
You won't talk to me.
So why should I trust you
or someone else
from your country?
Listen, you're gonna have
to explain these photos.
- I don't know
- Talk to me.
He has the technical background
to be our inside man.
But why surveil Esfandiari
if they are working together?
And if Iranian intelligence
knows about the file,
why haven't they moved in and taken it?
Something isn't adding up.
Is it possible Soltani could be working
for someone other than Iran?
Could be.
I'll take another run at him
when he cools down.
Well, either way, he's a wild card.
Look, if we move forward
with our sting operation,
you could be walking right into a trap.
We don't have a choice.
As long as nuclear secrets
are in the wind,
we do everything we can.
♪
Okay, eyes and ears
in Budapest are up and running.
Copy that.
The employees are clearing out.
But let me know if you see anything.
Will do.
Hey. Everybody ready?
Yep.
Okay, we'll be nearby the whole time.
All you need to do is
follow Agent Forrester's lead.
Shouldn't I get one of those earpieces
like the rest of the team has?
No.
Those two aren't prepped enough.
We don't need extra variables.
If you think we're playing this wrong,
- I can patch you through.
- No.
Scott is as good as they come.
If anyone can pull this off, it's him.
I just think I should
be there and not here.
You actually wanna be the one in danger.
The Iranians are arriving.
Mr. Landau is waiting for us upstairs.
Please, follow me.
Good.
Night.
♪
The bodyguard's carrying
the laptop case.
You made sure no one
was following you, right?
Of course. Omid is very careful.
Ah, shall we have a drink?
Let's have a drink.
I think we should all have a drink.
My faith forbids it, you know that.
Of course. Of course I do.
I was just, uh, just being polite.
So shall we get down
to business already?
Hand over the computer
so you can get to work.
What's the hurry all of a sudden?
No, well, I'd really like
to get back to the States
as soon as possible.
My wife keeps calling.
Not about this she
doesn't know about this.
But we've kinda been going through
a rough patch lately, and
What the hell is he doing?
Sweating through his shirt.
Last few months, we've been
sleeping in separate beds,
- and I'd really just like to
- Jimmy.
Get back with the
Nobody wants to hear about
your marital problems.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
- Relax.
Natalie, do you mind stepping outside
and dealing with Mrs. Gaddis
while we finish this?
Sure. No problem.
Sorry about that. We're all on edge.
Given what we're all risking here,
I would be worried if we weren't.
I don't know.
If he's already this jumpy,
maybe it's a bad idea.
Well, if you didn't want him this jumpy,
maybe you shouldn't have put
a knife to his throat.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
I'm not in this to make friends.
I'm in this to make money.
So you want me to remove
the redactions or not?
Okay. But not here.
What are you talking about?
I didn't bring the file.
I'd be a fool to walk around
with something so valuable.
I needed to be sure that
this wasn't a setup.
And now that we can
all trust each other,
I take you to the computer.
That a problem?
Scott, we control this location,
so if we move, I cannot
guarantee your safety.
Okay.
Whatever it takes.
What is he doing? We need to move in.
Yeah, but we don't have the file.
♪
I mean, look, this
this deal is just between me and you,
so what do you say we just
leave him out of this?
Get in, both of you.
[SIGHS]
Well
♪
Do you have any idea what's happening?
What is happening?
Where are we going?
I I need you to take
this off my head!
I can't breathe! [GROANS]
What are we doing?
Where are we are going?
[MOANS]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Stay close, but not too close.
That's right where I am.
We're headed north.
Going out of the city.
I see you. Make sure you keep a visual.
They turned off Forrester's phone,
so we can't use his GPS.
Should have put a tracker
on the guy's car.
Yeah, but they changed vehicles.
This operation was never
supposed to go on the move.
We're all improvising now.
Okay, we're turning east.
Where are we heading?
Uh, looks like an industrial area.
♪
There's no other car around us now.
They're gonna spot us.
We're pulling up traffic cameras.
We should be able
to track them that way.
Should be?
I'm falling back.
- No.
- Yes.
Hey, guys, make up your mind here.
Yes, fall back.
I've got the cargo van on traffic cams.
He's making quick turns now.
I don't understand.
They saw us and got spooked.
Claire, take everything
north. Kyle, take east.
Somebody tell me we have a visual.
♪
Anybody?
Cam, I think we lost them.
Yeah, we lost contact here as well.
This place is a maze.
They could be anywhere.
Wait. Does this area look familiar?
It was in the background
of the surveillance photo Soltani took.
Maybe Forrester was right.
You're not Iranian
intelligence at all, are you?
The reason you've been
off the grid for five years
isn't because you went back to Iran.
It's because you turned
against your government.
Yeah, that's fine.
Don't talk. Just listen.
I think you've been working
the same case we have,
but from the other angle
following Esfandiari,
trying to prevent him
from acquiring the file.
In fact, I suspect that it was you
who called in
the anonymous tip to Europol.
As farfetched as this may seem,
you and I are on the same side.
So if you've been following Esfandiari,
you can tell me where
the deal is going down.
Innocent people are in danger.
There are many of us
who believe in a new
and more progressive Iran.
But the Americans created
this cyber weapon.
And they would happily
throw me into Guantanamo
for only knowing it exists.
I won't let that happen.
You have my word.
You want to stop this deal.
Tell me exactly where it's happening.
I can stop it.
♪
This is how you treat all
your business partners?
I think I might have been better off
taking my chances at the casino.
The full file, now.
Don't make this complicated.
All right. There's the laptop.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Okay.
[SIGHS] Let's see.
This could take a while.
Files might be corrupted.
Just do it already. God.
But if you shoot me,
then you get nothing.
I know.
That's why I brought him.
If I don't get what I want
[CHUCKLES] We start cutting.
The redactions can easily be
defeated by any decent hacker.
- You have everything you need!
- Come on.
This whole thing is a sting operation,
and that guy is FBI.
♪
[TENSE MUSIC]
You've been lying to me.
I mean, you're really
gonna believe this clown?
He would sell out his own
mother for a bottle of scotch.
You're way too confident
for a computer guy.
I think he's right.
If you kill either one of us,
you will be hunted down by the
full force of the United States
for the rest of your life.
An FBI agent and a former
cabinet member
If it's money you care more about
than becoming a martyr, take the file.
Disappear.
[BOTH GRUNT]
[GROANS]
[GROANS]
[FLAMES WHOOSH]
[GUNSHOT]
Let him go!
Back up.
I said back up.
Hands over your head.
That's him. That's the guy.
We did it.
Take him away, Officer.
Shut up.
What? Oh, come on!
Let's go!
[SIGHS]
How's your jaw?
You know, next time
you come to the rescue,
get there just about
five minutes sooner.
You know, if it wasn't
for Raines or Smitty,
I might not have been there at all.
Which is something to consider
the next time
you're ignoring my advice and
putting your life in danger.
It was the only move
under the circumstances.
A lot of people are
sleeping safer tonight
because you were willing
to let it play out.
U.S. Marshals Office
will be here shortly
to escort you back to the United States.
We will inform the DOJ
of how you assisted
in the investigation and how you didn't.
You don't lose yourself
all at once, you know.
It's death by inches.
You help a friend.
You accept a small gift.
Shake a hand.
Do a favor.
Forget about a document.
All these little steps, they're almost
unnoticeable on their own.
And then suddenly you wake up.
There's a half a million
dollars in your hands,
and you have no idea who
the hell you are anymore.
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
♪
So that's it?
With the virus off the market,
we have time to locate the inside man
placed at the reactor.
I trust you'll contact me
with any information
you find on that front.
I will.
Then I see no need to
tell anyone about your help
on this case, or even your existence.
Thank you.
Why did you do it?
What?
Why did you turn?
Oh.
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
Does it matter?
To go from Iranian intelligence
to risking your life against the regime,
you must have been motivated
by more than gold bars.
I will always be proud to be from Iran.
But
who I am is not accepted there.
They wouldn't let me love
who I wanted to love.
So I don't let them kill
who they want to kill.
♪
[KNOCKS]
Hey, man. You wanted to see me?
Yeah, come on in.
Have a seat.
Whoa.
That's cool.
Privacy mode.
Look, I wasn't at my best
yesterday, all right?
And look, I respect what Tate
and her team can do, truly.
I just can't add anything.
I belong in the field.
I agree.
Which is why you're not getting fired.
You're getting transferred.
Transferred? Where?
I talked to Richard Muir
in Undercover Ops.
Turns out they're looking for someone
for a long-term investigation
in Germany.
It's deep cover.
You'd be in the field,
in the thick of it, 24/7.
I'm off the Fly Team?
It's time, Damian.
Just one mistake.
You're telling me
you can't look past that
- just this one time
- It's just one time.
It's just one inch.
Look, the team,
they were willing
to lie for you in Bulgaria.
I have been trying to convince myself
to look the other way.
Now, look, I know, me and you,
we go way back, man.
I just where does that lead?
♪
[SIGHS]
[LAUGHTER, CHATTER]
- No, that's
- All right, here we go.
Last round, I promise.
I'm pretty sure you
said that last round.
It's okay, we're charging it
all to Peter Landau.
- Hey.
- BOTH: Cheers.
All right, I wanna say something.
- I wanna say something.
- [LAUGHS]
[SOFT MUSIC]
I wanna say thank you.
Thank you.
You pulled me out of the gutter,
held me accountable, pushed
me to be a better agent.
You saved my life
in a collapsing building.
- That was a big one.
- I did do that.
- Big one.
- [LAUGHTER]
But most importantly, you showed me that
no matter where I am or
who I'm pretending to be,
I will never be lost.
So egészségedre.
If I said that right.
Did I say that right?
[LAUGHTER]
- Hear, hear.
- Cheers.
- Whoo!
- Cheers!
Until we meet again.
♪
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[WOLF HOWLS]
I think there's been
some kind of mistake.
No mistake.
The terms of our deal were explicit.
She doesn't know anything.
- She's just my assistant.
- He's right.
I just keep the calendar.
I set calls.
I smile and look pretty for clients.
This is very unnecessary.
I gave you what you asked for.
Your boss shared a file with me
in exchange for quite a large payment.
And yet
[TENSE MUSIC]
See the problem?
All the useful top secret
information is redacted.
It's worth nothing to me like this.
Jimmy's a former cabinet member.
He would never betray the United States.
That's very unfortunate.
- [YELLING]
- [SCREAMS]
Okay, all right.
I'll give you what you want.
I know how to get rid of the redactions.
Excuse me.
I, uh, I know a guy who can
provide the full document.
He's here in Vienna.
He works cybersecurity for the UN.
I just have to make one phone call.
But do not cut anything else, please!
[SIRENS WAILING]
We have to go.
You have until midnight
to get me the full file,
or we take more than an ear.
[CHUCKLES]
♪
Right, grab the keys.
- Leave everything else.
- What are you talking about?
There is no guy. I lied about the guy.
It's just we gotta run.
Oh, my God.
Okay. Hurry, hurry, hurry.
- Okay.
- Come on, come on, come on.
Give me these. All right.
- Go, go, go, go.
- Okay. Okay.
Okay.
Walking through the lobby
on our way to the car, okay?
All we gotta do is get in the car, okay?
We're gonna get in the car, and
we're gonna get to the airport.
- Stop. Stop right there!
- Just don't
- Hey. Don't
- Oh! Wait.
Hey, hey, no, no, no. Hey, hey, whoa.
Don't touch me. This is a mistake.
Ow!
Okay, before you say anything,
that is not what it looks like.
You're under arrest for the selling
of classified materials.
You cannot be ser oh!
I don't even know what's happening.
This has nothing to do with me.
Please, this has nothing to do with me!
♪
Former Secretary of Energy James Gaddis.
As you may remember, he left
the last administration
in disgrace thanks
to a corruption scandal.
Well, lately, he's been
trying to make a comeback.
He and his assistant, Natalie Rivers,
have been traveling across Europe
offering Gaddis's dwindling
influence and connections
as an energy consultant.
Guy's a real piece of work.
Isn't he still under investigation?
He is in New York.
But that didn't stop him
from getting picked up
by federal police in Vienna
with a bag full of gold bars.
Gold bars?
Eight kilograms' worth, totaling
$502,304 U.S.
It's not a good look, but what does this
have to do with the Fly Team?
We have reason to suspect
that our former secretary
may have graduated
to selling classified documents.
Europol received an anonymous tip
that Gaddis is trying to sell
a laptop computer containing
a top secret digital file.
Allegedly, it's a Defense
Department memo
warning of a software vulnerability
in Europe's nuclear plants.
He's selling a back door
into nuclear reactors.
I could think of a few people who might
wanna get their hands on that,
and none of them are good.
Has the Pentagon confirmed a breach?
No. They say it's all hot air.
But the bag of gold suggests otherwise.
All right, Smitty's in Vienna,
so let's get there and find
exactly what Gaddis sold
and who he sold it to.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Hey, Damian, I'm gonna need
you to hang back on this one,
coordinate from here.
I don't know if you've noticed,
but my strengths aren't
exactly in customer service.
Well, we learn all aspects here,
even the ones we don't like.
If I'm still in the doghouse
because of what happened
in Bulgaria, I get it.
But there's a nuclear threat.
- Is now really the time?
- Time is whenever I say it is.
I could be doing a lot more
than benching you.
Tate, can you help Powell
find a way to be useful?
Yeah.
Absolutely.
Gaddis was transferred to the embassy
this morning after giving a statement
to the Austrian federal police.
Was he cooperative?
That's not the word I would use, no.
Were you able to convince
Europol to transfer the case?
Yes.
My supervisor's direct quote
was, "He's your problem now".
Are you the guy?
Yes, sir.
James Gaddis. This is Natalie.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [SIGHS]
- Oh, come on.
You boys at the bureau know a lie
gets halfway around the world
before the truth
even put its pants on.
We're walking around
without our pants, buddy.
The mishandling
of classified documents is
Something that I and my staff
take very seriously.
But I don't have access
to that stuff anymore.
I gave it all back.
What about copies
on your personal computers?
Maybe you had some on there
that you didn't realize.
I would have immediately reported it.
This is all about what,
an anonymous tip?
Well, people might wanna
kick me when I'm down,
but anybody who claims
that I'd sell out my country
is a damn liar.
All right, what about the gold bars?
That's a consulting fee
for my work with the IAEA.
That's the UN nuclear watchdog
group based here in Vienna.
I'm aware.
So you're saying that
they pay you in gold?
Well, not generally, no,
but I requested it.
It's an investment product.
So why did you run from the cops?
Well, you know what,
that's the funniest thing.
I didn't even know
they were looking for me.
I thought there was a crime in progress.
I was running for my safety.
And you know, I was still a little woozy
- from cutting myself shaving.
- Mm-hmm.
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
You know what, we've met before.
Early on in my career, I was
working on the East Coast.
You helped me with
the Con Ed fraud case.
I went to you because
you had a reputation
for being a straight shooter.
What happened to that guy?
Well, you know, I don't
recall the conversation,
but I am happy to know
that you owe me a favor.
This is a photo of you
and your assistant
arriving at the Vienna Airport
three days ago.
You have a computer.
When you were arrested, that computer
was nowhere to be found, not in
your hotel room, not anywhere.
So where did it go?
Hotel staff must have taken it.
There's nothing five star
about that place.
Save it. I have your phone.
I have your home computer.
I have your financials.
New York's going through your house
and your office as we speak.
They're gonna turn your life inside out,
so I'll get the truth that way.
All right, well, what can I say?
My life is an open book.
Just ask Natalie.
There's no way anything
classified's on there.
He wouldn't trust me with it.
You don't read his emails?
I was a waitress at the
Havana Room when we met.
Jimmy didn't hire me for my reading.
I get his lunch orders, I book
his flights, I carry his bags,
and then I do it all over again,
because suddenly, he hates window seats
and shellfish and
So you carry his computer.
Yeah, sometimes.
Where is his laptop now?
I have no idea.
Your boss said that he didn't bring it
with him on this trip.
Can you confirm that?
Yeah, that's right.
Well actually, he admitted
that he did bring it,
but claims a hotel staff
member misplaced it.
So was he lying?
Or are you?
I told you I don't know where it is.
That's the truth.
Okay, so how about you
tell me what James Gaddis
is really doing in Vienna?
I just handed you his calendar.
You can look for yourself.
You know, this case started
with an anonymous tip.
Any chance that was from you?
What? No. No way.
I'd lose my job.
- I'm not saying anything.
- That's too bad.
Because lying to the FBI is a felony.
Five years in prison, maybe more
in a national security case like this.
Is that a threat?
Absolutely.
♪
Jimmy never tells me anything.
I wasn't lying about that.
But I do know where he got the gold.
Oh, this is it.
Wiener Edelmetalle.
That translates to "precious
metals from Vienna",
in case you were wondering.
With the serial numbers on the bars,
we could prove chain of custody
directly to a buyer.
What kind of spy makes it that easy?
Gaddis is accused of taking bribes.
Nobody said he was good at it.
[DOOR BUZZES]
We're one of the largest providers
of bullion in Vienna.
We sell to many people.
We have reason to suspect this gold
was used in a felony.
Trading gold is hardly a crime.
It is literally our business model.
Whatever Herr Gaddis did
after he left our store
is none of our concern.
And how exactly did he pay for the gold?
Does your business model
include keeping records?
It appears he had a large
credit on his account.
And where did that credit come from?
The confidentiality of our clients
is of utmost importance.
Did you happen to see
Gaddis carrying a laptop case?
I can't possibly recall.
Maybe the footage from those
cameras will jog your memory.
He gives his name, they hand
over the gold, he leaves.
- That's it.
- No sign of a payment.
No sign of a crime of any kind.
Natalie left the laptop at a park bench
while he picked up the payment here.
So the seller and buyer were
never in the same place.
So who is the buyer?
The store won't hand over their accounts
without a warrant,
so we're waiting on Europol.
But the company was
already on our radar.
Apparently we've been
tracking a gold dealer
who does business there.
His name is Mehdi Esfandiari.
He launders money for Iran.
Well, that's not good.
He could be Iranian intelligence.
No, the tradecraft is too sloppy.
But if he's got gold to buy
secrets and ties it to Iran,
all he's gotta do is make a call.
Keep digging.
♪
So this is what it's like
when we're out on missions.
It's like a library in here.
We're working.
Look at all that.
How do you even know where to start?
We don't have Gaddis's laptop,
but we're hoping the file was once
on one of his other devices.
Even if he deleted it, we can
check for data that's deleted,
but not yet overwritten.
And how long is that gonna take?
A lot longer if you keep bothering her.
Any luck with Gaddis's phone?
Nothing classified so far.
Ernesto?
Two weeks ago, Gaddis googled the phrase
"what is the Espionage Act?"
Close, but not a smoking gun.
What about you, Damian?
You find anything in his emails?
No, not yet, just a lot of
inane arguments with his wife.
There's only so much of that I can take
before my eyes start to bleed.
You're using a search algorithm, right?
You're not actually trying
to read 10,000 emails?
Yeah, of course.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
[SPEAKING FRENCH]
[SPEAKING FRENCH]
Are you guys talking about me?
I feel like I'm being roasted in, like,
- three different languages.
- Decent chance.
Hold on, I think we've got something.
Gaddis's wife, Paula, has
a farm in New Hampshire.
They've searched the storeroom
of the stable.
New York just sent over what they found.
Under all the saddles and whatever,
there were records from his time
as secretary of energy
and an encrypted hard drive.
Now we're talking. Have we got access?
I'm seeing it now.
There.
Gaddis transferred
that one file to his laptop.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
That's a Department of Defense report
on reactor security in Europe.
The tip was legit.
It's worse than that.
This isn't just a report
on a potential vulnerability.
It lays out the actual code
for a computer virus
and explains how it can be
inserted via Trojan Horse
into the reactor monitoring
software used by the IAEA.
Gaddis didn't just sell them intel,
he gave them a cyber weapon and
instructions on how to use it.
If activated at any one of these sites,
the virus could shut down the reactors
or cause a meltdown,
releasing radioactive
material for miles.
We're talking mass evacuations,
damage to the food supply,
lethal doses for anyone
close to the plants.
Let's go.
Greedy son of a bitch.
I know it looks bad.
You sold a cyber weapon to Iran.
You know the West has spent years
trying to slow Iran's nuclear
program with cyberattacks,
and now you've just handed
them a way to irradiate
half of Europe in retaliation.
I can explain, all right?
Would you like me to explain?
- Yes, I would.
- I had to lure them in.
Esfandiari is just
the tip of the iceberg.
The real bad guys,
the ones who wanna do
harm to our country,
I realized I could have
access to all of them.
So what are you saying?
This was all some sort of ploy?
Yes. A solo intelligence operation.
Except you did sell the file
and took the gold bars to prove it.
Only as evidence. They were testing me.
But I would never give up
actual security information.
All the sensitive parts were redacted.
I mean, the guy was furious.
He wanted to slit my throat.
Well, that part, I believe.
I told him I knew a corrupt
software guy at IAEA
who was willing
to remove the redactions.
But that was a lie.
He was never gonna get anything
but a page of black ink.
Redaction programs
are notoriously unreliable,
and you used one from five years ago.
Anybody with cabinet-level clearance
must know that if the computer
makes it to Tehran,
their intelligence will
crack it in a matter of hours.
Once Iran has that file,
all they need is someone
with access to a reactor.
And you could be responsible
for the next Chernobyl.
I see.
Well, in that case,
before I say the next part,
I'm gonna have to have
a large glass of scotch.
Which part?
All right, all right,
just as a heads-up,
Esfandiari may have mentioned that Iran
already has a man on the
inside, some worker
at one of Europe's nuclear plants.
But because of the redactions,
I wasn't worried.
What plant?
He didn't say.
As soon as they get the
virus, they can deliver it,
and the attack could
happen at any moment.
♪
Talk to me, Amanda.
We've got the intelligence
community on high alert
looking at all vulnerable reactors
for a man on the inside.
No hits yet.
Has any of the software
been tampered with?
We're checking, but it takes time.
For security reasons, the
computers at these plants
aren't even online.
So if a worker has to
physically insert the virus,
why not just send everyone home?
Problem solved.
We could limit to essential only,
but that's still a lot of people.
A significant chunk of the
EU's power output is nuclear.
Any ideas that don't involve
casting half a continent into darkness?
Right, our only shot
is to get the file back
before it gets passed on.
Is that even possible?
Well, Esfandiari gave
Gaddis till midnight
to unredact the file,
so he must not know
the document he possesses
can be cracked easily.
That gives us a window
to convince him to bring
the laptop back to us.
So we can go undercover
and complete the deal.
A sting operation.
That's right.
If Esfandiari thinks that
a corrupt security tech
can unlock the full file,
let's give him one.
Me.
♪
I'm listening.
All you have to do is
make the introduction,
tell Esfandiari that I can be trusted.
And what's in it for me?
Well, a chance to complete
your self-proclaimed
solo intelligence operation.
- And?
- And nothing.
You get a chance to
take that ridiculous lie
and make it real.
And if you spin it right, maybe you can
redeem your reputation
as a total slimeball.
All due respect.
Look, the only way I'm gonna play ball
is if you make my legal
problems go away, all of them.
That's up to the DOJ.
But cooperating and
getting back what you sold
would go a long way towards charges
like mishandling documents
and not, say, treason.
You know what?
If my country needs me, I will do it.
Thank you for your service.
We're gonna make a great team.
I can't wait to see Esfandiari
when he's the one
slowly getting dismembered.
Easy, easy.
All you need to do is make the call.
You let us do the rest.
Are you crazy?
No, I have to be at the meeting.
Natalie will set it up.
Our priority is to put as few people
in harm's way as possible.
These guys aren't fools.
Anything out of the ordinary,
it'll look like a setup.
[PHONE RINGS]
Hey, what's up?
Hey, just checking where
we are with my cover.
We need to get that info
to Gaddis now as well.
I reached out to the Undercover Ops unit
to put together a full profile
online presence, all of it.
Team's checking it now.
All right, good. This
needs to be airtight.
Okay.
Hey.
About Damian, I'm starting to think
that he's deliberately
making himself useless here
so he doesn't get asked to do it again.
Amanda, I don't have time
to deal with this right now.
I know. Neither do I.
I'm sorry.
I will talk to him when I get back.
I thought benching him
would send a message.
He got emotional in Bulgaria.
He lost his way. He knows that.
But he's a good agent. Just
give him a chance, okay?
He's worth it.
Okay.
Okay.
[LINE BEEPS]
So normally, you would set the meeting.
Would you ever pick someplace
public, like a bar or café?
That's better for us.
Sure.
He always wants to look like a big shot.
Okay, and during the meeting,
he would have you nearby?
- Natalie.
- Mm-mm.
This is a trap.
I already gave you information.
Now you're telling me that
I have to participate in a sting?
I'm supposed to call up the guy
who put a gun in my face?
No. No way.
Listen, I don't help cops.
Is that what you want me to tell
- the judge at your sentencing?
- I didn't do anything wrong.
So I don't have to say
or do anything for you.
You are smart, and you knew
your boss was up to something.
But I don't think you knew that
thousands of innocent people
are in danger.
So what do you say we just
both drop the attitude
and try to help them?
Corrupt cyber security
consultant Peter Landau.
It's nice to meet you.
The Undercover Ops unit has given him
a social media presence, added
him to a UN personnel list,
and swapped his photo
into a journal article
about nuclear energy.
I'm looking for holes,
but they've given him
everything from an ex-wife
to a DUI to a dog.
What more does a desperate man need?
The guys in Undercover Ops are good.
Spent seven years in that unit.
Sounds like you miss it.
Sometimes.
The call's coming in now.
Put it through.
[PHONE RINGS]
I was starting to worry
I wouldn't hear from you.
Jimmy is very sorry about
the misunderstanding,
but he has a friend
he'd like you to meet.
And this friend can
take care of our problem?
That's right, yeah.
She sounds nervous.
It's okay, she would be.
♪
Are you near downtown?
I can send you a location.
We can meet in about 15 minutes.
Fine. I'll be there.
We're in.
♪
Hi. Right this way.
They're here.
No sign of a laptop.
This meeting is just a test.
Gentlemen.
So shall we try this again?
No plastic tarp this time.
[CLEARS THROAT] Peter Landau.
Heard a lot about you.
- I can't say the same.
- Well, that's why we're here.
Shall we sit?
Peter and I go way back, and he owes me.
I got him his cushy job at the IAEA
when I was still energy secretary.
I don't know if I would call it cushy.
Well, it was fine until
you found the casinos.
He likes the card rooms almost
as much as he likes computers,
until it's time to pay up.
Point is, I have a debt that
I'd like to clear quickly,
so maybe we can help each other.
You're comfortable with the
arrangement we have in place?
Well, yeah, he takes
his cut out of mine.
He gets it when the deal
is done and when
I was asking him.
As long as I get paid, I'm happy.
Very well.
When Peter unlocks the full
document, this squares us.
No more threats.
We never hear from each other again.
We're done.
Agreed.
I think we have him on the hook.
♪
We may have a problem.
Male, Middle Eastern with a camera.
He's being subtle about it,
but he's watching
the meeting just like we are.
Is he with Esfandiari?
Could be countersurveillance.
I'll check it out.
Hi, uh, sorry to bother you.
- Do you speak English?
- Yes.
Do you mind taking a picture of me?
I was trying to get a selfie,
but I couldn't get the right angle.
- Not a problem.
- Thanks.
Maybe we could get this as a background.
I'll come around to your side.
So assuming that we go
forward with this deal,
how does it work?
Because I can't have
classified files in my email.
I will bring the computer to you.
We'll all meet up tonight,
later in your office.
My office?
Is that a problem?
Um
[WHISPERING] Well,
given what we're doing,
I just imagined a more
discreet location, you know.
I wanna make sure that
you are who you say you are.
Right, fine.
My office, 20 minutes, in and out.
Oh, man. These are perfect. Thank you.
If you want, I could take
some of you in your camera.
That's not necessary.
Enjoy your stay in Vienna.
I didn't get your name.
[GRUNTS]
Hey! He's on the move.
♪
Stop!
Hey!
Scott, he's headed toward
the front of the building.
Keep Esfandiari at your location.
♪
Alireza Soltani.
Operative for Iranian intelligence.
Five years ago, you were
working as an engineer,
suspected of infiltrating
European tech firms
to find ways around
international sanctions.
On the eve of being
deported back to Iran,
you disappeared, like a ghost,
only to emerge today reborn
as Turkish architect Reza Yildiz,
with a passport that,
whilst quite skillful, is fake.
Tell me where I've gone wrong so far.
You mispronounced Yildiz.
And everything else you said is a lie.
We have these surveillance
photos from your camera,
pictures of Mehdi Esfandiari.
Looks like you've been
following him for a while now.
Why?
I don't know who that is.
You know, I'm an architect on holiday.
You're an Iranian spy
with a fake passport
spewing lies to the FBI.
And on a personal note,
I'm running out of patience for it.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Why you taking pictures of us?
You want me to talk? Hmm?
You want me to be honest?
Then tell me, what exactly
is the FBI doing in Vienna?
No?
You won't talk to me.
So why should I trust you
or someone else
from your country?
Listen, you're gonna have
to explain these photos.
- I don't know
- Talk to me.
He has the technical background
to be our inside man.
But why surveil Esfandiari
if they are working together?
And if Iranian intelligence
knows about the file,
why haven't they moved in and taken it?
Something isn't adding up.
Is it possible Soltani could be working
for someone other than Iran?
Could be.
I'll take another run at him
when he cools down.
Well, either way, he's a wild card.
Look, if we move forward
with our sting operation,
you could be walking right into a trap.
We don't have a choice.
As long as nuclear secrets
are in the wind,
we do everything we can.
♪
Okay, eyes and ears
in Budapest are up and running.
Copy that.
The employees are clearing out.
But let me know if you see anything.
Will do.
Hey. Everybody ready?
Yep.
Okay, we'll be nearby the whole time.
All you need to do is
follow Agent Forrester's lead.
Shouldn't I get one of those earpieces
like the rest of the team has?
No.
Those two aren't prepped enough.
We don't need extra variables.
If you think we're playing this wrong,
- I can patch you through.
- No.
Scott is as good as they come.
If anyone can pull this off, it's him.
I just think I should
be there and not here.
You actually wanna be the one in danger.
The Iranians are arriving.
Mr. Landau is waiting for us upstairs.
Please, follow me.
Good.
Night.
♪
The bodyguard's carrying
the laptop case.
You made sure no one
was following you, right?
Of course. Omid is very careful.
Ah, shall we have a drink?
Let's have a drink.
I think we should all have a drink.
My faith forbids it, you know that.
Of course. Of course I do.
I was just, uh, just being polite.
So shall we get down
to business already?
Hand over the computer
so you can get to work.
What's the hurry all of a sudden?
No, well, I'd really like
to get back to the States
as soon as possible.
My wife keeps calling.
Not about this she
doesn't know about this.
But we've kinda been going through
a rough patch lately, and
What the hell is he doing?
Sweating through his shirt.
Last few months, we've been
sleeping in separate beds,
- and I'd really just like to
- Jimmy.
Get back with the
Nobody wants to hear about
your marital problems.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
- Relax.
Natalie, do you mind stepping outside
and dealing with Mrs. Gaddis
while we finish this?
Sure. No problem.
Sorry about that. We're all on edge.
Given what we're all risking here,
I would be worried if we weren't.
I don't know.
If he's already this jumpy,
maybe it's a bad idea.
Well, if you didn't want him this jumpy,
maybe you shouldn't have put
a knife to his throat.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
I'm not in this to make friends.
I'm in this to make money.
So you want me to remove
the redactions or not?
Okay. But not here.
What are you talking about?
I didn't bring the file.
I'd be a fool to walk around
with something so valuable.
I needed to be sure that
this wasn't a setup.
And now that we can
all trust each other,
I take you to the computer.
That a problem?
Scott, we control this location,
so if we move, I cannot
guarantee your safety.
Okay.
Whatever it takes.
What is he doing? We need to move in.
Yeah, but we don't have the file.
♪
I mean, look, this
this deal is just between me and you,
so what do you say we just
leave him out of this?
Get in, both of you.
[SIGHS]
Well
♪
Do you have any idea what's happening?
What is happening?
Where are we going?
I I need you to take
this off my head!
I can't breathe! [GROANS]
What are we doing?
Where are we are going?
[MOANS]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Stay close, but not too close.
That's right where I am.
We're headed north.
Going out of the city.
I see you. Make sure you keep a visual.
They turned off Forrester's phone,
so we can't use his GPS.
Should have put a tracker
on the guy's car.
Yeah, but they changed vehicles.
This operation was never
supposed to go on the move.
We're all improvising now.
Okay, we're turning east.
Where are we heading?
Uh, looks like an industrial area.
♪
There's no other car around us now.
They're gonna spot us.
We're pulling up traffic cameras.
We should be able
to track them that way.
Should be?
I'm falling back.
- No.
- Yes.
Hey, guys, make up your mind here.
Yes, fall back.
I've got the cargo van on traffic cams.
He's making quick turns now.
I don't understand.
They saw us and got spooked.
Claire, take everything
north. Kyle, take east.
Somebody tell me we have a visual.
♪
Anybody?
Cam, I think we lost them.
Yeah, we lost contact here as well.
This place is a maze.
They could be anywhere.
Wait. Does this area look familiar?
It was in the background
of the surveillance photo Soltani took.
Maybe Forrester was right.
You're not Iranian
intelligence at all, are you?
The reason you've been
off the grid for five years
isn't because you went back to Iran.
It's because you turned
against your government.
Yeah, that's fine.
Don't talk. Just listen.
I think you've been working
the same case we have,
but from the other angle
following Esfandiari,
trying to prevent him
from acquiring the file.
In fact, I suspect that it was you
who called in
the anonymous tip to Europol.
As farfetched as this may seem,
you and I are on the same side.
So if you've been following Esfandiari,
you can tell me where
the deal is going down.
Innocent people are in danger.
There are many of us
who believe in a new
and more progressive Iran.
But the Americans created
this cyber weapon.
And they would happily
throw me into Guantanamo
for only knowing it exists.
I won't let that happen.
You have my word.
You want to stop this deal.
Tell me exactly where it's happening.
I can stop it.
♪
This is how you treat all
your business partners?
I think I might have been better off
taking my chances at the casino.
The full file, now.
Don't make this complicated.
All right. There's the laptop.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Okay.
[SIGHS] Let's see.
This could take a while.
Files might be corrupted.
Just do it already. God.
But if you shoot me,
then you get nothing.
I know.
That's why I brought him.
If I don't get what I want
[CHUCKLES] We start cutting.
The redactions can easily be
defeated by any decent hacker.
- You have everything you need!
- Come on.
This whole thing is a sting operation,
and that guy is FBI.
♪
[TENSE MUSIC]
You've been lying to me.
I mean, you're really
gonna believe this clown?
He would sell out his own
mother for a bottle of scotch.
You're way too confident
for a computer guy.
I think he's right.
If you kill either one of us,
you will be hunted down by the
full force of the United States
for the rest of your life.
An FBI agent and a former
cabinet member
If it's money you care more about
than becoming a martyr, take the file.
Disappear.
[BOTH GRUNT]
[GROANS]
[GROANS]
[FLAMES WHOOSH]
[GUNSHOT]
Let him go!
Back up.
I said back up.
Hands over your head.
That's him. That's the guy.
We did it.
Take him away, Officer.
Shut up.
What? Oh, come on!
Let's go!
[SIGHS]
How's your jaw?
You know, next time
you come to the rescue,
get there just about
five minutes sooner.
You know, if it wasn't
for Raines or Smitty,
I might not have been there at all.
Which is something to consider
the next time
you're ignoring my advice and
putting your life in danger.
It was the only move
under the circumstances.
A lot of people are
sleeping safer tonight
because you were willing
to let it play out.
U.S. Marshals Office
will be here shortly
to escort you back to the United States.
We will inform the DOJ
of how you assisted
in the investigation and how you didn't.
You don't lose yourself
all at once, you know.
It's death by inches.
You help a friend.
You accept a small gift.
Shake a hand.
Do a favor.
Forget about a document.
All these little steps, they're almost
unnoticeable on their own.
And then suddenly you wake up.
There's a half a million
dollars in your hands,
and you have no idea who
the hell you are anymore.
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
♪
So that's it?
With the virus off the market,
we have time to locate the inside man
placed at the reactor.
I trust you'll contact me
with any information
you find on that front.
I will.
Then I see no need to
tell anyone about your help
on this case, or even your existence.
Thank you.
Why did you do it?
What?
Why did you turn?
Oh.
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
Does it matter?
To go from Iranian intelligence
to risking your life against the regime,
you must have been motivated
by more than gold bars.
I will always be proud to be from Iran.
But
who I am is not accepted there.
They wouldn't let me love
who I wanted to love.
So I don't let them kill
who they want to kill.
♪
[KNOCKS]
Hey, man. You wanted to see me?
Yeah, come on in.
Have a seat.
Whoa.
That's cool.
Privacy mode.
Look, I wasn't at my best
yesterday, all right?
And look, I respect what Tate
and her team can do, truly.
I just can't add anything.
I belong in the field.
I agree.
Which is why you're not getting fired.
You're getting transferred.
Transferred? Where?
I talked to Richard Muir
in Undercover Ops.
Turns out they're looking for someone
for a long-term investigation
in Germany.
It's deep cover.
You'd be in the field,
in the thick of it, 24/7.
I'm off the Fly Team?
It's time, Damian.
Just one mistake.
You're telling me
you can't look past that
- just this one time
- It's just one time.
It's just one inch.
Look, the team,
they were willing
to lie for you in Bulgaria.
I have been trying to convince myself
to look the other way.
Now, look, I know, me and you,
we go way back, man.
I just where does that lead?
♪
[SIGHS]
[LAUGHTER, CHATTER]
- No, that's
- All right, here we go.
Last round, I promise.
I'm pretty sure you
said that last round.
It's okay, we're charging it
all to Peter Landau.
- Hey.
- BOTH: Cheers.
All right, I wanna say something.
- I wanna say something.
- [LAUGHS]
[SOFT MUSIC]
I wanna say thank you.
Thank you.
You pulled me out of the gutter,
held me accountable, pushed
me to be a better agent.
You saved my life
in a collapsing building.
- That was a big one.
- I did do that.
- Big one.
- [LAUGHTER]
But most importantly, you showed me that
no matter where I am or
who I'm pretending to be,
I will never be lost.
So egészségedre.
If I said that right.
Did I say that right?
[LAUGHTER]
- Hear, hear.
- Cheers.
- Whoo!
- Cheers!
Until we meet again.
♪
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[WOLF HOWLS]