02x05 - W.S.T.W.T.P

[bunniefuu]

[Owen] Previously on The Recruit...

[grunting]

You know I'm not stupid enough to keep
the dead man's switch in my apartment.

No way we are running a covert
tactical operation in South Korea.

Lester Kitchens. Technically, he's still
employed as a lawyer for the OGC.

- I didn't have a choice.
- Now my shot at Moscow Station is DOA.

[Grace] I need hard intelligence.

That's why I placed you
with the ex-girlfriend.

What about the picture I sent?

He kept it
with his dad's military memorabilia.

She means something to him.

I am a lawyer for the CIA.

That is so f*cking cool.

- So you're copying my hard drive?
- Hannah!

[Hannah grunts, groans]

If we're posing as insurance reps,
why don't we just buy her back for real?

- [Oliver] A meeting has been arranged.
- [Lester] You get her on the phone.

I can trace her location,
and we send in an extraction team.

How do we even know she's alive?

[Kenta] Ten million.

Are you willing to pay our price?

Not a chance in hell.

[Jang Kyun] She looked so scared.

I was able to trace the IP address
of the video call back to its source.

Why do your faces look like that?

'Cause she's being held
in Vladivostok. Russia.

[radio static crackling]

[static ends]

- [somber music playing]
- [door opens]

- [telephone ringing]
- [muffled indistinct chatter]

[soundscape fading in]

[in Korean] Listen up!

[agents chatter indistinctly]

These are our targets.

["Monomania" playing]

Lester Kitchens is a veteran
case officer posing as a lawyer.

Owen Hendricks is his protégé.

Janus Ferber is a devious lawyer,
skilled at manipulation.

Assume a high level of tradecraft
and first-notch operational support.

[in English] ♪ Smell the smoke
Follow its trace ♪

♪ Smell the smoke, follow its trace ♪

♪ Grab a rock and smash his face ♪

♪ Dead man's lying in your place... ♪

- [in Korean] Additionally...
- [rock music fades out]

...we need to figure out who this girl is
and whether she's currently helping them.

[tense music playing]

But even if she is,
these men can't become Korean.

Everywhere they go, they will stand out.

So get out there and catch them.

Wait.

Where the hell is Officer Kim?

[music ends]

[in English] Okay,
so Russia's not ideal.

Yeah, not Russia, my man.
Nan Hee's being held in Vladivostok.

That's the most
dangerous place in Russia.

It's a haven for
criminality and violence.

Russian mafia, Yakuza,

jopok,

Triads.

All protected by corrupt police,
FSB, and the military.

Translation, it's a suicide mission.

[Owen] No. No.

Translation, it is the Wild Wild East.

Which sounds like a much easier place
to rescue Jang Kyun's wife from

than Red Square.

Says the baby lawyer
with no operational expertise.

Dude, I have been in this sh*t
since the day I joined the Agency.

All right? Someone just tried
to m*rder me last week.

Bullshit.

- It's true.
- He was a real ninja of a guy too.

Dragged my a*s across the tarmac
at Incheon Airport.

Hold on. A real ninja of a guy
tried to k*ll me last week too.

- Looked like that.
- [Owen] Holy sh*t.

That's the same guy.

That's Lee, former intelligence officer
turned g*n-for-hire.

Who would hire someone to k*ll us?

[tense music playing]

Dawn.

What? Why? Why would Dawn wanna k*ll me?

You asked about her assets.

Dawn has been
running ghost assets for years,

stealing sh*t-tons of money
from the Agency.

She must've assumed I told you.

[Janus] Okay. I'm Audi 5,000.

- Peace out, b*tches.
- Hold up. Janus, where you going?

I'm going to the embassy
to drown myself in a toilet

so I can get out of
this koala-f*ck of an operation

before we're all m*rder*d
or arrested for espionage.

- Janus.
- [Jang Kyun] Just let him go.

Our focus is figuring out
how we get my wife out of Russia.

Nothing else matters.

Listen to the guy who could
expose the Agency's worst secrets

with the push of a button.

Yeah, I understand what the stakes are.

Okay, but in order to rescue
your damsel in distress,

we're gonna need some intel
about where she's being held,

which neither of us can get from
our agencies without tipping off NIS.

Well, luckily, we have an asset
that can track her down.

I have an asset, and she is a bad idea.

Not good.

Very green, completely unstable.

[Jang Kyun] My wife's life is at stake.

There are no bad ideas
or assets too unstable to utilize.

Just make it happen.

- [cell phone ringing, vibrating]
- [music fades out]

It's Deputy Director Cho.

[both] Don't answer it.

I have to.
She's been trying to find me all night.

I dodged her
because I thought we'd get Nan Hee.

Now I have to do damage control.

[ringing stops]

[in Korean] Yes. Deputy Director.

Where are you?

I'm standing in your apartment,
and it's clearly been searched.

- [tense music resumes]
- I... My apartment?

What the hell is going on, Officer Kim?

[Jang Kyun] Janus Ferber
must've drugged me.

I met with him last night to get intel.

The next thing I know,
I'm waking up in my car.

He must have searched my apartment.

Why?

You don't keep secrets here. Do you?

[Jang Kyun] No.

Of course not.

I'll come meet you.

No, I'm walking out.

We got an alert
that Hendricks and Kitchens were spotted

in the motel district.

Meet me back at the office.

[Jang Kyun] Yes, of course.

[disconnect tone]

[in English] sh*t.

- What?
- We have to go right now.

The police and the NIS
are on their way to this neighborhood.

What about all this stuff?

Leave it. Janus wiped everything down.

There's nothing
to track us back to the Agency.

Besides, after we check out,
they're gonna hose down the whole room.

[tense music continues]

I got it. Go.

[Nichka] Open it.

- [music ends]
- [metal shutter rattling]

- [knife thrums]
- [thud]

What the f*ck is this?

You were supposed to be
carrying computers.

I have a buyer already.

[man yelps]

[whimpers anxiously]

- [cell phone ringing]
- [breath trembling]

- [cell phone beeps]
- Da.

Hey, it's Owen.

- I got a job for you.
- [grunts]

The Korean aid worker

that was taken by the Yakuza
is being held in Russia.

And now you want me to do recon?
Three hundred thousand.

- Done.
- [Lester taps]

- Hey. Whoa. Don't do that!
- What?

- Not you.
- Hey, we need a car.

- One second, Nichka. Take this.
- We need the car.

- I got this.
- [suspenseful music playing]

Can't have you just
breaking the windows.

That's perfect. Hold on.

[man groaning]

[Owen in Korean] Hi. Wait a minute.

- [tires screech]
- Wait a minute.

[grunts]

Hello. I'd like to rent your car
for the day.

- Ten thousand dollars.
- Ten thousand dollars?

Ten thousand dollars. Quick.

Let me have your business card.

- [music continues]
- [chatters]

- [honks]
- [in English] I know.

- [in Korean] I'll call you.
- [in English] I am hanging up.

[Owen] No! Hold on.

We are here.
We need you to go to Vladivostok.

f*ck that.

It is a shark tank full of sewage.
I am not going anywhere near that.

- f*ck. Five hundred thousand.
- [Nichka] Find someone else.

A million. One million dollars.

All you have to do is tell us
which door to kick down.

- [th*gs grunting]
- [man groaning]

Deal. Send me whatever intel you have.

[music ends]

She's in. Thank God.

[siren wails]

- Oh sh*t.
- [Lester sighs]

[tense music plays]

I wouldn't be thankful just yet.

We are in a now-hostile foreign country
being hunted by the entire police state

while simultaneously being graymailed
by some psycho local

who will blow us and the entire
Agency up to save his wife.

All right, Lester.

Hey, was I finished? No.

Because you promised a million dollars
to a walking suicide vest

and paid ten thousand dollars
for this lemon of a rental.

Which means that, by lunch,
we will be out of our operational funds.

Only bright side is,
probably won't live that long.

[dramatic electronic music playing]

[music ends]

[sharp, unsettling music playing]

[soft breathing]

[breath quivers]

Hey.

Hey, how's your head?

[sighs]

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to hurt you.
I... I really like you.

Why couldn't you just let me explain?

I'm okay. Just take the laptop and go.
I won't say anything. I promise.

The laptop's useless.
There's nothing on there about Owen.

- About Owen?
- Yeah.

I need to know what he's doing in Korea.

You kidnapped me because of Owen?

I'm fighting for my life, Hannah!

God! Uh!

Things weren't supposed to be like this.
I was just out clubbing.

Just taking
my weekly 24-hour party to Seoul.

Except this time, I got arrested
for buying drugs from an undercover cop.

I mean, they are supposed to tell you
that they're cops, right? But no!

No, I end up in this room
with this f*cking viper,

who said that she is gonna
put me away for ten years

unless I did some things for her.

Turns out, being a rich kid
who bounces around the world

is very valuable to a spy agency.

And now, I am monumentally screwed,

because if I don't give her intel on Owen,
she is gonna have me arrested or k*lled.

[breath trembling]

Jae.

[ragged breathing]

[Hannah] I get it, okay?

I get how unfair it is.

Mm.

And I can help you.

- I can get you out of this.
- How?

[sobbing]

How the f*ck
are you gonna get me out of this?

You need intel on Owen, right?

Let me call him.

He trusts me.

If there's anyone he'll open up to,
it's me.

[line ringing]

- [cell phone ringing]
- [K-pop music plays on stereo]

- [ringing]
- [music stops]

- Hannah, hi. This isn't a good time.
- Shut up! I've been kidnapped!

Jae's a spy for Korea! Holding me hostage!
Four Seasons, Georgetown, fifth floor!

- [disconnect tone]
- Wait, Hannah! I... sh*t!

[tense music building]

[dramatic music playing]

- You really are a perfect storm of chaos.
- Shut the f*ck up.

- [keypad clacks]
- [line ringing]

[telephone ringing]

[phone beeps]

Salazar.

Hannah has been abducted by her
new boyfriend, Jae... uh, something.

I don't know his last name. They're at
the Four Seasons, Georgetown, fifth floor.

So call the cops.

No. He is a spy for Korea.

So go capture him, save her.
You'll be able to write your own ticket.

If you sit on your hands,
I will sell your a*s out to CEG.

[music abates]

[inhales deeply]

[sighs]

I hate you.

[dramatic music continues]

[sighs]

- I hate you too.
- Yeah. Me too. Get in line.

[music fades]

- [sirens wail]
- [dramatic music playing]

That's not great.

- [murmurs nervously]
- [sirens wail]

Ah sh*t.

- [sirens wailing]
- [tires screech]

Oh. All right. All right.

Come on. Come on, come on,
come on, come on, come on!

[telephone rings]

General Counsel's office.

Hey, Donna! It's Janus Ferber. Tell
the boss I'm being arrested in Seoul!

[groaning over phone]

[disconnect tone]

[Janus grunts]

Ow! [groans]

[grunting]

[groans]

[grunts]

Ah. [inhales sharply]

[groans]

- [sighs]
- Mr. Ferber.

You are being detained

for activities not commensurate
with your diplomatic status.

That sounds right.

Any, uh, wiggle room on the handcuffs?

I'm taking that as a maybe.

It's not a no. [chuckles]

[Nyland] Get Ebner in here,
and alert Hendricks and Kitchens!

Tell them to keep their heads down!

- Is this a bad time?
- Janus got arrested by the NIS.

Oh God. He's gonna hate that.

And you're gonna hate

that Owen just called me

to tell me that a Korean spy
abducted his girlfriend.

Ex-girlfriend. Whatever.

And is holding her hostage
at the Four Seasons.

[exhales softly]

Do I loop in the FBI?

No. Negative.

That'll bring CEG into it.

And Owen's case
is the ultimate close-hold.

Run the Angleton playbook.

- Seriously?
- Yes.

Okay.

But I can't grab this guy
and drag him to the Farm by myself.

- [phone beeps]
- [line rings]

- [woman] Director's office.
- It's the General Counsel. I need him now.

Priority one.

- [man] Sir.
- Jeez!

[man] It's Walter Nyland.

What'd I say about sneaking up on me?

Go on.

It better not be bad news.

Sir, I need two guys you tr...

Four guys you trust
who can handle something domestically.

And I need them right now.

I need to know where your friends are.

Don't know. Don't care.

You should.

They are in a lot of
trouble, as are you.

- [chuckles] Grace. Can I call you Grace?
- [Grace] No.

Grace, I get the anger.
I'm even okay with the handcuffs.

But do not treat me like an FNG.

I know the rules
of our liaison relationship

backwards and forwards.

No matter what you think I've done...

- ...your only option is to PNG me...
- [cell phone vibrates]

...and stick me on a plane.

[Grace] The rules
are what I say they are.

[beep]

[Grace in Korean]
You've reached Deputy Director...

[in English] f*ck!

- [Hannah] It's over, Jae.
- Shut up!

As your attorney, I'm advising you,

your best option,
your only option, is to run.

There is nothing I know about you
that Owen doesn't.

- So hurting me won't benefit you.
- I said shut up! I need to think!

You don't have time!

Or clearly the ability to do that.

[tense music playing]

I just pulled a fire alarm at the CIA.
Black helicopters are coming.

You maybe have three minutes.

And if you manage to escape, just know,

I'll think about how much
of an absolute piece of sh*t you are!

- [Taser crackling]
- Whoa! Wait, wait, wait!

[gasps, groans]

- [music stops]
- [groans]

[Amelia] Hannah?

- Hannah? You okay?
- [door closes]

- [Hannah] Yes, I'm fine.
- [Amelia] Okay, good. Get dressed.

- Did he touch anything of yours?
- [shakily] Um...

My phone. My laptop.

Uh, he has his own
hotel room on floor 11.

[Amelia] Take the laptop and the phone.
Scrub the rest.

Yeah.

[door opens]

What's happening?

Top-secret sh*t, and we need to go
somewhere secure to talk about it, okay?

Come on.

[intriguing music playing]

- [Owen] Think Janus is gonna be okay?
- [Lester] Yeah.

I mean, they'll sweat him like crazy,
but the rule is, he's persona non grata,

they send him home.

[Amanda] Why do I even bother
coming into work?

Oh, hell no.

Here I am,
thinking I'm a rock star station chief

at the sixth-best post in the Agency,

and I keep getting
pushed around by lawyers.

With all due respect, our mandate
comes from the director himself,

as well as the General Counsel,

so this is a conversation
you do not wanna be a part of.

We have some calls to make.

We're gonna need a SCIF,
a runner to get us lunch,

and a couple techs
to red-tag a few hostile faces

in case they show up at the airport.

Cool? Cool.

- Hostile faces?
- Dawn and Dodge.

Oh right. Man, when it rains, it pours.

Yeah, and around you,
it's monsoon season, 24-7, 365.

[Amelia] You know,
I could really use a new work bag.

One that screams "lady boss,"
but in a quiet luxury kind of way.

I'm thinking maybe that could be
your thank-you gift to me.

[Owen] I'm guessing
that means Hannah's okay.

[Amelia] Physically, she's fine.

Emotionally, she's preparing
to hunt you for sport.

- I wanna talk to her.
- That's a bad idea.

- Is that Lester?
- [Lester] Hey, what's up, girl?

- I wish you were here instead of me.
- [Amelia] Right back at you.

Listen to Lester, Owen.
Hannah does not wanna talk to you.

- And yet...
- [keyboard clacking]

[laptop trills]

Hi!

Just a little advice here.

The way to comfort a kidnapping victim

is not by kidnapping her again.

[Owen] Hannah.

- No, I don't want him.
- [Owen] Hannah.

- Please, just look at me for a second.
- [Hannah] You are the root of all evil.

A parasite that eats joy
and shits destruction.

[Owen] I am so sorry
that this happened to you.

When you moved out,
I fully intended on giving you space.

I was gonna stay out of your life
so you could be happy.

Owen, if I have to stand here
and listen to you rationalize

and apologize for your bullshit
one more time,

I am going to stab my eardrums out.

- I don't even know why I'm here right now.
- [Owen] Okay.

Okay. But here's the thing.

As much as you want to,

as much as you hate me
and want to scream from the rooftops,

you can't, ever,
because today never happened.

What?

None of the things
that you experienced or learned

during the last 12 hours happened.

When your firm inquires about Jae,

you will say
that he fired you and left town.

If Terence asks,

you will say that Jae broke up with you
and then left town.

- You're kidding, right?
- [Owen] I'm not.

[Owen breathing heavily]

[quiet, somber music playing]

Believe me, I wish I was.

The hard truth
is that you got honey-potted

by a hot NOC with ties to Korea.

That's pretty much as bad as it gets.

You could lose your job,
get arrested, disbarred, but instead...

this guy is going to disappear.

And you are not gonna worry about him
again after this conversation today,

which also never happened.

Do you understand?

Hannah, I need to hear you say
that you understand.

[tense music playing]

I understand.

[static crackles]

- Yeah, she took that well.
- [sighs] Yeah.

Am I a bad person?

[Lester] Yes. 1,000%, yes.

But you did her a favor by finally
just being a straight-up as*h*le.

Show her who you really are
underneath all that topcoat of charm.

It's the nicest thing you could do.

'Cause now, the door between you
is closed forever.

[melancholy music playing]

[keyboard clacking]

[Grace] What is the true purpose
of your work in Seoul?

No comment.

And as much as I love
spending time with you,

I'm not required to tell you anything.

Tell me where they are,

or I'll put you in a cell
and throw away the key.

[Janus scoffs]

If this was Russia, sure.

And you would definitely
beat the snot out of me first.

But this is the Republic of Korea.

So you will place me in a clean room
at a comfortable temperature,

feed me a well-balanced meal,
and probably tuck me in at night.

Listen to me carefully, Mr. Ferber.

If you don't come clean,

I will have no choice

but to tell your boss
that you are compromised.

I sent an operative to your hotel room
with $10,000.

You accepted a bribe.

Nice try.

But A, didn't happen.
And B, they won't believe you.

So just PNG me.

That process is very deliberate
and very lengthy.

[Lester] Here we go.

[Amelia] So...

Who are we calling about you?

- I don't know what you mean.
- Yes, you do.

Who's your handler at NIS?

Although, we both know
they're gonna deny knowing you.

Hell, they couldn't even be bothered
to make you official.

They're definitely not gonna claim you
now that you've been caught.

Where are we?

Limbo.

You ever heard of Yuri Nosenko?

No.

KGB agent who defected to the US
in the 1960s.

But we weren't sure about him.
We didn't know what we didn't know.

So we kept him here on the Farm,
in this very room,

for three years.

No one knew we had him.

Look.

I know from Hannah

that you were dumb enough
to get leveraged by Korean intelligence

to commit espionage on US soil,
without cover.

Which means,
we can literally k*ll you for treason.

Or keep you locked up in here
until your colon falls out.

So if I were you, I'd start talking.

[hesitates silently]

What happens if I tell you the truth?

[Amelia] Depends on what you know.

But I guarantee you, you'll be
happier than if you keep quiet.

[breathes anxiously]

[sighs]

Okay.

Okay, I'll talk.

Smart man.

[knocking on door]

[Jae] Things were not
supposed to be like this.

[Amelia] Now tell me, and do not lie.

[Jae] I was just out clubbing,

spending Daddy's money...

One of my sources inside Seoul PD
just sent me this.

[Jae] I liked them.

f*ck. Thanks.

[Jae] Yes.

- [Amelia] I wanna know...
- [Owen] What?

- ...who recruited you, and...
- f*ck.

[ominous music plays]

We have to warn Jang Kyun.

[ominous music continues]

[tense, dramatic music playing]

[indistinct chatter in Korean]

[tense music continues]

Just P-f*cking-N-f*cking-G me.

[knocking on door]

[tense music intensifies]

[ominous sting]

Oh boy.

[chatter over security radio]

[in Korean] Put out an alert.
Lock the building down!

[ringing]

[ringing]

[cell phone ringing]

I'm sorry. I need to answer that.

- Hello?
- [Owen in English] You're burned.

Get the f*ck out of there now.

[indistinct chattering]

- [alarm blaring]
- [people gasp]

[music swells]

[alarm blaring]

[Grace in Korean] Stop him! Stop him!

[grunts]

[indistinct chatter]

[alarm continues]

[beeping]

[tactical team chatters]

[car engine revs]

[tires screech]

[alarm continues]

[indistinct chatter]

[tires screech]

[engine revs]

- [heavy clang]
- [music ends]

[elevator dings]

Yo. Hey.

He's out. He sent us a location pin
for us to meet him.

All right. That's good.
But we got a new problem.

One of the red tags
I put in place got tripped.

Dodge, Dawn,
they just flew into Incheon Airport

under non-Agency-listed cover IDs.

There's only one reason for them
to come here under clean covers.

- Yeah, to k*ll us.
- What are we gonna do?

- k*ll them first.
- Right. [chuckles]

Are you serious?

What kind of inventory can you get us?

Everything short of guided missiles.

We can pick up
two tactical packages right now.

Anything heavier will take a day or so.

- [engine revs]
- [crash]

[tires screeching]

You've gotta be kidding me.

Hands where I can see 'em!

Down.

[Dawn] Whoa, whoa, Lester.
You got this all wrong.

- Director West sent us as a backstop.
- [Owen] Bullshit.

We know that you're here to take us out.

So we're gonna take a nice little ride
and discuss what happens next.

Go!

Come on, Dawn.

- Get out!
- [Lester] It's easy, Dodge. Out the car.

- h*-h*!
- [Owen] Out the back. That way.

[Lester] Y'all f*cked with the wrong
one. Welcome to Korea. Here we go.

- [Owen] Come on.
- Gonna see some K-pop, eat some barbecue.

Let's roll. Come on. Up to the Kia.

For what it's worth,
I'm sorry this happened to you.

Thanks.

You know, the whole time Jae was bitching
about getting roped into becoming a spy,

I was just thinking,
"What a dumbass rich kid."

But now, I can totally see
how that can happen.

- [chuckles]
- [Hannah] Wait.

You're not gonna try to recruit me to do
some f*cked-up sh*t for the CIA, are you?

No, that's a different department.

But if I can piggyback
off what Owen told you earlier,

forget about today and forget about him,
for real this time.

Yeah, that's what I was trying to do.

Yeah. He's hard to quit.

I'm clearly not immune to his charms.

How else do you explain

I've become the unwitting third
in your dysfunctional pairing?

You used me to save him.
He used me to save you.

But after this, I'm done.
And you should be too.

Because you seem
like an all-around decent person,

I'm saying this
in the nicest way possible.

Lose my number.

[Dawn] Come on, Kitchens.
You're not this guy.

[Lester] I'm not? You must have forgot.

But when you sent that hit man
to slit my throat in Warsaw,

you really hurt a guy's feelings.

I get it.

But the Boy Scout
is not gonna let you dump us like this.

He's still got a moral compass.

[Owen] Yeah, she's right. I do.

I think I left it in the car though.
I'm gonna go look for it.

[Dodge] Wait!

You can't just k*ll us
and get away with it.



Agency thinks
y'all are rubber-roomed in Mauritius.

Ain't nobody gonna look for your bodies

at the bottom of a gorge
in Chungbuk Province.

Lester's right. You guys came
to Korea under false papers.

Undeclared.

- Expendable.
- Okay! Okay.

I recognize the power dynamic here.

So let's make a deal.
There's always a deal to make.

There's no more
f*cking power dynamics, Dawn.

There's no deal to be made.

You tried to k*ll us,
and now you're out of options.

You don't have anything we want.

[Owen sighs]

[Lester] Bye, Dawn.

[tense music building]

[vehicle approaching]

- [brakes squeal]
- [gravel crunching]

What's going on? Who are they?

Agency peeps that tried to k*ll us.
Came to Korea to finish the job.

So they have operational expertise?

No. No, these are not the kind of people
you want to help us.

Well, my walls just came
crashing down on me, and we need help.

And we're not in a situation to be picky.
So park them in darkness, and let's talk.

Told you.

There's always a deal to be made.

You got nine lives.

Did you actually think you could get
away with recruiting one of my men?

[West] Oh, that is not what happened.

Your man, uh, Jang Kyun Kim,
is graymailing the Agency.

If that is true, why didn't
you bring it to our attention?

We didn't know enough. You could
have been using him as a dangle.

You know? See if we would bite.

Then you could accuse us
of violating our liaison relationship.

[director] That's ridiculous.

We value our relationship with the CIA
too much to play those kind of games.

What secrets is he
threatening to expose?

Oh, okay, so now you're gonna try
to use him to elicit our secrets?

No, we are simply trying
to get up to speed on an operation

that you have been conducting covertly
in our country.

Respectfully, we're not prepared
to get into informational details

at this moment.

Are you ready to discuss
the goal of his alleged graymail?

What is he demanding of your agency

in exchange for keeping your secrets?

Again, we're not prepared
to go into those details at the moment.

Unacceptable.

You need to immediately
bring your personnel in

and turn over my officer to the NIS.

We both know
that's not as easy as it sounds.

[director] You act like this is a game.

It is not a game,
and I'm putting you on formal notice.

Do not conduct
any further operations here,

or we will cut off
all intelligence sharing.

[tense music playing]

I don't see the need
for things to escalate to that level.

You have two hours
to read us in on your operation

and turn over Officer Kim.

Two hours is not enough.

We're still tinkering with programmatics.
It's gonna take at least 12.

- [card reader trills]
- You have six.

[tense music continues]

[West] Director Choi,
I am being called away.

I'm gonna have my General Counsel
contact your GC.

They can continue this conversation
once we've disencumbered the analytics.

Always a pleasure.

- [phone beeps]
- Where the hell are you?

Gone to ground, sir,
until we discuss our next moves.

There are no next moves,

because you turned a delicate situation
into Caligula's after-party.

There have been setbacks, yes,

but need I remind you
that if we stand down now,

our graymailer will launch

two decades' worth of Agency secrets
into the light.

Now, I was sent here
to make sure that didn't happen,

and the good news
is I can still see a path to victory.

No, don't you... Don't
sell me, Hendricks.

Your only goal is to save your own a*s.

What possible path could still
be open to you at this moment?

We've already activated a high-value
asset to do reconnaissance in Vladivostok,

where we know
the graymailer's wife is being held.

Now, as soon as we know
what door she's behind,

we can kick it down and get her out.

And you want tactical support?

You want me to green-light
a covert mission into Russia?

Are you presently high right now?

No, sir. I don't need
operational support.

I already have a tactical team in place
led by Dawn Gilbane.

Yeah, well,
Gilbane is making paperclip art

off the coast of South Africa.

Negative. She's here, sir.

She's what? Why the
f*ck is she in Korea?

Don't answer that.

The director does not want to know.

Look, sirs, let's be honest.

I volunteered for an impossible mission,
and it has gone wrong in so many ways.

And yet... I can still
see the finish line.

Now, in order to cross it successfully,

I am going to need certain assurances.

You're in no position
to leverage us, Mr. Hendricks.

You're wrong, sir,

because even a 1% chance at success
is worth something.

Hell, you'd give your left nut

for a 1% chance
at avoiding months of Senate hearings

and CNN coverage
of the secret CIA cryptocurrency alone.

What's the ask?

In exchange for completing
a successful rescue mission

and neutralizing the graymail threat...

I need you to make Lester Kitchens
Moscow Station Chief.

He's taken on great personal
and professional risk

because I dragged him into this,

and he deserves to be rewarded
if we pull it off.

[West scoffs]

Well, so long as
I am being fairy godmother,

what is it that you want?

I just want my life back.

[soft, somber music playing]

I wanna leave the CIA
without CEG on my case

and without the Agency trying
to tarnish my reputation.

[West] Hang on.

[suspenseful music playing]

[card reader trills]

[door closes]

What happens if you fail?

Then the Company denies me.

I went rogue.

You and I never met.

- Get it done.
- [phone beeps]

[disconnect tone]

[somber music resumes]

I can't believe
you gave him the green light.

The minute they touch ground
in Vladivostok...

- It's not gonna get that far.
- [tense music playing]

We found the graymailer's
dead man's switch.

Or rather, the
mechanism that triggers it.

Hendricks sent us some photos
of the graymailer's apartment.

When my guys saw
these, they got curious.

Those images lead back
to a social media site

that specializes in rope art,

but the sequencing of the posts
are a code.

Once the eggheads crack it, they
can shut it off, disable the threat,

and that will end
our graymail problem permanently.

And if our graymail problem happens
to be standing next to one of my guys

when judgment day comes calling?

Do you really want me to answer that?

[tense music builds]

No.

[music swells, fades]

All right. We got a deal.
Now we need a plan. Cut 'em loose.

- That's a bad idea.
- Says the new head of Moscow Station.

- The f*ck you talking about?
- Simple as that.

We pull this off, job is yours.
Now cut 'em loose. Jang Kyun is right.

We need them.

[knife flicks]

[Owen] All right.

Good news is there's a deal to be made.

But you will not be able
to negotiate the terms.

You will either say yes... or no.

And if you say no, you'll learn
what falling to your death feels like.

I can deal with that.

Yeah.

My wife was abducted by the Yakuza,

and she's being held hostage
in Vladivostok.

We have an asset inbound
to find out where.

Your job is to put together
a freelance team to go and rescue her.

We should've just left them alone.

They'd have gotten k*lled without us.

Very funny.
Can you put a team together or not?

There are guys I can call,
but they're not gonna do it for free.

Great. I got a briefcase full of cash.

Enough to get this done
and more in success.

Okay... but until I know
where they're holding this chick,

I'm not gonna have a
scope of the mission.

We'll have initial recon
in about six hours.

We won't last six hours in-country,
not with the NIS hunting for us.

We have to get out of Korea right now.

That's a tall order.

NIS is gonna be
watching all the airports.

You guys don't happen to have
a local source for a boat, do you?

RPGs, yes. Boat... no.

I know someone with a boat.

Hey, nice bike.

- Owen.
- [chuckles]

Hi.

I was starting to worry
I wouldn't see you again.

- I mean...
- [chuckles]

I'm heading into work right now,
but I can call in sick.

No. No, there's no need.
I... I can't really stay long.

And actually, I, um...
I'm here to ask you a huge favor.

Technically, it's a
business transaction.

Here. Here.

I need to borrow your father's boat.

I'm not really sure for how long,
but, um... I need it right now.

What?

- This is a lot of money.
- I know. It's like 60 or 70K.

I mean, it's all I could fit
in my pockets.

I don't understand.

The case that I was working
has gone sideways,

and NIS are hunting me and my friends.

I wouldn't ask you
to do any of this, but I...

There is a woman
whose life is on the line.

Her husband, he's... he's the guy
that jumped me at... at your bar.

Look, after spending my very short
career making all the wrong decisions

for all the wrong reasons,
I finally have a chance

to fix a broken love story,
and I have to see it through. I... I...

[soft, poignant music playing]

I'm sorry.

I've made a mistake.
I shouldn't be here.

I have no right
to ask you for any of this.

And I definitely don't have a right
to involve you in any of my drama.

No. No, it's okay.

It's not okay. [scoffs]

This is what I do. Right?
I jump into the deep end, and then I...

I justify pulling other people in
so that they can help me get out.

I'm a grown-up, Owen, with free will.

If I wanna help you, I'll help you.
If I don't, I'll tell you to f*ck off.

As long as you're straight with me,
my choices are my own.

I've been miserable the last few years.

Bored, lost, alone. [scoffs]

And then you appeared,
and I felt alive again.

And... now you're just gonna
disappear forever?

You can have the boat.

But I wanna come.

- [sputters, sighs]
- [Yoo Jin] I need an adventure.

I appreciate that.

Okay? I really do.

But this will not be an adventure, and
I... I am not the answer to your boredom.

I am the bad decision you make that ends
with a face tattoo or a prison sentence.

- Those are the terms.
- [sirens wail]

- Take them or leave them.
- [sirens approach]

Uh... I need to borrow your bike.

- Is that "yes"?
- [Owen] No, it's not.

[tires screech]

f*ck!

- Yes! Yes!
- [tense music plays]

Come on! Come on!

- [kick-starts]
- [Yoo Jin] Do you know how to ride?

- Kind of.
- [revs]

[motorbike stalls, sputters]

[music halts]

- sh*t.
- [sirens wailing]

- [tires screech]
- [dramatic music playing]

We gotta run.

No, we need the bike.
We're never gonna get away on foot.

[motorbike sputters]

- [sputters]
- [policemen shout in Korean]

[in English] f*ck.

[motor starts, revs]

["Youth Without Youth"
by Galaxy Express playing]

- [Grace yelps]
- [motorbike revs]

[sirens wailing]

[tires screech]

♪ Youth without youth! ♪

[man 1 yells]

[people shout]

- [music continues]
- [lyrics in Korean]

[people clamor]

[men shouting angrily]

[Owen in English] Look out! Sorry!

Get out of the way!

[sirens wailing]

Look out! Hey!

[panicked clamoring]

♪ Youth without youth! ♪

♪ Youth without youth! ♪

- [man 2 gasps]
- [man 3] Whoa! Oh!

[Owen] I'm sorry!

[man 4 murmurs, shouts]

- [Owen] Sorry! Out of the way!
- [woman shouts]

[siren wails]

- [grunts] sh*t!
- [Yoo Jin] Hurry up!

[Owen] I'm working on it. [grunts]

[overlapping indistinct shouting]

- [tires screech]
- [vendors shout]

Hey! Stop!

[people shout]

[engine revs]

[Owen] Watch out!

[grunts]

[sirens wailing]

[tense, dramatic music playing]

What do you have in your bag?

What? Why?

We need to slow him down.

Uh... just a water bottle.

Throw it!

[policeman grunts]

- [groans]
- [siren fades]

[people scream]

- [Yoo Jin] Whoo!
- [Owen] Hoo!

[tires screech]

[gulls calling]

All right. I would introduce you,
but everybody's using cover names.

And to be completely honest with you,
I can't keep 'em straight.

So... this is Big Man,
and that is J-Dog.

Yeah. We're not doing that.

I'm Yoo Jin.
We can figure out the name thing later.

First, I need to know
who knows their way around a boat,

because we don't have a crew.

["My Time Is Now"
by Future Royalty playing]

♪ Oh yeah! ♪

♪ Oh yeah! ♪

[Jang Kyun] I know a little
about sailboats.

And I'm more of an aircraft carrier guy,
but I'm a quick learner.

- [Yoo Jin] Good.
- ♪ Baby, I'm reckless... ♪

[Yoo Jin] Let's get moving.
We need to get out into the open water.

♪ When you think you've reached the end
I come down... ♪

I didn't know she was coming.

♪ Leaving you breathless... ♪

[Owen] Had a little bit
of a run-in with NIS.

♪ Fallin' fast ♪

- ♪ Like heavy rain... ♪
- It was a crack-sh*t situation.

♪ ...alive again, you drown... ♪

Plus... she wouldn't let us have the
boat unless she could come with, so...

[Lester] How much did you pay her?

- About 60K.
- All right.

You do know that when you take
a stack of cash out of that briefcase,

another one doesn't just
grow back in its place?

Yes, I'm not an idiot.

But by the time our bill is due, we're
all either gonna be dead or heroes.

So either way...
money's not gonna matter.

Get your hands off me.

♪ My time is now ♪

♪ Oh yeah! ♪

♪ Step aside, my time is now ♪

♪ Oh yeah! ♪

♪ Step aside, my time is now... ♪

Let's go get your wife back.

[music lifts]

♪ So catch me if you can, man ♪

♪ I'm never slowing down ♪

♪ They call me royalty 'cause ♪

♪ I'm born to wear the crown ♪

♪ Chasing after midnight ♪

♪ You can hear me howl ♪

♪ I let you have your moment ♪

♪ Step aside, my time is now ♪

[music ends]

[dramatic electronic music playing]

[music fades out]