03x07 - Kiss the Girls

[bunniefuu]

♪ Tense, dramatic music ♪

When a diplomatic visa's
canceled, the revocation

is immediate. That's
a one-way ride to the airport.

What does it mean for us?

-It means you get to go home.
-Really?

Everybody that wanted to hurt me
is being loaded on that bus.

Russian contract agents took
your senior case officer

just outside her house
Monday morning.

-[Oleksandra] Last Monday?
-[Kyle] Today is day six.

[Oleksandra]
Kleburg County Regional has

a 6,000-foot runway.

Only a Global 8000 has
that kind of range.

-You might be out of time.
-[sighs]

[Kyle] Oh, you're
loaded full. [chuckles]

Where you really going?

[Grady] Brother, I am getting
f*cking flanked out here.

♪ Dramatic music ♪

Go left.

Hands up, m*therf*cker!

[g*nshots continue]

♪ Menacing music ♪

[Renat]
Your problem now.

[gasps]

[grunts loudly]

[Babat] I am here
to take you to your death.

[screams]

[whimpering]

I understand.

Look, can we just...

They're probably waiting, too.

Should I find another room?

[scoffs] I think we're
way past secrets on this one.

♪ Quiet, dramatic music ♪

I can't answer that question.
I can't answer that without...

I know what you're asking for,

but I'm gonna need
a lot more than that before...

[Westfield] Give me your best
assessment of what they do nex.

What's their pivot?

[Meade] Best guess is
to try to move her

into Mexico, something small

that stays below 8,000, King Air,

Conquest, Piper Cheyenne,
something like that.

They're gonna want a private
airstrip now, no more airports.

That means taking her west.

We're monitoring
private strips in the area,

from Victoria to Goliad,
to Kenedy to Cuero.

They'll need her
out of this theater,

but they're
gonna avoid interstates,

large urban areas
like San Antonio.

DEA and HSI have everything

to the south locked up.
It is their only real option.

They can try
to hold her in place,

but by now, they know we're onto
their network of safe houses.

They won't trust
any existing out.

They'll want to build a new one.

And we think they're gonna
want to build it on the move.

They're ready for you.

Thank you.

Sure would be helpful
if you were here.

They are scrambling.

Joe will make her move,

and when she does,
I am her lifeline.

If she gets access to a phone,
I am her only hope.

I can't risk coming in and
having my phone in a strongbox.

I just can't do it.

Okay. If you need
to reach me, I'm in the SCIF.

Listen, if we catch a break,
I'm asking for forgiveness.

There will be
no time for permission.

-I send 'em.
-Don't make a mess

of some Houston street, Kaitlyn.

If we get a window,
I make no promises.

Retrieving her
should be zero-sum.

It is.

♪

[typing on keypad]

[indistinct chatter]

[exhales sharply]

Thank you.

What's the situation, Byron?

Situation's fluid, sir.

[Mason]
But that was

their plane?

-Correct.
-With intentions

of taking her where?

We don't know.

That plane's
fuel load was at capacity,

giving them an almost


That puts them in Tehran.

Or they refuel in Tunis,
Algiers, Tripoli,

continue on to Sanaa in Yemen,

Doha in Qatar. Moscow.

-Anywhere.
-But now?

Well, now, they must pivot.

Twin prop into Mexico
with cartel assistance.

They'll probably use a private
airstrip in a rural area,

possibly on a ranch
or a cartel-controlled property,

but that involves
moving her by vehicle

a couple hundred miles.

Texas DPS,

Rangers, HSI, DEA,
FBI and local sheriff's office,

everyone is on alert
for late-model SUVs

and vans with
out-of-state plates,

rental vehicle registration,

plates that match
the vehicle but not the VIN.

There's plate readers at almost
every intersection in Texas

and throughout
their highway system.

NSA is monitoring as well.

What are
the odds of apprehension?

It's a needle in a haystack, sir.

But the haystack is smaller,

and we have the means
to inspect every blade,

so to speak.

I'd say
we have a 30 to 50% chance

of intercepting her en route.

[Hollar]
If you do,

what are the chances that our
interception is met with force?

Based on the incident
at the airport, I would say

the chances of that are 100%.

I mean,
that flight crew chose to engage

federal officers
over surrendering.

I mean, even if
they had been successful,

even if they'd
k*lled our officers,

they knew that that plane
would be intercepted

in the air. Upon discovery,

the decision to die
for this mission had been made,

or made long before
the mission was even initiated.

Which means this is
not a Russian operation.

This was ideologically motivated.

So terrorism.

For lack of a better word, yeah.

Then who?

Why?

[Westfield]
It's purely speculation,

but the best we can
piece it together is that

this is retribution
for the operation in Iran.

In Iran?

The operation to remove
the nuclear scientists

that were
brought into that region.

And they somehow identified her?

[Westfield]
Or...

they received information
from a mole within

our organization.

Or NSA. Or State.

We don't know.

But finding that leak
needs to be next on the list.

For now,
our focus needs to remain

on retrieving our officer.

Right.

♪ Dramatic, haunting music ♪

♪

♪ Tense, dramatic music ♪

[indistinct police radio chatter]

[FBI agent] We're gonna
need your team at Justice.

We gotta properly document
these statements.

Yeah, well, that
ain't f*cking happening.

Kyle, it's not an option.

Wasn't the mission.

Our mission is retrieving
our case officer,

and that mission is ongoing.

We're getting back in the fight.

We'll deal with these debriefs
when we get her back.

My orders are debrief now.

Are you out of your f*cking mind?

Grab the vehicle.

♪

Look, I'm not
some f*cking street cop.

My night ain't over
when I get in a gunfight.

It's just beginning.

And I highly doubt this is
the last gunfight of the night.

[tires screech softly]

♪

♪

[indistinct radio chatter]

Run your NODs.

Nah. City lights f*ck with 'em.

[officer]
Dispatch, this is Alpha-524.

Need 10-29 on Texas plate Lima,

five, five, niner, three, Alph.

[dispatcher] Registered to
a Nancy Martinez, DOB 03-22-82.

No priors, no outstanding.

[officer]
Copy, no priors. No out stand in.

g*dd*mn it. Give us something.

♪ Tense music ♪

[conversing in Farsi]

Dispatch, this is Bravo-336.

I need a 10-29
on a suspicious vehicle.

Black minivan. Toyota.

Model unknown, year unknown.

Wisconsin plate
Zebra, Alpha, Alpha,

two, two, zero, niner.

Wisconsin plates in Texas.

That's a rental.

[dispatcher]
Bravo-336.

Vehicle is registered
to a Cirra Auto Sales, LLC,



Baytown, Texas.
Be advised, active warrants

for Renaldo Menendez,
listed on LLC.

Armed robbery, one count.

Grand theft auto, three counts.

Light him up.

[men arguing in Farsi]

Hey, you. Up. Up!

[man speaks Farsi]

[Joe grunting]

Hey.

One sound, one move...

and you're dead.

♪ Tense music ♪

[Paul]
You see that?

SUV in front pulled over, too.

-Yep.
-[sighs]

Dispatch,
when we pulled over suspect,

a lead vehicle
pulled over as well.

A black SUV. Late model.

I can't read plates.
Request assistance.



-You hearing this?
-Uh-huh.

[dispatcher] Copy, 336.
Stand by for additional units.

What do you think?

I think it's worth checking out.

Yeah.

♪ Dramatic music ♪

-Yeah, Bobbo, that's our girl.
-Let's go, go, go!

We are six miles
from that location.

♪

[distant siren approaching]

♪

[g*ns c*ck]

[siren stops]

[man speaks Farsi]

Minivan ran a red light.

License plate
came back to a known felon,

warrants for
armed robbery and grand theft.

We pull him over,

and this SUV ahead of him
pulls over as well.

-Interesting.
-Yeah.

So, you want us with you
on the minivan or the SUV?

Let's start with the minivan.

Let's do it.

[Babat speaks Farsi]

You make the slightest sound,

we k*ll them
and then I f*cking k*ll you.

[breathes shakily]

♪ Tense music ♪

[breathes shakily]

Evening.

License and registration?

[Joe grunts, screams]

[Joe grunting]

[horn blaring]

Shots fired, shots fired!
Officer down, officer down!

♪ Intense, dramatic music ♪

Shots fired! Shots fired!

[panting]

[g*nshots]

♪

♪

[panting]

[g*nshots]

♪

Reloading.

That's a lot of open ground.

You break left, I go right.

Move.

♪

[shouts]

♪

[hammer clicks]

Bring that in!

♪ Dramatic music ♪

-I'm on the prize.
-We're going to get Joe.

[Tex]
sh*t.

♪

-Don't look very Russian to me.
-Uh-uh.

Man, I'm so far past
trying to figure out

what the f*ck this was.

What was
the scene like over there?

Bunch of PD down.

Think one of 'em made it through.

Pull them badges out, his
buddies are gonna come in hot.

Yeah, that's no bullshit.

And hey, listen, listen,
hold them r*fles out

by the barrels, okay?
Or just f*cking dump 'em.

I ain't dumping sh*t.

Think about that.

I did.

♪

[distant sirens approaching]

You're okay.

-Are you okay?
-I'm okay.

Tell me,
tell me when they're coming.

I don't want them
to see me like this.

-No, no. Nobody's coming, Boss.
-I don't want anybody...

-Hey. Nobody's coming. Okay?
-[sobbing]

♪

[panting]

I guess I owe you now.

You don't owe me nothing.

Thank... [sighs] Thank you.

♪

Don't let my girlfriend see this.

[chuckles]

-Come on.
-[groans]

[Bobby]
We got you.

[Cruz]
Come on.

[Joe grunts]

[Cruz]
Okay.

Ah, sh*t.
Looks like you're down a toe.

Yeah, those f*ck.

-That's why we got ten of 'em.
-[sirens approaching]

I don't think
that's why we get ten.

[indistinct radio chatter]

[commander]
Put your weapons down!

Take five steps back,

turn around,

then drop to your knees and
put your hands over your head!

FBI!

Those are our guys in the field.

We don't know who anybody is.

I got three down here.

That ain't the enemy.

That's the f*cking cavalry.
Give me that thing.

That's HRT in the field.

The bird is HRT.

Team, you're clear to come in.

Don't f*cking sh**t us!

You're clear.

We got her?

Yeah.

They're getting her on the bird.
[exhales]

f*cking got her.

♪ Dramatic music ♪

[groans]

You live to fight another day.

♪

[sniffles] Those guys
saved my f*cking life, man.

-[vehicle door closes]
-[sniffles]

f*cking guardian angels, man.

[engine starts]

♪

[panting]

We're up.

♪

g*dd*mn.

[crying]

♪

[softly]
Okay.

Good.

[sighs]

Everything work out?

[sighs]

[phone clatters]

Yeah, seems like it.

The rest gonna make it
on the news?

Some version of it will
make it on the news. [scoffs]

Not the truth.

When does the truth
ever make the news?

I know we have a rule, you and I,

that, uh, we never
share direct information,

but I think this warrants
a suspension of that rule.

Okay.

Our firm was tasked with,
um, factoring

all known integers
of this equation,

with the hopes of seeking the
most likely responsible party.

f*cking State Department
and their outside analysis.

And they wonder

why we can't
keep anything secret.

No offense.

We only peddle the secrets
we're instructed to peddle

by the very people who made
the secret in the first place.

Oh, I'm aware.

In any event,

none of this follows
any forward action policy

of China...

or Russia.

Not even Iran would,

with its total lack
of political foresight,

endeavor to pursue
anything this aggressive.

The risk-reward ratio

is upside down on this thing.

Well, on that,
we're in total agreement.

So, who does that leave?

Factions of !sis, Al-Qaeda, uh...

possibly cartels?

Although Russian
contractors are... off-brand.

Uh, Joe...

Joe was working in Afghanistan

and she wreaked
a lot of havoc, so...

But do they have
the wherewithal to fund

and execute
something of this scale?

They certainly have
enough agents in-country.

They have enough
sleeper cells in-country.

Zealots willing
to blow up a shopping mall,

take flying lessons but not,

not operators, not trade craft,

at this level anyway.

♪ Quiet, dramatic music ♪

Who?

Well, who might it
indirectly benefit?

Who stands to gain
if the United States

were to strike
deeply into Iran or Syria...

even Russia?

For that matter, China.

Who benefits from that?

Ukraine.

Israel.

European Union gets
a lot of their dirty work done

without any effort.

If that were the case,
how would it be possible

without someone from inside
guiding or misdirecting?

A mole.

Have you flipped any...

foreign agents recently?

Anyone offered themselves up?

Provided valuable intel
that checked out?

Was quite a coup for the agency
a couple of months ago.

Biggest espionage sting
since Abscam.

Where did
that information come from?

♪

Ukraine benefits the most.

They have the intelligence,
infrastructure,

they have the resources,

and we keep giving them money.

-With no oversight.
-With no oversight.

How long before
you release the report?

Would it benefit you
if we drug our feet on that?

It would benefit me

if you came up with
a different conclusion.

Let me work on that.

I'm taking a bath.

Goodnight, dear.

♪

[gasps] Ow, ow.

I don't doubt it.

I meant, "Ow, stop pinching it."

-f*ck, Two Cups.
-Sorry, ma'am.

I got to get it clean here.

It's clean.
It's f*cking clean, okay?

Yeah, okay, yeah.

The med crew

is gonna meet us at Andrews.

And then we're gonna

take you straight
to surgery at Walter Reed.

-No.
-Yes, Joe.

No. I'm going home.

I'm gonna see my family.

The toe's gone.

Can't get any worse.

No, not until gangrene sets in,

and they're amputating
your leg at the knee.

Your family's waited this long,

they can wait another day.

That's what's gonna happen.

Hey.

Yeah?

How much Provigil did you take?

Just two.

Two?

Well, that's what Tucker took.

Tucker weighs 200 and f*cking

-80 pounds.
-You know, ma'am,

there's-there's lots of
reasons you can lose a gunfight.

I ain't letting
"tired" be one of them.

Fair enough.

[Joe sighs]

[exhales]

I see our Ken Doll made the trip.

Your Ken Doll ran the trip.

I mean, he found your out

and ruined it.

And I mean, he showed
no mercy on the way.

Say what you want about him,

but he went to w*r for you.

Really?

He's the reason we found you.

Hey.

You want a drink?

What are we having?

Ah. [chuckles]

I've got shitty vodka
or shitty whiskey.

-Shitty whiskey.
-Shitty whiskey it is.

[sighs]

[whispering] I got to be
honest with you, Joe.

I didn't think
we were gonna find you.

I didn't think
I was gonna be found.

Nah.

Nah.

We were gonna find you.

No matter what.

You don't have kids, do you?

None I've met.

Well, if you ever claim one...

your next battle will be
to live life for your causes...

or live it for theirs.

I wonder if you can fathom
all the quandaries

that contradiction creates.

Well, I don't know
what "fathom" means. [chuckles]

Of all the f*cking people
to stay awake with.

-Hey, you want to play cards?
-No.

I need to sleep.

God, I am wide awake.

Well, that sounds like
a personal problem, Two Cups.

One you should keep to yourself.

Yes, ma'am.

Being quiet.

I won't make a sound.

Stop talking.

[whispers]
Yes, ma'am.

[sighs]

Girls, let's go.

There you go.

Is this granola?

Uh, looks kind of
like oatmeal, sort of.

Actually,
you're both right. It's muesli.

Yeah, Dad, you've got to stop
going to Whole Foods without me.

-[chuckles]
-[doorbell rings]

Stay here.

We found her.

We found her, she is safe,
she's in good health.

[sighs]

What did you tell the girls?

I didn't tell the girls sh*t.

I lied to 'em.

I said she had a work emergency.

What would I tell them that
would make any sense, Kaitlyn?

Now you can tell them
that she's coming home.

When?

This afternoon, most likely.

I need you to do me a favor

and get her out of the field.

I can't do it anymore, and
I won't allow our children to...

I can't discuss this
with you. I can't.

But I can tell you

there is a desk in her future.

[chuckles softly]
I can promise you that.

That's all I ask for.

[Kate]
Dad?

♪ Low, dissonant music ♪

Hi, Kate.

What happened?

Well, I came by
to talk to your mother,

but she's not back yet.

Oh, here it is.
"Flight delayed, should be back

by three."

- So, great. So, she should
- [Neal] Okay. All right.

Be back by three. Will you
get her to call me then?

Yeah.

[Kate] Yeah,
I don't know, it's just weird

'cause, uh, usually Mom texts me
before she comes home.

International flight.

No Wi-Fi over the Atlantic.

You are so grown up, Kate.

My goodness.

What's that look for?

Nothing. Nothing, I just,
I guess everyone thinks

I'm some kind of f*cking idiot.

You stay up all night
in the living room,

Mom leaves without saying
goodbye for a week, Dad.

For a week, something
she has never done!

What is happening?

Dad, where is she?

What aren't you telling us?
Why are you lying?

Because I don't f*cking know.

I don't know, but I know
that she's coming home today.

I'll believe it when I see it.

[door upstairs slams]

You okay?

[crying]

Hey...

[sighs]

♪ Dramatic music ♪

How is she?

She's out of surgery.
She's awake, she's alert.

She's pretty pissed off.

Understandable.

I share the sentiment.

-Yeah.
-[sighs]

-[knock on door]
-[Mullins] Yes.

Morning, sir.

Come in. Have a seat.

Help yourself to coffee.

Doubt either of you had
any sleep last night.

[Meade]
Byron?

I'm good, thank you.

[Mullins]
So...

lot of speculation
in the news about

what the hell this was.

We would like
to continue the narrative

that this was a joint operation
between FBI and DEA

that halted
a smuggling operation.

We talking narcotics,
or we talking people?

If we say people,
we have to produce the people,

so narcotics is cleaner.

And then, if we need photographs
of seized material,

DEA can repurpose
seized narcotics,

we can photograph that,
add it to the press release.

Narcotics isn't very sexy
in the eyes of the press.

We don't expect
the story to have any legs.

What about local PD?

They willing to swallow that?
They lost three

-of their own.
-We have explained

the national security
element to this case,

and the 552[3] exemption

to the Freedom
of Information Act allows us

to freeze all police reports,
local, state and federal.

All agencies understand
and are complying.

Okay.

Next, who's behind this?

Any idea?

Well, what
we have is speculation,

and, yes, the evidence

to support our theory
is circumstantial,

but it's pretty
damning nonetheless.

We believe that
the double agent who brought us

the Yurimov operation and
orchestrated intelligence raids

against foreign assets here

was playing a much longer game.

We believe
that ultimately her goal

was a CIA senior case officer
abduction

or something that would elicit
military response

against Russia,
possibly even Iran,

with the intent

of further pressuring Russia

into a ceasefire with Ukraine.

You think this is
a Ukrainian operation?

Ukraine is the only nation
that stands to benefit

if the operation is successful

but bears no burden if it fails.

This Ukrainian agent,
what's her name?

Oleksandra Balakin.

She gives us
all this information,

she gives us Yurimov,

she gives us the entire Russian
network of intelligence officers

and their American assets

with the real purpose
of manufacturing

a retaliatory event with the goal

of an escalated response from us.

Why?

To what end?

I think, ultimately,
to pull us into the w*r.

Whether that'd be
through direct action

or additional funding
and supplies.

Didn't this Balakin

supply information
that led to the rescue

-of our officer?
-She supplied

information that put us
in the general region.

We don't think
they believed we would act

as quickly as we did.

They needed a trail of evidence
that proved to be accurate.

But they underestimated
our resources,

our ability to coordinate

with other agencies,
and they vastly

underestimated
our surveillance infrastructure.

This is your best guess,
not fact. Correct?

It's our best theory,

but, no, we do not have
direct evidence

tying Ukrainian intelligence
to the operation.

Hmm.

So...

what do I

do with this information?

Where do I move the chess piece?

What is the chess piece?

Sir, it's also important

to point out that
while we concur, we did not

come to this conclusion
on our own.

State Department hired
a think tank.

They analyzed
the data surrounding

this event, and what
we're presenting to you

is their conclusion.

Once the findings are released,
they will become available

to the Senate
Foreign Affairs Committee

and the-the House
Foreign Relations Committee...

What will the reaction
of Congress be?

What will be the reaction

of the press once this is leaked?

And it most certainly
will be leaked.

What corner does
that force POTUS into, then?

Well, Congress and the press

will call to cease funding
the w*r in Ukraine.

And then what happens, sir?

Ukraine falls to Russia
in a matter of weeks.

And the Russian Navy has
access to the Mediterranean

through the Bosphorus Straits,
the Turkish Straits,

and the Sea of Marmara.

Well, we don't want that.

No, sir.

So...

what we have to do first

is k*ll the report.

We don't k*ll the report?

We k*ll the foundation
the report was built on, sir.

The double agent.

As a foreign agent,

we are authorized
under AUMF and LOAC,

and the imminent threat
that she poses allows

exemption
to Executive Order 12333.

Under these circumstances,
our agency

has the authority to order it
without POTUS approval.

What else?

Russia still has no knowledge
we're holding Yurimov, correct?

Well, POTUS has decided
that's a chip he wants to keep.

We say to give him back, sir.

[Meade]
Yurimov is

an extreme threat
to the Ukraine, yes,

but we have no evidence, nothing

that he ever took action,
direct or indirect,

against the United States.

[Westfield] No need
to disclose how we got him.

Yurimov will surely explain that
upon his release,

but the very act
of giving him back

without asking
for a trade in return

has its own leverage in Moscow,

especially
after what's transpired

these past few months.

Relations need to thaw.

This will certainly help.

It's a lot to think about.

Yes, sir, it is.

Well, thank you for coming in.

Thank you, sir.

Sir?

Yes?

Sooner the better
on the Ukrainian agent.

DOJ will most likely move her
now that we made contact.

Well, forgive me
for taking some time

to consider authorizing
the m*rder of this woman, Byron.

It's not m*rder, sir. It's w*r.

No, Byron.

It's m*rder.

Is it something we must do?

Perhaps,
but don't ever delude yourself

into thinking
it's anything different.

Thank you, sir.

[door closes]

♪ Gentle music ♪

♪

Drive, Bobby.

I said drive.

Yes, ma'am.

[phone vibrating]

Hello?

[Joe]
It's me.

Hey.

[sighs]
Hey.

Um,

I-I don't,
I don't know where to start.

I don't know what to say.

-How are the girls?
-They're worried.

Me, too.

Don't worry, okay? I'm fine.

I just know
what you went through, Joe.

You're not fine.

I'm fine now.

I'll be home soon.

When?

Soon.

Kaitlyn said
this is all behind you, Joe.

Almost.

I love you.

I love you, too.

Kiss the girls for me, okay?

I will.

When you say soon,
do you mean tonight?

I mean when it's over.

Okay.

When is it over?

Like I said.

Soon.

Boss?

Yeah?

Where to?

Office.

The office?

I'm gonna figure out
who was behind this.

And I'm gonna k*ll them.

I like the sound of that.

♪ Somber, haunting music ♪