02x08 - Fathers and Sons

[bunniefuu]

[Raife] And brother?

All of us caught up in the same thing?

[eerie music playing]

Starting to sound like
the common thread is you.

[Jordan] VoltStreem has a potential buyer.

Vasili Andrenov.

He spent the last four years
trying to broker a peace

between Ukraine and Russia.

There are people far beyond Kremlin
who want to silence me.

[Raife] That drone was part
of a shipment of weapons

bound for an ally that somehow
ended up in the hands of t*rrorists.

[Andrenov] In times
when bad actors feel comfortable

coming after journalists...

[yelps, grunts]

...we need warriors of truth
more than ever.

[g*nshots]

[Raife] I know who put
the hit on me and Katie.

Agency man named Oliver Grey.

-[Reece] When's the next attack?
-[Landry] I don't know.

Grey sure as sh*t does.

I don't give a f*ck about Grey.
You're deflecting.

You should give a f*ck about him.

'Cause he sure as hell cares about you.

[Mo] Odesa is a move by the bratva.

Someone called "the Colonel."

[Danreb speaks Russian] Kuklovod.

"The Puppet Master."

Real name: Ivan Zharkov.

Do you know any reason
why Zharkov would want me involved?

-No idea.
-[Freddy] Secondary attack.

A sn*per hit and a ground as*ault.

[Reece] I take the tunnels.

Show these wannabe sn*pers
there's levels to this game.

Isay. Does something about the container

look different from the rest?

[in Arabic] Three

Two

[grunts]

One

-[screaming]
-[in Russian] Security!

President Drozdov!

[Freddy in English] Muzzle flashes confirm

-blue cargo ship.
-[Reece] Coming to you!

-[g*nf*re]
-Agent Isay is compromised.

[Landry] It was all about getting to you.

-[g*nsh*t]
-The noble James Reece.

I know who you really are!

You're not a protector.

You are a k*ller...

...just like me.

Hello, Mishka.

[♪ Mississippi Twilight sings "Trigger"]

♪ I can see the rising sun ♪

♪ The devil's still on the run ♪

♪ All the pretty things burn out ♪

♪ Heart is beating in my head ♪

♪ Feeling numb with every breath ♪

♪ Smoke and fire all around ♪

♪ Finger on the trigger,
finger on the trigger ♪

♪ Over, and we all fall down ♪

♪ Finger on the trigger,
finger on the trigger ♪

♪ I see time is running out ♪♪

[somber music playing]

[Freddy] It's not what you see
through the scope,

it's what I call for the wind.

100% trust.

"A sn*per's calm is
in the acceptance of the b*llet's path."

Every b*llet has its destiny.

♪ Well, I hear the wolf outside my door ♪

♪ begging me for company ♪

♪ just like the night before ♪

♪ Yeah, I hear the wolf ♪

♪ And I feel the sparrow ♪

♪ against my chest ♪

♪ He's always been a steady friend ♪

♪ Keeps calling me to rest ♪

♪ Keeps calling me to rest ♪

♪ Yeah, the sparrow sees my soul ♪

♪ but the wolf knows my heart ♪

♪ It's a tug-of-w*r
for both of those two parts ♪

[officer] Present arms.

♪ I can k*ll one and save one ♪

♪ but either way, I'll mourn one ♪

♪ Sweet sparrow, don't let me go too far ♪

♪ Mm ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm about to go too far ♪

[hearse door closes]

[officer] About face.

♪ Well, I've lived a life ♪

♪ of blood and toil ♪

♪ And that cross to bear
wakes up the sparrow ♪

♪ passed beneath the soul... ♪

-[softly] Okay.
-[Reece] Joanie?

Joanie...

I'm sorry.

I wanted to get these back to you.

[laughs softly]

Did you know my dad?

[gentle music playing]

[Reece] I did, Sam.

He was a special man.

And you were very special to him.

You all were.

[Joanie] James?

Thank you for bringing him back to us.

I will find the people
responsible for this.

And I will find all of them.

Okay. Come on.

Let's go.

[Vic] We had a deal,

and you've certainly held up
your part of it.

You get your name back.

As far as U.S. government's concerned,
you're a free man now.

Free, huh?

You got us Al-Nawaz,
saved President Grimes

and countless lives in Odesa.

Along with the pardon and the surgery,

you have a job here with us
if you want it.

Come work with me.

You do what you do best, and I'll handle
the politics and the red tape.

You know this work. It's in your blood.

Yeah. Thanks, Vic.

But I think it's better for both of us

if I remain untethered.

[Vic] Remember,

I can't provide cover
if you're out from under my wing.

Think about my offer.

We can help each other.

Till then, get some rest.

I'll send word about a debrief.

Thank you, sir.

[♪ Chris Stapleton sings "Death Row"]

♪ Well, up here's the window sittin' ♪

♪ way up high ♪

♪ I can't look up enough to ♪

♪ see the sky...

♪ There ain't no good light here below ♪

♪ Death row ♪

♪ Death row ♪

♪ Don't want no preacher man to ♪

-♪ come around ♪
-[bottles clinking]

♪ I don't need him to lay my ♪

♪ burden down...

-Four Branches.
-Yep.

-[pouring]
-♪ Already told Jesus everything I know ♪

♪ Death row...

"To those before us,

to those amongst us

and to those we'll see on the other side."

Brad Cavner.

To Freddy. And to Brad.

-[glasses clink]
-To all the boys.

All the boys.

♪ that I did my best...

So, did your teardown yield anything?

Just that Freddy was an even better shot
than we gave him credit for.


the sn*pers in the cargo container,

k*lling the Chechen,
before our unknown sn*per kills Freddy

and disappears.

I arrive three minutes too late.

♪ Marking days till I get the call...

-What's wrong?
-Something isn't tracking.

There are two shooters.

Only one president goes down on stage.

Well, it's a two-mile shot.
I mean, maybe one sh**ter missed.

[atmospheric music playing]

He did.

Both shooters fired simultaneously

at the Russian president
and never took a shot

at Grimes or the Ukrainian.

-Watch.
-[indistinct shouting]

One impacts Drozdov,

the other hits the backdrop behind him.

Two in course, one target.

k*lling Drozdov was
their primary objective,

and the Colonel put
two shooters in the box.

And the Syrians I found in the tunnel?

They were gonna take out a Russian hotel.

Odesa was not a terror attack.

This is a f*cking coup.

Brother, something that big...

the Colonel would have to have
other people on the ground.

Oliver Grey?

Probably, and-- courtesy of Agent Scheer--

Agent Gregory Isay.

He's the one who marked Freddy's position.

Turns out he has ties to the bratva.

We find them, we get our sn*per.

Avenge Freddy, keep chasing Grey.

Look, Raife, I appreciate you
giving me a place to regroup,

-but this is not your fight.
-Listen, Reece.

When you lost Alpha platoon,

your family...

If I hadn't've kept my distance,
you would never have had to rely on Ben.

[tense, dark music playing]

[Reece] Ben.

He's a cautionary tale.

No one goes through this life unscathed.

But you're not alone in this.

I was already on this mission.

For whatever reason,
the Colonel roped me in, too.

You and I both know
there's more going on here.

Another layer, besides Freddy.

So, whatever you decide to do...

I'm a part of it.

All right.

Let's get to work.

-Is this Freddy's range card?
-Yeah.

♪ ♪

Double three points.

[indistinct chatter]

[in Russian] James Reece
and Officer Strain said it themselves.

I'm not safe here.

Certainly not if we publish
such an inflammatory article.

[speaking Russian]

VoltStreem will be blaming this attack

-on the Ukrainian government.
-[sighs]

The sn*pers used American r*fles
bound for the Ukrainian front.

Yana.

This is why we bought VoltStreem.

To share the truth with the world.

The Russian delegation has already left.

Moscow is sending an armored convoy
to get me home.

Home?

To Moscow?

[laughs]

Do you understand what you're saying?

Would you prefer I go back to D.C.?

Set up shop next to the CIA?

If they haven't bugged
our offices already.

You promised to fight for Ukraine.

I promised to fight
for an end to this conflict.

And going to Moscow
is the way to ensure that happens.

Listen.

If you want to stay
and coordinate from here,

I support it.

But I leave for Moscow tomorrow.

[speaks Russian]

[atmospheric music playing]

[newswoman in English] expl*sive new
allegations in the assassination

of Russian President Drozdov...

[newsman] Were U.S.
intelligence services involved?

A deep state conspiracy
known as Kestrel...

[news anchor] A new article from

VoltStreem journalist Katie Buranek
just dropped,

and it may be her most expl*sive
piece of reporting yet.

Did elements inside the CIA

and Ukrainian Defense Department conspire

-[Raife] Yeah.
-to put U.S. weapons

-Yeah.
-in the hands of t*rrorists in Odesa?

Yeah.

Yeah. Okay, brother, I'll see you soon.

Good. You're up.

How do you feel about
seeing an old friend?

[car door closes]

She locked me out, bro.

[Raife sighs]

Holy sh*t.

-Reece.
-I know who you are.

Jeff Otaktay.

[Katie speaking indistinctly inside]

How's she doing?

Happy to be back home.

She doesn't sound happy.

When that article dropped,
she popped her stitches

and sent me on a run to get some Advil.

And "click."

[Katie] I know you don't work
at VoltStreem anymore, Jordan,

but somebody is still approving stories,
and it sure as f*ck wasn't me.

I don't need a f*cking babysitter!

All right, I just need you
to recant that story ASAP.

Well, f*cking figure it out
and call me when you're done.

[Reece] Katie, it's Reece.

[gentle music playing]

♪ ♪

-Still working on the book, huh?
-[Katie] Yeah, you know about that?

Yeah. I heard the Hartleys
had something to say about it.

[scoffs] The Hartleys
are not my problem now.

My problem is that article.

It was a work in progress.

It was just a theory that Raife and I had.

It was not properly sourced
or verified. [groans]

Well, I mean, who else besides
the two of you was in on the story?

Andrenov brought it to me.

-Andrenov?
-Yeah, he was convinced

that a covert group was using
the Ukraine w*r for something larger.

He pitched it to me the same day
we were attacked in Brussels.

With a drone tied to Raife's company.

-[Katie] Yeah.
-And now he decides to publish

your unfinished story,

blaming the United States and Ukraine.

[stammers]

No such thing as a coincidence
on the b*ttlefield, eh?

What?

In your work with Andrenov,

did he ever mention the name Ivan Zharkov,

a Russian who goes by the Colonel?

Who-who is that?

Old-school bratva. Russian nationalist.

How about Oliver Grey?

Yeah, he was the as*h*le
who tried to have me k*lled.

Did you ever see Andrenov
with Oliver Grey?

[dark music playing]

No.

[Reece] All right.

On the surface, Odesa looks like another
al-Qaeda attack on the global order.

I believe it was a coup,

designed to re-bolster Russia's w*r effort
so Zharkov and his followers

can take power and wipe out Ukraine.

Now, he needs more than

Grey or the bratva to get it done.

He needs someone
that he can place in power,

someone he can install.

Someone friendly to the West.

I mean, think about it.

Drozdov gets smoked,
Andrenov drops your article.

What better way to sideline the U.S.

than to sow disinformation?

He's blamed us...

...for the assassination
that they planned.

And there are already whispers

that Andrenov was
on the top of that short list.

f*ck.

If this is true, then Andrenov

wasn't chasing the Kestrel conspiracy,
he was part of it.

If I can get you proof
of Andrenov's complicity,

what comes next?

You don't usually like the answer
to that question, Katie.

People change.

[Reece] If this theory's true,
we need to get the Agency involved.

Give me something tangible.

Something that'll make the Agency listen.

A bit of intel or a person
that can directly connect Andrenov

to either Grey or Zharkov.

-Change the opening line.
-[phone chimes]

It's a press conference,
not a military retreat.

Um...

Uh, okay. Give me a second.

-Yes, ma'am.
-I'll come back to you.

[line ringing]

[Katie] Yana, I'm glad you called.
I was worried.

Hi. I got your other messages,
it's just...

things are a bit complicated here.

-Where are you?
-I-I'm recovering.

I'm okay, but listen,
I need your help with something.

I just emailed you photos
of key conspirators

involved in Drozdov's assassination.

I need you to tell me if you have seen

any of them with Andrenov.

With Vasili?

Uh...

Okay, that's Zharkov.

Heavily involved in bratva, but

have I seen him with Vasili?

Of course not. There's no way. No.

No.

Who is this?

That's a corrupt Russian security officer,
Gregory Isay.

Mm-mmm. No.

The next one is Agency.
That's Oliver Grey.

Mm, nope.

-Who is this last one?
-Oh, that's Grey, too.

He's been changing
his appearance in Europe.

That's a mock-up from the Agency.

I've seen someone who looks similar.

-Where?
-Um...

It was, uh, it was here in Odesa.

In Vasili's suite, um,
right after Drozdov's assassination.

A photographer from the Moscow Dnevnik.

That's Oliver Grey.

[pulsing music playing]

-Zharkov's mole in the CIA.
-Pavel Egorov.

That was his name.

Let me just log in to the media portal.

I want to see
who approved his credentials.

Pavel Egorov.

Did you find it? Anything?

It wasn't Moscow Dnevnik.

It was us.

VoltStreem.

Vasili...

Vasili approved his credentials.

Okay, Yana, I need you

to get me all the proof you can

that Andrenov was working with Grey--

I will get it into the right hands--

and then you need to leave.

No. No, if this is true, I...

I can't leave. I have to help.

I have to stay.

[Andrenov] So, the question right now is

whether peace ever stood a chance.

And I, myself, as somebody
who was working tirelessly

to become the bridge
between the two countries--

I no longer have an answer
to that question.

[reporters clamoring]

[Vic] I green-lit this op
because the four of you

built the case against Andrenov,

Grey and the Kestrel conspiracy.

You're not Agency, not military.

You can be fully disavowed.

Thanks to our asset, Ms. Tomenko,
we know Andrenov is headed

to the Russian-controlled city
of Kherson today.

You'll hit him before he gets into

Russian-controlled territory.

You'll infil via helo.

One bird, to limit the footprint.

Otaktay, I want you on overwatch
on the 240.

Raife, Mo, I-- boots on the ground.

[Vic] Ms. Tomenko will mark her
and Andrenov's location in the convoy

via her mobile device.

[Andrenov] I am returning

to Moscow to help find a way forward.

But if Russia doesn't achieve
security through diplomacy,

I understand its need
for alternative paths.

Please-- Please, one more question
before you go.

[all clamoring]

[engines starting]

[Vic] What you are authorized to do

is take out a convoy
before it reaches Kherson.

What you are not authorized to do

is tangle with Russian military
and start World w*r III.

So, if anybody has any second thoughts,
now's the time.

Good.

This is capture-k*ll.

You bring him in,
you break him, he confesses,

that changes everything.

Capture is the priority.

[propulsive music playing]

Thirty seconds!

Thirty seconds!

[all] Thirty seconds!

[in Russian] Twenty minutes
to Kherson airfield.

Air escort is standing by.

Are we sure Moscow will welcome you?

A country needs a leader.

Even if he is a prodigal son.

[Raife in English] Asset's in
the third vehicle. Repeat: friendly in

-the third vehicle.
-Roger that.

Friendly in the third vehicle.

[in Russian] Ukrainian patrol?

I'm calling it in to find out.

[pilot in English] Commencing vehicle

interdiction.

Take it. Soften that target.

Engaging lead vehicle.

[in Russian] Speed up!

Come on!

[Otaktay in English] They're up-armored.
They're not stopping!

[in Russian] Contact the QRF!

[in English] It's coming back around.

Here we go, guys.

[in Russian] Convoy engaged
by unknown helicopter.

Requesting Quick Reaction Force
to our coordinates!

For f*ck's sake! Faster Yuri, faster!

Hang on, Yana!

[engines revving]

[pilot in English] Going hot on rockets.

Send it.

[in Russian] Turn over there!
Off the road!

[in English] Stay with them. We can pick
them up on the other side of the trees.

[pilot] Copy that.

[in Russian] Convoy under attack!
We won't make it to the airfield!

Track this location.

Copy. We have your coordinates.

Extraction point:


[Raife in English] Asset says
they're headed for that factory.

Russian QRF is inbound.

[pilot] Be advised, that factory's
the start of an active combat zone.

[in Russian] QRF inbound.


Find cover.

Over there!

Get to cover!

Come on, come on, faster!

[Reece in English] Hit
those blocking vehicles.

[men yell]

[in Russian] We'll hold here
until the QRF arrives!

Yuri, how the f*ck did they find us?

[Raife in English] Russian QRF,
eight mikes out.

Get us on the ground.

We need to grab him
before the Russian QRF moves in.

[in Russian] Yana,
you have friends in the military.

Find out who this is.
The Ukrainians or Americans?

[dark music playing]

[Otaktay in English over comm] Seven
minutes until QRF arrival.

We'll provide eyes in the sky.

[in Russian] Smoke! They're coming in!

Boss, we need to go.

Stand down!

Yana, have you made the call?

No... no reception.

[atmospheric music playing]

We've identified
an extraction point in the Mill.

A warehouse with no roof.

[speaking Russian]



Hold your fire.

Let them come to us.

♪ ♪

[rapid footsteps]

Boss...

...she's gone.

She's the one who sold us out.

Find her.

And k*ll her.

And the Americans she's working with.

Yes, sir.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Reece whispering in English] I have
eyes on Andrenov.

Moving on target.

[Raife over comm] Five minutes
to Russian QRF.

[Reece] If that QRF lands,
don't wait for me.

[sighs]

[Raife] Friendly in the open. Move.

[Mo] Four on the right.

[in Russian] They're closing in.

Advancing.

♪ ♪

[shells clatter softly]

[Otaktay in English over comm] In a
holding pattern. Standing by for extract.

-[straining]
-[grunting]

[g*nsh*t]

-You okay?
-Yeah.

How many men did he leave behind?

Uh, four, maybe five.

[Mo over comm] I've got Yana.

All threats in this area
have been neutralized.

We're moving to the bird.

Three minutes to QRF arrival.

Reece, we need to exfil.

[in Russian] Hold that hallway.
We're in position.

[g*nf*re]

Ah!

[suspenseful music playing]

[g*nshots]

[Mo in English] Our asset says Andrenov is
being exfilled at an open-roof warehouse.

[radio chatter in Russian]

Something big coming our way.
Some kind of air asset.

[pilot] Hey, that's a Russian gunship.
Time's up.

Pilot asking to RTB. I've got Mo and Yana.

What's your location?

[Raife over comm] Hold that f*cking bird.

-[suspenseful music playing]
-[soft dripping]

[in Russian] Did he retreat, sir?

No.

No, he'll come.

Keep your g*n on the door.

-[g*nsh*t]
-[grunts]

[Andrenov groaning]

[dramatic music playing]

[groaning loudly]

[Reece in English] Jackpot on Andrenov,
but he's down hard.

Rendering aid.

[Andrenov] You're going to try
to save me now?

[laughs]

[Otaktay] Russian QRF is on us.

[pilot] Radar shows
two fast movers inbound.

This place is about to go high-order.
We're out of here.

[Mo] We're not f*cking leaving them.

[pilot] We've got our orders.

We can't engage the Russian QRF.

-[Andrenov grunts]
-I want names.

The second sn*per.

The one who k*lled Freddy Strain. Name.

Name!

[yelling]

It wasn't supposed
to be Freddy on that roof.

It was supposed to be me?

Why?

Why did you want me in Odesa?

Why?

It was not about you.

It was about Tom Reece,
and his crimes against Russia.

What'd you say?

First our fathers...

[laughs] ...now you and me.

What the f*ck did my father
have to do with this?

[panting]

-[bone snaps]
-[groaning]

Tell me!

[groans]

Why him?

How do you know my father?

[helicopter whirring]

You hear that, Reece?

My men are coming.

Say hello to your father.

I'm going home.

[laughs]

[dark music playing]

[Reece grunting]

[Raife] Reece, move!

f*ck!

I'll lay down cover fire.

You run for the exit.

f*ck no. I'm not leaving you.

[g*nf*re continues]

[Reece] Someone called in fast movers.

That us?

[Otaktay] It's the Ukrainian Air Force,
and they got more coming.

We need to get you out of there.

Meet you at extract, two mikes out.

♪ ♪

Andrenov?

He left us no choice.

Yana's willing to testify
as a witness if needed.

[car door closes]

You were never here.

Yana was kidnapped by Andrenov.

As luck would have it, Ukrainian forces
were there to extract her.

That was you?

[stirring, emotional music playing]

Load up.

This is where I leave you.

It was good to see you again, friend.

Be safe, eh?

You too, Raife. You, too.

-Hope to see you again.
-You, too.

From one man branded a t*rror1st by
the United States government to another,

it's been an honor.

The honor's been mine, brother. Really.

So, what's next for you?

Next? Well, Landry ruined
my name, my honor.

I intend to restore both...

...after a holiday.

You've fought for freedom your whole life.

I hope you get a chance to enjoy it.

Just for a little bit.

♪ ♪

[engine starts]

[engine starts]

Grey, Zharkov and our second sn*per
all remain on the board.

Despite Andrenov's death,
the political winds seem to be calming.

No retaliation.

Zharkov and the bratva have chosen
to distance themselves from Andrenov

rather than admit
they couldn't protect their own.

[Reece] What is this?

[Vic] Token of our appreciation.

The British Crown reward money
for Al-Nawaz.

They announced it after
the Christmas market attack.

[high-pitched ringing]

The Agency isn't allowed to accept it...

...but since you're technically
a civilian, I put you in for it.

It's almost four million dollars.

I know nothing is gonna replace
what you lost, Reece.

Nothing.

But this will help
with the transition back home.

The president also wants me
to express his sincere thanks.

He has a doctor lined up for you.

He wants you to get that tumor dealt with,
then come back in and work for the Agency.

Have you thought any more about my offer?

I've seen what this job can do to people.

[somber music playing]

Good people who lose their way.

Those people you're thinking of,
they're not you.

You got time.

This place isn't going anywhere.

Until then,
I think you deserve some answers

to the questions you've been asking.

Those answers...

...are right down that hall.

Room SB-03.

[Russian song playing]

-[knocking on door]
-Oh.

-[music stops]
-[Danreb] James Reece.

Andy Danreb.

-Sir, from, uh, the Odesa briefing.
-Yeah.

It's good to meet you in person.
Come on in, have a seat.

So, uh, you know
your father's history with the Agency.

Uh, yeah. Joined after Vietnam.

Stayed until my mother was diagnosed.

Ah.

I read the, uh, debrief on the latest op.

Once Andrenov started speaking
about your father,

I went searching for any connection

between Tom Reece and our conspirators.

Struck paydirt
with our old friend Oliver Grey.

You know Oliver Grey?

Oh, yeah.
I never trusted that little weasel.

I called him out on some
bad behavior about a few years ago

and they told me to stay in my lane!

I appreciate your candor.

Yeah, well, what are they gonna do?

Put me out to pasture in some small office

and bury me in paperwork?

So, uh...

...Oliver Grey, uh,

knew my father?

Um...

Not exactly.

[typing]

Grey hid his online presence well,

but I finally cracked his password.

Back in the '90s, Oliver made

a series of requests for intel reports

about Tom Reece.
All of 'em centered around

a specific operation in the Vietnam w*r.



was interdicting communist supply lines
on the h* Chi Minh Trail.

They came upon a group

of Russian advisors
working with the Viet Cong

and they k*lled two of them.

One of them was Viktor Zharkov.

The Colonel's brother.

My father k*lled
the Colonel's brother in 'Nam?

Yeah, but Viktor wasn't just
related to the Colonel.

I dug deeper
and I found a source inside the FSB

who confirmed
that Viktor was Vasili Andrenov's father.

This whole thing
has been a long game, James.

The Colonel's coup was meant
to install his nephew into office.

And if I was a betting man, I'd say
that the Zharkovs wanted you there--

Tom Reece's son--

to witness their return to power.

Few people do vengeance
better than the bratva.

Present company notwithstanding.

Now, here, uh, here...

...here is all the information
that I have on the connection

between Grey, Zharkov and your father.

Thank you, Andy.

Thank you.

That's good work.

There's something else
you should know, James.

Your father never left the Agency.

On the day Tom Reece died in Buenos Aires,

he was there for us.

October 28, 1997.

You can find his star
on the wall upstairs.

Along with Freddy Strain's.

[dramatic music playing]

♪ ♪

[Reece] Don't f*cking leave.

[Tom] You're scared
about what's happening to her.

I am, too.

It's easy to get lost in your fear.

When I get lost and afraid...

...searching for direction...

...I've learned
there's some place you can always look.

Those stars up there,

they hung over the very first hunters

who went out
to provide for their families.

And over all the warriors
who fought in every w*r.

Including mine.

♪ ♪

And when a warrior dies in battle,

that's where he goes.

To become a star.

Showing the way forward
for the rest of us.

Zharkov.

[low, percussive music playing]

[knocking on door]

Reece, what are you doing here?

Can I come in?

m*therf*cker.

Sure it's the same one?



You can see the same scratches
on the watch face.

Yeah, it's the f*cking same one.

How did Grey know your father?

Their paths crossed in the Agency.

He was researching
my father for the Colonel.

His movements, his missions.

There's only one way
he ends up with my father's watch.

[Reece groans]

He was there at the end.

[sighs]

[sighs] Reece...

can I be honest with you about something?

You look like sh*t.

Well, I mean,
the tremors are getting worse.

Headaches, too?

I'm fine.

How many times
have you told yourself that this year?

You're not fine.

You're dying.

With unfinished business.

Listen, no one wants you

to get Grey more than I do, but...

he knows that all he's got to do
is wait you out.

Raife told me that you,

you didn't sign up for the surgery.

Come on. Reece.

[sniffs]

First symptoms of the tumor
came up six months before my...

...last deployment.

And I didn't tell...

...I didn't tell a f*cking soul.

Not even my wife. Um...

My mother had early-onset dementia, so...

[Katie] Mm.

...memory lapses started and

early conflations, I thought maybe
I was going down that road.

So I hid it.

Instead of dealing with it, I just...

...bottled it up,

kept it from my family and my men and...

[softly] Wanted one last deployment.

And then I would face what was coming.

Then we, uh...

I never made it that far.

And I know. I mean...

Memories.

I've seen what happens
when people lose their memories. It's...

...memories of the people that you love

that gives you...

...purpose.

Katie, I can't live with that.

You don't have to.

You got a friend who wrote a book

about your entire life.

[chuckles]

And all the important people in it.

I finished it.

But I'm not gonna
give it to the publisher.

It's for you.

For when, or if, you even need it.

That's your career.

No.

This book was just a distraction.

D.C. was just a distraction.

I told Yana I needed a new assignment.

Going back to cover the w*r.

Back on the b*ttlefield.

[Katie scoffs]

I don't know, well, somebody's got
to tell those stories, right?

f*ck yeah.

Yeah, make people listen.

Hey, can I read you
a little bit of the prologue?

I think it might be good for you to hear.

Okay?

"What is the true story of James Reece?

Not your story of Reece, but his own.

You may see James Reece as a threat,

or as a consequence

of what happens
when we train our best warriors up,

give them the skill set necessary
to accomplish the impossible,

and then dismiss them as pawns
in the games of the rich,

the connected, the powerful...

but the truth is that James Reece

is first and foremost a father...

...a husband...

...and a son.

Family drove him long before
his wife and daughter

were so brutally taken from him.

Like all of us, Reece was born

with the instinct to love and laugh...

[emotional music playing]

...and protect the people he cares about.

His respect

for our freedoms,

for this land, the people,

has fueled his family's service

for three generations.

For Reece, being a hero,

a warrior, isn't just a job,

it's a calling.

One that he answers over and over again.

The truth

about James Reece is

this is his only cause.

And we are all better

and safer for it.

♪ ♪

Because James Reece is our

true believer."

♪ ♪

[♪ Blues Saraceno plays "Evil Ways"]

♪ It's been so long ♪

♪ Long hard days ♪

[Freddy] sh**ter ready.

♪ They don't say ♪

♪ God's change my ways ♪

♪ Change my ways ♪

♪ Those evil ways ♪

[buzzes]

♪ So I set out ♪

♪ Cross that way ♪

♪ Strike them down ♪

♪ to make them pay ♪

♪ Change their ways ♪

♪ their evil ways ♪

[doctor] Are you ready to begin?

James?

I'm ready.

♪ But I can't hide ♪

♪ Whoa ♪

♪ And I won't hide ♪

♪ Whoa ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ My evil ways ♪

♪ I found out ♪

♪ Their hate grew cold ♪

♪ Did God rise up ♪

♪ damn my soul? ♪

♪ 'Cause I ain't change ♪

♪ Change my ways ♪

♪ I ain't change ♪

♪ so I won't hide ♪

♪ Whoa ♪

♪ I won't hide ♪

♪ Whoa ♪

♪ Hey ♪

♪ I can't hide, yeah ♪

♪ Whoa ♪

♪ Well, I can't hide ♪

♪ Hey ♪

♪ My evil ways ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Evil ways ♪♪