01x07 - Livin Thing

[bunniefuu]

Dane: Previously on Ponies...

Tom was the mole,
the one that got Chris k*lled.

You tell me now,
when I'm dealing with Andrei?

I have to seduce him,
which, of course, for you,

isn't a big deal,
because sex doesn't matter,

but I still have feelings.

With all the foreigners in town
for the Elton John concert,

they must be doing an
operation at the hotel tonight.

Ray: Our objective is
replacing one of the KGB tapes

with a tape of our own.

Our tape has a tracking device
hidden in it.

This is how we figure out

the location of the Kompromat facility.

["All That I Have In My Life"
by Samotsvety playing]

[lyrics in Russian]

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[man speaking Russian]

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- [song ends]
- [knocking on door]

[knocking continues]

[knocking gets louder]

[sighs]

[sighs] It's 5:00 in the
morning. I nearly shot you.

- Oh!
- Whoa, whoa!

Why would you have shot us?

I mean, didn't you
look through the peephole?

- Yes. What do you need?
- Bea: Oh, no, no.

We shouldn't talk here.
We should talk elsewhere.

- Yeah.
- I'll see you in the Bubble in five.

Yeah, it was a... a much bigger
operation than we thought.

I mean, they must record, what,
dozens of these blackmail tapes?

And that's just at this one hotel.

They're gonna have to
move 'em somewhere today.

- Good analysis.
- Thank you.

What about you?

Did Vasiliev give you
anything last night?

You better believe he gave her
something last night.

- Twila.
- What?

Are we not supposed to talk
about what he gave to Bea?

I might have some
usable intelligence, yes.

He implied that he had his
own blackmail operation going.

I think he's targeting powerful Soviets

and manipulating them
with what he has on them,

which is how he's been able
to move up so fast in the KGB.

If there's a connection here,
this could be why some of

the prostit*tes are being
m*rder*d while others aren't.

That's because he's the one k*lling 'em.

Just keep doing
what you've been doing, Bea.

Maintain your connection.

Her connection with
a f*ck' psycho k*ller?

He's a valuable asset,
and he remains a valuable asset.

Keep him close.

Ray, did you get your tracker
into any of those cameras?

Uh, yes, sir. I'm gonna
follow it this morning.

You can't.
You can't go back to that hotel.

You'll catch a tail.
You're gonna have to do it.

We need you to find
the Kompromat facility. Today.

[theme music]

[overlapping chatter]

So this thing beeps when?

Bea: When the tracker gets close.

I mean, the tapes are probably...
probably in the hotel

and then just going into
one of those two trucks.

Twila: So...

you know, Tom and Chris
died looking for this place.

This, uh... this facility.

I'm just saying...

- we could also... Yeah.
- Yeah, yeah, I know.

- Hey, I'm sorry...
- So, I had sex with...

- What... Go on.
- No, no, no, no.

Absolutely not. You first.
You had sex? With who?

A woman.

The mean lady at the market?

She's not that mean.

I mean, she is.
She's... yeah, she's mean.

- Okay.
- Yeah.

I mean, did you... like, I mean, what...

You... you were gonna say something.

- What were you gonna say?
- Yeah.

Uh, okay, right, sure.

So, I mean, I...
I should've said this earlier.

I... I just, I'm... I'm...

I'm sorry.

As you may have noticed,

I have some issues with control.

If I agree with you,
it'll ruin the moment.

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- So, just continue.

Okay. It was just finding out I
was being lied to after so long.

It just made me feel so powerless.

And it... and it... and it f*cked me up.

And then I took it out on you,
and I... and I never should have,

and I am just so sorry.

Okay?

I am too.

I mean, I'm... I'm sorry too.

Yeah. You know, I should've
told you about Tom the second...

- No, no!
- ...I found out.

- I don't know why I didn't.
- Not at all. No, no.

You just... you didn't want me
to blame you for what he did,

which, knowing me, I might've done that.

Thanks for saying that.

I know you think that I judge you.

- Oh...
- That I think

- that I'm like, superior to you.
- Oh, I know.

- But I really... I don't.
- Oh...

Twila, you have to know
that I don't think that.

No, no. It's okay if you do think that.

'Cause you are, you know,
a little bit superior to me...

- Well...
- ...in certain aspects.

If I agree with you,
I'll ruin the moment.

So, you had sex with a woman.

Yeah, I did, yeah.

- Okay?
- Yeah.

- You... you wanna hear about it?
- Oh!

- Oh, yeah.
- In detail?

- I mean, yeah, I can...
- You can handle that?

Oh, my God,
of course I can handle it, yes!

I went to Wellesley, you know?

- Come on.
- Okay.

- Hit me.
- Okay.

- Mm-hmm.
- So, uh...

you know, I've never eaten p*ssy before,

but, uh, not to toot my own horn,

but I think I was pretty good
at it for my first time.

- Uh-huh.
- I mean,

Ivanna seemed to enjoy it.

- [tracking device beeping]
- Get... Whoa!

- Uh, okay.
- Okay.

Which truck? Which...

Bea: Maybe... maybe it's...
maybe it's both of them?

- Twila: Okay.
- Bea: Oh, sh*t.

Wait. [gasps]

Oh.

- It's not on the trucks.
- It's the ambulance.

- Oh.
- sh*t.

- Bea: Uh-huh.
- Twila: Okay.

- Mm-hmm.
- Yeah, okay.

Bea: Yeah, it's happening. Yeah.

- Yeah, there it is.
- Yeah. Drive, drive, drive!

Twila: Okay! sh*t.

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["Wild And Wooly Ways"
by The Romeos playing]

♪ Are you proud of me? ♪
♪ I have given up ♪

All my wild wooly ways ♪

You're really good at this.

At what? What, what, what, driving?

Yeah, the way that
you're like, weaving...

- Whoa, whoa.
- ...in and around everyone

without even caring
who you're pissing off.

Who cares if you piss people off?

I mean, they're strangers.
I mean, you gotta... you gotta

be pushy in life or you're not
gonna get anywhere, you know?

- [horn blaring]
- Whoa!

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Twila! Did you learn how to say
"go f*ck yourself" in Russian?

I learned it from you!
The day we met, remember?

♪ Hey, yeah ♪

Goodbye, my love.

Can we say bye-bye to Mama?

- Bye, bye, bye!
- Bye, bye.

[Eevi chuckles]

Wow. You look nice to be
serving a child cornflakes?

[sighs] I know it is a bit much,

but I have spent half
my compensation on this

and I have never had a chance to wear it.

What better reason is him?

Okay.

Elton John?

Um, Mr. Ray offered me your
ticket to the concert tonight.

I hope that is still okay.

Of course.

Yeah. It was my idea.

[exhales]

Thank you, Missus Szymanski.

Thank you!

[airplane engine whooshing]

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[tense music]

[overlapping chatter]

Welcome to West Germany.

- Bea: Jesus Christ, that's him.
- Twila: Oh! You think he saw us?

Bea: No, I don't think so.

Twila: What's he doing?

Wait, that... that's Andrei's wife.

Damn. She's a fox.

She even makes
Russian clothes look decent.

That package looks important.
We should find out what it is.

Yeah, but how?
We have to follow the ambulance.

Well, we should do both.

That is probably how
Andrei is funneling out

his blackmail on the Russians,
through his wife.

- Right.
- Okay.

- Okay.
- She knows what I look like,

so you follow her,
and I'll follow the ambulance.

I'll get to the Kompromat facility.

No, Bea, I mean, if Andrei
sees you, even for a second...

I mean, we know how
dangerous this guy is now.

- He could...
- k*ll me?

- Yeah.
- I know, I know, I know.

But... but this is what
I came back for. Answers.

- Okay?
- Okay.

You need to follow her.

- Okay.
- And I need to follow him.

- sh*t. Quick.
- Okay. Okay. Okay.

Okay.

So, I'll... I'll... I'll see you tonight?

Yeah. Yeah, the Elton John concert.

Shep will be such an as*h*le, you know,

- if we're not all there, so.
- Such an as*h*le.

- Yeah.
- So I'll be there.

Me too.

Mm-hmm.

- Bea: Good luck. Go.
- Twila: Okay.

- Twila: Okay. Be careful.
- Bea: Yeah.

[♪]

[tense music]

Bea: Sasha. sh*t.

sh*t.

sh*t.

Sasha.

Sasha!

[breathing shakily] Sasha!

[knocking on door]

[lock clicks, door creaks]

[door closes]

[intense music]

[♪]

[door slams]

f*ck!

[sighs]

Ah! Huh?

- [sighs]
- Huh? [laughs]

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[Katya chuckles]

[indistinct chatter]

Ray, where the hell did you
get real ketchup in Moscow?

Oh, you just have to
fill out the requisition form

for the supply chain from Stockholm

and then wait about two months.
It's actually not that difficult.

Can we have some?

Yes. Here you go.

- Thank you.
- Of course.

Ray, may I speak with you for a minute?

- Yes, of course.
- Mm-hmm.

Not... Okay. [sighs]
That's... Okay, yeah.

- A little...
- Yeah. What's up?

I hear you're taking our nanny
on a date tonight.

[laughs] No. No, no. It's not a date.

It is the definition of.

Man, woman, theater, songs about love.

- Sure. Yes. But... but you...
- Mmm.

I mean, you said you didn't wanna go.

You... you said, and... and
I quote, "I don't like music."

Doesn't mean taking our
teenage employee's appropriate.

- She's 20.
- You sure knew that pretty fast.

You are her employer. Not her friend.

People are gonna start looking at me

like they look at Gretchen.

With pity.

Honey...

Honey, I would never, ever cheat on you.

People already think you do.

- [Cheryl chuckles]
- I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

I goofed, all right? It's my fault.

I'll talk to her tonight.

I'll give her my ticket.
She can take a friend.

No, no.

You're gonna take that ticket
and give it to me.

I'm gonna go to the concert tonight.

I deserve a night out.

What am I gonna tell her?

Oh, whatever you want. I don't care.

This is your mess. You can clean it up.

Okay.

Mmm. I'm glad we had this talk.

[Cheryl sighs]

How is the work?

At the Yugoslavian
automobile factory, Herr Teller?

- Trying.
- Maybe you should quit.

[Dane chuckles]

You told me last time

you didn't believe
I managed a car factory.

I've never believed any of your stories.

But it's your money, your hour.

Doesn't matter to me what you do.

But we should talk about why you lie.

I'm not lying about everything.

Yes, you are honest about some things.

You were married. You are a h*m*.

See? Not all lies.

That's not why you get
the treatment, though.

No.

I get the treatment because if I don't,

I think about putting a g*n in my mouth.

[dramatic music]

Not lying about that either.

Maybe there are just too many lies

and you don't know who is
the man under the lies anymore.

I know who I am. And I know why I lie.

Why do you think I lie?

I think you lie to me
because you are a spy.

Is that what you think?

I don't think.

I know you are a spy, Herr Teller.

Your friend,
the one who sent you to me...

he was a spy.

Really?

He told you that?

He wanted help. Real help.

So he was honest.

My friend, the spy.

He's dead. Did you know that?

I didn't.

And you blame yourself?

He's dead because of my mistakes, so...

it's my fault.

What was your mistake that you
believe you k*lled your friend?

I'd like to go upstairs
for the treatment now, please.

This is why you want
to put a g*n in your mouth.

I'd like the treatment.

Now.

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[Sasha sighs]

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[baby cooing]

[kids chattering]

[tense music]

[tracking device beeping]

sh*t.

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Hey, baby. Come here.

Come on. Yeah! Let's go, baby!

Yeah! Come on!

Yeah, yeah!

Okay, okay. Yeah.

- Okay. [sighs]
- [baby crying]

Open.

[Dane sighs]

[machine humming]

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[electric buzzing]

[gentle piano music]

Can you try to enjoy the song, Dane?

You're our audience.

You weren't supposed to die.

In our jobs, we're all supposed to die.

They were only k*lled because

the Soviets knew they were coming.

We knew there was a mole.

We weren't sure.

Now you're sure.

Are you the mole?

Did you tell the Soviets?

Was it you, Dane?

[knocking on door]

- [baby crying]
- Hi.

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I'm so sorry, I... I don't...
I don't speak Russian.

Why do you have my daughter?

I was driving home from the university

and it was the scariest thing.

She was just crawling right
in the middle of the street.

Yeah, but I... I... don't worry.
I slammed on my brakes.

I jumped out of the car,
I scooped her up.

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You know, your neighbors

must've recognized little Dasha here.

Because, uh, they just pointed
me right to your apartment.

So, yeah.

Thank you for bringing her back home.

- Of course! Of course.
- She never does this before.

Oh, consider yourself lucky.

My son is... is a mad man.

You know, I... I turn my back
for, uh, two seconds

and he's... you know, he's,
uh, covered in peanut butter.

It's just, uh... You know,
and is there anything worse

than trying to get peanut butter
out of a kid's hair?

No, there isn't.

I do not have peanut butter,
so, you know...

- Oh, oh. Oh! [sighs]
- Thank you.

There's... there's no way you found this

in the Soviet department stores, right?

I mean, it's just too beautiful.
What is this?

I have to get Western clothing
through other means.

Oh, right.
Can I tell you a little secret?

When my son was born,
I... I just... I wanted a girl.

I wanted a baby girl.
You know, I just really did.

And I... and I had found all of
these darling dresses and skirts

in the first arrondissement
in Paris, you know?

And they're just, uh, rotting away

in my closet, in this trunk.

Um, it's really a shame.

You... you wouldn't be
interested, would you?

I mean, I would so much rather share them

with a mother like me, who
appreciates these fine things.

Let me make a cup of tea.

Oh, thank you. Thank you. Yes.

[tense music]

[tracking device beeping]

[♪]

- Milk?
- [gasps] Please, yes.

I... I love Soviet milk.

Thank you. You know, it's so convenient.

It's always just out
on the counter, sitting there.

Maybe some sugar too, please?
If you don't mind? Thank you.

Oh, I was just admiring your bag.

I mean, it seems like
everyone in the city's got one.

It's, uh... it must be popular.

This ugly bag?

- Avoska. Perhaps bag.
- Oh.

In Moscow, you never know
when the line will form

for something desirable, so
you must be ready to carry it.

Right. Well, I should get one.

Maybe then people will think I'm a local.

No, I do not think anyone
will mistake you for a local.

[Twila laughs]

So, where would you like to meet?

To give me the clothing?

For the clothes. Yes, um...

how about the university?
You can swing by.

Right now?

How about tomorrow?

I will come with my husband.

I'm sure he would like
to thank the American woman

who saved our daughter.

That sounds like a wonderful plan.

Yeah, I can't wait to meet him.

And which university did you say?

Um, just the... the one down the road.

The... the big one, you can't miss it.

Tell anyone there to find me.
My name's, uh, Cheryl Szymanski.

How do I spell that? Szymanski?

[gasps] Oh! Oh!

I'm so sorry.
I'm... I'm always making a mess.

- Let me get you a cloth.
- Oh, thank you. Yes, it's, uh...

Oh, f*ck.

sh*t. [exhales]

[dramatic music]

[♪]

[man grunts]

[clattering]

[♪]

[grunts]

Shampoo.

[♪]

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[cassette player whirring]

[woman groaning]

[dramatic music]

[tracking device beeping loudly]

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Ray: I really did try to explain to her.

I... I didn't realize how sensitive

Cheryl was gonna be about this.

Eevi: It's okay.

[sighs] I should not cry.

It's only a concert.

No, no. I completely understand.

I mean, it's... it's Elton.

But you know what? I'll try
and get you an autograph.

That would be pretty cool. Right?

Ugh! Eevi, I am so sorry too.

I didn't know they'd want me there.

- Embassy business and all.
- Of course.

- Ready, Ray?
- Yes, mm-hmm.

Okay. Oh, Eevi?

Make sure Trent's in bed by 8:00.

Okay.

Ray, do you think it's gonna be one of
those concerts where everyone stands?

I hope not. I'm gonna sit.

[German music playing]

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[♪]

[Ivanna laughs]

[Ivanna speaking Russian]

[laughter]

[indistinct chatter]

She's cute.

- It's late.
- Yeah.

I do not care what happened to your hand.

I'm... I'm sure you don't.

I'm just trying to give you this.

If you want it.

Elton John? Tonight?

I'll be there.

You know, they gave me an extra ticket

'cause they forgot
my husband's dead, so...

In exchange for what is this?

Nothing. I'm just... I told you,
I don't need anything.

I'm just...

Yeah.

I could get good price for this.

Really? Good for you.

Yeah. Get top Rubel. Yeah. Sounds great.

Guess I'll see ya around then.

[upbeat rock music]

Hi. I wasn't expecting you.

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[♪]

[Bea sighs]

- Hi.
- Hi.

Did you really meet someone today?

- Uh-huh.
- And she felt easier?

No one would try to k*ll me
if I was with her.

[Bea chuckles]

Except maybe some theater critics.

[both chuckling]

You know how neither of us were sure

if what we were risking
our lives for was worth it?

I found something out today.

Something important.

Something that has to do
with why my husband was k*lled

and I wouldn't have been able
to do it without your help.

So, if you wanna walk away,

you can, knowing that
you've done something

to hurt the people who k*lled Galyna.

[emotional music]

Your bosses, they will let me go?

I don't know, but they can't stop you.

You're only safe talking to me,
there's no one else who can.

And you? You will let me go?

I want you to live your life.

Whatever that looks like.

So, the question is, what do you want?

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- I'm sorry, um...
- No.

I... I just I thought...
I thought you met someone today,

and she felt easier.

Yeah, easier.

But I don't want easier.

[♪]

- I have to go.
- Yeah.

But...

maybe I... I could come back?

Yeah.

[♪]

["Livin' Thing" by Electric
Light Orchestra playing]

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♪ Sailin' away On the crest of a wave ♪

♪ It's like magic ♪

♪ Oh, rollin' and ridin'
And slippin' and slidin' ♪

♪ It's magic ♪

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♪ You took me, oh ♪

♪ Higher and higher, baby ♪

♪ It's a livin' thing ♪

♪ It's a terrible thing To lose ♪

♪ It's a givin' thing ♪

♪ What a terrible thing To lose ♪

♪ I'm takin' a dive ♪

♪ Dive ♪

♪ Makin' believe
This is what you've conceived ♪

♪ From your worst day ♪

♪ I'm takin' a dive ♪

♪ Oh, movin' in line
Then you look back in time ♪

♪ To the first day ♪

♪ I'm takin', I'm takin' ♪

Hey.

I thought you were,
uh, selling the ticket.

Nobody wanted the shitty seat.

Yeah, it's a really
shitty seat. Next to me.

I like your tights.

Ivanna: I like your jacket.

♪ It's a terrible thing To lose ♪

Honey, the... the door.
The latch is a little finicky.

Are you still mad?

Yes, because you called me
sensitive in front of Eevi.

And now I seem like some jealous wife.

You couldn't have just lied,
like everybody else in this city?

- Blame it on your boss.
- I try not to lie

to anyone, especially you.

Well, I'm glad it felt good
telling Eevi the truth.

Oh, my God. [laughs]

Cheryl, are...

What does it matter what I told her?

She's not here. You are.

You're getting what you want,
like you always do.

Do you think that this is what I want?

Being in Moscow for your job?

You think I wanna color my own hair?

You think I wanna boil some potatoes

and a... and a... geriatric goose
for Thanksgiving?

- No, Cheryl, it's... Wait.
- All of this is for you.

All of it. Everything I do!

Cheryl. Cheryl! Honey! Cheryl!

[people clamoring]

[Eevi sighs]

[suspenseful music]

[♪]

Roadie: Check. Check. One, two!

Twila: One time, when I was little,

like five or six or something,
my mom shoved

a whole slab of bacon
down the back of my pants,

so she wouldn't have to pay for it.

And the whole time, the store owner's dog

was just lunging for my a*s.

- So... Yeah.
- Huh.

One week, my family of six children

lived off of one roasted squirrel.

Yeah. I'm not gonna win
this game with a Russian, am I?

Why does everyone
just assume I'm American?

Your hair, teeth, the way you walk.

You wear a shirt that says
"Bounce, bounce, bounce."

How... how do I walk?

Like someone who's grown up being free.

Yeah, well, I didn't.

- Are you free now?
- [Twila gasps]

What, your friend?

Um... uh, yeah.

Um, my friend. Uh, sorry,
I just haven't seen her

since, um, well, since this morning.

But I gotta... I gotta go
talk to her and do stuff.

So, I'll be back, though. Okay?
Try not to miss me too much.

You're alive!

- So are you.
- What the f*ck happened?

Uh, she's here by coincidence,
or what's going on?

Okay, we'll talk about her later.

But first we should talk about
what we've been doing.

- So, Tatiana, I followed her.
- Yes. What?

And then the... Yeah, I kinda...

- I kinda took her baby.
- You kidnapped her?

Well, more kinda borrowed her, I guess.

Just the gals I was looking for.

- Alan!
- I need you both to come

backstage with the other ladies.

- Well, no, no, really, we...
- No, we can't, we...

Sweetie, this is official
Embassy business.

I know you girls
are excited to see the show,

but you are here
on the US government's dime

- to be lookie-loos.
- Oh.

You both look presentable, thankfully.

Come on, let's go.

Elton's gonna love you. Come on.

- Okay.
- Okay.

♪ And I'm told
And I'm told he's a virgin ♪

♪ Or he may be she ♪

- [knocking on door]
- ♪ What I'm told ♪

♪ Is never, never for certain ♪

♪ Through a glass eye Your throne... ♪

Right on time.

I saw your doctor.

So it's done.

There are still loose ends.

But this one is tied.

[♪]

♪ Take me to the pilot
Lead me through the chamber ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

Is there anything else?

Yes. We need to go to the airport.

I received a message
from our friend in the Village.

He asked us to visit.

♪ Through a glass eye Your throne ♪

- What are you doing?
- I, uh...

- What is that? Put that back.
- I was...

- Miss Cheryl...
- Put it back.

Please. I was only... Let me explain.

I knew we couldn't trust you!
You're working for them.

- And nobody believed me!
- You don't understand!

Don't! Don't!

- [g*nsh*t]
- Everyone,

meet the beautiful American
ladies of the US Embassy.

So I followed him and I had
to get through this checkpoint,

and then I... I got there.

- You found it?
- I found the facility.

- Yeah. I know.
- sh*t.

- And I'm pretty sure...
- Oh, my God.

...that I... I know
how to get us back there.

But Twila, it's vast.

I don't even know how
we're gonna get through...

- Okay.
- ...all of the material.

It's this huge facility and there was...

So are you.

Okay, but... but... Yeah.

- Okay, when those places...
- And we need a...

- We gotta tell Ray.
- We do.

[ominous music]

Hello, American.

[♪]