Crackity Jones (2013) - full transcript

Previously on

Covert Affairs...

I spent most of last night,

getting up to speed on an

arms dealer named Dion Stavros.

Found out exactly where

he's getting his weapons

and to whom

he's selling them.

So, I have 25 missile

launches I need to move.

You've got 24 hours

to find me a buyer.

Where are

my missile launchers?

Hey!

Your count was off.

There are only 20 missile

launchers--not 25.

We might keep secrets

for a living,

but we can't keep them

from each other.

I had a partner.

Her name was Helen Hanson.

We were married

for the mission, but--

You fell in love.

The last couple of days,

I've learned quite a bit

about Auggie's ex,

Helen Hanson.

Ask him if

he's talked to her recently.

- She's dead!

- Is she? Ask him.

I could never

work for you.

I held out my hand

and pulled you

out of the fire,

and this is how

you repay me!

I have Seth Newman's

flash drive,

and I am taking you down.

♪ Covert Affairs 04x07 ♪

Crackity Jones

Original Air Date on August 27, 2013

Hey.

Hey.

You're here.

What are you doing here?

What happened with Rossabi?

Henry.

Henry?

What'd Henry do?

He tanked

the DNA results,

saved me from the Feds.

What?

Then, he offered me a job

at Lexington.

When I turned him down,

he told me to

think about the people

I've aligned myself with.

Those people being me.

That's right.

Did he say

anything else?

He said to ask you if you've

spoken to Helen lately.

Why would he tell you

to ask me that?

I don't know.

What do you think?

Well, I haven't

talked to her.

How could I?

She's dead.

Is there any more

to that story?

Annie.

Everything that I've told you

about Helen is the truth.

So, what do you think

is his angle here?

I don't know.

I mean, if he's trying to

drive a wedge between us,

using my dead wife seems

a clumsy way to do it.

He stood a better chance

using that file.

Do you keep

any old photos?

Uh, yeah, a few.

Why?

Do you have any

of Helen?

The woman in this photo

is Teresa Hamilton,

the go-between

for Arthur and Teo.

No, that's Helen.

Helen and Teresa

are the same person.

Auggie,

Helen is still alive.

You know, they say

if you throw a coin

in this fountain,

you'll have crazy sex

with me all night long.

I'm pretty sure

throwing a coin in the Trevi

means you'll return

to Rome one day.

I must be thinking

of a different fountain.

The meet's on. 12:30,

Bar Mecagni.

Looks like Teo's intel

is panning out.

You okay?

Yeah.

For just a second,

I let myself forget

we were here on a mission.

Then you ruined it.

Let me make it up

to you.

Now we'll come back

to Rome together.

Not for work.

Here's a little token

to remember our promise.

I love it.

You sure you're okay?

I'm fine.

I've been looking for

a hat like that.

Did you buy it here?

If you have a map,

I can show you where.

Hey! Hey!

Go that way!

Cut him off!

Okay.

Whoa!

No. No, no.

No!

Helen!

That was the last time

I saw her.

I woke up

in a jail cell,

and two days later,

Arthur got me out.

He's the one who told me

she was dead.

You think he knew then

she was still alive?

I don't know, but he

knew at some point.

Henry had recent pictures

of them together

in that file he gave you,

right?

I need to talk to Arthur.

I'll drive.

Annie. Auggie.

Were we supposed to meet?

We found some new intel,

and we wanted to

talk to you right away.

Was there something else

on Seth Newman's flash drive?

I know about Helen.

Auggie.

Ooh!

Aah!

Helen arranged

the entire scenario.

The Colombian mark,

the police.

So, she wasn't

really shot?

Mmmm.

Squibs and blood packs.

I didn't know

the truth myself

until she came to me

with the idea

of working

from the shadows.

I helped set her up

with a new identity.

She worked for me

directly.

No one else at the CIA

even knew she existed.

Why wouldn't you

read me in?

Because she needed the world

to believe she was dead,

and the only way to do it

convincingly

was if you believed it too.

I would never compromise

a mission or another operative.

I would have

followed that protocol.

You should have trusted me.

I'm sorry.

You and Teo kept in contact

with her?

Yes, Helen's been our cutout

as needed,

passing messages

between us.

I pulled her in more fully

into Henry's situation

about a week ago.

Why?

Because

she's been working

on sensitive

counter-proliferation missions.

She has

an extensive knowledge

of global arms

trafficking networks

and all the players

involved.

You had her look into

the five missing missiles

from Vienna.

Yes, and she found out

that Henry paid

an Interpol officer named

Sabino Laurent to steal them.

Henry's going to Lyon

on Monday to make a deal,

and Helen's going tonight

to Lyon.

You want me

to go with her.

Why?

Because Annie's

import/export NOC

combined with Helen's

experience in arms trafficking

makes you two

the ideal team for this.

It's a two-person job.

You squeeze Sabino

from both sides

and take the missiles

before Henry has

a chance to use 'em.

Use 'em? You think

he's gonna fire 'em?

Well, he doesn't need to.

He can already prove

that I've been giving money

to a known ALC terrorist.

He wants revenge

for Jai's death.

He's not interested

in taking me down.

He wants to bury me.

Imagine if he could prove

that I've been providing

arms to Teo too,

outside of normal

CIA channels?

Yeah, sounds like

you're in deep shit

get somebody else

to go to Lyon.

This affects all of us,

Auggie.

Henry's a scorched earth

kind of guy.

I'm going.

I was there when

the missiles were taken.

I can be on a plane

tonight.

Thanks, Annie.

You want to talk about

what happened in there?

Not really.

You punched Arthur

in the face.

He's been lying to me

for years

for no good reason.

The only other time

you've done something like this

was after Parker.

I dealt with my feelings

for Helen seven years ago.

If that's true,

why do you still

have photos of her?

I don't know.

I just do.

It's not like

I look at 'em.

Would you have

told me about this

if circumstances

didn't force your hand?

Honestly, I don't know.

So it's not,

"no more secrets."

I have been in intelligence

since I got out of college.

I have secrets

even I can't remember.

I don't understand

what you want from me here.

I just want to talk

to you.

You're going on a mission

with my dead ex-girlfriend.

What more is there to say?

Wife.

So, there's a lot more

to say.

You're leaving

in two hours.

You really want to

do this right now?

Hello, Auggie.

Helen?

What the hell

are you doing here?

Arthur called.?

I figured since the cat

was out of the bag,

this meeting

was inevitable.

So, you broke into

my apartment

to avoid

an awkward reunion?

I couldn't exactly

wait in the hall.

You didn't have to

come here at all.

I needed to talk to you.

Seems like everyone

needs to talk these days.

I'm about to go on a mission

with your girlfriend.

Arthur tells me she's solid,

but I wanted to hear your

assessment of her fieldwork.

This is the first time

you've contacted me

after pretending to be dead

for seven years.

There's a lot of stuff

we should talk about.

A credit report

on my girlfriend

is not high on that list.

Arthur already told you

what can be declassified.

Don't hide

behind the clearance.

Okay.

Here's what I can

tell you.

The work I've been doing

since going dark

has involved

inserting myself

into tactical situations

that weren't possible before.

You mean,

when we were married.

Our marriage

was for the Agency.

You got confused about what

the relationship really was.

You know, it may have

started off as a cover,

but it didn't stay

that way.

It did for me.

You would say "I love you"

when no one else was around.

How was that

part of your cover?

It was a long time ago,

Auggie.

Who are you?

I haven't changed.

I'm the same person

I was then.

You just saw what

you wanted to see.

You don't have to worry

about Annie.

She can keep up with you

and then some.

Helen?

Annie.

Sit wherever you'd like.

Our target is

Sabino Laurent,

Interpol's

chief munitions officer.

And the plan is?

You'll appraise your NOC

as Annie Walker.

Importer/exporter,

and confront Sabino

about your missing missiles.

And what are you

gonna do?

I'll pose

as an MI6 officer

investigating

the missiles.

He'll be desperate to unload

them long before Monday.

Why'd you go dark

seven years ago?

Unless it's about

this mission,

I'd rather not talk.

I like to keep focused.

It's just that I've never

heard of a person

doing what you did.

I'm curious.

No.

You were wondering how

I could do it to Auggie.

You're protecting him.

But as long as we're talking,

you should know,

I have serious concerns

about your ability

to make objective decisions

in the field.

Henry Wilcox offered you a job

at his consulting firm.

You turned it down.

Why?

How do you know that?

Does it matter?

I made a judgment call.

You had a prime opportunity

to embed yourself

right beside your target,

and you turned it down

because you despise him.

You made

an emotional decision.

Wrong.

Henry wanted me to see it

as a chance

to spy on him,

but I saw it for what

it really was--

a ploy to keep me close.

Still,

an interesting decision.

Don't worry

about my decisions.

They've served me well

so far.

Hey, Auggie,

sorry we're late.

We had to stop

for a milkshake.

Breakfast of champions.

I got you one.

That's a chocolate explosion.

Whoa, nice digs!

Where should we

set up?

What are you guys

doing here?

You emailed us yesterday

and invited us over,

remember?

Something about

a super secret project?

Yeah, right. Sorry.

You can set up

on the credenza.

Are you all right,

man?

Yep.

Just didn't sleep

very well.

Nothing a few gallons

of coffee can't cure.

Hey, listen,

before you get set up,

you guys should know,

this is off-book

and unsanctioned,

so if anyone

finds out about this,

we could lose our jobs,

maybe worse.

You had me at pizza.

I assume there will be

pizza, right?

Okay.

Now, this is

a 1.8 gigapixel image

taken by

a surveillance drone.

Nothing's happening.

Exactly.

When you click on

this image,

it should automatically

zoom in.

We should be able

to click on those trees

until we can count

the veins in the leaves.

It's a lot of data

to rebuild.

Offbook and on-point.

This is awesome.

Hey, there's nothing

awesome about this, Eric.

We are risking our careers

and our freedoms

because people's lives

are at stake.

I'm really sorry, man.

I mean, I'm here to help,

whatever it takes.

All right,

let's get to work.

I informed Tarel Birkin

that I was aborting

the mission.

He left the hotel first.

I waited 15 minutes,

and then I exited

through the front entrance.

Outside, I was overpowered

by Gunter Schmid.

He took me

to Stavros' apartment.

I believed that they

were going to kill me.

I fought them both off until

I could get Gunter's gun,

and I used it against them.

I left the scene

immediately and flew out of--

Robert Bernard.

Robbie B.

Calder Michaels.

Calder Michaels.

Jesus.

You sound like hell.

Because I've been here

all night.

It's called dedication.

You should look it up sometime.

It's under "D."

You finally got

that big promotion

and now you actually have to

work for a living, huh?

Yeah.

What can I do for you?

I'm going through

my operative's report

from the Dion Stavros mission,

and I wanted to take a look

at the crime scene photos,

but your lazy ass hasn't

uploaded them to the server yet.

Let's look at them

together.

What exactly

are we looking for?

Well, nothing specific.

I was just curious

about their injuries.

Wounds look big.

You know the caliber yet?

Well, the victims were

shot with a .45.

What were they packing?

Stavros was unarmed.

The big fellow

was carrying a 9-millimeter.

I take it that means the .45

belongs to your operative?

I fought them both off

until I could get

Gunter's gun,

and I used it against them.

Robert, can you get me

security camera footage

from the Imperial Hotel?

- Yeah, you bet.

- Thanks, brother.

Sabino?

Sabino.

Do I know you?

Indirectly.

I'm the owner of the

missile launchers you stole.

I want them back,

and I'm willing to pay.

You must have me

confused

with someone else,

mademoiselle.

Uh, no.

You're Sabino Laurent.

You're in control of Interpol's

munitions clearinghouse.

You're the only man with

the means and opportunity

to turn a van

of 25 missile launchers

into a van of 20.

And you can do it without

anyone else knowing,

but the thing is...

I know.

And what is this

incriminating information

you claim to have?

You had two opportunities

to return to the DGSE,

and you turned them

both down.

Nobody chooses to stay

at Interpol.

The pay's a joke.

And the work's boring.

But you chose to stay

because you're making a mint...

Stealing impounded weapons

and selling them.

Like my missile launchers.

My card.

There's a number

for a crime tip line on back.

Feel free to call anytime.

I'm sure my superiors will have

no issue taking my word

over that

of an admitted arms trafficker.

I don't want to make trouble

for you.

I want...to make a deal.

I set him up.

Get ready to knock him down.

- Bonjour.

- Bonjour.

Emily Howard.

MI-6.

What is this regarding?

Five stolen Stinger missiles.

Forgive me, mademoiselle,

but how does this fall under

MI-6 purview?

We've had eyes

on Dion Stavros

since he was dealing

to the I.R.A.

Now he sells

to numerous terror groups

operating within the U.K.

So if weapons he owns

have suddenly vanished,

we'd like to know who has them.

This is the first time

I'm hearing

of anything being missing.

I find that

deeply concerning,

considering the missiles

disappeared

while under your supervision.

I need to see every scrap

of paper you have

regarding those missiles

straightaway,

and then you and I are going to

inventory the clearinghouse.

You have no authority

to order such an action.

Your boss Benoit Collet does.

He's already given

his approval

and assured me you'd be

at my full disposal

until my investigation

is complete.

Perhaps I should call

Monsieur Collet myself.

You're about to call

your boss's boss

at home on the weekend

to question his directives?

We have a phrase for that

at MI-6.

Incredibly bloody stupid.

Oui.

My apologies, Ms. Howard.

Monsieur Collet has just

explained the situation to me.

I'd like to offer my full

attention to your investigation.

We could meet later for dinner

to discuss your needs.

8:00, Les Adrets?

Perfect.

Ms. Walker.

Sabino speaking.

Perhaps we can do business

after all.

Arthur. Your pal Collet

came through in a big way.

Whatever favor he owed you--

consider it paid in full.

Hey, what's Annie

up to tonight?

She's working.

Oh.

Oh, cool.

Cool.

What?

Is there something

you two wanna ask me?

- It's just--

- N-no.

It's...just there's

this rumor...

Going around that, um,

you and Annie started dating.

Hmm.

You hear this rumor, Hollman?

I want no part of this.

You want to know

if it's true.

I don't mean to overstep...

But, yes, I want to know

if it's true, please.

What's the consensus

at Langley?

- 60/40 in favor of.

- Where do you fall in there?

Ah, see, honestly...

I'm not sure.

I mean, I'd like to think

that you guys are together,

but if you're not,

I hope you are doing

everything humanly possible

to make it happen, 'cause...

'Cause you hit the jackpot.

You did.

You hit the jackpot

when you got assigned

to be her handler.

When are you ever gonna find

another girl like that?

Are you guys hungry?

- Constantly.

- Let's get that pizza.

Here.

You're not coming?

No. Bring me back a slice.

I gotta go into Langley

for something.

Joan, you got a minute?

Yeah, sure.

Come in.

What's up?

I'm wondering...

How do you determine...

Pairings for operations?

Well, we take into account

the Myers-Briggs assessment,

personal background,

interests, work experience.

Standard compatibility

regression matching.

You're wondering why

I assigned Annie to you.

I'm just curious

how these decisions are made.

Annie needed someone

to ground her.

And you needed someone to force

you out of your comfort zone.

- Comfort zone.

- Yeah.

You constantly push each other,

and as a result,

you continue to evolve

as people and operatives

in ways that never cease

to impress me.

But the truth is...

You were also the guy

available that day.

Do any of these pairings

ever go the distance?

In this line of work...

We're good liars to begin with.

The Agency trains us

to be better liars.

We use lies to protect

our friends

and fool our enemies, but...

At the end of the day,

a lie is still a lie.

Some relationships

can survive in these conditions,

but...

the reality is most don't.

Hey.

You find what you need

at the office?

Not sure.

How's it going?

I think...We've...Got it.

Now we go through

every last pixel.

What are we looking for,

exactly?

Anything that doesn't belong

in a jungle.

Uh...

Do humans fit that bill?

I say so.

What'd you find?

Two men.

One looks...

Latino.

The other--whoa!

You are not gonna believe

who it is.

Henry Wilcox.

First you miss the meet

we were supposed to have

an hour ago,

then you show up

at my safe house?

We're not supposed to

know each other.

If anybody saw you

come in here,

you could have blown

the entire mission.

Henry's here.

We need to leave Lyon ASAP

and reassess.

I can't cut bait and run.

I'm meeting Sabino

at a dock on the Rhone.

What part of "he's here"

don't you understand?

It's a setup.

To do what? Kill me?

I don't think so.

If Henry wanted me dead,

he's had plenty

of opportunities.

Then why is he here

two days early?

Henry Wilcox doesn't just

drop everything on a whim.

And get on a plane.

I can't leave-not yet.

I can turn Sabino--I can get him

to sell me these missiles.

Why are you being

so obstinate?

If I ran every time

my life was in danger,

I'd never complete a mission.

I know where

those missiles are today.

If I don't act,

I lose them forever.

Ever win for Henry

is another log on the fire.

He's building to burn

the people I care about,

and I am not gonna

let that happen.

That's exactly why

you're gonna fail.

Two weeks before I went dark,

Auggie and I went

to plant a bug,

in the office of a man

we believed

was laundering money

for Dev Sol.

Auggie was planting a

listening device in the office.

I was supposed to install

a signal relay

across the street.

The target

was a dangerous man.

If there was even

the suspicion

that someone

in his organization

was working against him...

they disappeared.

The situation of protocol

is to never risk

revealing yourself unless

your life is at risk...

and you have no choice.

But in that moment,

I didn't care about

preserving the mission.

The only thing I cared about

was saving Auggie.

Hey!

Turns out

he had no intention

of going up to the office.

He was just picking up

a package he left behind.

Had I just kept my cool

and stayed on the roof,

he never would have known

we were there.

But I made

an emotional decision.

In trying to save Auggie,

I endangered both of us.

A week later,

I saw the target on the campus

where Auggie and I were posing

as married grad students.

Viene.

I was blown.

I couldn't stay in Rome.

But Auggie's cover

was still intact.

The target

never knew he was there.

But every second

I stayed with Auggie,

I put him in danger.

Here.

What's wrong?

Nothing.

That night,

I realized what I had to do.

Helen!

I knew if I could

make it through that moment...

Helen!

I could do anything.

If you loved Auggie,

why didn't you

tell him all of this?

You could have left and been

reassigned somewhere together.

You know what getting burned

does to an operative's career.

It ends it.

Going dark freed me up

to become an operative

I never imagined was possible.

What about the tradeoffs?

Only a handful of people

even know you exist.

It's true.

Relationships are a liability.

You have any regrets?

I've been able to do

a lot of good things

in this world.

But leaving Auggie changed

the course of both our lives.

And I have to live with that

every day.

Do you still love him?

I don't even know what

that word means anymore.

Yes, you do.

Know the stakes

are high for you

and the people you care about,

and I know you think

leaving Lyon

means all hope is lost.

But there are other ways

to beat Henry.

Losing one battle

doesn't mean the war is over.

But if you die,

there is no war.

I've come too far.

I'll be smart,

but I'm not backing down.

That's an emotional decision.

I can't be any part of that.

I didn't ask you to be.

The missile launchers

are in the plane.

Did you bring the money?

After this,

my business with Henry Wilcox

is finished.

You know what happens

to people

after they finish their

business with Henry Wilcox.

They die.

He doesn't leave loose ends.

The missiles were never here.

Henry probably has them

halfway across the world by now.

Yeah. The question is

which half?

What time

will the jet be ready?

I'm not going back to D.C.

I hope this won't offend you,

but when we met,

I didn't think much of you.

No. How could anyone

take offense to that?

But I saw something in you

this weekend.

You will run through

brick walls for Auggie...

And Henry will use that against

you every chance he gets.

Seven years ago,

I learned

the most dangerous thing

a spy can do

is fall in love.

I had to make a choice.

Like it or not,

you do too.

Decide what it is

you really wanna do here.

Be with Auggie,

or stop Henry.

There may come a time

when you'll be forced

to choose between the two,

and if you can't...

You're gonna fail at both.

- Auggie.

- We found something.

The Colombian

is Eduardo Vargas..

He's one of Teo's ALC comrades.

He was detained

when Annie and Calder

raided their stronghold.

Henry's been having secret

meetings with ALC rebels.

It's no wonder he had Seth

sneak this out of the building.

It's a safe bet it's been purged

from the CIA database.

Eduardo's

still in CIA custody.

Hopefully we can get him

to tell us

why Henry was in Colombia.

There's something

I need to tell you, Auggie.

When I supported

Helen's choice,

I was making a decision

to help her,

not hurt you.

I'm sorry for the pain

it's caused you over the years.

But I still stand

behind my decision.

So you're sorry,

but you have no regrets.

Well...

since Helen went dark,

the things she's been able

to accomplish are astounding.

Yeah. She's been

a big help to Teo.

- What's that mean?

- You trusted me

to train Teo

and keep your secret.

But when Helen went dark,

you had a choice.

You could be honest

with me or help your son.

You chose Teo.

This is a job of hard choices.

You made those decisions

because you felt

they were for the better good.

But you should know this.

I can't ever trust you again.

Auggie.

You're back.

It wasn't fair of me

to challenge you about

where your head is at.

No, no, come on.

I flew off the handle

at Arthur, I...

I definitely

have some things to think about.

Well, the truth is that--

I'm not totally clear

about my feelings.

I have a lot that I need

to think about too.

Meaning what?

The last few days

with Helen have been...

Interesting.

After a couple days

with Helen,

you're thinking...

You're feeling

like you can't have love

and be a spy.

Like you have to choose.

This is the part where you're

supposed to refute all that.

Helen is wrong

about a lot of things.

I don't know...

Maybe she's right about that.

Meaning what?

I wanna be with you,

Annie.

I have from the second

you walked into my life.

But since we started this...

It's like we

have never had time...for us.

First Henry and the file

and then Teo and then Helen...

Yeah. And I just keep thinking

that it's gotta stop.

It has to end.

We have to find

someplace more normal,

but...

For people like us,

there is no normal.

What do we do?

I don't know.

I don't know either.

But I know that...

If the only thing

we can agree on

is the fact that we don't know,

that's not good enough.

So is that it, is this...

The end?

I think so.