Alias (2001–2006): Season 5, Episode 3 - The Shed - full transcript

Following the theft of a deadly virus, code named Substance 33, in Turkey, Sydney is forced to partner on a mission with new APO agent Thomas Grace where they and Marshall travel to Prauge to look for the stolen virus container where their paths cross with Rachel Gibson, a spy suspected of being involved in activities against the U.S., has something shockingly in common with Sydney that she's working for a black ops group called The Shed, that is run by Gordon Dean and his murderous associate Kelly Peyton. Sydney and Tom must persuade Rachel to infiltrate The Shed to download Dean's computer files to learn where Substance 33 is being hidden. Meanwhile, Dixon must accompany Sloane, who's given a 48-hour pass from prison to acquire a possible cure for his still-comatose daughter, Nadia, from a scientist in Russia.

PREVIOUSLY ON "ALIAS"...
SYDNEY!

NADIA! COME HERE, COME HERE!

NO!

(Sydney) IT'S NADIA.
SHE'S INFECTED.

MY DAUGHTER'S BEING KEPT
IN A COMA.

SHE'S SUFFERING FROM A CONDITION
THAT NO ONE UNDERSTANDS.

IT IS A CONDITION
THAT I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR

WITH NO HOPE FOR A CURE.

I'VE HURT THE MOST PRECIOUS
THING IN MY LIFE.

GORDON DEAN, OFFICE OF
SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS.

DEAN WASN'T
SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS.



HE WENT OFF THE GRID
TWO YEARS AGO.

(Sydney) THESE PEOPLE
KILLED MY FIANCé.

WE LOST OUR ONLY LEAD
ON GORDON DEAN.

WE'LL GET ANOTHER LEAD.

YEAH.

(beeping)

(squeaking)

(speaking Turkish)

(doorbell buzzes)

(door buzzes)

UHH!

I'M PATCHED IN.
GO FOR THE HACK.

(Woman) Hacking now.

(beep)



(alarms blaring)

(shouting in Turkish)

(Man screams)

(squeaking)

(telephone rings)

(ring)

Thank you for calling.

For the purposes of training,
this call may be monitored.

My name is Roger.
How can I help you?

HI, ROGER. I'D LIKE TO CANCEL
A SUBSCRIPTION, PLEASE.

Certainly. Can I have
the name on the account?

MICHAEL VAUGHN.

V-A-U-G-H-N.

Got it. I see it right here.

May I ask why you're
canceling the subscription?

MR. VAUGHN DIED.

I'm sorry. I'll take care
of it right away.

YEAH.

(beep)

OKAY.

(Marshall)
WHEN YOUR WIFE TELLS YOU

IT'S A WASTE OF TIME
TO HAVE A PEN PAL, SHE'S WRONG,

'CAUSE TWO DAYS AGO,
THERE WAS A THEFT

IN AN R&D FACILITY
IN ISTANBUL.

THE TURKS HAVE DONE
A PRETTY GOOD JOB

OF KEEPING IT UNDER WRAPS.

BUT MY FRIEND ALI
FORWARDED ME THIS.

NOW TAKE A LOOK RIGHT THERE.
YOU SEE THAT, THOSE VIALS?

RIGHT THERE? THAT'S A NERVE
AGENT CALLED SUBSTANCE 33.

IT WAS DEVELOPED BY THE RUSSIANS
DURING THE COLD WAR.

REMARKABLE STUFF, YOU KNOW,

IN AN END-OF-CIVILIZATION
SORT OF WAY.

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK
THEY WORKED FOR DEAN?

WELL, THEY DON'T. AS FAR AS WE
CAN TELL, THEY'RE INDEPENDENT.

GORDON DEAN--HE'S A--

FORMER C.I.A.

DISAPPEARED TWO YEARS AGO.
INFILTRATED THIS OFFICE.

COMPROMISED ONE OF YOUR MEN.

I'M UP TO SPEED, THANKS.

SORRY. UM, NEW GUY.

I-I JUST ASSUMED
THAT MAYBE, UH...

(clears throat)
ANYWAY...

THIS WOMAN RIGHT HERE--

THAT'S WHO I THINK
WORKS FOR DEAN.

YOU THINK? BASED ON WHAT,
YOUR PEN PAL?

WHO, ALI? NO.
SEE, THIS WOMAN HAD HELP--

A HACKER WHO REMOTELY
ACCESSED THE SECURITY SYSTEM

USING THE SAME COMPUTER
AS A HACK ON THE N.S.A.

A FEW MONTHS BACK, WHICH WE KNOW
WAS ORDERED BY DEAN.

SO TWO HOURS AGO I TRACED
THIS COMPUTER TO PRAGUE

WITHIN THESE 5 SQUARE MILES.

BUT, YOU SEE,
IF I CAN GO TO PRAGUE,

I CAN NARROW IT DOWN
TO, LIKE, 2 FEET,

AND THEN WE CAN GRAB THIS HACKER
AND GET HIM TO TELL US

WHERE THE SUBSTANCE 33 IS.
BUT IF WE DO THAT,
WE LOSE DEAN.

ONCE HE REALIZES
HIS HACKER IS MISSING,

HE'LL DISAPPEAR AS WELL.
RIGHT.

OKAY. I WANT YOU BOTH
TO ACCOMPANY MARSHALL TO PRAGUE.

FOLLOW THE SIGNAL.
LOCATE DEAN'S OPERATION THERE.

BUT DON'T DO ANYTHING
TO REVEAL YOURSELF

OR TO ENGAGE HIS MEN.

ONCE YOU'VE DONE THAT,
WE'LL REASSESS OUR OPTIONS.

SHOULDN'T DIXON
BE GOING WITH ME?

I'VE TASKED DIXON
TO ANOTHER ASSIGNMENT.

MARSHALL WILL BRIEF YOU
ON YOUR OP TECH.

LET ME KNOW WHEN
YOU'RE READY TO LEAVE.

DAD, YOU'RE MAKING A MISTAKE.

SYDNEY, I UNDERSTAND
YOU'D BE MORE COMFORTABLE

TAKING DIXON WITH YOU,
BUT THAT WAS INAPPROPRIATE.

THIS IS NOT THE TIME
TO BREAK IN A NEW AGENT.

AGENT GRACE HAS
EXTENSIVE FIELD EXPERIENCE.

AND I HAVE A HISTORY
WITH DIXON.

WHAT IS SO IMPORTANT, DAD,

THAT HE CAN'T COME
WITH ME ON THIS MISSION?

YOUR SISTER.

WHAT ABOUT MY SISTER?

YOU KNOW THAT SLOANE HAS BEEN
SEARCHING FOR A CURE FOR NADIA.

HE MAY HAVE FOUND ONE.

"CONDITIONAL RELEASE
OF ARVIN SLOANE"?

SLOANE CULTIVATED A LEAD

WHO WILL ONLY MEET WITH HIM
FACE-TO-FACE IN RUSSIA.

I WAS ABLE TO CONVINCE
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

TO LET HIM OUT OF PRISON
FOR 72 HOURS.

I'M SENDING DIXON
AS A SECURITY DETAIL.

WHEN WAS I GOING
TO FIND OUT ABOUT THIS?

I DIDN'T WANT
TO RAISE YOUR HOPES

UNTIL WE KNEW WHAT SLOANE HAD.

WELL, IN THAT CASE, I'D PREFER
TO GO WITH MARSHALL BY MYSELF.
SYDNEY--

IT'S NOT THAT COMPLICATED
A MISSION.
IN FACT,
IT'S VERY COMPLICATED--

RECOVERING THE NERVE AGENT
WITHOUT TIPPING DEAN...

WHAT AREN'T YOU TELLING ME?

I READ HIS FILE.

AGENT GRACE'S?

YOU HAD NO AUTHORITY
TO DO THAT.

IN THE LAST THREE YEARS,

HE HAS TURNED DOWN
HALF A DOZEN TEAM ASSIGNMENTS,

INSTEAD TAKING LONG-COVER
OPERATIONS BY HIMSELF.

HE'S A LONER.

HE'S A SUPERIOR AGENT,

AND HE'S AGREED
TO BE ON THIS TEAM,

WHICH IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME.

UM, SORRY.
DIDN'T MEAN TO...

IT'S JUST THAT YOU SAID
TO LET YOU KNOW WHEN...

WE'RE READY TO GO.
YEAH.

***

TELL ME ABOUT YOUR CONTACT
ALEXANDER DOLZHENKO.

DOLZHENKO WAS AN UNDERSECRETARY
IN THE POLITBURO.

I HAD BEEN WORKING WITH HIM
FOR THE PAST DECADE.

TRUSTWORTHY?

RELIABLE.

WHY IS HE INSISTING ON MEETING
WITH YOU IN PERSON?

FOR HIS PROTECTION.

AFTER THE SOVOGDA INCIDENT,

WE BELIEVE THAT THE RUSSIANS
KILLED ALL THE INFECTED.

BUT ACCORDING TO DOLZHENKO,
THEY'VE KEPT SOME OF THEM ALIVE,

AND THEY'RE
PURSUING TREATMENT.

OF COURSE, THE RUSSIANS DENY
THAT SOVOGDA EVER OCCURRED.

SO BY PASSING THE CURE
TO ME,

DOLZHENKO IS
RISKING HIS LIFE.

SUPPOSE DOLZHENKO HAS BEEN
FOUND OUT BY THE AUTHORITIES.

THIS COULD BE HIS WAY
OF CUTTING A DEAL.

AND YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT
I MIGHT BE WALKING INTO A TRAP?

HMM? NO.

NO.
ABOUT THE SOVOGDA INCIDENT--

THE RUSSIANS HAVE NO IDEA
THAT I'M RESPONSIBLE.

THEN WHY HAS HE AGREED
TO MEET WITH YOU AT ALL?

$300,000.

MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE,
IN THREE DAYS' TIME,

YOU RETURN TO THIS CELL.

I INTEND TO DO EXACTLY THAT.

WHEN WE'RE IN THE FIELD,

YOU'LL FOLLOW
MY INSTRUCTIONS EXPLICITLY,

NO QUESTIONS.

IT'S MY SHOW.

GREAT.

SURE YOU'RE READING
THAT RIGHT?

(grunts)
SEEMS LIKE AN UNLIKELY PLACE
TO HIDE AN OPERATION.

IT'S DEFINITELY HIM.

I MEAN, THE SIGNAL
I'M GETTING IS WEAK BUT CLEAN.

AND THE HACKER'S
RIGHT INSIDE THAT BUILDING.
Wi-Fi HOT SPOT?

YEAH.
(beeping)

MUST BE USING
A LAPTOP OFF-SITE.

KNOW WHAT? THAT'S OKAY.
I GOT AN IDEA.

OKAY.

OKAY.

GOT IT. HERE'S WHAT WE DO.
PACK OF MINTS, RIGHT?

MICROPROCESSOR ON THE BOTTOM
OF THE CASE. IT'S A RELAY.

GET IT WITHIN 5 FEET
OF THE HACKER'S COMPUTER.

IT SHOULD ALLOW ME
TO CLONE THE HARD DRIVE,

MIGHT EVEN TELL US
WHERE THE NERVE AGENT IS.

EVEN BETTER--
OFFER HIM A MINT.

INSIDE EACH ONE
IS A TRACKING DEVICE.

DON'T WORRY. HE WON'T DIE
OR ANYTHING IF HE SWALLOWS IT.

JUST GET A LITTLE SICK,
A LITTLE NAUSEA.

IF GORDON DEAN
HAS AN OPERATION HERE,

CHANCES ARE THE HACKER
WILL LEAD US RIGHT TO IT.

GOT IT.

(speaks Czech)

WHAT'S THAT?

THAT WAS CZECH.

I'LL FAKE IT. IT'S ALL
SORT OF GERMANISH, RIGHT?

GO FOR IT.

(car door opens)

(car door closes)

(Sydney) Okay,
who am I looking for?

A FAR WINDOW,
BACK TO THE WALL.

BASEBALL CAP ON BACKWARDS.
GOT IT.

(imitating Czech accent)
YOU ARE AMERICAN?

OH.

GREAT, SYD, THAT'S PERFECT.
I'M STARTING THE CLONE NOW.

NICE.

HOLD ON A SECOND.
WAIT A MINUTE.

WHAT IS IT?
WELL, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE
ACCESSING THIS COMPUTER. SYD...

Does your guy have two laptops
networked together?
NO.

NO?

Syd, listen, we have a problem.
Someone beside me

IS PIGGYBACKING
OFF THIS COMPUTER.

THEY'RE TRYING
TO STEAL THE BANDWIDTH,

WHICH MEANS THE HACKER
DOESN'T HAVE A LAPTOP AT ALL--

maybe a PDA
or a cell phone.

(beep)
Great, the signal
just went dead.

I GOT HER. BLOND HAIR,
BROWN JACKET. SHE JUST LEFT.

SHE'S COMING YOUR WAY.
THERE SHE IS.

YOU'RE GOING
TO WANT A SEAT BELT.

(engine starts)

(tires screeching)

WH-WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

FOLLOWING HER.

WATCH OUT!
(horn honks)

SORRY!

(horn honks)

SHE MADE US. HOLD ON.
(Woman screams)

(horn honks)

(tires screeching)

(horns honking)

(grunts)

HI THERE.

(grunting)

HEY, DID YOU GET ANYTHING
FROM HER CELL PHONE?

NO. THE SIMM CARD
IS COMPLETELY SHATTERED.

SHE SAYS THE PHONE BROKE
WHEN YOU HIT HER CAR.

WELL, MORE LIKELY
IT WAS A COUNTERMEASURE.

SHE SMASHED IT WHEN SHE REALIZED
YOU WERE CHASING HER.

AND IF HER PEOPLE
REALIZE SHE'S GONE,

IF THERE'S SOME PROTOCOL
TO CHECK IN THAT SHE MISSES,

THEY'LL DISAPPEAR AS WELL.

MAYBE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCE,

YOU'D HAVE DONE
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

OKAY.

UM, UH, YOU TALKED
TO YOUR FATHER, RIGHT, SYD?

I MEAN,
WHAT'S HE WANT US TO DO?

I'M GOING
TO TALK TO HER AGAIN,

SEE IF I CAN GET HER
TO GIVE UP SUBSTANCE 33

WHILE THERE'S STILL TIME.

CAN YOU RIG
A VOICE STRESS ANALYZER?

YEAH, SURE.
JUST GIVE ME TEN MINUTES.

DOLZHENKO IS TYPICALLY
A FEW MINUTES LATE.

HALF AN HOUR IS
MORE THAN A FEW MINUTES.

(cell phone rings)

HERE WE GO.

ALEXANDER.

You deviated
from my instructions.

I told you to come alone.

HE'S BACKUP.
HE'S ONLY HERE FOR MY SAFETY.

Do we have the money?

IT'S ALL HERE, ALEXANDER--

$300,000.

Our last job,
where we parted company--

Be there by 8,
alone this time.

I CAN'T DO THAT,
ALEXANDER.

Then our deal's off,

and you lose
your daughter's cure.

MARCUS...

NO.

IF YOU'RE CONCERNED
THAT THIS IS A TRICK,

AN ESCAPE,
YOU HAVE MY DAUGHTER.

SHE'S ALL THE INSURANCE
YOU NEED.

COULD BE A TRAP. RUSSIAN POLICE
COULD BE WAITING FOR YOU.

IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME.
I HAVE TO SEE THIS THROUGH.

WHAT IF IT WERE
YOUR DAUGHTER, MARCUS?

CALL ME WHEN YOU'RE
READY TO BE PICKED UP.

(earpiece beeps)

(car door opens)

(engine starts,
car door closes)

(beeping)

THREE DAYS AGO,

YOU HACKED
INTO A SECURITY SYSTEM

AND FACILITATED THE THEFT
OF A CHEMICAL WEAPON--

SUBSTANCE 33.

I WANT TO CONTACT
THE AMERICAN EMBASSY.

I'M A U.S. CITIZEN.
I HAVE RIGHTS.

YOU COMMITTED
AN ACT OF TERRORISM.

YOU FORFEITED YOUR RIGHTS.

HONESTLY, I HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

(knock on door)

HEY. RACHEL GIBSON,
TRAVELING ON A STUDENT VISA

ISSUED TWO WEEKS AGO.

SO WHAT ARE YOU STUDYING?

ARCHITECTURE.

THE GOTHIC INFLUENCE.

WELL, THAT'S FASCINATING.

IT IS.

(clicking)

WHAT ARE YOU DO--

GET OFF! LET GO OF ME NOW!
DON'T--LET GO!

WHAT IS THIS?
WHOEVER YOU PEOPLE ARE,
YOU'RE MAKING A BIG MISTAKE.

CAN I SEE THAT?
PRETTY SOON THERE WILL BE
A TON OF U.S. AGENTS

SWARMING THIS PLACE
LOOKING FOR ME.
U.S. AGENTS?

THAT'S RIGHT.
IT'S AN E.L.T.--EMERGENCY
LOCATION TRANSMITTER.

SHE WAS TRYING TO SEND
A DISTRESS SIGNAL.

(Tom)
DO WE NEED TO WORRY?

WELL, LOOKS LIKE
IT'S STILL INTACT.

THE SIGNAL DIDN'T GO OUT.

YOU'RE SCARED?

YOU SHOULD BE.
NO ONE'S COMING TO RESCUE YOU.

I'M AN OPERATIVE
FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.

SO UNLESS YOU WANT TO START
A WAR WITH THE C.I.A.,

I WOULD SUGGEST--
HERE'S YOUR NEXT PROBLEM,
RACHEL. WE'RE C.I.A.

WELL, THEN THIS MUST BE
SOME BIG MISUNDERSTANDING.

IF YOU'RE C.I.A.,
WE'RE ON THE SAME SIDE.

CALL LANGLEY.
VERIFY HER STORY.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU CAN'T.
WE'RE OFF-BOOK.

BLACK OPS.
LANGLEY WON'T VERIFY US.

THAT'S CONVENIENT.

WELL, THAT'S THE TRUTH.
I'VE HAD ENOUGH.

SYD?

The stress analysis indicates
she's telling the truth.

THAT MAY BE,
BUT THE MORE LIKELY SCENARIO

IS THAT SHE'S PRACTICING
A FORM OF SELF-HYPNOSIS

TO CONVINCE HERSELF THAT
WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS TRUE.

WELL, I TRIPLE-CHECKED
MY READINGS AND FILTERED THEM

AGAINST EVERY KNOWN
METHOD OF DUPING.

SHE BELIEVES
WHAT SHE'S SAYING.

WHAT?

MARSHALL, YOU AND MY FATHER
SAID THE SAME THING--

THAT RACHEL BELIEVES
WHAT SHE'S SAYING.

SHE BELIEVES SHE WORKS
FOR THE C.I.A.

YEAH. I THINK SO.
THAT'S RIGHT.

I NEED TO TALK TO HER.

(Sydney) I WANT TO TELL YOU
A STORY.

JUST STOP ME
IF I GET SOMETHING WRONG.

YOU WERE APPROACHED IN COLLEGE,
SOMEPLACE PUBLIC,

IN THE QUAD
OR WALKING TO CLASS.

A MAN ASKED YOU IF YOU WANTED
TO SERVE YOUR COUNTRY.

WHEN HE TOLD YOU
IT WAS FOR THE C.I.A.,

YOU JUST--
YOU COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

BUT YOU TOOK THE TESTS,
AND THEY WERE EASY FOR YOU.

IT MADE YOU FEEL GOOD
ABOUT YOURSELF.

YOU PROBABLY STARTED WORK
AT A FALSE FRONT,

SOME PHANTOM COMPANY THAT HAD
YOU DOING ENTRY-LEVEL ANALYSIS.

MAYBE YOU WONDERED WHY YOU WERE
NEVER SENT TO LANGLEY.

MAYBE YOU WONDERED

WHY YOU WEREN'T BEING TRAINED
WITH OTHER RECRUITS.

THEN YOU GOT PROMOTED.

YOU MET THE DIRECTOR
OF YOUR DIVISION--GORDON DEAN.

HE OFFERED YOU A POSITION
ON HIS TEAM.

DEAN TOOK YOU UNDER HIS WING.

HE CONVINCED YOU THAT
YOU WERE SO IMPORTANT,

YOU JUST HAD TO BE OUT THERE
HELPING HIM SAVE THE WORLD.

HOW AM I DOING?

YOU READ MY FILE.

NO, I DIDN'T.

13 YEARS AGO, THE SAME THING
HAPPENED TO ME,

ONLY I HAD BEEN LIED TO.

WHAT I WAS TOLD
WAS THE C.I.A.

WAS IN REALITY
A CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION.

I THINK YOU'VE BEEN
TOLD THE SAME LIE.

I KNOW YOU DON'T
BELIEVE ME, RACHEL.

YOU THINK THIS IS
ANOTHER INTERROGATION TACTIC.

IT'S NOT.

I THINK I CAN PROVE IT.

YOU CAN PROVE IT--

THAT I WORK FOR
A CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION?

YOUR TRANSMITTER--WHERE DOES
THE SIGNAL GET RECEIVED?

C.I.A. HEADQUARTERS. LANGLEY.

YOU'RE SURE OF THAT?

I DESIGNED IT MYSELF.

I'D LIKE YOU TO BUILD
A TRACE PROGRAM,

ONE THAT PIGGYBACKS

ONTO THE SIGNAL
YOUR WATCH SENDS OUT.

IF I'M RIGHT,

IT WON'T GO TO LANGLEY.

(computer beeps)

OKAY. IT'S READY.

LET'S DO IT.

OKAY. I'M GOING TO SEND OUT
A TEST SIGNAL.

WHOEVER RECEIVES THIS

WILL JUST ASSUME YOU'RE
CHECKING THE SYSTEM, OKAY?

HERE WE GO. AND...
(beeps)

TESTING...

(electronic buzzing)

(beep)

YEP. WENT TO LANGLEY.

(beeping)

WAIT A MINUTE.
NO, IT ISN'T.

THAT PING WAS
JUST A GHOST SIGNAL.

IT WAS MEANT TO THROW US OFF.

IT'S NOT GOING TO LANGLEY
AT ALL. WHERE'D IT GO?

PRAGUE, VLASSKA STREET.

WHAT'S ON VLASSKA STREET?

OUR OFFICE.

IT'S TEMPORARY SO THAT DEAN

CAN OVERSEE THE TRANSFER
OF SUBSTANCE 33.

WAIT.
GORDON DEAN IS IN PRAGUE?

YEAH.

HE'S RIGHT
AROUND THE CORNER.

(tower bell tolls)

(Jack) How's she doing?

(Tom)
ABOUT HOW YOU'D EXPECT.

SHE WAS TOLD SUBSTANCE 33

WAS DEVELOPED
BY A TERRORIST CELL

AND WAS BEING TRANSFERRED
TO U.N. WEAPONS INSPECTORS.

Most likely, it's being sold
to the highest bidder.

DOES SHE KNOW WHEN
THE EXCHANGE IS TO BE MADE?

Tonight, but she
doesn't know where.

She said it's all classified,
and all classified intel

is stored on Dean's
own dedicated server.

WHAT ELSE? HOW MUCH DOES
SHE KNOW ABOUT HIS OPERATION?

Dean calls it "The Shed."

SHE WAS RECRUITED TWO YEARS AGO,
COMPUTER SPECIALIST.

SHE'S WILLING
TO GIVE US EVERYTHING--

MISSION HISTORY, SUPPLIERS,

contacts, the works.

WITHOUT MORE BACKGROUND,
IT'S TOO RISKY TO MOVE ON DEAN.

HE COULD DESTROY HIS DATA

BEFORE WE HAVE TIME
TO SECURE IT.

MARSHALL,
CAN WE ACCESS THAT SERVER?

WELL, ACCORDING TO RACHEL,
DEAN USES AN ENCRYPTION KEY

THAT CHANGES DAILY.

But if I could get inside,
I could crack the key,

maybe download
the entire hard drive.

OBVIOUSLY,
THAT'S TOO DANGEROUS.

WHAT ABOUT THE GIRL?

SHE'S NOT A FIELD AGENT.

AND HER WHOLE WORLD
IS COMING APART RIGHT NOW.

I don't see another option.

We have to recover Substance 33
before it trades hands.

(door opens)

WHAT IS IT?

WE NEED SOME HELP.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
COPY THE ENCRYPTION KEY

AND THEN BRING IT
BACK TO ME, OKAY?

SHOULDN'T TAKE ME MORE
THAN A COUPLE MINUTES

TO CRACK THE CODE.

THEN GO BACK INSIDE, ALL RIGHT?
YOU THINK MAYBE YOU CAN OPEN

A REMOTE ACCESS PORT
TO DEAN'S SERVER?

YEAH, FROM MY WORKSTATION.

DEAN'S SERVER HAS ABOUT
A TERABYTE OF DATA.

THAT'S GOING TO TAKE YOU, WHAT,
AN HOUR AT 20 GIGS A MINUTE?

DON'T WORRY.

I CAN HOP R.A.M. WHILE
THE DATA'S BEING TRANSFERRED.

UNLESS THEY KNOW WHERE TO LOOK,
IT CAN'T BE DETECTED.

THE ENCRYPTION KEY
IS PRETTY MASSIVE.

I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANYTHING
BIG ENOUGH TO COPY IT TO.

THAT'S OKAY.
GOT A LITTLE PRESENT FOR YOU.

OKAY? JUST A LITTLE SOMETHING
I PICKED UP.

LOOKS LIKE A NORMAL
CREDIT CARD, RIGHT?

BUT YOU LOOK CLOSELY--

ACTUALLY HOLDS
240 GIGS OF MEMORY.

IT'S
A WORKING CREDIT CARD.

JUST DON'T GO SHOPPING
WITH IT,

BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY
AT ITS LIMIT.

MY WIFE--CRAZY WITH
THE CLOTHES, MITCHELL.

IT'S CLEVER.

YEAH.

I WANNA TELL YOU THAT
I'VE BEEN ADMIRING YOU, TOO.

NOT, YOU KNOW,
ANYTHING KIND OF CREEPY, WEIRD.

JUST TOTALLY PROFESSIONALLY.

I MEAN, YOUR HACK
ON THE N.S.A.--GENIUS.

TOO BAD IT WAS BEING
USED FOR EVIL,

THOUGH BEEN THERE MYSELF.

THANKS.

HEY, LISTEN,
YOU'RE GONNA BE OKAY.

ALL RIGHT? I HAVE BEEN
THROUGH STUFF WAY SCARIER.

I'M STILL HERE.

ALEXANDER.

OLD FRIEND.

SO I DID AS YOU ASKED.

IT'S JUST YOU AND ME.

I'M SORRY
FOR MY PRECAUTIONS.

I'M SURE YOU UNDERSTAND.
OF COURSE.

I'M EAGER TO GET THIS
OVER WITH AS WELL.

YOU CAN COUNT IT.

NO, PLEASE. WE'RE FRIENDS.
I TRUST YOU.

SO YOU HAVE THE CURE.

AS I TOLD YOU,

IT'S STILL EXPERIMENTAL,

BUT, UH, YES.

SO FAR THE PATIENTS
HAVE MADE A FULL RECOVERY.

GOOD.

COME. IT'S RIGHT HERE.

(alarm chirps)

(gun cocks)

ALEXANDER, PLEASE.

OH,
BEGGING WILL NOT HELP YOU.

WHOEVER WANTS ME DEAD...

LET ME REASON WITH THEM.
I'LL PAY THEM.

"WHOEVER."

BUT, ARVIN,

IT'S ME WHO WANTS YOU DEAD.

SASHA, WHY ARE YOU
DOING THIS?

I'VE NEVER DONE
ANYTHING TO YOU.

OH, YES.

YES, YOU HAVE.

I HAD A DAUGHTER
IN SOVOGDA MYSELF.

BECAUSE WHAT YOU RELEASED,

I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A CHANCE
TO BURY MY OWN CHILD.

I LIED TO YOU.

BESIDES YOUR DAUGHTER,
THERE ARE NO OTHER SURVIVORS.

NO EXPERIMENTS,
NO CURE.

YEAH!

IT'S WORSE THAN DYING,
ISN'T IT?

KNOWING THERE'S NOTHING
YOU CAN DO

TO SAVE YOUR OWN CHILD.

TURN AROUND.

NO.

TURN AROUND!

NO. IF YOU'RE GOING TO
SHOOT ME,

I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE IT
EASY FOR YOU.

I KNOW YOUR PAIN, SASHA.

KILLING ME WON'T HEAL IT.

YOU'RE NOT A KILLER.

DON'T BECOME ONE NOW.

DON'T MAKE THIS
YOUR DAUGHTER'S LEGACY.

(car door opens and closes)

(engine starts)

I'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR
ANYTHING YOU SAY,

EVEN IF IT'S BARELY A WHISPER.
IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG,

IF YOU EVEN SENSE
THAT YOU ARE IN JEOPARDY,

WE'LL PULL YOU OUT.
WE'LL CALL OFF THE MISSION.

OKAY.

OKAY. THAT'S THE EASY PART.

THE HARD PART--YOU HAVE TO
WALK BACK INTO THAT OFFICE

AND LOOK EVERYONE
IN THE EYE--

YOUR CO-WORKERS,
GORDON DEAN.

YOU CAN'T LET THEM SEE
THAT YOU KNOW THE TRUTH.

WHEN YOU'VE COPIED
THE ENCRYPTION KEY,

LET ME KNOW.

WE'LL BRUSH PASS IN THE LOBBY
LIKE WE SAID.

OKAY.

HOW MANY OF THEM KNOW?

HOW MANY OF THEM
ARE IN ON IT?

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY.

IN MY CASE, IT WAS
HALF A DOZEN OUT OF 50 AGENTS.

YOU EVER SEEN THIS MAN?

YEAH, DEAN SAID HE WAS

A C.I.A. AGENT WHO TURNED,

THAT HE'S IN CUSTODY
OUTSIDE LOS ALAMOS.

THAT WAS A LIE, TOO.

HIS NAME IS MICHAEL VAUGHN.

HE WAS A U.S. AGENT.

BUT HE WAS A GOOD MAN.

RACHEL, LOOK AT ME.

THE REASON I'M TELLING YOU THIS
IS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW

YOU ARE OUR BEST CHANCE
AT SEEING GORDON DEAN

PAY FOR WHAT HE'S DONE.

HE USED YOU, RACHEL.

HE USED YOU TO MURDER
U.S. AGENTS.

I BELIEVE IN YOU.

(ding)

HEY.

PEYTON, HEY.

I THOUGHT YOU WEREN'T
DUE IN TILL TONIGHT.

YEAH, I HAVE SOME REPORTS
TO CLEAN UP.

YOU OKAY?

ROUGH WEEKEND.

WELL, IF YOU WANNA TAKE A NAP
ON THE COUCH, I CAN HIDE YOU.

THANKS. I'M GOOD, THOUGH.
I'M GONNA GET TO WORK.

OKAY.
OH, DON'T LET DEAN SEE YOU,

OR HE'LL MAKE YOU TRANSLATE
SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE.

YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.

(Man) RACHEL.

(beeps)

(exhales deeply)

HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN?

SINCE THE LAST TIME YOU ASKED,
30 SECONDS.

LOOK, SHE'S BEEN IN THERE
TEN MINUTES.

I'M SURE SHE'S FINE.

(Man) RACHEL.

HEY.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I SHOULD
THANK YOU OR CURSE YOU.

THE BOOK YOU RECOMMENDED--

"DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY."
I'M ADDICTED.

TRULY. I WAS UP ALL NIGHT
READING.

I NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
I'D BE SO, UH, FASCINATED

BY A SERIAL KILLER.

SOMEHOW I FIND MYSELF
EVEN SYMPATHETIC.

YEAH, I GUESS.

SO LISTEN, INTEL SUGGESTS

THAT IRAN IS TRYING TO BUY
NUCLEAR CORE FROM THE FRENCH.

BUT WE'LL BE IN PARIS
NEXT WEEK.

I NEED A PREP REPORT
BY THE END OF THE DAY.

OKAY. I'LL GET RIGHT ON IT.

THANK YOU.

(elevator dings)

I'VE GOT IT.
I'M ON MY WAY DOWN.

GREAT.
I'M COMING TO MEET YOU.

WE'LL BRUSH PASS JUST OUTSIDE
THE DOOR TO THE BUILDING.

HEY, HOLD THE ELEVATOR.
YOU GOING FOR COFFEE?

Yeah.

Last time I'm going to see
the sun for a few hours.

PERFECT.
I'M DYING FOR A SMOKE.

Rachel, listen to me.
We can still do this.

WE'LL DO THE PASS
RIGHT UNDER HER NOSE.

Just follow my instructions.
I'll talk you through it.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
I'M GOING WITH YOU.

NO, YOU'RE NOT.
YES, I AM. IF GORDON DEAN
CAN RECOGNIZE YOU ON SIGHT,

SO CAN ANY OF HIS AGENTS.

HOW DO YOU SAY
"YOU'RE WELCOME" IN CZECH?

I THOUGHT YOU QUIT.

I DID... IN THE U.S.

BUT HERE, EVERYBODY SMOKES.
IT'S A SOCIAL NECESSITY.

RACHEL, HAVE THE CREDIT CARD

ready in your left hand.

I'M TEN SECONDS AWAY.

Palm the credit card
down by your side.

DON'T LOOK AT ME.

SEE? SOCIAL NECESSITY.

IF I DIDN'T SMOKE, THAT NEVER
WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.

BUT I SUPPOSE HE'S NOT
YOUR TYPE ANYWAY, IS HE?

NO.

REMIND ME TO ASK HER WHAT
THAT MEANS--"NOT HER TYPE."

HOW'S IT GOING?
UM, GOOD.

WHAT KIND OF IDIOTS DON'T
DOUBLE-ENCRYPT THEIR FIREWALLS?

I COULD DO THIS STUFF
IN MY SLEEP. OKAY.

WE'RE IN.

LET RACHEL KNOW.

RACHEL, MARSHALL'S

decoded the key.

You can open
the access ports now.

THAT'S WHAT I LOVE
ABOUT OUR FRIENDSHIP--

NO COMPETITION.

YEAH.

YOU SURE YOU'RE OKAY?

OF COURSE. IT'S NOTHING
A LITTLE CAFFEINE WON'T FIX.

OKAY.

GOT IT. SHE'S IN.
RACHEL. GOOD JOB. WE'RE IN.

This shouldn't take too long.

PEYTON.

WHAT IS IT?

I THINK WE MAY HAVE
A PROBLEM.

WHAT KIND OF PROBLEM?

RACHEL GIBSON.

(beeping)

I DON'T KNOW.

SHE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING
UNUSUAL FROM HER TERMINAL.

(chuckles)

SHE'S BRILLIANT.

WHAT?

SHE'S HOPPING R.A.M.

SHE'S TRYING TO STAY
UNDETECTED.

(beeping)

SHE'S COPYING EVERYTHING
ON MY SERVER.

ONE SEC HERE.

SUBSTANCE 33.

SHIPPING TONIGHT, BUDAPEST.
SHIPPING CONTAINER 1147.

GREAT.
I'LL LET MR. BRISTOW KNOW.

SHE'S COMPROMISED EVERYTHING.
I CAN ELIMINATE HER.

SHE TRUSTS ME.
NO, IT'S TOO LATE FOR THAT.

EXECUTE PLAN "B."

ARE YOU SURE
THAT'S NECESSARY?

JUST DO IT QUICKLY.

I'LL MEET YOU
IN THE PARKING GARAGE.

(beeping)

OKAY, I SPOKE
TO DIRECTOR BRISTOW.

HE CONTACTED
THE HUNGARIAN AUTHORITIES.

ONCE AGAIN,
THESE BAD GUYS PICKED

THE WRONG PEOPLE
TO MESS WITH.

(beep)

HUH, WHAT'S THAT?

WHAT?
THERE'S SOME
RF INTERFERENCE.

I SHOULD BE ABLE
TO COMPENSATE FOR IT.

(electronic whirring)

(tires screeching)

CONTACT RACHEL.
SEE HOW SHE'S DOING.

RACHEL, IT'S ME.
DO YOU COPY?

(static)
RACHEL?

RACHEL,
IF YOU CAN'T TALK, COUGH.
OH, HELL, THE SERVER'S DOWN.

RACHEL, LISTEN TO ME--
IT'S NO USE.
THEY SET OFF AN E.M.P.

THEY FRIED THE ELECTRONICS.

(chattering)

ARE YOU THERE?

CAN ANYBODY HEAR ME?

(alarm sounding)

(gasps)

(rapid beeping)

SYD, SYD, NO.

(groaning)

(coughing)

SHE'S OKAY.

SHE'S GONNA BE OKAY.