Covert Affairs (2010–2014): Season 2, Episode 6 - The Outsiders - full transcript

Come on up here.
We're almost there.

We've been
almost there
for six miles.

Come on, Reva.
Hasn't a week of hiking
been at all fun for you?

I am in tech ops.
I enjoy HDTV,

cameras the size of dimes
and playing with lasers.

See, this is
the greatest part
about our job.

We fly halfway
around the world

and spend a week
in an amazing place.

Seeing things like this.

It's very pretty.

I'm sure it's also pretty
when you look at it
on Google Earth.



If you don't like
being in the field,

why did you take
this assignment?

Because it's a great
opportunity to shepherd
a new piece of technology.

I mean, you know what
it means to build your
bones at the Agency.

You press for
key missions,
succeed,

and then, ride that
success all the way
to your own department

where you no longer
have to go
into the field.

I think this is
as close as we can get

to the Belarusian border
without crossing it.

Excellent. You know
how many nights
I spent at the lab

triple checking
every circuit?

And trying to impress
my supervisors by
refining the filters?

And now...
I don't know.

It's just really, really cool
to finally see these things
in action.



Okay.

Great.

Everything looks
good on my end.

AII right,
I'll call it in.

Border Photography
and Logistics.

This is your
captain speaking.

Hey, Aug.

Last one fired
and ready to go.

AII right. Hold on.

Do you have it?

Annie, the signal
is bouncing off of
four different satellites.

You're going to have
to give it a minute.
Sorry.

I'm a little excited
to get going.

Finally getting a chance
to hike the Orla Perc Trail
on your way home, huh, Walker?

How did you know
I was going to do that?

When are you going
to realize that
I know everything?

I don't know whether
to be scared or oddly
comforted by that.

Oh, comforted for sure.

Especially because
I reworked your travel
back to Warsaw.

The Polish government
is so grateful

that we're sharing
these photos with them

that they've offered you
a ride to the airport.

Oh. Reva will
Iove you forever.

Why is that?

Taxi to the airport.
Mmm.

I don't love Auggie
but I'm appreciative
of the ride.

She's thinking about it.

She's obsessed with me.

AII right,
we've got a feed.

Okay.
We're good to go?
Indeed.

Enjoy the ride.
Get home safe.

Will do.

Mmm.

AII right.
Let's get out of here.

Hot shower,
here I come.

Wait. There's something
on the Belarusian side
that's not on the map.

Looks like a town
but there aren't
any people in it.

That's weird.

Reva?

Hmm?

Reva.

Oh.

Annie, what's happening?
What did he say?

Damn it. There's
no internal latch.

The best time
for escape
is en route.

I know.

Otherwise, our chances
of survival diminish greatly.

I mean,
statistically speaking.
Let's think. Um...

The rock camera was on.

Uh, it would have
caught the license
plate of the truck.

Langley will see that
and contact the Polish
Embassy right away.

Yes, except this truck
didn't have a license plate.

Are you sure?
Yeah.

And no one's contacting
any embassy, either.

What do you mean?

Those men weren't Polish.

Their accents and uniforms
were straight out of Minsk.

They're taking us
to Belarus.

Those guys were
Secret Police?

The last proud branch
of the Soviet militia.

Okay. Um...

We maintain our covers.
That's protocol.

We deny any knowledge
of the CIA's cooperation
with Poland.

We know nothing about
anyone smuggling weapons
over any borders.

Okay? We are
just hikers.
That's all.

It's going to be okay.
We were trained for this.

Both of us.

Remember
the exercises
at the Farm?

Well, I liked the ones
where you practice
code breaking.

I wasn't exactly good
at the field work.

You know?

You can do this.

We can do this.
Yeah.

Not because we calculate
the right statistics,

but because
we work together.

Yeah.

What do you think
they want with us?

I don't know. We're not
the first hikers taken
by a foreign government.

We make pretty good
bargaining chips.

Tell me what you see.

Annie and Reva
carefully obeyed
the border.

The Belarusians made
an incursion into Poland
to capture them.

Have they made
any demands yet?

No, but we
expect them soon.

I wish we had
people in country.

Do you want to pull
some operatives
from St. Petersburg?

I have a better idea.

Your references and
experience are very
impressive, Mr. Wilcox.

It seems like you would be
a great fit for our risk
management division.

Thank you.
It would be
a privilege.

Well, I feel
I have a good sense
of your strengths,

so let's move on
to your weaknesses.

Tell me about some
mistakes you've made
in your career

and how you'd
strive to avoid
making them again.

I don't know
if this qualifies
as a mistake,

but, uh, perhaps
I've been too much
of a diplomat in the past.

I'm so sorry.
Please ignore that.

Please excuse me.
I'll just be a moment.

Hi, Joan. I'm just
finishing a meeting
at London Station.

I know you had
a job interview
in Berlin,

but we can talk
about that later.

Really, Joan, do we...

Annie and Reva
have been captured,

an incursion
by the Belarusians.

I need you to
go to Poland.

Of course.
What are the details?

Auggie will send you
all the intel we have
to your encrypted cell.

Hello, young ladies.

I'm Max Kupala.

Welcome to Belarus.

You are under arrest
for espionage.

Sir, there has been
a terrible mistake.

We are just hikers enjoying
the beautiful primeval forest
you share with Poland.

We never
crossed the border
into your country.

Is that a fact?
Yes.

I'm sure you've heard
of those Americans

on the borders
of Iran, Syria,
and North Korea.

They, too, said
they were just hikers.

I wouldn't know.

Former US Presidents
flew halfway over the world
just to rescue them.

They must be very
important hikers.

Nice bag.
You bought this?

Yeah. In a camping
shop in Toronto.

Let's see what else
you bought there.

Ah. Gayle Beacham. Hello.

Look here.

These readings
are sensitive
within inches.

So, it must be pulling
from multiple satellites.
Military satellites.

You did not buy
this in a shop.

Souvenir.

We'll use only
civilian made
rides and weapons.

This is off book.

There are no
post-mission reports
on this one.

No paperwork
of any kind.

And if we crash
or are captured,

there are no extraction
contingencies for us.
Let's go.

AII right.
We're honing in
on their GPS signal.

Stay frosty. Gentlemen,
scopes out and scanning.

There!

Go, go, go.
Do not lose that truck.

Check those guys out!

Don't move!

Where are the two women
you were carrying?

Ned, translate for me.

Tell him to get
out of the truck.
His friend, too.

Where are the two women
you were carrying?

He says he doesn't know
about any women.

The Secret Police paid him
to drive this truck
from Hrodna to Pinsk.

Joan, I found
Annie's GPS,
but no Annie.

Where are we?

This is
a terrible mistake.

We're just hikers.
I promise.

I've never met a spy,
but I imagine they
Iook nothing like us.

Sit.

If I could just call
the Canadian Embassy,

I'm sure I could
sort this out.

There would
probably be a reward
for our safe return,

and your hospitality,
of course.

There are many problems
with everything you say.

But let us start
with the problem
of the phone.

There is no phone.

If there was,
I would not
Iet you use it.

If there was a phone
and I did let you use it,
it would be tapped.

So, whatever
you have to say to
the Canadian Embassy,

you can say to me.

Nothing to say?

See, the lack of a phone
is not your problem.

Please, you don't
have to do this.

First, we eat.

Thank you.

Stop. That could
be poisoned.

They've had multiple
opportunities
to kill us already.

They're feeding us
because they need us alive.

Besides,
it's rude to not eat
what you're served.

Well, I wouldn't
want to be rude
to our kidnappers.

Eat.

I promise you
it's not poisoned.

How much are they asking?

The Belarusians'
cable demands

60 million dollars
for Annie and Reva's
safe return.

It's couched as
"urgent economic aid,"

but we all know
what that means.

It will go straight
into the pockets
of the Secret Police.

Mmm-hmm. Nevertheless,
how quickly can we
send the money?

We can set up
an untraceable off shore
account and wire...

Before we get
to that, Joan,

what were your people
even doing there?

We were putting eyes
on an extremely
porous border.

We suspect large
caches of weapons

have been traveling over it
from Central Asia into Europe.

I just wish you had
given us a heads up.

The State Department
could have worked
with you on this.

So, is that why you're
dragging your heels?

Because we didn't
read you in?

No. It's just that
we would strongly prefer

to wire the funds
as a last resort.

My operatives
have been captured.

In your view,
what does a last
resort look like?

It's what happens
after diplomacy fails.

But we haven't tried yet.

One of my undersecretaries
can go to Minsk.

We don't have time
for diplomacy.

Pay the money.

If you're not comfortable
with that, I can send
an extraction team.

A military presence
would be even more
problematic.

So, you're telling me
that the State Department

is not permitting me
to pursue either option
to bring my people home?

Give me two days.

If our negotiations
aren't fruitful by then,
we'll send the money.

And you can guarantee
my officers' safety
until that time.

Joan, I have
all my available
resources on this.

We take the situation
very seriously,
I assure you.

I don't want assurances.
I want my people safe.

Joan.

The State Department
wants me to pull you back.

You want me
to pull back now?

I said that's
what they wanted.

I want you to
remain in country.

Just find them.
Quick.

Check over there.

Thank you.

So, what's it like
to work for the CIA?

I wouldn't know.

I work in a travel
book shop in Toronto.

But for being
an American hiker,

you know a lot about
this country. Huh?

I'm not American.

I'm sorry.
A Canadian.

I've wanted to
visit your country
for a long time.

I admire the Belarusian
people very much.

Yeah. We are organized,
hardworking,
very kind to foreigners.

Your country has been sold,
stolen, borrowed, occupied,

and destroyed by everyone
from the Vikings to Stalin.

Even now,
you only exist because
Russia allows you to.

Huh. You learnt all that
in a travel book store.

I like to read
about the places
I'm going to visit.

Is that also
where you learned
to speak Russian

Iike a schoolgirl
from Minsk?

I like research.

Research?
This is not research.

You didn't read a guide book
about my home country.

You read the CIA files.

And they are pretty
good in analyzing

the vulnerabilities
of a people, right?
Huh?

I just wish you could
appreciate us for more
than just our resilience.

We make
a world-class motorcycle.

After being held
against my will,

I think I'll buy a Harley.

You better watch
your pretty mouth.

I work for my government
just like you work for yours.

We both have
a job to do.
Right?

Yours is to come
here uninvited,

and mine is to
use your presence
to help my country.

You're not going
to help your country.

The money you get
from this will go directly
to the Secret Police.

And you'll get,
what, 15%?

Ten.

In both of our agencies,
we have to work very hard
to prove our worth.

To separate ourselves
from our colleagues.
Right?

I like working
with my colleagues.

I have a family,

and to support them,
I have to prove myself
all the time.

I hope your agency
understands the
simplicity of that.

Like I said,
I don't have
an agency.

Then, you will
not stay here
for much longer,

in this cozy little house.

You have a good night.

I know Auntie Annie
has some stickers
in here somewhere.

I want
the elephant ones.

I know you do, sweetie.
We'll find them.

AII right. Now, if I was
an elephant sticker,
I would be there.

Mommy, did you find it?

No, I didn't, sweetie.

Uh, why don't you guys
run along and get a snack?
And I will be right there.

You've reached Annie Walker

at the Smithsonian
Institution.

If I am out of the office,

these messages will
forward to my cell.
Thank you.

Yeah, hi. Annie,
it's your sister.

Little oops.
You left your
passport here.

I know you've been
in New York all week,

so you probably didn't
realize it's gone.

But if you're planning
on traveling to Edinburgh
for work tomorrow,

you're going to need it.

Call me right away
so I can figure out
how I can get it to you.

Okay? Bye.

Follow my lead.

You okay?

My stride is
roughly three feet

times an average
of 1,700 steps
per hour plus breaks.

Based on the general
topography,

I'd say we've gone
about nine miles so far.

That actually helps me.

Helps you do what?

Plan our route.

We've been heading
southwest all morning.

Now, we can either
go west towards Brest

and cross the border
before we hit the city,

or we can go south
towards Ukraine.

Uh, Poland is closer.

There's a US military base
and an embassy

with a record of our visas
and a direct flight home.

So, it's expected,

and the Secret Police
will be looking
for us there.

It's also where
the CIA will find us.

Oh, Langley doesn't
know this country
Iike the Secret Police.

In a crisis,
we should stick
to protocol.

We have a greater
chance of being rescued.

Reva, we can't count
on being rescued.

We can't assume that
the Secret Police

won't cross other borders
to come after us.

Doing the unexpected thing
is the safer choice.

If we get caught again,

they will not take us
to some country house
in the forest.

They'll take us to prison.

Okay, fine.

But I'm going to keep
counting our steps.

I expected
nothing less.

Auggie, just got
your message.

Branch, thanks
for coming down.
I need a favor.

The sister of
one of my ops
found her old passport.

A NOG passport?

No, civilian.

But my operative's
cover is that
she's overseas,

and I don't want her
sister to keep digging.

What do you need?

Who do you know
in the Scottish
Affairs Office?

I know everyone.
Then I came
to the right man.

Hi, Joan.
We hit a small snag.

Bad weather?

No, but, uh, the old
saying is true.

What goes up
must come down.

We are going
to have to re-rig
the field control.

How long will that take?

Ned, how long is
this going to take?

AII day.

Not long.
Uh, it's not a problem.

Okay, because
I'm not only lying
to the State Department,

but to several members
of Congress about your
very existence in Belarus.

I need you
to work quickly
and very quietly.

If the Secret Police
find out you're there,

it could jeopardize
Annie and Reva's safety.

Understood.

I don't think
you understand.

This is a very
serious situation.

My sister works
for the Smithsonian

and she was supposed
to travel yesterday
to Edinburgh on business,

but she's forgotten
her passport.
See? Here it is.

She's not answering
her phone,

and I can only assume
that she's in some sort
of airport security jail.

Is your sister
a criminal?

She's traveling
without a passport.

What else would
they do with her?

Look, she's been
all over the world,

but she has no survival skills
to handle a crisis like this.

As I've explained already,

it's not possible
to enter Scotland
without a valid passport.

If your sister doesn't
have it with her,
then she's not in Scotland.

Well, then,
where is she?

Ugh. My apologies.

My name is Andrew,
and I work directly
with the Ambassador.

How may I help you?

My sister, Annie Walker,
is supposed to be traveling
to Scotland on business.

She has forgotten
her passport,

so it's very important
that I get it to her.

Oh, of course.
Oh, let's see.

Um, she was booked
on a British Airways flight,
connecting through London.

Huh.

I see here that
the US consulate
in Edinburgh

issued her
temporary paperwork
to allow her to enter.

Oh! Thank goodness.

I'd be happy to
FedEx this to her
via the consulate.

They will contact
her tomorrow
about picking it up.

Don't worry.

Well, thank you.
I can't tell you
what a relief this is.

My pleasure.

Auggie. It's Andrew.
- Hey, there.

You owe me a very nice
bottle of single malt,
my friend.

What are you doing?
Do you hear
someone coming?

No, I'm checking to see
if the water is safe.

We're upstream
and it's constantly moving.

No industry
in the area.

Yeah. That's what water
should taste like. Go ahead.

Mmm.

I always used to make fun
of my crunchy granola friends

for taking bottles
down to the stream
to collect water,

but now, I get it.

I still don't get
tempeh, though.

Uh, dark berries
growing in the forest.

There's a 79% chance
those will kill you.

They're black elderberries.

They're delicious.
They're not poisonous.

Also good for
fighting the flu.

That information wasn't
available at the Farm
or in the CIA file.

My dad was in the military,
so we moved around a lot.

When I was little,
he was stationed
in Sweden,

and there were a bunch
of fruit trees on the base.

My sister taught me
which ones were safe to eat.

In the summer,
we would stuff ourselves.

My mom loved to
bake berry pies,

but we usually
ate them all
before she could.

Reva, look.
Potato farm.

We'll be able
to get some real food
and a warm place to sleep.

We're losing the light.

Are you kidding?

Why would I be?

We're fugitives.

Political prisoners
on the run from
the Secret Police

who have charged us
with espionage.

Look, we're not going
up to some strangers

in the middle of nowhere
to ask for potatoes.

These are Roma people.

They've been oppressed
by the government
for centuries.

They're not going
to report us.

How do you know that?

Because I know.
So, what's your plan?

You're just going
to walk up and
introduce yourself?

Explain to them that
we just so happen
to have lost

all of our hiking gear,
money, and identification.

Yeah.

Good luck.
What...

Where are you going?
Back to Poland.

That's what
procedure dictates

and that's what
we should have
done before.

Don't you understand?

That's where
the Secret Police
will be looking for us.

Great. Let them find me.

Because then they'll
make an official demand
for my release

and the CIA
will pay for it.

Better that than wandering
around in the wilderness
eating berries.

Reva, come on.
We talked about this.

We can't let fear
Iead to bad decisions

or to not trusting
each other.

Please be careful.

Don't follow me.

I'm not going
to leave you here.

Neither of us
should be alone.

Reva!

Annie?

I'm here.

Okay. I need you
to answer a few
basic questions.

What's your name?

Reva Kline.

Where are you?

Unfortunately,
still in Belarus.

Let me help you up.

Okay.

Ow! Damn it.

Okay.

AII we have to do
is make it across
that field.

I know you think that
going to the farm
is a bad idea.

But you're hurt
and we need help.

I'm right about
these people.

I'd bet my life on it.

Introducing ourselves
to strangers out here

means betting
both of our lives.

I understand.

Come on.

Ow!

Ooh.

Sura. Sura.

Reva.

Wake up.
They're coming for us.

We've got to
get out of here.

What?

Okay, I'll help you.

Auggie.

Any news?

The Belarusians
sent a new cable
changing their demands.

Instead of
60 million dollars,
they now want 80,

and they've changed
the timeline
we have to deliver.

They want the money
in 24 hours

or Annie and Reva
will be sent to
a government prison.

That's strange.

Prison is a standard
Ieverage play.

No, I mean, why are they
changing the terms
so late in the game?

They have no reason
to think we won't send
the money, unless...

What?

Unless they've escaped.

Demanding more money
in less time

is supposed to
make us panic.

That way, we'll
send the funds

before our operatives
find a way to report in.

It would be brilliant
if it wasn't so desperate.

I can't act on that.
It's just conjecture.

Jai.
Auggie,
is Joan there?

Right here.
There are rumors

throughout the countryside
of two foreign women
traveling alone.

Their descriptions
match Annie and Reva's.

Wherever
they were being held,
they've escaped.

I just said that.

Nothing? Nobody? Okay.

Joke all you want,
but our situation
on the ground

requires that we
be very creative.

What do you mean,
"on the ground"?

Just a figure of speech.

Hey, if you need it,
I've got some ideas
about where they're headed.

I can't...
I don't think
I can go any further.

Yes, you can.
I know you can.

AII right.

Come on. Come on.

Okay.
Come on.

I got you. Come on.

Come on.

Whoa! Whoa!

Look, we have
to get across
that river.

We can walk back downstream
and cross at a lower point,

but with them after us,
we don't have time.

Okay. We have to jump.

I know it's scary.

But on the other side
of that river
is the Ukraine.

We can contact
the CIA station
and get a flight home.

I know you can do it.

Yeah. Yeah, I can.

Fear only prevents us
from making clear decisions
in the moment, right?

Right.

Besides, I swam
varsity at USC.

Come on.

You okay?

Come on.
We're almost there.

No. My leg.
I think it's broken.

Put your arm over mine.

That's Max. Annie,
they're here. Okay?

They found a way
across the river.

It's Jai.
Come on. Come on.

You got it?
Yeah.

Hey.

It seems Belarus
is using this
fake village

as a holding station
for weapons and vehicles
destined for hostile nations.

The CIA and Warsaw
have been informed
of this development.

We will be sending
operatives to the area
for further investigation.

Our case officers
should be very proud
of their good work.

Hey, congratulations
on your promotion

to the Advanced
Technology Desk.

They're lucky
to have you.

Thanks.

Maybe we can work
together again.

Although I'd prefer
for you to be the one
in the field.

I mean, clearly,
you don't need anyone
to count your steps for you.

I'll see you.

Auggie.

Hey, there.

Walk with me.
AII right.

I heard about Danielle.

I'm so sorry
for all the trouble
I caused you.

Oh, Branch did
most of the legwork.

Well, I'll apologize
to him, then.

Uh-uh. Hey. Don't you ever
apologize for any of it.

You have
someone in your life
who cares about you,

who would take
an entire day

to go down
to a foreign embassy
just to help you out.

That's an amazing thing.

Speaking of which,
here's your passport.

And I texted your sister
on your cell phone number
so she wouldn't be worried.

Thanks.

No problem.
Glad you're back.

You weren't
worried about me,
were you, Auggie?

Not for a second.

Hey.
Hey.

Jai said you basically
gave him directions
where to find me.

How did you know
I would go to the Ukraine
instead of back to Poland?

Because it's unexpected.

You always do
the unexpected thing.

You're back!

What a trip.
I'm exhausted.

I got your text. So,
everything worked out
with the passport?

Yes. Thank you so much.

Let me see it.

Uh...

Mmm.

Look at your cool stamp.

Yeah.

So, am I a hero or what?

You would have been
totally stuck
without me, right?

It's true.
You got me home.

AII right. What else
do we need around here?

Mmm, coffee.

Ice cream.