Covert Affairs (2010–2014): Season 3, Episode 11 - Rock 'n' Roll Suicide - full transcript

(ANNIE READING)

SIMON: My parents told
us not to be frightened

because they were
bringing along this

weathered old steamer trunk.

And what was in it?
Didn't matter.

We felt protected.

(DOCTORS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

JOAN: And I realized you
weren't asking for permission.

You were telling us
you were going to Russia.

You get caught
by Russian authorities,

there's nothing the CIA
can do to help.



Zarya...
I knew your brother.

I knew Simon.

ANNIE: You expected me to fall
in love with him? LENA: I did.

What I didn't expect was
for him to fall for you.

Go ahead, Annie.

Pull the trigger.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(GUNSHOTS)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(PHONE RINGING)

Annie, where are you?

I thought you were
on your way back.

I am now.
I'm done here.

So you...
I did.



And now I'm coming home.

(DISTORTED VOICE) Annie,
I can barely hear you.

(LOUDLY)
I said I'm coming home.

(RUSTLING)

(GUNSHOTS)

(VEHICLE APPROACHING)

(MAN SHOUTING)

(MAN SHOUTING)

(MAN SHOUTING)

(GRUNTING)

(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

(GRUNTING)

(GROANING)

(GRUNTING)

(THEME SONG PLAYING)

(DOOR OPENING)

(CHAINS CLANKING)

(DOOR BUZZING)

(DOOR CLOSING AND LOCKING)

I imagine you would
like to go home.

I would like that for you too.

All I need from you
is to cooperate.

My name is Alexei.
Please tell me yours.

(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

You're not Pinja Stavis.

Your name is Annie Walker,
and you're a CIA operative

sent here to murder your
former colleague Lena Smith.

(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

The phone.

Chip.

Your last contact,
somebody called Mingus.

The same area code
used to contact Lena.

You were calling your handler.

Who is Mingus?

(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

Wrong again.

This is your Mingus.

Lena was a tremendous
font of information,

especially about you.

If you know all the answers,
why do you ask the questions?

So I know how it looks
like when you lie to me.

That's good.
Thank you.

So...
(CLEARING THROAT)

How you holding up?

I've been better.

Listen, that offer still stands

if you're interested.

There's Arthur.

None of us look forward to this
kind of contingency planning

of having to discuss
worst-case scenarios.

It's been four days since we lost
contact with operative Walker,

and it's time to address the potential
fallout if she's been captured.

That's the worst-case
scenario?

For the purposes
of this exercise, yes.

Her being captured
is as bad as it gets.

If she can't hold up

under the pressure
of interrogation...

She'll hold up.

But if she can't,

and she tells the FSB
everything she knows,

we need to know what
kind of damage that can do

to the Agency's operations.

Annie is not going to talk.

She's already demonstrated
her commitment to this Agency

by eliminating someone
who could have done

a hell of a lot more
damage to our operations.

Joan, no one is questioning Annie's
courage or her commitment.

We're conducting a risks and
vulnerabilities inventory

for operative Walker, Joan.

Same as we do for
every captured operative.

So?

Okay.

Annie has top secret
clearance level knowledge

of the following ops,

Project Spartacus,
Operation Zyzyx,

Operation Sentinel...

Believe me,
if I could've chosen

a different venue,
I would have.

Could you have been
any more clinical?

Well, this was a
significant snafu, Joan.

Yours is not the only
resignation being considered.

So, yes, for the time being,

we get everything on the record

to eliminate any confusion.

A vulnerabilities inventory?

You know, you can
keep referring to her

as operative Walker
all you want,

but it's not gonna make this
feel any less personal.

We're doing everything we
can to bring her back.

We're holding strategy
sessions nonstop.

I hope so.

We are doing what we can.

She knew what she
was getting into.

Well, I'm not so sure
she did, Arthur.

Come on, what operative truly
understands the meaning of

"We will deny
all knowledge?"

Uh, I'm not sure what
you want me to say

or what you want me to do.

I want you to stop pretending

that Annie is just a line item,

a thing to be
damage-controlled.

Message received.

(DOOR OPENING)

(HIGH-PITCHED HUMMING)

(HUMMING STOPS)

(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

(HIGH-PITCHED HUMMING)

I'm impressed.

You have held out
longer than most.

It's important for you to hear

that you're better than
the others, isn't it?

I'm guessing you didn't hear
that much at home, as a child.

But Simon was more generous
with his affections.

What did he tell you
about his operations?

(BRIEFCASE SHUTTING) Nothing.

He takes you to Cuba.

His handler ends up dead.

You he keeps alive.

You keep asking me
the same questions,

and I keep giving
you the same answers.

So which one of us
is the stubborn one?

Sir?

I mean no disrespect,

but it has been
more than two weeks

since Annie was captured.

When are we gonna get off
our asses and do something?

But you meant no disrespect?

I felt I needed
to get your attention.

Consider it gotten.

Is that all you
came up here for?

No, I came to pitch you this.

I've been researching
Lefortovo.

I've drawn up some blueprints

based on the recollections
of ex-prisoners.

We have no confirmation that's
where they're holding her.

That's where they kept
Litvinenko and Rust.

They're keeping her at Lefortovo.
I'm fairly certain.

And I do realize
that no one's ever escaped,

but I think I've found
some vulnerabilities.

A small team might be
able to breach the prison

via an adjacent tunnel.

We're talking about an
underground fortified prison,

smack-dab in the middle of the
sixth largest city in the world.

Even assuming we make
it out, what then?

We can't control the air space.

We're over 200 miles
from the nearest border.

Yeah, it's a risky
gambit, granted.

It's a suicide mission.

Do you think you're
the only one in this place

to work up a rescue?

I've had a team
constructing plans

since Annie was taken.

None of them
have been initiated

because none of them
have been deemed feasible.

What about
a negotiated release,

some kind of spy swap?

No, Russia won't even admit
they have her in custody,

and we can't exactly
admit our part in it either.

So you're telling me
Annie's fate

is tied up in a game
of liar's poker?

Unless facts change on the ground,
there's nothing I can do.

I wish that wasn't the case,

but it is.

(HIGH-PITCHED HUMMING)

Nobody's coming for you.

You understand that
by now, don't you?

What are you afraid of?

Being thought of as a traitor?
Is that it?

Yes.
Well, don't be.

That word has
no meaning anymore.

It hasn't had for a long time.

I just wanna go home.

Then tell me what you know.

I can't.

Write it down.

It's easier that way.

(CHAINS CLANKING)

I'm left-handed.

(GRUNTING)

(WHIMPERING)

If you were wondering
when I'd introduce

more extreme methods
of interrogation...

Go ahead.

I'm not going to hurt you.

You recognize her?

Simon's sister.

(GRUNTING)
(CHOKING)

Some people find it harder

to watch other
people suffer pain

than to suffer pain themselves.

Tomorrow we shall see what
kind of person you are.

(PANTING)

(EXPLOSION)

(GUNSHOTS)

(MEN SHOUTING)
(ALARM BUZZING)

(GUNSHOTS)

(MAN SHOUTING)

(DOOR OPENING)

(ALARM BUZZING)

(GRUNTING)

Argh!

(GRUNTING)

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

(PANTING)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

Sorry to drop in unannounced.

I didn't have
your phone number.

You weren't doing
anything today, were you?

You're okay.

(PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)

Listen, I, uh,

I grabbed what I could.

I hope this fits.

Hey. Your go-pack.

Listen, uh,

we don't need to leave for
at least another 14 minutes,

so why don't you, uh...

Why don't you go grab a shower, okay?
Get, uh...

Get your feet back under you.

What are you doing?

Just establishing protocol.

What is this place?
It's a friend's.

This isn't official
Mossad business,

if that's what
you're getting at.

You came on your own?

How did you know
how to find me?

It was a lucky guess.

(LAUGHING)

Believe me, that's just
a slight exaggeration.

Hey, just know...

That you have at least one
really good friend back home.

Go.

ARTHUR: Now,
let me get this straight,

you stage an unsanctioned,
off-book, one-man jailbreak

with an operative from a
competing spy service.

That's what you took away
from our last discussion.

It worked.
For the time being.

If this thing went sideways,

I didn't want it to
connect back to us.

Plus Eyal is
exceptionally competent,

and he owes Annie
a favor or two.

Can you get me Tel Aviv?

I would've done it myself if
I could, just so you know.

Did Joan know about this?

Not beforehand, no.

Does she know about it now?

She's not in her office yet.
We've been trying to reach her.

Well, this does change
everything for the Russians.

That was the idea.

If I were to put myself
in the Russians' shoes,

the proper play is to
shoot Annie on sight.

You and I both know she was
gonna die in that prison.

The escape at least
gives her a chance.

What's the plan now?

We've obtained clean IDs and
travel documents for both of them.

They're gonna be on
the 216 to Helsinki.

They're traveling by train.

Yeah, they have a car, but there'll
be too many roadblocks to avoid.

Now, anything you can do,

any strings you can pull

to give them
extra protection...

We don't have any suitable
assets on the ground in Moscow,

not after Lena
burned the covers.

WOMAN: (ON INTERCOM) I've
got Rivka Singer on two.

Tell her I'll be 30 seconds.

We might be able to fly some
assets down from Helsinki.

I assume you can
get them a message?

Yeah, we've established
a protocol.

Tver's a couple hours north.

We'll have some reinforcements

catch up with
the train there, but...

(INTERCOM BEEPING) Until
then, they're on their own.

Yeah.
Rivka.

We need to make tracks, Annie.

We got a train to catch.

I have to make a stop first.

What are you talking about? A
friend of mine's in danger.

Zarya Fischer.

Yeah, well so is a friend
of mine, Annie Walker.

Have you ever heard of her?

My interrogator
threatened to hurt her

to elicit a confession from me.

Well, interrogators say
a lot of things.

99% of them are bullshit.

(GUN CLICKING) I can't
take that chance.

Listen.

Zarya's no good to the FSB

unless they have
you in custody,

so the best thing you can
do for her right now

is keep your distance
and get home safely.

I understand if you want
to go on without me.

(MUTTERING IN HEBREW)

You've already done more for
me than I can already repay.

You bet your ass I have!

We're talking about Simon
Fischer's sister, right?

Look, whatever he may
have meant to you,

it's over.

You don't owe him
in perpetuity.

I owe her.

A normal person doesn't
do this kind of thing.

You know that, right?

The coast looks clear,
doesn't it?

Why would the FSB Think
that you'd stop running

to come here?

I know you,
and I barely believe it.

Five minutes.

Three.

That's not me haggling.

Annie.

You're still alive.

I am.

I tried to find out
what happened to you.

I heard so many rumors. I
didn't want to believe them.

Is there somewhere
else we can talk?

You're talking to someone
who spent their entire life

living with spies.

I know how to make a fast exit.

I just renewed it last year.

It's under your real name.

That's never been
a problem before.

What are you doing?
Making sure

you have a better
way out of here.

This is as clean a
passport as you can find.

I want you to go
somewhere clever enough

that they will never
be able to find you.

And what about you?

Don't worry about me.
I'll be fine.

I did this for a living.

Please let me give this to you.

This is the key to my
family's steamer trunk.

It doesn't open anything
anymore, but...

It's always brought me
great peace, and...

Simon would've
wanted you to have it.

I can't accept it. It
belongs to your family.

You are my family now.

Thank you.

Maybe next time, the stars
will shine brighter on us.

Where's your friend going?

To the airport. I thought it
was best if we separated.

So you finally realized
I was right.

You said we were
on a timetable.

(TRAIN HORN BLOWING)

That's us.

See what I'm seeing? Yeah.

Don't be alarmed, neshama.

(ANNOUNCER SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

Let's go.

FSB.

Let's keep moving.

Maybe we can find a private
cabin or a bathroom

to stow away in or something.

Let's just go.

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

(TRAIN WHISTLE BLARING)

(PANTING)

(GRUNTING)

(GRUNTING)

(GROANING)

Annie! This way.

No, don't send them.

Because there'll be
nobody there in Tver

for them to rendezvous with.

Just keep everybody on standby

until you hear back from me.

Why didn't anyone call me?

I tried what felt like
half a dozen times.

You weren't picking up. What's
going on with Annie? Where is she?

We're not sure.
All we know for sure is

that she's not on the
train to Helsinki.

We're not in contact with her?

Not directly, no.

I've established
a protocol with Eyal

using a third-party
message board

so as to avoid a direct
point-to-point link.

Good call. The Russians
are too skilled

at monitoring
cell transmissions.

So what now?

Can we use another
border crossing?

What about Latvia or Estonia?

We could get them a car.
Honey...

We've been brainstorming
alts for hours.

I'm not getting anything.

(SIGHING) I'm not getting anything.
Okay.

All right, all right, we
still have our go-packs.

There's this ex-army guy
that I served with.

He's working security
at the port of Petersburg.

Eyal...
Maybe if we're lucky,

if we're not too compromised...

Eyal, I don't
have my go-pack.

What do you mean?

I gave mine to Zarya.

What were you gonna do when we
needed to cross into Finland?

I don't know.

I figured we'd work that
out before we got there.

The FSB was not gonna
let us on that train.

At least Zarya can use it.

You gave away
your lifeline, Annie.

Do you have any idea
what that means?

No boat, no plane, no train.

Our options are severely
limited, as in...

I can't think of any.

Give me your cell. I want
to check in with Langley.

No way.
No way.

Too easy to track. We
don't have that luxury.

Not until we find sanctuary.

I don't care.
I wanna talk to Auggie.

Hey, I'm talking to Auggie!

This is his plan.

He's the one
who set up the protocols.

Now, I don't know how harshly
they worked you over,

or what kind of number this
Simon guy did on your head...

But if somehow you lost
the will to escape

because of guilt
or shame or whatever,

you better get rid
of that baggage,

or I swear to God,

I'm gonna take you up on that
offer and leave you here.

Now tell me you're
ready to go home.

I'm ready to go home.

Say it again.

I need to know you mean it.

I'm ready.

(COMPUTER BEEPING)

(CHUCKLING)

Looks like
somebody's heard you.

Alex, see if you can pull this
aircraft up on the screen.

Transponder code, De Havilland

DHC-5A,
squawk 1634.

Transponder found.

What are we looking at?

There's a flight crew from
Poland, a pilot and co-pilot.

They fly a cargo supply route,

the Urals to Warsaw and back,
twice a week.

Stops at Borisovsky Air Field
for scheduled refuelings.

Both pilots served for Poland
in Central Asia, alongside us.

They're loyal.
They can be trusted.

They promised to keep
their cargo hold door open

while they're refueling.

At 7:00 pm they're
back in the cockpit

and on their way to Warsaw.

That's Annie and Eyal's window.

If they're not on
that plane by 7:00 pm

the cupboard gets bare.

Take a left up here.

It's about a mile that way.

What's that?
My interrogators.

Can I see it?

I don't know why I grabbed it.

I think I just wanted to
take something from him.

There's an inscription
on it saying,

"To Alexei with pride."

Yeah, that's his name.
Alexei Vershinin.

Your interrogator?

What's the matter? No, nothing.
It's just that our intel said

that a guy named Oleg Yursky

was going to handle
your interrogation.

Must have been a
last second switch.

You're sure here?

That's what the map says.

So what kind of questions
did he ask you?

He wanted to know
about Simon's ops.

And what'd you tell him?
Nothing.

Not because I was trying
to be a hero or anything.

Because I didn't
know the answers.

He didn't believe me.

That was the scariest part.

(SIGHING)

(ENGINE DRONING)

(MEN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

The CIA sure likes to
do things the hard way.

If Auggie says this is the
best way out of Russia,

then this is the best way out.

(CHUCKLING) I'm sure
it's the best way out.

But first we got to
figure out a way in.

There's cyclone fencing
around the entire perimeter,

barricades there,
there, there...

30 or so infantry,
plus flight crew.

I'm open to suggestions.

(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)
(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

(GROANING)

You look like you lost
a little weight in there.

You should come back
to Israel with me.

Safta Lavin will help you fill
up those uniforms in no time.

I'm not sure I can sell this.

You know, I may have
been a little too quick

to dismiss this gambit.

After all, my people,
we know something

about counter-strikes,
you know?

The Raid of Entebbe,

the Six-Day War.

I had a similar experience
in Lebanon myself

when I was in service.

It was a walk in the
park compared to this.

Wheels up in two minutes.

We'll get there.

(MAN SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

Like I said...

A walk in the park.

(MAN SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

(DOOR CLOSING)

Can I ask you a question?

Yes, my eyes are
naturally this color.

I'm serious.

I want to make sure that you
didn't sign up for this mission

because of that
file you gave me.

The one about Simon Fischer?

(ENGINE RUMBLING)

With or without the
intel in that file,

I would've ended up
where I ended up.

I made my own bed.

I just want to make sure that

you don't have any
feelings of guilt or...

Guilt?

I'm Jewish. What do
I know from guilt?

No, the truth is Auggie
caught me at a good time.

I was gonna be in the
neighborhood anyway.

Yeah?

Yeah.

I got this thing
for balalaikas.

Whatever happened
in that raid in Lebanon?

I got to admit, it
wasn't our finest hour.

We were all so green.

Yeah, but that was then.
This is now.

Different day, better team.

(PLANE THROTTLING DOWN)

There's a problem.
What happened?

JOAN: The plane stopped.
Oh no, it can't stop.

We just lost our window.

(DOOR OPENING)

(GUN CLICKING)

(GUNS COCKING)

(GUN COCKING)

Wasn't sure I'd get this back.

I had less doubts about you.

Mark Sanderson.

I'm guessing this is
not your real name.

Who are you really?

A friend.

I congratulate you, Annie.

You obviously inspire great
loyalty from your friends.

Shame you can't inspire
more intelligence.

I'm guessing that was
a gift from someone.

Your dad?

Grandfather.

Holding on to
something like that

says a lot about you.

If you think you uncovered
sentimentality in me,

I caution you not to
read too much into that.

It says you're not Oleg Yursky.

You stepped in for him
at the last minute,

and I think that's
because you were afraid

of something I might say.

And what would I be afraid of?

That I might say that you,
Alexei Vershinin,

are a traitor to the FSB.

(CHUCKLING) A traitor?

Mmm-hmm. That's
what Simon told me.

That you're
double-dealing.

Embezzling.
You're making this up.

You don't know what
you're talking about.

Oh, but I do.

It's all in the file we
assembled on Simon Fischer.

I'm Mossad, by the way.

This is all ridiculous.

ANNIE: Maybe.

But if anything I'm saying
even has a grain of truth,

I wouldn't wanna be you.

A person in your position
could use an exit strategy.

Such as a new identity.

That passport is clean.

There's access to funds.

The FSB might never find you.

At this time tomorrow,
you could be leading

a completely new life

with a completely new identity.

Become Mark Sanderson.

It's an even trade
for letting us go.

Let's assume for a second
what you say is right.

What's stopping me
from taking this package

and shooting you both
in the head, huh?

If we're not both home
and safe in 24 hours,

the details of that identity
will be sent to the FSB.

You'll be signing your
own death certificate.

And how would I know you
wouldn't do that anyway?

You'll have to
take my word for it.

You said you could
tell if I was lying.

Look at me.

Am I not telling the truth?

(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

(GUNSHOTS)

You will be reported dead.

And as long as
you stay that way,

you'll find it easy
to make your exit.

Nearest port is
20 kilometers north.

May God help us all.

Hey.

You okay?

Double-dealing, huh?

Calculated guess.

EYAL: Scored.

Just wish I could've
found us better digs.

Feels like first class to me.

I should probably give you
a little space, you know?

After all that
time in solitary,

you get used to being alone.

Probably sick of me by now.

(CHUCKLING) Never.

Well, see how you
feel by Stockholm.

When was the last
time you slept?

I can't remember.

It's funny, though.
I don't feel tired.

It's probably the adrenaline.

Yeah. I got to tell you, Walker,

I've seen my fair share
of hairy situations,

but when Alexei told
his guy to stop out there,

right there in the
middle of nowhere...

Yeah, I don't mind
telling you, I...