Covert Affairs (2010–2014): Season 3, Episode 14 - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) - full transcript

(ANNIE READING)

AUGGIE: Griffin Cole
is his name. He's ex-CIA.

Griffin Cole now works
for this guy.

Mossad is using us
to spy on Khalid Ansari.

We believe he's using a series
of charities as terror funds.

Khalid is dating an American.

ANNIE: If I can turn her, I think
she can help us track him.

And if this fails, we'll both
be testifying before Congress.

ANNIE: The photos
were doctored.

Al Masri was
never at the compound.

So, we launched a drone
strike based on faulty intel.



Mossad played us.

No, Eyal played you.

(CELL RINGING)

Auggie? You said
you wanted to know

when the storm clouds
were gathering.

Well, they're gathering.

So, the photo?
Definitely doctored.

It's all hands on deck now.

Good find, by the way. I don't think
it's quite time for celebration.

Listen, if anybody asks,
I'm on my way in.

I just have to make
a quick stop first.

Hey. I'm with...
I know.

I brought you a coffee.
Already got one.

Megan? It's Annie.



(DOOR CLOSING)

View's not bad.

I mean, I've
definitely seen worse.

Haven't lived in a place
this devoid of character

since I first moved to D.C.

It's depressing.

I can assure you,
you won't be here for long.

And for now, at least you're safe.
Yeah.

Safe and stuck. In a box.

I sure hope it's all worth it.

Because right now, I'm not
seeing the value proposition.

Is there anything else
that you need?

Well, I have to give up my job

and my apartment
and my boyfriend.

So the answer is yes,
I need everything.

I'm sorry.

If there was any other way...

You didn't tell me
that you needed to know

where Khalid was so that you
could drop a missile on him.

I know it's hard to accept.

But right now, this is the
best and safest place for you.

Well, in that case...

Next time, I'll take it black.

(OPENS DOOR)

ARTHUR: When? No.

Well, we're
re-examining everything.

Even non-related cables.
Hang on a second.

Did the DNA sweep of
the drone site come in?

Yes, sir.
And?

None of the KIAs
matched al Masri?

Jesus.

Phil.

We're drilling down.
I'll see you soon.

They want to see me in front of the Senate
Intelligence Committee by noon sharp.

Today?

They've got recess starting tomorrow, and
they insisted on trying to squeeze this in.

That doesn't give us
time to prepare.

Well, that's just
how they like it.

They don't trust us with enough
time to put together a story.

You need to buy more time.

Now you're just as
naive as Annie.

Is everyone still upstairs?

Everyone that will fit.

That photo you uncovered
set off quite the fire alarm.

It doesn't make any sense.

Why would Israel run up
a false flag?

In the short term,
they get what?

They get us to drone Khalid.
They don't have that capability.

Yeah, but think of
what they lose.

Our cooperation,
our trust, our money...

I can't believe Mossad would do that.
You mean Eyal.

I mean Mossad. Someone had
to doctor that intel.

Well, if I hadn't forced it
up the chain...

Hey. You think you're the first operative
in this building to come up short?

We've all been there.

You will bounce back from this.
I don't know.

You didn't see how bad it
got with Joan last night.

And that was before
the photo surfaced.

Joan.
Uh, what's the status?

Is there anything I can do?

Not just yet.

I can keep working on Khalid.

I can reach out to
our assets in the FATA

and see if we can intercept him
before he leaves Pakistan.

I can forward her some key
contacts through Khyber House.

You find him, and then what?

Regardless of what
those photos say,

if Khalid is funding terrorists,
we still need to prove it.

No one at Langley is officially
working on Khalid anymore.

Not until we get things squared off
with the Intelligence Committee.

So, what can I do?

We curtailed your debrief post-Russia.
That was our mistake.

So, you can go home, pack up

and report back to Bluebonnet
by the end of the day.

And I don't think I need to say
this, but I'm going to say it.

Do not contact Eyal Lavin.

Not until we get
this cleared up.

Back to Bluebonnet.

You'll get through it.

(CHUCKLES)
Wow. With all your quips

and witty rejoinders, that's the
best you could come up with?

Mmm.

(TIRES SCREECHING)

(HORNS BLARING)

(CELL RINGING)

EYAL: Annie,
don't you ever pick up?

Eyal, now's not a good time.

Yeah, well, neither for me.
Come on. Pull over.

What? Where are you?

Just look in your
rear-view, will you?

(SIGHS)

You know, normal people have
no problem just calling.

I tried, like a dozen times.

Okay, well, we're not allowed to
bring our cell phones into Langley.

God forbid something
urgent's happening.

Something urgent is happening.

I know.
I'm trying to tell you.

Did you know
there was false intel

in that file when
you gave it to me?

What? The photos of al
Masri were doctored.

Now, what else
in that file was bogus?

Everything in that
file was solid.

Annie, I... I swear
on my son Avi's life

that I had no
knowledge of this.

Well, we launched a drone
strike for nothing.

Which makes what I'm about
to tell you even worse.

We've intercepted calls to
Khalid's contacts in Riyadh.

We have it on good authority that
he plans on exacting vengeance

on the person who sold him out.

Megan.

I've got to go.
She might be in trouble.

Has anyone tried
to get in here?

We own the entire floor.

No one stepped foot
in this hallway besides you.

Megan? Open up.
It's Annie.

Megan.

(SWIPES KEY CARD)

Megan?

(THEME SONG PLAYING)

I've been outside
this apartment all morning.

I'm telling you, no one got onto
this floor who wasn't supposed to...

And yet she's not here.

Her bag's still here.
She was taken.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Thank you.
I had security download

the feeds from the cameras on both
the south and east facing streets.

Good.

What are you looking for?

I'll know it when I see it.

(CLICKS)

(PHONE RINGING) Don't tell
me you miss me already.

I need a favor.

Run down everything you can
find me on the license plate

Maryland-Golf-Charlie-Foxtrot-
November-three-six-nine.

This doesn't sound like information
you need for a debriefing.

I'm sorry, Auggie.

I don't want to put
you in the position

to have to cover for me.
I just...

I don't want to run
anything else up the flagpole

unless I know it's a flag.

I'm going to regret
this, aren't I?

What are you doing here?

I followed you.

Just because you drive off doesn't
mean the conversation's over.

You wanna tell me
what's going on?

We were keeping Megan Carr here
to protect her from retaliation.

And?

And she's gone.

So your CIA protection
wasn't very protective.

Remember this guy?

Khalid's attack dog.

Griffin Cole. He was spotted
outside the building

at the same time
Megan went missing.

This car was stolen, and we've
traced the LoJack to West Virginia.

Pendleton County.

I'll drive.

Megan's my asset.

This has nothing
to do with you.

And Griffin Cole poisoned
one of our assets.

He's still a Mossad target.

And I don't like
unfinished business.

I'll drive.

We're on in three hours and this
is all you've come up with?

It's not good enough.

Okay, everybody. Let's
just take a little break.

Five minutes. Go stretch your legs.
Get a coffee.

Want to talk about what's
really bothering you?

What, the hearing's not enough?

(CHUCKLES)

One of these days, they're going to dunk
me in the water and I won't come back up.

Arthur, you've been called
to the Hill before,

numerous times,
to defend your actions.

I've never seen you
rattled like this.

You're going somewhere
with this.

Last night, I told
you I had a relapse.

Ten minutes later,
we're dealing with this.

I think it's safe to say
we left things unresolved.

I just wanted to give you the
chance to talk it through,

tell me how you were feeling.

Well, we need to talk.

But...

We've got these other matters
to deal with first. I'm sorry.

It's okay.
No, listen.

The only reason we're scrambling for
answers is because I missed something.

Arthur, you weren't the only one.
The whole agency was duped.

No, it is my responsibility to
make sure the intel is airtight.

And yesterday,
I failed to do so.

I overlooked something.

How can you be so sure?

Because Mossad would never
pull anything this risky

without making sure
it would work.

One doctored photo does not
ensure a drone strike.

It was hard to admit we might have
been fooled by such a simple tactic.

But what if we were?
No.

I'm sorry.

I don't buy it.

All right, we're back in.
Let's go, go, go.

Auggie, the Senate Intelligence Committee
has called Arthur onto the carpet.

He's going to need some ammunition.
What kind of ammo?

Well, there's no way Mossad
is going to admit to anything

underhanded in terms
of those photographs.

Not without some concrete evidence
that they falsified the intel.

Concrete, huh? Well, it doesn't
need to stand up in a court of law.

Understood. Considering a blind guy's in
charge of a visual evidence investigation,

the chances of that are pretty slim.
What time is the hearing?

Noon. There's an AIPAC fundraiser
tonight, so Rivka's still in town.

I'm going to try to pull her
in here as soon as possible.

Time is of the essence.
I'll get right on it.

Is this it?
That's what it says.

Since when do you carry a gun?

Since I felt like I needed one.

It says it's in there.

Doesn't make much sense,

taking this much effort
to dump a car. Unless...

So why don't you wait in the car?
I can handle this. No.

If Megan's in there,
I want to go in.

This doesn't feel right,
does it?

Wait.
(BEEPING)

You okay?

I'm fine, Auggie.

Surviving car bombs seems to
be a special skill of mine.

Cole planting that
explosive was a message.

He expected to be followed.

And there's no telling what else
he'll do to keep you off his trail.

The only message I'm getting
is that he has Megan.

How do you know that? He
had a picture of her.

And there were two bottles
of water in the console.

Both were drunk from.

I'm going to loop
around with NSA

to check the cell tower
near where you found the car.

See if Cole made any calls.

Thank you.
Yep.

Is that her?

Yeah.
Put her on speaker.

(BEEPS) Annie,
you're on with Joan.

Hi, Joan.
Annie, are you all right?

I'm fine. But we...

I promised to protect Megan. And
I'm not going to abandon her now.

Well, Dexter called it in. We're
mobilizing a team to track down Cole.

Mobilizing?
I'm already here.

I can't be that far behind.

Cole is on the run,
and he is getting sloppy

because he knows we're
on his heels. We?

I'm with Eyal.
He was following me.

And it would have cost too
much time to try and lose him.

Joan, I am so close.
I can feel it.

You know what?

Do whatever you want to do.

(BEEPS)

If you have something to say
to me, you better say it now.

I know it hasn't always been easy to
get her to see things a certain way.

Hasn't always been easy?
Try impossible.

Maybe sending her back to Bluebonnet
right now isn't the best idea.

She needs to finish
her debrief, Auggie.

You and I both know that it's
more than just a debrief.

It's a punishment. At least
that's how it feels to her.

Well, she's right.
It is a punishment.

Joan, everything Annie's done
since she got back from Russia

hasn't been about bucking
your authority.

She feels like she's
lost your respect.

All she wants to do
is win that back.

If you send her back
to Bluebonnet right now,

you'd just be
pushing her further away.

Look, the paperwork's already in the system.
It's out of my hands.

I don't believe that.

Rivka's on her way in.

I want the run-down on those
photos in five minutes.

I'm on it.

You all right?

Yeah. I'm fine.

You ever feel stuck?

Like you can't move, no matter
what direction you go in?

From time to time.

What do you do about it?

I come to West Virginia.

What? It usually works. What, you're
not feeling it? (CELL CHIMES)

What is it? Auggie pulled a
number off the cell tower.

Cole has a brother
five miles from here.

AUGGIE: The al Masri photo
was taken by satellite.

Our goal was to identify which one
by determining which satellites

were in the area
at the time it was taken.

Well, how many were there?
About 200 operational.

It's not a lot when you consider
there are roughly 13,000 in orbit.

Some were ours.
Some were China's.

But the majority belonged to
various commercial entities,

at least on paper.

There were 12 whose ownership
we found to be suspect.

Why is that?
Because.

You don't use an AES algorithm
with a key length of 256

just to stop people from
circumventing DiSEqC protocols.

(SIGHS)

Thank you for
the clarification, Barber.

You're welcome.

Auggie? They're spy
satellites in disguise.

That's exactly
what I just said.

Ma'am.

We were able to trace the
ownership of those satellites

to the intelligence agencies of
China, Germany, Russia and Israel.

Can the al Masri photo be linked
back to the Israeli ones?

Well, the Mossad satellites use
a hidden layer of protection.

It's a brilliant protocol, one that
we'd use on our own satellites

were it not for its
one vulnerability.

Which is?
Flawed pixels in the images.

BARBER: You'd never notice it
just to look at the photo.

But when you analyze it
pixel by pixel, boom.

Five microscopic nails in
Mossad's teeny, tiny coffin.

Rivka can deny it
all she wants,

but the ones and zeroes
don't lie.

Mmm.

ANNIE: Guy does demo.

That's probably where Cole
got his explosives.

You take the front door
and I'll take the back.

If you're so eager to get shot, why
don't you take the front door?

We're two highly trained
intelligence operatives.

You don't think we could get the drop
on a contractor with an NRA card?

There's too much uncertainty. You saw
what happened at the storage facility.

I have all the certainty
I need.

ANNIE: Daniel Cole?

Who's asking?

We'd like to ask you a few
questions about your brother.

(GRUNTS)

Not a good start, Daniel.

Hey.
Where is she?

Where is who?
Megan Carr.

The woman your
brother abducted.

I don't know any Megan. I haven't
seen my brother in two years.

What about this morning? When you
helped him plant a bomb in the car?

(PANTING)

You want to change your answer?

Who are you people?
FBI? ATF?

(STAMMERING) You know,
you can't just come onto my

property without cause
and assault me.

You gave him a vehicle,
didn't you? Hmm?

Where was he going?

You want to talk to me?

Bring a subpoena.
We're wasting time.

Go check the house.
He's lying.

Go check the house.
I'll watch him.

You need to keep control
of that bitch, or I swear...

(GROANING)

What did you want
to say about her? Hmm?

See, I'm not American. I don't
have to play by the rules.

I lent Griffin my four-by.

He told me I could pick it up later
at the White Horse air field.

It's about 40 miles from here.

What about the girl? I don't know
anything about a girl. I swear.

That's all I know.

(GROANS)

(GRUNTS)

You want to tell me
what that was all about?

How else were we going
to get him to talk?

A couple of years ago,
I was in Amsterdam.

I was looking to recruit someone to
insert into Khalid's organization.

I found Johanna Peeters.

From the moment I saw her, I knew there
was something special about her.

She was beautiful, vibrant,
inquisitive and educated.

She was the perfect
candidate for recruitment.

More importantly, she was
exactly Khalid's type.

A natural, like you.

The more I spent time with her, the
more I knew it would be impossible

to say goodbye to her.

Eventually, it was time
for her to start her mission.

She infiltrated Khalid's
organization with ease,

starting as a secretary
in one of his companies.

Within months she became
a flowing source of intel.

And then, suddenly, it stopped.

We never found out
how she got discovered.

One day, Khalid contacts
Mossad with an offer.

Find a way to get him off of Mossad's
target list in exchange for Johanna's life.

I thought he was bluffing.

The next day, her body was discovered
in her houseboat on the Herengracht.

She was poisoned.

Like Karina.

Looks like it's Cole's M.O.

If Johanna never met me,

she'd still be teaching
somewhere in Amsterdam.

But I persuaded her
to walk a different path.

So, you see, I understand why
you feel obliged to find Megan.

What evidence did you have that al
Masri was at the training camp?

We had human intelligence, local tribal
assets and culled communication cables.

We had visual documentation.

When you say
"visual documentation,"

you are referring to this photo?
Yes.

A photo that has been determined
to be corrupted. Yes.

If you know now that this
photo's been corrupted,

how do you know
that all the other intel

implicating Khalid Ansari
isn't as well?

We're drilling down
on everything.

You're drilling down now?

After you tried to drop
a bomb on the man.

We did the best we could
with the time we had.

Sometimes, the analysis of
evidence needs to be fast-tracked

a little more quickly
than we'd like.

We understand some of this
intelligence came from Mossad.

What specifically
did they contribute

that led you to believe Khalid
Ansari was funding terrorist groups?

We have bank statements indicating large
donations to dummy charity organizations

like the Benevolent
Red Crescent Society,

Al Baramain, IIRG.

And...

Is that the extent of the
intelligence you've amassed

on Khalid Ansari's connection
to terrorists?

Mr. Campbell.
Your response, please?

My response.

I don't have anymore answers.

I beg your pardon?

The committee summoned me here
without adequate time to prepare.

And now you're incredulous when I
can't deliver the proper information?

It's absurd.

You want the facts?
I need time to gather them.

Are you requesting
a recess, Mr. Campbell?

I don't believe I've
requested anything.

This hearing will resume
upon our return from recess.

Two weeks from Monday.

Perhaps Mr. Campbell
will be prepared by then.

I want every scrap of intel
we have on Zamir Gerson.

I mean everything.
Yes, sir.

JOAN: What you're looking at is
the evidence Arthur is presenting

right now to the
Senate Intelligence Committee.

Proof that Mossad intentionally
fed the CIA falsified intel

in order to have
Khalid Ansari killed.

Israel's financial support
is going to get slashed

if you continue to hold on
to the fiction that Mossad

knew nothing about
the corrupted intel.

I'm afraid I owe you
an apology.

On behalf of my agency
and myself.

Okay.

New information has come to
light since last we spoke.

And, um...

I would like to
share it with you

in an effort to repair
the damage that has been done.

This entire Khalid Ansari affair
represents a black eye for Mossad.

It turns out

you were not the only ones
who were duped.

(CELL RINGING)

Hey. What's up?

Are you still with Eyal?
Yeah, why?

Can you slip away
for a few minutes?

Not really. All right,
then just listen.

Rivka is in the DPD.

She says those photos were
doctored by Eyal, not Mossad.

What does that mean? It
means Eyal's gone rogue.

He was too emotionally involved
in bringing in Khalid.

It had something to do
with a woman in Holland.

He tried to use his relationship
with you to get Khalid killed.

Now, he's being decommissioned as a sign
of good faith between our agencies.

That can't be true. There's
solid evidence, Annie.

Annie, you still there?

I have to go.

You want to tell me
what just happened here?

What's going on with you?
Rivka's at Langley.

She said you've gone rogue.

That you doctored
the photos of al Masri.

Not Mossad. You.

Wait a minute.
Rivka's at Langley?

You wouldn't do that,
would you?

I mean, she's there right now?

I'm telling you she just
left Joan's office.

Eyal, tell me that's not true.

I'm sorry, Annie.

It's true.

You're lying.

Annie, I did it.

Mossad got caught pulling
a fast one on the CIA.

And now you're taking one for
the team to smooth things over.

You're sacrificing yourself
to protect them.

You're wrong.

I acted on my own.

Was there no other way to achieve what
you wanted than by using me like this?

I trusted you.

I told you a long time ago that there's
no such thing as trust among spies.

But you don't seem to get it.

You know this thing you keep doing,
looking for the good in people?

Not only does it make you
weak, it makes you a target.

And an easy one at that.

(OPENING CAR DOOR)

Annie, come on.

Open the hatch!
Open it!

Get out of here.

Drop it.

Drop it.

Where's Megan?

I don't have her.

You came to the safe house
and got her. I saw you.

No, I just stopped to give her a
plane ticket and a fake passport.

She went to Khalid?

Call me a decoy.

Drop it, Cole!

Take the shot!

(GRUNTS)

(PANTING)

Thanks.

Auggie, hey.
Hey.

Thanks for meeting me
on such short notice.

Oh, no, it's all right. Listen. I
don't have a lot of time, actually.

I've got to get back to work.

But how can I help you?

You can join us on the next tour of
Operation Proper Exit, Captain Anderson.

That would be
a tremendous help.

Did your voice suddenly
drop an octave, Kip,

or did you bring a friend?
(CHUCKLES)

Sorry, Auggie. This is...
Major James Wylde.

XIII Corps Support Command.

August Anderson, sir.

The Sergeant here tells me you're
interested in volunteering

your time for our program.

Uh, well, I said
I would look into it.

He gave me a brochure to read.

Well, I can answer any questions
you might have right now.

All right. Here's one. What's
with the full-court press?

I just had a battle buddy
drop out at the last minute.

He and his wife are
expecting their first.

Anyway, I'm short an
officer and I need you.

We're shipping out in 10 days.

Ten days.
WYLDE: Right.

You'll need to get up-to-date
on your vaccinations,

and if your blues aren't
fitting like they used to,

you'll need to have
them altered.

Listen. I'm honored.
Really.

But my inbox is piled so high,

even if I hadn't lost my vision, I
wouldn't be able to see my desk.

You lost something very
valuable in combat, son.

And you've
managed to rise above.

You'd be a great inspiration
to your fellow warriors.

I've been out of uniform
more than five years.

You are not duty-bound.

But I'll need an answer by
the beginning of next week.

Kip knows how to reach me.

Thanks for the ambush, buddy.

Well, come on. He said
you're not duty-bound.

Maybe you're right.

Maybe I am naive.
(SIGHS)

Maybe I need to grow
a thicker skin, but...

I'm still having trouble believing
you would give me doctored photos,

knowing what would happen.

Given what we've been through.

What are you saying, Annie?

I'm saying I'm giving you one last
chance to save our friendship.

There's nothing I can say.

(DOOR OPENS)

Anything?
Oh, not yet.

Did you get a hold
of Rivka again?

Despite her offer to repair the
bond between our agencies,

she seems to have returned to her
former policy of ducking my calls.

Oh. I need a break.

Want to get some dinner?
Sure.

There's just something I wanted
to talk to you about first.

What is it? I've been thinking
a lot about what you said.

About taking responsibility for
acting on the false intel.

You got the intel because Annie
felt the need to go above my head.

Oh. That's not your fault.

I think it is.

I think I've lost control of my
department and my operatives

because I haven't been
the leader that they needed.

Why is that?

I've set a poor example
of how to do this job.

I work weekends and holidays.
Three anniversaries in a row.

And I expect
the same from them.

And I've done some great work.

But I've also run
myself into the ground.

I think I've finally come to
realize that doing this job

doesn't mean doing it to the exclusion
of everything else in my life.

Well...

Well, what do you
want to do about it?

Something that I have
never done before.

Take a few days off.
Starting now.

Oh, I totally support that.

You do? (CHUCKLING) Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.

Thank you.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Uh, sorry to interrupt, sir, but I
thought you'd want to know right away.

Henry Wilcox's sentence is in
the process of being commuted.

What?

How did this happen?

Well, that's all the information
we have at the moment.

Should I get the DCI
on the phone?

Midge, call Petersburg
Prison and tell them I want

a sit-down with Henry Wilcox
as soon as possible.

(DOOR CLOSES)

(SPEAKING HEBREW)

That I acted alone.

That's what I was
supposed to do, wasn't it?

We had no choice.
It had to be done.

"By way of deception,
thou shalt do war."

Eyal, you had a role
to play here.

For Mossad.

For Eretz Israel.

Annie trusted me.
Completely.

Yes. That was the point.

That's all over.

I'm finished here.

What now?

Now you go to Tel Aviv.

We'll find a desk for you.

I don't think so.

(SCOFFS) You don't think so?

What the hell is that
supposed to mean?

It means I quit.

(SPEAKING HEBREW)

I've done some

foolish, dangerous,

questionable things
for Mossad. For you.

But this...

This crossed a line.

Don't forget which side of
the line this woman is on.

I trusted her.

She's saved my life five times.

Even though she
only counts three.

Listen to me.

What is happening here is
much larger than you know.

We've all had
to play our parts.

We've all had to pay the price.

Yeah? What... What have you lost
in this grandiose scheme? Hmm?

You.

Hey. You're still here.

Yeah. I'm on my way
to Bluebonnet right now.

I just had to
finish some emails.

What's that?

This an old army blanket of
mine I was going to give you

if you were still going
to Bluebonnet.

I don't understand. Oh, it
gets cold up there at night.

The rooms aren't very well insulated.
This helps with that.

Haven't you ever been camping?

I mean, I don't understand
about me not going.

Oh, yeah. Buried
the lead on that one.

You don't have to go back
to Bluebonnet for debrief.

(EXHALES) Huh.

Auggie?

I don't know how you did it,

but I cannot thank you enough.

Actually, I didn't do a thing.

Up until about 10 minutes ago, I
still thought you were going.

Joan?

Why?

I thought she couldn't wait to get
me out of her hair for a while.

Maybe she realized
she likes you, too.

Too?

Thank you.

It's a nice blanket.
It looks really cozy.

Here.

(CHUCKLES)

(DOOR OPENS)

I am sorry about the way
you had to get here.

Fake documents,

sneaking out of that apartment,

all the secrecy.

It was a long trip.

But worth it, I hope.

I'm glad you could
explain everything.

I was just so confused.

They wanted to scare you
into turning against me.

That is how the CIA operates.

The important thing is
we're together again.

Now, tell me again about the
woman who approached you.

Annie. Her name is
Annie Walker.