Covert Affairs (2010–2014): Season 3, Episode 16 - Lady Stardust - full transcript

(ANNIE READING)

What's going on, Jai?
Come with me.

I need you to come home.

AUGGIE: There are things that I
need to say to you face to face.

Mossad is using us
to spy on Khalid Ansari.

Khalid is dating an American.

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

You didn't tell me
that you needed to know

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

We droned
the wrong site, Henry.

The drone strike
was not a failure.



Why do you think my
sentence was commuted?

He must be transferring the funds
to Khalid through a courier.

Inside is
a G.P.S. Tracker.

Goodbye, Megan.

And we follow the courier
all the way to Khalid.

Megan was the courier.

They know we're here.

There's still
one way out of this.

(BEEPS)

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Hello?

I am sure you don't
want to waste time

with pleasantries,
Annie Walker.

What do you want, Khalid?



Eyal Lavin is alive.

I won't kill him.

And I will return him to you.

KHALID: But only if...

You get the money you were
supposed to get from Megan?

Let's leave Megan out of this.

No, someone has betrayed me.

What I want is the names
of all the employees

in my father's company
who are CIA assets.

Those who are responsible for my
situation need to be punished.

You will get the names for me.

I don't know if we have
anyone in your company,

and I don't have access
to that information.

You have 24 hours.

I will contact you
on this same phone

for details as to where
to do the exchange.

I do not want Megan to
have had to die in vain.

ANNIE: So,
what do you think?

Show me the money we discussed,
and I'll tell you what I think.

It's tricky.

But everything worth
doing in life is tricky,

illegal, or both.

Eric Barber said you're a
fearless and brilliant asset.

Well,

he was right about that.

I have a friend.

Worked the electrical grid contract
for the American consulate.

The mainframe connects to
all US government servers,

including CIA, through a
high-speed transatlantic cable.

The consulate?

There's no way
to hack in remotely?

It's a closed-circuit
intranet.

There are no portals
in Holland,

other than the hard line
inside that building.

Talk to me about the consulate.

They upgraded security right after
the Jyllands-Posten protests.

P.G. P,
application layer firewall.

Your best shot is the computer
terminal inside the infirmary.

It's open to the web for
access to medical research.

The infirmary.

Ja.
Is tough.

I have an idea.

(ANSWERING MACHINE BEEPS)
ANNIE: Hey, Auggie.

I know this is a long shot
because you're in Iraq,

and I figured I'd get
your voicemail, but...

This is usually the time when
I'd call and ask your advice.

ANNIE: I'm, uh,
facing a situation,

and there are 1,000 reasons for
me not to go through with it.

But my gut is saying
I should do it.

Thanks for letting me
talk this out.

Bye.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(GROAN)

(GRUNTS)

Hey!

(SPEAKING DUTCH)

(SIGHS) Okay.

Uh, hello. My name
is Danielle Brooks.

I'm an American citizen.
I've been attacked.

Can you help me?

(THEME SONG PLAYING)

NURSE: Just some basic information
to begin, Mrs. Brooks.

Blood type?

Mrs. Brooks?

I'm Bob Breiding, Vice Consul.

Are you here to take
me to the hospital?

Uh, no, don't stand.

I know you're pretty banged up.

So, we just received
the Amsterdam Police report.

From the
bystander's accounts...

You were in one heck of a
scrape at the Leidesplein.

Yeah. I was.
(SIGHS)

But how did you get into
Amsterdam, Mrs. Brooks?

There's no flag on your
passport at the Schiphol

or any of the
neighboring airports.

Greece.

I spent a week in the islands.

Greek immigration database is
notoriously dysfunctional.

Ah.

I'm sorry. I'm in a...
A little bit of pain.

You know,
we can finish this later.

We'll set you up in one
of the infirmary bunks

and then we can circle back to
this tomorrow once the, uh,

Greek passport control opens.

Thank you. Uh, once
you're more rested.

(DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR BUZZING)

I figured you could use a ride.

No.

You came to say something.
So, say it.

Rami Haddad.

He was the real target of the
drone strike, wasn't he?

Bravo.

Just out of curiosity,
how did you figure it out?

Once the Senate Committee hearings were
canceled, it took all of five minutes.

You told us,
you told the whole world.

We took out Haddad
six years ago.

But now he is dead.

Thanks to me.
And you.

We made up for our mistake.

You still have, uh, a job.

And I'm a free man.

Order has been restored.

Well, maybe it seems
that way from a jail cell.

But there was collateral
damage to your whole scheme.

Assets killed.

Relations with nations frayed.

Operatives mopping up the
mess, even as we speak.

You want to make an omelet,
you've got to break

a few skulls.

You're done making
omelets, Henry.

You're right about that.

I'm content to ride off
into the sunset.

And I don't need a ride
from you to get there.

I want to stretch my legs.

KHALID: Water.

You should drink something.

Tabuk, where my ancestors
are from, is only

250 miles from the
Kibbutz in the Negev

where the IDF does
their training exercises.

You and I,
we're not so different.

You're wrong.

We're both driven.

We've both killed
to achieve our goals.

Exactly the same.

Hmm. Clever.

And we're both prisoners.

You have us holed up here,
miles away from Amsterdam.

I hear outside,
what, two guards?

When you're better off with 20.

You never got your lifeline
package from Daddy, did you?

Hmm.

You're desperate, Khalid.

You have been working with
a spy from a rival agency

to pursue me for weeks.

(WHISPERS) You're the
one who is desperate.

I have betrayed Annie's trust

more times than
I care to admit.

I wouldn't be surprised
if she wanted to kill me.

Well, as long as she does
it after I get what I need,

that's fine with me.

(CLOCK TICKING)

(BEEPS)

(GASPS)

Sorry to surprise you
by sitting in the dark.

Although for me, it is
basically just sitting.

What are you doing here?

You left me a voicemail.

I can explain.
You're going to.

Let's get you
out of here first.

We've been over this, but I still
don't understand what you're doing.

I still don't know
why you're here.

What part about "Joan put me on the
first flight out of the Persian Gulf

"the second she heard your
voicemail" doesn't make sense?

I don't need Agency help.

No, you are way beyond that.

Eyal has been taken.

Let Mossad handle it.

He quit Mossad.

You know as well as I do that means
they are never coming for him.

No one is.

We're talking about handing
over agency assets.

How many names
are on that list?

How many lives
are we trading for one man?

Two assets in Riyadh.

One in Dubai.

But they're both collecting intel
on OPEC, not the Ansari family.

That distinction isn't going
to mean anything to Khalid.

Can't we get them off the board
before Khalid gets to them?

Yes, but the lives of those assets
will be irrevocably changed.

I know.

I pulled everything I could off
the server on the Ansari family,

looking for a way around this.

I can't think of another plan.

I don't want to give over
those names, either.

But somebody has
to do something.

Eyal needs my help.
And I can't do nothing.

Is this about Russia?

And Paris and Zurich
and West Virginia.

It's about all of it.

You once told me you didn't
have feelings for him.

Is that not true?
Is that what's driving this?

Why do you keep asking me that?

I have an idea.

But we're not going
to violate Agency protocol,

and we are not
handing over that file.

Thank you.

This could get very messy.
Are you okay with that?

Yeah.

This is a mistake.

But at least
we'll make it together.

(KNOCKS ON DOOR)

JOAN: Hey.
You're here late.

From the desk
of the D.C.I.

A declassification ceremony for
Jai's name on the Wall of Honor?

This is a process that normally
takes years to get authorization,

and Henry got it to the top of
the stack in less than a day.

So, what's the D.C.I.
Going to do?

Punt.

He gave me the authority to
grant or decline the request.

He's aware of my past
with Henry.

So, the D.C.I.'s okay with a man being
convicted of treason on premises.

His sentence was commuted. But
make no mistake about this.

It is a shot across the bow.

It's Henry's way of saying that he can
still affect change within this building.

I have no doubt

that Henry Wilcox
has bigger ambitions.

But I think
you need to grant this.

Henry lost a son.
We lost Jai.

You know what a
declassification ceremony

means to everyone around here.

Well, you're right.

It's important that we bring
our heroes out of the shadows.

What do you want me to do?

Use your discretion
and keep me posted.

ANNIE: Did it work? CARLIJN: Of
course it did. I'm that good.

I have the printouts.

You uploaded more
than you said you would.

The money in that satchel was more
than enough for your efforts.

A "thank you"
would also be nice.

Hello?

Thank you.

And tell your friend he's got
one heck of a right hook.

(CLEARS THROAT)

JOOST: Auggie. Hey!

Joost. (LAUGHS) Hey.

Hey. Good to see you. So to speak.
(LAUGHS)

(LAUGHS) Yes.

I, uh, got your message.
Happy to help.

Thanks.
Come with me.

Thanks.

(SIGHS)

I can smell we're not in
the hash bar anymore.

Much more firepower.

Oh, it's,
uh... Just wait.

I have to say,

when I got your message,

I was a little bit surprised.

This is very specialized.

Very odd request.

Are you sure it's
what you're looking for?

I assure you it is.

Fair enough.

You need this, as well.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

If you don't have what I need,

this will be a very short,
painful conversation.

I have it.

The meeting place will be 3:00 p.m.
At the southern end of the Oude.

No. New rules.

I set the time and place.

(LAUGHS) People who
are negotiating

for the lives of hostages
don't get to dictate terms.

These are my rules.

I need the safety of a crowd.

Public place.

Bloemenmarkt.
Noon today.

If you're trying to call my bluff,
know that I've killed before.

The only way you're going
to get what you want

is if you go with my plan.

I'll see you at noon.

We're on. You got quiet
all of a sudden.

I know. I just...
I want this to work.

And it will.

I had a sergeant
in basic training.

Mean son of a bitch,

but he taught us one thing
that really stuck with me.

Going into battle is like
blowing out a birthday candle.

Okay, that doesn't help me because
I have no idea what it means.

It means
don't over-think it.

Put all the noisy thoughts
out of your head,

close your eyes,

and think about one positive
thing that you want.

Or one thing you love.

(SIGHS)

Okay, I'm ready.

(PEOPLE TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

It's a go.

ANNIE: They're at
your 10 o'clock.

Oh, sorry. Sorry, I'm...
I'm a bit lost.

Do you know how
to get to Pier Ten?

Uh. (SPEAKING DUTCH) Pier Ten?

Hey, man. Look.
You could just say no.

AUGGIE: Jerk.

Uh, excuse me.

(AUGGIE SPEAKING DUTCH)

Annie Walker.

Eyal's description of your
tenacity didn't do you justice.

Let's leave the notion ofjustice
out of this entirely.

It seems inappropriate.

Agreed.

That's for me, I presume.

This wasn't easy to get,
you know.

I know. That's why I asked
someone with something to lose.

That was the one flaw
in your plan, Khalid.

Assuming I had
something to lose.

You've been counting on my feelings
for Eyal to drive this negotiation.

But he works
for a rival agency.

What's in this file is what
he's worth to me alive.

No more, no less.

Is this some kind ofjoke?

Far from it.

Annie. Don't. Annie.

(GUNSHOT FIRES)
(SCREAMS)

(GROANS)

(GRUNTS)

(PANTS)

You couldn't find
a closer pier?

For a sighted guy,
you sure are slow.

Yeah?

For a blind guy,
you sure are crazy.

This was a ridiculous plan.
Agreed.

Where's Annie? Have
to assume en route.

(RUNNING FOOTSTEPS)

(PANTS)

(CLATTERING)

(PANTS)

We shove off in two minutes.

If she isn't here, we meet up
at the old church in Delft.

She knows the protocol.

So, you want to leave her.

I'd never leave her.

I would never leave her,
either.

Let's go!

AUGGIE: Where is she?
Gun it! Go!

She's coming. She's good.
Come on! Come on!

AUGGIE: Now. You've got it, Annie.
Come on!

AUGGIE: Now. Now.
EYAL: Come on!

You got it! Come on! You can do it!
Come on! You got it, baby.

I've got you.

(GUNSHOT FIRES)

(GASPS)

Are you okay?
Yeah.

(PANTS)

What were you waiting for?

Waiting for you, neshama.

Do you see any tulips?

Not this time of year.

I'm going to pretend there are tulips.
And windmills.

One of the benefits
of being blind is

I can imagine the way things
look, any way I like.

People, too?

Of course.

One of these days, I'll
describe you to yourself.

It's a hell of a parlor game.

That's a plan.

This plan, on the other
hand, was risky.

I wasn't sure you were
going to make it.

I didn't like
that feeling much.

You were worried about me?

Yeah, I was worried.

And you didn't follow
your sergeant's advice?

My sergeant's advice
didn't work

because the person
I was worried about

and the positive thing I was
thinking about are the same.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)
(SIGHS)

Hello?

Yeah.

Okay. She's right here.
I'll put her on.

ANNIE: Hello?
Annie.

What is the status on Khalid?

His status?

Well...

We're safe on a barge,
headed to the North Sea

to meet up with
the U.S.S. Yorktown.

And Khalid is
really in the wind.

Yes.

Why?

JOAN: We just got off
the phone with A.I. V.D.

Some unfortunate news.

What happened?

Apparently, the Saudi
Foreign Affairs Ministry

has been working back channels
with Dutch authorities.

I know where this is headed.

ARTHUR: A deal
has been reached.

Khalid has been taken off all
the Interpol watch lists.

He'll be going back
to Saudi Arabia

where he'll be
virtually untouchable.

An hour from now,
a diplomatic helicopter

is going to take him from the
Osdorp estate to a waiting jet.

And from there,
he'll be flown home.

Okay.

I understand.

Khalid is going home.

The Saudi Government
made a deal with the Dutch.

His father probably
pulled the strings.

Oil trumps everything.

Especially justice.

The important thing is we all got
out of this alive and unhurt.

No.

I don't think this is over.

What are you talking about?

The CIA wants me
to finish this.

To kill Khalid.

Annie, listen to yourself.

Think about it. They send
you here to help me.

Why?
Because they care.

No, because they want
me to mop up the mess.

I'll do it.
No!

We did not just risk our lives

so either one of you could
go on a suicide mission.

We have a plan.
We're sticking to it.

Why did they tell me exactly where he
is right now and when he's leaving?

Annie, you are frustrated
and upset, and I get it.

It is unjust and obscene
that Khalid is going home.

But nobody wants you to
or needs you to kill him.

(SIGHS)

(SNIFFS)

Annie.

I'll go check on her.

EYAL: Annie.

She's gone. What do
you mean, she's gone?

She's gone. She took the gun I
got off of one of Khalid's guys.

What are you doing, Annie?

(GRUNTS)

(GROANS)

Release your fingers.

And get up slowly.

Very slowly.

You'll never get away
with this.

Get away with what?

You have no idea what I want.

This is no longer
a negotiation.

You no longer have leverage.

When I say something,
you do it.

Or I shoot you.

(GUN COCKING)

Is that clear?

Yes.

Killing you would be the easiest
thing in the world right now.

But it won't solve anything.

So, why are you here,

if not to kill me?

I'm here on behalf of Megan.

How could that be?

You killed her.
No, I didn't.

The CIA did.

When I tell you who did it,
you're going to realize

how insignificant you are.

This is from the CIA file
on your dad's company.

You recognize that man?

That's my father's bodyguard.

He killed Megan.

I saw him.

Your father ordered it.

This is impossible.

My father told me
it was the CIA.

Look at the file.

I know what real love is.

I saw that in Megan's eyes
when she talked about you.

Your father took that.

Why?

Perhaps he disapproved
of your engagement.

Perhaps he assumed
she was a spy.

Regardless, he had her killed.

You think you're his good son.

His faithful servant. His
trusted advisor. To him,

you're nothing.

You're going to
get on that helicopter

and you're going to be filled
with anger and questions.

And on the long ride home,

I want you to remember
that day in Paris

when you first told
Megan you loved her

and what that felt like.

You want a list of the
names that betrayed you?

(HELICOPTER WHIRRING)

Look no farther
than your father.

He's the root of your problem.

What you do with that
information is up to you.

(TIRES SQUEAL)

Annie.
Are you all right?

I'm all right.
I didn't kill him.

He's gone.

Why Athens?

Well, I've got a 40-foot mariner
ketch in Piraeus with my name on it.

No, seriously. It's
called The Flying Lavin.

You're dyed in the wool Mossad.

Are you sure you're going to be happy
sitting around on a boat all day?

Sitting?
It's called sailing.

I don't know. Much of Jewish
mysticism revolves around numbers.

Five knots in a tzitzit.

The 10 Sephirot.

The four species of Sukkot.

But we only get one life.

I want to make the best of it.

Why do I always feel like there's
something behind what you're telling me?

Well, why don't you
join me and find out?

The last time a guy asked me to run
away with him, it didn't end that well.

Besides, I need to get home.

Put down some roots.

For now.

Timing is everything, neshama.

(LAUGHS) But one day,

you and I will be
sitting somewhere,

looking at a sunset,
thinking of nothing at all.

Maybe not this boat
in Greece, but...

But one day.

And that will be
a lovely evening.

I hope so.

Goodbye, Eyal.

I'm not good with goodbyes.

And I never got to say it,

but thank you, Annie.

Good luck.

Hey.

You want to grab a drink
when we get back?

Sure.

A beer at Allen's sounds good.

I was thinking
some place nicer.

Some place nicer?

Friday night at 8:00?

Sure.

(SIGHS)

There are 104 stars
on this wall.

ARTHUR: 104 stories
of patriotism and courage.

The rigors of our profession
don't allow us to

declassify all the names
for all the stars.

Which is why an
occasion like this

is as uplifting
as it is solemn.

Today,

we acknowledge that
one of the stars on this wall

represents Jai Wilcox.

Son of Henry Wilcox.
And a fine CIA officer.

Thank you, Arthur.

I'm sorry for your loss, Henry.

No, you're not.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

Yes.

I know this is macabre.

But I wanted to see
this place for myself.

Please have a seat.

Thank you for coming.

I know this couldn't be easy.

It isn't.

Everything in here is
exactly as it was before.

Life has a funny way
of continuing on,

no matter what we do.

I know Jai didn't paint the
rosiest picture of me.

But please.

I'm here to try to
make things right.

Mr. Wilcox, you and I
only ever met once.

I never felt we had
any personal issue.

This is about Arthur
and Joan Campbell.

I don't have any personal
issues with them, either.

Let me ask you something.

Why didn't you kill
Khalid in Amsterdam?

Yes, I know about Khalid.

Just assume

I know everything.

I gave Khalid all the
information he needs

for him to kill his father

or force his father
to kill him.

Either way, we get a
piece off the game board

and cause havoc in their ranks.

And it can't be traced
back to the Agency.

Excellent spy craft,
Miss Walker.

My experience with Lena
taught me a few things.

I knew you were the
right person for this.

Open it.

It would be worth your while.

I'm sorry,

but whatever it is
you'd like me to do,

I won't go against
Joan and Arthur.

Take a look.

Is everything in here accurate?

Very much so.

I'm in.

AUGGIE: Walker,
you home?

You know we're not grabbing
that beer until Friday, right?

Yeah. Yeah.

You know, ordinarily,
this is...

The moment where

I make some quip about
how I got on the wrong bus

or taking the wrong turn
at Albuquerque.

What's going on?

(SIGHS)

I've been thinking about today.

About our lives.

There's nothing certain
about what we do.

There's nothing certain
for people like us.

Now, there's a conversation I've been
hoping to have with you for a while now,

but I've never found
the right time to have it.

What are you saying?

Timing is everything.

I wanted to talk now, Annie.

What do you want to talk about?

I'm glad we're
having this talk.