Covert Affairs (2010–2014): Season 3, Episode 6 - Hello Stranger - full transcript
Auggie sees a therapist to deal with losing Parker. Annie tries to turn the chief aid for the Yemen Prime Minister is in the country for a heart operation. With promises of security, he agrees. Annie finds out she cannot protect his family.
And annie just discovered that
seth newman was one of them.
He attacked annie.
It started at seth's place.
She had to act in self-defense.
[grunting]
- Where's the body?
- Somewhere in the potomac.
- Annie, I know what happened
on the bridge.
You don't need to worry.
You have my support,
whatever you need.
- Seth newman was found
in virginia, extremely dead.
Fbi is already on it.
Rest assured that they
will solve this, soon enough.
[thunder]
- Alexandria police officially
handed seth newman's case
Over to the fbi the second
his body was I.D.'d.
- Why didn't langley contain
the investigation?
- D.C.I. Doesn't know
seth was a mole,
So he's pushing feds
to follow this down.
- Right back to me.
- It was your life or seth's.
- That defense may have
held water at the time,
But what about our actions
after the fact?
If people find out you removed
evidence from seth's brownstone,
You could go to jail.
- Henry wilcox used seth
To steal classified documents
out of langley.
We just exposed
a massive intelligence breach.
- With what to corroborate
our story?
We've got nothing concrete.
- Forget concrete.
What do we have?
- The night seth was killed,
He was headed to deliver
a flash drive.
I saw the envelope
in his jacket pocket.
The flash drive could be
in fbi possession right now.
That could prove a connection.
- I can cry national security,
Bigfoot the feds,
and they will be forced
To hand the device to me.
- Have to do it without ruffling
calder's feathers.
We have to proceed
as if he's working for henry.
- Well, that's the only way
to vindicate us--
Without the flash drive, all we
have is conspiracy theory.
- Annie, I can insert you
into the fbi investigation
As the cia liaison,
but then it's up to you
To get the flash drive.
- I can do that.
- Then I will make the call.
- Thank you.
[background chatter]
- Miss walker?
- Hi.
Nice to meet you.
- You'll be working in here.
- Okay.
- Jogger discovered the body in
belle haven wildlife preserve.
- Uh-huh.
- This is
the responding officer's report.
Quite detailed.
Guy can't spell for sh-- though.
- [laughs]
I need an inventory of the
personal effects discovered.
- Okay.
- Migraine hit
The second I saw your name
on the sign-in sheet.
- Hello, vincent.
- Oh, we're
on a first-name basis?
After what you did to me
on the r.D.I. Case
Or the smithsonian break-in
Or the mess
with the mossad guy?
- I was hoping
we could start over.
- Hmm.
Forgive, don't forget.
I got this.
There's one thing I've learned
from our past experience--
You have a hidden agenda,
so save us both the headache.
Why are you really here?
- A federal officer is dead,
one of our own.
This is not the time to let
personal grudges get in the way.
- Let's get to work.
- Are you staying on?
- You wouldn't show your face
Unless there was something
bigger at stake.
If you are involved
in this murder investigation,
So am I.
- Sure it's a murder?
- Medical examiner confirmed
the ribs broke evenly,
Suggesting a fall
from some distance.
Bruises to face and torso
Indicate the victim was involved
in a struggle
Shortly before he died,
so, yeah, looks like a murder.
This is new to you, huh?
You spooks rarely solve
the crime.
You're too busy searching
for treasure
And chasing assassins.
- You have
an active imagination.
- Really? Drones, waterboarding,
is that more accurate?
Want to take a look?
- [sighs]
okay.
- I already notified
the immediate family.
Did you know him?
- I knew him.
I didn't know him well.
- Well, the police
didn't find a wallet.
- Any personal effects?
- Yeah.
There was...Change,
Keys, one shoe, pen.
- Anything else?
- You're looking
for something specific?
- Yeah,
a solid lead.
- Excuse me.
We found traces of skin
Underneath
the victim's fingernails,
Probably the killer's.
This is good news, right?
- The river
didn't wash it away?
- This is new to you.
Guy was fighting
for his life,
Skin got trapped
deep underneath the nail bed.
Dna is off to the lab.
It's only a matter of time
before we catch
Whoever killed seth newman.
- That lab work is gonna take
weeks to process.
In the meantime,
we'll figure something out.
- Don't sugarcoat it.
- Keep calm, carry on.
The plan remains the same.
Focus on
the mission objective.
Let me handle the rest.
- This morning you appointed
annie walker liaison
To the fbi investigation.
That's my call.
- When seth's death
was ruled a murder,
It became d.C.S. Purview.
Moving forward,
all decisions go through me.
- You ever get tired
of the office politics, joan?
It's not my fault your boy
auggie didn't get the job.
- My decision stems
from the fact
That seth was an officer
with top-level clearance...
And a dear friend.
- Yes, I'm aware
of your personal relationship.
One thing you need to know
about me is, I dig deep.
- Seth and I spent a year
together on benelux desk.
Our relationship
wasn't a secret.
If I were you,
I'd focus on the case,
Not my personal life.
- As long as your personal life
Doesn't influence
the investigation.
- Annie was appointed
cia liaison based on
Her long and effective working
relationship with the fbi.
- Is that so?
- The turn for belle haven is--
is this way.
- That's where the body
was discovered.
I'm more concerned
with where the victim died.
Called in a few favors
from my friends at esri.
Water currents, flow charts,
tidal patterns--
Saved us three days
of pushing paper.
The victim fell
from over 60 feet.
That narrows the local bridges
down to three.
Seth newman lived
right around the corner.
Seems like the place
to focus our efforts.
[indistinct chatter]
[police radio chatter]
[indistinct chatter]
[tires screeching]
- [grunting]
- [grunting]
Oh!
[screams]
- Walker.
Come here.
See that?
Blood.
And there were cuts
on the victim's palms.
Looks like he was holding on
before he fell.
[phone rings]
Go.
No, we're still on the bridge.
Don't do anything
until we get there.
- Good news?
[whirring]
[metal clanks]
- [sighs]
Nothing.
Seems odd that a cia lawyer
keeps an empty secret safe.
- Everything about this is odd.
- Webb, what about the sweep,
anything?
- No fingerprints,
not even the victim's.
Nothing in the computer
hard drive, no files at all.
- Your people have anything
to do with this?
- No.
- All right, I want
the lab work fast-tracked,
And you have the dna results
on my desk
Within the next 48 hours.
- Agent rossabi!
- What have you got?
- Divers found this jacket
hanging from a branch.
Old dry cleaner receipt
inside the pocket
Has got the victim's name
on it.
The current must have pulled it
off the body.
This was also in the pocket.
- Flash drive.
Here's that solid lead.
Take it to the lab.
- Gentle!
Don't take it out
on the hardware!
- You should have seen the
cleanup at seth's brownstone.
Even the safe was emptied out.
It obviously wasn't us.
- Joan dusted.
Henry must have sent in a team
to sterilize.
- Yeah, but a crime scene
that clean sets off alarm bells.
Now rossabi thinks there's
A conspiracy to cover up
seth's murder.
- Well, there kind of is.
- Why would henry want to kick
The fbi investigation
into high gear?
- So someone gets caught.
But it's not gonna be us.
- Here, this one.
- Great.
I'm gonna upload
some custom files.
Should keep the fbi techs
chasing their tails.
- How long is it gonna take?
'cause I need to go back
to hoover to make the switch.
- Oh, easy there.
There's no rushing this.
The flash drive has to show
signs of water damage.
[exhales]
Fresh from the potomac.
All right.
And now, we soak.
- [sighs]
- What's going on?
- Rossabi fast-tracked
the dna results.
We have 48 hours.
- Okay.
I'm gonna try and hack
into the fbi servers
And alter the dna results
electronically.
- That seems like a long shot.
- I won't miss.
- That also sounds illegal.
- Only if I get caught.
- Yeah, you mean unlike me?
- We'll get through this.
- I just...
[laughs]
Wish it wasn't gonna take
all night.
- Watching it isn't gonna
make time go any faster.
[phone ringing]
- [gasps]
- Watch your step,
miss walker.
Prime location!
Penthouse suite.
Perfect view of the potomac!
- Ladybug red?
- Studies show the color boosts
the performance of workers
With detail-oriented tasks.
- It's also
the color of blood.
- Is it?
[laughs]
Lexington global consulting
and risk management.
Has a nice ring to it,
don't you think?
- You a revolutionary war buff?
Is it the, uh,
"shot heard round the world"?
- No, the racehorse.
Sired some of the greatest
champions in history.
My hope is, my new endeavor
can spawn
The next generation
of superior spies,
Yourself included.
We'll be up and running
by the first of the month.
- [laughs]
that's in four days.
- Enough money,
and the right motivation,
Anything can be accomplished.
Ask my new clients
at solstar.
Pesos and fear motivated them
to sign on the dotted line.
I'm building an elite team
here in d.C.
You have proven yourself elite.
You interested
in a full-time position?
- I've already got a job.
- Well, like I said,
"enough money
and the right motivation."
- What's that?
- It's the amount of money
You are currently owed
by lexington.
- How does lexington
owe me anything?
- For work you've already done,
in colombia and here.
In the private sector,
no bad deed goes unrewarded.
Shame about seth newman.
- Were you two close?
- Seth was a business associate
of mine,
Part-time and off the books,
just like you.
I recently heard the fbi is
in possession of a flash drive
Found on seth's body.
I want it.
I want you to get it for me.
- You want me to get it for you?
- In exchange for your services,
I can provide assistance
with your investigation.
- What investigation?
- Seth newman's murder.
You are the liaison
with the fbi, correct?
- The cia and the fbi
are handling it.
- But their interests
don't align with ours
On this one, do they?
- What are your interests,
exactly?
- Get me the flash drive,
and I'll tell you.
Let me know
if I can offer my support.
I take care of my own.
- Hi!
- Good morning.
- I have to register
some evidence.
- I'll take it.
- Sorry, but I have to watch you
enter it into inventory myself.
You have your protocols,
and we have ours.
- All right.
Come on.
[phone rings]
Excuse me.
- Sure.
- Hello?
Hello?
- What are you doing here?
- Good morning to you too.
- No, let me rephrase.
What are you doing here?
- My job.
A colleague of mine is dead.
Are you really questioning
my dedication?
- No, only your intentions.
- Uh--
you know what?
I do have another reason
for being here.
This flash drive was found
in the pocket of a cia lawyer,
And that makes it
agency property.
- I knew you were
up to something.
- Be mad if you want.
This is going straight
to langley.
- Only if I'm delivering it
to calder michaels directly.
He reached out to me.
He's expecting us.
- The fbi's hard work
won't go overlooked.
You'll have my full support
going forward.
- Well, that is refreshing,
Seeing that "cooperation"
has never been a word
In walker's vocabulary.
- I'm trying to establish
a fresh way
Of doing things around here.
- Well, whatever files the water
didn't damage are encrypted.
My techs came up empty.
Maybe your people
will have better luck.
- You could have
said that earlier.
- Agent rossabi.
I heard you were
on the premises.
I wanted to return your call
in person.
- Calls, as in multiple.
I left your assistant
a dozen messages.
I wouldn't be here if
mr. Michaels hadn't reached out.
- Releasing declassified files
Has to run
through all the proper channels.
It takes time.
- I was actually calling
with specifics
Regarding your personal
relationship with the victim.
Do you mind
sharing a few minutes?
In the name
of interagency cooperation.
- Course not.
Annie, calder, I'll circle back
with you in a moment.
- Well, they are a part
of this investigation.
They should be
a part of this...
Unless you feel
that they shouldn't.
- Fine with me.
- Great.
- You knew seth newman?
- Yes, very well.
We had an intimate relationship
years ago.
Close and continuing paperwork
was filed.
- The fbi accessed the gps
computer in seth newman's car.
That's every place he drove
in the past six months.
He was at your home
three weeks ago.
- Well, we had dinner plans,
as friends,
But I wasn't feeling well,
so I cancelled
And sent seth on his way.
- Mm-hmm.
[clears throat]
You and mr. Newman were
in narcotics anonymous together.
Was there anything discussed
during group meetings
That pertains
to this investigation?
- No.
Seth was in recovery,
And doing very well,
I might add.
- Once an addict,
always an addict.
- So you know what it's like.
- Seth newman was in n.A.
That's information
that you should have revealed
From the get-go.
- The "a" is for "anonymous."
- You have all the answers
you need, agent rossabi?
- For now.
[thunder]
- Calder is assembling techs
to decrypt seth's flash drive.
We practically hand-delivered
that intel to henry.
- Mm, not exactly.
- Is that the drive?
How?
- Magic kit when I was nine.
- [chuckles]
As if I needed another reason
to be into you.
Device is top of the line.
Aes cipher locks,
2048 bit r.S.A.
Brute force decryption
is the only way.
- Okay, uh, pretend
you're talking
To your girlfriend
and not barber.
- [laughs]
We break down the flash drive
one file at a time,
Systematically trying every
possible password combination.
It's effective, but slow.
Very slow.
So far, all I've been able
to access is this.
- What is that?
- You tell me.
- It looks like
a photo of a jungle somewhere?
- All right, well,
I plugged the pixel data
Into every program
that I have.
There's no data scale.
There's no electronic key.
It's like a puzzle piece
with no box top,
Or any other pieces.
- Great, the dna results
Come in, and I'm going down.
I need something tangible
to take henry along with me.
- You're not going down.
We just need to keep digging.
It takes time.
- One thing we don't have
is time.
- There is no need to remind me
of the clock on this mission.
- [softly] sorry.
Maybe I should cash in
henry's check
- As much as I'd love
a cray titan right now,
It's not worth taking
henry's money.
- You got to admit,
it wouldn't be
The dumbest spy play
to work for him.
- No, but it would be
the riskiest.
We just need something
to link henry to seth.
- A photo of trees
is not gonna do it.
- No, but it might tell us
what henry's next move is.
- We don't even have a clue
what his last move was.
Wait.
Agent rossabi used the gps
computer on seth newman's car
To trace his driving history,
and we have that data.
So if we could do the same thing
with henry's car,
If we establish that they were
at the same place
At the same time, we could show
a pattern of meets.
- Okay, your solution
has a problem--
How do we keep henry occupied?
[phone rings, vibrates]
[beep]
- Yeah?
- Sorry to call so late.
I, uh, hope
you weren't sleeping.
- Wide awake, walker.
- Check your inbox.
I just sent you the seth newman
phone records you requested.
- In exchange for what?
There was a name there
that raised a red flag.
It's just a hunch, but I thought
it was worth tracking down.
- Okay, what's the name?
- Henry wilcox.
[indistinct chatter]
- Jai is so young
in this picture.
- He and his mother
loved camping.
Not me.
Bugs.
- [laughs]
But the smile on his face
when we got out to hillcrest...
Some of my fondest memories
together.
Have you brought my flash drive?
- The fbi turned it over
to langley.
Tech ops is decrypting it now.
- Unfortunate.
The agency loves
glacial projects.
I do not.
- Don't you have a mole
in the building
That can get it for you?
- Not as talented as you,
miss walker.
So...Why are you here?
- The fbi has obtained all
of seth newman's phone records.
Eventually, you're gonna
be called in for questioning.
- I look forward to it.
- Agent rossabi is not
to be taken lightly.
- Neither am I.
- Consider yourself warned.
- You're here
out of self-interest.
Scared I'll turn you over
to the fbi.
Don't worry.
Your secret is safe with me.
- Target's arrived.
Our clock has officially
started ticking.
- Go, go.
Annie, they're on their way.
[beeping]
[tires squeal]
- How can I assist you
in catching
The person responsible for this?
- Mr. Wilcox.
Annie walker.
Nice to see you again.
- Have we met before?
- We were introduced at
the goldbergs' christmas party.
- Of course.
I'm out of the spy game
so long,
My skills are rusty.
- [laughs]
- Ah, my day is jam-packed.
Um, let's try
to speed this along.
- Right this way.
- Okay, wait here.
I'm just gonna lay it down.
[whirring]
- These are seth newman's phone
records from the last month.
You spoke often.
Close friends?
- Friends, sure.
It was mostly
a professional relationship.
- 55 calls
over a two-week span.
- What did you two discuss?
- Seth was a lawyer.
He provided legal counsel
from time to time.
- 55 calls?
- Well, it makes sense,
that you'd have
A lawyer on speed dial.
It's not every day
that you meet a man
Who's been in prison
for treason.
- Then released.
Has nothing to do
with innocence.
- Need to know every place
this car has been.
- How far back
you need to go?
- Since it drove off the lot.
- Exactly what am I guilty of?
- That's what I'm trying
to figure out.
See, the last call
that seth ever made...
Was to you.
- I don't think he expected it
to be his last call, do you?
[computer beeping]
Are we about done here?
- Uh, agent rossabi, could I--
could I talk to you
In the hallway for a moment,
please?
We'll just be a moment,
mr. Wilcox.
- Yes?
- [sighs]
He's hiding something.
- Maybe, but we don't have
anything else to go on.
- Well, drill down harder
on the phone records.
- He already admitted
to calling newman.
Were you even paying attention
in there?
[computer beeping]
- Come on.
- Thank you, mr. Wilcox.
We'll be in touch
if any further questions arise.
[door closes]
[indistinct chatter]
- Excuse me, sir,
could I get your pass?
[car alarm chirps]
- That was some bullsh--.
You were stalling back there.
- You're paranoid.
- Agent rossabi!
- Not now.
- Sir!
16th and park.
Someone used one
of seth newman's credit cards
To pay for a pizza.
- 2708 park road,
apartment eight,
Rented by one marlon higgins.
Served three years for
possession and drug trafficking.
- What are you thinking?
- I'm thinking
it doesn't make sense.
- Well, we never found
seth's wallet.
- Took three weeks
to use the card?
[door opens]
Marlon higgins?
Fbi, stop!
[grunting]
[gunshots]
- [shouts]
- Oh!
- [groans]
- [sighs]
- They found seth's wallet
and his credit cards.
He was in narcotics anonymous.
Marlon was a dealer.
It adds up for a reason.
- You expect me to believe that
that junkie was capable
Of the cleanup
at newman's brownstone?
I am not falling
for this cloak-and-dagger sh--.
I'm fine!
You know what I think?
I think there was a fight
at the brownstone,
It got messy, and the brawl
spilled out onto the bridge,
And seth newman was killed.
You spooks
are covering it up.
So I'm going to ignore
the wild accusations.
- Save your breath,
Because nothing you say to me
is gonna stop me
From getting
to the bottom of this.
Let's wait for the dna results
before we chalk it up to a win.
- [hits desk]
- Auggie!
- Are you all right?
[sighs]
- It's not the first time I had
a gun pointed at my head.
- I couldn't do it.
- [softly] what?
- The fbi firewalls
are too secure.
Every time I got access
to the dna results,
It would automatically
kick me out.
I'm sorry.
- Maybe I can talk to rossabi
Before the lab results come in,
and he'll show mercy.
- No.
There's got to be something.
The gps data
from henry's car.
- You said that the locations
don't correspond
With seth newman's
driving record.
- Yes, but I found an anomaly.
Henry took a dozen trips out to
a patch of parkland in virginia.
What was he doing out there?
- Sounds like a hail mary.
- It is.
- Let's take a ride.
It's less than a mile from here.
[phone rings]
- Rossabi?
[phone beeps]
- Yeah.
[beep]
- [scoffs]
Took it upon myself to go over
Henry wilcox's
phone records again.
Guess whose number showed up.
Yours.
[phone beeps]
[indistinct chatter]
[ball return whirrs]
- Federal agent rossabi.
To what do I owe
the pleasure?
- I know that you've been
colluding with annie walker.
- Just you?
No backup?
- You don't deny it?
When I'm done, you're gonna
be back in a prison cell.
- I hear you're a man of honor,
vince.
May I call you vince?
- No, you may not.
- Have a seat, vince.
We have a lot to talk about.
- Perhaps I didn't
make myself clear.
All decisions involving
the investigation
Into seth's murder
are d.C.S. Purview.
Going over my head with
agent rossabi, assembling techs
To decrypt seth's flash drive--
A blatant disregard
of direct orders.
Has the team found anything
on the flash drive?
- The drive was
too badly damaged, useless.
- Then we're done here.
- There's a chain of command.
I get that.
Protocols in place
to maintain order.
But we are both patriots,
Out to do what's right
at all costs.
- Airing out a co-worker's
dirty laundry
Is anything but patriotic.
There was only one way
Agent rossabi knew about me
being in n.A.,
And that is you.
Dig too deep in this building,
mr. Michaels,
And you're only gonna
bury yourself.
Now get out of my office.
- You said annie had a great
relationship with the fbi,
And that's why you put her
on this case,
But that fed rossabi says
she was a pain in his ass.
Interesting management decision.
You're choosing sides, joan.
I hope you choose wisely.
- Describe it to me.
- It's a--[sighs]
It's a wooded meadow
in the middle of nowhere.
There's...Tall grass, a--
A river.
[sighs]
it's beautiful, but--
- I never took henry
as a nature buff.
- He parked his car here
once a week?
- Any sign
of security cameras?
- No.
- He could have used it for
dead drops or secret meetings,
I don't know.
- Or paying his respects.
- What?
- This is where henry took jai
camping as a boy.
He's still grieving.
- You're not feeling sorry
for him, are you?
- [scoffs]
Greed can be bought,
and anger cools,
But grief?
He's never gonna give this up.
[phone rings]
- Rossabi?
- [scoffs]
Five times
in the last 20 minutes?
The dna results must be back.
He knows.
- There's nothing to discuss.
The skin underneath
seth newman's fingernails
Was a match
for marlon higgins.
- Marlon higgins?
- Seth was an addict,
Marlon was a dealer,
it all adds up.
Just like you said.
You have friends in low places,
miss walker.
[door closes]
- Am I supposed to thank you?
- Hello, miss walker.
Do you like
the finished space?
Like I said, with the right
amount of money and motivation--
- I don't need you
to save me!
- Oh, I think you do.
They had you dead to rights.
Inserting higgins
as the patsy was easy.
Getting rossabi
To alter the dna evidence
required some work.
To be honest,
I expected your boy
Auggie anderson
to come through.
Must be hard for him to accept
that I had to step in--
- You leave auggie out of it.
- Did I strike a nerve?
My apologies.
- How did you turn rossabi?
- [sighs] once an addict,
always an addict.
Booze. Mistakes.
Regret. Opportunity.
Any person can be influenced,
Turned completely
by the contents of...
One single piece of paper.
The only trick is finding
the right piece of paper.
- Rossabi is a good man.
- Who was going to ruin
your future.
- Is that what this is about?
Getting me into trouble,
so only you can save me?
- You needed to see
what I'm capable of.
- What are you doing?
Why are you dragging me
down with you, henry?
- This is your last chance.
There will not be
another offer.
Are you ready to commit
to a full-time position?
To commit to me?
- I could never work for you.
- Big mistake!
- Whatever you're playing at,
it's not gonna bring jai back.
You need to make peace
with that.
- Don't presume you can
possibly grasp what I need.
You haven't lost
nearly enough yet.
I held out my hand
And pulled you
out of the fire,
- You're gonna get
what you deserve.
I have seth newman's
flash drive,
And I am taking you down.
- Lies.
- Photos.
- You walk out of here,
Filled
with righteous indignation,
Convinced that you are
on the side of good!
But I want you to think
About those
you've aligned yourself with
And to learn more!
- Get to the point!
- The last few days,
I've learned quite a bit
About auggie's ex
helen hansen.
Has he told you about her?
- Yeah, he did.
He told me everything.
- Everything?
Ask him if he's talked
to her recently.
- What do you mean?
She's dead!
- Is she?
Ask him.
You've chosen the wrong side,
miss walker.
Now you're going
to burn with them!
seth newman was one of them.
He attacked annie.
It started at seth's place.
She had to act in self-defense.
[grunting]
- Where's the body?
- Somewhere in the potomac.
- Annie, I know what happened
on the bridge.
You don't need to worry.
You have my support,
whatever you need.
- Seth newman was found
in virginia, extremely dead.
Fbi is already on it.
Rest assured that they
will solve this, soon enough.
[thunder]
- Alexandria police officially
handed seth newman's case
Over to the fbi the second
his body was I.D.'d.
- Why didn't langley contain
the investigation?
- D.C.I. Doesn't know
seth was a mole,
So he's pushing feds
to follow this down.
- Right back to me.
- It was your life or seth's.
- That defense may have
held water at the time,
But what about our actions
after the fact?
If people find out you removed
evidence from seth's brownstone,
You could go to jail.
- Henry wilcox used seth
To steal classified documents
out of langley.
We just exposed
a massive intelligence breach.
- With what to corroborate
our story?
We've got nothing concrete.
- Forget concrete.
What do we have?
- The night seth was killed,
He was headed to deliver
a flash drive.
I saw the envelope
in his jacket pocket.
The flash drive could be
in fbi possession right now.
That could prove a connection.
- I can cry national security,
Bigfoot the feds,
and they will be forced
To hand the device to me.
- Have to do it without ruffling
calder's feathers.
We have to proceed
as if he's working for henry.
- Well, that's the only way
to vindicate us--
Without the flash drive, all we
have is conspiracy theory.
- Annie, I can insert you
into the fbi investigation
As the cia liaison,
but then it's up to you
To get the flash drive.
- I can do that.
- Then I will make the call.
- Thank you.
[background chatter]
- Miss walker?
- Hi.
Nice to meet you.
- You'll be working in here.
- Okay.
- Jogger discovered the body in
belle haven wildlife preserve.
- Uh-huh.
- This is
the responding officer's report.
Quite detailed.
Guy can't spell for sh-- though.
- [laughs]
I need an inventory of the
personal effects discovered.
- Okay.
- Migraine hit
The second I saw your name
on the sign-in sheet.
- Hello, vincent.
- Oh, we're
on a first-name basis?
After what you did to me
on the r.D.I. Case
Or the smithsonian break-in
Or the mess
with the mossad guy?
- I was hoping
we could start over.
- Hmm.
Forgive, don't forget.
I got this.
There's one thing I've learned
from our past experience--
You have a hidden agenda,
so save us both the headache.
Why are you really here?
- A federal officer is dead,
one of our own.
This is not the time to let
personal grudges get in the way.
- Let's get to work.
- Are you staying on?
- You wouldn't show your face
Unless there was something
bigger at stake.
If you are involved
in this murder investigation,
So am I.
- Sure it's a murder?
- Medical examiner confirmed
the ribs broke evenly,
Suggesting a fall
from some distance.
Bruises to face and torso
Indicate the victim was involved
in a struggle
Shortly before he died,
so, yeah, looks like a murder.
This is new to you, huh?
You spooks rarely solve
the crime.
You're too busy searching
for treasure
And chasing assassins.
- You have
an active imagination.
- Really? Drones, waterboarding,
is that more accurate?
Want to take a look?
- [sighs]
okay.
- I already notified
the immediate family.
Did you know him?
- I knew him.
I didn't know him well.
- Well, the police
didn't find a wallet.
- Any personal effects?
- Yeah.
There was...Change,
Keys, one shoe, pen.
- Anything else?
- You're looking
for something specific?
- Yeah,
a solid lead.
- Excuse me.
We found traces of skin
Underneath
the victim's fingernails,
Probably the killer's.
This is good news, right?
- The river
didn't wash it away?
- This is new to you.
Guy was fighting
for his life,
Skin got trapped
deep underneath the nail bed.
Dna is off to the lab.
It's only a matter of time
before we catch
Whoever killed seth newman.
- That lab work is gonna take
weeks to process.
In the meantime,
we'll figure something out.
- Don't sugarcoat it.
- Keep calm, carry on.
The plan remains the same.
Focus on
the mission objective.
Let me handle the rest.
- This morning you appointed
annie walker liaison
To the fbi investigation.
That's my call.
- When seth's death
was ruled a murder,
It became d.C.S. Purview.
Moving forward,
all decisions go through me.
- You ever get tired
of the office politics, joan?
It's not my fault your boy
auggie didn't get the job.
- My decision stems
from the fact
That seth was an officer
with top-level clearance...
And a dear friend.
- Yes, I'm aware
of your personal relationship.
One thing you need to know
about me is, I dig deep.
- Seth and I spent a year
together on benelux desk.
Our relationship
wasn't a secret.
If I were you,
I'd focus on the case,
Not my personal life.
- As long as your personal life
Doesn't influence
the investigation.
- Annie was appointed
cia liaison based on
Her long and effective working
relationship with the fbi.
- Is that so?
- The turn for belle haven is--
is this way.
- That's where the body
was discovered.
I'm more concerned
with where the victim died.
Called in a few favors
from my friends at esri.
Water currents, flow charts,
tidal patterns--
Saved us three days
of pushing paper.
The victim fell
from over 60 feet.
That narrows the local bridges
down to three.
Seth newman lived
right around the corner.
Seems like the place
to focus our efforts.
[indistinct chatter]
[police radio chatter]
[indistinct chatter]
[tires screeching]
- [grunting]
- [grunting]
Oh!
[screams]
- Walker.
Come here.
See that?
Blood.
And there were cuts
on the victim's palms.
Looks like he was holding on
before he fell.
[phone rings]
Go.
No, we're still on the bridge.
Don't do anything
until we get there.
- Good news?
[whirring]
[metal clanks]
- [sighs]
Nothing.
Seems odd that a cia lawyer
keeps an empty secret safe.
- Everything about this is odd.
- Webb, what about the sweep,
anything?
- No fingerprints,
not even the victim's.
Nothing in the computer
hard drive, no files at all.
- Your people have anything
to do with this?
- No.
- All right, I want
the lab work fast-tracked,
And you have the dna results
on my desk
Within the next 48 hours.
- Agent rossabi!
- What have you got?
- Divers found this jacket
hanging from a branch.
Old dry cleaner receipt
inside the pocket
Has got the victim's name
on it.
The current must have pulled it
off the body.
This was also in the pocket.
- Flash drive.
Here's that solid lead.
Take it to the lab.
- Gentle!
Don't take it out
on the hardware!
- You should have seen the
cleanup at seth's brownstone.
Even the safe was emptied out.
It obviously wasn't us.
- Joan dusted.
Henry must have sent in a team
to sterilize.
- Yeah, but a crime scene
that clean sets off alarm bells.
Now rossabi thinks there's
A conspiracy to cover up
seth's murder.
- Well, there kind of is.
- Why would henry want to kick
The fbi investigation
into high gear?
- So someone gets caught.
But it's not gonna be us.
- Here, this one.
- Great.
I'm gonna upload
some custom files.
Should keep the fbi techs
chasing their tails.
- How long is it gonna take?
'cause I need to go back
to hoover to make the switch.
- Oh, easy there.
There's no rushing this.
The flash drive has to show
signs of water damage.
[exhales]
Fresh from the potomac.
All right.
And now, we soak.
- [sighs]
- What's going on?
- Rossabi fast-tracked
the dna results.
We have 48 hours.
- Okay.
I'm gonna try and hack
into the fbi servers
And alter the dna results
electronically.
- That seems like a long shot.
- I won't miss.
- That also sounds illegal.
- Only if I get caught.
- Yeah, you mean unlike me?
- We'll get through this.
- I just...
[laughs]
Wish it wasn't gonna take
all night.
- Watching it isn't gonna
make time go any faster.
[phone ringing]
- [gasps]
- Watch your step,
miss walker.
Prime location!
Penthouse suite.
Perfect view of the potomac!
- Ladybug red?
- Studies show the color boosts
the performance of workers
With detail-oriented tasks.
- It's also
the color of blood.
- Is it?
[laughs]
Lexington global consulting
and risk management.
Has a nice ring to it,
don't you think?
- You a revolutionary war buff?
Is it the, uh,
"shot heard round the world"?
- No, the racehorse.
Sired some of the greatest
champions in history.
My hope is, my new endeavor
can spawn
The next generation
of superior spies,
Yourself included.
We'll be up and running
by the first of the month.
- [laughs]
that's in four days.
- Enough money,
and the right motivation,
Anything can be accomplished.
Ask my new clients
at solstar.
Pesos and fear motivated them
to sign on the dotted line.
I'm building an elite team
here in d.C.
You have proven yourself elite.
You interested
in a full-time position?
- I've already got a job.
- Well, like I said,
"enough money
and the right motivation."
- What's that?
- It's the amount of money
You are currently owed
by lexington.
- How does lexington
owe me anything?
- For work you've already done,
in colombia and here.
In the private sector,
no bad deed goes unrewarded.
Shame about seth newman.
- Were you two close?
- Seth was a business associate
of mine,
Part-time and off the books,
just like you.
I recently heard the fbi is
in possession of a flash drive
Found on seth's body.
I want it.
I want you to get it for me.
- You want me to get it for you?
- In exchange for your services,
I can provide assistance
with your investigation.
- What investigation?
- Seth newman's murder.
You are the liaison
with the fbi, correct?
- The cia and the fbi
are handling it.
- But their interests
don't align with ours
On this one, do they?
- What are your interests,
exactly?
- Get me the flash drive,
and I'll tell you.
Let me know
if I can offer my support.
I take care of my own.
- Hi!
- Good morning.
- I have to register
some evidence.
- I'll take it.
- Sorry, but I have to watch you
enter it into inventory myself.
You have your protocols,
and we have ours.
- All right.
Come on.
[phone rings]
Excuse me.
- Sure.
- Hello?
Hello?
- What are you doing here?
- Good morning to you too.
- No, let me rephrase.
What are you doing here?
- My job.
A colleague of mine is dead.
Are you really questioning
my dedication?
- No, only your intentions.
- Uh--
you know what?
I do have another reason
for being here.
This flash drive was found
in the pocket of a cia lawyer,
And that makes it
agency property.
- I knew you were
up to something.
- Be mad if you want.
This is going straight
to langley.
- Only if I'm delivering it
to calder michaels directly.
He reached out to me.
He's expecting us.
- The fbi's hard work
won't go overlooked.
You'll have my full support
going forward.
- Well, that is refreshing,
Seeing that "cooperation"
has never been a word
In walker's vocabulary.
- I'm trying to establish
a fresh way
Of doing things around here.
- Well, whatever files the water
didn't damage are encrypted.
My techs came up empty.
Maybe your people
will have better luck.
- You could have
said that earlier.
- Agent rossabi.
I heard you were
on the premises.
I wanted to return your call
in person.
- Calls, as in multiple.
I left your assistant
a dozen messages.
I wouldn't be here if
mr. Michaels hadn't reached out.
- Releasing declassified files
Has to run
through all the proper channels.
It takes time.
- I was actually calling
with specifics
Regarding your personal
relationship with the victim.
Do you mind
sharing a few minutes?
In the name
of interagency cooperation.
- Course not.
Annie, calder, I'll circle back
with you in a moment.
- Well, they are a part
of this investigation.
They should be
a part of this...
Unless you feel
that they shouldn't.
- Fine with me.
- Great.
- You knew seth newman?
- Yes, very well.
We had an intimate relationship
years ago.
Close and continuing paperwork
was filed.
- The fbi accessed the gps
computer in seth newman's car.
That's every place he drove
in the past six months.
He was at your home
three weeks ago.
- Well, we had dinner plans,
as friends,
But I wasn't feeling well,
so I cancelled
And sent seth on his way.
- Mm-hmm.
[clears throat]
You and mr. Newman were
in narcotics anonymous together.
Was there anything discussed
during group meetings
That pertains
to this investigation?
- No.
Seth was in recovery,
And doing very well,
I might add.
- Once an addict,
always an addict.
- So you know what it's like.
- Seth newman was in n.A.
That's information
that you should have revealed
From the get-go.
- The "a" is for "anonymous."
- You have all the answers
you need, agent rossabi?
- For now.
[thunder]
- Calder is assembling techs
to decrypt seth's flash drive.
We practically hand-delivered
that intel to henry.
- Mm, not exactly.
- Is that the drive?
How?
- Magic kit when I was nine.
- [chuckles]
As if I needed another reason
to be into you.
Device is top of the line.
Aes cipher locks,
2048 bit r.S.A.
Brute force decryption
is the only way.
- Okay, uh, pretend
you're talking
To your girlfriend
and not barber.
- [laughs]
We break down the flash drive
one file at a time,
Systematically trying every
possible password combination.
It's effective, but slow.
Very slow.
So far, all I've been able
to access is this.
- What is that?
- You tell me.
- It looks like
a photo of a jungle somewhere?
- All right, well,
I plugged the pixel data
Into every program
that I have.
There's no data scale.
There's no electronic key.
It's like a puzzle piece
with no box top,
Or any other pieces.
- Great, the dna results
Come in, and I'm going down.
I need something tangible
to take henry along with me.
- You're not going down.
We just need to keep digging.
It takes time.
- One thing we don't have
is time.
- There is no need to remind me
of the clock on this mission.
- [softly] sorry.
Maybe I should cash in
henry's check
- As much as I'd love
a cray titan right now,
It's not worth taking
henry's money.
- You got to admit,
it wouldn't be
The dumbest spy play
to work for him.
- No, but it would be
the riskiest.
We just need something
to link henry to seth.
- A photo of trees
is not gonna do it.
- No, but it might tell us
what henry's next move is.
- We don't even have a clue
what his last move was.
Wait.
Agent rossabi used the gps
computer on seth newman's car
To trace his driving history,
and we have that data.
So if we could do the same thing
with henry's car,
If we establish that they were
at the same place
At the same time, we could show
a pattern of meets.
- Okay, your solution
has a problem--
How do we keep henry occupied?
[phone rings, vibrates]
[beep]
- Yeah?
- Sorry to call so late.
I, uh, hope
you weren't sleeping.
- Wide awake, walker.
- Check your inbox.
I just sent you the seth newman
phone records you requested.
- In exchange for what?
There was a name there
that raised a red flag.
It's just a hunch, but I thought
it was worth tracking down.
- Okay, what's the name?
- Henry wilcox.
[indistinct chatter]
- Jai is so young
in this picture.
- He and his mother
loved camping.
Not me.
Bugs.
- [laughs]
But the smile on his face
when we got out to hillcrest...
Some of my fondest memories
together.
Have you brought my flash drive?
- The fbi turned it over
to langley.
Tech ops is decrypting it now.
- Unfortunate.
The agency loves
glacial projects.
I do not.
- Don't you have a mole
in the building
That can get it for you?
- Not as talented as you,
miss walker.
So...Why are you here?
- The fbi has obtained all
of seth newman's phone records.
Eventually, you're gonna
be called in for questioning.
- I look forward to it.
- Agent rossabi is not
to be taken lightly.
- Neither am I.
- Consider yourself warned.
- You're here
out of self-interest.
Scared I'll turn you over
to the fbi.
Don't worry.
Your secret is safe with me.
- Target's arrived.
Our clock has officially
started ticking.
- Go, go.
Annie, they're on their way.
[beeping]
[tires squeal]
- How can I assist you
in catching
The person responsible for this?
- Mr. Wilcox.
Annie walker.
Nice to see you again.
- Have we met before?
- We were introduced at
the goldbergs' christmas party.
- Of course.
I'm out of the spy game
so long,
My skills are rusty.
- [laughs]
- Ah, my day is jam-packed.
Um, let's try
to speed this along.
- Right this way.
- Okay, wait here.
I'm just gonna lay it down.
[whirring]
- These are seth newman's phone
records from the last month.
You spoke often.
Close friends?
- Friends, sure.
It was mostly
a professional relationship.
- 55 calls
over a two-week span.
- What did you two discuss?
- Seth was a lawyer.
He provided legal counsel
from time to time.
- 55 calls?
- Well, it makes sense,
that you'd have
A lawyer on speed dial.
It's not every day
that you meet a man
Who's been in prison
for treason.
- Then released.
Has nothing to do
with innocence.
- Need to know every place
this car has been.
- How far back
you need to go?
- Since it drove off the lot.
- Exactly what am I guilty of?
- That's what I'm trying
to figure out.
See, the last call
that seth ever made...
Was to you.
- I don't think he expected it
to be his last call, do you?
[computer beeping]
Are we about done here?
- Uh, agent rossabi, could I--
could I talk to you
In the hallway for a moment,
please?
We'll just be a moment,
mr. Wilcox.
- Yes?
- [sighs]
He's hiding something.
- Maybe, but we don't have
anything else to go on.
- Well, drill down harder
on the phone records.
- He already admitted
to calling newman.
Were you even paying attention
in there?
[computer beeping]
- Come on.
- Thank you, mr. Wilcox.
We'll be in touch
if any further questions arise.
[door closes]
[indistinct chatter]
- Excuse me, sir,
could I get your pass?
[car alarm chirps]
- That was some bullsh--.
You were stalling back there.
- You're paranoid.
- Agent rossabi!
- Not now.
- Sir!
16th and park.
Someone used one
of seth newman's credit cards
To pay for a pizza.
- 2708 park road,
apartment eight,
Rented by one marlon higgins.
Served three years for
possession and drug trafficking.
- What are you thinking?
- I'm thinking
it doesn't make sense.
- Well, we never found
seth's wallet.
- Took three weeks
to use the card?
[door opens]
Marlon higgins?
Fbi, stop!
[grunting]
[gunshots]
- [shouts]
- Oh!
- [groans]
- [sighs]
- They found seth's wallet
and his credit cards.
He was in narcotics anonymous.
Marlon was a dealer.
It adds up for a reason.
- You expect me to believe that
that junkie was capable
Of the cleanup
at newman's brownstone?
I am not falling
for this cloak-and-dagger sh--.
I'm fine!
You know what I think?
I think there was a fight
at the brownstone,
It got messy, and the brawl
spilled out onto the bridge,
And seth newman was killed.
You spooks
are covering it up.
So I'm going to ignore
the wild accusations.
- Save your breath,
Because nothing you say to me
is gonna stop me
From getting
to the bottom of this.
Let's wait for the dna results
before we chalk it up to a win.
- [hits desk]
- Auggie!
- Are you all right?
[sighs]
- It's not the first time I had
a gun pointed at my head.
- I couldn't do it.
- [softly] what?
- The fbi firewalls
are too secure.
Every time I got access
to the dna results,
It would automatically
kick me out.
I'm sorry.
- Maybe I can talk to rossabi
Before the lab results come in,
and he'll show mercy.
- No.
There's got to be something.
The gps data
from henry's car.
- You said that the locations
don't correspond
With seth newman's
driving record.
- Yes, but I found an anomaly.
Henry took a dozen trips out to
a patch of parkland in virginia.
What was he doing out there?
- Sounds like a hail mary.
- It is.
- Let's take a ride.
It's less than a mile from here.
[phone rings]
- Rossabi?
[phone beeps]
- Yeah.
[beep]
- [scoffs]
Took it upon myself to go over
Henry wilcox's
phone records again.
Guess whose number showed up.
Yours.
[phone beeps]
[indistinct chatter]
[ball return whirrs]
- Federal agent rossabi.
To what do I owe
the pleasure?
- I know that you've been
colluding with annie walker.
- Just you?
No backup?
- You don't deny it?
When I'm done, you're gonna
be back in a prison cell.
- I hear you're a man of honor,
vince.
May I call you vince?
- No, you may not.
- Have a seat, vince.
We have a lot to talk about.
- Perhaps I didn't
make myself clear.
All decisions involving
the investigation
Into seth's murder
are d.C.S. Purview.
Going over my head with
agent rossabi, assembling techs
To decrypt seth's flash drive--
A blatant disregard
of direct orders.
Has the team found anything
on the flash drive?
- The drive was
too badly damaged, useless.
- Then we're done here.
- There's a chain of command.
I get that.
Protocols in place
to maintain order.
But we are both patriots,
Out to do what's right
at all costs.
- Airing out a co-worker's
dirty laundry
Is anything but patriotic.
There was only one way
Agent rossabi knew about me
being in n.A.,
And that is you.
Dig too deep in this building,
mr. Michaels,
And you're only gonna
bury yourself.
Now get out of my office.
- You said annie had a great
relationship with the fbi,
And that's why you put her
on this case,
But that fed rossabi says
she was a pain in his ass.
Interesting management decision.
You're choosing sides, joan.
I hope you choose wisely.
- Describe it to me.
- It's a--[sighs]
It's a wooded meadow
in the middle of nowhere.
There's...Tall grass, a--
A river.
[sighs]
it's beautiful, but--
- I never took henry
as a nature buff.
- He parked his car here
once a week?
- Any sign
of security cameras?
- No.
- He could have used it for
dead drops or secret meetings,
I don't know.
- Or paying his respects.
- What?
- This is where henry took jai
camping as a boy.
He's still grieving.
- You're not feeling sorry
for him, are you?
- [scoffs]
Greed can be bought,
and anger cools,
But grief?
He's never gonna give this up.
[phone rings]
- Rossabi?
- [scoffs]
Five times
in the last 20 minutes?
The dna results must be back.
He knows.
- There's nothing to discuss.
The skin underneath
seth newman's fingernails
Was a match
for marlon higgins.
- Marlon higgins?
- Seth was an addict,
Marlon was a dealer,
it all adds up.
Just like you said.
You have friends in low places,
miss walker.
[door closes]
- Am I supposed to thank you?
- Hello, miss walker.
Do you like
the finished space?
Like I said, with the right
amount of money and motivation--
- I don't need you
to save me!
- Oh, I think you do.
They had you dead to rights.
Inserting higgins
as the patsy was easy.
Getting rossabi
To alter the dna evidence
required some work.
To be honest,
I expected your boy
Auggie anderson
to come through.
Must be hard for him to accept
that I had to step in--
- You leave auggie out of it.
- Did I strike a nerve?
My apologies.
- How did you turn rossabi?
- [sighs] once an addict,
always an addict.
Booze. Mistakes.
Regret. Opportunity.
Any person can be influenced,
Turned completely
by the contents of...
One single piece of paper.
The only trick is finding
the right piece of paper.
- Rossabi is a good man.
- Who was going to ruin
your future.
- Is that what this is about?
Getting me into trouble,
so only you can save me?
- You needed to see
what I'm capable of.
- What are you doing?
Why are you dragging me
down with you, henry?
- This is your last chance.
There will not be
another offer.
Are you ready to commit
to a full-time position?
To commit to me?
- I could never work for you.
- Big mistake!
- Whatever you're playing at,
it's not gonna bring jai back.
You need to make peace
with that.
- Don't presume you can
possibly grasp what I need.
You haven't lost
nearly enough yet.
I held out my hand
And pulled you
out of the fire,
- You're gonna get
what you deserve.
I have seth newman's
flash drive,
And I am taking you down.
- Lies.
- Photos.
- You walk out of here,
Filled
with righteous indignation,
Convinced that you are
on the side of good!
But I want you to think
About those
you've aligned yourself with
And to learn more!
- Get to the point!
- The last few days,
I've learned quite a bit
About auggie's ex
helen hansen.
Has he told you about her?
- Yeah, he did.
He told me everything.
- Everything?
Ask him if he's talked
to her recently.
- What do you mean?
She's dead!
- Is she?
Ask him.
You've chosen the wrong side,
miss walker.
Now you're going
to burn with them!