Covert Affairs (2010–2014): Season 5, Episode 15 - Frontwards - full transcript

What I need you to do
is put this

on Mashkov's clothes
so we can get ears on him.

We don't want your colleagues
getting suspicious.

I know we're not working
together anymore,

but it would be nice
to still see you.

Yeah, I'd love that.

Yes?

- What happened?
- She was shot.

I need to get
away from all this.

I know a way out of here you
can escape without being seen.

Come on.



I had Belenko, and I lost him,

and now he's got Auggie.

We have to find him.

Tell me what happened
to James Deckard.

He's dead.

You're not going to shoot me,
Annie,

because you want Auggie to live.

I, however, do not.

This isn't over.

The people Belenko
was targeting in my unit,

there's one guy
still alive--James Deckard.

Belenko knows about him,

which means we've got
to get to him first.

- That's the one.
- We ready?



Yeah, let's go.

"G. da Silva"?

Maybe it's an alias.

We sure he lives here?

There's one way to find out.

Deckard?

This mail's three months old.

This place has been tossed.

Does it look like
there was a struggle,

or does it look like someone
was looking for something?

Looks like someone
was looking for something.

It's a shortwave radio.

This has to be
Deckard's place.

It's for the numbers station.

It was Deckard's idea.

He never responded
to my last transmission.

Annie, look at this.

He coached soccer.

He coached--

I didn't know that.

I don't know
what he's been up to at all.

I should've insisted
on a more consistent

means of communication.

Your friend is in jail.

- He's in jail?
- Yeah, he assaulted a cop.

A few months ago,

a drug dealer was preying
on one of his players.

He had a few words with him.

Things got heated up.

You said he assaulted a cop.

Officer Sosa was
on the dealer's payroll.

The judge was too.

I cannot even schedule
a hearing.

Where are they keeping him?

Penitenciario siete,

where they keep
all the foreign nationals.

When's the last time
you spoke with him?

About a week ago.

How soon can you get me
in there to see him?

Puerta.

What the hell?

Oh, shit, Auggie.

What the hell?
What are you doing here, man?

Our deal was
no more face-to-faces.

You didn't respond to my SOS.

You sent an SOS?
Okay, that can't be good.

Hey, it's not safe
for you in here.

- No shit.
- No.

I mean someone wants you dead.

You remember Mikhail Kokorin?

Yeah, last mission
I did for the Agency.

How could I forget?

His brother hasn't forgotten
either.

He goes by the name
Aleksandre Belenko.

He put a target
on all our backs.

What do you mean?

Charlie Schinderman's dead.

Nate Mueller too.

And Tony?

Belenko killed them all, man.

It's just you and me, brother.

We're all that's left.

Now, I need you
to keep your head on a swivel

until we can get you
out of here.

By "we,"
I assume you mean the Agency?

- Yeah.
- No, okay? don't.

Look, I dropped out
for a reason.

I do not want them
getting their hooks back in me.

I don't care.

You sound like a company man.

Hey, you saved my life
back in Grozny.

I'm saving yours now,
whether you like it or not.

♪ Covert Affairs 05x15 ♪
Frontforwards
Original Air Date on December 11, 2014

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24 hours ago,
I didn't know Deckard was alive,

and now you're asking me
to get him out of prison?

He's incarcerated
in penitenciario seven

under the alias George da Silva.

Please don't ask.
Why would I ask?

It's not like I'd get the truth.
Joan-

I went back and looked
at the post-mission report

you filed from Grozny
nine years back.

You claimed Deckard disappeared.

Didn't say anything about
you helping him cover it up.

And I'm willing to take
responsibility for all that,

but if we could just
look past it for now.

I don't know why
I let you talk me

into letting you go down there.

Because you know how much
this means to me,

and because you're the best.

Well, it's gonna
take some time.

Buenos Aires is still smarting
from the WikiLeaks revelations.

They're being less than
cooperative these days.

Understood. Any estimate?

24 to 48 hours.

Joan, that's too long.

I'll push it through
as quickly as I can.

It's gonna take a while.

We need a place to lay low.

Do you have access
to a safe house down here?

Okay,
we've got to pull someone

out of custody in Buenos Aires.

Here's the pertinent
information.

Get the ball rolling
with the Argentines.

All right, everybody.

Let's get started.

Aleksandre Belenko
is still missing.

It is our job to find him.

I want everyone working
every angle they...

Where's the DCS?

He had to leave the campus,
ma'am.

Did he say where to?

No, ma'am.

What do you want?

Answers.

About what?

Why'd you do that to Sydney?

I haven't been near her
since you blackmailed me.

Wrong answer.

Would you like to reconsider?

I gave you everything
you asked for.

You tried to kill Sydney

but put her in the hospital
instead.

I didn't!

See, that's a nerve center,
okay?

A little more pressure,

you won't be able
to use your arm for a week.

So go ahead, keep lying to me.

I'm not lying!

Please stop!

Sounds like you want to lose
the other one too.

I heard about the attack.

It was yesterday, yes?

I was with British ambassador
all day.

Call him
if you don't believe me.

I don't believe you!

You used her to leverage me
against Belenko.

What did you think
would happen to her?

Of course Belenko
went after her.

If I wasn't being protected
by Moscow,

it would be me in the hospital--

or worse.

You're lucky she's still alive.

What did Joan say about Tash?

She's in Canada
waiting on her immunity.

How's she holding up?

Oh, you know Tash.
She's tough.

Hold on a sec, guys.

We got company ahead.

And at three.

And at nine.

Uh-huh.
What's the move?

Let's see
how sticky these guys are,

shall we?

por alla.

Anyone want to hazard a guess
as to what that was about?

I don't know.

One explanation
might be that a PMC rolls

into town looking into someone
like your friend,

and the local spooks
might just take notice.

They're back.

We switched cars.

How'd they get a bead
on us so quickly?

We can't make any more moves
until we find out

who these guys are
and what they're after.

It's all clear.

You think someone slipped
a tracker on us at immigration?

Maybe.

We need to get someplace
they can track less easily

so I can do a search.

I have an idea.
Head towards San Telmo.

Okay.

Patrick, call Interpol
in Frankfurt.

Tell 'em I want
a full ballistics report

from the crime scene
involving Olga Akarova.

Have them compared to the one
we ran on Stephanie Banks.

Right away. And, sir?

I know. I know.

No, I don't think you do.

I just got a call from my man
inside the Russian embassy.

Screw them.

Stephanie's in the hospital
fighting for her life.

I don't care
if the Russians are pissed off.

But Mashkov didn't do it.

He has an airtight alibi.

I know that now.

Are we any damn closer to
finding Belenko?

I know you're hurting.

I got this.

Yeah?

I got this.

All right.

I'll go smooth it over
with the Russians.

This place is enormous.

Yeah, that's the idea.

If the tracker's here, it'll
take 'em a while to find us.

How do you know
about this place?

I did a semester
abroad here once upon a time.

You never told me that.

My host family lived
near Recoleta cemetery.

It's beautiful.

Wait here.
Wait here.

Okay, you first.

Take your shirt off.

Okay.

Your cane's just to your left.

- Sorry.
- It's okay.

Yeah, yeah.
Oh.

Belenko really did a number
on you.

Well, I consider myself lucky.

If you hadn't shown up
when you did--

Sorry it took so long.

Hey, stop it.

You came just in time.

Hey, got your text.

Just checking for trackers.

I figured out
who was following us.

Local cops--more specifically,
Special Ops Hawks.

Why would they
be targeting us?

I don't know,
but they're outside right now,

and it's not
because they tailed me.

- Well, how do you know that?
- Because I tailed them here.

Oh, damn it.

What?

My eyes, Annie.

Oh, my God.

Belenko had me out for hours.

He must've put these in then.

Can you feel your eyes?

Yeah, but I didn't notice
these, 'cause right now

there isn't
a single inch of my body

that doesn't feel like shit.

This means the cops...

Are working for Belenko.

He's got the law
on his side now.

He wanted us to escape,
me and Tash.

Belenko set me up.

There's no way
you could've known that.

Damn it.
I led him right to Deckard.

Stairs.

- Si, por alla.
- Vamos.

They're tracking the lenses.

If they were able to trace
our steps to the prison,

it won't take 'em long
to find Deckard.

Even less time to kill him.

Joan said
it was gonna take 'em

a couple of days
to get him out.

We don't have that kind
of time.

We'll just have
to bust him out.

Maxim, thank you so much
for meeting me.

Our DCS is intensely ashamed
by his behavior this morning,

and he asked me to share
his sincerest apologies.

And I know it's a lot to ask,

but if there's any way

we could keep this
from becoming a legal issue--

Say no more. It's done.

Mr. Mashkov won't be
pressing any charges.

Thank you, Maxim.

Moscow wants you to know
that our relationship

is more important to us
than this incident.

Na zdorov'ye.

Na zdorov'ye.

We were blindsided
by Mr. Belenko's misdeeds.

I'm aware in retrospect
it might look like the FSB

was protecting him.

We want you to know
we had nothing to do with this.

I appreciate the candor,
Maxim.

Can we expect your cooperation
in bringing Belenko to justice?

Of course.

We'll even take the lead,

if you find it politically
expedient for us to do so.

- Calder Michaels.
- Hey, it's me.

I just spoke with Gomelsky.

The Mashkov situation's
going away.

That's great. Thank you.

Funny thing is,
I didn't have to

work that hard
to make it happen.

He was bending over backwards
to smooth things over,

even offered to help
find Belenko for us.

Okay,
what's the Russians' play here?

I think Belenko knows
more than they want him to know,

and I think they'd prefer him
dead rather than alive.

Just did a recon
of the perimeter.

It looks like we lost the tail.

Nice to have a second
safe house when you need it.

How many of these
do you have access to?

Let's hope we don't have
to find out.

Where are we?

Joan had techs
on the schematics of the prison.

When this was built, it was
built over the existing water

and sewer grid.

So you're saying
there's a way out?

Yeah, if you can access it.

This is a two-man job for sure.

Well,
I'll need to get in there.

Get in? What do you mean?

I'll need to get arrested
and break Deckard out.

Oh, no way.

Auggie just said
it was a two-man job.

Otherwise it won't work.
Incoming call. Tash.

Hello.
Tash.

Slow down. Slow down.

What you want to do--
it's too risky.

I mean,
what if we can't get you out?

I'll get out.

You don't have
to do this for me.

Who says I'm doing it for you?

We doing this?

It's a go.

You said you warned Deckard
that there was a hit out on him,

so he'll need some way
of knowing that I come in peace.

Yeah.

Try 13-8-7 Mayflower.

It's the SOS we used
over the numbers station.

All right.

Let's just hope that
I get thrown in the same jail.

Who was the cop
that busted Deckard?

What did Carmona say
his name was?

Sosa.

If this hail Mary is
gonna work, he's our best shot.

One second,
I'm just reading a text.

In English.
I can't understand you.

I don't know you, man.

13.

You're here to kill me.

I'm here to spring you.

Auggie sent me.
I don't know no Auggie.

Shit.

13-8-7 Mayflower.

You know that?

Okay, so what's the plan?

We got to work together, man.

We've got to make this fight
look a little less one-sided.

Come on!

How's it going?

I hacked the encryption

to get access
to the prison intercom system,

so we've got ears in there.

- Anything yet?
- No.

It isn't easy being
on this side of things.

Waiting around while someone
you care about's in danger?

No, it isn't easy.

He's a stand-up guy,
that McQuaid.

Well, he's stubborn.
That's for sure.

All the best ones are.

Joan, hello?

Annie, I'm glad I caught you.

Joan, I've got Auggie
right here,

if you want me to hand him off.

No, I want to talk to you,
actually.

Listen, I know Auggie
would fall on a grenade

to save his friend,
but to be honest with you,

Deckard's safety isn't
the only thing in play here.

Meaning what?

I have a favor to ask.

Should you cross paths
with Belenko,

it would be helpful
if you could capture him alive.

You want him alive?

The Russians have reversed
their position on him.

From what to what?

From protecting him
to wanting him dead,

which means
he's incredibly valuable,

even more so than we thought.

You understand
we're trying to avoid Belenko?

I know it's a lot to ask,
but...

It's what we need.

It's a fluid situation here,
Joan.

I'll make the best decision
I can in the moment.

I understand.

Thank you, Annie.

Annie.

The guards are saying
there was a fight in the yard.

They just broke it up--
two gueros.

They should be in the infirmary
by now.

Go.

hola?

I need to use the pisser.

No, no entiendo.

Uh,baño.

Oh,baño.

Guardia.

Puedes llevar?

Gracias.

Hey,
where the hell is he going?

Oh, your mother's waiting for
me downstairs for a conjugal.

I'll kill him!

You good?

Yeah.

Shh.

- Esta bien?
- Todo bien.

Muy bien.

- Annie.
- We're running out of time.

Belenko just arrived
with the Hawks.

We got to get a warning
to our guys.

It's too late for that, Annie.

I can't just sit here
and wait.

There's got to be some way
to warn them.

Your position is still secure,
correct?

Yeah, for now.

Then we stick with the plan.

All right.

I thought you said
there was a way out of here.

Hey, hey. Here.

Puerta.

Esta trabada.

Wait, wait.

Ryan.

It worked.

What'd I tell you?
It's a two-man job.

I saw Belenko.
Where?

Back there with the cops.

Wait, wait, you said
you saw Belenko,

the guy who's got a hit out
on us?

- Yeah.
- Let's go back and get him.

Look, the only place
you are going is out of here.

Look, what kind of chicken
shit detail is this, man?

Hey, how about a bit
of gratitude?

Let's go.

Did everybody make it?

Yeah, we all made it.

Deckard.

Yeah, I guess we're even now

on the life-saving thing.

- Yeah, I guess so.
- Hey. Oh.

- Get in the car. We got to go.
- We'll be right behind you.

We'll meet you at the tarmac.
Yeah.

Hey.

You want to go back
and get Belenko, don't you?

Only if you agree.

We make this decision together.

What's there to decide?

I'm in. Let's do this.

What was that for?

I love you.

I love you too.

We can't go back and get him,

but there might be a way
to get him to come to us.

Wait in the car, sir, please.

We'll bring him right back
to you.

Put that out.

Vamos. Vamos.

Hey. Phone.

In case anyone's tracking him.

Hands.

They're still behind us.

You have to love
Latin American cops.

They're so receptive to bribery.

Good luck trying
to outrun these guys.

Shut your face.

I'm gonna run this.

Hold on.

Out. Come on.

Come on! Come on!

Come on. Come on.
Move!

Go, go, go, go, go.

If you make a sound,
I'll kill you.

Vamos, vamos, vamos.

Go, go, go, go, go!

Okay, let's go.

Come on.

Thank you for everything.

Send me an address
I can reach you at,

I'll bill my time.

Come on, Annie. Pick up.

Annie, it's me. Where are you?

You were supposed
to be in our rear view mirror.

Check in.

They probably
went after Belenko,

which is
what we should be doing.

You are going back home until
we can guarantee your safety.

- Right this way, sir.
- Hey, no.

No frickin' way, man.

Deckard,
stop pushing back on this.

I'll join you as soon as I can.

I've been given
specific instructions.

Mr. Anderson's to be
escorted home as well.

What? Wait a minute.

I got to make a phone call.
Hey, screw this, Auggie.

I say we say and hunt him down,
get him before he gets us.

- Yeah?
- Yeah, Joan. Good.

I'm glad I got you.
We have a problem down here.

Will you tell this guy
it's all right for me

to stay here and run
the extraction?

- No.
- No? Annie's still here.

Belenko's on the ground.

As much as you care
about Deckard's safety,

I care about yours.

Complain all you like,

but those men are
wrapping you up

and bringing you back home.

- But, Joan--
- Bye, Auggie.

You ready now?

Come on, Auggie.
Dude, we can do this.

Like you said,

I'm a company man.

Let's go.
All right.

Let's go.

She's stable,

but the truth is,
the longer she's unconscious,

the less likely
it is she'll recover.

Excuse me.

Yeah?

The ballistics are back from
Frankfurt like you requested.

- What do we got?
- You were right.

The bullet came from the same
gun that killed Olga Akarova.

It was Allen Langer.

Belenko's guy.

And get this, an image from
a gas station security camera

places him in West Virginia
less than three hours ago.

I want a search team
scrambled stat.

Joan's already taken care
of that, sir.

They'll be mission-ready
in 30 minutes.

Tell 'em I'm on my way--
not to leave without me.

I'm not getting
any cell reception here.

They probably shut down
whatever cell towers are nearby.

I'll make a deal with you.

You tell me
where Auggie and Deckard are,

and I'll make sure
they don't hurt you

too badly before they kill you.

Your money might not buy
as much friendship as you think.

This is Argentina.

The exchange rate's
working in my favor.

Let's keep moving.

Annie.

What the hell is that?

That is a message.

The Russians want me dead.

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