Deep State (2018–…): Season 2, Episode 8 - A Dead Man's Machine - full transcript

It's not the CIA
that's supplying the arms,

- it's a corporation.
- This is about

the wars we're gonna be fighting

in ten, 20 years' time.

Do you have any idea
how much that's worth?

So we find a link
between KMPH and Al Moctar.

A lot of deals...

A lot of bribes.
And they all seem to have

one common denominator: you.

I'd say you want her,
you got her.

Senator Sullivan
just threatened my wife!



- Pretty low, coming after my family!
- Says the woman

threatening to
send my wife to jail.

Who paid your ransom?
I want names! Details!

Everything you have
on the Deep State.

- I went to Hal Weaver.
- You did what?

He cut a deal with Kingsley...

They're offering the same thing
to you, Amanda.

You'd be done at the Agency.

Brandon?

I want the order to come
from you, Nate.

Amanda Jones...

Consider it done.

There is no Deep
State, Senator.

Just a bunch of old white guys
clinging to power.



Doing everything they can
to protect their interests

before they become extinct.

Okay, pick it up.

Pull the big one!

That was amazing.

You're in goal now.

Oh, oh, oh, oh. Come on, go!

- Oh!
- Yay!

- That was pretty good.
- Oh, Daddy...

Yeah... hello?

- So they have him.
- Who?

Harry Clarke.

Our military picked him up
in Bamako.

Why do I get the distinct
feeling this is news to you?

- Um... uh, no, uh...
- Get over here.

This is Brandon Napier.

Please leave a message.
I'll get back to you.

Brandon, it's Nate.

You want to tell me
what the fuck is going on?

This is Amanda Jones.
Please leave me a message.

You came back.

Come here.

I'm so sorry!

It's okay.

I love...

Did I wake you?

It's 4:00 in the morning,
what do you think?

We're coming to you
live from Washington,

where federal prosecutor
Aaron Roth was killed tonight.

Sources within the police department are saying

it was a mugging
gone horribly wrong.

...around 10:00 p.m. last night.

Meaghan?

Meaghan, are you there?

This is Amanda Jones.
Please leave me a message.

Thank you.

Why are you thanking her?

You should be thanking me.

Still breathing, aren't you?

Tell me you know where
they've taken Harry Clarke.

I don't.

What about Napier?

- I can't get ahold of him.
- Do you think,

at this crucial moment,
he's decided

to make himself unavailable?

No, sir.

No. Then his silence

does not bode well for us,
does it, Nate?

- No, it does not.
- No.

And what about Jones?

Let me take a wild guess here.

You have no idea
where she is.

I do not.

Well, ain't this
just a fucking day?

Now you understand one thing
here, Nathan.

You're not dealing
with Kingsley anymore.

I don't have his...
how shall I put it?

...restraint.
You don't fix this,

I'm gonna take this fork,

and I'm gonna stick it

in your fucking eyeballs myself.

Pass the salt.

Now fuck off.

♪ We tell ourselves ♪

♪ We're on the side
of the angels ♪

♪ And we tell ourselves ♪

♪ We're the good guys ♪

♪ But we know ♪

♪ Our heads are in the sand ♪

♪ We know ♪

♪ Nothing ever changes ♪

♪ The same people win ♪

♪ The same people lose ♪

♪ We know the fight is fixed ♪

♪ The wars go on and on ♪

♪ And we know. ♪

Leyla?

Are you okay?
What happened?

I'd kill for some water.

Thank you.

- Where's Harry?
- They have him.

I'm so sorry.

There were soldiers everywhere.

I took a different turn.

I shouldn't have left him.

Do you know this man?

It's Dan Lotz.
South African businessman.

He's long been suspected
of dealing in illegal arms,

but nothing's ever been proven.

I think he's supplying
Al Moctar.

We connect him to KMPH,

we have a link.

You sound like Harry.

Wouldn't he love that?

We find the link,

we have leverage.

Maybe we get him released.

Gina?

Sorry. Only me.

Have you heard from her?

No.

His daughter's graduating
this year.

It's okay.

It's not okay, Jess.

One thing it's fucking not,

and that is okay.

Hey.

Hey, listen to me.
Okay?

You're not gonna
let these fuckers win.

You hear what I said?

Now go get dressed.

- Amanda.
- Thank you for agreeing to meet with me.

Nathan Miller's office.

Colonel Russell on the line.

Colonel.

What's the latest
on Leyla Toumi?

We're still out there looking.

Well, you may want to get eyes
on Aminata Sissoko.

My bet is she's helping Toumi.

Thank you, we'll do that.

Uh, did-did your boys
oversee Clarke's transport?

We escorted him to the airport.
That's it.

Well, I'm-I'm trying
to find the flight

manifest here.

Uh, they-they took him to, um...

You better ask Amanda Jones

that one, because
she didn't tell me.

Yeah.
Yeah, yeah. Okay.

All right, I'll just...
I'll just do that.

Thank you.

Get me
Brigadier General Ramirez.

Carlos.
How's Christine?

Listen, I am, uh,
I am trying to track down

a detainee by the name of, uh,

of Harry Clarke.

He was picked up
in Bamako, Mali last night

by a platoon from 75th.

Nothing. Huh.

Of course, Eric. No,
I c... I-I totally understand.

No, I appreciate it.

Of course.
Yeah.

Not a problem.
Bye-bye.

I-I mean,
I've-I've asked-I've asked, uh,

eight... eight fucking people
this question.

If there is anything...
anything that you can find out

for me, Cole, that would be
dinner on me at the Oak Room.

Listen, I have to go.
I appreciate your time.

- Is he in there?
- Ma'am, you can't just go in there.

Karen Roth.

Aaron Roth's daughter.

It's okay, Sienna, I got this.

When he asked me to be her
godmother, I said no.

I was too busy. I thought
I'd be a terrible godmother.

But he kept asking.

That was Aaron.

- Nothing if not persistent.
- Senator, I'm sorry

for your loss, but this
has nothing to do with me.

How do you lie so easily?

Again, Senator,
I am very sorry for your loss,

but this has nothing
to do with me.

You're a fucking monster,
Mr. Miller.

And I know you know it.

I'm hungry.

What are you hungry for?

I don't know.

You know what I'm hungry for?

Beghrir.

- You know what that is?
- No.

They're little pancakes.

My dad...

used to make them for me
when I was little.

I loved them so much.

Dan Lotz's company records,
tax returns.

Most of them aren't digitized,
I'm afraid.

Okay...

Okay, we're in for a long day.

So-so Harry Clarke
hasn't popped up on your radar?

Is there nothing that you can
give me, man? Nothing, Oliver?

Come on, man.
A plane has to land.

It doesn't just
fucking disappear.

Okay.
All right, that's fine.

No, I... I-I appreciate it.

Thank you.
Thank you very... Thank you.

Fuck! Fuck!

- Nic?
- Katie has a fever.

- They sent her home.
- Is she okay?

Yeah, no,
I think she's gonna be fine.

Thing is,
I have the board at 11:00.

- Uh, did you try Maria?
- No, I tried Maria,

I tried Natasha, Kirsten...
I've tried everybody.

It's an hour.
Two, tops.

Uh, Nic, I'm-I'm really
very sorry.

I-I have a-a lot
going on today.

Well, I thought you didn't want
to be a weekend dad.

I'm asking you to take care
of your daughter

for a couple of hours.

Shouldn't be so hard.

Okay.

How was the flight?

Comfortable?

Long, right?

Can we get you anything?

Water? Soda?

Coffee?

Cigarette?

I want to speak to Amanda Jones.

- Hey.
- Hey. Is she okay?

Yeah, she's sleeping.

I'll see
if I can hurry them along.

- Good luck.
- Thank you.

Okay, we know

Seracom paid
Miller's ransom,

but we don't know why.

Seracom bought the Mali
contracts from KMPH.

But that's the only link
we have between them.

Which gives us
absolutely nothing.

I'm aware of that, thank you.

Hi.

I need some papers.

Uh, Jess,
could you give us a moment?

Yeah, of course.

I'm not staying.

No.

I heard about Aaron.

Sorry.

I know that you two were close.

Let me help.

Was it you?

Aaron's death?

I know that you went to see him.

Was it... was it this?

I figured they'd come after me.

Yeah, what wouldn't they do?

But you still can't leave it
alone, can you? Even now.

Especially now. I'm trying
to do the right thing, Gina.

Yeah, and it blinds you
until you end up hurting

everyone around you.

- Everyone?
- Okay. Me.

Shouldn't that be enough?

Yeah.

Senator Sullivan,
this is Amanda Jones.

This whole "meeting
in parking structures..."

it's in the CIA handbook, right?

I like to control
my environment.

And how's that
working out for you?

- Meaning?
- Meaning you're clearly on the back foot

or you wouldn't be
hiding down here.

The interpreter
was the target...

because she knew
who paid Miller's ransom.

That's why you had her silenced.

Am I warm?

I'm not gonna answer
that question, Senator.

- Then what the fuck am I doing here?
- Because I'm gonna

give you someone who will.

We know you were
involved in the attack on the bar.

We know that you
were working with Al Moctar.

Who did you report to?
Straight to Al Moctar?

You and Toumi must have been
quite a catch for him.

Two former
intelligence officers.

You turned
on your own people, Harry.

- Did you convert?
- Where is she?

Where is Leyla Toumi?

Amanda Jones.

You can keep up with
this Amanda Jones shit all day.

For the 14th fucking time,
she is not available.

So either you talk to us, or...

Amanda Jones.

Okay.

How's she doing?

She's good.
She didn't wake up once.

You're a lifesaver.

How did it go?

Oh, yeah. We got
our final slice of funding.

Should see us through
the next six months.

Congratulations.

Yeah.

Well, um...

- Cole.
- Hartwood.

That is un-fucking-believable
news, man.

Thank you.
Thank you so much.

I know where Clarke is.

- Where is he?
- He's at a black site

outside Hartwood.

Well, get inside
and pick him up.

It's an Agency site, sir.

I can't just waltz in there.

You've got contacts
inside Langley.

I did.
Amanda Jones and Brandon Napier.

Jones is running, but she won't
run without one thing.

What's that?

Her daughter.

Get him up.

Let's go, come on.

I've asked you all the questions

that I'm gonna ask you.

You choose to answer them at any
point during this, I will stop.

- Understood?
- Amanda Jones.

Have it your way.

"Enhanced interrogation,"
what a crock of shit.

You're drowning, right?

Answer our questions, Clarke,
and we will stop.

Amanda Jones.

Okay.

Okay, everyone, time for cake.

Mommy, Mommy!

Oh, sweetie.

Come on, we got to go.

- But we haven't had cake yet.
- Okay.

Amanda.

What are you doing here?

I had some downtime.

I flew in this morning.

Didn't think to call?

It was last-minute.

I thought I would take Evie out
for a bite to eat.

Okay, well,
it's her sister's party.

Half sister.

Yeah.

Forgot how petty you were.

- Come on, we're going.
- No. She's not.

She can go
when the party's over.

You're welcome to stay.

I do not have time for this.

Shit.

What is he doing here?

I...

I'm gonna need
a minute alone, please.

Sweetie, you go with Daddy.

I'll be a moment, okay?

- Nate.
- Ed.

Nice party.

I can see
why you'd come back for it.

- I was gonna tell you...
- I understand.

Family first.

Always.

Shall we go?

Where?

Hartwood.

You're going to get
Harry Clarke for me.

I mean, that is...

why you are here, isn't it?

Of course.

Unless you would like to...

stay for cake?

No. No, I'm good.

Okay.
Then let's go.

Can I say goodbye
to Evie first?

Of course you can, Amanda.

You want to take my car?

No, that's okay.
We'll take mine.

It's right up here.

How's this gonna work for me
once the tape comes out?

It's everything I promised.

The deal will kick in.

We'll take care of you, Amanda.
I made sure of that.

I'll bring him out.

Paperwork should
take about ten minutes.

Hey, I'm here
to get Harry Clarke.

ID. Fingers.

You're clear.

Get him down from there.

Did you hear me?

Get him down from there!

That didn't come from me.

The waterboarding...
I didn't order it.

But you ordered me dead
in Tehran, right?

Is that why you wanted to
see me... to dredge up the past?

In Tehran, you were a threat.
I decided

- to have you removed.
- But I'm still a threat,

so why spare me now?

Who said I was sparing you?

Why didn't you
get on that plane in Mali?

You were free.

Yeah, well, maybe if I had
that moment again,

I wouldn't play it the same way.

Yes, you would.

I heard you at Sissoko's house.

You believe
in the power of truth.

You're an idealist.

- Am I?
- Haven't you heard?

Truth isn't truth anymore.

You can pick any version
of it you want.

- Yeah, that's how you justify what you do.
- Yes, it is.

That is how I live with myself.

You're absolutely
fucking right about that.

You didn't talk.

You had your chance.

You didn't talk about me,
about Kingsley, about any of it.

Why?

Leyla.

She's still out there.

You're gonna call off your dogs,

you're gonna let her go.

That's your price?

It is.

Doing a deal.

Just like your father...
saving your skin.

Not mine.

Hers.

No deal, I'm afraid.

- What?
- Go on. Get up.

Now.

Jones, listen to me.
Please.

Get up.
Put it on.

Come on.

Come on, come on,
come on, come on.

Signing out Harry Clarke.

Okay.

I left something.
I'll be right back.

Fuck are you going?

Can I help you, sir?

Sir, get back in the car.

Yeah, I will in a second.

Get back in the car, sir.

Gonna have to ask you
to show me your hands, sir.

Sir?
Show me your hands!

Go back down the tunnel.
You'll see

a set of stairs. Take them
to the rear exit. Take a left.

Head due south
for about five minutes. Run.

That's him.
That's got to be Clarke.

All right, let's go. Go get him.

We got him. We got him.
We've got you, man, we got you.

Clear! Go! Get inside!
Upstairs!

Fletcher here.

Go ahead, Fletch.

Tell Colonel Russell
we have eyes on Aminata Sissoko.

Hey.

- Hey, Amanda.
- Natalie, thank you so much for doing this.

Yeah, yeah, no problem at all.

Evie, your mommy's here.

Do you want to come in?

- Another time.
- Okay.

Thank you.
Hey, sweetie.

Come on, let's go.

Thank you.

Where are we going?

Here, look at this.

Dan Lotz founded a company
importing solar panels

three weeks after we left Mali.

Do you think that's how
he was bringing in the arms?

There's a silent partner here.

Funded the start-up costs.
Lila Lotz.

Well, that's got to be
a relation.

His granddaughter.

- 12 years old.
- Wow.

That's a little bit young
for an investor.

Wait, I saw something...
in his tax returns.

He set up a trust
for her education.

Already made
a down payment for...

the fees for a school
in Washington, D.C....

Georgetown International.

Ooh, very fancy.

Set up ten years ago with an
endowment from a charity called

American United Resources.

Which is a charitable arm

of Kingsley, Merchant,
Proctor and Hall... KMPH.

We have our link.

Get down! Get down!

- I'm complying. I'm complying!
- Hands where I can see them!

I'm gonna answer this, okay?

- Ma'am, I will shoot you.
- It's just...

- it's just my phone!
- Do not move!

- Do not fucking move!
- I'm complying, it's just my phone! I need

to answer this, I'm gonna answer
my phone, I'm gonna fucking

answer my phone!

It's a phone, okay?

It's just a fucking phone!

- Do not fucking move! I will shoot you!
- It's just a phone!

Leyla.

Leyla!

Hello?

This is Senator Meghan Sullivan
of the United States Congress.

Who am I speaking to?

Hello?

This is Colonel John Russell,
75th

- Ranger Regiment.
- Colonel.

I need you to listen to me
very carefully.

Come on, kiddo.

Natalia.

Amanda.

This way.

My name is Amanda Jones.

I work for the CIA.

And I wish to apply
for political asylum

to the Russian government.

I thought I lost you.

Plenty of time for that later.

Right now

I think we need to talk.

It's Senator Sullivan.

I'm alone.

Were you expecting someone else?

I bet you're wondering

why you haven't been picked up.

I know what you were doing
in Mali

two years ago, Mr. Miller.

I know why Seracom
paid your ransom,

and I know how and why KMPH

armed Issouf Al Moctar.

What you're going to do for me
is fill in the missing pieces.

How it works here in D.C....

you're going to bring the whole
damn thing crashing down.

And in return, the Feds
are going to offer you a deal.

You'll do time,
but not as much as you deserve.

I'm being reinstated
to the Intelligence Committee.

Turns out facts still
hold some sway in this town.

First thing I'm gonna do
is hold open hearings.

You will be subpoenaed.

It's over, Mr. Miller.

There's no shame.

Everybody flips in the end.

What did she offer you...
immunity?

You think I'm not
having you watched?

And I know you're
calling me now

to see what I can offer you.

You're playing me off
against her.

You're my most
valuable player, Nathan.

You don't think
I'm done with you?

So here it is:
you disappear.

No one hears from you.

Not your wife,
not your daughter.

Ever.

You become a non-person, Nate.

You cease to exist.

If, however, you decide to take

Sullivan's offer...

My brother lost his little girl.

Stella.
Seven years old.

That was 41 years ago.

He's as much of a wreck now
as he was then.

You never get over it, Nate.

That's not something you want
to find out for yourself.

- Hey.
- Hey.

You okay?

You mind if I-if I...
if I-if I come in?

Can I come in?

Sure.

Daddy?

Hey, sweetheart.

I got a merit
for my bird project.

Oh, honey, that is so great.

Did you know
the California Condor

is one of the world's
longest-living birds?

I did not know that, no.
Is that right?

There are 137 of them
living in the wild.

137?

- 137... in the wild?
- Yeah. Yeah.

Not in, like, a living room?

- Not in a living room.
- No? Okay.

Hey, before I forget...

I love you.

But why would you forget?

Well, you know, sometimes,

people forget to say
the things that they mean.

And I mean it.

I love you.

I love you, too.

Thank you.

What is it, Nate?
Come on.

Talk to me.

I wanted to matter...

Nicole.

What are you talking about,
Nathan? You-you matter.

You matter to me.
You matter to Katie.

But that wasn't enough, was it?

If I'm being honest with myself,
I wasn't here.

Which means what?
It means that...

...that the other thing
that I did with my life...

...was more important to me.

You know, I, um...

My whole life...

My whole life, I wanted
to see what it was like

on the inside
of that velvet rope.

And once you...

you get that invitation...

...to the party...

...and you're there,
and you're...

you're drinking...

...you realize that you don't
have anything in common

with the people there.

And you realize...

And you left the people
that you love...

...the most...

in this whole...

world...

on the other side of that rope.

I am sorry.

I am...

I am so...

...so...

...sorry.

Nate.

I know.

And with Yambo Kanté
being implicated in the Al Moctar

- arms scandal, Aminata Sissoko
- Thank you.

is expected to become
interim president after

she was cleared yesterday
at the high court.

You should come with me.

Work for you?

I can't think of anyone else

I'd rather have by my side.

I'd love to.

Thank you.

- See her?
- Yeah, I see her.

I'm going to run again.

For reelection.

As an independent.

You think you stand a chance?

Thanks for the vote
of confidence.

Hey.

I didn't know
you were going to come.

Oh, you think I'd miss
your moment in the sun?

You deserve this, Meaghan.

Thank you.

I should, uh...

Yeah.

Go.

I call this hearing to order.

I call on our first witness,
Nathan Shane Miller.

We don't want to deal
with the Americans on this.

Completely understand.

Our company is wholly
Australian-owned,

and we would take every care

to ensure that the Malian people
and the Malian government

share equally
in the wealth generated

by our mining operations.

Okay.

Because we need a change.

Thank you.

Let it be recorded

that the witness, Nathan Miller,
has not shown.

I have been advised
that a warrant

will be issued for his arrest.

He will not defy the will
of the American people.

This committee is adjourned.

Son of a bitch.

Gentlemen,

the Middle East is fucked.

We should know.
We fucked it.

Six of the ten
fastest-growing economies

are in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Countries rich
in mineral wealth.

Coltan for our computers,

cobalt for our batteries,

phosphates for our agriculture,

nuclear ore for our power.

These are the things, gentlemen,

that the wars
of the next 20, 30 years

will be fought over.

A huge deposit of cobalt
was discovered in Mali

just over two years ago.

Back then, we approached
the Malian government

about mining rights.

They told us...
that those rights

were going to the Chinese.

So we set about to create
the conditions to make sure

that wouldn't happen.

And just last week, uh...

one of our Australian
subsidiaries...

thank you, Lachlan...

secured those rights.

Our pilot project in Mali

hit a few bumps,

but I'm delighted

to report that it worked.

And if it can work there,

there's no reason it can't work

in other mineral-rich countries

across Africa.

We create the chaos...

and then we move in
and capitalize on that chaos.

We're looking at the long-term
here, gentlemen.

Rates of return that'll make
Iraq and Afghanistan

look like chicken feed.