Designated Survivor (2016–2019): Season 2, Episode 20 - Bad Reception - full transcript

Previously on
Designated Survivor...

Your claim that Andrea Frost is
responsible for the hackings and murder...

This conclusion is a product
of months of painstaking work.

Dax, I asked you here because I think
you're an excellent judge of character.

Dr. Andrea Frost.
Do you think she's capable of sabotage?

You don't get to be
the first female tech billionaire

without a ruthless streak.

You're not just a saboteur, Dr. Frost,
you are a murderer.

If you ever slander me in public again,

this will be your last act working
for the government or anyone else.

Your actions constitute rank
insubordination, which I cannot accept.



- Mr. President...
- Agent Wells, you've been terminated.

Effective immediately.

Senator. Good to see you.
Thank you very much for coming. Hi.

Remind me exactly what we're doing here.

The White House equinox reception
is a rite of passage, sir.

We're celebrating renewal.

What exactly are we renewing?

Our fiscal bonds.
The Beltway's biggest donors are here.

People who will donate liberally
to your most cherished causes.

- The Bultani ambassador's here.
- Thank you, Aaron. Excuse us.

Mr. President.
The people of Bultan wish you a very...

Mr. Ambassador, why don't we dispense
with the pleasantries and get to the point.

Matthew Jennings needs to be released
from jail and allowed to come home now.

The young man committed a crime.



Yes, he has. He drew a smiley face
on the side of a building.

Mr. Ambassador, he's a teenager
who is now facing ten years in prison?

My country takes enforcement of its laws
very seriously.

We both know this has nothing to do
with your laws

and everything to do with the Pulu Islands.

A territory our countries
share sovereignty over.

Which means that the exploitation
of the oil reserves...

Is subject to bilateral approval,
which we're not going to give.

Now you're using an innocent teenager
as some kind of leverage.

We're not gonna allow the desecration of
one of the last pristine places on Earth.

Not desecration, Mr. President.
Exploration.

And not innocent, but guilty,
as a Bultani court found.

The trial lasted less than 15 minutes.

Our justice system is very efficient,

which is why sentence will be passed
as early as tomorrow.

Gentlemen.

Emily, meet Steven Flannery.
My first boss.

- Pleasure.
- The pleasure is all mine.

I'm a big fan of your work
at the Zeno Institute.

Oh, thank you. We have great lawyers,
but not many Kendras out there.

Or Steven Flannerys,
which is why we wanted to talk to you.

I'm sorry?

Cyrus Gladwell from the DC Circuit
passed away last week.

And his death leaves the most important
appellate court in the land with an empty chair.

The president needs someone

whose brilliance and moral clarity
will lead the way. Someone like you.

I'm flattered.

But I'm a teacher now, Kendra.
I'm an activist.

"We must meet the challenge,
rather than wish it were not before us."

- Justice Brennan.
- Yes.

You used to have that inscription
framed on your wall.

I still do.

Judges don't just shape our laws.
They shape our values.

I know you believe that
because you said it to me years ago.

The president believes it, too.
He's asking you to meet the challenge.

I may have been too good a mentor.
You're very persuasive.

So that's a yes?

If the president truly wants me to serve,
I will.

- Benjamin Harrelson. CEO of ClimateKind.
- Thank you.

Benjamin, it's been too long.

Mr. President, it's an honor.
I trust that the shrimp

have been sustainably farmed this year,
unlike last?

I have to be honest, I haven't checked,
but I'll get someone to look in on it.

Try the hormone-free cheese puffs.
They're great.

Enjoy your night.

You throw a hell of a party
on the taxpayers' dime.

Mr. West, I don't recall seeing you
on the guest list.

I'm representing
the family of Matthew Jennings.

Since when?

Since I saw his poor mother
on the news last week. I was moved.

- Moved right into the spotlight.
- Lyor.

I'm doing this out of concern
for an innocent kid.

Please tell Ms. Jennings we're doing
all we can to bring her son home.

Seems like
you're burning the midnight oil.

It's a little odd to have
the FBI pay me a visit, Agent Wells.

Former FBI, actually.
The president just terminated me.

I'm sorry to hear that.
I'd be happy to put you in touch

with my head of security
to see if we're hiring.

Oh, no,
I'm not... I'm not looking for a job.

I'm looking to protect the president.

The president who just fired you.

Yes. Because I believe he's being misled
by a woman named Andrea Frost.

I think you know the name.

I do. Have you shared your suspicions
with your former boss?

It's why I don't have a job.

Hmm.

The president has a blind spot
where his friends are concerned.

An allegiance that sometimes cloud his judgment.

Then what do you need from me?

- Have lunch with her.
- Why?

Her place is 43 minutes
from the Old Ebbitt Grill.

Giving you time to break into her house
to search for evidence.

Yeah,
I can't be complicit with that.

I thought you were loyal to the president.

I am, but I'd rather not be
an accomplice to a burglary.

There are other people
Dr. Frost will meet with.

Why'd you come to me?

Because they don't have
the president's best interests at heart.

Mr. President.

Mr. Ambassador, I'm not gonna talk about
the Pulu Islands any further this evening.

There is no need, sir.
I appreciate the compromise.

Excuse me?

Agreeing on the offshore exploration
of the Pulu Islands

allows our countries
to share in billions of revenue.

I believe the prime minister is pleased.
And your Mr. Jennings will soon be home.

Mr. Ambassador, who approached you
with this compromise?

Your emissary.

Mr. West, you do know that
misrepresenting yourself

as an agent of the US government
is a federal crime?

I didn't do that.

You're saying you didn't
promise the ambassador concessions

for the release of Matthew Jennings?

Absolutely not. I might have implied
that you would consider a deal.

Well, that's a crime, too.

Not from where I sit.
Matthew Jennings is a scared 17-year-old kid...

And you think I'm not aware of that.

You might not be aware
our interests aren't exactly in line.

- I'm sorry. I don't follow.
- You have all kinds of things to consider.

Politics. Diplomacy. I have one. That kid.
I wanna get him home.

And you can put me in jail if you want to.
I look good in orange.

I just spoke with the president.

He wants us to disabuse Ambassador Dhawan
of any notion of a quid pro quo.

- Now.
- There's gonna be fallout.

Doesn't matter. Matthew Jennings' release
must be unconditional.

- Oh, my God!
- Call 911! Now!

- There's no pulse.
- Get me the president.

This is absurd.

The ambassador has a heart attack
and dies in the White House

and the Bultani prime minister
is blaming us?

Yeah, they're using his death
for diplomatic advantage.

- You think?
- They could do that for a while.

Preliminary indications are
Ambassador Dhawan was poisoned.

- The ME is still examining the toxin.
- Are you serious?

An unsolved murder of a Bultani diplomat on
US soil is not gonna help bilateral relations.

Or Matthew Jennings.
His sentencing is today.

If this is true,
it's on us to find the murderer, Mike.

- Yes, sir.
- Emily...

I'm in touch with Matthew Jennings's mother,
Kristin.

Okay, good. I wanna talk to her.
Let's get to it.

We're sitting
on a diplomatic powder keg.

We need to keep this in-house, Mike.

I spoke to DC Metro. They'll defer to us
unless we send up a flare.

- Understood.
- You're gonna need a running buddy on this.

Someone from the FBI.

I've got just the guy in mind.

You just said, "I wish you lentils."

Oh. I meant, "I wish you justice."

We know that matters
to the Bultani people.

It's what we want to get for your friend,
the late Ambassador Dhawan.

There were no threats.

At least, not at the embassy.

- But Dhawan was hardly ever there.
- Where was he?

At his horse farm in Potomac.

The ambassador lived a lavish lifestyle,
unbecoming of a diplomat.

How lavish?

He liked money.

And he had a talent for losing it.

Matthew was in Bultan on a music exchange.
He plays the trumpet.

Ms. Jennings, Matthew made a mistake.

But what they're threatening him with
is unacceptable.

Which is why we gotta get him
out of there as soon as we can.

I've made a personal plea
to the prime minister.

- What did he say?
- He said he would consider it.

But unfortunately, right now, tensions are high
between our countries.

In the meantime, sir, is there anything
we can offer them

to grease the wheels
of Matthew' release?

Negotiations for the return of US citizens
are classified.

I can't elaborate on that any further.

My son is my best friend.
He's all I've got.

Ms. Jennings, I care more about
my children than anything in the world.

I can only imagine
what you're going through.

But you're gonna have to trust me.

I promise you, I give you my word,

we're gonna do absolutely everything we can
to bring your son home.

The president is committed
to bringing Matthew Jennings home.

Is his release tied to the unsolved murder
of the Bultani ambassador?

- No.
- Is it tied to the Pulu Islands?

- No.
- I have it on authority

from Ethan West that if the US
softens its stance on oil...

Ethan West is no authority
and the president will not be held to ransom.

May be too late for ransom.

Bultan just sentenced the kid
to 20 years' hard labor.

Twenty years' hard labor?
You can't be serious.

I'm sorry you are disappointed
with the sentence.

We were disappointed in the crime.

But perhaps we can reach an accommodation.

Mr. Prime Minister, I will not allow this nation
to be extorted.

It's not about extortion.
It's about a mutual benefit.

- A protected habitat...
- That could yield billions.

That may not mean much to you,
but Bultan is drowning in debt.

Matthew Jennings is not the solution
to your problems.

No, sir.

Oil is.

I can help the young man.

If you help me.

The prison he is being sent to,

I wouldn't wish him
to spend one day there.

I would like to talk to him first,
see how he's being treated.

I will arrange it.

Sir, if we give in to blackmail,
we set a bad precedent.

Respectfully, sir,
all to get one kid back?

Matthew Jennings won't survive 20 days
in that prison, let alone 20 years.

If there's something we can do
to help him, we're damn well gonna do it.

Some spread.

The ambassador
clearly liked the good life.

That's a beautiful tree.

Not if you have allergies.
That thing must be a nightmare in the summer.

Get it on the truck.

Secret Service. What are you doing?

Getting my money back.

Ambassador Dhawan was in hock to me
for about two million,

which he invested in horses.

- How long you been trying to collect?
- About a year.

He was trying to sell the farm,
but he couldn't.

Surprising. It's a beautiful property.

I wonder what the problem is.

All I know is he's been in debt
for a couple years.

Now if you don't mind,

I have to go convince someone
this tub of glue is Secretariat.

So where are we
on Flannery's vetting for the judgeship?

Flannery's vetting file's as clean as a whistle.
Except for one blip.

A 2008 sexual discrimination suit
filed by a female associate.

Flannery and his then-firm
were the named defendants.

But the case was dismissed with prejudice
at the discovery phase.

- So what's the problem?
- The GOP, they control judiciary.

And they will look for any excuse to disqualify
a progressive icon like Flannery.

We need to get in front of this.

Huh. The complainant is Kaitlin Corday.

I worked with her at the Sentinel
a few years ago.

Let me reach out,
see if she can give us the low-down.

Hi. The reservation is under Minter.

How much time do we have?

The restaurant's reservation system
indicates Minter's party has checked in.

So, you've got two hours.

Control box is on the side of the house.

I'm in. Good news is I bypassed a door
that won't trip the alarm.

- Okay, what's the bad news?
- It's on the roof.

Hey, Chuck, I'm getting an EMF spike.

There's a lot of power
coming from this closet.

It's gotta be a false wall.

You're right. I'm going in.

Watch yourself.

Copy that.

The EMF meter is off the charts.

This place is drawing more power
than a small city.

Chuck, I don't see any cameras.
I'm gonna link you in with my phone.

This looks like mission control at NASA.

Whoa.

That's how the hacking's done.
Satellite telemetry.

How are they treating you, son?

Fine, sir. I'm just sorry
I'm causing everyone so much trouble.

I know you are.

You need to know we're doing absolutely
everything we can to bring you home.

If you could just, uh, tell my mom
that I'm okay?

Of course I will.
Hopefully you'll be seeing her really soon.

I... I know they're blackmailing you,
and I don't want to be used that way.

Promise me you won't let them...

Matthew? Matthew!

Son of a bitch.

Get me Prime Minister Khallou immediately.

Mr. President, the papers for the oil
exploration deal have been drawn up.

Secretary Krantz is waiting
for your approval.

Delay it. Emily, get Secretary Krantz
to draw up sanctions against Bultan.

We're gonna raise the heat.
You were both right, and so is this kid.

We'll find a way to bring him home
without rolling over.

I think I finally found
the access point to the main server.

Just get in there, Hannah.
Time's wasting.

Yeah, I'm working on it.

Okay, I'm in.

On the double, please, because this is burglary.
Digital theft.

Yeah, just watch my back.

They just paid the check.
You have a half hour.

You better get going.

Wait, I got something.
It's on a sub-server.

The Turing source code.

Our hacking proof.

I'm pulling up the relevant database,
but I can't copy it remotely.

All right, I'm on it.

It's nice to hear from you, Seth.
It's been a long time.

Yep, since our days at the Sentinel.
And, uh, I'd love to catch up,

but I'm afraid this is, um...
this is all business.

We're considering Steven Flannery
for a position.

I wanted to ask you about the claim
you filed against him.

- It's all in the past.
- But the past informs the present.

It was sexual discrimination?

Yes. Failure to promote.
I was passed over.

What was your relationship?

He was partner. Asked me out
right before my review. I said no.

And he retaliated.

Well, not to my face, but he was
a big player at Whitney Irvington.

The court said you couldn't state a claim.

He shouldn't have hit on me.
He was a partner. I wanted to be one.

I understand. I'm... I'm trying
to ascertain if he did anything else.

No. He was perfectly lovely.

Until the day I was shown the door.

So you had no proof.

No. And I wasn't going to get any
from the old boys' club.

It's the reason I left the law
and became a journalist.

Nobody keeps the real story
from me anymore.

Why are we even talking about this?

Kaitlin Corday's disgruntled because she was
passed over. There's nothing there.

Except bad judgment on Flannery's part.

Look, Flannery is the leading light
for women's rights, reproductive rights,

- equal pay.
- And he's your rabbi.

I wouldn't vouch for him
if I didn't believe in his virtue.

No one's questioning his virtues.
We're talking about his vices.

Asking a coworker out?

Alright, look, Kendra's got a point.
Sounds like nothing but an indiscretion.

Which shouldn't be reason enough
to torpedo him.

Agreed. I will float a trial balloon
about his candidacy.

Legal, media, political circles.

Good. No red flags come back,
we'll bring him to the president.

Great. Thank you.

Unless a meteor hits it,
the car's two minutes out.

Come on, come on.

We have enough. Get out of there.

Do you know exactly
where the source code is on this database?

- No.
- Then we're getting it all.

Subject is in the driveway.
Hannah, get out.

Got it. Go!

Subject entering house.

- Hey, Emily, do you have a second?
- Sure.

Look, in the interest of full disclosure,

I should let you know that Flannery and I
had a brief thing ten years ago.

- How brief?
- It was one evening.

We were on a case in Boise.
I was a junior associate.

He was a newly-minted partner. We won big.

Had a few French 75s
and he invited me back to his room.

- Consensual?
- Absolutely.

We never even discussed it.
And he's had my back ever since.

And you kept a lid on this because...

I didn't want to seem biased. I'm not.

But in light of everything,
I don't wanna whitewash misconduct.

It doesn't sound like
there's any misconduct to whitewash.

No, he's... he's great. I don't know
if I should steer his candidacy.

I disagree. You hooked the fish.
You reel him in.

Emily, if I was...
if I was too defensive earlier...

You weren't.

You were being fair then
and you're being fair now.

Pulled up Dhawan's financials.

His farm's worth enough
to cover his debt, easy.

Then why couldn't he sell it?

He was in litigation with a company
called Royal Oak LLC.

Seemed to involve his house.
I'm trying to get the filings.

Good. And I just got
the full tox screen back from the ME.

Dhawan was poisoned with ricin,
which takes six to eight hours to kill.

Meaning he wasn't poisoned here.

Yep. We gotta find out where Dhawan was
before he keeled over.

- DC Circuit?
- Yes.

Assuming I'm confirmed, I'll need interns.
I think that you'd be perfect.

Thanks.

She's a comer, that one.

Yeah. The vetting's coming along nicely.
Still a few T's to cross and I's to dot,

but we'll get your name
to the president today.

Great. It took some time
to get my head around it,

but I think you're right. I could do
real good from the bench.

You can. Stay close. I'll be in touch.

Oh, Sasha, can you please show Mr. Flannery out?

Hey. Steve Flannery.

- I know. Sasha Dixon. It's an honor.
- Oh.

Oh, thank you.

Hey. So, we all buttoned up?

Just about. Um, I want to
double-check something, though.

Could your people dig a little more
into Flannery for me?

- They pulled everything on the record.
- This wouldn't be on the record.

- What are you hoping to find?
- Nothing.

Mm-hmm.

You said you wanted to talk to me
about ClimateKind?

Yeah. But first
we need to show you something.

We retraced the ambassador's steps
over the last 24 hours.

That's Ambassador Dhawan yesterday,
at a cafe.

And that's you, swapping out his drink
and poisoning him.

Are you mad?
That's not me.

Looks like your ring.

It's an Eastlake University ring.
A lot of people have the same one.

Yes, but not people
involved in protracted litigation

over the removal of a giant oak tree
that straddles the property line

between your house and the ambassador's.

What are you talking about?

The tree's root system destroyed
the ambassador's plumbing.

- It's why he couldn't sell the house.
- Unless he got the tree removed.

Your loan-out, Royal Oak LLC,
got injunctions.

Until Dhawan finally got a court order
to take the tree down.

And with Bultan in the news,

you figured now was the time
to kill the ambassador. Right?

Because there'd be multiple suspects.

But in the end, there was only one.

Your tree. Your ring. Your drink.

Your ass.

Thank you, Julie.

Where are we at with the kid?

Solving the murder of the ambassador Dhawan
relieved pressure on the prime minister.

- He's in a place to negotiate.
- Okay, good.

Except his office just released a statement
saying he won't.

I thought we floated
a six-month jail sentence

in exchange for limited drilling rights.
That's a nonstarter?

It is, because Ethan West is on a rampage.
CNN, MSNBC, Al Jazeera.

What is he saying?

He's saying
that the prime minister is Stalin.

That, uh, you're in bed with the devil.
That both countries are corrupt.

Get the son of a bitch in here. I need
to talk to him. Arrest him if you have to!

Unbelievable.

Mr. West, there's a difference
between an adversary and an enemy.

When you sabotaged my negotiation,
you crossed the line.

I'm just doing what's best for Matthew.

Well, thanks to you and your overreach,

he is now looking at 20 years.

I couldn't figure out why you became involved
in this case in the first place,

so I had my people look into it.
They brought me this file.

Why didn't you tell me you knew his aunt?

You went to college with Allie Jennings.
Is that correct?

Yes.

And she was murdered in 1988.

Yes.

What does that have to do with you?

Everything.

I was supposed to meet Allie that night
for a drink.

But I...

I got sidetracked.

And I stood her up.

The file said she was found stabbed to death
outside a bar.

At two in the morning.

Waiting for me.

Her sister didn't... didn't know
about the connection.

But I heard about the case
and I reached out.

So this is your effort
to make some kind of amends?

What happened to Kristin Jennings is my fault.

No, it isn't.

Yeah, it is.
And it's why I wanna get her son back.

Not in a year. Not in six months.
Not in a week. Today.

Mr. West, all you're doing right now
is getting in the way.

You wanna help the Jennings
and the young man?

You need to work with me.

Another complaint?

Yes, one. For retaliatory dismissal.

It was settled out
with a confidentiality agreement.

But it can still come to light, right?

Unlikely. This is subterranean. It's core of
the earth stuff. Judiciary will not trip to it.

- Who was the complainant?
- 26-year-old paralegal named Jane Quincy.

But two lawsuits in decades of practice
isn't disqualifying.

You work in the legal profession, the people
you rub shoulders with tend to be litigious.

He'll sail through confirmation.
But it's your call.

I'll tell him.

Thanks.

- Hey.
- Hey. Kendra.

I'm so sorry I couldn't get back
to the White House.

- It's been a crazy day.
- No problem.

- Please.
- Thanks.

So, I've been looking
at the DC Circuit's docket

for the upcoming calendar.
You're right, so many crucial cases.

And your drinks.

Oh, thank you. I got you a French 75.

I haven't had one of these since...

Boise, right? I thought
this was a night for celebration.

Mr. President,
I will keep this short.

Mr. West has humiliated me.

Made me look like I'm colluding
with a country that kills our ambassadors.

Well, he hasn't done me many favors, either.

Sir, I need you to know
I had nothing to do with that.

It doesn't matter,
because now we have a new deal.

Bultan gets unrestricted
exploration rights on the Pulu Islands.

No profit-sharing. And no sanctions.

If I don't agree with that?

Matthew Jennings does 20 years.

I was afraid you were gonna say that.

I believe Mr. West
has a different perspective on the issue.

Hi, Mr. Prime Minister.

He has discovered something unusual
in the Pulu Island habitat.

You destroyed it.
Strip-mining, dumping, air pollution.

Mr. West also happens to be one of the world's
most renowned toxic tort lawyers.

He plans to file suit against your country
in every international tribunal.

I'll make it my mission
to sue your country.

I think we're both aware of
what Mr. West is capable of.

This mission of his is going to cost your
country billions and billions of dollars.

Don't just take his word for it.
Google me. Look at my verdicts.

Sir, I think you have an opportunity here
to show the rest of world

the depth of your compassion, your humanity.

What do you want, Mr. President?

Mr. Jennings' freedom.

And the mining?

I'm afraid that's been
taken off the table.

The US government will be more than happy

to pay for the damage
caused by the graffiti.

And in order for you to save face,

Mr. Jennings will wash the graffiti
off the wall himself in front of cameras.

Now, if there's nothing else to discuss,
I believe our business is done.

Mr. President...

The FAA will contact you
as soon as his flight is in the air,

then you can call his mother.

Mr. President, I can't thank you enough
for helping me make this right.

Everyone deserves
a second chance, Mr. West.

How you doing?

Good. Then bad. Then good again.

I had to pull the offer, Em.

Did you give him a reason?

I said the GOP was playing hardball.

We didn't have the votes.
He was disappointed.

It was your call.

Yeah, and I'm not sure
it was the right one.

These two cases are ambiguous.

But I... I saw Steven Flannery today.

On the make, as usual. And I just...

It made me wonder if, that time in Boise,
I was coerced.

Were you?

At the time, I didn't think so.

Now, I'm not so sure.

His approval meant so much to me.

It still does.

And I think he knows that.
And... and he uses it.

And that is manipulative and wrong.

But he's also done so much good, you know?

You're wondering if that cancels out...

My suspicions of a guy
who may be nothing but a flirt.

Sometimes all you have is your gut.

Good night, Kendra.

Mr. President.

Thank you, Mike.

Dax. Thank you for coming.
Have a seat.

Of course.

Did you speak to Agent Hannah Wells
about Dr. Frost?

Yes. I... She asked for my help.

She's a tenacious investigator,
and insists that Dr. Frost was responsible

for the cyberattacks
that have crippled my administration.

I know. She told me.

She's wrong.

During my 25th Amendment hearing,

Dr. Frost was questioned
about a conversation,

a private conversation,
that we had in this office.

Agent Wells thought she leaked
that conversation to Ethan West

in an effort to undermine me

because that's what
the hacker would've done.

You never know what people are capable of.

Exactly. So I had the Secret Service
sweep my office for bugs.

And they found one thing.

Zero to 60 in three flat.
Carbon neutral, 400 miles to a charge.

Rolling off the assembly lines
this spring.

This.

Inside the car you gave me.

Needless to say, I was speechless.

Because I couldn't believe that a man,
one of my closest friends,

could possibly have hacked
the power grid, NASA.

Tom...

Released a video of me confronting
the man who killed my wife!

Speechless doesn't even come close
to covering this.

Why the hell would you do this to me?

You know the greatest curse
facing this country right now?

Government interference. Overregulation.

What the hell are you talking about?

Free enterprise? The promise of America?

A promise that's been strangled
by red tape.

A bureaucracy that prevents innovation,
stifles human progress.

So you attack our institutions.
Undermine them.

In hopes while the country's distracted,
you'd build your empire without scrutiny?

You make it sound like I'm some kind of
Bond villain. I'm not.

Then what the hell are you?

Do you know the good my companies can do
if they are left to flourish?

Without anti-trust investigations?

And I'm not talking about money.
I'm talking about freedom.

The greatest right we have as Americans
is the right to be left alone.

Trust me. I'm gonna do everything I can
to make sure you're left alone.

Agent Wells. So you're back
in the president's good graces.

I was never out. I broke into your house
while you were at lunch with Frost.

You staged her firing?

Yes. Because I knew you'd be listening.

And I knew when she talked to you
about Dr. Andrea Frost, you'd take the bait.

Because just like every other coward...

you need someone
to blame everything else on.

Get him out of my sight.

You did okay out there today, rook.

Thanks. I'm better in here, though.

Yeah. And you're definitely better off
not working for someone who got fired.

Because if Hannah was really gone,
you'd be, too.

- How long did you know?
- From the jump.

I'm Secret Service.

There's nothing that goes on
in this building that I don't know about.

I'll remember that.

Remember this, too.
I got a lot of respect for Hannah.

And I think it's great
that you look out for her.

But you gotta
look out for yourself as well.

- Hey.
- Hey.

Congratulations.
Looks like you pulled this off.

Yes, we did. Dax Minter has been arrested
and is being charged as we speak,

thanks in large part to you.

Are you all right?
I know he was your best friend.

Alex was my best friend.

But he and I were close.

And for a long time,
he was one of those rare people

you didn't have to explain anything to.

Or pull out all the old stories for,
because he was there.

Tom, I'm so sorry.

Yeah. Me, too.

I'm just gonna have to accept
that he's not the same person now.

Not the one who was my friend.

I just wish I knew what had turned him.

Anyway, I would never have gotten through
these last few months

without your incredible friendship
and support.

Thank you. And I'm sorry
that you got pulled into all of this.

I'm not.

I made a friend. A good one.

One that I'm going to miss. Tom, um...

I'm moving to San Francisco.

San Francisco? Why?

Apache's acquiring
another aerospace company

and it's a big play for us.
I need to be there for the transition.

And close to the Cabernet.

Makes sense on both counts.

Tom, listen,
I wanna say something because...

I think we share a connection.

You lost your wife, I lost my husband.

And they will always
hold a place in our hearts.

Yes, they will.

But I think
part of getting through this...

is making room in your heart
for someone else.

And I wish that for you someday.

I wish that for you, too.

Bye, Tom.

I prefer "Till I see you again."

Till I see you again.

Yeah. Come here.

You go get 'em out there, Andrea.

Hey.

I found something on Minter's drive.

A large payment
right after Damian was killed

to a company
called Smith & Johnson Holdings.

The killer-for-hire didn't even try
to make it sound legit.

Is there a name?

No. Just a business address.
2500 D Street Northwest. It's in DC.

- I know that address.
- Who's it belong to?

No one. That's the point.
It's an old, empty office building.

Dummy corps pay to register
their business addresses there

so they can stay off the grid.

If there's a payment,
there's gotta be a money trail.

The person who made the payment
would wanna cover their tracks.

So they went there and paid
building management in cash.

That's my guess.

Can you get into their security system?

- Already on it.
- Good.

Look for the, um... the day
the company was registered.

That's when
the payment would've been made.

Got it.

Wait. Stop it there.

Valeria Poriskova?

Wait. How the hell did Dax Minter
link up with Valeria?

Minter knew
that I was on the hacking investigation.

So to close the loop, he tried to get rid
of me and make it look like Frost did it.

Who better to hire than a Russian agent
you've been clashing with

who wants you dead anyway?

Except Valeria missed me
and killed Damian.

What you're looking for isn't in there.

I think you know where you can take
your self-help advice.

Hannah, I can't let you hunt down Valeria.

Dax Minter is behind bars.
The hacking is done.

We're repairing relations with Russia.
It's over.

Not for me, it isn't.

There are things that I have to do, Aaron.

That I cannot do
working for the White House.

I mean, think, Hannah.

You lay those down,
you may not get 'em back.

Bye, Aaron.