FBI: International (2021–…): Season 2, Episode 13 - Indefensible - full transcript
The team investigates the death of an American lawyer working out of Budapest, Hungary, after he is killed by a car bomb.
[suspenseful music]
Flexed knees absorb recoil.
Gives you better movement too.
Square to the target,
feet in position.
[speaking Hungarian]
[guns cocking]
[gunshots]
- Your goal is to
close the distance.
Within a foot, it's
violence of action.
Remember what I said
about a fulcrum?
Momentum is key. Watch.
Just tap if it's too much, okay?
[groaning]
- Once you're here, it's
simple body mechanics.
I have leverage, so even if
Lieutenant Erdos
tries something...
[groans]
- You okay?
- Yeah, yeah. No problem.
- You sure?
- Yeah.
I'll shake it off.
[speaks Hungarian] It's a
good reminder, you guys.
Sometimes out there in the
field it can get messy.
[light laughter]
- Okay, yeah, maybe
let's take five.
♪ ♪
- I mean, are we
really doing this?
15 years, you're trying
to just throw it away.
This is you playing
the victim, as usual.
And which one of
us gave up exactly?
Right.
Can you even look Sophie
and Jack in the eye?
They're old enough to.
[alarms blaring]
♪ ♪
[moaning]
[speaks Hungarian]
[speaking indistinctly]
♪ ♪
- Heard the sirens
from our place.
Car bomb.
Vo's got the details.
Victim is Neil Cobb,
an American lawyer
out of Houston.
He and his firm represent
a chemical company
called Avercol.
U.S.-based, but they had plants
- and workers here in Budapest.
- Had?
- Avercol's in the middle
of a class action lawsuit,
Cobb was lead defense.
It was all over the news.
Hungarian workers got sick
due to chronic exposure
to cadmium, a toxic metal.
Now they're suing
Avercol for damages.
- But the American company
is still operating.
When things went south,
they just relocated,
- hell for leather.
- Considerate.
- Class actions take
years to resolve,
and Avercol is still trying
to negotiate a settlement.
Cobb was heading that up.
- It seems clear he was
the intended target.
Then there's Marg Halmi:
14-year-old walking her dog.
Caught shrapnel in the blast.
She's in critical condition.
- Cobb kept a flat in his
name on the Pest side.
It's a crime scene now.
Smitty, your tenure in
explosive disposal unit
could be a real asset here.
- I want you on forensics.
- My pleasure.
HNP's on site.
They've confirmed this
is an assassination.
The who and why are
what we are after.
Let's get to it.
♪ ♪
Thank you.
Ah, Agent Forrester.
Agent Kellett. Slight
occupational hazard.
I'm fine.
What's the latest?
- Bomb was wired
to the ignition.
Driver was killed instantly,
and our only witness
- just went into surgery.
- And motive?
- We think this was tied
to Mr. Cobb's profession,
his client, specifically.
- Avercol has a lot
of enemies here.
- Yes, my cousin works
for the municipality,
says that the company
came here to exploit
Hungary's infrastructure, tax
laws, economy, labor force.
Avercol lined their pockets,
and once they were done
poisoning our people, left.
They don't have a lot
of friends around here.
- So the locals felt
Cobb had it coming.
- How'd the HNP feel about him?
- It's complicated.
There were a few times
he called us claiming
that he was being harassed.
- By whom?
- Never said.
But support here lies
with the plant workers,
and he was one of
the more recognizable
Americans in Budapest.
So we took the
threat very seriously
but found no
substance behind it.
And then he accused the police
of scheming against him.
Cobb seemed paranoid.
- Or perceptive,
based on the fact
that he was just assassinated.
- Yes, we should have
been more responsive.
- The explosive residue
is off to the lab.
Obviously, every component
used to build this bomb
was blown apart, but
that doesn't mean
the pieces vanished.
A proper post-blast
search, and we just might
be able to put it back together.
Could lead us somewhere.
- I can arrange that.
- Great.
I'm gonna check
with Raines and Vo,
see if they've found anything.
- Putting aside any
personal views on Avercol,
please know that you have
the full cooperation...
Your arm is broken.
- Oh, no, don't worry,
the bone is fine.
This is just precaution.
I'll be okay, I promise.
- Lieutenant, I admire
your confidence,
but maybe I'd feel better
hearing that from a doctor.
Okay, fair enough.
Although Hungarian
tradition says that
if you break someone's
arm, you have to dispense
with the formalities.
My friends call me Ben.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
We have Cobb's U.S. phone,
but it's been turned off for
months... not much there.
- HNP found a prepaid
cell in the car, too,
burnt to a crisp along
with a leather bag.
Nothing in it survived.
- All right, see if you can
pull anything from that burner.
- There's a cleared-out
safe over there.
The only prints we found
here belonged to Cobb.
All right.
All right, the killer
knew where he lived.
And he knew what he drove.
Did they just want Cobb or
were they after something else?
- [speaking Hungarian]
- This is my boss's apartment.
Let me in. You can't
touch anything.
Let me in. He's my boss.
I'm his emergency contact.
Can somebody just tell me
what happened here, please?
Sorry, I don't think I
should be talking to the FBI.
I need to call the firm.
- I get your hesitation, but
this was clearly targeted.
Somebody wanted Cobb dead.
And what you share
now could be crucial.
- I'm just an associate. It's
my first year at the firm.
- You and Cobb were here
to depose the plaintiffs.
- We heard there might
have been bad blood there.
I know that this is a lot
and your head is spinning,
but Cobb's family overseas
is about to learn the news
of what just happened.
Just talk to us.
We're just trying to help.
- He had enemies
in Budapest, right?
- Our job was to ensure
the case won't go to trial
and that Avercol pays
as little as possible.
That's gonna ruffle feathers.
If you ask me, I think
the plant workers
were just tired of Neil's games.
Explain.
- Plaintiffs knew any
settlement offer from us
would be lowball,
but Neil kept trying
to push the number lower.
He's not stupid. He knew
they'd never go for it.
- Well, that's a leap from them
strapping an IED to his car.
- Look, I'm not saying
it's what happened,
but if Neil was stalling,
what if someone decided
to take him out?
And what if they're
not finished?
- We can get you police
protection for now,
but you need to stay local.
When's the last
time you saw Cobb?
- The last deposition
was two weeks ago.
Since then, nothing.
- Maybe we're dealing
with a sympathizer.
Family, friends?
- Plant workers believe they're
the victim in this narrative.
If they thought Avercol
was now planning
to rob them in broad daylight,
there's no telling
what they'd do.
- Scott?
- Yeah?
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
Left on our windshield.
I didn't see who left it.
- No trace DNA
and zero witnesses
since we parked
around the corner.
Whoever left it
for us was careful.
- There was the empty
safe in Cobb's flat.
Maybe these files went with him.
Which means we're too late.
Is this a tip?
- Elia and the HNP think
someone took out Cobb
to send a message to Avercol.
That person has the full story.
They could be trying
to read us in.
- They might have a
lead on the killer.
Just scared to stick
their neck out.
- Smitty's still working
on the bomb reconstruction.
But get this, main ingredient
in the blast residue
wasn't C-4 or Semtex, it's TATP.
Same thing like the Manchester
bombing, Paris attacks.
- So this could
have been homemade?
- Out of the 18 plaintiffs
involved in the suit,
flagged one with a criminal
record, Daniel Sim n.
After Avercol shut
down their plants,
Daniel became a truck driver
for a few factories in Budapest.
So the job would have given
him access to raw chemicals,
including acetone and
hydrogen peroxide.
Components for TATP.
Got an address for Daniel.
Go.
♪ ♪
[speaking Hungarian]
I'm looking for Daniel Sim n.
Inside.
Dani.
♪ ♪
Dani.
He's on medication.
Tell me why you're here.
- Head counsel for Avercol
was killed this morning.
We think it's related
to the class action
Dani was a part of.
Can we take a look around?
- Do your business,
but do it quietly.
He needs to rest.
♪ ♪
The bombing was on the news,
but we don't speak about
that company in our home.
I won't put more
stress on my husband.
- We're very sorry
for everything
you two are going through.
- The metal that
poisoned everyone,
cadmium, it targets
kidneys, lungs, and bone.
He gave everything to that job,
and all they did
was take from us.
- We're wondering if
somebody took matters
into their own hands
that could be unhappy
with the settlement amount
or want swifter justice
for the victims.
- We are not in touch with
the other workers anymore.
Our lawyer, Zal n Madaras, he
represents all the victims.
He's handling everything.
We should talk to him next.
- I'll give
Forrester a heads up.
♪ ♪
Zal n Madaras.
- We're investigating
the death of an American.
Hoping you can shed
light on any clients
who dealt with Neil Cobb.
These are good men and women.
Their only crime is
being naive to think
their employer would give a
damn after poisoning them.
They as angry as you?
They're not killers.
Then help us prove it.
- I took this case for no money.
We've already fought
for three years.
My clients don't want a
war, they want to settle.
But Avercol seems ready
to erase our story.
And if the FBI is beholden
to American interests,
you will be on the
wrong side of history.
- We're not on a side,
we just want the truth.
- An innocent girl is
fighting for her life now
because someone
wanted Cobb gone.
Your clients spoke to him
during the depositions.
They may have information
vital to the case.
R zsa Chapel, you know it?
Sure.
- There's a meeting to
discuss how today's news
will impact the settlement.
I'm going there now.
- We'd appreciate any
help you can give.
Tensions are high.
So here's a friendly tip.
Keep your badges hidden.
♪ ♪
[phone buzzing]
- That burner found
on Cobb's body,
phone records show he
called his family back home,
but the call just before that
was local to another prepaid.
Traceable?
- I can run a pretext
call to that number,
and if it pings the cell tower,
we can narrow down the location.
Do it.
Number's still active.
[phone ringing]
He's in the chapel.
♪ ♪
FBI, stop right there.
Hands in the air.
Now turn around slowly.
She's one of the plaintiffs.
- We're looking into
Neil Cobb's murder.
And you think I did it?
- We know that you
were the last person
to talk to him alive.
You have it backwards.
The plant workers
weren't his enemy.
Neil Cobb was working
against Avercol.
He betrayed his own client.
And that's the reason
they had him killed.
♪ ♪
- I come from a
working-class family.
When Avercol announced
announced its factories
in Budapest, we saw
promise and opportunity.
A fantasy, maybe.
That company knew we were
being exposed to cancer,
and they let it happen,
and then they buried it.
Neil Cobb is the only one
who fought to expose the lie,
and he paid for it.
- Did he have proof
about this cover-up?
[suspenseful music]
- Internal briefs, recordings
of private conversations,
doctor toxicity reports.
Neil made copies of everything
Avercol thought they destroyed.
And that's enough reason to
have a good man silenced.
This is you?
I wanted to help anonymously.
If Avercol were
willing to kill Neil,
they won't think twice about me.
- But the evidence is gone,
Palma, burned up in the car.
- These people
understand oppression.
They'll do whatever
it takes to win.
- What was the nature of
your relationship with Cobb?
The man called you
the night he died.
He trusted me.
I had a contact at the news.
We were going to leak
the cover-up to them.
Neil believed Avercol was
about to take drastic measures.
- If you knew the
reason for Cobb's death,
you could have
called the police.
- I planned to, but without
proof, it's useless.
And then I heard the
FBI was involved.
- And you were the only one
Cobb spoke to about this?
Not your lawyer, not
the other plaintiffs?
Neil only confided in me.
Some of the others knew I
had his ear, but that's it.
And once we exposed Avercol,
we'd have the
company by the balls.
Obviously, they
got to him first.
- Did Cobb mention
anyone at Avercol
who might have caught
wind of his plan?
Only one person scared him.
Sam Gilroy, the CEO.
That man is pure evil.
♪ ♪
- If Cobb blew the
whistle on his own client,
Avercol would have
gone down in flames.
There was reason here
to neutralize him.
- Assuming the cover-up's true,
she has reason to lie to us.
- Well, if it is true,
it explains why Cobb
was dragging his feet
on the settlement.
Maybe he was trying to buy time,
stack evidence up
against Avercol.
- Get a warrant
on Palma's phone.
She might have something
in her exchanges with Cobb.
- By now, Cobb's death is
public knowledge in the U.S.
And guess who just
landed in Budapest?
Well, that was fast.
- Thought it was weird he
would drop everything for this.
Turns out Gilroy and Cobb
have been friends for decades.
Same college, same
country club membership.
Their kids even go to
the same prep school.
Gilroy basically appointed his
frat brother to represent him.
Seems they both got
obscenely rich together.
- Maybe after 30 years of
protecting this scumbag,
Cobb finally had enough.
[phone ringing]
- How's the post-blast coming?
I can tell you one thing,
whoever built this
bomb was trying hard
to make it look
like amateur work.
But the circuitry
says otherwise.
It's a dead ringer
for ex-military.
It's odd, though.
We've nearly put the
whole thing back together,
and we seem to be
missing a detonator.
Never turned up on
our grid search.
- All right, keep
us in the loop.
Well, the CEO didn't
plant the bomb.
We've also got about two weeks
since the last deposition
where Cobb's unaccounted for.
Yeah.
Where's his car been?
- Traffic cameras
aren't turning up much.
Hungary's plates are linked
to the toll system
electronically.
Maybe Cobb got flagged there?
- I sent that request
to public road network,
but they're backed up.
It's taking forever.
- I may be able to
push that through.
- All right, Raines and I
will head to Gilroy's hotel,
get some face time with our CEO.
♪ ♪
Ben?
You're kidding.
Don't worry, it's nothing.
Come on, let's go to my office.
- I'm slightly concerned
you'll be in a coffin
next time I see you.
The bone is back in place.
Doctor just wants to err
on the side of caution.
Ugh.
- I'm flattered you came
by to check on me, though.
This is awkward.
I need a favor, actually.
We're trying to see if
any tolls here picked up
Cobb's license plate.
Time frame?
- As far back as
you can take us.
But the network's backlogged,
and I need to rush this.
I'll make a call.
But for now, the
least you could do
is autograph your handiwork.
You know, Hungarian
tradition says
that if you break someone's arm,
you have to buy them a beer.
You're really milking this.
- Maybe I'm combining
a few traditions.
[chuckles]
[knock at door]
- Surgeons extracted the
shrapnel from the young girl.
- How is she?
- Stable, recovering.
- I know at least one person
who would like to see this.
Thank you.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
It doesn't seem real.
It feels like just yesterday
we were sauced on champagne,
throwing dice in Macau.
Now you're here to repatriate
your friend's body,
is that right?
- Yeah, Neil's done enough
time in Budapest on my behalf.
I'm taking him home.
The crowd here seems
to have it out for us.
- I'm sure the misconduct claims
against your company
aren't helping.
Ah, it's a chess match.
Plant workers are just trying
to squeeze out a
larger settlement.
- Or some might say
Avercol is knowingly
suppressing malfeasance.
Any truth there?
- A statement like that,
you better have proof.
- I heard proof was
in Cobb's possession.
You would have the most
to lose if that evidence
were to get out.
Are you saying I'm a suspect?
You tell me.
[tense music]
- I was gonna kick him
a bonus for saving me
nine figures on this settlement.
He's a great lawyer,
great friend.
It's absurd.
- Maybe your friend
came face to face
with the effect of his actions,
changed his mind
about helping you.
I've known him for 30 years.
Trust me, when you get
rich the way he did,
you are immune to
a change of heart.
- You seem remarkably blas
about poisoning your employees.
- Look, we've got factories
on three continents.
Things happen in my company
that I'm not always aware of.
Neil got paid to
handle my affairs.
But I didn't know
what he was thinking
or doing half the time.
So maybe he pissed
off the wrong people,
cut his life short,
I don't know.
But I do know that
I had nothing to do
with the bomb that
killed my friend.
So why don't you two
do your damn jobs
and find the son
of a bitch who did.
- Thank you for your time.
- Mm-hmm.
♪ ♪
- Gilroy didn't even
deny the cover-up.
- He knows this
investigation's about murder,
not corporate conspiracy.
- You should have pushed harder.
- Guys like him like hearing
the sound of their own voice.
Better to let him think
he's calling the shots,
unless we want to be
dealing with his lawyers.
[phone rings] How we looking?
- Doctors pulled
a piece of metal
from our teenager,
saved her life.
Missing blasting cap was
lodged in her rib cage
from the explosion.
Device signature still
points to former military,
and they found writing
on the detonator.
It's in Bulgarian.
- Does Avercol have
any ties there?
No trace of a relationship.
This feels like a lone
wolf operating locally.
- Well, the KGB used to
recruit Bulgarian soldiers
for covert assassinations.
Might be similar wet work there.
I tend to agree.
♪ ♪
- I appreciate you keeping
my client in the loop,
but don't forget
that I represent her.
We've seen too many
vultures already.
- That's fair enough.
I'll cut to the chase.
We found spyware on the phone
Palma turned over to us.
What?
- Someone was monitoring
your conversations.
My guess is keeping
tabs on you and Cobb.
- Avercol?
- Could have been.
We're still trying to ID
exactly where it came from,
possibly a malware attachment.
Maybe other plaintiffs
were targeted
and their phones are
also compromised.
- I was the only one in
communication with Neil.
God, it's all my fault.
They knew and they came
for Neil because of me.
[speaking Hungarian]
From the start, this has
been David and Goliath.
We've come so close
to a settlement.
Falling back to square
one now will crush us.
- We're not trying to
jam up proceedings.
- We cannot give Avercol
the satisfaction.
Seeing this through is what
Neil would have wanted.
Road network came through.
The night before he died,
Cobb's Mercedes was flagged
on a tollway outside town.
- Where was he headed?
- Unclear.
- The return trip's
interesting, though.
Checkpoint snapped
another photo.
[suspenseful music]
That's not Cobb.
Who's behind the wheel?
- It's Elia Cruz, his associate.
But she said she hadn't
seen him in weeks.
- She not only saw him the
night before he blew up,
this girl had his car keys.
♪ ♪
- Hiding that you had
access to the victim's car
24 hours before
the bomb went off?
- It's not a good look.
- Neil was too drunk to drive.
He gets that way sometimes.
I swear, he's literally
passed out in the back seat.
- Which is weird, since you
hadn't seen Cobb in weeks?
Okay. I'm sorry I lied.
But there's a reason.
Neil had me pick him
up outside of town
at a gentlemen's club, Plush.
He's been a bit of a mess
ever since his wife left him.
I think he just needs...
Needed companionship.
Let's talk optics.
Your budding career as a
lawyer was tied to Cobb.
If he torched his reputation
to take down Avercol,
you had a lot to lose.
- What do you mean
take down Avercol?
- The cover-up.
- What cover-up?
Look, I want to help.
Then no more secrets.
How was Cobb's
relationship with Avercol?
Lucrative.
- And you never witnessed
anything unusual?
[suspenseful music]
Our firm has an online system
with access to
Avercol's servers.
It keeps a log of
documents uploaded,
downloaded, or purged.
One night, I got an alert.
It looked like Neil
copied some files
before Avercol
wiped them for good.
The files are long gone,
but there should be a digital
footprint on our portal.
We'd like to review that.
- Is there anything else?
- There's one more thing.
A few months ago, I
overheard them on the phone,
a call I shouldn't have been on.
When exactly?
- Last year. Labor
Day, I think.
Neil was... I mean, he was
tearing Mr. Gilroy a new one.
Lawyers don't speak to
their clients that way.
What was the topic?
I only heard a tiny bit,
but I have never heard
my boss so angry.
He kept telling Gilroy what
he did was indefensible.
He used that word.
The whole thing felt
extremely personal.
- I'll swing by the strip
club, confirm the story.
Maybe someone there saw Cobb.
Timing's everything.
Cobb's wife Cindy served him
divorce papers last year.
It happened just a week after
the phone call Elia heard.
And it gets worse for Cobb.
Gilroy's credit card
history shows he bought
a penthouse suite and a
five-star hotel in Austin.
Cindy had been staying
there for months.
We've also placed them
together at resorts
in Horseshoe Bay and Lost Pines.
- Elia was right
when she said things
got personal between these guys.
His wife was cheating
on him with his friend.
- Do you think them shacking
up is what lit Cobb's fuse?
Set him down the path
to come after Avercol?
- That could mean everything
Palma told us is true.
Gilroy's been holding his
tongue about it long enough.
Let's go.
♪ ♪
Before we start, I
want you to be aware
that you don't have
to speak with us.
- I'm hoping to find who
did this just like you.
Get on with it.
- Were you sleeping
with Cobb's wife?
- Another refresher,
title 18, section 1001,
it's a crime to lie to the FBI.
- Two consenting
adults, not a crime.
- And you don't think
your buddy would have felt
some type of way about it?
- Neil wasn't
exactly Mr. Faithful.
- Cindy knew that.
- Nice of you to comfort her.
Given your long history,
Cobb's change of
heart makes sense now.
What do you want me to say?
There was a brief
fling, so what?
I made up with my wife.
Look, you want to tell me
he went off the deep end
because of the affair, fine.
But me having him smoked,
uh-uh, that's insane.
You know what that is?
- Cobb's firm kept a ledger
of shared information
with their clients.
Cobb accessed Avercol's servers
and withdrew the tox reports.
- The real ones that show
the levels of cadmium
plant workers were ingesting,
not the ones that
you doctored up
and replaced them with.
- Let me tell you something,
I don't type on computers.
I don't do reports. I
make deals. I manage...
- This proves Cobb
had something that you
didn't want getting out.
- What's one more
life when you consider
all the ones
Avercol ruined here?
Companies seem to forget
how they get to the top
on the backs of others.
Give me a break.
- What Cobb did in
Budapest took courage,
fighting for the workers,
amplifying their voice.
- You have no clue what
you're talking about.
- Maybe you just
didn't like that.
A fish rots from
the head, right?
- You're trying to find
some way to pin this on me
- and make him out to be some...
- Cobb knew that Avercol...
- The damn cover-up
was his idea!
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- Cobb suggested
burying the evidence?
- Had I actually seen
that ledger before,
if I actually knew
what he was scheming,
I'd have leveled him in court.
Attorney/client
privilege and all that.
Not if he had a plant worker
secretly leak what
he was feeding her.
- Cobb had months to make
that happen and never did.
You know why?
He's got a vindictive gene.
It had to be him who
stuck the knife in me.
And if he succeeded?
Then what?
I'd have fired his ass.
Then there would have been
a change-up in lawyers,
put the case on ice.
You can probably guess what
that does to the settlement.
No one sees a dime
for another two years.
- Cobb had to have
known his actions
would have screwed over
the victims getting paid.
- I don't think Cobb
ever gave a damn
about the plant workers.
He only went off-leash
because of the affair.
- Meanwhile, the
plaintiffs were caught
in a messed up tug-of-war
between two narcissists.
- So either Gilroy had
enough and took out Cobb
or someone found a perfect
scapegoat in Avercol.
- And the killer's
still out there.
- Plush turned over
their CCTV footage.
Here's the feed
from their entrance.
You can see Elia grabbing Cobb.
♪ ♪
Hang on.
Cobb picked up a tail.
- Gray SUV parked across
from the moment Cobb arrived,
just waiting.
This is our guy, isn't it?
- You can't make
out the plates here,
but when it shadowed
him home that night,
tollway camera caught a partial.
- Six matches for a gray
Chevy with this partial plate.
Which one's our bomber?
Get closer on the wheels.
Studded tires.
Any one of our six places get
snow or sleet in the winter?
- There... Visegr d,
north of the city.
Geography and elevation make
it prone to icy weather.
Studded tires make sense.
- Property is registered
to Mar t Toth,
50-year-old Hungarian
farmer, no wife, no kids.
He died years ago.
- Cobb's assassin seems to
be keeping his memory alive.
♪ ♪
[beeping]
- [rapid beeping]
- Move!
[shouting]
♪ ♪
[coughs]
[high-pitched ringing]
- [voice muffled]
Scott, you okay?
Hey, you okay?
[speaking normally] Scott?
I'm good, really.
Okay, we'll call a medic.
- If there's any doubt we
had the right address...
Here. Come on.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
Check the drives.
Acetone, hydrogen peroxide.
Ladies and gentlemen,
we have TATP.
I reckon we found Cobb's killer.
[speaking Hungarian]
- Station cop car just
flagged our suspect's vehicle
coming this way.
He's not stopping.
[gunshots]
Get in.
♪ ♪
In pursuit.
Proceed with caution,
suspect is likely armed.
What the hell is he doing?
Down!
[gunfire]
♪ ♪
Suspect's definitely armed.
We need spikes now!
[officers shouting in Hungarian]
♪ ♪
- Mihail Korvalov,
former demolitionist
for the Bulgarian armed forces,
dishonorably discharged.
Made a lucrative career
switch to hired gun.
- Mate, we've got
you on the TATP,
linked you to the car bomb,
murder, evading arrest,
and the trap which nearly
blew up an officer.
You're done.
But we know somebody
put you up to it.
- We could always ship him
back to the motherland.
He could stand trial
for his crimes at home.
Great point.
Fancy serving out your days
in a Bulgarian prison cell?
How long would you
last inside those walls
before somebody gets to you?
- The other option is cooperate.
- Give up whoever
paid you for the hit.
And if you become a
source, facilitate arrests,
I can put more on the table.
You might just be
worth something.
- Crawl before you walk, though.
We want the man who hired
you for Cobb's death.
♪ ♪
- Mr. Madaras is
currently in a meeting.
Let's go.
He's headed for the
southwest corner!
♪ ♪
He's now headed north.
Freeze!
Against the wall!
[siren wailing]
Hands behind your back.
You're under arrest.
Take him.
♪ ♪
- For the last year,
Madaras has been trying
to keep his business afloat.
On the brink of a recession,
dude made some bad
financial plays.
Wound up with a slew of
debt he needed clear.
- Nail in the coffin's
when he borrowed
from the wrong people.
Korvalov told us that
his fee for Cobb was 50K.
Madaras borrowed
exactly that amount
from these guys, his
last loan from them
at five times the interest.
Says they even made
the introduction.
- Before they put a
girl in the hospital.
- Most plaintiff attorneys
are paid on contingency.
They only get their
cut once the settlement
has been reached.
Madaras had no way
to fix the situation.
His only hope was the payout.
- Which he would have
gotten if not for Cobb,
the man who threatened to
unravel the whole thing
if he blew the whistle.
If that man exposed Avercol,
it would have meant more
money for my clients
and 15% of a bigger pie for me.
Why would I try and stop that?
Because you were out of time.
Cobb's vendetta against
Gilroy was a setback for cash
you desperately needed now.
- Working three years
on a pro bono case
killed your finances.
Throw a few loan sharks in
the mix, debt racking up,
collateral you
shouldn't have put down,
you're running scared.
And you're speculating.
We confiscated your PC
and found monitoring
software installed.
It matches the spyware
on Palma's phone.
- You kept tabs on her
conversations with Cobb.
So that's how you knew
that he was gearing up
to leak the evidence,
and you had to act.
- With Cobb dead and Avercol
taking the fall for it,
you hoped the settlement
would be expedited.
Time to come clean.
We'll skip legal gridlock
if you do the right thing.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
- You don't have
to say anything.
Just know the Bulgarian
rolled on you.
And he'll testify that
you hired him to kill Cobb
and which high-risk
lender sent you his fee.
I'd like to make a deal too.
We're a little past that.
That's not fair.
Fair?
What about the 18 lives
you were supposed to defend
or the girl who got
caught in the crossfire
when you hired a hit
man to blow up Cobb?
Your people trusted you,
and you used them like
a shield to hide behind.
Maybe it's time you faced them.
♪ ♪
- I'm here to remind
you of a broken promise.
Daniel Sim n.
He proposed to his wife
at Lake Velence
on a rented boat.
She said it was
the windiest day.
They both wanted children,
little ones to play
with in the garden
and read stories to before bed.
But then Dani got sick.
Beatrice Farkas.
She taught herself
five languages
but fell in love with Spanish.
She has an itch to travel.
Wanted to see the
Amazon rainforest
since she was a girl.
♪ ♪
Palma Kov cs.
Likes to sing pop
songs in the shower
and paint landscapes,
prefers sunrises to sunsets.
Her favorite season is winter.
- [sobbing] I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
♪ ♪
The victims get more money.
Case doesn't go to trial.
Chapter comes to an end.
- And Sam Gilroy gets to
walk away from all of this.
That's not justice.
- There may be a silver
lining with that.
When Gilroy admitted the
cover-up was Cobb's idea,
he implicated himself.
The bureau can now
open an investigation
with the assistant
U.S. attorney.
Evidence concealment,
conspiracy,
and obstruction of justice.
Gilroy and Avercol go under
the microscope back home.
- The FBI will build a case
while the settlement resolves.
- No guarantees of a conviction,
but it will turn his
life upside down.
- That's a fraction
of what he deserves,
but I'm glad you're
with us on this.
- This kind of tragedy hits
the community a certain way.
Not everyone can act
in those situations.
Palma, what you've done,
how far you're willing to
go for what you believe...
It's bravery.
- So my sister kept adding
cocoa powder the entire time.
For the Georgian
half of my family,
this khinkali was the
most offensive thing
they'd ever eaten.
[both chuckle]
You know, if you
need someplace to be,
it's really, really okay.
You honored Hungary by
purchasing this beer.
Sorry, caught me in a moment.
- I listen well, if
you feel like sharing.
- I just found myself
thinking about this case
and all the collateral damage,
the victims of Avercol.
It's not even just the workers;
it's everyone around
them who lost something.
And even with Cobb, a
teenager became a casualty
just for being there,
and now her parents
have to deal with that.
Who's looking out
for any of them?
Up for taking a drive with me?
Sure.
Oh, you mean now?
- Maybe we order a
few things to go.
Do you have a menu?
[indistinct conversation]
- Oh, that's good. I
hope you're holding up.
My friend and I were
just in the neighborhood,
and I'm glad she's doing okay.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
[soft music]
Everything okay?
Yeah, no, perfect.
You've been a good sport.
I think I owe you
a proper drink.
Call it an American tradition.
So how long do you
have to wear it?
[chuckles]
♪ ♪
[tense music]
♪ ♪
[wolf howls]
Flexed knees absorb recoil.
Gives you better movement too.
Square to the target,
feet in position.
[speaking Hungarian]
[guns cocking]
[gunshots]
- Your goal is to
close the distance.
Within a foot, it's
violence of action.
Remember what I said
about a fulcrum?
Momentum is key. Watch.
Just tap if it's too much, okay?
[groaning]
- Once you're here, it's
simple body mechanics.
I have leverage, so even if
Lieutenant Erdos
tries something...
[groans]
- You okay?
- Yeah, yeah. No problem.
- You sure?
- Yeah.
I'll shake it off.
[speaks Hungarian] It's a
good reminder, you guys.
Sometimes out there in the
field it can get messy.
[light laughter]
- Okay, yeah, maybe
let's take five.
♪ ♪
- I mean, are we
really doing this?
15 years, you're trying
to just throw it away.
This is you playing
the victim, as usual.
And which one of
us gave up exactly?
Right.
Can you even look Sophie
and Jack in the eye?
They're old enough to.
[alarms blaring]
♪ ♪
[moaning]
[speaks Hungarian]
[speaking indistinctly]
♪ ♪
- Heard the sirens
from our place.
Car bomb.
Vo's got the details.
Victim is Neil Cobb,
an American lawyer
out of Houston.
He and his firm represent
a chemical company
called Avercol.
U.S.-based, but they had plants
- and workers here in Budapest.
- Had?
- Avercol's in the middle
of a class action lawsuit,
Cobb was lead defense.
It was all over the news.
Hungarian workers got sick
due to chronic exposure
to cadmium, a toxic metal.
Now they're suing
Avercol for damages.
- But the American company
is still operating.
When things went south,
they just relocated,
- hell for leather.
- Considerate.
- Class actions take
years to resolve,
and Avercol is still trying
to negotiate a settlement.
Cobb was heading that up.
- It seems clear he was
the intended target.
Then there's Marg Halmi:
14-year-old walking her dog.
Caught shrapnel in the blast.
She's in critical condition.
- Cobb kept a flat in his
name on the Pest side.
It's a crime scene now.
Smitty, your tenure in
explosive disposal unit
could be a real asset here.
- I want you on forensics.
- My pleasure.
HNP's on site.
They've confirmed this
is an assassination.
The who and why are
what we are after.
Let's get to it.
♪ ♪
Thank you.
Ah, Agent Forrester.
Agent Kellett. Slight
occupational hazard.
I'm fine.
What's the latest?
- Bomb was wired
to the ignition.
Driver was killed instantly,
and our only witness
- just went into surgery.
- And motive?
- We think this was tied
to Mr. Cobb's profession,
his client, specifically.
- Avercol has a lot
of enemies here.
- Yes, my cousin works
for the municipality,
says that the company
came here to exploit
Hungary's infrastructure, tax
laws, economy, labor force.
Avercol lined their pockets,
and once they were done
poisoning our people, left.
They don't have a lot
of friends around here.
- So the locals felt
Cobb had it coming.
- How'd the HNP feel about him?
- It's complicated.
There were a few times
he called us claiming
that he was being harassed.
- By whom?
- Never said.
But support here lies
with the plant workers,
and he was one of
the more recognizable
Americans in Budapest.
So we took the
threat very seriously
but found no
substance behind it.
And then he accused the police
of scheming against him.
Cobb seemed paranoid.
- Or perceptive,
based on the fact
that he was just assassinated.
- Yes, we should have
been more responsive.
- The explosive residue
is off to the lab.
Obviously, every component
used to build this bomb
was blown apart, but
that doesn't mean
the pieces vanished.
A proper post-blast
search, and we just might
be able to put it back together.
Could lead us somewhere.
- I can arrange that.
- Great.
I'm gonna check
with Raines and Vo,
see if they've found anything.
- Putting aside any
personal views on Avercol,
please know that you have
the full cooperation...
Your arm is broken.
- Oh, no, don't worry,
the bone is fine.
This is just precaution.
I'll be okay, I promise.
- Lieutenant, I admire
your confidence,
but maybe I'd feel better
hearing that from a doctor.
Okay, fair enough.
Although Hungarian
tradition says that
if you break someone's
arm, you have to dispense
with the formalities.
My friends call me Ben.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
We have Cobb's U.S. phone,
but it's been turned off for
months... not much there.
- HNP found a prepaid
cell in the car, too,
burnt to a crisp along
with a leather bag.
Nothing in it survived.
- All right, see if you can
pull anything from that burner.
- There's a cleared-out
safe over there.
The only prints we found
here belonged to Cobb.
All right.
All right, the killer
knew where he lived.
And he knew what he drove.
Did they just want Cobb or
were they after something else?
- [speaking Hungarian]
- This is my boss's apartment.
Let me in. You can't
touch anything.
Let me in. He's my boss.
I'm his emergency contact.
Can somebody just tell me
what happened here, please?
Sorry, I don't think I
should be talking to the FBI.
I need to call the firm.
- I get your hesitation, but
this was clearly targeted.
Somebody wanted Cobb dead.
And what you share
now could be crucial.
- I'm just an associate. It's
my first year at the firm.
- You and Cobb were here
to depose the plaintiffs.
- We heard there might
have been bad blood there.
I know that this is a lot
and your head is spinning,
but Cobb's family overseas
is about to learn the news
of what just happened.
Just talk to us.
We're just trying to help.
- He had enemies
in Budapest, right?
- Our job was to ensure
the case won't go to trial
and that Avercol pays
as little as possible.
That's gonna ruffle feathers.
If you ask me, I think
the plant workers
were just tired of Neil's games.
Explain.
- Plaintiffs knew any
settlement offer from us
would be lowball,
but Neil kept trying
to push the number lower.
He's not stupid. He knew
they'd never go for it.
- Well, that's a leap from them
strapping an IED to his car.
- Look, I'm not saying
it's what happened,
but if Neil was stalling,
what if someone decided
to take him out?
And what if they're
not finished?
- We can get you police
protection for now,
but you need to stay local.
When's the last
time you saw Cobb?
- The last deposition
was two weeks ago.
Since then, nothing.
- Maybe we're dealing
with a sympathizer.
Family, friends?
- Plant workers believe they're
the victim in this narrative.
If they thought Avercol
was now planning
to rob them in broad daylight,
there's no telling
what they'd do.
- Scott?
- Yeah?
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
Left on our windshield.
I didn't see who left it.
- No trace DNA
and zero witnesses
since we parked
around the corner.
Whoever left it
for us was careful.
- There was the empty
safe in Cobb's flat.
Maybe these files went with him.
Which means we're too late.
Is this a tip?
- Elia and the HNP think
someone took out Cobb
to send a message to Avercol.
That person has the full story.
They could be trying
to read us in.
- They might have a
lead on the killer.
Just scared to stick
their neck out.
- Smitty's still working
on the bomb reconstruction.
But get this, main ingredient
in the blast residue
wasn't C-4 or Semtex, it's TATP.
Same thing like the Manchester
bombing, Paris attacks.
- So this could
have been homemade?
- Out of the 18 plaintiffs
involved in the suit,
flagged one with a criminal
record, Daniel Sim n.
After Avercol shut
down their plants,
Daniel became a truck driver
for a few factories in Budapest.
So the job would have given
him access to raw chemicals,
including acetone and
hydrogen peroxide.
Components for TATP.
Got an address for Daniel.
Go.
♪ ♪
[speaking Hungarian]
I'm looking for Daniel Sim n.
Inside.
Dani.
♪ ♪
Dani.
He's on medication.
Tell me why you're here.
- Head counsel for Avercol
was killed this morning.
We think it's related
to the class action
Dani was a part of.
Can we take a look around?
- Do your business,
but do it quietly.
He needs to rest.
♪ ♪
The bombing was on the news,
but we don't speak about
that company in our home.
I won't put more
stress on my husband.
- We're very sorry
for everything
you two are going through.
- The metal that
poisoned everyone,
cadmium, it targets
kidneys, lungs, and bone.
He gave everything to that job,
and all they did
was take from us.
- We're wondering if
somebody took matters
into their own hands
that could be unhappy
with the settlement amount
or want swifter justice
for the victims.
- We are not in touch with
the other workers anymore.
Our lawyer, Zal n Madaras, he
represents all the victims.
He's handling everything.
We should talk to him next.
- I'll give
Forrester a heads up.
♪ ♪
Zal n Madaras.
- We're investigating
the death of an American.
Hoping you can shed
light on any clients
who dealt with Neil Cobb.
These are good men and women.
Their only crime is
being naive to think
their employer would give a
damn after poisoning them.
They as angry as you?
They're not killers.
Then help us prove it.
- I took this case for no money.
We've already fought
for three years.
My clients don't want a
war, they want to settle.
But Avercol seems ready
to erase our story.
And if the FBI is beholden
to American interests,
you will be on the
wrong side of history.
- We're not on a side,
we just want the truth.
- An innocent girl is
fighting for her life now
because someone
wanted Cobb gone.
Your clients spoke to him
during the depositions.
They may have information
vital to the case.
R zsa Chapel, you know it?
Sure.
- There's a meeting to
discuss how today's news
will impact the settlement.
I'm going there now.
- We'd appreciate any
help you can give.
Tensions are high.
So here's a friendly tip.
Keep your badges hidden.
♪ ♪
[phone buzzing]
- That burner found
on Cobb's body,
phone records show he
called his family back home,
but the call just before that
was local to another prepaid.
Traceable?
- I can run a pretext
call to that number,
and if it pings the cell tower,
we can narrow down the location.
Do it.
Number's still active.
[phone ringing]
He's in the chapel.
♪ ♪
FBI, stop right there.
Hands in the air.
Now turn around slowly.
She's one of the plaintiffs.
- We're looking into
Neil Cobb's murder.
And you think I did it?
- We know that you
were the last person
to talk to him alive.
You have it backwards.
The plant workers
weren't his enemy.
Neil Cobb was working
against Avercol.
He betrayed his own client.
And that's the reason
they had him killed.
♪ ♪
- I come from a
working-class family.
When Avercol announced
announced its factories
in Budapest, we saw
promise and opportunity.
A fantasy, maybe.
That company knew we were
being exposed to cancer,
and they let it happen,
and then they buried it.
Neil Cobb is the only one
who fought to expose the lie,
and he paid for it.
- Did he have proof
about this cover-up?
[suspenseful music]
- Internal briefs, recordings
of private conversations,
doctor toxicity reports.
Neil made copies of everything
Avercol thought they destroyed.
And that's enough reason to
have a good man silenced.
This is you?
I wanted to help anonymously.
If Avercol were
willing to kill Neil,
they won't think twice about me.
- But the evidence is gone,
Palma, burned up in the car.
- These people
understand oppression.
They'll do whatever
it takes to win.
- What was the nature of
your relationship with Cobb?
The man called you
the night he died.
He trusted me.
I had a contact at the news.
We were going to leak
the cover-up to them.
Neil believed Avercol was
about to take drastic measures.
- If you knew the
reason for Cobb's death,
you could have
called the police.
- I planned to, but without
proof, it's useless.
And then I heard the
FBI was involved.
- And you were the only one
Cobb spoke to about this?
Not your lawyer, not
the other plaintiffs?
Neil only confided in me.
Some of the others knew I
had his ear, but that's it.
And once we exposed Avercol,
we'd have the
company by the balls.
Obviously, they
got to him first.
- Did Cobb mention
anyone at Avercol
who might have caught
wind of his plan?
Only one person scared him.
Sam Gilroy, the CEO.
That man is pure evil.
♪ ♪
- If Cobb blew the
whistle on his own client,
Avercol would have
gone down in flames.
There was reason here
to neutralize him.
- Assuming the cover-up's true,
she has reason to lie to us.
- Well, if it is true,
it explains why Cobb
was dragging his feet
on the settlement.
Maybe he was trying to buy time,
stack evidence up
against Avercol.
- Get a warrant
on Palma's phone.
She might have something
in her exchanges with Cobb.
- By now, Cobb's death is
public knowledge in the U.S.
And guess who just
landed in Budapest?
Well, that was fast.
- Thought it was weird he
would drop everything for this.
Turns out Gilroy and Cobb
have been friends for decades.
Same college, same
country club membership.
Their kids even go to
the same prep school.
Gilroy basically appointed his
frat brother to represent him.
Seems they both got
obscenely rich together.
- Maybe after 30 years of
protecting this scumbag,
Cobb finally had enough.
[phone ringing]
- How's the post-blast coming?
I can tell you one thing,
whoever built this
bomb was trying hard
to make it look
like amateur work.
But the circuitry
says otherwise.
It's a dead ringer
for ex-military.
It's odd, though.
We've nearly put the
whole thing back together,
and we seem to be
missing a detonator.
Never turned up on
our grid search.
- All right, keep
us in the loop.
Well, the CEO didn't
plant the bomb.
We've also got about two weeks
since the last deposition
where Cobb's unaccounted for.
Yeah.
Where's his car been?
- Traffic cameras
aren't turning up much.
Hungary's plates are linked
to the toll system
electronically.
Maybe Cobb got flagged there?
- I sent that request
to public road network,
but they're backed up.
It's taking forever.
- I may be able to
push that through.
- All right, Raines and I
will head to Gilroy's hotel,
get some face time with our CEO.
♪ ♪
Ben?
You're kidding.
Don't worry, it's nothing.
Come on, let's go to my office.
- I'm slightly concerned
you'll be in a coffin
next time I see you.
The bone is back in place.
Doctor just wants to err
on the side of caution.
Ugh.
- I'm flattered you came
by to check on me, though.
This is awkward.
I need a favor, actually.
We're trying to see if
any tolls here picked up
Cobb's license plate.
Time frame?
- As far back as
you can take us.
But the network's backlogged,
and I need to rush this.
I'll make a call.
But for now, the
least you could do
is autograph your handiwork.
You know, Hungarian
tradition says
that if you break someone's arm,
you have to buy them a beer.
You're really milking this.
- Maybe I'm combining
a few traditions.
[chuckles]
[knock at door]
- Surgeons extracted the
shrapnel from the young girl.
- How is she?
- Stable, recovering.
- I know at least one person
who would like to see this.
Thank you.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
It doesn't seem real.
It feels like just yesterday
we were sauced on champagne,
throwing dice in Macau.
Now you're here to repatriate
your friend's body,
is that right?
- Yeah, Neil's done enough
time in Budapest on my behalf.
I'm taking him home.
The crowd here seems
to have it out for us.
- I'm sure the misconduct claims
against your company
aren't helping.
Ah, it's a chess match.
Plant workers are just trying
to squeeze out a
larger settlement.
- Or some might say
Avercol is knowingly
suppressing malfeasance.
Any truth there?
- A statement like that,
you better have proof.
- I heard proof was
in Cobb's possession.
You would have the most
to lose if that evidence
were to get out.
Are you saying I'm a suspect?
You tell me.
[tense music]
- I was gonna kick him
a bonus for saving me
nine figures on this settlement.
He's a great lawyer,
great friend.
It's absurd.
- Maybe your friend
came face to face
with the effect of his actions,
changed his mind
about helping you.
I've known him for 30 years.
Trust me, when you get
rich the way he did,
you are immune to
a change of heart.
- You seem remarkably blas
about poisoning your employees.
- Look, we've got factories
on three continents.
Things happen in my company
that I'm not always aware of.
Neil got paid to
handle my affairs.
But I didn't know
what he was thinking
or doing half the time.
So maybe he pissed
off the wrong people,
cut his life short,
I don't know.
But I do know that
I had nothing to do
with the bomb that
killed my friend.
So why don't you two
do your damn jobs
and find the son
of a bitch who did.
- Thank you for your time.
- Mm-hmm.
♪ ♪
- Gilroy didn't even
deny the cover-up.
- He knows this
investigation's about murder,
not corporate conspiracy.
- You should have pushed harder.
- Guys like him like hearing
the sound of their own voice.
Better to let him think
he's calling the shots,
unless we want to be
dealing with his lawyers.
[phone rings] How we looking?
- Doctors pulled
a piece of metal
from our teenager,
saved her life.
Missing blasting cap was
lodged in her rib cage
from the explosion.
Device signature still
points to former military,
and they found writing
on the detonator.
It's in Bulgarian.
- Does Avercol have
any ties there?
No trace of a relationship.
This feels like a lone
wolf operating locally.
- Well, the KGB used to
recruit Bulgarian soldiers
for covert assassinations.
Might be similar wet work there.
I tend to agree.
♪ ♪
- I appreciate you keeping
my client in the loop,
but don't forget
that I represent her.
We've seen too many
vultures already.
- That's fair enough.
I'll cut to the chase.
We found spyware on the phone
Palma turned over to us.
What?
- Someone was monitoring
your conversations.
My guess is keeping
tabs on you and Cobb.
- Avercol?
- Could have been.
We're still trying to ID
exactly where it came from,
possibly a malware attachment.
Maybe other plaintiffs
were targeted
and their phones are
also compromised.
- I was the only one in
communication with Neil.
God, it's all my fault.
They knew and they came
for Neil because of me.
[speaking Hungarian]
From the start, this has
been David and Goliath.
We've come so close
to a settlement.
Falling back to square
one now will crush us.
- We're not trying to
jam up proceedings.
- We cannot give Avercol
the satisfaction.
Seeing this through is what
Neil would have wanted.
Road network came through.
The night before he died,
Cobb's Mercedes was flagged
on a tollway outside town.
- Where was he headed?
- Unclear.
- The return trip's
interesting, though.
Checkpoint snapped
another photo.
[suspenseful music]
That's not Cobb.
Who's behind the wheel?
- It's Elia Cruz, his associate.
But she said she hadn't
seen him in weeks.
- She not only saw him the
night before he blew up,
this girl had his car keys.
♪ ♪
- Hiding that you had
access to the victim's car
24 hours before
the bomb went off?
- It's not a good look.
- Neil was too drunk to drive.
He gets that way sometimes.
I swear, he's literally
passed out in the back seat.
- Which is weird, since you
hadn't seen Cobb in weeks?
Okay. I'm sorry I lied.
But there's a reason.
Neil had me pick him
up outside of town
at a gentlemen's club, Plush.
He's been a bit of a mess
ever since his wife left him.
I think he just needs...
Needed companionship.
Let's talk optics.
Your budding career as a
lawyer was tied to Cobb.
If he torched his reputation
to take down Avercol,
you had a lot to lose.
- What do you mean
take down Avercol?
- The cover-up.
- What cover-up?
Look, I want to help.
Then no more secrets.
How was Cobb's
relationship with Avercol?
Lucrative.
- And you never witnessed
anything unusual?
[suspenseful music]
Our firm has an online system
with access to
Avercol's servers.
It keeps a log of
documents uploaded,
downloaded, or purged.
One night, I got an alert.
It looked like Neil
copied some files
before Avercol
wiped them for good.
The files are long gone,
but there should be a digital
footprint on our portal.
We'd like to review that.
- Is there anything else?
- There's one more thing.
A few months ago, I
overheard them on the phone,
a call I shouldn't have been on.
When exactly?
- Last year. Labor
Day, I think.
Neil was... I mean, he was
tearing Mr. Gilroy a new one.
Lawyers don't speak to
their clients that way.
What was the topic?
I only heard a tiny bit,
but I have never heard
my boss so angry.
He kept telling Gilroy what
he did was indefensible.
He used that word.
The whole thing felt
extremely personal.
- I'll swing by the strip
club, confirm the story.
Maybe someone there saw Cobb.
Timing's everything.
Cobb's wife Cindy served him
divorce papers last year.
It happened just a week after
the phone call Elia heard.
And it gets worse for Cobb.
Gilroy's credit card
history shows he bought
a penthouse suite and a
five-star hotel in Austin.
Cindy had been staying
there for months.
We've also placed them
together at resorts
in Horseshoe Bay and Lost Pines.
- Elia was right
when she said things
got personal between these guys.
His wife was cheating
on him with his friend.
- Do you think them shacking
up is what lit Cobb's fuse?
Set him down the path
to come after Avercol?
- That could mean everything
Palma told us is true.
Gilroy's been holding his
tongue about it long enough.
Let's go.
♪ ♪
Before we start, I
want you to be aware
that you don't have
to speak with us.
- I'm hoping to find who
did this just like you.
Get on with it.
- Were you sleeping
with Cobb's wife?
- Another refresher,
title 18, section 1001,
it's a crime to lie to the FBI.
- Two consenting
adults, not a crime.
- And you don't think
your buddy would have felt
some type of way about it?
- Neil wasn't
exactly Mr. Faithful.
- Cindy knew that.
- Nice of you to comfort her.
Given your long history,
Cobb's change of
heart makes sense now.
What do you want me to say?
There was a brief
fling, so what?
I made up with my wife.
Look, you want to tell me
he went off the deep end
because of the affair, fine.
But me having him smoked,
uh-uh, that's insane.
You know what that is?
- Cobb's firm kept a ledger
of shared information
with their clients.
Cobb accessed Avercol's servers
and withdrew the tox reports.
- The real ones that show
the levels of cadmium
plant workers were ingesting,
not the ones that
you doctored up
and replaced them with.
- Let me tell you something,
I don't type on computers.
I don't do reports. I
make deals. I manage...
- This proves Cobb
had something that you
didn't want getting out.
- What's one more
life when you consider
all the ones
Avercol ruined here?
Companies seem to forget
how they get to the top
on the backs of others.
Give me a break.
- What Cobb did in
Budapest took courage,
fighting for the workers,
amplifying their voice.
- You have no clue what
you're talking about.
- Maybe you just
didn't like that.
A fish rots from
the head, right?
- You're trying to find
some way to pin this on me
- and make him out to be some...
- Cobb knew that Avercol...
- The damn cover-up
was his idea!
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- Cobb suggested
burying the evidence?
- Had I actually seen
that ledger before,
if I actually knew
what he was scheming,
I'd have leveled him in court.
Attorney/client
privilege and all that.
Not if he had a plant worker
secretly leak what
he was feeding her.
- Cobb had months to make
that happen and never did.
You know why?
He's got a vindictive gene.
It had to be him who
stuck the knife in me.
And if he succeeded?
Then what?
I'd have fired his ass.
Then there would have been
a change-up in lawyers,
put the case on ice.
You can probably guess what
that does to the settlement.
No one sees a dime
for another two years.
- Cobb had to have
known his actions
would have screwed over
the victims getting paid.
- I don't think Cobb
ever gave a damn
about the plant workers.
He only went off-leash
because of the affair.
- Meanwhile, the
plaintiffs were caught
in a messed up tug-of-war
between two narcissists.
- So either Gilroy had
enough and took out Cobb
or someone found a perfect
scapegoat in Avercol.
- And the killer's
still out there.
- Plush turned over
their CCTV footage.
Here's the feed
from their entrance.
You can see Elia grabbing Cobb.
♪ ♪
Hang on.
Cobb picked up a tail.
- Gray SUV parked across
from the moment Cobb arrived,
just waiting.
This is our guy, isn't it?
- You can't make
out the plates here,
but when it shadowed
him home that night,
tollway camera caught a partial.
- Six matches for a gray
Chevy with this partial plate.
Which one's our bomber?
Get closer on the wheels.
Studded tires.
Any one of our six places get
snow or sleet in the winter?
- There... Visegr d,
north of the city.
Geography and elevation make
it prone to icy weather.
Studded tires make sense.
- Property is registered
to Mar t Toth,
50-year-old Hungarian
farmer, no wife, no kids.
He died years ago.
- Cobb's assassin seems to
be keeping his memory alive.
♪ ♪
[beeping]
- [rapid beeping]
- Move!
[shouting]
♪ ♪
[coughs]
[high-pitched ringing]
- [voice muffled]
Scott, you okay?
Hey, you okay?
[speaking normally] Scott?
I'm good, really.
Okay, we'll call a medic.
- If there's any doubt we
had the right address...
Here. Come on.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
Check the drives.
Acetone, hydrogen peroxide.
Ladies and gentlemen,
we have TATP.
I reckon we found Cobb's killer.
[speaking Hungarian]
- Station cop car just
flagged our suspect's vehicle
coming this way.
He's not stopping.
[gunshots]
Get in.
♪ ♪
In pursuit.
Proceed with caution,
suspect is likely armed.
What the hell is he doing?
Down!
[gunfire]
♪ ♪
Suspect's definitely armed.
We need spikes now!
[officers shouting in Hungarian]
♪ ♪
- Mihail Korvalov,
former demolitionist
for the Bulgarian armed forces,
dishonorably discharged.
Made a lucrative career
switch to hired gun.
- Mate, we've got
you on the TATP,
linked you to the car bomb,
murder, evading arrest,
and the trap which nearly
blew up an officer.
You're done.
But we know somebody
put you up to it.
- We could always ship him
back to the motherland.
He could stand trial
for his crimes at home.
Great point.
Fancy serving out your days
in a Bulgarian prison cell?
How long would you
last inside those walls
before somebody gets to you?
- The other option is cooperate.
- Give up whoever
paid you for the hit.
And if you become a
source, facilitate arrests,
I can put more on the table.
You might just be
worth something.
- Crawl before you walk, though.
We want the man who hired
you for Cobb's death.
♪ ♪
- Mr. Madaras is
currently in a meeting.
Let's go.
He's headed for the
southwest corner!
♪ ♪
He's now headed north.
Freeze!
Against the wall!
[siren wailing]
Hands behind your back.
You're under arrest.
Take him.
♪ ♪
- For the last year,
Madaras has been trying
to keep his business afloat.
On the brink of a recession,
dude made some bad
financial plays.
Wound up with a slew of
debt he needed clear.
- Nail in the coffin's
when he borrowed
from the wrong people.
Korvalov told us that
his fee for Cobb was 50K.
Madaras borrowed
exactly that amount
from these guys, his
last loan from them
at five times the interest.
Says they even made
the introduction.
- Before they put a
girl in the hospital.
- Most plaintiff attorneys
are paid on contingency.
They only get their
cut once the settlement
has been reached.
Madaras had no way
to fix the situation.
His only hope was the payout.
- Which he would have
gotten if not for Cobb,
the man who threatened to
unravel the whole thing
if he blew the whistle.
If that man exposed Avercol,
it would have meant more
money for my clients
and 15% of a bigger pie for me.
Why would I try and stop that?
Because you were out of time.
Cobb's vendetta against
Gilroy was a setback for cash
you desperately needed now.
- Working three years
on a pro bono case
killed your finances.
Throw a few loan sharks in
the mix, debt racking up,
collateral you
shouldn't have put down,
you're running scared.
And you're speculating.
We confiscated your PC
and found monitoring
software installed.
It matches the spyware
on Palma's phone.
- You kept tabs on her
conversations with Cobb.
So that's how you knew
that he was gearing up
to leak the evidence,
and you had to act.
- With Cobb dead and Avercol
taking the fall for it,
you hoped the settlement
would be expedited.
Time to come clean.
We'll skip legal gridlock
if you do the right thing.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
- You don't have
to say anything.
Just know the Bulgarian
rolled on you.
And he'll testify that
you hired him to kill Cobb
and which high-risk
lender sent you his fee.
I'd like to make a deal too.
We're a little past that.
That's not fair.
Fair?
What about the 18 lives
you were supposed to defend
or the girl who got
caught in the crossfire
when you hired a hit
man to blow up Cobb?
Your people trusted you,
and you used them like
a shield to hide behind.
Maybe it's time you faced them.
♪ ♪
- I'm here to remind
you of a broken promise.
Daniel Sim n.
He proposed to his wife
at Lake Velence
on a rented boat.
She said it was
the windiest day.
They both wanted children,
little ones to play
with in the garden
and read stories to before bed.
But then Dani got sick.
Beatrice Farkas.
She taught herself
five languages
but fell in love with Spanish.
She has an itch to travel.
Wanted to see the
Amazon rainforest
since she was a girl.
♪ ♪
Palma Kov cs.
Likes to sing pop
songs in the shower
and paint landscapes,
prefers sunrises to sunsets.
Her favorite season is winter.
- [sobbing] I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
♪ ♪
The victims get more money.
Case doesn't go to trial.
Chapter comes to an end.
- And Sam Gilroy gets to
walk away from all of this.
That's not justice.
- There may be a silver
lining with that.
When Gilroy admitted the
cover-up was Cobb's idea,
he implicated himself.
The bureau can now
open an investigation
with the assistant
U.S. attorney.
Evidence concealment,
conspiracy,
and obstruction of justice.
Gilroy and Avercol go under
the microscope back home.
- The FBI will build a case
while the settlement resolves.
- No guarantees of a conviction,
but it will turn his
life upside down.
- That's a fraction
of what he deserves,
but I'm glad you're
with us on this.
- This kind of tragedy hits
the community a certain way.
Not everyone can act
in those situations.
Palma, what you've done,
how far you're willing to
go for what you believe...
It's bravery.
- So my sister kept adding
cocoa powder the entire time.
For the Georgian
half of my family,
this khinkali was the
most offensive thing
they'd ever eaten.
[both chuckle]
You know, if you
need someplace to be,
it's really, really okay.
You honored Hungary by
purchasing this beer.
Sorry, caught me in a moment.
- I listen well, if
you feel like sharing.
- I just found myself
thinking about this case
and all the collateral damage,
the victims of Avercol.
It's not even just the workers;
it's everyone around
them who lost something.
And even with Cobb, a
teenager became a casualty
just for being there,
and now her parents
have to deal with that.
Who's looking out
for any of them?
Up for taking a drive with me?
Sure.
Oh, you mean now?
- Maybe we order a
few things to go.
Do you have a menu?
[indistinct conversation]
- Oh, that's good. I
hope you're holding up.
My friend and I were
just in the neighborhood,
and I'm glad she's doing okay.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
[soft music]
Everything okay?
Yeah, no, perfect.
You've been a good sport.
I think I owe you
a proper drink.
Call it an American tradition.
So how long do you
have to wear it?
[chuckles]
♪ ♪
[tense music]
♪ ♪
[wolf howls]