Homeland (2011–…): Season 7, Episode 8 - Lies, Amplifiers, F**king Twitter - full transcript

Previously on
"Homeland"...

On March 30th,
I was told

to withdraw money
from these places.

Were you delivering
the money on your own behalf?

Ms. Martin, we need to know
who this is

or we can all go home.

A senior White House official.

You mean David Wellington?

This woman's lying.

- What are you talking about?
- She's full of shit and now

she's lying to a Senator.
We have to pull the plug.



Whoever's bankrolling
this woman also wants

McClendon's murder
pinned on the White House.

So she was supposed
to get caught?

Is that what you're saying?

She was supposed to testify
in front of the Committee?

Weren't you and your FBI friend
interested in just this outcome?

You said you had
some questions about Dante?

I-I'd like to hear what you know
about his work life.

You know what really
bugged him?

Right around the time he's sent
home from Kabul, total pariah,

there's this woman,
this CIA station chief

who's completely off the rails.

And you know what she gets?
A promotion.

He's FBI.



He spent several years
in counterterrorism overseas.

- Hey, sir.
- Yeah?

We may have a problem.

She was warned
to stay clear.

Why you went to Audrey.

- Because I think you're...
- Aah!

- Get on the ground!
- On the ground!

- No!
- Don't move!

- Get the fuck off me!
- It's okay.

It's okay, Franny.

Shh.

*HOMELAND*
Season 07 Episode 08
Title : "Lies, Amplifiers, F**king Twitter

He saved our lives.

Yeah.

What was his name?

Carrie, you're not yourself.

You don't have
my condition.

I'm dealing with it.
I-I've been dealing with it

since I was 22.

She said no one at work
could know. She's bipolar.

The mood of the country,
it's not great.

Civil... War!

Madam President, please!

You have to put a stop to this!

It's only getting worse.

Is there no fucking line?

Ridiculous lies and accusations.

The White House
is in crisis mode.

I'm talking
about information warfare.

Our country
is under attack.

The time to rise up is now!

I swore an oath
to protect it.

Just think of me
as a light on the heavens,

a beacon, steering you clear
of the wrongs.

You okay?

Hey, I know you're upset
about last night. It was scary.

I was scared.

But everything's okay now.
We're fine.

Um, but this is the thing,
sweetheart...

You can't talk about it,
not to anyone.

Why?

'Cause I could get in
really, really big trouble.

Do you hear what I'm saying?

- Yes.
- Okay.

Oh! It's Mrs. Clarke.
She's your favorite, right?

Franny!

What's up? Oh.

Uh, she had a rough night
last night. Not much sleep.

Oh. You poor thing.

Okay, I'm gonna go now.
Okay, sweetheart?

I love you.

It's okay.

Okay. Bye.

Yeah?

You fucked me up.

I was working him.
I had a plan.

Oh. That's what you call it?

No, I'm telling you,
I was close.

I'm telling you,
I've got this.

Yeah, only you don't because
if you understood how he thinks,

you would never have sent
an assault team

to break down his front door.

He's got a list of
grievances a mile long that,

in his mind,
justifies anything he does.

I mean, you just
added to that.

I need
to talk to you.

Yeah,
that's what we're doing.

No, not like this.
Where are you?

Damn it, Saul!
Simone testifies in two days.

If you were really so
sure you had a way to stop that,

you wouldn't have
answered the phone.

Where are you?

So...
General McClendon's death

is now officially
a murder investigation.

Yes. I was already aware.

The Director briefed me.

And you accept
his conclusions?

Where are you going
with this?

We're here, Madam President,

committee members from
both sides of the aisle,

because for us,
the path forward is clear.

And what is that?

General McClendon was murdered.

We have a witness appearing
before us in two days

who will implicate
your Chief of Staff

and therefore, you,
in the General's death.

We're here...

to ask you to resign.

You've been wanting to say that
since the day I was sworn in,

so... there.

You finally did.

- If you do this...
- Resign.

We'll cancel Ms. Martin's
appearance before the committee

and spare you, and the country,
the chaos that would result

from these kinds of
criminal charges

being leveled against
this office.

Let me ask you something.

We have known each other
15 years.

Shari, we have known each other
even longer than that.

All of us,

we have worked
on committees together,

voted together,

attended how many functions?

Together.

Do any of you really think
that I, what,

plucked an assassin
from some dark corner

and sent him
to the General's cell?

I am asking.

Seriously.

That's what the witness
is saying.

- And you believe her?
- The country will.

That is not what
I am asking.

Do you honestly think
that I am capable of this?

All of us,

I'm sure you, too,

have had to accept
that things we thought

could never happen
in this country apparently can.

That's why we came to you
privately.

No staffers, no leaking
to the press.

No one wants these accusations
to ever see the light of day.

We're asking you
to do the right thing,

Madam President.

This way.

Okay, all right. Um...

He's back here.

What have you got on him?

Travel. His lines up
with Simone Martin's

quite convincingly.

Yes, I know you told Max
to check that out.

Good.

You helped.
I'm not saying you didn't.

- I wanna do it.
- Do what?

What do you think?
Be the one to talk to him.

No. I get one shot.

W-Which is why I should do it.

I've known him for years,
since Kabul.

I know how he thinks.
We spent the past month

- as partners, practically.
- Yeah, I'm aware.

I don't get it.
I-I really don't.

Why are you shutting me out?

You brought Dante in
based on intel I developed.

I understand him, certainly
better than anyone here.

I can break him. You know I can.
I've done it before.

I don't trust you.

Not like I used to.

Running around like
some deranged vigilante.

What, you-you think
I don't know

how insane
my life has become?

I-I-I feel it every second
of every day,

and it is killing me.

But you're wrong about
not being able to trust me.

That man sought me out
and used me.

I am motivated more than anyone
to get him to admit that.

Please.

Let me try.

- Resign.
- Yeah.

He used that word.

He said it was
the right thing to do.

It would save the country
from chaos.

Yeah, and us from
prosecution, I bet.

Oh, yeah. That was part
of the pitch.

I don't know why I'm so shocked.

It was obvious
where this was heading.

I said it before.
I'll resign.

And I said before,
I don't want your resignation.

He's counting on that,
wearing us down

so at some point, we'll do
anything just to make it stop.

What I want is proof

that will shut down
this witness.

That's what Saul's
trying to get us.

And have you heard from him?
No, neither have I.

I've got people

who could look into
where Simone is being held.

- I could go talk to her.
- No.

Paley finds out
you even tried,

it makes everything
a hundred times worse.

Let me talk to
the Russians then.

You've spoken to Saul.
You know they're behind all this.

While he's working his angle,

I'll put pressure
directly on Moscow,

get them worried
how this might end.

I can't read between the lines
on this, Elizabeth.

You're gonna have to tell me
yes or no.

They've had a free run at us.

Tell them in terms
they understand. No more.

At least now it makes sense.

I open my house to you,

next thing I know, the SWAT
team's breaking down my door.

- That wasn't me.
- Sure.

You think I'd put
my daughter through that?

Absolutely.

I don't think you
give a damn about anyone.

- Do they know? Do they know?
- What?

What a lunatic
I'm sitting across from.

That your meds have
stopped working,

that you're self-medicating
with God knows what drugs

you buy from some skeeze
in a parking lot,

that your entire
mental health plan

is having me tell you
when to medicate

because you have
no idea?

Well, let me tell you,

whatever you're on right now,
the dosage is way off.

You know, my life may have
been less than perfect

before you showed up,
but you've turned it into

a regular shit fest.

And I don't know what you think
you've found out about me,

but it's a fantasy,

like every other thought in that
fucked up brain of yours.

- Are you done?
- No, I'm not done.

Why am I here?

This is Simone Martin,
a French national.

Yeah, I know who she is.
We ran an operation on her

- together, remember?
- This shows that her NGO,

the International Democracy
Foundation,

is a front set up
by the Russian government,

not to promote democracy,
as the name suggests,

but to undermine
opposition groups.

It's funded by money
she launders for these oligarchs

with these connections
to the Kremlin.

These you've seen before...

Evidence that she personally
delivered the funds

for the hit
on General McClendon,

which makes that murder
a Russian operation

designed to bring down our
President, Elizabeth Keane.

- So aren't you gonna ask?
- What?

"What's that got to do
with me?"

I don't need to. It's got
nothing to do with me.

Yeah, except that it does,
because while Simone Martin

is traveling through
Eastern Europe,

supposedly
promoting democracy...

there you are,
right with her.

Same cities, same hotels.

Separate rooms,
as far as I know.

You've been working with
an agent of the Russian state.

You conspired with her
to implicate

the White House Chief of Staff
in McClendon's murder.

That is why you're here...

Treason against
the United States.

We have enough
to put you away for life.

Fuck it.

I have to take a leak.

Or I can go in the corner.
It's been six hours.

Dante...

Just fucking don't.

Take him through the front.

Is it true what he said
about your meds not working?

Yeah, only not like
he said it.

Anything else
you wanna tell me?

Yeah, he's the enemy,
not me.

Mr. Ambassador.

Thank you for coming.

It's my pleasure.

Shall we go in? I understand
there is some urgency...

Actually,
the President's engaged.

Why don't you and I talk?

Um, between us, uh...

everyone at the Embassy
sends condolences.

How so?

That woman on the video
yelling at you,

screaming up a storm.

All of them are crazier
than usual these days.

I appreciate that.

And, in fact,
she's the exact person

I wanted to talk
to you about.

That woman, Simone Martin,

is about to perjure herself
in front of a Senate committee.

The President would like you
to inform Moscow

that if that happens,
if Ms. Martin lies,

we will treat it as
a hostile act.

Why?

Because she's
a Russian operative.

You can't be serious.

I understand, Viktor,
that you have to say that.

Nonetheless,

please tell Moscow that
if Simone Martin lies...

- But we don't control that.
- If she lies,

there will be consequences
for your country.

What consequences?

As I said, President Keane will
treat it as a hostile act.

We are not responsible
for that woman.

If you cannot handle her,

I don't know what
you expect me to do.

Well, the Sixth Directorate
will know.

Pass the message to Moscow.

What is this place?

Come on. You practically
gave me a tour of it.

It's a secure site.
You've seen them before.

Yeah, well,
this one I'm concerned about

- the quality of their work.
- And why is that?

This.
It's meaningless.

You know I work Russian
organized crime for the Bureau.

That's why I travel abroad,

to meet police contacts,
confidential informants.

You can check it all out.

- In fact, I don't even...
- You don't really control your schedule.

You don't even book
your own hotels.

The local FBI office does.

So the fact you were in the same
building with Simone Martin

at the same time couldn't
possibly be your doing.

You know what?
I... I'm not interested.

- You should be. It's true.
- But it's not the truth.

You lost me there.

Six weeks ago,
I was sitting in a coffee shop

across from the Capitol.

Paley just held five hours
of hearings on the 200,

who I considered
political prisoners.

I went every day.

And I was sitting there, fuming
at the injustice of it all.

And I heard a voice...

Soft, but not too soft...
On a phone nearby,

saying the exact things that
were going through my head.

And I turned to look,

and it was you.

You sought me out.

You used our friendship
to send me back

against my own country,
which, makes me,

as the Russians call it,
an active measure.

But it makes you a traitor.

- You really think that?
- No, I know that.

But I also know how
it started...

when the Bureau shipped you
back from Kabul

for something that was
not your fault.

How they mistreated you

after everything
you had done for them.

And I understand.

- Nothing to understand.
- I understand.

The problem isn't that
you don't love your country.

It's that your country
doesn't love you back.

I know what
that's like.

- Oh, please.
- What?

What? You think I wasn't
beaten down by the CIA

as much as you were
by the Bureau?

You think I had some...

Some privileged treatment
there?

A promotion? A medal?

No. No, I got nothing.
I left. I had to.

There was no place for me.
And I know, just like you,

how unbearable it is
to be on the outside

after you've been in.

Where we've both landed
is unfair.

- I haven't landed anywhere.
- We've both been used.

I know how it happens,
how... how things derail.

You think...

No, I can manage this,
but...

Step by step, somehow,

you end up very far from where
you ever wanted to be.

Nothing has happened yet
that can't be fixed.

This can all be undone.

Yes, I am telling you,
we can make that happen.

But we are running out of time.
You have to be honest now.

- Honest.
- Yeah.

Right now. With me.

Okay.

What I remember about
that coffee shop

isn't being on the phone.

And if I was, I have no idea

what I was talking about
or to whom.

All I remember is
I was divorced,

my career was a mess...

Then I saw you,

walking up to me
with that smile of yours

'cause you were happy
to see me,

which no one else had been
for a very long time.

Fuck.

I would've
followed you anywhere.

In fact, I did.

You talked me into being
a whistle-blower,

- which I did not wanna do.
- That is not true.

You stuffed me into
the trunk of a car

and took me to see Paley after
you promised you wouldn't.

That's certainly true.
And you told me about Simone.

I never even heard of her
before you.

So if I'm being
totally honest...

I want my lawyer.

You hear that?

I want my fucking lawyer!

I'm done.

He's lying.

- We'll talk about it later.
- I need another chance.

He just asked for a lawyer.
He won't say anything now.

What you need to do
is go home.

Maggie's been trying
to reach you.

Please, don't do anything
with him until I get back.

You want to stop Simone
from testifying?

He is our only way.

- Is Ms. Martin still awake?
- Yes, sir.

Who is it?

Sam Paley.

You good?

Yeah.

Being, uh,
looked after okay?

Fine.

- Is there something wrong?
- No.

Just checking in. Oh.

Day after tomorrow,
you're in front of my committee.

So, uh, what I'd like to do

is review your, uh,
testimony,

which is, uh...

Well, I'll just say it.

It's horseshit.

- Excuse me?
- David Wellington

hands you $50,000...

He didn't hand it to me.

I got it from five different
cash places.

- To pay a hit man.
- No.

He said it was for a friend
of his with a gambling debt.

You supposedly gather up
50 grand in cash.

You hide it in the woods...

what, two hours
from where you live.

You want me to believe
you did all this

because David Wellington
asked you to?

I trusted him.

Enough to carry money
for a hit on a General?

No, he told me it was for
a friend in trouble.

Good.

Huh.

My apologies if I upset you,

but, uh...

I had to be sure
you're for real.

Hi.

- Hi, Bill.
- I've been calling.

I'm sorry.
It's been a bad day.

Thanks for picking up Franny,
really.

Okay.

I'm just gonna go up and...
And say good night.

Don't. She just fell asleep.

Finally.

- I'll leave you to it.
- Mm-hmm.

What happened?

Franny wouldn't stop crying
at school today.

They tried to reach you.
They couldn't, they called me.

I left work to pick her up.

I asked her what was wrong.

She wouldn't say.
I guess you told her not to.

When I got her home,
I finally got her to talk,

after I promised that
you wouldn't get in trouble.

Jesus.

So she told me about last night
at your friend's place.

Men breaking down the door,
pulling her out of bed,

you screaming as your friend
was dragged from the house?

And then in the morning,
you took her to school.

You took her to school
and you left her there.

I'm... your sister.

And I love you.

But I'm also a doctor,
and if I see a child being abused...

- That is not fair.
- What else is it?

Have you even looked at her?
She's a nervous wreck.

If I see that, I have
a legal responsibility to act.

So this is
what's gonna happen...

I packed a suitcase for you,

and either you check yourself
into the hospital tonight

or I start proceedings to take
legal custody of Franny.

- You can't do that.
- I can, and I will.

You are not stealing
my child.

You are not going
to pull this shit again!

Get off of me!

You have got nowhere
to take her.

I'm sorry.

Franny has a home here.

She's... loved.
She feels safe.

Please. Please, don't do this.

Then come with me.

Come with me right now.
I will drive you.

Franny will come see you
every day.

You'll get well,
you'll keep your child.

Fuck.

Carrie...

How is it possible
you're even hesitating?

Okay.

There is something going on.

There's always
something going on.

No, I mean the country is
under attack right now.

Lies, amplifiers,
fucking Twitter.

People are being killed.

- You're not making sense.
- No, I am making sense.

I-I'm working with Saul.

- He needs me.
- Franny needs you more.

I can't.
I can't. I can't.

Carrie!
Don't walk out that door.

I said not now.

Fuck.

Charlotte.
How are you?

Ambassador,
lovely to see you.

Where is he?

- He's downstairs.
- Yeah?

- You okay?
- Yeah.

- Something with Franny?
- Everything's fine.

Let's talk about him.
Dante.

What happened?

Carrie.

What happened is I left Franny
at Maggie's for the time being.

What's that mean?

She's gonna be
with Maggie, not me,

for... a while.

Listen to me.

- Go back to your sister's house.
- I can't.

You can.

Go back there and whatever
you did, undo it.

Look, you said it yourself,

I've been running around
like a madman.

I can't keep inflicting
that on Franny. I can't.

But I also can't stop
any more than you can.

That man is lying 100%.
He has to admit that

so the President who was
elected to run this country

can continue to do her job.

Am I wrong?

You're not wrong.
But we're out of time.

Maybe not.

I have an idea about
what to do next.

Carrie, he asked
for a lawyer.

I know.

Let's give him one.

You represent Simone Martin?

- Who are you?
- The guy paying the bills.

I need to know where she is.

She's sequestered.
I don't know where she is.

- But you can find out.
- No.

I'm sure you can.

Like I found out that your mom
is in St. Jude's Nursing Home,

being treated for Alzheimer's,

paid for entirely by Medicaid,

even though she has assets

of millions and millions
of dollars...

Assets you have hidden through
two pass-through corporations.

Find out where Simone Martin
is being held.

I'll call you in an hour.

Patrick Steyer,

Toibin and Associates.

You have a client of mine...
Dante Allen.

Let him in.

He's here, your attorney.

Took you long enough.

Dante, I...

Not interested.

You think you go home now,
you don't.

- You go into the system.
- We'll see.

Even if he gets you released,
which... okay,

maybe somehow he does,
this doesn't stop.

You think Saul's just
gonna give up?

- He knows you're a spy.
- Only I'm not.

Everywhere you go,
you will be monitored.

Every phone call, every text,
every minute of your life

till you're behind bars.

Where is he? Here?

Can you open the door, please?

This is it. Last chance.

What are you doing here?

Did he or did he not request
the presence of an attorney?

- Who is she?
- Nobody.

Didn't Joe Toibin tell you
not to talk to anyone?

I'm not an idiot.
I didn't say anything.

Where's Joe?

He got called
to New York this morning.

Said it was urgent.
I'm subbing in.

Pat Steyer.

Just get me out of here.
This whole thing's a farce.

Yeah, Joe filled me in on
everything that you told him.

I drew up a motion demanding
your immediate release.

Check the details there.

"Statement of facts"...
Make sure that's accurate.

I got a judge that hates
this Gestapo shit.

They broke down your door
in the middle of the night, right?

Good. All goes well,

I'll have you out of here
in a couple of hours.

Then we can discuss next moves,
which, in my opinion,

involves us seeking
seven-figure damages

for violation
of your civil rights.

Until then, though,
seriously, don't say anything.

Mm.

Aah.

Ah.

Mm.

Help!

Wait.

He...

Help me!

Help!

Help!

We need help. Get a med kit.

- Help me.
- Dante.

Please help me.
Please help. Please.

Okay, hang on.
You just gotta hang on.

I think he's having
a heart attack. Call 9-1-1.

- Ma'am...
- Don't tell me protocol. Do it.

Okay, Dante, I think
you're having a heart attack.

You just gotta hang on
until the ambulance arrives.

- All right? I'm here with you.
- No.

Okay, you gotta take these
right now.

- No. No.
- Right now.

It's poison. Poison. Poison.

It's the pen.

The lawyer.
The lawyer.

Stop him! That attorney,
don't let him leave!

Like McClendon.

Russians.

How do you know?

Si... Simone.

Simone told me.

Did we get what we need?

He said McClendon
was poisoned by Russians.

- He named Simone.
- Does that get you your warrant?

Yes. He just better survive.

The antidote doesn't take
long to work.

I wanna be here
when he wakes up.

Come on. We need to get
to a judge.

Fuck.

What is it?

- His heart stopped.
- Fuck.

- Call 9-1-1.
- For real?

His heart stopped! Do it.

There's a defib in the bag.
Red case.

Yeah.

- Can you take over?
- Yeah, here.

Clear.

We got movement on the south
perimeter. I'll need cover.

- Madam President.
- Saul.

Good news finally.
We have a warrant for

- Simone Martin's arrest.
- Oh, thank God.

They have
a warrant for Simone's arrest.

Saul, it's David.
That's great news.

I'm on my way
to question her now.

- How did you manage it?
- We have an FBI agent

who confirmed
Simone's a Russian spy.

Beyond that,
better you don't know.

- But we did it. We got her.
- You wanna tell him?

Excuse me?

Saul, we've reached out
to the Russians ourselves.

- How?
- I spoke to

the Ambassador,
put some pressure on.

We wanted a backup plan to...
Doesn't really matter now.

When you exerted this pressure,
did you mention Simone by name?

Of course. That was the idea.
Keep her from testifying.

Saul, is that a problem?

Tell me.

You just put a target
on her back.

Get after them.

Go, go.

- They got her.
- What happened?

They ran a decoy out front,
came in the back.

We're fanning out,
looking for him.

Oh!

- Hello?
- She's gone.

- What?
- They got to her.

The Russians did.

Now Dante's all we've got.

Carrie?

I-I'm gonna have
to get back to you.

- What's going on?
- His heart stopped.

- What?
- His heart stopped.

It's... it's going now,
but we're in the E.R.

Tell me he's gonna make it.

Ma'am, I'm gonna need you
to step out.

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