JAG (1995–2005): Season 6, Episode 2 - Legacy: Part 2 - full transcript
While still in Chechnya, Harm learns more about his father's life after his escape from Siberia. Mac and Webb follow Harm to Russia, where they again meet both Alexei and Falcon; Mac and Alexei go onward to Chechnya and find Harm, then Mac alerts him about a plot to kill the president of Russia. In a curious twist Harm helps to defend a Russian helicopter pilot in a one-sided Russian court-martial. Meanwhile in a federal civilian court Bud defends the Navy against a suit by a woman whom the Navy had rescued from a raft at sea, but who had not wanted to be rescued; during the trial the judge eventually hears and sees enough. Later Harm, Mac, and Webb head back home.
Previously on JAG:
Do you really have
to go to Russia, Harm?
I mean, can't they fix their
own stupid laws by themselves?
It's my job, Renee.
Some do-gooder in the
Kremlin arranged the mission,
but these people
see no advantage in it.
But you do.
I want to go after one
of the corrupt ones...
A colonel-general,
and I need help.
MacKENZIE: Commander
Wade Carlton sold out his country,
trading his honor for cash.
You think you know
everything, Colonel?
I know you're going to
prison for the rest of your life.
Listen to me! That's enough.
He's desperate. You have
to listen to him; we don't.
Analysis of the bomb
residue indicates Semtex.
Very popular behind
the old Iron Curtain.
How was it detonated?
Remote control.
The killer was watching.
His name is Vasily Rokotov;
he killed Commander Carlton.
There's something
familiar about him.
He used to be in the Russian
army... demolitions expert.
Why would they
want Carlton killed?
Because he knew they were
going to kill the president of Russia,
and they still are.
So, all we have to do
is catch him selling
weapons to the enemy.
Then nothing can protect him.
We just go to Chechnya
and catch him in the act.
General Krylov controls
the armory at Kamuchev.
People say sometimes the
supply convoys from Kamuchev
reach troops with fewer
weapons than the manifest list.
I am to provide the
aerial reconnaissance
for a convoy from Kamuchev.
It might be interesting to see
what's in those boxes.
I've been ordered
to Bamut. I'll be back
as soon as I can.
Lieutenant, turn
this convoy around.
On whose authority, sir?
Colonel MacKenzie should
go to Russia immediately.
To Russia? As a United
States Marine JAG officer?
If the president of
Russia gets assassinated,
it's our problem.
Webb...
You'd better keep an eye on her.
What'd you do... come
back to count the bodies?
You're alive!
Yeah, no thanks to you.
You dropped us here just
before I was ambushed,
then you took off on
some imaginary radio call.
It was real! I...
You're lying.
I would not lie
to the son of Lieutenant
Harmon Rabb.
What do you know
about my father?
The farm woman who took
him in... She is my mother.
Your mother... and my fa...
my father?
He is my father, too.
CHUCK DeCARO: heavy
casualties on both sides.
In Russia, the civilian
population is giving signs
of growing impatience
with the prolonged war.
President Vladimir
Putin has been meeting
with military advisers, looking
for strategies and a way out.
One source told ZNN
that the president may head
to Chechnya himself
for a first-hand look
at what some are
now calling a quagmire.
Suffering most through all of
this are the civilian residents
of the rebellious province.
Noncombatant men, women
and children continue to flee
the fighting, heading for
the capital city of Groznyy
or the already-crowded
refugee camps.
From Groznyy, this is Chuck
DeCaro, ZNN Special Assignment.
Your mother and my father...?
He is my father, too.
Last time I saw him, I was five.
Do not blame him.
He'd been a
prisoner for 11 years.
He had no hope of getting home.
He never forgot you.
He used to tell
my uncle stories...
How you and he
carved your names on...
what do you call it...
Like, a little railroad?
It's called a roller coaster.
Nobody else knew that.
I would have told you sooner,
but I thought you were here
to find evidence of crimes
by me and my comrades.
If that was so, I did
not want to know you,
even if you are my brother.
I'm arranging transportation
back to Moscow.
There Sergeant Zhukov can
explain what was the real reason
he dropped us at
the weapons convoy
that was about to be attacked.
I didn't know, Captain.
He didn't know.
Are you believing this?
I'm believing this.
Well, you can drop by the hotel
while I go by the embassy
or you can come with me.
Boss!
Boss, I am here.
Boss, you are good?
Beautiful colonel, I
have been living right.
You have come back to me.
Mac, you remember Alexei?
How could I forget?
This time, I will show
you the real Russia...
Something you can
remember forever.
Still working for
the CIA, Alexei?
And the FSB? And the KGB?
Oh, and the Russian Mafia?
And me.
Alexei, I thought you
were on my nickel today.
Sorry, Boss.
The home team can
be very persuasive.
Falcon, we're here on
U.S. government business.
That's funny. This
doesn't look like Kansas.
Mark, Vasily Rokotov is a
fugitive from American justice.
Damn it, Sarah. He's
part of a conspiracy
to kill our president...
My president.
You two start chasing him around
and you're gonna spook
him, you'll spook his friends.
You'll drive him underground,
don't you understand that?
You're being deported.
Falcon...
What if we work for you?
You know you can trust us.
We have no possible
motive to kill your president.
Can you say the same
for your colleagues?
All right.
You do what I say,
when I say, and how I say.
You're the boss.
I'll just stop by
the embassy first,
if that's all right with you.
Fine, we'll take my car first.
While you two are
watching each other,
I'll find Harm and say hi.
He left Moscow.
He went to Chechnya
with one of our more
enthusiastic prosecutors
to investigate
Colonel-General Krylov.
Krylov? Harm's in the middle
of our murder investigation?
Rabb doesn't know that.
He and a friend are
looking into stolen weapons.
Well, somebody should tell him.
The less he knows,
the safer he is.
He won't alarm General Krylov.
He doesn't even speak Russian.
Good. Maybe the general
will think he's a tourist.
Go to your hotel;
I'll see you later.
See ya.
Taxi, taxi!
So, beautiful Colonel,
you want to take the scenic
route, stop for a refreshment...
Buy a fur coat?
You would look
very nice in sable.
Or maybe you would
like to relax in a spa...
have a massage.
For an old friend like you,
there is nothing too good.
Driver...
Colonel?
What's the fare to Chechnya?
I've been in the Navy
almost 30 years, and I never
thought I'd be sued
for doing my duty.
Well, Captain,
the plaintiff claims
that she didn't
want to be rescued...
That you took her onto
your ship against her will.
She was on a sinking raft in
the Bandis Sea miles from shore.
The sharks were inviting
their relatives over for dinner.
Which is why we have
such a good case, sir.
They're wouldn't be any case,
if I'd just let her drown.
Then the estate
would have sued, sir,
and, well, the Navy would
have brought charges against you
for dereliction of duty.
Well, thank goodness
the lawyers would have
had something to do, either way.
Sir, did the plaintiff
tell you that she
was a contestant
on the television
show Treasure Island?
She may have, but I
thought she was delirious.
Are you familiar with the show?
The last thing I watched
on television, Lieutenant,
was Lloyd Bridges on Sea Hunt.
This is a little different, sir.
The contestants
are stung by spiders
and they have to
eat rats for dinner.
So did I... In the
Mi Kong Delta.
Nobody gave me a prize for it.
Have you ever considered
the obvious explanation?
Colonel-General Krylov assigned
Sergeant Zhukov to spy on us
and then, finally,
to get us killed.
Now, how would the
general know he's my brother?
A-And why assign my
brother to spy on and to kill me?
If he is your brother.
I don't know... I
feel something.
You're a lawyer who feels?
Now you sound Russian.
He's gone.
Who were you looking for?
Corporal Trapeznikov, General
Krylov's communications clerk...
The one who called
me with the order
to leave you at the convoy.
And the only one who'd know
who ordered the armed escort
to abandon the convoy?
Yes.
General Krylov
has sent him away.
Out of Chechnya?
Out of the army...
When he had ten months
to go on his service.
"Remove the witness."
Where's his home?
He won't be home yet.
He will stay for a
few days up north
at the Mozdok transit camp.
Let's go.
Are you sure she didn't?
She's not at the hotel.
She never even checked in.
We can't find Alexei.
All right, who is he working
for today, besides you and me?
Himself.
Oh, what, what, you think
he finally persuaded her
to go for a weekend at
the Black Sea with him? No.
I think she persuaded him
to go after Rabb in Chechnya.
In a taxi?
The last time she was here,
she followed Rabb into Siberia
in a gypsy wagon.
Great.
Falcon, what is Rabb
doing in Chechnya?
I told you... investigating
corrupt arms sales.
Just like that?
He comes over to
Moscow to shuffle papers
and ends up in Chechnya
investigating one
of your targets?
That's an amazing
coincidence, isn't it?
He's there because of you.
So, she's going
there because of you.
It's your responsibility.
Can you stop her?
I'll put out an order.
An order? Listen,
my people are busy
trying to find Vasily Rokotov
before he kills President Putin.
An emotionally conflicted
American woman,
even Sarah MacKenzie,
takes second place.
Corporal Trapeznikov, right?
You must be happy
about going home.
Hey, American!
In my English class, I sit next
to my most beautiful Irina...
How did you manage an early
discharge from a war zone?
Colonel-General Krylov's orders.
He said I was the
best clerk he ever had.
So why, then, he let you go?
I do not question the general,
especially when he's
telling me to leave Chechnya.
Do you question
him when he sends
his own men into an ambush?
You are crazy!
Yesterday, a weapons convoy
near the Ingushetia border
was left without
an armed escort.
The convoy was
attacked by Chechens.
Everybody was killed.
There is no one left
from Eagle Platoon.
Gregor Ivanovich...?
We know each other since babies.
Did General Krylov order
the escort elsewhere?
Yes.
He told me to...
to send it to find
terrorists at Bamut.
Then he told me to
call Sergeant Zhukov
to provide aerial
reconnaissance.
I went. There were
no Chechens at Bamut.
Corporal, did the general
put the order in writing?
After I relayed it...
he signed... and I filed it.
You are going to get us
killed, beautiful Colonel.
MacKENZIE Think positive,
Alexei. We still have a long way to go.
Nobody goes to Chechnya
unless they're crazy.
Why don't we stop in Volgograd?
Hit the nightclubs, huh?
Oh, boy. Now we are finished.
Maybe they will shoot us here,
save the Chechens two bullets.
Commander.
I got it: General Krylov's order
to divert the armed escort
from weapons convoy to Bamut.
It says Intelligence Command
reported Chechen activity there.
Bamut has been
secure for months.
Where is Intelligence Command?
Gudermes.
Well, if they reported
no rebel activity
we have evidence
against the general.
Could you fly us to Gudermes?
Is Boris Yeltsin thirsty?
Tonight, on Treasure Island
will Brian survive his
fall into quicksand?
I got my money on
the retired forest ranger.
Lose his chance to win
this week's challenge?
I like what's-her-name,
the scuba-diver.
Because she knows how
to desalinate sea water...
or she goes topless?
I can't believe you
two watch this show.
It's educational, sir...
for survival purposes.
Tiner, if you're caught
behind enemy lines
you're not going to be
given any more papayas
because you build
the best sand castle.
They're taking applications for
next season's show, Lieutenant.
If you could hand mine
to the producer tomorrow...
Tiner, I'm cross-examining him.
I'm not doing lunch with him.
Now, here's a waste
of taxpayers' money...
Lollygagging in
front of the telly,
instead of fighting for justice.
Good to see you.
Good morning, sir.
No more "sir," Gunny.
"Mic" will do fine, mate.
So, Mic, what
brings you over here?
One of my associates was
bringing over a witness list.
We do go against you
guys sometimes, you know.
So I thought I'd stop by
and say g'day and, uh...
see how Harm has
mucked up my old office.
Oh, it's a hell of a mess.
Got all that flying stuff in it.
Admiral.
Brumby, you look prosperous.
Thank you, sir.
Managing to stumble
by without me, sir?
Well, we're trying to,
trying to. Please, come in.
Is that artillery...
or the beating of my
heart, beautiful Colonel?
Calm down, Alexei.
It's miles away.
In the direction we are
going. It's not too late
to turn around. We can be back
across the border by night, huh?
Is that spare going to hold?
Not against artillery.
Just change it, Alexei.
You can drop me off at the basin
and run back into
Groznyy... it's secure.
You ever changed a tire before?
I am executive.
I give street urchins
a few rubles to take care
of mechanical operations.
Okay, okay. Give me that.
Let's see...
My mother worked
in biscuit factory.
She was a strong
woman... like you.
Thanks.
This is a terrible
country, beautiful Colonel.
I insist, when you are finished,
we turn around.
No.
Oh, be fair. Please, be fair.
You are prepared to
die for Commander Rabb.
I do not love him.
I'm not here on a date, Alexei.
Commander Rabb is a
friend and a fellow officer.
Please... if I must die, do
not ask me to die deluded.
I'm practically engaged
to a man in Washington.
And how many artillery attacks
have you driven through for him?
So... how are you?
It's Colonel MacKenzie, sir.
I haven't heard from
her for a few days
and I wondered if you
had heard anything...
or maybe Harm had...
No, he's-he's dropped
out of sight, too.
Let me ask you something, Mic.
What bothers you more...
That she's missing, or that
he might be missing with her?
DeCARO: of the rebellious
province of Chechnya.
He made the announcement
during a surprise visit
to the Mozdok army base
in the neighboring province
of North Ossetia,
where he shook hands
with Russian troops and promised
to defeat the Chechen
rebels and combat corruption.
From North Ossetia,
this is Chuck DeCaro,
ZNN on Special Assignment.
Even if the
Intelligence Command
makes the general a liar
it's still a
circumstantial case.
I've won many convictions
on circumstantial evidence.
Yeah, but not against
Russian generals
in the Russian courtrooms.
Sergeant Zhukov...
Capitan Volkonov.
Commander Rabb, I'm
embarrassed to report
that your own escort
is guilty of these crimes
you are investigating.
General...
I have never seen that before.
Selling these weapons
and alerting the
Chechen terrorists
when you spotted an unguarded
convoy, resulting in the deaths
of seven brave Russian soldiers.
General Krylov...
Sergeant Zhukov,
you are under arrest
for corruption, for murder
and for treason.
Nyet.
She bribed some idiot corporal
near Volgograd this morning.
She could be in Chechnya by now.
Yeah, if she's still alive.
Why the hell did you
send Rabb down there?
I didn't. He volunteered
to help an Army prosecutor
make a corruptions case
against General Krylov.
A prosecutor who's
working for you.
Well, yes, but he
doesn't know that.
He received some
incriminating allegations
against the general from
an anonymous source.
Oh, along with a suggestion
that an American partner
might give him some protection?
How could you do that
to Rabb? You like Rabb.
Oh, I do like Rabb.
That's why I threw
something in the pot for him.
I've arranged for him
to meet somebody...
A pleasant little
family surprise.
They are going to shoot me.
We don't know that.
I know it.
Our father was in jail, too.
And he escaped and fathered you.
I knew the Chechens
might shoot me.
I... I didn't think
the Russians would.
Nobody's going to shoot you.
At least the Chechens
have some right.
I have been ordered
to do terrible things.
Some I have not done, some...
Look, Sergei, you
can't think that way.
Why not?
I think... maybe I understand
our father more than you.
This war is like his war.
No, not quite.
A guerrilla war?
A... a big power fighting people
who only want
to be left alone...
soldiers who hide
amongst the people
so you have to kill the people?
Do you think he ever wondered
if he was on the wrong side?
No, I don't.
Go back to America,
my American brother.
They will shoot me. There
is nothing you can do.
They have to
court-martial you first.
Look, Captain Volkonov
is going to defend you.
General Krylov has given me
permission to assist him.
Why not?
The judges will hate you.
You find him?
The sinking Corporal
Trapeznikov?
Yeah.
Our star defense
witness got drunk
and wandered into a minefield.
Boom!
How convenient.
I am a lucky one.
At least I get a
court-martial first.
Look, how much time
do we have to prepare?
All we need... as long
as we're ready by 0900.
I told the sailors to shove
off, to leave me alone.
I told them that I didn't
need to be rescued
and I sure didn't
want to be rescued.
And why was that, Miss Reynolds?
I was leading the
raft race by miles.
I would have won
the million dollars.
Move to strike Miss
Reynolds' conclusion
that she would have won.
Overruled. I will determine
the plaintiff's prospects
from all the evidence.
By the way, whatever happened
to that jazz musician
who, uh, couldn't
climb a coconut tree?
I missed the next episode.
Sent home.
He couldn't eat bugs, either.
Miss Reynolds, why
are you so confident
that you would have
won the million dollars?
I had more points than anybody
except for the gay mortician
that does triathlons,
and I won the Desperation Quiz.
Which is?
The show's host came to my raft
in a speedboat,
and if I'd gotten
more than two wrong answers,
he'd have taken my rudder away.
I got all ten right,
so I got an extra ration
of water and beef jerky.
I was a shoo-in.
Hmm.
Your witness, Counselor.
Your motion for delay
is denied, Commander.
Was there anything else?
Yes, Colonel.
In accordance with Article
46 of the Russian Constitution
which guarantees every defendant
the right to an
impartial tribunal
I respectfully request that
this court-martial convene
on another base with a
different panel of judges.
For what reason?
The three of you have been
chosen by General Krylov.
He brought these charges;
he will also be
called as a witness.
You say we cannot be fair?
I'm saying that there
is an appearance
of improper command influence.
In the interest of justice,
this trial ought to be moved...
Why do we listen to an
American tell us about justice?
We should just let
the defendant go free?
Like O.J.?
If the peerchhtka don't
fit, we must acquit?
There is a more
compelling reason
why this trial should be moved.
The defense will
present evidence
that the true criminal is
Colonel-General Arkady Krylov.
Commander Rabb,
you will now sit down!
If you repeat that slander,
you will be jailed.
Miss Reynolds, was
your raft equipped
with an inflatable emergency
craft, as required by law?
What law? We were in an
uninhabited part of Indonesia.
So that's a "no."
I didn't need one.
There was usually a
camera boat around.
Well, "usually," but not when
Captain Anson's
ship spotted you?
No.
Are you aware, Miss Reynolds,
that Captain Anson was
operating under standing orders
to rescue any boaters in
danger on the high seas?
I wasn't in danger.
Your raft sank moments
after they pulled you off of it.
Before the U.S. Navy butted in
I was in the process of
lashing the poles together.
Well, let's talk about those
lashings, Miss Reynolds.
What, uh, what were they...
Was it wire, plastic,
uh, nautical line?
They were dried palm fronds.
The natives of Maluku use them.
Are you a native of
Maluku, Miss Reynolds?
I'm from New Jersey.
And isn't it true that you were
suffering from seasickness
at the time of your rescue?
Objection to the word "rescue."
We view it as a kidnapping.
Overruled.
Were you seasick, ma'am?
A million dollars would have
bought a lot of Dramamine.
And didn't you punch
and scratch the sailors
who carried you from that raft?
They were trespassing
on my property.
Your property? A-A flimsy
raft set adrift in the Banda Sea
for the amusement of some
viewers watching television
8,000 miles away?
"Some" viewers? A 28 share.
The sailors had never
even heard of the show.
I mean, where had they been?
In three oceans, a dozen ports,
protecting us... protecting you.
We have been losing
weapons to the terrorists
at an unacceptable rate.
It was obvious that one
or more of our own soldiers
was conspiring with them.
Then my office received
an anonymous message
casting suspicion
on Sergeant Zhukov.
I only wish we had acted sooner.
Why is that, sir?
A few days later,
Zhukov flew Captain
Volkonov and Commander Rabb
to examine a weapons convoy.
When he observed it
was unescorted by armor
he sent a radio
message to the terrorists,
who attacked it and captured it.
That, sir, is a lie.
No such message was ever
sent by Sergeant Zhukov.
My communications clerk,
Corporal Trapeznikov, heard it.
He informed me.
Corporal Trapeznikov told us
that General Krylov
sent a radio message
ordering Sergeant Zhukov away
to chase phantom Chechens.
That is nonsense.
We have General
Krylov's signed order.
It is a desperate forgery.
It is witnessed by
Corporal Trapeznikov.
Is the corporal
available to testify, sir?
Unfortunately not.
He was killed yesterday.
We will accept the general's
testimony in his absence.
Your Honor, just for
the record, I object.
In addition, I
witnessed firsthand
finding that crate
of automatic rifles
in Sergeant Zhukov's helicopter.
They were stolen from
the Kamyshev armory
and intended, no doubt,
for the Chechen terrorists
to use to kill our people.
Objection. Those weapons
came from an armory
controlled by General
Krylov. He had them put
in the helicopter. I'm
surprised, Commander,
that you defend this
man so zealously,
since he did try to kill you.
Kill me?
He abandoned you and
Captain Volkonov at the convoy.
He must have been afraid
that your investigation
was pointing to him.
You're saying that,
for a few rubles
he would try to kill
his own brother?
What are you talking about?
I proffer to this court
that the defendant,
Sergeant Sergei Zhukov, and I
have the same father...
Lieutenant Harmon Rabb, Sr.
Who was shot down
over North Vietnam
and imprisoned
in the Soviet Union
for 11 years until his death...
This is nonsense!
No American prisoners were
ever brought to the Soviet Union.
If the prosecution asserts
that the defendant intended
to kill me, we have the right
to prove he had no such
motive, whether or not this
court will admit...
You have the right
to join your so-called
brother in his cell!
I object!
To what?
To everything:
The obvious bias of this court,
its hasty assembly,
the overwhelming
command influence,
the lack of due process,
the disregard for
the rules of evidence,
the absence of even the
simplest elements of justice,
and the rule of law.
Objection denied.
LBJ used to pop over to
visit the troops in Vietnam.
LBJ wasn't worried about
General Westmoreland
plotting to assassinate him.
So, how come we're not
in Chechnya with Putin?
The president's got
competent security people.
Rokotov's been located... here.
They lost him.
The defendant and
counsel will stand.
Sergeant Sergei Zhukov,
on the evidence submitted
on all charges,
you are found guilty.
You are hereby sentenced
to death by firing squad.
Colonel, we request
a stay of execution
pending appeal.
Appeal denied.
Sentence to be
carried out at 1700
tomorrow.
Thank you.
Sir, as commanding
officer, you could set aside
the execution of
Sergeant Zhukov.
You appeal to the true criminal?
Please excuse
Commander Rabb, General.
He was overemotional.
If the defendant
is his brother...
That is preposterous.
I completely
agree with you, sir.
That's why I
respectfully urge you
not to let any of this
affect your decision.
Sergeant Zhukov
was tried and convicted
in accordance to
the Russian law.
That is not true, sir.
There were at least six
major breaches in that trial.
It was a farce.
Was it?
Does the representative of
the Moscow Procurancy concur?
I only wish to continue
following the law, sir.
Your appeal is denied.
General, if Sergeant
Zhukov is my brother
that makes him eligible
for American citizenship, sir.
He could come home with me.
You could exile him.
And see him and you
telling lies on ZNN...
On every television
set in the world?
What kind of an officer are you?
He's one of your men.
You know he's innocent.
Sir, the law authorizes a final
appeal to the
president of Russia.
We ask for a stay
of execution so we can
prepare papers for Moscow.
Very well.
But it will not be necessary
to prepare papers for Moscow.
You can ask the president
yourself this afternoon.
He will be visiting the troops,
for their morale,
or his.
And when he is not too
busy posing for the cameras...
I will arrange your appointment.
We take every precaution
to ensure the
contestants' safety.
Now in 24 episodes
we never had
anything more serious
than a sprained ankle
and some intestinal parasites.
So was Marcie
Reynolds in any danger
when she was pulled
from the water by the Navy?
Absolutely not.
Your witness.
Mr. Berlin, didn't two
of your contestants
fall off a footbridge
into a river?
Hmm, yeah, they swam to shore
and our rescue crew was
just out of camera range
in case they needed help.
There was no rescue crew
near Marcie Reynolds' raft.
Oh, yes, there was.
She just didn't see it.
Uh, when we saw the
Navy picking her up,
we stayed at a
distance and filmed.
You stayed at a distance
despite the unseaworthy
nature of her raft?
It was not unseaworthy. We
had two engineers check it
before we launched it.
The Navy overreacted.
And it cost her
a million dollars.
Mr. Berlin, I'm sure
that Captain Anson
wasn't thinking
about prize money.
Well, we were, and
we feel bad about it.
Sir, how you feel
isn't relevant...
That's why we've selected
you... Marcie Reynolds...
To be the first contestant in our
new syndicated show... Marry Me Now.
Mr. Berlin!
If you get married
by 6:00 tonight,
you will win $1 million.
Really?!
Oh, my God!
No cameras in my courtroom.
It's true, Marcie.
You've got three
hours and 58 minutes
to begin your married
life with $1 million.
No telephones in my courtroom.
Gary, it's Marcie. Remember me?
Bailiff, get these people
out of here. Marcie Reynolds.
Three hours and 57 minutes.
You, sir, are in
contempt of court.
A-Are you married?
Yes.
You, what about you?
Are you married?
Your Honor...
Case dismissed.
Thank you so much.
Good luck.
Why would he even let
this appeal?
Why let us tell our story
about him to the president?
Maybe you touched
him with your emotion.
Yeah. A man like that...
Hello, Harm.
Mac?
You go on a road trip,
you really go on a road trip.
What's going on?
Uh...
Lieutenant Colonel MacKenzie,
this is Captain Volkonov...
and Sergeant Sergei Zhukov...
my brother.
Your father...
in Siberia.
Sounds like they're getting
ready to greet President Putin.
Here?
Why not here?
There's a plot
to assassinate him.
General Krylov
might be involved.
Captain, why would
Putin take the risk?
This is where the soldiers are.
He won the presidency
by promising to win the war.
Do his security people
know about this plot?
Webb is in Moscow with Mark
Falcon... they're working on it.
Falcon?
What does it matter?
General Krylov
controls this base.
Yeah, and he's put
us here next to Putin.
The ambulance driver.
That's Vasily Rokotov.
I saw him right before
Commander Carlton was killed.
He-He set off the car
bomb by remote control.
Guard! Guard!
We need to get out of here.
Mac.
Let's get out of here.
MacKENZIE: Let's go.
Mac. There's enough plastique
here to take out a city block.
I don't see Rokotov.
He would have
the remote detonator. We've
got to get this out of here.
Rokotov could blow this anytime.
He won't until Putin gets close.
He will be here soon.
Mac, you find Rokotov.
I'll move the truck.
I do it. You go with them.
You go with the colonel.
It is not your fight.
Sergei... You two really
are brothers, aren't you?
Come on, Captain, let's go.
You know how to
fix cars, big brother?
Let's hope so.
See if you can disarm that bomb.
♪ ♪
How's it coming back there?
Well, if there is a tamper
switch, we're dead.
♪ ♪
It's all over, Rokotov.
You could go to college,
study what you want.
Choose the kind
of life you want.
The American dream.
It's not so bad.
And you can stay at my place
until you get yourself settled.
He's a pretty good cook.
Bear soup with cranberries?
Well, maybe a vegetarian
lasagna every now and again.
We could eat out.
Despite that,
it is very generous.
General Krylov's
telling interesting stories.
The death of President Putin
was going to be blamed on
a Chechen suicide bomber.
You can stick around
and collect your medal
or take your flight back.
First Class.
Company upgrade.
Webb...
Oh...
Gourmet meal, free movies
and a fresh-baked chocolate
chip cookie before you land.
You know. I cannot.
There is a Russian
Army transport
going to Groznyy.
200 hungover draftees
eating salami and onions.
You don't have to go
back to Chechnya, Sergei.
You did your duty.
You served with honor.
You can leave with honor.
My friends are there.
There is honor in
staying with them
until we all go home.
Sergei, it's a dirty war.
Would he have left early
if he had the chance?
Later...
brother.
Until we meet again.
Do you really have
to go to Russia, Harm?
I mean, can't they fix their
own stupid laws by themselves?
It's my job, Renee.
Some do-gooder in the
Kremlin arranged the mission,
but these people
see no advantage in it.
But you do.
I want to go after one
of the corrupt ones...
A colonel-general,
and I need help.
MacKENZIE: Commander
Wade Carlton sold out his country,
trading his honor for cash.
You think you know
everything, Colonel?
I know you're going to
prison for the rest of your life.
Listen to me! That's enough.
He's desperate. You have
to listen to him; we don't.
Analysis of the bomb
residue indicates Semtex.
Very popular behind
the old Iron Curtain.
How was it detonated?
Remote control.
The killer was watching.
His name is Vasily Rokotov;
he killed Commander Carlton.
There's something
familiar about him.
He used to be in the Russian
army... demolitions expert.
Why would they
want Carlton killed?
Because he knew they were
going to kill the president of Russia,
and they still are.
So, all we have to do
is catch him selling
weapons to the enemy.
Then nothing can protect him.
We just go to Chechnya
and catch him in the act.
General Krylov controls
the armory at Kamuchev.
People say sometimes the
supply convoys from Kamuchev
reach troops with fewer
weapons than the manifest list.
I am to provide the
aerial reconnaissance
for a convoy from Kamuchev.
It might be interesting to see
what's in those boxes.
I've been ordered
to Bamut. I'll be back
as soon as I can.
Lieutenant, turn
this convoy around.
On whose authority, sir?
Colonel MacKenzie should
go to Russia immediately.
To Russia? As a United
States Marine JAG officer?
If the president of
Russia gets assassinated,
it's our problem.
Webb...
You'd better keep an eye on her.
What'd you do... come
back to count the bodies?
You're alive!
Yeah, no thanks to you.
You dropped us here just
before I was ambushed,
then you took off on
some imaginary radio call.
It was real! I...
You're lying.
I would not lie
to the son of Lieutenant
Harmon Rabb.
What do you know
about my father?
The farm woman who took
him in... She is my mother.
Your mother... and my fa...
my father?
He is my father, too.
CHUCK DeCARO: heavy
casualties on both sides.
In Russia, the civilian
population is giving signs
of growing impatience
with the prolonged war.
President Vladimir
Putin has been meeting
with military advisers, looking
for strategies and a way out.
One source told ZNN
that the president may head
to Chechnya himself
for a first-hand look
at what some are
now calling a quagmire.
Suffering most through all of
this are the civilian residents
of the rebellious province.
Noncombatant men, women
and children continue to flee
the fighting, heading for
the capital city of Groznyy
or the already-crowded
refugee camps.
From Groznyy, this is Chuck
DeCaro, ZNN Special Assignment.
Your mother and my father...?
He is my father, too.
Last time I saw him, I was five.
Do not blame him.
He'd been a
prisoner for 11 years.
He had no hope of getting home.
He never forgot you.
He used to tell
my uncle stories...
How you and he
carved your names on...
what do you call it...
Like, a little railroad?
It's called a roller coaster.
Nobody else knew that.
I would have told you sooner,
but I thought you were here
to find evidence of crimes
by me and my comrades.
If that was so, I did
not want to know you,
even if you are my brother.
I'm arranging transportation
back to Moscow.
There Sergeant Zhukov can
explain what was the real reason
he dropped us at
the weapons convoy
that was about to be attacked.
I didn't know, Captain.
He didn't know.
Are you believing this?
I'm believing this.
Well, you can drop by the hotel
while I go by the embassy
or you can come with me.
Boss!
Boss, I am here.
Boss, you are good?
Beautiful colonel, I
have been living right.
You have come back to me.
Mac, you remember Alexei?
How could I forget?
This time, I will show
you the real Russia...
Something you can
remember forever.
Still working for
the CIA, Alexei?
And the FSB? And the KGB?
Oh, and the Russian Mafia?
And me.
Alexei, I thought you
were on my nickel today.
Sorry, Boss.
The home team can
be very persuasive.
Falcon, we're here on
U.S. government business.
That's funny. This
doesn't look like Kansas.
Mark, Vasily Rokotov is a
fugitive from American justice.
Damn it, Sarah. He's
part of a conspiracy
to kill our president...
My president.
You two start chasing him around
and you're gonna spook
him, you'll spook his friends.
You'll drive him underground,
don't you understand that?
You're being deported.
Falcon...
What if we work for you?
You know you can trust us.
We have no possible
motive to kill your president.
Can you say the same
for your colleagues?
All right.
You do what I say,
when I say, and how I say.
You're the boss.
I'll just stop by
the embassy first,
if that's all right with you.
Fine, we'll take my car first.
While you two are
watching each other,
I'll find Harm and say hi.
He left Moscow.
He went to Chechnya
with one of our more
enthusiastic prosecutors
to investigate
Colonel-General Krylov.
Krylov? Harm's in the middle
of our murder investigation?
Rabb doesn't know that.
He and a friend are
looking into stolen weapons.
Well, somebody should tell him.
The less he knows,
the safer he is.
He won't alarm General Krylov.
He doesn't even speak Russian.
Good. Maybe the general
will think he's a tourist.
Go to your hotel;
I'll see you later.
See ya.
Taxi, taxi!
So, beautiful Colonel,
you want to take the scenic
route, stop for a refreshment...
Buy a fur coat?
You would look
very nice in sable.
Or maybe you would
like to relax in a spa...
have a massage.
For an old friend like you,
there is nothing too good.
Driver...
Colonel?
What's the fare to Chechnya?
I've been in the Navy
almost 30 years, and I never
thought I'd be sued
for doing my duty.
Well, Captain,
the plaintiff claims
that she didn't
want to be rescued...
That you took her onto
your ship against her will.
She was on a sinking raft in
the Bandis Sea miles from shore.
The sharks were inviting
their relatives over for dinner.
Which is why we have
such a good case, sir.
They're wouldn't be any case,
if I'd just let her drown.
Then the estate
would have sued, sir,
and, well, the Navy would
have brought charges against you
for dereliction of duty.
Well, thank goodness
the lawyers would have
had something to do, either way.
Sir, did the plaintiff
tell you that she
was a contestant
on the television
show Treasure Island?
She may have, but I
thought she was delirious.
Are you familiar with the show?
The last thing I watched
on television, Lieutenant,
was Lloyd Bridges on Sea Hunt.
This is a little different, sir.
The contestants
are stung by spiders
and they have to
eat rats for dinner.
So did I... In the
Mi Kong Delta.
Nobody gave me a prize for it.
Have you ever considered
the obvious explanation?
Colonel-General Krylov assigned
Sergeant Zhukov to spy on us
and then, finally,
to get us killed.
Now, how would the
general know he's my brother?
A-And why assign my
brother to spy on and to kill me?
If he is your brother.
I don't know... I
feel something.
You're a lawyer who feels?
Now you sound Russian.
He's gone.
Who were you looking for?
Corporal Trapeznikov, General
Krylov's communications clerk...
The one who called
me with the order
to leave you at the convoy.
And the only one who'd know
who ordered the armed escort
to abandon the convoy?
Yes.
General Krylov
has sent him away.
Out of Chechnya?
Out of the army...
When he had ten months
to go on his service.
"Remove the witness."
Where's his home?
He won't be home yet.
He will stay for a
few days up north
at the Mozdok transit camp.
Let's go.
Are you sure she didn't?
She's not at the hotel.
She never even checked in.
We can't find Alexei.
All right, who is he working
for today, besides you and me?
Himself.
Oh, what, what, you think
he finally persuaded her
to go for a weekend at
the Black Sea with him? No.
I think she persuaded him
to go after Rabb in Chechnya.
In a taxi?
The last time she was here,
she followed Rabb into Siberia
in a gypsy wagon.
Great.
Falcon, what is Rabb
doing in Chechnya?
I told you... investigating
corrupt arms sales.
Just like that?
He comes over to
Moscow to shuffle papers
and ends up in Chechnya
investigating one
of your targets?
That's an amazing
coincidence, isn't it?
He's there because of you.
So, she's going
there because of you.
It's your responsibility.
Can you stop her?
I'll put out an order.
An order? Listen,
my people are busy
trying to find Vasily Rokotov
before he kills President Putin.
An emotionally conflicted
American woman,
even Sarah MacKenzie,
takes second place.
Corporal Trapeznikov, right?
You must be happy
about going home.
Hey, American!
In my English class, I sit next
to my most beautiful Irina...
How did you manage an early
discharge from a war zone?
Colonel-General Krylov's orders.
He said I was the
best clerk he ever had.
So why, then, he let you go?
I do not question the general,
especially when he's
telling me to leave Chechnya.
Do you question
him when he sends
his own men into an ambush?
You are crazy!
Yesterday, a weapons convoy
near the Ingushetia border
was left without
an armed escort.
The convoy was
attacked by Chechens.
Everybody was killed.
There is no one left
from Eagle Platoon.
Gregor Ivanovich...?
We know each other since babies.
Did General Krylov order
the escort elsewhere?
Yes.
He told me to...
to send it to find
terrorists at Bamut.
Then he told me to
call Sergeant Zhukov
to provide aerial
reconnaissance.
I went. There were
no Chechens at Bamut.
Corporal, did the general
put the order in writing?
After I relayed it...
he signed... and I filed it.
You are going to get us
killed, beautiful Colonel.
MacKENZIE Think positive,
Alexei. We still have a long way to go.
Nobody goes to Chechnya
unless they're crazy.
Why don't we stop in Volgograd?
Hit the nightclubs, huh?
Oh, boy. Now we are finished.
Maybe they will shoot us here,
save the Chechens two bullets.
Commander.
I got it: General Krylov's order
to divert the armed escort
from weapons convoy to Bamut.
It says Intelligence Command
reported Chechen activity there.
Bamut has been
secure for months.
Where is Intelligence Command?
Gudermes.
Well, if they reported
no rebel activity
we have evidence
against the general.
Could you fly us to Gudermes?
Is Boris Yeltsin thirsty?
Tonight, on Treasure Island
will Brian survive his
fall into quicksand?
I got my money on
the retired forest ranger.
Lose his chance to win
this week's challenge?
I like what's-her-name,
the scuba-diver.
Because she knows how
to desalinate sea water...
or she goes topless?
I can't believe you
two watch this show.
It's educational, sir...
for survival purposes.
Tiner, if you're caught
behind enemy lines
you're not going to be
given any more papayas
because you build
the best sand castle.
They're taking applications for
next season's show, Lieutenant.
If you could hand mine
to the producer tomorrow...
Tiner, I'm cross-examining him.
I'm not doing lunch with him.
Now, here's a waste
of taxpayers' money...
Lollygagging in
front of the telly,
instead of fighting for justice.
Good to see you.
Good morning, sir.
No more "sir," Gunny.
"Mic" will do fine, mate.
So, Mic, what
brings you over here?
One of my associates was
bringing over a witness list.
We do go against you
guys sometimes, you know.
So I thought I'd stop by
and say g'day and, uh...
see how Harm has
mucked up my old office.
Oh, it's a hell of a mess.
Got all that flying stuff in it.
Admiral.
Brumby, you look prosperous.
Thank you, sir.
Managing to stumble
by without me, sir?
Well, we're trying to,
trying to. Please, come in.
Is that artillery...
or the beating of my
heart, beautiful Colonel?
Calm down, Alexei.
It's miles away.
In the direction we are
going. It's not too late
to turn around. We can be back
across the border by night, huh?
Is that spare going to hold?
Not against artillery.
Just change it, Alexei.
You can drop me off at the basin
and run back into
Groznyy... it's secure.
You ever changed a tire before?
I am executive.
I give street urchins
a few rubles to take care
of mechanical operations.
Okay, okay. Give me that.
Let's see...
My mother worked
in biscuit factory.
She was a strong
woman... like you.
Thanks.
This is a terrible
country, beautiful Colonel.
I insist, when you are finished,
we turn around.
No.
Oh, be fair. Please, be fair.
You are prepared to
die for Commander Rabb.
I do not love him.
I'm not here on a date, Alexei.
Commander Rabb is a
friend and a fellow officer.
Please... if I must die, do
not ask me to die deluded.
I'm practically engaged
to a man in Washington.
And how many artillery attacks
have you driven through for him?
So... how are you?
It's Colonel MacKenzie, sir.
I haven't heard from
her for a few days
and I wondered if you
had heard anything...
or maybe Harm had...
No, he's-he's dropped
out of sight, too.
Let me ask you something, Mic.
What bothers you more...
That she's missing, or that
he might be missing with her?
DeCARO: of the rebellious
province of Chechnya.
He made the announcement
during a surprise visit
to the Mozdok army base
in the neighboring province
of North Ossetia,
where he shook hands
with Russian troops and promised
to defeat the Chechen
rebels and combat corruption.
From North Ossetia,
this is Chuck DeCaro,
ZNN on Special Assignment.
Even if the
Intelligence Command
makes the general a liar
it's still a
circumstantial case.
I've won many convictions
on circumstantial evidence.
Yeah, but not against
Russian generals
in the Russian courtrooms.
Sergeant Zhukov...
Capitan Volkonov.
Commander Rabb, I'm
embarrassed to report
that your own escort
is guilty of these crimes
you are investigating.
General...
I have never seen that before.
Selling these weapons
and alerting the
Chechen terrorists
when you spotted an unguarded
convoy, resulting in the deaths
of seven brave Russian soldiers.
General Krylov...
Sergeant Zhukov,
you are under arrest
for corruption, for murder
and for treason.
Nyet.
She bribed some idiot corporal
near Volgograd this morning.
She could be in Chechnya by now.
Yeah, if she's still alive.
Why the hell did you
send Rabb down there?
I didn't. He volunteered
to help an Army prosecutor
make a corruptions case
against General Krylov.
A prosecutor who's
working for you.
Well, yes, but he
doesn't know that.
He received some
incriminating allegations
against the general from
an anonymous source.
Oh, along with a suggestion
that an American partner
might give him some protection?
How could you do that
to Rabb? You like Rabb.
Oh, I do like Rabb.
That's why I threw
something in the pot for him.
I've arranged for him
to meet somebody...
A pleasant little
family surprise.
They are going to shoot me.
We don't know that.
I know it.
Our father was in jail, too.
And he escaped and fathered you.
I knew the Chechens
might shoot me.
I... I didn't think
the Russians would.
Nobody's going to shoot you.
At least the Chechens
have some right.
I have been ordered
to do terrible things.
Some I have not done, some...
Look, Sergei, you
can't think that way.
Why not?
I think... maybe I understand
our father more than you.
This war is like his war.
No, not quite.
A guerrilla war?
A... a big power fighting people
who only want
to be left alone...
soldiers who hide
amongst the people
so you have to kill the people?
Do you think he ever wondered
if he was on the wrong side?
No, I don't.
Go back to America,
my American brother.
They will shoot me. There
is nothing you can do.
They have to
court-martial you first.
Look, Captain Volkonov
is going to defend you.
General Krylov has given me
permission to assist him.
Why not?
The judges will hate you.
You find him?
The sinking Corporal
Trapeznikov?
Yeah.
Our star defense
witness got drunk
and wandered into a minefield.
Boom!
How convenient.
I am a lucky one.
At least I get a
court-martial first.
Look, how much time
do we have to prepare?
All we need... as long
as we're ready by 0900.
I told the sailors to shove
off, to leave me alone.
I told them that I didn't
need to be rescued
and I sure didn't
want to be rescued.
And why was that, Miss Reynolds?
I was leading the
raft race by miles.
I would have won
the million dollars.
Move to strike Miss
Reynolds' conclusion
that she would have won.
Overruled. I will determine
the plaintiff's prospects
from all the evidence.
By the way, whatever happened
to that jazz musician
who, uh, couldn't
climb a coconut tree?
I missed the next episode.
Sent home.
He couldn't eat bugs, either.
Miss Reynolds, why
are you so confident
that you would have
won the million dollars?
I had more points than anybody
except for the gay mortician
that does triathlons,
and I won the Desperation Quiz.
Which is?
The show's host came to my raft
in a speedboat,
and if I'd gotten
more than two wrong answers,
he'd have taken my rudder away.
I got all ten right,
so I got an extra ration
of water and beef jerky.
I was a shoo-in.
Hmm.
Your witness, Counselor.
Your motion for delay
is denied, Commander.
Was there anything else?
Yes, Colonel.
In accordance with Article
46 of the Russian Constitution
which guarantees every defendant
the right to an
impartial tribunal
I respectfully request that
this court-martial convene
on another base with a
different panel of judges.
For what reason?
The three of you have been
chosen by General Krylov.
He brought these charges;
he will also be
called as a witness.
You say we cannot be fair?
I'm saying that there
is an appearance
of improper command influence.
In the interest of justice,
this trial ought to be moved...
Why do we listen to an
American tell us about justice?
We should just let
the defendant go free?
Like O.J.?
If the peerchhtka don't
fit, we must acquit?
There is a more
compelling reason
why this trial should be moved.
The defense will
present evidence
that the true criminal is
Colonel-General Arkady Krylov.
Commander Rabb,
you will now sit down!
If you repeat that slander,
you will be jailed.
Miss Reynolds, was
your raft equipped
with an inflatable emergency
craft, as required by law?
What law? We were in an
uninhabited part of Indonesia.
So that's a "no."
I didn't need one.
There was usually a
camera boat around.
Well, "usually," but not when
Captain Anson's
ship spotted you?
No.
Are you aware, Miss Reynolds,
that Captain Anson was
operating under standing orders
to rescue any boaters in
danger on the high seas?
I wasn't in danger.
Your raft sank moments
after they pulled you off of it.
Before the U.S. Navy butted in
I was in the process of
lashing the poles together.
Well, let's talk about those
lashings, Miss Reynolds.
What, uh, what were they...
Was it wire, plastic,
uh, nautical line?
They were dried palm fronds.
The natives of Maluku use them.
Are you a native of
Maluku, Miss Reynolds?
I'm from New Jersey.
And isn't it true that you were
suffering from seasickness
at the time of your rescue?
Objection to the word "rescue."
We view it as a kidnapping.
Overruled.
Were you seasick, ma'am?
A million dollars would have
bought a lot of Dramamine.
And didn't you punch
and scratch the sailors
who carried you from that raft?
They were trespassing
on my property.
Your property? A-A flimsy
raft set adrift in the Banda Sea
for the amusement of some
viewers watching television
8,000 miles away?
"Some" viewers? A 28 share.
The sailors had never
even heard of the show.
I mean, where had they been?
In three oceans, a dozen ports,
protecting us... protecting you.
We have been losing
weapons to the terrorists
at an unacceptable rate.
It was obvious that one
or more of our own soldiers
was conspiring with them.
Then my office received
an anonymous message
casting suspicion
on Sergeant Zhukov.
I only wish we had acted sooner.
Why is that, sir?
A few days later,
Zhukov flew Captain
Volkonov and Commander Rabb
to examine a weapons convoy.
When he observed it
was unescorted by armor
he sent a radio
message to the terrorists,
who attacked it and captured it.
That, sir, is a lie.
No such message was ever
sent by Sergeant Zhukov.
My communications clerk,
Corporal Trapeznikov, heard it.
He informed me.
Corporal Trapeznikov told us
that General Krylov
sent a radio message
ordering Sergeant Zhukov away
to chase phantom Chechens.
That is nonsense.
We have General
Krylov's signed order.
It is a desperate forgery.
It is witnessed by
Corporal Trapeznikov.
Is the corporal
available to testify, sir?
Unfortunately not.
He was killed yesterday.
We will accept the general's
testimony in his absence.
Your Honor, just for
the record, I object.
In addition, I
witnessed firsthand
finding that crate
of automatic rifles
in Sergeant Zhukov's helicopter.
They were stolen from
the Kamyshev armory
and intended, no doubt,
for the Chechen terrorists
to use to kill our people.
Objection. Those weapons
came from an armory
controlled by General
Krylov. He had them put
in the helicopter. I'm
surprised, Commander,
that you defend this
man so zealously,
since he did try to kill you.
Kill me?
He abandoned you and
Captain Volkonov at the convoy.
He must have been afraid
that your investigation
was pointing to him.
You're saying that,
for a few rubles
he would try to kill
his own brother?
What are you talking about?
I proffer to this court
that the defendant,
Sergeant Sergei Zhukov, and I
have the same father...
Lieutenant Harmon Rabb, Sr.
Who was shot down
over North Vietnam
and imprisoned
in the Soviet Union
for 11 years until his death...
This is nonsense!
No American prisoners were
ever brought to the Soviet Union.
If the prosecution asserts
that the defendant intended
to kill me, we have the right
to prove he had no such
motive, whether or not this
court will admit...
You have the right
to join your so-called
brother in his cell!
I object!
To what?
To everything:
The obvious bias of this court,
its hasty assembly,
the overwhelming
command influence,
the lack of due process,
the disregard for
the rules of evidence,
the absence of even the
simplest elements of justice,
and the rule of law.
Objection denied.
LBJ used to pop over to
visit the troops in Vietnam.
LBJ wasn't worried about
General Westmoreland
plotting to assassinate him.
So, how come we're not
in Chechnya with Putin?
The president's got
competent security people.
Rokotov's been located... here.
They lost him.
The defendant and
counsel will stand.
Sergeant Sergei Zhukov,
on the evidence submitted
on all charges,
you are found guilty.
You are hereby sentenced
to death by firing squad.
Colonel, we request
a stay of execution
pending appeal.
Appeal denied.
Sentence to be
carried out at 1700
tomorrow.
Thank you.
Sir, as commanding
officer, you could set aside
the execution of
Sergeant Zhukov.
You appeal to the true criminal?
Please excuse
Commander Rabb, General.
He was overemotional.
If the defendant
is his brother...
That is preposterous.
I completely
agree with you, sir.
That's why I
respectfully urge you
not to let any of this
affect your decision.
Sergeant Zhukov
was tried and convicted
in accordance to
the Russian law.
That is not true, sir.
There were at least six
major breaches in that trial.
It was a farce.
Was it?
Does the representative of
the Moscow Procurancy concur?
I only wish to continue
following the law, sir.
Your appeal is denied.
General, if Sergeant
Zhukov is my brother
that makes him eligible
for American citizenship, sir.
He could come home with me.
You could exile him.
And see him and you
telling lies on ZNN...
On every television
set in the world?
What kind of an officer are you?
He's one of your men.
You know he's innocent.
Sir, the law authorizes a final
appeal to the
president of Russia.
We ask for a stay
of execution so we can
prepare papers for Moscow.
Very well.
But it will not be necessary
to prepare papers for Moscow.
You can ask the president
yourself this afternoon.
He will be visiting the troops,
for their morale,
or his.
And when he is not too
busy posing for the cameras...
I will arrange your appointment.
We take every precaution
to ensure the
contestants' safety.
Now in 24 episodes
we never had
anything more serious
than a sprained ankle
and some intestinal parasites.
So was Marcie
Reynolds in any danger
when she was pulled
from the water by the Navy?
Absolutely not.
Your witness.
Mr. Berlin, didn't two
of your contestants
fall off a footbridge
into a river?
Hmm, yeah, they swam to shore
and our rescue crew was
just out of camera range
in case they needed help.
There was no rescue crew
near Marcie Reynolds' raft.
Oh, yes, there was.
She just didn't see it.
Uh, when we saw the
Navy picking her up,
we stayed at a
distance and filmed.
You stayed at a distance
despite the unseaworthy
nature of her raft?
It was not unseaworthy. We
had two engineers check it
before we launched it.
The Navy overreacted.
And it cost her
a million dollars.
Mr. Berlin, I'm sure
that Captain Anson
wasn't thinking
about prize money.
Well, we were, and
we feel bad about it.
Sir, how you feel
isn't relevant...
That's why we've selected
you... Marcie Reynolds...
To be the first contestant in our
new syndicated show... Marry Me Now.
Mr. Berlin!
If you get married
by 6:00 tonight,
you will win $1 million.
Really?!
Oh, my God!
No cameras in my courtroom.
It's true, Marcie.
You've got three
hours and 58 minutes
to begin your married
life with $1 million.
No telephones in my courtroom.
Gary, it's Marcie. Remember me?
Bailiff, get these people
out of here. Marcie Reynolds.
Three hours and 57 minutes.
You, sir, are in
contempt of court.
A-Are you married?
Yes.
You, what about you?
Are you married?
Your Honor...
Case dismissed.
Thank you so much.
Good luck.
Why would he even let
this appeal?
Why let us tell our story
about him to the president?
Maybe you touched
him with your emotion.
Yeah. A man like that...
Hello, Harm.
Mac?
You go on a road trip,
you really go on a road trip.
What's going on?
Uh...
Lieutenant Colonel MacKenzie,
this is Captain Volkonov...
and Sergeant Sergei Zhukov...
my brother.
Your father...
in Siberia.
Sounds like they're getting
ready to greet President Putin.
Here?
Why not here?
There's a plot
to assassinate him.
General Krylov
might be involved.
Captain, why would
Putin take the risk?
This is where the soldiers are.
He won the presidency
by promising to win the war.
Do his security people
know about this plot?
Webb is in Moscow with Mark
Falcon... they're working on it.
Falcon?
What does it matter?
General Krylov
controls this base.
Yeah, and he's put
us here next to Putin.
The ambulance driver.
That's Vasily Rokotov.
I saw him right before
Commander Carlton was killed.
He-He set off the car
bomb by remote control.
Guard! Guard!
We need to get out of here.
Mac.
Let's get out of here.
MacKENZIE: Let's go.
Mac. There's enough plastique
here to take out a city block.
I don't see Rokotov.
He would have
the remote detonator. We've
got to get this out of here.
Rokotov could blow this anytime.
He won't until Putin gets close.
He will be here soon.
Mac, you find Rokotov.
I'll move the truck.
I do it. You go with them.
You go with the colonel.
It is not your fight.
Sergei... You two really
are brothers, aren't you?
Come on, Captain, let's go.
You know how to
fix cars, big brother?
Let's hope so.
See if you can disarm that bomb.
♪ ♪
How's it coming back there?
Well, if there is a tamper
switch, we're dead.
♪ ♪
It's all over, Rokotov.
You could go to college,
study what you want.
Choose the kind
of life you want.
The American dream.
It's not so bad.
And you can stay at my place
until you get yourself settled.
He's a pretty good cook.
Bear soup with cranberries?
Well, maybe a vegetarian
lasagna every now and again.
We could eat out.
Despite that,
it is very generous.
General Krylov's
telling interesting stories.
The death of President Putin
was going to be blamed on
a Chechen suicide bomber.
You can stick around
and collect your medal
or take your flight back.
First Class.
Company upgrade.
Webb...
Oh...
Gourmet meal, free movies
and a fresh-baked chocolate
chip cookie before you land.
You know. I cannot.
There is a Russian
Army transport
going to Groznyy.
200 hungover draftees
eating salami and onions.
You don't have to go
back to Chechnya, Sergei.
You did your duty.
You served with honor.
You can leave with honor.
My friends are there.
There is honor in
staying with them
until we all go home.
Sergei, it's a dirty war.
Would he have left early
if he had the chance?
Later...
brother.
Until we meet again.