Madam Secretary (2014–…): Season 2, Episode 10 - The Greater Good - full transcript

Engaging target.

Firing.

We just took down a
Russian MiG, Mr. President.

Safe to say we are engaged
in a shooting war with Russia.

We're enforcing a no-fly zone.

We just took down

two more MiGs, sir.

I think our message is being received.

No doubt.

This is turning into a rout, Mr. President.

Shall I



reach out to the Russian
foreign minister and

see if maybe they're ready to talk it over?

Not yet.

We have the Russians'
battle plans. I assume

the Ukrainians have already
been briefed, General Kohl.

Yes, sir.

Their forces are spread over Luhansk,

Kharkiv, and Mariupol,

the three Ukrainian cities
listed in the Russian

order of battle as prospective
first-strike targets

- in a ground offensive.
- With American advisors

and equipment embedded in their ranks.

If Maria Ostrov wants to escalate,

it sounds like we're ready.



Hello?

Hello, Mr. Goodwin, this is Arkady

from the Russian Fur Exchange.

Good to hear from you.

We have your second order

shipping in 24 hours.

Any special instructions?

Monday delivery.

Thank you.

You need to get me out of Russia. Please.

Please.

I hear you, Arkady. I should go.

Please! Get me out...

Get me out of Russia. Just get me out.

Hey, hey, listen to me.

I'm taking care of it.

Now hang up the damn phone.

So?

Well, just briefed the DNI.

Good, now you need to brief the president.

Well, Director Ware's already on his way

to the Oval Office. And
Dmitri is an incredible asset.

Yeah, we need to talk about

exfiltrating him, because
once the Russians are ambushed

- I hear you, yeah.
- ...at Mariupol, they will know there's a mole

- in their upper ranks, and then...
- Yes.

- It won't be long before they...
- Henry, Henry, I agree with you.

My next stop is CIA.

Director Ware already
approved the exfiltration.

I... Clock's ticking, I got to go.

What have you got, Ephraim?

HUMINT says the Russians are planning

a massive assault on Mariupol,

one of the three cities on
their list of contingencies.

What exactly is the source

of this intelligence, Director Ware?

It's from our asset inside
Maria Ostrov's inner circle.

I think at this point we
can share with the secretary

that this asset

is being handled by her husband.

Never a dull moment.

How confident are Dr.
McCord and DIA in this asset?

- Highly, sir.
- Good.

Recommend moving all nonessential resources

from Kharkiv and Luhansk to
Mariupol as quickly as possible.

Yes, sir.

Ephraim, could you wait a minute?

Of course.

As you'd expect, our NATO
allies are eager for us

to end this conflict before it expands.

Yes. Chancellor Schulz is
at the top of my call sheet.

Europe's concern is understandable.

Russia's still withholding oil and gas,

wreaking havoc on their infrastructure.

So let's propose a
cease-fire before hundreds

of Ukrainian and Russian
soldiers die at Mariupol.

That's on Maria Ostrov.

I'm not going to appease her, Bess.

What kind of message would that send?

That we want to tamp down hostilities,

put this genie back in the bottle. I...

Let's give Ostrov a way out.

Why should we?

We have the strategic advantage here.

- And we're going to take it.
- But let's not

forget how we got here.

- We cyber-attacked Moscow.
- So what would you propose?

- Unprovoked.
- Telling the world that

Bozek duped us into attacking

- the Russians...
- I'm just saying it's in the mix.

so we would get behind Ukraine?

It complicates the situation.

I can't live in complications.

The world doesn't know any of that.

All they know is that the U.S.

- is standing up to Russian aggression.
- Which is

a righteous cause, no
matter the warped path

- that brought us here.
- Well, righteous that may be, but after Mariupol,

Maria Ostrov may send in a million troops

that will overrun
Ukrainian and U.S. forces,

and no amount of Intel will stop her then.

I understand your position, Bess.

But no talk of a cease-fire.

Are we clear?

Yes, sir.

Uh, in the meantime,

I-I would like to see

the profiling that CIA has on Maria Ostrov.

How much have we got, Ephraim?

Mrs. Ostrov's a newbie on the world scene.

Not a whole lot.

This is exactly my point.

But I was there when she
made a play for power.

She does not strike me as
someone to be trifled with.

Due respect, I saw the video.

So she gave a good speech.

Intelligence is of the opinion that

Maria Ostrov is a puppet
of the Russian generals.

A popular prop

with the right last name.

With no political or military background

and very little formal education.

As far as we're concerned,
she's a former beauty queen

- who married up.
- That's all right.

I'd still like to get into it.

Give the Secretary of State
whatever she wants, Ephraim.

Of course, Mr. President.

Great, thanks.

♪ I feel the night explode ♪

♪ When we're together ♪

This is the woman who's
starting World War III?

Looks like she had a little work done

between Teen Miss
Volgograd and Miss Moscow.

Nose job. Breast augmentation.

You nervous about saying breasts
or just objectifying women?

Hey, she's the one chopping up her body

and putting herself into beauty pageants.

If you're trying to land
a major world leader,

you better to work it.

I disagree.

I think Pavel Ostrov would have done

anything she told him to. Nose job,

- boob job or not.
- The woman did

seize the throne of one of
the most powerful nations

on the planet.

Without breaking a sweat.

♪ Tell it from the stars ♪

♪ Tell it to my heart ♪

So what else do we have on her?

Like Director Ware said, not much.

It really looks like she married up

and never looked back.

That's not helpful.

Her family's working class from Volgograd.

Father worked in a sawmill.

Yet at 19 she moved into

a pretty sweet apartment in Moscow.

Yeah, but she was a beauty queen

and working as a model. I mean,
what's so strange about that?

Modeling locally in Moscow
couldn't cover her rent,

let alone lifestyle.

- Okay?
- Did she have a boyfriend?

- Can't find anything.
- She was first lady

for six years. If she did,
it would have come out.

Unless she didn't want it to.

Or she had a sugar daddy.

Someone paid for that surgery,

yet there's no record of it.

Again, meaning she didn't
want there to be one.

This is all mildly interesting,

but I don't see how it helps our situation.

I don't either.

But events can easily spin out of control.

If there is something that we
can use to leverage this woman,

I want it. Short of that,

I want to understand her better.

Unfortunately, all her

financial documents going back to that time

are through numbered Swiss bank accounts.

Well, that's pretty sophisticated

for a simple girl from Volgograd.

Yeah. But good luck

getting anything out of the Swiss.

That is so weird that
you would just say that.

You're making it my job to
get something out of the Swiss?

Find a way.

Oh. Did you strain your back?

Ah, of course.

Well, now it is officially
Christmas season.

Yeah, if we make it to Christmas.

A little dramatic there, dude.

There are memes all over
BuzzFeed about Russia

going nuclear over Ukraine.

Yeah, I saw one with Maria Ostrov

shooting nuclear missiles out of her eyes

- at Mom and President Dalton.
- Well, that's subtle.

They're saying that this our generation's

Cuban Missile Crisis.

Yeah, and that turned out fine.

Okay, listen, guys. I know it's scary.

But there are a lot of
good people, including Mom,

who are working really hard to
make sure we get to celebrate

plenty more Christmases. That said...

Listen, do not

decorate this tree until Mom gets home.

- Boo!
- If we want to avoid

World War III here.

- Hmm.
- Boo.

- Okay?
- Hmm. Not sure if this

is good or terrifying.

- What?
- It's a news alert.

It's about a battle that happened in some

Ukrainian city... Marr... upol.

- What about it?
- Says

"Ukraine, aided by American advisors,

overwhelmed the Russian forces

and beat them back in a
decisive blow to Russia."

Boom.

Um, oh, you know what?
I have a faculty meeting.

I got to go.

- At 9:00 at night?
- See you guys later.

Yeah, we're a freak show.

- Hey, hi.
- Hey, babe.

Hey, have you heard about Mariupol?

Yeah. It's a big win for Ukraine. And us.

- Thanks to your asset.
- You...

I was finally officially read in.

Then you know he's pretty much blown.

You haven't gotten him out?

- No, I...
- Go.

- Go, go, go.
- Okay.

Oh, wait, take this, take this, take this,

- it's freezing out there.
- Good night.

- Hey, gang.
- Hi. - Hey.

Wow, look at that.

Hey, at least we know
the secretary of state

thinks the world is safe
enough to leave work.

Okay.

On that note, I'm gonna
go play Call of Duty.

Wha...

That's a great way to
take your mind off war.

Mom, Does Dad have a
secret job or something?

What? No.

You people are the worst liars.

Oh, I...

I-I just...

I just want to decorate the tree.

I know. String popcorn?

- Yes.
- Yeah.

So why aren't you running away from me

like the rest of the family?

Well, um...

I met a guy.

Really?

Yes.

Do tell.

Just one date, settle down.

But we are

in negotiations for the second.

I'm gonna need a little more

- than that.
- Okay. Um...

His name is Jareth,

and he's auditing my psych class,

but he is a graduate student
doing applied physics.

He's a total brainiac.

He's British.

And he's nice. He's got big eyes

and a really cute butt. He's tall...

DA.

Hey.

I just got off the
phone with Dmitri Petrov.

He'd like to know why we're
hanging him out to dry.

- And so would I.
- The situation has changed.

You said that the DNI signed
off on the exfiltration

and you were coordinating with CIA.

Why would that change?

Things are fluid.

In case you haven't
noticed, we're in a war.

I noticed that we crushed
the Russians at Mariupol

based on the intelligence
that Dmitri provided.

- I know.
- You know? Do you also know Maria Ostrov

arrested her own assistant for it?

Because it's only a matter
of time before they figure out

that he's the wrong guy
and they come after Dmitri.

So I really don't care what's changed.

We need to get him out of there now.

Unfortunately, we don't have the resources

- in place to do that.
- Okay.

We are the most powerful nation
this world has ever known.

We can't get this kid on a plane?

The Pentagon has pulled most
of our assets in country.

Until the situation improves,
I'm afraid Dmitri is caught

behind enemy lines.

Get him to our embassy in
Moscow or to a safe house.

We must have someone that can pick him up.

Send me in, for God's sake.

But don't let this kid
who's done everything

we've asked of him die for no reason.

I'm sorry.

Are you?

Are you really? Because
it's starting to seem

like that was part of the plan all along.

When we first met, I
told you that Intelligence

was a vast network.

You're at the bottom of that flowchart.

Now it's your duty to stand down.

Sounds like your boss and President Dalton

have gotten themselves into
quite a contretemps with Russia.

That's one way of looking
at it, Mr. Ambassador.

Another is that we're staring

down the barrel of a nuclear war.

I speak for all of Switzerland
in saying that I sincerely hope

we can avoid that.

Of course. But, unfortunately,
bare-knuckled diplomacy

and a lot of dead soldiers

are most likely going to decide this one.

What do you want?

Belrose Banc Suisse

has Maria Ostrov's entire financial history

going back 20 years.

In private, numbered accounts.

We'd like all of it.

Switzerland has cooperated
with the U.S. when asked

about the financial records
of American citizens.

But for a foreign national,

- a head of state, no less?
- I know it's a big ask.

It's impossible.

I also know you'd like a
Winter Olympics in Gstaad.

My government's support would
go a long way toward sticking

that landing.

A lovely offer.

But the Federal Council
will laugh in my face.

We will not participate
in such improprieties.

Impropr... Really?

Hey, we're not done.

I know historically your
little mountain fiefdom

has managed to stay neutral

in the middle of every European conflict.

Two world wars, Fascists, Nazis.

That worked out great for you.

With millions of people
from other countries

dying for your freedom.

But, see, now, now there are B-2 bombers,

EMP strikes, ICBMs

with nuclear payloads!

This time, the chaos
is taking you down, too.

So if preventing World War
III doesn't motivate you,

how about a little naked self-interest?!

Ma'am.

I know. I know. Every NATO ally

is gunning for a cease-fire.

They're calling me at home.

How do they even get that number?

This isn't about the cease-fire.

Oh, crap. That thing.

It's Maria Ostrov. Five minutes ago.

America claims Russia

hacked President Dalton's
Air Force One plane.

But, really, it was the United States

and Ukraine colluding together.

These devious nations
created a fake hack story

as a pretense for America's
imperialist aggression

and to keep ethnic Russians

in Eastern Ukraine imprisoned

by the criminal Bozek administration.

I challenge the warmonger
President Dalton to deny it.

Russia will not be intimidated...

That's enough. I get the gist.

How do you want to respond?

By resigning and crawling under a rock.

But since that's not an option,

let's do a full staff meeting now.

Before I get summoned by
our warmongering president.

Jay's still meeting with
the Swiss ambassador.

Jay. Jay.

- Mr. Ambassador. Bonjour.
- Madam Secretary, your policy man

needs a lesson in diplomacy.

Jay's very passionate. If
it makes any difference,

he yells at me, too.

But here's the thing.

Events are unfolding quickly,
and we need every advantage

we can get. Specifically,
Maria Ostrov's bank records.

You might have noticed
we're pretty good at hacking,

though I'm not admitting
anything about what happened

in Moscow. But we're
gonna get those records

one way or the other. And given

the state of the world right now,

I think you want to stay on our good side.

So you tell that to your Federal Council.

Thanks so much for coming in.

- I'd say pardon my French, but...
- Things just got

real complicated, and I have to go listen

to the president freak out right now.

So you just keep the
heat on the Swiss, okay?

Oui, oui.

- Madam Secretary...
- White House.

Now. Way ahead of you.

And I'm obsolete.

How the hell did Russia find
out that Ukraine was involved

in the Air Force One hack?

Do we have a leaker, Director Ware?

We're investigating, sir,

though it could've come
from the Ukrainians.

Well, as much as I would
love to put someone in front

of a firing squad for this,

the real question is,
where do we go from here?

Our official response

is to deflect any questions

and say that any pertinent information

remains classified.

So, basically, an admission
that it's all true.

Thanks, Ephraim.

Thank you, Mr. President.

Madam Secretary.

I need some air.

I'm guessing

our allies aren't even
pretending to support us

- on this anymore.
- We can't

continue fighting if we
look like the aggressor.

You want to signal we're
open to peace talks.

The French, Germans,

the British, and just
about every other NATO ally

is pushing hard for a summit in Geneva.

From a position of weakness.

I'm not so sure that's true.

My read:

Maria Ostrov got frustrated
on the battlefield,

so she made a lateral move

and she hit us on the diplomatic front.

You think she's ready to deal.

I think every minute she doesn't

order an all-out assault
and flatten every inch

of Eastern and Western Ukraine
is reason for encouragement.

Okay.

If the Russians agree,
we'll go to the table.

Drag the Ukrainians with us.

Yeah.

- ...chronological order.
- Elizabeth.

- That's it. Thanks.
- Okay.

Hey. I was in the middle
of planning a peace summit

- when you called.
- This won't take long.

So much for the victory lap

about getting the Russians to come along.

And if you say that's my job,
I'm gonna punch you in the nose.

You get 'em to sign the damn
treaty, I'll do pirouettes.

Madam Secretary, I
believe you're acquainted

- with Dr. Henry McCord.
- Hi, babe.

Hi. Yeah, we've met once or twice.

And this is Jane Fellows,
his, uh, handler with DIA.

His handler. Of course.

Madam Secretary.

I'm glad to see you don't know who I am.

We actually prefer it that way.

Oh. Uh...

- so why do I need to know you now?
- I understand

that Mr. Jackson and the
president recently read you

into your husband's work with us

handling Captain Dmitri Petrov.

Hell of an asset.

Whose time is quickly running out.

We couldn't exfiltrate him from
Moscow, but we caught a break.

Petrov will be accompanying
General Doroshevich

to your peace talks in Geneva.

Sounds like a friendlier
environment to bring him in.

- What do you need from me?
- Just take

your husband to Geneva with you.

He's the only American Petrov trusts.

So Henry's cover will be as arm candy?

Well, look at the guy.

I can be there to pick
up Petrov personally.

Easy as that.

You seem pretty comfortable
with all this spy stuff.

I married one.

I'm glad you're getting your guy out.

Me, too. I-I find the whole

"not getting personally
invested" thing challenging.

I know.

It's one of the many
things I love about you,

Dr. Henry McCord.

That and your total arm-candy-ness.

Want to make out in the rose garden?

Maybe I can score a key
to the Lincoln Bedroom.

Oh, yeah. Mmm.

- Oh.
- Oh.

Okay.

Rain check?

Rain check.

So, what?

You found corruption in Maria
Ostrov's financial records?

Nope.

Better.

Okay, you guys are kind of freaking me out

with the "cat that ate the
canary" looks. What's...

What's better than corruption?

Try murdering Russia's beloved president.

Murder? A-As in...

murder?

Pavel Ostrov

- had an embolism.
- He did.

Okay. Let's hear it, Columbo.

Meet Dr. Yakov Maklovsky.

Maria Ostrov's plastic surgeon.

As far as we can tell, he was

her sponsor when she started
out as a beauty queen.

We think that he gave her
the rhinoplasty and the...

boob augmentation.

Which is probably how they met.

He also built his practice on

the open secret that he helped
turn her into Miss Russia.

The trail of wire transfers
that Maria made to the guy

extends over the next 20 years.

For nips, tucks, Botox.

Okay. Get-get to the murder part.

Two months ago, Maria makes
a million dollar "donation"

to Maklovsky's clinic. A week later,

Pavel Ostrov goes missing.

But he wasn't really missing.

Right. DIA uncovered that he was getting

a tummy tuck in a Moscow hospital.

That same Intel reveals that his surgeon

was none other than Dr. Maklovsky.

Uh, interesting

- but that's a pretty tenuous connection.
- Well,

does it make it a little less tenuous

if the day after Ostrov died

Maria transferred another million dollars

into Maklovsky's account?

A little. That's a lot of rubles.

Well, it would be very nice to get this...

Maklovsky in a room, huh?

- That's gonna be hard.
- He's dead.

Killed in a violent mugging in Moscow

one week after Pavel Ostrov died.

Okay, but wait a second.

We still don't have anything
that directly connects Maria

- or Maklovsky...
- Except this.

DIA's source in the hospital
was able to get us a list

of every prescription
that Maklovsky wrote during

that two-week period,
including one for Progestafil.

A rarely used, injectable, blood coagulant.

NIH said that in extreme doses,

it could cause an embolism

in someone who recently had surgery.

Official reports say Mr.
Ostrov died in his sleep.

Meaning, if we're right,

it's probable that the
death blow was delivered

by Maria Ostrov.

So,

Maria Ostrov wants to
get rid of her husband

so that she can take over
the Russian presidency.

And she uses Pavel's
surgery as an opportunity

to enlist her old doctor
friend to set things up

so that her husband appears

to die of post-surgical complications.

And then she pays the good doctor

two million dollars for his troubles.

And Maria could easily

have had her goons take
the good doctor out, leaving

no one left alive who knows what she did.

Pavel Ostrov was the Ronald Reagan

of recent Russian history.

He was their most popular
leader of the last,

oh, 50 years, so...

If it ever got out that Maria
killed him, she'd be done.

The problem is...

it's all circumstantial.

All right, see if you can get your hands

on Pavel Ostrov's autopsy.

If we want to stick it
to Maria Ostrov in Geneva,

we're gonna need proof.

Oh, you got to be kidding me.

President Bozek sent
Foreign Minister Melnik

to represent Ukraine in his place.

At his country's most consequential moment,

Bozek bails.

Just like he did from his damn plane.

Maybe he's scared we'll
ship him to The Hague.

Well, he should be.

Let's just hope

that Melnik and the Ukrainians
are ready to play ball.

Don't worry about it.

I'll bash a bat over his head if I have to.

You make contact with Dmitri?

Yup.

Hell of a lot easier than Moscow.

Called his hotel room.

He's waiting for instructions.

Good.

We sit tight till the talks are over,

and then, it's a simple extraction.

He reiterated that he wants
me there at the pickup.

Oh, as long as you're still okay with that.

Just tell me where and when.

We've chosen the corner of Rue
Agasse and Avenue des Jardins.

It's quiet, residential.

Standard procedure is...

There'll be a three-minute window.

If for any reason, he's
not there, we abort.

But I'm not foreseeing any problems.

Good.

Listen...

about going over your head.

- I-I-I wouldn't...
- Oh, you mean, to the, uh,

president of the United
States, your old friend?

Look, if you want to get
into it, that wasn't just

going over my head.

That was pole vaulting the
entire chain of command.

I'm sorry if that made
things difficult for you.

Don't expect a Christmas
card from my supervisors,

but... I get it.

Look, just about everyone
in this line of work

is crystal clear about their patriotism.

At the expense of their humanity sometimes.

And I'd put myself at
the front of that class.

You're different.

I'm not sure if that's a compliment.

Your conscience may not make you

the ideal spy,

but it certainly makes you a better person.

Let's not breathe too easy yet. Uh,

I'll let you know when
we have the green light.

I hear our Ukrainian

friends needed a little hand holding.

Let's just say we took a stroll

through all the possible
outcomes for their country

if they didn't agree to our terms.

Nothing like the threat of annihilation

to make people choose wisely.

Unfortunately, CIA and NSA were unable

to find proof that Maria killed Ostrov.

It's still a compelling
circumstantial case.

Not without the smoking gun.

Shame.

Foreign Minister Melnik, I'm glad Ukraine

and the United States were
able to see eye to eye.

I prefer eye for an eye.

But, yes, we'll sign away
half our beloved country.

Secretary McCord

was quite persuasive.

Good.

Eastern Ukraine will
become an autonomous state

with its borders along
the north of the Black Sea,

from Luhansk to Odessa Oblast.

A puppet of Russia.

An end to all United
States economic sanctions

on the Russian government as
well as on individual Russians.

An end to all travel bans,

except those on the United
States Terrorist Watch List.

Russia agrees to restore
gas and oil supplies

to all European Union countries,

effective immediately
and without interruption

for a minimum of 15 years.

And that's everything.

President Ostrova, I think it's fair

to say that each side has made

painful compromises here.

Now the United States and Ukraine are ready

to sign this agreement.

Russia has one more requirement.

President Ostrova,

the United States stands
firmly behind these terms.

All I require

is truth.

President Dalton, you
must admit to the world

that the United States attacked Moscow's

power grid without provocation.

And apologize.

You know that's never going to happen.

The world's only superpower
prostrates itself to no country.

Now let's sign this deal,
and end the aggression.

I can get

everything I want with aggression,

including all of Ukraine.

Or you can apologize.

It's up to you.

This is what happens

when you try to make a deal with the devil.

Enough.

I'd like the room.

So President Ostrova and I can talk.

Yes, let's talk, President Dalton.

Elizabeth, please stay.

Might be a long flight home.

I think that Afghanistan
and Chechnya are still fresh

on the minds of your
people, President Ostrova.

You underestimate their desire for peace.

You underestimate Russian pride.

After what we all know you did to Moscow,

my people are not afraid of you.

Apologize, or no deal.

I don't take orders from you.

Is okay.

I can go buy new watch
on Rue Du Rhone today.

Good afternoon.

You will sign this deal,

or my government will bury
you and your reputation.

What is this?

A threat?

One you would be wise to heed.

We know you murdered your husband.

We uncovered your relationship
with Dr. Yakov Maklovsky.

We know that he performed
your husband's stomach surgery,

and that his embolism was induced

by an injection of Progestafil.

We know about your
two-million-dollar payments

to Maklovsky.

And we know that you had him
killed to cover your tracks.

This is ridiculous.

And we have proof.

You got where you are by riding
your husband's popularity.

What will happen

when the Russian people
find out that you are guilty

- of murdering their hero?
- What will your generals do?

Your Chief of the General Staff

Doroshevich was your
husband's biggest loyalist.

You'll never survive it politically.

Or... you may simply not survive it.

Like my friend Anton Gorev.

Even if what you say is true,

I cannot go back to my
generals and tell them

I took this deal without
anything in return.

They know I am willing to have war.

Doroshevich wants war.

It is impossible.

You need to find a way to make it possible.

There may be one.

We know that you have a spy in

my inner circle.

If you tell us who that is,

I can take that to the generals,
and we will have a deal.

You've got it wrong.

But even if you were right,

the United States would never
be seen to give up our own asset.

So we would each hold the other's secret.

I will never say publicly
that you agreed to it.

Just like you will never say
what you think I did to Pavel.

Mutually-assured destruction.

Yes, like our Cold War.

It will never happen.

Then I will send my
entire army into Ukraine.

And no matter how many you send
to die, nothing will stop us.

Do you really want to test
the full force of our military?

Because it hasn't gone well for you so far.

My generals want this fight.

And we do not place the same restrictions

on our army as you do.

You mean a nuclear response?

Do you really want to test this?

Conrad?

We can't do this.

We can not do this.

She could be bluffing?

You want to bet a few hundred
thousand lives on that?

- You're right.
- Or millions?

Because that's what
we're talking about here.

I think that we should
consider apologizing.

Roll over for Maria Ostrov
in front of the world?

I think it's an option.

It would be the single greatest
blow to American prestige

since Iraq. It would weaken us,

all while exposing our
classified cyber program.

You built your career
operating in the fog of war.

At CIA, you made nothing but hard choices

about greater good versus individual harm.

Obviously, you're thinking of Henry

and his relationship with the asset.

I'm sorry about that.

But I have to put national security first,

and I need my Secretary
of State in lockstep.

30 seconds. Come on, Hank.

We're good. It's just
right around this corner.

Hello?

There he is.

Copy that. Abort.

- Abort. Abort.
- What? No.

- What? No. Stop the van.
- Can't stop the van.

- Stop the damn van!
- Stand down. Stand down.

Who the hell are those guys?!

I don't know.

- Are they ours?
- I don't know.

Who are those guys? Are they Russians?!

- Did you just give him up?
- Calm down. You are...

- Did we give him up?! What is going on?
- No idea.

I need to know what the hell is going on!

Babe? Oh, thank God you're here. Listen,

they aborted Dmitri's
extraction at the last second,

and I think the Russians got him.

Jane won't tell me anything,

but I am sure that we
can still bring him in.

He's got to be in the city,
so, I need you to call the Swiss

- to ground all Russian planes...
- Henry.

...till we can get into it
with the president. Come on.

I know there's a call that you can make.

He's an American asset,
and he got made somehow.

Or we got cold feet. Anyway,
we can't just give up on him.

We've got to put up a fight.

You know something.

What is it?

It was part of the negotiation.

What?

Dmitri was...?

No, no, no.

That... You...

We would never negotiate
away one of our own assets.

That's not... that's not possible.

Please tell me that's not possible.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God!

Did Conrad approve this?

Why couldn't you talk him out of it?

He's an old spy, for God's sake.

Why...? How could he do this?

Please tell me you didn't
agree to this, Elizabeth.

We had to think of the greater good.

You know

what they'll do to him.

I'm sorry.

No.

There's got to be another way.

I'm gonna go talk

to Conrad myself.

Elizabeth.

Mr. President.

How's Henry holding up?

Um, he took a commercial flight back.

He made his feelings
known to me last night.

I'm sorry, sir.

That couldn't have been fun.

You will both regret this.

Well, at least they're consistent.

I do not disagree with a
single thing that Henry said.

If you had told me ten years ago

that I would have made that call...

Some partners in peace.

Sir, I just need to make a quick
phone call if that's all right?

- I'll catch up.
- Of course.

Hi. You've reached Henry McCord.

Please leave me a message.

Hey, baby. It's me.

Just checking in again.
I left you a message.

Call me, please?

I love you.