Mission: Impossible (1966–1973): Season 1, Episode 3 - Operation Rogosh - full transcript

Rogosh is an operative for a country hostile to the United States. When he strikes, he typically leaves dozens, if not hundreds, of bodies in his wake. Rogosh has been spotted in Los Angeles. But he will not crack under normal interrogation methods. Briggs comes up with an unusual plan. The IMF stages an accident where pedestrian Rogosh is struck by a car. When he awakes, he appears to be in a prison in his home country -- three years later.

Man: GOOD MORNING, MR. BRIGGS.

THIS MAN IS EMERY ROGASH,
KNOWN TO US AS "THE MONSTER."

HIS SPECIALTY IS MASS MURDER

IN ORDER TO CREATE
POLITICAL ANARCHY.

HERE ARE SOME SAMPLES
OF HIS WORK.

NORTH AFRICA, BOMBAY,
RIO DE JANEIRO.

YESTERDAY,
ROGASH WAS DISCOVERED

TO HAVE BEEN IN LOS ANGELES
FOR A WEEK.

HE HAS BOUGHT AIRLINE TICKETS
HOME FOR TOMORROW NIGHT.

CONSIDERING ROGASH'S HISTORY,
THE SECRETARY BELIEVES

THAT THOUSANDS IN
THE LOS ANGELES AREA MIGHT DIE



UNLESS ROGASH'S PLAN
IS DISCOVERED AND COUNTERED.

DAN, OUR EXPERTS
CONSIDER ROGASH UNBREAKABLE

BY ANY KNOWN MEANS.

NEVERTHELESS, YOUR MISSION,
SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO ACCEPT,

WOULD BE
TO BREAK ROGASH...FAST.

PLEASE DESTROY THIS RECORDING
BY THE USUAL METHOD.

[ TIRES SCREECHING ]

ROGASH!

Man: ALL RIGHT, BACK UP,
EVERYBODY. BACK UP.

BACK UP.
GIVE HIM AIR.

BACK UP. YOU, BACK UP.

[ WAILING ]

COME ON, BACK UP.

I TOLD YOU TO MOVE.



COME ON, YOU. BACK UP.

GET AWAY
FROM THE AMBULANCE.

BACK UP.
GIVE HIM AIR.

BACK UP. MOVE OVER THERE.
MOVE.

MOVE!

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

ALL RIGHT, DRIVER,
WHAT HAPPENED?

[ WAILING ]

HE'LL BE OUT FOR HOURS.

HOW BADLY HURT IS HE?

CONCUSSION,

NO BROKEN BONES,

NO SIGN
OF INTERNAL INJURY.

SONNY DID FINE.

WHAT ABOUT BRUISES?

YES, HE'LL HAVE A NUMBER
OF THEM

WHERE THE CAR STRUCK HIM.

WOULD A BAD BEATING LEAVE
THE SAME KIND OF MARKS?

DEFINITELY.

THEN WE'RE READY.

[ WAILING CONTINUES ]

[ GASPING ]

[ SQUEAKING ]

[ With accent ] HEY!

HEY!

WHERE AM I?!

SOMEBODY!

WHERE AM I?!

[ WOMAN SCREAMS ]

HEY, LISTEN!

WHERE AM I?!

HEY!

WHAT PLACE IS THIS?

HEY!

[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

NINETEEN HUNDRED...

SIXTY...EIGHT?

1968.

HEY!

LEGIONS! SOMEBODY!

ANSWER ME!

HOW LONG HAVE I BEEN HERE?

HOW DID I GET HERE?

WHAT AM I DOING
IN STEFAN CASTLE?

YOU!

GUARD!

[ WOMAN SCREAMS ]

[ SCREAMING CONTINUES ]

ALL RIGHT, YOU, LISTENING,
WHAT IS ALL THIS?

THERE HAS BEEN SOME MISTAKE.

I AM EMERY ROGASH.

WHY AM I A PRISONER?!

HE FOUND THE BUG.

GOOD.

[ HAMMERING ]

[ FOOTSTEPS ]

THIS WAY.

THE PROSECUTOR WANTS
TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

AGAIN?

MOVE!

[ WOMAN CRIES ]

[ BUZZING ]

Man: [ With accent ]
THE PREMIER EMIL HAKVANI

TODAY LASHED OUT AT THE NEW
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

HE SAID THAT WHITCOMB IS
MERELY CONTINUING THE POLICIES

OF HIS PREDECESSORS.

HAKVANI IS PRIME MINISTER?

THE GOVERNMENT REVEALED TODAY

THE RECENT ARREST
OF COLONEL KLIMI,

HEAD OF SPECIAL INTELLIGENCE.

ALSO ARRESTED
WERE KLIMI'S DEPUTY

AND SEVERAL OTHER PERSONS
IN THE BUREAU.

IN SPORTS TODAY,
THE 10,000-METER RECORD

SET BY ORONAYEV
IN THE 1968 OLYMPICS

WAS BROKEN
BY A 19-YEAR-OLD SWEDE.

[ PAPERS SHUFFLE ]

YOU ARE THE PROSECUTOR?

WHY AM I A PRISONER HERE?

AH, ROGASH, STOP IT.

COLONEL KLIMI'S IMPLICATED YOU
UP TO YOUR NECK.

KLIMI?

YES. YES.
HE'S CONFESSED.

WE DON'T REALLY NEED IT.

BUT MY ORDERS ARE TO GET
A CONFESSION OUT OF YOU, TOO,

BEFORE THE TRIAL.

NOW, YOU KNOW THIS BUSINESS
AS WELL AS I DO.

SAVE US BOTH TIME.

SAVE YOURSELF
FROM ANY MORE...

MASSAGES.

ONCE MORE...

HOW MUCH HAVE THE AMERICANS
BEEN PAYING YOU, HUH?

LAST SUMMER IN BERLIN,

WHAT DID YOU DO
WITH THOSE DOCUMENTS?

HOW LONG HAVE I BEEN HERE?

HOW LONG HAS EMIL HAKVANI
BEEN PRIME MINISTER?

WHAT IS THIS?

A BUILD-UP TO A DEFENSE
OF INSANITY?

WELL, ALL RIGHT,
YOU'RE INSANE.

WAIT -- WAIT A MINUTE.

LISTEN TO ME.

YOU WANT TO KNOW
THE TRUTH?

I DON'T KNOW HOW I GOT HERE
OR WHY I'M HERE.

WHEN I KNEW KLIMI,
HE WAS A MAJOR,

OUR INTELLIGENCE ATTACHE
IN LOS ANGELES.

BACK IN '66.

YOU HAVE BEEN HIS DEPUTY
FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS!
NO!

ROGASH,
FOR AN INTELLIGENT MAN --

LISTEN! THE LAST THING
I REMEMBER,

I WAS CROSSING A STREET
IN LOS ANGELES.

YOU HEARD OF LOS ANGELES?
IN AMERICA!

YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE
IN THREE YEARS.

WHAT YEAR IS THIS?

'69.

YOU RETURNED FROM AMERICA
IN LATE '66.

SOMETHING TO DO
WITH AN ACCIDENT.

YES, THAT'S RIGHT.
I WAS HIT BY A CAR.

HIT BY A CAR AND THEN,
I WOKE UP THIS MORNING.

THREE YEARS.

I WAS IN LOS ANGELES.

SEND IN DR. ZOLTAN.

MYSELF AND ANOTHER AGENT
NAMED LAZLOFF.

WE WERE BEING FOLLOWED.
THE CAR.

LAZLOFF.
FIND LAZLOFF!

LAZLOFF.

SIR.

HOW ARE YOU, ROGASH?

YOU KNOW ME?

WHY, ROGASH,
WE HAVE BEEN FRIENDS

SINCE THE NIGHT
YOU WERE ARRESTED

AT THE STATE RECEPTION.

DOCTOR, UH...

DOCTOR, A HYPOTHETICAL
QUESTION.

A MAN IS HURT BY A CAR.

THREE YEARS LATER,

HE REMEMBERS NOTHING
SINCE THE ACCIDENT.

CAN THIS EVEN HAPPEN?

YES. IT HAS BEEN KNOWN
TO HAPPEN.

DELAYED AMNESIA.

NOT OFTEN. WHY?

OH...NO REASON.

IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.

NO. INSANITY...

AMNESIA...
THESE ARE NO DEFENSE

IN CAPITAL CRIMES
AGAINST THE STATE.

TAKE HIM OUT.

YOU'RE NOT BAD.

NOT BAD?

WAIT TILL YOU SEE ME
PLAY MY FALSTAFF.

OKAY, HE'S BOUGHT IT.

NOW KEEP ONE THING
FIRMLY IN MIND.

HE'S BRILLIANT --
AND AN EXPERT.

NOBODY PUSH,
NO QUESTIONS.

LET HIM CONTINUE DOING
ALL THE WORK,

LET HIM DIG FOR
INFORMATION.

HOW MUCH TIME
DO WE HAVE?

I CAN'T TELL YOU,
BUT DON'T RUSH IT.

ONE LITTLE LUMP,

AND TIME RUNS OUT
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

IF MY LIFE WERE AT STAKE,

I WOULD HATE TO HAVE YOU
DEFEND ME.

THANK YOU.

MY AIM IS TO INSPIRE A
COMPLETE...LACK OF CONFIDENCE.

MAJOR!

COLONEL KLIMI!

[ KEYS JINGLE ]

MR. LOPEK'S HERE.

HOW ARE WE TODAY,
MR. ROGASH?

YOU DON'T LOOK TOO GOOD.

WELL...GET ON WITH IT.

THERE'S NO RECORD OF ANY
OF THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

THAT YOU TOLD ME OF.

AND I CAN'T GET TO THOSE
PEOPLE YOU ASKED ABOUT.

THESNY AND BOGUSS
HAVE DISAPPEARED.

AND ARKAPIN
HAS BEEN ARRESTED.

SO HAS YOUR SECRETARY.

AND I CAN'T GET IN THERE
TO TALK TO THEM.

AND LAZLOFF?

LAZLOFF?

WELL, DON'T YOU REMEMBER?
HE WAS SHOT LAST WEEK.

I DID MY BEST AT THE TRIAL.

YOU REPRESENTED HIM?

YES.

AND YOU'RE TO BE MY ADVOCATE?

OF COURSE.

WHAT AM I ACCUSED OF?

WHAT?

JUST TELL ME AGAIN.

WELL, YOU'VE BEEN DENOUNCED
AS AN AMERICAN AGENT

ALONG WITH KLIMI
AND LAZLOFF AND THE OTHERS.

[ Whispering ]
The others.

I THINK THAT PERHAPS...

SIT DOWN,
MR. LOPEK!

WHO IS THAT? HMM?

WELL,
THAT'S YOUR SECRETARY.

LISTEN, I DO THINK
THAT ANOTHER TIME --

BE STILL, MR. LOPEK,
AND LISTEN TO ME.

I WOKE UP THIS MORNING

AND FOUND I HAVE NO MEMORY
OF THE PAST THREE YEARS.

IS HE THERE?

YES. IT'S VERY STRANGE,
MAJOR KLIMI.

THE HOUSE HAS BEEN CHANGED

TO LOOK LIKE THE PRISON
WING OF STEFAN CASTLE.

I SAW MANY GUARDS
IN UNIFORM,

AND I S...

WELL, GO ON, LAZLOFF.

WELL, SIR, I EVEN THOUGHT
I SAW YOU.

Rogash: I'VE BEEN TRYING,
BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER.

Lopek: I DON'T BELIEVE IT.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

SINCE 1966?

IT WAS OCTOBER 31.

YOU DON'T REMEMBER
ANYTHING YOU DID AFTER THAT?

I DON'T REMEMBER.

I BOUGHT TICKETS TO LEAVE
LOS ANGELES ON NOVEMBER 2

BECAUSE ON NOVEMBER 4...

NO, I MEAN MORE RECENTLY
LIKE THE PAST YEAR OR TWO.

NOTHING.

THEN, UH, YOU DON'T KNOW

IF YOU'RE INNOCENT
OR GUILTY OF THE CHARGE?

WELL, OF COURSE,
I'M INNOCENT.

BUT YOU DON'T KNOW
FOR CERTAIN.

I'M AFRAID, MR. ROGASH,
THAT I CAN'T REPRESENT YOU.

I, UH, SHOULDN'T HAVE
UNDERTAKEN TO DEFEND YOU

IN THE FIRST PLACE.
YOU TOAD!

[ Whispering ]
What can I do?

The new regime
is out to get Klimi.

You're caught
in the middle.

You know these
power struggles.

They might even try
to arrest me.

YOU LITTLE WORM!

I'M NOT SOME CLERK.

YOU'RE DEALING
WITH EMERY ROGASH.

GUARD!

WE HEARD.

IT MUST HAVE TAKEN
SOME SELF-CONTROL.

YOU'LL NEVER KNOW.

HE WAS SUPPOSED TO LEAVE
ON THE SECOND. THAT'S TODAY.

YES.

AND WHATEVER IT IS

IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN
ON THE FOURTH.

WE HAVE TWO DAYS.

I DON'T KNOW
WHAT IT IS THEY'RE DOING,

BUT I'M SURE
IT'S DANGEROUS.

I WANT YOU TO GET
INTO THAT PLACE.

AND GET ROGASH OUT.

NO. KILL HIM.

[ KEYS JINGLE ]

YOU GET TO EXERCISE NOW.

[ INDISTINCT VOICE ]

OUT!

WAIT, CAN I TALK TO HER?

NO!
WAIT. WAIT.

EMERY.

UH...DEAR...

OH!

[ CRYING ]

OW!

[ CRYING ]

YOU WERE BEATEN?

I DON'T KNOW WHY.

I TOLD THEM EVERYTHING,
ANYTHING.

THINGS THAT HAPPENED.
THINGS THAT DIDN'T.

ANYTHING I THOUGHT
THEY WANTED TO HEAR.

WHAT DID
THEY WANT TO HEAR?

NOTHING. NOTHING SEEMS
TO BE ANY USE.

OH, EMERY, I'M SCARED.

THEY DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE.

THEY WANTED ME TO SAY

YOU ARE WORKING
FOR THE AMERICANS.

AND DID YOU?

NO. NO, THAT'S THE ONE
THING I DIDN'T.

I DON'T THINK
IT'S ANY HELP.

THEY KNOW WE DIDN'T MEET

UNTIL AFTER WE CAME BACK
FROM AMERICA.

OH, EMERY,
THE THINGS I TOLD THEM.

AND WHAT WERE THEY?

ALL THE...PRIVATE THINGS.

[ Crying ]
I'M SO ASHAMED.

OH, THERE, THERE,
THAT'S ALL RIGHT...DARLING.

LISTEN, WHAT ELSE?

WHAT ELSE
DID YOU TELL THEM?

EVERYTHING.

ALL THE OPERATIONS WE DID

LAST YEAR
AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT.

THEY DIDN'T CARE.

I TRIED,
BUT THEY WOULDN'T LISTEN.

ALL THEY WANTED TO HEAR
ABOUT WAS AMERICA,

NOTHING ELSE,
BEFORE OR AFTER.

THEY SAID THE WHOLE AMERICAN
OPERATION WAS JUST A COVER,

AND EVERYTHING I TOLD THEM
ABOUT IT WAS JUST HEARSAY.

HEARSAY?

BECAUSE I WASN'T THERE.
OH.

I ONLY KNOW THE LITTLE
YOU TOLD ME ABOUT IT --

THE ACCIDENT,

THE HEADACHES, THE...

[ Crying ] OH, EMERY,
I'M SO FRIGHTENED.

I'M SO FRIGHTENED
I'M GOING TO DIE.

NO, NO, NO.

OH, TELL THEM
I WASN'T IN AMERICA!

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.
I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

OF COURSE.

OF COURSE.

COME SIT DOWN HERE.

DARLING, LISTEN TO ME.

WHAT ELSE
DID I TELL YOU?

DID I TELL YOU
WHO I SAW IN AMERICA?

NO.
WHO I WORKED WITH?

W-W-W-WHERE I STAYED?

[ Crying ]
OH, EMERY, HELP ME.

THEY'RE GOING TO KILL ME.

HELP ME.

CONTROL YOURSELF, DARLING!

DARLING, DID I TELL YOU
ABOUT THE OPERATION ITSELF?

WHAT?

TELL ME AGAIN.
WHAT DID I TELL YOU?

DARLING, DID I TELL YOU
ABOUT THE CULTURES?

I DON'T REMEMBER.

OH, YES, YES, YES.

DID YOU TELL THEM?

WHAT?

ABOUT
THE BACTERIA CULTURES?

[ CRYING ]

DARLING, HOW --
HOW MANY DIED?

I HAVE TO KNOW
IF I WAS SUCCESSFUL.

HOW MANY DIED?
DO YOU REMEMBER?

YOU KNOW WE AGREED
NEVER TO MENTION IT.

NEVER TO MENTION...

HOW MANY DIED?

WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH YOU?

GET OUT OF HERE.

[ SIGHS ]

WE KNOW THE M.O.
IS BACTERIOLOGICAL.

NO, THAT'S ALL.

SOON AS WE KNOW,
YOU'LL KNOW.

RIGHT.

DON'T LET THE TIME PRESSURE
MAKE YOU TOO EAGER.

RIGHT.

NO FAKE ON
THE BEATING, WILLY.

THANKS, PAL.

SHALL WE?

[ KEYS JINGLE ]

[ MAN YELLS
IN OTHER LANGUAGE ]

[ With Jamaican accent ]
YOU HIT LIKE THE WOMAN.

LIKE -- UGH!

MY LITTLE BROTHER, HE HIT
HARDER THAN YOU, MAN.

THAT'S WHAT YOU DON'T...

WHO IS HE?

STUDENT AGITATOR.

WHY BOTHER, MAN?

THIS COUNTRY
IS ONE BIG PRISON!

SHUT UP!

WHOEVER YOU ARE,
TRY AND SHUT ME UP!

THEY COULDN'T!

I PROTEST
THIS ENTIRE COUNTRY!

NEXT TIME,
STAY IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY!

IT'S BETTER THERE, MAN.

BETTER YET IN THE U.S.A.

HOW WOULD YOU KNOW?

I HAD SCHOLARSHIP THERE
AT UCLA.

IN LOS ANGELES?
WHEN WERE YOU THERE?

TWO, THREE YEARS AGO.

WHERE YOU THERE
IN NOVEMBER OF 1966?

NO,
NOT TILL JANUARY AFTER.

THEN YOU MISSED
THE EPIDEMIC?

OH, YES, THANK GOD.

NOT THE RIOTS.

HAH! THEY HAD MARTIAL LAW.

THE PANIC LASTED THAT LONG?

OH, YEAH.

THERE WERE DEMONSTRATIONS
AND LOOTIN'.

THAT WAS A TIME.

WHAT WAS THE DEATH TOLL?
DO YOU REMEMBER?

NOT EXACTLY.

THOUSANDS, THOUGH.

THOUSANDS.

WE SHOT LAZLOFF, RIGHT?
SO WHY NOT SHOOT ME?

NO, THIS WAY'S MORE VISUAL.

BESIDES, ROLLIN,
YOU WERE BORN TO HANG.

GUARDS!

GUARDS!

OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR COMING, MR. LOPEK.

I APOLOGIZE, BELIEVE ME,

I APOLOGIZE
FOR WHAT HAPPENED.

I NEED YOUR HELP.

I PAY YOU ANY AMOUNT
OF MONEY YOU WANT.

I HAVE WITNESSES,

TWO WITNESSES,
TO WHAT HAPPENED IN AMERICA.

PLEASE.

I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW.

Woman: PEOPLE'S PROSECUTOR
WILL PROCEED.

I INTEND TO SHOW THAT
THE ACCUSED, EMERY ROGASH,

WAS AN ACCOMPLICE
OF THE TRAITOR KLIMI,

ALREADY FOUND GUILTY
BY THIS COURT

AND DULY EXECUTED.

I WILL ALSO SHOW THAT ROGASH,

THREE YEARS AGO, WHEN IN
AMERICA, BECAME A DOUBLE AGENT.

NO.

IF THE COURT PLEASE...

MY CLIENT CATEGORICALLY
DENIES ALL THE CHARGES.

HE WISHES TO OFFER PROOF

THAT HE IS A LOYAL
AND DEVOTED SERVANT

OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC.

I ASK THE DEFENSE ADVOCATE,

ARE YOU REFERRING TO CERTAIN
SUPPOSED SECRET OPERATIONS

THAT THE ACCUSED PERFORMED
ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT?

YES.

THIS COURT
HAS ALREADY ATTEMPTED

TO FIND THE FILES RELATING
TO SUCH OPERATIONS.

THEY WERE BURNED --

BY THE TRAITORS,
KLIMI AND LAZLOFF.

WILL THE COURT PLEASE
QUESTION MAGDA BUJESKI?

CALL MAGDA BUJESKI.

STATE YOUR RELATIONSHIP

TO THE ACCUSED,
EMERY ROGASH.

[ In robotic voice ]
I WORKED IN HIS DEPARTMENT.

I WAS HIS SECRETARY.

WAS THE RELATIONSHIP ALSO
NOT MORE, UM, INTIMATE?

YES.

DID THE ACCUSED
EVER TALK TO YOU

ABOUT HIMSELF
AND COLONEL KLIMI?

HE SAID THAT IN AMERICA,

THEY BOTH BECAME MEMBERS
OF AN UNDERGROUND GROUP

PLEDGED TO DESTROY OUR PEOPLE'S
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT.

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HER?!
IT'S A LIE!

[ WHISPERING ]

MY CLIENT ASKS THAT
THE WITNESS BE ASKED ABOUT

THE LATER OPERATIONS
SHE AND HE CARRIED OUT

AFTER HIS RETURN
FROM AMERICA.

WE ARE WASTING TIME.

ALL RIGHT,
ANSWER THE QUESTION.

I...

I DON'T KNOW
WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.

WHEN AND WHERE WERE THESE
SUPPOSED LATER OPERATIONS

CARRIED OUT, MR. ROGASH?

REMOVE THE WITNESS.

WOULD THE COURT PLEASE CALL
JOHN MAC--

MAY I RESPECTFULLY
ADDRESS THE COURT?

[ COUGHS ]

FOR A...

[ Softly ] Window, rifle.

...MOMENT?

WHEN I WAS ASSIGNED
TO THIS CASE,

I TOOK IT WITH GREAT MISGIVINGS
ABOUT DEFENDING AN ENEMY,

AN ACCUSED ENEMY
OF THE STATE.

SIT DOWN, MR. LOPEK.

EXCUSE ME, I, UH,
WISH TO MAKE IT CLEAR,

ONLY FOR THE RECORD,
I AM REPRESENTING THIS MAN

AS AN ACCOMMODATION
TO THIS COURT,

WHICH ASSIGNED ME,
AND NOT OUT OF

ANY PERSONAL CONVICTIONS
OR SYMPATHIES.

YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME!

GUARD!

MR. ROGASH, BE SEATED!

WHAT WERE YOU TRYING
TO SAY, MR. LOPEK?

MY LOYALTY IS COMPLETELY
TO THIS PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC.

FIRMLY...

IF THE DEFENSE ADVOCATE
IS FINISHED...

I TAKE ONLY A MOMENT MORE
OF YOUR TIME.

ONLY TO APOLOGIZE
TO THIS COURT

FOR TAKING UP
ITS VALUABLE TIME.

WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL
JOHN MACAVAHO?

Rollin: DID YOU TALK
RECENTLY TO THE ACCUSED?

FROM MY CELL, YES.

AND WHAT WAS THE NATURE OF
THE QUESTIONS HE ASKED YOU?

ALL ABOUT LOS ANGELES.

MANY, MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.

DID YOU GET
THE IMPRESSION THAT

IF RELEASED,
HE WOULD GO THERE?

YES.

THEN IN YOUR OPINION,

HE WOULD DEFECT TO AMERICA
IF HE COULD, HUH?

OH, YES, I THINK SO.

WHAT?! NO, I NEVER
IMPLIED THAT!

NO, I WAS ASKING ABOUT
THE RESULTS OF AN ASSIGNMENT.

NO, PLEASE, LISTEN.

I'M A LOYAL
AND EFFECTIVE AGENT.

Woman:
THE ACCUSED WILL BE SEATED.

NO, NO, PLEASE,

I BEG THE COURT
TO BE ALLOWED TO EXPLAIN.

I HAD AN ASSIGNMENT
IN LOS ANGELES.

IT WAS THE CONTAMINATION

OF AN ENTIRE CITY'S
WATER SUPPLY.

IT WAS TOTALLY SUCCESSFUL.

YOUR HONOR...

IT'S WATERBORNE.

[ GAVEL POUNDING ]

THE ACCUSED WILL BE ALLOWED
TO CONTINUE BUT IS WARNED --

THAT HIS STORY WILL BE CHECKED
IN EVERY DETAIL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

PLEASE, I WANT IT
TO BE CHECKED.

THE BURDEN OF PROOF
RESTS WITH THE DEFENDANT,

NOT WITH THIS COURT.

WE WILL NEED MORE PARTICULARS.

OF COURSE.

I USED A BOTULIN CULTURE,

A PECULIARLY DEADLY STRAIN
OF BACTERIA

AND AN EXTREMELY INTENSE
SOLUTION WAS PREPARED

AND CONTAINED IN FOUR HOLLOW,
SMALL, PLASTIC FLASKS.

ONLY FOUR CONTAINERS?

YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THE
VIRULENCE OF THE CULTURE

AND THE STRATEGIC LOCATION

IN WHICH
THE FLASKS WERE PLACED.

EACH CONTAINER WAS DESIGNED

TO BE BROKEN APART
BY A TIME MECHANISM.

AND I PLACED ONE RIGHT
AT THE MAJOR SLUICE GATE

OF THE CHATSWORTH RESERVOIR.

CHATSWORTH RESERVOIR
SLUICE GATE.

THIS RESERVOIR FEEDS

THE ENTIRE
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY.

YOUR HONOR...

OVER TWO MILLION PEOPLE
LIVE IN THIS AREA.

THE NEWSPAPERS
ON NOVEMBER 4, 1966,

AND THE WEEKS,
EVEN MONTHS, FOLLOWING

WILL GIVE YOU RESULTS
FAR BETTER THAN I CAN.

THOUSANDS OF DEATHS,
COMPLETE PANIC,

RIOTING,
TOTAL CIVIL DISORDER.

I PLACED ANOTHER ONE,
ANOTHER CONTAINER,

IN THE STONE CANYON
RESERVOIR PUMPING STATION.

IT SERVES AN AREA
OF THREE MILLION PEOPLE.

I PLACED A THIRD CONTAINER

IN THE EAST LOS ANGELES
MAIN DUCT BELOW THE FILTER.

THIS I WILL DRAW THE COURT
A MAP.

YOUR HONOR, THIS
IS HIGHLY IRRELEVANT.

VERY CLEVER.

BEAUTIFULLY DONE.

I COMMEND ALL OF YOU.

YOU FOOLED EVEN ROGASH...ALMOST.

THIS PRISON...

THIS TRIAL...

MY AMNESIA...

A FAKE...

ALL A FAKE.

I'M STILL IN AMERICA.

SO CLOSE, BUT THERE IS
STILL THE FOURTH CONTAINER

WITH ENOUGH DEATH

TO STRIKE DOWN TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF YOU.

YES.

[ LAUGHING ]

YES.

YOU, THE MOST INEFFECTIVE.

YOU WOULD BE THE LEADER.

Briggs: Rogash.

Rogash.

YES?

The fourth one, Rogash --

where do we find the fourth?

Your cell
has been hermetically sealed.

The time devices on the three
containers have been reset.

We can open them by our signal.

Whether or not
you leave the room alive

depends on your telling us

the location
of the fourth container.

You have 15 seconds.

[ TICKING ]

GOVI RESERVOIR.

THE CONTAINER IS ANCHORED
AT THE MAIN SLUICE GATE.

[ TICKING CONTINUES ]

DID YOU HEAR ME?!

GOVI RESERVOIR.
MAIN SLUICE GATE!

YES, WE HEARD.

THEY TRICKED ME.

EMERY, AM I CORRECT?
YOU TOLD THEM EVERYTHING?

BUT THEY TRICKED ME,
THEY TRICKED ME.

I'M SORRY WE HAD TO LET
A MAN LIKE ROGASH LIVE.

WE DIDN'T.