The Affair (2014–…): Season 1, Episode 9 - 9 - full transcript

Previously on Covert Affairs...

Believe me. Whatever
you think you know,

it is not the whole truth.

Ben Mercer is a liar.

Leaving you was the hardest
thing I ever had to do.

I was in love with you.

And you skipped out with a note.

It's bad enough you
put Annie in the field

to draw out Ben Mercer.

That's not it at all.

The agency is using
you to get to me.



We have a rogue
operative out there.

We're not using Annie
as bait anymore.

Classified information
leaked to Liza Hearn

at the washington recorder.

Someone among us is a traitor.

You're the leak.

? Don't sweat the technique ?

? ?

Hey, excuse me, sir. Excuse me.

Do you work at this hotel?

? It'll take a while ?

? I change the pace
to complete the beat ?

? I drop the bass
till emcees get weak ?

? for every word they trace,
it's a scar they keep ?



Annie?

Annie.

I'm sorry. I didn't hear you.

What are you working
on at this hour?

Oh, I was just,
um... I had some free time.

So I was looking
through the classifieds

of some of the European papers,

see if I can find some
workable patterns.

We have a room full of computers

dedicated to finding
workable patterns.

Yeah, but you never know.

They might have missed something.

You know, it can be
pretty overwhelming

your first few months off the farm.

Maybe you should take a few days off,
clear your head.

This is about the
dings I got, isn't it?

Looking into Ben Mercer
and the access denied.

But, really, I'm over that, Joan.

All of it.

Want to talk about the note?

What note?

The note that our tech division

spent six man hours
analyzing this week.

Ben Mercer left me
that in Sri Lanka

in lieu of saying good-bye.

Paper is 0.09 millimeters thick.

It's made of ground wood pulp

and manufactured in Andhra Pradesh.

And handwriting tells me
that the strong t-bars

and horizontal pressure
indicate perseverance,

even stubbornness.

The only thing I can't tell you

about that note

is what the hell it means.

Sometimes we have to
accept that and move on.

You're probably right.

A few days off is
probably a good idea.

Tell me you're not doing
anything for the next few days.

- What?
- I'm on the edge

of losing it here, Annie,

and I need some undivided loyalty.

Danielle, come on.

Open the door.

What is going on?

Someone decided to cancel

our tenth wedding anniversary
at the last second.

I'm not canceling our anniversary.

I'm just postponing...
So you can play golf.

So he can play golf.

In Hilton head. With my new boss.

I told you already.

We can reschedule for next month.

Well, next month, the kids
won't be at their grandparents,

and next month won't
be our anniversary.

I know, and if I could
get out of it, I would,

baby, I swear.

Oh, um, hey, Annie.

Oh, hey, Michael.

You're an idiot.

This is all your fault, you know.

- What? Excuse me.
- You were my maid of honor.

You should have talked me

out of marrying him
in the first place.

Now I have to eat

the deposit on the hotel.

I'm sure you can call and
explain the situation

and get them to reschedule.

And let him win? No way.

You have to come with me.

No.

Yes. Yes, you do.

This is what sisters
do for each other.

You don't have to work, do you?

Mm.

So you'll come?

Hey!

Hey. Where you headed?

I have $63.
How close can this get me

to America?

Just get in.

? ?

remember the road trips

we'd take with mom and dad

in that old pop-top camper?

How we used to sleep
up on the roof?

Please tell me we are not camping.

Of course not.

We have the honeymoon suite.

Niagara falls, baby.

? Freeze frame, freeze frame ?

? freeze frame, freeze frame ?

? freeze frame, freeze frame ?

? freeze frame ?

You're staring at me.

I know.

I can't help it.

It's not fair. I can't reciprocate.

Trust me. You do just fine in
the reciprocating department.

You do just fine in
most every department.

You're, like, almost perfect.

Almost?

You know, there's a few
holes in your resume.

For starters, you could
stand to drive a nicer car.

I don't have a car.

And then, of course,
there's your job.

And here we go.

I'm just trying to
reconcile the man

I know you are with the company

you choose to work for.

I'm a technogeek.

I get to play with the coolest toys

in the sandbox,
and I get paid for it.

It's as simple as that.

- Yeah?
- Yup.

I'd say it gets pretty complicated.

For instance... Liza.

There's a shipping consultant
called the Albion group.

They're based in London.

I thought we had a deal.

You don't pump me for information,

and I don't ask you where
you get your stories from.

You're right.

I'm sorry.

I'm a reporter. - Mm-hmm.

I'm pushy and inconsiderate.

And I don't respect boundaries.

Hmm.

Arthur, do you have any reaction

to what Joan just said?

About establishing
clear boundaries?

- Yes.
- No.

I have nothing to add to that,

except to say I'm not the one
pausing Leno every five minutes

to harp over things we should
be leaving at the office.

Harp? Did you say harp?

On things?

What things?
What are you talking about?

Remember what we discussed
last time, Arthur,

about specificity.

Oh, you want specifics.

How about you at 1:00 in
the morning going on and on

about reading Walker in? Arthur.

I wanted to sleep.

Or maybe, you know, not sleep.

I really don't think we should
be talking about this right now.

No, this is good.

Dialoguing is critical.

He's right. You can't cut me off

just because you don't
like what I have to say.

Arthur.

Oh, forgive me, Theo,

what's your clearance level again?

She's confused. She's exhausted.

We're risking losing
her altogether.

She'll get over it.
The good ones always do.

That's how we find out
they're the good ones.

Well, I gave her a
couple of days off.

My operative, my call.

Yes, well, sometimes
fate intervenes.

What are you talking about?

Last night, an Iranian
national defected

from his trade delegation.

He called in this
morning from the border.

What about NROC?

Pl-110s fall under
their jurisdiction.

We'll bring in resettlement ops

if and when we decide
to resettle the guy.

For now, I need him vetted.
Within the hour.

I can't get anybody
up there that fast.

Except for Annie.

My department, my call.

You wanted clearer boundaries.

There you go.

You're on the couch
tonight, mister.

You should seriously
consider a new line of work.

So? Was I right or was I right?

You were right.

It's spectacular.

I can't believe you
haven't seen them before.

Michael and I didn't have a
view like this last time.

We were over there on the U.S. side

in a dumpy little motel.

Maybe we'll find a nice,
single guy for you up here.

Oh, yeah, 'cause Niagara's

where all the
well-adjusted single men

go to meet available women.

How about the bellhop?
He was kind of cute.

You can't hold on to Sri
Lanka forever, Annie.

Someday you're gonna realize that.

I am gonna hop in the shower.

Order us up some spa
treatments while I'm in there,

would you?

My Farsi is barely
passable, Auggie.

Hey, you don't need
to look for an excuse

to beg out on this one, slugger.

Joan's giving you plenty of leeway.

If you don't want to do it,
she'll go to plan b.

I'll do it.

Coffee shop. It's down
the block from the hotel.

Give me ten minutes. Set the meet.

Hey.

If you're gonna jump in,
I highly recommend

the pulsate setting.

It's like a teeny,
tiny Thai masseuse

climbed up into the pipes and...

Where are you going?

I feel a little crispy
after that drive.

I think I'm gonna take a run.

Right now?

I thought we could catch
the noon maid of the mist.

Later. Promise.

You're going running like that?

Oh. No.

Of course not.

Hello? Hello? Lady?

Am I looking for you?

The napkin said that... I know.

Please get in the car.

You can call me Yahya.

Or Johnny if you like.

And we can speak in English now.

Okay, Yahya.

Um, before we start,
I need to see your passport.

Oh, I don't have it.

I had to leave it with the
head of the delegation.

That's what we do when we travel

so people like me, we don't run.

Okay, well, do you have

anything else to verify your...

You know, I'm sorry.

You know, my batteries,
they ran out on my iPod.

I love American music. That's good.

Um, but... Oh!

You seem kind of wired.

Did you get any sleep last night?

Huh? No. None. None whatsoever.

Too many cups of espresso.

I'm just so jazzed.

Man, I can't believe
I'm coming to America

and with a real, live CIA spy.

I'm hardly a spy.

I was just sent up
here to help you.

But I called the CIA.

I know, but I need to
verify your identity.

You understand why, don't you?

Oh, of course.

Yes. Here.

Uh, huh.

I use this to get my DVDs.

I like spy movies the best.

You know, like Jack Ryan,
Jason Bourne.

That's how I know to call the CIA.

You guys are the best.

I square with you;
You square with me.

Right? Huh?

Yeah. Are those your children?

Are they in Tehran?

Do we need to arrange
for their removal?

I don't want to talk about
my family right now.

- Okay.
- I want to defect

to the USA.

I want a new identity

and a house

in west orange, new Jersey.

You know, they say it's
quite beautiful there.

You understand I'm just
here to determine the value

of information you can provide.

I can't make you any promises

unless it's determined that you
possess something of use to us.

Look. What do you think this is?

Hmm? Hmm?

He claims there's evidence

here of Iran buying
military technology

in violation of u.N. Sanctions.

Annie, do you have
access to a scanner?

Auggie, I'm on vacation.

I don't have access
to a toaster oven.

You call that a vacation?

Okay, Annie,
we're gonna need you to fax

all that back to us
on a secure line,

and we'll have a
team sift through it.

What do we know about this guy?

There's not much to
know about this guy.

He went to school for engineering.

He finished in the
middle of his class.

And then he applied

for some post-graduate
studies here in '96.

Did he get turned down for a visa?

No, he got turned
down for the studies.

He's not exactly a
high-priority target.

Does that say anything
about his family?

No. I don't see anything.

Can I bring him across the border?

No. Not until we vet the intel

and Yahya.

It's not like I can babysit him.

Let's not forget who
I'm up here with.

You're in my car!

Oh, no!

What is it?

What are you doing in my car? You!

I'm gonna have to call you back.

Put the fruit roll-up down.

You have five seconds to
get the hell out of my car

or I'm calling the police.

Five.

Four.

- Danielle!
- Three.

Hold on. Hold on a second.

Oh, thank God you came.
I found this guy

trying to steal my car.

What are you? The valet?

Is this what you do for kicks?

Joyride around foraging for snacks?

What's a valet?

It's okay. He's with me.

- What?
- It's okay.

You can come out.

His name is Yahya Rahimi.

He's an Iranian dissident

who's helping the Smithsonian

recover some art that was looted

from the embassy when Tehran fell.

Yes. Lots of art.

Good art.

What are you doing
in Niagara falls?

It's a complicated visa situation.

Yeah, I was visiting Toronto,

and I always wanted
to see the falls.

They're very romantic.

Yeah, they are, aren't they?

My sister doesn't think so.

I never said that.

No, you said you
were going running.

Well, I know.
I got this last-minute call

from work when you
were in the shower.

And I know how you feel

about the hours that I'm working.

God, I'm so embarrassed.

Accusing your friend
of stealing my car?

- Oh, how could you have known?
- I want to make it up to you.

Let's go sightseeing.

Um, we have to fax some
documents back to D.C.

The both of you?

Well, Yahya was on the red-eye last night,
so he needs to rest.

Bad idea. Yahya,
the way to lick jet lag

is to power right through it,
get right on the new timetable.

- I don't know about...
- We'll go sightseeing.

It'll be fun.

Well, it's either that or
I'm going faxing with you.

Oh. Okay.

Um, if you mention any
of this to my sister...

No, no, no. I understand.

We keep secret together.

You can trust me.

Okay. See you later.

Yeah-yeah. Yahya!

What kind of name is that?

Uh, it's Persian. Actually Arabic.

His and hers. What do you think?

Which is which?

I don't even know.

Try one. Take your pick.

I like these on you.

- Okay.
- So I'll take these.

You look like you
really got into it

with that vendor.

No, no. I think I, uh...

I think I offended him.

What do you say we
get out of the city?

Go to the beach?

I know this place.

Unawatuna.

Wait. Unawatuna?

I like the name.

It is like a dream.
It is beautiful.

It's secluded, and I swear
nobody can find you there.

You looking to get lost?

Aren't you? Come on.

I know, I mean, who goes
on the second honeymoon

without a husband, right?

It's insane, right?

But it's like I heard
this little voice

inside of me saying,
"don't be such a pushover, Danielle.

Don't be so reliable."

Because once they think that
you're always there for them,

then they start getting bored.

And pretty soon,
they stop wanting to have sex.

And then where are you at?
You're nowhere, right?

I'm sure he respects what you did.

You'll see when you get home.

You're a good listener, Johnny.

That's a fine quality in a man.

Are you married? Oh, no.

I was arranged to be married once

when I was much younger.

- Arranged?
- I was 14 years old.

Her name was Roudabeh.
Roudabeh Baktiar.

Oh, I have a picture of her.

Want to see?

Yeah.

Is that you? Aw!

You were so cute.

Anyway, when the shah fell,

her family moved to America.

You never thought of
marrying someone else?

I never loved anybody else.

So tragic

and romantic

in a kind of shakespearean way.

Whatever happened to Roudabeh?

We never spoke again,

and she married someone else.

Do you know last month

I see on the Facebook
she was divorcing.

So, maybe, if America allows me,

I will see her again.

Is that Rahimi's intel?

Group he's associated
with smuggling in

banned substances,
all right, but not arms.

They're bringing in cigarettes
and alcohol into Iran?

Naughty boys.

Clerics won't like that.

Smuggling is smuggling.

Yahya could lead
us to arms dealers.

Hard to find any more
desirable assets to cultivate.

Well, that's the name of the game

in the middle east these days.

- Yeah. Yeah.
- Yeah!

Yes! Yeah!

Okay.

- Hey.
- Oh, my God!

You're missing all the fun.
Yahya is amazing.

Yes, and it's my first time.

That's great.

Oh. Just gonna take this.

Yeah.

Are you able to talk?

I'm good for a few minutes.
How's Yahya's intel?

And when can we hand
him over to NROC?

We're not handing him
off to resettlement.

Not yet anyway.

We're talking about
sending him back to Iran.

We think he might be
of greater value there.

That's ridiculous.

Pardon me?

He's not up for it.

I can tell.

He's in over his head already

just playing skeeball
with my sister.

He's playing skeeball
with your sister?

Before we go down this line

of questioning,
I want us both to acknowledge

that I did not
volunteer for this op.

I say that we honor
our deal with yahya

and bring him into the country.

What deal?

You weren't authorized
to make any promises.

Look, I didn't make any promises,

but the implication was there.

He's a potential asset, Annie,

not a kitten you
found on the corner.

He'll be fine.

Now make this happen.

I can't go back.

Try not to think in absolutes.

I ran away from the delegation.

How am I going to
explain what happened?

We have a plan for that.

You went running that
night without an I.D.

You suddenly had a
pain in your chest,

and you collapsed,
and you were taken to the hospital.

Until you revived,
no one knew who you were.

The CIA can make that story happen.

We do it all the time.

No, you said if I had good intel,

I'd be taken care of.

You had to know

that when you signed
up with the agency,

things would not go
exactly as you expected.

- Signed up?
- I mean contacted.

You know what will happen to me

if I'm sent back, don't you?

To the mullahs?

They will take me, and they will...

Things don't work there
the same way they do here.

- Yahya...
- You know what?

I'll figure out a way to
make it into America himself.

I have checked

every hotel, motel,
and Tim Horton's in Niagara.

There's no sign of him anywhere.

That's all right.

We're sending up some personnel

from the Iranian desk,

something that we should
have done earlier.

When they arrive,
you can bring them up to speed.

Annie, you did what you could

under challenging circumstances.

Go enjoy your vacation.

Thank you, Joan.

I had a fascinating picture
brought to my attention today.

The chair's right in front of you.

Want to guess who's in it?

Want a hint?

You are. And you're not alone.

This doesn't look good, does it?

No, Mr. Anderson, it does not.

I'm not the leak.

You're not?

I've been working Liza as an op.

Really?

I'm director of
clandestine services.

It's my job to know every covert op

that's run from this place.

I haven't heard a
thing about your op.

I realize I should
have notified Joan,

but I've been waiting until
I had some actionable intel.

So not only have you been
running around unauthorized,

but you haven't gotten
anything at all out of Liza

other than a good time.

Sir, despite how this may appear,

I do respect chain of command,

and Joan is my immediate...

Sorry, soldier boy,
you lost your chance

to play that chain-of-command card

when you decided to go rogue.

Start talking.

Whoever her leak is,

she's been well-trained in
how to cover her tracks.

No phone calls, no emails.

But this morning,

she asked me if I knew anything

about the Albion group.

Well, what'd you say?

I told her the truth.

That I don't know anything,
and that, if I did,

I wouldn't leak her
any information.

I'm trying to gain her trust.

If I were to roll
over and play fetch

the first time she
broached the subject,

it'd look suspicious.

Well, at least you
did one thing right.

We can work with that.

You're gonna tell her a story

that only 17 people in
the world know is a lie.

If she follows your lead,

it'll be months before she
discovers she's at a dead end.

If she comes back to you
right away crying foul...

Then one of those 17
people is the leak.

When are you gonna see her again?

I can make this happen immediately,

but what do you want
me to tell Joan?

Nothing.

If necessary, lie.

I don't know...

If this Albion business blows up,

it's gonna take out
anybody standing close.

Joan is your boss.

She's my wife.

I want her out of range.

Where's yahya?

I think he's in his room.

Oh.

Oh, did yahya tell you
about his big date?

His big date?

With his first girlfriend
Rudy from Iran?

No, he didn't say
anything about that.

She lives in north Jersey now,

and he was too nervous to call her,

so I took it upon myself.

You called his old girlfriend?

Yeah, she's on her way up here
right now for the big reunion

in one hour on the
observation deck.

It's like sleepless in Seattle.

You shouldn't have done that, Dani.

Why not? Someone needs
to be experiencing

some romance around here,
and it's certainly not either of us.

I'll be right back.

Her name is Roudabeh.

Roudabeh Rahnama.

She might go by Rudy now.

Her maiden name is Baktiar.

She can't be that hard to find.

My sister did it in,
like, two seconds.

Hey, I got it.

Hey, Annie, are you sure
this guy isn't playing you?

About what?

About everything.

Who he is. What he wants.

I mean, can we
definitively rule out

him being a plant?

Jai, if this guy's a plant,

the world has been
seriously underestimating

Iran's sense of humor.

Jai.

Is that Annie? Yeah.

You're on your way to find yahya

I presume.

Yeah. Yeah. I'm out the door.

Patch me in with Toronto.

I want an update every five minutes

with the movements of
that trade delegation.

Where's Auggie?

I think he was called to the DCS.

The DCS?

I can sit in for him if you like.

Auggie, what's this all about?

We've never had to
meet like this before.

It's because I've never done
anything like this before.

Sit down.

You said you wanted to know
about some of the dark stuff

that we do, right?

Mm-hmm.

Well, here it goes.

In 2007, right after the tsunami,

a ship left Marseilles
for Thailand.

The ship was purportedly
carrying humanitarian aid.

But there was more
than that in the cargo.

What are we talking about here?

Arms? Drugs?

The man you want to contact

is named Joachim Kuyper.

K- u-y-p-e-r.
I don't have a number,

but he's posted now in Maputo.

Mozambique.

He's the guy who arranged
all the transport.

Hold on, Auggie.

What exactly am I...

why am I looking for Kuyper?

Because he's in the Albion group.

He's CIA.

Why the sudden change of heart?

Is that really that important?

Before I set off halfway
around the world

chasing down a lead?

Yes, Auggie, it's important.

Look, maybe it has something to do

with what you said
to me this morning.

It's been a long time since
I really looked myself

in the mirror, so to speak,

and maybe I just needed a
friend outside the agency

to finally call me on it.

I'm a friend?

Yeah.

At least I hope so.

Oh, my.

I didn't see that coming.

Me neither.

It feels good, though, doesn't it?

Yeah, it feels good.

Do you know what tomorrow is?

Monday.

Tuesday.

I'm supposed to fly home tomorrow.

I don't know what you're
thinking about this.

About us.

But I don't...

I can... I can change my ticket.

I don't have anywhere I have to be.

Yes, change it. Change it now.

I don't want you to leave.

Wow.

That is exactly what
I wanted you to say.

I have the number for
the airport in my bag.

I'll find a phone as
soon as it stops raining.

How do you feel

about heading to Rapa Nui next?

Annie, if...

I gotta go get my
sandals off the beach

before they wash up in Bali.

Yeah.

Hey, did you find him yet?

Uh. Hang on a sec.

Ha. I found him.

Yahya.

Roudabeh.

Hello, yahya.

Listen, we just spoke to Roudabeh,

and she's still in new Jersey.

That's impossible.
I'm looking right at her.

No, you are not.

She told your sister
that she'd fly up

to meet with him, but,
as soon as she hung up,

she realized she couldn't do it.

Well, then who's yahya talking to?

I don't want to go back.

I don't want to go back!

What's he doing now?

I don't know what he's doing.
He's talking to two people,

one man, one woman,
whom I guess we know

is not Roudabeh.

Something is definitely
not right down there.

All right, Annie,

we're already on the horn
with the Canadian authorities.

Just stand down and
stay the hell out of it.

Is that understood?

Answer the question, Annie.

Have I made myself understood?

Yeah. Okay.

Where are you taking me?

I was just pretending to be a spy

so I could come to America.

You know me.
I hardly know anything.

Recycle your ponchos, please.

Recycle your ponchos.

Recycle your ponchos, please.

Recycle your ponchos.

Oh!

No!

Annie! Help me!

Annie! Hurry!

Help! Yahya!

Help! Annie!

Here. Stretch out.

This is as stretched as I can go.

Okay, hold on.
I will be right back.

No. No, don't leave me.

I'll be right back.

No, Annie! Help me!

Okay. Grab on.

You're gonna have to climb up.

Climb up, yahya.

No, I can't.

Just do it. Trust me.

Black cars. Windbreakers.

The kung fu moves.

It's hard to believe you're
really not CIA, Annie.

The guy I was just talking to,
Joe McAfee,

he's with the NROC.

It's the national resettlement
operations center.

They're gonna be taking
care of you from here on.

They might not be
able to get you a spot

in west orange, new Jersey, but...

Look, I can't believe
how stupid I've been.

You know, wasting all these years

holding on to a fantasy.

And then to have her
betray me like this.

No, it wasn't Roudabeh who
called your people, yahya.

We searched her home.

Her phones were tapped illegally.

I don't think you should
write her off completely.

Perhaps when you get resettled,

you can contact her directly.

Mr. Rahimi.

We got to take you in
for processing now.

Oh, wait.

It might be a while till
you get to recharge.

Thank you.

Oh.

Oh, say good-bye to
your sister for me.

Okay.

My sister.

Danielle?

Danielle?

Oh, yeah. Hey, how are you?

I'm fine.

What are you doing in there?

Oh, I was just getting a robe.

Just this robe.

Okay. Listen.

I am finally done with work today,

and I thought maybe you might
want to do some sightseeing.

It's supposed to be beautiful
at night with the lights and...

Oh, yeah. You know,
yeah, I'd love to,

except, you know,
I'm not feeling that well.

Is somebody in there with you?

Somebody?

It is not some bellhop, is it?

I know that you are mad at Michael,

but I don't think that...

Hey, Annie.

Hi, Michael.

I'm... I'll just...

Mm-hmm.

He came up to surprise me.

Romantic little bastard.

In the closet?

Well, why should our
second honeymoon

be any different than our first?

Good for you.

Some privacy.

No. Maybe you want
to get a second room.

On us, of course.

No. No, no, no.

I will see you at home.

Oh, my God.

Looks like I missed some big to-do.

Any idea what happened?

Mm-mm.

? They have all been blown out ?

? you've left me ?

? in the dark ?

? no dawn ?

? no day ?

? I'm always ?

Joachim Kuyper? Maputo?

- Liza?
- They're ghosts, Auggie.

Dead ends. You're sending
me on a wild goose chase.

I don't know what
you're talking about.

There must be some mistake.
I'll give you credit.

I was really buying
your conflicted man

with a conscience routine.

It was almost perfect.

? But then it stopped ?

Is that something you
want to talk about?

Not yet, okay?

Okay.

? The stars ?

? the moon ?

? they have all been blown out ?

? you left me ?

Just knocked down all
the 19s and the 20s.

I'm on fire.

? No dawn ?

What's the matter?

You look like you just saw a ghost.

? Twilight ?

? in the shadow ?

? of your heart ?

? ?

? ?

? I took the stars ?

? from my eyes ?

? and then I made a map ?

? I knew that somehow ?

? I could find my way back ?

? and I heard your heart beating ?