The Americans (2013–2018): Season 4, Episode 6 - The Rat - full transcript

Previously on
"the americans"...

Martha: I'm in love with you,
and I would do anything for you.

They want reports
and assignments

For a particular
surveillance team.

Stan: You know, I think we
should keep an eye on martha.

Hi. Clark?

She may not be blown.
Philip: No.

If she's blown, the next
operational act she does,

They are putting handcuffs
on her.

Can you come tomorrow night?

I think we should stick
to Tuesday.



(voice breaking) well,
then you've got to be there.

I-I will. I will.

I love you.

Elizabeth: We'll do everything
we can for her.

(both breathing heavily)

(inhales, exhales deeply)

What?

One's bigger than the other.

What?

(laughs)

I never noticed that before.

(sighs)

(whispers) martha's okay.

Nothing's changed.



Nothing has happened.

You think I'm being stupid?

No.

I don't.

Definitely not stupid.

I think you want to do
the right thing.

I brought her into this.

Man on tv:
What some australians want

Is for their country
to become a republic,

Farther removed
from the british monarchy.

But charles wants friends,
with a reference to

His son prince william,
in australia for the tour

And a favorite here.
Prince charles: But I'm so...

...Series, in which we will
meet three women --

One single, one divorced,
one widowed.

All three lead full lives,
which they like very much.

We begin
with linda silverstein

Of south miami, florida.

32 years old, never married.

The nice thing about
where I am now

Is I don't feel the need
to be marr--

(switch clicks)

¶¶

Only child, never married,
close to her parents.

She was engaged to
her high-school sweetheart.

A shoe for every foot.

He dumped her.

After she got pregnant.

She put the kid up
for adoption?

She had an abortion
in 1964.

Back when it was dangerous.
And illegal.

You find martha attractive?

(inhales deeply) there's
something sexy about her.

Not much
of a romantic life.

Except for that thing
with amador.

Who was murdered.

Yeah, I've been thinking
about that, too.

A lonely existence.

A few scattered relationships,
nothing long term.

And then
this new boyfriend.

Her "married" boyfriend.

Who she can never
bring around.

We need
another glanders sample.

That's not gonna happen.

You've done it once,
you can do it again.

Yeah. I really want to
do that again.

You've been waiting 25 years
for this, william.

It's why you came here,
to make a difference.

And now's your chance.

And when this is over,
you'll return a hero.

(snorts) in a coffin.

(sighs)

Lookit,

There's no way
I can get my hands

On more glanders bacteria.

They're almost finished
their work on it.

What else
is coming in then?

Tularemia.

Easily weaponized.

Nasty stuff.

Sounds good.

(sighs) yeah.

(indistinct conversations)

(typewriter roller clicks)

Philip: I've been running an
agent for a couple of years...

And I think she's in danger.

You "think"?

It's a feeling.

"feelings."

Little buggers.

So?

So I think we should
get her out.

And they don't want to.

It eats you up...
What we do.

Our bosses don't know
what they're doing.

You figured that out,
right?

She trusts me.

Yeah.

That's always a problem.

¶¶

(sighs)

Martha. Get in.

What's going on, clark?

I think they may know, martha,
about you.

How?
I don't know,

But I have to get you
off the street.

Well...Where are we going?

I have a place.

Everything's gonna be okay,
martha, I promise.

Come on in.

(switch clicks)

Does someone live here?

No.

It -- it's okay.

I don't understand
what's happening.

I know.
Clark, I'm scared.

What am I doing here?
Martha, it's gonna be
all right.

I promise you,
everything --

Everything is gonna be
all right. I promise.

(door opens)

(door closes)

This is gabriel. I called him.

He's a good friend.

It's a great pleasure
to meet you, martha.

Clark has told me
so much about you.

I, um...

I have to talk with him now,
so...

Maybe you could go
into the kitchen

And, uh, make some tea
for yourself?

I'll be in in a few minutes.
I promise.

I promise.

Gabriel.

I don't know what you were --
I didn't have a choice.

She needs to get out now.

You're acting impulsively,
philip.

I've been handling martha
for three years.

Three years.
She married me.

I'm not talking about martha.

I'm talking about you.

You promised me
this would never happen.

I know the things that we do
are complicated,

But we can fix this.

Have martha return to work
tomorrow.

This never happened.

That's your plan?
Yes.

We can go back
to the way we were.

Gabriel, martha's seen me.

(sighs)

How?

It happened.

What we had wasn't working.

So you just decided,
on your own,

That you were going to show her
what you really look like?

If the fbi gets to her,

If they break --
what you did

Was flat-out wrong.

You don't know
because I was there.

How long has she known?

You'd have to ask her.

You've risked lives.

When were you going
to tell me?

Or were you
going to tell me?

Losing martha now
when we need her intelligence

To meet with william...
I don't give a goddamn --

Will you listen to me?

Stop handling me, gabriel,
because martha is done.

(teakettle whistling)

(laughter on tv)

(telephone rings)

Man on tv: Hello?

No, sorry,
gracie's not home right now.

(tv continues indistinctly)

(faucet turns on)

(door opens)

Elizabeth: Hello?

Philip: We're in here.

I'll be in in just a sec.

I brought you some things.

Some clothes, toothbrush.

Man: Now wait a minute.
(speaking indistinctly)

You're part of all this?

It's going to be all right.

I'm here for you.

We all are.

(laughter on tv)

Something smells good.

Gabriel
is a fabulous cook.

Why don't I go check on
the boys?

Let me refresh your glass.

(tv continues indistinctly)

Girl: ...All asked me.
I couldn't say no to them all.

(laughter)

She'd already seen me.

When?

About three weeks ago.

She was falling apart.

I had to.

Did you want her to?

To see you.

I-I didn't know
what else to do.

She needed...

I don't know.

You should've told me
you were bringing her in.

I-I couldn't just let her...

(wine pours)

It's my shift, so you should
probably get back home.

Um...

I-I think it's better
if I stay the night.

I'll, um, bring that in
to martha.

Tell her
I'll see her tomorrow.

(door opens)

I'm making sundubu jjigae.
It's korean.

My friend gave me this pot,

And so I'm following her
instructions.

Who is she?

Someone I met through work.

And she cooks korean food?

She's korean.

You wanna be my guinea pig?

Sure.

Be brave. Come on.

Too much pepper?

Um, the chicken is
a little...

Rubbery?
Mm-hmm. Yeah.

It's tofu.

Yeah, it's made
from soy milk,

An excellent source
of "rubbery" protein,

Or so I'm told.

Henry?

In a sec.
(video game beeping)

Will you please
set the table?

(utensils clattering)

Will you show me how
to write my papers on that?

Yeah, sure.

You can't print it
'cause we don't have a printer.

You can use
the one at work.

We're not giving up
on epcot, are we?

(sighs heavily)

We'll get there.

Henry: Smells good.

We're having sundubu jjigae
tonight.

Sounds like baby talk.

(elizabeth laughs)
it's korean.

Oh. Cool.

Epcot.
Don't kill the dream.

(elizabeth laughs)

Finish what you're doing
and please sit at the table.

Wait. Where's dad?

He's working.

There's only one change
of clothes in here, clark.

It won't be long, martha.

What will happen?

Where will we go?

You have to trust me.

Jennifer's not your sister.

(sighs)

No.

You work together.

Yes.

Are you involved
with her?

We've worked together
for a long time.

For who?

(sighs heavily)

For the kgb.

(gasps) I...

I...

Martha.
(sniffles)

Martha...

You don't have to do
anything,

Not ever again.

All you have to do --
just breathe.

Breathe.
(sniffles)

Okay?
Okay.

Everything is gonna be okay.

You said you need to know
everything.

I never thought
that I would...

Know what it was like --
if...

If there was another way...

I don't care.

Doesn't matter,
not anymore.

As long as we're together.

(cries) we can run away.

We can run far away
somewhere.

There are places
where no one can find us.

I need you inside me.

Come inside me.

(breathing heavily)

(unzips pants)

(gasps and sniffles)

(gasping)

(martha gasping and moaning)

Morning, stan.

Where's martha?
She called in sick.

Martha's sick.

So I hear.

Let's say we give her a call,
make sure she's okay.

(telephone rings)

(ring)

(ring, beep)
hello, this is martha.

I can't come to the phone
right now.

Please leave a message
at the sound of the beep.

Answering machine.
(beep)

What happens next?

We'll, um --
we'll find a good place.

Won't be easy, but...

The person
who was watching me,

He just thinks that I was
being followed?

He's very good.

Oh, I know.

But, um, if he was mistaken...

If he's wrong...
Martha...

...Then we could go back
to the way things were.

We could.

Couldn't we?

I wish we could.

I'm never going home,
am I?

(drawers opening and closing)

(door closes)

Where is she?

She's resting.

I just had an emergency signal
from william.

Not a good time for me
to leave, gabriel.

I wouldn't send you out there
to see just anyone.

But you know what he has
access to right now.

There's always some reason.

Oh, philip.

There's not just some reason.

If they target
our nuclear capacity

In a first strike,

Our people back home
will have nothing

To defend themselves with
but these weapons.

I've been there when we couldn't
defend ourselves.

You know what happened.

We can't trust martha's
surveillance reports anymore.

She called in sick.

They could already
be suspicious.

I'll let her know
I'll be gone for a while.

Thank you.

Be careful.

(door closes)

Martha?

(whispers) martha.

(pills rattle)

(cylinder clicks)

And does this look like
mr. Westerfeld?

Man: Not really.

Did he sign a lease?

(scoffs)
this isn't a flophouse.

Aderholt: There's
no answering machine tape.

No photos.

No mementos.

Nothing personal.

We should get forensics
in here.

Let's have a look
at that lease.

(door opens)

I just talked to forensics,
they got some prints.

They know it's a rush?
Yeah.

The name check
on clark westerfeld

Turned up
an 85-year-old gun salesman

Living in a retirement community
in haley, idaho,

And a 35-year-old attorney
in atlanta.

Less than a 2-hour flight.

He could fly up
a couple of nights a week.

Yeah, have the atlanta
field office

Check out the lawyer.

This guy --
he married with kids?

All we have right now
are names and dates of birth.

Send a teletype
to all field offices

Around the country.

Have 'em check courthouses
for death certificates

For any other clark westerfelds.
Will do.

Martha said her boyfriend's
a businessman, right?

Yeah.

Are lawyers businessmen?

(men speaking indistinctly)

We need to talk.

I think martha's bad.

Martha.

I know.

She called in sick today.

We went to her place.
She's not there.

All right.

What do you have?

Well, martha told me
she's seeing someone --

A businessman,
couple of nights a week.

He's married with kids,
so she had to keep it secret.

We went to the apartment
where they meet.

Answering machine tape
is gone.

No photos.

Prints?

Forensics is on it.

You got a name?

Clark westerfeld.

Two guys turned up.

One in atlanta
could be a maybe.

Death certificates?

We're working on it.

Martha's worked here
over 10 years.

That's...

That's crazy.

¶¶

Brooks: Okay.

Thank you.

Nothing yet.

Do you have it?

I had to improvise.

I couldn't get to
a tularemia culture,

But I was able to recover
one of the dead rats

They tested it on.

They can get a sample
from its tissue.

Hey, what'd you do?

With your agent?

I'm bringing her in.

Good for you.

When eliza, my wife,
was sent back...

I stayed quiet.

I didn't think I could
take them on.

I wanted to,
but I didn't.

(engine starts)

(exhales)

(caps bottle)

Well, hello.

You slept well, I hope.

Where's clark?

Well, he didn't want
to leave you,

But something unexpected
came up that couldn't wait.

He'll be back shortly.

It's a lovely day.

Can I make you
something to eat?

An omelet?

(knock on door, door opens)

(door closes)

Martha was here
when I took over the division.

I could've requested
someone else.

My old secretary, janine,
asked if she could come back.

Hmm.

But I felt bad about kicking
martha off the desk.

No good deed...

Maybe I got it wrong.

Maybe she took a sick day,

And she's off with a perfectly
legitimate clark westerfeld

In some hotel somewhere.

You believe that?

Nobody could've put that pen
there more easily than martha.

How could I not see it?

We trust each other.

She could've been
working with gene.

Or...They could've killed him
to protect her.

She had access
to everything.

(sighs)

Martha?

(door opens)

Martha, come back
to the house now.

Martha, listen to me.

Where's clark?
He had to step out.

Where is he?

Let's talk about this
inside, please.

What have you done to him?

Nothing.

Clark is all right.
He will be here very soon.

I don't believe you.

What is happening to me?!

Martha, will you please
come back to the house?

We are all working very hard
to get you to a safe place.

Why would he leave me here
with you?

Because you can trust me.

Trust you.

I don't know you.

No. No!

Get away from me.
I know what you are.

Martha...

No, you stay away from me.

I'll scream,

And everybody will know
that you're kgb.