The Americans (2013–2018): Season 4, Episode 8 - The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears - full transcript

Previously on
"the americans"...

Just remember
the lens is right there, so...

They're not gonna
search her purse?

Baby, don't worry.

In the next day or two,

You're gonna get some
disturbing news at work.

Gene craft is dead.

No, I didn't --
I didn't agree to this!

Gaad: I'm in charge of
fbi counterintelligence,

And my secretary
married a kgb officer.

Daddy, I'm in trouble.



She's in woodley park.
Got it.

Martha, we need to go.

No! If you don't walk away from
me right now --

(grunts)
(gasps)

If you could go back
with martha, would you?

What are you
talking about?

I'd understand.

Tomorrow morning,

You will leave for russia.

And how soon
before you come?

I won't.

(watch ticking)

(water shuts off)

(water splashes)



(sighs)

(car door closes)

(engine starts)

(engine shuts off)

(car door closes)

(wind gusts)

(inhales sharply)

Don't be alone, clark.

All right?

Don't be alone.

You too.

(scoffs)

Oh, sure.

I'll just
learn russian and...

Yeah, okay.

Me too.

(sniffles)

(wind whistling)

(engine starts)

(exhales sharply)

(wind whistling)

¶¶

Last time, he made a whole
7-ton learjet disappear.

But that was nothing.

Doesn't sound like
nothing.

Mom, this is
the statue of liberty.

Every single person I know
is gonna be watching this.

Well, except probably not dad,
because he won't be here.

Won't be here for what?

David copperfield's making
the statue of liberty disappear

On tv.

Oh. Well...

Chances are I will be watching
it disappear with you.

We just lost a big client,

So I'm gonna have
a lot more time on my hands.

Does this mean we're gonna
be running low on the moolah?

We can eat less steak.

The good news is, I won't be
spending a couple

Of nights away
every week anymore.

You won't?

Start getting used
to more dad.

Man: ...Down at union station
yesterday.

Turned out to be some
congressman's sister.

Yeah?

Thanks.

Woman they spotted at
the georgia avenue bus station?

(door opens)

(door closes)

Team on her apartment
just turned over.

No sign.

Martha...And whoever's print
this is.

"clark westerfeld."

There's no match for him
in the federal database.

State and local
are still looking.

(sighs)

I didn't see
a goddamn thing.

Even when I took her to dinner,
when I was looking for it.

She was good.

All the times
she lied to my face.

What it takes
to do that...

Bastards must have given her
a lot of help.

Oh. Sorry.

(lawnmower revs)

Is paige home?

Uh, no.

Do you know
where she is?

Church.

She's doing food pantry
with pastor tim and alice.

Did she say anything?

About?

Pastor tim and alice.

No.

How did it go...
With martha?

Fine. Good.

"good"?

Sorry.

Um, yeah. She made it as good
as she could.

What are you reading?

Is it good?
Helpful?

It's, um...

It's helping me realize
some things.

Like what?

This whole winter,
I wanted to play hockey,

So...I want to start
playing hockey again.

(door opens, closes)

(sighs)

(ringing)

Young-hee: Hello?

Guess who.

Patty? (laughs)

(laughs)
hi.

Hey!

You doing anything
right now?

(breathes shakily)

That was really beautiful.

It was pretty good.

Oh, don't give me that.
I saw you crying.

(laughs)
okay, okay.

It did get to me.

I cry at everything.

I cried at "star wars."

When they, uh,
blew up the planet...

Uh-huh
...I bawled my eyes out.

(both chuckle)

(scoffs)

I don't see many movies.

Why not?

I don't know.

I guess
I just always think

I should be doing
something more useful.

Well, you know what mary kay
says about that.

No.
Me neither.

(laughs)
but I'm (laughs)

But I'm sure she said something
about it being, uh, useful

To treat yourself
and relax once in a while.

Relax.

With our mary kay timewise
facial cleanser.
(chuckles)

Scientifically formulated
for your skin type.

Because skin care
isn't just...
Oh.

...Something you buy.
Something you buy.

It's something you learn.
It's something you learn.

(both chuckle)

Let me throw this away.

Hey, I have a confession
to make.
What?

(sighs)
I feel really guilty

For trying to turn you into
independent beauty consultant

So I can make
extra money.

They don't take your money
out of mine.

I know, but...
I don't know -- I like you,

And my mother always said
don't mix money and friendship,

So...

Well, you're not gonna
make too much money off of me,

So our friendship
is very safe.
(laughs)

Okay.

Hey, look.

You want to?

(laughing) okay.

(muzak playing)

(birds cawing)

¶¶

(knock on door)

Stan:
Saw your car pull in.

Come on in.

Hey, you mind
if I grab a beer?

I'm running low.

Sure.
Help yourself.

Oh, yeah.

(bottles rattle)

(sighs)

(bottle cap clinks)

(gulping)

Ahh.

Where's elizabeth?

I don't --
I don't really know.

Everything okay?

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
No, we're -- we're fine.

Good.

Yeah.

Got a call
from my lawyer.

He's getting the divorce papers
ready to send, so...

(sighs)

Not like
it's big news.

Right.

(sighs)

Nothing else.

(sighs)

Stan, you got your son back,
you got your house,

Your stuff --
you still dating tori?

Off and on.

More off.

Fine. Whatever.
You'll be fine.

And if it's not tori,
it'll be somebody else,

And that'll happen
sooner that you think.

Maybe.

I don't know.

(sighs)

I'm sorry.

I hav-- I haven't been
getting much sleep.

(chuckles)

I'm feeling kind of...

We're in the middle of dealing
with this disaster at work

The last three days.

If it turns out

How it looks like
it's turning out...

(door opens)

...Won't be
enough beer in the world.

(door closes)

(footsteps approach)

Stan!

Mm.
Hi, elizabeth.

Hi.

Do you want
to stay for dinner?

Oh.

Uh...

No.

No, I should leave you guys
to your night.

Thanks for the beer.
Yeah.

Uh, good night.
Good night.

(door opens, closes)

What was that
all about?

Nothing. He was, uh --
he was just running low on beer.

Where are the kids?

Uh, still out.

Did you eat?

Uh, no.
You?

I snacked
with young-hee.

How's that going?

It's going.

I'll make you something.
How about eggs?

Let's see
what else we have.

(sighs)

Turns out
they were on her.

Stan just told me they
were in the middle
of a disaster at work.

I'd been worried
I pulled her for nothing.

Well, you were right.

She had to get out.

She'll be okay.

She was a nice woman.

She was straight-ahead,
uncomplicated.

Simple.
She was...

She wasn't simple.

I don't mean "simple."
I meant...Easy.

You know...To talk to.

You could probably
talk to her

About those things
that you've been talking about.

She was actually
very complicated.

Of course.

People
underestimated her.

Apparently.
(door opens)

Henry: Hey, mom. Can we have
sloppy joes for dinner?

(door closes)
yes! That sounds like
a great idea.

Hey, dad.

(footsteps approach, recede)

¶ yesterday
she gave me her love ¶

¶ and my only hope ¶

Kimmy.

Good.

It's making a difference
in the field.

Speaking of which,
I have news.

Your son finished his tour.
He's back home, safe.

Who knows?

Maybe what you've
been getting from breland

Helped him survive.

Does he have anybody?

Irina's father in moscow.

(sighs)

Any news on martha?

No.

I want someone to contact
her parents soon.

I'll have the centre call them
when they think it's safe.

When's that?

Six months, maybe.

They'll think she's dead.

W-- (sighs)

Philip, there are procedures
in place for this.

It's not perfect.
It's a hard situation.

Thank you.

All right.

Maybe you can
call them yourself.

And maybe we can make it happen
sooner -- a little sooner.

I want to tell them they'll
be able to see her again --

Maybe not
for three or four years,

And maybe not in the location
where she is now.

You know
that won't be possible.

Things can be arranged,
gabriel.

If we want to do it,
we can do it.

Come on.

Philip, you cannot do this one
on your own.

And I don't see
the centre agreeing.

I'm sorry.

Every one of you here
has the opportunity

To live an authentic life.

(chalk tapping)

But so far,
it just ain't happening, is it?

Why?
Why is that?

Because you're trapped,
right?

Isn't that why?

Yeah, sure.
That's how you feel.

Stuck in a box
that you can't get out of.

Well, who made the box?

You all think
you want to be free.

Everything would be great,
if only you didn't have

This shit that you got
to take care of,

This crap
that you got to worry about.

Well, I've got news for you.

You love your prison.

You love the prison
you've made for yourself.

If somebody came along
and broke the lock right now,

You wouldn't know what the hell
to do with yourself --

Wouldn't have a clue.

(knock on door)

(sighs)

(door opens)

(keys rattle)

Hi.
Hi.

Are the kids home?

Uh, henry, uh --
henry's across the street.

I think he and matthew
are inventing some game.

And paige
is at bible study.

I went to est.

(sighs)

What, uh --
what made you do that?

Told you I was gonna go.

So?

So...

I see why you like it.

You do?

Yeah.

Things that are hard
to talk about...

That hurt too much --

Maybe it's good that someone
makes you look at those things.

Yeah.

I-I mean, it is weird

Talking
in front of strangers, but...

But they don't let you
just stand there

And say
anything you want.

You know,
they question it.

Make you question it.

Yeah. Right.
They keep you honest.

It helps.
I can -- I can see that.

But?

They just try so hard to get you
to sign up for more.

You know, spend more money
and bring in your friends and...

That's not the point.

Well,
I think that is the point.

They manipulate you
to get at your wallet.

You think
I'm being manipulated.

I just think it's...

It's very american,
the whole thing.

You don't get it.

That's what they say when
you don't go along with it --

"you don't get it."

So you do sign up
for more seminars,

You spend more money,

And then suddenly
you get it.

I'm get a lot out of it,
and that's what matters.

But are you?
Getting a lot?

Because,
from what I can see,

You're not sleeping,
you're not eating.

Yeah, and there's a reason
for that.

Because you put martha
on a plane?

Is that it?

Isn't that enough?

It happens, philip.
We lose agents.

Agents?

Yes -- agents.

That is what she was.

She was a human being.

At least she's alive.

You didn't have to send her
out onto the street

To get mowed down.

You want
to talk about gregory now?

I have not said a word about
gregory all this time.

But you still think about him,
apparently.

Of course
I still think about him!

Well, I'm sorry the
man you loved died and
you're stuck with me!

I am stuck with you
because I took you back

After you slept with the woman
who had your son...
(telephone rings)

...And you lied to my face
about it!

(ringing continues)

Hello.

(door closes)

Martha's in cuba.

She'll be in prague
by morning.

Got a signal from lisa.

She wants to talk earlier
than our normal meeting.

Any idea?

No.

All right.
What's going on with you two?

You both look terrible.

Is it about martha?

Is someone
going to tell me?

Fine.
I'll tell him.

I've been going to est.

Est?

Yeah.
It's a type of seminar.

I know what est is.
The question is why?

(philip scoffs)

Are you really
asking me that?

Yes,
I'm really asking you that.

Maybe because
you don't live my life.

Well, I've lived close enough,
thank you.

He doesn't want to hear it
from you, gabriel, or me.

Apparently he needs a group
of strangers in some hotel room

To listen to him.

(sighs)

(door opens)

(door closes)

Do you want
to talk about it?

Not really.

I'm tired.

I'm going to go home,
take my antibiotic,

And then I'm going
to take a nap.

(door opens)
(sighs)

(door closes)

(door opens, keys rattle)

Hi.

I th-- I thought
you were at church.

Isn't today bible study?

I decided to skip it.

Why?

I just...

Henry is getting some extra help
on his spanish.

He won't be back
until 6:00, so...

(sighs)

I'm just...

I went last week
and the week before.

You have to go every week,
paige,

If you're going to stay close
to pastor tim.

Mom, it's fine
if I skip a week.

I can see why
it might look that way to you,

But you need to maintain a
consistent presence in his life.

When you go to bible study,
you have to talk and be into it,

So if I'm not in the mood,
it's gonna be obvious.

Well, then you get yourself
in the mood.

(sighs)

(sternly)
get back in here right now.

We've been trying, paige --
trying to be nice to you,

Trying to forgive you
for what you did.

But if you think
for a minute

You can be precious
about your moods

When it comes
to pastor tim and his wife --

I can't control
how I feel!

You can control
what you do.

And from now on,
you are going to.

And let me be clear about
what you are going to do.

You are going to go
to bible study every week.

You are going to go
to Sunday services every week.

You are going to find
some other shit to volunteer for

At that goddamn church
so that not a day goes by

Without you seeing
pastor tim and his wife.

And then you are going
to come home every night,

And you're gonna tell
me and your father

Everything that happened --
what was said, their moods,

Their attitudes,
their feelings --

Because that is
what is important right now.

Because,
thanks to what you did,

That is all
that stands between us

And this family
being destroyed.

(machine beeps)

They asked me to come up
and see the director.

Well,
that could be anything.

I'm pretty sure
they're not calling me up

For a commendation, stan.

I knew a guy who got called up
to see the director.

He was sure
that was the end.

Gets up there,
waits two hours,

Turns out the director
had some visiting dignitary

Who's a stamp collector.

Director's office had heard my
friend's a stamp collector, too,

So...

They called him up there
to talk to the guy.

(elevator bell dings)

Well...
(elevator doors open)

...I don't collect stamps.

(doors close)

(refrigerator door closes)

They're children.

They don't have
our life experience yet.

Oh, please.

Bringing their marital spats
to the job,

Going to est.

They say goodbye
to an agent,

And they think
it's the end of the world.

Gabriel,
we can't expect them to --

Claudia, in my time,

There were things worse
than the war.

I had a friend -- gakov,
a decorated officer.

We were close
since school.

Then he became
an "enemy of the people."

I had to go to his house
and pull him out

In front of his wife, his son,
and his two daughters.

The wife was screaming.

The children
were screaming.

"not you, comrade,"
he said.

They pushed him
into a car.

We did what we had to do.

That's the way it was

Or we got killed
ourselves.

They think this is so bad,
what they're going through?

They have no idea.

You're angry. You --

Yes, I'm angry,
and I'm frustrated.

I'm losing my influence
with them.

They're not
listening to me.

Oh, your officers
aren't listening to you.

Boohoo.

It's never been this bad.

It's worse every day.

Things have gone to shit,
and you think,

"well, it's not their fault,"
so it has to be yours.

Well, whose fault is it?

It's the world.

You don't have the answer.
I don't, either.

Do you think there's someone
waiting in the wings who does?

(sighs)

Everything okay?

No.

It's not.

Maurice
is back on the bottle.

So am I.

Lisa...

He took our money.

All that money that's been
coming in from you and jack --

He took it,
ran off to florida

With some woman
he met a month ago.

Let's get to a meeting
right now.

I need
to make things right.

You will -- we will.

I'm gonna take you.
Let's go.

I sent my kids
to my sister's.

I cannot
put them through this.

I've been living a lie.

I need to make things right,
and you do, too.

We need to tell the police
about jack,

About
what we've been doing.

We can't do that.

We have to.

'cause I started slipping

The moment I started
taking that money.

The lying,
the pressure --

It was too much.

I cracked.

(sobs)

And you will, too,

If you don't come clean,
'chelle.

Lisa,
I'm not gonna crack.

Yeah, well...
(plastic bags crinkle)

That's what I told myself,
and then just...

(sniffles)

...Sneaks up on you.

I'll talk to jack,
okay?

You don't have to do anything
that you don't want to do.

Jack will
tell us anything.

He probably got
all sorts of women

Doing all sorts of shit.

You need to get rid
of that asshole.

Lisa --
'chelle, please!

Please help me.
(breathes shakily)

I can't go in there
by myself.

If we go in there together,
they will give us immunity.

Do you really think they're
gonna give you immunity?

If we go in there
together...

They'll take your kids.

I know you feel bad
right now,

But you don't have
to do this.

Okay?

L-let's just get to a meeting.
Let's do that.

I'll do it by myself,
then.

They don't want
to make a deal,

They won't get to hear
what I have to say.

They won't
take my kids from me.

Put me on probation?
That's fine.

(grunts)

(glass shatters)

(breathing heavily)

(groans)

¶¶

Gabriel: Want a game?

I don't think so.

Tea?

No.

(door opens)

Lisa's done, too.

(purse thuds)

Put down my cigarettes?

Yeah.
I-I put it out.

Sit down.

(elizabeth winces)

Mm.

Sorry.

¶¶

(sighs)

Things have to change.

I'm going to talk
to the centre.

I'm going to tell them that
it's time we ease up on you two.

It's been too much --
too much for anyone.

No new operations.

Maintain the breland bug
and, uh, young-hee.

This will be the closest you two
have ever come to a vacation.

(exhales sharply)

For how long?

Take as long as you need.

And you think the centre
will agree to that?

I'll make sure they do.

¶¶

(sighs)

So, I guess we're gonna
be travel agents now.

You know
what we should do?

What?

Take the kids to epcot.

(heroic music playing
on television)

Henry: Mom, dad, come on.

He's about to do it.

(music continues)

(people gasping)

Whoa.

Woman:
I can't believe this.

(indistinct chatter,
people cheering)

Man:
Ground control, send in copter.

(speaks indistinctly)

(cheers and applause)

(music continues)

Copperfield: My mother
was the first one to tell me

About the statue of liberty.

She saw it first
from the deck of a ship

That brought her to america.

She was an immigrant.

She impressed upon me

How precious our liberty is

And how easily it can be lost.

And then, one day,
it occurred to me

That I could show with magic

How we take our freedom
for granted.

Sometimes we don't realize

How important something is
until it's gone,

So I asked our government
for permission

To let me make the
statue of liberty disappear,

Just for a few minutes.

(upbeat music plays)

How long can we stay free?

For just as long as we keep
thinking and speaking

And acting
as free human beings.

Our ancestors couldn't.

We can.

And our children will.

Now!

(people gasp)

Whoa.
(applause)

How did he do that?
I have no idea.

(cheers and applause)

¶ think I'll walk out
in the rain ¶

Oh, yes!
Oh, my gosh!

¶ called you
time and time aga-a-a-in ¶

¶ got no reply ¶

¶ you've gone
reached the point of no return ¶

Tied up, though.
The shot!

Ohh!

Yeah!
Whoo-hoo!

(door closes)
thanks for coming.

Of course.

So,
you guys are leaving when?

Friday.

Straight to hong kong?

Hong kong to bangkok,
and then we head, uh, north --

Chiang mai, stay with
linh's family for three weeks.

Her family is,
uh, in thailand?

That's where they landed
after the war.

So, tell me.

How's the new guy?

Typical webster munchkin.

(chuckles)

Big
on the shoe shines?

Shoe shines, haircuts...

(bottles clink)

You can tie your tie
any way you want,

As long as
it's a half-windsor.

(bottle cap clinks)
hm.

He's doubling
the tech sweeps.

No more personal clocks,
radios.

Pens?

You'd think so,
wouldn't you?

(chuckles)

Have a seat.
Take a load off.

¶ done my share of winning ¶

¶ now my turn to lose ¶

You're gonna
have to work on that.

¶ after a fair beginning ¶

¶ the game's up ¶

¶ I'm through ¶

(inhales deeply)

None of my business
anymore,

But, uh...

I can't stop thinking
about you and burov.

Maybe he can't be turned,
of course,

Or -- or maybe you've turned him
already,

But my instinct tells me
you haven't.

(indistinct sports chatter
on television)

It's your operation,
stan.

(volume decreases)

And screw the deputy a.G.
And screw your new boss

And screw the director
if they're pressuring you...

...But it might be that
you're holding off with burov

Because your conscience
is bothering you,

Because of what happened
to nina.

¶¶

¶ think I'll walk out
in the storm ¶

¶ there's no love
to keep me warm insi-I-I-de ¶

Five minutes.

¶ hope it's fine ¶

Things get personal.
You're not the first.

You -- you feel bad about nina.
Burov does, too.

(inhales deeply)

You've got his brother
and you've got her,

And that's your plan.

And then your conscience
pops up,

Because it starts to get
a little bit too much.

Now, I'm gonna sound
like webster here --

And I would rather cut
my own throat than do that --

But you talk about
things getting personal...

¶ at the end of the line ¶

Paige?

(sighs)

Everything okay?

They were both in a good mood.
They enjoyed miniature golf.

Alice said she can
really feel the baby moving.

I said
I can't wait to babysit.

(footsteps recede)

Gaad:
Whatever comes up --

Feelings, sympathy,

Friendship, whatever --

You can't lose sight
of who these people are.