The Americans (2013–2018): Season 6, Episode 3 - Urban Transport Planning - full transcript

Guess who's in town?

CIA says he's been out of
the KGB for three years.

We want you to find out what
your wife is doing and tell us.

And if you have to, stop her.

The future of our country
is being decided right now.

I'm sorry. Look. I have to
talk to you about something.

If you knew how tired I am,
you wouldn't still be talking.

You are the only
person I can call.

Every little thing
I ever do is wrong.

I want a divorce, Stan.

If you leave...



Gennadi is doing dangerous work,

and you're a big part of it.

You will figure it out, okay?

The Centre wants you to contact
your old friend Lyle Rennhull.

A general now.
You're to try and get something

called a lithium-based
radiation sensor.

I'm not going to
betray my country.

Okay. Please.

Mom. Are you...?

Go back to your car.

Now!

You know this group
I go to sometimes?

It's, - It's called
the Forum now, but yeah...

They talk about...



letting yourself
feel bad or scared,

if that's what you're feeling.

I feel fine. I'm fine.

It's important
not to push it away.

It's better to feel bad
and go through it

than to pretend
not to feel anything.

Paige, these things...

I saw some bad things too.

It's hard to deal with it all...

You have to, but...

How did you...

I don't know...

I don't know. I had your mom.

You do too.

You okay?

Yeah.

What happened, Mom?

What happened is
you left your position

and ran straight
into the middle of a...

Hello?

Hey, Dad.

Henry, what's up?

We won! First loss
for Tilton this season.

That's great.

Wasn't Tilton league champions
the last two seasons?

What was the score?

Yeah. Three to two.

- I got the game-winning assist.
- Well, that's fantastic.

Look. I'm just in the
middle of a work thing.

I'm gonna call you
tomorrow, okay?

Yeah, sure.
Just not too late, all right?

I have an AP Calc test
Monday morning.

- Great news about the game.
- Thanks, Dad.

Bye.

I heard a shot...

I didn't know if...

I didn't know what to do...

You were supposed to do
what you were told to do.

I thought you were...
You left your position

and walked straight into
the middle of a meeting.

If anybody else on the team
did that, they'd be finished.

I just couldn't... No! You
don't get to talk about

what you thought or how you felt
or anything else. Not now.

Do you understand what you did?

Hey, this isn't great.

I think there's a lot
to talk about here.

There isn't, Philip.

It's very simple.
You stick to the plan.

I'm sorry, Mom.

I screwed up.

We'll talk more later.

Is it okay
if I stay here tonight?

- Of course.
- No, it's not all right.

This is a work night. Go home.

She's pretty much
seen it all now.

Not all of it.

I told her she'd have you.

To talk to.

What do you think
I was just doing?

Paige said it was
a military guy.

Rennhull.

Rennhull?

What are you doing with him
after all this time?

He's got access to this thing.

Some kind of radiation sensor.

Had access.

What?

Had access.

Yeah.

He was an idealist.
What happened?

He was going to kill me.

Paige thinks he killed himself.

He did.

I didn't have time
to work him, I...

I moved too fast.

There's trouble back home.

What are you talking about?

With Gorbachev.

I don't know that much about it.

What do they need
the sensor for?

I ca... I can't.

Don't try to change
my mind, Stan.

- I'm not trying to...
- You are a nice guy,

but you always get
what you want.

From me, and Gennadi.

My friend Bogdan,

he says I'm too much
listening to you.

I need to listen to my heart.

You talked to Bogdan about me.

I trust him.

If you told him about
what you and Gennadi

have been doing for us...
That would be dangerous.

For Gennadi,

for both of you.

I am not a child, Stan.

I trust Bogdan.

And we are Soviets.

We know how to keep secrets.
It is what we do.

- I'll see you tonight.
- Okay.

St. Edward's Academy.

Hi, this is, Philip Jennings,

calling David Sato back.

One moment.

Hello?

Hi, David, it's Philip Jennings.

Thanks for calling me back.

I wanted to check in with you

about this quarter's billing.

We haven't gotten payment yet.

Yeah, well,
I'm real glad you did call,

because I was about
to put a check in the mail.

But I wanted to talk
to you first.

Um, we've been having this
really big boom at work...

That's good.

Yeah, it's
really good, actually.

But it's all happened so fast,

because the office next door became
available, we had to jump on that,

I hired a bunch of new people...

- Wow.
- Yeah, it's really exciting.

Um, but I had to put some real
money down to cover the expansion.

So, what I was wondering, David,

is if we could,
restructure the, um...

The tuition payments
for this year.

St. Edward's doesn't
really do that...

No, I know. I get it.
You know, I'm in business.

And, um, I've had
some long-term customers

who have made similar requests.

But, you know, when I know
them, like you know me...

Because we've been at
St. Edward's for three years...

Never been late,
never will be again...

You know,
it's just been an odd year.

Um, and believe me,
the scholarship helps...

but, it's a stretch.

What exactly did
you have in mind?

Just let me get through
the holiday season,

um, you know, that's when
things really come in for us,

and then I'll catch up.

If it's really
just this one time...

- It is.
- Okay.

Thank you, thank you so much.

Please don't tell anyone.
If I had to do

different payment options
for every family...

Of course. And if you need

a really good deal
on the Bahamas...

Call me. We'll take care of you.

Thanks.

I made a mistake.
A really bad one.

I get that.

Good.

I can't get...

what I saw, out of my mind.

What happened?

When you meet someone...
a source...

you're taking a risk.
You know that.

But you can't ever really know

what's going on
inside someone's head.

I tried to stop him.

He must've been crazy.

I wouldn't say that.

He was... troubled. Desperate.

About what?

He was caught up in something,
and didn't see a way out.

He wasn't thinking straight.

The truth is,

I miscalculated, too.

It shouldn't have happened.

Who was he?

An American general.

And I was trying to get him
to give me something

that we need to keep
our country safe.

So for me, no matter
how risky it is... it's okay.

What do you mean, it's okay?

That no matter
what happens to me,

if I'm fighting for something
that's that important...

You don't care if you die?

Well, of course I do.

But I'm not afraid.

You can't live your life
being afraid, Paige.

There's no point.
You wouldn't do anything.

You want to make a difference,
you make a difference.

So, what's going to
happen with...

I mean, the police, and...?

Hopefully, they think

he was troubled,
and committed suicide.

- What if they don't?
- If they don't, they don't.

I don't have all the answers.

What I do know

is that you put me, yourself,
the whole team at risk.

That's why we have
the procedures.

That's why you can't just
come running in there

when you think
things have gone bad.

Especially if you think
things have gone bad.

I know, Mom. I-I get it.
I really do.

You won't have to be caught

in the middle of
all this kind of stuff.

Your job will be different.

But you still have to know

how to deal with things
like this, just in case...

Thank you so much for coming in.
We'll see you again.

Yes.

Take care. Bye.

All right. Everybody! Listen up.

Rick. Stand up. Stand up.

Yesterday, you sold two
Caribbean couples' cruises.

Tell us three
of the strategies you used

to sell those trips.

Well...

I talked about what an
exclusive deal we were offering.

Value. All right? Value.

Value. One.

I... showed them
the deck plan of the ship.

Pointed out
where their cabin was

in relation
to the stairways, restaurants.

Images. All right?
He's bringing it to life.

Great. Two.

And...

I up-sold them on booking
their dining options on board.

And shore excursions.

Perfect. Up-selling,
that's three. Great.

Lacey. Why are cruises
so important to us?

I... profit?

No, that's right.
T-The market pays.

It gives our clients
excellent value

and we get a commission
on the whole package.

Plus... and I'm sure
Rick knows this one...

what kind of customers are they?

I don't know...

Think about the Duffs.

They go every spring.

Repeat customers.

If we get them to go once,
they will probably go again.

Great. Great, Rick.

Everybody.

Now. Can all of you commit,
right here,

to using all of
these strategies,

every time you talk
to a customer?

- Yes.
- Yeah.

Yes! Okay! Great!

Okay.

So we don't know anything
about this Bogdan.

Just that
he's some kind of journalist.

A "senior correspondent."

When's Gennadi coming back?

Four days. If he comes back.

Let's get the CIA
to pull him out.

Better to do it here.

Four days is a long time.

By the time they plan it,

chances something
getting screwed up...

Look, I'm not happy
that he's over there.

But waiting it out's
our best shot.

I don't know.

Have we ever gotten
one good thing off that X-ray?

Aw, come on. You're like
a goddamn broken record, Stan.

It's been three years. How many
times you think he can fake a shit

in an airport crapper
without them figuring it out?

And now her, with this Bogdan...

she says to me...
We know how to keep secrets.

Is she kidding me?

She has no idea what a target
she just put on his back.

Maybe Bogdan's okay.

Yeah, I don't love a guy
who works for TASS.

She works for TASS. She's okay.

You hear about the general who
committed suicide in the park?

Not the place I'd do it.

No history of depression.

One of the key guys
working on SDI.

You brought him in
a few years back, right?

Yeah. He shot a guy who accused
him of being a Soviet spy.

Other guy looked like
a complete lunatic.

But now he shoots himself?

Seen our friend
from out of town yet?

Not yet.

Soon would be good.

There was a donation.

Twenty thousand dollars.
From a man named Stenin.

First name? I don't know.

Father Valery said,

the powers that be won't
stop me from using this

to rebuild the steps
leading to the choir.

Everyone thought he'd have
trouble with the prior,

but he hasn't been touched.

I've been teaching
my daughter about us.

Our culture and history.

I teach a class
with several children

who have never been home at all.

It's strange when they
have to learn it from books.

I-I actually think
she's getting it.

I need to learn your tricks.

How are things
with your husband?

He's not sure I know
how to handle her.

That's something
parents fight about.

It's more than that.

He has his life
and I have mine now.

And she's with me.

I'd like to see him.

Maybe next time he can come.

He's out of it now. He quit.

I know.

But he can come one time.

Tell him...

tell him that I asked for him.

You good?

Yeah.

You sure?
Because I need you okay.

I'm good.

- You guys ready for this?
- Yes. I am very excited.

There are all different kinds,

and everybody
has their favorite.

Well, Chicago has
the best pizza, hands down.

It's disgusting.
It's too much bread.

See? Anyways, New York
has the best pizza.

- What is the difference?
- Yes...

Just try this one,
and look at the difference.

I went to a Russian restaurant

last time I was
in New York City.

- It was very good.
- What... What...

What did you have?
What did you like there?

It was something with meat,
and it had a potato.

Every dish in Russia starts
with meat and potatoes.

And smetana.

It's like sour cream.

I-I tried some here in America,
but it's not like home.

Well, because American cows
are different.

Right. Appreciate it.
Have a good day.

- You'll like this.
- Hope everybody's hungry?

I still think the Tigers
have a chance. Martin!

- Are you insane?
- No way.

- With Blyleven pitching?
- Blasphemy.

You know anything about baseball?
No, no.

Hockey is much better.

Yeah. We've enjoyed
the Canadian Cup this year.

Didn't you guys lose?

Yes, we did, but to
Gretzky and Lemieux.

Which is very good competition.

Baseball is good too.

The Twins are going
to the World Series.

Two words. Kirby. Puckett.

Glenn's an optimist.
I've been rooting

for the Minnesota Twins
ever since I'm a kid

way back when they were
called the Senators.

I bought every baseball card,
every poster,

every jacket,
every jersey I could find.

And now you wear that weird
Japanese jacket instead.

Every time
Glenn watches a game now

he wears a Japanese
baseball jacket.

When I was posted in Japan,

my wife and I used to
watch this team,

the Yakult Swallows,
play all the time.

We never understand a single
word the announcer said

but watching them play
was such a...

such a joy.

My wife...

she bought me
their team jacket...

You guys really need to see
a game while you're here.

Yeah. Let's do something
for the World Series.

And you can come to my house.

Thank you but no. We cannot.

- No, but thank you.
- I will come.

If I understand baseball,

maybe I will understand
America better.

I don't know about that,

but it's good to unwind
from this stuff.

Yeah. Lots of work ahead of us

before Shultz
gets back from Moscow.

Gonna invite me in?

Everything that went down
in Moscow.

They told me
they were going to do it.

I told them
you weren't a traitor

and it would get you killed.

I threatened them...

I said I would expose
all kinds of things

if they went through with it.

That's why they backed off.

But I am sorry it happened
in the first place.

- That's it?
- Yeah.

I'm not in
Counterintelligence anymore.

I work in the Criminal
Investigative Division.

What's that?

Bank robbery,
money laundering, drugs...

And you?
Urban transport planning?

What is that, exactly?

Supply analysis, scheduling,

microeconomics of basic

transportational
infrastructure...

Trains, subway...

You came all the way
from Moscow for that?

George Mason's
civil engineering department

is one of the best.

I saw that your course started
two and a half weeks ago.

If it's so important, why
didn't you come when it started?

My father asked me to.
But I said no.

Then I... I needed
some time away.

From my wife.

You can understand that, right?

What are you doing here, Oleg?

I told you.

Do you ever...

think about her at all?

Or all that is
in the past for you?

I think about her.

'Cause I used to
think I saw her.

In the streets,

on the subway,

parks.

And it was like... a shock.

Yeah.

They had the tape you made
of our conversation.

And they said they were
gonna use it against me

and my family
if I didn't cooperate.

I'm sorry.

I fought them
every step of the way.

Bullshit.

You are here without
a diplomatic passport, Oleg.

Whatever you're doing here...

Don't.

It's peasant food.
They know how to survive.

We're always having
droughts, famines, wars...

My mother used to
make pots of this,

we'd eat it for weeks.

You never got sick of it?

That wasn't an issue.

Vegetables ready?

Very good.

Beautiful.

I'm gonna spread this out
so it gets nice and golden.

Lower the flame,
we don't want it to burn.

After a few minutes,
we put it in the crock

with meat and garlic and broth.

Rough couple of days?

I'm fine.

How is this different
from solyanka?

Solyanka is a soup.

Zharkoye is a stew.
It's thicker.

Maybe we should teach her
how to make golubtsy.

My grandmother
used to make that.

What's golubtsy?

Shredded beef in boiled cabbage.

With sour cream on top.

Which was very hard to get
back home...

Will you run to the store
and buy us some sour cream

while we clean up?

We have some.

We could use some more.

Here's a new target and ID.

He's a supervisor at the
warehouse where Altheon ships

and does quality assurance
for the sensors.

This really does smell good.

I know.

I brought you something.

I know that it's not
supposed to be in the house,

but...

we made zharkoye.

That smells great.

But I just ate a whole order
of kung pao chicken and lo mein.

Can't keep it around.

Wait.

That is delicious.

We cook...
Claudia and Paige and me.

And we... watch movies from home

and... listen to music

and... talk.

It feels...

And then I walk out of there

and it just...
hits me in the face.

Here.

Yeah.

I hate it, Philip.

Honestly, the way
things are going...

I think, in a couple years...

we'll have Stan over here
for zharkoye.

What are you talking about?

Things are changing back home.
Opening up.

And it's not just politics...

It's... it's the young people,
it's music.

It's... It's different.

I mean, they're talking about
opening a Pizza Hut in Moscow.

You see the papers.

What... "The Washington Post"?

You know, all this talk...
Perestroika and glasnost.

The Americans eat it up.

They want us to be
just like them.

I don't want to be like them.

And neither do
the people back home.

You haven't talked to anyone
back home in over twenty years.

Neither have you.

So I told him,

so why don't you let
one branch manager do it?

It's not gonna
open the floodgates.

Our retention is up
two percent over last year.

That's a lot stronger than
you're seeing industry-wide.

He was thrilled.

That's great, honey.

Yeah.

It's nice of you to say that.

What do you mean?

I know it's boring for you.

I mean... it is boring.
No, it isn't.

No, it's okay.
You don't have to pretend.

Truth is, I think I'm jealous
of how much you care.

About your job. What you do.

I wish I cared
half as much about my work.

Well, you've been there
a long time.

Too long.

I used to like it.

Or I thought I did.

I just wish...

What?

I could do something
that made a difference.

For our country.

Doesn't that make you
feel proud?

Sometimes.

A lot of the time.

But, you know, what you do
is important, too.

Right.

Can I tell you something?

Yeah, of course.

Promise you won't laugh?

I promise.

I've been giving it
a lot of thought.

And I just...

I think it's so great
how Philip and Elizabeth

work together
at the travel agency.

Well, I don't know
how together they are.

I mean, she's always off
dealing with

their big corporate clients,
and he's...

Yeah, but I mean they always
have stuff to talk about,

there's never that,
"How was your day,"

and the other person's
pretending to be interested...

- I'm not pretending.
- I know. I'm just saying...

I think what I'd really like
to do is be an FBI agent.

I think I'd be
really good at it too.

I think you would.

Really?

Yeah.

Yeah.

But, you know, the cutoff age
for new agents is thirty-seven.

Well, they must make exceptions.

You know everybody, maybe
they can make an exception.

That's not how it works, honey.
I'm sorry.

Tracy Huffs. Evan.

Come on in. Thanks.

And, um... show you this.

- Can I see yours, please?
- Sure.

Thank you.
And thank you for coming.

Please, have a seat.

You're here because
the Altheon security

and compliance department
is conducting a security audit.

You're not here because
you've done anything wrong

or because you've made
any mistake whatsoever.

We're here to evaluate
and make recommendations,

and that's all.

Before we get started,

I need you to sign...

this confidentiality agreement.

If you could just sign
and initial here

and also here.

Many, but not all,
of the people you work with

will also be asked
to participate

in this security audit
over the next month.

It is imperative that they
not know about it in advance,

and that you not discuss
this with anyone,

even those you think may
have already met with us.

Thank you.

Now...

the purpose
of our meeting here today

is just to identify
any lapses that may exist

with the security procedures
at the warehouse...

Or, in those cases

where the procedures
are very well designed,

any ways in which they
aren't being followed.

Please speak freely.
No one will be penalized.

We're here to identify the
problems and then solve them.

I'm gonna take an occasional
note, if that's all right.

Sure.

Let's start with receiving...

Okay.

Gennadi Bystrov?

Yes?

I understand
you want political asylum.

We have diplomatic immunity.

I'm not here to arrest you.

Mr. Bystrov has requested
political asylum.

Yes. I want asylum.

This way.

Sofia Bystrova.

What is this? What do you want?

Sofia Bystrova. I understand
you want political asylum.

How dare you!

You have no right to be here!

I...

Get out, you get out.

I'm calling our embassy.

Sofia Bystrova, I understand
you want political asylum.

Okay. I'm coming.

I call embassy!

For all the gold medal readers,
you get two gold stars.

Excuse me. Ilia?

Come with me, please.
And bring all your things.

Very good. Thanks.

What happened?

Gennadi... I'm sorry...

Sofia... she told somebody.

What? What do you mean?

Have a seat.

It was a guy at TASS.
She says she trusts him.

But we couldn't risk
something happening to you.

A man?

Who?

Guy named Bogdan.

You know him?

I'm sorry.

You think she's...

I don't know.

I have... I have no idea.

But she says
she wants a divorce.

She says this all the time.

I need to talk to her.

She doesn't want
to talk right now.

You'll both stay
in different places

while we figure out
relocation plans.

W-What about Ilia?

If she divorce me,
I can still see him, no?

Well, you'll be
in separate locations.

You won't know where she is,
she won't know where you are.

Please. Talk to her.

Gennadi, I can't...
It's not my...

Please, Stan.

You are the only one
who can talk to her, fix this.

I want if we go, we go together.

Tell her. I love her.

I love Ilia.

I am alone without them...
here... alone.

I'll try.

But that's really only when
we get the military grade stuff.

Other than that, that room
pretty much goes unused.

Um, but right over here is
where they do quality assurance.

That's before
shipping, obviously.

But when things move from
quality assurance to shipping...

you do sometimes
get uncleared people

having a look
right here and here.

I'm not saying it happens a lot,
I'm not saying it even matters,

but you're asking.

This is exactly
what we need to hear.

It's so easy to fix, too.

This has been so helpful,
Mr. Urqhardt.

Thank you so much.

And I just wanted to remind you

not to talk to anyone
at work about this.

When people know in advance
about this kind of audit,

it completely skews our results.

I get it. I bet my girlfriend
already knows about it.

She works in security.

Who's your girlfriend?

Theresa. Vasquez.

Theresa? She's great...

- Yeah.
- Please.

Thanks.