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Tell me again.

Where is the money? I left it at the drop.

Keep lying.

It's the truth.

If the money is gone, it is your men who took it.

A gift.

It's okay, Daniel.

It's okay. Open it.

You will understand.

Your son was still at school. He did not see this.

I am only going to ask you one last time.

Where is the money?

I don't know. Please.

Please. Please don't hurt him. Please. Promise me you will not hurt my son.

Everyone steals a little here and there.

But that money was needed to buy the materials our brothers requested.

This is why I'm changing your assignment.

I'm sending you to America, Alex.

We need to complete the transaction.

We need this money.

No more mistakes.

No more mistakes.

You leave immediately.

I will do what I'm told.

Clean this up.

Agent Colin Glass, have you ever told a lie?

Are you serious?

Yes or no?

Well, isn't that the job description of CIA?

Yes or no?

Yes.

Have you betrayed anyone?

Yes. Are you eating okay?

Yeah. Mom, I'm a special agent with the FBI. I'm eating just fine.

Have you ever been posted to Mindanao in the Philippines?

Well, you know the answer to that question. I'd like to hear it from you.

Yeah.

Thirteen months ago in Mindanao was your partner, Tony Napier, killed in an

explosion at the Burma bar.

Yes. One month after Tony was killed, did you request a transfer to NY

I did, yes.

Do you like working with your new partner, Agent Bill Goodman?

Yes.

I mean, he can, you know, be a little judgmental and uptight by the book, but

he's fine, I suppose.

I'm going to need a yes or no answer.

Put me down for a yes.

Does Agent Goodman know that your previous partner died in the field?

No. Did you travel four months ago to Red Lodge, Montana?

Yes.

Are you currently engaged in a romantic relationship?

No.

Yes, we met with the oncologist.

The second opinion, what did he say?

He agrees there's a lot of success with stem cell transplants. He's optimistic.

That's wonderful.

Strangest thing is that I'm actually feeling great. Go figure.

I can't even get him to take more time off, especially when his students just

sent him a card begging him to come back.

I'm glad to hear that.

And so you both know, I did start the process of being matched. I actually

should have my results today.

Don't worry about that, sweetie. We know you're busy.

Uncle Stan is testing.

I know, Mom. He's older.

And, Dad,

I really want to do this for you.

We don't want you worrying about me, son.

How's the new assignment?

What's your new partner like? It's complicated.

The partner or the job?

Both.

Did you know I was getting swirled this morning?

No.

When was the last time you were boxed?

Nine months.

You don't think that... They know about our little scavenger hunt, I don't. But

I do think that we should compare knots.

Well, my side of the street's clean.

Colin, you've been looking for an answer for a year.

I miss Tony. I know that she was your partner. There is no hole.

Tony's just dead for no good reason.

We have to stop looking for one.

Morning. Morning, Bill.

Briefing in five.

Sure.

I got a heads up from Poland's ABW about a Belarusian national, male, 40s,

headed to JFK. Alex Kovadenko, 42, from Minsk originally, hopped on a Deutsch

wing flight this morning from Bulgaria to Frankfurt, Frankfurt to JFK. So what,

is he on a watch list?

According to MI6, Kovidenko is a member of the PATH.

Neo -Nazi accelerationists.

They target Muslims, Jews, immigrants, people of color, and the LGBTQ plus

community. Yep, their job is to come in, cause chaos, overthrow governments, and

install white supremacist ethnostates.

These are the guys that took out that mosque in New Zealand last year. In 23,

arrested a group of them for planning to blow up a New Jersey electrical

station. What's Alex's speciality?

He was recruited out of foster care.

He was questioned after a rabbi and his wife were bludgeoned to death in Kiev

ten years ago.

No arrests were made in the end. Okay, so violence is his speciality.

Oh, well, it used to be. He's moved up in their rank. They're hierarchical.

Well, I love a hate group with an org chart.

What's he doing in New York?

That's an excellent question.

He's never been to the U .S. before, so if he's here, that means he could be

scouting a terror group.

Or he could be buying Pokemon cards.

We need to find out. Looks like he's arriving on...

Flight 404 at 9 .30.

Terminal 1.

All right.

Can't wait.

Oh, Gina. Yeah.

I might need you for this one.

Um, okay. Yeah.

Welcome to John Kennedy International Airport.

You've seen a bunch of George Wing bags. No sign of them yet.

Okay. Probably still going through customs.

He's out.

He's with a woman, young, maybe early 20s. She's clutching her stomach and in

pain. Headed your way.

Yeah, we got eyes on them.

They're getting into an ambulance. We'll follow.

It'll be St. Simon's. They service JFK.

Thank you.

Two of them went off to maternity. Turns out she's in early labor.

Really? Did you get her name?

Hippolos. He drew the line at that.

Oh, good for him.

Okay, why don't I see if I can go and get admissions to bend the rules, and

go up to maternity and pretend to be an expectant father?

What? I can't.

What, strike up a conversation?

She's too anxious to add sharing a life -changing moment when you've got the

anxious part down.

Why don't you?

Because, Bill, this is so far outside my wheelhouse, not even I can pull this

one off.

No argument there.

First time, Dad?

Yeah. Hey, congratulations.

Me too. My wife, she's having a C -section.

Okay.

Where are you from?

Belarus. Wow, never been. Is it, uh... Mr. Kobudeko, you have a beautiful boy.

And your girlfriend? He's healthy. How big?

He's six pounds, five ounces.

Would you like to see Sophia?

Where's the baby?

Okay. Well, he's just getting to NICU and his mom is still sedated.

First name Sophia, last name Ankov. Check with passenger manifest, check

customs, get everything you can, okay?

Thanks, Gina.

Anything? She had a boy. It was weird. He had zero interest in her and she's

baby. Okay, so what, we don't think it's his, then? No, doubt it. Hard to tell.

I didn't record this.

Check here.

Tell her it's almost a miracle, but she'll need to move fast.

Then he says something I can't translate.

Did he come back here with the baby? The father?

No. Oh, my God.

Did you see that man leave?

FBI. What happened? That man, the one that was right here.

COVID -NCO? Yeah, the baby's gone from the bassinet. He cut the ID tag off.

Okay, did you see him go post? Yeah, he was just here a minute ago.

Was he carrying anything?

A duffel bag said he was going to the cafeteria.

We have to shut this place down now. Call an Amber Alert.

This is a code pink.

Repeating, we have a code pink.

Alex Kovidenko brought a pregnant woman with him and then stole her newborn

baby? Sadly, yes.

This is not how I thought my day was going to go.

Okay, so what do we know about the new mother?

Uh, Sofia Ankov, 20, from Gorna Beloretska, Bulgaria.

No criminal history, but she did lie to customs about how pregnant she was.

Okay, is she in the path? Does she have a boyfriend, brother, sister? Not

according to our sources.

She has no known associates affiliated with the path back home.

NYPD did put out an Amber Alert on the baby, and the hospital said that he was

born premature with a high bilirubin.

Oh, well, he's going to need medical intervention.

The question is, what is a suspected terrorist doing stealing a newborn baby?

Yeah. And we're going to have to find this guy because none of this is adding

for me. Yeah.

So do you know how we can get in touch with Alex?

No. I want to find him, too.

Is he the baby's father?

No.

So how do you know him? Where's my baby?

Agent Goodman, may I?

This is Andy from social services. He's here to help.

Thank you.

Hey, Sophia.

I'm so sorry about all of this.

You're not in any trouble.

I just would like to know, do you know if there's any reason why Alex would

your baby?

Because I changed my mind.

I agreed to give my baby up.

Alex was...

Supposed to pay me $2 ,000.

So you sold your baby for $2 ,000?

Other women in my village only get $1 ,000.

You don't understand.

I don't have money to feed a child.

But in the ambulance, I told Alex I'd change my mind. I won't give him up, and

so... And so he took him.

Okay. Okay, yeah.

If you help us find Alex, we'll get your baby back.

Alright?

Alex promised my baby will have a better life in America.

And now he's gone and I have nowhere to go.

Okay. Okay.

That's about... That's about $1 ,800.

Who are you?

I'm here to help you. Okay? We are here to help you.

If you sign here, we'll get your baby back. You help us find Alex, you can

the money.

He told me a woman wanted to adopt my baby.

I talked to her.

Do you have a name or an address for this lady?

Stephanie Harris.

And where she lived, it was a palace.

And a baby room fit for a king.

Okay.

Thank you, Sophia.

Do you recognize him, Miss Harris?

Yes, that's Alex Kovidenko. He runs or owns the adoption agency I'm working

with. Okay, and you paid for an adoption?

Yes, I wired him money for a baby boy who's going to be born in the next few

weeks. Okay.

If you don't mind me asking,

How much?

$100 ,000.

Oh, that's steep.

Is that only in advance?

That's the advance. It's another $50 ,000 once I get the baby.

It's almost impossible to adopt in the last few years.

I tried China, Korea, Ethiopia.

So many countries have ended their program.

Yeah, my sister.

Just went through the, there was just too many abuses of these programs,

unethical practices.

Is that why you're here?

No, it's a bit more complicated than that.

Oh, what's going on?

Well, the woman that you spoke to on Zoom, she actually gave birth to the

this morning.

Oh, that's early. Is Sophia okay?

Yes, she is.

But Alex, well, he disappeared with the baby.

He took him from the hospital?

Yeah. Oh, my God. Is the baby okay?

Well, we don't know. That's what we'd like to find out. Do you have any idea

where Alex might have taken him?

Oh, I don't really know him. I have his business card,

but I don't know where he lives or anything.

Okay, thank you. Could you run us through how you first met Alex?

Yes, on his adoption website. He coached me on how to make a video that would be

posted on the site for pregnant mothers to pick the best parents for their

child. Liz said that Sophia watched my video and she chose me for her baby.

And who's Liz?

Elizabeth Johnson. She's the adoption attorney that works with Alex.

Okay. I told you Counselor Johnson isn't here.

Well, we do need to speak with her as soon as possible.

I'll let her know as soon as she calls in.

And when will that be exactly?

I don't know.

You're welcome to come back later if you like.

Recognize him?

Don't think so.

I'm really sorry. Do you have a restroom I could use for you?

Over there.

Ah, thank you.

I doubt there's enough for a warrant, especially for a lawyer's office.

Well, that's a good job I got this in, isn't it?

Where did you get that?

Never mind. Saw the files from her desktop.

Well, that's just great, Colin. Yeah, I know. Thanks. I just sent them to Gina.

Well, we can't use it. You obtained it illegally.

Doesn't matter.

Of course it matters. She's an American citizen and a lawyer, no less. She might

be Canadian.

I saw the open calendar on her secretary's desk. She's due in Civil

'clock today.

Yeah.

Hey. Hey.

So, I sent that recording over to our linguistics department. You know the one

that, like, we had that missing piece from Alex's phone call and Colin tried

translate it? Yeah, I'm listening.

Okay, well, the reason that he couldn't translate it was because Kovarenko was

using military code words.

Good to it, Gina.

Right. He said, the attacks will not be delayed.

So that's why they sent him here.

To bring their fight to New York.

Mom, I know there's something you're not telling me about Dad.

Please call me back.

I love you.

The defendant's careless actions are directly responsible.

The floor in question was wet and slippery.

We're just being clear evidence to the contrary.

So unless you and your client... Even if it wasn't wet, Your Honor, it was still

slippery. ...have proof disputing what... Are they not done?

So -so. My dad's... He's sick.

Oh.

Well. Sorry, sorry to hear that, mate.

You guys, you close, then?

Let's put it this way. Other kids would complain they never saw their dads.

I can't think of a thing he missed.

He rearranged his schedule to be at everything for me.

Coached my teams, even switched schools so he could teach at mine.

Well, you're lucky.

Elizabeth Johnson?

Yeah, who's asking?

FBI.

What? Recognize him?

What is this about?

Just want to ask you some questions about Alex Kovadenko and her.

Yeah, she's a surrogate for a couple who changed their mind.

Alex and I agreed to find another couple to adopt her baby.

Except there never was a surrogate couple, was there? You made that story

Stephanie Harris.

Everything was legal.

Sophie annoyingly relinquished her parental rights.

Oh, she said Alex agreed to pay her for her baby.

Yeah, that's how surrogacy works.

Well, here's the thing, Elizabeth.

Alex never paid her.

Instead, he stole the baby.

I don't know anything about that.

Well, did you know Alex is a member of a terrorist group?

Oh, my God. Is terrorism funny to you? Yeah, it's hilarious.

This is what you guys do. You just make stuff up. Get out of my face. The group

he belongs to has killed a lot of innocent people. I think you need to

where he is. I think you need to back off.

I'm going to do what I told my clients.

Don't speak to the police.

If you had something on me, I'd be in cuffs.

Have a nice day.

Quite like to put her in cuffs.

I will love your baby with every ounce of my being.

No one will love your baby as much as I do.

There's three dozen more videos of people desperate to become parents. I

promising everything from annual Disney vacations to daily playdates. Annual?

Well, there aren't enough bullets in the world, thank you.

This is huge.

Stephanie Harris and all these rich Americans are paying $150 ,000 to buy

from racially motivated terrorists.

When the FBI made those arrests in 23, we never figured out how they were

funding their activities.

So we follow the money.

Or we follow the girl.

Hospital just reported that Sophia Ankov is AWOL. She might know more. She might

be going after her baby. She might lead us to Alex.

Go find her now.

Gina, the path is hierarchical.

So you have to take them.

Exactly.

You know a lot about this.

Yeah, my mom. She's a nurse, too. Cleveland.

Bet it happens there, too.

Did any of these women come in with the same man or use the same address?

Yes. I did flag that two of the women recently had the same address.

Can we get that address?

Sorry, but HIPAA laws, we're not allowed to give out that information.

Of course. I think she liked you.

What are you talking about? She totally did. She did.

Why don't you save us some time? Go talk to her and see if you can get the

address. As I recall, seducing women to get information is your area of

expertise. Oh.

All right, fine.

You go wait in the car. I'll go be charming.

The truth is, your father's putting on a brave face, but he's not doing well.

The doctors aren't sure how much time he's got left.

But please don't worry.

He's made peace with the situation.

Mission accomplished.

Oh, sorry, I'm not interrupting, am I?

No, I was just catching up with my mum.

Oh.

All right, Bill's mum.

Colin. Nice to meet you, Colin.

So you're the one responsible for this reprobate, are you?

Afraid so.

I, uh, I'm the annoying new partner.

Bill says you're very nice.

Oh, does he?

He's a better liar than I thought.

So come on, give me some gossip on him, something juicy I can use.

Gotta go, Mum. Call you later.

Did you get an address?

Yeah, all I had to do was promise you'd take her out, so you're going to zero

bonds tomorrow night. Are you crazy? I'm engaged.

Well, so you say.

There's something wrong with you.

No, I'm joking.

I use patriotic duty.

Let's go.

Cooper Avenue, Glendale.

FBI, open up.

What's the problem?

Who did this?

No one. What do you want?

We're looking for Alex Kovidenko. I don't know who that is. I'll talk to

I'll transport him.

Oh, my God.

It's a baby factory.

We're looking for Alex.

Has anyone seen Alex?

What about Sophia?

Sophia Ankoff?

She come morning looking for son.

Is her son here?

Well, where's she? Where's she now?

Thank you.

Sophia! Sophia, we're here to help.

Crime scene has it. Thank you.

You take that statement.

Thanks.

Sex worker.

It's okay.

The Russians had bombed my house.

Killed my husband.

With the money I get from carrying a baby, I can move my family further away

from the fighting.

Okay. And how much did he pay you?

A thousand dollars.

Have you seen Alex today?

Thank you.

Alex said if I didn't agree, then he would kill my family.

And he brought you to New York to have the baby?

Yeah.

But she was stillborn.

That's why he wouldn't pay me.

Please, can you tell me what happened to that woman upstairs?

This is Birmingham, Alabama this morning. Five confirmed dead.

The path took credit for it.

Anonymous tip phoned in to CNN.

We've got intel from Langley. There are plenty more terror attacks here in New

York. There's no details yet.

Where are we with Kobdenko?

We haven't located him yet.

But it looks like he strangled Sophia Ankoff according to the ME's preliminary

assessment. Her time of death coincides with the time Alex was in the house.

When you find him, and I know that you will, I want him to pay.

We got the car, the getaway car from the hospital.

NYPD spotted it speeding off Linden Boulevard. They lost it and then found

abandoned. Any leads on Alex or the driver?

Nope, just the car.

FBI's got his lawyer down to 26, fed for adoption fraud and child trafficking.

We can take a run at her, see if Alex has reached out.

You got it all wrong.

Alex is not a neo -Nazi.

He is literally raising funds to help poor children affected by Russia's war

Ukraine. Well, he lied.

The group he belongs to has carried out racist terror activities across the

globe.

This is Birmingham, Alabama, and we have intel that there are more attacks

planned. Here in New York.

And that baby that he stole is very sick. If it dies, well, I can't imagine

the best lawyer would be able to sell your innocence to a jury.

Even you know that.

What do you want me to do?

We need Alex. We need his driver. We need to find them. Now.

You did everything you could.

We were too late.

We tracked the phone number that the lawyer gave us.

We ID'd the driver, and clearly he had other plans.

We tracked him to here, and then lost him, and then he must have ditched his

cell phone after.

This was St. Albans Grace and Judd Baptist Church.

Three dead, eight injured.

Homeless people were housed in the basement.

I didn't know. I mean, there was no time.

Is the path taking credit? Online, anything?

No, nothing yet.

We know Kovidenko runs an illegal adoption ring in Belarus and Ukraine.

All the proceeds go to the path to run their terror activities.

Right now they have a baby, a sick baby, that they have failed to get into the

hands of a client. So we think he's still in New York with the baby, hoping

get the rest of the money from Stephanie Harris? Well, he hasn't pinged at any

airports or MTA. So Stephanie Harris is our nexus right now.

A sting -up?

I mean, we've got a desperate buyer and a desperate seller to work.

Bill, you have a rapport with her.

Have you been in contact with Alex since we spoke last?

He texted yesterday.

He told me the baby's mother had died. He told me the baby had health problems.

And he said he needed more money for the hospital.

Why didn't you tell us? He said if I told anyone, I would never hear from him

again. And did you send the money?

Not yet.

Okay, right now this baby is running out of time.

What are you saying?

Well, he has high bilirubin, and untreated, it can cause complications in

brain. Now, we can save him, but we need you to work with us.

What would I have to do?

Well, we would help you set up a meeting with Alex to arrange an exchange for

the baby for the money.

You want me to be undercover?

Well, all you'd have to do is wear a wire, and we would be nearby.

Gosh, I should be worried, right? I mean, you don't think that Sophia killed

herself, do you?

No, we believe Alex is responsible for her death.

Oh, my God. The man is a monster.

And with your help, we can get him.

No, you don't have to do anything special. The recording device will give

everything we need.

What if he doesn't answer the text?

He'll respond.

He's in it for the money.

Do you think there's any chance I'll still be able to adopt the baby?

We don't know. Maybe.

But, uh, Sophia.

You might have relatives who might want to adopt them.

Of course.

Excuse me for one second.

How are we looking? We put a tracker in the envelope scene, and I hid one inside

one of the bill stacks.

Oh, text from Alec.

Meet me at 89th Street in Burgerside at noon. Come alone, or you will never see

the baby alive.

Stay calm.

We've got your back.

Text from Alex.

Put the money under the park bench.

Do as he says.

I don't mind that we can't see him.

Yeah.

Another text.

Walk over to the street lamp and wait for my instructions.

Okay, Stephanie, on to the text.

Okay.

Uh...

There's $75 ,000 in the envelope. The other $75 ,000 is in escrow with Liz.

You get it when I get the baby.

Eyes, eyes, two o 'clock.

That black duffel again.

I hope the baby's inside.

Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.

Where is he?

There's just... What'd he do with the baby?

Where's the baby?

Gina? Yeah?

The tracker you put in the cache.

Link us up. You got it.

Let's go.

Signal's weak.

There's a few buses going to Canada. Start with those.

Copy.

Move. Sorry, mate.

down.

Don't move.

I've got to get one of those.

Top him.

Tight.

Where's the baby?

Get him out of here.

Hold on, hold on, hold on.

Gotcha.

Take him away.

Oh, come on. We're 0 for 3. How many more locations left?

All right, yeah, he's been traveling.

Three more, not including this one. And the house is up here on the right.

FBI, open up.

You know Alex?

Okay. We're looking for a baby that he might have brought here. It's a newborn.

He dropped off a baby boy two days ago.

I'm so sorry.

I've tried everything.

He stopped eating.

I'm sorry.

I tried.

He's still breathing.

He's alive.

Okay. Let's get him out of here. Let's go.

Get NYPD and social services here now. What about an ambulance? We haven't got

time. We need to get to a hospital now.

Can we hear he's doing better already?

Yeah, he was dehydrated.

And he has hemolytic disease, but it's treatable. His levels are already

closer to normal.

Great. The nurse?

said that they may be able to release him by this weekend, but they don't know

to who.

Well, we spoke to social services. We suggested you be a strong candidate.

Thank you.

Did you find out if Sophia had family who might want him?

We've been searching.

So far, it seems Sophia was an orphan herself.

Ah, poor woman.

Well, I hope it doesn't make me a horrible person, but...

I guess that means that he and I really have a chance.

And if it works out, when he gets older, you can tell him how you helped save

his life.

Hey, there you are.

Come here for a sec.

I heard the feds are arraigning Alex tomorrow.

I suppose you want to try to turn him into an asset.

Oh, that would never happen. He's far too committed to the cause.

You sure?

Alex's location history.

One address we didn't get to.

JTTF just raided it. It's a warehouse in Greenpoint filled with enough

ammunition and grenades to outfit a small army.

You recognize this guy? Yeah, the guy we lost at the church bombing. They're

talking. The path mapped out a series of attacks for them to carry out.

The mosque in Patterson, New Jersey.

They were targeting the next holy day.

We found blueprints of two synagogues in Brooklyn on a laptop.

All funded by Copenhagen's Adoption Network?

Yeah, it looks that way.

Bill, today was a win.

We found a baby a loving home and shut down a major threat in New York.

Hey, Colin is buying drinks, if you're interested.

Yeah, I'll catch up.

FBI paperwork.

The gift that keeps on giving.

I'll take your word for it. Good night. Night.

This

place

is cool.

Oh. Oh.

They brew their own?

Yeah, they do. They do.

Can I see that menu, please? Oh, no, no. Don't bother. I'll get you what we're

having. Can I get one more of these Brooklyn artisanal whatevers, please?

Thanks.

What's up with him?

He's a little testy because they don't carry stout.

Oh. Sorry.

You got through your paperwork quickly with that?

Oh, newsflash. Bill didn't have any paperwork. Wow. He lied to us. No, not

exactly. I had a little paperwork.

Uh -huh.

And I checked in on my dad.

Oh.

Sorry, mate.

All good.

He's going to be all right, you know.

He is.

He is.

And so are you.

Mate.

Cheers.

Cheers. Cheers.

Cheers.