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A contact in our
foreign office will reach out

to negotiate Samia Zahir's release.

In exchange for recruiting this man.

If she survives interrogation,

she'll be on her way to Abu Dhabi.

You must call my father and tell him

- I'm innocent.
- If I talk to anyone,

I'll tell them what really happened.

Viking's family...

his sister and his mother... they're here.

Owen in the field.

Who'd you say you work for, again?

I'm an Air Force nurse, ma'am.

What if the road

leads all the way
to Central African Republic?

Then we pop the champagne.

I'm worried.

Naomi... she's super close to her NOC.

If I take her off Gremlin,
who handles her?

- Me.
- When you were

in the field, did I ever
make a single mistake?

Not one.

What are your thoughts
about getting closer

- to Hassan Zamani?
- I'm testifying

against him next week.
You know that, right?

Don't testify.

Aspects of certain

recent operations have brought to light

the possibility of security breaches.

This is a mole hunt.

Okay. Let's run it.

Weak points first.

Well, the biggest challenge, by far,

is winning the sister's trust.

She's got to believe in Owen.

He's got to get her to agree

to travel to see her brother.

Ideally, we have her draw Viking away

from Valhalla's territories.

CAR, Chad, Mali...

they're all strongholds now.

Russia's either in with

or on their way to becoming
the government in these places.

Abuja, Nairobi or Lagos

are safer for us.
We can run an exfil from there.

And if he doesn't come quietly?

Okay.

But maybe...

a little more quietly.

Clear?

How do they make contact?

Likely, he reaches out to her.

We don't know yet.

What if she's playing both sides?

I mean, she called Owen, right?

Confidence level is good.

She's an Air Force nurse
caring for an alcoholic mother.

Okay, kick tires.

Let's make sure Owen is the cheese,

not the mouse in this.

Yeah?

United Arab Emirates. Who do I talk to?

I worked on Bowieknife, which you know,

or you wouldn't be calling.

What drawable resources do we have?

Zero. UAE is an agency blind spot.

We don't spy on them
for gigantically stupid

diplomatic reasons.

And unofficially?

Unofficially, we have liaisons
with countries that do.

India has a bunch. Iran.
China has the most.

No, those guys don't love us.

Are you in touch with Indian resources

in position?

What is this about, Martian?

I got a time coded handler
meeting with Gremlin

in five minutes. Can I talk
about this with you later?

Sure.

Everything okay?

Fine.

I think.

Popeye.

My brother left five years ago.

First to Syria.

To begin with, he emailed. A lot.

Sent pictures.

Then not so much.

Then, you know, just stopped.

Do you know where he is now?

Last we heard, he was in
some place called Kaga-Bandoro,

up north.

Working for some private company.

Was he working for an engineering...

or...

Sorry. Construction?

Security company.

I believe they're mostly Russians.

I know what you're thinking.

Really, I'm not judging.

I would be scared too. If my brother

was in that situation, I would be worried.

Now I understand
why you want to go out there.

I just...

I want my big brother home safe.

Of course.

Maybe...

- God.
- I am so sorry.

It's fine.

Here, I'll help you. Sorry.

- Did it get on you?
- Smooth.

No.

Look, Robyn, I can't

promise anything.

But the NGO

really has ways
of getting people into places

that no one else can go.

So, maybe if you were to go down there

and you were able to meet up with him,

you could convince him to come home.

It's all I want.

I'm just asking

why Owen was chosen

when a more experienced officer
was available.

Meaning you.

For example.

Well, because he's a man.

Men have balls.

No balls, no missions.

That's very funny.

You want to know
why he was chosen over you?

Want to know that?

Because you think lying

is a cause for raised eyebrows.

You know, if that had been
Valhalla instead of

a bunch of Foggy Bottom pencil-dicks,

both our spouses get folded flags.

Well, I'm not married, sir.

So all that was imaginary.

Like your future here.

I heard it went great with Bosko.

Man, news travels fast around here.

Was it awful?

Standard.

No, it was hell.

As in?

As in he hates me
and I think I'm getting fired.

Bosko isn't the kind of guy
who leaves you wondering

what he thinks.

He thinks I have no poker face.
Thinks I can't lie.

Well, to lie to anyone...

your mother, your boss,

an interrogator, DCI...

you just need to know
how to lie to yourself.

You're the first person needs to buy it.

Did you lie as a child?

Incessantly.

Did you lie to get into Harvard?

How do you know I went to Harvard?

You majored in history.

MSc in global affairs.

You've been reading up on me. Why?

Your career interests me.

- Why?
- I'm ambitious.

I want to know how it's done.

You have time to check up on me?

It's not like it's classified.

Reading an exemplary
colleague's résumé

is hardly checking up.

Then what is it?

I have to go.

Did someone ask you to look into me?

Is this part of an inquiry?

No. Not at all.

Okay. Now, sit down.

You said you wanted to learn. Sit.

Look at me.

Be still.

Relax your face.

Not hot, not cold.

Smile slightly.

No, that's too much.

I should wonder if you're smiling or not.

Now, find an answer
as neutral as your expression.

Tell me the truth.

Were you asked to look into me?

And if I was?

Would you tell me?

Why should I tell you anything?

Can I trust you?

Of course you can trust me.

That's pretty good.

Tell me something.

You ever heard of Samia Zahir?

Are we still playing?

We're always playing.

A professor.

Disappeared two and a half months ago,

being held in the Sudan.

She's in the hands of the UAE
intelligence services out there.

What about her?

Well, I'd like to know about her.

What would you like to know?

Anything you know

or can find out, going forward.

Why exactly would I do that?

Because you're ambitious.

And you want an exemplary
colleague with a perfect résumé

and storied career to mentor you.

When did you learn Paul Lewis
was working for the CIA?

It's the new me,
it's gonna be amazing. Anyway.

It's all right for a couple
of hours, and then I'm wilting.

About mid-afternoon, I'm wasting away.

Shoes on. Grab your coat. Let's go.

Why?

You wanted grown-up shit, we're doing it.

- Let's go.
- Where are we going?

It's a surprise.

Okay.

Why are you being weird?

Because I'm weird.

Okay.

Did you know those lions were made

from melted-down Napoleonic cannons?

I did not.

Did you know

that the plural of cannon is cannon?

I did not know that.

I love it.

A few years ago
they scanned it and found

a completely different picture
underneath.

He changed what he was painting
as he painted it.

Trust you to prefer the one
no one can actually see.

Meaning?

Your grandmother spent ages
looking at this one.

Maybe she liked

horny goat boys and shit.

- I don't know.
- Ew.

Or maybe she liked it because

they just had sex
and the man's falling asleep.

I hadn't noticed.

Do you want to see my favorite?

Sure.

Very early use of linear perspective.

But that's not why it's my favorite.

Why is it your favorite?

The random 3D gherkin.

Like, why is it even there?

Do like a gherkin.

Me too.

I'm gonna say

six out of ten. Solid Dad work,

but I'm gonna deduct four points
because I had to yell at you

- to get you to do this.
- Okay. Room for improvement.

Next time I shoot for a ten.

Next time I pick where we go.

Cool. Where do you want to go?

Nope. You just have to trust me.

That's your new favorite thing, right?

Can I ask you a question?

Sure.

How likely is it I'm being followed?

I don't want you to think
I'm some pussy Westerner

who judges a country
she knows nothing about.

You are afraid of the Pasdaran?

So I'm not being crazy.

Relax.

They're all over us.

If you've been seen with me or Hassan

they'll be following you.

There'll be a car outside right now.

Should I do something? Tell someone?

Who, your embassy?

Big help they will be.

Fuck them.

They see us, we see them.

You get used to it.

It's all a game.

I'm not getting used to it.

That's because
you're a Westerner pussy.

I have a question for you.

Are you fucking my boyfriend?

No.

Have you tried to fuck my boyfriend?

No.

Is he trying to fuck you?

You told the truth.

Three times.

- So he tried.
- I told him no.

He is persistent.

He will try again.

When he does, tell me.

I'm persistent, too.

I bet you he told you I was cool with it.

That's exactly what he said.

You think he'd be cool
with me fucking other guys?

No, he would go insane.

Which is why, when I do,
he never finds out.

Where is that prick, anyway?

This is what he does.

He tells me to meet him and then
makes me wait around for hours.

He's in some meeting, right?

- With his father.
- Does he work for him?

What do they do together?

I'm hot.

I'm gonna swim.

So, all that time
you were his sexual partner,

and you didn't know?

- The affair started...?
- In London.

Yeah. Before, in Addis.

- At first.
- We met in Addis.

I was a married woman then.

We became more once I separated
from my husband.

This look to you like two people

about to wait years to have sex?

I don't know, looks to me like...

it's already on, no?

Lie to me again, and I'll find out.

Then we won't be friends.

You can go back to your cell.

You-you know what the RSF do

to the ones I send back?

They welcome them with a nice flogging,

and then you pass out.

After that, God knows.

God knows.

The affair started that night.

How's the water?

Great.

Thank you.

Do I interest you?

That question can mean different things

- to different people.
- Stop the bullshit.

Darya told me you asked
what I was doing with my father.

Is that bad?

Why do you want to know?

In Europe, we tell each other
what we do.

It's usually the first thing we ask people.

I don't want to tell you
what I do with my father.

Okay. That's fine.

And stop being so afraid of me.

To live free in Iran,

you must be brave.

Hey, hey!

What do you got?

A Russian passport pinged

into Brussels Airport
from Nairobi last week.

Yuri Siniyovich

aka Vernon Crawford aka Viking.

Moscow Centre have printed passports

for these Valhalla guys before.

Do we have any ongoing travel data?

He bought a train ticket on the
same card used for the flight.

In and out of central Antwerp same day,

then he was on a red-eye
back to Nairobi.

And we're pulling more
information from border control

and the airline.

Pull baggage information
from the airline system.

Traveled with...

one checked bag,

weighing four kilos.

What about the return flight?

Return was...

Whoa.

Two bags on the way out

weighed in at a total of 32 kilos.

- That's a lot of Toblerone.
- Central African.

Republic to Antwerp
means one thing. Diamonds.

How much cash weighs in

- at 30 kilos?
- In dollars?

Euros. Numbers are similar.
Large bills. Hundred-euro bills.

That's three or four million, cash.

Get CCTV from Brussels Airport

and Antwerp Centraal Train Station.

I want eyes on this guy.

It's nice to be outside?

Tell me, when you spoke to
the American agent in London...

what did he ask about your
work at the negotiations?

Nothing.

As far as I knew,
he didn't know about them.

It's a mistake to think I'm a fool.

I betrayed no secrets. None.

Okay, so you knew nothing.
You were fooled. Framed, even.

But he-he must have
asked you questions, no?

I just want to know what you said.

- I didn't say anything.
- Not even by accident?

In the heat of the moment,
before or after, maybe?

What do you mean?

Can you tell me everything
you told Paul Lewis?

As you lay there, quivering in his arms?

I told him nothing.

I chose my country over being a traitor.

- Why do you think I'm here?
- I don't know.

I don't know.

But if you think I won't find
out, you are very much mistaken.

- Hello?
- Isaac.

- Lelov?
- Yes.

This is Dan van Broenk

from De Klerk Security Systems.

Your company's just been flagged
by our compliance department.

- Really?
- Yes.

This must be some random audit.

Well, I'm afraid
it's more serious than that.

A decision was made to freeze
your company's allocation

at next month's diamond auction.

We get 80% of our gemstones from you.

It's the other 20%

we're concerned about. De Klerk's is

a publicly listed company

with a reputation to protect.

Provenance investigations are ongoing

in liaison with the Belgian police.

If you cooperate fully,
you have nothing to fear

from the investigation and your

allocation at our monthly market
can be restored.

Are you there, Mr. Lelov?

Wh-What do you need us to do?

Did you or your company transact

with a man named
Yuri Siniyovich last week?

He may have used
his American passport.

Vernon Crawford?

Yes. Yes. Him, I remember.

My father bought from him last week.

What was the nature of this transaction?

Large cut blue. Roughly eight carats.

How did Mr. Crawford
get in touch with you?

This man came to us on introduction

from a local Antwerp broker.

Mikkel de Bruyne. Mike.
He's very reputable here.

He works for Frederik and Samuels.

We've never had trouble with him before.

Your cooperation has been noted.

Should Mr. De Bruyne

or Mr. Crawford contact you,

you are to call this number.

Do you have a pen?

What are you doing?

CCTV black spot.

How do you even know that?

I need a favor.

Iran desk is still
across Gremlin. If anything

bugs you about that mission,
I want you to come to me.

That is a total line cross and you know it.

Why do you think I've literally backed you

- into a corner, Craig?
- If anyone finds out,

I am fucked.

I need this.

And it's not personal.

This is me doing my job.

I need ongoing intel, even if we break up.

I just need to know
what's happening with Gremlin.

You're the one who doesn't hurt me.

I try.

Okay, darling, you're all done.

- Let me help you up.
- Yeah.

Will you turn the volume up for me, luv?

Thank you.

May I use your bathroom?

Yeah, sure.

Delicately
hinged, rimmed with tiny spines,

and armed with microscopic...

- Hello?
- Motherfucker,

you're late. You okay?

I saw on the news.

They said there was fighting near you.

Well, don't buy fake news.

You know better than that.

On TV they said intense clashes.

Said a lot of your boys got killed.

Bullshit. We own this place.

I told you, fucking media spins lies.

Don't buy into it.

Sorry. I want you back home.

We have track and trace for the phone.

Viking is calling
from a landline in a hospital.

He's following protocol.

Human shields for outbound comms.

Could be he already knows he's a target.

My brothers.

They're not your brothers.

They're not kin. We are. Mama and me.

How is Mama?

Not good. Getting sicker.

It's getting out of control.

I'll pray for her.

All right. Stay strong. I got to go.

She's ready.

How do you know?

Because she didn't mention you.

She's trying to play him.

Feel him out.

Lay the groundwork to ask to come visit.

She trusts you more than she trusts him.

She's ready.

Danny.

Have a look at this.

What do you see here?

Nothing.

In ten years the country's
capital will be there.

A new capital with
earthquake-proof buildings.

I need a detailed seismic evaluation.

You'll be leaving in a few days.

This is an official assignment letter.

Keep it with you at all times.

Don't forget you're in Iran.

You could run into
a difficult policeman anytime.

This is an amazing opportunity.
Thank you.

You should know
the Zamanis ordered the study.

Hassan Zamani
will be traveling with you.

In fact, he recommended you.

- O-Okay.
- Be careful, Danny.

If this boy is interested in you,

it's likely for unwholesome reasons.

Consider what prison does to a mind.

Turns them against the state

but also against their fellow man.

Hitler's imprisonment
after the Munich Putsch.

The Muslim Brotherhood

tortured in prison after
the assassination of Sadat,

who founded Al Qaeda.

We're social animals.

We want to be part of the herd.

What Viking believes his herd did to him,

he will never forgive.

So he turns on them.

- What about the sister?
- Deep nostalgia

for her past, surrounded by love,

unlike her lonely present.

Find a way to access that.

You'll control her.

So, talk about her childhood?

Talking's good, but...

eyes as well as ears.

Ask for photographs of her
as a kid. Her brother.

Where they're from.

Make her feel connected.

Use pictures to connect to her memory,

fix her loneliness.

There's a chance
she may want our relationship

to be sexual.

Why do you want
to go into the field, Owen?

Are you scared of being lost?

Hurt?

Is it to prove something?

Are you building profiles of targets here

or of me?

Both.

This was before Dad died.

Vern's ten here. I'm six.

He won that at chess club.

He was really proud.

Grampa taught him to play.

I was never any good.
Vern read books about it.

Got real good.

There's so much here that you can use

to remind him of who he is.

Who he was.

I... Look at him.

He's, like, the all-American boy.

I lied to you.

About what?

We talk.

We call each other.

Okay.

Vernon showed me how to do it
so no one knows we're talking.

It's a really complex system.

'Cause he's so paranoid.

I mean, I think he's just
worried that I'd get in trouble.

What with where I work and everything.

If anyone found out.

Well, you're in touch. That helps, right?

Have you spoken recently?

Yesterday.

But it's hard over the phone.

I mean, he won't... he won't open up.

But if I could just see him,

I know I could
convince him to come home.

Hey.

Robyn, if you just volunteered

and you were out there at the same time,

you could arrange
to meet him someplace.

Would you come with me?

Of course I would come.

I could use some moral support.

Good job, Owen.

So, where are we

on that other thing?

Yes, the elevators are bugged,
but the recordings

all go to me before anyone else.
So fire at will.

I've built a matrix
of who knew what and when

and referenced it
against known breaches.

No clear suspects yet.

Any unclear suspects?

I can tell smoke from fire.

Not even smoke. Just staffers
breaking protocols.

- Nothing damning.
- Who?

Naomi violated need to know,
reached over the fence.

Why would she do that?

I intend to find out.

My contact in Indian
intelligence came through.

You know him?

- No.
- Saeed Al Bukhatir.

Apparently, he's handling
her case for the UAE.

- And?
- NESA spymaster from Abu Dhabi.

When the UAE intelligence
agency was purged in 2021,

he rose to the top.

We actually trained him.

In the war on terror, we sent instructors

from Langley and the Farm into the UAE

to build a modern intel unit.

And guess what.

Now they're all over the world.

He's one of their best,

albeit with a nasty reputation.

- For what?
- Lot of his cases end abruptly.

They use him as a black hat.
He makes people disappear.

Thank you for this. It's useful.

Boy, you really are good.

What do you mean?

The lying. Hiding your feelings.

You didn't think I'd find the file?

Our recruitment attempt at Samia Zahir.

Maybe you thought I wouldn't
guess whose name was redacted.

Now you know why I asked.

Well, I can't imagine.

Must be brutal.

Feelings are just another enemy.

I can teach you how to beat that enemy.

Make sure you do a complete
mapping of the formations.

Okay.

Call me if you have any problems.

I will. Thanks.

- Yeah?
- Can I talk to you?

Shoot.

Iran desk received this cable
from Tehran.

An informer warned a photo
of a Spanish female

was tacked to the wall
of a Pasdaran office.

Someone named Daniela Acosta.

And?

Apparently she was photographed
with Hassan Zamani,

who is also a Pasdaran target.

They're mounting an operation
against Hassan and his friends.

I thought you might
want to know, as he was a POI

in Gremlin's case.

Thank you.

Craig.

That cable contains
Gremlin's cover identity.

Doesn't leave this room.

Henry Ogletree, London Station here.

I have a message for Tehran,
emergency procedure.

Code is 68-14-12.

Golf Tango.

That's it.

Awaiting your confirmation.

Shit.

Mind I ride with you?

The other van's full.

Sure.

Daniela. Daniela!

Be honest.

You're really organizing
a desert rave, aren't you?

Are you suggesting I'm not interested

in the field of desert seismology?

Why can't I be organizing a rave

and a study for profit
and one for the government?

Simultaneously.

I told you, I have important plans

for the future of Iran.

What my father can't do in the open,

I do behind the scenes.

So, your father agrees

with your modern vision?

Let's just say he's listening...

Fuck you!

Hassan, what's happening?

- I don't know.
- Hassan!

What's happening?

Do as they say.