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- I've been going through something for a while now.

Time for me to move forward.

- Are you asking me out on a date?

- I want a partner who gives me

the benefit of the doubt,

like you give your ex-husband.

- When I think about what happens if we get caught...

- Well, let's not get caught.

- Hey, you still want to hang this week?

We could have dinner and talk about

the bad old days in Kabul. - Yeah.

Been too long.

- The assassination attempt

was all just theater, Daryl.

Something this clean needed someone senior,

someone with reach who could recruit Antosca

and be there to tie off the loose ends

when we got close.

- Mike, you're talking about a conspiracy

in your own house.

- In our house, Daryl.

You ran detail that day six years ago.

- I'm working on a theory, but I can't bring it to anyone

until I know for sure.

- You stay quiet.

Make sure that nobody learns

that I'm alive-- most of all, my family.

- Tasty!

Sweet!

- Let's move!

- OK, come on. Hurry up, hurry up.

Above that wall.

- Yeah. All over here.

- That pipe over there!

- Hey!

That--that water goes to the city.

- We need to go!

- Go, go, go, go, go!

- Delicious! Divine!

- It's funny-- the walls are glass.

Really takes the "secret" out of Secret Service.

- Well, good thing I've got nothing to hide.

What are you doing here, Emily?

- Had state business

at the Office of Management and Budget.

Or maybe I just used my credentials

'cause I wanted to say hi.

It's a mad house out there.

- Big event tonight. The Zenith Ball.

President's gonna be there, so all the guests

have to pick up their tickets in-person, so...

- A mad house. - Yeah.

You want to go? Could be fun.

U.S. and world leaders coming together

to strengthen diplomacy

through cultural exchange and mediocre finger food.

I can pull strings.

My boss is kind of a big deal.

- That is so sweet of you,

but, um, yeah, I've got my own strings, so--

- Ooh. - Afters at my house?

- Afters?

I'm gonna let context clues be my friend

and say yes to whatever that is.

- Smart.

- People love an excuse to dress up.

It's not too late for you to join.

You could bring your new partner.

- First, these parties are ridiculous.

Second, Raul is not my partner.

We just reach out from time to time when we need a consult.

It's not like we always work together.

- This will just take a minute.

Then we can go get some breakfast.

- They arrest Daryl yet? - Not yet.

- What's the holdup?

He orchestrated a fake presidential assassination.

An innocent man died.

- Inspection's internal investigations are thorough.

Charlie said it's gonna be a minute.

- Sam had skin cells under his nails.

Daryl had scratches on his arm.

Investigation over. Just match them.

It'd take, like, five seconds.

- Micah, neither you nor I know

how deep this goes.

Until we hear back, we stay quiet.

The wheels of justice.

- Terry, hi.

- Oh, hi, Jane.

- Most senators don't pick up their own tickets.

- Well, I used to have an assistant

until he went behind my back

to, uh, help out a federal marshal.

- Right.

I'm--I'm still sorry about that.

- Don't be.

Uh, helped me realize it wasn't the right fit.

Of course,

they need me back on the floor right now.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, may I extend an olive branch

to make up for how things ended between us?

Move on up. No one will mind.

- How are things going with your girlfriend?

- I don't have one.

We only see each other at work.

It's excruciating.

I wonder how much more of it she can take.

Yours? - Oh, Natasha?

I see her all the time, 'cause we're not a secret.

Burt from Admin got an invite? Seriously?

You have to make sure he's not seated next to me.

- Why do you care who goes and doesn't go?

This is a costume party. It's meaningless.

- Yeah, and caring about it makes you seem like a nerd.

- Well, I wonder if you'd be singing the same tune

if you'd been invited.

- I was invited.

- Mom's plus-one doesn't count. And you're the help.

- Excuse me? - He's not wrong.

- At the DOJ, an invite means you're legit.

It's my chance to rub elbows with the top dogs.

Don't make me sit next to Burt from admin.

- I'll see what I can do. - Thank you.

- Appreciate that. All right.

- Is that back on? - I hope not.

I'd have to start wearing pants at home again.

- Cross, Terrence.

Oh, good. Thank you.

- Jane Hollingsworth.

- Well, thank you for letting me cut.

- Yeah. Thank you.

- Once you get a congressional censure,

it'll almost be even.

- Incoming.

- Ah.

- Agent Hollingsworth. - Senator.

- Mike, hi. - Yeah, they're being weird.

- Weird is normal for them.

- Mm, this is not their usual weird.

Look at how straight Dad is standing.

- Coming to the event? - Uh, yes, I was invited.

- By Terry? - Oh, by my boss.

Oh! - Oh.

- Oh, you think Terry and I are still--

- No, no. - No, no, no.

- Just--I was just curious. - It's just, uh--

I have to go.

I...

- OK, that was weird. - Yeah.

- Agent Hollingsworth.

Got it.

Uh, headed there now.

I got called in.

Rain check on breakfast?

- Ooh. Called in by who, I wonder.

- OK, I see you trying to prove a point,

but you lose this round.

By my supervisor, not Raul.

- I'm just saying, work is how your father and I met.

- Look how that turned out.

- You know, the only people who worry

over who they're sitting next to at a party

are the people that nobody wants to sit next to

at a party.

- Even if it's Luke Zusman?

- Who's Luke Zusman?

- Uh, the guy listed as Sydney's date.

- Agent Hollingsworth. - Why are you here?

This break-in related to the murdered agents?

- No, I've been pulled from that case

for failing to produce results. - And you're here?

They didn't send you home to Seattle?

- This is a central treatment center

for the city's drinking water.

Last night, a group of masked individuals broke in

and poured gallons of this into the finished water.

- Poison? - Food dye.

Nontoxic, harmless.

- So it's a prank? - We think it's a warning.

You familiar with the extremist group Antimatter?

Anti-tech, which makes them extremely difficult to track.

No smartphones, no socials, no trace.

But they left a message.

Chat logs.

Seems off-brand.

- We're pulling in an expert-- one of yours.

You know Agent Amara? - We've met.

- I should've known that my dad would do this.

He's been trying to set me up with Luke for ages.

- So you know him? - Yeah, since I was six.

Our families used to vacation together.

- Sounds romantic. - Hardly.

Luke is like my dorky older brother.

Plus, he's taken.

- Taken or not, he's gonna be the one

dancing with you tonight.

Sorry it can't be me. - Don't be.

Dancing is just weird eye contact and sore feet.

I'd much rather be standing here with you.

- No way!

SK?

- Is that you?

- What'd you do with my friend Luke?

- Oh, uh, GLP-1. Or gym membership.

Who can say?

- Hi. - How are you?

Wow, look at you.

- I'm sorry that my dad made you do this.

- Oh, he didn't. I asked to come.

- Oh!

Is Heather cool with that?

- She better be, since we broke up last year.

- Oh, so you're-- - Single.

Yeah. Like you.

- Hm.

- And shift agents covering the lobby--

let's pull Rodesky, Clemmons, DW--

who is DW?

- Me.

- Can you give us a minute? - Yes, sir.

There is no way inspection cleared you.

Your skin cells are under the fingernails of a dead man.

- The skin cell residue got contaminated.

We'll--we'll never know whose it was.

- You tampered with the tests.

- You don't know that.

It's a hunch, a guess.

One of the first things we learn in the service is,

respond to what you see, not what you think you saw.

Remember what we tell young agents?

- Don't chase ghosts.

- Or you might become one.

Move on, Mike.

- I'm not going anywhere.

- These chat logs are between a user named Enigma22

and Synapse's AI bot.

- Synapse is like ChatGPT, right?

- It's a rival, yes.

- Antimatter's whole ethos is they don't use tech.

Why would they be talking to Synapse?

- Enigma22 used the platform to plan this attack.

Got Synapse's bot to provide facility details,

tank specs, security's sweep schedule.

I'm thinking they used AI

to prove how dangerous AI could be.

- They didn't want to contaminate the water--

just prove they could?

- That with AI, anybody could.

There's a bill up for vote in Congress today.

If it passes, it'll regulate AI companies like Synapse,

provide guardrails for this kind of tech.

As of right now, the bill doesn't have the votes.

- Antimatter wants to make sure it does.

"For every hour you don't vote yes on HR88,

we'll make you wish you did."

- This isn't a stunt. It's a threat.

If that bill doesn't pass, there will be more attacks.

And the next one won't be a warning.

It'll be real.

- At the end of the evening, detail will escort POTUS

through the east exit.

- Correction, Mike. West exit.

- East exit is closer and faster.

- West is more secure.

- The path to get there is not.

- Thank you, agents.

If there's nothing else,

I look forward to seeing you all dressed up tonight.

Agent Hollingsworth, everything all right?

- It was a fake assassination attempt.

Sam Antosca, a collaborator, was murdered to cover it up,

and it was all run by Daryl Woodard.

Inspection can't pin it on him or won't.

- You're going over a lot of heads,

ignoring the verdict of your own agency.

You understand the weight of this accusation?

- Mr. President, I wouldn't come to you with this

if I had any other option.

- I'll look into it.

Mom, I can't talk.

I have another intake in 10 seconds.

- I'm just checking in. Talk later?

- You ready? - Oh, who's that?

- Yes, that was Agent Amara.

Agent Wallace brought us in on a case.

- You're on a case with Agent Wallace?

Why isn't she at the task force?

- I don't know.

They dropped her-- or so she said.

But anyway, I really can't talk right now.

Gossip later? - Yeah.

- Another one.

Why don't we just get the entire bureau in here?

- Wyatt Dahl, founder of Synapse.

- Creator.

Founder--it sounds like I stumbled upon

my billion-dollar company in the woods.

- You are aware criminals used your tech

to break into a water facility last night?

- I hear they also used paper and duct tape.

You bringing in the CEO of Staples for questioning too?

- Your chatbot helped them get in.

They're using Synapse to intimidate Congress.

They've leaked what they've done.

It's all over the news.

- We all know how reliable that is.

Sounds like a deepfake to me.

- Give us the user data to track down who's behind it,

and we'll find out.

- All our data's encrypted.

Even I don't know who that user is.

I'd need a subpoena to find out,

but by then, the vote will be over.

- Mr. Dahl, if you do not cooperate,

there will be another attack.

- Then you'd better stop them.

Oh, come on.

You were a total garden gnome.

You had to stand on your tiptoes in every photo.

- Who's the gnome now?

- You, when I'm in heels later.

Car's ready.

- Oh, shoot. I forgot my jacket.

One second. Wait here.

- Uh, hey. Micah, right? - Yeah.

- Can I ask you something? Bro to bro.

You're with SK 24/7, right? - That's the job.

- I only really know her from when we were kids,

when she was obsessed with pugs and K-pop.

- So what's new with her?

You know, who is she now?

- Bro to bro? - Yeah.

- Exactly like you remember.

They do not give visitors badges out here easily.

That security guy knows me better than my GP.

- Hi. Mwah.

- Mwah. - Sorry, Tash.

I wouldn't have asked you to come

if it weren't important.

- I love an in-person.

Just, uh--where should I sit?

Um, you know, I'll just--

I'll just Mrs. Maisel it.

- Um...

my boss can't make Zenith tonight,

so I just got a plus-one.

I know it's impossible to be formal-ball ready

in five hours, but--

- You want to make a good show for your superiors.

- Yeah, does that sound cynical and gross?

- Honestly, I'm kind of turned on.

Is it crazy if we practice some cocktail party anecdotes?

- Well, I have been memorizing the names

of everyone in attendance.

- That's how power couples are born.

- Uh-oh. - What is it?

- Just something my sister needed

that she isn't gonna get.

- In light of the bill being on the floor today,

the DOJ fears granting a subpoena

looks like intimidation.

No Synapse user data for us.

- The vote's already underway.

We need a different way in.

- I'm Antimatter.

I wanted to scare people,

so I went after the city's water.

Where do I go next?

- Ask Synapse.

They used AI to find their first target.

Maybe they'll use it to find the next one.

- Roads, public transit.

This is just a list of city infrastructure.

- Re-input the transcripts.

Prime the bot with the old conversation.

Get it to see the next prompt as a continuation of it.

The electrical grid.

- They're gonna shut down the city.

Raul, you take uptown.

Clare, I'll ride with you.

- Gentlemen.

Dobbs, you're relieved.

- Actually, sir, you are.

I got word you've been removed

from the president's detail for the weekend.

- Word from whom?

- To get onto that.

Thank you so much. Gentlemen.

- Mr. President, there seems to be some sort of mistake.

- Agent Dobbs, please let Agent Hollingsworth know

where he's been reassigned.

If he doesn't go, feel free to show him the way out.

- Yes, sir.

- All clear at Mount Vernon.

On our way to the Chinatown Power Plant.

- Copy. Just arrived at Riverfont.

- Watch your six, Clare.

- You two are close.

- Aren't we all in this line of work?

- That's not what I meant. - What about you?

Why'd you get thrown off your case?

- I told you. No results.

- What are you doing? Quiet!

- They're here.

- Go. Go, go, go, go! Move!

- Run!

- Nia, they're headed your way.

- Come on! - Move, move!

Come on, keep going, keep going!

Run! Run!

- FBI! Freeze!

- "FBI and Homeland Security catch luddite terrorists."

Gonna make a pretty cool headline tomorrow.

You want to talk about what happened back there?

Ah.

Hello? - Put her on, please.

- Hold on.

It's for you.

I'll go review the security footage.

What have you got? - Nice work.

- How else was I gonna get you to talk to me?

- I have nothing to say. I was taken off the task force.

- Clare might believe that. I don't.

- I can't talk about it yet.

Not until I have something concrete.

I'm asking you to trust me.

Will you?

- I can try.

- Nia, look at this.

We didn't get 'em all.

Someone was holding that door.

There wasn't just four of them.

- It's locked! It won't open!

- One got away.

- I just want the names of the people we're sitting with.

That's normal.

- Wanting names is normal.

Wanting to read classified Secret Service dossiers is not.

- So you're telling me some of it's juicy?

I can use that.

- Does Natasha know how creepy you're being?

- It was her idea.

Are you gonna tell me you haven't done any digging

on Sydney's childhood sweetheart?

- No, because I'm a secure man.

Also, that guy thinks Syd's still into Hello Kitty,

so they're not gonna have anything to talk about.

- Except that trip they went on where they almost died.

- What? - OK, I made that up.

But you see? You don't know him.

- So your advice is,

I abuse my power for personal gain?

- Just tell me which guys at my table

might go to prison so I know

who not to be photographed with.

- I'm headed out to grab my tux.

Do you want me to grab yours?

- No.

- Are you good?

- Yeah, yeah, I'm great.

I'm just running behind.

- OK.

- Hey, Mike! What's going on?

- Can you talk in person?

- It's over.

The bill is dead.

- And unregulated AI will go full Skynet

with me rotting in jail.

- I would be happy to lighten your sentence

if you tell us more about the woman who escaped.

- I don't know her, man.

She goes by Maria,

but I've never actually seen her face.

We were always wearing those ski masks.

- How long has she been a member?

- She's new...

and really hardcore.

- What do you say that?

- Can I get a lawyer?

- You're scared, but not of us.

Of her.

- She's out for blood. - Whose?

- Wyatt Dahl's, the founder of Synapse.

- Antimatter has a code of nonviolence.

- She wants to change that.

She told us if that bill fails, she's going to kill him.

- The AI bill failed an hour ago.

Wyatt keeps sending me to voicemail.

- If he won't come to us, we'll have to go to him.

He's being honored at the Zenith Ball tonight.

- Oh, don't tell me I have to go to that stupid party now.

- Not just that, but Maria will spook if she sees FBI.

Looks like our little undercover act's

getting an encore.

- Can I just wear my windbreaker?

- Why did he do it?

- Because he believed in you.

And in a misguided way,

he thought he was protecting the country.

- By killing an innocent man.

By making my second term a lie.

- We don't know what would have happened

if Sam and Daryl hadn't staged the shooting.

You might have won anyway.

- "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute

the Office of President of the United States."

- And you did.

Your presidency helped people.

- It's gotta be in good faith.

It's right there in the oath.

- You didn't know.

- You think that matters?

In this country, the people decide who leads,

and they tell you when to get lost.

You tamper with that,

you take away what it is to be American at all.

I broke my oath to the people.

And to God.

Neither of them's gonna forgive me.

Neither of them should.

You need to tell President Kayana.

- I have, and he didn't believe me.

In fact, he was quite angry

that I went over the director's head to tell him.

- Do you know about Providence?

- Sir?

- Kayana's first big win.

Rhode Island governor.

It was an upset.

It really put him on the map.

There were a lot of stories about

where the extra votes came from in Providence,

how far he was willing to go.

It's probably just rumor, but if it's true,

a man like that wouldn't see Daryl's actions as a problem.

- He'd see them as an opportunity.

Sir, Daryl will be with the President tonight

at the Zenith Ball.

- Then we'll be there too.

- I wasn't invited.

- Find a way in.

I'll meet you there.

And you'll help me do what must be done.

We're gonna catch us a murderer,

whether the President wants us to or not.

- Yes, sir.

- Thank you for letting me tag along.

- Yeah, well, you know, play your cards right,

maybe I'll bring you back next year.

- Good evening, folks. Champagne?

- Jane. - Oh, Mike.

And this is...

- This is my date. Or I'm her date.

This is, uh-- - Emily.

And it's really, really nice to meet you.

I, um--I've seen you around a lot, so--

I work at the State Department.

- Smart and beautiful.

- I really love your earrings. - Oh, thank you.

Uh, Mike got these for me.

For our-- our 10-year anniversary.

- Nice to know he has taste.

- I was about to say the same thing.

- You won't mind if I steal Jane back?

She left us mid-story.

We're on the edge of our seats about Operation Flagship.

You mind? - Bye.

How did you know I needed saving?

- Oh, I could see your fake smile from across the room.

- My husband was never able to clock it.

- I wonder if there's other things

I do better than he does.

- At your two.

- There you are.

- Nice dress.

- It's my mom's.

I didn't exactly have time to go shopping.

- Get you a drink?

- We're on the job.

- It's just for show.

Something to hold onto so you don't stand out.

- Well, in that case, I'll have a rye Manhattan.

- Any sign of Wyatt? - Not yet,

but Secret Service confirmed he was on the list.

I'll go check with Micah.

- I'll keep an eye out for anyone

who might seem like Maria.

So far, everyone who's arrived was vetted.

No party crashers.

- I thought it was water.

- Turns out, it was saline.

- You have not changed. - What do you mean?

- You don't leave icing for anyone else.

- Oh.

- Hey, Micah, did SK ever tell you

she wanted to be a vet?

- Is that so?

- I mean, every kid had their animal phase.

- But not every kid volunteers at a shelter every weekend.

- I loved that place.

- Why'd you stop going?

- Well, as soon as my dad decided to run,

it was impossible to go anywhere

without cameras following.

It was too much for the rescue.

This gig's meant letting go of a lot of things I loved.

- But they can't take away dancing.

Come on.

Let's show 'em how it's done.

They're all standing here anyway.

- So I'm basically the attorney general now.

Mmm.

The Russ Hollingsworth Charm Offensive is

a resounding success.

- Congratulations.

- Hi! - Nice to see you.

- That's Luke? - You were wrong earlier.

It wasn't him I should have looked into.

It was Syd, because I'm starting to think

I don't know her at all.

- I know you can't drink on duty,

but this is dark enough to consider an exception.

- Barnes is here. You ready?

- I'll take care of POTUS.

- Holly!

You're here. - Brandon.

Didn't realize the NSA's here tonight.

- Oh, we're everywhere. Buy you a drink?

- Uh, they're free.

- What do you got that didn't come

on the Zenith Ball package?

- I can get you anything you want from the back.

- Oban?

- Oh, no.

I'm--I'm fine with Jim Beam.

- Come on, we don't gotta drink that crap anymore.

We're here, in our tuxes.

Center of the universe.

Thank you.

Bet you can't say no.

- You know me well.

Cheers. - Cheers.

- Sir? - My pleasure.

- It's time for the first father-daughter photos.

If you'll come with me. - Got you.

ASAIC Koehn and I have this one.

- Is it on the schedule? - Yeah.

You can check.

Enjoy a break.

Right this way, sir. - Sure.

- We have a 20-minute window

while the president takes photos.

Is that enough time for you, sir?

- I just need a minute alone with Daryl.

And a private room. - Already taken care of.

I've cleared out the library.

OK, this is on.

Don't forget how dangerous Daryl is.

- Are you service guys always such wimps?

- If anything feels off, use the safe word.

I'll be listening.

- Mr. President.

Wh--what are you doing here?

- Last minute, I know, but I'm in town,

and I felt like seeing some old friends.

- Well, you have many here.

- None like you.

On a break?

Let's have a drink.

- Sir, I don't know if--

- You used to work for me.

Pretend it's an order.

Daryl, we have to talk.

I need you to tell me the truth about--

Found Wyatt.

They're getting real loose with the guest list.

- We need to talk. - I don't want to talk.

- We have reason to believe your life is in danger.

Now, if you come with us-- - Didn't you hear?

The bill failed.

We're celebrating.

So if you'll excuse me,

I'd like to dance with my girlfriend.

- The subpoena came back.

We got the user info.

- And?

- Come see for yourself.

- We got the bastard!

Did you hear that?

He confessed to everything.

- The audio cut out. We didn't get anything.

- How could that happen? - I don't know.

I checked the wire. It just stopped working.

- He's comfortable with me.

We'll try again. - We can't do it now.

He might suspect something.

- So we'll try again tomorrow.

Come on. Let's go out for a smoke.

It'll calm our nerves.

- You go ahead. I will catch up.

- You have no idea what you've done.

- Sir.

- I took you off my detail for a reason.

I needed Daryl to trust me

so that I could run my own investigation.

- What are you talking about?

- Right now, while he's here working,

I have a team looking through his office, his home,

all his communication.

I listened to you, Mike.

- Why didn't you tell me this?

- I thought you were too close.

- Too close to Daryl?

- To who asked Daryl to do it.

- Are you suggest--

Barnes turned off his wire.

He wasn't getting a confession from Daryl.

He was warning him.

And now they both know we're onto them.

I have to go talk to him. - You have done enough.

Go home, Mike.

- Our anonymous user was traced to a private IP address

that originated from a car, of all places.

I searched the registered owner in our database, and look.

- Wyatt Dahl himself?

- I saw him pull up in this metal trapezoid

a couple hours ago.

It's a computer on wheels.

- Yeah, but why would he help Antimatter destroy

his own company?

- Only one way to find out.

Let's go talk to him.

Come on.

- I don't think we should be up here.

- Whoa! Emma, I'm not into that.

- My name isn't Emma.

It's Maria.

Now shut up and walk to the edge.

- FBI! Don't move!

- Maria! Don't do this.

You have a code, right?

- And where the hell did that code get us?

There's no guardrails.

They can do anything to us, including destroy the world,

all thanks to him.

Civil disobedience is a joke, but that's all we have left.

Go ahead, shoot me.

But you'll kill him too.

- It wasn't water.

It was saline.

Hey, that was a great anecdote.

And you are a terrible audience.

- No, it was funny.

- Oh. - You're funny.

- Nothing worse than someone saying "funny"

but not laughing.

Come on, I know your on-board face when I see it.

I remember.

- It's just, your stories are so rehearsed.

What?

What? It's weird.

It's weird seeing you as an operator.

Making all the suits love you

with your polished cocktail party anecdotes.

You're playing the game.

You didn't use to.

- It does feel like a game, and I am good at it.

But sometimes I'll be talking with my boss's boss

or whatever, and suddenly I can see us--

our life back then, I mean.

It was so alive, you know?

Even the memory feels more real

than the life I'm actually living.

Sorry, not sure why I said that.

- Me either.

But at least you sounded like you.

- Absolutely.

- Wyatt, tell her who you really are.

- What is she talking about?

- He is the user who's been helping you

plan all your break-ins.

- You're out of your mind. Enigma22 was on our side.

They hate Synapse.

- Just like Wyatt.

- Synapse got bigger than I could control.

It can bypass anyone's security.

It can't be contained. Nobody's safe.

I had to do something.

- So he became Enigma22

and went undercover with Antimatter.

- If I came out against my own company,

the board would just replace me.

Nothing would change. I'm on your side.

I'm fighting back.

- Yes, and you failed.

- Barnes was in on it from the very beginning,

and I missed it.

- No, we missed it.

So what do we do now?

- I don't know.

- This has owned your life for years.

There is no way in hell you're telling me

you're just gonna let the wrong guy win.

- I need your jacket. - What?

No. I checked it at the front.

- This jacket, Micah.

- Killing Wyatt will turn him into a martyr

in the eyes of his supporters.

It'll just make Synapse stronger.

- He made the monster.

He doesn't get to just walk away because he feels bad.

He deserves to pay.

- Yes, he does.

So why isn't he dead?

How long have you been playing his girlfriend?

A couple months now, right?

That's plenty of time to finish him off.

- I had to see if the bill passed.

- That was hours ago. You got up here before us.

You could've thrown him off this building.

You could've stabbed him with a steak knife

the second you sat at your table.

When did he stop feeling like a target

and start feeling like a person?

- You don't know me.

- You care about him.

You didn't mean to, but you do.

And the only reason he's not dead

is because you want me to stop you.

- It's over.

- Listen, if you need to, uh...

- No. I'm where I want to be.

- I know what you did.

- Mike, this is the Chilean ambassador.

- And she can hear all of this. Suits me fine.

- Excuse us.

- Sir.

What's this about?

- Turn your mic off first.

- Calm down.

Take your hands off me!

- You're lucky I don't do a hell of a lot worse.

- I don't know what you heard.

- How could you do this?

I thought of you as a father.

You knew my relationship with my own

and told me I could turn to you,

that I could trust you.

You've held my children.

You counseled me when my wife left me.

I believed in you. - They did it without me.

Daryl and Sam.

I knew the campaign needed a boost,

but I didn't know what they had done to ensure it.

They told me after.

- And Daryl killing Sam last week?

- He did that to cover his ass.

I'd never kill anyone.

- You killed Hoyt Sutcliffe that day!

You did!

- The Service killed him.

He was a stalker.

- You didn't know him. I did.

He was troubled, but he didn't deserve to die that day.

- You're the perfect Secret Service agent.

To you, a man has a gun, or he doesn't.

A thing is right or it isn't.

That's why you could never be president.

This country doesn't just happen.

Sometimes, you have to grab it by the neck and make it turn--

do something ugly to make something great.

I could never tell you all the things I've done, Mike.

No president could.

It's something you can't understand.

- I don't know about that, sir.

You're a great teacher,

and I'm a pretty good student.

You don't have anything else you'd like to say?

- Oh, Mike.

Oh, Mike...

- Daryl heard everything.

I think he's gonna run.

- You're not going anywhere.

- Mike...

tell them I'm a good man.

- I am done protecting you.

- HSI's booking Maria.

Raul's grilling Wyatt.

And you are?

- Going home.

- I still don't get it.

Why would the task force let you go?

You're their best agent.

- Good night, Agent Hollingsworth.

- You know, maybe you're right.

Maybe me and Raul are getting a little too close,

but that's better than never letting anyone in.

- I met who I believe to be the man

who killed Logan Welling and all the other agents,

and he almost killed me.

- Oh, my God, Nia.

- I'm not the scared type.

But the way he looked at me...

I haven't told anyone.

I told the task force I needed a break.

I told myself the fear would wear off,

and I'd feel like me again.

But I don't know where I went.

I don't know where he is.

I don't know anything.

- You know you're not dead.

You know hiding won't work.

And if you don't know you're an incredible agent,

I have a cyberterrorist we just stopped

who can remind you.

- "We"?

I disarmed her.

There she is.

- You limiting comms was wise.

Their circle of people that know the truth is small,

so our statement on Daryl can leave out the details.

- What about Barnes?

- Your team is escorting him back to his estate,

where he'll spend the rest of his life

under house arrest, essentially.

- That's it?

He betrayed the people.

An innocent man is dead,

and he gets a vacation?

- It's infuriating--

a miscarriage of justice that makes you sick.

And it has to happen.

If this were to get out,

imagine what a public trial would do to our country.

- With all due respect, Mr. President,

I don't think that's for you to decide.

- Hmm.

Part of protecting this country means protecting its citizens

from things that would hurt them.

Of all people, you understand that, Mike,

don't you?

- Yes.

Yes, sir, I do.

- Hmm.

- I thought you didn't like dancing.

- Of course I do.

I was just saying that 'cause you and I can't.

- So you were protecting me.

- I didn't want you to feel like

you were holding me back from something.

- You shouldn't have to do that.

- I also shouldn't have to spend the entire evening

with another guy pretending to like him,

but I smile, I laugh at his corny jokes,

and, yes, I dance,

'cause I know that, at the end of the night,

it won't be him at my door.

It'll be you.

- Well, I go to that godforsaken ball every year.

Tonight's the first time I ever actually enjoyed myself, so...

- Me too. - Thank you.

- Uh, earlier tonight, with Mike,

when you asked if I needed to go,

I just want you to know that he's not in my life anymore,

at least not in the same way.

- Are you sure this time?

- Power couple, baby.

Playing the game to the top.

Playing the game.

Having trouble sleeping?

- Not anymore.

- So I guess that's it.

Case closed.

- Yeah, that's it.

Job done.

- No more reason for us to talk.

- I was sort of running out of things to say anyway.

- You don't have to.

We're off the clock.

- Don't move.

Hey. What's up?

- We don't know why our guy kills federal agents.

We don't know why his MO changes each time.

He's given us no insight into his game--

until now.

- Did you find something? - You did.

It's what you told me.

I'm not dead.

- You're a federal agent.

He had you, and he let you go.

- He's got a pattern.

I don't fit.

- Not a pattern.

A code.

- Exactly.

And now we just need to crack it.