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Thanks.

The Career Intelligence Medal.
For a lifetime of service to the Agency.

Congratulations, Paul.

This place gives out more
awards than the Boy Scouts.

As a former Eagle Scout,
I disagree.

If the real intention was to keep
up morale, they'd spike this punch.

Hey, you know, you're still on the clock.
Don't drink and drone.

I'll drink to that.

I just faux-clinked.
You didn't hear it, but that's what I did.

No, I got it.
Cheese?

Hells, yeah.

Didn't do as well on the test
as you were hoping, huh, Freddie?

Maybe this will help.

LEO says GER.

What does that mean?

Loss of Electrons is Oxidation.

Gain of Electrons is Reduction.

Thanks, Professor Anton.

You'll do fine.

Hello, Professor Sabine.

Ben Mercer can't save you now.

Annie? Can you
come with me, please?

My name is Ben Mercer.

I'm a former CIA operative.

Hands up. Now.

I want to come in
from the cold.

Can you hold still, please?
We're about to begin.

You don't have to
stay here, Annie.

We can fact-check his
story with a transcript later.

No. I want
to be here.

Polygraph for debrief of
former operative, Ben Mercer.

You entered the Agency
straight out of college.

Yes.

You rose to
classified level eight.

Yes.

And then, two years ago,
you turned your back on us.

I went my own way.
Yes or no, please.

Yes.

Do you hate America?

No.

So, it was Annie Walker.

Annie didn' know
I was CIA.

Do you know
that for a fact?

We... We need to dispense with
the bureaucratic nonsense.

What you need to know
is if you can trust me.

And to do that, you need to know
what happened two years ago.

I was in Sri Lanka, working
with my handler, Jai Wilcox.

I had brought a chemist, a
professor named Anton Sabine,

to meet with
a major arms dealer.

Sabine was unaware of the danger
that I was putting him in.

Did the CIA
ask you to do this?

Since I was deep cover,
it was my call.

It was the only way I could have gotten
inside the arms dealer's organization.

They needed a chemist. I provided.
I was trading a life for access.

But you didn't
end up doing this.

I met Annie. And, um...
I admired her spirit.

I realized that there were more
noble ways to lead one's life.

So, I made a change.
You went rogue.

I refused to submit an innocent man to a
life of making weapons for terrorists.

Instead, I shepherded him underground
and I found him a new life

as a science teacher
in Hong Kong.

And this was
for you to decide?

At the end of the day,
I can only trust myself.

What about Annie Walker?

What about her?
Do you trust her?

Yes.

Thanks, Annie. We need to go into
matters above your clearance.

Hey.
Hi.

Jai, were you ever going to tell me
that you were stationed in Sri Lanka?

Or that you knew Ben Mercer?

I would like nothing more
than to explain things to you.

But so much of what I need
to tell you is classified.

The problem with this job is that
excuses like that are valid.

How well did you know him?

For a while,
I thought I knew him well.

Hello, Arthur.

You've been a naughty boy.

Because I've been systematically
eliminating security threats

that the Agency is
too hypocritical to address?

What are you doing here, Ben?

At the Agency. Today.

The scientist that I
relocated two years ago,

Professor Anton Sabine,
has been abducted.

And I suspect that the arms
dealer, Felix Artigas,

has finally found him
in Hong Kong,

and taken him, against his will, to Sri
Lanka to develop chemical weapons.

If Artigas gets
Sabine's technology,

he will be able to
supply terrorists

with virtually undetectable
chemical IEDs.

That's why I'm here.

You need the CIA's help?

I have a way in.

A former asset
in Sri Lanka. But...

I need Agency resources
and credibility.

And after going rogue for two years,
you expect us to give them to you?

Yes.

Do you think he's
telling the truth?

Polygraph said as much.

We all know you can't
trust a polygraph.

We also know that if he is and we
don't act on it, that's tragic.

I just ran down
the Hong Kong angle.

St. Andrew's Middle School has
won the city science fair

the past two years.

I'd imagine there are a lot of private
schools in Hong Kong that excel in science.

Yes, but each year's winner
has credited a Mr. Anton.

Now, the school says
he's a British national,

but the U.K. Citizens Registry
has no record of him.

Photo?
None.

And he has been absent
the past two days.

It might be him.

Here's what we're going to do.

We're going to assume that
Mercer is both telling the truth

and is not to be trusted.

So, we send him to
Sri Lanka to meet his asset,

but with Annie Walker
as his handler.

No, I will go.
I can handle Ben.

No. He eluded you once
before in Sri Lanka, Jai.

We'll be putting her in danger.
She's not ready.

Oh, I think she is.

She's never been involved in
something as emotional as that.

And we have to trade on that emotion.
Mercer feels something for Annie.

He'll listen to her.
Annie goes.

It's the only way.

Bring her in here.

Oh, Annie.
I just happened to be walking by.

Amazing timing.

What did they ask you to do?

I can't talk about it.

They want me to shadow Ben.

Be his handler on a mission.

No. That is very dangerous,
and that is not okay.

I'm talking to Joan.
I can handle myself.

It's not about
your spy-craft.

You're my friend.
Call me protective.

No. Don't.

I want to go.
Please.

Okay. Come with me.

GPS tracker.
I can keep track of you at all times.

Keep it someplace
inconspicuous and safe.

Now, if something
happens, something bad,

then forget about protocol.
Call the number on this card.

7-1-0 area code?
Whose number is that?

It's my number. I created it
specifically for this mission.

Consider it your
"get out of jail" card.

Thanks.

It's not free.
If you use it, you owe me a sandwich.

Everything is
going to be fine.

Yep.

I can't believe it took something
like this to finally get your digits.

If half the General Counsel office
is here without an appointment,

I'm guessing this
is less than good.

It has emerged that Liza Hearn is
poised to print an article about this.

You picked a hell of a day.

We need you to get all your documents and
memos together to help us craft a strategy.

What is your strategy
going to be?

That's being crafted.

Thank you for meeting me.

Whenever my head was spinning I'd
come out here and look at this wall.

Try and remember
what it's all about.

You've been gone for a long time.
You sure you still remember what it's all about?

I don't want you to come on this mission.
It's gonna be too dangerous.

And they...
They don't trust me.

I'm not sure I trust you.

You don't get to decide
things for me anymore.

I'm coming on this mission.

You and Ben will fly separately.
Once you arrive in Colombo,

you have to assume that you
are always being followed.

You'll have a series of
checkpoints to keep contact.

You'll follow him to the square
near the Old Courthouse.

Ben will look to you, and if it
seems you haven' been followed,

give him a sign and he'll leave a
mark for his contact. Lone Star.

So, now,
we wait until tomorrow.

Who is this guy?
Lone Star?

Tamil warlord. Well, he used to
be until the Tamil surrender.

But he buys his weapons from Artigas,
so he's still very tapped in.

Who gave him the name
Lone Star? You?

Yes.

Sounds like you.

I think it works.
Don't you?

Fireworks.

Yeah. It's September.
It's the Hindu Vel festival.

Follow me.

Ah.

Hey!

What's up, man?

What are we doing here?

Why are we getting Kothu Roti now?
It's like the cheeseburger in Sri Lanka.

You can get it anywhere.

At the Hindu Vel festival, you can only get
this Kothu Roti special here. Sit down.

Here, sir.

Try this.

Delicious, right?

It's okay.

Nice try.

Hey, uh...

So, this isn't just about the food.
It's about the mission.

It's about both.

I'm not doing any more unsanctioned ops,
so I don't really know why I'm here.

Your friend, Liza Hearn, is poised to publish
an article that could damage our agency.

Well, with all due respect,
that's kind of her job, isn't it?

We can't seize her notes, because she keeps
them in a safe in her editor's office.

We can't come at her for treason
because she hasn't outed her source,

and she hasn't
named anyone directly.

So, we need you to contact her.

Persuade her to
hold back the article.

She hasn't talked to me since you
and I planted that false flag.

Oh. Women forgive a lot.
Don't forget that.

You are married to my boss, so I can't
go anywhere near that statement.

Auggie. This article would
affect missions on the ground.

It would be putting our
operatives in jeopardy.

I'll see what I can do.

I didn't call ahead, but
this is time-sensitive.

Of course.

So, this is the situation.

If Liza Hearn's article comes out
and says what we think it will,

there's going to be
a lot of scrutiny of Arthur.

Scrutiny.

Scrutiny that may force him to leave his
post as Director of Clandestine Services.

I see.

Can we count
on your cooperation?

Happy to hand over any files
or memos you may need.

I'm not here
for files or memos.

No, that would be
below your pay grade.

The Director has taken notice
of your credentials,

your work in Nairobi,
Brussels, and here.

That's good.
I'm glad.

Hypothetically, if you were
approached by the vetting committee

to take over as DCS,
would you pursue it?

You are hypothetically asking me
if I would take my husband's job?

Off the record.

This is the CIA, Alex.
Nothing's on the record.

I know it's a lot
to think about.

But consider this.

You'd be the highest-ranking woman
in the history of this agency.

And you'd do an amazing job.

Hypothetically.

This conversation
is classified.

Any mention of it to Arthur would
be a violation of CIA protocol.

Sean.

It's not a national holiday, so you must
be here because you want something.

I need some advice.

My move would be
to create some separation

between yourself
and Arthur Campbell.

That's not what
I need advice about.

It's the advice
you need to hear.

Ben Mercer, whose handler I supposedly was,
was he taking orders from anyone else?

Two kinds of people
succeed at the CIA.

Those who are very good
at taking orders,

and those who
cannot take orders.

Ben couldn't and can't.

He is extraordinary.

You knew him.
I knew him very well.

You think you know what
you need, but you don't.

I know enough.

Remember my advice.

You'd best
look out for yourself.

Take some initiative.

And how would you suggest
I do that?

If you're asking me that, then
you're not taking initiative.

Enjoy the view.

Lone Star is in.

And I imagine he'll have
us picked up momentarily.

Whoa. Hey, man.
Come on.

Even though I knew it was coming,
I can't say I like the treatment.

Lone Star has always been paranoid.
It's his process.

There's paranoid,
and then there's psychotic.

We're only blindfolded.
Not tied up.

Remember the last time we were
on the road out of Colombo?

Very different time.
Very different circumstances.

I didn't know the first thing about you then.
I can't say I know much more now.

You don't have to know the specifics about
somebody to know who they truly are.

I think you do.
Oh, okay.

What do... What do...
What do you know?

Um... You're a huge fan
of the band Underworld.

You have a constellation of freckles
on your right shoulder blade.

You're ticklish.

True, true, and true.

Don't go looking any further, because
that's about all there is to me.

We're here.

I've been here before.

Really? When?

After you left me at the beach.

That doesn't sound too good.

Anybody who comes here
is trying to forget something.

Or someone.

Hello, Lone Star.

Forgive me for not standing.

Did you bring what I wanted?

Just place them
in my alms bowl.

You are a prince
among men, Ben Mercer.

Who is the girl?
My associate.

Hmm.

Much prettier
than your last handler.

Surprisingly lascivious
for a man of the cloth.

Oh, I am just pretending.

A monk would never
ask for cash.

How's 50,000
American dollars?

Some tea, perhaps?

You should get something
for your money.

Oh, no. Uh... I think the
information will do just fine.

Ah, yes.
The information.

Artigas has the professor.

He's probably forcing him to
weaponize the sarin gas as we speak.

My sources tell me he's
at Nimananntha Sthanaya.

Nimananntha Sthanaya.
Biggest house.

Hmm.

Is that it?

I'm not really feeling like
I'm getting my money's worth.

Well, that is all I have got.

Life isn't always...

Fair.

You all right?

You all right?

Whoa. Whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

The tea.

We've got to go.
Come on.

Go, go!

Just curious. Of all the places in
Sri Lanka, we had to come here?

Well, it's out of the way, it's
monsoon season, and no one is here.

Where are you going?
Somewhere else.

Look.

I understand you not wanting
to be here. With me.

But this is the safest place until
we can get back to Colombo.

How long do we
have to stay here?

We can leave at dawn.

You're pretty good at that,
aren't you?

You got me out of work
on a weekday.

I must have really
had a thing for you.

Why am I here?

This is an apology.

A proper one.

I gained your trust
under false pretenses.

I lied about who I was.
It was my job, and I am sorry.

Not going to cut it, Auggie.

Okay. How about this?
I'm happy I did it.

You're happy you lied?
No.

I'm happy I met you.

When people see you, they see
an overzealous journalist,

who is hell-bent on speaking truth to power.
But you're more than that.

You're principled, caring, and sometimes, sweet.
And I got to see that.

You can't see.

Okay.

You've been
sufficiently charming.

Now, what do you want from me?

It's not a want.
It's a need.

I need you to hold off on publishing
the article you're working on.

Just for 72 hours.

So Langley can properly refute it?
No.

Please just trust me.

How do I know I can trust you?

You'll never fully know.
That's what trust is.

That's not trust.
That's faith.

Then, have faith.

Please.

Seventy-two hours.

No word from Annie or Ben in several hours.
They've blown through a scheduled check-in.

We've got ears on the rails.

Okay. Stay on it.

What's the matter?

This article.
The lawyers in my office.

I can hear the drums beating.

If I lose this job, the rest
of my career will be a coda.

I'll never get an
opportunity to go further.

I'm sorry, Arthur.

I think you've done
a fantastic job.

Thanks.

I searched up and down the beach
and north a bit. It's all quiet.

In the morning, we'll head into
Colombo and we'll get an ops team

deployed to Indonesia.

Artigas' biggest house
is his villa in Bali.

I hope Sabine is okay.

How well did you know him?

Well, to gain his trust,
I had to get to know him.

The more I got to know him, the
more impressed I was with him.

He's... He's smart.
He's honest. He's kind.

You couldn't give him up.

No. I couldn't.

When we were here, did you ever
think about telling me the truth?

The full truth?

I know my note wasn't enough.

But at the time,
it was all I could do.

So, you felt you could only go so
far as to tell me nothing at all?

When I was CIA,

the best thing about it was feeling
like I was doing something important.

But the most important thing
that ever happened to me

is you.

Come on.
We've got to move.

You guys missed
your checkpoint.

How did you find us?

Auggie can be helpful
when he wants to be.

Okay. Tell the Indonesian
military to keep me posted.

Okay, we have a tactical
rescue of the professor

scheduled in an hour in Bali.
We need to get back to Colombo.

I have a general aviation flight
scheduled to take us back to Langley.

So, question.
Why are you here?

Because I was worried.

Because you needed me.

So, your being here
isn't sanctioned.

Wow. You, of all people?
Really?

Ready?

Go, go,
go, go, go!

Let's go.

Maybe Artigas was tipped off.

But the ops team said that the place looked
like it hadn't been occupied for weeks.

Well, what do we do now?
What about Sabine?

We make our way
to Mauritius by boat.

We visit some old
contacts I have there.

Mauritius by boat.
Yeah.

Yeah, what contacts?

You said yourself Lone Star was
your one remaining connection.

You struck out.
Admit it.

What do you want to do?

You want to go home?
Yeah, to Langley. Exactly.

Langley.
It's not safe here.

And even if you don't care about
that, don't put Annie at risk.

Don't make this about me.

He's right.

It isn't safe.

We should leave.

I'll go get our gear
and pull the truck around.

Liza.

How did you know?

You're one of the few women I know
who prefers No. 19 over No. 5.

Plus, we were supposed to meet right
about now, so I gave it a shot.

Here's your perfume and various other
sundries you left at my house.

Mingus Dynasty.
And some Atari T-shirts.

What, you're returning Mingus?

I didn't really get it.

I thought you liked it.

I guess we both lied to get what
we wanted out of our relationship.

Touché.

Are we done here?
Uh-uh.

One more thing.

Thank you for holding
off on the article.

You helped us on
a number of missions.

Missions?
Yeah.

My article didn't contain any operational details.
It was purely about Arthur Campbell.

He played you.

He seems to have.

So, why are you smiling?

Because now, Arthur owes me.

You are always two moves
ahead, Auggie.

Got to be in this game.
Hey. A word of warning.

I don't know who your
source is, but be careful.

I don't know a spy who is in it
solely for the greater good.

Except for maybe you.

That's not mine.

Hello, Liza.

Our next chat

may get you that Pulitzer.

I have to talk to you.
Okay.

The Director and the General Counsel are
already looking to replace you as the DCS.

Well, I know.
I told you that.

The vetting committee has asked
me to consider taking the job.

I'm sorry I didn't tell you before, but
they asked me not to. Agency protocol.

But I've realized that our
marriage comes first.

I've let this place come
between us far too often.

You have to take it.

The DCS job.
You have to take it.

No.

After all these years of marriage,
you still find ways to surprise me.

Arthur, this place is better
off with both of us here.

Let's fight this
witch hunt together.

It is going to get ugly. And when it
does, we are going to fight back. Hard.

And in the end, we will both still
be working here where we belong.

You up for it?

You know I am.

He's not coming back, is he?

I don't think so.

You had to shut down his plan.

His plan?
Ben's plans only involve himself.

He has his own agenda.

Our flight is in an hour.

I know.

Ben knew that, too.

- Hello?
- Annie, are you okay?

Yeah. Why?

What are you doing
in the Pettah district?

I'm not.
I'm at our rendezvous point.

Your GPS doesn't say so.

I'm here.
And I'm wearing my bracelet.

Ben and I must have switched
bracelets at the beach after...

After what?
Uh, never mind.

Uh, just give me the location.

All right. It says
you're on Chaitya Road,

and that you're 500 feet up in the air.
Is that even possible?

Nimananntha Sthanaya.

Biggest house.

That's what Lone Star was talking about.
Ben must be up there.

Yeah, okay. Hold on.
This needs to go vertical.

The building is owned by
Ceylon Luxury Property Development.

Our WTO detailee informs us that
Artigas is a silent partner.

We have to assume Mercer is
working his own angle here.

How can we assume that?

He went rogue before, Annie.

We don't have time to get
an ops team in place.

So, you two need to go up there for recon
and possible extraction of Sabine.

And Ben.

We'll have a helicopter at
the ready if you get Sabine.

Jai? You have permission to
take down Mercer if necessary.

Got it.

Jai, would you really
shoot Ben?

It's just a precaution, Annie.

He's not playing us.
I know it.

Look. I hope you're right.

But if you're wrong, I will not
hesitate to do what I need to do.

How do I know
I can trust you?

I'm telling you.
It's too hot out there.

I'm going to take the
professor to Indonesia myself.

The city is
crawling with CIA.

The only way this is going to work is
if I take Sabine to Indonesia with me.

But you already know that.

I need him alive.

That's my specialty.

Come on.

I can't believe this.

He's moving Sabine.
I have to take him out.

Ben, what are you doing?

Get out of here.
Both of you.

Let him go, Ben!

What is this?

See, Felix? I told you this
city is crawling with them.

I trusted you.

The truth is complicated.

Get out of here! Go!

They've got him! Go!

Put it down.
Put it down.

Annie! We've got to
get up to the roof!

Come on.

Come on. Hurry!

Ben!

Ben! Ben!