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- On the ground. - Previously onThe Border...

- DHS has a policy against close continuing bonds of affection with foreign nationals.

- We got close. - Pay up by tomorrow!

- How much does he owe you guys? - 80 grand!

- Come on! Come on! [Moaning in pain]

- It wasn't personal. The operation was classified.

- The end justifies the means. - I think you're pissed because Charlotte kept you in the dark.

- She works for British Intelligence. You and I protect Canada.

Sex is part of her arsenal.

I want to make this work.

- Despite my unforgivably black heart?

- The alarming rate at which global warming

is melting the polar ice caps is not just

the environmental issue of our age.

It's a political time bomb.

[Protesters protesting]

Twenty-five percent of the world's remaining gas and oil

lies beneath the Arctic Sea.

And the Northwest Passage will soon be navigable year round.

My government's position is straightforward

and non-negotiable: it is part of Canada's internal waters.

- The Inuit people of this country are tired!

[Protesters protesting] Tired of being excluded!

- Canada has deployed its submarine, the HMCS Hanover,

to the Arctic theatre.

The Northwest Passage is within our borders.

Ladies and gentlemen, we intend to defend it.

And so forth and so on.

Okay, the setup is fine but this key light's still in my eyes.

Gentlemen, thank you.

[Background chatter]

Thanks for coming.

- External Affairs calls, you show up. Tough speech.

Yeah, it's a load of bullshit.

So, you make a liar out of me there

or is ICS going to be able to protect the territory?

- Sure. No problem. We need a few things.

Satellites, drones, icebreakers.

Should be ready in about 5 years. Give or take.

- Thank President Hardass for the "I want it done yesterday."

The lame duck wants his legacy quack.

- Is that why you pulled this conference together so quick?

- We got a real chance to get U.S. signoff

on Canadian sovereignty for the Arctic - we've never had that.

- Negotiations about the Northwest Passage

and the sovereignty of the Arctic Islands are meaningless

so long as we are not at the table.

[Protesters protesting]

- I have a day and a half before the foreign leaders get here

and everybody wants a nice signing ceremony.

Last thing I need is a crackpot saying there's already a deal

and we're just bending over and taking it from Uncle Sam.

- Enforcing Canada's claim will mean millions in equipment,

monitoring, personnel.

- That's why we're looking for partners in the private sector.

Ah, speak of the devil. Major Kessler,

I'd like you to meet our friend from Turcott Solutions.

I believe you know each other.

- Yes, I believe we've already met. Once or twice.

- This "conference" is nothing but a sham!

A secret deal already exists

between Canada and the United States.

I know this to be true.

What's more,

I have physical proof.

- [Cell phone ringing] - Kessler.

You, you left me all alone.

- Early meeting. I didn't want to wake you.

- You had a plane to catch? - [I decided to stay.]

So, how was your, uh,

- External Affairs Minister? - I really couldn't say.

- You know Downing Street thinks he's a complete puffin?

Stuffed shirt? [Third-rate mind?]

- I'll see you at the conference later - the reason you stayed.

I stayed... to be with you.

The conference [is my excuse.]

♪♪♪

Ah!

- So, this is all this is going to be?

The booty call.

One of these nights I'm not going to answer the door.

- Ha! Yeah, like that's going to happen.

- Are we having "the talk?" - Apparently we are.

And I think I'm the girl.

- Well, I'm not into girls.

- And I usually hate the talk.

[Liz giggling]

- [Both moaning] - I've got to think.

I'm going to go for a run.

- ♪ I don't wanna Hear about it ♪

♪ Anymore

♪ Don't wanna hear about it

♪ Anymore

♪ Don't wanna hear about it

♪ Anymore

♪ I don't wanna Hear about it anymore ♪

[Honking]

- Hey. Kessler's calling in the troops.

- Someone called for you too. - Okay.

- Hop in. I'll give you a lift back to my place. - No, I want to go change.

And, uh, I'm closer to my place anyway.

Gray! This is yours!

[Knocking in the glass door] You requested a meeting, Major?

- There's an activist named Shani Aariak.

- Does DHS have anything on her? - Nothing across my desk.

- She claims there's a secret deal between Canada and the U.S.

where we sell out on Arctic sovereignty.

- Sounds like your standard Canadian conspiracy theory.

- Says she has a copy of the President's briefing book.

- Secret Service is going to go ballistic.

- It's what I figured. We'd like to bring her in, talk to her.

- And you want me to run interference for you?

- You'll get a lot further with them than we will.

- I want a copy of the interview tapes.

Deal.

[Telephone beeps]

- How about I accompany your agents when you pick up Aariak?

And if Secret Service has a problem, I'll intervene.

Thank you. Darnell.

- Agent Carver. - Gentlemen, looks like I'll be riding with you.

The more the merrier.

- I'm absolutely certain, the deal has been done

and we were shut out of the process.

This is not acceptable to the Inuit people.

- Shani Aariak? It's okay, we're with ICS.

Just wanted to talk.

- Hi guys. Carver - DHS.

- What's the Secret Service up to? - Talk here.

- Better if you come with us.

- Hey look, I'd appreciate it if you guys helped me out here. - We have orders.

- I have to maintain an ongoing relationship with these people.

- Look, it's just a friendly interview. Strictly voluntary.

- They don't look all that friendly.

- That's why you're better off coming with us.

- I'm sure I can get them to share intel.

- I have the briefing document. It's real.

- It's best if we talk in private. - How 'bout we get in the car?

- We're not going to let this go.

If there's been a breach--

- Give them a little room. That's all I'm asking.

- We need talking points on how to enforce the border in the far north.

- Two words: deputize seals. - We got a sub up there. What more do they want?

- I thought scientists were sorting out competing claims.

- Based on the continental shelf or something. What changed?

- Fifty dollars more a barrel. They'll be there again. - Slade?

- While everyone's going all Chicken Little

over this supposed preemptive "deal..."

I mean, look at a map.

America has only Alaska, right?

We have Arctic coastline of thousands of miles.

So, any deal without Russia is no deal.

- Pietr Tanofsky, Russian Delegation. Big hardliner.

- They call him 'Dr. Nyet.' - Charming.

- This is a tasty Danish. Even if she does go all Greenland to get up in our grill.

- We will support the E.U.'s call

for an International treaty zone in the Arctic.

Any unilateral deal is a betrayal. - "There's nothing like a Dane."

Anybody?

No show tune references before 10. Good to know.

Karah Swane,

Communications Director for Denmark's delegation.

Daddy's a close personal friend of the King. Not Elvis.

And last, but not least,

Perry Butler, confrere of the outgoing U.S. Prez.

No, there is no deal.

But we wouldn't be here, with our good friends, to talk.

We're the deciders. I don't know how to say it clearer.

- Butler advised the Iraqi government.

Never got the hang of the whole Shia-Sunni thing.

So you know he's a qualified diplomat.

- Heckuva job, Brownie. - Slade, where are the Norwegians?

- On the tarmac in Oslo. Fogged in.

- I'd like briefing notes on these three. One more thing: Andrew Mannering is here,

representing his new employer, Turcott Solutions.

- What's his play? - Arctic surveillance is going to be a big-ticket item.

- And guess who wants to land a fat contract? Private sector - must be nice.

- I want a communication war room up there. Slade, take what you need.

[Satisfied laugh]

Heironymous in the field!

Badass!

Just one.

- Backgrounders on the conference, bios of all the negotiators,

geologists' reports, it's all in the briefing book.

- What about this "agreement?"

The U.S. throws support

to Canada's control of the Northwest Passage and the disputed islands.

Then, a month from now, Canada grants drilling rights,

starting in Grise Fiord.

To American companies.

- This is just like the tar sands. - And this is spelled out in the briefing notes?

- There's a "Memo of Understanding"

between Campbell's people and the Secretary of State.

It's all in there.

- You didn't say where you got this book.

Alright, well where is it now?

- You let me go, I'll let you have it.

You're not being detained.

This is a voluntary interview.

- Look, give us a minute, alright?

We'll give you a lift home.

- I say she's making the whole thing up.

- There's a lot of passion around the issue of drilling.

She's attractive, articulate, sympathetic.

Could be a disinformation campaign to pressure Campbell

into not making any concessions to the Americans.

- Are you saying you want her discredited?

No.

I just think it would be nice if the truth swung our way.

[TV news playing in the background]

This just happened.

The Canadian sub,

the HMCS Hanover, collided with a Danish research vessel.

The accident occurred

approximately one hour ago,

some 53 kilometers northwest of Clyde River, off Baffin Island.

- They had to be squaring off against one another. - They're flexing their muscles.

- Reports say the sub partially flooded

and sank to a depth of 150 meters.

The Department of National Defense

gave no word on the number of fatalities.

- Those subs carry a crew of what, 35? 40?

- 48. - [Reporter]: ...is stable.

However, it appears that the damage

to the submarine is such that it cannot resurface.

We are getting reports that

there are 35 survivors.

But with main power out,

and air at a premium, the question remains:

cut off, alone, and far from home,

how long can the remaining

crew members survive?

- The Prime Minister has spoken with the families of the crew.

He's assured them the thoughts and prayers

of all Canadians are with them and their loved ones.

Currently we are assessing the rescue options.

We will keep you apprised of any developments. Thank you very much.

I have a short statement.

Russia has dispatched a rescue ship to the accident site.

The Kozlov is equipped with a submersible

that can form a seal

on the damaged aft hatch.

We will rescue the Canadian sailors.

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is proof

that the Russian people stand ready to keep the Arctic passage clear.

- For everyone. Thank you. - This is a nightmare.

- Good thing no one's politicizing this.

- Do we have another option? - Good afternoon.

- We could send 40- year-old helicopters.

We're toothless and feeble. We need help from somewhere.

The Prime Minister's busted out his yelling stick.

- Americans are sending a ship too? - Yeah, but it's too far away.

The sub's only got 22 hours of air.

- Don't worry, you know you can count on mother Russia.

Though I must say with these weather conditions, I'm not sure anymore.

Our ship might be there in 15 hours.

Or 24.

It is all so very unpredictable.

How unfortunate

that we must continue to negotiate during this time.

But I'm sure we will find common ground, da?

[Uneasy laugh]

- I'll see you inside. - Okay.

- Oh, this is getting dirty. - Russians have always played the game differently than we do.

- At least tell me you've shut down that Inuit woman.

Working on it.

I'll make a call.

Someone'll bring us the book.

- You and Agent Carver plug your phones in the same charger now? - What?

- I saw you this morning. That little switch in the squad room - it was adorable.

- [Cell phone ringing] - Jackson.

- Where the hell are you? I called you twice!

- Hey, you know I work for a living, alright?

- OK, it's goin' down. It's going down right now.

[Sweet God in heaven I'm telling ya, right now. Right now.]

- What is? - They're camping outside my place. I tried to lose them.

[I cut through the cleaners, but they still found me. Look.]

I don't think they'll stop with the hand this time, boy. You can take that to the bank.

Dad, you been drinking again?

- Look, what am I supposed to do, die in the street this time?

- Alright, look, sit tight. I'll pick you up. Where are you?

- You know where Don Jail is? [I'll be right out front. They won't bug me there.]

What are you doing?

- Look, I gotta go, alright? I'll be back in 20 minutes. I promise.

[Starting the engine]

[Dog barking]

Shani?

Shani, let's go.

Shani?

- We're sealed in the aft compartment.

Two men are injured.

Uh, one pump's working.

Captain and the Commander are, are missing.

The fire spread fast.

There's the instruments,

and there's the batteries, uh...

we figure we got 18,

or maybe 19 hours.

And, uh,

we're calm.

- Denmark expresses-- - Kid was a junior officer and now he's in command. Jesus!

- [On TV]: The fire is out on our research vessel.

We will stay in the area, maintaining contact,

and offering any assistance we can.

- Well, there is nothing that we can do to help. They're gonna need a rescue vehicle.

And my money is on the Americans.

- I wonder what we'll end up owing them for this?

You know Uncle Sam - one hand stretches out to help, the other hand he wraps around your neck.

- Al. Al. - Great.

- Hi. Um, sorry about your sub.

I can only imagine what your people are feeling. Hopefully we can be of some help.

- Look, it's not that we don't appreciate everything--

Sure.

Have you got copies of the tapes of the Aariak interview? - Yeah. Yeah, right over here.

- Hey, if Gray and Layla come up with this briefing book,

let's make sure that we see it first, okay?

Alright.

- Alright, Dad. You're gonna lie low. Like belly low. Okay, don't answer the door or nothing.

- I've been on the run before. Okay, I've been to that rodeo.

- Believe me, I know that. - What you got to eat?

- I dunno, there's some cheese in the fridge, I think.

- Wow. Couldn't you have thought of getting some bread in,

maybe some roast beef, how about even a bit of chicken? No.

- [Cell phone ringing] - What, does this look like Swiss Chalet? What do you want?

Shit. Dad, stay here, I gotta go. Don't go anywhere.

I heard ya.

Oh, he's got processed cheese.

- If you want to turn that around,

you need a less glacial approval process and technology from this century.

We also believe that the technology that you pay for should actually work.

You already have an icebreaker gap. The Russians are way ahead.

Do you know how many heavy icebreakers you have, Mr. Butler?

I'll have to check.

- One. The other's in pieces in Anchorage.

- I can show you the satellite photos. Now, if you want to control the Northwest Passage,

you need either heavy power, or better technology.

And that's where we come in.

Major.

- Ah, Major Kessler, what's the latest on your boat?

- Situation's stable - for now.

- They're waiting it out. - We have, uh...

I think it's the Minnesota? In the region.

It's under full steam. We're trying to get to you as fast as we can.

- Canada appreciates the offers of assistance.

From both the United States, and Russia.

Excuse me.

- Is SIS branching out into Naval Intelligence now, Agent Bates?

- That man thinks global warming is caused by cows. Idiot!

- They fiddle while Nome melts.

- So, has Canada really agreed to let the Russians attempt a rescue?

I can't discuss it.

- These conferences are all Kabuki theatre.

Every move and feint carefully constructed and planned out beforehand.

Well, now we have ourselves a game changer.

Excuse me.

[Background chatter]

- Do not try to work me like that. - I'm sorry?

- What exactly is your assignment here?

- The whole bloody world has a stake in how this plays out.

Don't trust Russia. I'll say that to you. To your Minister. And to the catering staff.

- I suppose the U.K. has an alternative?

For your sailors? No.

But doesn't this show that you're simply not prepared for what's coming?

Better to create a treaty zone. It's best for everyone.

- Those sailors are not bargaining chips.

- Clearly you haven't been paying attention.

- [Layla]: Set up a perimeter. House and grounds.

Nobody but the ident team goes inside without my say-so.

Agent Lepinsky and Williams are on their way. They'll lead the door-to-door canvass.

Put a team together to assist them. - What happened?

- Aariak's gone. They must have been waiting for her inside.

Dragged her outside the back door. Where the hell were you?

- I'm sorry, alright? - Kessler's going to go ballistic. I'm not wearing this.

- Look, we'll find her. We will.

[Cell phone ringing]

Kessler.

Jesus! When?

Keep me informed. Let me know if you find her.

- Uh, we have a jamming net in the main conference area,

cuts cell and BlackBerry traffic - standard package they use at Davos, G8.

I made a few tweaks. Nothing actionable. - Good work.

- Uh, boss? Um, I've been monitoring the DND channel, on the Hanover.

- And? - I have an overlay of the data they're using.

And, um, if you run it through the Victoria class schematics -

adjust for air density, number of survivors -

there's not enough time for the Americans to get there.

- Yeah, I know. - The Danes are taking on water.

They just said they gotta head for port. So, are we going to go on bended knee to the Russians?

- If that's what it takes. - Russian rescue doesn't exactly fill you with confidence.

You know how many cosmonauts

they painted out of pictures, back in the day? A lot.

- Underwater rescues are always risky.

- I don't care if the 4:10 shows or not, make sure somebody's there so my guy can talk to--

Mr. Campbell.

Shani Aariak is missing. It looks like an abduction.

- Did we recover this mythical "briefing book?"

No.

Are we involved this abduction?

- Any number of people could have taken her. That little girl has a big mouth.

- Turcott Solutions has done snatch and grabs in Iraq and Afghanistan.

It's not beyond Mannering to do something like this.

- On our orders, I suppose? Don't be absurd.

Can we help you?

- I have information about Shani Aariak.

- What's this? - I was left with instructions.

- If anything happened to her. - Do you know where she is?

- No. All I know is, she is gone.

Looks like the real deal.

- It's everything Shani Aariak said it was.

- What's in it? - [The big headline?]

[U.S. recognizes Canadian sovereignty over the Passage]

[in exchange for first position on drilling.] This is smoking gun stuff.

- So Campbell lied. - It's the least of it. Somebody disappeared this woman. Who did?

[I mean, the Americans? The Russians?]

Was it us? What are we caught up in here?

- I don't know. But follow it. Wherever it leads. - No, no, no!

They're overstating by 2, maybe 3 hours.

Unless somebody there does yoga. But then again,

you know, one hyperventilator, asthma, a mouth breather...

- How sure are you of your calculations? - Well, it's not a science.

- Math isn't a science? - So many different actuators.

Variable tides, wave drift, you have to account for the differential in weather patterns

and relative temperature of the water, of the ship displacement, the kinematics alone--

- The bottom line. - I don't know. But I wouldn't hold my breath.

Which literally is the worst choice of words ever.

[Background radio and onsite chatter]

- Finished the canvass. Nobody saw anything.

- But we did get footage from a couple doors down. - What's the source?

- Nanny cam. Pointed out the back window.

- Had a great view of the laneway. - Guess who gave it to us? - [Maggie and Moose]: The nanny.

- Nobody was in or out 15 minutes before or after the abduction.

- You screened it already? Where? - On the bear.

- So someone kidnapped Aariak on foot? It doesn't make any sense. How'd they get past two of you?

I wasn't there.

I left Sergeant Hourani alone at the scene to attend to some... personal business.

[Background radio chatter]

- Darnell, see if you can get anything out of CSIS.

Moose and Layla, check out Shani Aariak further. Shake the tree. See what falls out.

[Background chatter]

- Gee, look at all the spooks and fart catchers.

Him, for instance. I mean, the man looks like he still has the hanger in his suit.

[Charlotte giggling]

These things are always the same.

All the real work happens over cocktails.

"A court is an assembly

of noble and distinguished beggars."

Talleyrand.

Very good.

- I'm still trying to figure out exactly what you're doing here.

- Can't you just trust me?

- Trust is not one of the things you and I do well.

- Well, if you're going to be that way...

[Background chatter and music]

Bates. Charlotte Bates.

British Trade Commission.

Clifford Holland.

Very pleased to meet you.

[Background chatter and music]

You lied to me, Minister.

About what?

- The "mythical" briefing book is real.

It says exactly what Shani Aariak says it does.

- How'd she get her hands on it? - You're not even going to bother to deny it?

- If I were you, Major, I'd adjust my tone.

- One shred of confirmation,

Canadians will turn against this deal.

- It doesn't matter now, anyway.

The Americans can't save the crew. The Russians are the only ones who have a shot.

[Background traffic and siren]

We can talk in here.

The briefing book's genuine.

- I'll need to secure it as soon as possible.

We have to assess if we need

to change Brushfire's transportation protocol for tomorrow night.

- There's nothing in there that would compromise the President's security.

Wheels up, call signs, frequencies: all were removed.

- Did you or any of your men speak to Shani Aariak after this morning?

- For the record, we don't discuss Presidential security.

Not even with "friendly" governments.

- What about if this were off the record?

- We don't have her. We never did.

Secret Service.

They put them under us at DHS but they don't think so. Like oil and water.

- Well, we all have our inter- agency politics to deal with.

- Agent Sullivan took your word for it. Didn't even flip through the briefing book.

Seems a little strange, don't you think?

Does it?

Well, maybe not.

What's up?

- That's okay, Gray. We got it. - What?

- Boss doesn't have you in his sights yet.

But you pull another stunt like today, and I'll come down on you like a hammer.

Go home.

Major Kessler.

Miss Swane.

- It's been an eventful few hours.

- It's excitement I can do without.

- Denmark has always wanted Arctic Sovereignty to go to the International Court of Justice.

- So? - This conference had us worried from the start.

- Before the backroom deals. - I can't--

Please. Politics aside,

the situation with your submarine changes everything.

It doesn't matter who's holding the gun to your head - the U.S. or Russia. It's not right.

- Why approach me? - An honest face?

Small nations shouldn't be bullied.

Take a closer look at the Russians.

Your sailors are in danger.

More danger than you think.

- And now the Danes are weighing in?

Jesus! The wheels are coming off the wagon!

- Do you know any reason why Karah Swane would give me a message?

- It is chaos in there today. Poor Butler thinks he's getting the original deal.

The Norwegians missed their connection in New York.

And now I get word from the Chinese that any concessions

with the Russians is going to be unacceptable to the Chinese.

- Is there any chance the Americans can get there on time?

- No, not according to Maritime Forces Atlantic.

Halifax says the sailors have less than 11 hours.

- My guy says 9. You'd have to know him.

Someone grabbed Shani Aariak. And right now the Russians are the prime suspect.

I'll stall.

And if you can tie the Russians to Aariak's disappearance, then I can push back.

Major. Tick tock.

- [Typing and phone ringing] - She worked on the Greenland file.

Spent some time there. And her father is the Defense Minister.

Work the military angle.

What does she know?

Was Swane talking about a malfunction in the sub?

- Maybe. But... - What?

- My source says there were rumors the Brits also made

an undersea rescue vehicle, "Protector" class.

But there's nothing on the books about it. And I still can't link it to the Russians.

- Keep working it. [Cell phone ringing]

[TV playing in the background]

- Jesus! [Catching his breath] What the hell did you do?

- I was just trying to help you out. - I had it covered!

Okay. Is he dead?

We've lost one more scrubber.

Everybody's in their berths.

The battery's at...

34.

I want...

I, uh, I want to say to my wife,

Marcella...

I love you, baby.

I love you.

I'm so sorry.

- That's the last direct contact with the crew of the Hanover.

The Danish vessel, which rebroadcast that message

to the world, is currently limping home.

For the last two hours, the microwave pulse antenna

broadcast only a series of ghostly taps,

as the crippled sub continues to lose power.

[Traffic]

Michael?

Michael, are you here?

- Aariak's impressive. She testified before a Royal Commission at 16,

speaks 3 languages, won a journalism scholarship--

- Walked on water, buy the world a Coke. She's great. Luckily for us, she's into recycling.

- Do you know Earth Act Now? - The environmental group?

- Yeah, they staged protests 6 or 7 years back, emphasis on the theatrical.

- Shani Aariak staged some mock funerals at mines.

Five years ago, one of them went really ugly - she went missing. - Headlines for days.

- It was a stunt. She's trying to keep the media on the hook.

- And with the sub story pushing her briefing book out of the news cycle...

- Go with it - but fast. If this is a dead end, I want to move on.

- The Inuit people of this country are tired!

Tired of being excluded. Negotia--

- [Phone ringing in background] - Who's that?

- That's the woman who gave us the briefing book.

- [Layla]: Let's find out where she lives.

[Dog barking and background radio conversation]

ICS! We got a warrant.

- [Layla]: Get dressed. You're coming with us.

- You come into my friend's house, trespass, drag me out in the middle of the night--

- You don't want to lecture me. - You faked your own disappearance.

- To protect the interests of my people? You bet.

- "By any means necessary." - Where did you get the briefing book?

You're going to be charged with theft of a classified U.S. document.

That makes you a national security threat. Puts you on every list.

You'll never be able to go anywhere.

It was a woman.

Approached me a couple of days ago. Told me about the deal.

- Describe her. - She had an accent.

British.

Her?

Yeah.

- [Dad]: Ah, man! - Let's go. Shove over.

- What? - Shove over.

- Are you sure about this?

- Don't say anything, alright? Not a word. [Starting the engine]

Here's what I got.

The British rescue vehicle was a dud.

They did a field test. An underwater rescue simulation.

- The whole thing went pear-shaped.

Five sailors and 3 rescue workers died. - Okay.

- The British covered it up, and mothballed the design.

Now here's where it gets weird.

The Russians came out with a rescue vehicle a year later.

Same specs.

- The Russians stole the design from the Brits? - That's the theory.

The whole thing got slapped "Top Secret." - They never tested the vehicle?

- Nope. And the flaw is structural,

a pressurization problem - not something you can retrofit.

- So you're saying, if the Russians attempt the rescue...

They have 4 hours.

What else?

[Darnell sighing]

- Charlotte Bates likes to vacation in North Jutland.

She's been going there for years. - Nice wide, sandy beaches.

- Or so I hear. - She stays with an old friend, Lars Swane.

Denmark's Defense Minister.

- Karah's father. So, that's what she was telling me.

- Charlotte and Swane both support the E.U. position. No sovereignty for Canada.

International Treaty Zone for the Arctic.

- Only 2 possibilities: either what Darnell found is real -

- the Russian rescue won't work. - Or?

- Or Charlotte Bates is more concerned with discrediting the Russians than saving our people.

What do you think?

- I think those kids are going to die.

- [Door opening] - Charlotte, wake up.

What is it?

- I don't care about your manipulations, or your lies.

Or what your endgame is. Is that Russian vehicle really faulty?

Don't trust the Russians.

- You've said that before. Is it really faulty, yes or no? - Yes.

- You sent Karah Swane to talk to me? - Yes.

- Why didn't you tell me yourself? - Because I couldn't.

The file's sealed, and I took an oath. Karah was a safe conduit.

Plausible deniability?

My countrymen are dying up there and you're concerned with covering your ass?

- It's not like if I'd come to you, you would have believed me. - Now why would is that?

Besides the fact you gave U.S. briefing notes to Shani Aariak?

- Okay, those 2 things have got nothing to do with each other.

Don't think they're linked. That's a mistake.

- A botched rescue would be good for Great Britain, wouldn't it? - No.

- It would prove your point - Canada is weak, we can't control the Northwest Passage.

- What Karah pointed you to is absolutely real.

It's got nothing to do with Shani Aariak. I swear it.

How do I believe you?

- Do you honestly believe that 35 lives mean nothing to me?

- Where did you get that briefing book?

- The transition team for the incoming American administration.

There.

I've just breached the Official Secrets Act.

Now please.

Get the bloody Russians away from your boat.

[Birdsong]

Well, you're out early.

Yeah, I'm on duty soon.

- You know, I did weapons training with

a couple of Secret Service guys down in Alabama.

- Uh-huh.

- Anyway, I called my friend - Dale Smith?

- Agent Smith? - Yeah, I know - he gets that all the time.

Anyway, he said you were in counterfeiting, not protection duty.

You're not with the President's advance team, are you? - I should go.

- You came to get the briefing book. But you don't work for the President.

- I don't work for "that" president.

[Background chatter]

- [Campbell]: Kanata? I don't know about that.

- Well, there are 4 other possible sites. Two in Alberta.

It's 1,900 new jobs, Minister. Tell me the riding where the factory--

- Minister, I need to speak with you immediately. - We're in a meeting here.

- Call off the Russians. Don't let them near our sub. Their rescue vehicle has a fatal flaw.

- Who told you that? - Intel from the Danes.

- And the Brits. - The Brits?

[Uneasy laugh] Look, Minister.

There are two countries that have a shot at controlling the Northwest Passage.

Playing the U.S. and Russia off against each other

is the one hope Canada has to retain any sort of control up there.

- I'm afraid he's right, Major.

The sub going down doesn't change anything. It just proves how weak we are.

- The Brits and Danes just want to have access without responsibility for security.

- There's only one person here who stands to profit.

- Look, you can make a profit and still be a patriot, Major.

- Only the Russians can save that crew. The Americans will get over it.

- You're wrong on both counts. Please, follow me.

Not you.

Government business.

- All the governments you thought

you were juggling at this conference?

- Turns out there was one more. Isn't that right, Mr. Sullivan? - Yes.

- Okay, I don't understand. - You thought you could make a quick deal with the outgoing

U.S. government recognizing our sovereignty over the Northwest Passage.

- Just one problem. - The President-Elect wants no part of it.

He doesn't think drilling in the Arctic is best for the planet.

- The environment was one of the issues he ran on.

- Protocol means he doesn't have a say yet. He's not President. - But wait a few weeks.

- The new administration doesn't want you to make a deal with the Russians or Perry Butler.

- Show him the map. - Oh.

Um, hey, headwinds have slowed the Russian advance

by a couple of hours.

Meanwhile, the Minnesota has made great time.

And the sub's caught a current, and it's been drifting south.

The math's not bad.

Um, it's close, but I think the Americans could do it.

- The U.S. Navy support ship, the USS Minnesota,

reached the site approximately one hour ago,

after unspecified mechanical problems forced the Russians to withdraw.

The Persephone is in the water.

It's been two hours since any sound was heard from the boat.

- If 8 men were unconscious and 4 of them breath

only twice a minute, uh,

- you gotta account for the-- - Shh.

- ...attempting a submersible rescue in the Northwest Passage of the HMCS Hanover.

- [Man]: Pressure is five by five. Seal established.

[Other man]: Roger that.

[First man]: Hatch is open.

C02 levels reading high. But non-lethal.

- Stand by. - Minnesota standing by.

- Minnesota actual, this is Persephone.

Be advised. Oh-two restock is aboard.

We have packages alive and well.

Beginning extraction. [Screams of joy] - Yes!

[Radio conversation continuing in the background]

[Happy background reactions]

- "Conference Breaks Without Deal."

Oh, to be a fly on the White House wall right now.

And... the Norwegian delegates have just arrived.

I confess, Major. I'm not entirely sure what happened this morning.

- Minister Campbell was so fixated on getting U.S. signoff

on our right to the Northwest Passage he backed the wrong--

- Duck? - Should make for an interesting 4 years.

- We'll be back at the table in 18 months.

Though perhaps without Mr. Donald Campbell leading the charge.

- I'm sure he'll make a fine Heritage Minister.

[Sighing]

- You know, they pulled 33 out of that sub. Do you know the only reason they survived?

- Two of them died from their injuries. More air for the rest. Gave them the time they needed.

- And that is the kind of world we live in.

Oh, um, there was a woman at the reception.

You spoke to her briefly. Brunette, British, 5'8.

You wouldn't know how to get in touch with her, would you?

Hm.

[Background chatter]

[Overhead flight announcement]

You're leaving?

- Your powers of observation are uncanny.

I'm sorry.

It's just hard to keep it straight sometimes.

- Not for me. - I think that's part of the problem.

- I can't take back how we met. And you can't get past it. It was never going to work.

- Flight 1-9-4 to Paris will now depart

from Gate 33.

That's me.

[Background chatter]

Hey, good job saving those people.

I didn't save anybody.

So modest.

♪ This only comes and goes

♪ I hold you close

Goodbye, Michael.

Charlotte.

♪ Taking the long way

♪ Taking the long way home

♪ The long lonely runway