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NARRATOR: Previously on The Beast.

I do not have time for this.

I will deliver Cooley. I promise.

You tell me something I don't know,

something that's not in the file,

or I'll splatter you all over this bench.

Back off.

Come on, shoot me! I ain't gonna shoot you! No!

Oh, God!

So, how's your new partner treating you?

He's a real prick.

Eh, it's 3:00, you're still alive. That's a good thing.

ELLIS: I need you to do me a favor.

What you're asking me to do is an act of gross misconduct,

subject to censure and/or dismissal. I'm in.

We fear Barker's strayed. We're concerned how far.

Does everyone have a key to my apartment?

There's a job the Bureau wants you to do.

My loyalty is to Barker.

I'd password-protect my computer if I were you.

(TIRES SCREECHING)

Sarah? Sarah?

Barker.

BARKER: You're gonna be okay. Help's coming.

Barker, do you hear that?

When I inhale, my lungs are filling up.

Just hang in there. You're gonna be okay. Where's the package?

In there. She's okay.

She? We drove them off.

You did good, sweetheart.

Aside from the fact that my agents are down

and I'm gonna die, I did great. No.

No, you're not gonna die.

You just hang on.

Barker,

we were compromised.

Only a half-dozen souls knew we were here.

Hey, stay with me. Stay with me.

(STRAINING) Jerry.

They make it, Barker?

No, they didn't.

I'm sorry.

What's going on?

Come on. Gonna get you out of here.

We don't have much time. We're not gonna be alone long.

All my work! It's all destroyed! No. No, come on. Lady...

BARKER: Lady, we got to go!

I need my computer!

Tell me, is it worth your life? Is it worth their lives?

Because it is what they were protecting.

Okay, we'll find the computer.

It's on there. Everything is on there.

Come on, man!

Without my computer, this will all have been for nothing!

I got it. I got it, I got it.

No, no. Go, go.

Perimeter? ELLIS: Clear!

Go.

(TIRES SQUEALING)

(TIRES SCREECHING)

BARKER: Get out. Get out, please.

What are we doing here? Why are we...

Why are we stopping here? What are we doing?

Because, ma'am, unless I know what's going on,

I do not know what to do with you.

What to do with me?

BARKER: Yeah.

We are not going to hurt you.

But the call I got from Sarah...

All she said was we had to come get you out of there.

That is all she had time to say.

She was a friend of yours?

Yes.

She was very brave. And she saved my life.

And who did she save it from?

Hey, we're not getting nothing from her.

Let's just leave her here, all right? Huh?

No. No!

Okay. Then start with your name.

My name is May Nan Nhung.

I'm a scientist, a nuclear physicist.

I studied here at Caltech.

But in my country, I work in a plant

where we produce a gas called U-hex.

Not ringing any bells.

Uranium hexafluoride is the gas you need

to enrich natural uranium to make it go "boom."

That's right.

I should have said "trying to produce the gas."

We've been unsuccessful.

But there are people in our government

that would like the world to believe we are close.

And there are people in your government

that would like to believe that, too,

as an excuse for hostilities.

But we are not close. We are very far away.

I have brought proof.

Tonight, at 6:00,

I'm supposed to testify at the NNSA.

National Nuclear Security Administration.

I knew that one, thanks.

The fact is, we are at least 10 years away

from producing bomb-grade uranium.

Whoa.

Longer still from producing a nuclear weapon.

I come here to deliver a message of peace.

My God.

Let's go.

You hungry or something?

Go ahead and camp out here for a bit.

This is a secure location?

It's gonna have to do till I get with Conrad.

We got to figure out what the hell's going on

before we set up house with her.

So hide in plain sight?

Yep. And in the meantime, do something about that laptop.

Now, listen.

I don't have to tell you just how big...

This is important.

ELLIS: Hop out.

Hey. Sorry about Sarah.

Come on.

Take a seat.

What do you want to eat?

Five people just died.

I'm gonna order some food. It looks more natural. Okay?

Didn't you hear what I said?

Yeah, lady.

Five people just died protecting you.

Protecting something greater than me.

Protecting the truth.

Don't you understand?

They were agents, just like my partner and I.

So, yeah. I understand.

(CELL PHONE DIALING)

Hey, Toddy.

Hey, it's me.

Yeah, can you meet me down at the Oaks?

Now.

All right. See you then.

(CELL PHONE BEEPS)

It's a guy I know. He's gonna see if he can get anything from your computer.

I know, it's trashed, totaled.

But my boy's got the magic.

He'll be here soon.

Thank you.

(CAR DOOR OPENS)

(CAR DOOR CLOSES)

That crap is gonna clog your dumbass veins.

Arteries. My veins are as clean as a whistle.

(CHUCKLES)

You, uh, you left quite a mess back at the safe house.

This is not my mess.

Conrad, this thing is screwed six ways to Sunday.

There's a giant hole here that needs to be filled.

Not our hole. Not our problem.

Our problem right now is her safety.

And delivering her to the hearing tonight, okay?

Six o'clock. There's the hotel, it's in the conference room.

(SIGHS)

So, where do we keep her in the meantime?

Since the Bureau's safe houses are out.

What makes you so sure?

Come on, Conrad. The leak was either Secret Service or FBI,

and I do not want to guess wrong which one it was.

What about her consulate?

Not an option.

There's a long list of people in her government

that don't want her showing up at that hearing.

Her presentation is gonna create one hell of a storm.

It's ironic, isn't it?

What is?

The way you can piss some people off by telling them

you don't have a bomb, you don't have nuclear weapons.

Disappoints the hell out of them.

Since when do you concern yourself with politics?

When it spills over into my backyard.

Can you do something?

Get me what you can on this.

Reason being?

'Cause I asked you nicely.

Get out. All right.

Hey, it's my car.

(BILLIARD BALLS CLACKING) WOMAN: Nice shot.

(SIGHS)

Lady, relax.

Excuse me?

I do this for a living, okay?

I've got the room covered, you know, scanning it, like a radar.

(IMITATES RADAR BEEPING)

Anything we got to worry about, I'd pick it up, okay?

Like radar.

Like I said.

I'm sorry. I'm being...

(SIGHS)

No one's ever tried to kill me before.

It's okay.

Hopefully it's your first and last time.

Unfortunately, I don't believe that to be true.

I realize now it is inevitable.

Nothing's inevitable.

We're gonna take care of you, okay? Don't worry.

I have a favor to ask of you.

I'd like to see my husband.

He's here in Chicago.

Is there a problem?

Yeah.

It's too dangerous.

Anything but staying out of sight is too dangerous. I'm sorry.

This may be my last opportunity.

I will not be able to return to my country after I testify.

I'm sorry. You're not gonna like the answer.

It's important.

May I ask why?

Are you in love?

Never had the use for it.

Look, I'm just trying to take care of you, keep you safe.

So, please...

When you do fall in love,

be sure it's the kind that makes you brave.

Will you help me?

(DOOR CLOSES)

Don't move.

TODD: What's up, my man?

High-five? Seriously, Todd?

Is that her, bro?

I knew you'd come through.

She's not for you.

Why you got to keep everything to yourself, huh?

Todd, focus. All right?

I need you to pull whatever you can save off the hard drive.

Where'd you get this? Baghdad?

Just get on it, all right?

Do it from home, too, all right?

We've been compromised, and we don't know where the leak is.

Yeah.

This is important.

Hey. I'm counting on you.

I understand.

(SIGHS) Man.

Everything okay?

Yeah, so far.

What do you want to do about her?

We make sure she gets to that appointment.

(SIGHING)

Mrs. Nhung, you have my word

that I'll get you where you need to be tonight.

To the hearing?

The NNSA hearing at the hotel.

That is my promise to you.

Now, in the meantime, we got to keep you somewhere safe...

That's what they said to me this morning.

...where we can protect you.

They said that to me, too.

This morning was different.

What's the difference?

The difference is, it's us.

They found you.

Do you have a cell phone?

Yes. May I see it?

Quickly.

(SNAPS FINGERS)

Get her somewhere safe.

Hey, what's your problem, man?

What are you talking about? What'd you push me for?

(LAUGHING) You're crazy.

I'm... What did you... What did you just call me?

What did you say to me?

Step off, man.

(PEOPLE EXCLAIMING)

Don't worry, folks. I have it under control.

Let's go, jerk.

(GROANING) Where are your buddies?

You're making a big mistake.

(GROANS) Where are your buddies?

They're not here. I was just supposed to tail her.

So let's go find them.

Why don't you go...

(GROANING)

Keys, please.

Now!

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(CAR ALARM BEEPS)

In the beginning, all that men had to fight with was a sharpened stick.

I'm answering a question you haven't asked me.

I'm telling you why I am doing all this,

why I take the risk.

You haven't asked, but the question is in your eyes.

All right. I'm listening.

At first, there was the stick.

Then the sword, spear, bow and arrow,

and then the gun.

Then bombs, missiles.

We keep inventing better ways to kill each other.

And now we can destroy the world many times over.

It needs to end.

BARKER: Whoa, whoa.

Open it.

Show me.

You just made my day.

MAN: Well, hello.

Good morning.

So, you want to go first, or should I?

Oh, please, by all means, after you.

We can make this quick.

You have in your possession something I want.

I will give you $100,000 for you to turn her over to me.

What, so you can kill her?

Why concern yourself?

None of this really involves you.

Take the money and go back to do whatever that you do.

Do I look like I'm for sale to you?

You are an American.

(CLICKS TONGUE)

I apologize.

That was unnecessary.

Maybe I should explain.

The woman you're protecting, she's a liar.

And the lies she will tell the commission is dangerous.

Our country has many enemies, waiting just outside the door

for the day we let our guard down.

All that keeps us safe

is their belief in our ability to defend ourselves.

And in the modern world, that is nuclear weapons.

My God. Is this gonna be a long story?

My point is, if I permit her to spread her lies,

that would mean that I am allowing the death of my family,

the death of my country, and the destruction of our culture.

And I will not sit by and let that transpire.

Oh, I'm sorry. Is this where I'm supposed to give a shit?

(CLICKS TONGUE)

Are you and I really that different?

How many people have you killed to protect the lives of others?

Oh, the ones you killed deserved to die.

Perhaps that's what you say to yourself, huh? Right?

But who is to say who deserves to live and who deserves to die?

The guy with the bigger gun.

Then we are at an impasse.

But I want you to know something.

The guy you're holding is someone we bought and paid for.

I don't even know his name.

If you want to kill him, no one here will stop you.

Go ahead!

By all means, kill him!

You know what? You can even kill me!

Because nothing will change the fact

that May Nan will die today!

There will be no world in which she will be allowed to speak.

There's my world.

(SIGHS) Is this what you call a safe house?

Actually, I live here.

(SIGHS) You got to be kidding me.

We need to talk.

Man, you're here more than I am.

I'm a little busy right now. You're gonna have to leave.

Sorry.

Are we really gonna have a shootout right here, right now?

Just hand over your weapon.

(CHUCKLES)

It's okay.

Are you serious? I'm stepping in on this case.

Well, that's not gonna happen. I know.

It's not my style. Truth is, I don't like to get operational.

Did it for too many years. But this is different.

Listen to me. I don't got to.

I said listen.

This is not some drug shipment or some crooked politician.

This woman, this case has geopolitical ramifications.

Wars could be started over what she says or does not say.

And the fact that there are doubts about Barker's allegiance leads me...

You got doubts. See, I don't got none.

Bullshit. The fact that there are doubts leaves me no choice.

Are you through?

Okay. My turn.

(SNIFFS)

Aside from the fact that I don't trust you,

aside from that, what about Barker?

You don't think he's gonna have some questions

when he gets back and she's gone?

You're a smart boy, Ellis. Come up with something.

Uh-huh. Just give me an example. Like what?

Like, she escaped.

Like, the guys from the safe house tracked you down.

Oh, man. This sucks. You suck.

I could always put one in your leg to help your explanation.

Or your arm. Whichever you prefer.

Oh, grow up. Put the gun away.

I'm just trying to help your play, man.

ELLIS: I'll figure it out.

(SIGHS)

So, what's it gonna be, Ellis?

Okay. Fine.

You win.

But if I were you, I'd go now,

because Barker's on his way back.

Let's go.

Sorry. Back stairs are a little quicker.

I'll remember that the next time.

(GUNSHOT)

(GROANS)

ELLIS: Don't shoot.

(GRUNTS)

(TASER CRACKLES)

(TIRES SCREECHING)

You don't know how to let it go, do you?

(GUNSHOT)

(GUNSHOTS)

(MAY NAN SCREAMS)

Get in!

Get in! Get in! Come on!

(CRIES)

Who were they? I don't know.

I like the new wheels, though.

Toddy? Hey, what up?

Hey, what's going on with that hard drive?

Ellis. I was just about to call you.

Just make it good news, because I really need to get my hands on it, okay?

Always in a hurry. It just so happens...

(HORN HONKS)

(TODD GRUNTS)

Todd?

Yo, Toddy? What the hell?

My computer?

I don't know. I'll try again.

Four hours to keep you safe until we get to the hotel.

We'll do that.

TODD: It's Todd. You know what to do.

CONRAD: Yeah, well, it's not the worst thing in the world.

Boys get in trouble.

(DIALING) Yes, that includes copying somebody's homework.

Well, if we have to see the principal,

then that's what we'll do.

Yeah, I got to go. I got to go, sweetie. Yes.

Taking a bite out of crime, are we?

My own kid, only 10, and he's gone over to the dark side.

You know, I can't imagine the conversations you must have with your wife.

Oh, no? And how's your life?

Perfect. Yeah?

Wouldn't change a thing. Hmm.

It's all here.

So, what'd you come up with?

We connected him to the incident.

So, he's dirty.

He was their handler, but he sold them out.

Did you arrange everything?

It's all set. He's expecting a meeting at Dublin Oaks in an hour.

I want to see my husband.

We've been over this. It's too dangerous.

Who was that man in your apartment?

Nothing to do with you.

You lied to your partner when he asked you about him.

You knew who he was. Why did you lie?

Listen, my job is to keep you safe and get you to your destination,

not to answer a lot of questions.

Tell me why you lied to your partner.

Please, just drop it. Okay?

(SIGHS)

I will.

But only if I am allowed to see my husband.

(SIGHS) Killing me.

(SIGHS) What?

Problem?

She's insisting on seeing her husband.

You told her no, right?

I think it's something she really needs to do, man.

I mean, she said she needs to do this if she's gonna testify.

Testify or not, that is up to her.

Our job is to get her there.

Well, she's risked her life to get this far.

I don't know. What do you want me to tell you?

Maybe we got to help her.

I'll tell you what...

Ellis.

Yeah.

Todd Jaracki, friend of yours, right?

Guy in CT, at the Bureau. I know him a little.

He's a friend of yours.

Hit-and-run while crossing the street.

I thought you should know.

(LAUGHING) No.

I just spoke to him a second ago.

How bad?

Bad. Kind of touch-and-go right now.

Sorry.

No way this is unrelated.

We move forward.

We keep moving forward, and we figure it out.

Has your partner told you about my request?

He has.

And?

We got a stop to make first to tie up a loose end.

Afterwards, we'll talk about seeing your husband.

BARKER: Let's go, please.

Can I help you?

Actually,

I'm here to help you, Jerry.

(LAUGHS) Do I know you?

Look, I have a meeting.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know.

You got a call about showing up here about a very big deal.

I'm your meeting, Jerry.

(GUN COCKING) Sit down.

(LAUGHS)

I'm sorry, Jerry.

I'm sorry.

(LAUGHS)

Go ahead.

(PANTING) What?

You wanted her dead.

Do it. Make her dead.

Sit down.

Now, do you know who she is?

Do you know who she is? I asked you a question.

(SOBBING) Yes, I know who she is.

Good boy.

(SIGHS)

So, go ahead and kill her.

(PANTING)

BARKER: Come on.

Come on.

That's what you're being paid for, right?

You arranged it.

Go ahead.

Kill her.

This is Agent Thomas Cole.

Look at him.

He and his wife just had a baby girl last month.

And her name is Lola.

Can you say that, Jerry? "Lola?"

Say her name, Jerry.

"Lola."

Lola.

(JERRY SOBBING)

BARKER: Agent Tim Noonan.

He and his wife just celebrated their second anniversary recently.

And last but not least,

Agent Sarah Brenner.

Her daughter just lost her first tooth last month.

She was my friend.

Now, do you know what she said to me when she was dying?

(CHUCKLES)

(WHISPERING) She said your name, Jerry.

I... Shut up!

We got your brother's bank account.

Your brother, the plumber,

he just deposited a half a million dollars.

Some piping job, isn't it?

Look at me, Jerry. Look at me.

(PANTING)

You were their handler.

You were supposed to protect them.

You did this for money. For money, you did this.

I hate guys like you, Jerry.

With your B-minus vocabularies,

you sit behind a desk, you pick up a phone,

and you think you got all the power.

You think it's just a game, don't you?

(SOBBING)

Well,

game over, Jerry.

(CRYING)

(GUN CLICKS) Oh, God.

Get this scum out of my face.

Now.

Call your husband.

You do realize just how dangerous this situation is you're putting us in?

MAY NAN: It's a risk I'm willing to take.

I may not have another chance to see my husband.

(EXHALES) Well,

let's make the most of it.

You do exactly as you're told and you stay right next to me.

MAY NAN: Of course.

It's almost over.

It is just the beginning.

BARKER: Wait here.

Call your husband.

(CELL PHONE DIALING)

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

May Nan.

May Nan!

May Nan!

(GUNSHOTS)

You all right? Yeah.

The husband's the one trying to kill her! Get to May Nan!

(GUNSHOT)

(GUNSHOTS)

(GROANING)

(SCREAMING)

(ELLIS GROANS)

(BONES CRACK)

(PANTING)

(BEEPS)

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

(RINGING STOPS)

I don't understand.

That is the problem.

(GASPS)

(GUNSHOTS)

(GROANS)

(CRYING) Why?

Why?

Why?

You look like crap.

This was my favorite jacket.

I can't.

You can't stop now.

He was my strength. And it was all a lie.

You're just gonna have to believe in what you're doing.

I can imagine what you must be feeling,

but you don't have time for it right now.

We got 20 minutes to get there.

He was my husband.

Okay.

Let's go.

Ten minutes to go, huh? Not bad. Yep.

BARKER: What?

You got doubts? No. More determined, actually.

I just don't have any of my materials.

My computer... You're gonna have to do without them.

But how will I be able to prove... Listen to me.

They just need to hear what you have to say.

That's all that's important right now.

There is something

about the sound of somebody telling the truth.

It's just different, that's all.

And sometimes, all people need is just to hear it.

Are you sure about that? Absolutely not.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

I thought you were indifferent to my cause.

My job was to get you here.

Your job is to walk through those doors and do yours.

Agent Barker.

Brad O'Keefe, from the State Department.

O'KEEFE: We know each other, right?

Robert's case, a year or two ago.

BARKER: Yeah, we go way back.

What the hell are you doing here, O'Keefe?

We're here to take Mrs. Nhung. BARKER: Take her where?

Take her off your hands, take her to where she's going.

What's the question?

You know, it's just 10 feet.

I think we can handle it from here, okay?

Whoa! Easy, tough guys.

We're all on the same side, right?

You're not gonna let her testify, are you?

O'KEEFE: We've determined the location is not safe.

We're gonna take Mrs. Nhung back to DC,

arrange for her to testify at another time.

You heroes have any clue what we went through to get her here?

I speak for not only myself, but everyone in the State Department,

when I say we're all in your debt.

You guys have done a top-notch job.

Did he just say "top-notch"?

Yeah. You don't hear that much.

Well, I'd like to say it's going to be all right.

MAY NAN: But it isn't. BARKER: No.

I know what it means in my country

when men in suits take you away.

No, it's not quite the same in this country.

It's the same in all countries.

Good to see you again, Barker.

This is bullshit!

Ellis, calm down.

We're right here, right here!

It is the job.

That's all you got?

It's all I got. "It's the job." I chose this job.

Todd was just an analyst. He didn't ask for this.

He knew the job, he knew the work, he knew the risks.

He's my friend.

And because of me, he's lying in a hospital bed.

If I hadn't asked him to look at that computer...

Check your e-mail.

Check your e-mail.

(BEEPING)

If there's no other business,

I'd like to bring this hearing to an end.

Excuse me. This is a closed hearing.

Mr. Chairman,

May Nan asked me to deliver this to you.

(ALL MURMURING)

I don't know who he is.

(WATER RUNNING)

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

Yeah?

Who is it?

It's your neighbor.

(SIGHS)

Hey. I just got out of the shower, so...

(CHUCKLES) Oh.

Oh, my God.

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

What happened?

I fell.

Does it hurt?

Ow.

Sorry.

I'm just kidding.

No, you weren't. No.

I wasn't.

It's no big deal.

How's your hearing?

(LOUDLY) What?

Very funny.

Your friend Todd, looks like he's gonna be all right.

I know.

You think that was on you?

The job's dangerous.

We all... Oh, save it.

Do me a favor, save it.

I know my job.

You don't have to tell... Hey, don't forget,

I've been doing this a whole lot longer than you.

Another thing,

don't ever forget again who you work for, either.

Oh, yeah? And who's that?

Me.

All right.

But you were wrong about Barker.

From the beginning.

I hope you realize that now.

We really going down that road again?

The guy put it all on the line,

risked his life to do his job.

We got her there, and then we got screwed.

But he still found a way to get the job done.

So, case closed.

You're thinking too small.

Listen, I don't care that he bends the rules,

crosses the line here and there.

Sometimes that's necessary.

It's the big picture I'm chasing.

The big picture we're chasing.

You know, you haven't asked yourself something.

What if she was lying?

Who?

May Nan.

Apostle of peace.

What if she was lying and her country has the bomb?

Or they're close?

And people believe her lies

and give her and her country enough damn time

to turn themselves into a for-real nuclear military machine?

What then?

What did you accomplish then?

Better yet,

what did Barker accomplish?

Hey, Ray. What if you're lying?

(IMITATES TIRES SCREECHING) ELLIS: You look like crap.

It's like looking in a mirror, right?

(CHUCKLES)

Hey, I'm sorry I got you involved in all this.

(SCOFFS) Are you serious?

This is, like, the best day of my life.

I mean, I was in it. I was working the case.

I was... I was putting my life on the line.

Look where that got you. I'm serious, E.

It's like I'm Goose and you're Maverick.

I got your back, bro, anytime, anyplace.

Toddy, you almost got killed yesterday.

All right? If I ask for your help in the future,

you got to look both ways before you cross the street.

You almost ran out of Saturdays.

Dude, did you see my nurse? She's smoking hot, right?

Yeah, I noticed that, man.

I think you should, uh, milk it, you know?

Stay a few extra days, try to get some sympathy sex.

You are a genius. You know that? I know.

Did I tell you that my doctor said that I was in a coma

for the least amount of time he's ever seen? Something like 37 minutes.

I mean, how do they even call it a coma at that point?

Isn't it more like a power nap?

I mean, hell, 37 minutes,

I do that on my lunch break at the office.

Oh, man, the girls at the office,

they're gonna be all over my shit.

I really hope this turns into a scar.

Oh, thanks, man. I appreciate that.

Where'd you get this?

You know, 'cause the only other time I had stitches

was when I was cutting carrots,

and that's nothing to really brag about.