Original subtitles

- [Narrator] Previously on "Condor."

- What was the point of killing Partridge

and setting up Gordon if I'm not free to live my life?

Just tell me what I need to do to be done and I'll do it.

- Isn't it obvious?

Neither one of us will be safe until he's eliminated.

- I'm done listening to you.

- Then listen to yourself.

If you don't help us,

then this goes to the Russian embassy in 24 hours.

- How?

- We lure Volk to a secure location, we kidnap him,

and then we force the identity of the mole out of him

by any means necessary.

(Kat chuckles)

- Drop the charges.

- This is a terrible time, Mae.

- You found out that I spoke to Senator Thrush

and you had him arrested?

- Mae! I deeply regret it.

I'm just so sorry you had to hear that.

- So, all that horrible shit I've read about you online,

it's all true.

- Well, I don't have Mr. Abbott

for you right now Ms. Larkin.

- Tell him I know he planted the Piper story.

- [Woman] Why would Mr. Abbott leak a story

that makes us look bad

and you and your department look good?

- [Robin] That's the part that fucking scares me.

- [Agent] Gordon, come on. Come on, breathe!

- You really think you can trust this woman

to betray her own people?

- I don't have a choice.

But neither does she.

Hey.

- [Kat] I will do what you asked.

- Stay by the phone. I'll be in touch.

- Where the fuck have you been?

I got played. - By who?

- [Kat] Reuel and the Russians.

- Phoenix is fucking gone. Probably dead.

- Give Phoenix time.

She'll reach out when she feels she can.

I said "she", didn't I?

- What the fuck, Trace?

(Robin groans)

(body thuds)

- I got a safe house.

It's not really a safe house, but it'll work.

- Okay, let's do it.

(dramatic music)

(suspenseful music)

- [Robin] You're a good friend, Trace.

(body thuds)

(garage door whirring)

(crickets chirping)

(boat motor whirring)

(intense music)

(water splashes)

? No destination now, I can't find it ?

(crowd cheering)

? My eyes, they circle every drain ?

? Keep digging in the blackened dirt just to find you ?

? You seem to vanish all the same, the same, the same ?

? It's all about to change ?

? The faces rearrange ?

? Are we just standing still ?

? How will I know it's real ?

? How will I know, how will I know ?

? How will I know, how will I know ?

? I finally realized my reflection ?

? It left me empty and alone ?

? Well, I'll just finally (indistinct) ?

? With (indistinct) ?

? Bad taste (indistinct) in the violence ?

? Better run back down ?

? It's all about to change ?

? You're wrapped in cellophane ?

? Are we just standing still ?

? How will I know it's real ?

(crickets chirping)

(dramatic music)

(door lock clicks)

(dramatic music building)

(torch clicks off)

(line ringing)

(phone vibrating)

- Yes?

- I'm at the house.

They're not here yet.

Guess I'll get cozy.

(drink pouring)

(door clicks open)

(door closes)

(door clicks open)

(door clicks open)

(door closes)

- How's the patient doing?

- He has to stay off that leg for a week.

- If it was some other week...

(both chuckle)

(Mae sniffles)

- You should quit.

You'll live longer.

- Oh, yeah, what about all those suckers

who quit and then die young?

Huh?

(crickets chirping)

- Is that something that you're worried about?

Dying young?

- My father died young.

- Well, he was with the CIA.

- I think I understand what happened to Sam.

- Oh, yeah?

- You can become

so single-minded

in the defense of your own principles

that you forget to follow them.

I can see how Sam lost himself to that.

- And what about you?

Have you lost yourself?

- I check now and then, but not yet.

- I don't know what you and Tracy are doing,

but please take care of each other.

- Go on.

- Don't tell anybody.

- I'm good at keeping secrets.

(dramatic music)

(door clicks open)

- You ready?

(garage door whirring)

(car door closes)

- [Joe] How you feeling?

- [Vasili] Like the cheese in a mousetrap.

- [Joe] Makes two of us.

(engine revs)

(phone ringing)

- Hello.

Hi, Paula.

No, I didn't.

What?

(car engine revving)

(children shouting) (dog barking)

(door clicks open)

(door closes)

Eva?

(Eva sobbing)

- I am so sorry.

I don't know what I'm gonna do.

- It's gonna be okay.

(Eva continues sobbing)

(dramatic music continues)

- So this is a CIA safe house.

- No.

We still don't know who the mole is

so we can't trust the Agency.

- So who lives here?

- No one.

The owner died last week. No family.

(suspenseful music)

(phone vibrating)

- I've been watching the place all night.

They're inside.

They're alone.

(phone beeps)

(intense music)

(doors closing)

(footsteps clomping)

(bird cawing)

(gun clicks)

(glass shattering) (door busts open)

(boat engine whirring)

(Kat scoffs)

(taser zapping)

(body thuds)

- We need to hurry.

(dramatic music)

(Volk grunts)

(engine roaring)

(dramatic music)

- [Holly] So, all the horrible shit

I've read about you online, it's all true.

- Joe, he's coming to.

(crickets chirping)

(birds cawing)

- I remember you.

Obviously, you know who I am.

Or at least you think you do.

I used to know myself, too.

Things that I was and wasn't capable of.

Torturing someone for information.

Or for any reason, really,

something that would have fallen under the heading of things

that I could not imagine myself doing.

Or being a part of.

The trick is to get yourself there a little at a time.

To ask yourself, "Where is the line

that I simply will not cross?"

And then you move it.

Just a little.

And then you just move it again.

And then you move it again,

and again, and again

until you barely even recognize the person you used to be.

So...

Who's your mole?

(suspenseful music)

(blow lands)

(Joe groans)

- The key in this business is emotional detachment.

One must prepare oneself for the possibility of betrayal.

I liked her, but she's a fucking whore,

so it's just business.

That's all it can be with a whore.

All it can be.

Maybe we are all whores.

It's a rare individual

who maintain their honor in this profession.

- Hey. - What?

- This is a fucking circus.

- Yeah, I know.

Let me try something. Two minutes.

- Your uncle, for example.

- He was given a choice that night.

Not by me, of course,

by the man you are so interested to find.

Bob was told it could look like a suicide

or a home invasion.

But for a home invasion,

his wife would have to be killed as well.

Your uncle chose honorably.

(intense music)

(body thuds)

(Volk grunts)

- [Tracy] Joe!

That's enough, that's enough, that's enough.

That's enough. - Fuck off!

- Come on, come on.

- Don't touch me.

- Just take a minute. - Don't fucking touch me.

(Joe sighs)

(Volk groans)

(Volk coughs)

- Are you all right?

- What the fuck were you doing?

You're supposed to have my back.

- I do have your back.

It just has to look good.

- This was not our plan.

(Volk grunts)

This is a new plan, where we both get what we want.

(suspenseful music)

Well, this is a fucking mess.

- Yeah, I know.

- We have to shut this down. He's not gonna break.

- Not like this, he won't.

He's trained to withstand much more than a beating.

- Okay.

So, what do you want us to do?

- Chop off his fingers

and then when you run out of fingers,

you use your imagination.

- What the fuck are you talking about?

- He needs water.

Brute force isn't working.

I'm gonna try a different approach.

- Let her try.

(lighter clicks)

(dramatic music)

(Kat screaming)

(gunshots fire)

(body thuds)

(gunshots firing)

(body thuds)

(Kat panting)

- [Kat] No!

(Joe panting)

- Who is it?

Who is it?

Tell me. Who is it?

Tell me who it is.

Who is it?

- [Kat] He's dead.

(Kat panting)

- Piece of shit.

Fuck!

(dramatic music)

(gentle music)

- Sorry. I rang the bell.

- Carla.

- I just came from the Director's office.

Nobody above GS15 showed up for work at the CIMC today,

and you're the only person on the seventh floor

who knows the details of the Piper investigation.

Now that he's dead- - What?

- [Carla] He killed himself in custody.

Now everyone's playing catch-up.

- Why?

- [Carla] Because a CIA officer-

- No. Why did he kill himself?

- I imagine being a captured Russian double-agent.

- [Reuel] But he was innocent.

- I'm sorry?

- Well, he wasn't the mole.

- How could you know that?

- Because I was in Bob's office the night

that he was killed, and I looked inside his files,

and I didn't see anything.

So I knew Gordon's file must have been planted afterwards.

- Why didn't you say anything?

- I wanted to sabotage Robin Larkin.

- You knew there was still a mole in the Agency

who could be hurting and killing our own people,

and you didn't say anything because of a vendetta?

(dramatic music)

- I think I made a wrong turn a long time ago

and I've been,

I've been picking up ever since.

I fear that I'm

terribly, terribly lost.

(Reuel sniffles)

- We lured Arkady Volk to the house

in order to separate him from his team.

- To get him alone?

- Well, he wasn't alone. There was a woman with him.

We took them by force.

The woman escaped.

- [Man] We don't torture people.

Where was Robin Larkin in all of this?

- I haven't seen her since before Gordon's arrest.

- [Man] I mean,

where do you think her disappearance fits in?

I assume she was killed to protect the mole.

- [Man] But she disappeared after Piper was in custody.

Unless you have reason to suspect Piper wasn't the mole.

- [Joe] I think he was set up.

I just don't know who the actual mole is.

(knocks at door)

(door clicks open)

- Mae?

- [Mae] Hello?

Hey. - Hey.

- Hey. - Hi.

- I'm glad you're okay.

- Yeah. I was worried when you didn't come to the hospital.

- Sorry.

I can't.

- [Tracy] Okay.

- Not after Gordon.

I explained that.

- You said everything was gonna be okay,

and I trusted you.

(Tracy sighs)

I was at their home with you when you pulled that shit.

He was our friend.

- I know.

You don't have all the facts, though.

- No, I don't.

And you can't tell me all the facts, can you?

That's exactly why I was reticent

to go out with you in the first place.

I don't wanna repeat all the mistakes.

- I wish you had just one small idea

of all the shit that I've had to do

to try and make this work between us.

I really wish you knew.

- More classified bullshit.

- Yeah, 'cause that's my fucking job.

- Which is exactly the problem.

- Maybe you should have thought of that

before you led me on.

(dramatic music)

- I think you led yourself on.

- Oh, fuck you!

- Get out of my house.

Are you fucking deaf? - Is everything okay?

- Yeah.

Tracy was just leaving.

(Tracy scoffs)

- Goodbye, Mr. Crane.

- Goodbye, Mr. Crane.

(door clicks open)

(door closes)

- Are you okay?

- Yeah.

I'm sorry.

(bell tolling)

(birds chirping)

- I wouldn't have expected the deputy director of the CIA

to show up to the funeral of a traitor.

- Well, we both know Gordon wasn't a traitor.

The CIA knows it, too, only they'd never admit it.

I've been to a number of funerals

for people whose deaths I felt personally responsible,

but I am determined that this will be my last.

- And what if I determined to kill you?

Just to make sure?

- You're getting a taste for it, Joe.

Oh, be careful.

Anyway I am retiring and I though you might wanna know

that I intend to make a full confession.

- That's between you and your god.

It's of no interest to the rest of us.

- Which is why I'm planning to avail myself

of a more public forum.

Take care of yourself, Joe.

(Reuel sniffles)

(door clicks open)

(dramatic music)

(water splashing)

- Capitol Hill was buzzing today with preparations

for CIA deputy director Reuel Abbott's

much anticipated testimony.

Not since William Colby gave up the Agency's-

- Are you okay?

- [Announcer] Family jewels back in the 1970s

has the intelligence community-

- Yeah. - Been so on the edge

of its seat.

Sure to be a central focus of questioning

are the controversial allegations

made by late CIA officer Marty Frost.

If the deputy director confirms even some of the information

in the Frost dossier which the Agency has denied,

the ripple effects could spread

throughout the American intelligence community.

For more on the Abbott testimony,

we go now to the Capitol.

- I won't scream.

- I know.

(phone vibrating)

- Hey, how you doing?

- [Woman] Reuel Abbott is dead.

- What? - Turn on the TV.

- Yeah.

Yeah, hold on.

- [Announcer] Our sources have just confirmed

that deputy director of the CIA Reuel Abbott

has been found dead after an apparent drowning.

- Yeah, yeah. I'll call you back.

- [Announcer] Theories have already exploded

on social media around the suspicious timing of the death,

just ahead of Mr. Abbott's

planned testimony before Congress.

(keys clacking)

(group chattering)

(dramatic music)

- [Man] Time's up, Mr. Crane.

(sparkler sizzling)

(agents laughing) (agents applauding)

- [Man] You should have seen your face.

- Bastards. - Congratulations.

- [Man] Well deserved, sir, well deserved.

- [Man] We're gonna miss you around here.

(somber music) (sparkler sizzling)

- Hey, hey, hey, I think I got one.

Yeah, yeah.

- Reel, reel, reel, reel. - Yes.

- Bring him in. - Get him, get him, get him!

(Tracy laughs) - Yeah.

- That's a big one. - We can eat this guy.

He looks good, right?

We'll keep him.

(Tracy laughs)

- Look at that!

- Good! - All right.

I'm a fisherman. - Well done, well done.

(birds squawking)

(footsteps approaching)

Hello.

I'm not armed.

- You can never be too careful.

(group chattering)

Hmm.

Mind if I join you?

Surprised to see me?

- No.

After what we went through, we're each a natural target

for recruitment by the other.

If you hadn't approached me,

I probably would've approached you.

(Kat chuckles)

- I don't need to recruit you, Potoo.

- Am I supposed to understand what that means?

- I recognized your voice at the lake.

Just, I couldn't figure out from where.

And then it hit me.

You see, I was in the car that night

when you called Volk to tell him

that Joe Turner was on his way to meet Vasili.

You are just like me. Playing both sides.

You were Volk's man at the safe house, weren't you?

The one who was supposed to have his back.

Then you untied him and you shot him,

to make yourself look like the hero.

(Tracy chuckles)

- You sound as ridiculous as this spy novel.

(Kat chuckles)

(Kat sighs)

- That was a smart play.

I would have done the same thing.

If what you're saying is true,

then wouldn't we have dirt on each other?

Don't those things just- - Cancel each other out?

- Yeah. - My thoughts exactly.

- Why are you here?

- I'm back with the SVR.

I need to make sure my secret is safe.

Is it?

- I'm retired.

- Yeah, from the CIA.

- From everything.

- So you won't be filing any new reports with Moscow?

- No.

- That's good.

Have a nice life.

(dramatic music)

(door slams)

(Tracy panting)

(brake squealing)

(keys clatter)

(gun cocks)

- [Joe] Hey.

- [Tracy] Hey.

What are you doing here?

- [Joe] You know, I've been thinking about this place a lot.

- [Tracy] Oh, yeah. What about it?

- Just how long have you had it?

And how much it must have cost you.

How long have you been doing this?

- What the fuck are you talking about?

I'm retired.

- [Kat] Yeah, from the CIA.

- [Tracy] From everything.

- [Kat] So you won't be filing any new reports with Moscow?

- No.

I was playing her.

I was gonna recruit her and make her my asset.

That's it. - Only, you were too late.

She's my asset now.

- She's a Russian agent.

You're seriously gonna believe the word of-

- She's very convincing.

- This is what they do.

And they're good at it.

They did it to Gordon, and now they're doing it-

- It's what you do.

- So you've made up your mind, then?

- Yeah.

- You're always a little out of your depth, aren't you?

- Oh, yeah?

(gun clicking)

- You know, people in the country are more trusting.

They tend to leave their doors unlocked.

They don't even have alarm systems.

- So, you're just gonna shoot me, Joe?

- Well, isn't that what you did to Bob?

Oh, man.

You know, I told myself that I was gonna calmly tell you

what I was gonna do to you.

Give you a chance to say your piece

because I wanted you to know

that this is not an act of vengeance.

It is justice.

But you know what?

I was lying to myself.

Because the truth is, what I really want

is to see that look on your face

when you realize that it is all over.

(suspenseful music)

(gunshots firing)

(body thuds)

(dramatic music)

(breathing shakily)

(gunshot fires)

(group chattering)

(lighter clicks)

(rock music)

? Should I close my eyes and prophesize ?

? Hoping maybe some day come ?

? Should I wet the ground with my own tears ?

? Crying over what's been done ?

? Should I lift the dirt and plant the seed ?

- I heard some stories about what went down at the lake.

Is it true?

- Well, depends what you heard.

- I was friends with Tracy Crane.

He was one of the good guys.

Can't believe he just vanished like that.

Do you wanna know what I heard?

- What did you hear?

- It was retribution by the Russians for Gordon Piper.

For outing their mole.

- Hmm.

(elevator bell chimes)

After you.

? Looking down on the tired earth ?

? And I can see, I can see potential ?

(electronics beeping)

? Speaking through you ?

? Speaking to you ?

? From all of heaven's possibilities ?

- A year ago this place was knee-deep in Boko Haram

and ISIS in West Africa.

But we shifted focus.

It's a new game.

We're playing chess with the Chinese

and Africa as the board.

Half this room is working to support U.S. military positions

on the continent,

and the other half is trying

to sabotage the Chinese attempts to do likewise.

It gets messy, but it's us or them, you know?

I'm one cube over.

Let me know if you wanna grab a smoke.

? Should I hit the water or stay on dry land ?

? Even though I've never swam ?

? Take machete into the brush ?

? Though at first there is no path ?

? Taste the war paint on my tongue ?

? As it's dripping with my sweat ?

? Place my gaze in the future's path ?

? Seeing things that ain't come yet ?

? Hope to watch the victory dance ?

? After whole day's work is done ?

? Hope to watch the victory dance ?

? In the evening's setting sun ?

? Hope to watch the victory dance ?

? Over many lives to come ?

? Hope to watch the victory dance ?

? In the evening's setting sun ?

? Setting sun ?

? Setting sun ?

? Setting sun ?

? Hope to dance the victory dance ?

? After whole day's work is done ?

? Hope to dance the victory dance ?

? In the evening's setting sun ?

? Hope to dance the victory dance ?

? Over many lives to come ?

? Hope to dance the victory dance ?

? In the evening's setting sun ?

? Setting sun ?

(bright music)

(lion roars)

(dramatic music)