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ELLIS: Previously on The Beast.

Sometimes I think they got me watching the wrong people.

You ought to keep that kind of thought to yourself.

It was a case called Red Gauntlet.

By the time I learned it was all lies, the bomb was set.

The Ambassador's daughter was in the backseat. Little Grace.

And the hitter, that was Ezekiel.

BARKER: Yeah.

What do you say, Max? This is a setup.

That is close enough, please.

(GUNSHOT) The sniper took him out. You heard it.

What I heard was this guy begging you not to shoot him.

Marines, right?

When did you get out?

A couple of years ago.

My dad was in Vietnam. He was a medic.

I was a sniper.

Unit Chief Robicheaux, Special Agent Harry Conrad.

What if I do find something? You know what that means.

Yeah, it means we've got bigger problems

than who ran the damn test.

Bullets match Barker's gun.

But they're not the slugs taken from the victim.

My lab tech found traces of residue on them.

It matches the material found in the catch at the firing range.

Someone must have dug the slugs out,

switched them in evidence.

I'm SSA Ray Beaumont.

I know who you are.

My intentions are to get you back in the field as an agent, ASAP.

Who is he?

Kirby ran the tests that proved the slugs were switched.

Barker. You got to trust somebody.

Do I?

What do you think?

Tell you what.

If I'm going in, I go with him.

Okay. Do it.

We're not really going in, are we?

Not a chance in hell.

(CAR ENGINE STARTING)

(GUNSHOT)

(GUNSHOTS)

BARKER: Stop the car now.

ELLIS: How many times do I have to tell you?

You should have gone before we left.

Get out. Okay.

Man.

There goes our witness. Kirby's dead.

Okay, listen to me. I'm gonna say this once.

This is not your fight, it's mine.

Once this thing starts, there's no turning back.

What about you?

I can fall back in the weeds. I can fade away.

If you walk with me, it is guilt by association.

So I need to hear from you right here and now,

are you in or are you out?

Look, if Barker's clean, you got nothing to worry about.

But if he's not, you're either going down with him

or you're gonna end up dead.

Of course I'm in.

Okay.

Then there's some things we got to get straight.

Yeah. About Red Gauntlet.

About the assassination on the Ambassador.

Red Gauntlet looked like it was just another job.

It was top secret, but it was ordered up by the Bureau

just like any other job.

It came through the channels like any assignment I ever got,

so it had to have a cover, a registry, a chain of command.

But there had to be a file,

like it came from someone inside the FBI,

which it did.

Yeah, but who? Who ordered it?

Think about it.

The same people that just killed your witness Kirby.

Now, there is no name for them,

but sometimes they're called the Outfit.

Others, around us, among us. There's a network.

What are you saying?

A circle of FBI agents for whom the job is not enough.

Okay.

What's our plan? Our plan?

Yeah.

(CHUCKLES) Our plan is I'm going after them.

And the first was Gordon Freed.

TODD: He was once one of us.

I know. I've seen his car.

Or what's left of it.

He was the first name on this list from Ezekiel.

I'd also advise him to be careful.

Now there's only two left alive.

Familiar name.

Yeah, it's familiar.

We go for him first, and hopefully he gives us the leader.

All it gives is a code. Viper.

That's all Ezekiel knew.

But Viper is the one I want.

Okay. Well, let's go get him.

Let's do it.

Boss wants an update. Now.

All right.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Yes.

Uh-huh.

Go on.

Well, if you're calling me,

it's already reached critical mass.

By any means necessary.

I understand.

Got it.

(CAR DOOR SHUTS)

You went out kind of hot.

You okay?

For now.

Listen, I need everything you can dig up

on a possible player. Code name, Viper.

FBI?

Not sure.

My guess is he's got a job at intel somewhere.

Viper? Is that all you got?

He was point on Red Gauntlet.

Ran the show. He was the leader.

I'll see what I can dig up.

Thanks.

Hey, uh,

you watch yourself.

Always.

Okay. My turn to come clean.

Eight months ago, the Bureau sent Raymond Beaumont to see me.

They wanted someone close to watch you.

They played me, too, you know.

Yeah. So?

Then they said that you might be bent.

Gone dark.

I never believed them.

If that were true, you would have come to me straight out.

Okay. Fair enough.

But the way you play things,

write your own rules,

I had some doubts.

Well, doubt is good.

It's part of what keeps me breathing.

So you taught me.

So, why do you trust this guy?

It's not about trust.

Going after your own is shit detail.

I believe him because he didn't take any pleasure in it.

Here he is. Now just be nice.

So, what's your story?

A while back, I came to Ellis.

I know all that.

How did you get the job? The job on me?

It was assigned.

My supervisor in DC gave me a case file on you.

The level of secrecy was high. Go on.

He said they figured you for a member of the Outfit.

Wanted you checked out.

So, who was your supervisor?

Assistant Section Chief Agent Robicheaux.

Who else crossed paths with you on this case?

Any people up the ladder?

Special Agent Jonah Michaels.

(GRUNTS)

You crazy?

Michaels is part of the Outfit.

I want to know who hired you, and I want their names.

So, can you get to him?

(SIGHS)

Yeah.

Tell you what.

When you find him, you set a meet,

and make it somewhere crowded.

Got it?

They used me, you know.

The same way they used you.

Whatever you need, you let me know.

You bet.

So, since Michaels is expecting Ray,

he just might get jumpy.

ELLIS: I'll keep the laser sight right on his chest.

That ought to keep him in one place.

Here we go. He's coming up behind you.

North side. Gun holstered.

BARKER: Do not take the green dot off of him.

Guess who.

Do not reach for that.

Point it at me, and I can guarantee you

there's a bullet hole the size of a golf ball in your chest.

So, your agenda just changed, did it not?

You're crazy.

(LAUGHS)

What do you want from me?

It's about Red Gauntlet.

I want to know who the leader was. Viper.

I didn't know who Viper was then, and I don't know now.

All right. Take the shot.

There's something else I can tell you.

Tell me.

Morton's five-year-old daughter, who was in the car...

She's dead. No.

Okay, hold your fire. I'm listening.

I have her.

Here, in Chicago. I can show her to you.

I was there. She died in that car.

She was thrown clear by the explosion.

We found her in the woods and we took her in.

We're not cruel.

So, does that get you up in the morning?

Okay, I'll bite. You kept her how?

We gave her to a woman, an agent who worked with us.

She raised her as her own.

You want to talk down your backup now?

No, sir. You're not gonna get comfortable.

You're not walking out of here just yet.

I want the girl. I want Grace Morton.

And we want every bit of hard evidence you've got against us.

We get it, you take the girl and walk away.

If you don't like the deal, we'll kill her.

Get out of there, man. Someone's got you locked in.

Five o'clock, your time.

I tell you what. It's a deal.

We meet at the zoo entrance. Grant Park.

ELLIS: He ain't giving up, man. You got to skedaddle.

When? Twenty-four hours from now.

How you doing, man? Doing all right today?

You made a deal? BARKER: One that I have no intention of keeping

any more than they have of letting Grace Morton go.

So? We got to find her

before the exchange goes down.

I know just the guy to find her.

Robicheaux. Looks like you're still operational.

We are.

But there's evidence that clears Barker of the murder.

All right.

(STAMMERS) What does "all right" mean?

It means we've moved on. Do you have a reason to be here?

Do you? I know my pay grade,

but it's time you packed up and headed back to DC.

My orders are to take down the Outfit.

That takes me right through Barker. He's the centerpiece.

Wrong. Barker isn't even a part of it.

You're the one who's wrong.

The good work this Bureau does for this country,

men and women sacrifice their lives,

the Outfit tears all that down.

It demeans all of us.

I am going to take them apart one by one, starting with your friend.

Barker just texted Ellis Dove. He wants him to come meet.

Dove is on his way. Do we have eyes on Ellis?

You know it. Let's mobilize!

We are out of here.

You should take a few sick days, Conrad.

I'll take them when I'm sick.

Go ahead, become part of the problem. See what happens.

It's Robicheaux.

We're sitting on Barker's partner.

He's waiting for a meet.

Any moment now, I'll be looking at Barker.

Yes, well...

Yes, you let me know when you see him.

Charles.

Sometimes I wonder what it'd be like

if you weren't around to kick our world to pieces.

But, then, if you weren't, I wouldn't be alive to find out.

But we're not here to talk about that, are we?

No.

Well, you've got my men jumping through hoops.

Yeah, well, I'm sorry about that.

And I'm sorry for the intrusion

but I need your help and I don't have much time.

I'm looking for an old operational file, Red Gauntlet.

I've been collecting evidence to find the guys inside the Bureau

that put Red Gauntlet in motion in the first place.

And there was someone code-named Viper.

Viper? Listen to me.

They know I'm coming.

That's why they tried to frame me, so I'd be discredited

before I came forward with any information I'd found.

And what have you found?

Okay. So, you've heard about a group of agents

working outside the Bureau, right?

That's just rumor.

No. It's not just rumors.

What makes you think they'd risk leaving a paper trail or making a file?

Because this is the first page of that file.

Where did you... What I'm looking for is the original.

I know your ranking class.

I know that you can get it.

Now, I have to believe that you want to help me.

Otherwise, there's not much to believe in if I don't believe that.

When you have it, if you could get it to Conrad.

Go get him.

(AGENTS SHOUTING)

AGENT: Fan out! Fan out!

(GUNS COCKING) Get out of the car!

TODD: Whoa, whoa, whoa. A white man drives a car fresh off the lot in Chicago,

and all of a sudden he's a crook?

That's profiling is what that is.

AGENT: You want us to take him in?

For what? Loitering?

Let's go.

Let's go.

AGENT: Go, go, go!

(TIRES SCREECHING)

(CHUCKLES)

You having fun yet? Gets better every day.

Hey, can I borrow this car for the rest of the night?

Uh, no.

Look, I need you to find a girl for me.

You need me to find you a girl?

Just write this down.

Her name's Grace Morton. Age 20, maybe 21.

She lives here in Chicago. Is that it?

Her father was the Ambassador to Macedonia a while back,

Edward Morton.

I'm not even sure if that's the name anymore.

Way to keep it simple.

I wouldn't need you if it was simple.

Give me your phone.

What's wrong with your phone?

I don't want anyone to get a location lock on my phone.

Great, so they blow me up instead?

Just give me your phone.

(CELL PHONE BEEPS)

You sure about this?

Yup.

This goes wrong, you're done at the Bureau.

Is that what you want?

Not really a concern of mine right now.

You know the truth doesn't matter.

What matters is how they'll see it.

How they'll choose to see it.

How will you see it?

What, you want me to say I've been wrong about Barker all this time?

I don't care.

Actually, you know what?

Yeah.

I'd like to hear you say it.

Fine.

I've been wrong about Barker all this time,

but I was lied to.

Maybe that's my way of getting even.

See you, Raymond.

You watch your back, Ellis.

What, are you trying to get yourself killed?

Hey! What did I say?

I told you, you got to leave town.

You know, "hello" works, too.

You got to leave town.

What?

It's for the best.

Why?

Answer me! This is my life we're talking about!

Because I'm asking you to.

You know, I've got class. I've got a mock trial.

I can't just pick up and leave.

It's just for a few days, all right? Just trust me.

Trust you?

All you've done is lie to me this whole time.

Hey, listen, just go to your parents, okay? Anywhere but here.

You know what? This is crazy.

I can't just pack up and leave because you tell me to.

It's not a joke.

You know what? Screw you!

Don't come near me.

Hey.

This is my friend.

Hey. Hey.

I've heard a lot about you. Shut up.

What? It's just a conversation starter.

Todd, do you have something or not?

Maybe. Just talk.

So, I followed up on that bit that Ellis gave me

about her father being an Ambassador.

Yeah. What'd you find?

Edward Morton had a knack for being assigned to hot spots, danger zones.

I know this. Colombia, Lebanon, El Salvador.

Now, there were a spate of kidnappings during that time.

I remember. So?

So, children of the American establishment, like Grace Morton,

were favorite targets.

That's why State started a program, a pilot program,

installing little GPS chip sets just under the skin, say around the ankle,

so they could track them if they were taken.

I hope this is going where I think it is.

Wait. So the first ones were primitive, but they worked.

Tell me hers is still working.

(SIGHS)

No. It stopped working 12 years ago.

But the way these babies worked,

just before the battery went out,

they would send out one last register,

with a time stamp and location.

That location was right here in Chicago.

In Chicago?

That's it.

You're an animal.

Now, remember, that's 12 years old, so I have no idea

if the young woman who's living there now is the same one...

Wait, she's... She's living there now?

I'm saying somebody is.

Name is Jane Ross.

No reason to believe it's the same person.

But that's her university ID photo.

That's her. Yeah?

Yup, that's her.

ELLIS: Then let's go get her.

Grace.

Who are you?

I'm Charles Barker.

I was a friend of your father's.

(STUTTERS)

What are you doing here?

Your life is in danger and you've got to come with me right now.

I don't think I want to do that.

I've got to talk fast.

There was a birthday party for you at the consulate. It was your fifth birthday.

I don't remember.

I will remember for you.

The party was the day before your father died.

Your dad set up a mini carnival on the grounds.

You could have heard that from anyone.

But I didn't. I was there.

There was a petting zoo with all these rabbits running around.

But you, you were playing with the runt, the only black one.

And you wouldn't put it down.

Now you remember?

I thought you died in that car with him.

I thought that for a lot of years.

But, please, you got to come with me right now.

Ellis, door.

Get your things. We gotta go fast.

Go.

Okay.

We can't be here for long.

I'm aware.

I have a couple of things to undo first.

I'll, uh, keep watch.

I'm sorry, but I do not even know where to start.

I can imagine what you must be feeling.

Charles Barker.

Yes.

I've heard your name so often.

The man who killed my father.

They said he trusted you,

and you used that to get my father in the car.

And who told you these stories?

The people who saved my life.

(SIGHS) That is not who they are, Grace.

They are the very people that killed your father.

Now, I'm not denying my part.

They told me your father was putting innocent people's lives in jeopardy.

And I believed them. And by the time I figured out...

They said that it was you,

and that you would be back to hurt me.

To hurt you?

Why should I believe you?

Because your father was my friend.

I don't believe you.

(GUN COCKING)

(GASPS)

The truth is all I've got.

(GASPS)

Pull the trigger.

So, uh,

let's start with what you remember.

Uh,

I don't know what's a memory and what they told me.

I remember coming back from Greece.

Walking through the airport.

I thought I kept seeing my father.

Who were you with?

(STAMMERS) I don't...

I don't know. I didn't know him.

I was afraid.

Would you know him now?

I mean, have you seen him since?

No.

He brought me here to a woman, Hannah.

Who is she?

Was.

She died two years ago.

And I don't really know who she was.

She was good to me.

My dad,

my mom when I was two,

Hannah.

People I love die.

(CHUCKLES)

That's just the way it is.

I will tell you something about your dad.

Every conversation I ever had with the man

started with a story about you.

He told me about when you were two

and you moved into the house in Menabe.

(DOOR OPENING)

(LAUGHS) That you tried to drink the pool through a straw.

Hey. We should move.

Yeah. So they warned you I was coming, right?

Yeah.

What did they want you to do if I ever showed up?

Were you supposed to do something, or call someone?

Uh, I was supposed to call a man named Jonah Michaels.

What can I do?

I guess it's time to make that call.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

It's been a while. What happened?

They came to my home. Two men.

There was gunfire out front, and this man dragged me into his car.

What man?

He said his name was Barker.

And he started driving, and then he pulled into this underground warehouse.

But he's dead now. There's blood everywhere.

Where are you? An industrial plant on Central and Roosevelt.

I'll be there as fast as I can.

Good girl.

Good girl.

(SIGHS) Okay.

Was Michaels one of the men?

One of the men that killed your father?

Yes, he was.

Where are they?

Take out your gun and toss it towards me.

You let my whole life be a lie.

I thought you were smarter than this.

I'm smart enough to stop believing you.

(GRUNTS)

There's a very good chance you'll die tonight.

Go to hell. Viper, who is he?

No one knew.

Tell me who Viper is.

The good old days, Barker.

All we knew was what we needed to know.

You are not saying anything.

Never.

(GROANS)

Did he give up Viper?

No. He didn't know.

If he did, he took it to the grave.

So you killed him?

He knew Grace. That made her vulnerable.

Now he doesn't know Grace anymore.

Now what?

Take Grace to that address. She'll be safe.

And then? Then we find Viper.

I want tape from every ATM,

every bodega security camera within five blocks.

Get all of this and get it now.

What is going on?

I said... I said, what the hell is going on here?

Jonah Michaels was found dead in some metal factory.

Was Barker involved?

I said, was Barker involved?

I don't know. But what do you think?

(CELL PHONE RINGS)

(CELL PHONE BEEPS)

I got your text. What's up?

Our friend. Can you give this to him?

If I accept that, I'm saying I can contact him.

You're not saying anything. Not to me.

You sure about this?

Just see that he gets it. Soon.

Paulson asked me to give this to you.

What is it?

The Holy Grail.

Viper's identity?

Should have known.

It's the original file. It's all here.

Michaels, Gordon Freed.

Enough to put those guys away.

If they were still alive.

Well, how do you want me to handle this?

(GUN FIRES)

Where is he? Eleven o'clock.

Hell with it.

Did they hit my car?

What?

Did they hit the car? I don't know!

I just got that car! I love that car!

Shut up, Conrad!

(TIRES SCREECHING)

Did you hit anything?

(CHATTERING)

Chief Robicheaux? Chief Robicheaux.

It's Barker.

(SILENCE)

It's for you, sir.

Ready to stop playing these games?

You are the last one.

What are you talking about? The last what?

We do things in life. And there's always a cost.

To ourselves, to those around us.

We just never know how much or when we're gonna have to pay up.

What are you going on about?

Today is payday.

(FAX MACHINE RINGING)

(ALL FAX MACHINES RINGING)

What the hell's going on?

The U.S. Attorney is getting the same fax you're getting, as we speak.

You're under arrest, Alan.

I knew my instincts were good.

I was right about you from day one.

Sure would have been fun trying to arrest you, though.

(SIGHS) I wouldn't get cocky. You still got a lot to learn.

Now, why you got to go and ruin the moment like that?

You call this a moment?

Yeah.

Hey.

So, what? Does it hurt?

A little bit.

Robicheaux's being brought up on charges for the Ambassador's murder,

along with charges for conspiracy, treason...

I could keep going if you want.

You've created quite a stir inside the Bureau.

Oh, I bet.

Paulson's launching a full investigation into the Outfit.

Now, that is a joke.

You think there's gonna be any kind of real investigation?

They are in cover-your-ass mode, Conrad.

No, not her. Not Paulson.

I sat down with her, face to face.

Oh, you did?

Well, we'll see.

Paulson and I want you to come in.

Clear your name of any connection with the Red Gauntlet.

(SCOFFS) You know me better than that, Conrad.

I thought I'd take a stab at it.

So, I'll be in touch.

Hey.

It's cold out there.

Come on. I don't know.

Okay. You don't know where he is.

He's your partner. He didn't tell you anything?

No, ma'am.

Barker's gonna have to answer for his role in Red Gauntlet.

It's not just gonna go away.

There's a price to be paid.

Yeah, well, I think he paid the price.

Read the papers tomorrow.

Mr. Dove, you're suspended indefinitely.

(STAMMERS) I don't think that's necessary.

Agent Dove hasn't done anything to warrant that.

Conrad, don't get in the middle of this.

Well, he's my agent.

And he's too good to get pushed to the side,

and he stays on the job because I say he stays on the job.

Ellis, uh, go home and get some rest, all right?

But if he does contact you,

you'll notify us immediately.

I'll be sure to do that.

Right.

(KNOCKING AT DOOR)

(CLEARS THROAT)

Hi. It's me.

I, um, just wanted to

make sure that you're okay.

"Okay" is relative.

(CHUCKLES)

I'm sure.

Here.

What's this?

Just a little something in case of emergency.

I just wouldn't feel right unless I did it,

so I wanted you to have it.

All right.

Okay. Do you want to come in?

No.

Um, but I will be in touch with a way to reach me.

You're not gonna disappear like everyone else.

No.

You have my word.

Okay. Thank you.

For the truth.

I'll see you.

See you.

Hey. Hey.

Did you make sure you weren't followed?

Ah, it's good to see things haven't changed.

Of course I wasn't followed.

(SIGHS)

You dumped the Caddy.

Yeah, it's better to not stand out right now. So, how'd it go?

Man, you should've seen Paulson.

She put on a hell of a show. Threatened to suspend me.

And then Conrad showed some stones. It was classic.

So, Conrad said she's heading up the investigation of the Outfit,

so that means we have to trust her.

You contact her?

Just set a meet with her. Midnight tonight, Lakeside Park.

Nice.

Now, look, I'm going to put some distance between you and me,

but not for long, so I want you to remember something.

What? 2-6-1-9-2-5.

What the hell is that?

When the time comes, you'll know.

For the battle I've got to fight, I've got to be alone.

I need some freedom to move fast.

So if you don't hear from me a while, don't worry about it.

So, repeat the number.

2-6-1-9-2-5.

Perfect.

Now, get out.

I will be in touch.

Okay, go. See you.

(GROANS)