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Listen, don't mess it up.

If you want your husband back alive, you do what I say.

I'm listening.

You have the money?

Before we get to that, we're gonna need proof

that Jonah is alive.

I'm sure you can understand that Holly here is very worried

about her husband.

There. See?

My God. What did they do to you?

Holly, stay calm. Remember...

no emotion.

Baby, just give him what he wants, Holly. Okay?

You have the two million?

I have $1 million in unmarked bills.

I-I said two million.

And I want to get you what you want, so,

$1 million right now,

or you give me a few weeks, keep Jonah safe,

avoid the police...

and we'll see what we can do.

Okay, deal. But we do it now.

I-I'll text you where to meet.

Jonah's alive. He's okay.

I've negotiated with many men like this.

Jonah's coming home safe.

Lake Balaton?

Yeah, this is Hungary's premiere resort region.

Wow.

Bet it's great here in the summertime.

Eric. You might want to check out this view.

Yeah, it's nice.

Holly and Jonah Preston bought this place a year ago.

They've been fixing it up.

"Felix Culpa Hotel."

Happy fault.

Something good comes from something bad.

Sorry, we're closed for the season.

Holly Preston? HOLLY Yes.

I'm Eric Beaumont with Crisis Resolution.

Insurance company sent us to negotiate your husband's return.

Is something wrong, Ms. Preston?

I don't understand. You're...

You're not him.

I'm not who? Eric Beaumont.

He was just here.

He's taken the money to pay for

my husband's release.

Yesterday, my husband Jonah disappeared.

Then I got a call demanding $2 million,

or they kill him.

I contacted our insurance company,

and they called Crisis Resolution

and told me you guys were on your way to handle it.

All right. Um, and then?

And then, this morning, this man came to the door.

I assumed it was you.

He seemed professional, like he knew what he was doing.

Did he introduce himself as Eric?

Well, I was expecting you, so I said,

"Are you Eric Beaumont?" and he said yes.

What else did he say?

He assured me that we'd get Jonah back.

He said the metrics were excellent,

and that we could trust the kidnapper.

Well, it sounds like whoever it is

studied the lingo to pass himself off as the real thing.

Could you just tell me what's going on?

Where's my husband?

We're going to figure that out.

Did this negotiator tell you where he was headed?

The Kádár Amphitheater.

Kádár?

Eric.

Would you excuse us, please?

The hotel security footage paid off.

This is the guy.

This is him arriving first thing this morning.

You know him?

Yeah, that's Travis Beaton.

Who is...

He's a negotiator.

One of the best.

Yeah, I read his book.

Came to Quantico when I was a cadet.

Gave a lecture on hostage negotiation

and blew us all away.

I mean, he had an amazing record of saving lives.

He's one of the reasons I became a negotiator.

Well, it says here he shut his business down, retired.

So why would he be impersonating you?

I have no idea.

But it doesn't sound like the Travis Beaton I knew.

I mean, it's hard to find an innocent explanation here.

I mean, Jonah's gone, and there's no money.

Zara, let's you and I go to the drop site,

see if we can figure out what happened.

Sure.

Oliver, you and Cynthia dig up everything you can

on Travis Beaton, especially where we can find him.

Is that blood?

Yeah. Recent.

Looks like someone tried to cover it up.

There's more over here.

So maybe Travis met the kidnapper.

If Travis came to the drop, then he wasn't just planning

on running off with the ransom money.

But why come, then?

Maybe he was really trying to save Jonah.

Where is he, then?

How well do you know Travis?

I was on one of my first negotiations for the FBI.

The hostage taker was low on bullets.

Threatened to kill a hostage

if I didn't get him more ammunition.

Obviously, everyone...

Everyone said it would be crazy to agree to his demand.

Yeah, count me in.

I knew Travis' reputation,

so I, called him for help.

And he gave me a tip.

Save the life you can.

I got the hostage taker his bullets,

and...

we wound up saving everyone that day.

He taught you to think outside the box.

I called him a few more times after that for advice,

and he always came through.

Do you hear that?

I think it's coming from over there.

Well, it's not Jonah or Travis.

The kidnapper?

The bullet went straight through the heart.

"Yannick Zidaru."

He's local.

Yannick?

Yannick!

What do you got?

We tracked down a guy

that used to work for Beaton.

He said Travis is laying low,

staying at a cottage in Lake Balaton.

We scored the address from the local company

that he rented it from.

All right, send it to me, please.

Eric, you should also know we found out

Travis was divorced last year.

There's also a record of him assaulting somebody

in a bar fight.

And he had his condo repossessed to cover back taxes

he didn't pay.

That doesn't make se...

This is a brilliant man we're talking about.

Yeah, well, I'm sorry.

Find out what you can about a Yannick Zidaru.

Looks like he's our kidnapper.

Was. Now deceased.

Zara will send the address.

Wait, Travis killed him?

I don't know. None of this makes sense right now.

I should call the police about the body.

See if you can convince them to keep this quiet,

buy us some time.

Those men find out that their friend Yannick is dead,

Jonah will likely be joining him.

Those men are gonna think you did this, Eric.

They'll come looking for you. Right? On the bright side,

saves us looking for them.

All right, this is our dead guy's address.

Crime can't be paying very well in this neck of the woods.

Okay.

Why is it that unpaid bills

are recognizable in any language?

Hey.

This is our dead guy.

Look at this.

A holding cell.

This place has all the modern conveniences.

This has been here for some time.

Jonah must have been held here.

Someone broke in here, and took him.

Okay...

W-Where are you taking me?

I just want to go home, okay?

Just... take me home.

Hey... a...

My God... I thought you were taking me back.

Sit. I thought I was going free.

I-I can, I can get you more money.

Where is he?

Who? Wha... My-my son.

He kidnapped you?

I don't know, I... He wore a mask!

I can get you more money. Look, I can pay...

Travis?

Travis.

Eric Beaumont.

I'd hoped

this would all be over by the time you got here.

Got you.

You've been shot.

Trust me, this wasn't the plan.

Well, luckily,

the bullet went right through.

I should get you to a doctor. This could go septic.

Not a chance. I've got a job to finish.

You mean myjob.

Eric Beaumont.

Well, you've become quite the star since your FBI days.

The man with the perfect record.

Trust me, I've made my share of mistakes.

You gonna tell me what's going on, Travis?

Yeah, I guess this does look kind of bad,

me pretending to be you?

Why'd you lie to Holly about who you were?

I heard Jonah had been kidnapped,

I thought I could save him.

You must've known that we were inbound.

Yeah, I was here, on the ground.

What would you have done?

Offered assistance using my real name?

Yeah, that wasn't gonna work.

What do you mean?

I needed the cash.

You were after the ransom money.

I figured, why should some criminal have it?

Why not me?

I have debts to pay.

I figured I could get Jonah back and Holly

would never be the wiser about where the money went.

What went wrong at the drop site?

Why is Yannick dead?

He pulled his piece, fired.

I reacted,

fired back.

Stupid kid. Yeah.

You showed up with a gun, Travis.

With a plan to steal the ransom.

What did you think was gonna happen?

What's your number one rule?

"Never increase the risk to the client."

Don't quote me to me.

It's not safe here.

There's a good chance Yannick's people

will be looking for us. We need to move.

We got to find Jonah.

That's not for you to worry about anymore.

Let me help, Eric.

Please.

I need to make this right.

Okay. What do we have so far?

So our dead kidnapper Yannick

is a member of the Zidaru crime family.

This is Constantine, the patriarch.

His wife passed away a few years ago.

And this is Yannick's younger brother Marcu.

Cute, they even have a little family crest. What do you got?

The Interpol report says they're Romanian.

They've moved around Eastern Europe

for the last decade or so, running various

kidnapping and extortion rings. So,

Constantine is the mastermind, and his sons Yannick and Marcu

do his bidding.

Hey.

Hey. How'd it go?

I bought us some time with the police.

What, did you bribe them?

Please tell me you did not steal a dead man's ID and phone.

He wasn't using it.

That the Zidaru family?-

They got to have Jonah.

If he's still alive.

What have you done?

How could you risk my husband's life like that?

Holly, I'm sorry. I'm really...

Sorry? That's it?

Holly.

Jonah is still in the hands of the kidnappers.

We don't want to notify the police just yet.

I'm gonna make this right.

When this is done, you'll get what's coming to you.

Come on.

Cynthia, Oliver, Zara,

this is Travis Beaton.

Hello.

I've heard about the great Cri/Res team.

You okay?

Yeah, it's... just a flesh wound.

Would you give us a moment, Travis?

Yeah.

Thanks.

He wants to keep working the case.

You're not considering...

Okay, he's a good man, he's just lost his way.

Okay, listen, I'm all about

hating the sin and not the sinner, but the guy's committed,

like, three felonies in the last 12 hours,

and those are just the ones that we know about.

He's interacted with the kidnapper, that could be useful.

And if it wasn't Travis Beaton, the man who inspired you

to become a negotiator, would you be saying that?

Eric, with all respect,

you're not being objective here.

Your opinions are taken under advisement. For now,

Travis works with us. And... Eric...

we investigate him.

Cynthia, talk to him, see if you can find out

why he went off the rails, why he's really here in Balaton.

Anything on Yannick?

Well, I managed to crack

his cell phone.

Found a number for his father,

Constantine.

Good work. Always good to have solid tech support on a team.

I'm not tech support. I'm a profiler.

Right.

Anyway, Constantine Zidaru and his sons

have been running a kidnapping and extortion ring for years.

The police have been hunting him down,

but the guy's like a ghost, he never shows himself.

So it's likely Constantine has Jonah.

You're calling him?

Yeah, I'm sure he'll eventually track us down,

but we don't have time to waste.

And someone needs to tell Constantine

that his son is dead.

It's exactly what I would do.

Well, with that endorsement...

This is Eric Beaumont.

Where is my son?

I have information about Yannick, but first,

I want to know that Jonah is safe.

Are you with the Montrovas?

Montrova?

I'm a negotiator hired by Jonah's wife.

Put Yannick on!

He's not here.

Listen,

I have something you want, you have something I want.

We can do business.

You think you can play with me?

No, but the information I have about your son is something

I can only share in person.

You want Jonah? Tihany Baths,

tomorrow, 700 a.m., come alone.

- Crisis Resolution. - They work as a team.

Track them. All of them.

Tihany Baths. All right.

You're going in person? Constantine will kill you once

he finds out Yannick's dead. He's gonna find out soon enough from the police.

If I tell him over the phone, he will kill Jonah.

If I'm there,

there is a chance that I can negotiate him

out of doing it.

Monaco, 1998.

The Capaldi kidnapping?

Yeah. Made them think I was working the client

to pay a higher ransom.

Simulated coopetition; Make the counterparty

believe you share the same goal.

Exactly.

Yeah. Yeah, I could use that.

I'll set my alarm.

He said alone. Eric, come on.

You can use me.No. Stay here.

Work with my team.

Provide whatever assistance you can.

All right. Have it your way.

Okay, Constantine mentioned

the Montrova crime family on the call.

We spotted this at Yannick's.

And? The Zidarus aren't

the only crime family operating in the area.

The Montrovas.

The Montrovas and Zidarus are like

the Hatfields and McCoys.

Rival clans with an ancient feud that goes

so far back, no one even knows how it started.

But the Montrovas are far more successful

than the Zidarus. They own high-end properties,

hotels, casinos, perfect venues for money laundering.

Including the Citadel Hotel.

Seems odd Yannick would be visiting

his archrival's establishment.

Yeah.

I thought the same thing.

We'll check it out.

All right.

"Simulated coopetition."

Someone's read my book.

I did.

You have a very impressive record.

I had a perfect record.

"Had"?

I'm out of the game now.

Got tired of hotels and airports... you know.

I was just wondering,

how did you know about Jonah's kidnapping?

Right place, right time, I guess.

Were you following Yannick?

Hey, I came to Lake Balaton to get some peace

and then this happened.

If I read your book correctly, that's called deflection.

Why were you following him?

How did you even know who he was?

Okay.

Okay, so...

you were a great negotiator.

Among the best. So what happened?

I don't think you'd understand.

Try me.

A few years ago...

I was working a case.

A little boy.

His name was Soren.

He was kidnapped. Didn't make it home.

I'm sorry.

It was a by the book negotiation.

I built trust, paid the ransom, but...

kidnappers never showed up with the boy and...

I never heard from them again.

Stayed on for months...

looking for the people that took him.

Nothing.

I missed something.

And that boy died...

because of me.

It's Marcu, isn't it?

You're Yannick's younger brother.

So...

you are Eric Beaumont?

You have Jonah Preston.

I have the ransom money. Let's end this.

How much?

Okay.

You can have the hotel owner.

Once I get my son back.

I'm sorry I have to tell you this.

Your son is dead.

You killed him!

Tata! Tata!

My Yanni.

You'll pay for this. I didn't kill him.

Why would I come here alone, vulnerable, on your turf?

Someone else killed him.

Someone, someone who's pretending to be me.

Tata, no.

No...

not again.

Not again.

I am sorry for your loss.

I am.

But we have a common interest here.

Honoring your son's deal.

A deal he made with Jonah's wife.

You want the owner?

Bring me the man who killed my son by sundown or he is dead.

I have until sundown tonight

to confirm that I'm gonna

give him the killer. Then let's do it.

You seem awfully eager to sacrifice yourself.

It's not a sacrifice, it's how we save Jonah.

Yeah, I got the distinct impression

that Constantine was playing catch-up when it came

to the kidnapping; He didn't know the ransom amount.

So Yannick was working on his own when he kidnapped Jonah.

Yeah, it's looking that way.

His father runs the family operations.

So why did the son go behind his back?

Listen, there's no other way.

We've got what we need to save Jonah,

that's all that matters here.

Handing you over is not on the table.

Look, Eric.

You work for her.

Are you gonna let her husband die because of a mistake I made?

Eric, can I have a word?

Sure.

Well, it looks like

the Montrovas know how to make crime pay around here.

What do you think about Eric keeping Travis around?

Travis was his hero.

Must be hard to see what his hero's become.

I don't think that's it.

Travis was an out of the box negotiator.

The best, just like Eric.

You think he sees himself in Travis?

20 years in the future? Yeah.

But Eric would never do

what Travis did. Not now.

But something knocked Travis off his pedestal.

Whatever it was...

Eric knows the same thing could happen to him.

Thank you for choosing to gamble at the Citadel.

I'm happy to discuss

your request for credit in our casino.

I just need a few details.

We're not actually high rollers here to play,

Miss Montrova, we're private negotiators.

What do you know about Yannick Zidaru?

Yannick's dead. Killed.

In a botched ransom exchange.

Look, we want to resolve this quietly

and confidentially, without the police.

But if we have to involve them...

The Zidarus and my family hate each other.

The Zidarus killed my great-grandfather

because he had murdered their great-great-grandfather

who had murdered their great... We get... the picture.

It's stupid.

I wanted no part of it.

Nor did Yannick.

He came to me.

He said...

his father was a failure,

hiding out from the police,

getting by on scraps.

He was mean to Yannick.

Brutal, even.

He wanted to join us.

You said yes?

I was open to it.

But my brothers...

they wanted a show of good faith.

That's what the ransom was for.

To buy in.

I didn't know he was going to kidnap

someone to get it.

He lost a child? Yeah.

Boy named Soren.

Negotiator's worst nightmare.

That could send him into a spiral.

He'd try anything to make up for it.

Even interfering in a kidnapping case.

Can you find out where this happened?

See if it has any parallels with what's happening here?

There may be a way we can help him.

So Yannick was working with the Montrovas.

Excuse me, Eric, there's somebody here for you.

Now, what's he want?

No, no.

You stay here.

Hello?

Yes, thank you for getting back to me.

I'm guessing your father didn't send you.

Your people went to the Citadel Hotel.

My father detests the Montrova family.

If he ever found out...

That Yannick's planning to join them?

He would never forgive him.

Yannick confided in you, didn't he?

He was my older brother.

That's right.

He had big plans. Brothers stick together.

You were leaving with him. But not now.

Because your father would take it all out on you?

Listen, Marcu, I may have no choice but to let him know.

Marcu?

It's Marcu, isn't it?

Listen.Travis.

Take me to your father. I'm the man he wants.

Travis, now is not the time.

I have to go.

I can't be seen here.

Marcu, wait, wait, please.

Look, give me Constantine's number,

I'll go talk to him, clear this whole mess up.

No, you're not getting that number.

We have another option we're working on.

You think I've lost it, don't you?

You endangered my client.

So that makes you better than me?

I didn't say that, but maybe

you're in this for the wrong reason.

You think this is about my record? My ego?

I don't have time for this.

Hey, you're one to talk, Beaumont.

Hey.

You think I don't know that you count every one

of those lives you save? I bet you keep

a little book with the names of each

and every one of them, etched in stone.

Travis. And don't tell me

you don't wake up in a sweat sometimes wondering

what's gonna happen when you lose one

and your perfect record's broken.

But it's worse than that because you're wondering,

"What do I care about more? The life I just lost,

or the fact that my perfect record is forever tarnished?"

We're no different, you and me.

He's just blowing off steam.

Yeah.

Look, I found something.

The boy that Travis lost, Soren?

It happened in Bucharest 12 years ago.

And guess what? Constantine was

operating out of Bucharest then.

He left shortly after Soren disappeared.

Well, the timeline fits.

Constantine kidnapped Soren.

Travis must've been negotiating with him back then.

He blames Constantine for killing the boy.

That's what this is really about.

Travis lied.

He was never after the ransom money.

He came here planning to kidnap Yannick

and draw out Constantine.

He's here for revenge.

Constantine, it's Eric Beaumont.

What's Travis up to?

Where's he going?

On a suicide mission.

He got ahold of Yannick's phone,

most likely to call Constantine.

Then how do we find Constantine's whereabouts?

You know what? I bet Lena Montrova

keeps tabs on her old rival. Text us the address.

On it.

That's Travis's car.-

I contacted a reporter

in Bucharest to get more detail

about the boy Soren and the kidnapping.

You need to hear this.

You are not Eric Beaumont.

Who are you? You don't remember me?

I want the man who killed my son.

First, I want to see Jonah.

Is all the money there?

See for yourself.

Wait a minute.

It's you.

You're the man who killed my son.

Who the hell are you?

My name is Travis Beaton.

I'm a negotiator.

12 years ago I negotiated for a family

whose son you kidnapped and killed.

And I'm here to see you pay for that. No, no, no.

You are the one who's

going to pay for killing my Yannick. Let him go.

Constantine, wait.

All right, you need to put

the guns down. I have information that you both

need to hear.

Yannick wasn't who you thought he was.

What are you talking about?

Yannick kidnapped Jonah

in order to have the money to buy into the Montrovas' empire.

My son would never do that. He's my blood.

Yannick knew there was no future here.

Living in the shadows, afraid of the police.

He knew you were finished. He begged the Montrovas

to let him be a part of their success.

Is this true?

The Montrovas?

Tell me!

You belittled Yannick every chance you could.

He hated you.

Yannick...

and the Montrovas.

I'm sorry your son betrayed you, Constantine, but more deaths

are not gonna change that.

Travis...

No.

He needs to pay for what he did.

He killed Soren.

No, he didn't.

Yannick isn't the first son that you lost, is he?

Don't dare speak of things you know nothing about!

13 years ago in Bucharest, you lost another son.

He died in a traffic accident, seven years old.

His name was Marcu.

You kidnapped a replacement,

didn't you?

A four-year-old boy.

Marcu, here,

is that kidnapped child, Soren.

No.

Prove it.

Give him the truth.

He deserves to know.

My wife...

was driving

and blamed herself.

She went into shock. I thought

she wouldn't recover.

I never intended to keep you.

Your real parents were diplomats.

Rich. We kidnapped you for the ransom...

but when my wife saw you, she came alive again.

He's the boy?

I gave you a good life, Marcu.

You're still my son,

my only son.

You told me I was adopted,

not stolen.

You said my parents were dead.

It's all lies.

Come back, Marcu!

Your parents have never stopped looking for you, Soren.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Of course.

I'm sorry about what I said.

You were right not to give up on Soren.

You could put his name in your little book.

I threw it away.

You know, when I watched you in there,

I realized I could never do it like you.

I can't even do it like me anymore.

I need to make peace with that.

Felix Culpa.

When something good comes from something bad.

See you around, Beaumont.

Yeah.

And remember,

save the life you can.

Travis said these names were badges of honor.

What do you say?

I don't know.

I like to think keeping them reminds me

how important each and every one of them is.

That's why we do this job.

Yeah.

Yeah, it is.

You know, I bet this place is great in the summertime.

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