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When a diplomatic visa's canceled, the revocation

is immediate. That's a one-way ride to the airport.

What does it mean for us?

- It means you get to go home. - Really?

Everybody that wanted to hurt me is being loaded on that bus.

Russian contract agents took your senior case officer

just outside her house Monday morning.

- Last Monday? - Today is day six.

Kleburg County Regional has

a 6,000-foot runway.

Only a Global 8000 has that kind of range.

You might be out of time.

Oh, you're loaded full.

Where you really going?

Brother, I am getting fucking flanked out here.

Go left.

Hands up, motherfucker!

Your problem now.

I am here to take you to your death.

I understand.

Look, can we just...

They're probably waiting, too.

Should I find another room?

I think we're way past secrets on this one.

I can't answer that question. I can't answer that without...

I know what you're asking for,

but I'm gonna need a lot more than that before...

Give me your best assessment of what they do nex.

What's their pivot?

Best guess is to try to move her

into Mexico, something small

that stays below 8,000, King Air,

Conquest, Piper Cheyenne, something like that.

They're gonna want a private airstrip now, no more airports.

That means taking her west.

We're monitoring private strips in the area,

from Victoria to Goliad, to Kenedy to Cuero.

They'll need her out of this theater,

but they're gonna avoid interstates,

large urban areas like San Antonio.

DEA and HSI have everything

to the south locked up. It is their only real option.

They can try to hold her in place,

but by now, they know we're onto their network of safe houses.

They won't trust any existing out.

They'll want to build a new one.

And we think they're gonna want to build it on the move.

They're ready for you.

Thank you.

Sure would be helpful if you were here.

They are scrambling.

Joe will make her move,

and when she does, I am her lifeline.

If she gets access to a phone, I am her only hope.

I can't risk coming in and having my phone in a strongbox.

I just can't do it.

Okay. If you need to reach me, I'm in the SCIF.

Listen, if we catch a break, I'm asking for forgiveness.

There will be no time for permission.

- I send 'em. - Don't make a mess

of some Houston street, Kaitlyn.

If we get a window, I make no promises.

Retrieving her should be zero-sum.

It is.

Thank you.

What's the situation, Byron?

Situation's fluid, sir.

But that was

their plane?

- Correct. - With intentions

of taking her where?

We don't know.

That plane's fuel load was at capacity,

giving them an almost 8,000-mile range.

That puts them in Tehran.

Or they refuel in Tunis, Algiers, Tripoli,

continue on to Sanaa in Yemen,

Doha in Qatar. Moscow.

- Anywhere. - But now?

Well, now, they must pivot.

Twin prop into Mexico with cartel assistance.

They'll probably use a private airstrip in a rural area,

possibly on a ranch or a cartelcontrolled property,

but that involves moving her by vehicle

a couple hundred miles.

Texas DPS,

Rangers, HSI, DEA, FBI and local sheriff's office,

everyone is on alert for late-model SUVs

and vans with out-of-state plates,

rental vehicle registration,

plates that match the vehicle but not the VIN.

There's plate readers at almost every intersection in Texas

and throughout their highway system.

NSA is monitoring as well.

What are the odds of apprehension?

It's a needle in a haystack, sir.

But the haystack is smaller,

and we have the means to inspect every blade,

so to speak.

I'd say we have a 30 to 50% chance

of intercepting her en route.

If you do,

what are the chances that our interception is met with force?

Based on the incident at the airport, I would say

the chances of that are 100%.

I mean, that flight crew chose to engage

federal officers over surrendering.

I mean, even if they had been successful,

even if they'd killed our officers,

they knew that that plane would be intercepted

in the air. Upon discovery,

the decision to die for this mission had been made,

or made long before the mission was even initiated.

Which means this is not a Russian operation.

This was ideologically motivated.

So terrorism.

For lack of a better word, yeah.

Then who?

Why?

It's purely speculation,

but the best we can piece it together is that

this is retribution for the operation in Iran.

In Iran?

The operation to remove the nuclear scientists

that were brought into that region.

And they somehow identified her?

Or...

they received information from a mole within

our organization.

Or NSA. Or State.

We don't know.

But finding that leak needs to be next on the list.

For now, our focus needs to remain

on retrieving our officer.

Right.

We're gonna need your team at Justice.

We gotta properly document these statements.

Yeah, well, that ain't fucking happening.

Kyle, it's not an option.

Wasn't the mission.

Our mission is retrieving our case officer,

and that mission is ongoing.

We're getting back in the fight.

We'll deal with these debriefs when we get her back.

My orders are debrief now.

Are you out of your fucking mind?

Grab the vehicle.

Look, I'm not some fucking street cop.

My night ain't over when I get in a gunfight.

It's just beginning.

And I highly doubt this is the last gunfight of the night.

Run your NODs.

Nah. City lights fuck with 'em.

Dispatch, this is Alpha-524.

Need 10-29 on Texas plate Lima,

five, five, niner, three, Alph.

Registered to a Nancy Martinez, DOB 03-22-82.

No priors, no outstanding.

Copy, no priors. No outstandin.

Goddamn it. Give us something.

Dispatch, this is Bravo-336.

I need a 10-29 on a suspicious vehicle.

Black minivan. Toyota.

Model unknown, year unknown.

Wisconsin plate Zebra, Alpha, Alpha,

two, two, zero, niner.

Wisconsin plates in Texas.

That's a rental.

Bravo-336.

Vehicle is registered to a Cirra Auto Sales, LLC,

1233 South Pruitt,

Baytown, Texas. Be advised, active warrants

for Renaldo Menendez, listed on LLC.

Armed robbery, one count.

Grand theft auto, three counts.

Light him up.

Hey, you. Up. Up!

Hey.

One sound, one move...

and you're dead.

You see that?

SUV in front pulled over, too.

Yep.

Dispatch, when we pulled over suspect,

a lead vehicle pulled over as well.

A black SUV. Late model.

I can't read plates. Request assistance.

10th, south of Washington.

- You hearing this? - Uh-huh.

Copy, 336. Stand by for additional units.

What do you think?

I think it's worth checking out.

Yeah.

- Yeah, Bobbo, that's our girl. - Let's go, go, go!

We are six miles from that location.

Minivan ran a red light.

License plate came back to a known felon,

warrants for armed robbery and grand theft.

We pull him over,

and this SUV ahead of him pulls over as well.

- Interesting. - Yeah.

So, you want us with you on the minivan or the SUV?

Let's start with the minivan.

Let's do it.

You make the slightest sound,

we kill them and then I fucking kill you.

Evening.

License and registration?

Shots fired, shots fired! Officer down, officer down!

Shots fired! Shots fired!

Reloading.

That's a lot of open ground.

You break left, I go right.

Move.

Bring that in!

- I'm on the prize. - We're going to get Joe.

Shit.

- Don't look very Russian to me. - Uh-uh.

Man, I'm so far past trying to figure out

what the fuck this was.

What was the scene like over there?

Bunch of PD down.

Think one of 'em made it through.

Pull them badges out, his buddies are gonna come in hot.

Yeah, that's no bullshit.

And hey, listen, listen, hold them rifles out

by the barrels, okay? Or just fucking dump 'em.

I ain't dumping shit.

Think about that.

I did.

You're okay.

- Are you okay? - I'm okay.

Tell me, tell me when they're coming.

I don't want them to see me like this.

- No, no. Nobody's coming, Boss. - I don't want anybody...

Hey. Nobody's coming. Okay?

I guess I owe you now.

You don't owe me nothing.

Thank... Thank you.

Don't let my girlfriend see this.

Come on.

We got you.

Come on.

Okay.

Ah, shit. Looks like you're down a toe.

Yeah, those fuckers.

That's why we got ten of 'em.

I don't think that's why we get ten.

Put your weapons down!

Take five steps back,

turn around,

then drop to your knees and put your hands over your head!

FBI!

Those are our guys in the field.

We don't know who anybody is.

I got three down here.

That ain't the enemy.

That's the fucking cavalry. Give me that thing.

That's HRT in the field.

The bird is HRT.

Team, you're clear to come in.

Don't fucking shoot us!

You're clear.

We got her?

Yeah.

They're getting her on the bird.

Fucking got her.

You live to fight another day.

Those guys saved my fucking life, man.

Fucking guardian angels, man.

We're up.

Goddamn.

Okay.

Good.

Everything work out?

Yeah, seems like it.

The rest gonna make it on the news?

Some version of it will make it on the news.

Not the truth.

When does the truth ever make the news?

I know we have a rule, you and I,

that, uh, we never share direct information,

but I think this warrants a suspension of that rule.

Okay.

Our firm was tasked with, um, factoring

all known integers of this equation,

with the hopes of seeking the most likely responsible party.

Fucking State Department and their outside analysis.

And they wonder

why we can't keep anything secret.

No offense.

We only peddle the secrets we're instructed to peddle

by the very people who made the secret in the first place.

Oh, I'm aware.

In any event,

none of this follows any forward action policy

of China...

or Russia.

Not even Iran would,

with its total lack of political foresight,

endeavor to pursue anything this aggressive.

The risk-reward ratio

is upside down on this thing.

Well, on that, we're in total agreement.

So, who does that leave?

Factions of ISIS, Al-Qaeda, uh...

possibly cartels?

Although Russian contractors are... off-brand.

Uh, Joe...

Joe was working in Afghanistan

and she wreaked a lot of havoc, so...

But do they have the wherewithal to fund

and execute something of this scale?

They certainly have enough agents in-country.

They have enough sleeper cells in-country.

Zealots willing to blow up a shopping mall,

take flying lessons but not,

not operators, not tradecraft,

at this level anyway.

Who?

Well, who might it indirectly benefit?

Who stands to gain if the United States

were to strike deeply into Iran or Syria...

even Russia?

For that matter, China.

Who benefits from that?

Ukraine.

Israel.

European Union gets a lot of their dirty work done

without any effort.

If that were the case, how would it be possible

without someone from inside guiding or misdirecting?

A mole.

Have you flipped any...

foreign agents recently?

Anyone offered themselves up?

Provided valuable intel that checked out?

Was quite a coup for the agency a couple of months ago.

Biggest espionage sting since Abscam.

Where did that information come from?

Ukraine benefits the most.

They have the intelligence, infrastructure,

they have the resources,

and we keep giving them money.

- With no oversight. - With no oversight.

How long before you release the report?

Would it benefit you if we drug our feet on that?

It would benefit me

if you came up with a different conclusion.

Let me work on that.

I'm taking a bath.

Goodnight, dear.

Ow, ow.

I don't doubt it.

I meant, "Ow, stop pinching it."

- Fuck, Two Cups. - Sorry, ma'am.

I got to get it clean here.

It's clean. It's fucking clean, okay?

Yeah, okay, yeah.

The med crew

is gonna meet us at Andrews.

And then we're gonna

take you straight to surgery at Walter Reed.

- No. - Yes, Joe.

No. I'm going home.

I'm gonna see my family.

The toe's gone.

Can't get any worse.

No, not until gangrene sets in,

and they're amputating your leg at the knee.

Your family's waited this long,

they can wait another day.

That's what's gonna happen.

Hey.

Yeah?

How much Provigil did you take?

Just two.

Two?

Well, that's what Tucker took.

Tucker weighs 200 and fucking

- 80 pounds. - You know, ma'am,

there's-there's lots of reasons you can lose a gunfight.

I ain't letting "tired" be one of them.

Fair enough.

I see our Ken Doll made the trip.

Your Ken Doll ran the trip.

I mean, he found your out

and ruined it.

And I mean, he showed no mercy on the way.

Say what you want about him,

but he went to war for you.

Really?

He's the reason we found you.

Hey.

You want a drink?

What are we having?

Ah.

I've got shitty vodka or shitty whiskey.

- Shitty whiskey. - Shitty whiskey it is.

I got to be honest with you, Joe.

I didn't think we were gonna find you.

I didn't think I was gonna be found.

Nah.

Nah.

We were gonna find you.

No matter what.

You don't have kids, do you?

None I've met.

Well, if you ever claim one...

your next battle will be to live life for your causes...

or live it for theirs.

I wonder if you can fathom all the quandaries

that contradiction creates.

Well, I don't know what "fathom" means.

Of all the fucking people to stay awake with.

- Hey, you want to play cards? - No.

I need to sleep.

God, I am wide awake.

Well, that sounds like a personal problem, Two Cups.

One you should keep to yourself.

Yes, ma'am.

Being quiet.

I won't make a sound.

Stop talking.

Yes, ma'am.

Girls, let's go.

There you go.

Is this granola?

Uh, looks kind of like oatmeal, sort of.

Actually, you're both right. It's muesli.

Yeah, Dad, you've got to stop going to Whole Foods without me.

Stay here.

We found her.

We found her, she is safe, she's in good health.

What did you tell the girls?

I didn't tell the girls shit.

I lied to 'em.

I said she had a work emergency.

What would I tell them that would make any sense, Kaitlyn?

Now you can tell them that she's coming home.

When?

This afternoon, most likely.

I need you to do me a favor

and get her out of the field.

I can't do it anymore, and I won't allow our children to...

I can't discuss this with you. I can't.

But I can tell you

there is a desk in her future.

I can promise you that.

That's all I ask for.

Dad?

Hi, Kate.

What happened?

Well, I came by to talk to your mother,

but she's not back yet.

Oh, here it is. "Flight delayed, should be back

by three."

- So, great. So, she should - Okay. All right.

Be back by three. Will you get her to call me then?

Yeah.

Yeah, I don't know, it's just weird

'cause, uh, usually Mom texts me before she comes home.

International flight.

No Wi-Fi over the Atlantic.

You are so grown up, Kate.

My goodness.

What's that look for?

Nothing. Nothing, I just, I guess everyone thinks

I'm some kind of fucking idiot.

You stay up all night in the living room,

Mom leaves without saying goodbye for a week, Dad.

For a week, something she has never done!

What is happening?

Dad, where is she?

What aren't you telling us? Why are you lying?

Because I don't fucking know.

I don't know, but I know that she's coming home today.

I'll believe it when I see it.

You okay?

Hey...

How is she?

She's out of surgery. She's awake, she's alert.

She's pretty pissed off.

Understandable.

I share the sentiment.

Yeah.

Yes.

Morning, sir.

Come in. Have a seat.

Help yourself to coffee.

Doubt either of you had any sleep last night.

Byron?

I'm good, thank you.

So...

lot of speculation in the news about

what the hell this was.

We would like to continue the narrative

that this was a joint operation between FBI and DEA

that halted a smuggling operation.

We talking narcotics, or we talking people?

If we say people, we have to produce the people,

so narcotics is cleaner.

And then, if we need photographs of seized material,

DEA can repurpose seized narcotics,

we can photograph that, add it to the press release.

Narcotics isn't very sexy in the eyes of the press.

We don't expect the story to have any legs.

What about local PD?

They willing to swallow that? They lost three

- of their own. - We have explained

the national security element to this case,

and the 552(3) exemption

to the Freedom of Information Act allows us

to freeze all police reports, local, state and federal.

All agencies understand and are complying.

Okay.

Next, who's behind this?

Any idea?

Well, what we have is speculation,

and, yes, the evidence

to support our theory is circumstantial,

but it's pretty damning nonetheless.

We believe that the double agent who brought us

the Yurimov operation and orchestrated intelligence raids

against foreign assets here

was playing a much longer game.

We believe that ultimately her goal

was a CIA senior case officer abduction

or something that would elicit military response

against Russia, possibly even Iran,

with the intent

of further pressuring Russia

into a ceasefire with Ukraine.

You think this is a Ukrainian operation?

Ukraine is the only nation that stands to benefit

if the operation is successful

but bears no burden if it fails.

This Ukrainian agent, what's her name?

Oleksandra Balakin.

She gives us all this information,

she gives us Yurimov,

she gives us the entire Russian network of intelligence officers

and their American assets

with the real purpose of manufacturing

a retaliatory event with the goal

of an escalated response from us.

Why?

To what end?

I think, ultimately, to pull us into the war.

Whether that'd be through direct action

or additional funding and supplies.

Didn't this Balakin

supply information that led to the rescue

- of our officer? - She supplied

information that put us in the general region.

We don't think they believed we would act

as quickly as we did.

They needed a trail of evidence that proved to be accurate.

But they underestimated our resources,

our ability to coordinate

with other agencies, and they vastly

underestimated our surveillance infrastructure.

This is your best guess, not fact. Correct?

It's our best theory,

but, no, we do not have direct evidence

tying Ukrainian intelligence to the operation.

Hmm.

So...

what do I

do with this information?

Where do I move the chess piece?

What is the chess piece?

Sir, it's also important

to point out that while we concur, we did not

come to this conclusion on our own.

State Department hired a think tank.

They analyzed the data surrounding

this event, and what we're presenting to you

is their conclusion.

Once the findings are released, they will become available

to the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee

and the-the House Foreign Relations Committee...

What will the reaction of Congress be?

What will be the reaction

of the press once this is leaked?

And it most certainly will be leaked.

What corner does that force POTUS into, then?

Well, Congress and the press

will call to cease funding the war in Ukraine.

And then what happens, sir?

Ukraine falls to Russia in a matter of weeks.

And the Russian Navy has access to the Mediterranean

through the Bosphorus Straits, the Turkish Straits,

and the Sea of Marmara.

Well, we don't want that.

No, sir.

So...

what we have to do first

is kill the report.

We don't kill the report?

We kill the foundation the report was built on, sir.

The double agent.

As a foreign agent,

we are authorized under AUMF and LOAC,

and the imminent threat that she poses allows

exemption to Executive Order 12333.

Under these circumstances, our agency

has the authority to order it without POTUS approval.

What else?

Russia still has no knowledge we're holding Yurimov, correct?

Well, POTUS has decided that's a chip he wants to keep.

We say to give him back, sir.

Yurimov is

an extreme threat to the Ukraine, yes,

but we have no evidence, nothing

that he ever took action, direct or indirect,

against the United States.

No need to disclose how we got him.

Yurimov will surely explain that upon his release,

but the very act of giving him back

without asking for a trade in return

has its own leverage in Moscow,

especially after what's transpired

these past few months.

Relations need to thaw.

This will certainly help.

It's a lot to think about.

Yes, sir, it is.

Well, thank you for coming in.

Thank you, sir.

Sir?

Yes?

Sooner the better on the Ukrainian agent.

DOJ will most likely move her now that we made contact.

Well, forgive me for taking some time

to consider authorizing the murder of this woman, Byron.

It's not murder, sir. It's war.

No, Byron.

It's murder.

Is it something we must do?

Perhaps, but don't ever delude yourself

into thinking it's anything different.

Thank you, sir.

Drive, Bobby.

I said drive.

Yes, ma'am.

Hello?

It's me.

Hey.

Hey.

Um,

I-I don't, I don't know where to start.

I don't know what to say.

- How are the girls? - They're worried.

Me, too.

Don't worry, okay? I'm fine.

I just know what you went through, Joe.

You're not fine.

I'm fine now.

I'll be home soon.

When?

Soon.

Kaitlyn said this is all behind you, Joe.

Almost.

I love you.

I love you, too.

Kiss the girls for me, okay?

I will.

When you say soon, do you mean tonight?

I mean when it's over.

Okay.

When is it over?

Like I said.

Soon.

Boss?

Yeah?

Where to?

Office.

The office?

I'm gonna figure out who was behind this.

And I'm gonna kill them.

I like the sound of that.