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Previously on "the assets"...

My name is aldrich ames.

I work for the cia.

Our dead drop was intercepted
two days ago in moscow.

Last night,
we learned with certainty

That our asset
had been executed.

Wallace: We've lost more assets
in the last three months

Than at practically
any other time in our history.

You keep everything
in your life separate --

Work, family, assets.

They have an in to the agency,
art. They've cracked us.

Aldrich: A kgb colonel defected
today in rome.

I'm his initial debrief.

He'll know me!!

There is a mole
in the cia!

It would explain
how we've lost our assets.

I must go to canada.
Who is the mole?

He's a man
with drinking problems.

Pull out every file we've got
on edward lee howard!

We have
a verified traitor

Who may know the name of every
single one of these people.

There's two of us.

Hail mary, full of grace,
the lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou amongst women,

And blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, jesus.

Pray for us sinners now
and at the hour of death. Amen.

Gt vanquish?

When we lose an asset,
I, uh...

Someone from this side
should mourn their passing.

Congratulations
on your promotion.

You deserve it.
Thank you.

What time's
the fbi liaison meeting?

He's waiting
in the office.

So, how long's it been
since you, uh...

What? Been to mass?

Uh-huh.
What's the date today?

The 14th.
20 years.

Agent waters,
meet arthur o'neill,

Our new chief
of counterintelligence.

Waters: If you knew howard
was a security risk,

Why did you wait so long
to contact us?

We can't prove howard
was behind the compromises,

But he was pipelined
to go to moscow

Right before
he was fired.

Based on our review,
he not only fits

The defector's profile
of the traitor,

But he had access,
opportunity, and motive.

We can assume he was read in
on dead-drop protocols,

Technical programs,
high-placed assets.

You can assume that,
yes.

Which is exactly
why we need to move quickly.

Now, we've set up
a blanket recon plan --

Misur and tesur taps
in his house,

24-hour
undercover surveillance.

Arthur: You have no idea
who you're dealing with.

Edward lee howard
is out of your league.

Our surveillance teams
are the best in the business,

And howard's
a two-bit drunk.

He's also a genius
who aced

Every counter-surveillance test
we threw at him.

We even trained
his damn wife.

You'll never catch him
in the act.

Fbi's got the experience --
so why don't you pack up

All of this stuff?
Oh, I don't want to
hear this anymore.

Gentlemen!

I'm sure the fbi
has this under control.

Hmm?

Please...Keep us posted,
won't you?

Thank you.

Why the hell
are we letting the fbi

Go after
one of our guys?

It's our mess.
We clean it up.

Because they have the power
to arrest people and we don't.

Or have you forgotten
our charter?

We're asking for trouble.
They're gonna come in here --
art!

This comes straight
from the director.

He wants howard's head
on a stick,

And he wants it
yesterday.

[ speaking russian ]

[ tv chatter ]

Idiot!

Colonel, we're ready
for you downstairs.

We're not through
with the questions.

Time to start
your debrief.

My trip to montreal --
is it happening soon?

Uh,
we're working on that.

It's not exactly
an easy request.

You know,
crossing international lines

With
a foreign defector is --

Well, it's, uh...
It's a lot of red tape.

Tape?

Yeah.
That's just --
it's safer if you stay here.

And what if I refuse to continue
with the debriefings?

What would you do?

Shoot me like a dog?

This is america.
We don't do that here.

Oh, god.

I need every transmission
from top hat

In the last five years.

He went dark
five years ago.

But he's still been writing
for russian hunting magazines.

I think he may
be sending us messages.

Cryptography's been through
those articles a million times.

I want to make it
a million and one.

They're in
about a dozen different areas

All across
the building.

Did you know
my husband, gary,

Has season tickets
to the redskins...

With an extra seat
we use for friends?

Fine.
I will do it.

Thank you.

[ sighs ]

Reporter:
The pentagon is acknowledging

That the soviet union
now has more nuclear warheads

In its arsenal
than does the u.S.

Prior to this time...

The soviets
are bluffing.

They couldn't hit
the side of a barn.

[ ed laughs ]

Something funny?

Besides having so much
nuclear firepower, however,

Just you don't know
what you're talking about.

Well, actually, pal,
I work at grumman,

So I can say
with confidence

That the u.S. Could obliterate
those pinkos anytime, anywhere.

Then tell me,
how are we gonna do that?

With the best damn military
in the world, that's how.

So, your version
of "obliterating those pinkos,"

No doubt,
would involve a sea attack.

Of course, our 96 subs will face
a rude awakening

When they confront
the soviet fleet, 480 strong.

You're making
these numbers up.
Am I?

Then let's play out
the land scenario.

The soviets have 5.3 million
active-duty troops to our 2.1,

57,000 tanks
to our 12,000.

Fine, so, we push the button,
wipe out the whole damn country.

Ah, the famous
nuclear-war fantasy,

The one where both sides
unload their stockpiles

The vast majority of the world
is engulfed in fire,

Smoke clouds block out
70% of the world's sunlight,

Temperatures drop
30 degrees,

And all life on earth
as we know it is over.

Is that the future
you're looking forward to?

[ dog barking ]

Think you're smart?

See how smart you look
with my fist down your throat.

[ gun cocks ]

Or we can see
how smart you look

With part
of your anatomy missing.

Okay. All right.

Just -- just...
Just take it easy.

[ breathing heavily ]

[ camera shutter clicks ]
or how about
I just blow your head off?

You don't seem to use it
that much, so why not?

Huh?

O-okay, man,
just calm down.

Don't tell me
to calm down!

Please, dude.

[ camera shutter clicks ]

[ door opens, closes ]

Mary:
Ed, what are you doing?

What's going on?
Talk to me.

We're being watched.

This is every magazine
top hat wrote for

In the last five years?

That box
is just 1980.

[ grunts ]

This one's '81 through '82,
'83 through '84.

Happy hunting.

[ scoffs ]

[ sighs ]

Colonel,
how are you today?

A little pick-me-up,
courtesy of uncle sam.

Aldrich:
If you're willing

To continue
the debriefing sessions,

The cia will pay you
a lump sum of $1,000,000,

And that's tax free.

Plus an annual salary
of $62,500.

Because you can't get me
to montreal.

If was just handed
a million bucks,

That's not the first place
I'd want to go.

Vegas. Paris, maybe.

Colonel,
these things take time.

There must be something you've
always wanted to splurge on --

Women, cars,
exotic herbal tea.

I have never seen...
Color tv before.

Let's get this man
a television.

We can do that.

Mr. Robert is not the only leak
in the u.S. Government.

You have compromised sources
in your naval system,

In the
national security agency.

Do not underestimate the kgb.

They play many moves ahead.

Got a minute?

Mm-hmm.

He wrote a recipe
for coot.

It's a game bird,
like a moorhen.

Oh, right. A moorhen.

I'm still worried
about polyakov.

Most of his articles
are about big-game hunting.

This is about cooking.
It doesn't fit.

I think he's trying to
send us a signal.

Sandy, cryptography already
looked at these.

I want your permission to
take a few days, run this down.

[ sighs ]

Well, if it turns out
to be just a recipe,

Do I get
a dinner invite?

[ rattling ]

I think we made
an excellent choice.

This puppy has
cable-compatible quartz tuning

With 350 lines
of resolution,

Integral contrast
enhancement filter,

And it was a steal
at 1,500 bucks.

What makes this one better
than the other one in the store?

Well, it...

Nothing, really.

Well,
why do you have so many?

Well --
americans like choice.

Choice?
Mm.
Yeah.

One tv, another tv --

Reagan, carter,
they are all the same.

Democracy is an illusion, a mask
to deceive the proletariat

Into believing
that they have free will.

I'll go set it up
in your room.

So, if you believe all that,
why defect?

Hmm?

Why risk your life,
betray the kgb,

Just to come here to
the world's biggest supermarket?

Money?

Revenge?

I am dying.

I have cancer.
I tell you.

Three different oncologists say
you have an ulcer, colonel --

An ulcer.

When I was an officer
in washington, rezidentura,

I met a woman.

She was beautiful.
I fell in love.

When we returned to moscow,
we could not be together.

She was married to
high-rank soviet diplomat.

But I must
see her again...

...Before I die.

She lives in montreal.

Da.

Let me talk to my boss,

See if we can't, um...
Expedite things.

[ static ]

[ radio chatter ]

What's going on?

Shh.
[ coos ]

[ radio chatter ]

No!
What are you doing?

Okay, first of all,
if the feds are following you,

They're not gonna use
local police frequencies.

Besides, isn't this all
a little much?

I need to find out
why they're watching me.

Oh, so you're gonna spend
all your time playing super spy,

Tear up the phones,
never leave the house?

We -- we can't live
like this.

Ed,
I can't live like this.

You're right.

Hey!

I'm ready to talk.

I'm sorry.

I'm afraid you have me
mistaken for someone else.

I'm not mistaken.

I'm not mistaken!

I've never
seen you before.

But all of a sudden,
y-you're out here

Across from my house
gathering firewood 24/7.

And the guy
in the canoe?

I'm assuming
you're both fbi, right?

You seem
like a nice young man,

But I don't know
what you --

[ radio static ]

Be at the high-country
hotel and suites,

Monday, 9:00 a.M.,
room 117.

The agency nabbed
some a-list defector.

He's in a safe house
in arlington blabbing names

And somebody
matching my description came up,

So the cia sent you guys
out here to rattle my cage.

All right, let's say,
hypothetically,

That we do have
an inside source

And he fingered you
as a soviet asset.

You were never even sent
to moscow.

How could the kgb
know your name?

You know, it's ironic.

You call these defectors
"heroes,"

Men who've betrayed
their country.

Then you turn around
and accuse me of the same thing.

But with me,
you call it "treason."

So you're saying
you're a hero

For selling secrets
to our enemy?

No.

I'm not saying that
because I did no such thing.

Would you be willing to prove
that by taking a polygraph?

Look, edward,

You were the one who wanted to
talk to us, remember?

If you cooperate,

We can drop
all this tough-guy stuff

And just get to the bottom
of what really happened.

And if I don't?

Waters: We get a warrant to turn
over every inch of your life.

We talk to your wife,
your friends, your employer.

We crawl so far
up your backside,

You won't walk straight
for a year.

You need to tell us,
ed.

Have you passed secrets
to the kgb?

[ clock ticking ]

[ whistle blows ]

Uh, excuse me. Hi.

I don't want to
be a busybody,

But...I could swear

I just saw
that guy over there

Stuff something
into his pocket.

Thank you.

[ panting ]

Sir?

Nice surveillance move
yesterday in the store.

It was clever,
especially from a rookie.

I'm the best rookie
the cia's ever had.

Not everyone considers arrogance
a strength, son.

My tests
were off the charts --

Recruitment,
marksmanship, coms,

My counter-surveillance score
was the highest in two decades.

I'm ready.

If you pass
your polygraph,

You can tell your wife
you're moving to moscow.

Whoo!

Man: Is your name
edward lee howard?

Starting
with the hardballs, huh?

"yes" or "no" answers,
please.

Yes.

To overthrow
the United States government?

Since working for the cia,
have you used illegal drugs?

No.

Since starting to work
for the cia,

Have you ever abused alcohol
to excess?

Well, I kind of tied one on
last night,

You know, to celebrate.
"yes" or "no" answers, please.

No.

Would you say you have a problem
with drug or alcohol abuse?

No.

Please wait here
a moment.

This is all because
of a little booze and dope?

Callan: A little?

Do you want me
to show you the tox screens?

I mean, come on.

I-if -- if you rejected
every case officer

Who drank too much, you --
you'd have an empty building.

[ pen scratches ]

[ gunshot ]

Ed?

Ed?!

[ sighs ]

Where have you been
all week?

Here and there.

I went to d.C.,

Almost walked
into the soviet consulate.

The stuff I know, mary,
I could do some serious damage.

I could bring langley
to its knees.

You're drinking
too much.

You need to talk to someone,
a professional.

'cause I'm afraid, ed,
for you.

Don't worry, mary.

I'll be fine.
All right?

I got it
all planned out.

Danke.

Ah.

Danke.

[ siren wails ]

[ clock ticking ]

You want to know...
If I passed secrets to the kgb.

Well, I'll tell you.

It's none
of your damn business.

You want to ask more questions,
call my lawyer.

D.C.I. Wants an
after-action report on howard.

You're kidding.

An after-action report
saying what?

We caught the bad guy.
Freedom and democracy prevailed.

Howard lawyered up.
We got nothing.

You know that
as well as I do.
Hey, patience, art.

Give the fbi
a few more days.

I'm not
a patient man.

Hey!

I'm going to howard.
Art!

Seriously.

Put two guys
and take him a room,

Real nice,
nothing nasty,

And we'll talk to him
like we did in the old days.

Oh, set aside the minor detail
that it's illegal

For the cia
to spy on u.S. Citizens.

You're concerned

About the constitutional rights
of a traitor?

Yes, I am, actually.

You are not
a field officer anymore.

You cannot just hop
onto a plane

When you get an itch
for some spy work.

[ sighs ]

After-action report
by end of day.

[ insects chirping ]

[ cranking ]

Is the sitter here yet?

Five minutes.

[ coos ]

Can't you stay
and fight?

How do you think
that would go?

One man against the cia
and their billions of dollars?

[ chuckles ]

In a year or two,
you and lee can join me.

We'll be together.

It's almost 7:00.

We need to move.

Waters:
Target's mobile.

Back driveway.
Car two, you got a visual?

Ganthier: Stand by.

Affirmative.

[ engine turns over ]

We have a tail.

It's when you don't see them
you have to worry.

They've made me.
Should I pull back?

Negative.
You just stay on visual.

Ugh.

Damn it.

[ tires squealing ]

Oak lane.
This is it.

I love you, ed.

Mary.

I'm sorry.

[ horn blares ]

Damn it!

I lost him. Stand by.

What do you mean, you lost him?
Un-lose him!

Never mind.

I got him.

[ breathing heavily ]

Edward lee howard
fled the country.

Could we have the room,
please?

Next week, he'll be
on a parade float in red square.

Russians played us
like a damn puppet show!

Do you realize how many secrecy
protocols you just broke?

You have no idea
what their clearance is.

Our assets are dead,

And the traitor who killed them
is scot-free.

Howard already told the soviets
everything he knows.

What if
he's not the only one?

Let it go, art.

The d.C.I. Wants us to focus
on cultivating new assets.

Screw the d.C.I.!

[ sighs ]

One more outburst like that,
and I will start

Termination proceedings
against you immediately.

You're not 25 anymore.

You're not some operative
running down dark alleys

Complaining about
management decisions.

You are management.

Do your job...

Or you will lose it.

You look
like a million bucks.

Break a leg.

You kind of like him,
don't you?

We have a lot in common.

We're both
die-hard romantics.

Vitaly.

[ chuckles ]

[ speaks russian ]

[ sighs ]
not good.

Hmm.

Did it fly
into your windshield?

[ sighs ]
it's a common coot.

They don't live
around here.

Had it shipped in.

What are you gonna do
with it?

[ sizzling ]

[ glass clinks ]

[ door opens, closes ]

Gary: Hey.
Hey.

Hi, honey.

Whoa.

Probably better
not to ask, huh?

[ indistinct conversations ]

I need
to go to toilet.

It's not your fault.

Move.

[ gasps ]
move!

[ gasps ]

[ murmuring ]

Damn it.

[ camera shutters clicking ]

Vitaly yurchenko,
vitaly yurchenko,

Can you tell us, why did you
re-defect to the soviet union?

Did -- did the kgb
make you do this, sir?

Do you speak english?

[ indistinct shouting ]

My name
is vitaly yurchenko.

I was in rome...

Working for kgb...

...When I was abducted
with force by americans,

Agents of
central intelligence agency.

They drugged me.

They put me in a car,

Take me to airport,
and fly me to america.

And I was tortured...

Over and over again,
repeatedly.

Reporter: The yurchenko case
may hurt the cia for some time.

Why did he do it?

President reagan may order
an investigation of the matter

And quotes
an administration official...

...As saying
junior cia officers

Should not
be exclusively blamed.

It's the senior people's fault.

[ footsteps approaching ]

I know
this sounds crazy.

Oh, that's always
a promising opening.

This isn't just a recipe
for coot.

It's also a formula
for invisible ink.

Top hat was trying to
reestablish contact.

He was telling us
to send a letter to the editor,

Questions for polyakov
about his article.

But we would write a hidden
message to him in invisible ink.

[ inhales sharply ]
hmm.

Gonna go with
your first instinct -- crazy.

We have no reason
to believe he's reaching out.

What if
it's a coot recipe?

But I did the work.

It's --
no, I-it's too risky.

What if he never
gets the letter?

What if it's a trap

And they're just waiting
for proof of his treason?

What if he's quietly retired
and all we do is alert the kgb?

My hands are tied.
There's nothing I can do.

Is this
about yurchenko?

Have you lost your nerve?
Is that what's going on?

Because the art o'neill
I know

Would kick and scream
until the problem was solved.

I'm management now,
the seventh floor.

Oh, screw the seventh floor
and screw management.

You've been working for me
too long. [ chuckles ]

What the hell happened
to you?

[ sighs ]

Thank you for coming in
on short notice.

You can probably guess
why I brought you here.

The agency has suffered too many
losses over the last year.

Every one of them
is tragic.

But taken as a whole, they are
an irrefutable call to action.

We'll have to rebuild protocols,
cultivate new assets,

Lock down the chain
of information.

There's no telling
the extent of the damage

Edward lee howard inflicted.

Did howard cause these losses?

We can't be sure.

But we have to be sure.

And don't forget

Arthur o'neill's
law of counterintelligence.

Over time, there is an actuarial
certainty of more breaches.

People will sell you out.

That's why I'm inaugurating
a task force.

So...

The four of us will work
as individually as we can.

But I'm bringing in one officer
whose only job it will be

To investigate
how we lost these people.

And that officer is?

[ clock ticking ]