05x01 - Shady Lane

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Previously on Covert Affairs...

I just keep thinking that it's got to stop.

It has to end.

We have to find someplace more normal, but--

For people like us, there is no normal.

So is that it? Is this the end?

I guess so.

You want me as D.C.S.? What about Joan Campbell?

She'll have a chance to properly compete for the job when the time comes.

Is that who I think it is?

Do you think it's Khalid Ansari, son of one of the most powerful oil men in Saudi Arabia?

Assad believes Khalid is moving money through charities to terror organizations.

k*lling you would be the easiest thing in the world right now, but it won't solve anything.

You went after Arthur and Joan.

You've crossed every line, Henry.

When you get back, there's somebody who wants to meet you.

It's a boy. Mackenzie Campbell.

I'll see you back in D.C.

This is interesting, man.

Okay, nobody debates, right, that the Italians invented pizza, but in the case of the calzone, you've got the Swedish, the Greeks, even the Scottish claim it.

Stop it. You're making me hungry.

Well, we can order some--

[Electronic beeping]

Auggie.

[Cell phone ringing]

Hello?

Thank you.

Annie's back.

What did she say?

Voice mail.

Outgoing message says she wants to meet me alone on the mall in an hour.

We reverse-tracked Annie's entrance into the metro system, traced her as far back as Albany.

Before that, she's a ghost.

What does that suggest to you?

That she doesn't want us to know where she's coming from.

Four months off the grid.

Suddenly she wants to meet.

Why alone? Why now?

I don't know, Calder.

I imagined a different sort of homecoming.

Auggie.

Annie.

Thanks for coming alone.

You look good.

I've taken up judo. You should check it out. It's a hoot.

It's good to see you too.

I know there have got to be a lot of questions about where I've been and what I've been doing, but I'd like to come back to work.

Good.

You should come back to Langley with me.

We didn't have to do this here, unless you wanted to hit the Air and Space Museum first.

I wanted to talk to you, to explain myself without prying agency ears and eyes.

What did you want to say?

I'd like you to be my handler again.

I'd like to go back to when things were simpler, before I went dark, before Henry, before everything got so messy.

I've had a lot of time to think about myself and the Agency, and I realize that I can't do this job and have emotional attachments.

I've got to concentrate solely on the work.

I hope that's okay.

Annie, you dropped off the map there for a while.

Time passed. We're good.

Really?

Yeah, really.

Why, did you want to make out or something?

[Both laugh]

Welcome back, Annie.

Let's start again from the beginning.

After Hong Kong, you went to Turkey, the Datca Peninsula.

Yes. You had spotters there.

But you evaded our spotters.

Where did you go?

To another beach, Fatu Hiva, South Pacific.

For the last four months?

Yes.

And now I'm ready to return to the Agency I faithfully served for four years.

Any other locations?

No.

Did you have contact with any spies...

What does the machine say?

Line is steady on every question.

That would indicate she's telling the truth, but she's not.

What's she holding back?

♪ Covert Affairs 05x01 ♪
Shady Lane
Original Air Date on June 24, 2014

Go.

So...

You passed.

Not so fast.

What are you not telling us, Annie?

You just said I passed the poly.

You b*at the poly.

The machine doesn't know you like Auggie and I know you.

You want to tell us what's going on?

I took out Henry Wilcox.

I took four months off, and now I'm ready to come back to work.

Calder.

Line one. Priority.

Calder Michaels.

Auggie.

Can you talk to him?

I can, but...

But what?

But it's a valid question.

We're just trying to look out for you, Annie.

Things changed.

A very dangerous friend of yours was just spotted in a surveillance camera in Chicago.

Who?

Khalid Ansari.

Khalid Ansari's on American soil?

Exactly. This is major.

Guy like Khalid is smart, careful.

He's on all the watch lists. Why would he take that risk?

He dropped out of sight in Riyadh a few days ago, but we never thought he'd reappear on U.S. soil.

Annie, you know this guy.

We need you in Chicago.

We have an off-book facility there.

You'll meet with the chief.

He'll get you set up.

I understand.

Hold up.

Don't think we're finished here.

Walker.

Welcome.

I'm Charles Schinderman.

Auggie Anderson spoke very highly of you.

I hope so.

He was the best man at my wedding.

Guy gives a hell of a toast.

I'm sorry about the mess.

This is my wife's car.

Mine is in the shop with a timing-belt issue.

Let's get you to the facility.

I didn't think Khalid Ansari would risk coming stateside.

One of the most wanted men in financing terror pings inside the loop...

Something big's gonna happen.

My file says that you were the one who turned him against his father.

I just gave Khalid some facts.

He k*lled his father all on his own.

Where are we at now?

Right now we're trying to figure out how he got in the country, what alias he may be using, who he's contacted.

We're canvassing the Muslim community trying to figure out who may be harboring him.

That's not his style.

Show his picture around some of the luxury hotels.

The ones who are most discreet about high-end pros.

He likes white girls, probably used a western name.

So here we are, home sweet off-book home.

You can drop your gear here and make yourself comfortable.

Scratch that.

We've located Khalid.

He's at the Bradham Hotel.

Nice instincts, Walker.

What are we looking at?

Bell captain says he checked into room 8273 about an hour ago.

All right, let's keep it low profile.

Four guys inside the hotel.

No g*ns unless we have to.

You're with us.

You two seal off the exits.

[Elevator bell dings]

Jacob.

[Muffled scream]

Khalid.

Stop.

Annie Walker of the C.I.A.

Of course it's you.

I'm such a fool.

Put the g*n down.

I can protect you.

You can protect me?

Then tell them to put their g*ns down!

Tell them!

Put your g*ns down.

Put 'em down.

You know me well enough to know that what I say is true.

There's a way out of this.

You put the g*n down.

You tell me what you're doing in Chicago, and we will walk out of here together.

You don't know?

[Laughs]

Then I'm an even bigger fool.

Know what, Khalid?

You think you're in control.

If these people could do this to me, what chance do you think you have?

What people, Khalid?

[Laughing]

Khalid.

They've given me no choice.

Go.

[g*nsh*t, glass breaking]

Sweep team is coming for the body, and Khalid's possessions.

I'll order up your charter back to D.C. for you.

You made a mistake back there.

What? Saving your life?

I knew Khalid Ansari, and I knew he wasn't gonna sh**t me.

Besides, he never would have got a sh*t off before me anyway, and now we have nothing.

I don't know you, but I wasn't about to let you die.

You're right. You don't know me.

I don't quit.

Now, let's go back to the facility and figure this out.

Auggie.

Joan.

I thought your maternity leave ends next week.

Yes, but Annie happened this week, and now Khalid 25 minutes ago.

She's doing all right.

She's a different operative now.

She was in and out of here so fast, I didn't even seen her.

Yeah, her and Charlie are drilling down on Khalid's purpose in Chicago.

Good. Keep me posted.

I'm meeting with the D.C.I. Right now.

Well, give them crap for only spending five minutes at the Agency Christmas party, would you?

I most certainly will not.

Auggie?

Yeah?

What do you think Annie was up to for the last few months?

She's being pretty vague.

She says she was at the beach the whole time.

And you believe her?

No.

And what about you two?

Keeping things Balkanized.

Operative and handler, just like old times.

Interesting analogy.

I worked in the Balkans.

It was complicated.

Well, this isn't gonna be.

Okay.

Wish me luck.

Good luck.

We found $800,000 in U.S. bills stuffed into the lining of Khalid's suitcase.

Saudi spy service, they don't stand on ceremony, so we had them raid Khalid's condo in Riyadh.

Contents of a safe there led us to one local contact.

Borz Altan, Crimean-American, Muslim, trips to Chechnya.

Intriguing.

In Borz's younger days, he did U.S. m*llitary service, made it to sergeant, but his career stagnated due to chronic migraines.

After his service, he worked for McQuaid Security for a short while?

He flamed out fast.

Tough culture, those P.M.C.s, worse than the m*llitary.

Get me what you can from McQuaid Security.

Tight-knit family.

Lives with his younger brother Mykola, 26, religious, travels to Yemen, which is never great, couple of felonies for theft.

Anything else I should know?

There's a sister, Oksana, lives with them as well.

Anything else you should know, meaning?

I'm gonna move on Borz immediately.

It's not the best conditions for an approach.

We don't know his role here or how he's connected to Khalid.

These are the cards we've been dealt, so I'm going to play this hand.

Well, now I get it.

What?

Why Auggie was so into you.

Calder.

Hey, Joan.

I thought I was meeting with the D.C.I.

I did too.

[Door opens]

Calder.

Joan.

Joe.

Where's the D.C.I.?

Got pulled into a meeting.

This is a meeting.

I'm his deputy. I speak for him in his absence.

Okay. What does he have to say?

He's decided to keep you, Calder, in your current post as D.C.S., and to put you, Joan, back as head of the D.P.D.

I understand the seriousness of the Chicago situation, but I thought there'd be a proper vetting process.

So did I.

Specifically told the general counsel.

His decision wasn't based on Chicago.

And the D.C.I. couldn't come down here and tell us himself?

And it is final.

I'll report to the D.P.D. on Monday.

Calder, a word.

Okay.

Look, Joe, I really wish you guys would have given me a heads-up on this.

Look, you've been a really great acting D.C.S., but you're not official yet.

D.C.I. says you're to remain interim until your affairs in order, and then we'll take you overt.

What does that mean?

It means get your sh*t together.

Joan. Joan.

I'm sorry.

I'm just as surprised as you.

This is not how I wanted it to go down.

Well, it went down.

Yeah.

Make no mistake.

I wanted this job, but I was not gonna go around anybody's back to get it, especially not yours.

I don't think you went around my back.

I think you took advantage of a situation.

No. None of the above.

You may not want to hear this, but Arthur didn't do you any favors.

For all the good he did, people in this building were talking about him a lot last year.

The smartest place is in the shadows.

Yes?

I'm looking for Borz Altan.

I'm from Veterans Affairs.

Borz.

Borz Altan?

I'm from the V.A. I called before?

I may have some good news about your benefits.

May I come in?

Yeah, sure. Come on in.

Is that your girlfriend?

Sister.

Oh, is she a nurse?

She's actually a doctor.

She got her degree in Kiev.

Here she does nursing.

So you said you have good news?

Yeah, there have been some changes made to title 38, and you may be due more money for your migraines.

First time the army has ever wanted to give me anything.

What can I say?

Progress.

We just need to fill out your profile.

Your name is Borz Altan, and you're originally from Sevastopol?

That's right, yeah.

And you live here with your siblings, your brother Mykola?

And my sister Oksana.

Right.

Do you happen to have your old army I.D.?

I need to verify it for these forms.

Yeah. Let me get it.

Here you go.

Thanks.

Is there anything else?

No, I'll leave you with these forms to fill out, and I can pick them up later.

Thank you very much. It was a pleasure to meet you.

Charlie, they had ceremonial plates and a special occasion prayer rug suggesting salat Al-ghaib.

They're mourning a martyr before the att*ck.

Something is gonna happen today.

[Heartbeat pounding]

[Breathing heavily]

[Gasping]

[Panting]

[Breathing deeply]

[Phone line ringing]

Doctor's office.

Yes, this is Lisa Morton.

Could I speak with Dr. Cohen, please?

Yes, could you tell him that I just had an episode, and can he call me back?

Thank you.

We need to find Borz, Mykola or Oksana and pull them in.

If they're operational, we can't risk having them out there.

We've got a secure A.P.B. out on the wire.

Next step is to raise the thr*at level, but I think we should hold a b*at until we have more info.

What about the file we asked for from McQuaid security?

Is there anything in there that can help us track Borz?

To call it a file is generous.

I need to speak to him.

Get his liaison on the phone.

No, I want to speak to McQuaid himself.

If his C.I.A. contracts mean anything, he'll get on the phone.

Hey.

Hi.

No nap?

Oh, we were having too much fun.

How did it go with the D.C.I.?

He gave the D.C.S. job to Calder.

I can end around the G.C.O., why go down without a fight?

No. You know what? If I make a play for the job so soon, it'll seem like sour grapes.

I can't risk taking another step back.

So what do you think happened?

No need to dance around it.

They're trying to hurt you because of me, but I stand behind everything I did.

I hope you can see that.

Of course I do, and others will in time.

[Baby cries]

Got him.

Thank you.

Hello, Mr. McQuaid?

I need to ask you a few questions about Borz Altan.

This isn't a great connection. Can we talk in person?

I don't have time to come back to D.C. and talk in person.

Where are you?

Chicago.

Even better, I can come to you.

I'm already in the air, and I was headed from Dallas, but I can divert.

I'll be there in an hour.

Walker?

That's right.

I did some recon on you while I was in flight.

And?

Well, based on what I found out, I was expecting you to be a little more dead.

Well, I'm here, and I don't have much time.

I have a few questions to ask you about--

Borz Altan?

He did security work for me for four months in Eastern Europe.

That's kind of vague. I think you can do better.

Do you?

Did he have any specialized training?

I mean, what exactly did he do for you?

You are aware that I have confidentiality agreements with the agencies that I contract with.

Uh-huh. So translation, you do know more, you just don't want to tell me 'cause you might lose money.

Why do you want to know all this anyway?

It's a matter of national security.

So I assume it has to do with the death of Khalid Ansari.

That's right, I know about him, because I'm cleared to know about him.

You know, an article I read about you in Forbes says that you interview every one of your employees personally, that they're like a family to you.

Is that true or bullshit?

That is true.

So what do you remember about Borz Altan?

I only met him once. We talked about cars.

He loves Mustangs and so do I.

That's about all. It was a brief chat.

Does that help?

It may, it may not.

Anything else?

I'm sorry. That was all.

Okay, then, I think we're done.

I like it.

What?

You're awfully direct.

It's a function of the job.

No, it's not.

Most spies I know are lying sons of b*tches.

Well, I'm not most spies.

And I would love to talk about that more.

Give me a call so we can chat about some, you know, other opportunities.

Here's my card.

What was it about the conversation we just had that made you think I would want to work for you?

None of it.

I'm asking you out to dinner.

Ay!

Okay, folks, that's it.

I get in trouble when you people don't get your asses back to your desk by the end of lunch.

Great session.

Auggie. Hey.

Great work today.

Thanks, Marlo.

Listen, if you wanted to go over some more moves, I could stay late.

Auggie, urgent call for you.

Rain check.

Sure.

Thanks.

Hello?

It's me.

Can you check on a Mustang owned by the Altans?

Got it.

Hey, is Charlie still playing with that coin of his?

Yeah.

Make fun of him for me, would you?

Got it.

Call me back.

[Moaning]

Hey.

Are you going to that Pearson Awards thing?

No. Why?

I was going.

I didn't know if I'd run into you there.

No, I'm not going.

Oh, I, um...

I meant to give you this earlier.

It's a scrambled cell phone, state of the art.

I need you to use this to communicate with me from now on.

I'm discreet, Calder.

You can trust me.

Baby, I know, but I need you to do this for me, okay?

So it'll help me be discreet.

All right.

Whatever you need.

Whatever?

Whatever.

Sorry to keep you waiting. I just landed.

What do you think?

I always knew you had potential.

Oh, but you still gave me a "C" in Latin American political systems.

Well, it looks like the student has surpassed the teacher.

Thank you, Arthur.

So why the call from the plane?

Why am I here? Why so urgent?

Oh, you were always very helpful to me when I was at Annapolis, and I thought maybe I could pay a little back with some unsolicited advice.

Oh, this ought to be interesting.

I heard about Joan being passed over for D.C.S.

That was fast.

The D.C.I. made the wrong move.

You and Joan have given your lives to the Agency, and this is how you're treated.

I mean, you on the outside, and Joan hitting the glass ceiling.

Neither of us is looking at it that way.

I want you to come work with me.

Become a green badge?

I know that you've been getting a lot of offers, Alexandria Associates, P.F.W., Syncon, but over here at McQuaid Security, we do things a little differently, and it's not just because I pay the most, which I do.

Yeah, it's not just about the money for me.

Don't be afraid of money, Arthur.

It can pay for almost anything.

I mean, you have a new kid, you've given a lot of good years to the Agency.

You deserve to have the opportunity to provide for little mack.

I haven't been under a rock, Ryan.

Your company grew exponentially in the early years easy, but now you want to get to the next level, and you're gonna need deeper connections, greater access, and a guy with my experience and my rolodex gives you a lot of options.

All right.

I need you Arthur.

There, I said it.

You and I could do a lot of special things together and have a shitload of fun doing it.

I'll think about it.

You think about it, then you give me a call when you realize that you really can have it all.

I found your Mustang.

Looks like it's been abandoned.

I'm going to check it out.

It's not hear any landmarks, so I doubt it's a b*mb, but approach with caution.

[Latch clicking]

Chief found traces of Semtek in the car.

And the body?

Name's Eduardo Cruz, lives in Evanston.

Why would the Altans go after him?

He works the floor at the Chicago Board of Trade.

That's the target.

I'll scramble our TAC team now.

I'll meet you there.

We have a real and credible thr*at on the Chicago Board of Trade.

We already have a workup on this scenario, as it was one of the likely hard targets in the domestic thr*at matrix.

Do we clear the building?

If we clear the building and suspend trading, we could create a panic, or we might trigger the bombings early.

Just like in the Beirut bombing last year or the Lagos embassy bombing of '07.

But if we let business proceed, we may be abetting the att*ck.

We risk hundreds of deaths that could be avoided.

Our rapid response team with operative Walker on point is moments way.

Operative Walker has suggested we proceed with a discreet sweep and allow the trading floor to remain open.

I strongly support this action.

Keep trading open.

Have the Chicago team sweep the building quickly and quietly.

Let's go.

Thanks for backing my call.

You got a raw deal, Joan, but it's good to have you back in the D.P.D.

What's the word?

I just talked to the head of security.

No one has come in yet with Eduardo Cruz's I.D. card.

Trading is in full swing.

It's prime opportunity for an att*ck.

Let's I.D. and take down.

This is Mykola Altan.

He most resembles the dead trader we found in the car.

Here you go.

You can now trade pork bellies.

Let's do this quickly.

The trading floor is on the mezzanine.

We can't let him get up there.

You two take the back exit.

I'm gonna take the stairs.

Stay in position.

I'll check the floor.

Okay.

Sorry.

I've got him.

He's walking up the stairs towards my position.

Approach with caution. Go on my orders.

Now!

Get the vest off.

Keep his fingers open.

He's clean. No vest.

What's going on?

We've got to go.

Let's get him to the facility.

Tell us what the plan was, Mykola.

What were you and your brother doing with Khalid Ansari?

Talk to me. Talk to me.

You can save yourself.

Charlie.

I think I just saw Oksana Altan outside the building.

The sister?

Yeah.

Go check it out. We're moving him.

Okay.

Clear the detention room.

H.I.G. is coming soon.

[Cell phone rings]

Spasiba.

What's that?

[Engine turns over]

Stop.

Is that blood?

What the hell?

As-salaam alaikum.

[Tires squealing]

[g*nshots]

Don't move.

Oksana.

Oksana!

[g*nsh*t]

Listen up, everyone.

Here's what we know.

Mykola Altan had a surgically implanted I.E.D.

We believe the surgery was done by his sister Oksana.

Oksana was taken down by Annie Walker, but their brother Borz Altan remains in the wind.

The Altans somehow had knowledge of our secret Chicago facility and our detention protocols in the wake of the false attempt on the C.B.O.T.

Everyone in the facility at the time of detonation has d*ed.

This is a direct att*ck on our agency and its people.

It's an att*ck on all of us, and we will not stop until we bring the people who did this to justice.

I made calls to all the families.

12 different families learning that a loved one was dead.

I promised them all we'd get to the bottom of this.

Any news on Borz?

No. He's in the wind.

The Altans did not do this alone.

The inside information, the planning, the access-- whoever is behind this knows our playbook.

They knew we would follow down Khalid Ansari to Borz Altan and the C.B.O.T., and they knew we would take Mykola here.

They're a step ahead of us.

They played us.

I want to stay on this, Calder.

I know you do, and we need you.

You said you wanted a mission, well, now you've got one.

I'll give it everything I got.

[Cell phone rings]

Arthur, what's going on?

Well, I thought about your offer.

I'm gonna take you up on it.

Outstanding.

When do I start?

I just have to go out of town, take care of a few things, but I should be back Monday.

How's that?

Monday's great.

See you then.

Okay.

Oh, hey, a question-- when you were D.C.S., did you work with an operative named Annie Walker?

I know Annie Walker. Why?

We'll talk about it Monday.

Thanks for coming on board, Arthur.

We're gonna kick some serious ass together.

Auggie.

Annie.

Calder talk to you?

Yeah, he kept me on this.

That's good.

I'm sorry about Charlie.

Yeah, me too.

It's a hell of a thing, huh?

I'm just glad you weren't in there with him.

It's eight months since I've been in the D.P.D.

It's still your home.

[Laughs]

One more thing-- you want to tell me what happened the last four months?

Auggie.

You said you wanted to go back to the way things were, and a lot of that is based on trust.

So, if there's something you want to tell me-- not me and the Agency, not me and Calder, just me, as your handler and your friend-- no matter what it is, now's the time.

There's nothing to say.

You can trust me.

I do trust you.

Then let's get to work.