01x03 - Bury The Lede

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01x03 - Bury The Lede

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Previously on "The Endgame"...

Ms. Fedorova, you were brought here

to discuss federal criminal charges

- against you.
- [PAPERS THUD LOUDLY]

- I'm just a businesswoman.
- You're a mercenary.

You run an army for hire.

She's been operating for years.

I'd consider, she led you to her.

You've messed with the wrong woman.

[DEVICE BEEPING]

The bank just got hit by six gunmen.

[PEOPLE SCREAMING]

The boss is on his way,
so if we are out of sight,

maybe we could avoid some tension.

You two, leave. Work it from the office.

I'm getting real tired
of being sent away.

- You dug your own grave.
- She thinks on a big scale.

[ALARM BLARES, PEOPLE SCREAMING]

I took over seven banks

but not for money.

Her husband, Sergey, he d*ed when?

months ago.

We have to be alive to get our revenge.

Secretary Bradbury.

Attorney General Doblin.

You're under arrest.

Valerie Turner.

You actually turned your
husband in to the FBI.

You, Sergey... There's more to this.

Just walk away and don't come back.

I'm not gonna quit on you.

Good luck.

[UNEASY MUSIC]

This is Tyler Erickson of ENN.

And leading our news today... Day three,

and seven banks, including
the Federal Reserve,

remain under siege in New York City.

And so far, the perpetrators
have made no demands.

- Their goal remains a mystery.

Americans...

are getting impatient for answers.

- I know I am.
- Join the club.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

- Val, nothing in this photo

is telling me when Owen
started working with Fedorova.

- The clothes?
- Her cape is Valentino...

First appearance ,
sold all over the world.

His suit is nice and
expensive but available.

Like they anticipated
this level of analysis

and made themselves untraceable.

She's that cunning?



Yes.

So, we don't know where it was taken,

and it was sometime after .

I'm thinking .

This photo you sent me

is the closest match to
Owen's hair, facial hair.

I hated that soul patch.

And this.

That was after Argentina.

Where he got sh*t.

Is that where all this started?

It was an undercover g*n deal gone bad.

What the hell happened in Argentina?



[LIGHT GUITAR MUSIC]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

There he is.

Peter. Welcome.

- Elena Fedorova.
- Peter Shepherd. Ah, Pete.

- Good flight?
- Easy.

Hope you like meat.

Otherwise, you're in the wrong country.

[ELENA CHUCKLES]

Oh, would you care to, um...

Frisk you? Pointless.

Sit.

"Pointless"? You're confident.

Confident, maybe, but not bulletproof.

Men behave differently
when they're carrying a g*n.

She can tell.

More fearful, pretending not to be.

g*ns bring out the coward in men.

- But you sell them.
- At a very high profit.

At a very fair price.

Let's dine, then business.

Gracias.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]



Argentina...

October .

Always impressive.

My expectations are
high. You exceed them.

You wanted a dirty agent,
you could have dropped

a bag of cash outside of
Pennsylvania Avenue

and waited five minutes.

But Owen?

Owen was clean.

Relative term.

If your eyes are opened

and it changes your position to the law,

does that make you
dirty or just conscious?

So his consciousness
was changed in Argentina,

before or after the b*llet to his gut?

- After.
- Yours?

No.

No, no, no, no, no.

Look, I get it.

Where there's smoke, there's fire.

But you're determined
to put me in a black hat.

Release that.

No.

- Maybe this will help...
- A new story.

[SIREN WAILING, INDISTINCT CHATTER]

This one about two friends...

- [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
- _

Two friends who were torn
apart by circumstances...

Torn apart by v*olence.

Up.

Me?



Why? Where are we...

[CONCERNED CHATTER]

What the hell is going on now?



[BEEPING]

[NO AUDIO]



We don't have a name yet
on the hostage in the vault,

but we know it's airtight,

and our structural
engineers said four hours

is the time it would take
before she suffocates,

which we will not let happen.

Any indication this was coming?

- Zero.
- Press her on it.

Before we play into Fedorova's hands

for the umpteenth time,
sir, I do have an idea.

- Arkon.
- Gas?

You can't. You'll k*ll people.

It's been improperly
deployed in the past,

but there have been advancements

in the distribution system.

Mumbai was less than a year ago.

Seven hostages d*ed.

The revised dosage is
vastly below anything lethal.

We can use the bank's
ventilation system to deliver the gas.

Within four minutes,
everyone inside is asleep.

- Possibly dead.
- In five, we are in control,

and this embarrassment is
a step towards being over.

And, Agent Turner, I'll remind
you, you're talking to a superior.

Sir, this is not the end of it.

A demand will come.

Fedorova does nothing in a vacuum.

When? When exactly
will this demand come?

Are you seeing this clock, Turner?

This woman is going to die.

- I understand, but...
- Quiet.

- [SIREN BLARING]
- What's going on?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Hello, New York.

My name is Elena Fedorova,

and I have taken seven
banks in New York City.

- Unbelievable.
- She hacked the ENN feed.

Some things will happen today

that you will disagree with,

like locking a hostage in the vault

of America World Savings downtown,

where she is slowly losing air.

Did she somebody's gonna die?

We are offering a way to spare her life,

but I will negotiate with one person

and one person only...

Tyler Erickson of ENN.

The news anchor? Why him?

Send Mr. Erickson,

and I will release the
hostage and the bank

by the end of the day.

If Mr. Erickson declines

or is not allowed in by
the FBI, she will die.

[SHOCKED CHATTER]

Like I said, you may hate me now,

but by the end of the day,

I promise, you will love me.

[CHATTER CONTINUES]

- Looks like we got our demand.
- Sir, we have an alternative.

I don't think we do.



[BEEPING]

All the bank surveillance is live,

and we're patched into it.

We'll have eyes on you at all times.

I'll be fine. My cameraman?

They refused,

said they have a camera of their own,

which we expect can broadcast
from inside the bank.

You expect?

So you really don't know much, do you?

Mr. Erickson, have
you ever heard the name

Elena Fedorova before today?

No, but she's obviously sharp,

she's good with technology,

and she's now making a PR play.

But is there any reason why
she'd choose you specifically?

Um...

I'm the most trusted man in America.

Sir, I need you to keep
behind the barricade, please.

- Okay!
- Do you mind?

They're ready. We're ready.

- Same.
- Let's go.

You better be right.



Stop. Hands up.



[INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO]

- That's Tyler Erickson.
- What's he doing here?



Hello, sir, ma'am.

How are you holding up? You doing okay?

They put a woman in there.

She looks really scared.



Her name's Arushi Banerjee.

She's a graphic designer
from Rhode Island.

She likes to bake. Is she gonna be okay?

Let's go.

Over here.



[CAMERA BEEPS]



My name is Tyler Erickson of ENN.

You asked for me. Here I am.

Now, since your request has been met,

why don't you release the hostage

that you're holding in that vault?

If you answer one question.



Oh, I have a sinking feeling about this.

I can relay any questions
to the authorities.

Our question is for you.



Tell us about the swan.

The what?

- Tell us about the swan.
- I don't know about any swan.

Tell us, or the hostage
in the vault dies.

- The swan?
- What the hell is that?

I have no idea.

You ever heard of this before

from your pal at Fort Totten?

Never.

Who could have predicted
this would go pear-shaped?

She's obviously targeting him.

I have no idea why.

But following the pattern
of Bradbury and Doblin,

she will keep coming at us sideways.

Well, we don't have time.

All available agents outside, now.

You too, Flowers.

That is, if you're still
a part of this operation.

[DOOR OPENS, SIREN WAILS]

[PERSON SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY]

Comb every inch of that building

for points of egress, as discussed.



They're looking for
ventilation access for Arkon.

- They're all been prepped.
- They have.

You'd gas this bank
without authorization?

When there are minutes on that clock,

and the woman in the
vault is turning blue,

Réal is gonna give me the
nod to do whatever I see fit.

You better believe
that I'm gonna be ready.

Take the north side.

That's an order.

North side, Val. Let's do it.

I'm sorry you're caught
in the middle of this.

I'm trying to be a good friend,

a good colleague.

I trust you, and I believe in you.

But here's how this is
working out... he's over here,

and you're over here, and
there's me in the middle,

getting ground up like hamburger meat.

It's not my intention. Anthony, I...

It's the facts, Val. What?

Where's that fire?

Let me check my inside source.

FDNY has a Twitter feed.

Three alarm at Lebed Storage.

Where there's smoke, there's fire.

"Where there's smoke, there's fire"...

Elena said that to me earlier.

You know what Lebed means in Russian?

Swan.

See, Anthony? She's
coming at us sideways.



- But the question remains...
- Who is Elena Fedorova?

How was she able to remotely take over

the broadcasting of ENN News?

And what's to be made
of her bizarre demand?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

It looks like all is
going according to plan.

Elena's face is all over Times Square.

What's up?

Might have seen a guy I used to know.

Who?

- Name's Horek.
- Street punk from Odessa.

You're supposed to be dead, Sergey.

Doubt he'd recognize me, but...



It's nothing.

Just like you said,

everything's going
according to plan, huh?

Hmm?



[SIRENS WAILING]



Started in the shed.

Electrical panel's burnt out,

so it was likely a short
that sparked some accelerant.

Lot of old paint in there, rags.

- Anything off about it?
- Nothin'.

The old boxes pop sometimes.

Thanks. Appreciate you.

We got a lady in a bank
vault losing air, Val.

- I'm thinking, Anthony.
- It's significant.

I know it is.

Or is it the runaround,
eating up resources?

We've already got the boss pissed at us.

It seems like something
Fedorova would do.

"Tell us about the swan,"
and there just happens

- to be a fire at a facility named swan?
- Named Lebed.

If there's anything we've
learned from Fedorova,

there are no coincidences.

- [SNIFFING] It's coming...
- It's coming from over here.

What is?

- You don't smell that?
- [SNIFFS]

Oh, yeah, whoa.

What in the hell?

- Power's been out a week?
- That's right.

Freezer unit... whatever's
in there must have thawed out.

Only thing that smells
that bad is a dead body.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

You still think it's
a coincidence, Anthony?

I'm getting on board, Val.

This will lead to Tyler Erickson.

Bank on it.

[RELAXED MUSIC]

[CHUCKLES] Pete, we
deliver on every promise.

No lies, no exaggeration.

Cost is million.

Uh, what was that earlier
about a fair price?

You pay for the quality.

Chinese product runs half that.

And % of their barrels
have a pitting flaw.

Go elsewhere... if your
clients will accept a g*n

that occasionally
explodes in their hands.

They do not.

Then ...

is a fair price.

[UNEASY MUSIC]



Are you always looking
over your shoulder?

I wish I didn't have to.

Someday maybe not.

Someone walking like a coward?

Two men, actually.

That one there with a
badly set broken nose

and a star tattoo behind his ear.

And that, uh, means something to you?

No, except it's exactly the same

as that man who walked in earlier.

[TENSE MUSIC BUILDING]

And they pretend not to know each other.

Hmm.

Maybe they don't.



That would be some coincidence.

Hmm.

And I don't believe in them.



[DINERS SCREAMING]



[PERSON SCREAMING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER IN SPANISH]



[BREATHING HEAVILY]

Don't leave me here.

Don't let me die.



This is obviously a
very trying situation

and a tremendously confusing one.

I have no concept of what our captors

are asking me to confess to,
and they refuse to clarify.

Just answer the question, man!

I would, but I don't know
anything about a swan.

I hear you, Turner, and it's
absolutely worth discussing,

but Swan Storage, the fire,
the cold-case DOA is something

for the NYPD Homicide Unit
that we can revisit later.

The DOA, Ming Lee,

was reported as a su1c1de two years ago.

She's supposed to have jumped
off the Manhattan Bridge,

and the body was never recovered.

She was a cub reporter for
an investigative news website.

Okay, which gets us closer
to Tyler Erickson's orbit.

If we could negotiate for
more time on the clock,

more information could
lead to his confession.

Or another dead girl.

Can you tie Erickson
and your DOA together?

Not yet.

Did Tyler Erickson
rent that storage unit?

We don't know.

The owner said whoever
rented it two years ago

paid for it ten years in advance.

- He didn't ask questions.
- I hear you, Turner, but for now,

we let the NYPD work the
two-year-old m*rder case,

and we get back to preventing a new one.

- Boss.
- Doak.

The duct to the ventilation
system was sealed off

when you instituted
the Prevent Defense.

Well, unseal it.

Proceed connecting the delivery pipe.

And make it quick.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]



Anthony, what do you got?

I found Ming Lee's next of kin.

Her mom lives on st, off Broadway.

Maybe she can connect
her daughter's appearance

to Tyler Erickson.

- What are they doing?
- Collecting the bank cash,

moving the furniture,
but we can't see where

because the surveillance
POV ends just short.

Does that seem intentional to you?

Well, look who's back.

Ladies and gentlemen,

it has been two hours and minutes.

By now, the oxygen levels in the vault

of America World
Savings are getting low.

But you must realize,

it is Tyler Erickson
that's letting her suffer.

Remember, I am not your enemy.

Come to the bank and
find out what I mean.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

I promise you won't regret it.

What does that mean...
"Come to the bank"?

She's gathering a crowd.

For what?

I don't know, but there
are no coincidences.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]



[GROANS]



Where the hell am I?

Lie back, lie back.

You're safe and lucky.

The b*llet missed your
aorta by half an inch.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]



Looking for your FBI badge,

Agent Owen Turner?



- You knew.
- Of course.

It's not easy to find us, but you did.

We were impressed enough
that we agreed to a meeting

with... "Peter Shepherd."

[BOTH LAUGH]

What spy movie did that come from?

What do you want from me?

Friendship.

You see what we deal
with... These att*cks.

You're in a tough business.

- Buy an ice cream parlor.
- We'll consider it.

Our business is tough,

but our competitors
have an unfair advantage.

You heard the name "Belok"?

Small-time crime
family based in Ukraine.

- Not much footprint.
- No, no.

The Belok footprint

extends all the way
into your own country.

And this is why we're here

trying to meet new American friends.

[GROANS]



Not interested.

And if you don't let me go,

you're gonna face a world of hurt.

Your FBI handlers back at the hotel

need a check-in, but not quite yet.

It's not them I'd worry about.

You hold me, and my wife comes looking.

You don't want that.

[CHUCKLES]

Sounds like a special woman.



You have no...

idea.



m*rder? I don't understand.

Your daughter was discovered
today in a storage facility.

We're very sorry. We
know this is hard to hear.

My daughter... Police said su1c1de.

[VOICE BREAKING] She
jumped off the bridge.

The river carried her body out to sea.

- That's not the case.
- Mrs. Lee, did your daughter

ever mention anyone she
was having trouble with?

- No.
- We know she was a journalist.

Was she working on anything sensitive?

Uh, meeting important people?

She wanted to.

She was very ambitious, but, no.

Did she ever the name Tyler Erickson?

No, Ming wouldn't know anyone like that.

Did she leave behind any
files, her laptop, her phone?

No. Police said maybe
she jumped with her bag.

She texted me goodbye, and then, um...

I don't understand.

Please tell me what's happening.

[SOMBER MUSIC]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

- Sergey...
- [SPEAKING RUSSIAN]

[AMERICAN ACCENT] You talking to me?

Yeah, Sergey, it's Horek.

Name's Collins.

[LAUGHS]

[TENSE MUSIC]



Sorry, sorry.

You look just like
guy I knew in Ukraine.



But... but, of course,
you can't be him because...

because that guy... he's dead.



My condolences.



[CHUCKLES AWKWARDLY]

Sorry to bug you.



He recognized you.

- He won't be a problem.
- No?

We're on a time line. We
can't let it get mucked up.

You worry too much, old friend.

I'll take care of it.

Haven't I always?



[BEEPING]



Look, you have got to
give me more than that.

You can't just put a
person's life in my hands

and give me no way to save her.

- They gave you a way.
- That's right.

If she dies, it's on your head!

- Exactly.
- W-what is this?

- What's... what's going on?
- Do not move.

Do not fight.



What is this now?
Why are we being blindfolded?

[ALARM BLARING]

Oh, look what the cat dragged in.

I was hoping we'd have
some alone time, Director.

I've been around a while, lady.

You've pulled some bold moves today,

but blindfolds in the
middle of a bank takeover

sends a very specific message.

Something's coming
you don't want to see?


Something that could cause panic.

Like your fellow
hostages being ex*cuted.



I just want to lay down
one of my ground rules.

Loss of life will be met with the same.

If anyone, hostages, SWAT,
anyone dies by your hand,

I'll take your people
down, g*ns blazing.

Message received.

What the hell is your story?

Are you enjoying this...

Terrorism, torturing an innocent woman?

- An unfortunate cog in this wheel.
- She's a citizen.

No criminal record, not
even a parking ticket.

She doesn't deserve this.

Yes, well, Tyler Erickson
deserves everything he gets

and more.

And he's connected to Ming Lee...

the dead woman found
in the freezer, how?

As I said before, this is
a story about two friends,

the kind you would trust with anything.

Hard to come by, very rare.

But when you do, they're
worth their weight in gold.

I don't have time for stories.

You should make time.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

Ah, Director, just so you know,

I have the same ground rule.

If my people die in your gas att*ck,

- retribution will be... ooh-la-la.
- [RINGING CONTINUES]



- [DOOR BEEPS]
- Director.

- I know what you want, Doak.
- [ALARM BLARING]

minutes on the clock.

The oxygen level in the
vault is likely at %.

Paramedics say, without air,

very soon she'll go into cardiac arrest,

live on television.

- And?
- The Arkon gas is here

with an airborne particles expert

who will dial in the dosage.

This will all be done in five minutes...

Zero loss of life.

You can't guarantee that.

No.



Do it.

[SIRENS WAILING]

- Clear the area!
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

On my signal, you take the doors.

Yes, sir.

Any resistance from the takeover crew,

you take them.

Safeties off.

Get a gas mask or get two blocks away.

Fully authorized.

- Got a gas mask, Anthony?
- I'll go get them.

We've got exactly seven minutes

until that clock runs out.

You willing to gamble a
woman's life on your hunch?

No.

We're nowhere closer to linking
Ming Lee's death to Erickson.

Wow. Admitting defeat.

Is this really Val Turner
or a new Fedorova trick?

Body snatching.

You saw them collecting
cash and moving furniture.

And blindfolding the
hostages, saw it all.

Maybe an attempt at a counteroffensive.
All moot when the gas goes in.

A counteroffensive or
maybe an escape plan.

The surveillance
inside was aimed to hide

where they were putting that furniture.

We'll be sure to question
them when they wake up.

After you take care of the gunmen,

you give me the all-clear

so the paramedics can get
to the hostage in the vault.

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

What the hell just happened?

Sounded like a transformer blew.

We lost visuals in the bank.

Electricity's out down the block.
Should we hold the Arkon?

- They're doing this!
- There's no time!

Take the doors! Go! Go, go, go, go, go!



Where'd they go?

There's no Snow White here.
They're all gone.

- The vault! The vault!
- [BEEPING]



All clear, vault is open.



Pulse barely palpable. She's alive!



They went out through the vent.

Look, they can't escape.
We sealed off the duct.

Except you unsealed
them to get the gas in.



God damn it.

- Where's that duct let out?
- Every block has an outlet.

- There must be a utility door.
- Let's go.

- I want those sons of b*tches.
- [expl*si*n]

- What the hell was that?
- Some kind of b*mb.

It's cash, money coming down,

right into the crowd
behind the barricades.

- It's a diversion.
- Look, money!

- Money!
- Grab it!

[EXCITED CHATTER]

Right there! An access door.

Hey, hey, move! FBI. Move, FBI!

FBI coming through!



[ECHOING] Ah!

- [BREATHING SHAKILY]
- [BREATHING DEEPLY]

Ming Lee. Who is this now?

A woman, reporter... We found her today.

Yeah, I heard all that,
but how is it related to me?

Because they found her
in a place named swan?

You have to understand, okay?

These bank heists,
and the people targeted

by Fedorova... There's
always a connection.

None that I can see.

Now, look, I don't know
this woman, and if I...

I'm sorry, are you
insinuating something?

[SCOFFS] Have I not been
through enough today?

Was it not enough that the
FBI sent me into an ambush?

You went in willingly.

Not for a ritual humiliation
in front of a global audience.

You know, the American people

are gonna be asking a lot of questions,

like what exactly is
the FBI hiding from them?

And you can bet your
ass I'm gonna find out.

Excuse me. They want me on camera.



I got good news and bad news.

- What do you want first?
- Good. I need good.

The ME found DNA under
Ming Lee's fingernails.

Get out of town.

That means we can subpoena
him for a comparison sample.

- [SIGHS]
- What's the bad news?

It's badly degraded.

It's not gonna provide
a match to anything.

[SIGHS] Okay.



- What do we know about her?
- Arushi Banerjee.

No connection to Fedorova we could find.

Address in Inwood.

Inwood. And she came to the bank here?

And was randomly chosen?

Don't say it.

There are no coincidences.

Arushi, I'm Agent Turner.

May I ask you a question?

You live in Inwood, right?

What brought you here?

The bank manager called
me three days ago,

and he said there was a problem
with my loan application,

but I never applied for a loan.

He said it sounded like stolen identity

and I had to come down to
sort it out immediately.

Arushi...

do you happen to know
someone named Ming Lee?



Ming?

Yeah, she was my friend.

We lived in the same building,
at least until she d*ed...

su1c1de.

Why are you asking about her?

We found her body today.

And Ming... didn't commit su1c1de.

I knew it.

How?

She was so excited about
something she was working on...

An article.

I tried to tell the police, but
they said the case was closed.

When was the last time
you heard from her?

She texted me right
before she disappeared.

Numbers, made no sense... .

You remember them?

I thought about it so
often, I memorized it.

I have no idea what it means.

Thank you.



. Pop it.

Mm-hmm.

[DEVICE WHIRRING]



Well done, Ming Lee.

According to these documents
on Ming Lee's laptop,

she was investigating Tyler Erickson

for his association

with a Ukrainian
organized-crime family,

the Beloks.

Seems to go back to when Tyler worked

as a press aide

in the Cutler presidential
administration.

That would have been ten years ago.

Ming had documents
showing Tyler received

at least million from
the Beloks during that time.

They were paying him for
favors in the White House.

- Looks like it.
- And how'd the woman end up dead?

Ming must have approached
Tyler with her findings,

and he k*lled her.

Proof of this? Evidence?

None.

See, inconclusive DNA will
not garner a conviction

or a slap on the wrist or a confession

or anything else that lunatic
at Fort Totten has promised.

Wait.

- We don't need it.
- You actually do, Val.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Yes, trying, scary,

but this isn't my first
high-tension rodeo.

Still, it is baffling that the FBI

would be so ham-fisted
about the operation.

Thank you, Don.

We're clear.

We're next, Tyler.

Ming Lee left a laptop...

with an article about
you and the Belok family.

And the ME found DNA
under her fingernails.

Well, that would require
a comparison sample

to prove any relation to me...

which I have no reason to give you.

It's not my DNA.

Actually, I don't need
a sample, Mr. Erickson.



I already have one.

The American people
are going to be asking

a lot of questions, like what exactly

is Tyler Erickson keeping from them?

And you can bet your
ass I'm gonna find out.



I have no idea how she ended up dead.

I don't. I have no clue.

The DNA under her fingernails
suggests a struggle.

No, uh, she swung at me first.

How did she end up in the freezer

in the storage facility?

I had nothing to do with that.

- Who did?
- [SIGHS]

I made a call.

I said that there was a girl
who was asking questions.

They came and got her. It
has to be their facility.

I had nothing to do with it.

After you k*lled her, you called who?

Were they named Belok?



And they put her body in the freezer.

- I have nothing else to say.
- Then you're under arrest.

Let's go.



[INDISTINCT CHATTER,
CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]



ENN's own Tyler Erickson

arrested on charges of homicide.

Details are starting to roll in.

[ALARM BLARES]

[CHUCKLES]

So, you see, you may have
questioned my methods,

but a k*ller is locked up.

I always keep my promises.

Do you love me now, New York?

[CROWD MURMURING]

What a day. [LAUGHS]

Am I trending?

I did a quick search on Tyler Erickson

and found that when he
worked at the White House

as a press aide...

Reed Doblin and Joan
Bradbury were there, too.

Is that the connection?

The connection is corruption,

greed, m*rder.

This Erickson pig k*lled a girl.

You put him away.

Still want me in the black hat?

Who are the Beloks?



[CHUCKLES] Complicated question.

I'm not sure you're
ready for the answer.

But I'll give you this.

Owen received a gift
from them in Argentina.



The b*llet.

It wasn't intended for him,
but he received it nonetheless.

Still carries it, no?



He does.

So, you see, we're on the same side.

Getting to know each other so well.

[SIGHS] Stop saying that.
You don't know me.

I know your favorite meal
is pasta puttanesca...

but only the way Owen makes it.

You like your coffee
scalding hot and black.

Your dream vacation
is to swim with sharks

off Australia's Gold Coast.

And your darkest wish...

is to k*ll the man
who k*lled your mother.



My husband tell you all that?



I just want us to be friends.



We're getting there.



No.



And I'm starting to see your patterns.

You're going to slip.



Not yet, though.



[CHUCKLES]



[DOOR OPENS, ALARM BLARING]



[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]

- Uh-huh.
- You good?

I'm fine, baby.

- [GROANS SOFTLY]
- There we go. There we go.

[SOFT MUSIC]



You ever think...

we're in the wrong line of work?

[CHUCKLES] What would be
the right line of work?

One that doesn't get you sh*t.



I can't bear to lose you.



Val.

Val.

You are never going to lose me.

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