01x05 - Gold Rush

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01x05 - Gold Rush

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Previously on "The Endgame"...

Bank just got hit by six gunmen.

[expl*si*n]

She thinks on a big scale.

And the biggest
bank in New York is...

Federal Reserve.

How's she gonna steal
, tons of gold?

[g*nf*re]

What's happening?

The woman they took is Ameera Ojjeh.

She has the biometrics
to open the vault.

I took over seven
banks but not for money.

[expl*si*n]

We have to be alive to get our revenge.

So when's the last time
you thought of Isaac Bigby?

- Who the hell is Isaac Bigby?
- The man who k*lled my mother.

You actually turned
your husband in to the FBI.

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

Just walk away, and don't come back.

- Who are the Beloks?
- Complicated question.

The Ukrainian organized crime family.

Every story from her has
yielded sideways information

about her next target.

Val has access and
insight the rest of us don't.

- I listen to her. You should too.
- That sounds like a demotion.

It's reality, Doak.

How is she receiving the information?

Texts, all ones and zeros.

All of your targets
are in this photo.

The others, are they next?

Val Turner will discover it.

[WATER RUNNING]

BOTH: Mm.

- You're so domestic.
- [LAUGHS]

I love it.

- Don't get used to it.
- It's a special occasion.

[TENSE MUSIC]



Let's finish this.



Please, I've told you everything.

You told us a bit, Pasha,

although it took some convincing.

But you have not told
us everything, not yet.

You're afraid.

We are talking about powerful people.

But right now, we are the
ones you should be afraid of.

I admit, I planted
the b*mb in the church.



My wife was sick.

I couldn't afford a doctor.

They offered me so much money.

Your wife is better now? She's good?

It was too late. It
was all for nothing.

I'm so sorry.

The person who hired
you, give us a name.

If I do, you'll just k*ll me.

No, I will not k*ll you.

I promise.

It's all right.

Whisper it to me.

[WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]

[SIGHS]

You took so much from us, Pasha.

m*rder*d my husband's entire family,

destroyed our lives.

We have lived with
this grief for so long.

I see you have remorse,
but is that justice?

And yet I made a promise.

So... I will not k*ll you.

- [WHIMPERS]
- He will.

[GRUNTING]

[NECK CRACKS]

A small justice was done that day

but nowhere near enough.

- _
- So Pasha Antonov admitted

that he was hired by a member

of the Cutler administration
to b*mb your wedding?

Someone in this photo?

Care to share and save me the trouble

of finding out myself?

Why would a U.S. official

put a hit on the Vodianov family?

When you meet that person,
perhaps you can ask them.

I ran the dates of when
these people worked for Cutler

and checked the White
House sign-in logs.

They're watching drone footage
of the church expl*si*n,

aren't they?

They're watching the m*ssacre

of men, women, and children.

A nightmare.

To say the least.

Haven't you already made your point?

The city's been at a
standstill for a week,

and innocent people are
still being held hostage.

Four of the officials in this photo

are currently facing charges.

I see others in this photo

who currently face nothing at all.

Okay, so I'll make you a deal.

In exchange for the banks you hold,

we'll investigate the others.

You're already doing
this, except I have leverage.

But I like the idea of teamwork.

I wouldn't say we're a team.

[LAUGHS] Now, now, you never know

when someone might turn
out to be a true partner.

I won't stop until there
is full accountability.

It's your mother's
birthday this week, no?

She would still be here with you

if one man hadn't chosen
the path of v*olence.

Don't you wish you could hold
the Isaac Bigby accountable

for everything he took from you?

Bigby is dead.

I've accepted the fact

that there won't be any
justice... for my mother.

But what if there could be?

What if you could talk to him?

Would you show him more mercy

than Sergey and I showed Pasha Antonov?

I don't deal in hypotheticals.

I deal in reality, the here and now.

Hmm. You dwell in
the past too, don't lie.

Who's next?

You'll see.

- [SIREN WAILING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

We need to get to door three
in time for the iris scan.

Sebastian, Garcelle, grab the boy.

Liam...

bring the briefcase and wire it up.

Let's go.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]



Where are you taking us?

Okay, I'm coming.

We're all going down to the vault.

You will do exactly as I say.



[GAS HISSING]

I need to update the president.

So they breached the
stairwell gate or...

They're in the process
and likely to soon.

But that doesn't mean they're
in the gold vault yet, ma'am.

So you called the
White House chief of staff

to say all is right with the world?

Get to it.

That stairwell does lead to the
subterranean levels and the gold.

But past extensive security layers.

Rogelio, your assistant director
needs to stop sugarcoating.

We are neck-deep in fresh sewage.

If the , tons of gold
in that vault is removed,

tampered with, touched,
posed with for a selfie,

the world will say the United States

cannot protect its assets,
and the dollar will plummet.

We're talking global depression.

Look, we will do
everything in our power

to keep that from happening.

The president's in the
press room at : p.m.

Is that what he should
tell those vipers?

Ma'am, there are two
other recognizable people

in that photo.

One of them will be her next target.

We're working on that now.

I know Judge Caroline Walsh.

Don't know why she'd be a target.

Same.

Still, I'm putting a detail on her home.

The other is Ahmed Abdel.

In , he was an assistant
in the Cutler staff.

We're digging into
companies he's founded

after leaving the White House?

Opal Electronics, Sable
Gaming, TITN Consultants.

TITN?

Four years ago, they did
a complete security revamp

at the Federal Reserve.

So if anyone can stop Snow White

from stealing the gold, it's him.

Which would put Abdel number
one on Fedorova's hit list.

- Bring him in.
- I'm on my way.

What's her name again?

Val Turner.

And, Flowers, you're her partner?

That's right, ma'am.

Keep doing what you're doing.

I'll brief the president now.

Yeah.

Just keep doing what you're doing.

[EXHALES HEAVILY]



You got through the first gate,

but you're gonna need
a lot more than that

to get to the gold.

- Something like this?
- [DEVICE BEEPS]

No!

Wired up, ready to go.

What are you planning
to do with that?

Sir, I'm a mother with
two little girls at home.

I am begging you, please don't hurt me.

Don't give me a reason to.



We've tracked the coded messages

being sent to Fedorova
via the w*r Room console.

Most originated from cell phones

inside the h*jacked banks.

Snow White members
keeping Fedorova up to speed.

But there's an outlier.
A third of those messages

were sent from a cell
phone north of the city.

Peekskill Correctional Facility.

Mm, the only person I can
think of inside of that prison

sending messages.. is Owen Turner.

Yeah.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

- Mr. Abdel?
- Yes?

Special Agent Val Turner, FBI.

Sorry to drop in unannounced,

but you don't pick up your phone.

- Do you have a minute?
- I don't, no.

Yeah, that was just me being polite.

I'm here on the authority
of the director of the FBI

and the White House.

Open the door.

What do you want?

Look, Snow White operatives
are trying to breach

the Federal Reserve's gold vault.

I have it on good authority
that you can help us stop them.

I do not know what
you're talking about.

Mr. Abdel,

unless you want to end
up indicted, humiliated,

or whatever else Fedorova
has planned for you,

help me, and I'll help you.

[SCOFFS]

[LOCK CLICKS]

It runs off the phone.

What doesn't these days?

I heard her name on
the news, that's it.

I don't understand why I'd be a target.

Well, most of the other
people in this photo were.

So... it stands to reason you're next.

- Oh, God. Where did that come from?
- Where do you think?

Okay, uh,

I was just operating the drone camera.

I was technical assistance.

They pulled me in at the last minute,

but I didn't know what it was about,

not until it was over.

I didn't do anything to her.

I'm not sure she sees it that way.

Okay, does she know
that Joan Bradbury

said that if I told anyone,

she would revoke my citizenship,

deport my parents back to Syria?

I'm innocent here.

You've been waiting
for me, haven't you?

Or her. I've seen
what's been going on.

It's been like a... like a vise
tightening around my throat.

You want it to stop?

Help us keep Snow White out
of the Reserve's gold vault.

You are assuming there's a way in.

If you built it, you can cr*ck it.

Okay. There is a trapdoor.

So if the system was ever compromised,

I could log in and manually reset it.

The only thing is, I need to
be on the Reserve's server.

- Great. Let's talk on the way.
- [CELL PHONE CHIMES]

What the hell is this?

I don't suppose you brought
any other agents with you.

No, they're definitely not with me.

Um, where can you take cover?

- Fr-fr-fr-from whom?
- Ahmed.

There is... there is a
safe room off the library.

Good, go.

Wait, your phone, it controls the house?

Unlock it, give it to me.

Okay, go.

[TENSE MUSIC]



Val, do you have Abdel?

Three armed gunmen

just showed up wearing Snow White masks.

I think she's trying to take him out.

I'll send backup. Hold them off.



FBI! Drop your w*apon!

[g*nshots]

[RAPID g*nf*re]

[g*nshots]

[RAPID g*nf*re]

[g*nsh*t, g*n CLICKS]

Damn it!

Come on out now.

Game's over.

[TV BLARING, PINBALL MACHINES BLIPPING]

[TOY CAR WHIRRING]

[RAPID g*nf*re]

[POP MUSIC BLARING]



[BREATHING HEAVILY]

You're supposed to
be in the safe room.

There's another gunman.

The safe room door, it's stuck.

How can it be stuck?

Because it's needed.

That's when technology always fails.

Give me my phone.

[GLASS SHATTERS]

That's the third sh**t.

Call it off.

Right now!

I don't understand.

Tell your men to stand down.

Any harm comes to Turner,
the same comes to you.

Harm Agent Turner? Why would I do this?

You better pray the state
police get to them in time.



I know you're in there.

Come on out real easy, man.

Don't make me come in there and get you.

Ah!

[GLASS SHATTERS]

- Get out here.
- Are we good?

Great.

Oh, my God.

Yeah, sending three gunmen,

Fedorova clearly has
a big problem with you.

Val.

Two of the sh**t are DOA.

The third's in custody
and being transported.

A sh**t-out, Val, with
you in the middle?

What is this, Fedorova upping her game?

Did you speak to her?

She denied involvement.

She wasn't cryptic or
confusing... or annoying?

Just denied it.

I'll pursue it further.

[INDISTINCT POLICE RADIO CHATTER]

[SIREN WAILING]

[CELL PHONE BUZZING AND RINGING]

Director Réal, we just got
word about the sh**t out.

- The MCU interview room is...
- Good, Doak. Put Anthony Flowers on.

Of course.

The director.

This is Flowers.

I need you to handle
something for me.

Drive to Peekskill Prison for
a sit-down with Owen Turner.

I'll fill you in on the way.

Don't tell anyone where you're going.

Not Doak, especially not Val.

- Understood?
- Yes, Director.

Send your cell.

Call back when you're driving.

I have to step out, orders.

Regarding?

Can't say.

[TENSE MUSIC]



- [YELLS]
- [GLASS SHATTERS]



[SCANNER BEEPS]

Welcome, Ms. Ojjeh.

You.

[SCANNER BEEPS]

Welcome, Mr. McPherson.

Unless one of you
is a Federal Reserve

board member in disguise,
this is the end of the road.

You need three of us to enter the vault.

[SCANNER BEEPS]

I'll get you a refill, Ms. Doherty.

Welcome, Ms. Doherty.

One down, two to go. Let's hit it.

[ALARM BEEPING]

You see, this is where
I become frustrated.

I was told there was no
way to breach the vault door

without a third board
member's biometrics.

They're through the first vault door.

Abdel, Assistant Director Doak.

Heard you had a hell of a morning.

Team's assembled outside,
awaiting your download.

Let's get this over with.

We pulled the plans for you.

This is the third
sh**t from Abdel's house.

In the command center,
if that works for you.

Not even sure I'm in charge.

- You are.
- Really?

I get the sense if
this goes pear-shaped,

I'll be selling knish in Times Square.

That's probably true for both of us.

You didn't get raked over the coals

by the president's chief of staff.

Exactly the opposite.

[SIGHS]

When I upgraded the system,
I had them seal a fire door

from the vault level
to the subway tunnel

on the William Street side.

There is a vulnerable spot.

It's just brick and drywall.

No rebar. We can break through.

I'll take a small
detail, go in quiet.

Be in and gone before they even know it.

I'll get him into the server.

You question the prisoner.

Um, Doak?

Listen, Abdel is skittish.

Interviews are your specialty,

- and we need the best in that room.
- And the president is watching.

Yes.

So if it's flawless,

it's commendations for me
and reinstatement for you.

What do you say?

I'm all about teamwork.



Your name, please?

Ameera Ojjeh.

- [SCANNER BEEPING]
- Recognized.

Your name, please?

Scott McPherson.

[SCANNER BEEPING]

Recognized.

Your name, please?

- [RECORDER BEEPS]
- Seamus Plymouth.

- You have a delivery for me?
- Depends.

Are you Federal Reserve board member

"See-moose Ply-mouth"?

It's pronounced "Shay-mus Plih-muth."

Want a tip? Next time, get it right.

Have a good day.

- Recognized.
- [LAUGHS]

Two down, one to go.

The entry point is very close.

This way.

Sir, vault two has been breached.

Snow White is through
the second vault door.

Don't worry, they won't
get through the third.

It's iris recognition.
You can't fake that.

Okay, unless they have
a board member's eyeball

in their pocket, they're
not getting through.



Oh, my God.

[DEVICE BEEPS]

This is it. I marked
it, just in case.

Vault sensors are picking up a

strong heat signature
at the third door.

Tech thinks it's an expl*sive device,

and it's just been armed.

- We need to get in now!
- Yes, sir.

[INSECTS CHIRPING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

He doesn't look well.

I've been watching him for days.

He never left the house.

He has a problem with alcohol.

How the mighty have fallen.

Let's do this tonight.

_

I don't feel well.

About this? Him?

For weeks now, it comes and goes.

I thought I had the flu.

I think there's something wrong with me.

What?

I don't believe this. [LAUGHS]

I didn't think I could have children.

All these years
we've been together...

It's a miracle.

It's my mother in heaven...
sending us a blessing.



Anthony.

How you doing?

Owen.

- It's good to see you.
- Yeah, it's not a social call.

Val was involved in a sh**t-out today.

- Oh.
- She's fine.

sh**t-out?

With who?

See, that's a question
that I'm inclined to ask you,

but there's not a lot of
honesty coming from your camp.

So I'll just say what I'm here to say.

Anthony, I don't know
anything about a sh**t-out.

Maybe that's true, maybe not.

I don't know you anymore, but
whatever you're involved in

put Val in front of flying lead.

So I'm just here to ask,
was that the original goal?

I don't know anything about it.

I have to assume

that you got involved with these people

because whatever they sold you
sounded like the right path,

or maybe it was part of it all along.

Now, you know I would
never put her in jeopardy.

But she is,

because the people you're working with

just tried to take out your wife.

No. That's not it.

The same woman who stood
by you when no one else would.

Owen, if you knew it was coming,

just clam up.

But if this is out of hand, which it is,

get out now.

And I'll do anything I can to help.

Okay, okay.

Just ask yourself one question, then.

Is this really who you are now?



Go.

[SCANNER BEEPING]

Recognized.

[DRYWALL CRUMBLING]

How long will it take
to reset the system?

No more than a few minutes.

Can you open this?

We can send in a team to take them out.

Have to retake the
system to open the door.

Then it's all yours.

Val, tell everyone topside
that we're in the server room.

[STATIC CRACKLING]

Val.

Ivan Aslanov, here on a student visa.


[GLASS SHATTERS]

So what are you studying?

I have nothing to say.

Oh, now, now, now. Not so fast, come on.

One thing you should learn

while getting your American education

is that this is the land
of let's make a deal.

Not interested.

Well, you're in a tough spot.

You had one job to do.

One job.

Take out Ahmed Abdel.

You failed.

What do you think Elena Fedorova

is gonna do to you when she finds out?

What do I care about Elena Fedorova?

What can she do to me?

She's your boss.

I don't work for that bitch.

You were wearing Snow White masks.

Bought at a kiosk near Grand Central.

His surveillance would show the masks.

So his surveillance shows the masks,

you put it off on Snow White.

Okay, so if you don't
work for Elena Fedorova,

who do you work for?

'Cause we keep hearing the name Belok.

I'd like my lawyer.

See, I do know about America.

I watch TV.

[SCANNER BEEPING]

Recognized.

[ALARM BEEPING]

Second iris has been
scanned outside the gold vault.

Get Doak on the radio.
Make sure he's aware.

[STATIC CRACKLING]

Maybe they're out of range.

They shouldn't be. Send an agent down.

I can't make sense of it, sir.

I've interviewed two of her people.

They never denied being Snow White.

In fact, they revel in it.

So I'm leaning toward
believing his story.

So who is he?

No record in the U.S.,
nothing with Interpol.

But he's trained well and
acts like she's an enemy.

When I mentioned the
Beloks, he lawyered up.

If he's with the Beloks,

why go after another enemy of hers?

We brought Abdel in
to spoil Elena's plan.

But I like the idea of teamwork.

Teamwork.

Now, now, you never know

when someone might turn
out to be a true partner.

Sir, does she look worried?

Not a bit.

I got a bad feeling.

Abdel is in the photo.
He must be her target.

Unless she turned him...

And we just walked him right
into the Federal Reserve.

[DOG BARKING, BIRDS CHIRPING]

- [WHISTLES]
- [GASPS]

Don't... move.

Mr. Abdel, my name is Elena Fedorova.

This is my husband, Sergey Vodianov.

I know who you are.

Don't be afraid. We just want to talk.

You drink so much, Mr. Abdel.

Something you're trying to forget?

Are you... are you here to k*ll me?

- You would deserve it.
- I'm so sorry.

I... I didn't know.

Only a day ago,

it wouldn't have mattered
that you were sorry.

I felt so much rage for
the people who hurt us.

I've k*lled people.

I would have k*lled you.

But I don't want to do that anymore.

Doesn't change anything.

- No, it doesn't.
- Sit down, don't move.

[SIGHS] I need to make the world better

for those who come next.

Perhaps you'd like to help us.

[TENSE MUSIC]



- Time frame, Abdel?
- seconds.

[SCANNER BEEPING]

You can do anything on your phone.

[SCANNER BEEPING]

What are you doing with propane?

[SCANNER BEEPS]

Doak, get Abdel out of there.

He's with Snow White.

I'm on my way.

Freeze! Don't move!

It's... it's too late. It's done.

[DOOR CLANKS AND WHIRS]



Take them back up to the lobby.

I'll handle this.

Do not set off that device!



We need to unlock
this door right now.

No, we need to leave.

They're planting propane
tanks in the vault.

The device will set them off

and the room will become
an oven, over , degrees.

The gold will vaporize.

- Why? What does that prove?
- It's Gambia.

It's the diamond mine she imploded.

It's not about the money.

It's about revenge.

Get a demo team and the
b*mb squad to blow this door.

You don't have time for that.

- We have charges.
- Take it now!



[expl*si*n]

[TIMER BEEPING]

Freeze!

You all better run.

We got a lobby full
of hostages upstairs

and no time to evacuate.

Just under a minute.

Take the prisoners back
out through the tunnel.

Due respect, sir, we should
stay till the room is clear.

That's an order!

Let's go, everybody out.

You remember ordnance
class at Quantico?

Some of it.

We could try cutting the wires,

but if it has collapsing circuits,

then it detonates.

We could try to relocate
it to a safe place,

but if it has a mercury switch
that's sensitive to movement...

It detonates, and there's
no safe place to relocate it.

Last option... remove the detonators.

If there's no trigger mechanism,

the primary expl*sive is neutralized.

I'll take one. You take the other.

Real easy, Val.

Three, two, one, pull.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]



Take cover.

There's no point.

Either it worked, or it
didn't. Cross your fingers.

[TIMER BEEPING]

[DEVICE CLICKS]

Teamwork.

Let's finish this.

Stand by for the go order.

We're retaking the Federal Reserve.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]



Take the door.

Moving in.

On the ground now!

FBI! Show me your hands!

Down, down now!

[TENSE MUSIC]



[MACHINE CLUNKS]

When they came for Abdel,

they fired on Val.

They must have been
wearing Snow White masks.

A message for us.

- They could have k*lled her.
- Beloks are no match for your wife.

That's not the point.

You said the plan could draw them out,

but you never told me

that Val could get
caught in the crossfire.

Did you think it was gonna be easy?

Elena is doing everything
she can to protect her.

You better hope that's enough,

because if anything happens to Val...

I'll k*ll you both.

Remember that.



[MACHINE CLUNKS]

[INDISTINCT POLICE RADIO CHATTER]

[SIREN WAILING]

I should probably thank you
for saving my life earlier.

Don't mention it.

Abdel, before you're locked
up, help me understand.

The sh**t who came for
you, no records here or abroad.

They're ghosts.

But if I had to guess,

I'd say they were hired by the Beloks.

That's a good guess.

Not a lot of information available.

- They're a crime family?
- Mm-hmm.

Enemies of Elena Fedorova, Snow White?

Long time.

That's probably all I should say.

How'd she turned you?

You seem like a... a smart,

freethinking person.

Like your husband?

We're discussing you.

The tactics were probably
different for me and Owen,

different... but the same.

Put a word to it.

Willingness. I lied before.

I wasn't pulled into the room
just to guide the surveillance drone.

I... I arranged payment to
the bomber, Pasha Antonov.

You could say I hired him, technically.

Did you know what you
were paying him to do?

No.

I was told it was to help
our allies in Belarus,

working to fight against
Russian aggression.

They lied to me.

I drank to cope. I... I withdrew.

And then Elena and
Sergey... knocked on my door.

I'm done now.

Ahmed, I'm all for redemption,

but prison is a dangerous place.

If the Beloks want you dead,
they can find you there too.

Elena won't let
anything happen to me.

Elena wasn't there this morning.

I was.

Yes,

because Elena sent you.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

Director.

The messages Elena's
receiving from outside...

Forensics cracked the code.

And? What'd you learn?

First, some of the messages

are coming from inside Peekskill Prison.

Owen.

I sent Flowers to visit
him and to let him know

about the att*ck at Ahmed Abdel's house

just to see if he'd reach out to Elena.

The latest message reads,
"Val and Abdel under fire.

The new players are here."

He knows about the Beloks.

It's a lot to process.

But I don't want you visiting him again,

not without a wire.

It's too risky.

I was ordered, Val.

Do not apologize, Anthony.

It wasn't something
I felt good about.

But at the same time, I gotta say...

I didn't hate giving
him a piece of my mind.

Look, um,

did he seem upset

when you told him about what
happened at Abdel's house?

Yeah, he was upset.

It's just the message
he sent Elena was so, um...

straightforward.

I'm just... I'm trying
to make it make sense

in... in... in my head.

[SIGHS]

Maybe I'm trying to make
it something it's not.

Don't know, Val.

It all... comes out to the same.

Owen... made his choice.

He's with Elena,

not me.

Chief of Staff Swanstrom
wants us to conference.

Victory lap, Val.

Take it. You earned it.

I'm not in the mood.

[SOMBER MUSIC]



Great news all around.

The president was thrilled to hear it.

Well...

the job had to get done.

I got it done.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]



[DEVICE BEEPING]

Freeze!



[BUZZER BLARES]

I'll never understand it.

There's, like, a piece missing.

What's the one thing that turns a person

from normal human being to... zealot?

Willingness?

For us, it was our baby.

We wanted a better life, a
better world for our child.

As most mothers do.

Giving birth does not make you soft,

quite the opposite.

You know what's easy?

m*rder, v*olence.

What is hard... is forgiveness.

If you had the chance,

would you forgive Isaac
Bigby for k*lling your mother?

This again.

If you had the opportunity
to right that wrong

and if there was
someone who understood...

Is that what turned someone
like Abdel to Snow White?

Well, it doesn't apply to me.

Hmm, let's see.

Check your pocket.



Isaac Bigby's address.

He's alive.

For all these years,

there's been no accountability,

no justice.

So now it's time for you

to tell me a story.

And I'm dying to know how it ends.
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