13x08 - Dough, Ray and Me

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13x08 - Dough, Ray and Me

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This is it.

The slightest misstep
means disaster.

[tense musical sting]

[exhales]
Ah, my best work yet.

[sighs]
Sadly, I think you're right.

Another one
for the maybe pile.

- Mmm.
- [laughs maniacally]

Cheryl, you know I love you,
but if you don't start helping,

I'm gonna snap your vertebrae
like pistachios.

Aw, that does sound like love!

Come on! We need of those
by the end of the day!

Well, since we're not
gonna make it anyway,

it won't matter if you eat one.

You know I'm trying
to keep that under control!

[yelping weakly]

Why do you think I'm doing it?

[screams]

- Yaa... ah-ha-ow...
- [laughs]

I saw you lick crumbs
off your face... I win.

- You okay?
- Why was it so hot?

- Were you... wearing oven mitts?
- What are those?

SLATER: Damn it!
What are you idiots doing?

You tell us, ass-face.

You say we're on a secret
mission to destroy Fabian,

and we've been undercover
for three weeks in this bakery.

It's a patisserie,
and it's not like I love having you

mess up my profitable side business.

That you use
as a personal slush fund.

Obviously that.
Wait, where's the other guy?

Weird beard science d*ck?

Everyone knows that
sourdough starter is alive,

but the question remains,
is it horny?

- [glass shatters]
- SLATER: Listen up.

Our intelligence says
that Fabian will venture out

into the open soon,
then you'll k*ll him.

Wait, this is
a straight-up assassination?

What are you, children?
Yes!

He's blackmailed
the president of Manatina

into declaring martial law

and is turning the whole country
into his personal fiefdom.

Why not just have
CIA hit men do it?

First off,
the CIA doesn't have hit men.

Second, they're busy.

Third, we can't have
our fingerprints on this.

Unlike every pastry
you ding-dongs make.

Yeah, it'd be a real shame
if the CIA got a bad name.

All I'm saying is that
we can't have blowback.

- So if I get captured...
- Put a b*llet in your head?

No! Jesus.
Just rescue me.

You were way too quick
with that.

And the fewer CIA people
we have involved, the better.

- We might have a mole.
- Oh, you don't say.

I mean, at this point,
isn't Langley

considered a national wildlife refuge?

You've got so many rodents
in the CIA

that the C probably stands
for Chuck E. Cheese.

Why are you thinking
about Chuck E. Cheese?

Because you wanna go there
with a kid

that you got tricked into having

who no longer sees you
as her father?

Or maybe the other kid you had
with a hooker?

- Whoa. Jesus, Slater.
- The C stands for Central.

- It's a soft C.
- [phone buzzes]

All right, let's go k*ll a guy.

[main title theme]



So we've got a man
on the inside.

He says Fabian is leaving
the presidential residence soon,

and the only route takes him
through the central square

and right by us here

at the Confectionery Institute
of the Americas.

- Subtle.
- I don't do subtle.

Has anyone ever explained
to you what a spy is?

Has anyone ever explained
to you what alcoholism is?

- Yeah, like, dozens of times.
- Okay, this is our killbox.

Oh, great.
The only problem I have

with this is that it is insane.

You can't put a killbox
in a public square.

Hmm, let me look.

Yeah, I can, and if you
don't wanna do this mission,

it is your God-given right
as an American to go home

and face the crimes
you've all been framed for.

Honestly,
not one of my favorite rights.

Move over,
quartering of soldiers.

This is President Lucero,
until now, a progressive reformer.

But she's been blackmailed
and possibly taken hostage

by Fabian
and a security team led by...

- our friend Ray Gillette.
- [gasps] Hey, I know that guy!

- Look, Cheryl, Fairy Stix!
- [squeals]

I always carry some.
Continue.

Wait, how are we gonna take out
Fabian without hitting Ray?

I mean, he's being a douche,

but if being a douche
were a capital offense,

we'd have to carpet-b*mb
Wall Street.

- And frankly, seems expensive.
- Look, Ray made his choice.

And this might be
our only chance

- before Fabian solidifies control.
- Aw, but it's Ray.

I just... [sighs] I just put
so much awesome tech in him.

He's more machine now than man.

Look, I get it. I'm human.

And I'm sensitive
to your feelings here,

but if it comes down to it,

sh**t Fabian
through Ray's g*dd*mn head.

- What about her?
- She's not our concern.

It's the CIA's policy
not to intervene

in other countries' internal politics.

Or you're hoping
this mess will get her deposed

and you can replace her
with a right-wing dictator.

- Touche.
- I think it's pronounced "Pinochet."

Whatever.
Be ready in half an hour.

Not to be sentimental,
but if Ray does die,

I'd like my stuff back
from his corpse.

[sniffles, sadly]
Did anybody bring a chain saw?

Everybody ready?

Yeah, but it's weird
not having Ray here.

Come on, he'd probably
just make some cr*ck

about how I'm unreliable
and drunk...

- which is so unfair.
- Yeah, he'd say something like,

"If only we had to k*ll your liver,

- we could just wait ten minutes."
- Aha, okay.

- "Easy, and seven."
- Okay.

"If I wanted a partner
that pissed,

I'd team up with your
underwear tomorrow morning."

Okay, Jesus.
Now I really do wanna k*ll him.

Do you really think
he's gone bad?

I mean, he did give
all our secrets to Fabian,

and before that, he was working
at IIA without telling us.

And he was really touchy
about the snake bite thing

and the spider bite thing.

I mean, come on, get over it.

I did, like, immediately.

Okay, we'll have a better sh*t
at not k*lling Ray

if we adjust these positions
slightly.

I've got it, Lana.

Here's what we do.

Okay, so the first task
is blocking the exit.


Cheryl, that's on you.

"Father of Freedom,
may you stand and watch over us

until the last trumpet plays."

- Yikes.
- We're gonna need a trumpet.

ARCHER: Pam, after that,
you'll join Cyril


at the entrance so they can't retreat.

So we're, uh, really doing this.

No, you're dreaming.
That's why this doesn't hurt.

Ah!

ARCHER: Lana, you're eagle eye.
Call out threats.


If you've got a clear sh*t,
take it.


Meanwhile, I will ready myself

for combat using
spiritual techniques


that owe much too Spartan
and Maori ritual.


Excuse me,
I asked for a martini,

not a liquid analogue
of your character:

weak and disappointing.

LANA:
Archer, I'm seeing an alleyway


that's not on the map.
Could be a possible escape route.

- We should shift...
- Lana, quick question.

- Are you Laszlo Toth?
- [sighs] I am not.

Then why are you despoiling
my perfect work of art?

Fabian will be
in the middle of the motorcade

well past the alley.
It'll be fine.

LANA: Motorcade approaching.

Three cars.
seconds to contact.

Let's pucker and poke 'er, boys.

- LANA: Come on.
- Really?


- CHERYL: No!
- KRIEGER: No!


Look, as leader,
you need to clear

a new catchphrase with me
before you trot it out

in front of everybody
like a brain-damaged

suicidal circus horse.

Wink your stinks,
no time to think.

- What did I just say?
- LANA: Everyone shut up.

Cheryl,
are you ready to detonate?

- Ready!
- MAN: Miss?

Less ready.
Not ready!

[tense music]

Abort! Abort!

Just throw it!

- [grunts]
- [tires screeching]

[people screaming]

[laughs]
It was the last Tr*mp...

oh, it hit the woodwinds.

[tires screeching]

[g*nsh*t]

[tires screeching, crash]

ARCHER: Converge on car two!

LANA: No, do not converge.
He might not be...


Ignore! Converge!

Also, abort that last order.
Just for spite.

Nobody's here.

LANA: Come on, Ray.

Bend down and tie your shoe
or something.

I don't have the sh*t.

I repeat, no sh*t.
Archer, the cafe!

- [panting]
- [door bell jingles]

[spits]

Oh, you little...

- [g*n cocking]
- [yelps]

[dramatic music]

- [g*n cocking]
- Can't say I'm sorry, Fabian.

What the sh*t, Ray?

You're gonna take a b*llet
for this douchehole?

Kinda hoping not to,
but I'm not the one

pointing a g*n at me!

He made the only
rational choice, Archer.

You should do the same. An
entire country at your disposal.

Every appetite fulfilled.

Ha! My appetites will
never be fulfilled, Fabian,

because I am ultimately empty...

is, I guess, what I'm arguing.
But it doesn't matter.

You can't do a hostile takeover
of a whole country.

You'll get thrown out eventually.

True, if I didn't have leverage.

We discovered
the world's biggest deposit

of the rare earth metal
Hexon downriver.

Thanks for getting me a sample
last time you were here.

Come on, Ray.
We have to save the agency.

It's Mother's legacy.

- That has to mean something to you.
- Don't guilt-trip me!

You didn't even come see me
in the hospital

when you got me bitten
by that snake!

- [chortling]
- And now you're giggling

- about it?
- I am not.

Ray, I swear, I was thinking
of something else.

[laughing]

- It was the spider.
- Well, now I've found someone

who knows what loyalty means.

- [grunts]
- Sorry!

It was just the perfect moment
for that!

- RAY: You idiot!
- Oh, I'm the idiot?

- You just got double-crossed!
- I was playing him!

But that doesn't make any...
okay.

That might make a little sense,
but why didn't you k*ll him?

Because I'm not gonna k*ll
the one person

who can actually clear our names!

You think Slater
cares enough to do it?

And now we don't even have
anybody on the inside!

That's where you're wrong, Ray.
Slater has a mole!

- I'm the mole!
- Wow.

He was totally willing
to k*ll you to get to Fabian.

What a freaking shock.
I was trying to set this up

so we could capture Fabian
and have him clear our names.

So you just made this
whole thing infinitely harder.

- Ass.
- Well, obviously,

but w-w-what about... huh.

But wait, then...
ah, sh*t.

Well, yet another successful
mission for the ass-for-head g*ng.

Yeah, well,
maybe you could have told us

Ray was your man on the inside.

How would that have helped?

Maybe they wouldn't have
almost k*lled me?

No, I mean
how would that help me?

And how do we even know

you're not playing both sides
right now?

- Oh, don't answer all at once, y'all.
- Ugh!

Now I have to bring in
an independent k*ll team.

Where are you gonna find
an independent k*ll team?

The CIA!

We'll just make them all
change their shirts.

The point is,
you're all demoted to support.

And if we don't agree?

Good luck getting through
the airport metal detector

with my steel-toed boot
up your ass.

And even if you made it
back to America,

you'd still all be felons.

- Seriously?
- Oh, come on.

Yeah, that's right. Now I have to
go talk to the real professionals.

And get those
f*cking muffins done!

So y'all baking now?

- Shut up, Ray.
- No, I won't shut up.

Can we at least acknowledge
y'all were wrong about me?

Do you honestly still think
I've gone over to Fabian?

- And that's unlikely why?
- Okay, that's fair.

But I'm back now,
and I think we should call it

"Raydemption."

How about possibly not
a raging assh*le?

- Emphasis on "possibly."
- I like mine better.

Look, it kind of seems like
we're cornered here.

So maybe we just do the job
and sort it out later.

No. No, that is not
what we are doing.

Look, my whole thing with IIA
was to go with the flow,

do my job, and go home.

And look where that got us.

There was no way we get out
of this if we just hope

things turn out okay.
We have to take control.

Yeah, that's a fun series
of words, Lana,

- but so is "Mad Libs."
- Okay, so how's this?

We pretend to work support,
go rogue, grab Fabian,

get him out of the country,
and use him to clear our names.

Well, that, I do like.
You got a plan?

- Always.
- So to be clear,

are we or aren't we
playing "Mad Libs"?

Either way,
my response is boobs.

[dramatic music]

SLATER: Listen up, failures.

What I need you to do is nothing.

Sit here and smell each other's
farts until I say.

We may need you for a
distraction... or something.

Okay,
we don't have much time

before the heavy hitters get here.

Uh, since it's my plan,
shouldn't I be the one talking?

That goes against
my every instinct,

but we don't have time
to argue.

So I'm gonna keep talking
because it feels natural.

Ray, you can't go in
because they know your face,

but you know the layout
and the security holes,

so you're gonna be crucial
on the radio.

We're counting on you.

- PAM: Really?
- CYRIL: Good Lord!

- CHERYL: I mean...
- LANA: Hey! Ray risked his life for us!

So shut up and get going.

Hey, Ray, I just wanna say

that I appreciate
the sacrifices you made.

Finally, someone!
Thank you.

But if you do betray us, I'll flay
you under a lemon juice waterfall.

I'll make
an Aztec blood sacrifice

look like a Girl Scout jamboree.

Now gulp and then say,
"Yes, Lana."

[gulps]
Yes, Lana.

Whew!
Oh, buddy, sorry about Lana.

Because I think she was
a little too lenient.

And speaking of jamborees,
I will roast marshmallows

over your burning
but still barely alive body.

Y'all's level of trust
is truly inspiring.

[suspenseful music]

- Ready?
- Uh, not sure.

You wanna give me a speech
about my plan before we go?

Don't be petty, Lana.
It's unbecoming.

Don't forget your bag.

- ARCHER: Ow!
- [thumping]

- [water splashes]
- ARCHER: So petty!

Oh, no, wait!
That was my bag.



What are you doing here?

We're... delivering pastries?

What is this mierda?

Don't be a d*ck.
That one's pretty good.

I even put my name on it.

[clears throat] Excuse me.
Is there a problem here?

ARCHER: Yes, Lana.

I just stepped
in a puddle of raw sewage

in shoes that cost more
than your car.

Well, if it makes you feel better,

you could always
get me a nicer car.

No, no, no.
This isn't the solution, homeys.

Let's just chill like krill.

They live in cold water.

[water running]

[chuckling]
Okay, all right, everyone.

Uh, I, uh... I know when I'm...

about to kick some ass!

[intense music]

[both coughing]

[grunts]

[grunting]

[groans]

[laughing maniacally]

Oh, wow, that looks bad.

[grunting]

Lana! Get out here!

I hate you!

Ow!

[grunting]



[grunting]

Hell yeah, Cyril, get some!

I just got some!

[grater clatters]

- [water running]
- ARCHER: Oh, hey!

Lana, wow, you're here.
Thank you so much for stopping by.

I should be mad at you
for not helping, but...

But what?

[laughing] I stepped on you
with the poop shoe.

PAM: Oh, and one more thing.

Eat me.

[muffled grunting]

We're ready.

RAY: Okay,
two guards flanking the door


and a third near the desk.

Cover on the left
in three, two, one, mark.

[expl*si*n booms]

- [grunting]
- [g*ns cocking]

- [g*nshots]
- [grunts]

Freeze, Fabian, or don't.

I wouldn't really care either way.

Yet another misstep
on your part.

I've got you right where I want...

- [yelps]
- Jesus!

Yeah, sorry.

I just couldn't listen
to another g*dd*mn speech.

You know what? Fair.
You, come with us.

- It'll be safer for you.
- Oh, oh! Why?

[intense music]

ARCHER: Because that!

[g*nf*re]

A-a-are you here
to rescue me?

- Uh, who are you again?
- This is the president!

She's being held hostage
and blackmailed?

This one is different than the one

we blackmailed
with the bank stuff?

At this point,
I honestly do not care.

- [g*nf*re]
- RAY: Across the hall!


Come on, hurry!

Go! Go!

[g*nf*re]

Fabian, I've been meaning
to tell you something.

- [grunts]
- Ow!

- [tires screeching]
- LANA: Why are you stopping?

Because... that?

[protesters shouting indistinctly]

[protestors shouting indistinctly]

See, if this were my van,
it'd be so much better.

What, like we'd have
knockout gas?

No, but when we get
torn apart,

we'd have
a kick-ass soundtrack.

- [all talking at once]
- PAM: You shut up!

- Let her talk!
- Shut up! Fabian is the target.

Archer and I are
getting him out of here.

The rest of you scatter.

Meet at the secondary
rendezvous point.

- But I can't go out there!
- Uh, ten-second disguise, go!

I've always meant
to try this out.

It's ironic, but now that I have

the confidence to wear it,
I want you to have it.

Please stop talking.

[laughs] She learns fast.
Here, take care of her.

How is your mustache a her?

I have this rule
where I call anything "her"

when it's more feminine
than you.

[protesters shouting indistinctly]

There, exit vehicle.

But I can't hot-wire it that fast.

For all its faults, IIA does
have very good scientists.

Yeah, that totally outweighs
the soul-crushing evil.

Let's go!

[device beeping]

[exciting music]

[grunts]

[crowd gasps]

- Where are you going?
- [laughing]

Ugh!
Why are you torturing me?

For the same reason
people climb Everest.

Because they're awesome.



[g*nshots]

Where to now?

Ray, need that emergency exit,
one minute exactly.

Shut up and do it
just like we planned.

Mark. Make a left!



[g*n cocking]

[g*nshots]



- [g*n cocking]
- [g*nshots]

- [tires screeching]
- [grunts]

sh*t, I lost comms!



[glass shatters]

[tires screeching]



ARCHER:
Where am I going, Lana?

- seconds.
- "To what?" he said,

- knowing the answer was death.
- Go! seconds.

[horn blares]

[g*ns cocking]

- Ten!
- Why are you counting down?

I feel very
out of the loop here.

- Oh, imagine that.
- Not needed, Fabian.

Head off the bridge
at the third pillar.

Ray's got us.

Are we really
trusting Ray on this?

- [g*nf*re]
- Three, two, one, now!

[tires squealing]



ARCHER: Oh, shiiit!

- Trust me now?
- [coughs] / .

SLATER:
What are you idiots doing?


Please hold.
It's for you.

SLATER: Congratulations!

I'm gonna spend the rest
of my life ruining yours.

And you can kiss your
little sh*t-box agency goodbye.

I can't count how many times
you've threatened

to take the agency from me, Slater.
So let me say this.

f*ck your muffins.

- [expl*si*n booms]
- [alarms blaring]

[sighs]

Honestly, not the worst
mission I've run...

in South America...
this year.

[smooth jazzy music]

And we will take it from here.

[snorts] Interpol?
You guys are still a thing?

Enough of a thing that
we can pass what we know

along to the U.S. government

and clear your names
if we wanted to.

And you say...

Thank you.
We would like that.

- Ah, that's a good lad.
- Interpol?

What is that, some kind
of airfreight service

that brings penguins
to hungry polar bears?

- No.
- Well, it should be.

You puny, second-rate idiots!

You think this will stop me?

I cannot be defeated,
only delayed!

Uh, excuse me, there's...

No, Cyril, let the man speak.

When you see me next,
it will be the moment

that your life...

- [nervously] Pl-plunges into, uh...
- Plunges into what?

[squeals]

- [laughs] Spider bite!
- Oh, don't be a baby.

Wait, I still have one question.

[relaxed music]

- Uh, what now?
- Fabian did actually deposit

two months of financial runway
into our account.

Though it was just
to frame us, so...

So we're, like, a thing again?

Well, but who's in charge?

- Do we take a vote or something?
- No, we don't.

Now, we all know
that I am the greatest spy

not only in the world

- but in the history of the world.
- Oh, my God.

But when it comes to strategy,
Lana got us out of there

and made a deal with Interpol
to clear our names.

Lana, the chair is yours.

Wow. Thank you, Archer.

That really means a lot.

Besides, I wanna drink and
screw and not be responsible,

and there's no way I can do it
from that chair.

Plus, Lana, you won't be in
the way as much in the field.

[chuckles]
I am not giving up the field.

Can I change my mind?

Speaking as your boss,
no, you cannot.

I accept that.
Hey, Mother would be proud...

- of both of us.
- [glasses clink]

[clears throat]
Let me say this.

Ms. Kane, you are my supervisor.

Does this mean that you're
actually gonna listen to me?

- I'm sorry, what?
- So what's next?

Actually, I have a few ideas
about that.

So what are they?

It's weird that you paused
right there.

We all agree that's weird, right?

[clears throat]

Just a weird pause.
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