02x04 - XI

Episode transcripts for the TV show "The Old Man". Aired: June 16, 2022 - present.*
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Based on the best selling novel of the same name, centers on Dan who absconded from the CIA decades ago and has been living off the grid since.
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02x04 - XI

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[g*nsh*t]

[cries]

[Harper] It's time
to go home now.

The chopper is just
a phone call away.

[Emily] If we leave him here,
he'll die.

We have to get him home.

[chuckles]

[Chase] Something happened
between them.

I don't know what it is
or what it means.

But if we were to leave him
up there to die,

we'll have lost her forever.

[Tarik] Have you ever heard
of a man named Morgan Bote?

He is the one who was behind
the deal to deliver Dan Chase.

He's frozen all our assets and
means to see us ruined over it.

Farouk!

-[grunts]
-[people clamoring]

-[people shouting]
-[both gasping]

You can't evac us if we're dead!

I'm on the hook for this.
Just do it! You understand?

[Omar] Would you like
to tell me who you are?

[Emily]
My name is Parwana Hamzad.

[g*nsh*t]

[Tarik, in Dari]

[scoffs]

[groaning]

[Tarik]

[Faraz straining, groaning]

[Tarik speaking Dari]

-[sighs]
-[phone beeps]

[Faraz groans]

[groans]

[in Dari]

[panting]

[breathing heavily]

[Amina, in Dari]

[in English] Parwana.

Your father wants you.

-[grunts]
-[Tarik] Now that
we are all here...

I think we have 72 hours.

Anyone who's still here
by then is dead.

-[soldier] You said this before.
-[Harper] I did not.

-[soldier] You said this before!
-[Harper] No, I did not!

I-I said we had ten minutes.

That was five minutes ago.

We have five minutes left before
this chopper goes anywhere.

[soldier speaking Uzbek]

[Harper] I've been asking for
five more minutes for an hour.

[sighs]

Are we okay to get left behind
if he up and splits?

She knows they won't wait long.

She'll be here.

[sighs] She was on a raid
a few years in.

There was an exchange
of g*nf*re.

In the postmortem,

they ID'd a round in some guy's
head that came from her w*apon.

-She went through
all the counseling...
-[sighs]

...handled it well...

W-Why are you telling me this?

In case you were worried.

Isn't her first time
dealing with this.

Taking a life.

No, they're not all the same.

[Harper] She's here.

[Emily] He just lost his mother.

I think I'm helping.
I don't really know.

He doesn't speak any English,

-so you don't have to worry.
-No, no. That's okay.

[Emily] Listen,
time is really tight.

In a couple of days,
the army is gonna return

and they're gonna
burn this place to the ground.

These people have been holding
the government away
with their money.

-Em--
-And the money dried up
on them overnight.

-Em, you can't stay here.
-I have to stay.

[stammers]
Why would you have to?

Because the person who made
their money dry up is
Morgan Bote.

Bote only grabbed me to get
you to surrender yourself.

When I was taken instead of you,
Bote got angry.

He's managed to freeze
all their assets.

It's made them vulnerable
in a time they really
can't afford to be.

This place won't survive
what comes next.

And I need you to fix it.

Fix it?

Fix what? How?

Get them off the sanctions list.

Persuade Morgan Bote
to calm the f*ck down

before a lot of innocent people
get hurt here.

He's not someone
who gets persuaded.

And when he's angry,

he's definitely not someone

anyone can calm the f*ck down.

Each of you has told me
what he was to you.

-What you were to him.
-Em, that was a very,
very long time ago.

Great. Then, it'll definitely
get his attention

when both of you walk
through his door

together after all this time--

No. You don't have any idea
what you're asking for.

I know how this looks.

Believe me.

I know.

But I am still
who you think I am.

To you. And to you.

But I cannot just leave
these people here to die

because of a problem that
followed me in through the door.

I just can't.

And I can't imagine that
either of you would recognize
me if I did.

I told them you could do it.

I told them you would do it
because I asked you to do it.

And I wouldn't recognize
either of you if you refused.

I trust you.

And I love you.

Please hurry.

[sighs]

[helicopter whirring]

Wait here.

[Harper grunts]

What did you mean,
"They're not all the same?"

I mean, I know what you meant.

But what did you mean?

Uh. When you put blood
on the ground like that,

you know,
not to protect something,

not to avenge someone,

not because it's your job
to do it or by accident.

But when you do it to show
somebody you love them,

there's no going back from it.

Trust me.

You think that's
what you saw back there?

The clothes, the kid.

Do you think it happened
to her that fast?

I don't know what we saw
back there,

but I think some part
of her is probably gone.

And some part is
just being born.

What's the net result
of all that?

[grunts, sighs]

Hard to know
how to mourn someone

and meet them
all at the same time.

No, I don't know.

I think a person can change
a whole lot

without it being catastrophic.

As long as there's no one making
them feel like it has to be.

[plane approaching]

[sighs] Come on.
This is our ride.

Not that one.

This one.

[sighs]

"Take care of the transpo,
Harold.

Make sure it's reliable,
Harold."

Well, there it is.

You're welcome.

They're in the air.

[Faraz breathing heavily]

Will they do what you ask?

Can they do what you ask?

Yes, to both.

[sighs, chuckles]

I'm told you have been
seeing to Farouk.

[chuckles] He's a sweet boy.

I don't know why, but it seems
to be keeping him calm.

-[Faraz] Huh.
-Being around me.

Why? [chuckles]

Lately "why" seems like
the strangest question to ask.

What "why" could possibly
explain what we have done?

At any rate, plans are
being formed as we speak.

Some will remain
to defend our own.

Some will be evacuated
elsewhere in the valley

where they will be safe.

Please don't tell me
it's too dangerous for me here.

Please don't tell me
that I don't belong here.

No.

You-- You belong.

You belong.

There's no need
to say more about that.

But I'm going to ask you
to leave.

But you just said--

There are other kinds
of help I need.

Other fights that need fighting.

Other places
that need support. I--

I... I need you to go
back to the beginning.

Hey.

We haven't really properly met.

I'm Tarik.

Parwana.

Among other things.

What did he say to you?

He told me to find you.

And to go back
to the States with you.

To help handle the business.

He's trying to get you out
of here before it gets bad.

Yeah.

He cares about you.

Then maybe you could help
me convince him.

To let me save his life.

This f*cking sucks.

What?

You f*cking heard me.

[Harper chuckles]

You spent too much time
pretending to be a rich person.

Well, I don't recall pretending.

And I never spent more than
one or two weeks a year

as Henry Dixon.

Dan Chase flew coach.
This ain't coach.

And you got rich spending


Well, more or less, yeah.

-How?
-[chuckles]

[chuckles] Go on, how?

Not working for the government
was a good start. [chuckles]

[sighs] We should talk about the
thing we don't wanna talk about.

-What's that?
-A plan.

When we get to
the Old Man's house,

I'm gonna do the talking.

-Okay.
-I'm not kidding.

Why would I think you were?

I don't know that
he'll listen to me,

but I know for a fact
he isn't gonna listen to you.

Mm-hmm. Yeah.

-This one is too important...
-[chuckles]

...to let it get all wrapped up

in the layers of stuff
between him and you.

Yeah.

We both know there'll be
no forcing him into this.

And I don't buy for a second

that he's doing this
because he's cranky

about being double-crossed.

There's got to be
more to it than that.

[breathes deeply]

We gotta be really careful
about how we play this.

I'll give that some thought.

What's the matter with you?

What's the matter with me how?

You're planning on just beating
this out of him, aren't you?

[seat belt rattles]

I don't know if it's safe
to take that off.

[sighs] f*cking piece of shit.

You seem very angry.

I seem...

When were you planning
to tell me that you...

[sighs]

You cannot be dumb enough
to think that you're-- you're--

I'd be happy to answer
any of these.

You might just have to
finish one first.

Torturing him is not an option!

-Why not?
-Because he's about
a hundred years old.

Because it won't work.

Because I'm confident

I know which one of us
will end up in jail over this.

You don't really think
you have any chance

of talking him into it, do you?

-Yes! Yes,
I really do think that.
-Well, I don't.

And we promised Emily

that we would do whatever
it took to get it done.

I don't remember promising
her anything that
you're talking about.

Then we were participating
in different conversations

because I am certain that that
is exactly what she said.

I speak the same English you do.

I heard what she said.

You are not doing anything
when we get there

except stand there,

nodding supportively
while I talk him into this!

-Harold.
-What?

I'd talk fast.

So, how do you wanna do this?

What do you mean
how we're... [sighs]

I'm gonna ring the doorbell,
he's gonna let us in.

Oh, is he?

You might think about smiling...

-[phone vibrating]
-...or something when
he opens the door.

[denies call]

-Marion?
-Yeah.

That's the third time she's
called and you've ignored her.

It's the fifth time.

And I'm ignoring it because

ignoring some things
makes them go away.

-Well, didn't work with you.
-[Harper sighs]

[sighs]

[piano music playing
in distance]

[butler] This way please.

I don't know how much you know.

A fair amount.

[Harper] We were on the ground
in the Panjshir.

And things changed.

His kid, she's not
a hostage anymore.

Something happened there,

and she's connected
with Hamzad and his family.

[Bote] I know that too.

At least, now I know that.

Might have been helpful

if someone had told me
a long time ago

she wasn't his kid at all,

and maybe we wouldn't be
in this mess.

This woman is in mortal danger.

Hamzad's assets
have been frozen,

which has made everyone
around him vulnerable.

It's gonna get
a lot of them k*lled.

We came to ask you
to reconsider.

No.

Why not?

Because neither
of you understand
what you're asking for

or why it's dangerous
or who it might hurt.

You have no idea
what story you're in.

And the thought hasn't even once
crossed your minds. Jesus.

-"Maybe we should ask."
-We have no time for this.

You're angry.
You're looking to make a point.

-[Bote] I'm angry?
-[Harper] No. Wait a minute.

I'm not the one who
breaks things when I'm angry.

[Harper] Stop this!

What did you mean when you said

we don't know
what story we're in?

[dogs barking]

[speaking German]

Absolutely no f*cking idea
what you're into

or who it might hurt.

You brought her into this.

[Bote] No.
You brought her into this.

I'm trying to get us all out.

Hi.

[Tarik] I wasn't much older
than he is now

when I was first
sent to school in the States.

The story I was always told
by the adults was that

I was bright enough
to need more,

to do more, to be more.

But I heard stories
over the years

that my uncle couldn't stand
the sound of my voice,

my laughter.

Too close to the sound of yours.

Needless to say,

this was not an easy thing
to carry around for me

when I look like him.

But the absurdity
of it all gave me the room

to find my own reason
for being there.

And I did.

And what's that?

To get everyone out of here.

I don't understand
what you mean.

Who's everyone?

My mother, my uncle,
my cousins, my family.

Yeah. Well, I don't think
they wanna leave.

Have you asked them?

Not explicitly.

I have. A thousand times.

Explained to them
how it would work,

where we'd go,
what would be better.

But I think maybe today
they'd hear it differently

given the current situation

and given that it was
coming from you.

They wouldn't listen to me.

What do you want
to bet me they would?

[sighs] I'm not even sure
I'd wanna be making

that kind of argument.

There are roots here.

And just because
you don't see them,

doesn't mean
they're not doing anything.

He took you to the cemetery,
didn't he?

How many of the men and women
in that cemetery

do you think would have
chosen to stay here

if the alternative was
comfort and security

and peace someplace else?

I bet you some would,
and I'll bet you not all.

I would bet you my life,
not all of them.

You're talking
to the wrong person.

I am talking to the only person
they might listen to.

You shouldn't underestimate
what you are to them.

No. I mean,
I had all those things

that you're talking about.

Comfort...

and security...

and I drowned in it.

-Apples and oranges.
-Why is that?

You were lied to.

Every day.

Explicitly, and by omission
and every way in between.

You were the victim of
a carefully orchestrated fraud.

I'm sorry, but you were.

The comfort and security weren't
the problem.

They were just
insufficient distractions.

That's not this.

This is a family moving together
someplace where they don't have

to worry whether their daughters
are allowed to do math.

And their sons...

their sons have a little more
room to do more, to be more.

I love my family, all of them,

back to the last stone
under the tree.

But it's hard for me
to stand here

without hearing them
all screaming at me,

"What on earth are you
still doing here?"

Please

help me save them.

It's late and it won't be easy,

-but it's the right thing to...
-[door opens]

[Khadija gasps]

What?

[baby crying in distance]

My brother is gone.

[gasps]

I came home from Morocco,

like you said.

Picked up the guys,
like you said.

Tried to, uh, forget everything,
go back to real life.

But that kinda didn't take.

I wanted to help,
so I called Nina Kruger.

You call Faraz Hamzad's lawyer?

[stammers]
What did you say to her?

I thought maybe I could convince
her to work on Hamzad

to let you and Emily go,

but, uh, that would have
required her answering my calls.

Finally, I did get a callback,
just not from her.

It was from him.

I was watching,

and I saw someone appear on
the board I was not expecting.

It isn't often I find people
who truly surprise me.

She did.

Why were you watching
Hamzad's lawyer?

What are we missing here?

We know about
the Meshbahar deposits.

That's where Hamzad's leverage
was coming from, right?

The money
that was gonna generate?

Money?
You can make money anywhere.

If you wanna have access
to microchips,

if you wanna run things
on batteries,

if you wanna participate
in civilization...

Whomever controls that deposit
is going to have a say about it.

We need it.

We had it

until I learned another party
was secretly angling

to steal it out from under us.

Who?

You pulled her into this.

You threw her
in the trunk of a car.

You gave her a new name
and new clothes

and you took her
to a party in Morocco

so you could attempt
to influence...

Pavlovich. No.

...Suleyman Pavlovich.

[Chase] You've got this wrong.

Faraz Hamzad is not side-dealing
with a Russian.

And if he were, it definitely
wouldn't be that Russian.

I'm relieved you think so.

[phone vibrating]

[Bote] Oh. Speak of the devil.

You can do it.

[vibrating continues]

[Zoe] Hello.

Uh, yes. Yes.
I'm so glad you called.

Who is she talking to?

Hamzad's lawyer.

It's unthinkable that
a Russian thug would be allowed

to win control

of something so important
to this country's future.

The lawyer is the key right now

to understanding
how we can stop him.

And right now, the lawyer seems
to be most willing

to talk to your girlfriend.

What did she say?

She offered to continue
the conversation

over lunch next week.

That's good, right?

[Bote] That's very good.

She wants to tell you something
she won't say over the phone.

[Harper] Next week?
This won't hold until next week.

[Bote] I understand.

If you're wrong,

people are gonna die
because of it.

If I'm right, it'd be far worse.

[breathing heavily]

[Chase] I told you.

[Bote] What?

When I asked you to help Emily
get into the FBI, I told you

she was Hamzad's daughter.

You did not do that.

I was putting her life
in your hands.

Do you really think
I would do that

and leave something out
that would put her in danger?

I said she didn't need
to be your granddaughter

for you to wanna help her

any more than she needed
to be my daughter for me to ask.

I thought,
short of spelling it out,

that was pretty f*cking clear
under the circumstances.

I understand what you're saying.

I understand
the important things.

You can say what you want
about me.

Both of you.

You can say whatever
you want about me.

But I always understood
the important things,

you know that.

I fought for them
when you told me to.

But if your kid can't
count on you,

what good is any of that?

Look, I know you can't cave.

But there must be some other way
that you can help bail

these people out,
even temporarily.

And if you tell me
there is no other way,

I know that's because
you're not trying to find it.

[breathing heavily]

Don't-- Don't do this
because you're pissed at me.

Don't you do it.

Come back tomorrow.

I'm tired.

You still want to talk about it
in the morning,

maybe I'll have a better answer.

-You're not walking out of here.
-Wait. Wait.

-Get out of my way.
-[dogs growling]

Just step outside with me
for a minute. Please.

[Chase breathing heavily]

He's not wrong.

You don't break things
when you're angry?

Everyone breaks things
when they're angry.

If you won't even try to help,
it's because you want us to know

that you don't have to.

What I want.

You never understood
the difference

between what we want
and what we owe.

It's why this profession was
always too much for you.

And if you didn't want
me to be angry,

you would've left him
outside on the curb,

but you just couldn't help
yourself, could you?

[footsteps receding]

Hi.

Zoe,

I appreciate you trying to help,
but you don't belong in this.

Please don't get involved.

I don't belong in this.

-Okay.
-Today is not the day
for this, I promise.

I need you to go.

I'm not going anywhere until he
gives me what I need from him.

He's not gonna do that.

Mm-hmm? You wanna bet?

He's not gonna give you
what you need

for the same reason
that you won't leave,

but he'll give it to me.

You got him there.
He wants to help.

He just doesn't want to be
looking at your face

when he does it.

He and I have been
getting along.

I-- I like him.
I think he's a very sweet man.

Oh, boy, Zoe.

To me, he's been
a very sweet man.

And whatever he used to do,

it can't be any worse
than what you used to do.

And I got over that.

And as hard as it is to believe

from what I just saw in there,

I think he really misses you.

[sighs]

[Zoe] Go get a cup of coffee.
Read a book.

Trust me.

I can get this done.

[Khadija] He didn't want
anyone to know.

He did not want
his last words with...

either of you...

to be goodbye.

[Khadija sniffles]

Parwana.

[sniffles] I'll stay
till the morning.

To be here for the burial.

I don't know that I could
stay much longer than that.

That's what he wanted.

You will have a choice to make.

To stay

or go.

I have to tell you something.

I told you he was shot
by a sentry out in the hills...

but that's not what happened.

-He was shot by--
-We know.

-How do you know--
-We know.

No one else will.

You will choose to stay or go.

But your father did not want you
to feel that this was a place...

where you might be blamed
for any of it.

Your father was shot
by a Taliban soldier

while defending you.
[breathes shakily]

[Emily sniffles]

You are what he gave
his life for.

As for the two Americans
you brought here,

well,

they are
in the United States now,

working on your orders
to diffuse the threat we face.

That is what
you have done for us.

[Khadija sniffles]

[breathes heavily]

[sighs]

[scoffs, inhales deeply]

[panting, whines]

Thanks for standing up for me.

And you. Really?

Sorry, guys.
I gotta go talk to him.

And I think if
we're being honest,

he doesn't love
having you in the rooms

-with the nice rugs, so...
-[dogs whine]

You'll stay in here.

[sighs] All right.

[Zoe sighs]

Well, you were right.

The moment you two
were breathing the same air,

I would see
a different side of you.

It'd be nice to be wrong
every now and then,

but wishful thinking is
an unflattering quality

in an old man.

Well, not if it's a good wish.

You're gonna ask me
to help them.

I sure am.

Why?

Because I think you can.

And because I think you want to.

You should be careful
around men like me.

If you think you can tell
those kinds of things about us,

it's almost always
because we want you to.

God,

you sound exactly like him.

[dogs barking]

-[door rattling]
-[footsteps approaching]

[g*nsh*t]

[Bote whispers] Get down!

[Zoe panting]

[typing continues]

-[g*nsh*t]
-[gasps]

[breathing shakily]

[shutter clicks]

-[Chase speaks German]
-[dogs barking]

-[g*nshots]
-[glass shattering]

-[gunman grunting, screaming]
-[dogs snarling]

Zoe, you okay?

[Zoe] Yeah. Yeah.

Is-- What just happened?

Who was that?

Yeah. I think whatever
the two of you were after,

you got a lot closer
than Pavlovich liked.

This is just the beginning
of that. [panting]

The bigger problem is that
Emily's lifeline is dead

on the ground over there.

[helicopter whirring]

[people chattering in Russian]

[Pavlovich in Russian]

[clicks tongue, chuckles]

[in Russian]
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