01x02 - The Truth After

[bunniefuu]

[tense, restrained music playing]

[Gregor] Listen to me.
She'll be dead in an hour, tops.

We don't have that kind of time.

I have to get to a hospital.

[Meret] I can take him.

This baby will need a doctor.
For the poison.

One of you's gonna need to stay back.

To cover our tracks.

I…

So I just watch her die
and tidy up for you?

Gregor, she's your asset.

She did all this under your orders.

And now you don't give a f*ck about her?

There's nothing we can do for her, Simon.

[distressing music playing]

It's our only option.

Okay.

Okay.

[Gregor] Hold on, hold on.

[Gregor] Just leave me.

[car door closes]

Hey, still alive?

Still alive.

[Katya stirs]

[distressing music intensifies]

[music halts]

Why didn't you tell me about Katya?
Why hide the truth?

Meret, I was only doing
what I thought was best for her.

And for us.

So, why is she reaching out now then?
After all this time?

Because she knew
it could put us all in danger.

Doesn't make sense.

It was a total sh*t show, okay?

I got her a new identity and didn't think
she'd have any way to contact us!

Oh, real genius plan.

Now, she's back, and Koleev too.
How 'bout that?

Simon, why did you lie to me?

I thought for sure
we'd never see her again.

Oh, yeah?

I think you were worried
I'd go looking for Nina's mother.

Hmm?

You saying you'd have returned her?

I don't know.

That choice was taken away, thanks to you.

I made the best decision I could.

What more do you want?

Doesn't matter what I want.

She's in Berlin,

Koleev wants us dead,

and there's a dead body in the safe house!

Oh, f*ck.

[uneasy music playing]

[caller] What about
those two ghosts from your past?

Have you taken care of them yet?

Not yet.

But very soon.

And how are things going
so far with Auken?

Director? You have another meeting.

I had to let him go.

He'd say one thing and do another.

[director] You're not gonna find
anyone better than Auken in Berlin.

Do what you have to do
to get him back on board.

I'm assuming, Josef,

you don't want our little
Belarusian secret rearing its ugly head.

That would have
horrible repercussions for all of us.

You should've come crawling back sooner.

And since when have we ever
pandered to bureaucrats?

They don't have the faintest idea

about the sacrifices we have to make
for our country.

Josef, we need Vera to become ambassador!

Just sort this out
before it becomes a bigger problem.

Piece of sh*t.

Hello, sir?

[Meret] Okay, we're officially on.

[Simon] Let's see who pops by, shall we?

Mm-hmm.

The street cleaner's
already calling it in.

-Where are you?
-Just arriving at the hospital now.

Might take me a while to locate Katya.

[Meret] Copy that.

[suspenseful music playing]

Julika.

They found a body
at a park in Spittelmarkt.

Mark Sinclair, ex-MI6, m*rder*d.

I'm a bit busy.

You got anything new on Koleev?

Nope, nothing yet.

You do know all laptop
and cell phone search histories

are monitored 24/7 here, right?

So, no point in doing that.

Maybe you should knock
before entering my office?

Contact London and figure out

why one of their ex-agents
popped up in Berlin.

Should I also tell them he was m*rder*d?

You and Alice are…

I still think of you as a couple,
but lately you've both seemed so…

Check our search histories.
Maybe you'll figure it out.

You know we support you both at the BND.

It makes life easier for all of us here
if we don't get involved.

I'm just concerned with… team dynamics.

Well, we're pros.
You don't have to be concerned.

Mark Sinclair. Ex-MI6 agent.
Found dead on Spittelmarkt.

Thank you.

Hello.

Uh, I just sent you an email.

The body of an ex-MI6 agent
was found just now.

Okay.

Do you want to check it out together, or…

No, I'm up to my neck
with everything else.

You've got to handle it alone.
I'm swamped with this Koleev business.

-You know?
-Right.

Okay.

[operator]
Your call has been forwarded to voicemail.

Gregor, what the hell's going on?

You need to tell me what happened
in Belarus 16 years ago.

Someone scrubbed the whole file.

Please get back to me.

[tense music pulsing]

[Meret] The BND just pulled up.

[Simon] So our mystery man was an agent.

Before becoming a mercenary.

You think he worked for Koleev?

[Meret] Not directly.

They must've had an intermediary.

It's all wide open in here.

-Actually, on second thought…
-[Meret] What's going on?

She's being watched by the police.

-[officer] She's going to the station.
-[Meret] You'll figure it out.

You know, 16 years is a very long time
to keep that big of a secret.

You really want to do this right now?

[Meret] Consider yourself lucky.

This way, I can't punch you
over the phone.

Anything else you want
to get off your chest?

[Simon] Are you saying
you've never kept a secret from me?

[Simon] Meret?

Meret, are you still with me?

Yes.

A new player has entered the game.

[Simon] You recognize him?

He's obviously private security.

Must be our intermediary.

Got any ideas yet?

Sorry. Watch yourself.

I think I know how we'll get her out.

[Meret] I'm on my way.

Okay, I'll wait for you here.

Madam Ambassador.
I'm Klara, your new attaché.

Please, just call me Vera.

Madam Ambassador feels a little premature
under the circumstances.

I'm sure this'll all be sorted out
very quickly.

I've got the best view in Berlin.

The clearing committee
in Moscow is taking too long.

I had to find out
from my father last night.

Tell me what happened in Belarus.

My father claims he doesn't know.

An operation went wrong.

Same old story.

It's just someone
coming out of the woodwork

to stop me from coming to Berlin.

You're better off not knowing.

Who is this someone?

I've got a mole…

In the BND.

I'm just your cover

while you run this mole operation.

f*ck.

And I was dumb enough
to think my father was proud of me.

Listen to me.

Vera, both things can be true.

I have no intention
of going back to Moscow.

Just to make that clear.

We have that in common.

Well, then…

Well, then…

See you soon.

[taut, suspenseful music playing]

Morning.

Officer, I can't live with the guilt.

So, I confess. I m*rder*d her.

Ha! It was way cheaper
than hiring a divorce attorney, right?

Well, look at that!

Someone's been a bad girl, hasn't she?

You look like you got
one of those hangovers

that only comes
from drinking Belarusian Vodka.

I've been there many times.

Not sure how you're
supposed to get better here.

It's not your guys' fault.

This place just isn't ideal
for kicking that habit.

Anyway, good luck.

So, how's everything in here?

[suspenseful music continuing]

[officer] Hey.

Perfect.

Well, that's that.
Now you're coming to the station with us.

[nurse] I just need
a couple signatures first.

[officer] Mm-hmm.

[officer] Thanks. All right.

[Katya gagging]

[monitor beeping rapidly]

-Jesus Christ!
-[officer] Doctor!

-Hello?!
-I'm coming! I'm coming!

Give us the room.

Possible brain hemorrhage.
We need to get her to the OR, now!

She's seizing! We gotta go!

-Move out of the way, please!
-Should we come?

No, no. We'll bring her back
when she stabilizes.

[Simon] Don't try to speak.
You'll be feeling a little confused.

One, two, three.

I can take her across the border,
make sure she doesn't come back this time.

Right now?

I can take the back roads
and be back in a day or two at most.

One thing less to worry about.

Ah. We need to come up with a plan.

Bring her to the safe house for now.

I'll delete the surveillance footage,
then I'll meet you back there.

[Simon] Tie your hair up.

[alarm trilling]

[security guard] Everyone, please use
the emergency exits. This is not a drill.

Remain calm and exit
the building immediately.

[tense music pulsing]

[whispering] Katya's back there.

Listen, I told her back then
that Gregor had taken care of everything.

The adoption and so on and so forth.
I just left us out.

So just don't bring it up with her.

-Oh. Why am I just finding this out now?
-I'm sorry.

Let's get through this
and get her out of here.

So, you're both still in the BND.

What're you doing in Berlin?

Katya… Someone tried to k*ll us yesterday,

and we think it might have
something to do with Koleev.

-And suddenly you show up.
-So, why're you in Berlin?

Hmm?

I…

I saw Koleev on the news.

He was just standing there,
smiling with his wife.

I want to get close to Koleev
so I can take him out once and for all.

That'd be suicide.

He's the man who m*rder*d my child.

Inside of me.

Yesterday, she would've turned

I've…

I think about her every single day.

[Meret] How you holding up?

Are you okay?

The little one's doing well.

Truthfully, I never thought
I could love something so much.

It happened the second I laid eyes on her.

They needed a name
for the birth certificate.

I chose Nina.

After your mother.

Simon, please talk to me.

I've got the house with the restaurant.

We could be a family there.

[dark, distressing music playing]

[Katya sobbing]

You need to tell me
what the f*ck you did to that woman.

What I did?

Not Koleev? Or Gregor?

But you told her the worst lie.
Then you had the nerve to lie to me too.

She was right next to me

when you said you'd never loved
like that before,

and that we had a chance to start fresh.

-You told me she was dead. I trusted you.
-Oh, really?

I just told you what you wanted to hear.

You should've just told me the truth.

But when, huh?

When, Meret? When?

Should I have done it
when you ripped my clothes off?

Before you cried tears of joy
over our new little girl?

Or after we swore to always protect her?

Tell me when!

We have to do something about Nina.

She's got to get out of Berlin.

Until we deal with Koleev.

-And Katya as well.
-Mm-hmm.

We get her a train ticket.

She always wanted
to go on a trip with Lisa, right?

-Come on…
-Come on, what?

-She's not stupid.
-We'll say we're surprising her.

We didn't have a chance
to give this before, but…

You know, we had to wait
'cause of Mum's friend.

But why?

We know you've always wanted
to take a trip.

Yeah, but you guys…

You guys what?

[Simon] We talked to Lisa's parents.

You'll meet her in Paris tomorrow.

Then you can go anywhere you want
for two whole weeks.

[Simon chuckling]

You've spent my entire childhood
monitoring me, even after I got healthy.

You've never let me
go on holiday without you.

Hey, that's not true.
School trips, weekends with friends…

If I even have a drop of alcohol,

you guys immediately start
lecturing me about my kidney,

and now, all of a sudden,
you just don't care?

What's going on with you?

Okay, well, if you don't want the ticket,
refund it is.

Of course I want the ticket.

It just doesn't really make any sense.

We can't protect you forever.

And it's not good
to never let you leave home.

You gotta have your own experiences

without your father and me
breathing down your neck.

-Yeah, like I've been telling you.
-Yeah. Now we understand.

[Simon] It'll be good for us, too.

Because…

Someday soon,
you're really gonna leave here.

Forever.

Come on. It's gonna be fun! Hmm?

Happy Birthday, Ninja.

[Nina giggles]

-Thanks, Dad.
-You're so welcome.

Lemme see.

[suspenseful music playing]

You like riddles, right?

How do the fingerprints
of a woman who died 16 years ago

end up in the stomach of a man
who was k*lled yesterday?

Helena Kohn.

Codename Sparrow Hawk.

k*lled in the line of duty.

She worked for Gregor for years
and was married to this K. Brehm person.

Who also died 16 years ago.

[Julika] They're HK and KB.

Maybe they're still out there.

Interesting.

Looks like we'll have to
work together after all.

Do you have any idea
how we can contact Gregor?

Something happened in Belarus.

Why's he not getting in touch?

Probably sleeping off his hangover.

The hell do you want?

Sasha seems to believe
you're still an asset.

I might've overreacted last time.

Perhaps we can make peace.
I'll send you Gregor Klein's location.

I thought I was fired.

I'd be happy to recommend someone else.

You can hire whoever you want
as long as this gets handled.

Ah!

Just a little extra incentive for you.

I have three loose ends
that need tying up.

You have three kids, right?

[ominous music building]

Starfish.

You obviously have no idea
the deep sh*t you're about to be in, huh?

In one hour, the German press will know
exactly who you are.

They'll know you've been a mole
for the Russian Mob for years.

At that point, your life will be over.

Unless you can provide me
with the exact location of Gregor Klein.

[ominous music intensifying]

[knock at door]

We got the footage from Gregor's club.

Gregor knows the owner.

He allowed the BND to install cameras
throughout the entire establishment.

The footage automatically
ends up on our servers.

Apparently, some woman in there
tried to k*ll him.

This footage was uploaded at 2:00 a.m.

Koleev's hired g*n from Berlin.

At least one of them, anyway.

Find her.

She should lead you to Koleev.

Now, it's time for me to disappear.

From now on, agents carry a weapon
at all times, for self-defense.

-We gotta find this woman.
-I'm on it.

-If I find something, I'll brief you.
-You'll brief me?

I want all intelligence agencies
in the loop, Europol and the police.

I've gotta talk to Gregor.
Know where he is?

You heard him. He's not an idiot.
He's gone into hiding.

-Gregor is the key to this whole thing.
-He'll contact us.

[Julika] And what if he doesn't?

If you do have some idea
where he's hiding, that could help.

In 2015, we had an operation
that went sideways.

We were forced to hide in this safe house.

He told me at the time he used it a lot.

-I'll go tomorrow.
-Why don't I go now and not waste time?

I just said I'll do it tomorrow.

You're an analyst, not an operative.

Go home, both of you. Together or alone.

I don't care.

Mmm…

That feels nice.

I hope it's crystal clear to you

that I'm just as invested in you
becoming ambassador as you are.

Yeah, I know.

[phone buzzing]

Mmm.

What is it?

Good news for once.

Come here, my little spy.

-[yelps]
-Get in here!

[Auken] Thank you.

Starting now, your children will be under
strict 24/7 surveillance.

Why would they drop Sinclair off
in a public park?

Why not bury him somewhere?
They attracted a hell of a crowd.

That's why.

'Cause they wanted to see who would show.

Back it up a little.

Stop!

There.

From now on,
I want eyes on me too. Around the clock.

Call the team.

Understood.

One GL*CK with two a*mo clips.

We can add a bit more to that account,
but don't go mad.

And we increased your phone plan also.

Don't worry, I'll text you
every second of every day.

Is this 22?

Yeah, perfect, here you go.

[announcer speaking faintly over PA]

I'm used to you being secretive,
but this feels different somehow.

Everything's good.

Take care of yourself
and have the best time, hmm?

You're going to let me get on this train
without telling me what's going on?

Let me think about it…

-Yeah.
-[train alert chimes]

Come here.

Don't you run off
and get too many tattoos.

[conductor blows whistle]

[mysterious music playing]

Can I help you?

Stay back.

I just told you to stay back!

[suspenseful music intensifying]

Gregor?

Drop your g*n.

She told you to drop your g*n.

Ah, Julika.

[Gregor cries out]

-Gregor, what do I do?
-Go! Run!

Run!

[Gregor screaming]

Tell me we're making the right choice.

With everything that's going on,

there was no other choice to make.

So, when you came back
from Belarus back then, um…

Mm-hmm?

If you'd told me Katya was still alive,
I would've looked for her.

You'd never have given up Nina.

Not 16 years ago, not today.

Maybe not.

But I didn't get a chance
to make that decision.

All right, fine, you did it out of love.
You did it for us.

But it doesn't matter. You still lied.

You've lied for 16 years now.

Don't make more out of this
than we need to.

And this morning,

when I asked you why Katya
never went looking for Nina,

you could've told me then too.

I'm sorry.
I just couldn't handle what I'd done.

So that makes it okay
that I found out from her...

-I said I'm sorry!
-Mm-hmm.

Hey, wait. Wait, wait, wait.

Come on. Hey.

Now you know all my secrets.

Hmm?

Come.

Come on.

You don't have high blood pressure.

I saw your medical file, Simon.

What? When?

You have an aneurysm.

A procedure could save you,
but you don't want to operate.

Why are you doing this?

-That's my business.
-That's how you play it? Like I did wrong?

This is my issue.
I get to make that decision.

So now you're mad at me?

[conductor over PA] Next destination,
Berlin-Spandau. Exit on the left.

Next destination, Berlin-Spandau.

Exit on the left.

Thank you for traveling
with Deutsche Bahn.

[uneasy music warbling]

Sorry we couldn't get you a smoother ride.

But here you are.

Okay. Before you k*ll me, Koleev,
there's something you should know.

BERLIN CENTRAL STATION

[Gregor] Your daughter's still alive.

She's with them.

[tense outro music playing]