01x04 - Ghosts of Christmas Future

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01x04 - Ghosts of Christmas Future

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Previously on SEAL Team...

JASON: That's Ash Spenser's kid.

My dad's book... I know a lot
of guys had a problem with it.


His dad's only persona
non grata because he had

the bad manners to write a book

without being an officer.

Look, if we're taking a break,
then we're taking a break.

Problem was I was never here.

No. Our problem is

you're not here even when you are here.

- You're a teacher?
- A grad student.

Literature.

RAY: Where's that blood coming from?

Nate's death isn't on you.

Nate was hiding a burner
phone from his wife.

You think, because Nate had a phone,
he was cheating on Molly.

All the calls are to
and from one number.

JASON: It's the same address, Norfolk.

What's in Norfolk?

(RAIN FALLING)

(THUNDER RUMBLES)

(COUGHING)

(CRYING)

(MAN SHOUTS IN DISTANCE)

(THUNDER RUMBLES)

(RAPID g*nshots)

(SCREAMING)

WOMAN: Mr. Carter?

Mr. Carter? Mr. Carter.

Director Johnson will see you now.

If you follow me, please?

Thank you.

We need to protect him
'cause he's an asset.

I'm not arguing this with you anymore.

At the end of the day, it's my call.

Good. Then we won't have a problem.

When's the next time
you're gonna have comms?

All right, Doug. I'll talk to you then.

I thought you were supposed
to say upstairs now,

with the rest of the elder statesmen.

You cannot imagine just how
boring it gets up there.

(LAUGHS)

So Doug's back in the Tribals?

Oh.

Right. That's individually cleared.

You know the thing nobody tells you

about getting kicked
upstairs at this place

is the higher you go, the less you know.

Look, Oliver,
I'm actually late for dinner already.

Who are you meeting?

You remember my friend Helen from State?

Oh, my God. She's gonna k*ll me.

How many times did I warn you

not to let the Agency
become your one true love?

That's awfully heteronormative of you.

How do you know Helen
and I aren't an item?

Gonna move to the Berkshires,
open a pit bull rescue.

Oh, God.

I already have two actual parents,

so if you just came down here

to talk about when I'm
gonna meet a nice man...

Mandy.

The director just gave the green light,
finally.

We're gonna go get him.

The Butcher of Travnik.

Baljic?

The devil himself.

And I want you to quarterback it.

I don't know what to say.

I'm honored.

(BELL RINGS)

MAN: Now, Mr. and Mrs. Hayes.

As your son Michael

may have told you,
we like to view our, uh,

disciplinary matters as just one
more opportunity for learning.

Right. Teachable moments.

That's not language we use anymore,

but that's essentially the idea.

Look,
who knows what the world has in store

for our young people once they venture

beyond our walls.

We, uh,
we can't anticipate every situation

they're likely to face,

so what we try to do is, uh,

give them the tools to-to
make the best decision

no matter the-the circumstance.

And Michael didn't make the best
decision given the circumstance.

Fighting's never the right decision.

I'm sorry, who are you?
What do you do again?

- Yeah.
- Jason. You remember Mr. Fazzano.

Michael's guidance counselor.

Please, call me Keith.

I'm sorry, but you were telling us

how it's not right to fight.

You disagree.

Well, it sounds to me like the
world that you're preparing

your students for is a world

where, if you ask really nice,

the bad guys will leave you alone.

Is that what you see?

I fear that we've, uh,

wandered some distance from the point.

As-as I was saying,
because it's the first time that Michael

has exhibited problem behavior,

we'll want to take a look

at any recent changes to the,
uh, home environment.

KEITH: Now, we understand that the
two of you have been living apart.

Uh, yes, for about six months or so.

- And how does Michael feel about this?
- How do you think he feels?

ALANA: I don't think I have to tell you

how inexpressive
-year-old boys can be.

Believe me, Mrs. Hayes,
Michael is hardly the worst

on that score.

Mostly they grow out of it.

Well, he seemed to be
taking it in stride, so...

KEITH: And in the months
since Mr. Hayes moved out,

has there been any further

evolution of the domestic arrangements?

Are you,
are you asking if we started dating?

In instances of marital separation

children can become
hypersensitive to change.

Right. Well,
I suppose I can only answer for myself,

but as far as that goes,
the answer is no.

No further evolution.

KEITH: Mr. Hayes.

Same question.

Has your domestic situation
recently continued to evolve?

Mr. Hayes?

(GRUNTS)

Look, doesn't it bother you

that our-our son is growing up at a time

where he's taught not to
punch the bully in the face?

Uh, not really.

Besides, Caden's not a bully.

He was one of Michael's
closest friends all last year.

As far as his mom and
I can put together,

they got in some
falling out over a girl.

Or maybe Xbox.

Do you think Michael
knows that we've been...?

What? Fooling around?

- Oh, is that what we're doing?
- Yeah. (LAUGHS)

Mmm.

I don't care what you want to call it.

All I know is that I want to
keep doing it, that's all.

Why?

Wh...? I didn't even really think
that would need an explanation.

Okay. I'm saying...

what's changed?

We started missing each other?

(LAUGHS) I feel like,

I feel like I'm again
and we're in the back

of your uncle's truck.

You still look the same.

Yeah. That's kind of the problem.

You look the same, too, but you're not.

Jason,

when you first started deploying,

hard as it was to have
you gone all those months,

it was worth it. (CHUCKLES)

'Cause I knew you'd be back.

(SIGHS)

Then, somewhere in there,

you stopped coming back.

I don't know, Alana.

I don't know.

I guess we're not anymore.

No.

No, I guess we're not.

OLIVER: Luka Baljic,
Serbian weapons broker.

We have reason to believe he's
the guy supplying the Taliban

with the . -cal
armor-piercing sn*per r*fles

they've been using against our APCs.

Those are the weapons that
k*lled the four marines

a couple weeks ago in Kandahar?

Mm-hmm.

Next shipment's a load of SA- s.

Baljic's due in Estonia in
hours to oversee delivery

of his next shipment to his runners,
chiefly this man,

Abukhan Kadyrov, Chechen national.

Ex-Excuse me.
These guys are shipping weapons

to Afghanistan via Estonia?

They obviously don't know
how to look at a map.

We're confident in our
intelligence and our analysis.

Where your expertise comes
in is coming up with a way

to snatch Baljic that does
as little damage as possible

to our diplomatic relations.

Maybe I'm just a little bit behind here,

because Estonia's still in the E.U.

Right? Why don't you just
get the local authorities

to pick him up and hand him over?

There is some concern the
Estonians might be reluctant

to arrest him.

They're in a delicate situation,
diplomatically.

Sadly, some Serbian hard-liners
still regard this guy as a hero.

So, what, he fought in Bosnia?

Commanded a Scorpion division.

- Oh, that's not good.
- No.

Baljic's personally
responsible for the murders

of over a thousand
Bosnian Muslim civilians.

What? So he's an arms
dealer and a w*r criminal.

At least he's not lazy.
Must be, like, what,

years since we went
after a w*r criminal.

Baljic's weapons have k*lled

dozens of American servicemen,

which is why we now consider
him an imminent thr*at.

, Travnik... The m*ssacre

I told you about.

Kandahar, two weeks ago.

Take your pick.

What's the security like?

His protection detail's
made up exclusively

of guys who served under him.

So they're w*r criminals, too.

He doesn't go anywhere
without at least two or three of them.

Look, anyone want to make a case
for taking him at the hotel?

It'd be a tough sell to Command, anyway.

State Department's real worried about

the destruction of private property.

- Oh, it's good to know the priorities.
- Hmm.

Okay, we know the priorities...
Hotel's out.

Too many variables, right?

We could wait till he comes outside,

nab him in the street.

What if he doesn't leave,
only orders room service?

Okay, look, anywhere else
we're sure he's gonna be?

Only thing we know on his itinerary
is the Kadyrov meet.

JASON: We got a when, where?

Where's the Port of Tallinn.

When's variable.

It depends on when the shipment arrives.

Should be in the next hours.

Can we hit him in the port?

m*llitary's got security at the port,
right?

- MANDY: Mm-hmm.
- (CHUCKLES) Good one.

- What?
- I'm sorry, we're supposed to be afraid

of the Estonian m*llitary?

RAY: It's not about being afraid,
knucklehead.

It's about avoiding the
possibility some unlucky

Estonian MP sticks his nose in,
gets himself smoked...

Poor son of a bitch
ends up starting a w*r.

I'm just saying, my money's on us.

Okay,
keep in mind we're operating low-viz

in a NATO country.

That means no helos, all indig weapons.

- So we're talking Glocks and AKs?
- Sounds about right.

Hit him in transit, vehicle to vehicle.

- Whoa.
- RAY: Yeah?

- Kickin' it old school.
- JASON: That's right.

Seriously, when's the last time we ran

a vehicle-based vehicle interdiction?

Ah, man, it's like riding a bike, Davis.

- JASON: It's like riding bikes.
- RAY: I'm on point.

- JASON: You're not on point.
- I'm on point!

JASON: No, you're not.

Hey.

What's the deal with Oliver?

What's his story?

He mentored me through my first posting,

fresh out off the Farm.

Always hitting us with
these little nuggets

- of intel wisdom he'd found.
- Right.

- Rogers' "Rules of Ranging"?
- Among others, yeah.

Some of that stuff,
I'm pretty sure he just made up.

Yeah.

He's a bit, uh, senior for deploying,
don't you think?

(CHUCKLES) Oliver spent about
four years chasing Baljic in the ' s.

And then / , suddenly,
no one cared about a target

unless you could show a nexus
with international terror.

So Baljic is "the one that got away"?

Pretty much. And, trust me,

you don't have to worry
about Oliver's objectivity.

I trust you.

STELLA: You know,
it's come to my attention that, um...

that there's a guy with
your same last name

is giving a reading in Norfolk tomorrow

from his, uh, his book

about his legendary career as a...
as a Navy SEAL.

Can I just assume that
that's not a coincidence?

So, now who's Dog the Bounty Hunter?

You said that your
father was in the Navy.

Yeah, he was.

In SEAL Team Six.

Yeah, it's actually...
it's not really called that anymore.

Whatever it's called,
your dad is, like, a legend

in the same ridiculously
competitive unit

that you're trying to get into.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Again... (CLEARS THROAT)

look, my, um,
my selection and-and training status

is, like... it's really...
it's not something

that I'm supposed to divulge,
so if you could just, like...

(CHOPPING SOUND) just let that go.

You know I minored in
psych as an undergrad?

Yeah, you mentioned it.

Why? Is-is this the part
where you're gonna tell me

that what I'm really training
for is to k*ll my father

and replace him in my
mother's affections?

So, you gonna go?

- To the reading?
- Mm-hmm.

Um, I mean, I...
wasn't really planning on it.

How come?

Because I already know
what happens in the book.

I don't.

Come on, we'll go together.

It'll be fun.
I want to meet the famous dad.

- You want to meet my father?
- Mm-hmm.

And this is, what, like, our third date?

This is a date?

(CHUCKLES)

(CHUCKLES)

Seriously, though, I want to meet him.

Yeah, I'm-I'm sure that you will,
at some point.

It just... You know, this feels like...

like maybe we ought to wait

till we know each other a little better.

We should probably...

know each other a little bit better
before we sleep together again, right?

No, no, no, no, no.

I got to go. Excuse me.

Hold on, hold on. (SQUEAKS)

- Hold on.
- What?

Boss, I'd like to register a grievance.

It's kind of a human resources thing.

Yeah, I'm all ears.

This should be good.

RAY: I've let it be known
for some time now that I find

vehicle-to-vehicle interdictions
pretty damn badass,

and if we ever got to do one for real...

Ray, it's a low-viz hit in an
area where you're not low-viz.

- Excuses.
- ERIC: All right,

let's cut the chatter.

Let's do a run-through.

(TIRES SCREECHING, ENGINE REVVING)

(g*nf*re)

(SHOUTS)

(TIRES SCREECHING)

seconds.

Nicely done.

(PANTING)

- Let's get it under .
- All right.

Let's bring it back,
run through it again.

I could do better.

You forget that thing we
talked about forgetting?

I can't remember.

I'm being serious, Jason.

You already went.

The address we found in Nate's truck...

You already went, didn't you?

(RAY SCOFFS)

That's who lives there.

Well, Nate always had good taste.

Now what?

(CHUCKLES) I don't get it, man.
You find Jesus, finally?

What do you mean, find Jesus?
What are you talking about?

I'm just trying to understand
why you care so much.

I mean, it's not like Nate
was the first teammate we had

to get some on the side...
This only proves

that he wasn't the exception.

Or-or are you mad that he was
keeping a secret from his boys?

It's not, okay? It's Alana.

She keeps asking me if I know anything

or if I found anything out.

I don't know what I'm gonna tell her.

I-I have no idea.

You know what, man,

I don't know why lying
gets such a bad rap.

I mean, you want to tell me
something that I can't change?

- Yeah.
- Something that's gonna cause me hurt?

- Lie to me, baby.
- Well, whatever happened

to, uh,
"he who walketh the path of deceit

- shall see the tongues"...
- "He that practices

deceit shall not dwell in my house,
nor tarry in my presence".

Here's the thing,
lying is not necessarily deceit.

Especially when it helps
protect a good man's memory.

(SIGHS)

Nate was definitely a good man.
(BOTTLE CAP CLATTERS)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

_

Eyes on.
Target heading north into alley.

Got him. Heading towards the market.

Paralleling you north, west side.

Target now moving west through market.

Sonny, he's about seconds out.

(BEEPS)

Tracking device set. On the move.

Copy.

Target is stopping at vendors. Stand by.

Target is continuing through market.

Three,

two,

one.

You should have him.

Got him.

Target crossing Rava, westbound.

Copy.

Now crossing

northbound on Allika,
east side of the street.

_

Yeah, sorry.

Where'd he go?

We have a visual?

I saw him enter the first
building off Allika.

Can't tell which door from my angle.

Damn it.

I can't get any closer
without drawing attention.

All right, keep your eyes on the doors.

I'm coming your way.

Brock, you got near, I got far.

Sonny, hold tight in case
they come back outside.

Copy.

All call, break.

Repeat, break contact.

What's the word, big daddy?

One of the bodyguards,
we know each other.

We're b*rned.

Jakub Kowal. Polish.

We operated with him in Afghanistan.

years. Polish Special Forces.

He was with GROM?

- JASON: Oh, yeah.
- Tough bastards.

Appears Baljic's decided to
upgrade his security posture.

Guy's the real deal.

Damn shame he decided to
work for an ethnic cleanser.

All right, what does this do to the op?

Anyone see a way that we don't abort?

OLIVER: All right, look,

y-you two are the ones
he knows on sight, yeah?

- Yeah, he knows me as well.
- All right, so we take

the three of you off the snatch team.

Doesn't leave much of a snatch team,
does it?

There's not gonna be a snatch team.

There's no way Baljic does the meet now.

All right? Kowal is just
gonna keep him in that hotel

till he takes him to the airport.

So we hit 'em on the way to the airport.

When?

- What do you mean?
- When? When?

He means,
when are they going to the airport?

Or do you know something we don't know?

Yeah.

All right, all right.
So, we watch the hotel.

How long?

- You keep him in there all week.
- Yeah, during which time,

he'll have those vehicles
make fake airport runs,

keep us constantly guessing whether
Baljic's in one of the vehicles.

All right, so we go into the hotel!

Mossad did it a few years ago in Dubai.

Mossad.

It was an assassination,
with months to plan.

And they still ended up
getting their pictures taken.

RAY: Either way,
the target that they hit,

they didn't know they were coming.

Kowal and his guys are inside
that hotel room right now,

waiting on us, reinforcing the doors,
packing out the windows.

OLIVER: How do you know that?

Because we know him.
We trained with him,

we worked with him,
we fought alongside him.

That's exactly what we would do.

Davis,

get me, uh,
Baljic's hotel number, can you?

Go get him at the hotel?

It's been a while since I was
this close to the action, okay?

It was the adrenaline.
I got carried away.

Long as that's all it is.

What does that mean?

It's our careers.
It's their lives, remember?

Of course I remember.

Oliver, I know you've been trying

to get this mission green-lit since ' .

Just want to make sure,
now we're getting so close,

you're not gonna catch gold fever.

I guess that you lucked out
with Samir as your white whale.

Guy was a walking terror nexus.

I mean, I bet you never got
turned down for a green light.

Oh, true, I never had to talk
anybody into targeting him.

Finding him was always the hard part.

Baljic was easy to find.

Once he realized we
changed our priorities,

he came out of hiding and
went back to his old life.

Figures as long as he steers clear

of any terror nexus,
the bill for those m*rder*d kids

will never come due.

Oh, anyway.

I suppose there's nothing
to do now but sit back,

hope Jason's plan's
enough to stop Baljic

from wriggling off the hook yet again.

Ash Spenser spent
years in the SEAL Teams,

the Tier One SEAL unit formerly
known as SEAL Team Six.

He's the founder of Ash Spenser
Tactical Firearms Training,

as well as
Ash Spenser Security Consulting

and Ash Spenser Tactical
Security Solutions,

as well as a frequent contributor

on various cable news outlets
as a subject-matter expert

on tactics and security.

Ladies and gentlemen,
please help me welcome

to our Conversations with Authors series

a true American hero,

Senior-Chief Ashland Spenser!

Thanks, man, thank you.

(AUDIENCE MEMBERS WHOOP)

Well, that was quite a mouthful there,
Rick.

- Thank you for that introduction.
- Yes.

Um, you know,
I was sitting over there a bit concerned

while I was listening to that résumé

that some of you might be
expecting Arnold Schwarzenegger,

but you get little old me,
and you might be deciding

that you're in the wrong room.

(LAUGHTER) The truth is,

most Tier One operators
aren't much to look at.

No, we're not superheroes.

We don't look like
professional athletes.

And we put our pants
on one leg at a time.

Well, most of the time. (MOUTHS)

So before we get started this evening,

I'd like to find out how
familiar the audience is

with some of the subjects we're
gonna be touching base on,

so, by a show of hands,
how many of you know what BUD/S is?

Excellent. And that is why
I love reading in Virginia!

(LAUGHTER) (ASH CLEARS THROAT)

I appreciate the call, but I was hoping

you were only here on holiday.

Hmm. What gave it away?

The umbrella in my drink?

You're here for Baljic?

What if I told you I wasn't?
Would you believe me?

Eh, probably not.


You used to hunt these guys.

Yeah, that was a long time ago,

even before you and I met.

(SNIFFLES)

Now you're working for them.

Ah, Baljic's not so bad.

Never treats you like a servant.

Pours you one when your shift ends.

Even cr*ck a joke now and then.

And his money spends.

Most of the time.

He trust a professional's judgment

about where he can and can't go.

You didn't want him to make the trip?

Didn't want him to leave Serbia at all.

I could see that.

No one's gonna go in there
after him and grab him.

You know,
you can still walk away from this guy.

Make it interesting for you.
Maybe get you a little

bounty money. (LAUGHS)

Be a blow to my professional reputation,
though, yes?

You're really ready to go down
with the ship for this guy?

For him?

It's a question for when
the ship is going down.

Yeah.

So far,
all we've done is spot the iceberg.

You can't stop us from taking him.

I think I can.

Let me ask you a question.

Three years after leaving GROM,

and here you are working
for the bad guys?

Wait till you've been out a few years...

You've seen what the options are.

You want to go on making a living

using the talents God gave you.

You're a bodyguard who works for a guy

who massacres women and kids.

(SIGHS)

Didn't see Ray with you this afternoon.

- Ray.
- Decided to sit him out of your little recce?

Yeah, well, you know what?

He draws a lot of eyes around here.

This place isn't exactly a melting pot.

(SIGHS)

- Hope you'll give him my best.
- Mm-hmm.

- Thanks for the drink.
- Yeah.

He didn't go for it.

We heard.
Well, don't tell me you're surprised.

Tell you what.

Gonna need you to book us
a commercial flight back.

You and the guys aren't gonna
fly back with the rest of us?

Change of plan.

Thank you, sir.

RICK: This was great.

Hey, Rick, real pleasure.
Thank you, sir.

- Real pleasure.
- Thank you.

Ah!

Alone at last. (STELLA LAUGHS)

You must be Stella.

Uh, I'd better be. Nice to meet you.

Listen, I was warned

that there were certain subjects that,
uh,

- should be avoided tonight?
- Oh.

But there were so many of them,
ranging from politics

to religion to baby
pictures of you know who,

and whether or not I have
any of those on me...

There's no way I'm gonna be able

to keep all that crap straight.

So, I'm gonna apologize in advance

for any offense that I may cause.

Thank you. Right back at you.

You know, uh, when I first met your son,

he tried to tell me what
"feminism" means?

You're kidding me.

Well,
we haven't known each other that long,

but I don't think I'd be
putting myself out on a limb

if I said that is not the
way to pick up on you.

And yet, here we are.

He was raised better than that.

How would you know?

What my son is referring to,
Stella, is the fact

that I was away from home quite a bit,

even before his mother and I split up.

Oh. You see,
being a father and being a Navy SEAL...

That's a contradiction.

Doesn't have to be.

STELLA: Kind of like being
a woman and having a career?

Right?

Exactly.

Where have you been all my life?

Come here. Ah.

We, uh... we finished here?

(LAUGHS)

I like this girl.

I hope to see you again, young lady.

Call me later. We'll have dinner.

All right.

(WOMAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY OVER P.A.)

- We get free booze on this bird?
- That's first class.

Wait, we're not first class?

Who said anything about "we"?

(LAUGHS)
See, that's-that's not fair, man.

- That's not fair, Jason.
- It's okay.

- No, it's not okay.
- (LAUGHING): Yes.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

_

_

_

Good news. Looks like
your airport play worked.

Kadyrov meet's back on.

Bad news... Baljic changed the location.

Instead of the port,
they're going to Freedom Square.

It's high density, packed with people.

Well, he's awful careful.
I got to give him that.

Yeah, Baljic probably figures if
if our airport play was a bluff,

we'd be too scared to grab him
in the middle of all those people.

Guy makes his name
machine-gunning civilians,

and now he wants to hide behind 'em.

From a diplomatic relations standpoint,

it's even worse than the hotel.

Fine. I'll tell you what.

We just intercept him before
he gets to the square.

Yeah, we do.
Davis, give me the current imagery.

- SONNY: Vehicle to vehicle?
- Just like we planned.

Cue me up.

All right.
Any route they take from the hotel

to the square forces
them to go through this

intersection right here.

SONNY: All right,
this is the channelized area right here.

Actually, you know what?

Might be too channelized
in order for that to work.

Yeah, what's that mess?
Looks like someone clacked off an IED.

Looks like a construction site.

Oh, you want to talk about congestion.

That's gonna make it real
difficult to get close enough.

You're telling me.
In the middle of the city like that,

right, the police response
is gonna be a lot shorter

than we drilled for.

We're gonna have to
speed up the V.I.

Yeah.

Okay, what's your access
to vehicles around here?

You got any preference as to type?

Heavy.

(ENGINE REVVING)

I'm here.

How far out are they?

About two klicks out.
Should be to you soon.

Copy that.

(DOOR SQUEAKS SHUT)

Five blocks out, boys.

It's go time.

KOWAL: Hey!

(HORN TOOTS)

(HORN HONKING) Hey, hey, hey!

(HONKING)

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

Come on!

Go time. Three...

two, one!

(EXCLAIMING IN POLISH)

JASON (OVER COMM): TOC, this is Bravo .

Negative visual on the target.

He is not in the vehicle.

He's in the alley.

TOC, target heading north. In pursuit.

(PANTING)

Good to see you again, Raymond.

Of all the gin joints in all the world,
huh, Jakub?

You don't want to do this.

Not for him.

Lifeboat time.

(SPEAKING SERBIAN)

(BALJIC GROANING)

I know what you did.

Well, that sounds expansive.

Who's Zaid Pashtan?

He's a source.

I've been reading his file.

Turns out he is the only source

says Baljic's weapons
are going to the Taliban.

What about the intercepts?

Couple of Taliban guys
talking on their sat phones,

saying how grateful they are
about the coming shipment?

That can mean anything.

Intelligence analysis is
the art of pulling together

various types of...

He's you. Zaid.

You made him up.

Give Baljic a nexus with terror,

green-light this mission.

Luka Baljic is headed to The Hague

to be locked away where
he can't do any more harm.

And to answer for the
harm he's already done.

The world is a safer
and more just place now

than it was yesterday.

Doesn't matter how we got here,
we're here.

You falsified intel.

Those rockets were never
headed for the Taliban.

A snatch-and-grab from the middle

of a European capital city?

For even a small chance of success,

that op requires Tier One operators.

But crimes against humanity,

well, they're not important enough

to justify the use of
Tier One operators.

The old men needed
an imminent thr*at.

Only way I saw to check that box.

You used me.

Everything okay?

Yeah. Fine.

- You?
- Yeah, fine.

You figure out what you're gonna do
about Nate's mystery woman?

I think it's best for all concerned,
we just put it to bed.

Smash Nate's burner phone,

let all his secrets
just die along with him.

I seem to recall
advocating for something

along those very lines.

Means having to lie to Alana.

Well, you know,
lying is not necessarily deceit.

CLAY: You're looking pretty rough, huh?

(LAUGHS)

Did you tie one on again last night?

Couple of the old guys wanted to see me.

It's not like we can go
hang out on the base.

How's my girl Stella doing?

She's fine. She sends her best.

She, um... she wanted me to
tell you she had a good time...

She's sorry we couldn't
do it again last night.

I told you you didn't have
anything to worry about.

Everybody likes me.

Oh, yeah. So I hear.

God...

(EXHALES) Those guys.

They're so afraid to be seen with me,

I swear to God,
the bar they picked last night

must have been halfway to Richmond.

Guess that's what they mean by PNG'd,
huh?

All this over a stupid book.

(GROANS)

I guess I should just be grateful

that they haven't tried to
stop you from seeing me.

Yeah, well, you know, Adam says he sees

the persona non grata policy
as "don't ask, don't tell."

Adam told me that you were bottom-fived.

Once.

Well, I guess I owe you an apology.

I know being my son makes you a target.

This had nothing to do with you.

I just wasn't performing.

I guess you would know.

I mean, I'm just saying it couldn't have

helped your case any, and the book tour

coming through here put me in front
of everybody's mind.

Yeah, well, I guess, uh...

guess you could have asked
to skip one stop on the tour.

You know,
maybe just held off reading here

until after Selections
or till I get dropped.

- You're not getting dropped.
- But, you know, that would require you

to consider someone other than yourself.

You know what, I was just thinking

I haven't heard from your mother lately,

and here she is.

I-I'm sorry, that was... that was low.

Don't talk about my mom.

It was just a joke.

Then don't joke.

Clay.

I know it was rough on
you after we split up.

Yeah, you know,
and it would have been a lot rougher

if you stuck around.

You know,
it would have given you more time

to teach me to be like you.

You know, if I was so terrible,

why is my only son spending his life

following in my footsteps?

I'm not following in your footsteps.

I'm erasing them.

You think that being an absent dad

is because of the Teams?

You were absent because of you.

Would you spare me the psychobabble?

You spent your whole life
looking in the mirror.

You think that's the
kind of man I want to be?

Clay.

Clay.

Don't do this.

(DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE)

(DIALING)

Hey, it's me.

Uh, it went straight to voice mail,

so you must be with a
client or something.

Look, I just wanted to tell
you that I-I'm planning on

coming by this weekend to get Michael

and have a little man time with him.

You know, a little father and son...

See what's going on with him.

As far as Nate's burner
phone is concerned,

look, there's no good way to
access the location history,

so that's a dead end.

We'll talk about it when I see you.

Give those babies a kiss from me,
all right?

(CLEARS THROAT)

(SIGHS)

(CHUCKLES)

(CHUCKLES)

What are you doing in Afghanistan?
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