03x01 - Backroads

[bunniefuu]

Someone else is pulling the strings.

How do we know it wasn't Gregson?

The people who work for me
affect real change.

People think that the deep state

is running things. It's Atlas.

There's a banker in Mexico.

He's running all the books.

What are these? Accounts? Passwords?

Atlas exists.

This is Jeffrey Dunning. He's a reporter.

There's no story here, Nadine.

You came all the way
over here to tell me that?

I came because I still care about you,

and I was hoping

maybe you felt the same way.

Atlas... they're global.

They decide it's your time,
that's it... it's your time.

Tio! Tio! sh*t.

It's...

it's... Atlas.

You know who I am.

Mr. Solotov forgot

that invisibility

is essential to our success.

You want me to k*ll him.

I got your money.

And you would like

to purchase what with it?

Solotov.

It wasn't just my money

you stole.

It was his.

Swagger, if you have my money,

what are we waiting for?

Beautiful home.

Most men would be in bed,
next to their wife.

You don't get to talk about her.

[g*nsh*t]

- I'm Travis.
- I'm Julie.

Mary has her first communion
this weekend.

You're more than welcome to come.

What the hell are you doing here?

If I die, you die,

and so does everyone you love.

And there is another one under the altar.

Okay, here. We're leaving.

I'll give you everything.

- Get down!
- Isaac, no!

- [r*fle FIRES]
- [GRUNTS]

[p*stol FIRES TWICE]

[TIRES SQUEAL]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

What the hell? I told you not...

I'm not here for you.
I'm here for your boss.

We have a lot to discuss.

Senator Hayes.

You confident with that - ?

I gotta finish this,

and I could use your help.

When I have what I need, Swagger,

- then you can die.
- [PAINED BREATHING]

- [STAPLER CLICKING]
- [SCREAMING]

[EERIE MUSIC]

[WINDMILL CREAKING]

♪ ♪

Get your ass out here, Jimmy.

♪ ♪

This could all end
without any more bloodshed.

It's all right now.

Ain't nobody else out here but me.

Is that you, Swagger?

Stop right there, Jimmy.

No need to rush things.
Let me see your hands.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

I ain't going back to that work house.

You're the one who
reached out to me, remember?

Get your hands out where I can see them.

Jimmy...

Jimmy.

Damn it, don't!

Ah!

[GRUNTING]

Jimmy!

sh*t.

I don't want to have to k*ll you!

♪ ♪

sh*t.

[GRUNTS]

[GROANS]

Ah, sh*t.

Stupid son of a bitch.

[EXHALES]

sh*ts fired.

This is Sheriff Swagger.

I'm at the windmill off Route .

Suspect is down, but I've been hit twice.

Requesting immediate medical assista...

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

[b*llet WHIZZES]

[DISTANT g*nsh*t]

Say again, location. Over.

Sheriff, can you hear me?

Sheriff Swagger.

Sheriff Swagger?

Does the suspect have Swagger?

Does the suspect have Swagger?

Unknown at this time. Over.

Well, somebody better find out.

[GRUNTS]

[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]

Finally, you wake up.

I was beginning to worry.

You want something for the pain?

♪ ♪

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTING]

[BRAKES SQUEALING]

[GROANS]

[GRUNTING]

[ENGINE REVS]

Ah, sh*t!

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[STAPLES CLINK]

[INTENSE GRUNTING]

[STAPLE CLINKS]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[PANTING]

[DRAMATIC MUSICAL TONE]

[WINDMILL CREAKING]

These games are pointless, Swagger.

All I want

is the Atlas bank account numbers.

Give them to me

and all of this can end.

I pulled your staples out,

so I got maybe minutes.

We're miles
from the nearest doctor, so...

[g*n COCKS]

It's gonna end,

but you ain't getting sh*t.

You came here for a reason.

I know.

Maybe you like the symmetry.

But Swagger,

you do not get to die

- until I get my money!
- [BLOW LANDS]

♪ ♪

Have a seat, Agent Memphis.
You look winded.

Can I have Harris here
get you some water?

I'm good.

Well, perhaps you'd like

something a little bit stronger.

Cut the sh*t, senator.

I'm here about Atlas.

[SOFT OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

I'm sorry.

Atlas?

A covert organization that uses assassins

to shape international events and policy.

Should ring a bell, senator. You run it.

Agent Memphis, the
Senate Intelligence Committee

has been investigating rumors

around the group you're
calling "Atlas" for years.

There's little chance
you can present anything

we don't already know.

As far as the United States
government is concerned,

the organization you're
talking about is a myth.

Angela Tio didn't think so.

Mm?

- And who is that, exactly?
- She was a US Marine.

She was m*rder*d today.

Well, I'm sorry to hear it.

At this point, I think you and I

both know the world to be
a very cruel place.

Most of us don't get to choose

the date and time we take
our last breath.

For most people,
that moment is chosen for them,

especially when they
get involved with matters

that are bigger than
they can possibly comprehend.

Now, if you excuse me,

Agent Memphis, I have work to do,

and you should probably
go get yourself cleaned up.

You look disturbed.

♪ ♪

[FAINT DESOLATE TONE]

♪ ♪

It's clear.

Think he'd be a better sh*t,
even with a broken wrist.

Those aren't his. They're mine.

♪ ♪

He clearly has a thing for you.

- Go to hell.
- Don't give me that.

How'd you know he was staying here?

Because there's only two motels in town,

and he mentioned barbecue next door.

All I know is for someone like Solotov,

catching feelings isn't normal.

Yeah, well, nothing's been
normal since you

walked down our driveway two years ago.

Got something.

- What's that, a phone number?
- GPS coordinates.

Could be his extraction point,
could be a trap.

Well, either way, Solotov might be there.

Only one way to find out.

Come on.

[ENGINE REVS]

[GEAR CLICKS]

[CHICKENS CLUCKING]

What happened?

He was sh*t. He needs help.

You need to take him to a hospital.

I'm a vet.

[g*n COCKS]
- He's an animal.

Fix him.

[DISTANT SIRENS WAILING]

Jesus.

I should not have agreed to this.

You make sure you weren't followed?

I... I don't know. I'm pretty sure.

I took two cabs and the metro.

Tell me you don't
have your cell phone on you.

[SIGHS] I do.

Oh, come on! [SIGHS]

So how long have you been
helping Hayes with Atlas?

Atlas has been a crazy rumor around town

since I was an intern.

Everything from burying Jimmy Hoffa

under a giant stadium

to assassinating the Ukrainian president,

but I never thought it was a real thing.

You work for him.

My job is to do what he says

and not ask any questions.

I'm as surprised as you.

So you finally believe me?

I don't know. I don't know.

But right after you left,

he called Gregson, just like you said.

- What did he say?
- I don't know.

Good-bye, Harris.

Hey, Nadine,

I'm not some super villain, okay?

I'm... I'm from Connecticut. All right?

I've told you everything I know.

Can you say the same?

I'm protecting you.

Do you really want to know everything?

Then let's go talk to Denning.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

[BIRDS CALLING]

Scan slowly, Bob Lee.

♪ ♪

You don't want to give
your position away.

Then wouldn't it be better
if we laid down?

It might,

but a Vietcong b*llet
made that difficult for me,

so we're just gonna stay here now.

Keep quiet.

Scan those woods.

♪ ♪

[COCKS g*n]

Don't you load that r*fle

until you identify a target.

But what if the deer just runs out?

Well, this ain't supposed to be easy.

[RUSTLING]

Earl!

- [GASPS]
- You out here?

Over here, Justin.

I want you to remember this.

If it ain't loaded, it ain't lethal.

Yes, sir.

Say that three times.

If it ain't loaded, it ain't lethal.

If it ain't loaded, it ain't lethal.

If it ain't loaded, it ain't lethal.

Jimmy Poole

escaped from prison this morning.

He came into town and sh*t up the bank.

- He k*lled a guard, sheriff.
- Well, let's go.

[GROANS]

All right, almost done.

Almost done, almost done.

Almost done. He's lost a lot of blood.

Wound's probably infected.

He only needs to live a few more hours.

[FOREBODING MUSIC]

[HEARTBEAT]

I don't know if he will.

Then you will come with us
to make sure that he does.

I'm gonna need
another bottle of betadine.

It's over there in the case.

Brown stuff.

[PAINED GRUNT]

[CELL PHONE DIALING]

Hey!

[KICK LANDS]

[BROODING DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Run!

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS] Run!

♪ ♪

No! [p*stol FIRES]

[GRUNTS]

[HORSE NEIGHS]

[GRUNTS]

This is on you, Swagger.

[PAINED BREATHING]

It's meters, light wind.

How many do you think I put down

before they can run and take cover?

To get the money,
you need the Atlas ledger.

Yeah, no sh*t. Tell me where it is.

They will do terrible things
with the money,

and you can end it.

[FOREBODING MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Okay.

These lives are also on your head.

All right, all right.

I buried it at this campsite
me and my dad used to go to.

And I'll take you to it,

as long as nobody else gets hurt.

♪ ♪

If you are lying to me,

I will visit your family first.

Coordinates are
yards past this curve.

All right, we'll go in
on foot and take a look first.

Doesn't look like an extraction point.

Not enough ways out.

So what, then? It's a trap?

Only one way to find out.

- [g*nshots]
- [GASPS]

[g*nshots] [PLASTER CLATTERING]

Sh...

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Go.

♪ ♪

[FLOOR CREAKS]

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS]

- [g*nsh*t]
- [GRUNTS]

[LAMP CLATTERS]

- You okay?
- Yeah, I'm good.

- You think that's it?
- Oh.

I guess that wasn't Solotov.

No, but definitely his guys.

Let's go.

[BIRDS SQUAWKING]

Still hurts, huh?

The cast helped me fool your wife.

Pain... it was worth it.

Units be advised:

reports of multiple sh*ts fired

at the Buckner ranch.

- - - County Route Six.

Three units are already responding.

Any additional units in the area advise.

You're spreading them out.

As would you, if you were in my position.

If I was in your position,

I would've gotten the hell out
of Texas days ago.

We both know that that is a lie.

When defeat's certain,
you cannot help but

try to be the hero, can you?

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

Don't give me that.

I don't believe you're sorry at all!

June,

could you maybe yell at me later?

And help me get my shirt on, please?

My shoulder.

You just love pretending
you're Gary Cooper.

Tough guy who always
has to come to the rescue.

Jimmy Poole's on a k*lling spree.

All right?

I can't sit here and do nothing

just 'cause it's my day off.

If it was anyone besides Jimmy,

would you be high-tailing it over there?

Of course I would.

June...

♪ ♪

No, you know what? He should hear this.

You should explain to him

why catching Jimmy means so much to you.

I think it's time
to go feed the horses, Bob Lee.

Go on!

Yes, sir.

Damn you, Earl.

♪ ♪

For once, I wish you'd just
let someone else save the day.

♪ ♪

[TRUCK RUMBLES]

[FLAT TIRE FLAPPING]

I gotta piss.

Eh.

Life is hard.

It can happen in the truck
or outside the truck,

but it's gonna happen.

Do not try and be a hero.

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

[GRUNTS]

♪ ♪

[SOUTHERN ACCENT] What do you say there?

Eh. You lost, boy?

No, sir. I got a flat tire.

[SOFT GRUNT]

So.

You want I should patch it?

Uh, no sir. That tire's not worth a patch

and I got four new Michelins at home.

I just need some Fix-a-Flat
to get me there.

Top shelf, right behind you.

♪ ♪

There we go.

- That'll do it.
- Be $ .

- $ .
- Mm-hmm.

♪ ♪

There you go.

- Have a good day.
- Uh-huh.

♪ ♪

That old man was a greedy son of a bitch.

He's earned the right.

♪ ♪

[ENGINE TURNS OVER]

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

If the assailant and Bob Lee
aren't still at the farm,

let the coroner deal with the body.

And yellow tape it
and haul ass out of there.

I need more officers at the checkpoint.

All right, keep me posted.

Got a call about two men
who fit the description.

Pulled into a gas station out on Old .

The attendant said one of the men

turned a flag upside-down.

Hmm. m*llitary code for distress.

That's Bob Lee for sure.

Should we send additional units?

Nah, never make it on time.

Old crosses right through
Fisher County.

Get ready to roll.

- [INTERCOM BEEPS]
- Lucy, get me Sheriff Testa.

[PHONE LINE TRILLING]

Sure I'm not safer in the car?

You're not safe anywhere, but I'd rather

have you where I can see you.

I'm not completely helpless, you know.

- [LINE TRILLING]
- [PHONE BEEPS]

Denning said the same thing
before I left him,

and now he's not answering
his burner phone.

Stay behind me. Stay close.

[FOREBODING MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[DOOR CLICKS]

[WHISPERED] Oh.

Oh.

[RETCHES]

[VOMITS]

No.

You need to look at this.

♪ ♪

Do you believe me now?

This isn't a su1c1de,

and it's not some coincidence.

Your boss did this.

Why?

'Cause Jeffrey Denning

had the courage to try and expose Atlas.

[PHONE BEEPS]

[PHONE RINGS]

He was a good man.

A brave reporter.

[PHONE RINGING]

- [EXHALES]
- [PHONE BEEPS]

I told him that I would keep him safe.

Nadine.

Nadine, I'm sorry.

Prove it.

Help me take Hayes down.

Okay. What do you need?

I need to talk to him again,
but not in his office.

Uh, uh, it's Tuesday.

He has a standing lunch
at the University Club.

- Let's go.
- W-what about him?

I'll call it in on the way over.

♪ ♪

Got something for me?

Local sheriffs called for a roadblock

on southbound Old Route
into Fisher County.

And we tracked a mobile number

from the phone you took.

It's there, too.

Copy.

Bob Lee and Solotov

are headed south on Old .

You know where that is?

Who the hell were you just talking to?

You don't need to know that.

Bullshit. I don't trust you.

You want to save your husband or not?

This is probably our
only chance of finding him.

You know ?

There's an old campsite out that way

that Bob Lee and his dad used to camp at,

but why go there now?

[FOREBODING MUSIC]

- It's time to go.
- What are these?

Accounts? Passwords?

We don't have time for this sh*t.

We don't even know
what these numbers are.

♪ ♪

He's looking for something. Let's go.

♪ ♪

[SPIKES RATTLE]

[TIRES SQUEALING]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Don't sh**t! You'll hit Swagger!

You fire that, they're gonna light us up

with everything they got.

Not with you beside me, they won't.

[TIRES SCREECH]

♪ ♪

Wait till they reach the tire strips!

♪ ♪

[a*t*matic g*nf*re]

[GRUNTS]

[PISTOLS f*ring]

Engine! Engine!

[GRUNTS] [TIRES SCREECHING]

Aim for his tires!

Rear tires! Aim low!

Aim for the rear tires!

♪ ♪

[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]

Don't move.

Is this way, yes?

It's another ten miles, at least.

Now, common sense says you should

probably just k*ll me and disappear.

I do not always want to be looking

over my shoulder.

I have money,

I can stay hidden.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

Your husband's on the run, Edie.

Have you heard from him?

Jimmy called, but he never said

he was gonna hurt nobody, Earl.

I didn't know.
I swear that I didn't know.

Calm down. Calm down.

What'd he say?

He said,

he broke out,
that he was headed this way,

but he never said nothing
about sh**ting up the bank.

What else?

That it was all some big misunderstanding

and he wants to meet with you
to talk about it,

but he wouldn't tell me why.

♪ ♪

I think we both know why, Edie.

He say where I'm supposed to meet him?

Out by the windmill
at Coleman's farm tonight.

He wants you to come alone,
or he ain't gonna show.

♪ ♪

Are you gonna k*ll him, Earl?

Not unless I have to.

This town's been through enough already.

No one else needs to die tonight.

♪ ♪

[TRUCK CLANKS]

[FLAT TIRE FLAPPING]

[LAUGHS] It is funny, is it not?

Comedy for one man,

tragedy for another.

[BRAKES SCREECH]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

No, no!

♪ ♪

[HEARTBEAT]

♪ ♪

Don't do it! Sir!

Don't do it!

Nobody else needs to die today.

You draw that w*apon, and you're dead.

Do not draw that w*apon.

You stand no chance against this man.

I got no reason to lie to you.

Just give him the car

and we both get to live.

You want that ledger, you let him live.

Come on out.

Give it a toss over the fence.

[g*n THUDS]

All right, you go the car. Now let's go.

You k*ll him, you get nothing.

You get too emotional.

That's why I'm going to win.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

[ENGINE TURNS OVER]

[GRUNTS]

[SIRENS WAILING]

Sheriff, what the hell happened?

Where's Bob Lee?

I don't know, Julie.

Guy used Bob Lee for a human shield,

sh*t out our tires, and busted through.

They headed south?

- Far as we know.
- Thank you.

We're better off without them.

Gotta use the element of surprise.

Doesn't look like there's
any additional security.

No, he's just gonna have
the one bodyguard.

The "appointment" is with his mistress,

so he doesn't like to
draw any extra attention.

Guessing you're a familiar enough face?

You don't expect me to go in there?

Man up, Harris.

Hayes thinks that k*lling Denning

scared me off,
it was the end of the story.

But he needs to know that I am still here

and I'm not letting it go.

And what if he decides to

keep handling things
the way he handles things?

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

[PHONE BEEPS]

What's up?

Hey. How fast can the Bureau

get a crisis response team
to south Texas?

Nearest field office is San Antonio,

so to minutes.

But they don't just send those teams out

for no reason.

Well, find a reason.
Bob Lee is in trouble.

Solotov is about to get his hands on

Atlas' secret bank book.

If that happens, world events

are gonna go from bad to worse.

Where do you want the team?

Rock Springs Park.

- I'm on it.
- Work fast.

We walk from here, yes?

- Yeah.
- Which way?

Trailhead's down there.

[GRUNTS]

I mean what I say.

Your wife and daughter dies
if I do not get the ledger.

Can you repeat that?

I didn't hear it
the first ten times, assh*le.

You make it personal.

This was never me versus you.

I had the mission.

Your mission

k*lled a bunch of my friends.

[GRUNTS]

Every man you ever k*lled

had a bunch of friends, Swagger.

Doesn't matter now, anyway.

It is sad, Swagger,

because you and I want the same thing.

To destroy Atlas.

Unless they put a target
on me or my family,

I couldn't give two shits about Atlas.

Maybe you've forgotten about your father?

The hell you talking about?

The official report

said your father was alone when he d*ed.

You and I both know
that was not the case.

[SOFT BROODING MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[EXHALES]

sh*ts fired.

This is Sheriff Swagger.

I'm at the windmill off Route .

Suspect is down, but I've hit... twice.

Requesting

immediate medical assist...

♪ ♪

Requesting immediate medical assist...

- [b*llet WHIZZES]
- [DISTANT g*nsh*t]

[MOURNFUL MUSIC]

Say again... location? Over.

Sheriff, can you hear me?

Sheriff Swagger? Sheriff Swagger?

Her text said she was
gonna be a few minutes late.

Well, I guess we wait a few more minutes.

Hm.

[SOFT JAZZY MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ ♪

- Hey.
- No, that's okay.

Let her go.

She's not the one I'm angry with.

Agent Memphis.

I thought we cleared up
any misconceptions

you might have had at our last meeting.

Yeah, I guess not,
'cause our last meeting,

I was under the impression
that you controlled Atlas.

It turns out I was mistaken.

As I said, you were.

Yeah, it was silly of me,

'cause a person would need

a very large, uh... bank account

to control an organization like that,

at least $ million or so,

and I just got a call

that let me know that
at this point in time,

you don't control any such thing.

I came to apologize

for my false assumptions about you.

Good luck getting
your banking ledger back.

I'm sorry, Holly.

This'll just be a minute. Have a seat.

- Yeah, Holly, have a seat.
- [SCOFFS]

Agent Memphis,

there are much smarter ways

to handle a situation like this.

Perhaps we could discuss an arrangement?

Mm, I only do business

with people who have something to offer.

And you're broke.

[SCOFFS]

Make sure he doesn't
stiff you on the check.

♪ ♪

Harris, you're done.

Yeah.

I'm sorry, Holly.
We're gonna have to reschedule.

How'd you know I was there
when my father got k*lled?

Oh, so you're just full of sh*t.

Do you think Isaac Johnson
recruited you by accident?

Atlas and the Swaggers

have been interlinked
since the beginning.

You're getting the money.

No need to run psy-ops on me.

How much do you think
you know about your father?

Screw you.

Suit yourself.

How much further?

About three clicks.

There's blood on the passenger door.

Engine's still warm.
They can't be too far ahead.

Trail's down that way.

You don't have to pretend to care.

I know you're only in this for the money.

I'd be an idiot not to want the money,

but Julie, I want to see
Bob Lee come out of this alive.

Right, what if it comes down
to the bank book or Bob Lee?

We don't have time for "what if's."

[SOFT SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Where is it?

It's over by that tree,
where the soil's loose.

Shouldn't have to dig too deep.

♪ ♪

Actually, you're gonna want me
to dig it up for you.

I booby-trapped it.

Thank you for the concern.

Stay there.

♪ ♪

They'll never stop
sending people after you.

Atlas does not run on loyalty.

It runs on money,

and I am about to bankrupt them.

Can you find out what
the holdup is with the car?

This is unacceptable.

♪ ♪

I hear you have money problems.

That has nothing to do with you.

The mission is still a go.

Even with all this attention?

If their eyes are on the money,

all the better for us.

You'll have everything you need

when it's time.

♪ ♪

[HEARTBEAT]

Interesting booby trap, Bob Lee.

Always got tricks up your sleeve.

I'm going to miss this about you.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[GRUNTS] [ZIP TIE SNAPS]

[g*n CLICKS]

[BLOW LANDS]

♪ ♪

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[WRIST SNAPS] [SCREAMS]

[SCREAMING]

[BOTH PANTING]

[GRUNTS]

[GROANS]

[PANTING]

[CHAMBER CLICKS]

I cannot believe it.

It was not even loaded.

If it ain't loaded, it ain't lethal.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS]

[GRUNTING]

[DESOLATE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[WINDMILL CREAKING]

The hell you doing out here, Bob Lee?

[DESOLATE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Don't, Bob Lee. Don't.

- He's gone. Shh.
- It was my fault!

- He's gone.
- No!

Hey! Hey!

Listen,

there's no way any of this
is your fault, son.

You hear me?

We're gonna get you out of here,

and no good can come from

people ever knowing you were here.

You understand?

Nobody ever needs to know, Bob Lee.

♪ ♪

How'd you know I was there
when my father got k*lled?

How much do you think
you know about your father?

Atlas and the Swaggers

have been interlinked
since the beginning.

Do you think Isaac Johnson

recruited you by accident?

Bob Lee!

Bob Lee!

Bob Lee!

Baby!

Baby? Wake up.

Bob Lee?

- Wake up.
- [GRUNTS]

Come here. I got you.

[GRUNTS]

I got you.

Here.

[SOFT MUSIC]

That's the FBI.

I could've used them a few minutes ago.

No, I think you like being the hero.

I guess somebody's got to do it.

We all know it ain't gonna be you.

♪ ♪

At least now

the can rest in peace.

Semper fi, Marine.

Shouldn't you be going?

[HELICOPTER WHIRRING]

Where are you gonna go?

I'm gonna finish it.

Had I known you were bringing wine,

I wouldn't have had this Scotch.

I haven't heard from you in over a week.

Traveling across the country
undetected takes time.

Want me to go?

No, I'm grateful for the work.

I would've appreciated
a heads-up, though.

I have an appointment in this room

in a few minutes.

No worries. I won't be long.

So tell me, how did you

manage to get the ledger

without k*lling Swagger?

Bob Lee is willing to forget

about the ledger, and Atlas,

so long as he and his family
are left alone.

Well, tell him I'm good with that.

For now.

It actually serves my purpose

to let him think we have a deal.

Hm.

What about Agent Memphis?

I'll handle her.

How, exactly?

[SOFT LAUGH] Now, Isaac,

don't tell me you have feelings
for Agent Memphis.

Just want to know your plan.

I'm having her and
Patricia Gregson investigated.

We'll find charges that stick.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

[LAUGHS]

Now let me guess.

You want to be paid more.

I'm fine with that.

I'll double your rate.

You might want to sit down.

Wha...

[GLASS SHATTERS]

[CHOKING] I can't breathe.

[COUGHS]

You're having a heart att*ck, senator.

Not uncommon for a man of your age,

with your appetites.

[SOFT GROANING]

Why do this?

This changes nothing.

The world can be
a very cruel place, senator.

♪ ♪

Most of us don't get to choose

the date and time
we take our last breath.

Most people have that chosen for them.

[BREATHES WEAKLY]

[EXHALES]

[DRAMATIC TONE]

This is who I am now.

You sure you want to go down this road?

I used to believe in the rule of law.

Atlas...

some shadow deep state

running their own government?

[SOMBER MUSIC]

Laws aren't gonna stop them.

♪ ♪

I resigned from the FBI this morning.

Time to start my new job.

♪ ♪

[KEYS TURNING]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[LOCKS TWISTING]

♪ ♪

[DRAMATIC MUSICAL TONE]

♪ ♪

- - - - - - .

I just saw the news.

How should I proceed?

Yes, but I'll still need the card.