01x07 - Sleepover

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01x07 - Sleepover

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Previously on "The Endgame"...

You look just like a guy I
knew in Ukraine, he's dead.


Horek is a dead man.

There's other methods of pest control

that don't leave a mess.

[SPEAKING IN RUSSIAN]

Looks like Ferret found himself a friend

with nothing to lose, huh?

Goes by Samson. Doing life for arson.

This is a problem.

- [g*nf*re]
- Get in the door!

I'm good.

You missed me, huh?

Hi.

Chief of Staff Swanstrom
wants us to conference.

- Victory lap, Val.
- Great news all around.

The president was thrilled to hear it.

All of your targets are in this photo.

If you don't work for Elena Fedorova,

who do you work for?

We keep hearing the name Belok.

They're a crime family.

Enemies of Elena Fedorova? Snow White?

If you had the chance,
would you forgive Isaac Bigby

for k*lling your mother?

Isaac Bigby's address.

Now piss off before I call a cop.

Pathetic.

[GROANS]

I'd like to report a
possible heroin overdose.

[TENSE MUSIC]



Laced cigarettes...
Your signature move.


- That was homicide.
- That was closure.

You timed that delivery
guy to come to Bigby's home.

He orders the same thing every night.

All that so I could see his last breath?

[SIGHS] I wish I
could have been there.

[DEVICE BEEPING]

But now, with this Bigby gone,

you'll see how it changes
you... How well you'll sleep.

[ELECTRICITY BUZZING]

[INTENSE MUSIC]



[ELECTRICITY HUMMING]

- What did you do?
- Nothing.

You're telling me the lights went out

and the door just opened,

and you don't have
anything to do with it?

I would say we're both
in the dark, Agent Turner.

- What are you hearing?
- Walkie is fried.

Put in fresh batteries
an hour ago. It's dead.

Same. Lights are out everywhere.

- What's the head count for personnel?
- Seven guards.

Secure the entrances and the
perimeter. Report back to me.

We need to figure out
what the hell is going on.

Yes, boss.

Power is out in the whole compound.

What are these lights?

Think they run on a generator

that dates back to the Cold w*r.

SWAT's shift change was an hour ago.

We've only got a skeleton
crew here at night.

My w*apon's in the g*n
locker in the muster room.

Same.

I'll get them. Stay back.

All eyes on her.

- [ALARMS BLARING]
- _

Attention, all inmates!

Everybody up! Everybody up!

[DOOR BUZZES]

On your feet. Assemble
in the cafeteria.

What's going on?

- Fire in B-wing.
- What's going on?

Everybody up!

We're moving out.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[INTENSE MUSIC]



Hey, what are you doing? Who are you?

Identify yourself.

You hear me? Step out now.

[GRUNTS]

[STABBING] [GROANS]

I'm not taking any chances.

This is Snow White
trying to break you out.

I've never lied to you, Agent Turner.

Tonight is not the night that changes.

[DISTANT THUNKING AND GROANING]

What was that?

Sounded like a body dropping.

I promise you, this is not Snow White.

Which means we may
have a very big problem.



This is kind of like a sleepover, no?

Classic American tradition.

Never had one. Are they
always this much fun?

You say this isn't Snow White.

If that's true, who is it?

Who would be stupid enough

to att*ck a federal
base on American soil?

I have a hypothesis, and if I'm correct,

the answer has been in
front of you for days.

The photograph?

Everyone in that
photograph's been taken out.

There is a blurry
shape in the background.


That's all that's left.

A quintessential sleepover activity, no?

Telling scary stories in the dark?

That blurry shape is called "The Ghost."

CIA?

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

I've only ever heard
him mentioned once...

An investigation I was involved in.

A sheik and his American family

were k*lled in a gas leak in Qatar.

Rumors were they were actually m*rder*d

by a deep-cover operative.

"The Ghost."

I was just out of Quantico.

I thought the veteran agents
were trying to scare me.

They weren't.

If The Ghost is coming for us,

I'm going to need
some different clothes.

And you better help Director
Réal get those g*ns.



[GRUNTING]

Son of a bitch.

g*ns are sealed in.

Locks are electronic
and they're all fused.

The electronics are dead.
Computers, everything...

An electromagnetic pulse

that can knock out all the
electronics in Fort Totten.

They don't exactly grow on trees.

[SIGHS]

Have you ever heard of "The Ghost?"

CIA operative.

Wet Work specialist. Fedorova
says he's behind this?

Techs could never identify who that was.

That's bad news.

The Ghost fell off the
map after going rogue.

k*lled two marines.

Means he won't hesitate
to come after any of us,

unless Fedorova was trying to taunt us

because this could still
be an escape attempt.

The holding cells in the basement,

with the two Snow White lieutenants?

They operate on an
electronic system too.

Meaning either the EMP
fused those cells shut...

Or disabled the locks entirely.

All right, go sit on
Fedorova. I'll check the cells.

Louie, what is this?
It's not the plan.

- No.
- [ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]

[DOOR CLUNKS]

But it might work to our benefit anyway.

I think there may be a
way to get out of here.

The door lock.

When the fluorescent lights
up, I think the door unlocks.

We just have to time it right.

Hey, back away from the bars.

What's going on, Director Réal?

Someone forget to pay
the electrical bill?

[DOOR RATTLING]

Power outage.

It's nothing for you to worry about.

Get comfortable.

Oh, definitely.

We're getting out of here soon.

Agent Flowers. Burning the midnight oil?

Got something for you.

The console in the w*r
Room, the blinking light

Fedorova has been getting messages from?

We got one a couple hours ago.

"The little potato covers
ground on every part."

The little potato?

I'll get it in the decoder right now.

- Val may have some ideas.
- [LINE RINGS]

You've reached Agent Valerie Turner.

- Please leave a message.
- Weird.

Val doesn't turn her phone
off or let it die, like, ever.

I'll try Totten.

Fort Totten's dark.

Could be a communications error, but...

- Let's get Doak on the line.
- He said he had an appointment

- and not disturb him on any account.
- At : p.m.?

Mm-hmm.

Keep at that code.
I'm going to take a ride.

The Ghost. Tell me
what you know about him.

His real name is Lucas Crowe.

He works for the CIA
Special Activities Division.

Black Ops.

He's a kind, gentle man that
orchestrated the bombing of my wedding.

He's your last target.

We had plans for him
today. This wasn't it.

My guess is he caught
on to what was happening

with his partners,

and instead of waiting for
Snow White to come to him,

he decided to come to Snow White.

And you're his primary target?

We'll see.

Until then, tell me.

What did you think about
me when we first met?

This is not a sleepover.

It kind of is.

You're welcome to borrow
my pajamas if you want.

Isn't that what friends do?

Something tells me you
haven't had very many friends.

I used to have a friend once.

- Her name was Natalia.
- Used to?

Sounds promising.

I learned a lot from her.

I was very vulnerable when we first met.

I had been held c*ptive for weeks.

An hour sleep at a time.

What, some kind of t*rror1st?

Mm, something like that.

- [BABY WAILING]
- _

Shh.

- Shh.
- [BABY WAILING]

[SINGING SOFTLY]

[SHUSHING, SOBS]

[CRIES]

Are you all right?

She won't stop crying.

I have two little ones at home.

May I?

[BABY WAILING]

[BABY FUSSING]

She was just feeling a little insecure.

That makes two of us.

My husband's away on business.

It's taking longer than expected.

I thought I could handle it.

It's hard to do this alone.

Believe me. I know.

[CHUCKLES]

Looks like she likes you more than me.

Nonsense.

Come on. Let's get you home, mm?

These gardens are boring anyway.

Aren't they, little one?

[CHUCKLES]

Thank you.

Wait for it.

- Now!
- [DOORS CLANKING]

Ta-da.

Couldn't get mine.

I'll do some recon. Back in a minute.

Oh.

- Be careful.
- Shh, quiet, love.

What? What is it?

Louie, don't.

- You!
- [THUMPING AND SHOUTING]

Louie!

[BOTH GRUNTING]

Louie!

Ah!

[WHISPERING] Oh, come on, come on.

[DOOR CLANKS]

Louie, I'm coming.

Louie! Where is he?

He's just gone.

[ALARMS BLARING]

- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- Everybody, listen up.

The warden's got an announcement.

As I'm sure you can
hear, we got a fire going.

This is the furthest place from it,

so this is where we're
going to wait it out.

Fire department will be here soon enough

to deal with all this.

- Everyone, stay calm.
- I don't trust this.

You think the warden's up to something?

No, I'm thinking yesterday,
Horek made a friend

with an arsonist.

And today there's a fire.

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]



[FOOTSTEPS]

Who's there?

- Show yourself right now.
- [DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[GROANING]

- How the hell did you get out?
- We need your help.

He's been stabbed.

No. What happened?

He's here... The Ghost.
Louie fought him.

Guards are all gone.
He must've taken them out.

[GASPING]

He's got an abdominal wound.

And sounds like it's getting worse.

Tension pneumothorax.

His lung collapsed. I
need medical supplies.

Stay here. Don't let him move.

I don't trust him. He'd
be happy to let Louie die.

Not gonna happen.
Louie's our responsibility.

- All three of you are.
- Yeah, much good that is.

Director Réal was a
corpsman in the Marines.

If it were my fiancé bleeding
out on the floor there,

the one person I'd
want on my side... is him.

He's the best we got, love,

unless you know how
to re-inflate a lung.

Look, I need you to tell me

exactly what you saw in the basement.

It's like he came out of nowhere.

But I... [GROANS, COUGHS]

Louie wounded him.
I don't know how badly.

But then Crowe just disappeared.

I know he's called The Ghost,

but he can't literally
walk through walls, right?

No, but the question is
how he made you think that.

He's injured. That's good.

And wherever he's
patching himself up now,

doesn't matter.

He can't get here.

This is the safest place in Fort Totten.

There's only one entrance.

All right.

You have air trapped

in the lung lining and the chest wall.

I'm gonna need to let it out.

We can't just sit and
wait. We need weapons.

We don't have anything.

Everything's behind electronic locks.

There must be something.

This won't be pleasant.

[GROANING]

- [AIR HISSING]
- [GASPS]

It's okay. You're okay. You're okay.

There's an old storage
locker in the basement.

Hasn't been used for decades.

We already know Crowe has
access to the basement.

Val, take someone with you.

I need to stay and monitor.

Well, come on, let's go.

I'm not leaving him alone with you.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]



Looks like I'm your only option.

You think I trust you with my safety?

I'm trusting you with mine.

We have a common enemy.

It's not in my interest
to let The Ghost k*ll either one of us.

You make one false move...

[LOCK CLATTERS, CLICKS]

Oh, friendship bracelet.

Another sleepover tradition, no?



You've reached Agent Valerie Turner...

- [SIREN WAILING]
- [SIGHS]

[LINE RINGS]

- Flowers?
- Any word from Totten?


None. There's been reports
of a power outage in the area.

Traffic lights are out for
two miles in Bay Terrace,

so if you're headed there,
you might have to end up going on foot.

- Keep your guard up.
- Thanks, Halima.


One more thing... That
code "the little potato"?

We've run it through
different numerical ciphers.

Tried it in English, Ukrainian, Russian,

half a dozen other Slavic languages.

Dead end.

I'll pass it on to Val
if she ever answers.

[PHONE BEEPS]

[LINE RINGING]

Where the hell is everybody?

[PHONE BUZZING]

You've got somewhere
more important to be?

[CHUCKLES] No. No, I do not.

When the chief of staff
calls, I drop everything.

Well, then, cheers.

Two of Fedorova's top lieutenants

both off the chessboard today.

First Capital Security
Bank back in our hands too.

To a job well done.

Well, thank you, Ms. Swanstrom.

You know, we're similar. You and I.

Flattered you think that.

We may not be the face of
our respective operations,

but we hold the power.

Bet in your academy days,
you didn't think you'd end up here.

[CHUCKLES]

I may have entertained the idea.

Mm.

What do you know about a
group called the Beloks?

Not much.

They're a shadowy group in Ukraine,

a family operation.

The name keeps coming up.

I'm having my people look into it too.

The White House has been very
impressed by your leadership

over the last few days.

- Do you mean...
- Mm, The Big Man.

We're hoping to make
you our point person

on this operation.

Make a change.

What about Director Réal?

You're boots on the
ground. Fresher intel.

That's more of what we're looking for.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]



Where's SWAT?



A vent. It has to be an entry point.

Réal wasn't kidding when
he said this thing was dated.

They cleared out Totten
during the Cold w*r.

None of this has been
touched since then.

A dagger and scabbard?

What, in case he's a musketeer?

That one won't fire, or it
will misfire in your hand.

It's been here for too long.

I promise you, half of
these things are useless.

You know, I'm actually
a trained FBI agent.

I know about weaponry.

I'm an illicit arms dealer. So do I.

Your friend, Natalia... How
long she manage to stick it out?

- Two minutes? Three?
- Would you rather I not tell you

about the faulty weaponry?

Ah.

Landmine.

Now, that we can use.

Blueprints from when
Totten was operating

during the Cold w*r.

Not that much different from today.

You think I haven't seen those?

Rona has a picture of it
on her phone if you want.

Doesn't it get tiring? Hmm?

The notes, plans...

Being in control all the time.

What happens if you let your guard down?

The CIA sends an assassin to k*ll you.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

We need to get moving.

Wait. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

This blueprint... This
is Fort Totten too,

when it was first built
during the Civil w*r.

The Cold w*r version we're in now,

it's a retrofit.

The old Fort Totten

had a layout of
passageways throughout it

that were sealed off

behind the walls during the retrofit.

That's how he's getting around.

If he has this, he can
literally walk through walls.

Look. There's a passageway
that leads directly

above the Assembly Room.

Right above your cell.

Which you thought was the
safest place in Fort Totten.

Everyone in that room... Sitting ducks.



[MUFFLED THUNKING]

- He's right above us.
- [SHUFFLING CONTINUES]

We need to get back the others. Now.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Come in. Please forgive the mess.

Don't worry about it.
Sergey still not back?

He had to extend his
trip another few weeks.

[BABY FUSSING]

I brought you this mixture
of licorice and fennel.

It's an old remedy my mom would use

on me and my sister to help us sleep.

You're a godsend.

[BABY CRYING]

- Go ahead.
- You don't want to?***

I wanted this so badly.

Now I'm starting to think
maybe I wasn't meant for it.

I'm...

I don't know. I'm all wrong, Natalia.

Just...

just take her.

[SOFT MUSIC]



That instantaneous,
unbreakable connection

we're all supposed to have?


Sometimes it requires time.

You're not a bad mother...
and you're not alone.

[SIGHS]

This belonged to my mother.

It's one of the few things
I still have of hers.

It's beautiful.

- I want you to have it.
- I can't.

If it hadn't been for you,

I don't think I would have
survived the last few weeks.

Please take it.

I'll treasure it forever.

[PHONE BUZZING]

Yes, please.

Shh.

- Hello.
- Lenochka.


Just checking on you, my sweet.

You've been in low spirits lately.

- [SIGHS] I've been having a hard time.

I know, love. I'm home very soon.

Natalia is here.

She always makes me feel better.

Natalia, your new friend?

When she leaves, call back.

I'd like to talk to you about her.

The name she gave you doesn't check out.

[HUMMING]

[GROANS]

Feels like you're enjoying this.

We've got to keep
relieving the pressure.

Don't worry.

I've no regrets.

For Queen and Country, remember?

I do, forever.

True believers.

Just like you.

[DOOR OPENS]

We need to get everyone
out of here stat.

Old plans for Fort Totten.

The Ghost has a direct pathway... here.

I don't think we should leave just yet.

If we know exactly where he's coming to,

perhaps we can use this
information to our advantage.

- Actually, I agree with her.
- Obviously you have a plan. What is it?

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]



[IMPATIENT CHATTER]

All right, easy. Keep it calm.

What's taking so long?

Is the fire department even coming?

- They're on the way.
- He's stirring them up.

- Stay cool. Stay cool.
- Hey!

I smell smoke.

- Eyes open, Owen.
- Do any of you smell smoke?

- Hell yeah, I do.
- Where's the warden then?

Calm down.

Is he just going to
leave us here to die?

It's locked. It's locked!

[ALL SHOUTING, CLAMORING]

Owen.

Hey, chill! Chill!

Calm down. Chill, chill.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

It's a directional fragmentation mine.

Upward blast cone.

Triggered by this pressure plate.

Ghost lands, steps off it,

boom.

He'll land here after he drops through.

And we'll be ready when he does.

Let's dig a hole for the mine.

- Louie, come on.
- [GROANS]

You must admit. We
work well together.

I'm just trying to keep
us all from getting k*lled.

We're not a team.

What you said before about control...

You are correct.

I have control over many things,

but what I really want... is so simple.

To take my daughter to the park...

To spend so much time in the sun

she can count her new freckles.

And then go home.

Like you say in your movies,
I want the fairy tale.

Is that "Pretty Woman?"

My mother-in-law had a bootleg copy.

Terrible Russian dub.

I had to learn English just so I could

experience the movie properly.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]



Landmine armed.

Very slowly, very carefully.

Once he steps on it, it's armed.

Once he steps off, it blows.

[MUFFLED THUNKING]

He's here. Let's go.



[VENT CREAKS, OPENS]

No! Don't move.



Uh, Val?

Anthony, do not move.

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[WHISTLING]

[DOORKNOB RATTLES, CLICKS]

You must be Sergey.

And you... must be Natalia.

Elena is just napping with Sofiya.

I'll head home.

I'll let her rest. Two minutes.

The pot is warm. Tea?

You weren't due back for three days.

Ah, finished early. I
couldn't wait to get back.

Mm.

She told me how much help you've been.

Can't tell you how grateful I am.

Motherhood is hard.

- We're peas in a pod, she and I.
- Mm.

[TENSE MUSIC]

If I don't walk out of here,

I have ten men outside
who will start f*ring.

So do I.

You won't get far.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

No b*ll*ts will fly in
this apartment today.

Sofiya is asleep. I
will not have her woken.

Who do you work for?

[CHUCKLES]

People work for me.

You were waiting for him to return

so you could k*ll us all together.

All the Vodianov eggs in one basket.

It's a pity, Lenochka.

I so enjoyed our talks.

We need to pack. We need to leave.

- They know we're here.
- This isn't over.

- Of course it's not.
- [LOCK CLICKS]

[SIGHS] I had a vulnerable moment.

- It won't happen again.
- Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

I should have been there.

I should have had your back.

[ALARMS WAILING]

[ALL SHOUTING]

I know you tried to k*ll
me. You tried to poison me!

Hey!

[GRUNTS]

Hey!

Hey!

You gonna try and save your buddy?

[LOUD THUNK]

No. Oh, damn.

[INTENSE MUSIC]



You're done, Turner.

Stay as still as possible, Anthony.

I'm trying, Val.

We might be able to delay the blast...

- Four-second delay, possibly.
- Possibly?

It's Louie's best guess without
examining the trigger spring.

It may have corroded. It may be fused.

So... somewhere around four seconds,

maybe more... or less.

But I think I can doctor
the trigger system.

- He's your man. You decide.
- Shape of the blast zone?

Upward and conical. Radius feet.

All right with you, Anthony?

Only option we got.

You change how the Belleville spring

hits the delay element.

[INTENSE MUSIC]

[GROANS]

What's wrong?

My heart feels like it's
jumping out of my chest.

Your pulse is over .

His heart's failing.
There's a defibrillator

in the muster room, but we
need to move him there now.

Go. I'll finish.

[MUFFLED THUNK]

[DISTANT RATTLING]

He's coming. For real this time.

Val? What the hell do we do?



Don't move.

Lucas Crowe.

It's nice to finally meet you in person.

I use knives 'cause I like them.

Doesn't mean I didn't bring a g*n.



Quick, get him on the table.

- Come on, Louie.
- Get his shirt open.

Come on, come on.

Easy, easy.

It's supraventricular tachycardia.

I don't even know if this
is a convertible rhythm,

but what choice do we have?

[DEFIBRILLATOR BEEPS]

Louie?

Louie. Louie.

He passed out, boss.

All right, let's just hope
I'm right and he cardioverts,

because this is his only chance.

- Clear!
- [DEFIBRILLATOR BEEPS]

It's not producing enough joules.

That damn generator.

You can't let him die.

Drop your w*apon. You're under arrest.

- You're defending her?
- Against a rogue att*ck.

- You're no better than she is.
- Now, now.

Is it a rogue att*ck, or do I have the

highest possible authority to be here?

You have no idea what
she's planning, do you?

Still?

- 'Cause if you knew...
- Now!

What brilliant plan is this?

What happened?

The spring mechanism, it didn't work.

Nice try.

[CLICK]

On your feet, both of you.

Give me the g*n.

[BEEPING]

[BOTH GRUNT]

What?

If I want to get to her, I
got to go through you first?

Something like that.

[INTENSE MUSIC]



Nice work.

You too.

Clear!

It's just not producing enough power.

Come on, try again one more time.

All right. Clear.

Come on!

- [ELECTRICITY WHIRS]
- [BEEP]

[GASPS]

What happened? The power's back on.

- [DOOR OPENS]
- FBI!

FBI, freeze. Nobody move.

- Let me see your hands.
- Don't move!

All right, all right. I'm Agent Flowers.

I called you here.

Hands where I can see them.

Hey, hey, hey, go easy.
We've all been under att*ck.

We need you to clear this
room immediately, Turner.

Let's go.

I can't believe it,

but with all this craziness, I forgot...

The reason I tried to
get in touch with you

in the first place.

That Snow White message
about "the little potato"...

It was a dead end. Nothing
Russian or Ukrainian.

Not any kind of cipher, either.

Her mother was Brazilian.

Run it in Portuguese.

Okay. Got it.

Sir.

Impressive.

Been a while since my corpsman days.

Director, got here as soon as I heard.

Where were you?

Agent Flowers repeatedly
tried contacting you.

Word is, all of Snow White is alive,

three U.S. guards are
wounded and four are dead,

along with a CIA agent.

How did this happen?

The CIA agent was a rogue operator.

He k*lled those guards.

Who never would have been
here in the first place,

- if not for Elena Fedorova.
- Wait, wait.

On whose authority are
you speaking this way?

I'm just asking questions.

I want a full accounting
of your night, Doak.

You missed all the fun.

I want to know why.

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]



- Thanks.
- [RECEIVER CLICKS]

You were right, Val. It's
a Brazilian nursery rhyme.

There's the translation,

"A little potato, when born,
covers ground on every part.

"A little girl when asleep...

Puts her hand onto her heart."

This is about Elena's daughter.

She speaks to her in Portuguese.

[SINGING SOFTLY IN PORTUGUESE]

The message triangulated
to upstate New York.

Farmland.

I think we just figured out

where Elena is keeping her daughter.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]



Single file. Back to your cells.

Whatever.

Horek d*ed when he hit that table.

They're threatening
a full investigation,

during which I'll be in solitary.

That's not good, Owen.

This is going down in three days.

You, up.

And, you, Collins, back to your cell.

The warden needs privacy.

Hi, it's me. Sorry to disturb you.

We had a bit of a dust-up, that's all.

It's all been handled.

I hope that's so. You
know how I have a temper.

Everything is going according to plan.

- It better be.
- It is.


I assure you, Lady Belok.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]



This belonged to my mother.

I want you to have it.

I'll treasure it forever.

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