01x08 - Cold Steel

[bunniefuu]

- Hi, Katie.
- Hi.

- How is she today?
- Same.

Okay.

- Thank you.
- Sure.

Your therapy lamp arrived.

That's great.

I told them
you weren't getting enough sunshine.

And I know that you, um...

Well, I know how that upsets you.

Oh, good.

Good. They're cleaning your teeth.

I pay 'em extra for that.

Gotta look after those teeth.

Very important to have a good smile
in your line of business, right?

Keep those customers happy.

Nothing like a nice smile
to let 'em know that you give a sh*t.

I've had a tough week.

This...

this old friend of mine is back in town.

A smile is not gonna be good enough
for him.

This guy's been... Well,
he's maybe the...

the only real friend that I ever had.

And now I think that...

Well, he thinks that
he wants to take away

everything that I've worked so hard for
all these years.

Do you know that you are maybe
the only person in the entire world

that I can be truly honest with?
Do you... Do you know that?

I mean, I gave this guy...

I gave this guy... a choice.

I mean, I gave him a chance
for things to go down differently.

You know? And...

sh*t.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Getting a little lively there,
don't you think?

Well, I guess you would have
a strong constitution

when it comes to narcotics.

Would you change anything?

If you could?

Because, you...

you had a choice.

Me, I never did. You saw to that.

And yet...

here I am.

You know, all those years
in those group homes...

gives you a lot of time to think.

And now I'm returning the favor.

Maybe you did me a solid, you know?

I mean, the way I see it,
you want weak kids, give 'em everything.

But if you... If you want 'em strong...

treat 'em hard.

Easy. Easy. Easy.

That's it.

You know, I'd have given you...

the world.

I'd have given you...
anything that you ever wanted...

if you'd just wanted me.

See you next week, Mom.

Uh... hey, Frank?

- Huh?
- You wanna come here?

I've been running the image
from your scope.

- Mmm.
- Found him.

Holy sh*t.

- Yeah, you did.
- William "Bill" Rawlins III.

He's the director
of covert operations for the CIA.

Now it's starting to make sense.

This is not some field agent
running rogue.

I mean, it takes a guy like this

to pull it all together
and make it stick.

"Injured in the line of duty."
That's from me smashing his eye in.

Son of a bitch used it
to climb the ladder.

No, he didn't.
He was born at the top of the ladder.

The Rawlinses are practically royalty.

They're the power behind the throne.

They're old, old Virginia money.

Plantations, shipping
and industry, arms.

I mean, who knows what else
they have their hands in.

Sounds like you got a crush on the guy.

He's the director of covert ops, Frank.

I mean, for all I know...

- sh*t.
- What is it?

For all I know, he's been waiting
for somebody to look for him.

And by searching his file,
I've just blown us.

There could be a team
on its way right here.

- Wait.
- Give me a second...

No, you give me a second.

You've been on that CIA site
all day, right?

You seen anything about us?
Any chatter at all?

- What... No.
- Have you?

- No, right?
- No.

You're saying
the guy's got unlimited resources.

You're saying he's the kinda guy,

he farts, the president
catches a whiff.

That's what you're telling me?

Uh, yeah, actually.

Okay, David, CIA and the FBI,
they're not coming after us.

You didn't see anything on there
about Kentucky, right?

Nothing about me being on an army base?

Yeah. I mean, the Bulletin ran a piece

about Bennett turning
up stabbed to death

in a motel upstate, but that's it.

They k*lled him. That's good.

Look, the point is
they're not coming after us.

I mean, I took a sh*t at this guy,

you didn't read anything about it.

You're scared, David, and I get that,

but think about how
this Rawlins prick feels.

I think that you and me,
we are sitting pretty right now.

I'm going to make coffee.
Want me to get you something?

Yeah.
Yeah, I'll have some chamomile. Thanks.

Some chamomile, huh?

Frank!

This guy. What?

Um, the cameras in my house are down.

- What's that?
- I can't...

I can't access the feed
to my house right now.

You need to get over there now
and check on my family.

Wait a second. David, I just...

You need to check on
my family right now!

All right. All right. All right.
Christ's sake.

What?

What happened there?

Paintball.
It was from a training exercise.

That is what a real battle scar
looks like.

AK-47, through and through.

Thank you.

What about this guy? Hmm?

Appendix, right?

Knifed by an angry lover.

You are so full of sh*t.
Do you know that?

All those battle scars,
and not one on this pretty face.

What about Big Nasty here?

Can't believe you
didn't brag about him.

Let me guess.

Your chute didn't open.
You got dragged behind the plane.

You had to cut free.

Fell through a tree, hitting
every branch on the way down.

And sewed yourself up.

There was this good Samaritan
used to volunteer

at the Ray of Hope Group Home.

It's where I was placed at the time.

We used to play stickball,
hoops, whatever.

He'd been going there for years.
We all thought he was so cool.

I guess I must've been...
ten, eleven at the time.

When a grown man tells you
that you're pretty...

you know nothing good is coming.

Let's just say I wasn't
interested in...

in the kind of games
that he had in mind.

So I went after him
with the stickball bat.

Caught him good a couple times, too.

Then he broke my arm.

Got pissed off, ripped my rotator cuff
in three places, so...

Your face.

I didn't know
you grew up in the system.

Is that not in my file?

Guess I deserve that.

I can see it right now on your face,

that sudden middle-class guilt
for growing up in a place like this.

You know what?
I'm not exactly sure where I was born.

But the way that I see it,

even if your meth head
mother safe-havens

you at a fire station in Albany...

you're still born
in the greatest country in the world.

Sorry you had to go through that.

Yeah.

You know, it means something.
You shared this with me.

We gotta be careful.

We're in danger
of having a real conversation.

- It's getting kinda personal here.
- Yeah, wouldn't want that.

No.

Then we would have to admit
that maybe you like me.

Do you ever look for her?

Who? My mother?

Nah.

No such thing
as a fairy-tale ending, Madani.

That sh*t is for the storybooks.

- Hey.
- Jesus!

I didn't mean to scare you.

I tried the front there.

There was no answer, so I, um...
I just...

I don't know. To thank you. You know,
apology, whatever. You could...

You could pick.

- Maybe I could trade?
- Great. Thank you.

All right, that's for you.

- What do I do with these?
- Uh, trash cans are over there.

- Thank you.
- Sure.

Do you, um...
You wanna join me for a drink?

Mmm... Sure, yeah.

- Really?
- Okay.

Uh, okay.

The glasses are
in the cupboard over there.

- Oh.
- Hmm.

- Cheers.
- Yeah.

Mmm.

- You a wine guy, Pete?
- A wine guy?

Uh, I drank the Boone's Farm,
you know, Mad Dog till I was 20.

So, yeah... I'm quite the connoisseur.

Okay, so you...
You're not gonna judge me

for appreciating a little ros?
all year round, huh?

I'll do my best to hold off.

Hmm. It is a rare treat...

...to enjoy a glass of wine
in the middle of the day.

Is that why you unplugged?

- Get a little peace and quiet, huh?
- Yeah, no, not exactly. Um...

I was trying to punish Zach
for acting like such a little sh*t.

Trying to make a point.

- Did it work?
- It might've...

but I, um...
I let him go out with his friends.

I just... I couldn't bear the prospect
of listening to him bitch

about being unplugged
from the Internet all day.

Does that make me a bad mom?

I think that makes you human.

Hmm.

But now a part of me wishes
that he was here, you know?

I kind of miss the noise.

Have you ever turned your phone off

just so you can stop hoping it'll ring?

Who is it that you wanna talk to?

Anybody with a friendly voice...

that's not a bill collector.

But, hey, you know what?

Guy shows up with a
bouquet of flowers...

who am I to complain, huh?

You know, I think I'm gonna, uh...

I'mma get myself some of this.
That is good sh*t.

It's good.

What's up?

Got a new lead on Castle.

- You're sh1tting me.
- No.

He reached out to an arms dealer
I had on a watch list.

He's got two priors and
wants to avoid a third,

which is a problem

because we just caught him with

10,000 rounds of m*llitary-grade a*mo.

Jack DeLeon. Yeah, I heard about it.

Castle is the buyer.

I guess he needs b*ll*ts
for all those g*ns he stole

from the Greeks.

I guess you made DeLeon
an offer he can't refuse?

Horse's head and all.

He'll walk into the meet with Castle,

and we will be right behind him.

So, when do we go?

We wait for Castle to set the meet.

- I might just have to kiss you.
- Don't. You're not my type.

Oh, that's right. You like 'em pretty.

You have no idea how I like them.

That was a joke, until your reaction...

which may have just given you away?

You know, you need me to sit
with His Prettiness...

check to make sure his intentions
are honorable, just let me know.

- Sam?
- Yeah?

Get out of my office.

Hey. Thought I'd save you the job.
I hope you don't mind.

No. Hey, I could, uh...

I could make you a whole list
if you want.

Okay.

God damn it!

I'm gonna go open another bottle.

Are you gonna make me drink alone?

More of the, uh, pink stuff, huh?

Thank you.

You know what I miss the most?

David used to, um, grab my keys...

and just disappear
for, like, 20 minutes.

Every Sunday night. Wouldn't say a word.

And I knew that he was going
to fill up my car t*nk.

Because he knew how much
I hated going to the gas station,

and he just took care of it.

You never talk about your wife.

Yeah, she's a...
She was a special woman. Okay?

And she's gone now.

That's... That's not gonna change.

So what do we do? People like us.

I mean, we still have
half of our lives to live, right?

I think... I think about that.
I think about it a lot now.

I mean, I... I see a couple walking
down the street, holding hands,

and I think to myself,
"Will I ever have that again?"

So does that mean that I've moved on?

And if so, does that
make me a bad person?

You're a really good listener, Pete.
You know that?

Mostly because you don't say anything.

Look, I just...

I don't know.
I think you're too hard on yourself.

You blame yourself,
and this isn't your fault.

You just... You feel guilty,
and I don't think that that helps you.

You should allow yourself
to feel what you feel.

You want to stay for some food?

I got a refrigerator full of enchiladas
that are delicious.

- Listen, I'd love to, but I...
- Oh, you got things to do.

- Right?
- I do. Yeah.

You know, maybe you could make me
a, uh... a plate to go, huh?

Okay.

Got... Oh, I got a thing right here.

Well, thank you, um, for coming over.

This really, uh...
This really meant a lot to me.

Um, I enjoyed... this.

Me, too.

Yeah.

Okay. Hey...

- Hey, I just... I just...
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Whoa, that was... that was weird.

Sarah, look, um...

I'm flattered, you know?

I am, but I can't...

Yeah, well... well, you should be.
Uh...

Second guy I've kissed in 15 years.

- Oh, boy.
- I'm kidding. I mean, um... Wow.

Uh, can this not be weird?

I think I just... I had a moment.

- It's that damn ros?.
- Yeah. No, that is some strong sh*t.

- Right?
- Yeah.

- See you around.
- Okay.

Thank you.

Oh, don't forget your enchiladas.

Thank you.

Jesus Christ.

- Hmm.
- I guess you saw that, huh?

Why did you get her flowers?

'Cause I needed an excuse
to be there, right?

Peonies, huh?

- Yeah.
- Huh.

Maria's favorite, so...

Sarah's favorite, too, I guess.
Who knew?

- I brought you these.

They're, uh...
- I know what they are. Thanks, Frank.

I really love these things.

You know, I don't, uh...

I don't blame you for kissing her.
She's a beautiful woman.

And, uh...

I don't blame her, either. I don't.

That's how we're
dealing with this, huh?

Mmm.

This is how I'm dealing with this.

Look at this.

Industry.

Coal, iron, steel. Real things.

Whole country used to be built on it.
We were self-sufficient.

Now?

Markets rule everything.

This country never needed anything
from anyone else.

- Now, we're beholden.
- Kinda like me and you.

Yes. Like me and you.

- You heard the tape.
- That's why we're here.

We have to go after Castle.
He's the last witness.

And get in the middle of a government
operation? Hell of a risk.

Risky is him being captured
and talking about Kandahar

to save himself from a
lifetime in prison.

We both have ambitions
to protect, Billy.

We go after him now,
we're exposed on that bug.

- We lose our intelligence on Homeland.
- Everything checks out.

Jack DeLeon is in custody.
They're planning an operation.

As soon as they file the details,
I'll have them.

It's a chance we must take.

We go after him again,
I can't use anybody on my payroll.

I lost nine of my guys
going after Henderson in those woods.

I'mma need outside operators,
and they will not be cheap.

Guess everything comes down
to money, doesn't it?

Easy to say for a guy who never worried

about money a day in his life.

I pay you well.

You think that makes you better
than me?

Who cares what other people think
about us?

Pride is a weakness.

Find your men, Billy.

And the minute Homeland files
a tactical plan,

I'll have it in your hands.

Do you care about Madani?
Is that what this is about?

She's a means to an end.

Good. I thought perhaps you were worried
about going against her.

There is no one on this green earth

that I'm worried about going against.

We clear on that?

I'm expecting our targets

to come in armed and ready to fight.

They believe they are there
to capture a dangerous enemy.

When they find us waiting instead,

I don't expect them to come quietly.

Okay?

Schematics and assignments
are in the folders before you.

Study them and get ready.

There will not, I repeat, not be a copy
of this tactical plan online

or anywhere else
except right in front of you.

They're all set.

We'll get into position early

and see who turns up
looking for Castle.

The fake tactical plan is good to go.

Now, you're sure we need to put this
into the system?

If someone has a bug in my office,

we can assume
they're in our computers, too.

You always have a guitar on deployment.

Sit around, you know...

you got time to, uh, you know,

learn new songs, come up with new sh*t.

That's how I met my wife.

It was at a...

At a park on a sunny day, you know?

I was there with my guitar.
I'm sitting under the tree like a...

Like a derelict. You know?

Trying to learn this... this new song.

I'm struggling, you know?
Struggling away with it.

I'm even...

I'm singing out loud
like an assh*le, you know?

And then I see her.

She smiled at me.

Yeah. Oh, I was done, man.
She... Oh, she...

She had me.

She says to me, "Hey, buddy, you, uh...
You know anything else?"

Because we're sick
of hearing you butcher this one."

That's what she said, you know?

I...

I go beet red, you know?

And I look up, and I see
this g*ng of her friends.

And they're all laughing
their asses off.

So you b*at the sh*t out of 'em all.

No, assh*le, I didn't.

I, uh...

I told her
that I didn't do requests, and...

if she wanted one, it
was gonna cost her.

That's a good line.

Yeah, thank you.
I was actually pretty proud of myself,

- given the circumstances.
- Mmm.

sh*t.

That's really sweet.

Yeah, well... changed my whole life.

Come here. What about you?

- Thanks.
- Yeah.

Junior year.

I'm taking History of the French Novel.
Sarah's in my class.

Now, you gotta remember

I'm a bit of a player at
this point in my life.

But for some reason,

Sarah's just... aloof.
For me, no way. Unapproachable.

One night, I find myself
at this wild, like,

costume party. I'm a Popsicle.

There's Sarah. Um...
And everybody's wasted. She's trashed.

So, I work up the nerve...

and, uh, I talk to her.

Get her while she's drunk.
That's... That is classy.

No. Yeah. Yeah, but no.

Turns out she was just...
She was just shy.

So we're talkin', go back to her place

and we're both waiting
for the other one

to make the move, you know?

And hours go by, and we're just talking

and eating toast, and so much toast.

And finally, like,
5:00 in the morning...

she kisses me.

- We've been together ever since.
- Mmm.

Yeah.

When you know, you know.

Mm-hmm.

When you know, you know.

That's it.

Mmm.

You miss sex?

Hmm?

Do you miss sex?

Uh... What do you want me to say?

Because for me, I miss sex.

Yeah, that's good to know, buddy.

- You wanna hear something funny?
- What's that?

- I'm hung like a moose.
- Jesus Christ.

Oh, you think I'm kidding?

Frank, I'm weirdly, seriously,
really well-endowed.

Uh... you must be proud.

Kinda spooky.

- All right, you laugh.
- Yeah.

You laugh...

Oh, for Christ's sake. Get out of here.

What's the matter with you?

What are you doing?

I'm just letting you know...

it's not gonna be easy
to steal my wife.

Oh, for Christ's sake.
That's in your head. Go away from me.

You an ass man, Frank?

You like, like, a little...
a high and tight one?

Like 'em nice and fat?

- You've lost your mind.
- Juicy?

You like the, uh, heart-shaped?

Don't do that. What are you paintin' me
with the ass brush for?

- You kissed my wife, don't forget.
- Oh, stop. Enough, all right?

- Hey, it's okay. It's okay.
- That's not what happened.

It's okay. If she wasn't gonna kiss you,
it'd be somebody else.

- Seriously, it's okay. She's a very...
- All right.

Sarah's a very sensual woman.

I'll be right back.

Wait a second.

Wait a second.

Madani.

- Yeah, Madani.
- What do you mean, "Madani"? What?

- That's how we fix...
- Gonna start talking about her ass?

That's how we fix this.
That's how we fix this.

We've been hiding from her
this whole time.

We don't need to hide from her.

She wants the same things that we do.

I have the video. You
are the eyewitness.

Don't you see? We give that to her.

Lock and key. Lock and key.

We give that to Madani,
she arrests Rawlins...

- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
- I go home. Boom!

- Stop that sh*t.
- I make sweet love with my wife.

- Stop that sh*t. Stop that sh*t.
- What?

Rawlins dies, remember?

Oh, that's right. Everybody dies.

- You're g*dd*mn right.
- Yeah, that is right, huh?

- Yeah.
- Your family's dead.

Anyone that ever looked at you sideways,
they're dead.

And you just keep on going, huh?
You just keep on going.

You're a psychopath.

That's right. Yeah.

You done?

You have nothing but a w*r inside you.

I'm calling her.

- Put the phone down.
- I'm calling Madani.

Put the g*dd*mn phone down!

Put the phone down.

We not welcome
at the office anymore, Billy?

Somethin' like that.

I thought it best we not be seen
together after the last time.

Well, what went down was bullshit.

We did what you paid us to do.

It's what the State Department
paid you to do.

Which was to protect certain diplomats
from harm.

Still alive, aren't they?

You sh*t the wrong people
in front of the wrong people.

Ain't a contractor
that'll touch us right now.

I can't get a gig anywhere.

Listen, there's not much
of anything I can do

about a YouTube video of

you guys opening up on a
bunch of Iraqi civilians.

And nothing I can do
about State coming...

What can you do?

An op.

Blacked out. Search and destroy.

Total deniability.

Right here in the city.

And I'll be leading it myself.

How does that help us with State?

It doesn't.
But the big fat checks you'll be getting

will help get you to a country
with no extradition.

And I'll help arrange safe passage.

How fat are the checks?

Five hundred grand. Each.

Half now, half on completion.

Somebody must really need someone dead.

Somebody always does.

No.

No, don't do that. Don't do that.
My head's gonna explode.

- Oh, my God.
- Eat that.

Frank, can you please forget everything
I said last night?

- With the exception of Madani.
- Hey.

Forget Madani, okay? We're not
going to Madani. Is that clear?

Eat that. It'll help.

It's got fermented rice.
It's full of probiotics.

Oh, my God. Thank you.

Don't thank me. Thank the Vietnamese.

- Did you hit me?
- Just once.

Ah.

Where'd you get this?

- I made it.
- Mmm.

Wow. This is amazing.

I didn't know you could cook.

There's a lot you don't know about me.

Here.

That'll help, too.

Your wife.

Should I answer that?
Should I answer it or not?

It's your girlfriend.

I'm only gonna say this once, okay?

I was with Maria for three months

when she got pregnant with Lisa.

She said that she was not giving her up.

Didn't wanna raise her alone,

but she understood
if I didn't wanna hang around.

I asked her to marry me that day.

Now I had friends who said I was crazy,
that I'd lost my mind.

But we were together ever since.

Now, sure, we... we had problems,
but I never wanted to be

- with anyone else.
- Right...

Why don't you shut your mouth
and listen for a change?

I don't want your wife.

You got it?

Good.

Hey, Pete, it's Sarah.

Um, I'm really sorry to bother you.

I don't mean to interrupt you

if you're in the middle
of something, um...

I'm just really worried. It's Zach.

I think he's planning to hurt someone.
And anyway, um,

if you could call me back,
I would really appreciate it.

Okay. Thanks.

Yeah...

- Hey.
- Hey.

- Um, thank you for coming.
- Yeah.

You all right?

Come on in.

What's going on?

I want to show you something.

I, uh... I found this
in Zach's backpack.

Hmm.

He just... He has not been the same
since David d*ed.

Uh, he... he...

he smacked his sister
not too long ago. He's...

The poor kid is angry all the time.
He's got this crazy temper.

He stole a skateboard
from our neighbor.

And now... now this? I just...

- Where is he?
- Upstairs.

Okay.

Why don't you go get him, huh?

And maybe you... you go take a walk.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

- Thank you.
- Hey...

Cool shirt.

Never much into hip-hop, but Wu-Tang...

That's that next-level sh*t.

You don't really care
about what I have to say, do you?

Nah. That's all right.

When I was your age,
I probably wouldn't care

about what I had to say, either.

Yeah, I was a real prick assh*le
just like you.

Only child.

My parents were basically
senior citizens.

They couldn't control me.

No, all I wanted to do was...
I wanted to hurt people.

And I did. I hurt people.
Is that what you want?

Move.

I gotta tell you, I do

approve of your choice of weapons.

What you picked, that's
called a KA-BAR.

It's a Marine's best friend.

You know, up close,

I'd rather have this than any firearm.

You see, with a g*n,
the target can get lucky.

A b*llet can miss what's important.
But not with this.

You slide it in, you guide it through...

and you rip right into the parts
of a man that make him dead.

There's no luck in that.

From where you're sitting right now,
say you had a g*n.

You could be locked and loaded,
and I'd still rather be me.

I could close the distance.

No!

Cut that little head of yours clean off

before you'd ever get a sh*t.

You feel tough now? Huh?

Do it. Do it.

I wanted the Kn*fe because I'm scared.

I don't even have any more friends.

I just wanted...

It feels bad. All the time.

Maybe I wanted them to feel bad.

Just once.

Okay, okay, okay, okay.

That's it.

Okay, okay, okay.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Homeland Security! Drop your weapons!

sh*t.

Behind us!

Drop your weapons
and get down on the ground!

Who the hell are these guys?

What do we do?

- Take 'em down.
- Down!

Move! Move! Move!

Pruitt's down!

Cover me.

They got Bashille!

- sh*t.
- You have nowhere to go!

- Stein, flank and get behind them.
- Cover me.

Fall back!

Wait! Come back! No! No!

Stein, we've got a runner
on the east side.

Drop it! I said drop it!

You know what? Don't!
I'd love the excuse.

Hands behind your head.

Hands behind your head!

On your knees.

Get on your knees!

Move an inch, assh*le,

and I will gladly sh**t
you in the g*dd*mn face.

Who's pretty now?

Federal agent down.

We need EMT, right now.

Federal agent down.
We need EMT, right now.

Federal agent down. Federal agent down.

Sam?

Sam.

You're gonna be okay.
Stay with me. Please.

Help! Hey, it's okay. Stay with me.

Stay with me, Sam.

Come on. Come on! Help!

Help! Sam...

I need you... I need you to
be strong for me now, okay?

Someone help me!

Please. Please...

No, no...

Oh! No.

Attaboy.

- Sweet spiral.
- My man.

Good throw.

There it is.

- Nice.
- Oh! Oh.

Sorry.

Yeah, don't worry about that.

Why don't you go long, buddy?

You kidding me?

- Are you kidding me?
- He needs me, Frank.

Get the hell outta here.

Hey, listen to me.

You wanna get him k*lled?
Is that what you wanna do?

He's a little baby. He needs me.

Want me to go to Madani, I'll go.

I'll do whatever it takes.
But you gotta go.

They'll k*ll him.

David, they will k*ll him. Go. Go.

Cover your ass up.

- Who was that?
- Nah. Just some guy.

I told him not to hang out around here.

- Let's play.
- My man.

Hey, what a catch! Attaboy.