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You Have No Idea.
"The Beast"
[ Cellphone Rings ]Busy Guy.
You Could Do
So Much Better Than Me.
And You Get To
Decide That?
You'Re So Twisted Around,
You Don'T Know Which Way
Is Up Anymore, Do You?
Sometimes I Feel They Got Me
Watching The Wrong People.
I'Ve Trusted You
Every Step Of The Way.
I Put It All On The Line
For You.
I'Ve Earned The Right
Of An Explanation.
It Was A Case Called
"Red Gauntlet.
"
It Was The Bureau.
Gordon Freid.
He Was Once One Of Us.
Barker Is Off The Rails.
[ Explosion ]
[ Gunshots ]
Man: Reload!
Okay, 50 Bucks Says I Get
More Rounds Center Mass.
Let'S Make It $100.
Change Hands.
Ready On The Firing Line.
[ Sighs ]
Non-Sequential Bills, Right?
This Isn'T My First Rodeo.
[ Locks Unsnap ]
Homing Device?
Hidden In The Top Lining.
Got It.
[ Briefcases Closes,
Locks Snap ]
And Why Do You Always Get So
Nervous When You Give Me Money?
It'S Not The Money.
I'M Getting A Lot Of Heat
On This, More Than The Usual.
Well, Relax.
I Got A Meet Set With Max
To Make The Buy.
You'Re Gonna Get
Your Counterfeit Plates.
Then You Track Him Down
To The Seller.
The Seller
Is The Guy We Want.
Conrad, What Is Your Deal?
This Is Not
My First Rodeo, Either.
I'M Quite Clear
Of The Operational Goal.
You Know What?
Maybe You Need A Vacation.
Maybe You Should
Take A Little Time Off.
If We Can Prove Those Plates
Came From North Korea,
There'S Gonna Be
Serious Fallout.
So They'Re Gonna Put Them Back
On The "Axis Of Evil" List?
You Know The Score --
Counterfeiting Another
Country'S Currency
Is Considered
An Act Of War.
Yeah, I Know The Score.
Ellis:
What If He Pats You Down?
He Wouldn'T Want To Try.
Anyway,
He Didn'T Last Time.
Yeah, Well, He Didn'T Have
The Plates Last Time.
I'Ll Deal With It.
Give Me A Radio Check.
"There Was A Young Maid
From Nantucket
Who Took Great Pride In --"
[ Thump, Feedback ]
We'Re Good.
Okay, After The Deal
Goes Down,
We'Ll Pick Up Surveillance
On Max On The Outside.
What If There'S Trouble?
We Got To Take Him Alive.
[ Cellphone Rings ]
[ Beeps ]
That'S It.
We'Re On.
Later.
Good Luck.
What Do You Say, Max?
Mr.
Brown?
That Is Close Enough.
So, Are We Ready
To Do Business Or What?
Do You Have The Money?
Barker: Of Course.
Do You Have The Plates?
What Are You Doing, Brown?
No! Stop! Don'T Shoot!
[ Gunshots ]
[ Clattering ]
What The Hell Happened?
Sniper.
Sniper? Where?
Fired From That Other Roof.
I Only Got A Glimpse Of Him.
That'S Not How It Sounded.
Doesn'T Make Sense.
There'S No Phone, No I.
D.
Nothing But These Keys.
Where Are The Plates?
There Weren'T Any.
If He Was Ripping You Off,
He'D Have A Gun.
[ Sirens Wail In Distance ]
Did You Call For Backup?
No.
Look, We Better Get
Our Stories Straight.
"Stories Straight"?
We Don'T Need A Story.
The Sniper Took Him Out.
You Heard It.
What I Heard Was This Guy
Begging You Not To Shoot Him.
Bull [Bleep]
It'S On The [Bleep] Damn Disc!
I Heard!
Red Gauntlet.
Red Gauntlet.
This Is A Setup.
They'Re Coming
For Me, Ellis.
I'Ll Be In Contact.
Barker!
[ Wailing Continues ]
[ Car Alarm Deactivates ]
[ Tires Screech ]
[ Indistinct Radio Chatter ]
[ Helicopter Blades Whir ]
Bag It And Tag It.
The South Side
Of The Building.
I Wired Him Up.
We Went Over The Plan.
Barker Got The Text From Max.
Saying?
Saying That
The Meet Was On.
Barker
Went To Make The Buy.
Then What? Come On, Ellis.
What'D He Say?
No, I Don'T Know.
I Couldn'T Hear Anything.
What, There Was
Interference?
There Was No Signal.
It -- It Was Just Like
His Mike Quit, You Know?
What The Hell
Are You Telling Me?
Barker Went In There,
In The Meeting,
With-- Without
His Mike Turned On?
Look, It Was Working,
And Then It Just Quit.
I Want That Disc.
There'S Nothing On It.
I -- [ Sighs ]
I Ran After Barker When
I Realized There Was A Problem,
Tried To Catch Him
Before He Made The Buy.
And Then I Heard Shots,
So I Went To Help Him.
And He Was Gone?
Yes.
Didn'T See Him Leaving?
No.
So, What Did Barker Do,
Fly Off The Roof?
No, That'S Just Stupid.
Hey, I Got A Dead Perp,
Missing Plates,
And An Agent Who Split
With $2 Million In Cash.
Even By Barker'S Standards,
That'S Not Business As Usual.
You Tell Him I Said So.
[ Machinery Humming ]
[ Beeping ]
[ Beeping ]
[ Clattering ]
Find What
You'Re Looking For?
Just Looking
For Some Chervil.
It'S A Spice.
So, I Hear You Had
A Long Day, Hard Day.
I Thought
You Might Be Hungry.
Normally, I Don'T Serve
Omelets For Dinner,
But There Wasn'T Much In Your
Fridge That Hadn'T Expired.
Barker Didn' Kill That Guy.
[ Chuckles Softly ]
Know That For A Fact,
Do You?
Yep.
According To Your Statement,
You Weren'T On The Roof,
Didn'T Hear Anything
Because Barker'S Mike
Mysteriously Failed.
Now, Are You Changing
Your Statement?
Nope.
Here'S The Problem --
Knowing How Good An Agent
You Really Are,
It'S Hard For Me To Believe
You Sent Him In There
With Faulty Equipment.
You Think I'M A Good Agent?
Thank You.
But That'S How It Was.
Uh-Huh.
This Is How I Think
It Went Down.
Barker Sensed
We Were Closing In,
Saw An Opportunity
To Steal Some Very Valuable
Counterfeit Plates
And A Ton Of Cash,
So He Took It And Ran,
Figured He'D
Get Out Of The Game
Go Live In One Of Those
Sunny, Wet Places
You See In Those
Credit-Card Commercials.
Everything That Happens
You Turn It Against Barker.
He'S Not What You Think.
The Last Time
You Gave That Speech,
It Was
A Lot More Convincing.
I'Ll Work On
My Convincing-Ness.
Now, Come On, Man.
Get The Hell Out Of Here.
OhhOne Last Thing.
You'Re Gonna Want To
Fold That In A Minute.
Bye-Bye.
Unit Chief Robicheaux,
Special Agent Harry Conrad.
You Made Good Time
From D.
C.
, Yeah?
The Quicker We Run Barker
Into Ground, The Better.
Show Me Where To Set Up.
[ Cellphone Ringing ]
Yeah, Robicheaux.
Yeah, Hold On.
I Just Got Word They
Recovered The Homing Device
On A Truck In Indiana --
No Sign Of The Cash.
Get A Statement
From The Driver.
I Want To Ow Every Stop
He Made In The Chicago Area.
Send It.
I Want Everything
You Have On Barker,
Every Case He'S Worked,
Wins And Losses,
Particularly The Losses.
I'Ve Already Put In
A Request With Records.
I Thought We Might Start
With The Most Re--
Just Turn Over The Files,
Agent Conrad.
We'Ll Take It From Here.
The Same
For Barker'S Partner.
Why? Do You Think
He Was Involved?
Corruption Is A Disease
That Spreads On Contact.
I'Ve Had Plenty
Of Contact With Barker.
We'Ll Get To You Later.
[ Sighs ]
You'Re Wrong About Barker.
He Goes A Little
"Dirty Harry" Sometimes.
But He Didn'T ***
That Guy.
But That'S Not What
You'Re Talking About, Is It?
Barker Was Your Man.
You'D Better Worry About
Saving Your Own [Bleep]
Barker:
What Do You Say, Max?
Max: Mr.
Brown?
That Is Close Enough.
So, Are We Ready
To Do Business Or What?
Do You Have The Money?
Of Course.
Do You Have The Plates?
What Are You Doing, Brown?
No! Stop! Don'T Shoot!
[ Gunshots ]
Do You Mind?
Forget It.
Relax.
I Need You To Get
A Message To Ellis.
You Know Ellis?
You'Re His Neighbor.
You Live Upstairs
From Him, Right?
Yeah.
I Haven' Seen Him In Weeks, Though.
I Wouldn'T Ask You To Do This
If I Didn'T Have To.
I Need You
To Get A Message To Him
That He Needs To
Meet Me At 4:15.
Meet You, Whoever You Are.
He Knows.
Where?
He Knows That, Too.
You Can'T Just Call Him?
I Wish It Were That Easy.
Thank You.
You Know, I'Ve Seen Your Calls
Come Through On His Cell.
You'Re "The Devil,"
Aren'T You?
Depends On Who You Ask.
I'Ll Call It In.
It'S Me.
Dove'S Dropped A Package.
Hey, Mo
Some Little Punks Are Spray-
Painting Your Wall Out There.
Yeah.
[ Clank ]
Patrol Units
Located Barker'S Car
Two Blocks Away
From The Train Station.
He'S Laying A False Trail.
That Son Of A [Bleep]
Is Still Here.
I Got Him.
All This For Barker?
We'Ve Taken Over
From Chicago P.
D.
It'S A Straight-Up Manhunt Now.
No Need For Secrecy.
Good.
Now I Don'T Have To
Avoid Being Seen Here.
Excuse Me, Sir.
This Just Came In.
The Bullets Taken
From The Victim
Match Our Records
For Barker'S Gun.
It'S Kind Of Odd He Used
His Primary Weapon.
Why? Under The Circumstances,
There'S No Doubt Who Did It.
So, Where Do You Want Me?
You'Re Off The Case.
Your Job Was To Put Barker Away.
You Failed.
Now We Have To
Clean Up Your Mess.
Sir, With All
Due Respect --
You'Re Out, Ray.
I'M Having You Reassigned.
[ Knock On Door ]
Hey, Uh
I Met The Devil Today.
Okay.
Your Boss.
How'D That Go For You?
He Met Me On The Bus.
How Does He Know
What Bus I Take?
Uh, He Makes It His Job
To, Uh, Know Things.
Yeah, He Seems Complicated.
[ Chuckles ]
That'S Accurate.
What Did He, Um --
What Did He Say?
He Asked Me To Tell You
To Meet Him At 4:15.
Did He Say Where?
He Said You Would Know.
You Want To Tell Me
What'S Going On?
[ Chuckles ]
Of Course Not.
With That,
I'M Officially Done.
Done.
As In "Us.
"
Be Safe.
So, Did You Miss Me?
You Shouldn'T Have
Used Rose.
I Had To Contact You.
Find Another Way.
You Put Her In Danger
By Dragging Her Into This.
You Are The One
Who Dragged Her Into This.
I Warned You --
You Carry This Job With You.
You Cannot Wash It Off.
So Don'T Blame Me.
Okay.
More Importantly,
What Happened On The Roof?
It Went Down
Just Like I Said.
What Do You Say, Max?
Mr.
Brown?
That Is Close Enough,
Please.
So, Are We Ready
To Do Business Or What?
Do You Have The Money?
Of Course.
Do You Have The Plates?
[ Gunshots ]
God!
Barker: This Whole Case
Was A Setup.
You Said At The Hotel
They Were Coming After You.
Who?
The People
Behind Red Gauntlet.
I Rattled Their Cage,
And Now This Is Payback.
The Whole Counterfeit Case
Was Phony.
It Was Set Up By Them
To Make Me Look Corrupt
And To Discredit Any Evidence
I Had Against Them.
And They Thought
Of Everything,
Right Down To Setting
The Sniper Angle Of The Bullets
So They Matched
My Position.
Then You Should'Ve
Handed In Your Gun
And Showed It Wasn'T Fired.
Then They Bribe Someone
In The Lab To Say It Was.
[ Sighs Deeply ]
So, Who Was Max?
I Don'T Know Yet.
I Checked Out
The Address We Had For Him.
It Was A Cover,
And He Did Not Live There.
What About The Disc? I Heard
Him Begging You Not To Shoot.
It Was A Fake, Ellis.
Look, You Got To Make Sure
They Get An Independent Examiner
To Test It --
And Somebody
Outside Of The Bureau.
They Don'T Have It.
I Didn'T Give It To Them.
Okay.
Then We'Re Still
In The Game.
We Got To Get Somebody We Trust
To Test That Recording.
Where Is It?
I Got It Stashed.
Saving It For Trial.
Trial? Wake Up.
There Is Not Gonna Be Any Trial.
They Want Me Dead.
You Need To Give Me
The Disc.
No.
Do You Remember What I Told You
When We First Partnered Up?
You Trust Your Case File
And You Trust Me.
I'Ve Got To Be Sure.
Okay, Fine.
You Go Be Sure
And I Will Nail
These Guys On My Own.
Hey, I'M Just Doing
What You'D Do.
You Sure About That?
Tomorrow, Midnight,
The Boathouse.
Come On, Guys!
Agent Dove.
You Could Have Saved Us
A Lot Of Trouble.
Who Are You?
Unit Chief Robheaux.
I'M Directing The Investigation
Of Your Partner
You, Too, Maybe --
Who Knows?
And, What, You Thought
He'D Be Hiding In Here?
I Want That Disc
You Recorded.
Read The Report.
There Was No Recording.
That Little Stunt
You Pulled At The Mailbox --
Very Clever.
Oh, That'S My Christmas List.
I'Ve Been A Good Boy.
You'Re Lucky.
Most Men Don'T Recognize It
When They'Ve Reached
A Turning Point.
They Don'T Realize
Till Years Later
It Was A Decision
That Changed Everything.
You Have 10 Seconds
To Decide
If You'Re Gonna Cooperate
Or Turn Your Life To Hell.
Do I Have To Use
The Whole 10 Seconds?
Nice Ride.
Conrad:
Volkswagen Cc.
So, Are You
On The Take, Too?
Are You Serious?
That Crossed My Mind.
Don'T.
Don'T.
Conrad
You Pushed This Case On Me.
You Were All Over My [Bleep]
Like I'Ve Never Seen You Before.
After Everything, I Got To Have
This Conversation With You?
Well, Whoever Sent This Case
Our Way, Somebody Is Playing Us.
They'Re Moving Us Around
Like Two Pawns On A Chessboard.
Is It Your Past Finally
Catching Up With You?
Yeah.
Yeah, It Is.
So Are You
Gonna Help Me?
What Do You Need?
I Need You To Dig Into The
Background On This Case File.
You Got To Find Out
Where It Came From.
Paulson Said
To Drop Everything Else.
Then, That'S Where To Start.
You Got To Find Out
Who Was Pressuring Paulson.
I Know It'S
A Dangerous Thing To Do, But
I Don'T Have
A Lot Of Options.
No.
That'Ll Be Tough.
Here'S The Number On The Phone
At Max'S Apartment.
Pull The Log,
Check All Incoming And Outgoing
Calls To That Number.
And I Want The Addresses.
How Do I Get It To You?
I'Ll Call You On That
Tomorrow.
Get Me The Names.
Conrad.
Thanks.
[ Door Closes,
Engine Turns Over ]
Sorry To Keep You
Waiting, Harry.
I Appreciate You Seeing Me,
Assistant Director Paulson.
Well, Rest Assured I Don'T Blame
You For This Barker Business.
That'S Probably
Not Gonna Help You Much
Under The Circumstances.
Unit Chief Robicheaux
Made It Clear
He Considered Anyone
Close To Barker A Suspect.
Robicheaux'S A Zealot.
That'S Between Us.
Of Course.
Barker'S One Of My Agents.
And It'S -- It'S Just Hard
For Me To Sit On The Sidelines.
I Always Feared
This Day Would Come.
I Always Knew Somebody
Was Gonna Come Through There
And Tell Me That
Agent Charles Barker
Had Really Stepped In It,
That He'D Gone So Far
That No One Here
Could Help Him Anymore.
I Suppose It'S Natural --
One Of Your Agents, Known
For His Unorthodox Methods,
You'D Worry,
Sooner Or Later --
It'S Not Just That.
It'S More Than That.
I Was A Young Agent.
I Was In A --
[ Scoffs ]
Let'S Just Say
I Was In A Jam --
The Back Of A Truck
With Three Men,
Let'S Just Say
And They Were Gonna Kill Me.
I Didn'T See Any Way
I Was Getting Out Of There
When All Of A Sudden,
The Truck Started To Shake
From Underneath.
I Thought
It Was An Earthquake.
It Wasn'T.
It Was Charles Barker.
And When I Woke Up
In The Hospital,
Not Only Was I Not Dead,
But Nothing Had Happened To Me
That I Couldn'T Live With.
Of Course, I Wanted To Thank
Him, But You Know Barker.
You Know, Words Just Sort Of
Drip Off Him.
And All Of A Sudden, You Feel
Like You'Re Talking To Yourself.
So I Never Did.
And Now This.
And We'Re Supposed To
Believe What --
He Stuffed His Pockets
On A Counterfeit Bust,
Left Some Guy Dead,
Disappeared In A Trail Of Smoke?
I Wish I Could
Absolutely Rule Out
That He Would Never, Ever
Spin That Far Out Of Control.
I'Ve Been His Handler.
And I Do Rule It Out.
Well, I Don'T Have
That Privilege, Harry.
Headquarters Handed This
To Robicheaux.
I Can'T Interfere.
I Have To Watch This
Investigation Run Its Course
And Then Hope Like Mad
They Come Up Empty.
I Want To Find Barker
As Much As Anybody.
In Fact, I Thought --
I Thought Maybe
Those Counterfeit Plates
Yeah, What About Them?
Maybe The Source On Them,
You Know, The Person Who
Put Us In Touch With The Deal --
Well, Maybe That Source
Knows Of Other Buyers
That Wanted The Plates.
I Doubt That We Could
Turn That Source Up Now.
And Even If We Could, It Would
Go Straight To Robicheaux.
It'S His Party Now.
I Understand.
I Suspect This Is
Gonna Get Pretty Rough
On You, I Mean.
I'Ll Do What I Can.
Thanks.
Okay, Now.
[ Sighs ]
I, Uh --
I Didn'T Know.
[ Hip-Hop Music Plays ]
Freeze!
Oh! Hey, Look, Man,
Whatever It Is,
I Didn'T Do, All Right,
I'Ve Been Here.
Relax, Dennis, I'M Not Here
To Bust You AgainYet.
I'M Telling You, Man.
I'M Legit, My Store'S Legit.
I Even Got Permits.
I Might Believe You.
"Might"?
Look, I Don'T Care
About Pirated Dvds.
It'S Not My Detail Anymore,
Thank God.
I Need You To Listen
To This Cd.
What Is It?
Someone'S Jamming Up
A Friend Of Mine.
You Still A ***?
[ Sighs ]
That'S None Of Your Business,
Is It?
Barker:
Do You Have The Plates?
Max:
What Are You Doing, Brown?
No! Stop! Don'T Shoot!
[ Gunshots ]
My Friend Said He Didn' Pull The Trigger.
Is There Any Way Of Telling?
Look, You Know,
It Wouldn'T Be A Bad Thing
For Me To Owe You
Considering
The Circles You Run In.
[ Sighs ]
Conrad: Hey.
Barker: Yeah.
So, What'D You Find Out?
You Were Right.
The Apartment Was A Cover.
Aside From Calls
To Fast-Food Joints,
The Phone Dialed Out
To One Residential Address.
Burn It
After You Give It To Me.
The Address Isn' The Interesting Part.
I Pulled The Dmv Photo
Of The Tenant.
It'S Max.
What'S His Real Name?
Mohamed Ghozlan.
It Gets Better.
His Wife Got Hauled Off
By Immigration Yesterday.
Okay, I'M On It.
Find Anything?
Your Man Got Sloppy.
Sloppy How?
[ Chuckles ]
I'M Going With You.
Forget It.
Hey, If Anything Happens,
Barker Will Listen To Me.
Him Listening
Is Not My Primy Concern.
[ Tires Screech ]
I Want A 100-Yard Perimeter
And Three Sniper Points --
There, There, And There.
Yes, Sir!
You Heard Him.
Let'S Go!
What Are You Doing Here?
If Barker'S In There,
You'Ve Got To Warn Him.
He'S Had Plenty Of Warning.
We'Re Going In.
Oh
Move In!
[ Explosions ]
Shots Fired!
Everyone Down!
Go! Go! Come On!
Go!
Go! Go! Go!
Go Out! Out, Everybody!
Cover!
Well, I Can'T Tell You
Whether Your Friend
Pulled The Trigger,
But I Can Tell You
There'S Two Signals Here.
Pitch On The Mikes
Are Different.
My Guess --
The Fbi'S Using The M445.
These Guys
Bought The Newer 446.
But It'S Easy
To Separate 'Em.
Watch.
Of Course.
You Have The Plates?
Now, Your Friend And That
Other Sound Are On One Mike.
What Are You Doing, Brown?
What Are You Doing?
Don'T Shoot!
[ Gunshots ]
Now, The Other Guy'S Voice
And The Shots
Came From Another Source.
Okay, So, How Far
From Each Other
Can The Two Sources Be?
Could Be 50 Yards Apart.
You Wouldn'T Be Able To Tell.
[ Sighs ]
I Love You, Man.
Mm.
Thank You.
I Owe You.
So Does Your Friend.
[ Tires Screech ]
Don'T Move.
Not Now, Raymond.
Shut Up.
What, Are You
Arresting Me?
Shut Up!
I Knew You Had This.
That Recording Proves
That Barker Was Set Up.
Ellis, No More Bull [Bleep]
I'M Telling You The Truth.
This Is Useless!
You Could'Ve Done
Anything To This.
Nobody'S Gonna Believe
What'S On This Now.
There'S Two Signals Coming
From Two Separate Locations.
Check It Out.
Even If That Were True,
It Doesn'T'T Matter.
Ballistics Match.
What?
Barker'S Gun -- The Bullets
Recovered From The Victim
Were Fired By Barker'S Gun.
Must Have Been Faked.
Come On, Man.
Listen To Yourself!
I'M Telling You, Man,
If The Recording Can Be Faked,
The Ballistics Can, Too.
Ockham'S Razor.
The Simplest Answer
Is Usually The Right One.
Usually, But Not Always.
What Are You Suggesting?
Test The Bullets Again,
Independently.
And Then?
If They Check Out, I'Ll Help You
Arrest Barker Myself.
But If Not
You Help Me Clear Him.
We Got A Deal?
Deal!
Don'T Lose That Disc!
[ Engine Revs, Tires Screech ]
Are You Sure?
Burdette Ran The Initial
Ballistics Tests Himself.
He Was Just Looking
For A Match.
I Want You To Test
For Everything This Time.
See If There'S Anything
Funny About Those Slugs.
How Am I Gonna Process It
Without The Lab Director'S
Approval?
Kirby, You'Ve Done This
For Me Before.
In The Houston Office.
Chicago'S Different.
This Case Is Different.
Look, I Don'T Like This,
Either.
My Career'S On The Line.
I Never Asked
For This [Bleep] Assignment.
What If I Do Find Something?
You Know What That Means.
Yeah, It Means
We'Ve Got Bigger Problems
Than Who Ran The Damn Test.
Hello.
My Name Is Evan Wallace.
I'M Here To See My Client,
Farrah Ghozlan.
[ Indistinct Conversations ]
Every Week
We Do The Same Thing -- Fight!
Barker: Hello, Uh
Farrah Ghozlan?
"Farah.
"
Who Are You?
Someone Who Can Help You.
Please Have A Seat.
I Don'T Know You.
Why Would You Help Me?
I'M Sorry.
My Name Is Evan Wallace.
And It Is My Job To Help
People In Trouble, Like You.
I Didn'T Do Anything.
We Didn'T Do Anything Wrong.
I'M Sure.
Is This Your Husband?
[ Sobs ]
Yes.
Have You Seen Him?
Yes.
How Is He?
Is He Okay?
I Want To Clear His Name.
I Need To Know What
They Charged Him With.
We Were Supposed To Leave
When He Completed His Studies.
He Was A Graduate Student.
But He Got A Job Offer With
A Good American Company.
So We Overstayed
Our Visa.
Overstayed Your Visa.
That'S It?
My Husband Is A Biochemist.
We'Re Egyptian.
They Told Us They Were Gonna
Deport Us Unless We Cooperated.
[ Sighs ]
When Did This Start?
About A Month Ago.
Two Men Showed Up
At Our Apartment.
They Had Badges.
They Took Mohamed Away.
Have You Seen Him Since?
No.
Mohamed Called Me Two Days
Later.
He Told Me Not To Worry.
He Said That He Was
Helping The Government.
And, In Return, They Would
Permit Us To Stay In America.
What Did He Agree To Do?
He Said It Was Secret.
He Said It Was A Way To Show How
Much We Love Our New Country.
I Don'T Understand
Why This Is Happening.
I Will Get You Out Of Here.
And My Husband?
I Will Do My Best
To Help You Both.
You Have My Promise On That.
[ Indistinct Talking ]
[ Beeps ]
Wow.
Man, I Couldn'T Tell You
Over The Phone.
I Found Something.
I Owe You.
What Are You Doing?
Somebody Broke Into My
Apartment.
It'S Trashed.
You'Re Okay?
No, I'M Not Okay!
All Right,
Just Come In Here.
What The Hell
Is Going On?
[ Sniffles ]
I Mean,
I Come Home, And My
Will You Please
Just Tell Me?
My Life'S Messed Up.
What Exactly Is Your Life?!
You Don'T Want To Know.
Now, Please,
Can You Just Leave Town?
It'S For Your Own Safety.
Well,
Then Tell Me The Truth.
You At Least Owe Me That!
Fine.
You Want To Know
The Truth?
Yeah.
Yeah.
I'Ve Been In And Out
Of Jail
Since I Got Kicked Out
Of The Service.
See, I'Ve Never Had
A Real Job.
I Never Needed One.
The Last Time I Did Time
Was In Texas A Year Ago.
My Partner And I,
We Had A Deal Go Bad.
Now They'Re Making It
Personal.
You'Re A Criminal?
Yeah.
You Wanted The Truth.
You Son Of A [Bleep]
You Brought Me Into This!
You Brought Me Into This,
You Son Of A [Bleep]
[ Door Slams ]
[ Clang ]
Who'S There?
You Have A Good Night.
An Outfit Within The Agency --
You Know, Guys For Hire?Ts,
Only Rumors.
You Being Honest?
Okay, A Lot Of Rumors
For A Long Time,
But I'Ve Never Seen
Proof.
I Think It'S For Real.
Wait, You Don'T Believe
That Barker --
Barker'S Part Of It?
No, No, No, No.
The Opposite --
I Think They'Re After Him.
Go On.
Well, I Only Know Bits
And Pieces, All Right?
Carrick, Or Ezekiel,
He Was Part Of It.
Oland, Maybe.
That'S All I Know.
W-Why Would They Be
After Barker?
He Told Me
They Used Him Once.
He Never Forgave Them,
Started An Investigation,
Collected Information
On Jobs They'Ve Done.
But Now
They Want Him Dead.
First They Got To Dirty Him Up,
Ruin Him For Good,
Because If The Information
That Barker Has Collected --
If That Ever Showed Up,
That'D Take Them Down.
See, That'S What The Whole Hit
On Max Was About.
Barker:
What Do You Say, Max?
That Is Close Enough.
Please.
[ Gunshot ]
It Was
To Discredit Barker.
Well,
Your Disc Can Clear Him.
Yeah
If I Still Had It.
What The Hell Happened?!
[ Stammers ]
Okay.
It'S Time I Tell You
About Raymond Beaumont.
He'S Gonna Be Here
In A Second.
Wait, You Gave The Disc
To Somebody?
Washington Assigned Him
To Investigate Barker.
For What?
How Long Has This Been Going On?
I Don'T Know.
Six Months At Least.
Why Didn'T Tell Me?
I Could'Ve Run
Interference, Huh?
I Didn'T Know
What To Do, Okay?
I'M Telling You Now.
Ray, This Is My Handler,
Conrad.
I Know.
Good To Meet You, Finally.
Why Wasn'T I Informed
Of Your Investigation?
Why Do You Think?
Did You Run
The Ballistics Again?
Bullets
Match Barker'S Gun.
[ Groans ]
ButThey'Re Not The Ones
Taken From The Victim.
My Lab Tech Found Traces
Of Residue On Them.
It Matches The Material Found In
The Catch At The Firing Range.
[ Gunshots ]
I Went Back There.
The Backstop
On The Lane Barker Used
Brand-New.
Someone Must Have Dug
The Slugs Out,
Switched Them In Evidence.
So You'Re
On Barker'S Side Now.
People Go To That Much Trouble
To Frame Him,
Got To Be
A Damn Good Reason.
The Question Is,
Who Are They?
How High Does This Go?
And How Long
Until We'Re In Their Sights?
Huh.
Yeah.
Paulson: This Was
An Independent Test?
Yes, Ma'Am.
And You Ordered It?
I Did.
And The Bullets
Are Back In Evidence?
One Is,
The Other Is Stashed Away
Until D.
O.
J.
Can Launch
A Full Investigation.
Am I To Understand That You Went
Behind Robicheaux'S Back?
That He Knows Nothing
Of This?
That'S Right.
Nice Work.
Now All We Have To Do
Is Bring Barker Back In Safely.
Our Plan --
I Don'T Want To Hear It.
Just Get It Done.
Barker!
Barker: Up Here.
Ellis: Good To See You
In One Piece.
That'S Far Enough.
We, Uh,
We Got Some Good News.
The Ballistics Test We Ran
Proved You Were Framed.
Someone Switched The Bullets
That Killed Max.
What A Surprise.
They Had Someone In The Lab.
You Find Out
Who Max Was?
He Was
An Egyptian Biochemist
In The Wrong Place
At The Wrong Time.
He Overstayed
His Student Visa,
So They Blackmailed Him
Into Playing "Max"
To Prove He Loved America.
Did You, Uh,
Talk To His Wife?
Yeah.
They'Re Trying
To Fast-Track Her
Out Of The Country,
So You Need To Put
The Brakes On That.
What About The Disc?
Yeah,
Faked, Like You Said.
Source Confirmed
The Voice And The Gunshot
Came From A Second Mike.
All Right.
We Took The Evidence
To Paulson.
D.
O.
J.
Appointed
A, Uh, Special Prosecutor.
Barker, You'Re Cleared.
This Isn' About Clearing Me.
The Safest Thing For You
Right Now Is To Come In.
As Long As You'Re On The Run,
They'Ll Kill You.
Not If They Don' Catch Me.
Who The Hell Is That?
He'S With Us.
Where Is He?
Agent Barker,
I'M S.
S.
A.
Ray Beaumont.
I Know Who You Are.
Well, I'Ve Been Investigating
You For Nearly A Year.
And I Never Thought
I'D Say This,
But You'Re The Best
I'Ve Ever Seen.
My Intentions
Are To Get You
Back In The Field
As An Agent Asap.
Who Is He?
He'S Your
Get-Out-Of-Jail Card.
Kirby Ran The Tests That Proved
The Slugs Were Switched.
We'Ve Got A Meeting
At A Secure Location
With A Special Prosecutor.
None Of You Get It,
Do You?
These Guys
Can Get To Anyone.
Barker
You Got To Trust Somebody.
Do I?
Tell You What.
If I'M Going In,
I Go With Him.
Okay.
Do It.
We'Re Not Really Going In,
Are We?
Not A Chance In Hell.