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You know
I would not have called
unless it was
very, very important,
I promise.
Uh-huh.
Just face it, Miss Walker,
you miss me already.
The agency and the D.P.D.
and yours truly
are doing just fine
without you, thank you.
Really?
Then what is so important
that you had to call me
on my vacation?
I can't remember the name
of that salad that I like
from the cafeteria.
Oh, well,
that is serious.
Okay, there is also
something else
I wanted to ask you.
I think it's amazing
that you're going back
to the International Jazz
Festival in Istanbul,
but how exactly
does a blind man navigate
a huge music festival
in a foreign city?
I know Istanbul
better than some Turks,
and for what I don't know
I can always make a friend.
Excuse me, sir,
can't you see
that won't fit?
No, actually,
I can't see.
[Chuckles]
Oh.
I'm sorry.
It makes it harder
to win at darts,
that's for sure.
And to find a good place
for your bag
on a crowded plane.
Well, it's my job
to take care of your bag,
so don't worry about that.
Thank you.
So if you want to maybe
talk about darts later
or a more suitable game
like chess,
I could call out
all the moves.
I'm actually killer
at Battleship.
Done.
Excuse me
for just one minute.
Green goddess salad,
no peanuts.
Made a friend already, huh?
Hanging up now, Walker.
You know, you should learn
to say good-bye
when a phone
conversation ends.
It's what normal people do.
What a perfect reason
not to.
Sorry about that.
[Chuckles]
[Birds cawing]
[Man chanting]
[Child laughing]
[Upbeat music]
♪ ♪
Auggie.
Kasim.
Hey, Auggie.
Hey!
How are you?
Fine, dude.
I didn't think you were
coming this year.
Oh, and miss Jehan Barbur?
No way.
You have three parabolic
microphones set up?
Four.
I want to really try
and capture the ambient
experience as possible,
not just the show.
And I'd love to plug
my reel-to-reel
directly into the sound board
if that's okay.
You also love me
for this.
Oh, yeah.
Come with me, old friend.
Okay, I got it.
I got it.
[Singing in turkish]
♪ ♪
[Woman singing
comes through headphones]
♪ ♪
I still can't believe
that you missed this today.
I can't believe
you didn't come back sooner.
Well, while
I appreciate that,
you really did miss
something special.
Listen to this.
[Music comes through speakers]
That isn't just a song.
Those musicians
are speaking to each other
about the struggle to stay
hopeful after loss,
about believing that something
better is always possible.
- Yeah?
- Mmm.
Sounds like
guitar to me.
You're lucky you're cute.
[Laughs]
You don't know that.
Oh, yes, I do.
Give me just a minute
to finish up this mix.
See, I don't get that.
Are you a music journalist
or a sound engineer?
Well, the first for money.
The second for love.
Well, actually
both for love,
but being a journalist
pays the bills.
Just another second.
I bet there's something
I could do to distract you.
- I don't think so.
- Mmm?
♪ ♪
I might be wrong.
I'm a little distracted.
Oh, whoa, hold on.
What is it?
It's...
[Music stops]
There's something
on this tape.
One of the ambient mics
must have picked it up.
[Men speaking in Arabic]
It's a voice.
Whose voice?
The man who blinded me.
Can You Save Me?
By Apple Trees and Tangerines
♪ Covert Affairs 02x07 ♪
Half a World Away
Original Air Date on July 19, 2011
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♪
♪ Can you save me ♪
♪ from this nothing
I've become? ♪
♪ It's just something
that I've done ♪
♪ I never meant
to cause you worry ♪
♪ don't you blame me ♪
♪ for this nothing
I've become ♪
♪ it's just something
that I've done ♪
♪ I never meant to show you
my mistakes ♪
[Man speaking in Arabic]
[Helicopter blades thumping]
When I was there,
I was with my brothers.
We found a way
to make it like home
even though it was
the opposite of home.
It was bleached out
and scorching,
and the air
was full of smoke, sand,
and the ringing
screams of bombs.
We had our own place in it.
We had each other.
And we had football.
♪ Hey baby ♪
♪ this is not a challenge ♪
♪ just means that I love you ♪
♪ as much as I always
said I did ♪
♪ I was wrong ♪
♪ I have been
laughable wrong ♪
♪ sandpaper,
paper mache, chalk ♪
♪ and hung out wet ♪
♪ that just the slightest
bit of finesse ♪
♪ might have made
a little less mess ♪
♪ but it was
what it was ♪
♪ let's all get on with it ♪
♪ now ♪
♪ discoverer ♪
♪ discoverer ♪
♪ discoverer ♪
I don't know why
you guys keep challenging us.
It only ever goes
one way.
[Laughter]
[Bombs explode distantly]
Hey, uh, you mind
taking a picture for us?
Just try and frame out
the burning buildings
in the back.
It's kind of a downer.
Let's go.
Yeah.
Good, good, good.
Captain Anderson, sir.
General Oubash wants you.
Put some clothes on, huh?
For his benefit, right?
Not yours.
Whatever.
You wanted to see me, sir?
You looked at
your Terror Deck recently?
Remember
the Jack of Diamonds?
Yes, sir.
CIA paramilitaries
have pinned down
his safe house
outside Tikrit.
You've prepped for this.
Now it's a go.
Understand?
Yes, sir.
Then get your men together
and hit the road.
Thank you, sir.
We were trained
to believe two opposites.
The first is that a man
is nothing on his own.
We were only
and always a unit,
one entity
serving God and country.
The second is that one brave
individual's actions
can change the shape of war.
The army can't know whether
you will be brave
or cowardly in crisis.
No one can.
Although they preferred
you to be brave.
[Phone rings]
Annie Walker.
- Hey, it's me.
- Hey!
How's Jazzapalooza?
Great.
How's Langleypalooza?
Oh, you would not believe
what my last 36 hours
have been like.
Three shifts on the Central
American watch desk.
If I have to read
one more Nicaraguan email,
I think my eyes will bleed.
Can't wait to go home
and get some sleep.
So you're completely game
to doing me a big favor
is what you're saying?
I have the next
two days off.
Lots of ice cream,
bad movies, and sleep.
Lots and lots of sleep.
That is my future.
Okay, I misspoke.
It's actually
a very small favor,
and you'd be saving
my butt.
Sure.
What is it?
Just a little something
I forgot to wrap up
before I left,
and now it's bugging me.
Could you look up the name
Afran Felat Khani
in the database and just
confirm that he's deceased?
Khani,
that's a Kurdish name?
Yeah, he was an Iraqi
terrorist during the war.
Just double-check his status.
Would you?
Shouldn't take you
more than two minutes.
Yeah, okay.
I'll leave you
a secure voicemail.
Please.
Oh, and, Annie,
if you could just keep this
between the two of us.
It'd be really embarrassing
if Joan found out.
- Sure, no problem.
- You're a star.
The man is incapable
of saying good-bye.
Kasim.
Kasim.
Auggie, welcome back.
Hey, thank you.
You're here to see
Sanem Kalfa?
You know me well,
my friend.
Take a seat.
She's going to start soon.
You know what, before she
does I have a question.
My recording
of the set yesterday
didn't turn out
exactly as I'd hoped.
I set up your mix perfectly,
I promise.
I know you did.
This is a strange request,
but did you set up any
additional parabolic mics
on the northwest corner
of the stage?
I want to get
some crisper ambient sound.
Let me see.
I think I have
something for you,
but it was turned around
in the breeze.
Not sure you will get anything
except wind.
You know what, it might
be worth listening to.
Would you mind
burning those tracks for me?
For you, Auggie,
my pleasure.
Think I'm really
onto something.
[Beeping]
Something wrong?
No.
Just doing some cleanup,
and it says that
a file's been removed.
Mmm, it's tough
without Auggie around.
Yeah.
It's just weird.
I'll figure it out.
Did you check
the file tree?
The file tree?
Every file's connected with
others in the same record.
So if something's
been removed,
you can look
at the ones around it.
Oh, great.
Thanks.
Sure.
[Bell dings]
[Car horns honk]
[Phone line rings]
Hey, just calling you back.
Great.
Listen to this.
Khani's been removed
from the database.
But I followed
the file tree,
and he has a sister
in Baltimore.
File tree.
You're learning to speak nerd.
I'm impressed.
I don't know how much
more of this I can do
while keeping it from Joan.
It's your day off,
so I'm guessing
you don't have
an active assignment.
I'm going to Baltimore,
aren't I?
I wouldn't ask if it wasn't
really important.
Of course.
But when you get back,
you're gonna tell me
who this guy is, right?
This doesn't seem like some
little thing you forgot to do.
Drive safe.
Sorry, but I've gotta run.
[Recorded music plays]
♪ ♪
[Man speaking in Arabic]
[Overlapping music and speech]
Did you get
the additional tracks?
Yeah.
Anything good on them?
Don't know yet.
Hmm.
[Bells jingle on recording]
We have to go back.
Gotta find some bells.
Okay.
I love treasure hunts.
Listen,
in a perfect world
I'd be doing this
by myself
for lots of reasons,
but one of them
is that you might have some
questions that I can't answer,
and I don't think that's
particularly fair to you.
I think I can decide
what's fair to me.
I need you
to be my eyes.
Let me get dressed.
[Recording continues to play]
Okay, so we hear bells.
I also hear sizzling meat.
Are there any
kabbatz carts nearby?
I mean, there's
food stands everywhere.
This might sound strange,
but there has to be rain
around here somewhere,
so think creatively.
I happen to you know you're
a girl with an imagination.
Okay.
Okay, there's your rain.
It's a rain stick.
Never question
this blind man about sound.
I stand corrected.
All right, what now?
[Speaking turkish]
Very cheap, very cheap.
Move.
Come on, let's go.
I thought you wanted
to talk to him.
That's the other voice
on the tape.
[Jazz music playing]
♪ ♪
Billy, what the hell
is this music?
Jazz, baby.
Played with Dave Holland
and Elvin Jones.
Get into it.
You're not convincing me,
Billy.
You know the only reason
I'll let you get away with that
is 'cause you outrank me,
right?
You are a smart man, William.
What's our E.T.A.?
Halfway there.
I've waited two years for
a mission like this, Captain.
You've got to let me
take him out.
You're gonna kill the Jack
of Diamonds, huh, Jason?
That's right.
Who else?
I bet you a week's pay.
I'll take that action.
Stop.
Stop.
What the hell?
Nasir,
what do you see?
There's something
in the road.
Up ahead.
[Goats bleating]
That looks like
a dead dog.
All right, Nasir,
come with me.
[Speaking Arabic]
[Speaking Arabic]
[Continues in Arabic]
Auggie.
Captain Anderson, please,
don't take another step.
What did he say?
[Gunshots]
It's not just a dead dog.
Looks like we're taking
a different road to Tikrit.
Let's go.
[Music playing]
♪ ♪
Where is he now?
He's about
half a block ahead.
I'm doing everything
you said.
I'm staying two cars behind.
All right, good.
Try not to tailgate.
Don't change lanes
too often.
And don't draw attention
to yourself.
Okay.
What kind of car
is he driving?
It's a black Mercedes
C63 AMG.
Sweet ride for a guy
selling drums
from a homemade stand.
Must have some interesting
side businesses.
[Horns honk]
Excuse me.
Are you Leyla Khani?
Do you have
an appointment?
Yeah.
I'm so excited.
My friend said she got
the best manicure
of her life here from you
and that it lasted forever.
That's so nice to hear.
Please, choose your color
and take a seat.
I can almost guarantee you
that when my sister sees this
she will want
the exact same color.
Well, send her here.
Oh, she'll want to know
exactly where I got it done.
She's a little older than me,
so she'd never admit it.
But secretly, she wants
to be just like me.
Well, that's the thing
about family, isn't it?
Sometimes she wants
to be like you.
And sometimes she just wants
to be close to you.
So I take it
you have sisters?
A brother.
And he wants
to be just like you?
He's dead.
Oh.
I'm sorry.
Hey, Auggie, it's me.
I made contact
with Khani's sister.
She says he's dead,
but I think
she's hiding something.
Call me back.
- Get in.
- Agent Rossabi.
So are you usually
in the habit
of getting into strange cars
because someone tells you to?
I made you for FBI.
Your plates
are a dead giveaway.
Really?
How does someone who works
at the Smithsonian
know what FBI plates
look like?
We had an exhibit on license
plates through the ages.
Wasn't very popular.
Am I in trouble or something?
I don't know.
Depends.
- On what?
- My mood.
By visiting Leyla Khani
you walked into an investigation
I've been working on
for three years.
So what were you doing
in there?
Getting my nails done.
It's my day off.
You drove all the way
to Baltimore for that, really?
Heard she's the best.
Oh, she is.
She's one of our best assets.
And she's been feeding us
information about her brother,
Afran Felat Khani.
She told me he was dead.
I wish he was.
He's been operating
cells in the Middle East
since 2006,
targeting U.S. soldiers
and interests.
A special forces unit even
pursued him during the Iraq war,
and I am so close
to nailing him.
So the last thing
that I need
is for you to spook Leyla
into cutting off our intel.
Do you understand?
That was never my intention.
No, I know, I know.
You were getting
your nails done.
Did you say
a special forces unit
was pursuing him
during the war?
Yeah, why?
No reason.
I think he's going into
a restaurant.
I'm gonna need you
to wear this.
[Chuckles]
Okay, not that
I don't embrace this,
but we are in public
in a Muslim country.
Right.
Also probably best
if the blind man
isn't in charge
of hiding the bug.
- Okay, I'm ready.
- Great.
I need you to go into
the restaurant
and order a coffee, whatever
drink you'd normally order.
While it's being made,
casually scan the restaurant
like you're waiting
for a friend
who hasn't arrived yet.
Just be yourself
and have fun.
[Speaking Arabic]
[Conversation comes through
the headphones]
[Glass shatters]
I read somewhere that wars
are not fought to kill people.
They're fought to affect
political change,
to move resources
and borders.
Maybe that would be true
if you were looking in
from a thousand miles
and a hundred years away.
To us, it was mostly
about killing.
Maybe because we'd been
sent there to kill.
[Horn honks]
All right,
here's the plan.
Billy, you cover the front.
I want a four man stack
up to the breach.
Chris and Jason, break off
and lock up the rear.
Let's go.
[Gunshots]
Billy?
Sniper!
Ahh!
[Groaning]
Chris!
Damn.
[Groaning]
Chris.
Chris, hey, look at me.
Look at me,
you stay strong.
You're gonna be fine.
Nasir,
you're with Chris.
Jason, you're my cover.
Let's go.
[Groaning]
Okay, okay.
Shh, shh.
[Gunfire continues]
[Groaning]
All clear.
[Men speaking Arabic]
[Dialing]
[Line rings]
Hey, it's me.
Auggie, did you know Khani
was being investigated
by the FBI?
Rossabi intercepted me
in Baltimore
while I was visiting
his sister.
So to answer
your original question,
he's not dead.
But I think you already
knew that.
Annie, I have
to make this fast.
I have to be in Sanayi
at 4:00.
The concert can wait.
There was
a special forces unit
tracking him
during the Iraq war.
That was you,
wasn't it?
Annie, I have something
I have to tell you.
Please. Why could you have
told me from the beginning?
Look, I want to thank you
for all that you've
done for me.
I am sorry
that I didn't read you in,
and I'm sorry you went
to all this trouble.
I truly am.
Auggie, please,
tell me what's going on.
Let me help you.
Thanks again.
For everything.
Good-bye, Annie.
Good-bye.
Yeah, Annie?
What is it?
I hope it's not
a bad time.
Actually, I am having
a terrible day.
My computer crashed again.
So unless you can fix
a motherboard
or have some good news,
it's a pretty bad time.
I can't fix a computer
and I don't have good news,
but I do need your help.
What is it, Annie?
I've been working
on something for Auggie.
He asked me to confirm
that a certain
Iraqi terrorist was dead.
It was just a small favor,
which turned out
to be not so small
when I walked into
the FBI investigation
of the man.
You did what?
I have a strong feeling
that Auggie has located him
in Istanbul
and is attempting to track
and kill him on his own.
What makes you think that?
He said he had to be
in Sanayi, Mahali, by 4:00.
First I thought it was
for a concert,
but the jazz festival
never leaves Istanbul.
The only thing in Sanayi
is a little airport.
And the only flight
leaving at 4:00
is a cargo plane
headed for Lima.
Joan, he doesn't sound
like himself.
I think something
is really wrong.
Who's the terrorist?
Afran Felat Khani.
Damn it, Auggie.
Do you know who that is?
Do you know why Auggie
would be trying to track him?
[Speaking in Arabic]
Nasir?
Hey, you gotta get out of there!
There's a bomb!
[Groaning]
Chris! Jason!
Run!
[Mouthing words]
[Groans]
I was able to get
the plane's specifications
from an old friend
in air traffic control.
Tell me everything you see.
How many aisles are inside?
Uh, just one
down the middle.
Cargo containers
are at the front and back
and along each wall.
What's inside them?
On this flight?
Textiles.
There's rolls of silk, wool,
and cotton.
There's also
some woven carpets.
Good, nothing
to spill or break.
Do you see
any measurements?
The aisle's about
1 1/2 meters wide.
The ceiling's
about three meters high,
so you won't hit your head.
Good to know.
Also the hold is the length
of the plane
minus the cockpit.
There's room to maneuver
but nowhere to go.
Just like I like it.
Meeting me.
What can I do for you?
Actually, it's something
I can do for you.
Well, that's even better.
In theory, of course,
if Afran Felat Khani were
to roll out of a plane
onto a tarmac in D.C.,
does the FBI
have enough evidence
to prosecute him?
Five times over.
What if the name
of the airport
and the time of the flight
came to you
as an anonymous tip?
The FBI is obligated
to investigate
all anonymous tips
that relate to terror suspects.
Then I'd wait
by your phone.
How many miles
do you have?
I work for
an international airline.
I've got about 800,000.
Then pick a place,
anywhere in the world,
and I will meet you there
in a month.
Anywhere?
Anywhere.
This really was
the best layover I've ever had.
Barbados?
I'll buy
the Planter's Punch.
[Chuckles]
[Cell phone rings]
Hang on.
Hello.
Hi, can I talk
to Auggie, please?
It's for you.
I think it's your wife.
She sounds rather upset.
Yes?
You haven't been
picking up your phone,
so I had to resort
to other measures.
Look, whatever you're
about to do,
don't.
Annie, like I told you,
it's complicated.
It's not!
The FBI are ready
to take Khani into custody.
They have enough evidence
to prosecute him
and shut down
all of his networks.
That's dozens of cells
all over the world
plotting attacks
against Americans
and American interests.
The Office
of International Affairs
at the Justice Department
is on board.
And we've arranged
to reroute that flight to D.C.
Please, Auggie,
I know you're furious
and hurt,
but this is what we do,
what we work towards
every day.
Thousands of lives
could be saved.
I'm sorry.
It's too late.
That wasn't my wife.
I don't have one.
Okay.
Wait.
How did you know
you could trust me?
I didn't know.
So thank you.
[Beeping]
There's a short plank
and then five steps down.
After that, walk about
30 meters straight ahead.
Be careful.
[Man breathing heavily]
[Breathing continues]
[Device beeps]
[Sounds of gunfire]
[Grunting]
You?
[Grunting and groaning]
[Grunting]
[Tires screech]
♪ Don't write me ♪
♪ no more letters ♪
♪ my mailbox is full ♪
The Purple Heart is the only
award the army gives out
for which you
are not recommended
but entitled,
from being injured.
I didn't think I was
entitled at all.
♪ ♪
So I didn't tell anyone
about it.
Until now.
♪ We were strangers
for many hours ♪
I can't imagine how hard
that must have been for you.
You did the right thing
about Khani.
When you're blind,
you forget things like color.
Faces.
But I still remember
that picture
and every face
and every color in it.
♪ ♪
I guess that's why I still
carry it around with me.
Which probably sounds strange
'cause I can't see it.
But I can.
♪ There are not reasons ♪
♪ to believe ♪
♪ I buried my faith ♪
♪ in another block ♪
Crisp and vivid every day.
It's the only thing
I have from the war
that seems pure.
Almost like it was from
a time of peace instead.
♪ We were lions,
lovers in combat ♪
So now you know
what happened to my unit.
♪ ♪
Thanks for telling me.
Thanks for helping me.
♪ ♪
You up for another round?
Yeah.
- I have a question for you.
- Yeah?
How'd you get
Franka's cell number?
A girl's gotta have her secrets.
Oh, that's nice.
[Laughs]
♪ We were young ♪
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