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Covert Affairs...
My name is Calder Michaels,
and I'm the station chief
here in Medellin.
So you're like the sheriff
this here town?
What were you doing
trying to access my accounts?
You're the Puma?
My friends call me Teo.
Arthur,
I know Teo is your son.
Ladies and gentlemen,
I have engaged
in an extramarital affair.
I am resigning my post,
effective immediately.
I'm here for you.
Is that invitation for dinner
still open tonight?
I want to search
Seth Newman's house.
[Grunts]
[Tires squeal]
[Struggling]
[Grunts]
[Yells]
I need you to go
back down to Colombia
as soon as possible.
The ALC is planning an attack
on American interests.
Teo Braga is behind it.
Are you asking me
to kill him?
I need absolute honesty,
Arthur.
I know I'm not your boss
anymore, Annie,
but that doesn't mean
you can make demands.
I'm trying to help you, and
there are a lot of gaps to fill.
Have you told Joan
about Teo?
Yes.
Are the two of you
on speaking terms?
That's personal.
Well, I need to know
if you can
work together
on actionable intel.
Is there something to act on?
[Door opening]
Were you followed?
Of course not.
Annie.
What's going on?
Joan, thank you for coming.
I needed to speak
to you both together.
You said it was
time-sensitive.
I just received this
from Henry Wilcox.
It's intel that suggests Teo
may be involved in a bomb threat
against an American target
in Colombia.
A total lie.
I'll get this
to South America desk,
loop in the CTC and out
to the stations right away.
Wait, you're moving on this?
It's a bomb threat,
Arthur.
No, it's my son.
If Teo's done
nothing wrong,
he has no reason
to fear the hunt.
Unless the hunt
blows his cover.
What cover?
First you tell her about
your son before you tell me,
then you fail
to tell her everything
when she actually
needs to hear it.
There's
a possibility that Teo
really is involved
in the bomb plot,
but it doesn't mean
he's a terrorist.
He's an undercover operative
inside ALC.
That's what
the payments were for.
Why didn't you just tell me?
I had a responsibility
to protect his mission.
I told you before
that Teo's mom died.
It was an ALC bomb.
As Teo grew older, he--
he became obsessed
with the idea of revenge.
And the only way he could
get next to the man
was to join ALC himself.
It was a bold
and dangerous move,
one I begged him
not to make,
but, well, he was adamant.
We trained him off book.
Teo learned quickly.
He became a double inside ALC,
all while pursuing
the man who killed his mother.
Two years ago
he finally found him.
ALC viewed the killing
as a power move.
Teo eliminating
one of his rivals.
He earned respect.
But he started
missing dead drops,
he'd fall out of touch
for weeks at a time,
and now he's...
Well, he's virtually
off the radar.
You think he's gone rogue?
No, I think
he's working his cover.
That assumes
he hasn't turned.
He wouldn't be
the first deep cover Op
to lose his moral compass.
He cut off
all contact with you.
Or it could mean he needs help
and he can't reach me.
That's a father talking,
not a handler.
I believe in him.
He's still
working his mission,
and he'll protect his cover
at whatever cost.
He still knows true north.
So what's the plan?
We treat him
like an operative
who wants to come in
from the cold?
Yes. I'll give you
the exfiltration protocols.
Make contact, get him
to a safe facility in Panama.
I'll meet you there.
You still have access
to a safe facility?
You do.
I can get a plane ticket.
Joan?
We'll still actively pursue
any leads on a bomb threat.
I can keep this part
of the mission separate
from the larger investigation
for two days.
That's all you get.
Thank you.
Don't thank me.
Thank Annie.
Thank you, Annie.
I'll see you in Panama.
Did you talk to Joan
about Seth?
It didn't come up.
Which is another
way of saying
I couldn't bring myself
to talk about it.
I can talk with her.
Thanks.
I'm sorry. I know that won't
be a fun conversation.
It's okay.
Is that what's
bothering you?
I think Arthur's
asking you for too much.
It was my idea.
It was your idea to share
the intel with them.
The rest is
Arthur calling in a favor.
It's not a favor.
It's my job to help
a fellow operative.
I don't see Teo
as a fellow anything.
I don't like him,
and I don't think Arthur's
capable of seeing him clearly.
Well, that's what
this assessment is for.
I know.
But you can still take this.
It masks which cell towers
you bounce off
so it is totally
untraceable and secure.
It's my new prototype.
You're the only one who has it.
I love it.
Hey, while you're
in the mood to give gifts...
You just packed my favorite
T-shirt, didn't you?
I was hoping you'd think
it was in the wash.
And then I felt bad.
Both: [Laugh]
It's okay.
You can take it...
on one condition.
Promise you'll bring it back.
I promise.
♪ Covert Affairs 04x03 ♪
Into the White
Original Air Date on July 30, 2013
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[Speaks spanish]
[Speaks spanish]
[Speaks spanish]
Hmm?
Both: [Speaking spanish]
Mm, hmm.
Both: [Speaking spanish]
[Whistles]
[Knocks]
As head of the DPD,
you are responsible
for monitoring threats
on American soil.
Is that correct?
It is.
We all reviewed
the intelligence
surrounding
Jai Wilcox's death.
We also read a closed file
about an unnamed operative
who was shot in her house
here in Washington.
Those events were both
terrible tragedies.
They haunt me.
And they motivate me
to be smarter
in preventing future ones.
That's very noble.
And it makes sense that you'd
only want us to look forward.
I'm not sure I understand.
Well, a look at your past
is very troubling.
Forgive me, Senator, but--
Your path
at the agency is one
that Arthur Campbell
cleared for you
so you tell me
why you think you'd even
be sitting here today if it
weren't for your husband.
I've built
my own department.
Cultivated
my own operatives.
All of my successes
at the Agency
have been entirely my own.
So you stand
behind your choices.
I do.
Your judgment is strong.
It is.
And yet you didn't know
that your husband
was having an affair.
No.
So you tell us,
would you trust a spy
to identify threats
against the nation
when she can't identify threats
against her own marriage?
- Eric.
- Hi, Joan.
What brings you
to the hill?
My my Q and A with the Senate
Intelligence Committee.
You're up
for the DCS job too.
Yeah.
This won't be awkward,
will it?
No. Good luck.
Thanks.
Oh, how'd it go in there?
It went well.
Good.
Auggie.
We okay to talk?
Yeah. I'm good.
I'm sorry, Joan, but this
isn't gonna be easy to hear.
Well, rip off
the band-aid, Auggie,
my armor is strong
these days.
Henry has moles
inside Langley.
Yeah, I know.
I saw the file he gave Annie.
And Annie just discovered that
Seth Newman was one of them.
How?
She overheard Seth
conspiring with Henry.
What do you mean "was"?
"Seth was one of them"?
He attacked Annie
two days ago.
She had to act
in self-defense.
I'm sorry, Joan.
Where's the body?
We don't know.
Somewhere in the Potomac.
Where did the attack happen?
It started at Seth's place.
And did Annie go back
and wipe the scene?
There wasn't time.
But don't worry,
I'm gonna figure something out.
Well, who's gonna do it?
Annie can't. You can't.
We can't trust any CIA cleaner
who might be in bed with Henry.
I mean, it has to be me.
- No, Joan--
- I know his place.
I've been there.
- It's a huge risk.
- There's no other way.
End of discussion.
[Gasps]
What are you doing?
I'm returning
your dead drop to you.
It's an Agency-vetted
exit package.
Just leave me alone.
Teo, there's intel
linking you to a bomb plot.
Arthur thinks if we could
just talk for a minute--
- Not now.
- Why not?
Teo, just give me a minute.
Go home.
Wha?
Teo.
[Phone rings]
Annie.
Well, that didn't go well.
You didn't get
the GPS thread on him.
No, I did,
but my version
of the meeting going well
was not needing
to geolocate him.
What was your read?
He's locked
in damage control.
He sees anything new
as a threat,
even when it's a lifeline.
So you think
he still can be saved?
Auggie, I know
how you feel about him,
but he has all the markings
of an operative
that doesn't
know how to come home.
I will happily be wrong if it
means Henry's intel is too,
but how you gonna get him
to leave with you
if he won't even
speak to you?
His cover
is an ALC terrorist, right?
So we treat him like one.
If you're saying
what I think you're saying...
I won't go in alone.
To be discussed further.
I'll text you as soon
as he lands somewhere.
Thank you.
Hi, I have patch code
45-9-633.
Can you connect me
to Yellowstone?
[Beeps]
[Beeps]
[Whooshes]
Hey, I got your text.
Has Teo moved?
Nope, he's still
at the coordinates I sent
so I ran the location through
a couple of satellites.
Is the terrain
urban or jungle?
Way outta town.
Can you tell me the people
that are inside with him?
Yeah, we got a couple of hits
on some heat signatures.
My best guess would be
about a dozen other bodies.
Well, that's less
than I thought.
Annie, you don't
have to go in there.
You are well
within your rights
to tell Arthur
it's not worth the risk.
Auggie,
like I said before,
I'm going in with
the best team around.
Who?
[Sighs]
The sheriff.
Annie?
I'll call you back.
Why does no one
like to give me
the heads up
when you're in town?
I'm giving you
the heads up personally.
I came right away.
You've been here
for 12 hours.
Is that your idea
of "right away"?
I came here to help you.
I've got
an ALC attack to stop,
and Langley decides to send
the one officer whose ***
I had to save the last time
she was down here.
What if that officer
also knows
the location
of an ALC stronghold?
***.
I'm calling ***.
I'm serious.
I'll give you the credit
for the win.
You can capture the intel
and the personnel.
All I want is Teo Braga.
How could you have
possibly found something
that my nation-wide network
of assets hasn't?
I planted a silver ion
thread on him
that directs to a block 3
satellite every four seconds.
How did you get close enough
to plant a thread?
It's not relevant.
Teo Braga
is a known terrorist
who is implicated
in a bomb threat,
so if you got within one foot
of him, yeah, that's relevant.
Do you want the location
to the stronghold or not?
You know I do.
You run the raid,
I get Teo.
We have a deal?
Sure. What the hell.
Annie's about to walk
into an ALC stronghold.
Are you aware of that?
Come on in.
Keep your voice down.
You told me
I couldn't read her in,
but the second
your son is involved,
you turn right around
and tell her yourself.
What exactly
are you objecting to?
That you weren't the one
delivering the brief?
You compromised
my operative's trust in me.
Oh, Annie understands
the meaning of "need to know."
I am her handler, Arthur.
Trust between us
is paramount.
You are her boyfriend, and
trust between you is paramount.
Yes, I am,
and, yes, it is.
Annie is taking huge risks
to repair your shortcomings.
I make no apologies
for having objections to that.
Annie is a highly-trained
operative
with a good metric
for risk/reward
and an inability to walk away
from actionable intelligence.
No, she couldn't
walk away from you.
You preyed on
her sense of loyalty.
If you want to yell at me
because you can't be totally
open with your girlfriend, fine.
It has nothing to do
with the mission.
Forgive me
if I don't want
to take relationship advice
from you right now, Arthur.
Oh, I am exactly the one
you should be taking it from.
If you can't live with secrets,
you shouldn't be dating a spy.
I'll take that
under advisement.
Don't ask me to keep things
from her again.
I won't do it.
Done one of
these things before?
I've been in
a tough spot before,
but I'm not gonna insult you by
saying this is the same thing.
Surprise is your friend,
and maybe your only friend.
But that goes away
in 20 seconds.
So whatever you have to do,
you have to do--
in 20 seconds.
Yeah, and what are we doing?
I thought we were
going to an ALC stronghold
to get Teo Braga.
There's that word again.
"Get."
It's a tricky word,
isn't it?
How so?
I studied German
growing up on the base.
And their words
are very specific,
and I hear you're
good with languages.
'Cause you know the power
of the right word.
You wanna "get" Teo Braga,
meaning
interrogate him,
lock him up,
or put a bullet
in his head?
Would it be
a horrible spy cliche
if I said my interest in him
is classified?
Yes.
Well, I want him
captured alive.
Alive is
the toughest option.
Well, that's why
I came to you.
You're the only CIA man
in Colombia
with the resources and
the expertise to pull it off.
That's your specialty,
isn't it?
Identify someone's weakness
and then you twist.
You twist a wire.
You turn an asset.
To the asset
it feels the same.
Sometimes you can
turn a man to your side,
but sometimes you have
to recognize that he is lost
and that choice, that decision,
is the real work we do.
Lots of people
can smile sweetly
and seduce someone
with what they want to hear.
But is your judgment
solid enough
to recognize whether you should
even waste the words?
Calder,
we're on the same team.
We want the same thing.
I said I'd help you get Teo,
whatever that means.
And I will.
[*** gun]
The rest remains to be seen.
[People chattering]
Six.
Remember. 20 seconds.
Stay behind me.
[People chattering]
Compadres!
[Various shouting in spanish]
[Gunfire]
Raw materials.
[Grunts]
Stay down!
Stay down!
[Speaks spanish]
[Speaking spanish]
We got him!
No!
That's not him.
[Grunting]
Calder!
Don't! Don't!
[Grunts]
This one's ours now.
You had 200 pounds
of cemtex, Mr. Braga.
That's enough to level
a ten-story building.
Tell us which building.
What was your target?
Okay.
Your silence is a choice.
And it's an aggressive one.
[Exhales]
[Coughs]
I'll be honest.
I wanted you to die
in that jungle.
And even though that's true,
I'm still the guy
that you should talk to.
[Grunts]
Come on.
No? Oh, there you go.
Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah.
[Exhales]
[Metal clatters]
[Faucet pours]
What was your target?
Hey.
Give me a minute
to talk to him.
Guess I could use
a cup of coffee.
You can go too.
Wait outside.
He can kick out five feet,
so stay back at least six.
Teo, it's just you and me.
Your father told me how highly
classified your mission is,
so I didn't want to do anything
to compromise your cover.
What the hell
are you talking about?
Teo...
It's okay.
I know who you are.
Tell me what
the ALC target is,
and I think I can
get you out of here.
Really?
Yeah.
[Speaks spanish]
[Spits]
Hey, it's Annie.
I need your help.
I'm here.
I'm at site 6412-Foxtrot
with Teo Braga.
We found a cache of bomb-making
materials at his stronghold.
Were you able
to speak to him alone?
Yes. He was combative
in response to questioning.
[Sighs]
I hate to admit this, Joan,
but I think Henry's intel
might bear out.
So what do you need?
What are the parameters for
using extraordinary measures?
Well, you have a threat
on an American target
and a combative prisoner.
That's what extraordinary
measures were made for.
But this is Arthur's son.
I know,
let me handle Arthur.
You just work your mission.
Thank you.
Annie.
Yeah.
I know what happened
on the bridge.
Joan, I'm sorry.
No, I'm sorry
you had to experience that,
but I need you to know
you don't need to worry.
Do you understand?
I do.
You have my support
on whatever you need.
Thank you.
[Grunting]
Teo!
What the hell?
Walker!
Teo!
Calder, I need you
to stop for one second
and take a look
at something.
That was the guy you thought
you could turn, huh?
You should've let me shoot him.
Royce.
- Calder?
- Where's that ambulance?
We'll need
four units at RNI.
I have an idea.
I'm in the middle
of cleaning up your last idea.
I know
what Teo's target is.
Yeah?
So right before
he almost killed my guard
he decided to spill
his guts to you?
No,
he didn't say anything.
This is a brochure
for the Jardin Nacional Hotel.
Solstar executives
are coming into town
for a meeting there today.
Look.
There are laptops
full of intel in here.
You do not know for sure
that this meeting is the target.
Maybe he saw a gap
in our security and pounced,
but maybe he was extra motivated
to find that gap,
because he has
an attack to complete.
Are you gonna
wait around to find out?
I hope you have
a bomb squad.
Units five and six,
bring around the trucks
and get Antonio on the phone.
I still do not
trust your ***.
[Gavel bangs]
Good afternoon,
Mrs. Campbell.
Are you ready to make
your official statement?
Yes, and I've brought
some accompanying materials,
if that's all right.
Please.
Thank you.
There you go.
I hope you take my candidacy
seriously, Senator Pierson.
I've dedicated
my life to serving
the Central
Intelligence Agency.
Yes.
[Chuckles]
I'm--I'm sorry,
but I'm going to
have to recuse myself.
Senator Pierson,
is everything all right?
Yes. Yes.
Excuse me, please.
May we begin?
Listen up.
Regular reports from everyone.
Unit five,
sweep for the target.
Unit six,
secure the premises.
Let's go.
Sorry for kicking you.
CIA black sites
are wired to the gills.
I couldn't admit my cover
on the record.
So all of a sudden
you admit
to being
an undercover operative?
After you refused every attempt
I made to help you?
I had a mission
to complete.
Is that why you almost killed
one of the guards
escaping
from the facility?
I know exactly
what I did to him.
I know that four blows
to the head and not five
will be the difference between
the hospital and death.
And that's my position.
The only way to defeat them
is to become one of them.
I need you
to put down the rifle.
I can't do that.
[Tires squeal]
Who are you
trying to kill, Teo?
Just leave me alone or
something very bad will happen.
I can't let you
kill anyone.
Put down the rifle.
I'll shoot you.
If you shoot me,
good people will die.
You can trust me.
Don't do it, Teo.
Do you trust me?
[Gunshot]
[Gunshot]
Here. Look.
Those are
Solstar executives.
[People shouting]
Who's the man you shot?
His name is Pedro.
Pedro Mendez-Bara.
One of ALC's most devoted.
He could've killed
the entire delegation.
What's the ALC gonna think?
That the CIA has
the best snipers in the world
and they caught up to us.
And now the CIA
is specifically hunting you.
Every man
from the local station chief
to the ex-DCS,
a man named Henry Wilcox.
I am familiar
with the man.
I read that the ALC
is trying to go global.
I believe that's your idea.
I think it's time for
the Puma to take it there...
With help.
I'm not looking
for a partner, darling.
I think I've earned it.
This is the second time
I've saved your life.
Deciding not to kill someone
is not the same as saving them.
Yes, it is.
Here.
Every time this phone rings,
I want you to answer it.
It's untraceable.
Ask any tech,
they'll confirm it.
Take it.
What's the catch?
You gotta
give me something.
A real piece of intel.
A win for you to show off
back at the Agency?
It's not for them.
It's for me.
So I know we have a pact.
Wendy and Xu Chen.
Two Chinese nationals
leaving D.C.
who move billions of dollars
for organizations like ALC.
They moved the money
for that dead guy and his bomb.
We'll be in touch.
[People chattering]
Where you been?
Just combing
the perimeter.
You see anyone over there?
No.
Sorry.
So some mysterious gunman
kills a guy out of nowhere.
Apparently.
I've been trying
to sort it out myself.
Really?
Because I have
a nagging suspicion
that you have it
all sorted out already.
It was a pleasure
working with you.
I got a plane to catch.
[Knock at door]
The gifts
have been pouring in.
There you are.
Thank you.
Can I just say
that it's such an honor
to be working
for the first woman to be DCS?
I feel like
I'm part of CIA history.
And I suppose we are.
Anyways, thank you.
I'm excited to get started.
[Airplane whooshing]
You're alone.
Sorry, Arthur.
You couldn't get him
out of the black site?
He got out.
Then what?
He took the exit package
and left on his own.
So he refused to see me.
He's leaving Colombia.
He's going deeper.
He even gave us
a new piece of intel.
You were right, Arthur,
he still knows true north.
We succeeded, Arthur.
Okay.
Thank you.
We should take
separate routes home.
[Speaks spanish]
Gracias.
You wanna ride home with me?
Oh, as long as I
get the window seat.
You're not calling
from the phone I gave you.
It's a long story.
I've got time.
You think I was crazy
to let him go?
It's okay, you can say it.
I think you were bold.
And boldness is rewarded
in our business,
but what are you
gonna tell Henry?
I'll think of something.
It looks like we pushed
this cheap little battery
as far as it can go.
Save the last bit.
I'll see you soon.
[Knocks]
- Hi.
- Hi.
Can I have
my T-shirt back now?
[Laughs]
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