Episode 2

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♪ [CAR DOOR CLOSES] WARREN: WE'RE JUST TRYING TO COVER ALL THE BASES.

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THAT SWEDISH WOMAN?

WARREN: I HAVEN'T SEEN HER IN 4 YEARS.

HELEN: GOOD.

WARREN: INGER JOHANNE, OPEN THE DOOR!

ZOE: WHERE IS SHE?

WHERE IS WHO?

MY MOM.

WHERE IS MADAM PRESIDENT?

RAJA: LET'S GO.

IN THE CAR.

ALVA: WE HAVE ASSIGNED YOU WITH A LIAISON OFFICER.

CAN I HAVE HIM?

AN UNDERGROUND TUNNEL.

YOU GUYS DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS?

[HELICOPTER WHIRRING] [RADIO CHATTER] [DISTANT SIREN] ♪ [INGER BREATHING UNSTEADILY] WARREN: WHY WOULD A WOMAN WILLINGLY COME DOWN HERE?

SHE MUST HAVE BEEN DRUGGED, OR THE PRESIDENT IS JUST STUPID.

SO YOU'RE SAYING SHE'S TO BLAME FOR THIS.

BLAME?

DID I USE THAT WORD?

IS THE GUILT EATING YOU UP?

WHY WOULD IT BE EATING ME UP?

I LOST MY DIGNITY, MY HOUSE, MY CHILDREN, MY WIFE, ALL THANKS TO YOUR LIES.

MAYBE WE CAN GRAB A CUP OF COFFEE WHEN YOU GOT A MOMENT, HAVE A LITTLE TALK.

DON'T TOUCH ME.

YOU'RE FORGETTING WHAT I TAUGHT YOU, LETTING YOUR EMOTIONS GET IN THE WAY.

[POUNDING ON DOOR] WARREN: KEEP GOING.

PRETTY SOON, YOU WILL HAVE ALL BUT DESTROYED ANY OF THE BIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE ON THE DOOR.

STOP.

[PANTING] WOW.

HEH.

AH, BUT YOU'RE STILL BEAUTIFUL.

POINT THE FLASHLIGHT AT THE DOOR.

JUST POINT IT AT THE ...DAMN DOOR.

AH, YOU HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN EVERYTHING.

♪ MISEN GROTH: ♪ DARKNESS ♪ ♪ SO MUCH DARKNESS ♪ ♪ ONCE I KNEW ♪ ♪ WHAT LOVE WAS ALL ABOUT ♪ ♪ INSIDE ME ♪ ♪ MOUNTAIN OF SHAME ♪ ♪ WHO IS TO BLAME?

♪ ♪ STILL NO REPLIES ♪ ♪ TO LIFE'S WHYS ♪ ♪ SECRETS AND LIES ♪ ♪ I DON'T WANT TO DIE ♪ [HELICOPTER WHIRRING] INGVAR: AH, GOOD.

YOU'VE ALREADY MET.

WE SHOULD-- YEAH.

WE KNOW EACH OTHER FROM WASHINGTON.

I GOT TO GO MEET WITH MY AMBASSADOR.

WE NEED TO TALK FIRST.

HOW ABOUT A CUP OF COFFEE?

NO.

OK.

THE SMELL OF COFFEE CAN BE UNPLEASANT WHEN YOU'RE PREGNANT.

CONGRATULATIONS, BY THE WAY.

THANK YOU.

I CAN FIND A SODA OR WATER.

I--I DON'T NEED COFFEE.

YOU NEED TO BRIEF US ON THE FBI's ASSESSMENT OF THE THREAT, THOUGH.

THERE'S NOTHING TERRIBLY CONCRETE, JUST SOME TROUBLING INDICATIONS THAT ARE GETTING STRONGER AND STRONGER.

INGER: MISOGYNY, HATED OF WOMEN.

HELEN TYLER CHALLENGED WHITE, MALE ESTABLISHMENT.

THE CAMPAIGN WAS PARTICULARLY VICIOUS.

YEAH, BUT MISOGYNY IS NOT A UNIQUELY MALE TRAIT, IS IT?

IT'S DEFINITELY A THEORY WE'RE WORKING ON.

IT'S MY AMBASSADOR.

I--I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE WORKING ON THE TASK FORCE, TOO.

I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR COLLABORATION, DESPITE THE AWFUL CIRCUMSTANCES AND OURS.

I'M SO GLAD YOU CHOSE TO ACCEPT.

YEAH, LORI.

I'M ON MY WAY TO THE EMBASSY.

♪ REBECCA: OUT OF CONSIDERATION FOR THE CHILDREN, WE AGREE YOU NEVER TELL ANYONE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.

♪ MAN: OPEN GATE TWO.

[PIANO PLAYING MOZART'S "MVT.

I FROM K. 545 SONATA IN C MAJOR"] LORI: SHE'S PLAYED THE SAME SONATA FOR OVER AN HOUR.

SHE'S SCARED.

IT CALMS HER.

THE DOCTOR GAVE HER SOMETHING, BUT SHE HASN'T-- LORI, JUST LET HER BE.

WHAT ARE THESE?

THESE ARRIVED BY PRIVATE JET FROM THE U.K. A HALF AN HOUR AGO.

IT'S A GIFT FOR ZOE.

[PIANO CONTINUES] "FROM A FRIEND IN LONDON."

HAVE THE FBI BEEN NOTIFIED?

IT WAS ORDERED ONLINE FROM A SERVER IN DUBAI.

THE TRAIL ENDS THERE, NO NAME, NOTHING.

LORI: IN A FEW HOURS, A SPECIAL FLIGHT FULL OF FBI AGENTS IS LANDING HERE.

WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES OVER.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

THE SWEDES ARE VERY PRECIOUS ABOUT THEIR SOVEREIGNTY.

WE ARE GUESTS IN THIS COUNTRY.

REMEMBER THAT.

YOU SAID YOU THOUGHT THERE WAS AN INSIDER.

DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCRETE SUSPICIONS?

NO.

LORI: THE HATRED TOWARDS HER TERRIFIES ME.

I DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD, SO I COULDN'T VERY WELL THANK HIM IN MY PRAYERS, BUT EVERY NIGHT DURING THAT CAMPAIGN LYING IN MY BED, I WAS EQUALLY FRIGHTENED AND THANKFUL THAT SHE LIVED THROUGH ANOTHER DAY IN WHAT SEEMED LIKE AN ELECTION FROM HELL.

MADAM PRESIDENT IS WARM, BEAUTIFUL, FEMININE, AND STRONG BUT-- OH, NOTHING BUT-- BUT SHE'S VERY GOOD AT FOOLING PEOPLE, AT GETTING EVEN HER MOST BITTER OPPONENTS TO THINK SHE'S TREATING THEM WITH RESPECT.

SHE IS A POLITICIAN.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE PRESIDENT'S PERSONAL TIES TO SWEDEN?

IS THERE ANYTHING THERE WE DON'T KNOW?

SUCH AS?

OH, COME ON.

YOU CAN'T TELL ME SHE'S COMPLETELY CLEAN.

IF THERE WERE ANYTHING TO FIND OUT, FOX NEWS WOULD HAVE BEEN ALL OVER IT.

DOES SHE HAVE A PAST HERE?

YOU HAVE KNOWN HELEN A LONG TIME.

DO YOU HONESTLY THINK THAT THIS WOMAN WHO YOU AND I ADMIRE AND SERVE WOULD WILLINGLY PUT THE WORLD IN THIS SITUATION?

HEY, ZOE.

ZOE, YOU WERE PLAYING BEAUTIFULLY.

♪ [CREAK] [INDISTINCT CONVERSATION] HUH.

♪ [WATER DRIPPING] ♪ ♪ [WATER FLOWING] [INDISTINCT CONVERSATION] [BRASS BAND MUSIC PLAYING] [DOG PANTING] [DISTANT SIREN] ♪ [GULLS SQUAWKING] [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS] [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING] ♪ JOHN: JENNIFER, DO YOU HAVE THE BANNER FILE?

I NEED THAT.

JENNIFER: HERE'S THE FILE, SIR.

JOHN: THANKS.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

NO PROBLEM.

JOHN: IN THE WINDOW OF TIME DURING WHICH THE PRESIDENT WENT MISSING, THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT SPIKE IN ACTIVITY, EITHER FROM ISIL OR ANY OTHER PROMINENT JIHADIST GROUPS.

WARREN: AND YET THAT IS THE ONLY PLACE THAT THE FBI IS FOCUSING.

JOHN: YEAH.

I'M AFRAID SO.

AND WHAT ABOUT TROY?

BLOOD RED.

PRESIDENT WAS LAST SEEN BY RAJA COOPER, SECRET SERVICE, 23:15 STOCKHOLM TIME.

WAS THERE ANY UNUSUAL ACTIVITY ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE JUST BEFORE CLOSING YESTERDAY?

I'LL GET BACK TO YOU.

[CELL PHONE VIBRATES] YES, MY FRIEND?

INGVAR, ON PHONE: I'D LIKE TO MEET WITH YOU IN PRIVATE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

NOT A PROBLEM.

I'M IN MY SUITE AT THE GRAND.

NOPE.

MEET ME AT THE TASK FORCE.

SURE THING.

OH, HUSBAND, YOU ARE GROWING SOME BALLS.

[SIGHS] [TELEPHONE RINGS] [SIGHS] ♪ [INDISTINCT CONVERSATION] [REPORTERS CLAMORING] [CELL PHONE VIBRATES] [HELICOPTER WHIRRING] [RADIO CHATTER] ♪ ♪ [WATER FLOWING] [CREAK] [DISTANT SIRENS] WARREN: SO YOU'RE SAYING ONE OF OUR GUYS WAS MONITORING FROM THE CONTAINER.

WE'RE NOT SAYING ANYTHING.

WE JUST ASKED YOU TO SEARCH HER INTERNAL DATABASE FOR A POTENTIAL MATCH ON THE FINGERPRINTS WE FOUND.

DO YOU KEEP TABS ON YOUR PEOPLE?

DO YOU KNOW WHERE THEY WERE LAST NIGHT, WHERE THEY ARE NOW?

THEY'VE BEEN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK.

SOME HAVE BEEN HERE FOR WEEKS.

THEY ARE ON LEAVE.

SECRET SERVICE AND THE REST OF MADAM PRESIDENT'S ENTOURAGE ARE ALL STAYING AT THE GRAND HOTEL.

THE JUICE CARTONS WERE BOUGHT IN A STORE JUST AROUND THE CORNER.

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE SPECIAL AGENTS ON THIS STATE VISIT TAKES THIS SITUATION PERSONALLY, DEEPLY PERSONALLY.

THIS HAPPENED ON THEIR WATCH.

[CELL PHONE CHIRPS AND VIBRATES] WELL, YOUR CONSPIRACY THEORY JUST GOT SHOT DOWN, NO MATCH ON ANYONE ACROSS THE ENTIRE SECRET SERVICE.

AND WHAT ABOUT THE AMERICANS WHO AREN'T SECRET SERVICE?

SWEDEN NEEDS TO OWN THIS.

YOU GUYS LOST THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT.

THE PURSE.

HER DRESSER ROY SAID THE PRESIDENT NEVER CARRIES A PURSE.

WHAT?

WHAT THE HELL IS IT NOW?

THAT IS A VERY KEEN OBSERVATION, INGER JOHANNE-- THE HEIGHT, THE BODY, THE WIDTH ACROSS THE HIPS.

INGVAR: WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?

INGER AND WARREN: THAT'S NOT THE PRESIDENT.

WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE WE SAW THE PRESIDENT THIS MORNING.

THEY HAD JUST USED A STAND-IN WITH A PASSING RESEMBLANCE.

SOMEONE CLEARLY WANTS US TO LOOK AT THE PRESIDENT'S PAST.

AHH... AH, YEAH.

THAT'S HUNTER RUSSELL.

WHO?

HE'S ONE OF THE PRESIDENT'S MOST SEASONED BODYGUARDS.

HE ALSO PROTECTED OBAMA AND BUSH.

WHAT?

HUNTER USUALLY AVOIDS OVERSEAS DUTY.

HE'S VERY CLOSE TO HIS FAMILY.

THERE'S...

SOME KIND OF PROBLEM, BUT HE VOLUNTEERED FOR THIS ONE.

HE'S BEEN IN SWEDEN THE PAST TWO WEEKS LEADING UP TO THE VISIT.

I ACTUALLY DID WONDER ABOUT THAT.

[CELL PHONE VIBRATING] FORVRANGD, ON PHONE: WHERE IS MADAM PRESIDENT?

YOU'RE NOT KEEPING YOUR END OF THE BARGAIN.

NEITHER HAVE YOU.

YOU HAVE TO THINK OF YOUR FAMILY.

YOU PROMISED MY FAMILY WOULD BE SAFE, BUT THEY'RE NOT.

THEY'LL BE SAFE WHEN YOU TELL WHERE SHE IS.

WRONG ORDER.

YOU GET MY FAMILY SAFE.

THEN I'LL TELL YOU.

[PANTING] HELEN: YOU NEVER KNOW WHO YOU CAN TRUST.

[PANTING] [CLICK] UH... [PANTING] [CELL PHONE VIBRATING] ARGH!

[VIBRATING CONTINUES] OH... [GULLS SQUAWKING] JOHN: I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

HUNTER RUSSELL?

NO ONE COULD'VE GUESSED THAT.

YEAH.

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT?

[GULLS SQUAWKING] [MAN COUGHS] JOHN: SO WHAT NOW?

HOW DO WE TRACK HIM?

HIS CELL'S DOWN.

WE NEED TO PUT SOME PRESSURE ON HUNTER'S WIFE.

HOW?

DEPOSIT $5 MILLION IN THE HUNTERS' ACCOUNT.

THAT OUGHT TO GET HER TO PICK UP THE PHONE.

[BIRDS CHIRPING] [CREAK] [PANTING] [WIND CHIMES] [TELEPHONE RINGING] [TELEPHONE LINE RINGING] JOHN: HIS WIFE IS MAKING THE CALL.

HUNTER: HEY, HONEY, WHERE ARE YOU?

AT HOME.

WE'RE STILL AT HOME.

IT'S--STILL AT HOME?

HONEY, WE HAD A DEAL.

WE SAID NOT TO CALL UNTIL YOU'RE SAFE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, SAFE?

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

WE NEED TO HANG UP.

I'VE PACKED UP THE WHOLE HOUSE.

WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR HOURS.

WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE?

OH, IT'S NOTHING.

NOTHING?

THE BANK JUST SENT THE CRAZIEST TEXT.

SOMEONE'S DEPOSITED 5 MILLION TO OUR ACCOUNT.

WHAT?

HUNTER: TELL THE BANK TO REJECT IT.

IT'S NOT OUR MONEY.

IT'S A TRAP.

A WHAT?

HONEY, ... WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

I'M SORRY, BABY.

HUNTER-- [CLICK] HUNTER TALK TO ME.

HUNTER.

OH, GOD.

JESUS.

SEND ME THE COORDINATES OF HUNTER'S CELL.

JOHN: ALREADY DONE.

[CELL PHONE CHIMES] GOOD.

♪ [GULLS SQUAWKING] [PANTING] MAN: IS THE MILITARY INVOLVED?

[REPORTERS CLAMORING] [CELL PHONE CHIMES] [SNIFFLES] ANNIE, ON PHONE: HUNTER, ARE YOU INVOLVED IN THE DISAPPEARING OF THE PRESIDENT?

OH, GOD.

[CAR DOOR CLOSES] [BREATHING UNSTEADILY] [DISTANT DOG BARKING] [WIND CHIMES] HUNTER, IT'S WARREN.

COME OUT.

♪ MMPH!

[GUNSHOT] [THUD] YOU-- [GUNSHOTS] EMPTY.

SUICIDE BY COP.

HAS HE HIDDEN HER HERE IN THE HOUSE?

♪ [COCKS GUN] [PANTING] [CLATTER] [CLATTER] [INHALES DEEPLY] [EXHALES] WARREN: [EXHALES] SHE'S NOT HERE.

NO.

I SHOT THE GUY WHO KNOWS WHERE MY PRESIDENT IS.

THE ONE GUY WHO KNOWS I SHOOT DEAD.

[HELICOPTER WHIRRING] HAS INGER JOHANNE EVER TOLD YOU REALLY HOW WE KNOW EACH OTHER?

DALE: WHY YOU DIDN'T SHOOT HIM IN THE KNEE OR, HELL, SOMEWHERE, WARREN, SO THAT HE COULD TELL US WHAT HE'S DONE WITH MY WIFE, I JUST DON'T GET THAT.

[SPEAKS SWEDISH] CAN I COME IN?

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