Episode 4

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

HIS KIDS WERE ABDUCTED.

AND WHO IS BEHIND THE ABDUCTIONS?

WE DON'T KNOW.

ANNIE: ONLY THING HE'D SAID WAS HE'D SEEN A MAN IN A COWBOY HAT SITTING ON THE HOOD OF HIS CHEVY C-10.

ZOE: DAD, IS SOMETHING WRONG?

WHO WAS THAT?

NO IDEA.

SCHIFFORD: OH, THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL PENDANT.

DID INGVAR GIVE THAT TO YOU?

FIND IT!

ONE PLAYER PURCHASED HUGE QUANTITIES OF GOLD AND COMMODITIES.

SOMEONE LOOKING FOR A SAFE HAVEN.

RIGHT.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ WOMAN: ♪ 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 FLYING] [PHONE LINE RINGING] ANNIE: YOU'VE REACHED ANNIE RUSSELL'S VOICEMAIL.

PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE AFTER THE BEEP.

INGER JOHANNE: HI.

THIS IS INGER JOHANNE VIK.

WE WERE INTERRUPTED SUDDENLY BEFORE.

I--I JUST WANT TO HEAR IF...

IF EVERYTHING'S OK. COULD YOU CALL ME, UM, BACK?

YEAH.

I--I HOPE YOU'RE OK. BYE.

[CELL PHONE VIBRATING] UM... ♪ ♪ [INDISTINCT CHATTER] [LINE RINGING] [CELL PHONE RINGING] ♪ JOHN: AN ACCOUNT HAS POPPED UP.

AN ACCOUNT?

ONE MILLION SAUDI RIYALS TRANSFERRED TO HUNTER RUSSELL.

WHAT'S THAT IN DOLLARS?

ABOUT 266,000.

THEY'VE BEEN FILTERED THROUGH THE USUAL CHANNELS TO MAKE THEM UNIDENTIFIABLE.

YOU TRACE THE SENDER?

YEP.

AND?

COUSIN OF THE SAUDI OIL MINISTER.

HE'S GOT ISIL CONNECTIONS AND JUST GOT PICKED UP IN IRAN ON ESPIONAGE CHARGES.

HMM.

NO.

THIS IS SMOKE AND MIRRORS.

THIS--THIS IS PUTTING IRAN AGAINST SAUDI ARABIA.

IT'S JUST TURNING OFF THE OIL TAPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, CREATING CHAOS, SEEING WHO'S LEFT STANDING.

I'LL GET BACK TO YOU.

APPARENTLY, THERE ARE SOME GENEROUS SPONSORS BEHIND THE PRESIDENT'S DISAPPEARANCE.

THE PRESIDENT'S DISAPPEARANCE HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH ISLAMIC TERROR.

YOU'RE OUT OF THE STEP WITH THE FBI IN MORE WAYS THAN NONE.

HUNTER RUSSELL SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN ALIVE.

I AGREE.

WELL, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THERE ARE THOSE WHO WOULD DOUBT THAT.

WHAT DO I GAIN BY KILLING HIM?

... YOU TALKING ABOUT?

DON'T YOU SEE?

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTS.

SETTING US AGAINST EACH OTHER.

HE'S--HE'S TOYING WITH US.

HE IS PLAYING US FOR FOOLS.

HE?

EVERYTHING POINTS TO A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL BEING BEHIND ALL THIS.

YEAH.

YOU SAID.

TROY, THE MAN IN THE WOODEN HORSE.

WOMAN.

I THOUGHT YOU SAID THERE WAS A MAN IN THE HORSE.

YEAH, BUT WHO WERE THEY FIGHTING THE WARS OVER?

FAIR HELEN OF TROY.

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?

HELEN TYLER.

THAT'S A PERVERSE ANALOGY.

I'M EXPECTING SOMEONE.

HEH.

AH, SAVE IT.

SHE'S FRIGID.

YEAH?

INGER JOHANNE: DID YOU GET MY TEXT?

SCHIFFORD: YEAH.

OH, THIS IS, UM-- INGER JOHANNE: YEAH.

WE ALREADY MET A COUPLE HOURS AGO.

YEAH, AND IT WAS COMPLETELY PLATONIC.

FROM HERE ON OUT, I SUGGEST YOU CONFINE YOUR INVESTIGATION WITHIN SWEDISH BORDERS.

AND WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?

DID YOU FIND MY NECKLACE?

I'VE MOVED HEAVEN AND EARTH, BUT AFTER YOU LEFT, THE CLEANING STAFF CAME.

I'VE BEEN DOWN TO THE FRONT DESK.

THEY'RE CHECKING THROUGH EVERYTHING-- VACUUM BAGS, TRASHCANS, YOU NAME IT.

I'M SO SORRY.

WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO TELL INGVAR?

NO, THANKS.

SCHIFFORD: WHAT DID HE MEAN ABOUT CONFINING YOUR INVESTIGATION TO SWEDISH BORDERS?

THAT I'M BEING BUGGED PROBABLY.

DURING MY CONVERSATION WITH HUNTER RUSSELL'S WIFE, SOMETHING HAPPENED, SOMETHING VERY VIOLENT, AND THEN WE GOT CUT OFF.

YOU OBVIOUSLY ALREADY KNEW THAT.

ANNIE RUSSELL IS BEING DEBRIEFED AS MUCH FOR HER OWN SAKE AND THE BOYS'.

IF--OR, RATHER, WHEN IT BECOMES PUBLIC THAT HER HUSBAND IS BEHIND THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE PRESIDENT, SHE WILL HAVE TO GO-- GO INTO HIDING.

FOR HER OWN PROTECTION.

NEW NAME, NEW LIFE.

WHY'D YOU CALL HER?

THEY DIDN'T TELL YOU THAT?

COME ON.

HEH.

ISN'T IT OBVIOUS?

IF YOU HADN'T SHOT HUNTER RUSSELL, WE COULD HAVE ASKED HIM WHAT HE'S DONE WITH THE PRESIDENT.

I TRUST INGVAR, AND HIS STORY CORROBORATES YOURS, BUT I FIGURED MAYBE HUNTER HAD SOMETHING TO HIS WIFE.

DID HE?

I'D REALLY LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE PRESIDENT'S HUSBAND.

SO HE DID?

COME ON.

HOW THE HELL ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER IF YOU WON'T TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW?

THIS PLACE HASN'T BEEN VACUUMED.

THAT WAS HERE LAST TIME, TOO.

WE CAN WORK TOGETHER WHEN YOU STOP LYING.

[DOOR SHUTS] [RATTLES NECKLACE] [INDISTINCT CHATTER] [SPEAKING SWEDISH] [INDISTINCT CHATTER] WHO ARE YOU?

UM...WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

WELL, I SAW YOU EARLIER.

I USED TO WORK AT THE SAME INSTITUTE AS YOUR FATHER AT STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY, BUT IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO.

DO YOU KNOW MY MOTHER, TOO?

YOU LOOK LIKE YOUR MOTHER ENORMOUSLY.

MAN: STAND BACK, MA'AM!

STAND BACK!

COME HERE, ZOE.

SECURITY, 24.

POSSIBLE INTRUDER 5 METERS SOUTH.

♪ INGVAR, YOU GOT A MINUTE?

SURE.

I, UH--I HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU.

THANKS.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

♪ [FOOTSTEPS] [DOOR OPENS] ♪ [DOOR OPENS] ♪ ♪ MS. VIK.

THE FIRST GENTLEMAN HAS AGREED TO A BRIEF CONVERSATION ON THE CONDITION THAT YOU DON'T SPEAK WITH THEIR DAUGHTER.

SHE'S BEEN BADLY AFFECTED BY ALL THIS.

OF COURSE.

ARE THE SWEDISH AUTHORITIES NOT WORRIED ABOUT A LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN THEIR POLICE FORCE AND POLITICIANS?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

HAVING LOST ONE PRIME MINISTER AND ONE FOREIGN MINISTER, YOU'D THINK YOUR INVESTIGATIVE EFFORTS WOULD BE A BIT MORE INTENSIVE.

THE REASON I'M HERE IS A CLIP SURFACED THIS MORNING WITH A WOMAN PRETENDING TO BE-- MY WIFE.

YES.

POOR WOMAN.

I HEAR SHE WAS KILLED IN A CAR ACCIDENT.

I THINK SOMEONE'S TRYING TO DIRECT OUR ATTENTION TOWARDS YOUR TIME HERE IN SWEDEN.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

TO THE PRESIDENT'S PAST, TO YOUR PAST.

ARE YOU IMPLYING MY WIFE IS TO BLAME FOR HER OWN DISAPPEARANCE?

NOT AT ALL, BUT ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE TERM TACIT KNOWLEDGE?

UH, KNOWING SOMETHING WITHOUT KNOWING THAT I KNOW IT?

YOU COULD PUT IT THAT WAY, YEAH.

WHAT ARE YOU IMPLYING THAT I KNOW?

I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S BEEN 17 YEARS, UH, SINCE WE LIVED HERE.

WE HAD A CHILD, A WONDERFUL LITTLE GIRL.

I TAUGHT TWO SEMESTERS AT THE UNIVERSITY.

MY WIFE, SHE ENJOYED SWEDISH MATERNITY LEAVE, SPENT MOST OF HER TIME AT HOME IN PEACE AND QUIET.

WE WERE HAPPY, AND THEN WE HEADED HOME.

WERE THERE ANY PARTICULAR PLACES YOU LIKED TO GO TO, THE TWO OF YOU, IN THE COUNTRYSIDE?

FOR INSTANCE, THE TOWN OF SORUNDA MEAN ANYTHING TO-- NO.

NOT AT ALL.

WE WERE CITY PEOPLE.

ACTUALLY, THAT'S WRONG.

WE DID--WE RENTED A PLACE DURING THE SUMMER FOR ONE WEEK IN... SORUNDA, YEAH.

HUNTER RUSSELL WAS KILLED IN SORUNDA.

WELL, WHAT MAKES THAT ANYTHING MORE THAN A COINCIDENCE?

DID YOU MAKE ANY FRIENDS HERE?

NOT CLOSE ONES, NO.

NONE WE KEPT UP WITH.

WE'D SEE COLLEAGUES FROM TIME TO TIME.

ONLY RARELY, BUT I GUESS THAT'S TYPICAL FOR A FAMILY WITH A YOUNG CHILD.

DEFINITELY.

AND HOW IS YOUR DAUGHTER ZOE TAKING IT?

I'M SO IMPRESSED WITH HER.

SHE HAS HER MOTHER'S STRENGTH.

SHE'S CONVINCED THAT WE'LL GET HER BACK HOME AGAIN.

WHAT ABOUT YOU?

I TAKE IT YOU KEPT UP WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.

YEAH.

THEN YOU KNOW THE KIND OF POLITICAL INTRIGUE THAT-- NO.

LET'S CALL IT WHAT IT WAS-- THE SLANDER, THE LIES, THE BACKSTABBING, AND HUMILIATION MY WIFE WAS SUBJECTED TO.

YEAH.

WELL, IT'S TAUGHT ME TO STICK TO THE FACTS.

YOU WANT TO WAIT AND SEE.

AT THE RISK OF SOUNDING A COLD-HEARTED BASTARD?

YEAH.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER] SORRY.

I JUST FORGOT TO ASK THE PRESIDENT'S HUSBAND SOMETHING.

OK. DALE: WHAT'S HER NAME AGAIN?

RAJA: INGER JOHANNE VIK.

INGER JOHANNE VIK.

I REMEMBER WARREN SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT HER WHEN WE WERE PLAYING GOLF.

YEAH.

WARREN AND HIS WOMEN.

YOU'RE SURE SHE'S BEEN VETTED?

THOROUGHLY.

WELL, HAVE HER VETTED AGAIN.

YES, SIR.

♪ [EXHALES] [EXHALES] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO] [BELLS JINGLE] JA, JA, JA, JA.

[SPEAKING SWEDISH] ♪ ♪ [PEOPLE SPEAKING SWEDISH] ♪ ♪ [RATTLING NECKLACE] ♪ OHH.

♪ ♪ [DOOR SLAMS] ♪ ♪ [DOOR OPENS AND SHUTS] [FOOTSTEPS] [DOOR OPENS AND SHUTS] [ELEVATOR RUNNING] ♪ ♪ [BREATHING HEAVILY] [CAR STARTS] [TIRES SQUEALING] [TIRES SQUEALING] ♪ [CELL PHONE RINGING] YES, SIR.

ALL RIGHT.

YES, SIR.

ON MY WAY.

RIGHT AWAY.

YES, SIR.

[TIRES SQUEALING] ♪ ♪ [MUTTERING] [DOG SNEEZES] [DOG GROWLS] ♪ ♪ [GROWLING] [GRUNTS] [TRUCK STARTS] [TRUCK LEAVING] I'M HERE.

[COUGHS] I'M HERE!

♪ [BREATHING HEAVILY] ♪ I'M HERE!

SCHIFFORD: WE ARE CONVINCED THAT THAT BEHIND ALL THIS IS A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL--TROY.

RAJA: DECEMBER 14, 2013, INGER JOHANNE VIK WAS IN NEW YORK, THE SAME NIGHT SHE FILED CHARGES-- ASSAULT, RAPE.

EXACTLY WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO HERE?

ARE YOU SURVEILLING US-- ME AND INGER JOHANNE?

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