Episode 5

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SCHIFFORD: EVERYTHING POINTS TO A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL BEING BEHIND ALL THIS.

TROY--THE MAN IN THE WOODEN HORSE.

WOMAN.

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

IT'S BEEN 17 YEARS SINCE WE LEFT HERE.

I USED TO WORK AT THE SAME INSTITUTE AS YOUR FATHER AT STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY.

DO YOU KNOW MY MOTHER, TOO?

TYLER: I'M HERE!

I'M HERE!

[VEHICLE APPROACHING] [DOG BARKING] [BARKING CONTINUES] [CLATTERING] ♪ ♪ [DOG PANTING AND WHINING] ♪ [DOORS SHUT] ♪ 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 ♪ ♪ ♪ [RINGS DOORBELL] [DOOR OPENS] [TOILET FLUSHING] [HUMMING] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [CELL PHONE RINGING] [YAWNS] [DOOR OPENS] [KEYS JINGLING] ♪ [MAN GROANS] [SHUDDERING] ♪ ♪ [SCRATCHING] [DOOR OPENS] ♪ [DOOR OPENS] AAH!

♪ ♪ ♪ [ALARM BLARING] ♪ [ALVA SPEAKING SWEDISH] ♪ "HE EXHIBITS AN ATYPICAL LACK OF CLAUSTROPHOBIA."

♪ ♪ ANNIE: HE'D SEEN A MAN IN A COWBOY HAT.

IT WAS CLOSE TO A PLACE HE SAID REMINDED HIM OF HIS CHILDHOOD HOME.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [SHOWER RUNNING] [WOMAN MOANING SOFTLY] [KNOCK ON DOOR] OHH!

NO.

[KNOCKING] AGH!

JESSICA... JUST WAIT.

YES.

HEH.

EARLY BIRD?

CATCHES THE WORM.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

INGER JOHANNE VIK WAS AT THE EMBASSY YESTERDAY.

YEAH.

TALKING TO THE PRESIDENT'S HUSBAND.

I KNOW.

RAJA: I WAS THERE FOR THE DURATION OF THE CONVERSATION AFTER WHICH I WAS ASKED TO RUN AN EXTRA SECURITY CHECK ON HER.

WELL, SHE'S A BIT ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES BUT 100% LOYAL.

I HAVE NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT HER.

AS YOU KNOW, OUR SECURITY CHECKS GIVE US FULL ACCESS TO ALL HER FILES.

DECEMBER 14, 2013, INGER JOHANNE VIK WAS IN NEW YORK, ATTENDING A CONFERENCE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN.

AS MY ASSISTANT.

YEAH.

THE SAME NIGHT SHE FILED CHARGES WITH THE NYPD-- ASSAULT, RAPE, FALSE IMPRISONMENT.

8 HOURS LATER, SHE DROPPED ALL THE CHARGES.

YOUR WIFE AT THE TIME MANAGED TO ARRANGE A PLACE AT BERKELEY FOR THE DAUGHTER OF THE OFFICER WHO BRIEFED INGER JOHANNE VIK ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF A RAPE ACCUSATION, THE ATTITUDES AN ABUSED WOMAN CAN FACE, VICTIM BLAMING.

WASN'T THAT THE SUBJECT OF YOUR JOINT ARTICLE, HOW WOMEN CAN OFTEN BE SHAMED INTO SILENCE?

EXACTLY WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO HERE?

I SUGGEST YOU RECUSE YOURSELF FROM THIS INVESTIGATION BEFORE ANYONE ELSE HEARS ABOUT THIS.

I...SUGGEST YOU THINK ABOUT HOW CLOSE YOU ARE COMING TO RUINING YOUR CAREER.

WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT.

[DOOR SHUTS] [BATHROOM DOOR OPENS] ♪ ♪ WHERE WERE WE?

I REALLY NEED TO GO TO WORK.

REALLY?

YES, REALLY.

STOP IT!

♪ [DOOR CHIMES] [DOOR CHIMES] ♪ [TRUCK LEAVING] ♪ ♪ [KNOCK ON DOOR] IS SHE DEAD?

NO.

SO YOU FOUND HER?

NO.

SO...WHAT?

I NEED TO TALK TO YOU.

OK. HOW IS GOING WITH YOU AND INGER JOHANNE?

ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION.

[KNOCK ON DOOR] OH, THANK YOU.

JUST BRING IT IN.

WHAT'S THE, UH--THE TIPPING SITUATION IN SWEDEN?

UH, MY GREATEST WEAKNESS--WOMEN.

WHEN I LIE AWAKE AT NIGHT AND THINK OF ALL THE MISTAKES I'VE MADE, THEY ALL HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH WOMEN.

THANK YOU, SIR.

AND EVEN NOW, A WOMAN HOLDS MY FATE IN HER HANDS.

IF MADAM PRESIDENT ISN'T FOUND ALIVE, MY CAREER DIES WITH HER.

DID YOU EAT YET?

ARE YOU SURVEILLING US-- ME AND INGER JOHANNE?

I WOULD BE VERY SURPRISED IF AT LEAST ONE OF OUR 17 INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES WEREN'T WATCHING YOUR EVERY MOVE.

NOT TO MENTION OUR SEEMINGLY INVINCIBLE ENEMY.

MODERN TIMES, YOU KNOW?

WE HAD ANOTHER DEATH LAST NIGHT.

WHAT?

OSCAR, THE GUY DRIVING AROUND THE FAKE PRESIDENT.

HE FINALLY WANTED TO TALK TO ME, BUT WHEN I GOT THERE, HE WAS DEAD IN HIS CELL.

WELL, THAT MUST HAVE BEEN TOUGH.

TOUGH?

HAVING TO FACE YOUR MONUMENTAL INCOMPETENCE.

YOU GUYS HAD ONE JOB-- KEEP HIM ALIVE SO WE COULD QUESTION HIM.

ON THE WALL OF HIS CELL, HE MADE A SMALL DRAWING.

A FEW YEARS AGO, ONE OF MUNCH'S VERSIONS OF "THE SCREAM" WAS STOLEN FROM AN EXHIBITION IN STOCKHOLM.

OSCAR WAS CONVICTED OF THE THEFT BUT KEPT HIS MOUTH SHUT ABOUT WHO HE DELIVERED THE PAINTING TO.

THERE WAS A HUGE INVESTIGATION.

ONE NAME KEPT POPPING UP-- MAHMOUD MUNTASIR, AN OIL BILLIONAIRE OF SAUDI AND PERSIAN DESCENT, OWNER OF A COMPANY CALLED SAFE INC. RING A BELL?

I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT FROM ME.

COOPERATION.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE WHOLE ... POINT.

TROY.

WE BELIEVE TROY IS THE CODENAME FOR THE ATTACK ON THE PRESIDENT.

WE?

MY BEHAVIORAL UNIT STAFF AND I... WE ARE CONVINCED THAT BEHIND ALL THIS ISN'T A BIG ORGANIZATION BUT A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL.

YOU THINK HE COULD BE THE ONE?

WELL, I DON'T KNOW.

THEY ARE OLD FRIENDS.

HE EVEN DONATED $20 MILLION TO HER CAMPAIGN.

HE DONATED MONEY TO GET HER ELECTED?

YEAH.

BUT...I DON'T THINK THEY'RE FRIENDS ANYMORE.

WHY NOT?

AT ONE POINT, IT LOOKED LIKE HELEN MIGHT LOSE THE ELECTION.

IT WAS LEAKED THAT SHE HAD PROMISED MUNTASIR GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS TO SECURE AMERICAN PORTS IF SHE GOT ELECTED.

A FAVOR BETWEEN FRIENDS.

WELL, IF YOU WANT TO PUT A NEGATIVE SPIN ON IT, YEAH, BUT HER ASSESSMENT WAS THAT HIS COMPANY WAS THE BEST ONE FOR THE JOB.

SO WHAT HAPPENED?

WELL, JUST BEFORE THE LAST DEBATE, I SUGGESTED THAT SHE SHOULD MAKE IT ABSOLUTELY CLEAR THAT THE SECURITY OF AMERICAN PORTS MUST ALWAYS REMAIN IN AMERICAN HANDS.

AND NOT...ARABIAN.

[BIRD CAWING] ♪ ♪ [RATTLING] ♪ [BANG] UNH!

[LATCH TURNS] [DOOR CREAKS] ♪ [POUNDING] [POUNDING] UNH!

[GASPS] ♪ ♪ [GRUNTING] ♪ ♪ [TYLER MOANING] MADAM PRESIDENT.

OH, MY DAUGHTER.

NO.

SHE'S SAFE.

SHE'S AT THE EMBASSY.

WHO ARE YOU?

MY NAME IS INGER JOHANNE VIK.

I'M WITH THE TASK FORCE.

POLICE?

NO.

I'M A PSYCHOLOGIST.

WHERE'S...MY BODYGUARD.

HUNTER RUSSELL?

HE'S DEAD.

DO THEY THINK I'M DEAD, TOO?

NO ONE KNOWS.

WE NEED TO GET YOU SOME WATER AND AN AMBULANCE.

NOBODY CAN KNOW THAT YOU HAVE FOUND ME.

MORE THAN MY LIFE DEPEND ON IT.

PROMISE ME.

I PROMISE.

6... ♪ ♪ WHY YOU?

A VERY PREGNANT PSYCHOLOGIST IS THE ONE WHO FINDS ME?

IS IT YOUR FIRST?

NO.

I--I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS.

YOU'RE VERY LUCKY.

[CLATTER] ♪ WE HAVE TO GET AWAY.

MY LEGS WON'T MOVE.

WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE.

♪ ♪ ♪ INGER JOHANNE: OK.

HERE, AND WATCH YOUR STEP.

OHH.

I CAN'T WALK ANY LONGER.

[GRUNTING] ♪ OHH!

OHH.

OHH.

[MACHINERY RUMBLING] ♪ ♪ [MOANS] ♪ ♪ YOU HAVE A FEVER.

WE NEED TO GET HELP.

NO.

I DON'T TRUST THE FBI.

MAX: WARREN SCHIFFORD, I'M GONNA NEED YOUR GUN AND YOUR PHONE.

YOU'RE GOING HOME.

JESSICA: WHAT WAS IT THAT YOU WANTED ME TO HELP YOU WITH?

TYLER: YOU KNOW HIM.

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