Episode 8

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THANK YOU.

YOU DID THIS TO HER.

OOF!

UH!

WARREN: I HAD HER TAILED.

INGER: FIND OUT WHAT?

ZOE'S ADOPTED.

SHE DOESN'T KNOW.

NO ONE KNOWS.

WHAT ABOUT HER MOTHER?

SHE--SHE DIED.

CAN'T STOP ME!

I'VE GOT TO GET HER!

IT WAS YEARS AGO.

IT WAS HIT AND RUN.

I--I DON'T REMEMBER THE DETAILS.

COME ON, INGER JOHANNE.

TALK TO ME.

HELEN: "SPECIAL AGENT WARREN SCHIFFORD HAS OF NOW "BEEN STOOD DOWN FROM IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF ALL DUTIES AND COMMUNICATIONS."

CEMENT FACTORY.

GARRI: WHERE IS SHE?

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION] [INGER WHIMPERING] PLEASE-- [GUNSHOTS] YAH!

[THUD] UH!

TRAITOR!

WHERE IS SHE?

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH HER?

UH!

NO!

HE SAVED OUR LIVES.

HE SAVED YOUR LIFE.

[DOOR OPENS] WARREN: THAT IS GARRI VOGEL, RUSSIAN HIT MAN.

HE'S RIGHT UP THERE ON THE FBI MOST WANTED.

INGER: WHO SENT HIM?

I WOULD FIGURE TROY, BUT WHATEVER, THIS TOTALLY RULES OUT THE, UH, FBI THEORY OF AN ISLAMIST PLOT, WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, I NEVER BELIEVED.

[CELL PHONE VIBRATING] FORVRANGD, ON PHONE: GET AWAY FROM THERE.

THE AMERICANS ARE COMING.

GET AWAY FROM THERE NOW.

[BEEP BEEP BEEP] [DOOR CLOSES] ♪ 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 ♪ [CELL PHONE RINGTONE PLAYING] ♪ [DOOR OPENS] MOM?

ZOE.

ARE YOU OK?

I'M GONNA BE FINE.

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

WARREN: YOU AND ME... JUST LIKE THE OLD DAYS.

HELEN: EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE FINE.

WE DID THIS TOGETHER.

YOU GOT INSIDE MY HEAD.

YOU SANG TO ME, YOU GUIDED ME TO YOU... BECAUSE I KNOW YOU.

I KNOW WHAT GOES ON INSIDE YOUR HEAD.

I KNOW HOW YOU THINK.

I EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING NOW: "WHY DID SHE DISAPPEAR?

WHAT IS SHE NOT TELLING US?"

HELEN: I CAN'T WAIT TO HOLD YOU.

[CONTINUES SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY] [RHYTHMIC TAPPING] [HELEN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY] IS THERE ANYTHING STOPPING ME AND INGER JOHANNE FROM GOING HOME?

ORDERS.

WE'RE TO STAY PUT TILL THE SECRET SERVICE HAVE SECURED MADAM PRESIDENT.

THE LAST 36 HOURS CAN NEVER BE MADE PUBLIC, AND A STATEMENT IS GOING TO BE MADE THAT I WENT INTO HIDING BECAUSE OF AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT.

NOW, THE SECRET SERVICE, THEY WILL WALK YOU THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS.

♪ MADAM PRESIDENT, YOU MUST KNOW I DIDN'T WRITE THIS.

YEAH, I FIGURED AS MUCH.

"THEY KNOW ABOUT THE CHILD."

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

I THOUGHT THAT YOU'D...

FIGURED OUT WHO'S BEHIND ALL THIS.

MADAM PRESIDENT, I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN RELUCTANT TO ACCEPT MY THEORIES, BUT I'M NOW CONVINCED THAT MAHMOUD MUNTASIR IS TROY.

HE'S WOVEN A WEB OF PEOPLE AROUND HIM WHO OWE HIM THEIR LIVES AND ARE WILLING TO DO ANYTHING TO PROTECT HIM...

SO IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO LINK HIM TO THIS.

MUNTASIR'S... UNTOUCHABLE.

[STEAM WHISTLE BLOWING] [INGER GASPS] HELEN: WHAT'S THAT?

IS--IS THAT WHAT I THINK IT IS?

♪ WE GOT TO GO.

♪ [BEEPS] [INGER SCREAMS] [COUGHING] [COUGHING] MAN: WE'VE SECURED MADAM PRESIDENT.

WOMAN: OVER HERE, MADAM PRESIDENT.

YOU ARE SAFE WITH US NOW.

CAR IS JUST OVER HERE.

[COUGHING] [HEDVIG MOANS] ♪ [INDISTINCT CHATTER] THANK YOU.

FOR WHAT?

FOR BEING YOU.

♪ [DOOR OPENS] ♪ MAN ON TV: AS WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THE DAY'S BREAKING NEWS, WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT PRESIDENT HELEN TYLER HAS BEEN FOUND WELL AND SAFE IN STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN.

AS EXPECTED, WE'VE HEARD PRACTICALLY NOTHING ABOUT... [CONTINUES SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY] ...SHE WILL HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL.

SOURCES CAN CONFIRM THAT SHE IS, IN FACT, BACK AT THE U.S. EMBASSY AND HAS BEEN REUNITED WITH THE FIRST GENTLEMAN AND HER DAUGHTER, ZOE.

WE WILL, OF COURSE, MONITOR EVERY STEP MADE BY THE SECRET SERVICE, AND WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR MORE [CRASH] REGARDING THE UPCOMING PRESS CONFERENCE.

[RUNNING FOOTSTEPS] ♪ [KISS] [DISTANT BELL TOLLING] [HELEN WINCES] ROY: THAT'S A NASTY BRUISE.

I'M GONNA COVER IT RIGHT UP SO NO ONE WILL NOTICE.

HEH!

[TWO KNOCKS ON DOOR, DOOR OPENS] [FOOTSTEPS RETREAT] [DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES] YOU FEELING A BIT MORE RECOVERED?

MMM.

DO YOU REMEMBER THAT NIGHT WHEN I MET ELLA UNDER THE BRIDGE?

♪ DO YOU...

THINK MUNTASIR WAS BEHIND HER HIT AND RUN?

♪ I TOLD HIM THAT THE BIOLOGICAL MOTHER WANTED ZOE BACK AND THAT SWEDISH LAW PROBABLY WOULD SUPPORT HER CLAIM.

HE SAID HE WANTED TO...HELP US.

I THOUGHT HE WOULD OFFER HER MORE MONEY OR A HOUSE, BUT TO THINK THAT HE WOULD... DALE, VOICE-OVER: SHE'S CHANGED HER MIND, MUNTASIR.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO... [ECHOING] ♪ I SAW THE GRANDMOTHER.

WHERE?

OUT FRONT.

DID SHE SEE ZOE?

I THINK SO.

ZOE CAN NEVER KNOW THAT SHE'S NOT MINE.

IS THAT HOW YOU THINK OF HER?

YOURS, NOT OURS?

♪ TELL ROY TO COME BACK IN AGAIN.

[DOOR OPENS] [DISTANT POLICE SIRENS FADE IN AND OUT] MARY, TELL THEM TO GET THE JET READY.

I'M GOING TO STOCKHOLM.

♪ [CHUCKLES] ♪ [CHUCKLES] MMM.

[INHALES DEEPLY, SIGHS] ♪ [SCHOOL BELL RINGS] ♪ HMM.

♪ [FOOTSTEPS APPROACH] HMM.

HELEN: COMMANDER OF THE SERAPHIM ORDER.

NOW THAT'S A FEATHER IN THE CAP FOR THE U.S.

I--I'M DEEPLY HUMBLED.

WELL...

THEY'RE PRESENTING ME WITH THE ORDER, FOLLOWED BY A FORMAL DINNER TONIGHT WITH THE KING OF SWEDEN.

CONGRATULATIONS-- BUT YOU WILL ALREADY BE ON YOUR WAY TO YOUR NEXT ASSIGNMENT.

I'VE NAMED YOU DEPUTY AMBASSADOR TO ALBANIA, AND I HEAR THAT THE EMBASSY RESIDENCY IS, UH, WELL-APPOINTED.

[DOOR OPENS] THANK YOU.

[CELL PHONE RINGTONE PLAYING] [DOORBELL RINGS] ♪ DO YOU LIKE YOUR NEW PLACE?

[PLAYING CLASSICAL MUSIC] [CELL PHONE CHIMES] ♪ THIS WAY, MA'AM.

PHONES AND LAPTOPS... HI.

[CELL PHONE CHIMES] PHONES AND LAPTOPS IN THE TRAY.

YOU CAN PICK THEM UP WHEN YOU GO.

HERE YOU GO, MA'AM.

WHAT ARE YOU USING THIS FOR?

I'LL BE TAKING SOME PHOTOS.

IT'S A BIG DAY TODAY.

MAN: LEAVE THE PHONES AND LAPTOPS HERE.

THANK YOU.

[CELL PHONE CHIMES] ♪ ZOE: MOM!

SO... MARY: AH, ZOE, ZOE, YOUR MOM'S EXTREMELY BUSY.

SHE HAS A LOT TO CATCH UP ON.

SHE'LL BE HEADING DOWN TO THE RECEPTION IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES.

CAN IT WAIT TILL THEN?

RAJA: UH, PRESIDENT XI JINPING.

DO YOU LIKE YOUR NEW PLACE?

YES, I DO.

MUNTASIR: I WANT TO CALL IT OFF.

THE WHOLE THING.

WE HAD A DEAL.

THE DEAL IS OFF.

YOU CAN'T JUST BARGE IN HERE AND TELL ME WHAT I CAN OR CANNOT DO.

I SAVED YOU.

I GAVE YOU YOUR LIFE BACK, AND NOW I'M TELLING YOU TO STOP.

[SIGHS] I THINK THIS IS BEST FOR EVERYONE.

YES, I THINK SO, TOO.

I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME.

[MUNTASIR GROANS] ♪ [CELL PHONE CHIMES] [DISHES CLATTERING] [DOOR CLOSES] [CELL PHONE CHIMES] ♪ YOU SURE ABOUT THIS?

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

WHY?

SHE JUST CAME THROUGH HERE A FEW MINUTES AGO.

COME ON.

OK, GOT IT.

WE'VE GOT TO GET THE PRESIDENT TO THE SAFE ROOM, FAST.

MAN: ZOE--SHE'S NOT IN HER ROOM.

MARY: MADAM PRESIDENT, WE HAVE TO GET YOU TO THE SAFE ROOM.

THERE'S A THREAT IN THE BUILDING.

HELEN: WHERE'S ZOE?

♪ WHAT'S HAPPENING?

ZOE'S NOT IN HER ROOM.

SHE WOULDN'T HAVE GONE VERY FAR.

WE'LL FIND HER.

♪ [SCREAMS] [KEYBOARD KEYS TAPPING] ♪ THERE SHE IS.

15 MINUTES AGO.

MAX: COMMAND, JAM ALL OUTGOING SIGNALS.

♪ MAN ON RADIO: THE USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED.

PLEASE, LET ME TALK TO HER.

♪ [GASPING AND CRYING] ♪ [DISTANT WHIMPERING] [ZOE CRYING] JESSICA: I HAVE A MESSAGE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: YOUR PRESIDENT IS A MURDERER, AND I WILL MAKE HER SUFFER THE WAY SHE HAS MADE ME SUFFER.

[DOOR OPENS] ♪ OK.

CALM DOWN.

YOU'RE SAFE.

[JESSICA WHIMPERS] [CAR HORN HONKS] [TAPS ON DOOR] [KNOCK ON DOOR] CAN I COME IN?

YOU HAPPY NOW?

WHAT?

ALBANIA, DEPUTY AMBASSADOR?

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

I'VE REPORTED YOU TO THE SWEDISH POLICE FOR RAPE, COMMITTED IN NEW YORK 4 YEARS AGO.

I HAD TO SAY IT TO YOUR FACE.

YOU WILL NEVER RID YOURSELF OF ME.

JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOU'VE FORGOTTEN ME...

I'LL BE THERE.

GOOD-BYE, WARREN.

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