Deadly Impact Page #3

up to it tonight, would you, please?

Sure. It's late.

Why don't you come in tomorrow

and give Agent Ordonez

a detailed report about the alley?

- Yeah. Will do.

- Okay.

Hey, brother.

I thought we closed Panama.

The case is closed when it's finished.

That's what I taught you.

That's for start-up expenses.

This is gonna generate

a good deal of attention,

so do a Casper once it's over.

- What's the matter?

- I'm concerned about Tom Armstrong.

Why are you bringing him back

into the picture?

Oh, Tom found his way back

to Albuquerque uninvited.

Stop playing games with him.

Kill Armstrong.

- The way he dies has to be fitting.

- I'm not here for that, David.

You wanna f*** with Armstrong for sport,

I have to refuse the job.

You're not in a position to refuse.

Never forget who you're dealing with.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Step through, please. Arms up.

Here to see Agent Ordonez.

Armstrong, right? Here you go.

Thank you, sir.

Come on in.

Welcome to my home away from home.

Looks like he's been traveling the world,

enjoying himself, doesn't it?

Looks that way.

I remember that case,

but I don't think that was The Lion.

We were actually able to

rule out his presence in India, so...

We ruled it back in.

It's been a while since you've been updated.

Why don't we have a seat, get started?

Yeah.

Okay, so in the initial report you said

you saw the bodyguard enter the alley

and you followed him,

then you found him dead

with his throat slit.

Was there anything else?

I approached the van, I was fired on,

there was a skirmish,

and he fled out of the back of a van

on a motorcycle.

- And did you fire on him?

- I missed.

- Whoa.

- Sorry, Mr. Hollis.

- Careful.

- Yes, sir.

- What's your name?

- Carl, sir.

How long have you been here?

Oh, I've been here two weeks

because Mel's on vacation.

Yeah, all right.

Well, somebody could get hurt here.

Watch what you're doing.

Yes, sir. I'm sorry.

It's just soap and water.

- Just get it cleaned up.

- Yes, sir.

Jesus, Carl, what is that smell?

Oh, God damn it.

Panama mean anything to you?

Just that he mentioned it

in a taped phone message.

We looked into it,

but it didn't connect with anything. Why?

He mentioned it to me eight years ago.

He said it was the reason he targeted me.

I think it might have something to do

with his trip here eight years ago.

- I think he's leading you on.

- What do you mean?

Well, I think the entire Carom Club event

might've been intentional.

You're not investigating him.

He's leading you into some kind of a maze.

You'll only find out

what he wants you to find out.

You'll only be as close

as he wants you to get.

Your cleaning solvent ruined

my floor and made my guests sick.

Now, Carl, you were supposed to go home.

You don't work here anymore.

- Now, go home and don't come back.

- Sir, let me make it up to you.

- My brother, Oliver...

- Carl...

He's got his own company.

He's a good tile man. I broke it, I own it.

- Please, Mr. Hollis...

- Carl...

- He'll do it for free, please.

- All right, Carl.

You got one last shot.

Your brother can do it, fine.

Thank you, sir. He's my half-brother.

- My mom says he's the better half.

- Whatever.

Carl, go home and get some help.

I don't wanna hear it anymore.

Yes, sir. Thank you, sir.

Senator Cordero has asked

to sit in with us tonight.

I believe most of you know him

from his time at DEA.

Yeah, thank you.

We need to be as proactive

as we possibly can

with a threat of this magnitude,

so I'm here to listen to what you need.

We got a letter from The Lion today.

"To the FBI.

"I have the city of Albuquerque

in my crosshairs.

"You can no longer protect the citizens

you are paid to protect.

"I demand $100 million

to be wired to an account,

"and you have until Saturday

to make the arrangements.

"The account number information

will be provided at the appropriate time. "

We only have a few days to figure this out.

How does The Lion plan

to take control of the city,

and how are we gonna stop him

before he can do it?

There's gotta be something more than that.

Why do you say that?

'Cause with him,

it's never just about money.

Okay. Well, let's be honest.

I mean, The Lion's wanted

all over the world.

What's he doing back in Albuquerque?

That's where we should start.

I agree with three of the assassinations,

but two of the others

just don't fully match up with his MO.

Here. I made an outline for you

if you wanna pass those around.

Uh, the FARC assassination,

I think you're correct on.

Belize, El Salvador.

In all three of those examples,

there was two goals achieved.

Belize, El Salvador,

was removal of a high-ranking official

that allowed for a corrupt replacement.

Also brought down

a fairly significant roadblock

for smugglers coming into

and out of the region.

FARC assassination, as you know, that,

that shut down resistance,

allowed the drug lords

to continue to dominate the area.

But the other two,

Mexico and Peru,

in my opinion, that just doesn't match up.

In both of those examples

the subject was hit,

and there was very little

as far as ramification

to the regional political situation,

nor did it significantly impact

the drug trade.

His biggest targets

have always been heavily influenced

by Central and South America. I...

I think Ryan's spot-on.

I think The Lion's in Albuquerque

for a very specific reason.

Lmpressive work, Tom.

I want you and Ordonez

to team up on this one.

Are there any questions? No?

Okay, that's it for now.

Listen, Tommy. Tommy! Tommy.

Hey, man.

- Oh, it's good to see you again, man.

- Yeah, it's good to see you, too.

So, listen, come by for dinner

sometime this week?

- Yeah. Yeah, I'd like that.

- Really? Great. Um, how about Thursday?

- Sounds good.

- Great. Great.

- How's Amy?

- She's great.

She finished grad school at UNM,

you know.

Got a good job at a hotel.

Her boyfriend's

not a total loser, so...

- Congratulations, man.

- Thank you.

Tom? Can I see you

in my office for a minute?

Yeah, sure. Excuse me.

Good seeing you again.

Hey, what's up?

Happy birthday.

You didn't have to do that.

- How'd you know?

- I'm in the FBI.

Make a wish.

You know, it's been a while

since I've celebrated a birthday.

That's...

That's a part of my life I really miss.

Thank you.

I have something else for you, Tom.

We had your APD files transferred

when we re-opened the case,

and this was in one of the boxes.

It was at your wife's feet eight years ago.

We thought it was more C-4.

I thought you might wanna have it.

- How long is this gonna take?

- Well, I don't know.

You want it fast or you want it good?

- I'm doing it for free, so you pick.

- Just get it done.

- Hello.

- Isabel, it's me. Wake up.

I just thought of something.

I think you may be looking

at the office tenants the wrong way.

Everyone checked out. It's a dead end, Tom.

He's good at stealing identities.

The names may check out,

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