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with you.

Great. Great.

Yeah.

We'll celebrate

the sale of the boat.

I'll fire up the Barbie.

What do you want? Steak?

Um, actually I don't eat meat.

What else do we have?

Salmon? Do you like salmon?

I do, yes. Thank you.

Ellen?

-I'll have salmon, too.

And if you're doing a steak,

do one for Shane.

Surf and turf it is.

Pearly whites.

A lot of money in braces.

Hey, mom.

Oh, hey honey. This is Mr. shah.

He's buying our boat.

Yeah, yeah.

We met earlier.

Hey, what time's dinner?

It'll be ready in about

a half hour.

Cool. I'm just gonna go out

for a bit, so...

Ok.

That's Shane.

He doesn't seem very happy,

does he?

Oh, I don't know.

I think-

he has a face my teenaged

daughter would sometimes make.

Right, well...

Teenagers, right?

I mean, his grandfather

just died,

so that's probably part of it.

Oh, of course. I'm sorry.

No, it's...

Do you mind if I use

the loo to wash my hands?

Oh, god, yeah sure, but the

one down here doesn't work,

of course. You'll have to go

upstairs.

It's just down the hall.

Thank you.

What's this?

David gave it to me.

Did you know Shane was visiting

dad twice a week?

No.

He didn't say anything.

I'll see you in Valhalla,

gramps!

Where's Shane?

I don't know.

He said he wanted to go out

for a little bit.

I'm gonna put a tracking device

on that kid.

Can't you track him

with GPS?

I hear a lot of American parents

are doing this.

Yeah, I was actually joking.

But yeah, I do know

some parents

have this new tracking app.

Paranoid parents,

which we're not.

Don't give him any ideas,

please.

So where... where exactly

are you from, imir?

Karachi.

Mmm. The city of lights.

How long have you been

in the states?

I just arrived.

I'm starting a new contract.

Oh yeah? What do you do?

Systems integration.

I'm a programmer.

Listen, I uh, I don't wanna

change the subject,

but maybe we could discuss how

you plan to pay for the boat.

I- I can... arrange a bank

transfer tomorrow

if that's alright.

I don't see why not.

Yeah. Perfect.

Hey, bud. Glad you could

make it.

Sorry, dad.

Hey, actually is it ok if I just

eat in my room?

No, that's rude. Sit down.

Neil.

Growing boys eat like

their limbs are empty, hmm?

What's the American term

for it? Chow down?

Yeah.

It's a... military expression.

Hmm.

For eating.

It's work.

Excuse me.

Yeah?

Bad timing?

My steak's getting cold.

What do you want?

Play nice.

I'm doing you a favour, here.

Security briefing at 07:00

tomorrow, ok?

Attendance is mandatory.

Security?

Why? What's up?

It's the leak.

Head office is flipping the f***

out over the gun sight videos.

Some Geneva convention bullshit

about non-military

combat missions.

How does that affect

the program?

Because if the press finds out

we're contractors

they're gonna shut us down.

It wouldn't be the worst thing

in the world.

Just... I'll see you tomorrow,

ok?

Yeah.

Sorry about that.

Was that Gary?

Yeah.

What'd he want?

One of the servers is down

so I'm in early tomorrow.

What a shock.

Honestly, if we made time

and a half for all the hours

he works overtime

we'd be rich.

It's 9-5 one day, it's graveyard

shift the next.

It's completely crazy.

Can I be excused now?

You may.

How about I get us some dessert?

Some cheesecake, huh?

I've never had American

cheesecake.

I hear it doesn't even taste

like cheese.

Hey, Shane.

Go help your mom

with the dishes.

Are we saving this for anything?

We're gonna toast the sale

of the boat.

Perhaps we should include

your grandfather in the toast.

Yeah, I like that idea.

You have a big heart, imir.

If it wasn't for dad,

we wouldn't be standing here,

would we?

I suppose not.

Pop grove. 2012.

That was a good year.

First and last time I won

my fantasy six football pool.

In 2012 I had been working

abroad for two years.

I hadn't seen my family

in all that time.

That's tough.

It was.

We would video chat

but it wasn't the same.

I missed this. Family meals.

Nine hacks of classified files,

four attacks on NSA firewalls.

We should have picked him up

at the Seattle airport.

It's not my call.

Rover, this is canary.

We have a match

in your vicinity.

Hey, stop here.

The house belongs to

a private contractor.

He works for us.

Are you kidding me?

A toast to new friends.

To fair weather sailing

on the water and off.

Fair weather sailing?

Hey, don't interrupt.

I'm just getting started.

He is not famous for his toasts.

-Yeah, no kidding.

Watch out.

To everyone's health.

Including financially.

And lastly, to my father.

For as long as I can remember

he loved the sea.

And he loved that boat.

Imir, we're passing on a piece

of wiston family history to you,

and I know we've only just met

but I think my dad

would approve.

Because you're a good man.

Thank you. I am honoured.

Cheers.

Cheers.

Cheers, everyone.

Cheers.

Why don't you give me

your plate.

So imir, it must be so hard

to be away from home, huh?

When do you get to see

your family again?

Soon.

The last time I shared

a family meal,

my daughter was about your age.

Nazarene.

She was having some trouble

in school.

See, before we moved to Karachi

she had never been

in a co-ed school.

She had never been

around boys her own age.

And the other girls knew this,

and they would tease

her and shame her.

-My god.

I tried to talk to her

but nothing I said made

any difference.

I felt like I was helpless.

Like I had failed as a father.

I think- I think all parents

feel that from time to time.

Yeah. Perhaps.

A few days later they went

to miranshah

to visit with some relatives.

I couldn't go, I had to stay

in the city for work.

Miranshah is in waziristan,

right?

On the Afghan border

where the Taliban are?

Among other things.

But yes, the Pakistani Taliban.

Hmm.

So there's two different types

of Taliban?

It's complicated.

It is complicated, isn't it?

Yeah. Yeah, it is.

We want the world to be

black and white.

Good guys, bad guys.

So often in the real world

that's not the case.

You see, uh, waziristan

is a tribal area.

Very conservative,

very religious.

They treat their women

like cattle.

I'm sorry, have you been there?

Can't say that I have, no.

But I was in New York

a week after 9/11.

Seemed pretty

black and white to me.

Dad, can I have another

glass of wine please?

Sure.

-I don't think it's a good idea.

No, it's a celebration, Ellen.

Come on.

My wife is very well-respected

in my family and my community

and we built a very happy

life together.

Yeah, of course.

Of course.

What's her name?

Fatima.

It's beautiful.

She was.

There's no beauty in death.

I'm so sorry.

Wherever she is,

she's with nazarene.

They died together.

Oh my god.

What happened?

It's uh- I don't think

we should-

no, it's alright.

Um, they were struck

by a missile.

That's... awful.

It was awful.

So, I mean... who fired-

who fired the missile?

A drone aircraft

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