Spy Game Page #4

I gotta make a phone call.

- They follow you.

Friedrich, it's all

taken care of, okay?

If they ask, tell 'em

I got sick.

[ Klaxon Sounding ]

Why don't we go outside?

I'm sure we won't be missed.

I wish I could.

I have to stay

near the phone.

Working on

a Saturday night?

- [ Engine Roaring ]

- [ Tires Screeching ]

Are you bringing

someone across?

- [ Whispers In German ]

- Bitte.

- Yes?

- Vodka did me in.

I'm comin' home.

- Throw out the bottle.

- Repeat that?

Throw out the bottle.

They know.

They don't know.

They don't f***in' know.

They'll be waiting.

Drop as close to checkpoint

as possible.

- Negative, we're comin' across.

- No. That's an order.

- Let him go.

- [ Whispering ] They will kill him.

[ Retching ]

[ Groaning ]

[ Gasps, Pants ]

Change of plans,

Friedrich.

No.

You will drive me across,

just as you said.

If I do that,

they'll kill us both.

This way, we still

have a chance.

You're a liar.

This way, you still

have a chance.

I can't help you.

- Just get out of the car.

- I will not get out.

- Get out of the car! Get out!

- I will not get out!

I will not!

No! No! No!

No!

Get out.

Get out!

Please.

My wife. My children.

I can't help you!

[ Starts Engine ]

[ Sobbing ]

[ Chattering In German ]

[ German ]

[ German ]

Nathan, what happened?

What went wrong?

- Nothing.

- Nothing?

Actually, one thing.

Don't ever question me again.

Ever.

What?

I gave you an order,

you take it.

You don't ask why.

Those ten seconds on the phone

could have blown the op.

The op was bringing

Schmidt across!

The op was

setting up Ann Cathcart.

And your end

had to look legit.

What are you telling me?

Schmidt was bait?

- Yes.

- Nathan, they executed him

on a shitty cellar floor!

It could have been you.

Let me tell you something

about Schmidt.

He went to the Russians

a week ago, and said he had

a contact, an American.

- Somebody he could use.

- Don't tell me that.

You didn't look in his eyes.

Don't tell me that!

He was your asset.

Somebody you used

for information.

Aw, Jesus Christ! You don't

just trade these people

like they're baseball cards.

It's not a f***in' game!

Oh, yes, it is.

That's exactly

what it is.

And it's no kid's game, either.

This is a whole other game.

And it's serious and

it's dangerous-- and it's

not one you want to lose.

Nathan,

we killed this man.

We used him,

and we killed him.

Okay, then you gotta help me

understand this one.

You--

Nathan, what are

we doin' here?

Don't give me

some bullshit about

the greater good.

That's exactly

what it's about.

Because what we do

is unfortunately

very, very necessary.

And ifyou're not

willing to sacrifice

scum like Schmidt...

for those that want

nothing more than

their freedom,

then you better take

a hard look at your

profession, my friend.

Because it doesn't get any easier.

Why did you use me?

Do you want to walk?

Walk.

You should have told me

about the op.

You used me.

I did. And listen to this,

because this is important.

Ifyou had pulled

some stunt over there,

I wouldn't come after you.

You go off the reservation,

I will not come after you.

F*** your rules, Nathan.

Okay. But tonight,

they saved your life.

Can we have

the relevant files

on Ann Cathcart?

Ann Cathcart's body

was found...

in the lobby of

a cheap hotel in East Germany,

just two months after

she defected.

Yeah. Beaten to death.

- Vopos never solved the case.

- And Bishop was in Berlin

when this happened.

We were both in Berlin--

Do you recall

Bishop's reaction...

to the news that

Ann Cathcart was dead?

Motive and opportunity.

Nathan, you should leave here

knowing that we're looking

into every possible scenario.

What's "Sideshow"?

You don't need to know.

Why are you trying

to burn Bishop?

Troy?

Hold transcription,

hold video.

Sideshow was a bugging op.

Listening to government offices

in eastern China.

- The trade talks?

- Mm.

And you're afraid

the lid to the cookie jar

is gonna slam shut on our hand?

Oh, come on, guys!

Chinese need trade status

more than we need to give it.

That's not necessarily so.

Twenty-four hours after capture,

Bishop's allowed to start talking.

That gives you, what?

Ten, twelve hours to make a trade.

Come on.

You're on the clock.

He doesn't know anything.

Bishop wasn't on Sideshow.

He wasn't working for us.

He was arrested during

a rescue attempt...

at a prison

outside Su Chou.

- Who was he after?

- Don't know.

[ Woman Screaming ]

Let go of me!

[ No Audible Dialogue ]

[Male Announcer]

For more on this

late-breakking story,

we go live to Hong Kong.

[ Announcer #2 ]

It has been confirmed

that the Chinese claim...

to have arrested an American

operative for the C.I.A.

While the State Department

remains quiet, official sources

say that the individual,

working out of American

consulate in Hong Kong,

was captured

in an act of espionage.

Ifconfirmed, this comes

at a bad time for an administration...

which is in the middle

oftrade negotiations with China.

The U.S. government is in the process

ofnegotiating his release.

The embassy promised

to keep us abreast...

We are so f***ed.

ofthe situation as it develops.

- This is Frankk Nall, live in Hong Kong.

- Guess that limits our options.

I want to know what

you have to say about this,

and I want it

on the record.

When I was a kid,

I used to spend summers

on my uncle's farm.

And he had this plow horse

that he used to work with

every day.

He really loved

that plow horse.

One summer

she came up lame,

and could barely stand.

The vet offered

to put her down.

You know what

my uncle said?

No, Muir.

What did he say?

He said, "Why would I ask

somebody else to kill a horse

that belonged to me??"

Get me Peter Brody

at the FCC.

I don't care.

Just get him.

Looks like Bishop's

gonna be okay.

Good.

- What about the flag?

- Keep it.

Something to

remember me by.

You know where to store

this stuff, right?

Yeah.

What do I do with

the storage key?

If I need it, I'll send for it.

I'll send you a postcard.

- From where?

- Not a chance.

You'd show up and try

to clean the place, and scare

the native girls away.

[ Chuckles ]

I wish. I'll be working for

Andy Unger down the hall.

[ Sighs, Groans ]

You're gonna miss it.

You know that, don't you?

[ Sighs ]

[ Chattering ]

Thankyou. Thankyou.

Mm-hmm. Have a nice day.

Thankyou. Thankyou.

Thankyou.

Mm-hmm.

Thankyou.

[ TV Announcer]

Formore on this story,

we go live to Hong Kong.

And, in a late-breaking

development of the incident

reported earlier,

rumors that Tom Bishop,

an alleged C.I.A. operative,

had been captured

in an act ofespionage,

now appears to be a hoax.

Tom Bishop died

While the C.I.A. has

made no official comment,

sources close to the agency

have confirmed Bishop's death

late last year.

The discredited story

has been attributed...

to an overzealous member

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