The Night Agent

The hell is this?

There's a secure online database where the intelligence we need is stored.

It's encrypted to the point where I can't even access it

unless I have this book.

- So it's a cipher. - Yeah.

The crypto wallet that the lfs was using,

there's been several new deposits that have been made this week.

They're planning something else.

Corepoint dynamics. Does that sound familiar?

The company wasn't linked to the crypto wallet,

so I thought it was completely unrelated.

This is definitely the company that paid for the white house attacker.

I've been hunting zapata for a long time. I'll take him off the board.

All you need to do is point me in the right direction.

He's hiding in one of three potential locations.

It's all right there.

The crypto transaction Jay flagged was payment to a shipping company,

albertelli maritime.

Peter, you coming?

Thank you.

- Dad? - We're good, right?

You have Brian mott's personal cell phone in your possession?

I'm putting you on disciplinary leave pending a further investigation.

I know there was top-secret intel on his phone.

But that phone is in evidence now.

You've been acting strange all day. I know when something's bothering you.

It's Jacob Monroe.

I didn't assess you as someone that I could make a deal with.

What changed?

Orders.

Adam, I need you to come get me.

Actually, you better come to me.

So we'll just see what happens on super Tuesday.

So you still like your chances?

We do, actually.

We'd like them better if we had your continued financial support.

I'm sorry, Richard, but at the moment, I'm in a wait-and-see kind of mood.

I thought berke was a lock.

Just keep hitting them with that gorgeous smile.

Brennan.

Jacob.

I'm glad you made it.

You put on a lovely event here, Jenny.

Although the attendance seems thin.

By design.

We wanted to do something

for our supporters who've been with us from the start.

I suppose it's hard to back a horse when the odds aren't in its favor.

- Odds can change. - Don't I know it.

It's what I love about politics and horse racing.

Then why don't you double your bet while the odds are in your favor?

Double? I don't know, Jenny.

Whatever you're feeling.

I was thinking six million to start?

To the super pac?

Jacob, thank you. Wow, that's incredibly generous.

I think with some creative accounting, we can get it straight to the campaign.

I mean, that'd be more useful for you both, no?

It's a gorgeous night. Why don't we step outside?

Well, after you.

Yes, sorry. Creative accounting, that sounds a lot like fraud.

Well, it doesn't have to be,

with the right banker at the right bank.

Who do you think we are?

A very ambitious couple that I think would be great for this country.

It would require your participation, of course.

Meaning?

A legitimate pass-through.

A non-profit… like yours.

My charity?

What? Why?

We're in this together, aren't we?

Mutually assured destruction.

If you choose to view it that way.

You shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Yeah, tell that to the trojans.

Even a whisper of this would sink our campaign.

What campaign, Jenny?

You've lost the early primaries, no key endorsements.

Enthusiasm is waning,

and they haven't even seen the internal polls I have.

Hello, glue factory.

Just so I understand…

What exactly are you proposing?

A partnership.

- No. - Yeah.

What happened?

He shot himself in the head.

Yeah, I see that. What… what the fuck, man?

I… I should've caught it. I should've caught it.

I was hoping he'd come through like he did with hut son.

What are you talking about?

After you went Mia, he started cooperating.

He was able to leverage hut son to give us real intel on zapata.

Potential hideouts,

the name of the company he uses for his global arms trade.

Albertelli maritime shipping.

- You ever heard of that? - No.

Operates up and down the eastern seaboard.

I was gonna run it down after I brought him in, but then…

Then what, he offered you a deal?

You know, I searched for you for two full hours. That's all I found.

And then he tells me he knows who took you.

All I had to do in exchange was to bring him here, get some documents.

He goes in there,

works through his papers, pulls out a gun…

And I was too slow.

Did he say anything? Before he…

No, nothing.

But after the way he and Isabel left things, I think maybe…

Maybe he finally came to terms with everything he'd done.

Yeah.

Isabel?

She's at your place.

I haven't told her.

I was gonna call it in, but then I heard from you.

I figured you decide the next steps.

Yeah, call it in.

I'll let her know.

This is not on Isabel. You let her know.

I will.

I figure you got the bastard who's been after us.

He took himself out of play.

Voluntarily?

Call it in, Adam.

I'll explain it later.

Damn it.

Peter?

It's Chelsea.

Hello?

Peter's not here.

Do you know where he is?

Who are you?

My name's Chelsea arrington. I'm a friend of his.

I've been trying to call him, but he isn't answering.

Please, I really need his help.

Help with what?

It's complicated. I just… I need to talk to him.

He's not here.

When will he be back?

I don't know.

Okay.

Look, if you see him, please tell him to call Chelsea back asap.

Tell him it's about core point.

What about core point?

We have drones surveilling all three of zapata's possible hideouts.

Still no visual confirmation.

Mr. President, if you don't mind me asking,

how reliable was this intelligence?

- Very. - Then this is an easy conversation.

We bomb all three.

The potential for escalation if we hit three separate compounds

is extraordinarily high.

Massive collateral damage, women, children.

I'm more concerned with American women and children.

This guy is planning an imminent attack on domestic soil.

Agreed. We need to strike now.

The body count we have on him likely doesn't even scratch the surface.

If we lose him... then don't lose him.

General,

do you believe that you have everything you need

to carry out a successful operation?

I do, sir.

And do you think you'd be able to do so on a dime?

Yes, sir.

Monitor all three locations. Wait for confirmation.

I want you poised to strike the second I order it.

Mr. President... we're not bombing blind.

We will not build peace from the bricks of collateral damage,

especially women and children.

Not in my presidency.

Thank you, everyone.

I think you should have listened to kimbal and gardner.

It's not a time to waver. This is a legacy moment.

A legacy moment?

Well, we've had a few of those today.

I got a call earlier.

Monroe is no longer an issue.

Richard…

How often did they meet?

We're still off the record, right?

You don't have to keep on checking.

At least a dozen times.

I think the first lady was leaking intelligence via mott to an outside party.

Corepoint dynamics, owned by Jacob Monroe.

God, I swear I know that name.

Look familiar?

Yeah, actually.

He visited pot us, before the election.

On the campaign trail. He was a donor or something.

They seemed friendly.

So why would he hire someone to attack the first lady?

Peter said this guy is an intelligence broker?

I mean, maybe he turned the first lady, or the president.

He said the online drive contained evidence of his entire operation.

Proof of every intelligence agent and politician on his payroll.

Insurance, in case he got caught.

So if he and the first family had any kind of dirty relationship,

the evidence is in there.

But it's encrypted by a book of fairy tales.