Berlin Station

Previously on "Berlin Station"...

Are you familiar with Aleksandre losava?

Potential overlap with the Boston bombers,

supposedly reformed.

Been so busy watching him,

haven't paid any attention to her.

So, she's sending men out, not bringing them in.

Not men. ISIL brides.

You're different than I was expecting.

What were you expecting?

Your mother

was sleeping with a Stasi spy.

He was developing her.

You think you're clever?

You're working me?

- You still don't trust me. - No. I don't.

- What the fuck was that? - We had a plan.

Well, I think it succeeded.

The Agency's fucked.

Everyone's more concerned with self-preservation

than they are with gathering real intelligence.

Your behavior is reckless and self-serving,

and I swear to God, if this shit continues, Steven, I'll...

You will what?

Your support would be a huge gain for Tel Aviv.

Name your price. Money's no object.

- You're an asshole. - Hey, come on.

I still love you.

Hector loves me.

You love him?

Of course I do.

Shit.

That money that you gave to losava

is being used to smuggle young girls into Syria,

where they will be raped and beaten

and raped again for the rest of their lives.

You no longer have the luxury of options.

You will stay and play

and you will force losava's hand.

You listen to me. This will never happen again.

Do you hear me? Never.

You can keep that one.

Can I get all the other files back, please?

Are we all here?

All right. We believe that Aleksandre

and Ruth losava are running an underground route

from Germany into Syria

for young girls to marry ISIL fighters.

He's funding it through his refugee foundation,

and she's recruiting the girls.

Now you want Cologne to approve a large-scale operation

because he's sending underage girls

to be married in the desert?

We can't always be chasing ticking bombs.

One day, those girls will return

to their families in Germany.

They are ticking bombs.

Cologne might hear that argument.

You can give Cologne that file there,

show them the intercepts that link losava

directly to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head of Daesh.

Then, of course, Cologne will ask if you should

expect Thomas Shaw to expose the operation.

Well, uh, that's why we're meeting here

in your shielded room, and that's why

I have personally chosen the participants.

Our primary objective is to discover

losava's underground route into Syria.

We know Berlin to Istanbul.

Once they've admitted to shipping people,

you can make the arrests, and we'll ask them ourselves.

To that end, our agent, Bora Osman,

has established contact,

and he's asked losava

to send one of his relatives to Syria.

Bora.

losava agreed to this?

Without saying the words aloud, yes.

losava wants to take possession of one of our officers

at Boulevard Berlin's food court.

He thinks it's safe.

Noise, crowds, distractions...

He thinks he can get away if necessary.

However, half of the crowd will be ours.

How many people do we need?

We're looking at 100.

And how many are you supplying?

20, and our agent.

- Clare Itani. - Yes.

She will be acting as the ISIL bride to be.

50/50.

Hans didn't give us backup last time.

Now we're asking for a lot more with a smaller window.

He won't fight for it.

You look worried.

I'm not worried about you.

I'm worried about the losavas

once you get your hands on their sorry asses.

We've never met her before. Is she convincing?

Utterly.

You want her to bring weapons?

Yes. Sidearms.

We will be armed.

I'm not sure Cologne will approve them for you.

Now, as far as division of labor,

Hans and Steven will be in the security room at the mall.

Johnson is technical point.

And we've asked Esther to run the German team

and Daniel to run the U.S. team.

We'll be in the food court, but we'll keep bodies

around the perimeter in case we need to move.

I suggest you do the same.

Yeah. Genius.

I'll be on the floor with them, and Robert will have

his team at the north entrance next to the parking garage.

We could cover the main and west entrances.

Question... This is 36 hours away,

which barely gives us time to set it up.

Is that a question?

Sorry, it is not.

Well, we have no choice but to follow losava's, uh, schedule.

I mean, it's tricky, but, uh, it's not impossible.

And if it fails... Someone is hurt

or anything goes wrong,

is there a cover story ready?

Rival Islamic factions.

We'll take this up with Cologne,

and I'll have an answer by morning.

Did you look into the information I gave you?

No.

But I did look up Viktor Krug.

Stasi colonel.

I bet he was a wonderful father.

He was responsible for the assassination

of at least five exiles in London and Bonn.

At home, he raided houses

because people read the wrong books.

I'll bet he kept that secret.

When you have a home, you do anything to protect it.

But you must have a home first, Daniel.

Now, that went well.

Well, I still have to hash it out with Cologne,

so let's not pat ourselves on the back till tomorrow.

I think Esther's right. It's not enough time.

We should be waiting for later shipment.

This may be the only shipment we ever know about.

That's not a reason.

If it wasn't Clare?

I'd have exactly the same reservations.

Oh, Christ, Valerie, we always have reservations.

That's what we do.

Good.

Yeah.

We knew there would be repercussions.

You can't punish these people. It doesn't work.

But that's what you know, isn't it?

Punishment and reward?

No.

You and me, too.

We met at the end of your fist.

Tell me that this is all heading somewhere,

and I'll stay with you.

It's all heading somewhere.

Mm.

How's Hans?

Sends his love.

You're up late.

So, did you call the director's office?

- Mm-hmm. - Mm?

It's between me and another person.

- Who? - I don't know.

My inside man thinks telling half a secret

makes him coy or something.

But he did say that if I can pull this off, the desk is mine.

And will you pull it off?

Of course.

I'll get you a glass, then.

This Houjin Lin operation was an eye opener, Robert.

It corroborated some intelligence we picked up

in Beijing.

What kind of intelligence was that?

You made some important people in Tel Aviv very happy.

They want to set you up with a retirement account.

I told you I don't want that.

Then stop making them nervous.

Tell me what you want.

What I need from you is the same kind of help

you're getting from me.

I don't want to fester and die

in one deputy slot after another.

I need some serious fucking intelligence, Golda.

Better yet, a recruitment.

You want us to run a dangle into you?

Fake your way to the top?

How do you think most of my bosses got their jobs?

I need to start flying at Steven's altitude.

And if this operation against losava goes forward,

that would get you moving, wouldn't it?

Steven Frost rises to Deputy Director

and gives you the station you want.