The Terminal List: Dark Wolf

You want to take his bird?

An example needs to be made.

I guess I don't need this after all.

Nah. Wait.

I need two shooters for a time-sensitive op.

You know my target.

Massoud Danawi.

Danawi came into our orbit via Artem Golubev.

Artem requested the meeting at this club.

We have somebody inside. They'll tell you

where to go and what to do.

You never said this was a joint operation.

I said I work against Iran.

Mossad being here ain't a big leap.

With my bearings, Iran has

adequate uranium to build a bomb in less than a year.

So here's the play.

We'll take Molnar and his bearings off the board.

Then my asset

will deliver the fake bearings in their place.

-Jackpot. Jackpot. -RPG!

Ben, wake up!

Mossad believes the Shepherd is using

Haverford for his own agenda.

Eliza knew you were being played, and she's dead.

That's not a fucking coincidence, is it?

If you want to know who played us,

he's here... the Shepherd.

I'd rather come home in a fucking box than do what you're doing right now.

And you will.

Payment.

If the bearings are authentic, you'll get your fee.

My team needed a Shepherd to blame.

And assured that the exchange would still happen.

Son of a bitch.

History has been made today, gentlemen.

-Fucker. -What do you want to do?

Even a pawn can take down a king.

"Director Brennan, these men are responsible

for turning over illegal

nuclear technology to our enemy... Iran."

We're his fucking puppets, now we're his fucking patsies.

What are you thinking, Chief?

We're still in the game.

It's compelling testimony, Mr. Hastings.

But the fact remains, there is no hard evidence to substantiate any of it.

This man coordinated the operation with a high-level Iranian official.

There are photos of the meeting.

Look, we already went over all this.

It was my asset's brother.

I just wanted to make sure that Vahid wasn't doing anything

-that would compromise us. -You were the only one with access

to the real bearings, Jed.

Those bearings.

Where are they?

If Chief Edwards is innocent, why disappear with nuclear technology?

Why not turn himself in?

Exactly.

Jed, please.

Come on, Fred. You're gonna kick me out on my last day for smoking?

Come on.

Mr. Hastings, our investigation is still pending.

We may have additional questions, but appreciate your cooperation.

As for your friend Ben Edwards, charges hold.

If he surrenders with the bearings,

we can try and make some sense of this mess.

You know, you're looking for the wrong person.

Because your man is right fucking there.

"Reecer",

I never thought I'd be leaving this way.

But as I sit here writing this,

now it kind of seems like there was an inevitability to it,

to all of it.

The war, what it did to us.

While I wish I had the answers,

sometimes there are none,

or not ones that matter.

Sometimes all you can do is play your part,

and try and make a difference.

I tried.

Still, I wouldn't change it, Reecer.

You and the boys were...

are... family.

At least we have that, right?

Regardless of what the bureaucrats want to do.

The bait and switches,

the manipulation.

The list goes on, doesn't it?

The thing I keep chewing on...

is why they feel they need to stick their noses in it.

Why meddle with us?

"You created us."

Sir.

"War is a part of the human condition."

And you can only understand it if you've lived it.

Plain and fucking simple.

But the elected officials, the lobbyists,

the senior military leaders,

those intel officers who took my bird,

they run the wars,

without understanding why we even fight them.

It's like a lion...

...who grew up in the zoo...

...still thinking he's the king of the fucking jungle.

That's the brass,

the bureaucrats,

trapped by their own intellectual inertia...

...not even realizing it.

You see, those same bureaucrats will reap promotions

and get rich on the blood of our brothers...

...despite their failures.

We lose a rifle and get punished.

They lose a war and get promoted.

Ain't that how the saying goes?

I think ultimately,

I just got tired of it, Reecer.

Someone has to hold them accountable.

So, I took action...

...and now I'm headed home.

'Only the dead have seen the end of war.'

That philosopher couldn't be more right.

War ain't going away.

Nor are the leaders who don't understand it...

...who abuse it.

This brotherhood is bonded over blood, Reecer.

Not paperwork or policy.

That's why I'm glad you're still in, Reecer.

You're a true lion.

"A lion who can look after our boys."

Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me, excuse me.

"Long live the Brotherhood.

-Ben." -Coming through.

L.T., let's go. Another round.

Nah.

Hey,

you got to hear me on this.

Ben is good.

A fucking frogman through and through.

I love you, bro.

I'll see you back at the hotel.

Here's to decompressing!

Thank you.

Hey! Here's to going home, boys!

Somebody slept in.

Come on, hon.

It's Adventure Friday.

Look who's up.

-We're switching sunnies. -No.

Yes.

Oh.

Benjamin, ow.

This was a bad idea.

Yeah?

Reecer.

Ben,

where the fuck are you?

I read your letter.

Hell, about a dozen times.

Oh, yeah?

Different day, same problems.

I also spoke to our Rhodesian friend.

He's working proper channels right now to get a couple of names cleared.

I'm working other channels now, brother.

Listen, whatever you're doing,

wherever you are right now,

you do not have to carry this weight alone.

When this ends,

and it will,

and you want the truth, don't go through Hastings.

Go through Mo Farooq.

He's got the whole fucking story.

I called to say thank you.

You always believed in me, brother,

when no one else would.

And I won't forget that.

Ben? Ben?

Are you ready for the next step?

How much time you need once it kicks off?

They'll be tracking the attack.

I need 15 minutes to get through Haverford's VPN masking.

Tal, 15's a long time.

-I'll give you ten. -Fifteen.

Copy.

Mo and Landry are hitting me up every day.

They're worried about you.

Yeah?

Keep 'em away.

If it doesn't work, you're gonna fucking need 'em.

It better work.

I'll give Haverford and Cyrus reason to keep talking.

Just make sure you get what you need.

You sure you're ready?

Once you unplug your VPN device, they'll move quickly.

You worry about your end.

I'm ready.

I'm tapped into the portal. Everything is set.

So it'll be clear, I'm on grid.

Like a fucking comet.

Good. Here we go.

Come on, you motherfuckers.