The Brave

Previously on "The Brave"...

You're not in the field anymore. You're an analyst,

so you can ditch the go-bags and embrace the coffee machines.

I can't believe she's actually here.

Her only son died in combat 10 days ago.

I need your team wheels up within the hour.

There'll be no support on this one, no cavalry.

We are the cavalry.

You're the only C.O. I've ever had who looks at me,

and doesn't see a woman first.

The guy we lost, the guy you replaced, was her best friend.

I'm not saying I'm gonna enjoy killing these guys,

but you kidnapped a woman, you get what you deserve.

Where are you going, pal?

Guys, get the kids!

Guys, I found a place that has the best varenyky in town...

Hello? Hey, guys, where are you? Guys?

Dear God.

Oh! Damn it!

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Watch and learn, Jazzie.

- So good. So good. - We're rocking it.

You go.

Coming out a little wonky there though,

I mean for being a sniper, I expected a little more.

I don't know, Top.

All those years, I thought working undercover

was the hardest thing I'd ever do, but this...

This doing nothing is harder.

Amir, you're still new, buddy.

21 people injured. Four servicemen dead, and here we sit

two weeks later, like it didn't even happen.

Do me a favor. Look out there.

What's happening? You got Jaz and McG talking smack,

bitching about horseshoes,

you got Preach talking to his family.

That's not ignoring what happened. Okay?

It's called moving on, which if you're gonna be on a team

like ours, that's exactly what you gotta do.

Even after the beach...

Yeah, especially after the beach.

Listen, the fantasy is that we go rogue, we go out there,

we grab the guy that did this, and we get our revenge.

In reality, we follow orders.

In reality, our job is always the next mission.

We are not the investigators, Amir.

We're the tip of the spear.

Top, can you please settle this argument?

Is there or is there not a game called "cornhole?"

Are you sure we're the tip of the spear?

Cornhole, come on.

What did the new guy want?

Same as the rest of us. Justice.

Deputy Director Campbell.

Dalton, gear up. We need your team in Ukraine.

Cassie Conner, CIA officer out of Ukraine,

sent an SOS 12 minutes ago. Now she's operating out of

a warehouse here, in Sverdlovsk, it's deep in disputed territory.

Whole place is crawling with Pro-Russian rebels.

A direct attack on a CIA officer?

That's a major violation of the unwritten rules of espionage.

We'll make sure to send them to bed with no dinner.

Is this mission official or unofficial?

Officially unofficial. We hop on a 130 across the Black Sea;

we helo to the target. ETA 110 mikes, so let's get after it.

Bird of War has LZ in sight.

All right, put us down over there.

No, okay.

Ms. Conner, we're friendlies. Okay?

I'm just gonna ask you a few questions.

Is it all right if my medic examines you while I do?

Yeah.

She knows what she's doing. Patched herself up pretty good.

All right. What is the name of your neighbor's dog?

Lola.

What street was your high school on?

West Oak. My turn-ons are long walks on the beach.

My turn-offs are people who kill my friends.

Oh, you too?

Okay, pulse is strong. One through-and-through in the side.

Missed her vitals. Lucky girl.

I'd say it was more than luck. Girl's got skills.

Let's get this on you.

All right, she's good to go.

Mortem One, we're coming out.

We have one Pax for immediate dust-off.

I got it, I got it.

All right, hey, Ms. Conner? You did good, all right?

Now let's get you out of here. Come on.

Proceeding with our visual sweep.

Cleansing safe house.

Hannah, does it look like anything was taken to you?

Impossible to say, but the high value stuff,

laptops, lock cabinets, those all seem to be there.

You hit an unsanctioned CIA station,

you kill or incapacitate everyone,

but you don't take the treasure? Why?

Maybe she scared them off.

Bringing Conner out.

We're in Conner's bird. We're sending it now.

Mortem One lifting off.

We are ETAA 15.

All right, Mortem One is outbound.

Let's finish sterilizing the station

so we can get the Hell out of here.

All classified info in flames.

Mayday! Mayday!

Dalton, Mortem One is down! I repeat, Mortem One is down!

Looks like it landed half a click to your South-Southeast.

Dalton, get me a visual on that crash.

Yeah, we got eyes on.

Sounded like a 50 cal brought them down.

This is insane. First they hit a station,

now they take out one of our birds?

Even unmarked, that's practically an act of war.

What the hell's going on here?

The Russians are doing whatever they can

to get their hands on Cassie Conner.

That's what the hell is going on. The question is why?

Give me Neil Kenig.

Deputy Director Campbell at the DIA.

Well, find him!

All right Mortem 2, stay away from that LZ,

and out of range of those 50 cals.

Copy, Mortem Actual. Mortem 2 is out.

Okay, everybody change out, stash gear.

We're gonna head to the crash site on foot.

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Patricia, how can I help you?

I got a bird down, three men dead,

and one officer of yours in the wind.

You either get over here and tell me what's going on,

or I'm gonna pull my team out, and leave your girl there

for Putin himself to find.

Eyes are up!

My God.

All right, so we got two pilots still in their seats;

we got negative contact, repeat negative contact,

on Officer Conner.

Top! Pilot's condition is grave.

Co-pilot's not much better. We've got to get them out of

here, or they're going to die.

All right, do that, get them out of here.

Preach, green light. Rig this thing.

- On it. - All right, Director Campbell,

we got two pilots in need of immediate EVAC.

Request Mortem 2 gets these guys out of here,

and then my team and I will go after Conner.

Stand by, Dalton. Noah?

Conner was with you at the Farm in '08. Did you know her?

Yeah, she was number two in our class. Why?

Right now we have two choices,

we either send in a full-blown QRF, which immediately escalates

this into a major international incident or,

we trust that Dalton can find Conner quietly.

Knowing how good Conner is at handling herself

lets me know which is the right option.

Cassie is a rare breed.

So good the bosses at Langley sent her straight

to denied-area operations.

Made her one of the youngest field officers in history.

Between us and the team, we'll get her back.

Mortem 2 is airborne with both injured pilots.

They're clear out of the city. Out of danger.

Okay, Dalton. Proceed as planned.

All right, copy that. Conner's lost enough today.

Let's make sure she doesn't lose her life.

What do you want?

Hey, dried apple slices. Thanks.

What'd you get?

Twice-fried pork rinds.

Ooh, yum.

So you never told me you went through the Farm.

You sound surprised.

A little. Why aren't you in the field?

Look, I get it, all right? You were a field agent,

so to you, that's the end-all be-all.

But in the field, you work for years, you save one person

if you're lucky. Here we save hundreds, maybe thousands.

We've identified the three men

that Conner killed in the CIA station.

As you can see, they are not your garden variety

pro-Russian rebel; all three men just traveled to Moscow,

where they trained at Yasenevo. Line KR.

Putin's spy hunters.

And specifically under Major Alexi Zbarov.

One of the Kremlin's most ruthless

counter-intelligence bloodhounds.

Since when does Russia care enough about a young CIA officer

to send their most elite spy hunters after her?

That's what I want to know.

With Zbarov on Conner, it is a matter of time.

It is a when, not an if that he will find her,

and God help her if he does.

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