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Previously, on Ponies ...

Is that him? Snowshoe's recruit?

Earlier this evening

a small aircraft

crashed in a field.

Both of your husbands were on that plane.

What if there's a connection

between the stuff you guys are working on

and what happened to this woman?

Can I ask why you're so concerned

with an anonymous woman?

I'm an anonymous woman.

A dozen women

all of them murdered, all of them prostitutes.

And you think they are connected?

Some of these were my friends.

They're all gone.

Not this one, though.

This one I don't know.

I need to borrow your place for like, an hour, maybe two.

Could you just go someplace else?

You're here because you want answers.

It's for that reason that it is worth

pushing past this fear

to get one step closer

to what you really want.

I have bad shoes. I think...

I think these are bad shoes.

Yeah. Sure it's the shoes.

How are you so fast?

State champion in track.

I'm surprised.

Well, I'm surprising.

Wait, what was that?

- What was what? - Her.

The old lady?

What do you think she wants?

I don't know. Some knitting needles

a little cane, the sweet relief of death?

I don't like how she's looking at us.

Oh! Look at you go!

Okay, even with the bad shoes, wow!

Did we lose her?

No, she's keeping up. Impressive.

Okay.

I'm called Vera.

I'm not KGB.

Give the information

to your Mr. Dane Walter.

The facility has moved.

I will get him the new location.

What in the shit?

So, if she's not KGB

does that mean she works for us?

No, but she is someone useful to know

on both sides.

There are things an American officer cannot get

in the USSR

Someone like Vera can help

facilitate these things.

Well, things like what?

Like, poison.

Forged travel papers

foreign currency, stolen art...

Airplanes.

What did she offer you?

She wouldn't have sent you back here

without offering you something.

She didn't offer us anything.

She's offering you information.

The thing you desperately want and would do anything for.

You think she's lying?

People in her line of work do not get

return customers if they lie.

But they also know how to tell you

things you wanna hear.

Well, I mean, we wanna hear it

so how... how do we get in touch with her?

Check your pockets.

- Oh. - Wow.

Okay, Twila. You're up.

Me? I get to... I get to run this op?

What does this even mean?

Well, it's pretty clever, actually.

People in Vera's line of work

they use these symbols to communicate, so

there's a man they call Caterpillar.

He works in the KGB Kompromat facility.

He... he's fed us information through various channels.

Look, if there's anyone who's gonna know where the facility is

- it's him. - Right.

What's the big knife for?

That's probably Pavel, the butcher.

He's Vera's contact. You see

Caterpillar is so deep in cover

in the KGB system

that Vera probably doesn't know who he is.

So, the butcher is gonna reach out to Caterpillar, set up the meeting.

Who's she?

- That's Vera. - Really?

Yeah... I mean, maybe 20 years ago.

Twenty, really. Okay.

Where am I supposed to meet her?

The Yaravoi violin factory

1:00 p.m., Friday.

Which symbol means that?

She wrote it on the back.

Hey, you should know

Vera knew Tom and Chris.

Right, yeah. You said

she could get airplanes.

You think maybe she knows something about the crash?

It's pretty likely, yes.

Even if she did know something

I mean, would she even tell me?

If you do everything she tells you to

maybe.

Okay.

Why'd Dane pick me for this mission?

Well, because I told him to.

Why'd you do that?

Because I know how much you care

about the women in Moscow that no one else cares about.

That's Vera.

Good morning. I am Eevi.

I am your nanny.

I... I took the night train in from Helsinki.

No. No

you are not the woman that I hired.

The woman I hired had

experience. You know?

Heft. So...

The agency sent me all this way.

It was a 13 hour journey.

Yeah, I assure you

I have years of experience.

I don't see how that's possible

'cause you don't have years of anything. Just...

Hello. Hey. Who are you?

- She says she's the nanny. - Eevi.

Oh!

It's very nice to meet you.

I'm Ray, this is Cheryl.

- Here, let me take your bag. - Nope. No. No, no

we're gonna leave the bag.

Because I'm gonna call the agency, 'cause this was a mistake...

Do you want anything to drink? The coffee's bad, tea's even worse.

Why don't I introduce you to Trent?

Trent, buddy! Come in here!

- Sir? We're gonna get this - I got someone for you to meet!

Sorted out soon, so stay close, please.

Don't unpack. And we're not gonna unpack.

Okay? Just one second.

Down a tiny bit.

- Is that... - I think, that... Let go.

That's perfect.

I knew it was a little off.

It's a Malevich. Are you familiar?

Actually, I am, yeah.

Art history minor.

- You sure that's okay? - Yeah, it looks great.

Yeah?

Yeah.

One of the perks of this job?

Access to the desperate and formerly rich.

I got this for a song

from a high level politburo member

with a gambling addiction.

Someday it'll be worth millions.

He'll be pretty sour

he made that deal.

I have an eye for these things.

When I served in Berlin in the '50s

I bought a Degas.

Really?

Was it stolen Nazi art?

Well, not when I got my hands on it.

I paid for it, which makes it no longer stolen.

I saw the signal in your window.

Andrei showed up? What did you say?

I... I said

that I was your boyfriend.

- Oh. - I know

it was the first idea I thought of.

I said I knew about your infidelity.

I'm so sorry I'm putting you

in this position, this risk.

Well, it's already risky.

Giving secrets to the Americans

if they catch me.

I know, I know. I know it's scary

and... and risky

but... but you have to know

that the intelligence that you're bringing us...

What intelligence am I bringing you?

The photos, and

the technology.

You don't know, do you

if what I do matters?

They don't tell you what I'm bringing them, do they?