The Old Man

(semi-trailer truck driving away)

Hey, Grandma.

I already went to the pharmacy.

Mm-hmm. I'm on my way home.

I-I got the extra strength kind.

They didn't have the back pain kind.

Well, the... the extra strength and the "for back pain"

are the same stuff.

No, they... they just sell it in two different boxes.

Exact same stuff, Grandma.

Uh...

just literally, physically,

chemically identical.

Yeah.

To make life interesting. I don't know why. But...

I-I got to-I got to run, Grandma.

Because there are people here,

and we're turning into a vaudeville act.

Yeah. All right, see you soon.

Excuse me, do you know if the 118 came already?

Oh, no, it's late.

Again.

Thanks.

Can I-can I help you with that?

Yeah. Thank you.

Hello?

I've been expecting your call.

Uh, well... Yeah, hold on, please.

I'll catch the next one.

Thanks.

You do understand what it is I do, yes?

...went to great lengths to make sure

I'd never be on one of them again.

I was offered your number. I took it.

I don't know why I took it.

I guess I figured it was okay because there was no way

I'd ever be able to use it.

Why wouldn't you be able to use it?

The guy I wanted you to visit...

I figured there was a good chance

he'd never be found again.

It's hard to disappear in this world.

You're giving this guy a lot of credit.

- Are you good at this? - Beg your pardon?

Are you good at this?

I don't think you would've been given my number

if I weren't.

I don't think so either, but I'd like to hear you say it.

Yeah. I know what I'm doing.

What's happening?

Oh, we found the guy.

- You found him? Chase? - I think so.

Older couple was stopped at a roadblock yesterday.

Husband didn't have ID.

Wasn't red-flagged because he wasn't alone.

Didn't fit our criteria, but the boss man pulled it

from the low-priority pile.

The boss pulled it out?

Well, I'm not sure why that surprises you.

They teach a class at the academy

about fugitive mindset.

Half the reading is about him.

Local branch tracked down the police officers

that made the stop.

We sent over Chase's Vermont driver's license photo.

We're waiting on confirmation,

but if it's a match, we move.

Hmm.

Nice of you to join us this morning.

Well, no one called me about the early start.

Is that a fact?

I heard you made a move on Agent Adams yesterday.

Oh, me? No, no, never happened.

Are you calling her a liar?

I don't like to use that word.

Maybe she was confused.

Sometimes I just... I get curious.

Can't help asking questions, that's all.

And what'd she have to say about your questions?

Oh, she told me to go fuck myself.

Yeah.

Probably should have known I wouldn't get any answers

- from her, though, huh? - Oh, I don't know.

When I was in your shoes, sometimes I'd ask questions

to get an answer.

Sometimes I'd ask questions to see

what kind of reaction it got.

Sometimes I'd ask questions

and watch the billiard balls bounce for a while

on the off chance one of them led somewhere interesting.

That's funny. I'm trying to figure out

which one of the three you're doing with me right now.

It's fun, isn't it?

You're digging around on a case

that is so very hard to know.

Just when you think you have it, it'll turn on you.

Be very careful with this story, Mr. Waters.

It bites.

It's him. Both officers, both confirmed.

Marty, tell Captain Leslie he's got a full green light.

SWAT team's a go. How long until they get there?

Two hours, give or take. Getting details now.

That's too long. We need 'em there sooner.

Someone make sure the third floor is looped in.

Let's get a clock up on the screen.

ETA of SWAT's arrival on site, please.

And here I was worried you didn't want this guy caught.

Congratulations, sir.

I'm happy to be wrong about you.

And Waters,

if there's something you want to know about me,

don't harass my people.

Have some balls. Ask me yourself.

You still think I'm the one you need to worry about.

Look, maybe I don't know

what story we're in right now

or why we're here or how it began.

But maybe I'm not the only one.

I got the guns.

Uh... uh, probably, I got 'em.

Uh...

might take a little while, but I'm almost positive

that they're on their... on their way.

The United States of America has made it very clear

to anyone who will listen

that they have no interest in helping me.

How is it that you're the only person

who can't seem to hear them?

It's possible sometimes I only hear what I want to hear.

Why are you here?

I told you why I'm here. I signed up to kill Russians.

This is the only place they let you do that.

It is a big country.

You can do that anywhere.

Why are you here?

As long as the Agency is backing your rivals,

it's gonna be an uphill struggle for you to keep up.

All struggles are uphill.

That is why they call them struggles.

Not with my help.

I can get things for you

that you can't get on your own.

I can help you do things that you can't do on your own.

Not for long.

Sooner or later, the CIA will put a stop to that.

They already tried.

I am here against their orders.

And I am procuring supplies for you without their knowledge.

Why?

Been fighting the Russians for two generations.

This is the battlefield where we finally defeat them.

The one who strikes the final blow

can't just be some stooge the CIA thinks they can control.

Has to be someone worthy of the moment.

Been here longer than you know.

I hear what's whispered about you in the hills.

You're the one it should be

when the dust finally settles here.

Who is that?

You hear whispering in the hills.

She is the one who whispers.

If you want to join us here...

...you will have to persuade her, too.

My wife.

There's a moment...

...when you know they're only seeing

the version of you that they want to see.

And then there's another moment...

...where they realize that they were wrong.

There's another version of you in there somewhere.

Probably always was there.

And you just see it wreak havoc on them.

I mean, with my husband,

it wasn't all that surprising.

Before I said anything to him, I...

I suspected that...

he would struggle with a version of a wife

who wasn't working...

so hard to prevent his discomfort.

But with my son...

That's the hard part.

To feel your kid looking at you in that way.

In what way?

Like someone who...

...isn't worth the trouble.

Mm.

Um...

- you know... - What time is it?

- 8:27. - Oh, shit.

-What? -I got to get to the bank. They open at 9:00,

- and if I'm not there right when it's open, it's...

Oh.

- You can't get anyone to talk to you. - Uh...

Before you leave, there's something I need to tell you.

Yeah? What's up?

Uh,

I got a message from my contractor this morning.

Uh, he's had some things shift, and now he's ready to start.

Turns out I need to be there before he gets started, so...

I think I got to go.