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I think what I'm doing is important.

Your sister...

You know about Galyna.

They killed her.

You think she was a prostitute?

Looks that way.

Who murdered her?

Soviet government, KGB.

Same organization who employs a man you want me to date.

Where would an important American man go

looking for some company

- and had some money to spend? - Talk to Maria.

This one I don't know.

Of course I'm gonna be careful. You can trust me.

Twila can manage things with your grandmother.

The best person to have on the ground

is someone who's not emotionally invested.

How did anybody else find out about this meet?

I don't know.

- Bea, I don't know what to tell you. - Doesn't fucking matter.

All that matters is getting my grandmother.

Caterpillar, he helped us!

He gave me this!

Sometimes I wonder if all this pretending

I'm gonna forget what's even real.

- What? - We have a mole.

We have a fucking mole.

What about Niagara Falls?

It's predictable.

And what is it really

some water rolling down a hill?

A... very large hill?

- Chris? - What?

Are you afraid of heights?

No.

You know, I grew up in a high rise.

Looking out my window every day

never scared the hell out of me

made me wanna vomit

gave me the chills, vertigo.

Oh, my god.

Chris, how did I not know this? You're a pilot.

Yeah, but in a plane, I'm in control.

Wow.

Wow.

Is that... is that Manya?

Oh, yeah.

God, she looks so much like you.

- Where is she? - Braslav, I think.

Yeah, she used to vacation there

with her best friend in the summer.

She said those were her most cherished memories

of her time in Belarus.

Maybe we should honeymoon there.

The Soviet Union? Now you really are joking.

Do we really need a honeymoon?

I mean, I...

I love being with you anywhere.

Dver'!

So, right here is where Trent found it?

Yeah, just about.

Great.

We need this today

with the DCI on his way from the airport.

Yeah, it's a bit abnormal, isn't it?

For the Director of Central Intelligence

to fly all the way out to Moscow?

He was only confirmed last month.

This is protocol.

But it goes without saying, he doesn't need to know

our fireplace was bugged.

Okay.

Has this always been here?

Christ almighty.

I know they put us in a building

designed to be surveilled, but tunnels?

That's brazen even for them.

Yep. The Soviets have never been known

for their subtlety.

No footsteps.

The Soviets didn't use these tunnels

to plant the bug.

Someone must've come from our side.

Holy smokes.

I want eyes and ears

on all embassy staff.

Anything suspicious, I wanna know about it.

I'm already doubling my efforts

but I should let you know, I think

that the cafeteria workers are compromised.

They don't have access to this level.

Okay, never mind.

I think our man is closer to us.

Or woman.

Whoever the mole is, Ray, I want them found.

Wait. Maria?

No, thank you.

Maria. Maria!

Wow, you look different.

I... Remember me? I...

I went to your work? What are you doing here?

Yeah. I simply needed a change.

This is work now.

Why? Did...

Are you okay? Did something happen?

Nothing.

Everything.

Well, what?

You can... You can tell me.

I...

I did a job.

I did it well. I leave.

But, next day, the

the man who hired wanted to meet

and when I come, I could feel

that he was

preparing himself to

to make me dead.

- Oh, my god. - I was not going to wait

and become another dead girl.

So I run.

I'm sorry.

Now, here I am.

Wait. Do you know who the guy is, or...

No?

Did you know about this Chris and Galyna tape?

And you didn't think to tell me?

It's not pertinent information.

My husband having an affair with a Soviet

with my asset's murdered sister

and that it is all on tape

that didn't sound like pertinent information to you?

Was this Kompromat? Was Chris being blackmailed?

He wasn't being blackmailed.

He wasn't even having an affair.

I'm sorry, do you need to watch it again?

You see the part where he cups her breasts?

He only did this to prove his loyalty.

Mrs. Grant

your husband pretended to work for the Soviets

at my request.

In order to convince the KGB

that he was trustworthy and gain their confidence

he had to give them something

that could ruin his life.

And your reaction proves

- why this tape was effective. - It...

It proves that I had

absolutely no say in my marriage.

He was an exceptional agent.

But this job demands sacrifice.

Most people are not cut out for it.

But the woman who marches in to Langley

after her husband's death

and demands to be sent back to Moscow

is not most people.

But it is past time you decided

whether you're gonna dedicate yourself

fully to this job.

Because half measures in this life

will only get you killed.

And committing to this life won't?

Galyna.

Bea?

Bea?

You okay?

I'm fine.

I mean, I...

I can hear ya in there. You're not...

You're not fine.

What do you need?

How long you gonna keep ignoring me?

Is this...

Is this still about Manya? I mean, I...

That wasn't my fault. I did

- everything I could, you know? - Please, Twila

it's just... it's not about you.

Then what is it about?

I saw something. I...

A... a tape.

Chris with

with another woman.

And they were

together.

What?

He just... It was for an operation

or for this fucking job.

Oh, okay.

So, then, so it was sex

you know, for the job. I mean

you know that doesn't count.

My husband slept with another woman.

It counts.

It fucking counts.

You know how this job works.

I mean, sometimes we gotta

be other people, you know?

Do things we wouldn't normally do in our life.

And