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You are being watched.
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The government has a secret system,
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a machine that spies on you,
every hour of every day.
Ripped By mstoll
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I designed the Machine
to detect acts of terror,
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but it sees everything...
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Violent crimes
involving ordinary people.
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The government considers
these people irrelevant.
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We don't.
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Hunted by the authorities,
we work in secret.
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You will never find us.
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But victim or perpetrator,
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if your number's up, we'll find you.
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The leaked black budget report
reveals several classified
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military intelligence programs,
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with code names like Chalk Eagle
and Tractor Rose.
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A program designated
Northern Lights has...
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Northern Lights has a budget
far outstripping any other program.
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Classified as "operation support
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for counterterrorism activities,"
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the details are scarce.
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Some have speculated
that it may be related
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to the surveillance
of American citizens.
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If so, what does that mean
for our privacy?
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Media got a hold of the program name,
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which means your old boss Control
just lost it.
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Bitch tried to kill me.
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Nice to see her head
on the chopping block for change.
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Anyone connected to the
Machine will be burying evidence
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six feet down.
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Could put the program in jeopardy.
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Government can't put
the Machine back in the box.
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We're still getting our numbers,
so the lights are on.
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Let's go.
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Morning.
You guys have the pancakes?
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Try the banana chocolate chip...
amazing.
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What?
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No small talk?
All right, fine by me.
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You have the product?
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What's it look like?
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You got the money?
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One million.
We have a deal?
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You got it, man.
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That fast, huh?
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Couldn't even wait to get back
to the hotel to count it?
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See, Ray, your partner's already
picked out a house in Hawaii.
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So as soon as you turn your back,
he's gonna put two in your head
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- and keep all the money for himself.
- But guess what, Julio.
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Ray here put a down payment
on a yacht,
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told your girl
he'd show her the world.
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Five-hundred thousand buys a lot.
But a million?
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Both of you would take
out your partner for that.
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- Oh, you little son of a...
- Sorry, guys. Deals off.
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Sweet dreams, boys.
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Fusco can clean this up.
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Twenty years in lockup ought to
keep 'em from killing each other.
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See? Business as usual. Even if
the government's program's on ice,
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the Machine is still
spitting out numbers.
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You know Finch,
even without Northern Lights,
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his machine will find a way
to maintain national security.
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Really? Well, then who's handling
the relevant threats?
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- Root.
- Hey, kids.
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- You miss me between drug deals?
- Yeah
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I miss you like I miss
an intestinal parasite.
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I love your similes.
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Hop on, Shaw.
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We've got a relevant number
in Alaska.
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We're gonna steal a jet.
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Does sound kind of fun.
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Send me a postcard.
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Turn that frown upside down, Lurch.
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You're going on vacation too.
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Harold's about to call from DC.
He needs your help.
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Mr. Reese,
I'm afraid our services are required
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in the nation's capital.
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I heard.
On my way.
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Finch?
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This'll work.
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Oh, good, you're here.
Sorry, got tied up at the library.
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I'm happy to see that
you've come prepared for a long haul.
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Dare I hope that you've packed
something other than weaponry?
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There's some trip wire
to booby-trap the room door.
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And a toothbrush.
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Oral hygiene is something, I suppose.
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You got a number here in DC.?
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It would seem so.
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My investigation
into Vigilance's activities
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will have to wait.
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Well, Root is getting
the relevant numbers now.
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Shaw is with her.
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We're entering uncharted territory,
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tasked with both relevant
and irrelevant numbers.
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Already stretched pretty thin, Finch.
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And at the worst possible time.
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Just when Decima is determined
to make Samaritan operational.
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Maybe the timing's not a coincidence.
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I fear that it may be connected.
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These are strange times,
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and the threat of Samaritan
should not be underestimated.
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How do you know it's not
already up and running?
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Because we'd be dead, Mr. Reese.
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The Machine is a shield.
It protects lives.
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I designed it with safeguards
to prevent it being abused
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as an agent of destruction.
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Samaritan is an open system, a sword.
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If it gains access
to the government's feeds,
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there will be no checks on its power.
There will be no limits
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to the knowledge possessed
by the person controlling it.
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Decima would definitely
use it to hunt down its enemies.
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And as confidants of the Machine,
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you and I would be
at the top of the list.
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So maybe the Machine
is trying to protect us.
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No, I built it to protect everyone,
one number at a time.
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- Oh, my.
- What?
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That's Roger McCourt.
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Our new number
is a United States congressman?
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From Illinois.
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Six terms in Congress.
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Current ranking minority member
of the Pivotal House Rules Committee.
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The rules committee controls
the flow of legislation,
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spurring it forward
or stopping it altogether.
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If he has that much power,
he'll have plenty of enemies.
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Given their activities
in Washington recently,
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Vigilance would have to be a suspect.
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However, McCourt's been an outspoken
opponent of government surveillance.
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Could Decima want him dead?
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Perhaps.
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But killing a congressman
would seem too flashy for them.
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Nobody likes
the government these days.
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Any disgruntled citizen
could be the assassin.
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We have to get to the Capitol.
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You call this music?
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Finch?
Are you okay?
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I'm fine.
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Can we put the screeching cat
out of its misery?
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It's not feline.
It's Verdi.
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There's a performance of ll Trovatore
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at the Kennedy Center
that I'd like to catch.
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Next time you can be the disc jockey.
We'll listen to whatever you like.
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Well, maybe next time
I'll just sing for you.
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I do a great Ring cycle, you know.
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I think I'll skip your Brunhilde.
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Suit yourself.
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Looks like our congressman
is in danger
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of catching lobbyist disease.
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It's gonna be difficult
to get ears on McCourt.
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His aide handles all phone activity.
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McCourt doesn't want the
government eavesdropping on him?
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Congressmen know better than anyone
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that their employer
could be listening.
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We'll have to get close to him,
narrow down the list of threats.
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The Capitol police detail
won't let anyone near him.
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Congressmen are eligible
for Secret Service protection
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in the event of additional risk.
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No one's made an attempt
on his life yet.
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The congressman doesn't
even know the danger he's in.
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Get down!
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He knows now.
Drive, Finch.
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I have to tell you, Mr. Reese,
I don't approve of this strategy.
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You're the one who said
you couldn't make an alias
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that would pass
Secret Service muster.
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I said I didn't have time,
I didn't know you were gonna steal
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the identity of an actual
Secret Service agent.
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I'm just borrowing it.
Relax.
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Order some room service.
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Perhaps I will when
you tell me what you've done
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with the real Agent Abbott.
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He's resting comfortably
in a motel room near the airport.
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Define "comfortably."
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Gotta go, Finch.
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The rules committee is meeting
in ten minutes.
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You have your Journal interview
at 11:30.
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Then lunch at Ocean Grill
with Cynthia Carol from Privacy First
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to discuss your
anti-surveillance initiative.
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- Good morning, Leslie.
- Good morning, Congressman.
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Who's this?
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This is Agent Abbott, Secret Service.
He's been assigned to you.
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Because of the shooting?
- Oh, sorry.
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I was thinking more about
the business ahead of me today
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rather than behind.
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Where you from, Abbott?
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He's from Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Tulsa, sir.
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Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Good people, salt of the earth.
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And for tonight, tickets to the
Verdi opera at the Kennedy Center.
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Do I have to go to this?
This sounds like screeching cats.
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- You promised your wife.
- I could shoot you in the leg, sir.
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Pardon me?
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Might get you out of the opera.
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You know, Duran here,
he always wanted to be Secret Service.
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Isn't that right, Duran?
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At one time, sir.
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Well, if you show Abbott
some love here,
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maybe he'll put in
a good word for you.
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Oh, and we can dispense
with the stoplights today, okay?
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McCourt!
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Dunphy. You should've called first.
My office is slammed this morning.
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Is this about the airline contract?
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- They're trying to stick it to us, Mac.
- Yeah.
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Now I'm hearing you might be taking
their side instead of the union's?
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Dunphy, Dunphy.
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It must be Bruce Dunphy,
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part of the leadership
of the Illinois Machinists Union.
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I know it's a lousy contract,
but I do think that you ought to sign it.
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Unbelievable.
You backstabbing son of a...
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- Whoa, hold it, hold it.
- Think you can pull
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this bait and switch with us,
we me, and get away with it?
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Looks like McCourt might have
crossed the wrong union boss.
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It's not a good deal,
but it does keep the plant open.
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And it puts you
at the front of the line
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for a bigger government contract
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that's coming down
the pipe next year.
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- Another contract?
- Yeah.
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So you see, Bruce,
I am looking out for your guys.
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But you do have to trust me.
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I guess I jumped
the gun a little bit.
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Forget it.
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- Hey, is your wife in town with you?
- Yeah.
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Here.
Go as my guest.
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It's classical stuff.
She'll love it.
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Really?
Oh, thanks, Mac.
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It's my pleasure.
Tell your guys not to worry.
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Remember, I'm your man.
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Thanks.
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Leslie, call my wife and tell her
unfortunately the opera was sold out.
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It would appear our congressman
has quite a knack
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for getting himself out
of unpleasant situations.
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Yeah, that opera
would've been brutal.
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Hmm.
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I'm not accustomed to taking meetings
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on such short notice,
but your reputation precedes you.
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Don't worry, Senator.
I come with only the best of intentions.
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So what can I do for you?
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Actually it's what I can do for you
and your Northern Lights problem.
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If you're referring
to the leaked black-budget report,
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mine's just one of 100 names
found in there.
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I've already made it clear
I have no knowledge of that project.
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Really? I thought you knew
a great deal about it,
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especially since the 2008 policy retreat
on Martha's vineyard
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when you were tapped
to shepherd the program.
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Surely you didn't think, in a world
where you were surveilling everyone,
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that no one was watching you.
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So, what is it you want?
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As I told you, to help.
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The group responsible for leaking
your black budget to the press
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calls themselves Vigilance.
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Privacy terrorists.
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This is one of their leaders,
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known by his alias as Peter Collier.
249
00:13:16,696 --> 00:13:17,697
Ironic.
250
00:13:17,864 --> 00:13:19,707
You risked your career
251
00:13:19,866 --> 00:13:22,039
hiding a program
designed to protect the country,
252
00:13:22,201 --> 00:13:25,808
yet it couldn't protect you from
this group when you needed it to.
253
00:13:25,972 --> 00:13:29,181
And now you've had to shut it down,
254
00:13:29,342 --> 00:13:32,846
leaving your country unprotected.
255
00:13:33,012 --> 00:13:34,992
A frightening prospect indeed.
256
00:13:35,148 --> 00:13:37,719
The country will always be protected.
257
00:13:37,884 --> 00:13:40,660
Yes, I'm sure you're weighing
alternative approaches,
258
00:13:40,820 --> 00:13:42,800
as your president might say.
259
00:13:42,955 --> 00:13:45,333
I can save you the time.
260
00:13:45,491 --> 00:13:48,301
My company, Decima Technologies,
261
00:13:48,461 --> 00:13:51,670
is finalizing development
of a new surveillance system.
262
00:13:52,799 --> 00:13:56,906
All due respect, we've gone down
a similar path with mixed results.
263
00:13:58,071 --> 00:14:00,574
Northern Lights was effective
but compromised by the ethics
264
00:14:00,740 --> 00:14:02,583
of its creator.
265
00:14:02,742 --> 00:14:04,915
It spoke but never listened.
266
00:14:05,078 --> 00:14:08,685
What I have not only listens,
but obeys.
267
00:14:08,848 --> 00:14:11,089
It can find anyone,
268
00:14:11,250 --> 00:14:14,356
anywhere, anytime.
269
00:14:15,321 --> 00:14:16,994
You merely need to ask.
270
00:14:19,192 --> 00:14:22,571
As intriguing as that sounds,
there are some members of Congress
271
00:14:22,729 --> 00:14:25,039
making too much hay
out of this latest scandal
272
00:14:25,198 --> 00:14:27,337
to ever green-light another program.
273
00:14:27,867 --> 00:14:29,039
Heh.
274
00:14:29,202 --> 00:14:32,445
Share my proposal
with your colleagues.
275
00:14:32,605 --> 00:14:35,176
If there is interest,
276
00:14:35,341 --> 00:14:37,753
dissenting voices
will not be a problem.
277
00:14:37,910 --> 00:14:39,514
How can you be sure?
278
00:14:39,679 --> 00:14:44,219
Because, Senator,
obstacles are only obstacles
279
00:14:44,384 --> 00:14:46,796
until you move them out of the way.
280
00:14:53,126 --> 00:14:55,367
So how long you been
with the congressman?
281
00:14:55,528 --> 00:14:58,634
Long enough to know he doesn't
need Secret Service protection.
282
00:14:58,798 --> 00:15:01,642
- What about the shooting?
- Just some antigovernment wing nut
283
00:15:01,801 --> 00:15:04,873
- looking to make the news cycle.
- I suppose that's possible.
284
00:15:05,037 --> 00:15:06,710
Mr. Reese?
285
00:15:06,873 --> 00:15:10,047
That's my supervisor.
Guy's always in my ear.
286
00:15:11,711 --> 00:15:13,816
- What do you got, Finch?
- Nothing of note.
287
00:15:13,980 --> 00:15:16,824
McCourt's list of enemies
is practically nonexistent.
288
00:15:16,983 --> 00:15:19,930
He ran a surprisingly clean
campaign to get into office,
289
00:15:20,086 --> 00:15:22,126
and his current stand
against unchecked surveillance
290
00:15:22,288 --> 00:15:24,461
has endeared him
to elements of both parties.
291
00:15:24,624 --> 00:15:26,968
- What about his personal life?
- No red flags.
292
00:15:27,126 --> 00:15:29,299
Finances are sound, carries no debt,
293
00:15:29,462 --> 00:15:31,339
and has an impressive
stock portfolio.
294
00:15:33,099 --> 00:15:34,579
And that's the point
I'm making now...
295
00:15:40,306 --> 00:15:42,616
- Help you with something, friend?
- Let go of me.
296
00:15:42,775 --> 00:15:44,254
I'm trying to be polite here.
297
00:15:44,410 --> 00:15:46,651
It's all right, Abbott,
I've got this.
298
00:15:47,847 --> 00:15:50,487
- Have a seat.
- Thank you, sir.
299
00:15:52,118 --> 00:15:54,758
Local homeless guy.
I've seen him around.
300
00:15:54,921 --> 00:15:56,025
McCourt knows him?
301
00:15:56,189 --> 00:15:57,930
No, but people like him know McCourt.
302
00:15:58,090 --> 00:16:00,650
He's got a standing offer to buy
a meal for anyone who needs one.
303
00:16:00,674 --> 00:16:02,697
It's a practice he started last year
304
00:16:02,862 --> 00:16:04,808
to raise awareness
for the homeless problem.
305
00:16:04,964 --> 00:16:08,138
- One more, Congressman.
- Also helps burnish his public image.
306
00:16:08,301 --> 00:16:09,871
Okay. Get him some soup.
307
00:16:22,014 --> 00:16:24,051
Finch, take this down.
308
00:16:24,217 --> 00:16:28,131
Echo-Five-Dash-Nine-Mike-India-Six.
309
00:16:30,022 --> 00:16:31,057
A license plate?
310
00:16:31,224 --> 00:16:33,204
See if you can trace it.
311
00:16:33,359 --> 00:16:34,804
Abbott, chop chop!
312
00:16:35,528 --> 00:16:36,666
What was that?
313
00:16:36,829 --> 00:16:38,069
Forget it.
314
00:16:41,567 --> 00:16:44,411
Starting to think
I should've gone with Root.
315
00:16:53,479 --> 00:16:56,392
Thanks for being my travel buddy
on these errands.
316
00:16:58,017 --> 00:17:01,055
Sure, it's not every day
you get to beat up
317
00:17:01,220 --> 00:17:04,064
a militia group in Anchorage,
then hop a plane to Miami.
318
00:17:05,725 --> 00:17:09,764
So is this what you're doing from
now on, you're chasing down bad guys?
319
00:17:10,763 --> 00:17:12,242
I doubt it.
320
00:17:12,398 --> 00:17:14,708
There's still
too much work to be done.
321
00:17:16,435 --> 00:17:17,436
What kind of work?
322
00:17:18,571 --> 00:17:19,948
Preparation.
323
00:17:22,241 --> 00:17:24,278
I understand.
We're leaving now.
324
00:17:24,443 --> 00:17:27,049
- Time to go.
- Where to?
325
00:17:27,213 --> 00:17:29,784
- St. Louis.
- Oh, great.
326
00:17:29,949 --> 00:17:33,522
I know a steak joint that serves
a filet that's better than sex.
327
00:17:33,686 --> 00:17:36,690
Yummy as that sounds,
you won't be joining me.
328
00:17:36,856 --> 00:17:39,097
She needs you somewhere else.
329
00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:42,134
Where?
330
00:17:49,802 --> 00:17:52,373
You should go back
to dealing coke, Sonny.
331
00:17:52,538 --> 00:17:55,314
It's a lot safer
than moving explosives.
332
00:18:22,268 --> 00:18:23,269
You there, Finch?
333
00:18:23,436 --> 00:18:26,940
Always, Mr. Reese.
Sounds rather quiet there.
334
00:18:27,106 --> 00:18:30,610
I think the only thing McCourt
is in danger of is working too late.
335
00:18:30,776 --> 00:18:33,450
I fear you may need to remain
on his security detail
336
00:18:33,613 --> 00:18:34,990
longer than anticipated.
337
00:18:35,147 --> 00:18:37,423
Shouldn't we check in
on the real Agent Abbott?
338
00:18:38,184 --> 00:18:40,596
Yeah, I guess
someone should turn him over.
339
00:18:40,753 --> 00:18:42,096
I beg your pardon?
340
00:18:49,362 --> 00:18:52,309
- What's going on?
- Something's wrong, Finch.
341
00:18:54,700 --> 00:18:56,475
- Sorry.
- What the hell, Abbott?
342
00:18:56,636 --> 00:18:58,309
You never heard of knocking?
343
00:18:59,438 --> 00:19:02,180
I'm sorry.
I thought I heard a...
344
00:19:03,376 --> 00:19:05,049
Never mind.
345
00:19:05,211 --> 00:19:07,851
Should I call it in?
346
00:19:09,448 --> 00:19:11,519
Finch, McCourt and his aide
have been working
347
00:19:11,684 --> 00:19:13,527
on more than just policy positions.
348
00:19:13,686 --> 00:19:16,223
Might wanna consider
his wife as a possible threat.
349
00:19:16,389 --> 00:19:19,563
Actually, her e-mails show
that she's been aware
350
00:19:19,725 --> 00:19:21,864
of his affairs
for quite some time.
351
00:19:22,028 --> 00:19:25,635
Seems they have more of
an arrangement than a marriage.
352
00:19:25,798 --> 00:19:27,334
Mr. Reese, I found something.
353
00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:28,501
What is it?
354
00:19:28,668 --> 00:19:31,239
With Fusco's aid,
I was able to trace the license plate
355
00:19:31,404 --> 00:19:34,544
from the SUV outside the restaurant
back to a rental car company.
356
00:19:34,707 --> 00:19:37,347
It seems the vehicle
was rented to a shell corporation
357
00:19:37,510 --> 00:19:40,218
set up by another company.
358
00:19:41,180 --> 00:19:42,318
Decima Technologies.
359
00:19:42,481 --> 00:19:43,721
Decima.
360
00:19:44,850 --> 00:19:47,694
You were right, Finch.
It's all connected.
361
00:19:49,422 --> 00:19:51,333
McCourt must be a threat
to Samaritan.
362
00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:56,766
Which would explain why they're here.
363
00:20:04,837 --> 00:20:05,837
Duran.
364
00:20:05,838 --> 00:20:07,718
There's something
you should know, Officer.
365
00:20:07,742 --> 00:20:09,483
He's not Secret Service.
366
00:20:10,710 --> 00:20:12,451
What? Who's this?
367
00:20:12,611 --> 00:20:15,387
Here's the real Agent Abbott.
368
00:20:23,222 --> 00:20:24,257
Don't do it.
369
00:20:26,926 --> 00:20:29,133
- Abbott, what are you doing?
- Stay put.
370
00:20:36,402 --> 00:20:39,611
- Mr. Reese, what's happening?
- Change of plans. I've got McCourt.
371
00:20:39,772 --> 00:20:41,115
Got him?
372
00:20:41,373 --> 00:20:44,047
You've kidnapped
a United States congressman?
373
00:20:44,210 --> 00:20:47,987
Like you said, Finch,
these are strange times.
374
00:21:09,068 --> 00:21:10,342
Hello, Harold.
375
00:21:10,503 --> 00:21:12,063
Mr. Reese,
I have to question the wisdom
376
00:21:12,223 --> 00:21:13,634
of abducting an elected official.
377
00:21:13,792 --> 00:21:16,578
Well, Decima blew my cover
and started shooting.
378
00:21:16,742 --> 00:21:19,586
The Capitol police and Secret Service
are scouring the city for you now,
379
00:21:19,745 --> 00:21:22,419
plus the FBI and about a dozen
other three-letter agencies.
380
00:21:22,581 --> 00:21:24,254
Let's see how they're doing.
381
00:21:24,416 --> 00:21:26,487
...traveling west
on Independence Avenue.
382
00:21:26,652 --> 00:21:29,360
Congressman was abducted
in a black sport utility vehicle,
383
00:21:29,522 --> 00:21:32,366
- Illinois license plate 20...
- That's us.
384
00:21:32,525 --> 00:21:34,766
So we need to dump the car
and hole up somewhere.
385
00:21:34,927 --> 00:21:37,100
Very well. Turn left up here.
I know a place.
386
00:21:42,968 --> 00:21:44,777
American Beef Consultants, Finch?
387
00:21:46,038 --> 00:21:48,109
We need a hiding place, not a burger.
388
00:21:48,274 --> 00:21:50,880
Last month I bought
the beef industry's lobbying arm.
389
00:21:51,043 --> 00:21:53,614
And don't knock the hamburgers.
They're superb.
390
00:21:56,715 --> 00:21:58,661
Doesn't look like much
of a safe house.
391
00:21:58,818 --> 00:22:00,559
That's the idea.
I cleared out this floor,
392
00:22:00,719 --> 00:22:02,479
and added a couple of
cutting-edge amenities:
393
00:22:02,488 --> 00:22:04,729
fully stocked kitchen,
bulletproof glass.
394
00:22:04,890 --> 00:22:07,370
Okay, Mac, you gonna scream?
395
00:22:07,526 --> 00:22:08,834
Mmm.
396
00:22:08,961 --> 00:22:11,202
John, bedside manner.
397
00:22:11,363 --> 00:22:14,037
Congressman, strange as it may seem,
398
00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,146
we wish you no harm,
we're here to help.
399
00:22:16,302 --> 00:22:18,179
But we do need to ask you
a few questions,
400
00:22:18,337 --> 00:22:21,079
and we would prefer that you
did not yell for assistance.
401
00:22:27,847 --> 00:22:29,258
Who are you?
402
00:22:29,415 --> 00:22:31,895
Security advisors... of a sort.
403
00:22:32,051 --> 00:22:33,894
Well, yeah, I can pay the ransom.
404
00:22:34,053 --> 00:22:36,363
I can get however
much money you need.
405
00:22:36,522 --> 00:22:39,059
- Someone's trying to kill you.
- Yeah, you.
406
00:22:39,225 --> 00:22:42,069
- What? No. We're protection.
Protection?
407
00:22:42,228 --> 00:22:45,175
You posed as, uh, Secret Service,
408
00:22:45,331 --> 00:22:48,938
you knock out my security detail,
and then you abduct me at gunpoint.
409
00:22:49,101 --> 00:22:51,206
Technically I also shot
at you a couple days ago.
410
00:22:52,271 --> 00:22:54,012
Somebody help me, please!
411
00:22:54,173 --> 00:22:55,743
That's enough!
412
00:22:57,009 --> 00:22:58,613
We don't have time for this.
413
00:22:58,711 --> 00:23:00,351
If you wanna survive,
you have to help us.
414
00:23:00,412 --> 00:23:03,222
Now, about that hit squad that
my colleague rescued you from.
415
00:23:03,382 --> 00:23:05,089
Hit squad?
That wasn't a hit squad.
416
00:23:05,251 --> 00:23:07,390
That was the FBI
trying to save me from you.
417
00:23:07,553 --> 00:23:09,897
I know it may have appeared
that way, but I assure you
418
00:23:10,055 --> 00:23:11,591
that was not the case.
419
00:23:11,757 --> 00:23:13,597
What do you know
about a company called Decima?
420
00:23:14,460 --> 00:23:15,632
Never heard of it. Why?
421
00:23:15,794 --> 00:23:17,434
They sent the team
that tried to kill you.
422
00:23:17,591 --> 00:23:19,511
Do you know why they would
consider you an enemy?
423
00:23:19,535 --> 00:23:21,141
Me, an enemy?
424
00:23:21,300 --> 00:23:23,803
I'm not an enemy.
People love me.
425
00:23:23,969 --> 00:23:26,381
I mean, I might piss
a few people off along the way,
426
00:23:26,538 --> 00:23:29,041
but I always get 'em
whatever it is they need.
427
00:23:29,208 --> 00:23:31,154
I'm a deal maker.
428
00:23:31,310 --> 00:23:33,483
So what is it with you guys?
What do you want, money?
429
00:23:33,646 --> 00:23:35,785
You want a personal telephone
call from the president?
430
00:23:35,948 --> 00:23:37,256
'Cause I can get it.
431
00:23:37,416 --> 00:23:40,295
Just please, come on.
432
00:23:40,452 --> 00:23:42,125
Let me go.
433
00:23:42,288 --> 00:23:46,100
Then, whatever you need,
I'm your man.
434
00:23:48,627 --> 00:23:49,662
Finch, get down!
435
00:24:16,355 --> 00:24:18,460
- You guys all right?
- Yes, we're fine.
436
00:24:18,624 --> 00:24:20,535
Why is everybody
shooting at everybody?
437
00:24:20,693 --> 00:24:22,297
If you're shooting
at federal agents...
438
00:24:22,461 --> 00:24:24,964
Feds don't walk in scattering lead.
439
00:24:25,130 --> 00:24:26,939
- Decima found us.
- How?
440
00:24:27,099 --> 00:24:29,306
McCourt has no phone to follow.
441
00:24:33,872 --> 00:24:36,375
It's a tracker.
Do you know who gave you this?
442
00:24:36,542 --> 00:24:39,716
No idea. It was given to me
at a fundraiser a week ago.
443
00:24:39,878 --> 00:24:42,552
More operatives will be arriving soon.
We need to go.
444
00:24:52,291 --> 00:24:54,669
We should leave the beltway.
We'll need a new car.
445
00:24:54,827 --> 00:24:57,831
Or an old one, easier to hotwire.
446
00:25:02,901 --> 00:25:03,902
Take McCourt.
447
00:25:16,048 --> 00:25:18,494
This guy again.
He's like a cockroach.
448
00:25:20,419 --> 00:25:23,263
Sounds like our last escape route
is about to disappear.
449
00:25:23,422 --> 00:25:26,062
I'm more comfortable
shooting this guy than the cops.
450
00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:49,782
You guys going my Way?
451
00:25:54,053 --> 00:25:56,334
Congressman was
abducted by a white male,
452
00:25:56,358 --> 00:25:57,961
Six-three, dark hair, in suit.
453
00:25:58,123 --> 00:26:00,569
Be advised, suspect is armed
and extremely dangerous.
454
00:26:00,726 --> 00:26:04,401
Nice car, Shaw.
So how'd you know we'd be there?
455
00:26:04,563 --> 00:26:06,941
I didn't... until five minutes ago.
456
00:26:07,099 --> 00:26:08,806
I got a call from Root.
457
00:26:10,102 --> 00:26:12,222
- So you're the one we're saving?
- Yeah. Who are you?
458
00:26:12,271 --> 00:26:14,148
Right now I'm the getaway driver.
459
00:26:14,273 --> 00:26:16,583
Heh. Boy, this just gets worse.
460
00:26:16,742 --> 00:26:17,743
Cheer up, Mac.
461
00:26:17,876 --> 00:26:20,276
You could be in the trunk
with the guy who wants to kill you.
462
00:26:36,495 --> 00:26:39,101
We can't go back.
It's too dangerous.
463
00:26:40,666 --> 00:26:42,346
I could try blasting
through the roadblock.
464
00:26:42,501 --> 00:26:44,481
The term "blasting"
465
00:26:44,636 --> 00:26:47,276
does not inspire great
confidence, Ms. Shaw.
466
00:26:50,642 --> 00:26:53,486
Time to get some fresh air.
I'll get the guy in the trunk.
467
00:26:53,645 --> 00:26:54,646
Let's go.
468
00:26:57,783 --> 00:27:02,095
Sir, you need
to pull forward please. Thank you.
469
00:27:02,254 --> 00:27:04,996
Time to stretch your legs.
470
00:27:24,443 --> 00:27:25,547
All clear.
471
00:27:25,711 --> 00:27:29,557
Newspapers in the driveway,
mail piled up. Must be on vacation.
472
00:27:30,382 --> 00:27:32,384
Let's hope they decide
to stay another night.
473
00:27:32,551 --> 00:27:33,894
What now?
474
00:27:35,354 --> 00:27:36,458
Some answers.
475
00:27:42,494 --> 00:27:44,906
Look, I don't know how many times
I have to tell you,
476
00:27:45,063 --> 00:27:48,567
I haven't done anything
to make anybody wanna kill me.
477
00:27:48,734 --> 00:27:51,180
Well, until we determine the reason
478
00:27:51,336 --> 00:27:54,408
that Decima keeps making attempts on
your life, you'll have to stay with us.
479
00:27:54,573 --> 00:27:57,884
- You have our Decima friend's phone?
- I pulled out the SIM card.
480
00:27:58,043 --> 00:28:01,923
If you really wanna protect me,
why don't you just take me to the cops?
481
00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:03,582
Law enforcement is no deterrent
482
00:28:03,749 --> 00:28:05,469
to the people coming after you,
Congressman.
483
00:28:05,551 --> 00:28:07,087
This is insane.
484
00:28:07,252 --> 00:28:10,358
You've obviously done something
to attract their attention.
485
00:28:10,522 --> 00:28:12,229
Like what?
486
00:28:12,391 --> 00:28:14,268
Decima is a private
intelligence company
487
00:28:14,426 --> 00:28:18,101
developing a large-scale
surveillance program.
488
00:28:18,263 --> 00:28:21,107
The type of program
that you've been vocally against.
489
00:28:21,266 --> 00:28:22,904
Along with half the Congress. So?
490
00:28:23,068 --> 00:28:25,514
But your position on the rules
committee gives you the power
491
00:28:25,671 --> 00:28:27,947
to alter or halt legislation.
492
00:28:28,106 --> 00:28:30,848
Have you sidelined anything
that would affect Decima's plans?
493
00:28:31,009 --> 00:28:34,286
No. I don't know anything
about that company
494
00:28:34,446 --> 00:28:38,189
or why they would wanna kill me.
This is all just a huge mistake.
495
00:28:39,117 --> 00:28:40,790
We're not getting anywhere here.
496
00:28:40,953 --> 00:28:42,796
Maybe Shaw's having some luck.
497
00:28:46,358 --> 00:28:48,031
You can talk or bleed out.
498
00:28:48,193 --> 00:28:50,901
You help us, we'll help you.
499
00:28:53,065 --> 00:28:54,772
Suit yourself, tough guy.
500
00:28:54,933 --> 00:28:56,935
Hope it's worth dying for.
501
00:28:57,102 --> 00:28:58,604
That may not be necessary.
502
00:29:00,072 --> 00:29:02,643
I was able to get into his phone
through a key vulnerability
503
00:29:02,808 --> 00:29:04,754
in the SMS encryption.
504
00:29:04,910 --> 00:29:07,390
I think we may
have misread this situation.
505
00:29:10,782 --> 00:29:11,783
Protect?
506
00:29:11,950 --> 00:29:13,554
Seems we're not the only ones
concerned
507
00:29:13,819 --> 00:29:15,423
with the congressman's safety.
508
00:29:15,887 --> 00:29:18,766
So who are you supposed
to be protecting McCourt from?
509
00:29:24,129 --> 00:29:26,166
I wasn't given that information.
510
00:29:27,332 --> 00:29:30,404
But in the week
we've been watching him,
511
00:29:30,569 --> 00:29:33,743
the only ones who have
taken a shot at him are you.
512
00:29:42,147 --> 00:29:43,148
Ah.
513
00:29:43,348 --> 00:29:45,350
You think maybe I could get a coffee?
514
00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:51,000
Or some water would be fine.
515
00:29:51,156 --> 00:29:53,636
Mr. McCourt, you're sure you
have no knowledge of Decima?
516
00:29:53,792 --> 00:29:55,169
I already answered that.
517
00:29:56,028 --> 00:29:59,498
- Why do you keep beating that drum?
Because they're protecting you.
518
00:29:59,665 --> 00:30:01,372
Protecting me?
519
00:30:01,533 --> 00:30:03,493
A minute ago you said
they were trying to kill me.
520
00:30:03,517 --> 00:30:04,517
I did.
521
00:30:05,037 --> 00:30:06,516
Something doesn't add up.
522
00:30:06,672 --> 00:30:08,811
Actually I think it might.
523
00:30:08,974 --> 00:30:12,012
I looked into your finances
earlier today, Congressman.
524
00:30:12,177 --> 00:30:13,212
You did what?
525
00:30:13,378 --> 00:30:17,190
I noticed your stock portfolio,
up 20 percent over last year.
526
00:30:17,349 --> 00:30:18,521
What are you getting at?
527
00:30:18,684 --> 00:30:20,129
Your trading activities.
528
00:30:20,285 --> 00:30:22,526
Your portfolio is up 20 percent
due to trades
529
00:30:22,688 --> 00:30:24,463
you've made in the last two weeks.
530
00:30:24,623 --> 00:30:29,299
Trades that have increased in value
by over 600 percent.
531
00:30:29,461 --> 00:30:31,737
- So?
- So...
532
00:30:31,897 --> 00:30:34,377
either you're the smartest investor
in Washington,
533
00:30:34,533 --> 00:30:37,343
or you're getting
some very good information.
534
00:30:37,502 --> 00:30:39,038
Inside information.
535
00:30:39,204 --> 00:30:40,877
I don't like what you're implying.
536
00:30:41,039 --> 00:30:43,041
It's more than an implication,
Congressman,
537
00:30:43,208 --> 00:30:45,745
and it'll become a call
to an SEC investigator I know
538
00:30:45,911 --> 00:30:48,255
unless you're more truthful with us.
539
00:30:50,649 --> 00:30:52,094
Okay-
540
00:30:56,254 --> 00:30:58,393
I know Decima Technologies.
541
00:31:00,759 --> 00:31:04,400
But they're not trying to kill me.
We have an understanding.
542
00:31:04,563 --> 00:31:06,770
What kind of an understanding?
543
00:31:06,932 --> 00:31:09,003
They were looking
for a little legislative support
544
00:31:09,167 --> 00:31:10,908
for their new surveillance program.
545
00:31:11,069 --> 00:31:12,241
Support?
546
00:31:12,404 --> 00:31:15,283
You've been leading the charge
against government surveillance.
547
00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:20,014
Course I have. 'Cause I realized that
the government can't keep a secret.
548
00:31:20,178 --> 00:31:23,955
You look at Prism
and this Northern Lights mess.
549
00:31:24,116 --> 00:31:26,790
What do you know
about Decima's program?
550
00:31:26,952 --> 00:31:28,022
Not much really.
551
00:31:28,186 --> 00:31:30,962
Just that it's an alternative
to a government-run system,
552
00:31:31,123 --> 00:31:33,933
which, at this point,
should make everybody happy.
553
00:31:34,092 --> 00:31:38,131
And in return for your support,
you're getting insider stock tips.
554
00:31:38,296 --> 00:31:42,438
You're a couple of smart guys,
you know?
555
00:31:42,601 --> 00:31:46,071
Surely you understand that everything
that happens in Washington is a deal.
556
00:31:46,238 --> 00:31:48,616
And you're a dealmaker.
557
00:31:49,474 --> 00:31:51,147
In case you didn't know,
558
00:31:51,309 --> 00:31:55,052
the business of governance...
is business.
559
00:32:08,493 --> 00:32:10,573
They're moving grid-to-grid
through the neighborhood.
560
00:32:10,597 --> 00:32:11,940
We need to make a move.
561
00:32:21,606 --> 00:32:24,280
Greer is positioning Samaritan
to replace the Machine.
562
00:32:24,443 --> 00:32:26,252
McCourt is helping Decima.
563
00:32:26,411 --> 00:32:27,754
We've been looking at him
as a victim,
564
00:32:27,846 --> 00:32:29,086
but he's really a perpetrator.
565
00:32:29,247 --> 00:32:31,591
I'm not so sure. His involvement
is tangential at best,
566
00:32:31,750 --> 00:32:33,252
and he doesn't
know Greens intentions.
567
00:32:33,418 --> 00:32:35,091
If he's not a victim or a perp,
568
00:32:35,153 --> 00:32:36,873
then why did the Machine
give us his number?
569
00:32:36,922 --> 00:32:39,664
What is it we're supposed
to be stopping?
570
00:32:39,825 --> 00:32:42,601
I'm not sure we're supposed
to be stopping anything.
571
00:32:42,761 --> 00:32:45,332
Finch, you said McCourt could
speed up or halt legislation.
572
00:32:45,497 --> 00:32:47,272
Yes, he's in
a unique position to remove
573
00:32:47,432 --> 00:32:49,309
any legislative
roadblock to Samaritan.
574
00:32:49,468 --> 00:32:53,814
So without McCourt,
Samaritan doesn't get past Congress.
575
00:32:53,972 --> 00:32:57,351
And Greer wouldn't get access
to the NSA's surveillance feeds.
576
00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:03,182
Then that's why we got his number.
577
00:33:04,216 --> 00:33:05,320
He is the victim.
578
00:33:06,685 --> 00:33:07,959
His life is in danger.
579
00:33:08,119 --> 00:33:09,291
But from who?
580
00:33:11,556 --> 00:33:12,830
Us.
581
00:33:18,563 --> 00:33:21,237
I think the Machine
wants us to kill McCourt.
582
00:33:27,405 --> 00:33:29,578
- John, think about what you're saying.
- I have.
583
00:33:29,741 --> 00:33:31,846
Just because Decima
is not the threat to McCourt
584
00:33:32,043 --> 00:33:33,420
doesn't mean that we must be.
585
00:33:33,578 --> 00:33:35,658
The Machine is designed
to save lives, not take them.
586
00:33:35,682 --> 00:33:37,059
But could it?
587
00:33:37,215 --> 00:33:39,991
Could the Machine ever tell us
to kill someone? Is it possible?
588
00:33:42,687 --> 00:33:44,496
It's conceivable.
589
00:33:44,656 --> 00:33:46,431
Well, how bad would
the situation have to be?
590
00:33:46,591 --> 00:33:50,232
Bad. It would have to see
that an individual's actions
591
00:33:50,395 --> 00:33:52,602
could directly result
in the loss of others' lives.
592
00:33:52,764 --> 00:33:55,438
How many lives?
A dozen, a hundred? How many?
593
00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:57,881
A lot. I'm not sure.
I never dreamt it would come to this.
594
00:33:58,036 --> 00:33:59,777
Well, it has.
595
00:33:59,938 --> 00:34:02,885
Your machine,
it sees something coming,
596
00:34:03,041 --> 00:34:05,078
Something bad,
and it wants us to stop it.
597
00:34:05,243 --> 00:34:07,883
I don't know.
You don't know that.
598
00:34:08,046 --> 00:34:10,617
Look, I've never entirely trusted
your machine, but you built it,
599
00:34:10,782 --> 00:34:12,352
and I trust you.
600
00:34:12,517 --> 00:34:14,793
You're the one who said
we can't underestimate
601
00:34:14,953 --> 00:34:17,194
the threat of Samaritan.
602
00:34:26,598 --> 00:34:28,134
Mr. McCourt...
603
00:34:29,768 --> 00:34:31,611
you have to call off
your deal with Decima.
604
00:34:31,770 --> 00:34:36,412
Their surveillance program
cannot be approved.
605
00:34:36,575 --> 00:34:40,421
What are you, one of those privacy
nut jobs? Is that what this is about?
606
00:34:40,579 --> 00:34:44,049
With access to the government's
surveillance feeds,
607
00:34:44,215 --> 00:34:47,890
Decima will be able
to acquire any information,
608
00:34:48,053 --> 00:34:50,260
any secret it desires,
609
00:34:50,422 --> 00:34:52,299
and sell it to the highest bidder.
610
00:34:52,457 --> 00:34:54,459
And that would be
the United States government.
611
00:34:54,626 --> 00:34:56,162
Perhaps, for now.
612
00:34:56,328 --> 00:34:58,934
But unbridled access
613
00:34:59,097 --> 00:35:03,239
will create unlimited
opportunities for abuse.
614
00:35:04,336 --> 00:35:07,681
People will be ruined,
lives will be lost.
615
00:35:07,839 --> 00:35:10,683
The results will be nothing
short of catastrophic.
616
00:35:11,509 --> 00:35:15,685
These programs are always gonna
be controversial but also inevitable.
617
00:35:16,514 --> 00:35:19,017
People get up in arms
whenever they go public,
618
00:35:19,184 --> 00:35:21,858
but eventually the noise dies down,
619
00:35:22,020 --> 00:35:25,001
because the simple truth is
620
00:35:25,156 --> 00:35:27,432
that people wanna be protected.
621
00:35:29,327 --> 00:35:31,807
They just don't wanna know how.
622
00:35:35,333 --> 00:35:38,371
Oh, maybe I haven't
offered you the right incentive.
623
00:35:38,536 --> 00:35:39,640
So how much?
624
00:35:39,804 --> 00:35:41,112
Excuse me?
625
00:35:41,272 --> 00:35:44,810
To withdraw your support
for Decima's program, how much?
626
00:35:44,976 --> 00:35:48,048
Hey, you know,
I did this to keep the country safe.
627
00:35:48,213 --> 00:35:50,193
And, yeah,
maybe I got a little something
628
00:35:50,315 --> 00:35:52,022
for myself during the process.
629
00:35:53,151 --> 00:35:56,530
All that makes me
is good at what I do.
630
00:35:56,688 --> 00:35:59,225
I'm not calling off the deal.
631
00:36:07,332 --> 00:36:10,745
Looks like we've got company.
SWAT, feds, the works.
632
00:36:11,703 --> 00:36:13,410
Mr. Reese, it was never my intention
633
00:36:13,571 --> 00:36:16,313
for people to be killed
because of the Machine.
634
00:36:16,474 --> 00:36:18,715
What do you think happened
when it gave the government
635
00:36:18,877 --> 00:36:20,515
a terrorist number?
636
00:36:20,712 --> 00:36:22,472
What do you think
we used to do for a living?
637
00:36:22,496 --> 00:36:23,724
That man is not a terrorist.
638
00:36:23,882 --> 00:36:26,226
He's just an opportunistic
and corrupt pawn.
639
00:36:26,384 --> 00:36:28,762
That doesn't make
the threat any less real.
640
00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:30,558
We are not assassins.
We protect people.
641
00:36:30,722 --> 00:36:32,599
Isn't that what we're doing?
642
00:36:33,758 --> 00:36:37,035
Sacrificing the life
of one to save the lives of many?
643
00:36:37,896 --> 00:36:39,068
Shaw, help me out here.
644
00:36:41,199 --> 00:36:44,612
Six months ago, I would've already
put a bullet in that guy's head.
645
00:36:44,769 --> 00:36:47,010
But ever since hanging
around you guys, I've kind of
646
00:36:47,172 --> 00:36:49,516
gotten used to saving people
but we've only been able
647
00:36:49,674 --> 00:36:53,087
to do that by trusting the Machine.
648
00:36:53,244 --> 00:36:55,724
And if it's saying
that this guy's gotta go...
649
00:36:57,415 --> 00:36:59,190
Well, I think
we should still trust it.
650
00:37:01,419 --> 00:37:04,229
John, I urge you to consider
the consequences of this action.
651
00:37:04,389 --> 00:37:07,427
There are consequences to not acting.
652
00:37:07,592 --> 00:37:09,868
Like with Simmons and Joss.
653
00:37:10,028 --> 00:37:11,405
Don't do this.
654
00:37:11,563 --> 00:37:14,066
If we let him walk out that door,
Decima wins.
655
00:37:14,232 --> 00:37:15,540
Samaritan will go live.
656
00:37:15,700 --> 00:37:17,475
It's a possibility,
but not a certainty.
657
00:37:17,635 --> 00:37:19,979
There may be another way.
We've never been here.
658
00:37:20,138 --> 00:37:22,448
But are you really
willing to take that risk?
659
00:37:24,576 --> 00:37:25,987
Harold?
660
00:37:27,545 --> 00:37:30,924
Since we started this,
things have changed. We've changed.
661
00:37:31,082 --> 00:37:34,086
But the mission, our purpose,
has always been constant:
662
00:37:34,252 --> 00:37:35,822
to save lives.
663
00:37:36,788 --> 00:37:38,893
If that's changed somehow,
664
00:37:39,057 --> 00:37:41,059
if we're in a place now
665
00:37:41,226 --> 00:37:44,139
where the Machine is asking
us to commit murder...
666
00:37:47,565 --> 00:37:49,670
That's a place I can't go.
667
00:37:50,602 --> 00:37:53,242
I'm afraid this is where I get off.
668
00:37:59,344 --> 00:38:00,516
John.
669
00:39:15,253 --> 00:39:17,255
Unh!
670
00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:52,465
You've had an opportunity
to consider my proposal.
671
00:39:52,624 --> 00:39:54,399
Will you help us?
672
00:39:54,559 --> 00:39:55,919
My colleagues and I would like to,
673
00:39:56,060 --> 00:39:59,041
but unfortunately now
is not the time.
674
00:39:59,197 --> 00:40:01,473
Perhaps a demonstration
of my system's capabilities
675
00:40:01,633 --> 00:40:04,739
will convince you that your country
cannot afford to wait.
676
00:40:05,470 --> 00:40:08,041
Test in a limited area,
677
00:40:08,206 --> 00:40:10,982
say... New York City.
678
00:40:11,142 --> 00:40:14,248
Twenty-four hours,
quick, clean.
679
00:40:14,412 --> 00:40:16,323
Then we shut it down.
680
00:40:16,481 --> 00:40:20,486
No guns, no police, just information.
681
00:40:21,319 --> 00:40:22,639
What kind of information?
682
00:40:22,654 --> 00:40:25,066
If the NSA provides us
683
00:40:25,223 --> 00:40:27,829
with New York City's
surveillance feeds,
684
00:40:27,992 --> 00:40:30,302
we will find you a terrorist.
685
00:40:30,461 --> 00:40:32,381
You could find me
a thousand terrorists,
686
00:40:32,430 --> 00:40:35,434
but like I said'
we'll never get this through Congress.
687
00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:39,810
And as I told you, dissenting
voices would not be a problem.
688
00:41:10,835 --> 00:41:13,816
It's time to remove those obstacles.
689
00:41:16,007 --> 00:41:17,953
Answer your phone, Senator.
690
00:41:22,714 --> 00:41:26,059
How you doing, Garrison?
This is Roger McCourt.
691
00:41:26,217 --> 00:41:28,891
I understand you'll be
preparing some legislation.
692
00:41:29,053 --> 00:41:30,157
Is that right?
693
00:41:30,321 --> 00:41:31,823
If you can handle the Senate,
694
00:41:31,990 --> 00:41:35,403
I can ensure that the House rules
facilitate a quiet passage.
695
00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:37,062
You can do all that?
696
00:41:37,228 --> 00:41:38,901
Absolutely, Senator.
697
00:41:41,899 --> 00:41:44,539
Okay. Let's...
698
00:41:44,702 --> 00:41:46,340
- do it.
- Excellent.
699
00:41:46,504 --> 00:41:49,508
Now if there's anything
else you need, just ask.
700
00:41:49,674 --> 00:41:51,244
I'm your man.
701
00:42:26,411 --> 00:42:29,551
Virgil, are we operational?
702
00:42:29,714 --> 00:42:32,422
You're just in time
for the ribbon cutting.
703
00:42:32,583 --> 00:42:34,221
Feeds are coming online now.
704
00:42:34,385 --> 00:42:36,296
Commencing beta test.
705
00:42:40,024 --> 00:42:42,470
Okay, we have 24 hours.
706
00:42:42,627 --> 00:42:43,731
Splendid.
707
00:42:46,964 --> 00:42:50,036
Find me Harold Finch.
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