The Blacklist

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Hey! Stop!

Somebody stop that kid! Hey, get back here!

- Get in. - Get back!

Guy's nuts. Tried to steal my sister's purse.

You stole the purse, Jacob.

Like the credit cards and the Pontiac.

How do you know my name?

I'm surprised you haven't stolen more,

considering the situation with your foster home.

You know, we've been watching you, Jacob.

We may have an opportunity for you.

Who are you?

W-what is this?

According to our research,

you have some remarkable talents.

You want the purse? Take the purse.

You ever stop to think that the reason

you have trouble relating to other people

is because you're special?

That it's not you, it's everyone else that's the problem?

That's not what social services says.

Good old social services...

Bureaucrats trained in missing the point.

We believe that your delinquent inclinations

are exactly what makes you invaluable.

It takes a certain kind of courage.

What are you talking about... A job, a school?

What is all this stuff?

I told you, we have an opportunity, if you're willing to take it...

If you're smart enough to take it.

It's your choice, Jacob.

You can get out

and go back to the life you've always known,

or you can take a ride with me,

and I can tell you how to leave this life behind.

I can help you become anything.

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Hey. Aram said you were looking for me.

Come in. Close the door.

What's going on?

An assistant U.S. attorney here in D.C.

has impaneled a grand jury.

He's looking into the death of lieutenant Eugene Ames...

A former harbormaster.

I just got off the phone with Detective Wilcox.

We discussed the target of his investigation.

- You. - Apparently, you encountered the victim

the day he disappeared...

Drew down on the man, fed him some story

about searching for fugitives out of Cumberland Prison.

There were no fugitives.

No.

When Wilcox confronted you, you changed your story.

Said you were there on official business.

They even had a witness, but the guy recanted.

Now Agent Cooper's been subpoenaed

to corroborate your story.

They want to ask him under oath if you're lying.

We all know that you weren't at that marina

in your official capacity as a member of this task force.

So, you want to tell me why the hell you were there?

I can't.

You're the target of a federal murder investigation.

You really think the best choice at this point is to shut me out?

You're right. I didn't tell Wilcox the truth.

But I am telling you the truth when I say I didn't kill anyone.

Look, Meera was dead. You were in the hospital.

I did what I thought was necessary to stop Berlin.

That's all I'm willing to say.

You'll say far less than that, Agent Keen.

I've filed a motion to quash the subpoena.

Only 41 people know this task force exists.

I will not risk further exposure, not by this.

You'd better hope this motion works, Agent Keen,

'cause I'm telling you now, if they put me under oath,

I will not commit perjury to protect you.

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Oh, sorry, man.

Martin! Martin. Come on.

I told you... Denner sits at 9:00.

I know. I know. I got everything.

Okay, look.

I don't know what we're walking into here.

It's no small thing to indict an active federal agent.

I'm on to something. She's guilty.

Denner is the perfect guy to hear this, okay?

He's former criminal defense attorney,

- former Berkeley law professor. - Huh.

And he's a staunch proponent of government transparency.

Well, that's promising.

We're going to five?

Yeah. They switched the courtroom.

Mr. Markin, Detective.

Step over to the checkpoint, please.

Where the hell is everybody?

What... What is this?

I'll need you to surrender your mobile devices,

anything that you have that can be used

to record today's proceedings...

Laptops, pens, tablets.

You... You want my pens?

This is crazy.

This will only take a moment.

I'm afraid I've been doing this for a while,

but this is certainly a first.

Not only did you switch my courtroom, you closed it.

And then you closed the entire floor.

My apologies, Your Honor,

but I trust the measures we've taken

will indicate how seriously we take this proceeding

and the threat it poses to our national security.

So indicated.

That said, I fail to understand

how a routine grand jury investigation

into a local homicide

justifies a dog-and-pony show of such dramatic proportions.

There's nothing routine about this matter, Your Honor.

On behalf of the justice department,

I'm here to ask the court to quash the subpoena

issued to Assistant Director Cooper

without delay.

For national security reasons, yes... Such as?

Oh, come on, Ms. Wright. Don't I even get a ballpark?

"To insulate covert intelligence capacities"?

"To protect an informant in an active operational zone"?

With respect, I don't appreciate your sarcasm, Your Honor.

Really?

Well, here's what I don't appreciate, counsel.

I don't appreciate being instructed

as to what will or will not happen in my courtroom.

Your Honor, if I may...

A citizen of this district has been brutally murdered...

Not just a citizen, but a public servant,

a lieutenant for the Metro P.D.

And the people have a right to access

and evaluate all evidence...

No, they don't.

We have a fundamental right to seek justice...

Look, we are here as a courtesy.

...and we shouldn't have to take the government's word

for the fact that national security might be involved.

It's our call to make.

We're not asking for a second opinion.

You're protecting a federal agent.

Mr. Markin, control your witness.

I have a good-faith basis

to believe that Agent Keen is involved...

Marty.

- It's a cover-up. - Enough.

Okay, Ms. Wright. I take your point.

Somebody has to make the call

as to what does or does not rise to the level

of a national security concern.

And we agree.

That call should not be made by the people

or Detective Wilcox or even a grand jury.

Thank you, Your Honor.

It's my job.

I will hear the Justice Department's argument

- in chambers. - Objection!

And if I agree that national security is endangered,

I will quash the subpoena,

and the investigation along with it.

You have no authority.

Haven't we had enough government suppression, counsel?

Haven't we seen what happens

when government's actions go unchecked?

Now, you decide.

I can hold you and your agents in contempt

and have my officers take you into custody,

or you can comply with my ruling.

Choose. Right now.

You've made a mistake, Richard.

I agree, Reven.

I should've been a dermatologist.

I will see Agent Keen in chambers in five minutes.

We're adjourned.

Thank you.

Agent Keen, you have the right to an attorney,

but if you do request counsel

or refuse to answer my questions,

this hearing is over, and I will determine

if your case should proceed in open court

based on the facts already in evidence.

Are we clear to proceed?

Yes, Your Honor.

Raise your right hand and repeat after me.

I, Elizabeth Keen...

I understand we have a problem.

Agent Keen's testifying in camera

about the investigation as we speak... Judge's chambers.

Eugene Ames was a cop.

The judge will want his murder avenged.

Best case, she'll be charged as an accessory.

And this task force will be shut down.

The Major.

Major? What major?

Not a what , Donald, a who ...

the next name on the Blacklist.