Covert Affairs

Come on up here. We're almost there.

Come on, Reva, hasn't a week of hiking

been at all fun for you?

I am in tech ops.

I enjoy HDTV cameras the size of dimes

and playing with lasers.

See, this is the greatest part about our job.

We fly halfway around the world

and spend a week in an amazing place.

Seeing things like this.

It's very pretty.

I'm sure it's also pretty when you look at it on Google Earth.

From...Yeah.

If you don't like being in the field,

why'd you take this assignment?

Because it's a great opportunity

to shepherd a new piece of technology.

I mean, you know what it means

to build your bones at the agency.

You press for key missions, succeed,

and then ride that success

all the way to your own department

where you no longer have to go into the field.

I think this is as close as we can get

to the Belarusian border without crossing it.

Excellent.

You know how many nights I spent

at the lab triple-checking every circuit

and trying to impress my supervisors

by refining the filters?

And now, I don't know,

it's just really, really cool

to finally see these things in action.

Okay.

Great, everything looks good on my end.

All right, I'll call it in.

Border photography and logistics.

This is your Captain speaking.

Hey, Aug.

Last one fired and ready to go.

All right, hold on.

You have it?

Annie, the signal's bouncing

off of four different satellites.

You're gonna have to give it a minute.

Sorry.

I'm a little excited to get going.

Finally get a chance to hike the Orla Perc Trail

on your way home, huh, Walker?

How did you know I was gonna do that?

When are you gonna realize I know everything?

I don't know whether to be scared

or oddly comforted by that.

Oh, comforted for sure,

especially because I reworked your travel back to Warsaw.

The Polish government is so grateful

that we're sharing these photos with them

that they've offered you a ride to the airport.

Ah...Reva will love you forever.

Why is that?

- Taxi to the airport. - Hmm, I don't love Auggie,

but I'm appreciative of the ride.

She's thinking about it.

She's obsessed with me.

All right, we've got a feed.

- Okay, are we good to go? - Indeed.

Enjoy the ride. Get home safe.

Will do.

Mmm.

All right, let's get outta here.

Hot shower, here I come.

Wait, there's something on the Belarusian side

that's not on the map.

Looks like a town, but there aren't any people in it.

That's weird.

Reva.

Reva.

Can you save me? By apple trees and tangerines

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Annie, what's happening? What did he say?

Damn it, there's no internal latch.

The best time for escape is en route.

I know.

Otherwise our chances of survival diminish greatly.

I mean, statistically speaking.

Let's think.

The rock camera was on.

It would have caught the license plate of the truck.

Langley will see that

and contact the Polish embassy right away.

Yes, except this truck didn't have a license plate.

- Are you sure? - Yeah.

And no one's contacting any embassy either.

What--what do you mean?

Those men weren't Polish.

Their accents and uniforms were straight out of Minsk.

They're taking us to Belarus.

Those guys were secret police?

The last proud branch of the Soviet militia.

Okay, um, we maintain our covers.

That's protocol.

We deny any knowledge of the CIA's cooperation with Poland.

We know nothing about anyone smuggling weapons

over any borders.

Okay, we are just hikers. That's all.

It's gonna be okay.

We were trained for this.

Both of us.

Remember the exercises at the farm?

Oh.

I liked the ones where you practice code breaking.

I wasn't exactly good at the field work.

You know, the--

You can do this.

We can do this.

Not because we calculate the right statistics,

but because we work together.

Yeah.

What do you think they want with us?

I dunno.

We're not the first hikers taken by a foreign government.

We make pretty good bargaining chips.

Tell me what you see.

Annie and Reva carefully obeyed the border,

but the Belarusians made an incursion into Poland

to capture them.

Have they made any demands yet?

No, but we expect them soon.

I wish we had people in country.

Do you want to pull some operatives

from St. Petersburg?

I have a better idea.

Your references and experience

are very impressive, Mr. Wilcox.

It seems like you will be a great fit

for our risk management division.

Thank you. It would be a privilege.

Well, I feel I have a good sense of your strengths.

So let's move on to your weaknesses.

Tell me about some mistakes you've made in your career

and how you'd strive to avoid making them again.

I don't know if this qualifies as a mistake,

but perhaps I've been too much of a diplomat

in the past.

So sorry, please ignore that.

Please, excuse me. I'll just be a moment.

Hi, Joan.

Just finishing a meeting at London station.

I know you had a job interview in Berlin,

but we can talk about that later.

Really, Joan, do we--

Annie and Reva have been captured.

An incursion by the Belarusians.

I need you to go to Poland.

Of course. What are the details?

Auggie will send you all the intel we have

to your encrypted cell.

Hello, young ladies.

I'm Max Kupala.

Welcome to Belarus.

You are under arrest for espionage.

Sir, there has been a terrible mistake.

We are just hikers

enjoying the beautiful primeval forest

you share with Poland.

We never crossed the border into your country.

- Is that a fact? - Yes.

I'm sure you heard of those Americans

on the border of Iran, Syria, and North Korea?

They too said they were just hikers.

- I wouldn't know-- - Former U.S. Presidents

flew halfway over the world just to rescue them.

They must be very important hikers.

Nice bag. You bought this?

Yeah, in--in a camping shop in Toronto.

Let's see what else you bought here.

Ah, Gayle Beacham.

Hello.

Look here.

These readings are sensitive

within inches.

So it must be pulling from multiple satellites.

Military satellites.

You did not buy this in a shop.

Souvenir.

We'll use only civilian-made rides and weapons.

This is off book.

There are no post-mission reports on this one.

No paperwork of any kind.