CIA

All right, we're almost home.

Whoa, calm down, boy.

Whoa, whoa.

It's right up here.

You really think it's worth 10 grand?

Oh, my God.

What?

Remember Andrea McHugh?

Blue mohawk, threw a brick through a Starbucks window?

- The girl who stole a cop car sophomore year?

- How could I forget? - Yeah, look at this.

Wow, so much for getting out of small town life.

- Seriously. - Three kids under five.

That's a handful.

- Honey, if I ever suggest coordinating sleepwear,

you have permission to leave me and take full custody.

Honey, I would not need permission.

Oh, that's what I love about you.

My devastating charm?

We both hate the same things.

Oh, I might need the car today.

Is it cool if I drive, and I can just drop you at 26 Fed?

- You know, you take the car. - I'll take the subway.

What? You hate the subway.

We both hate the subway. See above.

Yeah, fully aware, I just, uh,

I actually have to go Uptown today, so it'll be easier.

Oh, what's Uptown?

- This case. - I gotta talk to this guy.

He's threatening to recant his testimony.

- So Uptown I go. - OK.

What am I looking at, Malcolm?

That's what I want to know.

Something made this crater last night.

Radiation signatures consistent with a power source,

not a meteor, not debris.

- Something that was built. - Can I see what's left of it?

- That's just it. - Someone got here before us.

Couple someones, actually. One's in the morgue.

And the other, well, whatever made this crater,

they've got it now.

And we've checked with everyone on our end.

It wasn't Canadian.

- So? - Are you asking if it's ours?

Now that you mention it.

Malcolm, I'm finding out about this

at the same time that you're telling me.

That's what you'd say if itwas yours.

- And you're a good liar. - Yes and yes.

But in this case, it has the advantage of being true.

- If this turns out to be American technology

that fell out of the sky...

Malcolm.

And you are now in any way covering up,

we're going to have a serious problem.

And I'm not someone that

you want to have a serious problem with.

I thought Canadians were supposed to be polite.

- That is an outdated and offensive stereotype.

All right.

- Let's gather the troops. - Mm-hmm.

- So an unknown projectile of unknown origin,

with unknown payload, emitting unknown amounts

of deadly radiation, is currently in unknown hands.

- Well, at least we know our known unknowns.

Whose is it? Anyone call the lost and found?

- Nobody's claimed it. - Any ideas on what it is?

It could be a weather balloon.

- Like the one the military shot over South Carolina,

courtesy of China?

Or it could be a stealth drone,

meaning one of ours.

- Meaning an illegal U.S.-run surveillance program.

More like unsanctioned.

We don't like labels here at the CIA.

If it is ours, we've just stumbled

onto a massive diplomatic incident with Canada.

- Well, there... - there is another possibility.

I mean, the... the radiation signatures

are inconsistent with standard propulsion and electronics.

Please don't say aliens.

With the amount of energy output

these things are emitting, I mean, it... it... it...

It's probably not aliens. That's... that's what I'm saying.

Whatever caused that crater,

we need to find out who took it.

If it was ours and it's been recovered,

it's embarrassing, but it's contained.

Yeah, but if someone got there first,

it could already be on the black market.

I'll make some calls.

I'll try my government contacts.

And let's bring in Kevin Turner from Counter Terrorism.

I think I found what made your crater.

Where did you get these?

- Would you believe me if I said they fell off a truck?

Must have been a weird truck.

Looks like a low Earth orbit satellite.

- Most of it burned up, but that core was built to survive.

Whose is it, if you had to guess?

Russian, Chinese, Indian, maybe.

What's it matter?

I have a team out in the field

trying to secure this thing.

I don't know who they might bump into.

- I'll look into it, see if I can track it,

figure out who launched it.

You told Katie you're going Uptown

because a witness is recanting their testimony?

It was the first thing I could think of.

Jeez, mate, less is more.

It's the details that trip you up.

Have you still not told her

you're working for the fusion cell?

I don't want her worrying about me.

She's a worrier. I hate lying to her.

Well, you'll get used to it.

Yeah, that's what I'm worried about.

This is her.

Sixth sense, every time.

All right, well, take it.

I'll only be a couple of minutes.

- And less is more. - Yeah.

Hey, honey.

Yeah, I just got Uptown. What's up?

You're looking for Nigel.

- Yeah. - Is he in?

Blew his ACL, pickleball.

- Vicious sport. - I told him to stick to chess.

- Yeah. - Something I can help you with?

Uh, it's a very particular request.

I normally just deal with him.

- Mm. - Try me.

OK.

Where can I find a copy of Chekhov's "The Burial Mound"?

- Neverland, maybe, or the lost city of Atlantis.

It doesn't exist.

All right, how about "Ben-Hur," 1933,

first Modern Library edition?

Someone must have misplaced it.

Now you can put up your sneaky little bat signal

to whoever the hell you're trying to communicate with.

Thank you.

Evelyn.

But like I said, I might not be here next time.

So this electricity crackling between us...

Don't get used to it.

Our mystery item.

A satellite fell out of orbit.

Most of it burned up upon re-entry

or shattered into fragments, except the battery.

- Most satellites are powered by solar panels.

This one was powered by an enriched cesium core.

- A nuclear battery. - Yeah.

- So you're saying somebody put a nuclear device in space?

Cesium-137, to be precise.

- So you're aware cesium-137 has roughly ten half-lives

before its radioactivity diminishes to safe levels?

- Sorry, in layman's terms, that simply means that it's a...

- Dirty bomb with that material could irradiate Times Square

- for 300 years, give or take. - Yes, exactly.

Certainly, as you can imagine,

there are plenty of terror groups

who'd love to get their hands on it.

Rogue nations too.

Do we know who sent it up?

That's not exactly my department.

- There are over 13,000 satellites in orbit

operated by 80 countries. It might take me just a minute.

You're doing great.

Colin, any word from your contacts?

No, not yet.

But let's hope he gets in touch

before this thing hits the open market.

Nice place you got here.

Excellent bourbon.

Jonah.

- You got my signal, then? - I did.

And I believe I have something you're looking for.

- So what, you're an amateur photographer now, are you?

I'm thinking about turning professional.

Who's your friend?

Fellow literature enthusiast.

Ah, looks like a Fed.

How's retirement?

Boring.

I even considered starting a war to pass the time.

- I thought you liked wars. - I like war profiteering.

And right now it sounds like

you have a very expensive problem on your hands.

What have you heard?

- Nuclear-powered satellite scattered across Nova Scotia,

but the battery's missing,

with enough cesium to level ten city blocks.

The seller, the one who found it,

is Mateo Kola.

Albanian organized crime.

- Controls much of the smuggling in Eastern Canada.

Some local found the battery, contacted Mateo for a payday,

he killed her, and grabbed it for himself.