The Agency

For an hour or two, can we just

pretend to be like we were before?

No Osman.

I'll leave here, go to reception, get a room upstairs.

I don't need to think about it.

They don't know Coyote

like I know him.

We need a break.

So we make one.

Coyote's leaking information.

Code Bravo. Don't trust anyone.

Owen, you may have just found the hole in the boat.

If they do have Coyote, they'll allude to it.

Who knows? You may get that call.

Whoever made the call

knows we can trace it

- no matter what. - Yes.

Eric Zheng Huang.

Why is he in London?

Business. Politics.

He's got Middle Eastern and African links.

I finally saw the size of the stakes

in the game I'd been dealt into.

China was trying to broker a secret deal in Sudan.

Anyone who exposed the people involved

would immediately be neutralized.

I need to get rid of someone.

Okay. Uh, approaching the pickup point now.

No red team in sight. Proceed.

Uh, it's empty.

Oh, wait, no, no, no, no. Th-There's something in here.

Uh, a photo. A polaroid.

That's a phone number.

9:53, contact made with Cossack.

Have you lost a bike?

I did.

I found it.

Is it still in good condition?

Information has a price.

This is an auction. Make a bid.

An auction. Who else is bidding?

Who sets the price?

Make a bid.

How? Who to?

Bidding ends in 24 hours.

How do I bid?

Bidding.

Bidding?

Would they actually sell him to someone else?

Not necessarily. Could be a method.

Oh, I found it.

Yeah. Image matches.

Uh, current bid is $140,000.

Uh, there's two bidders.

It could be other parties or it could be to take raises

off the wall and control the sale price.

Someone has put an American agent

up for sale online.

Fuck that. I'm not playing.

I'll tell the Pentagon Belarusians have decided to

invade the U.S., whatever.

Why is Cossack being so cautious?

The treasure hunt,

the locker, the polaroid,

the anonymous phone number,

the voice on the end, the damn auction?

If an agency had Coyote, they'd come at us straight.

We've got channels. Why anonymous go-betweens?

Because someone's scared we'll identify them.

Why? What are they hiding?

Well, one thing's certain:

this isn't the playbook of the FSB.

Coyote isn't being held by an agency.

Not the Belarusians, not the Russians.

Cossack's working alone.

Guo.

You booked a taxi?

I have errands to run.

I can take you.

Thanks, but the taxi's already on its way.

I cancelled it. And I must ask you

not to leave the hotel unaccompanied.

- Why? - I'm here to protect you.

Protect? Or control?

I know people who know Osman

in Chad, Darfur.

I need to keep you safe.

- This mission is too important-- - You're here to protect me

from my protection?

I'm here to work with them.

You need anything, you call me.

Where did you get that jacket?

What have you done?

Enjoy the sushi.

I won't dance. Not like this.

CIA operatives are valuable.

It's a bluff.

Even if it is, we can't ignore it.

You find Cossack. Then we'll talk.

Mikhail Bortnik is first contact.

Cossack's in his circle. Maybe his boss. Maybe not.

Cossack's experienced, trained, professional.

Uses unconventional methods to cover his tracks.

Okay, I'll let him know.

The Brits are downstairs.

Is it in the diary?

No, but it's Richardson.

Bring him up.

Get Naomi. I'll be right there.

Decent of you to accommodate this at such short notice.

Try none.

Our, uh, weekly meeting for tea and biscuits at Legoland

is coming up. What couldn't wait?

Legoland.

We haven't got a droll name for this place yet.

How can I help you, Jim?

Kensington Park Gardens.

What about it?

Come on. I thought we shared toys.

The Chinese are brokering

a peace deal in Sudan,

which will leave them in control

of the Horn of Africa for decades.

Eric Huang of number 73

Kensington Park Gardens is making the sandwiches.

Deputies of General Hemedti

and de facto ruler General Fattah al-Burhan

in attendance.

We thought you knew all about it. Your backyard and all.

Do you have anything useful to add

to what we already know about these ongoing talks?

Is he in?

He's meeting the Brits.

- Why? Who? - Richardson.

James Richardson?

I don't want to put anyone's nose out of joint here,

but if you did know about these talks,

why wouldn't you want to share that with us?

This is, as you say, our backyard.

I rather think we ought to be kept up to speed

by an ally on everything that's happening

on our sovereign soil.

Sorry to barge in like this, Henry,

but they need you in the crisis room.

Oh, we don't have one of those, but then again,

we try to avoid crises as a matter of policy.

You two know each other?

Hello, Brandon.

James is an old mate.

We served together overseas.

Here's the deal, you don't say "mate," "bloody,"

or "quid," and I promise not to "take a rain check."

I'll walk you to the elevator.

Don't want me wandering around unescorted?

Nice catch.

So why does it feel like I just got placed

on a concussion protocol list?

You don't think that was just SIS sharing intel?

"Hey look over there!"

Someone says that, in this business...

You're about to lose your wallet.

Or your life.

What the fuck are you doing?

Oh, come on. I'm up for Control next year.

Can't hand me an ace and expect me not to play it.

Motherfucker, I trusted you.

We all make mistakes.

Don't try to fuck me, Jim.

You mean, after everything we've been through together?

Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen?

You say, "Jump," we say, "How high?"

If I do get C, all that changes.

PC-9 Zoaf is carried by a lot of cops and army officers.

It's essentially an Iranian copy of the SIG P226,

not terrible.

Chambers nine mil Parabellum. Safety like a Sig.

Worth familiarizing yourself with everything

you'd come across out there,

especially as you'll be unarmed at all times.

Because I'm not a spy?

Mm. So any shooting situation

will be field-found weapons.

You may also find Iranian copies of the Browning Hi-Power,

even old Colt M1911s.

So, Edward.

It's my job.

Finding out secrets.

Edward's nice. The end.

Relationships are impossible.

Choose a civilian, you have to lie.

Choose another spook, you're both never there.

It's okay, we're just fucking.