The Night Agent

Train 2781 arriving on Platform A.

You gotta tell me this.

Oh, there it is. Okay. Hold on, sweetie.

Okay, come on, honey.

This is a Red Line train to Judiciary Square.

When boarding, move to the center of the car.

Ma'am, uh, you can take my seat.

No, it's all right.

No, doctor says I gotta do one good deed a day, for my health.

- Come on, please? -

- Let me take that for you. - Thanks.

Someone raised you right.

Next stop, Gallery Place.

Stand clear, doors closing.

Oh, man. Uh, when's the next one?

Can't be too long.

Is that a...?

Yeah.

- Do you know how to...? - No.

- -

Hey, FBI. I need everybody to exit the train

into the tunnels quietly and calmly, right now.

- There's a bomb! -

Calmly!

Mommy!

Mommy!

Hey. Hey, you okay?

I got you. Come on. Let's go.

Come on, go.

Let's go.

- -

Penny?

Penny.

Penny?

I'm here.

I got you.

Concussion probably. We'll have an EMT check you out.

How many are dead?

Just one. Could have been a lot worse.

Stay here.

Hey, that's... that's him.

Hey.

That's the guy.

Shit.

Drinks are in the green room. If you need any food, let me know.

I think I'm too nervous to eat anything, but thank you.

First time doing a TED Talk?

A year ago, I couldn't get tickets to one of these.

Now you're the big shot people are here to see.

Good for you.

I'm not so much a big shot yet.

- Let me get you mic'd up. - Okay.

"In cybersecurity, it's hard to tell the good guys from the villains."

"Early in my career,

I was tempted to break into systems that were off-limits."

"But then I realized the more fulfilling challenge

was to work to stop the people who violated our privacy

and stole from our personal data."

- Here you go. - Thank you.

Teleprompter's loaded. I'll give you a warning before we start.

Okay.

- Thank you. You're so sweet. - Good luck.

Hey.

Hey.

Look what's here.

Is that the seed-funding documents?

They're ready for your signature.

- Can you believe it? - I sure can.

- You've worked your ass off. - Oh, we all have.

- Thank you. - You're welcome.

- You asked to see me, ma'am? - I did. Come in.

I'd like to show you something.

When are you gonna confess your involvement

in last year's D.C. Metro bombing, huh?

Good to see your mom let you out the basement, Elliot.

We actually have proof that you were involved in the bombing.

Okay, so Elliot Rome ambushed...

Wait.

Here comes the big finish.

- My father loved this country. - He sold it out.

- You think he killed himself in order to... - He died in a car accident.

He was never charged. Keep his name out of your goddamn mouth.

- Killed himself in an accident. - Fuck off.

You think, uh, Deputy Director Hawkins saw this?

He's the one who sent it to me.

Great.

I always find a way to piss him off. Look, I...

I was keeping my cool.

- Until Elliot Rome mentioned your father? - Yeah.

The Rome Tome is a bunch of conspiracy-theory trolls spreading lies.

It's not enough that I believe in you?

That the president knows you were a hero that night ,

not some deep-state accomplice?

It'll all be fine if you can just learn two words.

No comment.

Go ahead. Try it out. Let me hear you say it.

No comment.

Two simple words and Elliot Rome goes looking somewhere else

for his next viral video.

- I got it, ma'am. - What was our deal?

You pay your dues in Night Action, you put your time in

in that hellhole of a room, manning a phone that never rings,

and better things will come your way.

But you need more than just me to sign off on a promotion. You need Hawkins too.

How do you think this video convinces him that you're ready for the next step?

- Probably doesn't. - Okay.

I'm headed to Maryland for a think-tank thing

with the Scotch and Viagra crowd.

Say a prayer for me.

Oh, that file's for you. Mark it up for me and leave it on my desk?

Yes, ma'am.

Also,

listen, I really appreciate everything you've done for me.

No comment.

Peter.

Just the man the president was inquiring after.

She'd like for you to come in early tomorrow.

Same assignment?

Yep, the president's pickup basketball game.

She also asked why you're throwing your life away at the FBI

instead of working for me in the Secret Service.

I'm not dumb enough to take a bullet for someone

just 'cause they got more votes.

Sutherland.

- - See you tomorrow, G-man.

Still waiting on that crime-trend report.

Diane Farr pulled me off it

to analyze intel on the new domestic terrorism paper.

That report is need-to-know.

I guess she thought I needed to know.

And what position in the FBI does Diane Farr occupy exactly?

None, sir.

That's right. She's the president's chief of staff.

So explain to me how an FBI agent

gets sucked into the White House to take orders from her.

It's how she explained the job when she offered it to me.

You report to us both.

You seem to have forgotten that half of the equation.

I've been here for five administrations.

You might wanna consider the wisdom of hitching your wagon

to someone in the political class.

Yes, sir.

I want my report by the end of the week.

Yeah.

- -

Aunt Emma.

- Hi! -

- How was Rome? - Oh, crowded.

I did throw a penny in that fountain for you.

Uncle Henry. How was the conference?