Épisode Le Courier S01E05 - The Blacklist Saison 1

Dans la chambre à coucher, Tom s'arrête d'embrasser Liz lorsqu'il voit qu'elle a  la tête ailleurs. Elle lui demande la vérité : est-ce qu'il a un lien avec le meurtre nonélucidé de l'Angel Station ? Affirmant qu'il avait toujours su que cela  finirait de cette manière, Tom la cloue sur le lit. Les personnes pour qui il travaille sont puissantes, est-ce que Red lui a dit pour Istambul ou pourquoi il l'a choisi ? Dans une rage folle, il étrangle Liz. Elle se redresse brusquement...c'était juste un cauchemar, Tom est plus amoureux que jamais. Pendant ce temps dans un parc industriel abandonné, un homme masqué pousse Seth Nelson dans un vieux réfrigérateur avec un masque et une bouteille d'oxygène. Avant de l'enfermer, l'homme le prend en photo avec le journal du jour, preuve qu'il est en vie.

Red a pris ses quartiers dans un résidence poussiéreuse remplie de livres située à Baltimore. C'est l'ancienne maison de son ami mort l'écrivain Frederick Hemstead. Il reçoit la visite d'un homme habillé en gris. Red voudrait qu'il intercepte le colis d'un Iranien mais il répond qu'il y a un imprévu, le vendeur a engagé le Courier afin d'effectuer l'échange. Red suggère alors d'avoir recours au FBI et de mettre Liz sur l'affaire. Le Courier est le parfait intermédiaire ; une fois qu'il est embauché pour un travail, il n'arrête pas avant qu'il ait terminé et s'il se fait doubler par l'une des parties, il les tue ltoutes es deux. Bien sûr, Red ne connaît pas son nom, mais il sait que le Courier est sur le point de livrer un colis de 20 millions de dollars à un espion Iranien, Hamid Souroush et que cela aura lieu au marché fermier de Winston dans environ trois heures.

Liz et Meera suivent Souroush au marché fermier pendant que Ressler les surveille depuis un fourgon. Souroush prend contact avec un vendeur du marché qui lui tire dans la tête, saute dans un 4x4 et s'enfuit. Meera et Liz réquisitionnent un pickup pour le pourchasser, le forçant à s'arrêter en fonçant dessus. Le Courier se traîne jusqu'à un ruelle, armé d'une mitraillette automatique. Avant de manquer de munitions, il s'ouvre une plaie récente dans la poitrine et y insère une carte SD. Quand Meera et Liz arrivent, elles découvrent que malgré une fracture ouverte au bras, il semble insensible à la douleur.

De retour au Bureau de Poste, Ressler et Meera demandent au Courier  où se trouve le colis qu'il devait livrer à Souroush en échange des 20 millions ? Meera emploie les techniques douloureuses d'interrogatoire  de la CIA mais le Courier continue de sourire. Reddington affirme qu'il ne sait rien mais lorsque Liz souligne que l'homme est couvert de cicatrices, il suggère de faire appel à un médecin.

Le docteur Pike découvre que le Courier souffre d'anhidrosis congénitale c'est à dire qu'il ne peut ressentir aucune douleur physique. En outre, il a plusieurs objets enfouis sous sa peau cicatricielle. Il découvre la carte SD dans sa poitrine et celle-ci révèle la preuve que Seth est en vie ainsi que l'heure de la vidéo, 4h29, la veille. Liz se rend compte qu'ils ont empêché Souroush de payer la rançon. Seth est l'un des meilleurs analystes de sécurité de la NSA et vaut beaucoup plus que 20 millions de dollars. Sachant qu'elle a besoin de quelques informations pour faire parler le Courier, Liz se rend chez Red qui lui demande ce qu'elle a découvert sur l'arme de Tom. Liz admet que l'arme a été utilisée pour le meurtre de Victor Fokin mais qu'elle n'en a pas appris plus. Après l'avoir remerciée pour son honnêteté, Red contacte un ami susceptible de connaître la planque du Courier.

La perquisition dans la planque leur donne un nom, Tommy Phelps, une vieille photo abîmée avec deux jeunes garçons et des photos, des vidéos de surveillance sur Souroush et le présumé acheteur, une femme non identifiée. De retour au Bureau de Poste, Cooper confie le Courier à Walter Reed afin qu'il extrait de sa chair tous les objets et il l'encourage                   aussi à briser le silence. Seth a seulement 14 heures d'oxygène et le Courier ne divulguera les informations qu'en échange de son immunité. Comme Cooper refuse, Liz montre au Courier la photo des deux garçons : peut-être que le sort de son frère le fera changer d'avis ? Silence.

Red identifie la femme que le Courier surveillait, c'est : Laurence Dechambou, un ancien membre des services de renseignements français qui possède à présent un nightclub. Plutôt que de l'arrêter, Liz élabore un plan. Se présentant comme le Courier, Ressler dira à Laurence que le marché est annulé lui demandant où elle a déposé Seth en premier afin de le récupérer. De là, le FBI espère être capable de trouver une piste pour le localiser. Liz reste dans le fourgon de surveillance pour entraîner Ressler pour sa rencontre avec elle. Malheureusement, elle ne gobe pas son histoire et ses hommes commencent à tirer et elle se fait arrêter par le FBI. Laurence leur raconte qu'elle n'a aucune idée de l'emplacement de Seth.

Le temps étant compté, Liz conseille à Cooper d'offrir de commuer la peine de prison du frère du Courier en échange de l'emplacement de Seth. Cooper ordonne au fourgon qui l'emmène en prison de faire demi-tour mais il est trop tard. Le Courier a utilisé un canif caché dans son corps pour s'enfuir non sans avoir tué le conducteur et abandonné le véhicule près de sa maison d'enfance à Woodbridge en Virginie. Red dit à Cooper que s'il veut sauver Seth, il doit relâcher Laurence et qu'il la fera parler. Cela ne lui prend pas longtemps pour faire un marché avec elle et Red la fera sortir du pays mais uniquement en échange du lieu où elle a déposé Seth. Sinon le Courier la tuera.

Meera et Ressler se font tirer dessus par le Courier. Ils ripostent mais le Courier s'enfuit. Ils le retrouvent un peu plus loin, mort car il a été touché gravement dans la fusillade. Retour au Bureau de Poste où Red et Liz étudient une carte pour déterminer où peut se trouver Seth...    dans un parc industriel. Il ne lui reste plus que 30 minutes d'oxygène. Dembe fonce avec Liz et Red jusqu'au parc qui est couvert de réfrigérateurs abandonnés. Red suppose alors que le réfrigérateur où Seth est enfermé, est enterré et ils parviennent à le trouver dans les temps. Dans le brouhaha de la scène de crime, Liz observe Red chuchoter à l'oreille de Seth...

De retour au Bureau de Poste, Liz reçoit une enveloppe qui contient le dossier classé
Secret  Défense de Victor Fokin, un cadeau de Red. Fokin était un agent double russe qui voulait déserter. Le point le plus inquiétant dans ces documents est une photo de surveillance de Tom à l'endroit du meurtre. Red raconte à son homme de main que Seth lui a donné accès à des fichiers de la NSA en guise de remerciements. Il aurait pu les utiliser pour ses propres desseins mais il préfère parier sur le long terme c'est à dire Liz. Dévastée Liz retourne chez elle ne sachant toujours pas qu'elle et Tom sont sous surveillance.
Tom l'attend car il a trouvé la boîte, l'arme, les passeports et bon sang veut savoir ce qu'il se passe !

 

Traduit et adapté du résumé du site officiel par mnoandco

LIZ AND TOM'S BEDROOM 

TOM : What’s going on? You’re acting funny.
LIZ : Nothing.
TOM : Okay. Tell me. Tell me.
LIZ : I need to ask you about something, and I need you to tell me the truth.
TOM : Of course. What is it?

Liz shows him the Angel Station flyer

TOM : I don’t get it.
LIZ :A man was shot and killed in that hotel.
TOM : Okay. So, what’s the question?
LIZ : Were you involved?
TOM : I–in in what?
LIZ : The murder.
TOM : [Angry] You’re not going anywhere. Liz. Stop! The people that I work for are very powerful. Now, I need you to tell me everything that you know.
LIZ : I don’t know anything. You’re hurting me!
TOM : Damn it, Lizzy! Do not lie to me!
LIZ : I don’t know anything! I swear!
TOM : Yeah, well, I wish that I believed you!

…It was a dream…

LIZ : Aah!
TOM : Rise and shine. The day is waiting. Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go!
LIZ : Oh, God. I hate you right now.
TOM : Do you? Wake up, wake up, wake up. Get her, Hudson! Get her!
LIZ : Stop it, both of you! Ouch!
TOM : I know that you’ve had a rough few nights, but today is gonna be a really great day.
LIZ : Why?
TOM: Well, I have a doctor’s appointment.
LIZ : You hate doctors.
TOM : Yeah, but it’s not for me. It’s an ultrasound for our baby.
LIZ : I thought Jeni was having second thoughts.
TOM : Yeah, she said we’re the only married couple she knows who don’t totally hate each other, so she’s, she’s giving us a baby.
LIZ : That’s... That’s great news.
TOM : It’s amazing! When you get home from work tonight, you are finally gonna see what this little monster looks like.
LIZ : Wait. I’m not invited?
TOM : I just know how busy you get. But call if you can’t make it.
LIZ : Oh, God. Oh, God.
TOM : It’s so good to see things finally getting back to normal around here.
LIZ: Mm!

Liz and Tom’s home is being surveilled. A man takes a bite of a red apple: Apple Man

ON A DARK ROAD

A car pulls up behind a pickup truck. The driver of the car opens the back of the pickup. Inside, a young man is bound with duct tape over his mouth, which the driver removes in order to make these clips for a video

SETH : My name is is My n– My name is Seth Seth Nelson. P–p–p–please, please I’m begging you. D–don’t – Why are you doing this?
MAN : Save your breath, kid.

While the Man is preparing the vault for Seth, Seth grabs the Man’s knife and when the Man returns, Seth stabs him in the chest. This appears to have little effect. The Man puts an oxygen mask on Seth

SETH : Please, don’t do this. Please. Don’t! What– What are you? You got You got the wrong guy! Please! Help me! Somebody!

The man puts Seth in a freezer and closes the cover

FREDERICK HEMSTEAD'S HOUSE

NEWTON PHILIPS : Your sources were correct, sir. The Iranian is attempting to procure a high–level–intelligence package. We believe it could lead to the answer you seek.
RED : Have it intercepted.
NEWTON : That may prove difficult. The seller hired the Courier to make the exchange. The last time we attempted to intercept him –
RED : I’m well aware of the men and resources we lost in Cairo. Perhaps this is an opportunity to let our new friends at the FBI carry the water.

FBI SPECIAL OPS DIVISION

Liz is looking at online information about the Angel Station Hotel. Ressler comes in

RESSLER : I’ve been ordered to include you in the oversight committee brief on Reddington next week.
LIZ : Cooper told me. Here’s the profile I prepared on him.
RESSLER : Have I told you yet I don’t place much stock in profiling? And by “much,” I mean “none.” It’s never once helped me solve a case. You know what has? – Hm? – Facts.
LIZ : Yeah. I also prepared a profile on you. “Uptight, fueled by an inner rage,” “capable of the occasional moment of tenderness, which likely brings on the desire to stay up all night watching Asian porn.”
RESSLER : Not even close.
LIZ : Huh. How about this? You don’t trust me. You think I’m tainted somehow. Maybe a traitor. You resent the fact that Reddington wants to work directly with me instead of you. Speak of the devil. It’s the devil.

Call from Red.

FREDERICK HEMSTEAD'S HOUSE

LIZ : What is this place?
RED : Something of a hideaway. It used to be home to one of the finest American writers who ever lived – Fredrick Hemstead.
LIZ : Never heard of him.
RED : No, you haven’t. Nobody has. Dear Fredrick was waiting tables when we first met. Strange little man, built like a fireplug. He was living here with his mother until she died. Poor Fredrick couldn’t afford to stay on, so I bought the place for him. Please.Sadly, Fredrick died without ever being published, but this place is chock-full of his work Manuscripts, poems, unsent letters, and lots and lots of this.
LIZ : What is that?
RED : (drinkink) No earthly idea. Some sort of distilled alcohol, I think. There’s bottles of the stuff stashed everywhere. Would you like me to pour you a few fingers?
LIZ : Why am I here?
RED : Have you ever wondered how criminals who know they can’t trust one another are still able to conduct business with each other?
LIZ : They replace trust with fear and the threat of violence.
RED : The next target on the blacklist is a physical embodiment of both. He’s known as the Courier, and his involvement in a transaction virtually guarantees success. Once he’s hired to make a delivery, he can’t be bribed, he can’t be stopped. If either a party attempts to double–cross the other, he kills them both. The perfect middleman for an imperfect world.
LIZ : Cooper’s not gonna sanction a black op against the U.P.S. driver of crime.
RED : He will when you tell him the Courier is scheduled to deliver a package worth $20 million. At that price, it could be anything from a genetically engineered virus to a very important person’s head in a bag.
LIZ : Does he have a name?
RED : I’m sure he does. I don’t know it.
LIZ : Skip to the part where you tell me how you expect us to find him.
RED : I know the man he’s planning on delivering the package to. An Iranian spy named Hamid Soroush.
LIZ : Where are they making the exchange?
RED : At the Winston farmer’s market in 2 hours and 45 minutes.

The Man who stuffed Seth in the vault is shown calmly sewing the stab wound in his chest closed. He has numerous other wounds

WINSTON FARMER'S MARKET

Liz and Meera are walking at the Famers Market, Alexandria, Virginia. Ressler is monitoring remotely

LIZ : My 1:00? Could be him. Same height, right age.
MEERA : You reading me, Haircut? [ Code name for Ressler ]
RESSLER : Stay on him.
LIZ : When it rings, pick it up.
MEERA : He just gave him something.
LIZ :It’s a cell. He’s moving.
MEERA : What’s he saying?
RESSLER : I don’t know. We’ve got nothing. Get someone to point a mike at this guy.
LIZ : He’s off.
IRANIAN: Excuse me. Can you break a $100?
LIZ : I think he just made contact.
RESSLER : All teams start casually moving to the east side of the market. Do not spook this guy.
Chang, get closer on the produce guy’s face.

Guy goes inside tent

RESSLER : I think he made us. Tactical teams, you’re up. I want south side sealed off from the outside.
LIZ : Just made contact.

Man is shot from above. People scream. Liz and Meera get down

MEERA : Shots fired! Soroush [Iranian] is down! I don’t have eyes on the shooter!

RESSLER : All teams, move in now.

Large SUV takes off

LIZ : You hit?
MEERA : It’s not my blood.

Meera shoots out back window of SUV, but it continues on, gaining speed

RESSLER : Suspect’s heading north on 6th. I need local air and law–enforcement support now.
MEERA : [ Demands Keys from bystander ] Give me the keys! Give me the damn keys!

Meera and Liz jump in truck and follow SUV

RESSLER : Air support on the way. Engage. Two minutes.

SUV shoots out windows of Liz and Meera’s truck

LIZ : Cut him off at the next intersection!..Do it.

Truck plows into SUV. Driver gets out and starts running

LIZ : We’re at the corner of 10th and Spencer. The Courier’s vehicle has been disabled.

They corner Courier, collapsed and leaning against a building. He slips a computer flash drive into his now open chest wound. He shoots automatic weapon fire into alley, but Meera comes upon him from the front

MEERA : Move and you’re dead. Put your other hand up.
LIZ : Get your hands up!

MEERA : Put it up now. Put your arm up now.
MAN : I can’t. [ Compound fracture ]
MEERA : Put your other arm up. [ He raises left arm with left arm ] Oh, my God.

INTERROGATION CELL

RESSLER : Let’s try this again.What were you supposed to deliver?
MEERA : Please. Help us, and maybe we can help you.
RESSLER : What about that Iranian spy whose head you exploded all over my partner? Huh? You remember him?
MEERA : He had banking codes with a $20 million wire transfer in his pocket. You’re a courier. You were supposed to give a package to the Iranian. Where’s the package?!

Red, Liz and Cooper are listening the conversation in the next room

COOPER : We found nothing at the farmer’s market, nothing in his vehicle, nothing on him. What was he supposed to be delivering?
RED : I don’t know, Harold. Might it be conceivable your people actually missed something?
LIZ : You’re not telling us everything.
RED : Let me put your mind at ease. I’m never telling you everything. I did my job here. I gave you a Blacklister.There he sits.

INTERROGATION CELL

MEERA : Obviously, good cop/bad cop isn’t working here, so let’s try bad cop/worse cop. How’s the arm? Looks painful. Where’s the package?

She squeezes his arm and he smiles

RESSLER : Smile all you want. We’re just getting started, pal.

Red, Liz and Cooper discuss in the next room

COOPER : Why did he kill Soroush?
RED : Obviously, he spotted one of your agents, and poor Soroush paid the price.
LIZ : There’s a knife wound in his chest, scars all over his body. You know how he got them?
RED : That’s interesting. I always wondered if the stories were true. I think you may need to call a doctor.

Later, in the same room

DOCTOR : I’ve read about cases like this. Your suspect has congenital anhidrosis. It’s a rare genetic disorder. He can’t feel physical pain.
RESSLER : That makes sense.
LIZ : And the scarring?
DOCTOR : People with the disorder obviously get injured more often, but not not like that. That– That’s something else entirely.
COOPER : We’re more interested in the knife wound in his chest. We think he might have placed evidence inside of it.
DOCTOR : What evidence?
COOPER : We’re not sure. That’s why you’re here.

Doctor removes the computer chip from the Man’s chest. He must be The Courier

THE COURIER : [ Suddenly. ] Boo.

FBI SPECIAL OPS DIVISION

VIDEO :“My name My name My name is Seth Is Seth Nelson.W–why are you doing this?Please ”
COOPER : That’s the only thing on the chip taken from his chest?
LIZ : Newspaper’s from yesterday. Time stamp on the video file is 4:29 this morning. It’s a proof–of–life video.
RESSLER : The oxygen mask, the tanks – Wherever this guy is, his hours are numbered.
LIZ : We didn’t find a package because there wasn’t one, sir. Soroush was putting up $20 million for this guy. We just stopped him from delivering a ransom payment.

later

LIZ : We got a hit when we ran his name and face through the DMV servers. Seth Nelson lives in Maryland with his parents, works tech support for a cable company.
RESSLER : Assuming each oxygen cylinder was full, he has maybe 20 hours before his air runs out.
COOPER : Ultrasound machine. I want to know what other surprises the Courier has hiding inside him. I also want to know why anyone thinks this kid is worth $20 million.
MEERA : He’s probably worth more. My CIA sources just confirmed he’s an NSA analyst one of their best and only one of three people allowed to write and access the security protocols and software.

COOPER : If he’s coerced into working for a foreign power or criminal network, the damage would be catastrophic.
LIZ : We need to make the Courier talk. There must be something he wants.
RESSLER : The guy’s a psychopath.
COOPER : Luckily, we happen to have our own psychopath.

FREDERICK HEMSTEAD'S HOUSE

RED: This is hilarious. Fredrick wrote to the editor of the Washington Post almost every day thank you about any and every subject. Listen to this one. “Dear Mr. Bradley, what is up with all the rabbits – ”
LIZ : I need to know what you’re not telling me about the Courier.
RED : And what do I get in return?
LIZ : My gratitude.
RED : Tell me what you’ve learned about your husband.
LIZ : The gun that I found in the box is connected to an open homicide.
RED : Of whom?
LIZ : It’s classified. I can’t read the file.
RED : I imagine you’ve found ways around that particular obstacle.
LIZ : I know it happened in Boston last year. I think it was a Russian tourist who was murdered Victor Fokin.
RED : You lived in New York at the time. Why would you think your husband would be in Boston?
LIZ : Because I was there with him. He supposedly had a job interview, and we made it into a small vacation.
RED : A few years ago, some of my associates encountered the Courier in an opium den in Cairo. He killed two of them. If he still has a taste for the poppy, there’s a man who may be able to help us.
LIZ : You’re talking about a drug dealer.
RED : I’m talking about a friend a philosopher who practices an ancient ritual going back thousands of years. There’s a good chance he could be helpful in locating the Courier’s safe house.
LIZ : All I care about is finding Seth. Call your friend. I want the Courier’s safe-house address.
RED : Thank you.
LIZ : For what?
RED: For being honest with me. In my life, I don’t encounter that frequently .

FBI squad with Liz, Red and Meera raid house; no one home

MEERA : Got a name. Tommy Phelps.
RESSLER : Run it through the databases, see if it’s even real.

Liz pauses at photo of two boys, brothers? about ages 7 to 10, in front of a trailer

LIZ : You guys need to see this.

FBI SPECIAL OPS DIVISION

MEERA : He had the Iranian buyer under surveillance for several days.
RESSLER : And this woman, I think she’s the seller responsible for kidnapping Seth and hiring the Courier to pick up her money.
COOPER : Why the surveillance?
LIZ : According to Reddington, the Courier kills anyone who tries to double-cross him. He probably wanted to know where to find them if something went wrong.
COOPER : Find out who this woman is.

INTERROGATION CELL

DOCTOR : He has five objects embedded inside him. Some are surrounded with scar tissue. Been there for years.
COOPER : What objects?
DOCTOR : We’ve only been able to identify two. A key and another chip. The others are just shadows. I need a higher-resolution scan to I.D. them.
COOPER : Take him to Walter Reed. I want everything inside of him cut out.
THE COURIER : The kid has what “14 hours of air left?” I can tell you where he is.
COOPER : In exchange for what?
THE COURIER : Immunity. I talk, then walk.
COOPER : Never gonna happen.
COURIER : Then the kid’s dead.
LIZ : I’ve been trying to figure out if there’s anything in this world you care about. How about him?

Shows him photo of the two boys in front of the trailer

LIZ : Care about your little brother, Tommy? We’re bringing him in from Petersburg Federal Prison right now. Anything you want me to tell him?

INTERROGATION CELL

TOMMY'S BROTHER : You finally find him?
LIZ : Tell me about your brother. Who he works with, his contacts. Tell me about the people in his life.
BROTHER : There are no people in his life.
LIZ : There’s you. Tried to help you break out, didn’t he? From what I understand, he’d do anything for his little brother.
BROTHER : What’s he moving now?
LIZ : A 26-year-old MIT grad.
BROTHER : Lady, you don’t understand Tommy.
LIZ : I know his condition prevents him from feel–
BROTHER : No, I mean you don’t understand him. Our old man knocked us around when he needed to, which didn’t bother Tommy. But dad hated that. Felt like he couldn’t control his own son, and he couldn’t. So when he was 11, dad started hosting these dogfights. Not with two dogs, but with a dog and Tommy. Well, we had this barn. People would come from miles around. They’d get drunk and make bets. What it did to him over time Tommy’s broken. Somewhere in his head, a switch flipped. I wish I could help you, but you know how it goes. You’re here because somebody screwed up. The deal went sideways. And now the buyer and seller have targets on their head, if they’re not dead already.

FBI SPECIAL OPS DIVISION

RED : Her name’s Laurence Dechambou. She’s ex-French intelligence. She now makes a handsome living selling secrets, mostly of a technological nature. I really don’t understand any of it. But she’s clearly stepping up on this one, trying to make a legacy for herself. She owns that nightclub. Last time I was there, we had a great deal of fun, until she tried to strangle me with her stocking.
COOPER : I’ll get a warrant. You’ll have it by the time you get there.
RED : She won’t talk, and even if she did, what would you expect her to say?
RESSLER : She may know Seth’s location.
RED : She won’t.
COOPER : She’s the only lead we have. We arrest her and take our chances.
RED : This is a bad idea, Harold.
MEERA : Actually, there may be another option. She had to hand over Seth to the Courier somewhere. We find the location, we might get lucky. There could be security-cam or ATM footage of the exchange.
RESSLER : And we use it to track the Courier’s movements last night. That could lead to Seth.
RED : And why would she tell you that, again?
LIZ : She doesn’t have to. She’s still expecting her money. We send someone in as the Courier, tell her the exchange was a setup, the deal’s off, she can pick up Seth where she dropped him off.
RESSLER : And we follow her to the drop–off point.
RED : If you really want her to talk, I should meet with her.
RESSLER : Every time you “meet,” someone ends up dead.
RED : We’ve gotten off to a rocky start.
COOPER : You’ve killed three people.
RED : I’m not perfect.
COOPER : If we did this, we’d be operating under the assumption that Dechambou has never met the Courier face–to–face. It’s too risky.
RED : He’s right.
RESSLER : Let me go. I can do this.
COOPER : First sign this is going south, I want that club swarmed.
RED : Or just bend over any available piece of furniture and let her slap you on the ass. She loves that.

Liz notices incoming call from Tom

LIZ : Oh, my God. Tom. Oh, God. He’s gonna kill me.

She picks up

LIZ : I’m so sorry.
TOM : [ Upset & angry ] You need to come home. Okay? I canceled the ultrasound. – Liz?
LIZ : I can’t do this right now.
TOM : Look, I don’t I don’t care what’s going on at work, okay? You and I need to talk. Something incredibly important came up. I don’t care! You and I need to talk about something, and it’s more important.
LIZ : I promise we’ll talk as long as you like, but later.
TOM : This is an emergen –

Tom is looking into the empty space under the floor and has discovered that the box with passports

OUTSIDE DECHAMBOU'S NIGHT CLUB

Loud dance music . Ressler is at the nightclub's door and Meera and Liz in a van

LIZ : All teams stand by. Our man is entering the building.
RESSLER : Here to see Dechambou.
BOUNCER : I don’t know what you’re talking about. Line’s over there, slick.
LIZ : [Over Phone] You need to make an example here. You have to hurt him. That’s what the Courier would do.
RESSLER : You know, I think we got off on the wrong foot here, uh, Isn’t that her over there?

Clobbers security guard

In the van

MEERA : That was hot.
LIZ : You know he can hear you, right?
MEERA : Yep.

IN DECHAMBOU'S NIGHT CLUB

ANOTHER BOUNCER : Hey. Come with me. Let’s go. Come on.
DECHAMBOU : [ To clients ] Would you mind excusing me for a moment?
DECHAMBOU : [To Ressler ]: You injured my doorman. Forced your way into my club. Is there a reason why I should not kill you right now?
RESSLER : You kill me, you kill Seth Nelson.
DECHAMBOU : You’re– What the hell are you doing here? We agreed the money was to be dropped off at a specified location.
RESSLER : Plans change.
DECHAMBOU : No. They don’t. The only reason I employed you was to shield me from unwanted attention, and you’re at my front door?
RESSLER : There is no money. The Iranian was working with the FBI. I killed him.
DECHAMBOU : I’ve known Soroush for years.
RESSLER : Well, if he didn’t set me up, that leaves only one other person, you.
DECHAMBOU : And I never trusted him. That’s why I employed you. The bastard screwed us both here.
RESSLER : Your NSA geek is where you left him last night. We’re done. Don’t contact me again.
DECHAMBOU : Wait! How do I know it’s really you– That I’m not being set up myself?
RESSLER : Not my problem.
DECHAMBOU : They say you can’t feel pain. Prove it.

In the van

MEERA : We’re coming in. All teams prepare to mobilize. First team, swarm the north doors on my ...

Ressler breaks glass & slices arm.

RESSLER : Is this what you need to see? You want to watch me bleed, see if I react? I’ve already lost the only thing in this world I’ve ever loved. I have nothing in this world, except this job.
DECHAMBOU : Impressive. Except for one mistake. If the Iranian is dead, the real Courier would have killed me, too. Which makes me wonder –
LIZ (to Ressler) : Get out now!
DECHAMBOU : – Who the hell are you?
LIZ : Asset compromised. Hit the building.

Fist and gunfight between Ressler and guards. FBI backup arrives and prevails. Dechambou is arrested

FBI SPECIAL OPS DIVISION

MEERA : She kidnapped Seth but has no idea where he is.
RESSLER : Yeah, well, the kid has less than eight hours of air left. Somebody had better get that Courier talking.
MEERA : What do you suggest? Torture him? He doesn’t feel pain.
LIZ : He does feel pain. He’s got a brother serving. The one thing in the world he cares about. Offer to reduce or commute his sentence in exchange for telling us Seth’s location. The life of a stranger for the life of his brother.
RESSLER : Call the marshals. Get him back here. We’ll cut him open later.

In transport vehicle, The Courier retrieves a knife from under his skin, uses it to open his cuffs
and attacks his guards

FBI SPECIAL OPS DIVISION

MEERA : He wounded two of the marshals and killed one with a concealed knife.
COOPER : He was searched multiple times.
LIZ : We think he used one of the objects hidden inside him. He was carrying around his own escape package.
RESSLER : Prisoner transport was found abandoned in Woodbridge, Virginia. There’s also a report of a stolen vehicle at the same site. Local police are searching for him now.
LIZ : According to his brother, Woodbridge is where he grew up.
MEERA : Well, Seth could be there.
COOPER : Find him now. In the meantime, see if you can get anything out of Dechambou. She may not know where Seth is now, but she knows where she dropped him off last night.
RED : I have a better suggestion. Let her go.
COOPER : That’s not gonna happen.
RED : God, are you FBI. When this woman was working for French intelligence, she was on track to be you, Harold. Since she’s come over to my side, she’s only gone up from there. You really think you’re gonna be able to prove anything against her?
COOPER : We’ll make something stick. It’s only a matter of time.
RED : You don’t have any time. Pick her up in a week, in a month next time. But right now, if you want to save that man’s life, you need to release Dechambou. I’ll make her talk.
LIZ : How?
RED : You don’t want me to answer that.
COOPER : How do I know you won’t use what she says to get Seth for yourself?
RED : You don’t. But I don’t see that you have many other options left.
COOPER : Okay. Release her. But if you screw me on this –
RED : I’ll consider it a bonus. .

DECHAMBOU'S NIGHT CLUB

RED : Better make it a double.

DECHAMBOU : If this is about that incident in Paris
RED : Oh, we’ll always have Paris.
DECHAMBOU : What do you want?
RED : So many things. But right now, I want some information. Where is the NSA agent?
DECHAMBOU : I have no idea. He was handed off to the Courier.
RED : Yes. And he’s been compromised. Who do you think he’ll blame for that?
DECHAMBOU : Not me. The Iranian must have been working with the FBI.
RED : Laurence, the Iranian is dead, and you’re next. You know that.
DECHAMBOU : I did nothing wrong.
RED : The world is rarely a fair place. That’s why it needs people like me. I’ll get you out of the country and guarantee your safety. There’s a private jet awaiting your arrival right now. In exchange, you give me the location where you dropped the kid off last night.
DECHAMBOU : He’s worth $20 million.
RED : That $20 million is about to die. This is not a negotiation.
DECHAMBOU : How dare you? I don’t care who you are. And I’m not going to let you swoop in at the last minute and profit from a mistake made by somebody I hardly know.
RED : Oh, he knows you. He knows where you live, where you work, where you play. He knows you better than I do, and I know where that lovely little freckle is. I give you a day and a half before he finds you. Try to be brave.
DECHAMBOU : Wait. I will help you.

WOODBRIDGE

RESSLER : Vehicle matches the description.
MEERA : I have blood here.
RESSLER : All teams, we have the suspect’s vehicle on the south side of –

Gunfire breaks out... The Courier has an automatic weapon)

RESSLER : He’s outside! Freeze! On your knees. Freeze! Turn around! On your knees! Hands where we can see them.

The Courier turns around, despite a bullet wound in his temple. He goes to his knees, then collapses

RESSLER : Check him.
MEERA : He’s dead.
RESSLER : How much time does that kid have left?
MEERA : Less than 40 minutes.

FBI SPECIAL OPS DIVISION

RED : At 4:00 a.m., Dechambou left Seth in the back of a pickup truck at this rest stop in Manassas.
LIZ : The Courier took the proof-of-life video at 4:29 a.m Just under 30 minutes later. Assume he spent 20 minutes minimum with Seth at the site. That would give him 10 minutes of drive time from the rest stop, so he has to be somewhere in this radius.
RED : This entire area’s inaccessible.
LIZ: The only place with road access is here at this open area. He has to be here.
RED : How much air does he have left?
LIZ: Thirty minutes top – not in script.
RED : With Dembe driving, we might make it just in time to see him die. If we find our NSA friend and he’s still alive, he might prove helpful.
LIZ : You want Seth for your own reasons.
RED : So should you.

OPEN AREA

They arrive at a trash dump for large items, look without success

RED : He’s in the dirt.
LIZ : What?
RED : The refrigerator. It’s a coffin. The Courier buries things under his skin. He’s in the dirt right here.

Red, Liz and Dembe find Seth in a buried refrigerator

LIZ : He’s not breathing.
RED : I died once in Marrakech. Two and a half minutes. You wouldn’t believe what I saw on the other side.
SETH : Who– Who are you?
RED : The FBI – and friends.
LIZ : Seth. We called your parents. They’re gonna meet you at the hospital.
SETH : H–how can I ever repay you?
RED : I’m sure we’ll think of something.
LIZ : Don’t even think about it.
RED : What? The boy wishes to express gratitude. I’m merely playing my part in the ritual

RESSLER : You saved that kid’s life, Keen. Good job.
LIZ : That story you told Dechambou about your job being the only thing left that was –
RESSLER : I was undercover. I said what I had to say to sell it.

FBI SPECIAL OPS DIVISION, LIZ'S OFFICE

DELIVERY MAN : Agent Keen, got a delivery for you. Sign here, please.
LIZ : Thank you.

A file with a note: “The answers you seek – Red” .It’s the unredacted file of the Angel Station murder. Includes photos of Tom.

FREDERICK HEMSTEAD'S HOUSE

NEWTON PHILIPS : This man, the young NSA agent. He allowed you access to the classified networks?
RED : He did.
NEWTON : And I understand this was a one-time offer.
RED : Yes.
NEWTON : The right question, and we could’ve made the world tremble. Finally found our adversary. Why did you waste it on the girl?
RED : Not “wasted,” my friend. Circumstances are far more complex than we ever imagined. I’m betting on the long play The future.
NEWTON : Your future’s arriving now.

Liz arrives

RED : Funny all these wonderful manuscripts, and my favorite thing about this place is still the view from the sofa. I love how the light breaks through the trees.
LIZ : I don’t even know why I’m here.

SURVEILLANCE LOCATION

View into Liz and Tom’s home from surveillance location:
“Liz: Tom?”

SURVEILLANCE MAN : What’s going on?
SURVEILLANCE MAN #2: You got to see this. Sit down

LIZ AND TOM 'S HOUSE

Liz walks into the living-room, Tom is waiting for her

LIZ : We need to talk.

TOM : That’s funny. I was just gonna say the same thing to you.

Tom slides out “go” box with money, passports and gun

 Adapté du site «The Blacklist Classified» mise en page par mnoandco