Épisode Le faiseur de rois S01E20 - The Blacklist Saison 1

 

A Prague en République Tchèque, le Sénateur Emile Dusek saute dans un taxi. Il demande à quelqu'un au téléphone d'informer Reddington que tout se passe comme prévu. Le conducteur, Malcom Royce, offre à Dusek une bouteille d'eau. Une gorgée et Dusek est hors service, drogué. Il se réveille dans un étrange appartement à côté du corps sans vie d'un jeune escort. Cela devient vite une affaire nationale : Dusek étant membre du Parlement de Prague, est le suspect d'un meurtre et se voit retirer le soutien du Sénat. De retour aux Etats-Unis, Red est convoqué dans la gigantesque propriété de Nico Demarkis qui craint que le scandale Dusek compromette leur entreprise à Prague. Red croit que ce n'est pas une coïncidence et que Dusek a été ciblé et piégé par un homme connu sous le nom du "Faiseur de Rois". Mais qui l'a embauché? Nico alerte Red que ses "amis" parlent et qu'un ennemi invisible essaie de faire tomber Red.

Pendant ce temps, Liz ouvre l'enveloppe que Tom lui a laissée et qui contient des photos de Red à l'hôpital de St. Adrian le jour de la mort de son père. Affolée, Liz en parle à Ressler qui s'interroge sur la provenance des photos, peut-être sont-elles trafiquées ? Liz ne dit rien à propos de Tom mais elle est déterminée à savoir si les photos sont vraies. A ce moment là, elle reçoit un message de Red et se rend à la propriété de Nico. Il renseigne Liz sur le Faiseur de Rois, un homme responsable de la montée et de la chute de certains politiciens les plus importants du monde. Il fix ses clients dès leur plus jeune âge et élimine tous les obstacles sur leur chemin, même si cela conduit à l'assassinat. Selon des sources de Red, le Faiseur de Rois est aux États-Unis et Red veut l' arrêter.

Effectivement le Faiseur de Rois, alias Royce, vient de s'enregistrer dans un hôtel à New-York. Sur un pont, il rencontre le conseiller d'Etat Patrick Chandler pour discuter  d'un  plan macabre.  Chandler va avoir un accident sur le pont. Il a des doutes mais Royce l'avertit que s'il refuse il n'y a plus de marché et il sera voué à une vie ordinaire.

De retour au Bureau de Poste, Meera et Aram identifient Royce et le traquent jusque dans    un hôtel du centre ville mais c'est une fausse piste. Pendant ce temps, Red s'incruste au déjeuner d'Alan Fitch pour lui demander sa protection contre son ennemi inconnu. Quand Fitch refuse, Red lui rappelle qu'ils dépendent les uns des autres pour survivre. Red a certaines informations compromettantes sur Fitch qui pourraient être exposées si son ennemi triomphait.

De retour sur le pont, le plan de Royce se met en place. Chandler conduit sa femme et sa fille en faisant un détour par le pont. Un fourgon utilitaire dépasse la séparation et fonce sur la voiture de Chandler  qui passe par dessus la rambarde et tombe dans l'eau. Peu de temps après, Red et Liz regardent, aux infos, une vidéo de Chandler sauvant sa fille. Sa femme est morte mais Chandler est un héros. Red affirmee qu'il s'agit d'un coup médiatique orchestré par le Faiseur de Rois et prédit qu'il n'y aura aucune marque de freinage. Ajoutant à la suspicion, un regard sur le passé de Chandler révèle une carrière de charme, il a été clairement formé pour ça. Avant que Liz et Ressler n'aillent sur le pont, Aram montre à Liz les vidéos de surveillance de l'hôpital qu'elle a demandées qui confirment que Red y était une heure avant la mort de son père.

Arrivés sur les lieux de l'accident, Ressler demande à Liz si elle va biencar il sait qu'elle a des problèmes avec Tom. Liz élude la question et  se concentre sur le cas du moment. Comme Red l'a prédit, pas de trace prouvant que Chandler a essayé de freiner. Après avoir questionné Chandler dans sa maison et lui avoir demandé de ne pas quitter la ville, Ressler traque l'autre conducteur impliqué dans l'accident, Arturo Ruiz. Malheureusement, Royce arrive chez Ruiz le premier et après l'avoir réprimander pour avoir fui la scène du crime, il l'achève l'homme d'une balle.

Ruiz est trouvé mort par l'équipe du FBI qui retrace ses appels à une cabine téléphonique en face du magasin "Pawn de Claire Shop". Heureusement, Red sait que ce magasin est l'entrée secrète d'un bar clandestin décadent. Suivant une piste du propriétaire (un ami personnel de Red) Liz et Ressler localisent la chambre d'hôtel de Royce. Là, ils découvrent une salle de surveillance de fortune contenant des plans et des codes d'alarme pour la résidence privée de la prochaine cible du Faiseur de Rois, le sénateur américain Albert Mitchell. Les informations bancaires retrouvées dans la chambre relient Royce à Chandler avec des paiements remontant à 2007 ; ce complot  a pris des années pour être monté. Albert Mitchell est réveillé par l'alarme de la sécurité et découvre Royce dans son salon. Royce veut que Mitchell démissionne du Sénat. Liz et Ressler arrivent alors que des coups de feu sont tirés et ils trouvent Mitchell mort. En cherchant dans la maison, Liz est attaquée part Royce qui tente de l'étrangler mais Ressler arrive juste au bon moment pour lui sauver la vie.

En ville, Red rencontre Fitch qui l'informe qu'après un débat houleux avec "l'alliance", "ils" ont décidé de ne pas intervenir. Red lui assure que quand il aura gagné cette guerre, ça sera lui, Fitch, qui sera tout seul dans le noir. Après le départ de Fitch, Liz appelle Red pour lui dire qu'ils ont coincé le Faiseur de Rois. Red  lui donne comme instruction de le lui amener afin qu'il puisse l'interroger et trouver qui l'a embauché. Apprenant que Royce est mort, Red raccroche visiblement ébranlé. Après l'arrestation de Chandler, Liz reçoit un appel de Aram. Il lui dit que sur une intuition, il a creusé un peu et trouvé que la mort approximative du père de Liz remontait une heure avant d'être trouvé, c'est à dire que Red était là quand il est mort.

Liz se rend à la propriété pour affronter Red, exigeant de savoir s'il a tué son père. Red dit finalement la vérité, admettant l'avoir fait, mais seulement parce que son père le lui a demandé. Ils étaient amis de longue date. Oui, il a essayé d'arrêter Sam qui voulait lui dire quelque chose que lui ne voulait pas mais il a aussi abrégé ses souffrances. Dégoûtée, Liz rompt leur relation et retourne à son appartement, toujours  en ruine après sa bagarre avec Tom. Elle a tout perdu et tous ceux qui étaient importants pour elle. Ne sachant où aller, elle se tourne vers la seule personne en qui elle peut avoir confiance, Ressler. Elle est enfin prête à parler.

                                                            Traduit et adapté du résumé du site officiel par mnoandco

 

PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC

A man is waiting in a car. He is waiting a client, he is a driver : a man on phone gets in the car

DUSEK : [ In Czech ] No, I don’t think we’ll have to seek Vanda’s support. … Thanks for waiting. … We’ve already made an arrangement with the finance minister. … Tell Mr Reddington everything is proceeding as planned.
THE DRIVER [ In English: ] You are headed to Stepanska, yes? You speak English. I am English, sir. I hope you don’t mind. Um, I read somewhere that you also speak the language. Makes life a little easier for me.
DUSEK : Of course.Not a lot of Englishmen driving in Prague. Little hot in here, hmm? You mind turning on the air?
THE DRIVER : Yes, sir. And there’s some bottled water back there, if you’d like.
DUSEK : Oh, yeah.

He drinks the water and then
exhales sharply. Collapses. Engine turns over .Indistinct arguing. Metal rattling. Pounding on door . Dusek wakes in room with man lying on floor. Shaking man

DUSEK : [ In Czech ] Hey! Who are you?! Get up! Where are we? Get up!
POLICE : [ In Czech ] Police! Open the door, now!

Newscast on TV: « Mr Emil Dusek, a member of parliament here in Prague, has been arrested. Our sources tell us that Mr. Dusek is a suspect in an ongoing murder investigation. He was found in a young man’s apartment. That man was a known male escort who police believe was strangled to death.
Interpreter: [ Heard over Dusek speaking Czech ] Let me be clear. I am completely innocent of these charges and look forward to an opportunity to clear my name. However, I have chosen to withdraw from the Senate to concentrate on my defense. No more questions »

NIKO'S HOUSE

«Splash» : A man swims in a pool

Red arrives and laughs

RED : Niko! My goodness!
NIKO : Red! Welcome! The house is yours until I return. My flight is in three hours.
RED : Look at you. You’re wasting away.
NIKO : Down 37 pounds.
RED : All from swimming?
NIKO : Yes swimming. And bread. I cut out bread entirely.
RED : I was a lifeguard my junior year in high school. Had to give mouth–to–mouth to Mrs. Beerman. She belched up a lung full of corned beef and chlorine. I haven’t been in a pool since.
NIKO : I’m sorry weren’t you in the Navy?
RED : Enough. To business.

Drinking coffee or tea

NIKO : What happened in Prague, losing Emil Dusek, is very concerning.
RED : What happened in Prague is unfortunate, but how it happened is of more concern. I believe it’s a frame. Dusek was targeted.
NIKO : Targeted by whom?
RED : The Kingmaker.
NIKO : You’re saying he was retained to eliminate Dusek as a way of weakening our interests?
RED : Yes. What I don’t know is who retained him.
NIKO : You do know. You may not have a name, but, Red, this was done by the same mysterious enemy who has been plaguing you for months. Prague is just one example. Someone has devoted a great deal of time and energy to depreciate your business.
RED : Watch your tone.
NIKO : It’s not my tone, Red. People are talking. Your friends are talking, whispering.
RED : I don’t have any friends.
NIKO : Whoever this unseen enemy is, they don’t think he’s after us. They think he’s after you. For now, they remain loyal, but they won’t forever.
RED : These “friends” you mention, the ones whispering in the shadows tell them from me “Shut the hell up.”

KEEN'S HOUSE

Liz has large Manila envelope with a mark on it that many think looks a lot like the scar on her wrist. She removes photo which appear to show Red walking into and out of Saint Adrian’s Hospital

LIZ'S OFFICE

RESSLER : St. Adrian’s Hospital? This is where your father died.
LIZ : Sam. It’s the same building. I checked like four times.
RESSLER : Where did you get this? At least tell me this. Do you trust the source?
LIZ : No.
RESSLER : Doesn’t prove Reddington was there the day Sam died.
LIZ : If Reddington did fly all the way to Nebraska just to talk to my dad before he died, there must have been something he wanted.
RESSLER : Well, is it possible they were friends, he was just paying his respects?
LIZ : Since when does Reddington have friends?

Cellphone buzzing

RESSLER : You gonna ask him about it?
LIZ : Not until I know whether the photo’s real.

NIKO'S HOUSE

RED : Jamie, tell your people I’ll have an answer by the end of the week, but whether or not we do business, I’m keeping all the samples. Lizzy. Perfect timing. Say hello to Jamie.
LIZ : Hello.

Door opens, Jamie leaves

LIZ : Where’s Tom?
RED : What a delightful man – scrupulous mind for business, sharp as a tack.
LIZ : Red, where is Tom?
RED : He’s in New York. Not to worry. My people are watching. Please excuse the house. My host spends a tremendous amount of money on all the wrong things.
LIZ : What the hell is that?

Full of pots are spread on the table

Dembe is happily eating ice cream

RED : Cannabis. Jamie’s trying to form a huge consortium of farms and warehouses outside Denver and having a little trouble securing the financing, so I would be the bank. I’d offer you an edible, but we have work to do. The Kingmaker. I’ve never met the man, but I recently lost a great deal of time and money to his talents. He’s single–handedly responsible for the rise and fall of some of the world’s most pivotal politicians and statesmen.
LIZ : He’s, what, some kind of political strategist?
RED : He’s raised opposition research to an art form. He arranges scandals, exploits proclivities, assassinates when necessary. I don’t know how he chooses his clients, but they say he grooms them from an early age the right universities ...

Somewhere else, knock on door in a hotel

RED : ...mentors, even spouses. And when they’re ready to run, he does whatever it takes to assure their victory.
LIZ : He’s causing trouble for some politician in your pocket, and now you want the FBI to arrest him?
RED : Yes. Please. And thank you. My sources say he left Prague within the last 12 hours on a flight to the United States.

A HOTEL, LOCATION UNKNOWN

KINGMAKER : The average hotel–room bed can be riddled with anywhere between dust mites, bedbugs ...

Sniffs

KINGMAKER : Fecal matter, urine, semen, methicillin–resistant staphylococcus aureus.
That bacteria alone kills more than 15,000 Americans per year. I will not be joining them.

NIKO'S HOUSE

LIZ : These cases you often ask for something in return. Now I’m asking. Tom I want to know his every move.
RED : The Kingmaker is on his way, Lizzy, and whatever he intends to touch will turn very nasty.

ON A BRIDGE

On bridge.The Kingmaker meets a man. Sniffs. Siren wails in distance

KINGMAKER : Almost 10 years ago now, I promised you such a day would come. It will be the first of many on this grand journey of yours.
CHANDLER : So, how far down is that?
KINGMAKER : 7,5 meters.It has to be convincing.
CHANDLER : Well, it’s gonna be really convincing if we end up dead.
KINGMAKER : Like all objects, a vehicle in free fall will accelerate at a rate of 9.
8 meters per second, squared. At 6,180 pounds, your car will generate an impact force of 557.
2 kilonewtons well below the NHTSA thresholds for a front–end collision.
CHANDLER : How will it happen?
KINGMAKER :The less you know, the better. The life you’ve requested is a bold one, Patrick full of bold choices, like this one. It would be a shame to learn, after all this time, that you never really had it in you. If you wish to remain my client, you will be on this bridge at exactly 4:00 PM. If you do not, then I wish you and yours the loveliest of ordinary lives.
CHANDLER : I’ll be here.
KINGMAKER : Yes. You won’t be for long.

FBI SPECIAL OPS DIVISION

MEERA : Reddington’s intel had our suspect travel from Prague to the United States sometime in the past 12 hours. There were six flights during this time period.
ARAM : We’ve pulled the passenger manifests and applied the profile you developed a foreign national, male, traveling alone in first class. That narrowed the list down to 47 passengers.
MEERA : Of those, 40 were on business. We were able to confirm their identities and itineraries with their respective corporations, which leaves seven potentials.
ARAM : Six of which checked in to the hotels they had listed on their immigration forms. One did not.
MEERA : You’re looking at The Kingmaker.
LIZ : Paul Fredrick Smithson.
RESSLER : Got to assume that’s an alias.
LIZ : Where did they land?
ARAM : JFK, 4:52 PM. And get this we pulled the credit card that our suspect used to purchase his plane ticket into the United States. Forty-five minutes ago, that card was used to book a hotel room in Manhattan.
RESSLER : What hotel?
MEERA : The St. Rose in midtown.

HOTEL ST ROSE

Card beeps. Ressler and Liz enter in a hotel room with their guns

LIZ : Federal agents! Hands where I can see them.
RESSLER : What’s going on?
LIZ : It’s a case of stolen identity. He cloned his credit card and passport, and he’s a salesman who travels frequently.
RESSLER : For all we know, this guy’s not even in New York anymore. This could have just been his entry point.

A RESTAURANT

Soft piano music playing, indistinct conversations

FITCH : Have you lost your mind?
RED : What I’ve lost is the luxury of time, Alan. I don’t have a week to wait around for your minions to pass my request up the food chain.
FITCH : This is out–of–bounds, Ray.
RED : As much as I appreciate a good sports metaphor, what I’ve come to discuss requires a somewhat more dramatic analogy. I’m under attack and have been for some time my interests, my allies. Someone has targeted my key infrastructure, and the truth is, I’m bleeding.
FITCH : Why should I even consider involving myself in your mess?
RED : Because my enemy is your enemy.
FITCH : We co–exist, Ray. Surely our last interaction proved that we’re not friends. Don’t overestimate the nature of our relationship.
RED : By my estimation, we not only co–exist we depend on each other to survive. What I possess would lay waste to you and your Alliance.
FITCH : Yes, and should that information ever become public, there would be no reason for us not to kill you on the spot.
RED : I have no intention of making it public. But this enemy of mine, if he prevails and, in so doing, finds himself in possession of that information he may very well choose not to be so discreet.
You’re already involved in this mess, Alan, and if I lose control of the information, you may be exposed. And if I die, it triggers my own protocol for release.
FITCH : I don’t respond too well to threats.
RED : I’m not here to threaten you. I’m here to see if we can work together.

OUTSIDE A RESTAURANT

Door opens, bells jingle; Chandler exits restaurant with wife and daughter

CHANDLER : So, how is everything, guys?
WIFE : Good.
CHANDLER : Yeah?
WIFE : Delicious.
CHANDLER : All right.
WIFE : Hey, I’m so glad you took the day.
CHANDLER : Yeah.
WIFE : You’ve been working so hard. Come here. Love you.
CHANDLER : I love you.

Chuckles

In the car

WIFE : Where you going? It’s faster going through Lancaster.
CHANDLER : Yeah, yeah, I–I thought we’d, uh, take the bridge, drive along the river. You know, maybe we get out, Maddy can feed the ducks.
WIFE : Sounds great.

Looking at them, in a walkie-talkie

THE KINGMAKER : He’s coming your way.

ON THE BRIDGE

Engine accelerates .Tires screech.Metal crunches

WIFE : Ah!

NIKO'S HOUSE

On television

REPORTER : « Once again, you are looking at cellphone footage taken by a pedestrian near the Causeway Bridge. Patrick Chandler, a state assemblyman, was involved in a collision that forced his car over the side rail a terrifying hit–and–run. The assemblyman and his family were taken to a nearby hospital, where doctors were unable to resuscitate Mrs. Chandler. This is a tragic loss for the New York state lawmaker. Keep it right here on this news channel for all the late–breaking »

Red click TV off

LIZ : You think he did this?
RED : Some freshman politician is suddenly thrust into the spotlight, his selfless heroism on full display. I suspect Assemblyman Patrick Chandler’s poll numbers are about to go through the roof. It just reeks of The Kingmaker.
LIZ : I just watched a man give CPR to his dying wife, and you’re telling me it was a media stunt?
RED : Yes. Go out to the bridge. Perhaps you can figure out why there aren’t any tire marks.

FBI SPECIAL OPS DIVISION

MEERA : It just doesn’t make any sense. Chandler’s a Boy Scout, president of the high school student council, chairman of the Young Entrepreneurs Society at Princeton.
RESSLER : He also did a term in the county legislature before becoming the youngest assemblyman in all of New York’s 150 districts.
LIZ : This guy’s been groomed.
MEERA : He was just elected. His term is two years.
LIZ : Wait. So he’s not even running for anything?
COOPER : So, what are we saying he risked his child’s life and murdered his wife for what?
RESSLER : Well, he also risked his own life.
ARAM : Listen to this. “Allison is my everything, my moral center. She makes me a better man.”
LIZ : Sorry. Husbands lie to their wives. I have no problem believing this guy is capable of just about anything.
COOPER : All right, so, wind this up and get over to that accident site.

LIZ'S OFFICE

ARAM : Agent Keen. I got that surveillance footage you subpoenaed.

Keyboard clacking

ARAM :What exactly are we looking for?
LIZ: Reddington.
ARAM : Whoa. Hold on. Mr. Reddington. Bingo. 4:37 in the afternoon.
LIZ : My father died at 5:30. Red left one hour before.

RESSLER : Hey, Keen, you ready?

ON THE BRIDGE

Site of accident

RESSLER : Okay, so, what’s the deal?
LIZ : Chandler drove up from the south.
RESSLER : No. No, not with the case. Something’s wrong, and it’s not just Reddington being at that hospital. You and Tom having problems? Look, you’re not the first one to deal with this. You know, people wake up and realize their husband or wife isn’t everything they hoped for.
LIZ : We had a fight. He left the house. I don’t even know where he went.
RESSLER : He’ll be back. It’s not over. You know that...So why from the south?
LIZ : Why was Chandler even on this bridge at all? His house and his office are both in Werther County, which is the opposite direction.
RESSLER : He planned to be here.
LIZ : And Red was right. The accident–investigation squad didn’t find any skid marks leading up to the drop-off point. Chandler didn’t even try to stop.
RESSLER : Eh, he’ll say he didn’t have time.
LIZ : Or maybe the plan was to go over the side.
RESSLER : What about the other vehicle that hit him? The driver loses control and never slams on the brakes? Nah, he needed speed enough to drive Chandler’s car through that railing.
LIZ : As crazy as it seems, it did work. I mean, this Chandler guy is everywhere every news show, talk show.
RESSLER : Let’s go pay New York’s newest hero a visit.

CHANDLER'S HOUSE

CHANDLER : Look, I need to get back to the hospital. My daughter’s still there. I’ve already spoken with the patrol guys.
LIZ : We know you spoke to patrol, but we’re not with the NYPD. We’re with the FBI.
CHANDLER : The FBI? I–I don’t understand.
LIZ : Well, actually, we were hoping you could help us understand a few things.
RESSLER : Like why you and your family were crossing the Causeway Bridge from the south. You don’t live in that direction. Where were you headed?
CHANDLER : Nowhere. Um, we just stopped to get some ice cream, then decided to take a drive.
RESSLER : It was your idea?
CHANDLER : Yes. Uh, actually, no. Uh look, I’m not sure. it might have been my daughter’s.
LIZ : It must be difficult to see her so traumatized.
CHANDLER : She’s heartbroken. Her mother was everything to her. She was everything to us both.
RESSLER : I’m sorry for your family’s loss. We understand your wife suffered a concussion. That’s how she drowned?
CHANDLER : I’m not sure I’m really ready to talk about all this.
LIZ : We’re just looking for the facts.
CHANDLER : I understand that, but we’re gonna have to do this some other time. Right now I need to be with my daughter.

Cellphone ringing

RESSLER : Hey, hold on. Hey. Text me the address. We got something. The 911 calls all give the same ID for the vehicle that hit Chandler.
LIZ : Let me guess a van.
RESSLER : A utility van with signage for a destination plumbing. It’s a one–man shop owned by an Arturo Ruiz.

ARTURO RUIZ'S SHOP

KINGMAKER : It seems we have a problem.
RUIZ : Yeah. You’re damn right we do.
KINGMAKER : You were supposed to stay. You were supposed to give the police a statement that it was an accident. It doesn’t look like an accident, Arturo, if you flee the scene.
RUIZ : You kidding me right now?
KINGMAKER : There were witnesses on that bridge. Do you really think the police aren’t going to find you? It’s only a matter of time before they’re standing here treating you like a suspect, not like a man who lost control of his vehicle. I have to say I’m really quite upset.
RUIZ : You lied to me. You told me he’d be alone. You didn’t say that a woman and a child would be in the car.
KINGMAKER : What difference does that make?
RUIZ : That woman died. I’m the one who has to live with this.
KINGMAKER : No, Arturo. You don’t.

Gun cocks .Gunshot

A MEETING, LOCATION UNKNOWN

Fitchs meets his associates

ALAN FITCH : All right, everyone. First, my thanks for making time on such short notice. We have serious business to discuss.
ASSOCIATE : Your message said you were approached by Reddington.
ANOTHER ASSOCIATE : You would think he’d be less interested in talking after your last conversation.
FITCH : I agree. So if he’s making contact, it’s only because he thinks it’s absolutely necessary.
ASSOCIATE : What does he want?
FITCH : Our assistance. His business is under attack. Someone with skill and resources is conducting a highly advanced, globally coordinated assault on his interests. They don’t seem satisfied to just kill him. This enemy of his seems to want him to lose everything.
ASSOCIATE : I like the sound of that.
FITCH : Don’t be so sure. If Reddington has nothing to lose, then there’s no reason for him to hold this evidence he has against us at bay. And if he dies …

ANOTHER ASSOCIATE : This enemy what do we know about him? And more importantly, what does he know about us?

FITCH : We know very little about him, but that’s not surprising, because Reddington himself doesn’t know. As for what this enemy knows about us, so far, we believe nothing. But if we want to keep it that way, we may have to get involved.

ANOTHER ASSOCIATE : For this enemy to elude Reddington, despite Reddington’s skill, I believe it may be an error to make such a dangerous man our enemy.
FITCH : And if he exposes us?
ASSOCIATE  : If that possibility becomes real, we will have to respond as we have in the past to protect our Alliance.
FITCH : With all due respect, since you don’t speak for all of us, we should put it to a vote and then see where we stand.

ARTURO RUIZ'S SHOP

RESSLER : Hello? Mr. Ruiz?

Door closes

Telephone rings.Answering machine beeps

RUIZ [ Recording ]: You’ve reached Destination Plumbing. Our business hours are from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday. If this is an emergency, –

RESSLER : Arturo Ruiz. Federal agent.

Ressler sees Ruiz’s body

RUIZ [ Recording ]: Please call our 24-hour hotline at 212

ON DOCK

Birds squawk. SniffS. Footsteps approach

KINGMAKER : That’s far enough. Take a seat just there. We must be quite careful now.
CHANDLER : My wife –
KINGMAKER : Yes. You did your very best to try and save her. It was heroic, in fact. This business of mine it’s an art, not a science. I’m sorry, Patrick. Truly, I am. But try to see objectively that this works completely to your advantage. You’re not only a hero now, but the world is mourning with you. Never underestimate the power of public sympathy.
CHANDLER : The FBI came to see me.
KINGMAKER : About what?
CHANDLER : I don’t know.!They were asking me a lot of questions about why I was on the bridge. I think we should stop just for now.
KINGMAKER : No, stopping now defeats the purpose of what we’ve just done. We must capitalize on this momentum, or it will dissipate. No. Now we move to the next phase.

FBI SPECIAL OPS DIVISION

MEERA : The Kingmaker killed Ruiz to tie up loose ends. Problem is, we’ll never be able to prove it. ME report says it could be suicide, but it’s not conclusive.
RESSLER : There’s only trace amounts of gunshot residue on the right hand. The stippling’s inconsistent with a contact wound.
LIZ : On the other hand, suicide is consistent with someone who just ran an entire family off a bridge.
MEERA : I also pulled his phone records. It primarily shows service calls on his business line.
RESSLER : Primarily?
MEERA : Three days ago, Ruiz received a call from a phone booth off 11th and Lincoln.

11 TH AND LINCOLN

LIZ : I told you there’s nothing here.
RED : If The Kingmaker chose that pay phone of all the phones in the city, there’s a reason.
LIZ : Which is?
RED : Le Claire’s pawn shop.

CLAIRE'S PAWN SHOP

Bells jingle

RED : Mr. Gibbons.
GREETER : Oh, of course, Mr.Gibbons. Right this way.
RED : Thank you.
WAITER : Mr. Gibbons. Welcome back. Would you like to check your coat?

Lounge music playing

RED : No, thank you. Ah. Smells like decadence and vice. The Ohlbaum Philly, please. Make it two.
LIZ : What is – Who are these people?
RED : Exactly. The Kingmaker he was here. That guy over there – Don’t look. Okay. With the hair.
LIZ : Is he why we’re here?
RED : No. He won the gold medal for the clean and jerk for Belarus. 258 kilograms. Magnificent drinker, smokes like a chimney. Mm–mm.

Red gives Liz a cigar

RED : Well, hold it, at least. Wave it around. At least look like someone who wants to be here. The owner will make his rounds soon enough.
LIZ : My father died of lung cancer.
RED : Mm. Forgive me. Should we go?
LIZ : No.
RED : You sure?
LIZ : Let’s wait for the owner. You once said the reason you were here was because of my father.
RED : What’s this about, Lizzy?
LIZ: Did the two of you know each other? Don’t tell me you were friends. You don’t have friends.
Red: I knew your father, and he knew me.
LIZ : Is that why you were in his hospital room the day he died? I talked to you on the phone that day. You never mentioned you were there.
RED : No, I didn’t.
LIZ : There was something he wanted to tell me. I could tell by his voice the last time we spoke. But he didn’t. Was that because of you? You were at my father’s bedside the day he died. I’ve been with you almost every day since. You’ve said nothing not a word. The two of you obviously knew one another, but he never mentioned you. Why? How did you know each other? Why were you there?
RED : I went to see Sam before he died. I said goodbye.

Footsteps approach

RED :Charles.

CHARLES : Good to see you again, my friend.

RED : Ah, bless you, Charles. You are my friend. Natalie here is under the impression I don’t have any. Listen, Charles, I need to know whether this gentleman has been in recently.
CHARLES : Oh, I’m not in the business of revealing my clientele, but considering Mali...

Laughing

RED : Oh, my God! Mali! The tiniest lady on Earth. What a marvel. The things she could do.
CHARLES : On her head.
RED : That’s right on her head! I wish you could have met her.
CHARLES : Anyway, about your inquiry, he was here for dinner a few evenings ago. Mr. King.
RED : How perfectly on the nose. Did he happen to leave a telephone number when he made his reservation?
CHARLES : No, but he was complaining about the heat register at the Brixton.

THE BRIXTON

Ressler and Liz enter room

LIZ : Clear. Room’s clean.

Beep.Beeping.They see two computers in suitcases displaying schematics

RESSLER : What in the hell is this?

Camera shutter clicks : Liz takes photos and sends them to Aram and Meera at the Post Office

LIZ : Okay, that’s the last one.
ARAM : Yeah, okay, got it.
MEERA : What are we looking at?
RESSLER : Looks like a private residence.And comparing the blueprints to the photos, I’d say these two places are one and the same.
LIZ : And the second and third photo I sent you appear to be alarm codes and wiring schematics.
COOPER : It’s a breaching plan. I think you might have found our suspect’s next target. I want to know who that house belongs to.
MEERA : Wait. Can you blow up that lower–left photo?
LIZ : What do you see?
MEERA : There in that window. Aram?
ARAM : One second. Let’s get the get the fuzzies out. Okay. V&M Security.
MEERA : Can you pull up the alarm codes for the house?
ARAM : Hold on. According to V&M’s database, the system is registered to an Albert R Mitchell.
LIZ : The US Senator?

MEERA : The next target, but why?
COOPER : Because when a Senator dies in office, it triggers a special election. And guess who the perfect front-runner would be to fill the vacancy.
RESSLER : Representative Patrick Chandler.
COOPER : Get out there and place Mitchell in protective custody now. Get Senator Mitchell on the line and alert the property’s security office.

SENATOR MITCHELL'S HOUSE

Alarm blaring

MRS MITCHELL : What’s happening?
MITCHELL : I don’t know.
MRS MITCHELL : I’m calling the police.

Blaring stops. Dialing. Rapid beeping

MRS MITCHELL : There’s no signal.
MITCHELL : Get in the bathroom and lock the door.
MRS MITCHELL : Where are you going?
MITCHELL : To check out the house. Get in the bathroom, Jeanie please.

FBI SPECIAL OPS DIVISION

MEERA : I can’t get Senator Mitchell on the line.
ARAM : We were able to trace the banking information found in Chandler’s hotel to accounts linked to Chandler. The payments go back to 2007. They’ve been planning this thing for years.

SENATOR MITCHELL'S HOUSE

Stairs creaking .Man sniffs. The Kingmaker hurts the Senator

MITCHELL : Look, take anything you want and go.
KINGMAKER : No, I’m not interested in your valuables, Senator.
MITCHELL : Who are you?
KINGMAKER : It doesn’t matter who I am. It only matters who they’ll think I was.

Sniffs. Gun cocks

KINGMAKER : The papers will say that it was a burglary gone wrong. Your top–notch security system alerted you to the intruder. Naturally, you went for your weapon, only to learn, as so many gun owners tragically do, that you’re far more likely to have that very weapon used against you.
MITCHELL : Look, I’ll give you anything. What do you want?
KINGMAKER : I want you to vacate your Senate seat.
MITCHELL : What are you talking about?
KINGMAKER : Submit your resignation.
MITCHELL : Okay. Sure. Whatever you say. I can do it tomorrow.
KINGMAKER : Hmm.

Clicks tongue

KINGMAKER : Unfortunately, on second thought, I don’t think I can trust the word of a politician.

Tires screech. Liz and Ressler arrive. Gunshot.

RESSLER : I’ll go around the back.

Door opens, closes

RESSLER : I’ll call it in. I’m up.

Liz searches downstairs. The Kingmaker comes up behind her and tries to choke her. Ressler returns and shoots him

A LOUNGE BAR

Footsteps approach

RED : I’ve been sitting here for almost 20 minutes.
FITCH : Yeah.
RED : I can’t remember the last time –
FITCH : Ray, before you say what you’re about to say, I was told not to come here at all.
You’re feeling disrespected, but the fact that I even walked in here is proof that the opposite is true.
RED : I take it you spoke with your colleagues.
FITCH : We’re out, Ray.
RED : That’s a mistake.
FITCH : Yeah, so you said.
RED : And if the evidence in my possession is compromised?
FITCH : We’re big boys. We can do our own risk assessment. Look, for what it’s worth, I voted to step in, but others were not as forward–thinking.

RED : The Chinese delegation.

FITCH : There are some among us who think we should have killed you outright, called your bluff about whether or not you actually have this alleged evidence.
RED : And that would be another mistake. You know me considerably better than either of us would like to admit. I will win this war. This enemy of mine will lose. Even with you and your shortsighted brethren watching safely from a distant hill. Why? Because as bad as you may think I am, as far as you think I’m willing to go to protect that which I hold most dear, you can’t possibly fathom how deep that well of mine truly goes. You think you’ve come here simply to say that you can’t help me, but all you’ve done is ensure that when this is all over, I won’t be able to help you. When the day inevitably comes that I settle up with your little Alliance, it will be you, Alan, alone in the dark.

Red stays alone. Dembe arrives with a phone

DEMBE : Agent Keen for you.
RED : What have you got, Lizzy?
LIZ : The Kingmaker.
RED : You have him?

LIZ : He was targeting Senator Mitchell so that Chandler could take his seat.

RED : Lizzy, listen to me very closely. I need you to hold him for me. 10 minutes with him. That’s all I need.
LIZ : Why?
RED : There’s a politician in Prague. The Kingmaker was hired to take him out of play. I need to know who commissioned that.
LIZ : That’s not going to be possible.
RED: It’s the entire reason I brought you this case.
LIZ : The Kingmaker is dead... Red? Red?

Telephone beeps .Red throws his Scotch glass into receptacle, shattering it

OUTSIDE CHANDLER'S HOUSE

Journalists are waiting for him

WOMAN 1: Mr. Chandler!
WOMAN 2: Mr. Chandler! Will you stop working

Camera shutter clicks

WOMAN : Mr. Chandler? Mr. Chandler?
WOMAN 3: Mr. Chandler, what happened?
WOMAN 4: Do you have a few minutes, Mr. Chandler, to answer a couple of questions for us?

Car door closes

WOMAN : More questions .What about the accident? Mr. Chandler, how are you feeling? When will you be returning to work?
CHANDLER : Our thoughts and prayers go out to Senator Mitchell and his family. I’m pleased to hear he’s stable, and I hope he makes a full recovery.

Ressler and Liz come to arrest him

LIZ : Patrick Chandler?
CHANDLER : Yeah?
LIZ : You’re under arrest for conspiracy to commit murder.

Grunts .Reporters shouting

RESSLER : Just smile for the cameras.

Shouting continues .Cellphone buzzes. It's Aram

ARAM : Hey. Uh, I know you’re, uh, super–busy, but there’s something you said that’s been bothering me. Mr. Reddington left the hospital at 4:37 PM. You said your father died almost an hour later?
LIZ : Right. My father died around 5:30 PM. What are you getting at?
ARAM : I asked the hospital to send over their internal report taken by the active nurse on duty at the time of your father’s death. Your father was found by the hospital staff at 5:30 PM, but the medical examiner estimated he died a little less than an hour before he was found.
LIZ : When Reddington was in the room. He was there when my father died.

NIKO'S HOUSE

Door opens. Red plays cards with Dembe

RED: Oh! You mnh.

Door closes. Footsteps approach

RED (to Dembe): Give us a moment.

Dembe goes away

RED : Lizzy, I have an update for you on the movements of your husband. Apparently, Tom has –
LIZ : Were you in the hospital room when he died? Did you kill my father? Did you kill him?
RED : Yes.
LIZ : I was right.

Voice breaking

LIZ : There was something he wanted to tell me before he died, and you didn’t want me to know.
RED : It’s not quite that simple.
LIZ : Go to hell.
RED : I don’t expect you to understand.
LIZ : Understand?! How could I possibly understand when you take someone I love away from me and then try to justify it?!
RED : Listen to me. I’ve been friends with Sam for all of yours and most of my life. He was dying. Every part of his body was failing. He was impatient for it to end. He’d asked to be disconnected from all the machines. He was in pain and suffering. And he wasn’t thinking clearly. If he were, he would never have chosen to tell you any of it. It wasn’t his choice to make. We said goodbye and I put him out of his misery.
LIZ : We’re done. I’m done. This ends right now. God, you’re a monster.

KEEN'S HOUSE

Door opens, closes..Footsteps approach .It's Liz, alone

NIKO'S HOUSE

Red drinks, alone

RESSLER' APARTMENT
Knock on door, Ressler answers

LIZ: I didn’t know where else to go.

 

 

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