AGENTS ANTON ARKADY ELIZABETH END FRED GAAD HENRY JARED KATE LARRICK MAN NINA OFFICER OLEG PAIGE PHILIP RAM SANDRA SKEEVERS STAN VASILI WOMAN STAN A few months ago, a family was murdered in a hotel in Alexandria. GAAD Wasn't there a son? STAN He was down at the pool when it happened. Didn't see anything till he came up and found them. STAN Have you ever seen these people before? ELIZABETH I'm Ann Chadwick from the Child Advocacy Center. Healing...it's gonna take time. KATE I'm sorry you have to work with Captain Larrick. He's dangerous and unpredictable and puts you and your family at risk. OFFICER You're back already? LARRICK Yeah, I had a personal emergency. KATE Hello? LARRICK Hey, is Bobby there? KATE Bobby who? VASILI You're eating again, Anton Lazarovich...accepting the companionship the State has generously provided...and getting back to work. I'm glad to see you're adjusting to reality. ANTON Do you have children, Vasili Nikolaevich? VASILI I have two sons. ANTON I only have one. VASILI Yes, I know. ANTON Then you can imagine what it's like for me to be separated from him. I don't want to talk about food or the generosity of Mother Russia. VASILI What do you want to talk about? ANTON RAM. Radar absorbent material. VASILI The Centre is working on getting what you need. ANTON And 'Echo.' It's a computer program that determines if a planned design for a "stealth" aircraft...will or won't result in a plane that is invisible to radar. VASILI I don't know anything about that. ANTON I only just found out about it from the ARPANET. VASILI I see. ANTON I don't think you do. I'm purpose-shaping our prototype...to reduce the radar signature to .025 square meters. Then each millimeter of the aircraft surface will have to be precisely coated...in the radar absorbent material we don't have yet. But it will still just be a toy. Without Echo to tell us if it's going to work or not...it will just be a model airplane. ELIZABETH How was study group? PAIGE Fine. ELIZABETH There's lasagna in the refrigerator, if you want me to heat anything up. PAIGE I'm not hungry. ELIZABETH Okay. PAIGE Can I ask you a question? Why won't you let me go to the summer retreat? ELIZABETH Because I don't think it's the right thing for you to do this summer. PAIGE But why? Can you give me one good reason why? ELIZABETH Because I'm your mother. PHILIP The FBI knows about Emmett and Leanne. ELIZABETH Are you sure? PHILIP Yeah. The bug's back up. I mean, the sound quality is a little off. They were talking about it in Gaad's office. And they know that Emmett and Leanne worked for the KGB. And Stan Beeman paid their son a visit. ELIZABETH Shit. PHILIP I signaled the Centre. ELIZABETH What'd they say? PHILIP Haven't heard back yet. ELIZABETH I'm gonna go see Jared. ELIZABETH No. No. It is too risky right now. He could be under surveillance. ELIZABETH If he is, I'll see that, and I'll stay away. The Centre's gonna want to know what Stan said to him about his parents. You think you can count on the bug for that in the next 24 hours? I want to know. I never gave him Leanne's letter. PHILIP You did what you thought was best. ELIZABETH I made a promise. And now he may have found out from an American. AGENTS STAN Sir? Emmett Connors died at the age of 4 from a raccoon bite -- rabies. His KGB partner assumed the identity of Leanne Riley, who died at birth in Springfield, Missouri. GAAD What did her autopsy report say? STAN No scar from a bullet wound on her torso. GAAD You should be happy. Your girl was telling the truth. STAN Yep. GAAD On the other hand, how the hell many illegals are there in the D.C. area -- four? Six? A dozen? Are you all right, Beeman? STAN I'm fine, sir. Things are a little...unsettled at home. GAAD Ah. Marriage. No time-outs. STAN No. GAAD I've been married 17 years. Happily, for the most part. Luck of the draw. Here. STAN What's this? GAAD Your commendation -- The agency's way of saying thank you for dispatching Dameran. ARKADY His wife has a lover? NINA Yes. OLEG Who is he? NINA He doesn't know. They went away for a few days together. ARKADY A romantic interlude. Very cosmopolitan. How does Agent Beeman seem to you? NINA What do you mean? ARKADY Is he anxious, relieved? NINA He's the same. OLEG When did she return? NINA She hasn't. Not yet. ARKADY This is fortuitous. Very good, Nina Sergeevna. NINA We can ask him for more surveillance reports. ARKADY We're done with that. No more small stuff. 'Stealth' is what we want. OLEG We repatriated Baklanov...who is capable of doing the mathmatical work...required to build a stealth aircraft with special angles that deflect radar. Our illegals are working on getting...their hands on radar absorbing material. That is the second piece of the puzzle. But now the Centre needs 'Echo.' NINA 'Echo?' OLEG It's a computer program. ARKADY Agent Beeman...has gotten clearance on Stealth. His personal life is in shambles. And he's in love. With you, Nina Sergeevna. Now is the time to act. JARED Why are you here? ELIZABETH Just to see you, see how you're doing. What's new? JARED Uh, uh, what do you mean? ELIZABETH How's school? JARED Okay. An FBI agent came to see me. ELIZABETH Really? Why? JARED He said it had something to do with the murders. ELIZABETH What? JARED I don't know. He didn't say. ELIZABETH It upset you? JARED Yeah. ELIZABETH What did he want to know? JARED Um...uh, he showed me...he showed me two drawings of people, and some photos. ELIZABETH Your parents? JARED No, somebody else. I don't know. He just -- He just wanted to know if I'd seen them before, if -- if I knew who they were. ELIZABETH Do you? JARED No. I'm not stupid. ELIZABETH I know you're not. JARED I don't -- I don't know what's going on, but I want to know what's going on. ELIZABETH Did he say anything else, the FBI agent? JARED Yeah. He said I should call him if I remembered anything or if anything suspicious happened. FRED I scoured the budgets on our aeronautics programs and found an anomaly in one numbered C212. It's a category of $100 million, coded as non-accountable. PHILIP What does that mean? FRED It could mean anything. Either the bean counters at Lockheed don't know, or they don't want me to know. PHILIP $100 million would create a large hole. FRED It's a lot of expenditures. But against what? There's no -- There's no goods, no services. There's not even a code name. It really makes you feel like there's a flashing red light. PHILIP Stealth? FRED I don't know what else it could be. PHILIP Do you think you could find out? FRED I'm the numbers guy. There's no way I can get into that. There's a guy -- John Skeevers, uh, an aeronautics engineer. Brilliant. He worked for Lockheed for years. We both like fly fishing. He helped develop the SR-71. PHILIP Uh, the spy plane? FRED Yeah. It had features that helped reduce its radar signature. PHILIP So, where is he now? FRED He's going through a bad time. Bitter divorce, and then he got the double whammy -- cancer. Started making crackpot claims about how the company poisoned him, so they invited him to leave. WOMAN WOMAN It shouldn't be too long. PHILIP Aliens, huh? You believe they're out there? SKEEVERS There's a lot out there you wouldn't believe. PHILIP Yeah, like they got time to shove a probe up the ass of some hayseed that fell off a turnip truck. Yeah, government, military -- they're all in on it. SKEEVERS Hmm? PHILIP Hmm? Oh, I was in Vietnam. Strange brew, man. Hamburger Hill messed up my head, turned it inside out. SKEEVERS They poisoned me. PHILIP Who? SKEEVERS Oh, they'll deny it...say it's unrelated, my cancer...anecdotal. PHILIP Bastards. WOMAN 96! PHILIP You, uh... WOMAN 96! PHILIP That's you, man. SKEEVERS Mm. WOMAN 96! PHILIP Sorry. WOMAN SKEEVERS My goddamn wallet. MAN I'm sorry, sir. This isn't enough. SKEEVERS Well, how much is enough? PHILIP How short is he? MAN $277. PHILIP You all right? SKEEVERS I don't know what happened to it. PHILIP You're okay. It's okay. SKEEVERS Thank you. OLEG That's great sir, thank you so much. Take care. NINA Come in. OLEG I have something for you. NINA A Young Pioneer pin. Where, how did you get this? OLEG I have my ways. NINA This is the same pin I had as a girl. Should I wear it? OLEG If you like, 'comrade.' AGENTS NINA What do you think? OLEG I think it's a lucky pioneer...to be so close to your heart. PHILIP Hey. Yeah, I just got sideswiped with an overwhelming urge for PB&B, actually -- peanut butter and banana? PAIGE PHILIP How much longer are you not gonna talk to me? PAIGE What do you want me to say? I have nothing to say. PHILIP Paige... PAIGE Am I supposed to talk to you whenever you want to talk to me? Is that a rule? Because I wasn't aware of that rule. PHILIP You don't have to act like this. PAIGE I'm a prisoner in my own house. How am I supposed to act? PHILIP Hello? ELIZABETH He seems okay. He was shown drawings and photos of a man and a woman, asked if he'd ever seen them before. PHILIP And -- And you think it's...? ELIZABETH Could be. PHILIP Well, did he say he'd seen them? ELIZABETH No. But, uh... PHILIP What? ELIZABETH Just the way he looked at me. It's probably nothing. He met with Kate. PHILIP What? ELIZABETH I saw him with her. Maybe they're just a step ahead of us. They're supposed to be taking care of him. PHILIP You don't sound so sure. ELIZABETH She hadn't done anything to make herself look any different to him. She was just herself. KATE Aah! Aah! LARRICK KATE LARRICK STAN Hello? PHILIP It's Philip. STAN Oh, hey. Come on in. It's open. PHILIP Hey. STAN Hey. PHILIP Quick question. STAN Yeah. PHILIP So, Henry has to write a report for school, uh, about "My Hero." Uh, naturally, I thought I'd be the shoo-in, but you can't write about your dad, so he would like to interview you. STAN Wow, I'm...flattered. PHILIP Well, I'm envious, 'cause you've made quite the impression, but I guess, um, a travel agent can't compete with the FBI. STAN Except when it comes to cars. PHILIP So, uh, what's new? STAN Mm, nothing much. You? PHILIP Can't complain. Do. Sandra home? STAN Uh, no. Not yet. No. Hey, you want a beer or something? PHILIP Sure. OLEG ARKADY Nina Sergeevna seems less than enthusiastic about the plan. OLEG She'll be fine. ARKADY I hope so. If it fails...the Centre has informed me she'll be sent back to Moscow to stand trial. OLEG For what? ARKADY Treason. She betrayed her country. She gave Agent Beeman classified information. OLEG How did you find this out? ARKADY She told me. She came to me and confessed. She wanted a chance to rehabilitate herself. I believed her. OLEG I didn't know. ARKADY Now you do. I'm very fond of Nina Sergeevna. I know you are too. OLEG Does she know? ARKADY No. I can't tell her about the consequences. I have no cover, no one to shield me if things go bad. It's out of my hands. ELIZABETH What's wrong? ELIZABETH I can't reach George. PHILIP Did you leave a message? ELIZABETH I've been trying for the past three hours. His answering machine's off. Left her a signal. It's funny about George. I'll try again in two hours. If it's still off, we should radio the Centre. PHILIP Might be power out or something. But, yeah, okay. PHILIP I, uh...I think we should let Paige be a counselor at the church camp. It's only for the summer. ELIZABETH Have you said something to her? PHILIP No. ELIZABETH We already said no. PHILIP I know that, but I think it would show that we trust her. ELIZABETH I won't let her be indoctrinated by the church. They get them when they're young. It's what they do. You know it's what they do. PHILIP I just don't want to crush her spirit. ELIZABETH I can't do it. I won't. LARRICK You know where to hide things, I'll give you that. You people destroyed my life. Not that I didn't have a hand in it. An unwilling hand, but...I made my bed, and now I will have to lie in it...as will you. Okay. Let's see. Frequencies. When's your next transmission? They repeat, don't they, every hour or so, for the agent in the field's convenience? Decoding with a one-time pad -- I've always hated this. SANDRA Hi. STAN Hey. SANDRA Uh, where's Matthew? STAN Uh, he's at Harry's house. SANDRA What's that? STAN Nothing. Just work. SANDRA Please don't ask me anything you don't want to know. Uh...these, um, past months have...been a real, uh, gut check. I, um...I feel -- I felt... SANDRA I'm not looking for sympathy. And I'm not trying to place blame. I think it's...pointless. Don't you? STAN Yeah. STAN So...are we done? SANDRA I don't know. I don't know how you're supposed to know. Do you? STAN No. SANDRA I know I feel better about myself. STAN I'm glad. LARRICK Okay. You want to hear your message? Your bosses in Moscow...say, "cannot connect with answering service. Report similar issues." Well, that's gonna be a problem, because the answering service...is shut down. I can feel them getting nervous. Can you? Next, they're not gonna be able to find you, and that's really gonna make them jumpy. Now, you know...it's not you that I want. It's the scumbags who killed my friends. Where are they? You didn't leave any evidence of them around, not even in your little compartment over there. Hey...you were good at your job. Where are they? KATE LARRICK KATE LARRICK OLEG Arkady told me. About what you did. NINA Treason. You can say the word. It was only a matter of time. You don't have to worry, I won't tell anyone about us. Your future is secure. OLEG Nina... OLEG I'm not worried about myself. Do you think Agent Beeman will go for this? NINA Arkady seems to think so. OLEG It's not Arkady's life that's on the line. You'll be sent back to Moscow and put on trial if this fails. If you don't think Agent Beeman will betray his country for you, you need to run. NINA SKEEVERS What do you want? PHILIP Found it in the clinic, under your chair. I -- It must have fallen out. And, uh, I got soup. Can I come in? Are you, uh -- you hungry? SKEEVERS No. PHILIP Oh, you -- uh, you got to eat, keep up your strength. Sit down. SKEEVERS Who are you? PHILIP Ted. SKEEVERS Do I know you? PHILIP Uh, yeah. We, uh -- We met at the clinic. Oh, wow. You got enough pills here to choke a horse. Come eat before it gets cold. It's, uh -- It's good. SKEEVERS Memory's shot. The cancer spread. It's in my brain. That's what killed the bats. You got kids? PHILIP Uh, yeah. SKEEVERS Leave them something instead of heartache. PHILIP I can help you with that. SKEEVERS With what? PHILIP Money. Why don't you tell me about RAM? SKEEVERS I don't know about that. PHILIP You worked on SR-71. SKEEVERS Oh. They poisoned me...tossed me away. Who are you? PHILIP Does it matter? SKEEVERS It didn't work. PHILIP RAM didn't work? SKEEVERS It was too heavy, clunky. It's in my brain. PHILIP I'm sorry. SKEEVERS We made it out of tiles...hard stuff. That didn't work. So we tried these...tiny, little balls. Microscopic. Iron-ball paint. That's what killed them. PHILIP Killed who? SKEEVERS The bats. Dead bats all over the floor...from the fumes. PHILIP From the paint fumes? SKEEVERS Yeah, that's what did it...the paint. Absorbs the radar. Hides the planes. It killed the bats. It killed me, too. ELIZABETH In here. PHILIP It's paint. The radar-absorbent material -- microscopic iron balls suspended in paint. ELIZABETH The Centre hasn't heard from Kate. She didn't make a scheduled transmission. PHILIP That's not unusual, except we haven't heard from -- ELIZABETH Still nothing from George. PHILIP So, what the hell's going on? ELIZABETH They just sent us her address. I think we need to -- PAIGE I understand you have control over me -- what I do, where I go, and who I see -- until I'm 18, but...who I am and what I think and feel and believe...is mine. I'm me. There's a protest at an air-force base in Pennsylvania this weekend, and they're having them all around the country at bases that fly bombers with nuclear weapons. A group from church is going. I want to go, too. We'd be leaving tomorrow after school, and it's chaperoned, and -- ELIZABETH Okay. I think it's a worthwhile cause and -- and sounds like a good idea. PAIGE Thank you. ELIZABETH We need to check on Kate. PHILIP Yeah. HENRY So, how long have you been an FBI agent? STAN 14 years. HENRY Do you like it? STAN I do. Here you go. HENRY Thank you. What do you like most about it? STAN Well...I feel like I'm doing something good...worthwhile. HENRY All right. What did you want to be as a kid? STAN I wanted to be an FBI agent. HENRY Really? STAN Yep. HENRY How come? STAN I read their comic books. HENRY The FBI has comic books? STAN Well, about them -- you know, like Aquaman or Spider-Man, except these were about FBI men chasing the bad guys, like John Dillinger. He was a notorious bank robber. The FBI nabbed him in a big shootout outside a movie theater in Chicago. HENRY Wow. STAN Yeah, stuff like that. HENRY Well, is it fun? STAN Sometimes. HENRY Well, what's it like to be a hero? STAN I'm not a hero, Henry. NINA Arkady knows I've been providing you with information. STAN Oleg told him? NINA I can't go back. STAN It's okay. It's gonna be okay. NINA No. No, it won't be okay, Stan. I can never go back. They will send me to Moscow! They will put me on a trial! I can't go back. STAN But you're safe here, Nina. I will not let anything happen to you. NINA Where will I go? What will happen to me, Stan? STAN I will find a way out...for you and for me. Nothing will come between us, Nina, ever. Nothing. NINA ELIZABETH I realized something today. PHILIP What? ELIZABETH Paige is like me. She wants to make a difference in the world. She's just looking in the wrong place. What does it say? PHILIP "Get Jared out." END