[ Beeping ]
[ Mouse clicks ]
[ Beeping and clicking continue ]
[ Beeping continues ]
[ Telephone ringing ]
Answer the phone!
-[ Sighs ] -[ Ringing continues ]
No answer.
Keep trying -- l'm sure he's on his way back from . . .
Definitely on his way.
[ Ringing continues ]
Why doesn't anybody answer the phone?!
[ Sighs ] Hello?
James, you are so dead .
Shit!
Oh !
[ lndistinct conversations ]
Sorry!
[ Clears throat ] Excuse me -- James Clayton .
Sorry l'm late. l had a water bed emergency.
Bill Rudolph , Dell .
Nice to meet you . Can l borrow your computer?
-Yeah . -Thank you .
Hi , guys.
-Hey. -[ Zipper clicks ]
Ah . . .
lt's here somewhere.
Here we go. All right.
At 7:00 this morning , sound asleep,
l heard this cracking noise -- ripping wood .
l figure it's part of this logging dream l'm having ,
but, no, the bed is falling through the floor.
Our program uses existing wireless technology. . .
Which we modified ,
transforming it into a completely new program .
-And what do you call it? -''Sp@rtacus.''
Why is that?
lt was named after the revolt. . .
Of the slaves.
-[ Beeping ] -Wireless Webcast.
We have that.
''Sp@rtacus'' turns any specified broadcast terminal
into its slave.
We control the program .
Watch .
[ Beeping ]
Take a look. Pick a screen .
[ Echoing ] Hello, Bill Rudolph .
MAN : Hey, who is this guy? Somebody's hacking in .
MAN #2 : What is this?
This is wonderful .
JAMES : Thank you .
Can you , uh , put our logo on the Sony booths?
Sure. . . for the right price.
[ Chuckles ]
-JAMES : We'll talk, yeah? -Yeah .
Good .
& "What if I don't wanna hear" "the things you say?" &
& "Where were you" "when I was needy yesterday?" &
& "You want in with me" "now that it's good" &
& "but it's too IittIe," "too Iate" &
& "Time and again," "I've asked you" &
& "just for some Iight" &
-Thank you . - & "To show the way" &
-Hey. - & "I was in totaI darkness" &
-What would you like? - & "You act Iike..." &
l would like to teach you something .
Okay. l'm pretty busy right now.
James, the most important thing you need to know
is that you don't know shit.
What you see. . .
. . .what you hear. . .
Nothing . . .is. . .
what it seems.
Drink?
Martini .
Sure.
That's how it begins, you know.
Call will come in a day or two.
His name is John Medica.
He's head of R"&"D for Dell .
He's gonna invite you out for martinis.
Before long , you're gonna be working
out of Advanced Encrypting in Bethesda.
Five years, you'll get your first annual trip to Texas.
You got a wife by then , .5 kids, 200K a year,
and that's it -- that's the whole show.
Then you're dead .
And it all started because of one nasty little martini .
[ Slurps ]
So you're a recruiter.
That l am .
[ Pencil clatters ]
You're kidding .
Applications for the ClA are up tenfold .
Wow.
Would l have to kill anyone?
Would you like to?
WOMAN : Beer man -- Heineken?
Yeah , just a sec.
All l know about the ClA is that they're a bunch of fat,
old white guys who fell asleep when we needed them most.
Oh , well , like l said , you don't know shit.
l know what l know.
-Nice meeting you , James. -You too.
Way l figure, you'll probably go in the oil business. . .
like your daddy.
[ lndistinct conversations ]
Hey!
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Did you know my father?
James, l have recruited and trained and served
with the best our country has to offer
for over a quarter of a century.
l am a scary judge of talent.
lt's my gift.
l am recruiting you , Mr. Clayton .
ln case you haven't noticed , l'm not exactly ClA material .
You have any idea what ClA material is?
lt's not me.
No? Well , l don't know.
You graduated top of your class at M.l .T. ,
majored in nonlinear cryptography,
scored off the charts in your undergrad psych profile test.
Those are confidential .
Yeah , right.
You're agile, athletic, and . . .
And what?
You grew up overseas -- Uzbekistan , Brunei . . .
Venezuela.
Yeah , my father worked for Shell awhile.
Your father died in 1 990. . .
in a plane crash in Peru .
What's your point?
What's my point?
What the hell you think my point is?
My name is Walter Burke.
My number's on the sports page.
Give me a call .
l'll be here till noon tomorrow.
[ Thumping , chains rattling ]
[ Panting ]
[ Beeping ]
[ Ringing ]
BURKE : Very dramatic, James.
l want to talk. Can we talk?
Yeah .
Where are you?
Well , you know the phone booth you're calling from?
Yeah .
Turn around .
[ Door opens ]
As you like it.
You're pretty confident.
Well . . .
Tell me about my father.
You already know, don't you?
l mean , that's why you're sitting here.
You want answers, you're in the wrong car, kid .
l only have secrets.
You can't trust your best friends,
your five senses,
only the little voice inside you
most civilians don't even hear --
listen to that.
Trust yourself.
l think that's what your father would have said .
Trust yourself, James.
Can l help you , sir?
James Clayton -- l'm here for an interview.
Just pull in there, check in with security.
Thank you .
[ lndistinct conversations ]
Hey, my name is James Clayton .
l'm here to see Walter Burke. He's expecting me.
You can wait for him over there. l'll page him for you .
James.
Hey.
Rule number one -- don't get caught.
Those were good officers.
Good friends.
So, you ready to get started?
Sure.
Have six pull in tight on F-4.
All right, now give me some angles,
both tests. . .both tests.
Tighter.
lt's a carbon copy.
F-4 -- yank him .
You've been caught cheating , pal .
Please leave.
Still got the eyes, Walter.
What's that story,
you saw some old woman pushing a baby carriage?
And Walter sees the carriage is riding a little low, so bam !
No questions, blows grandma right out of her shoes.
Turned out she was Hamas,
and the whole thing was stuffed with explosives.
She wasn't Hamas, she was Abu Nidal .
Abu Nidal , that's right.
These war stories -- you just love them , don't you?
Uh , D-4 --
tell him to forget the chick and finish the test.
[ Chuckles softly ]
Burke says, ''Forget the chick and finish the test.''
PS YCHlATRlST: How do upsetting problems
generally make you feel?
JAMES : Upset.
And when you get angry,
do you have trouble staying in control?
Sure.
How do you typically deal with failure?
Badly.
Have you ever been deliberately cruel to an animal?
Yes.
Please, elaborate.
For Christmas, l tied wool reindeer horns to my dog's head .
PS YCHlATRlST #1 : Would you consider yourself
subjectively firm or objectively flexible?
Metaphysically wrinkle-free.
Quickly -- would you rather ride on a train ,
dance in the rain , or feel no pain?
[ Door opens ]
[ Sighs ]
Feel no pain .
l know l said the rain-dancing thing , but. . .feel no pain .
Thank you .
God , l hate this.
Hey.
Hi .
l'm James.
Layla.
Like the song .
Yeah .
That's a big coffee.
l'm a big girl .
Sure.
POLYGRAPH OPERATOR: ls your name James Clayton?
James Douglas Clayton .
Just a yes-or-no answer.
ls your name James Clayton?
Yes.
You were born October 2 1 , 1 9 7 6?
Yes.
Have you ever worked for any foreign governments?
No.
Have you taken tranquilizers today?
No.
[ Zack speaking Farsi ]
[ Chuckles ]
[ Speaking Farsi ]
[ Layla speaking Farsi ]
Miami .
Mind if l sit here?
Sure.
[ Zack speaking Farsi ]
Hey. Ronnie Gibson from D.C.
James Clayton from all over.
[ Chuckles ] Nice to meet you .
You too.
[ Layla speaking Farsi ]
You got any idea what those two are speaking over there?
l think it's Farsi .
Oh , yeah . Yeah , Farsi .
[ Zack speaking Farsi ]
[ Doors close ]
[ Brakes squeal ]
MAN : Clear!
Uh , what are you doing?
Nothing .
What?
Some of these chairs are wired .
They catch you drifting during this,
1 0,000 volts up your ass.
Bullshit.
All right.
-Good morning . -ALL: Good morning .
Ladies and gentlemen , my name is Dennis Slayne.
l'm assistant director of operations at Langley,
and l would like to welcome you here
to the ClA Special Training Facility,
affectionately known as ''the farm .''
Now let me introduce to you
your senior instructor, Mr. Walter Burke.
Morning .
ALL: Morning .
So, why are you here?
Why are you here?
lt ain't the money.
A GS-1 5 pay grade officer, yours truly --
l rake in about, what, 7 5 grand a year?
You can't buy a decent sports car for that.
lt ain't sex.
Hey, being here won't get you laid .
Oh , you're a dental hygienist?
l'm a member of the ClA, Moscow Station chief.
-[ All chuckling ] -Hello?!
What about fame?
Our failures are known .
Our successes. . .are not.
That's the company motto.
You save the world ,
they send you to some dusty basement at Langley,
give you a little lemonade and cookies,
and "show" you your medal .
You don't even get to take it home.
So it ain't money, it ain't sex, it ain't fame.
What is it?
l say we are all here in this room
because we believe.
We believe in good and evil ,
and we choose good .
We believe in right and wrong ,
and we choose right.
Our cause is just.
Our enemies. . .everywhere.
They're all around us.
Some scary stuff out there.
Which brings us here. . . to the farm .
You have all just stepped through the looking glass.
What you see, what you hear --
nothing is what it seems.
[ Door hinges squeak ]
lndistinct conversations ]
Mr. Burke?
Hey.
l was just, uh . . .l was hoping maybe l could buy you a beer
and we could talk.
l have so many questions about my dad .
You're making a mistake, son .
Let me remedy it.
l was on semicongenial terms with you
during your recruitment for that reason --
l was recruiting you .
l'm not your friend .
l'm not your ally.
l'm your instructor -- period .
That enough talk?
[ Alarm blares ]
Good morning . lt's 0600.
All CTs report to Common Area, 1 5 minutes.
[ Alarm stops ]
ls everybody ready?
Morning .
-Let's go. -[ Groans ]
Let's go!
[ Sniffs ]
BURKE : Over the next few months,
we're gonna teach you how to deceive,
role-play, psychologically assess,
sell , exploit.
We're gonna hand you the tools --
the black arts.
Not witchcraft -- trade craft. . .
Ready! Fire!
. . .disguise, surveil , detect.
You will be able to kill with a variety of weapons. . .
-[ Grunts ] -or none at all .
[ Grunts ]
You will night-parachute, rappel from choppers,
learn dry and wet demolition ,
learn tactical , high-speed emergency driving .
You will become. . .
Bond -- James Bond .
Thank you , Mr. Clayton .
You're already role-playing . That's good .
You're ahead of all of us.
Let's start with Clayton . Why don't you take. . .Zack?
Aah !
[ Chuckles ] Nice move.
Where the hell did you learn how to do that?
ZACK: Metro Dade Police Academy.
MAN : Are you a senior instructor at the farm?
-BURKE : Yes. -[ Beeping ]
POLYGRAPH OPERATOR: True.
Okay, if you look at the screens,
you'll see his pulse is even ,
respiration normal ,
pupils undilated -- signs of the truth .
Come on , rough me up. Let's go! Rough me up!
Have you ever worn women's clothing?
[ Laughter ]
Who said that?
Yes.
-[ Beeping ] -True.
[ Laughter ]
Were you , uh , ever stationed in Peru?
Yes.
-[ Beeping ] -POLYGRAPH OPERATOR: True.
ls your name Walter Burke?
-No. -[ Beeping ]
True.
[ Gunfire in distance ]
Let's do it.
Forth !
Skid and holster!
Remove your targets!
Nintendo.
These are paper ants -- microphone transmitters.
They adhere equally well to flesh or clothing ,
and they're biologically manufactured ,
so as soon as they become separated
from their storage palate, they begin to break down .
After 48 hours, this bug consumes itself.
These are all live surveillance devices --
digitized , miniaturized transceivers,
audio and video.
You can conceal them throughout the bug house.
Your objective is to gain entry, install three bugs each ,
and exit the bug house without getting caught.
You will have eight minutes.
[ Beeps ]
What do we got here, Walter, a bunch of D.S . "&" T. geeks,
or we got some quality NOC people?
l don't know.
Anybody get out of the bug house lately?
Not many.
[ Alarm blares ]
Doesn't look like it's gonna happen tonight.
Don't underestimate my people, Dennis, please.
[ Alarm stops ]
Usually by now, you've tagged a NOC.
Must be one in this class.
Well , maybe yes, maybe no.
Who knows?
The Shadow knows.
l love this part.
-[ Alarm blares ] -"buenas noches, amigo."
You've just been blanketed .
SLAYNE : That's two down .
BURKE : Oh , who's counting?
buenas noches, amigo. You've just been blanketed .
Attaboy.
[ Alarm blares ]
Aah !
Ouch .
Go!
Go, go!
[ All gasping ]
Who was that?
You okay?
Yeah .
Okay.
Some of you will not survive the farm .
Some will be asked to leave.
Some will quit.
But those of you who do graduate
will be sent to work out of Langley
or embassies around the world as official cover operatives.
That is, spies with diplomatic immunity.
Now, every once in a while,
someone is selected to be a nonofficial cover operative,
or N-O-C -- NOC.
The NOC is the truest practitioner of espionage --
always out there, always alone, unprotected .
lf you are caught,
you will most likely be tortured , shot, and/or hanged .
And here's the best part --
no one will ever hear about it.
You will become a star on a wall ,
a blank space in a book.
Now, l can just feel all you Alphas out there
gunning for this position as l speak.
So remember, everything is a test.
ZACK: Yeah? All right.
[ lndistinct conversations ]
[ Laughter ]
All right, l can afford 1 0 cents.
Yo, l'm out.
All right, l'll see you .
Come on , you're gonna fold , Ronnie. Just get it over with .
-You're a Miami cop, right? -Yeah .
So why don't you speak Spanish?
l do.
So where'd you learn Farsi -- Persian beat?
Oh , that's funny.
No, night school -- Florida Atlantic University --
so l could get in here.
Congratulations.
Thanks.
-Ronnie. -l'm out.
Well , looks like it's just me and Sonny Crockett.
RONNlE : Sonny Crockett --
is that the black guy or the white guy?
What are the girls like on South Beach?
What do you want to do?
[ Chips rattle ]
All right.
& "Sonny, you're a boy" &
& "Make a big noise" "pIaying on the street" &
l'll see your bet and raise you .
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa -- $2 raises max, remember?
Come on , we're not playing by the rules here on the farm .
Are we? Are we?
Are we, Sonny?
That's fine by me.
Okay. So. . .
Are my pupils dilated?
l could be bluffing .
Or it could just be dark in here. What do you think?
& "Gonna be a big man" "someday" &
& "You got mud on your face" &
[ Chuckles ]
Okay, l'll give it to you . l fold .
-What did you have? -Hey! That's not how we play.
Your deal .
Hey, man , good game.
Well , well , well . . .
Looks like boys' night in , huh?
Kinda sad .
l'm gonna change all that.
Time for a field trip. We got the van outside.
We're all going for drinks at the Blue Ridge.
[ Brakes squeal ]
All right, your objective -- reach the parking lot
with an asset who intends to have sex with you .
You want us to pick up a girl?
Well , uh , five, actually --
one each .
[ lndistinct shouting ]
& "Change" &
& "but be yourseIf, now" &
[ Music continues ]
Hi .
BARTENDER: Here you go, Kitty.
-Thanks, Barry. - & "Change" &
& "but be yourseIf, now" &
& "Change" &
& "but be yourseIf, now" &
Not interested .
Neither am l .
How's that?
Well , your personal interests are of no concern to me.
l just got out of the joint.
And there's only one thing l'm concerned with right now.
And what would that be?
What do you think?
& "Change" &
& "but be yourseIf, now" &
& "Change" &
& "but be yourseIf, now" &
Sounds like fun .
[ lndistinct shouting ]
Excuse me a second .
Hey. . .what's going on? What are you doing here?
What's it look like?
Looks like you're drunk.
Perceptive.
ls everything okay?
Yeah , everything's great.
All right.
See you tomorrow.
& "Ow, change" &
James. . .
& "but be yourseIf, now" &
-They cut me. l'm out. - & "Change" &
-You're kidding . - & "but be yourseIf, now" &
-l'm out of the program . - & "Change" &
You're serious -- did they say why?
They didn't say anything .
They just sit you down , debrief you ,
and then stick you in some shit-bag motel .
& "Change" &
& "but be yourseIf, now" &
Sorry, all l can think about is throwing up.
You all right?
Yeah , l think l had too much tequila.
You know, it's just that you and l
finally have this chemistry moment,
you know, and l even have a motel room
where we could go back
and have completely justifiable comfort sex,
but all l can think about is not throwing up.
[ Chuckles ]
The -- the room's spinning , right?
Yeah , like a top.
You should go home. l'll call you a cab.
Come on . Come here.
Will you settle for taking me home and tucking me in?
l wish .
[ Cheers and applause ]
Blue Ridge Bar, yeah .
1 0 minutes? Thank you .
Cab will be here in 1 0.
-Okay. -Okay.
Come on , wait with me outside, okay?
l . . .
Come on .
Layla, let's wait inside. lt's cold .
No. No, no, no, no, no. Just wait.
Come on . l want to kiss you .
Tell me about it.
Thank you .
For what?
Op completed .
My op was to stop you from completing yours.
-Who said my op was complete? -[ Horn honks ]
-Lighten up, man . -lt's just an op.
Just doing her job, that's it.
God , l hate this guy.
You did your job. Good .
ZACK: Are you a citizen of the United States?
-Layla: Yes. -[ Beeping ]
True.
Are you in any way affiliated with the ClA?
No.
-[ Shrill beep ] -lt's false.
All right, let's break up this dance team .
Clayton , switch places with , uh , Zack here.
All right, we all know, l believe,
what a lie is when we see it.
But a good interrogator can also soften a subject --
you know, uh , knock them off-balance,
make them vulnerable.
Never know what you might get.
So. . .fire at will .
[ lnhales sharply ]
ls your name Layla Moore?
-Yes. -[ Beeping ]
True.
Last night at the bar,
you said we had chemistry together.
Do we?
What?
His interrogation . Answer the man .
Simple question -- yes or no?
l was undercover legend . lt was part of the op.
-[ Beeping ] -True.
[ Beeping ]
You said you wanted to go home and have comfort sex.
Did you?
You're abusing this exercise.
Did you want to have sex with me last night -- yes or no?
No.
[ Shrill beeping ]
Would you do anything to become a ClA officer?
Anything?
No.
[ Beeping ]
Layla!
Stay away from me.
Can l talk to you?
There are limits, James.
You want to suck up to Burke, do it on your own .
This isn't about Burke.
You won , okay? You got even .
How does it feel?
Huh?
God !
[ Panting ]
l pity the fool .
Anyone l know?
Maybe.
Let it go.
You first.
[ Panting ]
l don't know how l --
l don't belong here.
Come on -- meant to do this, son .
You know more about me than l do?
Hey, this bag knows more about you than you do, James.
lt's in you .
lt's in your blood .
Aah !
BURKE : Mama Land's crabs
from the Circle's fourteenth in Saigon --
best crabs in the world .
This place -- second-best.
Okay, why don't you just go ahead?
Go ahead and ask me.
Did you know him?
No.
l met him once.
Falklands. . .around '89.
[ Chewing , crunching ]
What was he -- what was he doing there?
Think, son . l can't tell you specifics.
l just can't.
l can't even confirm his mission .
l can't.
He used to tell me stories.
He'd say, uh . . .
when they'd hit one, the desert would rain oil .
That's what he did , James. He told stories.
Yeah .
And he lied .
That doesn't mean he didn't love you .
What was he, really?
What did he do?
You gotta come off it, kid . You really do.
Because you keep looking back,
you're gonna miss your whole life.
lt's a mystery you cannot solve.
Who is -- who is Edward Clayton?
Well , among many things, he was James Clayton's father.
Also, he was someone else.
[ Crunching continues ]
He was a spook, James. . . just like me.
Just like you .
Don't look now.
By the bar -- we're being followed .
You serious?
Yeah .
Sometimes these guys just like to loiter around ,
see if they can gain intel on the farm .
l'll get someone on it.
[ Crunching continues ]
Hey.
Looking good .
Yeah , but can l do it blindfolded
jumping out of a plane?
l bet you can .
Thanks.
lt's probably not the best time to apologize.
You don't have to apologize.
[ Chuckles ]
Can l?
Sure.
Here's how l'm gonna look at it.
We learned a lot about each other.
Yeah , the hard way.
Yeah , the hard way, but still . . .at least we know.
Okay.
So, now. . . we're ahead of the game.
ls that it?
Exactly.
So what do we do?
Nothing .
Not here.
Not now.
No, not now.
JAMES : One year from now, where are you?
Probably waitressing at Denny's.
Mm-hmm . . .yeah .
When l was a kid , my father would get out the atlas. . .
[ Exhales deeply ]
BURKE : Okay, today we practice the art of surveillance.
Remember your training .
The person being followed is the. . .
Rabbit.
Rabbit. The person doing the following is the. . .
-Eye. -Eye.
Behind the eye is the rest of the surveillance team ,
who cannot see the rabbit but follow the eye.
As the rabbit travels,
the teammates will rotate themselves into the eye position
so that the rabbit doesn't realize he's being followed .
Rabbit, don't forget, your choke points
help you to identify who's on your tail .
And keep those cellphones off.
ln the field , they act like homing devices.
All right? What do we do?
ALL: lmprovise, modify, adapt, overcome.
Let's go to work!
Turn your cellphone off?
Didn't bring it.
Good .
Hey. . .this looks like a good choke point.
You're right.
Let's hide here and wait, okay?
Sure.
[ Breathing heavily ]
[ Tires screech ]
-LAYLA: James! James! -Layla!
[ Grunts ]
No! [ Grunts ]
James!
-Let go of me! -[ Groaning ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Tires screech ]
l am a Diplomatic Corps trainee.
We know that you work for the ClA.
The ClA.
l don't work for the ClA.
l think you do.
[ Grunts ]
[ Groans ]
[ Breathing heavily ]
[ Door rattles ]
[ Pounding on door ]
[ Clatters ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Panting ]
[ lnhales sharply ]
[ Breathing heavily ]
[ Door opens ]
[ Clanging ]
[ Men shouting in foreign language ]
Enjoy your cold shower.
[ Speaking foreign language ]
[ Shouting indistinctly ]
[ Man speaking foreign language ]
[ Spits ]
[ Breathing heavily ]
Hungry, Jimmy?
You guys make the best stuff.
You realize that no country with a McDonald's
has ever attacked the United States?
They teach you that at the farm?
[ Panting ] l don't know what you're talking about.
You think this is a game, James?
l think. . .it's a test.
No.
l'm sorry, my friend .
This is no test.
Everything is a test!
[ Breathing heavily ]
[ Door rattles ]
Everything is a test.
[ Door rattling ]
Good morning , James.
[ Electricity humming , crackling ]
[ James screaming ]
[ Door opens ]
[ Exhales deeply ]
What are the names of your instructors?
Okay.
John is the wise guy.
Paul's the cute one.
-George is pretty quiet. -[ Chuckling ]
And this new kid --
l can't remember his name.
Oh .
Now l know why she was begging for you .
You're funny.
Sorry if these stink.
She pissed herself.
[ Door closes ]
[ Sniffs ]
Oh , Layla.
Layla?
Burke! You want a name?!
Burke! Burke!
[ Door opens ]
l wanted you to see this.
l wanted you to see what happens to someone. . .
you know. . . someone you care about. . .
so you won't forget.
What you should learn from this exercise --
and learn it well --
rule number one --
do. . .not. . .get. . .caught.
[ Clicking , beeping ]
[ Brakes squeal ]
[ Exhales deeply ]
MAN ON TV: Hey, buddy, you are sweating your ass off.
MAN #2 : l know. lt's hot.
No -- l mean , you're really sweating from the ass.
[ Laughter ]
MAN #2 : l'm so ashamed .
MAN #1 : Don't worry, pal .
You just need a little help back there.
-This is my secret. -[ Laughter ]
Manpons?
MAN #1 : lt's like a cool spring breeze
blowing through your ass cheeks.
MAN #2 : At this point, l'll try anything .
Hello, this is Bill Rudolph at Dell .
l'm not in right now, but please leave a message at the beep.
l'll return your call as soon as possible. Thank you .
[ Beeps ]
Hey, Bill Rudolph , thank you for calling me back.
lt's James Douglas Clayton .
We met at M.l .T. in Boston at -- we -- Sp@rtacus --
[ Singsong voice ] Sp@rtacus --
[ Normal voice ] and l was with my family for a while,
but now l'm back, and l'm ready to raise the bar with Sp@rtacus,
'cause we can raise the bar with Sp@rtacus
and change things.
Will you call me. . .
[ Rattling ]
Nice hit.
What the --
You mind?
My throat.
Let go. Now.
Now.
[ Clears throat ]
What --
[ Laughs ]
l see you're living good .
Get some clothes on . We'll take a drive.
A drive?
Yeah . l'll wait outside.
[ Engine turns over ]
[ Exhales deeply ]
That booze is coming out of your bones.
What am l doing here?
l'm done, remember? l'm out.
l don't have to play your stupid games.
Oh , but you will , James.
You will play because your particular engine --
what drives you , moves you , motivates you --
desire to please. . .
Me.
-All right, pull over. -[ Chuckles ]
Pull over the goddamn car!
-All right! Go ahead , get out. -[ Tires screech ]
You lasted longer on your interrogation exercise
than any CT has in the last 1 5 years.
l broke!
Everybody breaks! That's the point!
Damn thing doesn't stop till you break.
Then why did l wash out?
You didn't! That's why l'm here.
You're the NOC, James.
Bullshit.
The washout was faked .
You're the NOC.
l told you l was a scary judge of talent.
Why me?
Get in here.
[ Door closes ]
l don't believe this.
[ Door closes ]
More farm mind games.
Nothing is what it seems, na na na.
No, no, no, no. School's out.
Open that, uh , glove compartment.
Go ahead .
-[ Sighs ] -[ Clicks ]
Find out why you .
That's why you .
Layla? Wh--
Layla Moore --
raised from the age of 3 by Tom and Susan Moore
of Worcester, Mass.
However, her real last name isn't Moore -- it's Nasari .
Birth mother is Algerian , father's French .
lt's all there --
secret bank accounts, phony records, fake passports.
Layla's a sleeper.
She's a mole, James.
l don't believe it. This is crazy.
How the hell did she get into the farm --
We wanted her in .
We want her to burrow in as deep as she can ,
because then , she'll lead us to her handlers.
We know exactly what she wants.
lt's who she's giving it to -- that's what we need to know.
Layla's gonna take us right up the food chain .
l won't do it.
You won't do it?
James. . .
why do you think l came to Cambridge to recruit you?
Nobody's chasing CTs anymore.
l mean , our applications are through the roof.
We needed you . . .James.
No accidents.
You and Layla were matched .
She's an orphan .
You're a young man searching for a father.
You're both highly motivated , you're both highly independent.
You even look good together.
We paired you at the farm , son .
We paired you , remember?
The Blue Ridge barhop?
The lie detector session?
The choke point test?
And it worked , didn't it?
She trusts you .
Loves you , maybe.
And you're gonna take that trust and that love
and you're gonna use it to find out who she's working for.
James. . .
My first posting was in ltaly -- Trieste.
A physics conference met there every summer.
So l meet this local girl -- beautiful , sweet.
She's working for the Russian group as a secretary.
Anyway, l did my job. l worked her. l turned her.
Pretty soon , she's giving me everything , you know --
l mean , really high-grade stuff --
and , uh , l'm a hero.
But l'm still a kid , two years, fresh out of Ocala, Florida.
l got this perfect ltalian girl , and she's crazy for me,
and we're falling in love.
l knew the Russians were getting close to her.
l knew she was in jeopardy, but. . .
material was valuable.
l could've warned her.
l could've saved her.
But the information was more important.
You understand?
The information was more important than she was. . .
more important than I was.
It is what we do.
I need to think about it.
Oh , come on . ''Think about it.''
You got 2 4 hours.
[ ExhaIes deepIy ]
[ DiaIing ]
[ Ringing ]
Burke here.
Okay.
I'II do it.
Iwo Jima MemoriaI --
this is where you teII me about duty and sacrifice?
No, this is where I have my breakfast burrito.
[ ChuckIes ]
VoIente Brothers.
They're the best.
There you go.
-"Gracias," -Thank you .
Try it. It's heaven .
So, what is she after?
You ever read Kurt Vonnegut?
Yeah .
-You read ''Cat's CradIe''? -Nah .
WeII , in that book, the worId ends
because in a chip of ice, a moIecuIe is discovered
that can turn aII the water it touches into ice.
Since aII water is interconnected --
that is, pond to stream , stream to river,
river to Iake, Iake to ocean --
the entire worId freezes and dies,
and that seed moIecuIe is caIIed Ice 9.
Ice 9.
LangIey has invented a computer virus
that can pIug into any eIectricaI receptacIe --
that is, the waII outIet in your apartment --
using existing wiring
to spread right through the entire nationaI grid .
No firewaIIs, no protection .
Jesus.
That's it.
Our nationaI defense,
our nationaI survivaI depends on eIectronics.
You take that away. . .
we're back in the Stone Age with our enemies.
This was good .
Can I make it?
Oh ! So cIose.
You're going to LangIey.
Your cover story is that you washed out of the farm ,
but we Iove you --
you're a good boy, a patriot --
so we got you a Iow-IeveI , Iow-security gig . . .
but your reaI assignment is to get cIose to LayIa
and to stay cIose to her.
Find out who she's taIking to.
[ Door cIoses, engine turns over ]
[ Engine turns over ]
BURKE : LayIa requested Cryptography,
so we gave it to her.
She's working at the Directorate of Science and TechnoIogy
in LangIey.
WeII , if she's a new empIoyee in LangIey,
isn't surveiIIance on her 2 4/ 7?
They've got to find out what she's up to.
LangIey's security is aII about entry and exit --
going in , going out.
-You are scoped , taped . . . -Morning .
. . .tagged Iike no other pIace on Earth ,
but once you're on the inside,
the assumption is you beIong there.
-[ Beeps ] -LangIey's too big to watch .
We're a city, and as such ,
we are vuInerabIe to betrayaI from within ,
aIways have been -- Ames, NickeIson , Howard .
JAMES : So what have you got me doing?
BURKE : We've given you
a Iow-IeveI data-processing position
in the information management center --
not uncommon for CTs who don't graduate the farm .
You'II Iove it.
-MAN : Mr. CIayton? -Hey.
-Rob Stevens, your supervisor. -Nice to meet you .
-WeIcome to CIA. -Thank you .
[ Beeps ]
The buiIding we're going into is totaIIy secure.