♪ At last
♪ my love has come along
♪ my lonely days are over
♪ and life is like a song
is this okay for me?
I just got it.
For you? Yes.
For you it's very... Okay.
For me, too.
I am sorry for barging in to you.
Is no problem.
Do you travel much?
I...
Yes. For my work.
I like the train.
Yes.
What is your work?
I'm in chemical business.
I knew something like that.
You did? Yes.
Because I look at your hands when I come in
and I think, he uses brain
more than hands.
I use hands also.
I am hoping so.
So what is in case? Chemical?
Chemical, yes.
No.
Yes. Something danger.
In this, danger?
Yes, in case.
I don't believe.
Yes, it's true.
Show me. I want to see.
I want to see what you do.
What is so danger?
What is inside
can be used for good
or evil.
Me too.
Open it.
I want to see everything.
Is isotope.
Unstable, yes.
What is --
ahh.
Hey!
Ahh! Ahh!
♪ Yeah!
♪ Gotta leave town, got another appointment ♪
Up here! Turn up here!
What? The next street?
Yes! Left!
♪ Gonna hang around till there's nobody dancin' ♪
♪ I don't wanna hold hands
♪ and talk about our little plans, all right ♪
The alley!
Ah, it's locked! It's locked! Go!
♪ Cold hard bitch
♪ she was shakin' her hips
♪ well, that was all that I need ♪
All right. All right, at the very least,
we were compromised, brodien. I figured that part out.
We were supposed to meet at 10:15.
Extracted by 10:25.
I was late.
Yeah, and I want to know why.
Watch the door, please. There's a reason for protocol, you know that?
Where were you? Can we save the debrief for the flight back?
Didn't you try to contact agent strum?
I told you, his life is at risk.
But he's in deep cover, agent Bristow.
That's part of the job description. Safety's on.
Mountaineer to shopkeeper, please respond.
Mountaineer, this is shopkeeper.
Shopkeeper, your cover's been blown.
We'll meet in the ming hai train yard -- 20 minutes.
Wait a second.
Wait. Wait, what are you -- how did you find me?
How did you find me? Shopkeeper, do you copy?
They know where I am! They found me! They found me!
What's happening?
Hello, Sydney Bristow.
I heard about what you're wearing.
I like it.
But your work here in Shanghai -- not so good.
You broke radio silence. Sloppy. Disappointing.
Who is this? What do you want?
I just got what I wanted.
We're tracking your radio signal right now.
We know the building you're in.
We're coming. They just tracked your broadcast?
What are you doing? Trust me.
No, I'm not just following you blind anymore.
What's your plan? I don't have time to type an itinerary.
You do what I say, or you'll die.
Now take off your shirt.
That window's too small to climb out.
I'm not climbing out.
What are you doing?
Close your eyes.
What the hell for?
Close them.
Ow! That burns!
Better than a bullet.
Oh, my God! Open.
Ah, God!
This part's gonna hurt more.
No. No, I don't need that. It's the details that matter.
Try not to scream.
Aah!
All right, what is that for?
So we're both gonna walk out of here alone.
They're gonna kill me, aren't they?
They might. You've got to strut out of this club.
I don't strut.
Look at yourself.
My ear hurts.
We'll meet at the ding ha station.
You won't need this.
What are you gonna do? They know what you look like.
Hey!
In your complaint against agent Bristow,
you stated that your pursuers
tracked you to the restroom?
Yes, ma'am, they did. When --
when I made contact with agent strum.
I wanted to help him.
I made arrangements with agent strum to meet him
at the closest lz in jing an.
My intention was to extract him.
That wasn't your purpose in Shanghai.
You were sent with one objective --
pick up surveillance photos from agent brodien --
yes, ma'am. Photos taken by agent strum,
whose cover had already been blown.
That's presupposition.
A tip from an unauthenticated source,
and you opted to change the objective of the --
I made a judgment call. You do understand that things
don't always go as expected when you're in the field.
I don't need a lecture from you. I've read your report.
Even for you, agent Bristow,
your arrogance today is appalling.
It wasn't meant to be a lecture,
director chase, just a reminder.
With all due respect, it's been 12 years
since you've been field-rated.
Your poor judgment apparently cost a man his life.
So, after dressing him up, you violated protocol
yet again by leaving your contact alone.
Mr. brodien would have been killed otherwise.
Miss Bristow, your record's a mess.
Your consistent disregard for protocol
obviously speaks to some larger systemic dysfunction.
A psychological need to challenge authority.
If the Shanghai incident were an isolated one,
then perhaps a warning would suffice here.
But this is hardly the first time
you've exhibited rogue behavior.
What happened in Shanghai was not rogue. I was trying --
miss Bristow, it's my turn to talk.
I'm recommending to the board
that you be stripped of classified clearance
and assigned to the dispatch office at Langley.
You're transferring me to the mailroom?
You'll report to officer hermalin 8:00 A.M. on Monday.
Let me get this straight.
Is this a permanent reassignment?
Technically, that's what a demotion is.
I don't know exactly what you have against me,
but my record has always been --
I resent you, and I'll tell you why.
It's conduct like yours that endangers the CIA.
It weakens us. It forces us to take a defensive posture.
Wait a minute. Am I supposed to defend my record?
This is not a dialogue, miss Bristow.
In Virginia Monday morning.
If this is your decision, director chase,
I will no longer burden this agency
with the hazard of my participation.
Are you opting to terminate your association with the CIA?
I will say it in English for you.
I quit.
Yo!
Vaughn.
Vaughn! Bag's dead, man. You can give it up.
Thanks for coming.
Thanks for sweating.
Yeah, I think that a full month of psych evaluation's
more than enough.
Really? For you?
I don't know.
It was a little overkill, though.
Come on. Burning your house down?
It wasn't a happy home.
Yeah, still -- fire.
Yeah, well, you kill your wife
after learning she's a vicious homicidal double agent.
See how rational you are.
I want you to know that I'm there for you,
whatever you need.
You know, if you need to stay with me for a while
'cause your house is... Ashes.
I'm leaving.
Leaving what?
The agency? Is this because of Sydney?
It's not because of Sydney. It's because last year sucked.
It's because I don't have the desire to do --
not the desire, the need to do this job anymore.
I don't have it in me. So you're telling me
that this stupid idea was all on your own?
Sydney didn't talk to you about this?
I haven't spoken to her this week. Or last.
I don't know what's going on -- you got to talk to her.
Well, I've already made my decision.
Okay, this isn't about you.
Her review was today.
Sydney quit.
Glad you found us.
Me too.
That wouldn't have been a very good start.
You did well with the committee.
Very convincing.
Thank you. So you were you.
I actually felt like I was in trouble.
Well, I can pull it out when I need to.
Come on, let me show you around.
How is that man's ear?
Don't worry about brodien. He thinks he's a hero.
He has no clue Shanghai was a charade.
The agency's pacific rim surveillance
worked out of this office until '98.
This place was dark until two months ago
when Langley approved the division.
Miss chase, I can't tell you what an honor it is
to have been asked to be part of this operation.
I know you spoke of being hungry,
looking for a fresh start --
that was nothing.
My father, Vaughn -- irrelevant personal stuff.
I want to serve my country the best I can.
Well, this assignment will be a challenge for you --
more than you were led to believe.
The four of you were chosen.
Handpicked to help run this team.
The four of us?
Handpicked by whom?
This is exciting.
Could I have a word, please?
When I was approached about joining
a black ops unit within the CIA,
I thought I was doing the right thing.
And while I appreciate the necessary protocol
in assembling a new team, arvin sloane is not --
I understand you used to work for sloane.
Yeah, a criminal psychopath beyond verbal description.
I know all about sloane.
Then allow me to ask the most obvious question
in the history of time.
How can the CIA let that man,
who ran what amounts to a terrorist cell
within the borders of this country,
you don't need me to explain the geopolitical landscape,
or to list this country's former enemies
with whom we now collaborate.
You have to draw the line somewhere.
We can use him now --
his contacts, his expertise.
And he will be closely monitored.
Pity the man with that job.
Wait a minute.
With you here, Vaughn, Dixon, and your father,
there's a built-in system of checks and balances.
If sloane missteps, you'll catch him.
Now that's it.
This is your assignment.
I was just explaining how the CIA approached me.
Concerned that increased public scrutiny
of the agency and the resulting red tape
has impeded their ability to do their job,
what they asked me to set up for them is a covert unit,
one that is still governed by U.S. laws
but unhampered by bureaucratic chain of command,
with no accountability except to ourselves.
That part was made clear.
But the part that wasn't made clear --
that's me.
No, it wasn't.
Well, quite frankly,
I was surprised by their call, too,
until I understood what it is they want.
Their own SD-6.
A unit that officially doesn't exist,
comprised of team members
who have no apparent affiliation to the CIA.
They don't want to know how we do
our day's work, only that it gets done.
And what is our day's work?
His name is Yuri kamarov.
He's Russia's leading nuclear scientist --
until last month when he disappeared
with the only viable sample of orine-12,
a deadly and highly unstable isotope.
Signal intercepts indicate
that on Thursday kamarov will have a meeting
on the train traveling between Belarus and Latvia.
We can assume he will be selling the isotope.
The CIA is unable to use that information,
which is why we're here.
Sydney, Vaughn, you will be on that train.
I can't believe this.
I beg your pardon?
Nothing.
The buyer, who is it? We don't know yet.
But according to his grocery list,
we can assume he's a serious threat.
We were able to intercept the protocol of the meet.
The buyer will be in the dining car
at 8:00 P.M. greenwich mean time.
There will be a green fountain pen on the table.
He will ask kamarov if he would like some tea.
Kamarov will reply that he prefers bourbon.
Dixon, you will be on point.
Sydney, you will recover kamarov and the isotope.
Vaughn, you will I.D. The buyer.
You will sell him a bogus isotope
outfitted with a tracking device
so that Langley can follow him back to his base of operations
and grab him there.
Is that it?
Kamarov is known to rig his transport devices
with self-destruct mechanisms.
Yes, that's correct, so, Sydney, you'll need
to get him to open the case for you.
Do you have any suggestions?
I assume you'll come up with something interesting.
Jack, you'll set up the operational plan
for wheels up, 0600 hours.
Are there any questions?
Besides how'd you get this job?
Sydney.
Syd.
What is this, a.P.O.?
It's the name of our new organization.
It's right on the door.
Authorized personnel only.
I thought it was fitting.
Excuse me. I should prep.
If I'd known sloane was involved, not a chance.
It was a little deceitful, right?
Yeah, but then I thought if I refused the job,
I can't watch over sloane.
I'm having the same conversation with myself.
You know, I told Langley
that I wanted to step down as director.
That life, that suit was never for me.
I belong in the field.
And then the offer came from chase.
"An elite black ops unit" speech.
Yeah, that's the one, and I was in.
Look, I understand your reluctance
to work with me, given --
well, given everything.
But despite my former allegiance,
my betrayal of you,
of this country,
you can't deny it.
We were a great team.
So I'll do this just once,
and ask you to please
give me a chance.
One thing makes up for all this.
Having you as my partner again.
♪ Hearts are worn in these dark ages ♪
♪ you're not alone in this story's pages... ♪
Sorry to drop by.
It's okay.
I miss you.
I wanted to say that I miss you.
I've been thinking,
obviously, about what --
what, you were afraid to --
I'm not afraid, but I -- you didn't return my calls.
That's 'cause I could feel what was happening.
Can I come in?
If you come in, we both know what's going to happen.
I don't want that.
To jump right back in where we were
before everything,
to pretend like those years didn't happen.
Well, that would be nice, wouldn't it?
But they did.
We need to take it slow, Vaughn.
Yeah.
You're probably right.
You ready?
Ja, I think so. You?
Hello!
Are you speaking English?
Yes, I speak.
See for me, this room?
Care for some tea?
No, I prefer bourbon.
You're early.
I am eager to make exchange.
As am I, Mr. kamarov.
I-I am sorry.
Ticket is good, no?
Yes, it's good.
I was drink... In dining car...
Too much. Oh. Yeah.
I am for sleeping now.
Is there a place for changing?
Uh, yes.
Bathroom.
Hmm...
Thank you.
You are cute.
I like these framings.
Ooh.
You want to do this in public?
Mr. vadik is not afraid of the public,
and neither am I.
Is this okay for me?
I just got it.
For you? Yes.
For you it's very...
Okay.
You can't test power with toy from hardware store.
When the more comprehensive tests are done,
Mr. vadik will forward you the other half of your payment.
You're not very discreet.
Terror happens every day.
Around everyone.
And no one notices a thing
until something detonates.
Mr. vadik and I rely on that.
What is your work?
I'm in chemical business.
I knew something like that.
You did? Yes.
Because I look at your hands when I come in
and I think, he uses brain
more than hands.
You look familiar.
Sometimes people tell me I look like hockey player --
alexei kovalev.
No.
That's not it.
Ah, perhaps we have met before.
Maybe your boss, Mr. vadik.
Maybe I know him.
What is this?
I don't know where you're from,
but you're not kamarov.
Excuse me? This is me.
I'm getting off the train a little early.
Find out who he is.
Syd, they're on to us. Get out of there.
There's one coming your way. Move!
What is it?
Get up.
Here.
Ahh! Ahh!
Are you kidding?!
Aah!
♪ If you
♪ twist and
♪ turn away
♪ if you
♪ tear yourself in two
♪ again
♪ if I could
♪ yes, I would
♪ if I could
♪ I would
♪ let it go
♪ surrender
♪ dislocate
♪ if I
♪ could throw this lifeless lifeline to the wind ♪
♪ leave this heart of Clay
♪ see you walk
♪ walk away
♪ into the night
Syd, before we left,
Jack came to see me with a message for you.
Your father wanted me to remind you
that in Belarus we're not gonna have a tactical team.
So why is your father talking to you through me?
When I was in D.C.,
I know that you went to wittenberg,
and I know your father was there.
What happened in wittenberg?
Sydney.
You were never supposed to have found this.
You want to tell me what happened in wittenberg?
No, actually, I don't.
We now know the men on the train were working
for Roman vadik, CIA's 26th most wanted.
Vadik's résumé has him responsible
for the chunei blast in '86, matsu in '89 --
over 12,000 dead total.
Close personal contacts of mine have confirmed
vadik's cooperation with known terrorist cells
in planning a major attack within the next six months.
Close personal contacts?
CIA wants vadik.
Yes, that's right.
What's the move?
Last year, a foreign agent
working on infiltrating vadik's operation
made particularly good progress.
She needs to be debriefed.
I'm sending you, Sydney.
I'll give you the details in my office.
Lucky me.
The agent working with vadik's operation
was with Argentine intelligence.
Your daughter? Your sister.
If Nadia's the one with intel on vadik,
why not debrief her yourself?
We went searching --
Nadia and I --
for an artifact built by rambaldi.
Its value immeasurable.
And we found it.
And we promptly handed it over to the U.S. government.
That's how you got this position.
You bought it.
It turns out the pain that she felt
as a result of her job was profound --
she chose to leave intelligence,
you're sure she really left?
Fake quitting seems to be all the rage.
She's out. She's back in Argentina.
She wants nothing to do with me or this life.
You're awfully glib, Sydney.
Nadia left you on bad terms.
I suppose I have something to learn
about being a father.
I can see why you don't want to go.
That wasn't meant to be glib.
I still don't know why you think she'll talk to me.
Because I see in her something I once saw in you --
the need to work for what's right.
And because you know what it is
to put aside personal issues.
And that --
that's a gift.
It's not a gift.
What it's been is a necessity,
and it's become a burden, and quite frankly,
something I have run out of patience for.
Vaughn, before she goes,
you might tell her the truth.
No, I'm not gonna be a conduit to your daughter.
I've tried that before.
You can imagine how well that went over.
And, no, she didn't say anything,
if that's what you're asking yourself.
She hasn't said a word about anything
that happened between the two of you.
Which gives me an idea of what that is.
And, Jack, I hope for Sydney's sake
that I'm wrong.