Monitor 0-2-3-2 Zulu time.
Cross post-transmission via NAS Rota, Spain. Start.
There will be no further transmission until we're at the target.
Do you copy, Big Ears?
Big Ears, aye. Juliet, Tango, Echo, 4-7-1.
Zulu time, 0-2-3-3.
This is Gathered Punch One, Group Leader. Here we go.
Stay on the deck and keep it tight. This is it.
Rapid Angel, commence STR sortie.
Rapid Angel, aye.
Wow! Did you see that one? That'll wake them up!
Perfect. Rotate out.
Nighthawk, commence sucker-punch run and launch.
Nighthawk, aye.
Very clean!
Blockbuster, long gags and everything. Unload the racks.
Blockbuster, aye.
Let's see a nice tight falling pattern.
Blockbuster, aye. Watch this trick.
Shotgun Group, following 'matic command distance.
Full military power, Mark II plus.
Shotgun Leader, aye.
Six units, commence sortie.
Hit all primary targets on the first pass.
We own this place!
Cross back over to Grid-Niner, bulls-in and head for home, boys.
Hit secondary targets on the way out.
What was that?!
There's another one!
Someone, anyone, hit that missile pad on the point of the harbor.
Who's got him?
I see him! I see him!
I'll take him out in ten seconds. He's mine!
- Group Leader, Shotgun? - Group Leader, aye.
Let birds roll, mark another secondary target.
There's another missile launch!
Haul those missiles away. Get some heat flares out.
I'm hit! I'm hit!
Can you get out to sea, Rapid Angel?
I can maneuver, but I'm losing power. Losing power.
Someone get that missile site now!
My wing man is hit!
Rapid Angel, where are you?
Rapid Angel is out on the coast, heading north, north-west.
- Rapid Angel? - I've stabilized.
Try Sicily, try Malta, try Picket Ship 1.
Come down to land.
Sixth Fleet has rescue. Do you hear me?
I copy, Group Leader.
- I'm gonna make it. - That's all for now.
I'm with him, Group Leader.
Stick on him, Nighthawk.
Roger that.
I'm losing fuel.
Stay with him, Nighthawk.
Captain.
Landfall ahead. Someone's tracking me. I'm losing power.
Get the tracking. Stay with it.
Andrei.
I'm losing power.
I've lost him. Splashdown!
Your ship was on station during this attack?
The Leontiev was steaming ten kilometers due west.
of elements of the United States Sixth Fleet.
Gibraltar lost transmission beyond...
Alert Naval Affairs, Captain. A simple yes will do.
I tracked the American plane to crashpoint.
I can estimate the position of aircraft to within five kms.
You'll show me?
Well, you may want to change your clothes.
Captain, we have to work fast.
We can only guess how much the Americans know.
I'm losing fuel.
Stay with him, Nighthawk.
There's landfall ahead.
Someone's tracking me. I'm losing power.
- Come on! - Get the tracking. Stay with him.
- I'm losing power. - Come on!
I've lost him! Splashdown!
Scratch fifty million dollars worth of F-111!
We lost a helluva lot more than that, Henderson.
Three of those planes were carrying
highly secret laser guidance systems.
And with our luck,
one of those high-tech babies is sitting
at the bottom of the Mediterranean.
We'd done a computer run.
We put splashdown at a sector
three miles south of Swatter Point, off Malta.
I love Malta this time of year.
Not with a Soviet trawler, the Leontiev
shuttling ashore out in the area.
Fishing must be good.
Wanna make a bet that I find that F-111 first?
All I want to know is what the Leontiev was doing
no longer with the Sixth Fleet.
Just track of that trawler for me, Steve.
Don't be a hero.
We're all heroes, Dean.
That's why you love us.
Is he the best man?
Best man available.
Explain that.
Well, the best man for the job is Ken Tani.
Codename, Black Eagle.
But he's on assignment.
I don't care what it is.
Pull him out.
He's not available.
Every year at this time, he has two weeks to see his kids.
That's the only time he can see them.
That's our deal.
He can see his kids later.
Do you want to tell him that?
I don't want to tell him anything.
Dean, make it happen...now!
Get Patricia Parker for me.
All passengers on Pan-Am flight...
Boys!
This is Patricia Parker and she's taking you over to your father.
Okay?
- Hi! You must be Denny. - Hi.
- And Brian? Hello.
Hi...
I know your dad was supposed to come here on this vacation
but he has a research project on Malta.
So let's get your things, and we got a plane to catch.
Passengers on Iberia Flight 228 from Madrid,
please proceed directly to...
Buongiorno.
Sono Padre Joseph Bedelia.
Devo incontrare Monsignor Carraldi.
Oh, that monsignor won't be joining us today.
I have a bottle of white wine,
unless of course, you'd prefer coffee.
What the hell do you want?
How's your research project coming along?
Maltese giving you much assistance?
I was through with you.
I thought I made that clear, twelve years ago.
Fourteen.
Something's come up.
I don't want to hear about it. I'm a priest.
A research oceanographer?
Working on a grant from Georgetown University?
You Jesuits do take care of your own.
Get someone else, Rickert.
His name is Ken Tani.
For all intents and purposes,
a marine biologist from the University of Hawaii.
You never let go, do you?
We may both get lucky. I have another man on the scene.
I may not need you or Tani.
C'mon! C'mon!
Get them alongside!
Shit!
Who sent you to my boat?
Go fuck yourself!
Captain!
Get back. Get back! Get back!
- Do you enjoy wasting your time? - Wasting my time?!
This was on the hull!
So what?
You know who he is and what he wants.
Are you in pain?
Kiss my ass!
Captain,
why is your paramedic not here?
Captain, damn careless!
How often do we get one alive like him?
He was not alone.
Take this body away from here.
Captain!
Maybe you can tell me why I was pulled out two days early?
You're not going to New York.
Whatever it is, the answer is 'no'!
You're going to Malta.
Dean, you remember already.
I get two weeks off every summer, no matter what.
Here's the information on the SX1 laser guidance system.
I don't wanna know.
Just read it and...
I don't wanna know about it!
I don't do enough for my kids!
We know exactly where the plane went down.
All you have to do is drop in,
pick up the guidance pod and get out.
You're kidding me?!
But Malta's never that easy.
The place is crawling with spies from every country in the world.
Add to that, the Russian motor ship, the Leontiev.
You think I'm going to walk into that?
You are out of your mind.
I'm going to meet my kids.
That's exactly what you're gonna do.
I know that tone of voice.
- Your kids are already in Malta. - What?
Registered at the Dragonara Palace Hotel.
Your luggage is there. You registered yesterday.
Brian? Brian!
I bet my dad's never coming.
Then you'd be wrong because he's just busy.
He's always busy!
Let's try and enjoy ourselves, okay?
We can go and see the statues at the museum.
Terrific...
- Let's go watch the parade. - Terrific...
Malta Control Center here.
I've got unidentified traffic 15 miles east off Luca, heading west.
Unidentified traffic north-east of Malta, identify yourself.
Malta Center again.
The unidentified traffic is ten miles now, east off Luca, still heading west.
Unidentified aircraft northeast off Malta, identify yourself!
Open your chute!
Pull, dammit!
The unidentified aircraft has now turned out to sea.
Hello? Give me the police, please!
Hello. This is Chief Inspector Borg.
Yes.
Right. Give the location to my sergeant.
I'll send an officer to the spot.
Just hold the line.
- For you. - Inspector?
You don't wanna hang around here.
You are Father Joseph?
Clothes are in that duffel bag.
Wallet, credit cards, passport... All the goodies money can buy.
Rickert said there was another man - Henderson. Steve Henderson.
He was going to attach a homing device to the Leontiev.
Rickert gave me an assistant to monitor the transmission.
- What about it? - Nothing, nada, nyet!
Nobody's seen Henderson.
For what it's worth, I'm an oceanographer.
I specialize in the study of deep water currents.
Turpidity.
For openers.
Dr. Tani? You work for Father Joseph.
I do now. I'm formerly employed with Mr. Rickert.
My boys are on the island?
I have their itinerary. Right now, they're at the Medina Museum.
This picture shows the Grand Master Jean Parisot de Valette
defeating the Turks in 1565.
Here, Valetta is named after him.
Dad!
How are you doing? I am very glad to see you. Both of you!
How long ago did you wear glasses?
Don't ask...
You remember me, Doctor?
Patricia Parker. Dean's friend.
The tour's almost over. Why don't we step outside?
We've been hoping you could join us.
That you're working harder wasn't too difficult.
We've been here two days, Dad.
I'm sorry. I was busy, alright?
Let's have a car, okay?
Dr. Tani, you may want to see this.
I'll wait for you in the boat.
Who is he?
Vladimir Klimenko. Colonel, KGB. Sector commander.
He flew in two days ago.
Now operating from the Leontiev.
Hmm...
Be careful, Doctor.
- He's dangerous business. - Yeah.
According to the computer recreation,
this is where the F-111 went down.
I'm not getting anything from that F-111's
emergency frequency transponder.
Let me help you with your tank.
I don't use it.
I've heard about Japanese pearl divers who lower
their heart rate so they could stay underwater.
Tell me about it sometime.
It's a research vessel,
chartered by Father Bedelia of Georgetown University.
That's an unusual operation in this area.
Captain, there's a diver in the water. 220 meters dead ahead.
You want me to arm the depth charges?
I'll let you know.
Take us alongside!
Have you been on this duty long?
Do you like this job?
I do now.
Andrei!
Get the camera.
Ahoy there! Ahoy, Leontiev!
Ahoy, Leontiev! Veer off! Veer off!
I want to be sure you don't need help!
We're doing fine!
Who is we?
My research associate, Dr. Tani.
Look at this! Look at this!
We have visitors.
Marine life?
Nothing to interest you, sir.
Hardly of a commercial size or grade,
but then...
these waters are not noted for their productivity.
It's been some six years since fishing turned commercial.
Fishing has been a factor in the economic life of this island.
In the past fifty-five years...
Thank you very much for your information.
I shall pass this along to the Ministry of Fisheries.
Unfortunately, the Ministry waits a long time to take action.
- What's your project, Father? - Turpidity.
Turpidity?
You see, these waters here have a...
Excuse me! Excuse me!
You may be familiar with the paper hyping for
1983 Congress of Oceanographers in Stockholm?
Our fisheries will look it up!
What have you found on...?
...turpidity in this area?
I'll be able to tell you better when I collate my information.
But you will be gone by then, sir?
You will know how to find us.
All engines back!
His name's Bedelia?
B-E-D-E-L-I-A.
Bedelia, Joseph.
Born Meriden, Connecticut. Graduate Fordham University.
But no Intelligence contact.
Served in Vietnam, 1970 to 1973.
Entered seminary in 1974. Ordained.
Now this one.
Kenji Tani. Born Nara, Japan. U.S. citizen.
I can read it!
Not enough information.
I'm returning to station. We can still put divers down.
Let them dive where we saw the Japanese.
Your own people gave us this sector!
My own people are not on the sea!
Get word to the Embassy,
I want a surveillance team in place when Bedelia's boat comes in.
This is the Grand Masters' Palace.
...and this palace was built in 1574.
...and here's the statue of Neptune.
Now follow me and I'll show you the rest of the palace -
and I'll show the dining room,
the ballroom and the tapestry chambers.
...and all the weapons and suits of armor are original.
which were used during the Great Siege of 1565 against the Turks.
It's more fun when you're with us, Daddy.
There are things I had to take care of.
I just have one more thing to do tomorrow.
Hey!
If I'm lucky, that's it!
My time will be all yours.
Promise?
I'll do the best I can. That's all I can promise.
Okay, Daddy.
We have company.
One with a mustache, one with a beard.
Why don't we just go on with the tour. Peter can handle this.
- Let me take care of it. - I'll stay here with the boys.
We have had twenty-eight Grand Masters
and the first Grand Master was buried there...
Wow! Look at those guys!
Excuse me.
The Grand Master buried in here was a head of state, a prime minister...
Alright, we move on...
Hey there, where's my dad?
He'll catch up with us later.
Let's see what's in the other room.
Him and his promises!
Here's your father.
What happened to you?
All of a sudden you just vanished.
I had to make a phone call.
Can we go back to the beach now?
We can go to the hotel now.
We can go to the beach tomorrow.
Sure you can make it?
C'mon. I'll be there.
Hold it.
Sonia,
superimpose the tape from the palace.
Patricia Parker. Born 1960.
Employee of Central Intelligence Agency since 1981.
Assigned to Korea, escort duties.
Qualified in all small arms,
automobile, aircraft, explosives and electronic transmissions.
I don't think she's important.
Huh?
But now we know that he is.
Aren't you suspicious that two men, both Russian nationals,
should meet violent deaths in the same vicinity
within a few minutes of each other?
I'm not that brilliant that I make these assumptions.
Excuse me.
But this case has claimed the attention of the chief inspector of our na...
Hey! That was still interesting.
Come on boys, you need your sleep.
Goodnight, boys.
Hey, Dad!
How did you get here on the island?
By plane, same as you. See you in the morning.
Peter will finally look after the boys.
Am I going somewhere?
We both are.
There was a message for us to respond.
to be at the casino at nine o'clock.
And I don't know who sent it.
- Let's find out. - Uh-huh.
Here they come.
Rien ne va, please!
Place your bets.
Make a play, Andrei.
It's your play.
Part of your project, Dr Tani?
Is it Captain Klimenko?
Colonel.
This is Miss Patricia Parker.
I know quite a bit about Miss Parker.
And is rated triple-A1 as a radio operator.
You must have me confused with someone else, Colonel.
And what will that be?
Make a play.
Colonel.
I don't gamble, Doctor.
It goes against logic to take unnecessary risks
with so little chance of success.
Tac-toe. Le rouge, tele mont. Both teams even in red.
What do you know, we came up a winner!
Of course. You were backing on the red!
Let's go back to the hotel.
We're ahead!
Best time to cash in your chips!
Besides...
I know a warning when I hear one.
Would you mind if I check on the kids?
- No, I'll do it. - Okay.
Goodni...
Would you like to come in for a nightcap?
Sure!
Huh!
Get the boys out!
We're getting outta here now.
Settle down, kids.
Give me a minute. I want to make sure we have no problem.
I can't take it any more.
I'm scared!
Relax. Don't panic.
Go on, go on! Everything's ready!
Gotta check something.
Everything okay?
- Yes. - Okay.
Dad?
Go with Peter, Brian. Get some rest.
Dad, is someone trying to hurt you?
I'm doing a job for our country.
They asked me to help them find something.
But there are people who don't want you to find it, aren't they?
Yes.
And they are bad men, aren't they?
They probably think we are bad men, Brian.
There's a lot you're not telling me.
There is a lot I cannot tell you.
Please understand.
Goodnight, Dad.
Goodnight.
Tell Rickert.
I don't care where they come from,
I want more people here to look after my boys!
I understand you are to be congratulated.
That can wait until I put the laser device system
on board one of our submarines.
There's been a change.
You are to deliver the apparatus on the Gorky.
I wish to protest.
The Americans...
...would have no compunction
blowing a fishing trawler out of the water.
The Gorky is a 10,000 -tonne cargo vessel.
Almost a luxury vessel.
I'll see it's done.
Come on, boys.
This is business.
I want you to go with Peter. Okay?
You did pretty good.
Another of your skills?
Not me! I'm scared shitless of heights.
Be careful.
Don't worry about me. You be careful.
Dean's sending more men.
He didn't wanna use anyone from the Embassy.
I'll look after your sons for you.
How many times do you have to hear what I told you?
Father Joseph wanted samples! Look! There are his flasks!
Come on!
You all right?
I'm still alive, thanks to you.
Let's go.
Father Joseph should be waiting.
There's a hidden entrance to the grotto.
Look for it in a mountain of glass.
There it is!
- Welcome to the Malta Subways. - There's no graffiti!
Give us time.
Father! Father!
My dear old mother. She enjoyed the service so much today.
Grazzi. Grazzi.
You would give her your blessing, Father.
Thank you, Father.
Father! Father...
You'll never believe it.
I never doubted you for a single second.
Right up those steps.
- Bless you. - Grazzi.
- Peace be with you. - Thank you, Father.
I must go.
Ken?
Ken!
Tani?
I'm right here.
Come on.
I was only inches from you.
I didn't hear anything or even feel anything!
You weren't supposed to.
Doing his best for you and Denny.
Please, Brian.
Dean Rickert sent me! Please, Brian.
He did!?
He wants to see you. He flew in this morning.
Let's go down to the beach. Okay?
Yeah.
Your father knows how to take care of himself, Brian.
This is what he does?
Things like this?
We really should go.
You work with him.
Please, Brian.
That's all you care about.
Your jobs. Nothing else matters.
A great deal matters.
The people we're connected to, the people at home.
Your father loves you very much.
That's what he cares about.
Then where is he?
Doin' his best for you and Denny.
Please, Brian.
Here he comes.
Well, I hope you have some souvenirs for me to take home.
Only one.
The warhead guidance system, from pathway to missile.
Dammit, I want Rapid Angel.
So do the Russians!
The missile bay was open. The compartment was empty.
It's still here on these islands!
Did you get a hot flash from Klimenko?
We intercepted a message ordering the merchant ship Gorky
back to Odessa as soon as it leaves dry dock.
Here at Malta.
You're grabbing at straws.
Rapid Angel could be in a diplomatic pouch...
...or on an Ilyushin-15 enroute to Moscow.
We have every plane covered in this area.
If Klimenko has Rapid Angel,
he'll put it aboard the Gorky.
The Gorky will transfer it to a Charlie sub.
somewhere between here and the Black Sea.
Where did this Charlie sub come from?
Odessa.
It's not here yet.
It's just passing through the Hellespont. Now you have two days.
My deal was the F-111. I delivered.
The job is only half done!
You tell me how it turns out.
Dammit, there have been people killed!
Tell me about it! I killed six of them!
Tell your man to put his gun away, Rickert!
I'm a man of peace.
I don't have to punch his fucking lights out.
Come on!
All right, call it!
I want my kids off this island.
Come on, you sonofabitch!
It paid off for you. They got me here, okay?
But now it's Phase Two time.
You send them home.
You know what can happen if we don't stop Klimenko.
You don't have time for this.
All right. They fly out with me.
I'll have men on them, night and day.
I'll put them anywhere you like - Rome, London, New York.
They are due at Fort St. Michael at one o'clock.
Call the Embassy.
You meet the kids personally,
have two men pick up their luggage.
Yes, sir.
You want to go for another boat ride?
Boys!
That's it for beach time. Let's go, let's go.
- Take that! - Hey! Cool it.
We are now entering into Galley Creek
and all along the other longside drydocks.
And these are the main industries in Malta.
You can just see the edge of the ship.
Here they come. Let's go.
Be ready!
We'll be there soon.
Not too close. Nyet! Not too close!
That large merchant ship on the left is the Gorky.
Shipyards here have very tight security.
What are you guys doing?!
Peter, will you pass that car in front of us?
Sure.
There's a white car in back of us, did it pass too?
Yes.
Boys, I want you to get down.
Brian, get down now!
I think we got company!
You said you were a good driver. Let's prove it!
You take the ones in back!
Put the gun right down on the floorboard.
Now!
Out.
- C'mon. get out! - Out!
C'mon!
C'mon.
You son of a bitch!
Miss Parker, I want Tani. Right now, so do I!
- Get inside. - Come on. Come on.
Take them to the fort outside Medina.
I'll talk to Klimenko.
I'll do. Get in the truck.
Denny...
What's wrong? Why's he crying?
The boys are just frightened. I'm trying to calm them.
Oh, my God, I think he's gonna be sick.
Get off!
Hey!
Get after him, you fool!
I'm sorry, I'm sorry. There's a guy chasing me.
They're coming.
Ah, Dr. Tani.
I should like to know what you can tell me about this.
Nothing.
You checked out of your room at the hotel.
A window was smashed.
I paid for them.
There are a number of bodies at the morgue you might look at.
I wouldn't know them.
You wouldn't know them.
Where are your children, Dr. Tani?
Are you all right, Brian?
What did you tell to the police?
Nothing.
I didn't want to tell them anything until I talked to you.
You did right.
Do you know where Denny and Patricia are?
Yes.
What he say?
He says he has to go to the bathroom.
Huh! It's not the first time you wet your pants.
Now come on.
You stay right there. I wasn't gonna jump!
What was that?
Ha! Too skinny.
There's a landing over by the west end.
Hey! Somebody's thinking!
What were you doing?! You're nothing but trouble.
Last time! You understand that?
Shut up!
Vigo?
Vigo!
That way.
Don't move, Denny.
Where's Denny?
He's right here. He's okay.
We've got the boat. We're going out here - come on.
Igor!
Shit!
Hey!
May we request that to clear passports.
please proceed to Gate Two at departure lounge.
Dad, when are you coming to Rome?
Soon.
Make it quick.
Come on. You can help me brush up my Japanese.
We'd better. You have a terrible New York accent.
I spoke to Dean.
We're off the hook.
Where do you want to go now?
- I want to scout out the Gorky. - Okay. I can arrange that.
Guess who's here.
You didn't have to walk through that gate.
Priests all over the world are putting their lives on the line.
I've served my time running away. That's over.
I haven't verified all these men!
If you want to get underway at 2200 hours,
then you'll need all these men. All of them!
All right, all right. But it's your responsibility.
Come on, lads.
If they're sailing tonight, Rapid Angel has to be on board.
There isn't time.
We will make time.
I will check the captain's cabin.
You do your best to slow them down.
I'll take a look at the navigation circuitry.
What are you doing here? Put your hands up!
Somebody'll find him and they'll know we're here.
No, they won't.
- They're gonna find him. - Not till morning.
Where to now?
I will leave you here.
Tell Lino to be in the harbor after 2030 hours.
And me?
You have done enough.
You can't take on Klimenko and all his people by yourself.
It calls for speed and timing.
One person-
-only one margin for error. Two people...
There must be something I could do.
We'll be getting under way in ten minutes.
I want no delays.
- We are ready, we're ready - Okay.
Ready for sea, Captain.
Prepare to cast off!
Casting off!
Prepare to cast off!
All engines start. Commence sweeping. Power all units.
- There's a malfunction, sir. - I report the same, sir.
Something's wrong.
Check on it - now.
You go check below.
Have electronics and communications officer to the bridge.
All communications and navigational circuits.
Tell the port authority there's a delay of ten minutes.
Yes, sir.
Captain. Give me the key to your cabin.
Your package is perfectly safe!
The key!
Yes, sir!
Yes, sir.
How bad is it?
There's been sabotage to our navigation equipment.
I've informed the port authority, that we cannot leave.
We must go!
This'll take 10 to 12 hours for repairs.
We can steer manually. You have magnetic compasses.
- It's impossible. - Impossible?!
Captain, I have seen governments fall...
nuclear weapons vanish...
...and captains disappear at sea.
There's nothing impossible.
Colonel, have you lost your mind!?
Cut the power!
Andrei?
Let's leave it all.
Look what I got!
Stay where you are!
Don't shoot. Don't move!
Ken!
What's going on? Kill them!
Hah!
Andrei!
I'll pack it to blow!
Natasha! Jump!
Get away!
Jump now!
Jump!
Andrei?
Andrei!
No! No!
It's loaded. One hundred per cent.
Swim, now.
To the boat.
We meet again, Dr Tani.
I take it your research project is completed.
Quite.
Then may I suggest that you leave these islands
by your very first opportunity?
As you say, Inspector.