š“ Script 9:2 The Skinner ā Conclusion (ā 45)
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NBCās series The Blacklist starring James Spader and Megan Boone
Series created by: Jon Bokenkamp
Program air date: 10/28/2021 in the US (7pm Central/Chicago Time)
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Last updated: 10/30/2021 at 11:35pm CT [ Central/Chicago time ]
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Directed by: Matthew McLoota
Written by: Lukas Reiter, John Eisendrath
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SERIES STARS:
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Raymond āRedā Reddington ā James Spader
Donald Ressler ā Diego Klattenhoff
Harold Cooper ā Harry Lennix
Aram Mojtabai ā Amir Arison
Alina Park ā Laura Sohn
Dembe Zuma ā Hisham Tawfiq
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GUEST STARS:
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Mierce Xiu ā Karina Arroyave
Client ā Ari Blinder
Margaret Collins ā Hannah Cabell
Alberta Gilbert ā Kathleen Chalfant
Chen Yo-Lan ā Fernando Chien
Shu Kuan-Lin ā Emma Hong
Peter ā Colby Lewis
Cynthia Panabaker ā Dierdre Lovejoy
Wei Kuan-Lin ā Yi Liu
Vincent Duke (aka Norman Beauregard) ā Matt Malloy
Ernesto ā Ernie Rodriguez
Graeme Anderson ā Patrick Murney
Weecha Xiu ā Diany Rodriguez
Portnoy ā Michael Schantz
Kuo Pai-Han ā Leonard Wu
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š“ Script 9:2 The Skinner, Part 2 (ā 45)
Brief (Where weāre at):
Itās been two years since the death of Elizabeth Keen and the members of the Blacklist Task Force have scattered. Assistant Director Harold Cooper resigned (or retired) from the FBI and is now doing expert commentary on organized crime on tv (for NBC, of course!) Former Special Agent Donald Ressler has let his hair grow long and moved back home to an exurb of Detroit and is working as a car mechanic, possibly in his brother Robbyās garage. Computer whiz Aram Mojtabai has also left the FBI and has partnered with a man named Nick Faria in a computer security start-up named Greyscale looking for angel investors. Agent Alina Park is still in the FBI but is training new agents, having given up field work due to the stress. She is now married. A big surprise is that Redās bodyguard and close friend, Dembe, is now FBI Special Agent Zuma, having acquired his position likely with help from Cooper who told him a couple of times that heād āmake a good cop.ā (He likely was also able to scrub the record of his work in the criminal world with help from Red.)
And then thereās Red. None of the team has been in touch with him for at least a year and a half. But Cooper knows how to reach him. The reason: Liz left daughter Agnes in Cooperās care. So when Dembe was severely burned on a case in which his partner, Ken Laver, was killed, and two dead perpetrators were found with the same mysterious tattoo on their arms, Dembe asked Cooper to find Red and see if he could identify the tattoo. So Cooper followed the agreed-upon protocol which meant a trip to Havana, Cuba, then to a bar where he was drugged and possibly transported to the Amazon, where Cooper finds him in the care of the mysterious Xiu sisters who speak Kaqchikel, an ancient Mayan language. Redās head is clean-shaven, heās put on weight, and has given up his three-piece suits and Scotch. He has somehow survived two years despite his terminal prognosis, crediting the two sisters. āWeecha guards my body, Mierce my soul.ā
Despite Dembeās request, Red is reluctant to become involved, fearing losing the inner peace he has managed to achieve. He also dreads his own darker impulses. But Cooper is able to get him to identify the tattoo ā the letter āSā engulfed in flames ā as belonging to āThe Skinner,ā an unbroken line of pirates dating back 700 years. The Skinnerās most recent target was a truckload of the worldās most valuable microchips, made by a Taiwanese company, SCG. Dembe was able to prevent the theft of the microprocessors, but the Skinnerās āPlan Bā is to kidnap the Chief Technology Officer of the Company. So Cooper reassembled the task force members to prevent the abduction. However, they failed, as only Agent Park has a legal firearm and The Skinner used the daughter of the CTO as a human shield.
Without Redās help, the reassembled task force will be stuck without the resources and intel they need to proceed. Red is in his plane about to go wheels up when Ressler shows up to implore Red not to abandon the effort, invoking Lizās memory and hoping to revive The Blacklist. He leaves Red with a dossier on the current Skinner, compiled by Cooper with help from the tips from Red, which includes The Skinnerās real name and address and background information. After Ressler leaves, Mierce Xiu, Redās spiritual advisor, approves of Ressler, saying āI like him. He has a good soul.ā Redās responds, āI believe he does. Iām less certain about mine.ā Tbc.
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[ Graeme Anderson, the current Skinner ā the latest in a line of brigands stretching back 700 years ā introduces his Client to his ātreasureā: a man who holds the key to 80% of the worldās most valuable computer microprocessors. They are manufactured in Taiwan. Anderson first attempted to have his men hijack a truckload of the microchips themselves. When that plot failed, he came up with his āPlan Bā and abducted the Chief Technology Officer of the company (SCG), Chen Yo-Lan, along with his wife Wei and daughter Shu. The family is huddled together on a cot in the corner of a warehouse ]
Graeme Anderson (The Skinner): Chen Yu-Lan, meet your future patron.
Client: (Alarmed) What the hell is this? This is nuts. Come here.
[ The Client pulls Anderson aside ]
Client: This isnāt about microchips anymore. This is kidnapping. In what stretch of reality would kidnapping become part of the plan?
Anderson: The plan failed, so I came up with a better plan. SCG segregates each department so no one person knows the secret of how to make its precious chip. No one except dear Mr. Chen.
Wei: (To the Client) Please help us. Please, sir, please.
Client: Oh, my God. This is just insanity.
Anderson: Not at all. SCG makes a critical supply of the worldās most advanced microchip.
Client: We donāt want to corner the market.
Anderson: Many of the cars your employers make arenāt running because they canāt acquire enough chips to make them run. Iām offering them an endless supply.
Client: You know what? We donāt want anything to do with this.
Anderson: (Losing patience) Good. A state actor, then? A superpower with the vision that you clearly lack.
Client: And what about Mr. Chen and his family?
Anderson: Well, theyāre no longer your concern.
[ Graeme Anderson shoots the Client š„ ]
[ All screaming ā¼ļø ]
ā No!
[ Screams ā¼ļø ]
Anderson: I think we know the moral to that story.
[ All whimpering ]
Anderson: Do as I say so I wonāt have to do as I do. Understood? āā [ To Chen ] Yes, no? āā Plan āB.ā Youāre gonna die when you hear it.
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[ Dembe, formerly Redās bodyguard but now an FBI agent, is driving. Ressler, no longer an agent, sits alongside him. They are arguing about protocol ]
Dembe: Itās the only way this works.
Ressler: Then itās not gonna work.
Dembe: I canāt go in.
Ressler: Why? āCause youāre still wounded?
Dembe: Because we donāt have a warrant yet. I canāt enter without one.
Ressler: Oh, but, so, you canāt, but I can?
Dembe: Iām an FBI agent. Youāre not.
Ressler: Look, Anderson abducted a family, a husband, a wife, an 11-year-old daughter. We have probable cause to enter his home.
Dembe: And I will, as soon as Park gets the warrant. Otherwise, anything I find that proves his guilt will get tossed out of court.
Ressler: Hey, I know the rules of evidence. But Iām not just gonna sit there waiting.
Dembe: Then donāt. Weāre legally on thin ice anyway. Youāre arguably acting as an agent of the Bureau.
Ressler: So, youāre the Good Cop and Iām the Bad Guy now? [ Laughs ] Oh, this just gets better and better.
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[ Ressler breaks into the apartment at the address listed in the dossier Cooper assembled on Graeme Anderson. Finding nothing, he returns ]
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Dembe: You said the place was upscale, but not lived in. Raymond has places like that. Why? Because he can. Because he has resources, which means The Skinner does, too. Resources we canāt match.
Ressler: So, whyād you become an agent? I mean, Reddington always has some secret agenda. Whatās yours?
Dembe: What you found is that weāre outmatched, that unless we get help, weāll never find the hostages or avenge the death of my partner, not that you care much. Third degree burns, and the biggest pain Iāve got is you. [ Sighs ]
[ Ressler places a call ] [ Cellphone keys beeping š
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Ressler: Yeah, itās me. I think you need to reach out to the senator.
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[ The Halls of Congress ] [ People chattering indistinctly ]
[ Harold Cooper catches up with Cynthia Panabaker. Panabaker oversaw the Reddington task force from various positions in the CIA and then as National Security Advisor ]
Cooper: Cynthia.
Cynthia Panabaker: Thatās āSenator Cynthiaā to you. To what do I owe the displeasure?
Cooper: And I thought absence made the heart grow fonder.
Panabaker: I am fond of you when youāre absent. Up close, I vacillate between fear and loathing.
Cooper: Your briefing with the Secretary has to wait.
Panabaker: Arenāt you a talking head now? Chitchatting about crime and terrorism till youāre booted for the segment on how to make the perfect hot wing?
[ She is referring to Cooperās recent appearances on tv as an expert commentator on organized crime, intelligence and all things FBI ]
Cooper: This is important, Senator.
Panabaker: Iām sure it is, Harold. Thatās what Iām afraid of.
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[ Cooper and Senator Panabaker have moved to a conference room ]
Cooper: Iām sure you know about the attempted theft of the SCG microchips. What you may not know is that Dembe Zuma is the reason they werenāt taken.
Panabaker: I heard he was with the Bureau. I can only imagine what heartstring you had to pull to make that happen.
Cooper: Heās been badly hurt, his partner killed. For his troubles, heās been benched pending an investigation.
Panabaker: So, he turned to you.
Cooper: And I got the band back together.
Panabaker: What band? There is no band. I disbanded the band. Voided Reddingtonās immunity agreement.
Cooper: Heās given us a lead.
Panabaker: A lead on what?
Cooper: The microchips werenāt taken, but the engineer, Chen Yu-Lan, who knows how to make them, was. Imagine that information in the hands of our enemies. Technology that powers your phone, your car, the Internet. And once they have it, imagine them cutting us off from getting it.
Panabaker: I havenāt heard about any abduction. Is anyone claiming responsibility?
Cooper: Yes, a 700-year-old pirate.
Panabaker: Does Reddington know any run-of-the-mill criminals?
Cooper: The Skinner is the latest in a long line of brigands, a nom de guerre passed from one generation to the next. The current Skinner is Graeme Anderson. He abducted the engineer and his family. We canāt solve this case without your help.
Panabaker: [ Sighs lightly ] If, hypothetically speaking, I was to help, what would you need?
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[ A clanking cargo elevator door opens. Cooper, Alina Park, Aram Mojtabai and Donald Ressler cautiously step out into their old digs, a dark site located in the bowels of the old post office. It is ghostlike now. Dust and debris have settled on the vinyl sheeting covering all of the furniture. The place appears not to have been used since the task force disbanded two years ago following Lizās death ]
Cooper: Panabaker sliced us a small piece of black ops funding and a promise for tactical assistance if needed.
Aram: What about access to CODIS [ the āCombined DNA Index Systemā ] and Bureau databases?
Cooper: Theyāre ours as soon as you and Agent Park access the system.
[ Parkās cellphone ringing āØ~ The call is from her husband Peter ]
Cooper: Agent Park. Weāre on a clock.
Park: Right. Sorry. [ Cellphone beepsš
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[ Ressler enters the office he once shared with Liz. Red is sitting there; Weecha Xiu, who provides his protection, stands nearby ]
Ressler: What are you doing?
Red: Perseverating. About what you said. About honoring Elizabeth.
Ressler: [ Agitated ] I mean, what are you doing here in her office?
Red: I believe I already answered that question, Donald.
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[ Cooper enters switches the lights on ] [ Electricityā”ļøbuzzes ]
Cooper: Youāre back.
Red: For the moment.
Cooper: Let me bring you up to speed.
Red: How about we do that in your office?
[ Cooper turns and leaves ]
[ Red addresses Ressler, who still seems agitated ]
Red: Just go slowly. Itāll come.
Ressler: Whatāll come?
Red: I donāt know. Whatever it is. Tomorrow, I suppose.
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[ Birds chirping ] [ Graeme Anderson (The Skinner) and Chen Yo-Lan drive by a medium-sized commercial building belonging to the Taiwanese microprocessor company SCG, Chenās employer ]
Chen Yo-Lan: This is just a satellite office. Please. Your plan will not work.
Skinner: It has to work. I have bidders lined up for the processing software and the man who can run it. Youāre the man, and now youāre gonna get me that software.
Chen: The program you want is only kept in Taiwan.
Anderson: Iām not an idiot, Mr. Chen. Thereās computers in that building that can access the SCG mainframe in Taipei. Am I wrong?
Chen: There are security protocols.
Anderson: Well, youāre the CTO. If anyone can bypass them, Iām betting you can.
Chen: And when I do, you will let my family go?
Anderson: Whatever happens to them is entirely in your hands. You have until 5:00. Oh, and, Mr. Chen, I have someone on the inside. Everything you say or do, Iāll know.
[ Chen gets out ]
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[ Car door closes ]
Anderson: [ To the driver ] You hungry? I want a omelet from Tempo. The fluffy kind that makes you feel like youāre eating a cloud. Or we could rob a convenience store, or take candy from a baby. Something to pass the time, hmm? Chenās got a nice family. I hope he gets what I need.
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[ Cooperās office ] [ Cooper and Red sit down. Aram stands ]
Cooper: We know The Skinner abducted Chen and his family. We donāt know if anyone hired him to do it.
Aram: Thereās nothing from State or Langley to suggest The Skinner is working for Russia, China, or North, umā Iām, Iām sorry, but, uh, what happened to your hair?
[ Aram is referring to Redās clean-shaven head ]
Red: Oh. [ Chuckles ] Straight razor. Weecha does my face and my head in one fell swoop. We donāt have enough electricity where we live to waste any on clippers or other electronics. Just the fridge and the CD player. But I can tell you, one of lifeās great simple pleasures is seeing a woman, naked, out on the porch, with a bowl of hot water shaving her legs with a straight razor. Itās captivating.
[ Aram looks at Weecha ]
[ Drawer closes ]
Cooper: Bastards took my Scotch.
Red: Iāve been drinking a lot of rum. Slow-aged in the mountains. Rich and delicious. We get barrels of the stuff from Weecha and Mierceās family.
Aram: Cool. Uh, thereās nothing in the Bureauās database about Chenās disappearance, and SCG hasnāt reported him missing.
Cooper: Thatās all we have. I know not to ask you how you can help us, but I know you can, and I hope your being here means you will.
Red: āā Donald paid me a visit recently. He reminded me that Elizabeth only agreed to take over my affairs because sheā [ Inhales deeply and scoffs ] āfelt duty-bound to continue the Blacklist. Thatās why she was there that night. Doing her duty. Iām not here just to help you, Harold. Iām here because itās what she would want. [ Breathes sharply ] Iāll bring you a case of that rum. Itās a swift kick to the head, and no headache.
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[ Downstairs from the landing where Cooperās office is located, Dembe encounters Weecha ]
Dembe: If you ever want to talk about what he likes or dislikesā
Weecha: I know what he likes and dislikes.
[ Red sees Dembe ]
Red: Dembe, Iām glad youāre feeling better. Agent Park, congratulations on your marriage. Not so much on your recent freelance work.
Park: How do you know about that?
Red: I pay attention. Or pay people to pay attention for me. Nasty bit of business. But your Peter seems like a ray of sunshine.
[ Elevator door clanks ]
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Park: [ To Cooper ] I found Chen. Heās here in DC, at work. The company has a satellite office across the river. Chen showed up for his meetings this morning like nothing ever happened.
Cooped: Aram, Agent Park, get to that office. If Chenās okay, then maybe his family is, too. If theyāre not, then heās pretending. I want to know why.
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[ At the CSG satellite site, Chen Yo-Lan sites down at a workstation and attempts to access the software and manufacturing instructions Graeme Anderson has demanded in exchange for the safety of his family. But he needs help from someone physically located at the company headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan. He calls his assistant, Kuo Pai-Han. Kuo is the person Graham Anderson previously beat with a golf iron to get information on Chenās travel schedule and hotel, information Anderson used to kidnap Chen and his family ]
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[ Both speaking Mandarin (with subtitles) ]
Kuo Pai-Han (Chenās Assistant): Mr Chen.
Chen Yo-Lan (CSGās CTO): I need you to access my files. On my hard drive. Do it now!
Kuo: Okay. Whatās going on? Whatās wrong?
[ Keys clacking ]
Chen: Thereās a program on the desktop. The file name is just a series of numbers, ending in 6-3-2-9. The program will put the network in diagnostic mode, suspend its tracking capabilityā
[ Keys clacking ]
Kuo: Youāre over-riding its security protocols.
Chen: Yes. I need to download the programming files. If the network is in diagnostic mods, tge system wonāt trigger an alarm. I donāt have time to explain. Iām sorry to involve you. But thereās a man ā heās holding Wei and Shu. If I donāt do as he says, they will surely be killed.
Kuo: Yes.
Chen: What do you mean, āYesā? Pai-Han, what are you saying? [ Angrily ] What did you do?!
Kuo: Iām the one who involved you.
Chen: What?
Kuo: [ Emotionally ] You have to do what he says!
Chen: Then for the sake of our families, run the program!
[ Kuoās finger hovers over his mouse ]
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[ Red and former Skinner Vincent Duke are talking in a parked vehicle ]
Vincent Duke: You said youād take care of it. I told you where to find him. I teed him up, and you shanked it. Now youāve come to my club and put me off my game.
Red: I was once struck by lightning on a golf course while playing in Tripoli. Gaddafi was dead, and to honor the small part I played in his unceremonious demise, the leader of the NTC invited me to play a round on the dictatorās private course. One minute, Iām standing on the 12th green, the next, Iām in a desert encampment with a lovely raven-haired freedom fighter whoās administering to my burns with the touch of a loverās stroke.
Vincent: Iām not calling him.
Red: This Skinner is your successor. You hand-picked him to take over when you retired. Now heās killed an FBI agent, abducted the CTO of the worldās largest microchip manufacturer, and heās threatening to create an international incident that will ruin your historic reputation.
Vincent: Why do you care about our reputation?
Red: Anderson is the 22nd Skinner ā twenty-two generations of torch-passing. I couldnāt do it once. I admire what you all have built. I donāt want to see it ruined.
Vincent: Iām retired, not senile. What arenāt you telling me?
Red: Iāll tell you after you talk him off the ledge.
Vincent: Iām the president of my condo association. Garbage pick-up. Grounds management. Thatās what I do now, argue about yard signs with snowbirds, not try and talk sense to a lunatic.
Red: The charter, then. I know you have the power to invoke it.
Vincent: Even if I wanted to, and Iām not saying I do, because I donāt, I couldnāt do it without my predecessor.
Red: The Captain. Is it true that she had affairs during the Paris Peace Talks with both Kissinger and Le Duc Tho?
Vincent: The charterās never been invoked. Not once in 700 years.
Red: Then itāll be a bolt out of the blue. I lived to tell about my rather gentle lightning strike. If we do this right, Anderson wonāt be so lucky.
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[ Back in Taipei, Kuo Pai-Han clicks āEnterā to begin the computer download ]
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[ Both speaking Mandarin ]
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Kuo Pai-Han: No. No. No. No.
Chen Yo-Lan: Whatās wrong?
Kuo: Thereās new software o; the network. It must be because of the robbery at the post, the investigation.
Chen: It wonāt execute.
Kuo: It will ā but the alarm will be triggered.
Chen: Then itās impossible.
Kuo: No. Youād be able to download the program undetected. The alarm would lead here.
Chen: To you?
Kuo: Yes.
[ Kuo presses āEnterā ] [ šØ Blaring ā¼ļø šØ Blaring ā¼ļø šØ Blaring ā¼ļø šØ ]
Kuo: Itās done.
Chen: Thank you.
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[ Aram and Park walk outside of the satellite office of SCG in Washington DC ]
Park: What am I missing? Why would The Skinner abduct Chen only to release him a day later?
Aram: Maybe he escaped, but if he did, why go to work and not the police?
[ A small red car pulls out. Chen is driving ]
Aram: Check it out. Thatās him.
Park: Shoot. [ mild oath ]
[ They get into their car. Park drives. They chase Chenās car, swerving in and out of traffic as Chen tries to get away. Chen glances nervously at the computer hard drive with the downloaded software ]
[ Siren šØwailing ]
[ Cellphone ringing āØ Itās Peter ]
Park: [ To Aram ] Youāre not here. Weāre not doing this.
Aram: Uh, but, uh, we are. Iām pretty sure Pete deserves to know.
Park: [ Sighs ] [ Cellphone beepsš
] Hi, sweetie.
Peter: [ On phone ] Hey. Any chance we could have lunch? Talk things over?
Park: I wish. But Iām kind of in the middle of something right now.
[ Wailing šØcontinues ]
Peter: The case.
Park: Pete, Iām not a field agent. Iām doing a friend a favor. One.
Peter: One?
Park: One, and not a risky one.
[ Park swerves to avoid a crash ] [ Aram groans ]
Park: I promise. A walk in the park. But weāll talk about it tonight, okay? I have to go.
Peter: Okay. Be safe.
[ Siren šØ wailing ]
Aram: Um, okay, uh, the street, itās down there. Oh, Alina! Car! Car! Whoa, whoa, whoa! Oh!
[ ā”ļøTires screechā”ļø ] [ Horn honks š ]
Aram: Okay.
[ Wailing šØ continues ]
[ Park chases Chenās car until shs is able to pull directly in front of him, forcing him to stop ]
[ ā”ļøTires screechā”ļø ]
Aram: [ Grunts ] Oh, okay. Phew! Iām driving next time.
[ Seat belts unlock ]
Aram: Seriously.
Park: Ah.
[ They get out, draw their weapons and go over the Chenās car ]
Aram: FBI! Hands on the wheel, now.
[ Chen complies ]
Aram: [ To Park ] āJust a walk in the park.ā
[ Agent Park smirks ]
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[ Interrogation ]
Park: You donāt know the address, but can you describe the building? What part of the city itā
Chen: I was blindfolded. In and out. All I have is a number.
Aram: To a burner phone, which is untraceable.
Chen: Which is why you have to let me go, so I can call and free my family.
Park: Thatās it, then, you give him this [ the hard drive ], and he lets you and your family go.
Chen: My family, yes.
Aram: Your family, but not you. Thatās it, isnāt it? Youāre trading your life for theirs.
Chen: I donāt care what happens to me. My wife and my daughterā Theyāre all that matter.
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[ Vincent Duke and Red arrive at the Solomon Bay retirement home where Vincent is known as Norman Beauregard ]
Ernesto: Good to see you, Mr. Beauregard. Itās been a while.
Vincent Duke: Good to see you, too, Ernesto. Iāve been in California, on trial in the Central District. Quite the drama.
Ernesto: Yeah, well, this client of yours is no stranger to drama, either.
Vincent: Alberta?
Ernesto: Sheās been in a state all morning.
Vincent: Well, whatās the trouble?
[ They enter the building. An elderly but attractive woman sits there ]
Alberta: [ Angrily, loudly ] Iāll tell you the trouble. One of these bastards stole my phone!
Vincent: Your cellphone?
Alberta: Yeah, thatās right. [ To other residents, loudly ] Look away! [ To Vincent ] I am not crazy. I had it right here, and now itās gone.
Vincent: Easy, dear. How do you feel?
Alberta: Like beating to death anybody who asks me how I feel.
Vincent: [ Sighs ]
Alberta: [ Seductively ] Whoās this?
Red: [ Chuckles ] Ms. Gilbert, or Alberta. May I call you Alberta?
Margaret Collins: [ To Vincent ] Oh, thank goodness I caught you. Mr. Beauregard?
Vincent: Hmm?
Margaret Collins: Margaret Collins. Iām the new Director of Resident Relations.
Vincent: You look concerned, dear. Not to worry. Nobodyās having relations with the residents.
[ Both laugh ]
Collins: But if I could just have a word with you privately?
[ They step aside ]
Collins: I know you called ahead to say youād like to take Alberta out for the afternoon.
Vincent: Same as always.
Collins: Well, unfortunately, things arenāt quite the same as always. Iām sorry to say, Albertaās had a small setback.
Vincent: What kind of setback?
Collins: Weāre not sure yet. I canāt share medical information, but as youāre her attorney, I feel comfortable saying her dementia appears to be progressing. Iām afraid her nephew Douglas has left strict instructions that Alberta is not to leave the grounds under any circumstances. Heās been trying to reach a specialist about evaluating her condition. Ifā
Red: [ Stammers ] Iām sorry. Iām Walter Brenneman. Or Dr. Brenneman, but, please, call me Walter.
Collins: Oh, uh, youāre a doctor?
Red: I am. I couldnāt help but overhear. In fact, Iām the very specialist you were just referring to. Uh, Norm here and I are old golfing buddies, and he asked if Iād come and spend some time with Alberta. Iām a neuroscientist, first and foremost. Normally, of course, I wouldnāt be available to take on new patients. My research at Mayo isā
Collins: The Mayo Clinic? š [See Note]
Red: Yes.
Collins: Wow, Wow. That is wonderful.
[ Both chuckle ]
Collins: So, you knew about Albertaās setback?
Vincent: I did. Uh, Douglas and I spoke. He sounded distraught, so I promised to pull a few strings. [ Cellphone beeps š
and dialsāØ ] Let me get Doug on the phone. [ On phone ] Yeah, hi, Norman Beauregard. Is he available? Oh, darn. Yeah, I see. Well, have him call me right away. [ Phone beeps š
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Vincent: [ To Margaret Collins ] Heās in off-site meetings all afternoon.
Red: Ouch. [ Inhales sharply ] I mean, I could try and come back another day. Oh, no, Iām in Brussels next week for a conference.
Collins: No, no, we appreciate you taking the time. Iām sure it would be fine under Mr. Beauregardās supervision. [ To Vincent ] And since you spoke with Douglasā
Vincent: Hmm. Yes? Wonderful.
Red: Okeydoke.
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[ Outside of the building, Red and Vincent walk with Alberta ]
Alberta: Where are we going?
Vincent: I want to invoke the charter to remove Anderson. I canāt do that without you.
Alberta: Whatās wrong with Anderson?
Red: Heās noticeable. Your legacy survives because it isnāt.
Alberta: Who the hell is this guy?
Vincent: Thatās Raymond Reddington.
Alberta: [ Surprise and disbelief ] No. [ To Red ] You. Come closer. Iāll be damned. Give me a kiss. A good one.
Red: Weāre in a bit of a rush.
Alberta: You want my help, itās the cost of doing business. Open-mouth.
Red: Weāre parked in a fire lane.
Alberta: No tongue, no invoking the charter.
[ Red gives Alberta a kiss. A good one ] [ ā¦ ]
Alberta: Letās blow this Popsicle stand.
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[ The Post Office war room ] [ Aram gives background on computer chips to Cooper, Dembe, Park and Ressler ]
Aram: Microchips are like coated wafers. The idea is to cram on the microscopic subatomic features that are the basis of the chipās performance. Now, this software is a guide for manipulating atoms one-tenth the size of a human hair or less. š [See Note]
Cooper: And Chen knows how to operate it.
Ressler: Meaning The Skinner has two key ingredients for making the chips.
Aram: SCG chips. The most advanced in the world. So advanced that ā and this is one of those impossible but true factoids ā no one in Silicon Valley or Zhongguancun or anywhere else on Earth knows how to make them. š [ This is true: WSJ article ]
Park: So, an already vulnerable market susceptible to catastrophic disruptions in the supply chain can be controlled by whoever has Chen and the software?
Ressler: Which, at the moment, is us.
Dembe: We donāt control anything.
Ressler: We donāt, but America could.
Dembe: Only if we got Chen to cooperate and give the government a hard drive that doesnāt belong to us.
Ressler: Weāre talking about technology that makes the world go āround.
Dembe: Which is why we shouldnāt steal it.
Ressler: When you and Reddington took something, it was stealing.
Aram: When America does it, itās manifest destiny.
Cooper: The only people whose destiny Iām concerned with right now are Chenās wife and daughter.
Park: Chen was supposed to call The Skinner when he gets the software.
Cooper: Then thatās exactly what heās going to do.
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[ Chen calls Graeme Anderson ]
Chen Yo-Lan: I have it, the software.
Graeme Anderson: Do you? I wonder.
Chen: I can bring it to you. I just need to talk to my wife first.
Anderson: I havenāt heard from my inside man. Why is that?
Chen: I just need to talk to Wei.
[ Anderson beckons for Wei to come over ]
Wei: [ Breathes sharply ] [ Voice breaking ] Yu-Lan.
Chen: Wei!
[ Chen and Wei speak Mandarin ]
Chen: Are you okay? Is Shu okay?
Wei: [ Crying ] Yes. Weāre both okay.
[ Anderson takes the phone ]
Anderson: One hour. 2440 Junior Terrace.
[ Cellphone beepsš
and clicksāµ shut ] [ Line beepsš
]
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Chen: What do we do now?
Aram: Get your family back.
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[ Aram and Park prepare Chen Yo-Lan for the op ]
Chen: Iām not giving him the program?
Aram: Not the real one, no.
Chen: I have to give it to him!
Park: We canāt risk the real one falling into enemy hands.
Chen: And I canāt risk him killing my family!
Aram: Of course not, which is why weāve only made a few modifications, imperceptible changes in millions of lines of code. Only a handful of experts in the entire world would have any clue that itās not the genuine article.
Park: We know what weāre doing. I know itās hard, but, please, trust us.
Chen: Tell me again.
Aram: The meeting point is likely a pick-up. Wherever they take you, we will track you with these.
[ Aram takes out a pair of glasses ]
Aram: Totally undetectable. The listening components are baked into the frame. Weāre gonna be with you the entire time, and when he releases your family, the SWAT team will hit the building, save you, and arrest the others.
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[ Cooperās office ] [ Cooper meets with Senator Panabaker ]
Cooper: We have the engineer.
Panabaker: The one who knows how to make the microchips as well as the processing software he needs to make them?
Cooper: The proprietary software, yes.
Panabaker: Look around, Harold. What do you see? What you see is me out on a limb calling in favors to get you this office, to put this God-forsaken task force back in business. What you see is a senator you should thank while giving me the program this country needs to make its own high-end semiconducting chips without relying on a foreign power.
Cooper: So we should steal it? How does that make us any better than Graeme Anderson?!
Panabaker: Andersonās a criminal looking to turn a profit. Weāre patriots with an obligation to safeguard this nation. Where is it now?
Cooper: I wonāt answer that.
Panabaker: Weāre talking international politics, Harold. Spycraft, war. Itās more complicated than right and wrong.
Cooper: Not to me, it isnāt.
[ Panabaker turns and leaves ] [ Door closes ā½ ]
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[ Ressler walks into the darkened office he used to share with Liz. He fingers a small box of pills. (Heās had problems with addiction in his past.) Cooper walks up behind him ]
Cooper: Maybe I was wrong. For reaching out to you in Detroit. Maybe itās too much being here. If it isā
Ressler: But- itās not.
Cooper: If it is, weād all understand.
[ Footsteps approaching ]
Dembe: Itās time to meet.
Ressler: All right, letās do it. Look, Iām good.
Cooper: Then roll out.
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[ Chen walks along a sidewalk. A car pulls up ] [ā”ļøBrakes squealā”ļø]
Portnoy: Show me the drive.
[ Chen shows him the drive. He gets into the car ]
[ Dembe, Ressler and Park follow the car ] [ Gearshift clicksā
]
Ressler: Hey, Aram, are you seeing this?
Aram: [ Over comms from Post Office ] All over it. The building looks like some kind of shipping warehouse. Public records show just over 58,000 square feet for the complex, owned by a shell company called Goldenshore Industries.
Dembe: We canāt cover that kind of space with just us.
Cooper: Way ahead of you. SWAT units have been dispatched to that location.
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[ Chen is escorted into the warehouse by Portnoy ]
Graeme Anderson: Tell me you got it.
[ Portnoy hands him the hard drive ]
Anderson: I knew you could do it. Now that itās done, I can tell you all these guys bet against you but me. Total confidence.
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[ The task force listens in via the audio surveillance embedded in Chenās glasses ]
Dembe: Thatās Anderson.
Cooper: We sit tight until he releases Chenās wife and daughter.
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Chen: My family, where are they?
Anderson: Comfortable. Having sodas and snacks down the hall.
Chen: You said youād let them go.
Anderson: No, Yu-Lan, thatās not what I said. I think youāre forgetting an āif.ā Iām pretty sure I said Iād let them go if you did what I asked.
Chen: I got you the program. Well,
Anderson: I know you say you got me the program, but how the hell would I know? I mean, Iām a sharp guy, but I donāt know a damn thing about software code. Which is why I went and kidnapped an expert.
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Aram: Weāre fine. I mean, there are maybe five people on the planet who have the skill to assess that code in under three days ā
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Anderson: This is Mr. Sato Akimasa, professor in the field of information technology.
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Aram: ā And heās one of them.
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[ Anderson hands the hard drive to Sato Akimasa who inserts it into a computer ]
Anderson: You okay, Mr. Chen? You donāt look so good.
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Park: Heās cracking. Iām telling you, he wonāt hold up.
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[ Chen panics and reveals the op ]
Chen: It wasnāt my idea. I wanted to give you the program, but they refused!
Anderson: What wasnāt your idea? Who refused?
Chen: The FBI. Theyāre outside now. Theyāre listening.
[ Chen gives the surveillance glasses to Anderson who ā½ crunches ā½ them with his foot ]
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[ ā”ļøStatic cracklesā”ļø ]
Dembe: Weāre going in.
[ Dembe, Park and Ressler jump out of the SUV ] [ Vehicle doors close ] [ They run toward the warehouse ]
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Aram: Sir, thereās only three of them. They cannot go in blind. We do not know how many of them theyāre up against.
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[ Ressler, Dembe and Park enter the warehouse, guns drawn ]
Park: This place is massive. Where the hell are they?
Ressler: Aram, weāre gonna need some help here.
Aram: Working on it, Iām trying to access any blueprints on file with the city.
Ressler: Now, Chenās family may not have that kind of time.
Park: Dembe took the east side of the building. We canāt stay here. We have to keep moving.
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[ Gun cocks ]
Anderson: What did you do? I warned you what would happen.
Chen Yo-Lan: No! I didnāt go to them!
Anderson: [ Shouting ] Bring āem out, letās go. Apparently, we have some company!
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Dembe: I hear Anderson. Southeast corner.
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Anderson: [ Continues shouting ] Itās time to greet our guests!
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Ressler: All right. On our way.
[ Ressler, Park and Dembe move to the southeast corner of the warehouse. They can see Anderson and his men and the hostage family but they remain hidden ]
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Anderson: [ Continues shouting ] Olly Olly Oxen Free! āā Nobody wants to play? āā Well, perhaps I can provide motivation to participate.
[ Gun fires š„] [ ā¼ļø Screaming ā¼ļø ] [ Wei falls ]
Chen: Wei! Wei!
Cooper: Whoās firing? Report.
Dembe: [ Low voice, to Cooper ] He just shot Chenās wife in the leg.
[ Shouting and crying ]
Anderson: [ Shouting ] I canāt kill Chen. Heās the golden goose! But the others are entirely up for grabs. Show yourselves. Show yourselves!
Dembe: I believe heāll kill them.
Ressler: So do I. Cooper, how do you want to play this?
Cooper: Donāt give up your weapons. Hold your position.
Anderson: Still no takers?
Chen: [ Pleading ] Come out! I told them youāre here! Agent Zuma!
Anderson: [ Loudly ] Agent Zuma.
[ Anderson pulled Dembeās ID from his pocket the day he also shot and killed Dembeās partner, Ken Laver ]
Anderson: Well, look at that. You found me. Iād say Iām about to find you.
[ Anderson grabs Shu, Chenās daughter ]
ā No! No! No!
Anderson: The next oneā
ā No!
Anderson: āgoes in the girl.
ā No! No!
Ressler: Heās gonna kill her.
Cooper: Ressler, stay where you are.
Shu: [ Crying ] Please!
[ Gun fires š„š„ ] [ Anderson shoots into the ceiling ]
[ Shouts ] [ Bullets casings clatter ]
Shu: Please!
Ressler: All right, all right! Iām coming out. All right, just hold your fire.
Shu: [ Breathing quickly ]
Anderson: Thatās one. [ Shouting ] Agent Zuma. You and whoeverās with you has about three seconds before things end badly.
[ Anderson holds his gun to Shuās head ]
Chen: No!
Wei: No! Wait, no!
Shu: [ Begging ] Please, please, please! Please!
Dembe: [ Low voice over comms ] Iām sorry, Harold.
Shu: No!
Dembe: The only move now is to buy time. Get backup here as soon as you can.
Shu: Please! [ Sobbing ] No, no! Please. No.
[ Dembe steps out, followed by Park ]
Anderson: I warned you not to pursue this.
Dembe: FBI SWATās on their way.
Anderson: Great, thanks for the heads-up. Weāll be sure to kill you quickly.
Park: That wonāt change anything. The Bureau knows who you are.
Anderson: Iāll take my chances. Take Chen and the family out of here. Iāll deal with them later.
Shu: No! No!
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[ Portnoy steps forward ]
Portnoy: Sir, we got a situation at the front entrance.
Anderson: Hold them off.
Portnoy: Itās not the FBI.
Red: Mr. Anderson!
[ Weapons cock ]
Anderson: What the hell is this?
Red: We havenāt met. Y-Youāre familiar, of course, with Vincent Duke and The Captain.
[ Vincent Duke, the prior Skinner, and āThe Captainā (aka Alberta Gilbert), the Skinner before Duke, have come with Red ]
Anderson: Youāre Raymond Reddington.
Red: Imagine, the three of you in one room. Somebody get a cat. Letās see how many Skinners it takes toā
[ Anderson points his gun at Red ]
Red: Not in the mood for jokes? Fair enough. It has been a long day all around.
Anderson: What are you doing here? Howād you find me?
Vincent Duke: We issued a Code Red, which, if youād bothered to read the bylaws, gives former Skinners access to when, where, and what their successor is doing.
Alberta: Or, in this case, doing badly. I donāt mind ruthless. In fact, Iām quite aroused by it. Itās stupidity that dries me like the Sahara. And killing a federal agent and snatching an innocent family, thatās about as stupid as you can get.
Anderson: I already told you, itās not your brand anymore.
Red: Unfortunately for you, itās not yours, either.
Anderson: [ Chuckles ] What are you talking about?
Red: Youāre a caretaker. A steward. A trustee in a long line of trustees, and if you violate that trust, there is a charter that details how you can be removed.
Vincent Duke: By us. If two former leaders vote to remove the current Skinner, heās out, effective immediately.
Anderson: [ Laughs ] You canāt be serious.
Vincent: I vote you out.
Alberta: I agree. Out you go.
Anderson: This isnāt student government. You canāt remove me because I decided not to serve ice cream in the cafeteria.
Red: You didnāt serve ice cream? Oh, my gosh, if theyād known. Forget about it.
Anderson: Shoot them. Shoot them all. Did you hear me? That was an order.
Portnoy: Sir ā
Anderson: Fine. Iāll do it myself.
[ Weapons cock. The Skinner organizationās soldiers all point their guns at Anderson ]
Portnoy: Sir, drop your weapon, or I will fire.
Anderson: What are you talking about? Youāre listening to them? You work for me.
Portnoy: No, we work for the organization. The organization has rules. We follow them. And so do they.
Anderson: Yeah? Well, sometimes rules are meant to be brokeā [ š„ Portnoy shoots Anderson ]
[ Body thuds ]
Red: We should go before the cavalry arrives.
Vincent: Make sure the familyās safe. Once weāre gone, let everyone go.
Portnoy: Itās good to have you back, sir.
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[ Vincent, Alberta and Red walk away from the scene ]
Vincent: Once he was off the ledge, you said youād explain your interest in our organization.
So, explain it.
Red: The line of succession.
Vincent: I hadnāt thought about it coming back to me. Taking over again.
Alberta: I canāt think of anything that sounds worse. Itās like meeting the First Lady after youāve slept with the President.
Red: [ Laughs ] Do you want to run things, Vincent?
Vincent: The only thing I want to run is my condo association.
Red: In that case, I have a suggestion.
Vincent: Ah, thatās it. You want to pick my successor.
Red: The Skinners are legendary. With the right person in charge, I donāt think thereās a limit to their reach and power. And as luck would have it, I think I know who the right person would be.
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[ Red is with Mierce and Weecha, parked in their SUV, again watching Agnesās team playing soccer ]
[ Children shouting playfully ]
Mierce; You did what you came for. There is nothing here but heartbreak.
Red: I donāt believe that. I canāt believe it. One more stop. If I donāt get the answer Iām looking for, weāll go.
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[ Lock disengages ] [ Light switch clicksā
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Cynthia Panabaker: [ Inhales sharply ] What are you doing here?
[ Red is sitting in a comfortable overstuffed chair ]
Red: Thinking about that beautiful, sad Wyeth painting you have in the next room. I didnāt know you were so melancholy, with all your little colloquialisms and snappy repartee.
Panabaker: What do you want?
Red: Something you canāt give me. But which I canāt get without your help. So, I thought perhaps we might help each other.
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[ Cooper sits across a table from Chen Yo-Lan ]
Cooper: Weāre just relieved you and your family are safe.
Chen: And Kuo Pai-Han? My associate in Taiwan?
Cooper: We spoke to the authorities in Taipei. Heās being released. Both he and his family will be fine.
[ Cooper gives Chen the hard drive containing SCGās intellectual property for building its valuable microchips ]
Cooper: I believe this belongs to you.
Chen: Youāre giving it back? Your government doesnāt insist on keeping it?
Cooper: Oh, they do, but our objective was to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands, including ours.
Chen: [ Scoffs lightly in disbelief ] Thank you.
Cooper: Your daughterās with your wife at the hospital. Agents are waiting to take you there.
Agent: Mr. Chen, Iām Agent Soto.
[ Agent Soto escorts Chen onto the Post Office elevator ]
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Park: Okay, that was so fun.
Aram: Which part?ā
[ Elevator door closes ]
Aram: āRescuing Chen and nearly dying, or driving down a one-way street into oncoming traffic and nearly dying?
Park: It was purposeful. We did something. Something good. Thatās whatās cool about it.
Aram: You really miss it, donāt you?
Park: Donāt you?
Aram: I was positive I didnāt. And nowā Now Iām not so sure.
Park: Pete would kill me if he heard me say it, but [ Sighs ] I wish we were back full time.
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[ Footsteps approaching ]
Cooper: Everyone? You did a good job. More than that, you reminded me of all the good we did. I donāt know about you, but I needed that.
Dembe: I never got to see the task force from the inside. Thank you for doing this for my partner and for me.
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[ Elevator door opening ] [ Red steps out with Weecha, lugging a large wooden carton of the Xiu family rum between them ]
Red: [ Chuckles ] Good Lord. If this is how you look in victory, Iād hate to see what you look like in defeat.
Ressler: Thought you said you were going?
Red: I also promised to bring Harold a case of Weechaās hooch.
Aram: [ To Weecha ] You could probably drink me under the table, couldnāt you?
[ Weecha tips her head ]
Red: Harold, if I might have a word? Oh, by the way, my immunity deal has been reinstated.
Park: What? By who?
Red: Senator Panabaker agreed to wave her magic wand. Sheās offering to reconstitute the task force and to let Harold, Donald, and Aram return to the FBI fold.
Ressler: Now, why would she want to do that?
Red: I imagine she likes the work we do.
Cooper: Do or did?
Red: Mmm, both. And if you do, as well, youāre welcome to hop back on the merry-go-round. If not, a bientot. Harold?
[ Red and Cooper walk off ]
Ressler: Did he just say what I think he just said?
Park: I donāt know, whatās āa bientotā mean?
Aram: āSee you soon.ā Which means, be careful what you wish for.
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[ Again, Ressler faces the prospect of returning to the office he shared with Liz. He stands at the threshold, staring into the darkened room ] [ Haunting āŖ music plays ]
[ Ruelleās ā« āRivalā plays ]
[ ā¬ Go to Full Lyrics ] or [ āŖ Tap square below to play āŖ ]
āŖ The tide is high
Itās sink or swim
My only rival is within
Giants calling round the bend
My only rivalā āŖ
[ Ressler sits at his desk. Dembe walks in ]
Dembe: You asked why I became an agent.
āŖ Is within āŖ
Dembe: The answer is you. Thatās my secret. One of them, anyway.
Ressler: Care to share any of the others?
Dembe: Raymond admires you. Not because of what you do, but because of who you are.
Ressler: [ Sighs ]
Dembe: If thereās any way I can help you through any of this, I want to try. āā
āŖ Kingdoms rise and kingdoms end
My only rivalā āŖ
Dembe: Perhaps in time.
āŖ Is within
This is where it all begins āŖ
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[ In his office, Cooper pours some of the Xiu-brand rum into glasses for Red and himself ]
Cooper: Swift kick to the head.
āŖ My only rivalā āŖ
Cooper: No headache.
āŖ Is within āŖ
Red: Like reading Homer in Greek.
Cooper: I know you have your own reasons for continuing. I know Agnes is one, and you know how I feel about that. Whatās another?
Red: Unfinished business.
Cooper: Why do I think theyāre connected?
Red: Take the win, Harold. Itās the first of many.
āŖ The tide is high āŖ
[ Cooper sips the rum ]
Cooper: That is surprisingly good.
āŖ Itās sink or swim āŖ
Red: I love surprises.
āŖ My only rivalā āŖ
Red: Not all surprises, of course, but, you know, happy accidents.
āŖ Is within āŖ
Red: Finding forgotten money in a pocket. Making unexpected friendships.
[ Flashforward: ] Portnoy leads Red through a small group of observers to a large recliner.
Red: I have a feeling the next part of this journey of ours will be filled with new surprises.
Cooper: Itās good to be back, old friend.
Red: Old.
[ Flashforward (cont.): ] An antique latch case is opened. Inside are archaic-looking instruments.
Red: Iāll let you in on a little secret, Harold. The world doesnāt belong to the young. The world belongs to anyone with the strength to reach out and take it.
[ Flashforward (cont.): ] A mechanism that looks like a press is applied to Redās calf. When it is removed, there is the tattoo of The Skinner: the letter āSā engulfed in flames.
Red: And for the first time in a long while, Iām feeling stronger than ever.
[ Flashforward (cont.): ]
[ āŖ Vocalizing āŖ ]Red rises and nods first to Vincent and then to Alberta.
[ āŖ Vocalizing āŖ continues āŖ āŖ āŖ ]
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1) The Mayo Clinic: US News does an annual ranking of U.S. Hospitals and Mayo Clinic (Rochester MN) has consistently ranked highest by a distinct margin:
USNews: Americaās Best Hospitals: the 2021-22 Honor Roll and Overview http://bit.ly/2AZYcD3
// 7/27/2021; U.S. News ranks the top hospitals in the nation, plus the best hospitals in each state and metro area.
ā Detailed Methodology and Scores (pdf): http://bit.ly/3jRyODq 169p
I worked at Mayo Clinic Rochester with an internal consulting/management engineering group for 15 years, following a stint at IBM Rochester. My husband was CIO (Chief Information Offficer) for Mayo Foundation (all clinics and affiliates) for 20-plus years.
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3) WSJ: The World Relies on One Chip Maker in Taiwan, Leaving Everyone Vulnerable http://on.wsj.com/3jt4I8Z
// 6/19/2021; Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.ās dominance poses risks to the global economy, amid geopolitical tensions and a major chip shortage
TSMC has emerged over the past several years as the worldās most important semiconductor company, with enormous influence over the global economy. With a market cap of around $550 billion, it ranks as the worldās 11th most valuable company. Ā¤ Its dominance leaves the world in a vulnerable position, however. As more technologies require chips of mind-boggling complexity, more are coming from this one company, on an island thatās a focal point of tensions between the U.S. and China, which claims Taiwan as its own.
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