[horn honking] Hustle, Quinn. We gotta move. Hey, I might make this look easy, but this thing weighs 50 pounds. Unless you want to run ahead without me and find another cameraman. But no one gets my good side like you do, though. OK, so do I play it nice and easy?
Ask him about the Red Sea desalination project?
Or?
Go harder hitting, get his attention. You mean offend the guy. The prime minister?
I won't offend him. I'm not offensive. We both know that you're not gonna lob a softball at an autocrat. Uh, let's make sure to get coverage of these protesters. Uh-huh, uh-huh. OK, right here.
How do I look?
You look beautiful.
Holly Chanwell, look at you.
David, what brings the star news anchor out from his studio?
Well, my producers have been camped out here since 2:00 a.m. for a prime spot. Good luck getting your question heard from 40 feet away.
Uh, you know what?
Let's go over there. OK. [exhales sharply]
This is Holly Chanwell reporting for Corridor News. Jordanian Prime Minister Mohammad Zoman is the latest world leader to arrive at the Near Eastern Economic Summit. Zoman has come under harsh criticism for Jordan's recent policy changes-- Stop. What?
What are you-- No. It's over. All the journalists need to be in the holding area. Can't we just-- No. Security perimeter needs to be maintained, ma'am. Just move along. Oh, my God. Come on. OK.
Tough break.
OK, hold on a second. How does Gemma not know that you were in the hospital?
She was on a work trip, Scola. By the time she got back, I just felt like it was old news. Call me old-fashioned, but you get poisoned on the job, you tell your girlfriend, man. I mean, Nina would kill me. That is different. Nina's an agent. Gemma is not. And she already worries about me enough. That's fair. I'm just saying, I think she would have appreciated the opportunity to be there for you, you know?
Any woman would. I'm not trying to push her away. I just--I just think that a little distance can be healthy sometimes. [protestors shouting indistinctly] All right, Jordanian motorcade's coming in.
Prime Minister Zoman, will the princess continue to serve in the Air Force moving forward?
Prime Minister Zoman, will you be seeking increased military aid?
There's a shooter! Shooter! Get down! Everybody, get down! Holly! Holly! Everybody, down! Holly! Holly! No, no, no, sir. No, back, back, back! Holly! Stay back. Stay back. No. Holly! Holly! Hey, hey, hey. Holly! Holly, no! No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Holly! Holly! Holly!
Jubal, someone tried to shoot the Jordanian prime minister. They missed and hit a journalist. All right, ambulance is gonna be here any minute. We're gonna need you to hang on, OK?
I saw the shot. Let him through. I saw the shot go off. I was standing right there. It had to have come from 48, up high, 20 stories, maybe more.
All right, according to an eyewitness, we're looking roughly at the intersection of 48th and First Avenue. Ian, anything from ShotSpotter?
Yeah, its estimated triangulation is somewhere within these three buildings, but the Public Plaza building is the only one with a clear line of sight. Well, that's a difficult shot, even for a professional. That could explain why they missed their target. Who's got trajectory? Elise?
Mapping it now. Calculating from the height of the building, the shot could be anywhere from the 18th floor to the roof. OK, yeah. NYPD, you got that?
We have officers outside that building. Locking it down now. [siren wailing] Hey. Keep the lobby locked down. Nobody gets out unless they've been IDed and cleared. Jubal, we're inside. Keep your eyes open. The shooter could still be in the building. All right, so we're gonna do this floor by floor. We'll take the roof, work our way down. We'll start in the stairwell. All right.
We're on the roof. You can lock the elevator.
We're all clear up top. Scola, looks like the shooter was definitely here. Jubal, we found the sniper's nest. It looks like one spent shell casing, .30 cal. OA. FBI! Stop!
[grunts] Hey, back away from the door! Against the wall now. Give me the bag.
I didn't do anything, man! Then why are you running?
You gonna arrest me for that?
[rattling] For graffiti, no. But there is an active shooter in the building. What?
Did you see anybody else in the stairwell?
I saw a cop on the third floor. But she didn't say anything. She didn't even tell me to go downstairs. When was that? Like two minutes ago. What'd she look like? I don't know, man. It was just some lady cop. Jubal, we believe the shooter is a female dressed in an NYPD uniform. What else do you know?
She just had this satchel.
All right, folks, listen up. Our shooter is possibly a white female brunette dressed like an NYPD officer. She's wearing a blue crossbody bag. If she's in a uniform-- She may have already breached the perimeter. A bag you're describing is not part of the uniform. Well, we're likely dealing with an impersonator. Let's see if we can spot the bag. Street cams are up. OK. All right. She's gonna be blending in with the other officers. There. She's got a bag. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's gotta be her! All right, team, we spotted our suspect ahead of you on 51st.
OK, where did she go? Yeah, next block's cam should be picking her up right now. OK, yeah, she just headed toward a stairwell to the right.
OK, looks like NYPD got her. [people gasping] NYPD officer down! Get a medic there now! Our suspect just shot a cop on that stairwell. She took off, heading northeast. We got eyes on him. We're still in pursuit. We have EMT on the way. Stay with the shooter. I can see her.
FBI! Stop!
Oh.
This thing was rigged to go.
Jubal, she's dead.
All right, folks, we have a positive ID on our shooter, Zoe Morrison. Ballistics on her sniper rifle confirmed she tried to assassinate Jordanian President Mohammad Zoman. She missed her shot. And then, not ten minutes later, she was killed when her getaway car's airbag was rigged against her. It appears somebody hired her to take out the prime minister and then eliminated her to cover their tracks. So I want a complete workup on Morrison. Maybe she can lead us to whoever is behind all this. What do we know about her?
Morrison lived upstate, worked for a company that does guided hunts, winner of the Boone and Crockett Big Game Awards last year. OK, so why is a big game blue ribbon winner trying to take out the Jordanian prime minister?
Well, unsure, but she rented a hotel room across the street from the location of the shooting for the past two days, presumably to plan the assassination. Right, well, whoever killed Morrison wanted the trail to stop with her, so let's make sure it doesn't. We need to figure out why Morrison was hired for a political assassination. Or... Or? Or what?
What if we're looking at this all wrong?
Hey, you got a second? Yeah. Update?
Yeah. You're not gonna like this. This is Ian's simulation of the bullet's trajectory from Morrison's perch. And even adjusting for the wind from this angle, she could have killed the prime minister here, here, or here. Instead, Morrison waits until he moves here, which is a much harder shot, unless-- Zoman was never in the crosshairs. It is not until Holly Chanwell steps forward that Morrison takes a shot. I mean, if she wanted the prime minister dead, he would be. So that would mean Holly Chanwell wasn't collateral damage. She was the target all along. And her proximity to a world leader was part of the killer's plan. It masked the attempt on Holly's life. It wasn't an attempt. I just got the call. Holly Chanwell died on the operating table 15 minutes ago. OK. [phone rumbling] Got a lead.
Elise, you got something? Yeah. Suspicious activity report popped on our shooter, Zoe Morrison. She received two large wire transfers in the past week, 30 grand a pop. Down payment for today's work? Right. Can we trace the money, figure out who wanted this journalist dead?
Not yet. Money came from a shell company in the British Virgin Islands. OK, so this big game hunter was actually a contract killer, just an unconventional one nobody would see coming. All right, folks, if you have not heard, we have reason to believe the actual target in today's shooting was Holly Chanwell. It was no accident that she got shot. So why would someone go to all this trouble to have this journalist killed?
Well, she was a national security reporter at Corridor Daily. It says here, her fearless work led to policy changes in the U.S. and abroad. She recently blew the lid wide open on an international crypto scam. What was she working on today? Is it possible one of her stories got her killed?
We spoke to her editor. He said Holly had full autonomy. If this is about a new story she was working on, he can't help us. What about Holly's cameraman?
His name is Quinn Han. They worked together for three years. He has a co-credit on every story.
He could be next. Where is he now?
I think Gemma saw the news. Probably. Bet she just wants to know you're safe. Hey, Gem. Hey, sorry. I meant to call earlier. It's been a crazy morning. I saw. And I figured. I know you would tell me if something was wrong. Or Maggie would text me, at least. You two text?
Yeah, no, it's all good. Um, are we still on for tonight?
Only if it still works for you. If you need to work late again, it's OK. We can reschedule.
No, no, no. Let's do it. Can you meet me at Lola's, though?
Sounds good. Yeah, I'll see you tonight.
Was I right?
No, you weren't right. I just feel like I have accidentally trained her to expect me to cancel every time.
Are you ever gonna tell her you were poisoned?
Scola. Is everybody a gossip now?
Oh, come on. Relationships with this job is not an easy match. But what you two have been through together is very different. You gotta let her in, OA.
Yeah. [phone buzzing] Hang on. Ian got a location on Quinn. His phone just pinged in Greenpoint. All right.
Quinn Han, FBI. Don't move. Special Agent Bell. This is Special Agent Zidan. I saw you this morning. You tried to save Holly's life. I'm really sorry that happened. Here's the thing, Quinn. We think that Holly was the intended target. That's why we're here. [sighs] But you already knew that.
Uh, just that it was possible. I couldn't tell if I was being paranoid or if it was just the grief just looking to make sense of everything. OK. Were you working on an assignment that put you guys in danger? There was a story. We both knew it was dangerous, but we-- we thought it was too important to not report. We agreed to share the risk. OK, what was the story, Quinn?
It's better if I show you. But not here. OK. Let's go.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Get down! [gunshots] Whoa! Get down!
Quinn!
Ah!
Quinn! Quinn!
[engine revving] [tires squealing]
Hey! Stop! Help! Let me go!
Stop! Hey! [tires squealing] [engine revving] Damn it.
Who the hell are these guys?
I don't know, but they're determined to get their hands on Quinn. Not enough there, right? You said you have another shot of the car driving away?
Or--yeah. Tell me we have enough here to get facial rec on at least one of Quinn's abductors?
Couldn't get a clear shot of the driver, but we were able to tag the other abductor. OK. CPD just came back positive. Yinpiao Min, been here three weeks on a tourist visa. He's a Chinese national who served in the People's Liberation Army.
Uh, OK. People, we need to dig into this man. I want to know where he eats, where he sleeps.
Are you really thinking the Chinese government assassinated an American journalist and abducted her partner? That's... Well, the Chinese government wouldn't just be violating U.S. sovereignty. They would be risking trade agreements, economic sanctions-- it's a diplomatic crisis. Wars have been started over less. We--we don't know yet he's acting on behalf of the CCP, but if he is... I don't see a scenario where things don't escalate. OK, I got something. Yeah. Looks like Yinpiao makes frequent withdrawals from Industrial Union ATMs. They do not charge currency conversions from yuan to dollars. Uses the one at Mott and Hester. His last withdrawal was this morning, 9:56 a.m. Yeah, we can't really see where he came from. Can you see if there's a street cam from that location?
Yep. Here we go. All right. OK. Yeah, let's--let's rewind it, see which direction he came from.
What building is that?
That is a property management company called Grayford. All right, let's shake some trees.
Can I help you? Uh, hope so. Special Agent Scola and Ramos with the FBI. Wondering if you've seen this guy around, a person by the name of Yinpiao Min. Hmm.
I'm sorry. I'm not seeing any owners or leases in this name. Oh. Well, we have footage of him leaving this exact building four hours ago. I've been here all day. Sorry to say, we've had no such visitors. Yeah? What about employees?
I don't have access to those files. Well, you call someone who does. One moment. Thanks.
Whoa, what are you doing?
Excuse me, ma'am?
Back away from the desk now. Show me your hands.
Come.
This is Special Agent Ramos requesting additional agents to Grayford Management. We got one in custody on site, but additional hostiles are suspected.
That's different-- realtor with a panic button.
Whew. Scola, someone left behind some serious firepower.
QBZ-191s, Chinese military issue. [soft groaning]
Hey. It's OK. I'm FBI, OK?
You're safe now.
What's your name?
[breathing shakily] Roll an ambo to Grayford Management, Mott and Hester. We have an unconscious torture victim in the basement.
What the hell is this place?
Do you think the Chinese are up to their old tricks?
So China had those two extralegal precincts operating in Manhattan. We shut them down. Yeah, we did. Beijing even issued a rare apology when we discovered the East Broadway opp. Well, they neglected to mention this operation, so apology deeply not accepted. No, we don't even know what this is yet or how far up the chain of command it goes. Right, that's true. And we know they're good at covering their tracks. They had the whole world believing Holly Chanwell's death was about Middle East business. Instead, we find a Chinese torture chamber. We need to figure out who is giving these orders. Well, the only suspect we have so far is the Yinpiao Min. Was there any sign of him at the precinct? No, the building is right above the Doyer Street tunnels. So we think he escaped through them when the receptionist hit the panic button. The receptionist is still in custody, but she is refusing to talk. What about the woman that they held captive?
Uh, Pauline Dou. She's an accountant for a Chinatown community center. Yeah, well, they tortured and detained her at that facility.
She pissed off someone in Beijing. Medical just cleared her. All right. Let's go pay Ms. Dou a visit. Maybe she can shed some light. Yeah. We know that China has been using these precincts to intimidate American citizens of Chinese descent, people who spoke out about the CCP. This goes so much further than intimidation. Why do you think they took you?
There's a pro-democracy group. We took a stand after the internment camps were revealed. The Uyghur people in western China. All we wanted was for things to be better there for everyone. We started posting online-- anonymously, we thought. But then, one by one, my friends started disappearing. And you think the people that did this took the others before? Yes. Their families in China hadn't heard from them. And that's when you reached out to Holly Chanwell and her partner, Quinn?
I knew that they investigated dangerous stories, that they were fearless. I told them everything that I knew, that my friends had vanished, that I thought I was being followed. I was right. They snatched me right off the street, broad daylight. How long were you held at the station?
Two days. Time didn't make sense in there. You were tortured, right?
Why? What did they want?
They wanted Holly and Quinn. They searched my phone, found communication between me and Holly. It wouldn't have been hard to figure out Quinn's involvement from there. They were demanding whatever evidence he had on them. I don't know what he has, but if he's still alive, it's only because they haven't found it yet.
I had to listen to Quinn scream out in pain from that pit that they had. Do you have any idea where he might be?
They moved him as soon as your agents arrived, but it's not long before they get what they want from him, and then they'll ratline him back to China. You mean extraordinary rendition?
They'll smuggle him out of the U.S. through a secret route, place him in a work camp in China. Officially, China calls them "vocational education and training centers," but they're work camps. Quinn is a U.S. citizen. I'm a U.S. citizen. So were my friends. We're all U.S. citizens. These people, they don't care. And if you don't find this ratline soon, no one will ever see Quinn again.
A ratline from New York to China?
That's absurd. I spoke with the CIA and NYPD. No one has any leads on this. OK, well, I am seeing missing persons reports on Pauline's friends-- all U.S. citizens, like she said. So it is at least possible that if we don't find Quinn Han soon, he will be ratlined, right?
China state security is extremely careful. I just--I can't see them attempting this, knowing the risks. OK, so what if we are dealing with an unsanctioned operation here?
It could be the PRC doesn't know it exists. Is there anyone at the Chinese consulate you know who could help us figure out how far up this goes?
Envoy General Wei Chen. We have a mutual respect, but he's not gonna give us any intel we don't already have. Right. But if we're able to identify the guilty parties first without him... Well, assuming he's not involved, he's gonna want to shut that down. And it sounds like the Chinese agents hadn't gotten what they wanted from Quinn yet. Which means the evidence Quinn has against them may still be here in New York. They're not gonna ratline him until they find it. We need to find out if Quinn stashed any evidence before he was taken. Let's retrace his steps.
All right, so there, Quinn has the camera bag when he runs inside.
And then he still has it when they grab him. Can we see inside that hallway? No, no cameras there. Next angle we got is outside. If they didn't find the evidence in his camera bag, he must have removed it and stashed it in that hallway, right?
Let's go take a look.
Mm. Not a lot of places you can hide anything in here. What are we looking for?
Thumb drive?
Notebook?
Or a roll of film. Quinn must have been nervous about Chinese spyware on his phone or laptop.
Hey, where are we at with Quinn's film?
Yeah, we're getting there. OK. The old ways are great, but they are old. Right. Now, that should do it.
OK.
I just need to convert it from the negative to a positive. OK. That's the location of their illegal precinct. Yeah.
There's the receptionist. Yeah.
Oh, they had evidence of an abduction in progress. Yeah. So that's Yinpiao Min. So this must be the crew that abducted Quinn. Well, why didn't they call the NYPD?
Elise checked. There was an anonymous tip, but NYPD never followed up. OK, we need to get facial rec on these two. So let's get these images to-- Wait, that's Lisha Jiao.
She's the deputy attaché at the Chinese consulate.
So this is state-sponsored?
Not necessarily. I've seen this before. An ambitious agent tries to impress her superiors. She thinks she's showing her patriotism and loyalty, but she takes it too far. Right, so maybe she went rogue. But either way, she has diplomatic immunity, right?
So we can't bring charges against her. I need to speak with Envoy General Wei Chen. If he authorized this op, that makes this an international incident. Yeah, but if Lisha Jiao is out on her own, then... Maybe he can help bring her to justice.
Wei.
Isobel. Should I be worried about what's in here?
Well, not unless you're lactose intolerant. But I'm flattered you think I'd be so bold. I'd never underestimate you. I've heard stories of your field days. Well, the training never goes away. I counted three--no, scarf makes four security that's been circling us. If Russia wants to steal sand from a beach, they send a few elite frogmen in the middle of the night to scoop it up. If we were to do so, we'd send a thousand tourists in the middle of the day. They'd return, shake off their towels, and we'd have ourselves a new beach. I thought tourist season ended. The East Broadway attraction was very unpopular. It's over. I promise you. Looks like you may have a black sheep in the family. We saw Lisha Jiao walking four Shiba Inus in the middle of the day.
You sure it was her?
She made quite a mess. We could clean it up ourselves if you could give me her number.
I'm not sure I could find it. Well, if you can't, you may be left with the cleanup bill. But if you can, I would be so very grateful.
Hey, Isobel. So is the envoy general gonna lead us to Lisha Jiao?
Yes and no. We need to have a delicate touch. Lisha is now a rogue agent, so Beijing wants to handle her on their own. They don't want us interfering. So even though they know what she's done, they won't let us prosecute?
Honestly, we would do the same in their position. Do they know where Quinn's being held?
No, but Lisha Jiao certainly knows where she's been holding him.
China wants to punish her. Right?
Why don't we use that to our advantage?
We can pretend to offer protection from her own government in exchange for information. Like Quinn's location. Exactly.
Won't be easy, though. A spy like Lisha Jiao, she's gonna know all of these tricks. But if we can get the envoy general to buy in, he can grab her up. She will believe that she's on her way to face punishment from the mainland. Then we show up and intercept. So the play is, we make it look like we're on Quinn's trail, but we find Lisha instead, hand her an opportunity she wasn't expecting.
All right, first let me sell it to the envoy general.
Jubal, we are in position. If the envoy general's intel is correct, this is where they'll deliver Lisha Jiao.
Here they come.
Now let's just hope Lisha Jiao falls for our little ruse.
They're bringing her out.
FBI! On the ground! Right now. Down on the ground now! Hands on your head!
Jubal, it's not Quinn. It's Lisha Jiao, deputy attaché. Where's Quinn?
[panting] You have to help me. Why would we do that? We know what you've been up to. No, listen to me. These men, they're Chinese state security. They're here to send me back against my will. Any action I took, I took here. I should answer for it here!
Don't let my government send me back. You have no idea. Please don't let them do this. Well, last we checked, you have diplomatic immunity. So if they want to send you back to some work camp for the rest of your life, that is up to them. Jubal, should we let them take her?
No, no, wait! Listen! I request asylum.
OK? Asylum. Got her. Looks like your envoy general came through. Yeah, it's not over yet. Now we just have to get her to lead us to Quinn. So to be clear, you're rejecting your immunity status for asylum in the United States?
Yes, yes. I need protection from the People's Republic of China, and I request asylum from the United States of America. Please help me. That depends. On what?
Where's Quinn Han?
So this is where they're holding Quinn?
That's what she claims. OK, so how many of your agents are inside?
Two. That includes Yinpiao Min?
Yes. And they're heavily armed. They will not surrender unless they get the command from me.
You're coming with us. Stay with her. You will protect me, right? As we agreed?
The only way you'll have this country's protection is if your intel is good. Stay behind me.
Execute.
FBI! Federal agents!
Clear.
Clear. I'm gonna check the stairs.
Tell your men to stand down. No one needs to die. [speaking Mandarin]
Tell them again in English. They won't listen to me. They think I've betrayed the cause by working with the FBI. Just do it. [speaking Mandarin] Stand down! Hold your fire!
OK, I guess we're doing this the hard way. Drop it.
Hands! Give me your hands right now! You got it?
Yeah.
You guys good?
Stay down! [grunting] Second one's in custody.
Maggie.
Quinn! Quinn! Hey! Is he alive? Barely. Quinn, can you hear me? OK. SWAT, get him out of here.
Jubal, we've got Quinn. He's alive. That's it. That's it. Easy, easy, easy, easy, easy.
This doesn't track. You don't beat someone within an inch of their life if you're just gonna ratline them.
What are we missing?
Hey. Move that.
Oh! Oh, my God. You guys are gonna want to see this.
Are those Pauline Dou's friends?
Yep. There never was any ratline.
Lisha Jiao was rounding these people up, killing them.
What are they doing here?
I don't understand. The only way we could guarantee you would give us the actual location of the ratline was to trick you into thinking you had leverage for U.S. protection. Before we found you, we'd already made another deal. Given the crimes that you've committed, the U.S. is rejecting your asylum request. Which means you are still under our jurisdiction.
Put her in the car.
Wei.
Thank you for your help today. In the hands of someone else, this could have gone very poorly. Glad we could work out a mutually beneficial arrangement. What will happen to Lisha?
Will she be tried in Beijing?
She is now a dissident. We have a protocol for dealing with dissidents.
[engine starts] [car departing] [siren wailing]
Thanks.
Thank you for coming my way tonight. Long day?
No complaints. But I do have to tell you something that I should have told you when it happened. Oh, but you don't have to. I do. I do. 冇投訴。但我真係有件事要同你講，本來應該喺嗰陣時就話你知。哦，但係你唔使講㗎。我要講。我眞係要講。
I have been pushing you away since you got shot. 由你中槍之後，我一直都推開你。
I was scared that the cost of being with me was too high. And I'm sorry, but I do not want to do that anymore. Gemma, I love you. OA, please stop. I don't want to shut you out. You don't need to apologize. I do, because... 我好驚同我一齊嘅代價太大。對唔住，但我唔想再咁做喇。Gemma，我愛你。OA，請你停低。我唔想再拒你於門外。你唔使道歉。我要道歉，因為...
There's someone else. 有第二個人。
You cheated on me? 你背住我偷食？
No. I mean, it's emotional. We haven't... but yes. 唔係。我意思係，精神上嘅。我哋未... 但係，都算係。
Who? 邊個？
It's a client on my new account. I don't understand. It was just flirting at first. But he and I have been spending so much time together, and he's been so open with me. And I felt so distant from you. And I'm--I'm not blaming you. I'm just saying what happened. [breathes deeply] OK. 係我新帳戶嘅一個客戶。我都唔明。一開始只係調情啫。但佢同我成日喺埋一齊，佢又對我咁坦白。而我覺得同你好疏遠。我——我唔係怪你。我只係講返發生咗咩事。[深吸氣] 好。
OK, um... then that is that. Right? 好，嗯... 咁就係咁。啱嘛？
Right. I'm sorry. 啱。對唔住。
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