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Right now, I've got to do a job.....with Larry.
Larry? Dead Larry? [laughing] Oh, man, I hated that guy!
He's back.
Ok, I hate him present tense. He's a bad influence Mike, don't tell me you're working with him?
No, I'm not working with him, I'm working against him.
Well in that case, can I help?
Wow. Been a while, been a while. And you look... great.
You too, Larry. Very youthful. Still drinking the blood of children?
[Larry, an ex-spy, calls to check in with Michael.]
[about Larry] Just "checking in"? He's got a weird thing for you.
It's because he doesn't have any friends.
That's because he's killed most of them, Mike.
[Michael and Campbell, Fiona's boyfriend, are meeting for the first time.]
Fiona tells me you're a soil scientist.
Yes, yes, I love my dirt.
Are you just trying to keep me away from Campbell?
Who?
[voice-over] It doesn't matter if you're trying to take out a dump truck or a moped. Every vehicle has three points of vulnerability: the driver, the engine, and the tires. A can of paint across the windshield can blind the driver. A 50-millimeter cannon can take out the engine. But neither will guarantee that the truck won't swerve into oncoming traffic. But if you force a dump truck's front tires off the road, then you drastically reduce its maneuverability. Of course, getting a dump truck's tires off the road is much more difficult than it sounds, and a hell of a lot more dangerous.
You know, the last guy who cost me a bunch of money didn't tell me about it with a smile on his face.
Larry, you're looking at it all wrong. I didn't cost you a bunch of money, I saved you a lot of hassle. This way, you're clean and you don't have to kill four or five people.
Four or five people, what is that?
Well, that is something.
If you say so, Michael.
[While Sam checks his pistol in the back of Campbell's ambulance.]
[sarcastic] So... you're a soil scientist, too?
Oh, yeah. Big-time.
[V.O.] Covert Operatives try to avoid assuming other peoples identities whenever possible. There's just too many pitfalls when you're dealing with someone your new identity has corresponded with. What have they said? What have they been told? What have the agreed to? Of course, it helps if the person you're deceiving is terrified of the person you're pretending to be.
And that's why I like to say that trust is a bridge, and it needs a strong foundation, and you can't build a bridge out of pain and fear, can you? [He nudges Michael awake.] Can you, Michael?
[sleepily] Uh, no, because that would make it, um, structurally unsound.
[V.O.] Spend a career in covert ops and you're going to know some bad people. You'll work with them, you'll live with them, you might even trust your life with them. But none of that makes them your friend. It can't. Because one day, you might have to end them.
[repeated line]
Some people live, some people die.
[V.O.] Surveillance is the leading cause of weight gain among operatives.
[V.O.] There's an art to drinking without getting drunk. Start with a lot of ice to dilute the alcohol; order a new round before you're done so your half-full drink gets taken away, and of course, spill.
[V.O.] Most people think snipers like to shoot from ledges. Fact is, the best sniper position is inside a room through an open window: it hides the shooter, masks the report of the supersonic round, and makes the muzzle flash impossible to see.
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