MMax
Is this seriously the way you do things?
When I have to.
MMax
How are you still alive?
That's a good question. [fires three shots] I eat a lot of yogurt.
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
When you got burned, it wasn't just you. These last four years have been hard on all of us.
I know. I know, and I'm really sorry about that, but we are so close to wrapping this up and then I can move on.
I hope you find what you're looking for, Michael. I really do. Then we can all move on.
RRealtor
Where did your friend go?
Oh, I'm afraid we haven't quite captured his attention today, but this isn't for him. It's for me. So maybe you and I can meet again Monday?
RRealtor
Oh, no problem. You know and don't worry, lots of men don't really focus until it's time to negotiate.
Yeah, well, that man doesn't focus unless an international conspiracy is threatening to ruin his life.
[Michael has just shouted at Madeleine and threatened her for the benefit of their mark]
I had to upset you. I didn't know how else to do it.
MMadeleine
I know. It's just--I hadn't seen that in a long time.
Seen what?
MMadeleine
Nothing. I'll be alright, I just need a minute.
[She leaves the room.]
What was she talking about, Michael?
It's not something I want to talk about right now, Fi.
He's gonna have to shove you around, maybe tear your shirt a little--
MMadeleine
Tear my shirt? Why don't you just hit me?
I'm not going to hit you, Mom!
MMadeleine
Michael, it's not like I've never been hit before.
[after a long moment] Turn your face away when you feel the impact. It'll distribute the force. But it'll still hurt.
MMadeleine
I know.
[voice-over] As a spy, you get used to people having whispered conversations about you. It's a little like being in high school. But when people are whispering about you in algebra they're a lot less likely to try and kill you afterward.
Hoping to scare off that lone-shark with your shirt?!
It's part of the Nate Westen collection. It won't get into my regular rotation, I promise.
I should hope not.
[voice-over] People tend to think spies are motivated by love of the game, desire for adventure or patriotic fervor. The truth though, is that you don't choose a life as a covert operative unless something deeper is going on beneath the surface. Something more personal, something harder to explain and something a lot more painful.
We rip off Carmelo and leave Sam behind as a witness to the heist. He questions him. [to Sam] You steer him towards the Serbs. We play it right he hunts for his heroin and finds our drone instead.
And if we don't play it right, we find out if Sam is bulletproof.
[during stakeout] We've been here two days, Sam. Face it, this guy is not calling the shots. He has Christmas lights hanging in July. He may look a little bit like Michael, but there is no way he's capable of killing a CIA officer and setting Michael up for it.
Yeah, well, I don't think he's capable of setting a table. Yesterday, I found a brochure about raising Alpacas for profit in his trash.
So let's scrap this cloak and dagger and go have a little chat. I'm wearing my door-kicking Jimmy Choos.
How many bangers we got inside?
Three. Shouldn't be too hard for me to sneak past them.
Hmm. Uh-huh, or, you know, I could go in and you could stay out here, because --
If you're about to say because I'm a woman, I'm going to knock your teeth down your throat.
We're going on a boat ride with this guy? I thought it was just lunch.
This guy's name is Ben. And it's not just any boat. It's the new glass-bottom boat that they're running out of Coconut Grove.
Go easy on him, Madeline. He still doesn't know that some couples do things besides fight multinational conspiracies.
You must be Fiona. I read your file, and as an employee of the U.S. government I'm probably not supposed to say this, but wow.
Thanks. Michael told me almost everything about you.
Oh, well, I hope he was discreet.
When it comes to his work, Michael takes discretion to a whole new level.
[referring to Michael's plan] That is, bar none, the craziest play I have ever heard in the field.
Well, you don't hang out with him enough.
AArmand
Lovely evening for an arms deal.
I want my information first.
AArmand
You know I always deliver. We're alike that way.
What's that supposed to mean?
AArmand
Tell me something. Are you happy? Was it worth it? Coming here to live with an absentee boyfriend in his drab little flat? You were meant for much, much greater things.
Like what? Working with you? No, thanks.
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