♪ ♪
[panting]
[man speaking Russian in distance]
♪ ♪
[panting]
Papers, please. What's your business here?
Not your concern.
Apologies, sir.
♪ ♪
You want my professional opinion?
Any way I could stop you from giving it?
[Mike] This is fucking insane.
Desperate times calls for...
What? Being killed in Moscow? Is that what it calls for?
I will do everything in my power to get both of you out safely.
Yeah.
Let's go.
♪ ♪
[breathing heavily]
[line ringing]
[disconnect tone sounds]
We're late!
♪ ♪
[line ringing]
[phone ringing]
Wright!
It's a no-go, Jack. I'm out of the game.
Well, then get back into it!
I need to land on that ship!
When this thing goes down...
Yeah, I know. I know.
- [phone beeps] - [shudders]
[officer of the deck] Captain Antonov wasn't expecting you,
but he will see you in his quarters.
[grunts]
[creaking]
♪ ♪
[man speaking Russian over radio]
♪ ♪
[Antonov] Put him in the brig.
[beeping]
So, uh, you were Minister Popov's bodyguard for ten years?
Twenty.
You know, the tunnels in Paris are a lot less gloomy.
Escape routes tend to be that way.
[rats squeaking]
[skittering sounds]
Time?
10:30.
My loyalty to Popov and his wife ends here.
[Greer grunts]
Well...
...see you on the other side.
Please, you love this shit.
[chuckles softly]
You bet your ass I do. [chuckles]
He'll get you in there.
I'll see you soon.
Okay.
I didn't give these orders.
Who ordered this?
[door opens]
[Alexei] Mr. President.
General, you are dismissed.
[door closes]
My order for Captain Antonov was to prepare the ship, not sail.
This will be viewed as a blatant military aggression.
Sir, I only did what I thought you wanted me to do
as Defence Minister. I apologize...
Was there a change in the Americans' military posture?
No.
But I firmly believe that the time for stalemate is over, sir.
Meeting the Americans with half measures
only invites their dominance over us.
Your counsel is invaluable, Minister Petrov.
But in this country, I give the orders.
Call the Fearless back.
Yes, sir.
Now.
♪ ♪
You are the executive officer, hmm?
You look very young.
Did your dad buy you your commission?
No.
I earned it, Colonel Gocharov.
Oh.
You know who I am.
But you're not asking yourself
what am I doing here.
I follow orders, sir.
Funny.
Old men give the orders.
The young men die.
Don't talk to him.
He's the snake in the garden, Kagansky.
- Leave us. - Yes, sir.
We've come a long way from Matoksa, haven't we?
Not that far.
You remember what you told me that day?
The day we killed our own?
"You will forget this."
And you said you could not.
[scoffs] I'm surprised you remember.
After all the murders.
That's the difference between traitors and patriots.
You chose to forget.
I refused.
Is that what you really believe?
Is that the poison you take from Petr
and drink so willingly?
Hmm?
No.
You are the traitor.
And at the end of the day, if someone else is in power,
that makes you no less of one.
Tricky. Isn't it?
If you kill me
and Alexei does not prevail...
...you can never be redeemed.
Trust me.
I know how that feels.
You will answer for your crimes one day.
Ah.
One day.
But not today.
Guard!
I can only trust you with this.
Aye, aye, Captain.
♪ ♪
[Alexei] Gentlemen, thank you for gathering.
My grandfather served during the Great Winter of '42.
He was the field marshal that held Stalingrad
against the Nazis.
Held.
Through starvation.
Through unbearable cold.
Through inhumane conditions
few of us can scarcely imagine.
He represented the best of us.
What our motherland is,
should be.
She deserves men like him.
Today we are a shadow of our former self.
Our greatness diluted by bureaucrats, oligarchs
and politicians that came after the fall.
Do not mistake my impatience for disrespect.
I respect President Surikov for who he once was.
But that man is gone.
Now he argues for détente.
Stalemate.
That is not victory.
It's the inertia of the grave.
We are not a dead country.
We were once the most feared nation on Earth.
The monster that kept the rest of the world up at night.
Today...
we become so again.
[others murmuring]
I vote to remove Leonid Surikov from the presidency
of this Russian Federation.
♪ ♪
[phone beeps]
[woman] Bridge. Combat.
I have an inbound aircraft 15 nautical miles off the bow.
Copy. Thank you.
Inbound helicopter, this is U.S. Navy Warship 80.
Establish communication
and maintain your distance.
[pilot] This is Tango 36.
Requesting to land and drop off one pax.
[Bennett] Inbound helicopter, this is U.S. Navy Warship 80.
You are not clear to land. I say again,
you are not clear to land.
- Turn outbound immediately. - Sorry, amigos.
They said no-go.
Shit.
[McAuliffe] Dr. Ryan!
How bad do you need to get on that ship?!
Life-or-death!
[McAuliffe] Have a nice swim!
[Jack] Oh!
♪ ♪
Man in the water! Dead ahead!
Two thousand yards!
Well, go fish him out. RHIB recovery.
Boatswain's Mate,
- man the boat deck. - Man overboard,
man overboard, man overboard.
- Man overboard portside. - Boatswain, six short.
P.O., come to full power.
Hard left rudder. All engines ahead flank.
♪ ♪
[water dripping]
[exhales]
♪ ♪
Thanks for picking me up.
You were denied permission to come aboard, Ryan.
[Jack] And I realize that, sir.
If I wasn't legally obligated to pick you up,
you'd be at the bottom of the sea right now.
Well, I certainly respect your position.
My position is at the helm of two billion taxpayer dollars
and 300 American lives.
Looking at you, I can say with a large amount of certainty
that neither you nor the intelligence community
understands that.
Well, this is where I leave you, Dr. Ryan.
With all due respect,
I have more important things to do than engage
with a CIA officer who just put lives
at risk jumping out of a helicopter.
And why is it you think I'd do that?
Jump?
Put lives at risk.
Is this the part where you tell me not to pick a fight
- with Russia? - No, sir.
This is the part where I tell you that the fight
you're picking has nothing to do with Russia at all.
Current intelligence suggests
that there's an illegal change in government
happening in Russia right now.
- A coup? - Yes, sir.
- And this matters to me why? - Additional intelligence
says that this coup may result in unauthorized hostilities
happening right here in the Baltic.
Actions I believe are already underway.
You believe?
I thought I made myself very clear on how I feel
- about your gut. - Captain, this is different, this...
Authorized or not, hostilities are hostilities.
And as I'm sure you know,
I have standing rules of engagement,
and I intend to follow those rules.
And that's exactly what they're hoping you'll do.
[weapons officer] Sir? We have a Gorshkov-class
missile frigate coming at close radar range
at 85 nautical miles.
Solo or part of a group?
It's alone.
[weapons officer] Only one, sir.
And it's called the Fearless.
♪ ♪
Sounds like you know something I don't.
Sir, I've been hunted down all over Europe
because of what I know.
Jumped out of that helicopter to try to get you to listen.
[Bennett] I'm listening now.
The group that's trying to take Moscow...
the captain of the Fearless is one of 'em.
His name's Antonov. And inside his house,
I found a workup on this ship.
I also found a personal profile on you.
He had everything, sir, including a psych eval.
The Fearless not only knows how you're gonna react,
they're counting on it.
You know what I have in my office, Ryan?
Workups on every Russian captain and ship
that sails these waters.
It's a step above standard operating procedure.
[Russian officer] Sir.
- What have we got? - [Volkov] U.S. Navy Destroyer
- USS Roosevelt. - [Antonov] Range?
[Volkov] 156 kilometers and closing.
Do you want us to change course?
No. Activate targeting radar.
[Volkov] Yes, sir.
[alert beeping]
[overlapping chatter]
Captains in Combat.
Sir, the Fearless has us illuminated.
Spin the Harpoons and make sure Alpha Bravo's updated.
- Aye, aye, Captain. - [Jack] He's baiting you.
[Bennett] You're so sure of this, how?
- Because I have a man on that ship. - One of ours?
No, sir. Russian intelligence.
You're in contact with him?
Not presently, no.
[Bennett] Well, as you can see,
Dr. Ryan, we are currently engaged,
so my standing orders are to respond to any aggression
with equal and overwhelming force.
Yes, sir.
[beeping]
[alarm buzzing]
[muffled shouting in Russian]
[footsteps approaching]
Minister Petrov.
I'll only talk to Minister Petrov.
That is not going to happen.
Tell him I know about Crossbow.
He called you "Kagansky." Hmm?
Yes, sir.
Daniil Kagansky.
Your accent's, uh, Siberian, hmm?
Let me guess.
From the north.
I grew up in Omsk.
Omsk? Oh.
So, your ancestors were those crazy Cossacks, Daniil, hmm?
I don't know.
My father worked the oil fields.
Ah.
Shitty job.
So he always said.
You don't remember the Wall, do you?
No.
Same as I don't remember the Great Purges,
my father doesn't remember the Tsars.
Funny thing about Russia,
we stand on what other men made and then...
then we forget.
I think everywhere's like that.
But here now, in Russia,
we've forgotten so much.
We don't build things anymore.
We build lies.
You are not a dumb Cossack, Daniil.
You know your captain is lying to you,
and now you have to decide
what you are going to do about it.
Please tell me that's her.
Madam President, please follow me.
[heavy door opens]
[lock clunks]
Mr. Greer,
why today of all days
would the CIA's former Deputy Station Chief of Moscow
show up in the Kremlin
speaking my name?
Thought you'd want to hear what I have to say.
I am talking to a dead man.
Why would I listen to anything he has to say?
And yet...
here you are.
Crossbow will fail.
Your coup is over.
Surikov will survive.
I have no idea what you're talking about.
I think you do,
and I'm here to offer you a way out.
My government has authorized me
to provide you with a safe haven.
All you need to do is come with me,
right now,
to the American Embassy.
You've broken a dozen different laws entering here.
You're in no position to negotiate.
I can lock you away forever,
beyond your government's efforts to extradite you.
Ah, they would trade for me.
I wouldn't be so sure.
Think about it.
If you are wrong,
if you don't take charge,
which do you think will be better for you?
An apartment in New York or Miami?
Or a cell in Siberia?
Patriots cannot be bought,
Mr. Greer.
What about traitors, comrade?
Here we go.
Sir, I have Natalya Popova for you.
She says it's urgent.
Find Alexei.
Natalya.
Is everything okay?
Hi, Leo.
I need you to do something for me.
[door opens]
Madam President.
Thank you for meeting me, Mr. President.
Natalya says I'm to listen to you.
She must have good reason.
She does, but my reasons are different.
[sighs]
Dmitry Popov was murdered by my father
and Alexei Petrov on Czech soil.
I'm here to take responsibility,
to take on the sins of my father
and put an end to this.
I'm listening.
I have a recording in which Alexei admits
to Popov's murder.
I imagine, right now, you could use such a thing.
In exchange, I would ask that you normalize relations
with the Czech Republic,
pull back troops threatening our borders,
and to de-escalate the confrontations
- with the United States. - Sir,
Petrov is working to dismantle us both.
He wants to take the reins, start a war,
and he'd show you out as weak and indecisive.
In Alexei's own words...
[Alexei over recording] Popov was useless, obstructive,
begging to be put down.
I did Russia a favor.
"We must meet our duty
and convince the world
that we are just friends and brave enemies."
Thomas Jefferson.
It seems we're putting away old rivalries today.
Thank you.
You've served your country well, Madam President.
♪ ♪
Captain.
I do have a man on that ship.
A man who is risking his life
to stop his own country from going to war.
Well, I'm sorry to say it looks like your man's a little late.
We also have a man fighting for his life
from inside the Kremlin.
- Another Russian? - James Greer.
You've got to trust me.
We have got to buy them more time.
We have all sorts of things we can throw at that ship, Ryan.
Time is not one of them.
[Alexei over recording] Popov was useless, obstructive,
begging to be put down.
I did Russia a favor.
[sighs]
Alexei Petrov's grasp outstretched his reach.
It only takes once to lose everything.
The president is asking for you, Minister Petrov.
I'm getting the sense you're wasting my time,
Mr. Greer.
That's too bad
because you don't have that much time left.
- [door closes] - [lock clunks]
- Did he say what he wants? - No.
[whispers]
[gunshot]
♪ ♪
[door opens]
In this room, some of you are traitors.
- [door closes] - [murmuring]
Some of you are not.
Today, we sort them out.
Have they targeted each other?
Affirmative.
Is there any indication
the Russians intend to fire?
We don't really have a machine
that reads intentions.
I do. His name's Jack Ryan.
[others scoffing, sighing]
[computer chimes]
[Galen] It looks like the Fearless has opened
her missile doors.
- What am I looking at? - Missile bays. They opened the
- topside doors, all of them. - [officer] Sir.
I have the White House Situation Room on line.
- Put them through. - [officer] Patching through, sir.
[Galen] Captain Bennett,
this is Hank Galen, SecDef.
She's opened her missile doors.
[Bennett] Yes, sir. We're seeing that, too.
- [Galen] Any other movement? - Sir, they're still silent.
Captain, I think we need to assume attack is probable.
Put CIWS in AW auto.
- "Hold fire" on. - Aye.
♪ ♪
[beeping rapidly]
Sir, they are preparing for attack.
Report to battle stations.
[alarm blaring]
Battle stations, battle stations.
[overlapping shouting]
[distant alarm blaring]
It is starting.
I have my orders.
Orders?
I have carried out orders that you would not believe.
And now I know
some orders are wrong.
You cannot absolve yourself
by simply saying,
"I have my orders."
You have to ask yourself why are you,
executive officer of this ship, on guard duty?
Not because you are the only one
who could question his authority.
Because you're the only one who would!
♪ ♪
We're ready to execute.
[indistinct chatter]
Standing by to engage, sir.
What's the status of our missiles?
SM-6s are ready, sir.
Arm two missiles and prepare to engage the Roosevelt.
Sir, do we have authorization from Joint Strategic Command?
Joint Strategic Command doesn't give you orders. I do.
We cannot attack without their authorization.
We have their authorization.
He's lying.
Take your prisoner below deck.
Captain, request confirmation
from Joint Strategic Command.
Request denied, Lieutenant Commander Kagansky.
[Luka] Since when does the Russian Navy attack
unprovoked,
without orders?
We have our orders.
President Surikov would never stand for this.
Continue the sequence, or I'll have you arrested as well.
Sir, the Fearless has armed two of their missiles.
White House is patching through.
[McGuire] Captain?
Sir, the Fearless has shown hostile intent
by arming two missiles. Permission to close in.
[Bennett] Permission to fire.
If fired upon,
- granted. - Thank you, sir.
- The sequence is complete. - Insert your key.
Three, two, one... Turn.
Missile is ready to launch.
♪ ♪
- [alarm blaring] - Vampire, vampire, vampire.
Check Print Track 2913.
- 2913 strength one. - Coordinates?
Bearing one-zero-zero relative, heading
two-five-seven at 86,000 yards.
Engage with birds.
Engaging target with Roosevelt birds.
Aye, Captain.
Birds away, time to impact: seven seconds.
Five.
Four. Three.
Two. Brace for shock.
[rumbling]
Relax from brace. Prepare to engage with standard missiles.
[beeping rapidly]
Sir, the Americans
intercepted our missile.
The first missile was intended to take out their defenses.
They'll be helpless against the second.
Are you trying to start a war?
Yes.
He is.
How long till our countermeasures are ready?
CIWS needs four minutes to reload.
It'll be too late.
Four birds.
Go FIZ green.
Surface TAO, cover track 1251 with birds.
[Jack] Captain, this is it.
This is the endgame.
And every fiber of your instinct wants to engage.
And the captain of the Fearless knows it.
If you do this,
you will be doing exactly what they want.
First Lieutenant,
you have now given all of your intelligence
to your superior officer.
All of which I have taken into consideration.
If that's all you've got, you've got nothing.
Now, stand aside.
Yes, sir.
This is an act of war, sir.
[Galen] We could blow that ship out of the water.
That is exactly what they want.
Mr. President, you look to us for intelligence.
I'm telling you, this attack was not ordered
by the Russian president.
It is a rogue element.
We're being baited.
Abort this sequence.
We will not abort.
This is an illegal order. Do not listen to him.
You don't have the authority.
I swore an oath to protect the motherland.
We all did.
The penalty for mutiny is death.
Same with treason.
[Luka] So...
here we are again, huh?
Preparing to do an act
of great evil
in the name of righteousness.
We're out of time. Stand by to engage.
Don't do this.
If we don't fire now,
in 30 seconds, we may not be able to.
You and I both know this starts with missiles,
but that is not where it ends.
Dr. Ryan, are you willing to sacrifice your life
and the life of every sailor on this ship?
To protect this country, yes.
Because that is what I signed up to do.
No one
needs to die today.
The captain is relieved of his command.
Take your prisoner below deck.
[handcuffs click]
USS Roosevelt, do you copy?
Sir, the Fearless is broadcasting on 16.
Patch him through.
[Luka] USS Roosevelt,
Captain Antonov has been placed under arrest.
The executive officer now has command.
Do you copy?
Dr. Ryan?
Copy?
Yes, sir.
Good to hear your voice, Jack.
Colonel Gocharov.
Are we at war?
That is up to you.
[ringing]
Sir, I have the White House Situation Room on line.
Copy.
[comms officer] Patching through, sir.
- Captain. - [Bennett] Yes, sir.
[Bachler] I apologize.
There's a lot riding on my next question.
Sir?
Do you feel there is any further threat
from that ship?
Are we under attack?
♪ ♪
No, sir.
I believe the captain of the Fearless
is no longer in control of his ship.
♪ ♪
What now?
It is your ship, Captain.
Set new course.
Let's go home.
Sir.
The Fearless is disengaging.
VIZ is red.
♪ ♪
[heavy door opens]
[footsteps approaching]
- Mr. President. - You are free to go.
And Minister Petrov?
He's been removed from office.
The peace between our nations
is a fragile one.
For the sake of preserving it,
you were never here.
Understood?
With all respect,
this isn't the first time I wasn't in Moscow.
[footsteps approaching]
[door closes]
I'll see you again.
Madam President.
If you should ever need me for anything,
don't hesitate to call.
Hopefully, your services won't be needed.
[car door closes]
[engine starts]
Did you just pitch her for business?
Un-fucking-believable.
Can we go home now?
[overlapping chatter]
Congratulations.
[sighs]
I made a mistake with Miller,
but I learn from my mistakes.
Congratulations, Director Wright.
[exhales]
[stammers] Thank you, Mr. President.
Sir, I have President Surikov on the line for you.
[kettle whistling]
[knock on door]
♪ ♪
Do not worry.
I will not make this difficult.
[Luka] Jack, we have done our jobs,
and done them well.
This fight was passed down to us...
...and will continue on
with or without us.
But we will always
be better than the institutions we serve.
And that is what matters
when it matters most.
There are no heroes in our profession.
But, occasionally,
there are good men.
Men who act on what is right.
Not simply doing
what they're told.
I've not always lived my life with honor.
But perhaps I have done enough to die with it.
I hope the same for you.
♪ ♪