Misery Loves Company: The Life & Death of Bruce Gilden

"Who am I then?

"tell me that first,

"and then if i like being

That person, Ill come up.

"if not, Ill stay down here

till Im somebody else."

Gene, is that you?

yes, it's me.

Oh, dear boy.

It is a comfort

To hear your voice.

Do you realize, Gene, this

Is our 17th conversation?

You are all I do, Gene.

Every six months,

I am obliged

To move to a new apartment.

I settle in,

Wait to be contacted,

Only to move on again.

I think you are reason

I remain alive.

Gene, the old man

Wants you to come home.

???

You mustn't fear going home,

Dear boy.

But i am afraid

I am bearer of bad news.

????

??? Well.

the American military

Headquarters in Vietnam,

once???

????

but now that

Was a last-ditch holding area.

to avoid the threat

Of surface-to-air missiles...

???

???

You're welcome.

McAuliffe.

Mr. McAuliffe,

This is Manny Ebbitt

In the operations center.

What's with

The "Mr. McAuliffe," Manny?

Wanted to make it

Official, jack.

Looks like

We got a walk-in.

Okay, Ill come over.

last week

At the Smithsonian,

This woman strikes up

A conversation

With a Russian diplomat.

They chat,

End up having lunch.

Tonight, out of the blue,

The Russian shows up

At her doorstep.

How'd he get the address?

He knew her name.

After a long talk,

She decides to trust him

And lets him come up

To her place,

and he tells her

His whole story.

She agrees to help

And calls us.

Gonna go through

My underwear, too?

Ma'am.

I'll be outside

If you need me, sir.

Would you mind waiting

In the other room?

I'd mind if i thought

Someone would notice.

Good luck, Sergei.

No. I am--

I'm not wanting that.

Okay.

Let's chat then,

Off the record.

What is your job at the embassy,

Mr. Kukushkin?

Political attach is my diplomatic cover.

I have rank of captain

In KGB.

You may call me Sergei.

And what do you

Want with us, Sergei?

Political asylum in America

For me, for my wife,

For my 7-years daughter.

What made you decide

To come over?

My wife--

She is heartsick.

She is taking medicine

For ma years

???

I want her

To have good doctor,

American doctor.

She needs surgery?

That is correct.

Well, why didn't you

Come before? Why now?

Borisov, KGB resident

In Washington,

Is schoolmate of mine

From Lomonosov University.

From him, i know

KGB has what you call a mole

Inside the CIA.

Impossible for me

To come over before.

The mole would tell KGB.

Me, my family would be...

Two days ago,

After much whiskey,

Borisov is telling me

Both mole and cutout of mole

Are out of city.

This is moment

I must act.

If you can identify

The mole, Sergei,

We could bring you

And your family over

And make sure that

The KGB never found you.

i do not think

Even resident

???

Only that he exists.

But you already know

He is not in Washington--

Narrows down list.

And i am able to provide

Other particulars.

By telling us this mole

And his cutout

Are out of the country,

Pinnacle gives us

The first plausible detail.

That could make him

A genuine defector.

When's this, um--what name

Are we giving this guy?

Pinnacle.

When's this pinnacle

Gonna give us

Some information, jack?

Well, he gave me

One item,

The code name

Of the mole--Sasha.

When we bring the Russian

And his family

To the other side,

He'll give us the first initial

Of Sasha's family name,

As well as the dates

Of a previous vacation

That he took.

The dates correspond

To a--

A trip that Starik

Was on as well.

Pinnacle will give us

The corroborating paperwork

To verify this.

Now with these two pieces

Of information,

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