Covert Affairs (TV Series)
Trigger Cut (2014)
Nazneen Contractor: Sydney
Quotes
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Sydney : You want me to spy on my client?
Calder Michaels : I want you to serve your country. When are you seeing Mashkov again?
Sydney : I don't know.
Calder Michaels : Would it be possible to schedule a date with him without raising suspicion?
Sydney : A few weeks ago, you were scolding me for dating Mashkov.
Calder Michaels : Yeah.
Sydney : Now you wanna know when I'll be seeing him again?
Calder Michaels : [holds up his hands] You're right, I apologize for that. You were in a bind, I helped out, and I used that opportunity to lecture you. It was wrong, and I am sorry.
Sydney : [skeptical] You're sorry?
[nods]
Calder Michaels : But if I was hard on you, Sydney, it is only be...
[shakes his head]
Calder Michaels : Can I call you Stephanie? I know that's your real name, so it feels strange calling you Sydney now. Okay? If I was hard on you, it's only because I see a lot of myself in you. You want people to believe that you're an island, completely self-sufficient. But underneath, I know that you're looking for more meaning out of your life.
Sydney : Really?
Calder Michaels : Yeah.
Sydney : [taunting] You got all that from screwing me?
[gets up]
Sydney : Mashkov's in town. We've got a date set for tomorrow.
Calder Michaels : I thought you just sat there and said that you didn't know...
Sydney : And if you want my help, you're gonna have to pay for it. I'm a working girl, I have my price.
Calder Michaels : How much?
Sydney : My going rate. Multiplied by ten.
Calder Michaels : Why so much?
Sydney : Consider it... a risk precaution. If I'm discovered spying on my client, it would be bad for business.
Calder Michaels : If you're discovered spying on Mashkov, there are a lot bigger risks than that. You should know that going in.
Calder Michaels : Are you negotiating against yourself? 'Cause we can make it twenty.
[shakes her head]
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Calder Michaels : What we're gonna do, is hot-synch Mashkov's phone.
Sydney : Hot-synch?
Calder Michaels : When you have the chance, pick up this phone, press it against his for thirty seconds. Technology will do the rest.
Sydney : Do I have to hit a button... or hold it in any special kind of way?
Calder Michaels : No, just get them together.
Sydney : Okay.
[checks herself in car's mirror, sighs]
Calder Michaels : Hey. There's nothing to worry about, okay? Mashkov has no reason to suspect you,
[she nods]
Calder Michaels : and I'm going to be able to listen in. If you're in any distress, you say the word. I'll send in backup.
Sydney : We have backup?
Calder Michaels : Conor, say hi to Sydney.
[behind them, in street, Conor waves]
Calder Michaels : I wouldn't have asked you to do this if I wasn't certain that you could handle yourself, okay? If you feel like you can't make the synch, that's fine. Okay? We'll wait for another opportunity.
[she nods]
Calder Michaels : I trust you to make the right call.
Sydney : I press mine against his for thirty seconds, and it's done?
Calder Michaels : Yes.
Sydney : Just like every other trick. Okay.
[opens car door]
Calder Michaels : Hey.
Sydney : [before she leaves] Yeah.
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Calder Michaels : So, I guess we'll be in touch soon.
Sydney : Yeah.
Calder Michaels : [puts large amount of cash on the counter] The amount we agreed upon. You earned it.
Sydney : The intel on his phone. Was it valuable?
Calder Michaels : I believe so.
Sydney : Then... Am I still valuable? To you? I mean, will you need me to keep... dating Mashkov?
Calder Michaels : [sighs] That will be helpful, yes. But listen, if you're having second thoughts, or if you want to interact with someone else at the Agency, you just say the word.
Sydney : [shakes her head] If I'm gonna keep doing this, I don't wanna do it for the money.
[shakes her head]
Sydney : This...
[returns the money]
Sydney : I wanna keep separate.
[he takes it back]
Sydney : You'll still be in charge of me, right?
Calder Michaels : If that's what you want, Sydney, of course.
Sydney : I'd like you to call me Stephanie.
Calder Michaels : Okay, Stephanie.