Philip and Elizabeth hunt a suspected Nazi collaborator.
The punishment doesnt always fit the crime.
Sometimes it merely worsens the crime.
Credit: Patrick Harbron/FX
Im going to have to talk to your mother.
But its fine by me, Philip says.
And Claudia gives them their new assignment.
The woman in Boston is living under the name Natalie Granholm.
Her husband is an ophthalmologist.
Shes also suspected of being a Russian collaborator who served on a Nazi execution squad during World War II.
She personally shot hundreds of our boys, Claudia says.
They used to line them up on a pit outside of town.
There are no documents linking the two, and most photos of this collaborator were destroyed during the occupation.
They have one small headshot, from decades ago.
The Center wants you to find out everything you’ve got the option to.
Well check that its her before we do anything, Claudia assures them.
She also has some bad news: I looked into what you asked me about.
The Center did weaponize the Lassa virus you harvested from William.
They named it Variant V, for Vitaly his Russian name.
At FBI headquarters, Stan brings Henry in for a visit to write his school paper.
And when Henry gets home, he is brimming with information.
His parents are impressed by all the information he gleaned.
Maybe they chose the wrong child to recruit as a spy.
Do you think Paige wanted us to see those photos?
Maybe she wanted to see us read them right in front of her, Philip says.
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His partner finds a ledger, hidden in a drawer thats not even locked.
They take her into custody and slide it across the table to her.
She slides it back.
They tell her they understand shes just doing the job her boss, Kirillov, assigned her.
This is how the whole country works.
Its how people get fed.
It isnt going to change.
You think you’re able to beat the KGB?
Burovs partner, Ruslan, asks.
Its not just me, she answers.
Every official and warehouse supervisor and grocery store manager.
You think youre above it all.
Thats because you dont have to worry about any of these things.
Shes a part-time nurse.
She has two daughters and volunteers at a free clinic.
Some days she babysits her granddaughter.
They also receive some information from Claudia.
Hospital records matching her weight and height led them to Natalie Granholm.
Its thin evidence, so Philip and Elizabeth will wait for a final judgment.
Back home, Stan reads and loves Henrys expose on the FBI counterintelligence unit.
But he cautions Henry about life in the bureau.
Henry asks him to explain what its like, and Stan struggles.
No, Im not allowed to.
Thats what the FBI is like.
He cant trust anyone, not his wife, not his kid.
That sucks, Henry says.
Yup, Stan answers.
They just said to go ahead.
They saw the same pictures we saw, he protests.
Neither of them is sure.
The Center cant possibly be either.
I want to be sure before, he says.
I cant just get this order from them and do whatever they say.
We talked about this.
Well see to it, Elizabeth says.
That night, they sneak into her house while she sets her dining room table for dinner.
I dont have much money, the woman says when she sees the gun.
you’ve got the option to have what there is.
They havent come for money, though.
What do you want?
The truth, Elizabeth says.
They say the name of the collaborator.
What did she do to you?
You think she me.
You mistaking, Natalie Granholm insists.
Im a wife, Im a mother.
I
Youre a traitor.
You betrayed your own people.
You slaughtered your own people, young boys who were fighting, unlike you, Elizabeth says.
She flattens the woman against her chair and snarls in Russian: We are them.
Something about her denial rings true.
Philip and Elizabeth have a brief argument about whether to believe her.
Philip isnt sure he wants to execute her even if it is her.
Finally, they tell her they will be waiting.
Her husband, John, who will be home soon.
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She admits shes who they say, to spare her husband.
But this, this feels false, too.
They want to know specifics about the executions, and she is unable to give them.
Also… would this cold-blooded killer be so quick to sacrifice herself for someone else, even her husband?
They hear a car.
Then hes in another chair with a gun in his face.
He cant grasp what is happening.
Finally, his wife tells the truth.
Its a confession to him, not them.
Its about when the Nazis came to her town of Dyatkovo.
We were rounded up and taken to square in center of town.
My father was shot along with many other men and boys.
I held on to my mother, but she was shot.
They made me dig a hole, she goes on.
I use a shovel, pail, and my hands.
They threw them in like garbage.
I didnt know anything about world.
They let me live.
There was no reason.
Nothing made any sense, she answers.
They gave me food.
The first time, they gave me so much to drink, I could barely stand up.
First time… what?
Her husband doesnt understand.
That they shot, Natalie says.
She leans closer to him, as close as Philip and Elizabeth will allow.
It was me, my body.
Its a stunning performance by actress Irina Dubova.
How could I say, what could I say…?
she asks, explaining why she never told him before.
I wanted to be the person you thought I was.
I know who you are, Natalie.
You are good, he answers.
Im sorry, she tells him.
She tells Philip and Elizabeth, too.
Philip aims his gun.
Both husband and wife are begging for their lives.
Finally, Elizabeth kills them both.
First the husband, then the woman.
Afterward, they drive home.
And we discover where Elizabeth is leaning.
I want to get out of here, she tells Philip.
We should just go.
Shes not talking about their place in Virginia.
