Covert Affairs (TV Series)

Hang Wire (2013)

Gregory Itzin: Henry Wilcox

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• Henry Wilcox : [seated in back of limo]  Hop in. I think we're going in the same direction.

  Annie Walker : It's okay, I'll walk.

  Henry Wilcox : You lost five Stinger missiles in Lyon. Don't you wanna know where they're headed? I suspect you have some questions. If you want the answers... Ride with me.

  Annie Walker : You think I would get in a car with you after all we've been through?

  Henry Wilcox : You don't trust me?

  Annie Walker : Not even a little.

  Henry Wilcox : I hate having to resort to flexing muscle. It seems beneath us. But if you won't play along...

  [car doors slam, two heavy thugs approach] 

  Annie Walker : [sensibly]  Where are we going?

  Henry Wilcox : [smiles]  I do enjoy the way your mind works.

  [nods] 

  Henry Wilcox : Most people would have asked, "Where are you taking me?" A subconscious reaction to their loss of power. But you haven't ceded that yet.

  Annie Walker : I really didn't think about it that much.

  Henry Wilcox : [shakes his head]  No, you didn't. Get in the car.

• Henry Wilcox : Did you ever imagine that you'd spend this much energy trying to save my life? The paradox of free will. You make choice after choice, and suddenly you reach a strange dead end where you're working actively against your own interests.

  [guffaws] 

  Henry Wilcox : Failure to dispassionately see the whole chessboard. That's your fatal flaw as an operative. You lead with your heart instead of your head.

  Annie Walker : You're right. I made some decisions I regret. And, in fact, to show you how much I respect your counsel, I'm gonna change my mind and let Teo kill you.

  Henry Wilcox : [unperturbed]  Ah, it's too late for that, Annie, you don't always get second chances. You're gonna have to deal with the consequences of that choice

  [nods] 

  Henry Wilcox : soon enough.