- Eva Geller: What is a misconception that people may have about you?
- Recruit - DC: That I'm judgmental.
- Eva Geller: So you're not?
- Recruit - DC: Not really. I think I accept all kinds of people.
- Eva Geller: Would you accept a criminal?
- Recruit - DC: If he served his time and was remorseful.
- Eva Geller: Would you trust him?
- Recruit - DC: No, not with everything.
- Eva Geller: What wouldn't you trust him with?
- Recruit - DC: My family, a secret.
- Eva Geller: The truth? Would you trust him to tell you the truth?
- Recruit - DC: Well the truth has many different versions, so it's hard to say.
- Eva Geller: The truth has many different versions?
- Recruit - DC: The truth is pretty grey.
- Eva Geller: I am going to stop the interview there. I know I shouldn't be telling you this but i won't be recommending you.
- Recruit - DC: Uh... why not?
- Eva Geller: The CIA has like a holy order. It's a doctrine that you live by. People's lives depend on the decisions that we make, the actions that we take. When you are in the trenches, you need to know who your enemies are. The truth may look grey, but i assure you it is not. Sorry.
- [first lines]
- 7-Year Old Jibril: [middle of the night] Mother? Mother? I had a nightmare. I saw them shoot him, in the dream.
- Jibril's Mother: Jibril...
- 7-Year Old Jibril: Mama, why did he die?
- Jibril's Mother: Because that is what's written in God's book. It says, "Nothing shall befall us, except what God has ordained."
- 7-Year Old Jibril: Did God not love him?
- Jibril's Mother: God loved him so much He took him sooner than we wanted.
- 7-Year Old Jibril: Does God love me that much?
- Jibril's Mother: Yes. But God has a different plan for you.
- Al-Masih: [conversing in Arabic] Why do you call me Imam?
- Jibril Hassan: Because you are great.
- Al-Masih: No greater than you. "There is no deity but God."
- Jibril Hassan: But you turned away evil as you said you would.
- Al-Masih: He turned away evil.
- Jibril Hassan: But He works through you.
- Al-Masih: "Did He create you in jest? Without purpose?"
- Cleric: You expect a shoemaker's son to know the scriptures?
- Al-Masih: You want to hurt me... like they hurt you.
- Aviram Dahan: You talk a lot of shit.
- Al-Masih: You hurt a lot of people.
- Aviram Dahan: It's part of my job, yes.
- Al-Masih: You enjoy it.
- Aviram Dahan: I take pride in my work.
- Al-Masih: Except for that boy.
- Aviram Dahan: What boy?
- Al-Masih: The boy, in Megiddo. Is that when you stopped believing?
- Aviram Dahan: I ask the questions here.
- Al-Masih: [in Hebrew] He is waiting for you, Aviram... whenever you are ready.
- Al-Masih: [conversing in Arabic] Do you serve God?
- Jibril Hassan: Yes.
- Al-Masih: Then He works through you. He works through everyone.
- Cleric: You mean He works through all who righteously follow Islam.
- Al-Masih: Don't tell me what I mean.
- Eva Geller: "The Clash of Civilizations". Samuel P. Huntington. How you finding it?
- Keon Woods: Dry.
- Eva Geller: Poly sci?
- Keon Woods: Yeah.
- Eva Geller: Senior year?
- Keon Woods: Uh-huh.
- Eva Geller: When's your paper due?
- Keon Woods: Tomorrow.
- Eva Geller: The only thing you have to remember is that he was right. Huntington predicted that the primary axis of world conflict after the Cold War would be along cultural and religious lines. It's exactly what's happening in world politics today, so just... center your paper around that argument.
- Keon Woods: Uh... you teach?
- Eva Geller: No. Just a nerd.
- Keon Woods: So, what do you do... if you don't teach?
- Eva Geller: I work in international relations.
- Keon Woods: That's what my uncle used to say. He worked for the CIA. You a field agent?
- Eva Geller: I never said I worked for the CIA.
- Keon Woods: My boss calls you Ms. Night Owl.
- Eva Geller: I have a nickname?
- Keon Woods: I think he likes you.
- Aviram Dahan: So, where did you learn all your Hebrew?
- Al-Masih: Here.
- Aviram Dahan: So, you're from here?
- Al-Masih: Originally.
- Aviram Dahan: From where? Ramat Gan? Jerusalem? Where?
- Al-Masih: Why, you assume I'm Palestinian?
- Aviram Dahan: Oh, you're not? So, you're Jewish?
- Al-Masih: Originally.
- Aviram Dahan: Originally. And now, you're what?
- Al-Masih: I'm with God.
- Aviram Dahan: God.
- [looking around]
- Aviram Dahan: I don't see him.
- Al-Masih: You will.
- Aviram Dahan: Will I? Why don't you take God and stick him up your fucking ass?
- Female Israeli Soldier: [spotting Al-Masih at the border] Shit.
- Male Israeli Soldier: [in Hebrew] What?
- Female Israeli Soldier: [in Hebrew, too] We've got a crazy fucker.
- Male Israeli Soldier: [taking the binoculars] Hello there, crazy fucker.
- [spotting his followers behind him]
- Male Israeli Soldier: Oh, shit. Oh, shit, shit, shit, shit. Fuck.
- Aviram Dahan: What were you doing in Syria?
- Al-Masih: Delivering a message.
- Aviram Dahan: A message from who?
- Al-Masih: My father.
- Aviram Dahan: And who is your father?
- Al-Masih: [in Hebrew] That will be revealed in time.
- Aviram Dahan: Why not save me the fucking suspense and just admit it now?
- Al-Masih: [switching to English] Because, Aviram, it's not time.
- Aviram Dahan: Who told you my name?
- Al-Masih: [switching back to Hebrew] No one needed to tell me your name. You are in my father's book.
- Aviram Dahan: Don't fuck with me.
- Qamar Maloof: [IMing with Eva] You watching?
- Eva Geller: Who is he?
- Qamar Maloof: No name yet. 2,000 followers. Claims he defeated ISIL.
- Eva Geller: Violence?
- Qamar Maloof: Bound to be.
- Samer: [in Arabic, watching Al-Masih standing alone] What is he doing? Hmm?
- Jibril Hassan: Talking with God.
- Samer: He looks crazy.
- Jibril Hassan: He stood for 30 days on the Gate of St. Thomas and preached without food or water, during a sandstorm, while we hid in a building, fearing for our lives.
- Samer: You don't believe he really did that, do you?
- Jibril Hassan: He is Isa returned. Al-Masih.
- Cleric: [in Arabic] This man is the devil. He has led us into the desert with no food.
- Al-Masih: And to leave me now is to perish.
- [to his followers, as the cleric leaves]
- Al-Masih: I'm here to tell you to throw away your assumptions about God. Stop clinging to what you think you know. In this hour, mankind is a rudderless boat. Cling to me.
- Eva Geller: What do you got?
- Qamar Maloof: Rumor is he's from Egypt.
- Eva Geller: Mm. I listened to those other files. I'm hearing, uh, some other accent. Iranian, maybe, which likely means he's Shi'ite.
- Qamar Maloof: He just led 2,000 Syrian Palestinians into the desert.
- Eva Geller: What's a Shi'ite doing leading a bunch of Sunnis?
- Qamar Maloof: Yeah, feels like trouble.
- Eva Geller: I'll put him on our watch list and get eyes on him in the morning. Thanks, Q.
- Eva Geller: "Masih" in Arabic means "messiah".
- Katherine Bailey: So, this is a cult?
- Eva Geller: Possibly. ISIL use this type of apocalyptic propaganda all the time, and to good effect. This guy's just taken it to the next level.
- Katherine Bailey: So, he's some rival faction? Al-Qaeda?
- Eva Geller: We don't know who he's associated with.
- Katherine Bailey: What do we know about him?
- Eva Geller: Well, that's the concerning thing. He's come out of nowhere and he's leading desperate people into the desert.
- Katherine Bailey: To what end?
- Eva Geller: Well, if it's a cult, he could be leading them to their death. Or he could be creating an army.
- Katherine Bailey: An army of sick and starving refugees?
- Eva Geller: He's creating a cause, in the hope that other people will join him.
- Katherine Bailey: That's a lot of speculation, Eva.
- Eva Geller: It's my job to speculate, ma'am. He has over 2,000 followers. What if he turns out to be another al-Baghdadi?
- Al-Masih: Your anger is misplaced.
- Aviram Dahan: You don't want to know about my anger.
- Al-Masih: [in Hebrew] You hold onto hatred like it's a prize, when it's the weight around your neck.
- Al-Masih: [conversing in Arabic] Do you know there is a star for every soul? Do you believe me?
- Jibril Hassan: Yes. Imam... is my mother in a good place?
- Al-Masih: She's where God wants her.
- Jibril Hassan: She is with Him?
- Al-Masih: Do you think... He would forsake a soul as good as hers?
- Jibril Hassan: I miss her. I want to see her.
- Al-Masih: It's good you're thinking about the next life.
- Jibril Hassan: Why have you come now?
- Al-Masih: It's pointless to question these things. I'm here... in this moment because I have always been here in this moment... and so have you. You have light in you, Jibril... but God is going to ask some hard things of you.
- Jibril Hassan: I am ready.
- Al-Masih: Pack up the camp. We're moving.
- Aviram Dahan: This is my day off. I don't want you to waste my time, so it would be best if you just answer my questions. Why are you here?
- Al-Masih: To see the Holy Land.
- Aviram Dahan: [sarcastic] Welcome to the Holy Land.
- Al-Masih: So I'm free to leave?
- Aviram Dahan: I ask the questions here. Who are you?
- Al-Masih: [in Hebrew] The Word.
- Aviram Dahan: [in Hebrew, too] The Word?
- [switiching to English]
- Aviram Dahan: Do you even know what that means?
- Al-Masih: [in English] Yes.
- Aviram Dahan: Yes? So, you are "the word"? Okay, Mr. The Word, I don't care if you sit here and rot, I just don't want you to waste my fucking time.
- Keon Woods: Hey, we're closing in 20.
- Eva Geller: Already?
- Keon Woods: It's 3:00 a.m.
- Eva Geller: Sorry. Am I stopping you from getting home?
- Keon Woods: It's my job. Gotta be here anyway.