01x06 - Episode 6

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DELANEY: What have you found?
HANA: 'It's a nano-SIM card.'

I'm sorry.
'Nolan had it the whole time.'

Why are you bringing up Shen Zhao?

Cos she's dead.
She d*ed in your car.

It's stopped uploading.
In English, please.

The wi-fi's down.
The file is called CAE -

China Atomic Energy.
Who else could this be?

I am a British citizen

being held against my will
on British soil!

You're not on British soil.

What about those victims
on the flight,

the unwitting couriers for MI6?

Did they know the risks?

She d*ed in Hong Kong in custody,
and they never told us how.

g*nsh*t
You won't leave Beijing alive.

There was a bag with my name on it,
full of cash and fake passports.

Enough to convince anyone
that I'm a spy.

Put down the g*n.
What are you doing?

What does it look like
I'm doing, Captain?

I'm taking over, and you're gonna
turn this plane back to London.

You're not safe
until you hand it to us.

Stay alert,
and I'll meet you at the airport.

g*nshots,
SIR GEORGE GROANS

Tennant's done what you said.

He's taken over
Thames House operations.

I'll do anything to help you.

You know that.

♪ Cos you're still on my mind... ♪
DANCE MUSIC PLAYS

♪ You're still on my mind

♪ All of the time, all of the time
Still on my... ♪

WOMAN ON RADIO:
'Jones, the boss is here.

'Anything to report?

'You know if the Brits
get this thing, we're screwed.'

JONES:
'Nolan's still on the dance floor.

'She hasn't passed him anything.'

What's the status?

Jones is inside.
We have his bodycam feed.

What are they saying?

We've just got a line of sight,

but we can't get close enough
for audio.

What's happening?
PEOPLE SHOUTING

We can't see Nolan.

Can you get closer?

'He's picked a fight with
the bouncers.'

Argh!

I can't see sh*t.

'I keep losing visual,
but he looks hurt.'

This is FUBAR. Should I engage?

'No.'

Let it play out.
We'll snatch him outside.

HE GROANS

He's running.

Did she make the drop?

Did she give it to him?

HE MOANS

'I don't see how.'

Where's Shen Zhao?

Sir, there she is.

Follow Nolan.

TYRES SCREECHING

Shen Zhao!

All I want
is what the programmer gave you.

You're CIA.

Does it matter?

Give it to me.

She told me what you tried to do.

She won't be telling anybody else.

If you know what it is,

why haven't you turned it in
to your own people?

Because if my government
finds out what you did,

it will be seen as an act of w*r.

Oh, it won't come to that.

You're a fool!

Why give it to MI6?

Because they need to know
that it was you and not us.

Does Sir George know
what you're sending him?

Answer me!

You sound scared.

Good.

How much does he know?

OK. Let's do it the hard way.

Argh!

Search her.

'Where's Nolan?'

He crashed his car
about six blocks from the club.

'He bailed, I'm guessing on foot.'
How bad is the car?

Looks totalled,
and there's blood, so...

he's hurt.

Check nearby hospitals and send me
the address of where he's staying.

She doesn't have it.

Then k*ll her.

Nolan must have it.

RINGING TONE

'Yes, hi, I'm a guest of Dr Nolan
in 326.

'I've just woken up,
and he's not here.

'Do you know, has he checked out,
or is he still around?'

I see.

Did he say what time flight
he was catching?

Thank you.

Nolan's gone.

Reception said he took
a car to the airport

to catch a 6am to London,

which means he's already
through security.

If he makes it on the flight,
I want him stopped at Heathrow.

He does not to pass through
immigration till we have it.

Will you ask someone to detain him?

'Did you put Shen Zhao in his car?'

All done.

Cohen's paying off a cop
as we speak.

'Good. Then I don't have to ask
for his detention.'

If Nolan's accused of k*lling
the daughter of a party member,

the Chinese will ask for us.

'Have Cohen prep the jet
for London.'

Right.

Jet for London.

WOMAN ON RADIO: North China Air 357,
this is Dunsfold Tower.

We have you on our screens.

You are cleared for approach
on Runway Zero One.

Roger that, Dunsfold Tower.

Commencing approach
for Runway Zero One.

Hey. We're here.

How long was I out?
A few hours.

Ladies and gentlemen,

we are beginning our descent
to Dunsfold Airbase.

And we'll be landing
in about ten minutes.

On behalf of North China Air,
myself and our staff,

we apologise for the ordeal
you have all had to endure.

I can assure you, we are all safe
and it will be over soon.

HE SPEAKS IN MANDARIN

Here it comes.

Selecting speed. Flap one.

Speed check, flap one.

North China Air 357,
this is Dunsfold Tower.

Go ahead, tower.

There's been a change of runway.
Alter course to Runway Zero Seven.

Roger that, altering course
to Runway Zero Seven.

What's happening?
We're changing runways.

Why?
Relax.

It happens.

ENGINES WHIRRING

It's turning.

Get the tower on the phone,
find out what the hell is going on.

Gear down.

Runway Zero Seven.

Well, where's that?
The other side of the airbase.

sh*t.

CO-PILOT: Refer to screen.

Ground spoilers, deceleration.

Start the APU.

Engine shutdown.

ENGINES POWERING DOWN

We're back.

Where is everybody?

Vehicle approaching, Captain.

Just one?

I thought MI5 was meeting us.

That doesn't seem right.
What doesn't?

Who is it?

I don't know.

Stay in here and lock the door.

Identify yourself!

It's me! Open the bloody door!

Jess?

Can you open the door, please?
That's my sister.

TYRES SCREECH

Why is the door already open?

They're gone.

f*ck!

You can all get up now.
We're clear of the airbase.

I'm glad you're both OK.

And Dr Nolan,
I'm sorry I didn't protect you.

I had no idea
you were being used like this.

It's been a nightmare.

People shouldn't be allowed to play
with our lives like that. I agree.

And believe me, it wasn't my people.

Where are we going? MI5?

No, things have changed
since you went silent.

I don't know who I can trust
there right now,

so we're going to the US Embassy.

Why there?

Well, you'll be safe there,

and I can have my friend in the CIA,
Mike Maxwell,

tell me what's on that SIM.

You can relax now.

Ruth, you got the images,
where are we on IDs?

Both ghosts so far, Sir.

Well, widen the net.
Rope in Langley if you need to.

What about Nolan and Li?
No facial hits on either of them

on the Dunsfold exit cams.

Well, unless they're still hiding
in the airbase,

somebody helped them escape.

Scan again.

But Sir...
This time for Delaney.

Got her.

Whose car is that?

Mine, Sir.

Check ANPR cameras countrywide
for Ruth's VRN.

ELEVATOR DINGS

This way.

You made it.

Hana, this is Mike Maxwell,
Chief of Station.

You can call me Mike.
Thank you for helping us. Of course.

And this is her sister, Jess.

Hi.
You must be Dr Nolan.

You've had quite an ordeal
over these last few days.

Maybe I should call you
the cat with nine lives.

If I am, I only have one left.

Come, let's get you all settled.

We have a comfortable lounge
for you to relax in,

and showers
if you want to clean up and change.

'Yes, Ma'am.'

We've tracked her car
to the US embassy.

I'm about to put a call in
to their Chief of Station.

I just wanted to keep you
in the loop.

'Thank you, John.'

Of course,
I'll call you with any updates.

We've ID'd the assassins
on the plane.

Good work. Who are they?
Chinese secret service?

No, Sir.

One of them's American.

Both are ex-m*llitary special forces.

The one posing as Zhang is Jia Yung,

former Master Sergeant
in Oriental Sword,

a PLA Ground Force unit.

Born in Shanghai,
emigrated four years ago.

Has bounced around
private m*llitary firms since.

The second man,
ex-Delta Force Sergeant Troy Hanks,

been working in the private sector
since 2020.

So, we have two dead freelancers
with no political affiliations.

The question is,
who's paying their tab?

Both men are currently
on the payroll of a company

called Alpha Tech Armory,
out of the Cayman Islands.

That's a shell company
for CIA black money.

Yeah, thank you, Ruth,
I know what it is.

Do we have any idea who at the CIA
contracted them?

Not yet.
Well, keep digging.

Before I go accusing
our closest ally,

I need a name
to give to the Prime Minister.

BEEP

This is the lounge.

Make yourself comfortable.

Thank you.

Maddie, can we talk?
Yeah, of course.

Come here.

I was so scared
I lost you last night.

HE SIGHS

Are you OK?

I've had better nights.

This... has all gone insane.

Tennant taking over?
Li hijacking a plane?

Washington is pissed
at the PM's handling of this.

I think there's plenty of blame
to go around.

Thanks for helping me.
I know it's sticking your neck out.

Listen... what do you say,
when all this craziness is over,

we go away for the weekend?

Paris hotel, you and me,

good food, great wine.

I'd say... it's a date.

Good.

So, do you have the nano-SIM?
Huh?

The SIM? I'll have Cohen set it up
in a secure room for you.

Er, no. Hana has it.

I thought it'd make her feel
more comfortable

if she kept hold of it for now.

Understood.

I got a couple of things
I need to take care of,

so why don't you relax, fix a drink?

I'll only be a few minutes.
Thanks.

Chief thought
you might need some coffee.

Oh, yes, thank you.

I'll take one.

Jess, she's obviously not
a tea lady.

I don't mind. Milk and sugar?

Black.

What? She said she doesn't mind.

Have we met before?

I don't think so, Dr Nolan.

Oh.

What would you like, Matt?

HE SCOFFS
Gin and tonic.

Give your liver a break.

Do you need anything else?

When is Director General Delaney
coming back?

I'll check.
Thanks.

I do know that woman.

Do you know her?

From Beijing.

She was... posing as a waitress
at the conference party.

You sure?

What are you two whispering about?

I wouldn't drink that.

You think she did something
to the coffee?

You want to risk it?

Why would Delaney bring us here
if we can't trust them?

I don't know.

We still don't know
what the bloody hell this is.

But I don't feel safe here.

Not now.
OK, you guys are freaking me out.

Will one of you tell me
what's going on?

Matt recognises
that officer from Beijing.

There's no way out
unless we break a window.

Those things would stop a m*ssile.

DOOR BEEPS

Let's... think about this logically,
can we?

I know you guys
have been through a lot.

But they know we have the SIM.
Why wouldn't they just take it?

And how would they explain that?

Look what they've already done
to throw blame on China, or me.

So why would they
poison us with coffee?

They wouldn't.

But they would drug us.

DOOR BEEPS

Hey, guys, just want to let you know

that Director General Delaney
is ready to...

Search them.

Get the g*n!

GRUNTING

Argh!

Are you OK? I was beginning
to think you'd set us up.

I told you, you could trust me.

What is this, poison?

It's a sedative.
Night-night, then.

Maddie, sorry to keep you waiting.

OK, let me take that.

MAXWELL ON RADIO:
'Cohen, have you found it?

'Cohen? Delaney's AWOL,
and I can't raise Jones.'

DOOR BEEPS
'Cohen!'

OK, I'm gonna go first
to draw attention

in case Mike's watching.

You follow,
but get out any way you can.

Maddie. I've been looking for you.

What are you doing?

Er, I'm... leaving.
Why?

Well, I realised
that I've incriminated you enough

just by asking you to shelter us.

And... I can't decode the SIM here.

There's a chain of evidence
to consider,

and the last thing I'd want
is for the Chinese

to be able to say that the US has
tampered with what's on it, so...

I'm confused.

You said you suspected
a cover-up by Tennant

because of his own assignment,
Blindside.

Now you think it's the Chinese?

What's really going on?

Who told you about Blindside?

Tennant.

Oh.

And is he also how you learned

that Sir George had something
coming in from Shen Zhao?

Something that you needed
to stop reaching MI6 at all costs?

No, Maddie, why would I...?

MIRTHLESS CHUCKLE

You never told me it was
a SIM card they found.

No. Not even Sir George knew that.

The only way you could is if
it came from your men on the plane.

They're not moving.
We'll have to just go.

Stay close to me.

I'm sorry you had to find out.

That's what you're sorry for?
Not what you've done?

It doesn't have to change
anything between us.

Are you f*cking kidding me?

You've had innocent people ex*cuted
to save your own neck.

OUR necks. You don't want
Chinese power plants in England

any more than I do.

I just had the balls
to do something about it.

So, that's what this is about.

You three stay right there.

Keep walking, Hana.
I said stop.

We're leaving, keep walking.

I can't let you do that.

He's bluffing, Hana.

Maddie, you have no authority here.

Yeah, and you have no room
to negotiate.

I'm pretty sure
that what you've done

wasn't sanctioned by Washington.

I do what I have to do.

Me too. Keep walking, Hana.

I will sh**t them, Maddie.

In the lobby
of your billion-dollar embassy?

I don't think so.

If he draws...

you stay behind me.

No, stop. The SIM.

I don't care what's on it,
not any more.

Jess, don't.
Give it to me.

I'm certainly not dying for it.
No.

There. Now nobody has it.
End of story.

Jess, what have you done?

She just saved your lives. Go.

TYRES SCREECH

What the hell happened?

Sorry.
We got the SIM.

Check if it's been copied
and destroy it.

Er...
"Er," what?

I don't think the Chinese
would've used a Vodafone SIM card.

It's been swapped.

TYRES SCREECH

Nice work, Jess.
Yeah, you deserve a BAFTA for that.

What are we doing?

We're getting the data on that SIM
somewhere safe.

Can I have it?

It feels weird just handing it over,
after everything that's happened.

You've done your country
a great service, both of you.

I'm just sorry you had to go
through all that.

You shouldn't have had to.

Are we safe here?
For now.

It won't take Mike long
to narrow down

which streets don't have CCTV.

TENNANT: Come on, people!

She can't have just vanished!

Sir, incoming data files.

From whom?
Director Delaney.

They appear the files Hana
was trying to send from Flight 357.

She has the nano-SIM.

Clear the ops centre!

You heard me, everybody out!

Everybody but you and you.

I'm giving you
STRAP-3A clearance for this.

Scan for viruses.

Data's clean.
Throw it up on the screens.

What is that?

PHONE VIBRATING

It's Director Delaney, Sir.
Trace the call.

Madeline, where are you?

CIA will already be scanning
the cell towers,

so let's not waste time, shall we?

What are we looking at?

It's hacker code, Ma'am.
Remote access program.

The one called "original" was
developed by an MIT grad in 2022.

How do you know that?

Coders have egos.
They like to sign their work.

What does the code do?

It's designed to hide dormant
in an operating system,

then allow a third party
to take over complete control.

Right, so, what about the other one,
the one labelled CAE?

Well, it looks identical.

Its instructions,
fundamentally, are...

The differences are twofold.

Firstly, it's been altered
to hide seamlessly

inside the control system
of a CAE nuclear reactor.

You're telling me, with this hack,

someone could remotely take over
operations of a reactor

and cause a catastrophic meltdown?

Yes, Ma'am.
From anywhere in the world.

Good God.

OK, so, what's the second change?

The digital signature.

It's been changed to make it appear
that the Chinese m*llitary wrote it.

Mike was setting the Chinese up.

You don't seriously believe
the CIA would melt down a reactor

on British soil,
just to blame China?

No, I have to believe
that his intention

was for us to find the code
and end our Anglo-China partnership.

That's why Shen Zhao
gave us both files -

so we could see
what the Americans were planning.

MAXWELL: Talk to me, Cohen.
Where are they?

ON RADIO: 'Sir, we pulled these
from a tower in Soho.'

RECORDING OF TENNANT:
'We've traced your location.

'Zed Park, 3 Old Burlington Street.

'I'm sending Jenkins
to bring you in safely.'

ENGINE ROARS

So, what happens now?
To Maxwell, I mean.

Well, he'll be PNG'd.

What's that?
Declared persona non grata.

He'll lose his diplomatic status,
he'll be sent home,

and then it will be up to Washington
and Downing Street to...

Sent home?

It'll be the end of his career.

His career?

He k*lled Shen Zhao.

He... had Sir George sh*t,

and he ordered the m*rder
of my friends.

And all that's gonna happen to him
is he'll lose his f*cking job?

If he had his way, we'd all be dead.
I understand how you feel, but...

No, clearly you don't.

You don't have the foggiest idea
of what I've been...

what we've been through.

You only thought that I was guilty,
and you had me sent back to China.

You know this guy is guilty.

You're right.

There, ah...

There might be a way.

So do it.

OK.

This is Director General Delaney.

Minister Tang
will want to take this call.

Talk to me, Cohen!

'They're on the move,
heading east on Weymouth Street,

'two minutes from you.

'Sir, if things go south,
what's plan B?'

This is off the books, Cohen.
We have no plan B.

TYRES SCREECH

There's still time to back out.

NOLAN: No, let's just do it.

'They're splitting up.

'Delaney's dropped Hana and Nolan
two streets from you.'

Forget Delaney. The car is bait.

'We've lost CCTV on the others.
They ran into an alley.

'You're close.
There's a passageway to your left.'

NOLAN: Maybe this wasn't
such a good idea.

HANA SCOFFS
Too late now.

Stop!

Keep your hands
where I can see 'em!

You still armed, DC Li?

Yes.
Lose it!

Two fingers!

Slowly!

Now give me the real SIM.

Delaney has it.

I've run enough decoy ops, Dr Nolan.

Hand it over.

If we had it,
why would Delaney drop us here?

She knew you were tracking us.
This is a bloody dead end.

Huh.

Oh, well played.

What happens now? You k*ll us?

Like you k*lled Shen Zhao

and my friends on the plane?

I take no pleasure in it.

Why didn't you just sh**t me
in Beijing?

Because you got away.

I wasn't kidding when I called you
a cat with nine lives.

Steven, Amber and Kate,

they didn't need to die.

I couldn't take the chance
of the SIM

falling back into the hands
of the Chinese.

The fallout from that
would've been far worse

than those few lives on a plane,
trust me.

Put the g*n down, Mike.

Hana!
Mike, no!

g*nsh*t
Argh!

No, Matt!

He needs an ambulance!

No!
This is Delaney.

Send an ambulance
to my location right away.

I said no ambulance!
It's over, Mike.

Surrender. MI5 have the data.
We know what you did.

All I did was stop the Chinese

from building nuclear weapons
in your back yard!

Put the g*n down.

You're under arrest.

DC will never let me be arrested
on British soil.

You're not on British soil.

SOLDIERS CHATTER

You're in the gardens
of the Chinese embassy.

SOLDIERS SHOUT
IN MANDARIN

Minister Tang, you wanted
the person responsible

for Shen Zhao's death.

There he is.

You set me up.
TANG: Restrain him.

Stay with me. It's OK.

I guess it's the game we choose,
Maddie.

I was never playing, Mike.

Is your government prepared to share
with us what was on the SIM?

I'm afraid it was destroyed
back at the US embassy.

Most unfortunate.

For us, too.

SIRENS APPROACHING

Do you hear that, Matt?
Help's on its way.

I didn't run.

No, you didn't.

And you wouldn't have left
Shen Zhao.

I wouldn't... would I?

No, you wouldn't.

Matt?

Matt.

Matt!

Matt! Stay with me!

Matt!

SIREN WAILING
DISTANTLY

Listen, I'll call you back.

INAUDIBLE

JESS: What did he say?

Surgery went well.

Erm... He lost a lot of blood,

but the b*llet missed his organs.

He's gonna pull through.

That's a relief.

He said I could go see him
in recovery, so... Go.

Thank you, Ma'am, for everything.

I think you can call me Madeline.

Jess, can I, um...

Can I talk to you about
what you saw and heard?

Classified information.

I mean, obviously, you'll be signing
the Official Secrets Act.

You're gonna silence me?

What about my story? This is crazy.

I'm never gonna get a break.
Jess...

I'm gonna give you a story,

just not one that might lead
to a w*r between the US and China.

What was on that nano-SIM
isn't what's important.

But an operation by MI6,

with full knowledge
of the Home Office,

using innocent civilians
as unwitting couriers

and getting them k*lled?

That's a story.

That's the thing
that needs to be exposed

because it can never, ever
be allowed to happen again.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

You're awake.

How you feeling?

Like somebody sh*t me.

Somebody did.

You know, at Heathrow...

I'd have put money
on that person being be you.

SHE CHUCKLES

A lot's happened since.

Yeah.

I was wondering,

when I get out of here...

...do you think, maybe...

...you'd like to go for...

Ah.

I let the PM know
how well you did under pressure.

Good job.

I wish I could say the same.

HE CHUCKLES

What do you think
will happen to him?

The prick will probably get
a bloody promotion.

What's wrong?

Is it Mike?

He's not the man I thought he was.

Then he doesn't deserve you.

Stop the press.

I have copies for each of you.

Feel free to have them framed.

HANA CHUCKLES

I read it online already.

It's great, Jess.

Thank you.

"Blindsided."

Page one.

There's your name.

Congratulations, honey.
We're proud of you.

What about you?

Have you given it to him yet?

Give who what?

Baba, this is a gift
from Director General Delaney.

Matthew told her that
we never knew what happened to Mama.

Is that your mother's file?

I don't want to see that.

It's important, Dad.

All the things
they probably did to her.

My mind has imagined it
often enough.

I would rather remember her
the way she was.

Baba...

isn't it better to stop imagining
and know the truth?

SOBS SOFTLY

You remind me of her
in so many ways.

She was strong, like you.

You never talk about her.

I have so many stories
I could tell you.

SHE CHUCKLES

Please.

I'd really like that.

I want to know everything.