01x08 - Truth

Episode transcripts for the show, "Alex Rider". Aired: June 4, 2020 - present.*
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Based off the novel of the same name, Alex is an ordinary teenager who is recruited by a subdivision of MI6 to infiltrate places that others are unable to.
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01x08 - Truth

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Loads of people sent cards.

I brought them round.

Quite a few were from Ayisha.

I was gonna get you
something myself,

but I thought there has to be
a limit, you know.

Sorry.

You reckon you're gonna
come back to school tomorrow?

It's the dance, you remember?

Everyone's totally geared up
for it.

No one can decide
whether it's gonna be lame

or ironically kind of cool, heh.

Possibly a bit of both,
you know.

So lame that it's actually cool.

Everyone's asking after you.

You don't have to come back now,
if you're not ready?

While you were away,
we had this careers day.

They make you take
an online quiz.

It's very scientific.

It's meant to pair you perfectly

with a job suited just for you.

Guess what I got.

Landscape gardener.

I mean... Heh.

Nobody got secret agent.

I wouldn't have thought so.

What I'm trying to say

is most of the time
people want you to be someone

that you're not.

But sod that.

You're not Ian.

You're Alex.

Hello, mate.

Shall we?

How are the hostages?

Everyone's been returned
to their families

except Kyra Vashenko-Chao.

We're having trouble
locating her parents.

Some happy reunions.

You'd think.

Stepan Serenkov's mother
and her new husband

are not very happy.

They preferred the clone.

Crawley.

Oh, really?

That was Singapore.

It's Kyra's parents,
they're dead.

I'll handle Kyra.Thanks.

Have you decided yet? On what?

To dance or not to dance.
I mean, I can do either.

I can do dance
or I can do sitting at home.

Hi. Hey.

So this evening.

Yeah?

Will see you at 7?

Seven's...

Seven's good. Yeah, 7's perfect.

That just happen?

So dance then?

Yeah, I'm thinking...

I'm thinking yeah.

We'll go for the dance.

Give it a sh*t.
How bad can it be?

Does she know? No.

Hello, Kyra.

My name's John.

I need to talk to you.

I'm afraid I have some bad news.

As you know, we've been trying
to contact your parents,

but they were traveling and...

There's been an accident.

Because of me? CRAWLEY: No.

Of course not.
It's not because of you.

Yes, because of me.

Because Greif thought
I'd escaped.

And he thought I'd go home.

Kyra, this wasn't your fault.

There's nothing
you could have done.

Shut up.

I'm so very sorry... Shut up.

Someone will come and see you.

It's all right.

It's okay.

Anything?

Well, Greif made
a pretty decent s*ab

at erasing the drive,

but I'm raising
the residual data

from the track edges.

God bless old technology.

Does that look familiar?

The same format as the number
on Wilby's phone.

A call was logged
to that number 51 hours ago,

which puts it
right in the middle

of the increased activity
on the satellite.

They were all over the mountain.

He was panicking.

Greif thought
Kyra was going home.

Is the number disconnected? Mm-hm.

We're getting details
out of Singapore.

If I didn't know better,

I'd say accidental death
all the way,

just like the others.

No one on our active list
has this level of capability

or this kind of agenda.

No one on the active list.

Must be someone new.

Or someone old.

How was she?

How do you think?

I should have gone myself.

Pass me the safe house card.

I had it.

I carded in.

She hugged me.

She hugged you.

Morris.Morris.
Eyes on Kyra right now.

She's gone.

All I'm saying is
if you asked her out,

she'd almost definitely
say "yes."

So from where I'm sitting,
ask her out.

I don't know, man.
I don't think it's a good idea.

Mate, it's Ayisha.

And it's you.
It's like one of those

solar, lunar,
planetary alignment things

that happens once
in a generation. You know?

And if you do it,
then we can double-date.

You know, like people
from the '50s.

Just think about it, okay?

Oh, my God. Kyra.

Who's Kyra?

Alex?

What are you still doing here?

You okay?

I'm fine.

Promise.

I just need to get on.

Sure.

We'll talk later.

I've never been to
an ordinary school before.

It actually looks fun.

It's tonight.

Kind of end-of-term dance.

Everyone's meant to be going.

Are you?

I don't know.

Yeah. I guess.

So you're going to pretend
nothing happened.

Go back to the way
things were before.

I liked the way
things were before.

You said you were there

to find out
who k*lled your uncle?

What if you never find out
what really happened?

What then?

I don't know.

You should have this.

For luck.

Or if you ever need
to escape again.

What are you gonna do now?

Are you going home?

Probably.

And what are you gonna
tell your parents?

I don't think I was ever
really the kid they wanted,

but they're all I've got.

You've got me.

Ten out of 10
I will bear that in mind.

See you, spy boy.

No. For the last time,
I'm not gonna wear a mask

to the dance. It could be an improvement.

People might actually
talk to you

if they don't know it's
you. Coming from you?

I've got a date, thank you. A human date?

Yes, a human date. With arms,
legs, and a head?

Yes. All of those things.

You're amazing.

See you later. All right.

Hey. Alex.

Hey.

Did you get the card?

Ayisha.

Did you find Kyra?

No.

The special unit are here.

Dr. Greif.

These men will break you

if you don't tell us
who k*lled Ian.

All yours.

Hello, mate.

Did you ask Ayisha?

I don't think Ayisha likes me
very much anymore.

What?

You're joking?

Jack told me about Parker.

What he did to you.

Yeah.

You must have been frightened.

Yeah. A little bit.

Did he hurt you? What?

Did he hurt you?

Yeah.

Yeah, he did, actually.

Do you dream about it?

Look, Alex. I've really
gotta get this sorted.

Otherwise I'm... Did you think

he was gonna k*ll you?

Did you think
you were gonna die?

Look, can we
just leave it, please?

Did you cry? What is wrong with you?

You did, didn't you? No. Just 'cause

you've been through bad stuff

doesn't mean you can treat
people like this.

What's going on?

Tom, this will have to wait.

You can fix the projector at 7,
before we start.

Okay? Yeah. I was just going.

Where are you taking me?

Somewhere that doesn't exist,
I imagine.

- It's just stalled.
- Get it started.

- Turn back.
- Settle down.

Reverse! Turn back! AGENT
STOKES: I said be quiet!

Compromised! Move!

Control. We're all gonna die.

Control,
this is Agent Stokes. We've lost control

of the vehicle and have contact
from an unknown hostile.

Break out the windows!

Control?

What's going on?

That's all he kept saying.

Excuse me, Ayisha. Hey.

Hey, I wondered if you... Oh.

I don't care if your uncle d*ed.

What you said to her before
was just wrong.

And he's upset Ayisha as well.
I don't know how, but he has.

He's been through a lot,
Tom. Yeah, so have we all.

I nearly d*ed.

It just feels like
he's laughing at us.

What's going on? Nothing.

We're just chatting. About you,

about how you've been
through a lot.

What? Tom.

No, no, no. It's fine.
Right, it's fine.

You know, it's just some sort
of posttraumatic thing, I guess.

Is this how you deal
with your emotions?

By making everyone around you
feel like crap?

What are you talking about?

Were you frightened?

Did it hurt?

Yes, actually, it did.

Did you think
you were gonna die?

What is wrong...? I could
ask you the same thing.

All right, stop. Come on.

No. It's fine. If you don't
want me here, I won't be here.

Yeah, sounds good.

No CCTV? Nothing.

They picked a dead spot
and they jammed our signals.

They knew
where the car was going.

They knew the route.

What did they use?

Neurotoxin. There's no attempt

to make it look accidental
this time.

No need to. Greif
was our last direct lead.

With him disposed of,

they can crawl back
into the shadows.

Why does everything feel wrong?

I'm not going to pretend

everything's gonna be
okay, Alex.

It isn't for any of us.

You say "us"
like I'm one of you.

Did you find out
who k*lled my uncle yet?

We're looking.

There was nothing
on the computer.

That's not good enough.

You've got Greif. Ask him.

Make him tell you.

Greif is dead.

Whoever k*lled Ian

is trying to tidy up
their loose ends.

As of now, we have nothing,
except you.

Is there anything else
that we've missed, Alex?

Anything at all?

Baxter and Stellenbosch

were always in the palm
of Greif's hand.

We need something much bigger
than that.

Were there any other teachers
or visitors

that came to the school?

There was someone, yeah.

A man.

I don't know,
it was weird, he...

He looked at me strangely.

Like he knew me,
like he recognized me.

I'd never seen him before
in my life.

He had a scar down his face.

Do you know him?

Yeah, that's him.

He looks a lot younger,
but that's definitely him.

His name is Yassen Gregorovitch.

We thought he was dead.

Who's the other guy?

That's confidential.

Leave it with me, Alex,
and go home and stay home.

I know who k*lled Ian.

That's impossible.

Gregorovitch is dead.

No. He was at Point Blanc,
and he spoke with Alex.

Alex said it was
as if he recognized him.

How could he?

Alex looks a lot like
his father.

Scorpia.

It explains everything.


The sophistication,
the global reach, and Wilby.

Given our history,
of course they would target us.

But we finished them.

Well, clearly not.

Great, off you go.

What's that in your pocket? Mouthwash.

Give it here. You think I've
not met a teenager before?

It's like Halloween came early. Right?

What's this?
Vodka? I'll look after this tonight.

Hey, guys.

I'll do the first one, please.

Can I treat you to a
strictly nonalcoholic beverage?

We really know
how to party, don't we?

Everyone says it.

Hey, Tom.

What?

I don't think anyone

wants you here tonight,
you know?

Can we...?

I'll be back.

Here you are.Thanks.

Listen, I know things
have been strange recently.

Yeah, you can say that again.

It's my fault. I'm sorry.

Okay.

Listen, can we talk
somewhere in private?

Sure?

Why are you
in your school uniform?

How long have we known
each other, Tom?

Forever.

You're my best friend.

Yeah, man, I know.

I get it.

You too, or... whatever.

But what you said...

I had a lot in my head.

Yeah, I know.

If anything happened to you,
I'd never forgive myself.

You know that?

It would eat me up inside.

If you ever got hurt.

Scorpia was before your time.

I know the file, of course.

At one point,
they were responsible

for a tenth
of the world's terrorism.

And political assassinations,
personal vendettas.

All available
to the highest bidder,

without remorse or compunction.

And now they're back.

I don't think
they ever went away.

I think they just
got better at hiding.

And we were so confident
we'd finished them.

Only Ian was still looking,
of course.

What is it?

Greif's Project Gemini files.

You have them all,
right? The clones?

Yes. Maximum security,
all seven of them.

Eight?

No. Seven clones, seven pupils.

No. No, no, no.

Seven clones, plus Alex.

Where's the copy of Alex?

Do you even know which one
you brought back?

Go.

No.

Four minutes.
Tell anyone, and I k*ll him.

Hello? Jack. Where's Alex?

He's not answering his phone.
Where is he?

I don't know. He went out.
Wait, wait, wait.

Maybe he's at the school.
There's a dance. What happened?

Brooklands School. Listen, Jack.

Stay where you are.
We'll get him. I promise.

Have you seen Tom? Nah.

You can't tell, can you?

You've been his best friend
forever,

and you still can't tell.

Who are you?

It doesn't matter anymore.

Time's up.

Wait! You don't have to
do this, please.

He really means that much
to you?

I want to hear you say it!

Look.

I know this isn't your fault,
any of it.

I can help you.

Just put the bat down, please.

I can help.

I don't want your help.

What I want is to k*ll him
while you watch.

And then I'll k*ll Ayisha.
And then I'll k*ll Jack.

And then you'll know
what it feels like

to have your family
taken from you.

Family?

What do you know about family?

Look at you.

You're an experiment.

Not even a good one.

You think Greif's a genius?

Point Blanc's over.
Greif's dead.

You're lying.

Oh, am I?

Greif's dead.

Run!

Hey.

Sir, you need to get
everyone out of here.

What? Everyone out of here!

I mean it. Let me guess.

Another Tom Harris
production, am I right?

You'll have to wait. Sir...

Sir!

Excuse me. Excuse me.

Whoa. What up, mate?

Sorry. Sorry.

Sorry, sorry.

Okay, give it back.

What? My mask, you dipshit.

You took it!

What were you wearing? You took it!

What were you wearing?

A skull mask. Skull mask.

Yay! Whoo!

What's wrong with you, mate?

Go on. Go on.

Come on.

Alex? Alex!

Alex!

That's enough!

What's going on?

Alex! CRAWLEY: Don't move!

Help!

Put your hands up!

It's me. It's me.

It's me.

He's lying.

Shut up! He's lying!

Stay where you are!

Come on. It's me, Mrs. Jones.

It's me.

No. He tortured me
to get your name.

Tom! Stay back!

Tom?

Get him in the car right now!

On your feet. Get off me.

Keep him secure
until we're sure we've got the right one.

Ah! Arm. Arm.

Sorry.

Control, we're coming in.

Are you okay? Yeah.

Are you sure it's him?

I don't know.

Drop the w*apon now!

Hold your fire!

Who took that sh*t?

Who took that sh*t?

Like what Steph did there.

Yeah, well, she's got
a very original mind.

She'd have to,
to go out with you.

This is what
I was talking about.

One of them is bad enough,
but two is...

Freaky as hell.

It's good to be back.

I'm sorry if everything's been... Uh-uh.

You don't apologize, Alex.

Not to us.

We're family.

Things are gonna be
a little different around here

'cause Ian's not around,

but we got this. We got this.

You guys hungry?

Always. What have you got?

Absolutely nothing.

Pizza? Done.

No anchovies.

No anchovies, also done.

Can you guys make it
to the restaurant

or should we order? See, I'm thinking

like, stay in, pizza
and samurai marathon.

Samurai. We
should go to the restaurant.

What is your
problem with those films?

They're good films
if you just gave them a chance.

Who's paying?

When are you going to tell him?

He did everything we wanted.

And you made a promise to him.

How about we let him walk away

and live a normal life?
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