02x05 - Episode 5

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- Your consortium was so close

to securing that bid.

- Niskus Group,

or at least Trestford,

has plenty of friends

in high places.

- Liar! Tell them the truth!

She's lying!

Tell them the truth!

m*rder*r!

- The Mayor left.

He's requesting a formal review

of Trestford's finances.

- It was Richard who helped

launder my father's assets.

- How?

- He introduced me

to a man, Gordon Hearst.

- Thank you, Stefanie.

- Once we have Hearst on the

record, we can question him

on Richard Melnick's

past involvement.

- Pleasure doing

business with you.

- Money's been transferred.

- Police! Drop down

on your knees!

- The police came, Europol.

They arrested Mr. Hearst.

- Stefanie, I want you to do

exactly what I tell you.

- I think you're

a good man, James,

and I need your help

to find and stop these men.

- When they released his body

to the funeral home,

I was able to get

his personal effects.

- James Melnick brought in

his father's phone.

- I'm sending someone to you.

We have a problem.

Hello, Henry.

- The deal is slipping away.

- I can assure you

everything is under control.

- With our financial records

under this kind of scrutiny

and our stability

in question?

You know who our investors are.

Let me be clear:

they cannot be exposed.

- Are you questioning

my management?

- You promised

a smooth transition.

So far, it's been anything but.

- With respect, I'm cleaning up

someone else's mess.

- What are you

talking about?

- You kept me

out of the loop.

Rojas' death was necessary,

but Richard's?

And that attempt on Bibi,

a b*mb, for Christ's sake!

- There's another player

in the game.

We didn't sanction

Richard's k*lling.

Or a car b*mb.

- I'll deal with it.

- You better.

- I don't appreciate

being kept waiting.

- Hold all calls for the next

10 minutes, please.

- Victor, you need

to convince the Mayor

to forego this review

of Trestford.

- It's a simple process.

I will guide you through it.

We need to be wary

of the appearance of political

impropriety and favouritism.

- Trestford is

financially stable.

- You should have nothing

to worry about.

- This belongs to you.

- Are you going to tell

me what's on it?

- Details of an offshore

bank account in your name.

Richard made several

transfers of monies to it

in the run-up to your

election campaign.

- How

- Uncovered during

an internal audit

in preparation for

the Mayor's review.

For the sake of our

investors, we dug deeper

and we were shocked to uncover

evidence connecting Richard

to the Belgian

bombing campaign.

- What are you talking about?

- Did you and Richard

orchestrate

the bombing campaign to ensure

your election victory?

- This has nothing

to do with me.

I had no idea what

Richard was up to.

- That's not what these files

appear to indicate.

I intend on going

to the authorities

with this information,

get out ahead of it.

That way Trestford and

our investors are protected

from scandal and liability,

and I can walk away

from the deal

with a clear conscience.

- You can't just

- If however

you convince the Mayor

to halt this review

and sign the contracts

as per the agreed schedule,

I won't feel the need

to go public

and your dirty little secret

can remain buried.

This is not personal,

it's business.

You have until

the end of the day

Deputy Prime Minister.

- We had a good day yesterday

and a great result,

but the clock is against us.

Sean's landed in Dublin.

In a couple of hours,

he'll be in Shannon on standby

to question Bibi,

should Hearst's interview

contradict hers.

Josh, what have you got?

- We're running diagnostics

on the machines we seized.

- And Hearst's files?

- Still working

on getting access to them.

I tried using brute force,

but no joy.

Now, I'm running

a dictionary attack program.

When I get a result,

I'll let you know.

- OK. Norah.

- No red flags so far.

Everything seems legit.

I know that's not

what you want to hear.

- The search of Hearst's house

didn't turn up anything.

- We need physical evidence

tying Richard Melnick to Hearst.

Incontestable proof

that they're linked.

Let's dig deep,

give this everything we have.

- We can't stall Hearst's

interview much longer.

- OK.

I'll read the rest

of this later.

Thank you.

Christian.

- I need to sit in on

the interview with Hearst.

- That's not going to happen.

- Seriously?

- It's not

a good idea.

- This is my jurisdiction.

- With respect,

this is a CAB case.

- Come on, Claire, there's

more to it than that.

- Our warrant is limited

to Hearst's involvement

in Bibi and Fionn Brannigan's

money laundering.

But if we can convince

him to play ball,

he could connect us

to Richard Melnick.

- Melnick is dead.

I need to know who's

running the show now.

- If Hearst admits

to Melnick's involvement,

I can expand the scope

of the CAB investigation

into his finances.

We can follow that lead

to his co-conspirators.

You just need to give me time.

- Yeah, well,

we don't have time.

Come on, we both know

this all ties back to the port,

a multibillion-euro deal.

If this goes through,

my investigation will

be stopped immediately.

These are powerful

people, Claire,

with deep pockets.

Don't cut me out.

- If I go in there with CTU,

Hearst is gonna shut down

and we're gonna be back

where we started.

You need to leave this to me.

- I'll go after

Trestford, then.

- You don't have

any evidence.

- Yeah, I'll get it.

- Detective Blanchet from the

European Criminal Assets Bureau,

and DS Claire Wallace from the

Irish Criminal Assets Bureau.

Gordon Hearst and his attorney,

Wilfried Lippens, present.

- You've been arrested

on suspected facilitation

of money laundering:

that through various

schemes, you assisted

Ms. Bronagh Brannigan, formerly

Melnick, in tax evasion

and the transfer

of illegally obtained funds.

Is there anything you wish

to say in relation to that?

- No comment.

- Let's not waste

each other's time.

We know that Brannigan

is your client.

- I suggest the strategy

in tax avoidance.

It's what smart people do.

- Forty cents on the euro

doesn't sound very smart.

If the arrangement

is above board,

then why return

the investment in diamonds

instead of a bank transfer?

- Ms. Brannigan insisted

her funds would be released

with immediate effect

and diamonds were

what I had at hand.

- So, it's not because

they're easy to transport

and difficult to trace?

- What Ms. Brannigan does

with her funds is

of no concern to me.

- How were you introduced

to Ms. Brannigan?

- I don't recall.

- Isn't it a fact that you were

introduced by Richard Melnick?

- As I said, I don't recall.

- But you know him?

- I know of him, yes.

- Have you ever

conducted business

with Richard Melnick?

- I advise my client

to answer no comment.

- Did you ever transfer funds

on behalf of Richard Melnick

to, say, Fionn Brannigan for

the purchase of an apartment?

Ms. Brannigan has stated

that she was introduced to you

by Richard Melnick.

- No, no, no, no.

Ms. Brannigan approached

me directly.

- I thought you said

you don't recall.

- Look, you have

all her assets now.

There's nothing more

I'm holding for her.

- Then, you won't mind

granting us to your files

to confirm that.

- This is not a fishing

expedition, Detective.

Limit the scope

of your warrant

to files relating

to Ms. Brannigan alone

and we'll consider your request.

- You could be looking

at 10 years.

- My client is looking

at a suspended

sentence at worst.

Mr. Hearst has been

very patient.

Enough is enough.

- was rescued just

after 10:30 this morning

from a popular hiking

and cycling trail

at the Wicklow Mountains.

The man native, who sustained

a fractured arm

- You can go in.

- Any word from Antwerp?

- Not yet, but I expect

we'll hear soon enough.

On a positive note,

your new Regret Settlement

has been approved.

- That's a relief.

- Is this really necessary?

- We've already talked

about this.

I can't put my life

on hold any longer.

- You understand the only

people you are to contact are

DS Wallace and myself.

That's for your

own safety, Bibi.

- Phone.

I want you to put my mother's

house on the market.

- Are you sure?

You were always quite firm

about holding onto Whitethorn.

- Well, it's hardly my safe

refuge anymore, is it?

Any word of Siobhan?

- CAB still haven't located

her or the children.

- Let me know when

there's any news.

- Of course.

I'll be in touch.

- Ah! I'm in! I'm in!

- About the time.

I was beginning to think

you'd lost your touch.

- As if.

- Let's have a look, then.

What have you got?

- It looks like a register

of client companies

Hearst managed funds for.

- Great work, Josh.

- Sorry, I couldn't

give you more notice.

- No worries.

- Not a care in the world.

No, no, no, no, no.

This needs to be

off the record.

- Ms. Delvey,

what's this about?

- Level playing field

or lack thereof.

I'm hearing rumours

that Maes has used

his influence on the Mayor

to hold the financial

review of Trestford.

- Why would he do that?

- What you have

to ask yourself is

who does it benefit

if the review doesn't happen.

- Niskus Group Limited?

- So, that should

tell you something

about the power

Trestford wields over Maes.

Do you remember

when it looked like

Maes wasn't going

to win the election?

- Yeah.

But he did.

- Exactly.

By a landslide.

So

what was it that ensured

his victory, hmm?

- I got you a coffee.

I didn't know

how you took it.

- Why am I here?

- Aren't you gonna

sit down?

We hit a wall

with Hearst.

- He didn't give you anything

on Richard Melnick?

- He denies ever

meeting him.

The reaction on his face

when I mentioned the name

He was scared.

- You could have just

phoned me about that.

So, why am I really here?

- There was an allegation

that Richard Melnick had

a mole in CTU.

- That's bullshit.

Who told you that?

- Bibi Brannigan.

- She's a liar.

- She's had two attempts

on her life.

At this point, I have to trust

that she's telling the truth.

- Wait a minute.

You thought it was me.

That's why you locked me out

of your investigation.

- I couldn't take any chances.

I haven't even

told my team.

Bibi was our only witness.

She gave us

Richard Melnick,

led us to Hearst.

Without her, we have no case.

You would have done the same

thing in my position.

All the evidence pointed

to someone leaking

information from CTU.

Every time you got a lead,

it was snuffed out.

Rojas, Ortiz

- Information was leaked

during the IT security breach.

- And after that?

What about Daniel Katz?

How do you explain that?

I needed Hearst alive.

- I know my team.

- Are you sure about that?

This is a

multibillion-euro deal.

Who do you trust

that can't be bought?

- If there is a mole

it would have to be

someone under Maes' influence,

someone who could manipulate

the investigation from above.

- And if it's not?

If it's someone

on the floor?

If you wanna work

with me on this,

I need you to limit

the information

you share with your team.

- OK.

- Chief Inspector.

- Hi.

- Anything, Josh?

- Still cross-referencing

the computer files

we've managed to access

against the paperwork.

- I managed to uncover

27 companies

all with the same address.

- Shell companies?

- Exactly.

- A bit of an anticlimax,

if I'm honest.

- What do you mean?

- I expect a lot more

data than this.

I mean, if Hearst has the kind

of operation Bibi claims

- Those files must be

somewhere else.

- I reckon he has

a remote server.

- So, you have nothing?

- Not quite.

I'm heading to check

company registries

in the Chamber

of Commerce

to see if Richard Melnick

is mentioned

in any of the paperwork.

- And we're

gonna check out

the address of those companies.

This is what we do,

Christian.

- Blanchet, I'm gonna

text you a home address.

We need to get ECAB

over there ASAP.

- We provide clients

with a mailing address

without the cost

of a physical office.

There's nothing ill*gal

going on here.

- Then, you have

nothing to worry about.

- The same account pays

for all of these.

- Open them, please.

- Norah?

- No links to Melnick.

But 23 of the companies have

Stefanie Courtois listed

as company secretary.

- Hearst's assistant?

- Either she got paid

for her signature

or she knows more

than we thought.

- Ask Matis to bring

her back in.

- Already on it.

ECAB are en route as we speak.

- Good job, Norah.

- Can I disturb?

- Mila!

Ah!

- Welcome to Belgium.

- Good to finally

meet you in person.

- Yeah, we can finally

compare notes on the hack.

- Ah! I have nothing

new to report.

This takes priority.

Sorry if that's why you're

- Oh, no.

Richard Melnick's phone.

- Ah, of course.

- Yeah, I examined it,

but I couldn't find

anything of interest.

Christian wants you to check it

against your records.

- OK.

- Have you made

any progress on Hearst?

- One step forward,

two steps back.

I'm still going

through local files,

but so far, everything

seems legitimate.

My thinking is that

Hearst has a remote server.

- Locating that won't be easy.

- Tell me about it.

Thankfully, we've got

other avenues of investigation.

The lead that DS Wallace and

Christian are following up on.

Oh, sorry, I better

get back to this.

- Absolutely.

- There you go, sir.

- Thank you.

- Josh.

The phone is a dead end.

Don't waste your time on it.

- OK.

- Explain why the first I heard

that CTU's search warrant has

been extended to include me

was from our legal team

and not you?

- Something's wrong.

I think the Chief suspects.

- If that was the case,

you'd be in handcuffs.

- He's keeping

information from me.

It is too dangerous.

- Mila, you're jumping

to conclusions.

Is this your way of asking

for more money?

- No.

I can't do this anymore.

- You don't make decisions,

you do as you're told.

You're going to stay put

and keep me informed.

You wouldn't want anything

to happen to your mother.

I need you to take care

of something.

- It's under control.

- Not Hearst.

Something else.

And this takes priority.

- So, how was it?

- I messed up

a few bits.

He said I have

to practise more.

- Well, yeah, practice makes

- Perfect.

- Correct.

You know, it's not all

about being perfect.

- Can we have pizza

for dinner?

- Take a look at this.

- So, we have a Thomas Fellaini

who wanted to purchase

a warehouse

from a company called

Branx Industries.

Either on your radar?

- No.

This is exactly the same,

only a different date.

Twenty-seven mailboxes

and this is all we get.

- These may all be

shell companies.

- So, it's a waste of time.

- Branx Industries

own properties.

This is bricks and mortar.

It's a lead we can follow.

- OK. Let's see how far

Fellaini got with his enquiry.

- It's done.

- Boss.

- What are you doing here?

- The officers

called me.

They said a SUV

came out of nowhere.

There was nothing

they could do,

it happened

too fast.

- They should have been

following a security protocol.

What the f*ck were they

doing on a walkabout?

- They were under protection,

not arrest.

- And the vehicle?

- A dark red SUV.

We ran a check

on the license plates.

It matches with a car

that was stolen three weeks ago.

- Hi.

- How's the boy?

- OK. I want someone posted

outside Melnick's room.

You follow up on the SUV.

- OK, boss.

- It doesn't look good.

- And what about the boy?

- They're keeping him

overnight for observation.

He's lucky.

James took the brunt

of the impact.

- But this wasn't an accident.

I convinced James against

his better judgment

to get involved

in the investigation.

Now this.

- You don't know for sure

it's connected.

- We can't rule it out.

What if he knew something?

What if they were trying to take

him out before he told me?

- Sean.

I'm at the hospital now.

Put her onto me.

- How could you let

this happen?

- Bibi

- I told you to bring

Arthur to Ireland!

I told you these people

were dangerous

and you didn't believe me!

If you had done as I asked,

none of this would

have happened!

I will never forgive

you for this!

- I understand you're upset.

- Don't tell me

how I'm feeling,

you have no idea

what I'm going through!

They nearly k*lled my son!

I'm coming to Antwerp.

- That's not a good idea.

- I need to be with my son!

- I can't guarantee

your safety.

- Did Hearst give up Richard?

Answer me.

- No.

- So, you got nothing,

and now they know I've talked.

You put my family

at risk for nothing!

You are responsible

for this!

- It's me.

- She's not coming to Antwerp.

- She's determined.

- And you need to make

her see sense.

It's too dangerous.

- I'll do my best.

- No sign of Stefanie Courtois

at her home.

We searched the premises,

it's clear she left in a hurry.

- Was there any sign

of a struggle?

- No.

- Any indication of where

she might be going?

- Your guess is

as good as mine.

I've issued a red notice.

If she attempts to flee

the country, we will get her.

- James.

- Clear?

- Clear!

Clear?

- Clear.

- What's wrong?

- That was the hospital.

James Melnick is dead.

We can't think

about that now,

we need to stay focussed.

- Well, you're gonna have

to give me a minute.

We need to let Bibi know.

- Yeah.

See you inside.

- Come in.

Have they made the arrangements

to get me to Antwerp?

What's wrong?

- Is there anyone

I can call for you?

- Sean, I need to be

with my son.

I'm going to Antwerp,

protection or not.

And there's nothing

you can do to stop me.

- Mr. Fellaini,

a little over a year ago,

you sent this letter

to Branx Industries.

Correct?

- Yes, I sent this.

In fact, I sent

two letters.

There was this

derelict warehouse

in the outskirts

of Liege.

I wanted to develop

the land.

When I heard nothing back,

I decided to drive out there,

make him an offer face to face.

- What happened?

- Well, they made it quite clear

they weren't interested.

- My colleague,

DS Wallace.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- And who made it clear?

- The guy managing the place.

He wasn't even interested in

how much money I was offering.

He lost patience with me

when a van turned up,

so I cleared off.

- Do you see that man

in this photo?

Take a close look,

he would be older now.

- Yeah, that's him.

And I'm pretty sure

this guy was there as well.

He was driving the van.

- Can you give us the address

of the warehouse?

- Yeah, absolutely.

- You can't let that happen.

- There's no way of stopping

Bibi short of arresting her.

- Then call Gately.

We need the journey to be

as secure as possible.

Alright. Thanks, Sean.

Norah just texted to confirm

that Stefanie Courtois is

listed as company secretary

for Branx Industries as well.

- So, if we find evidence

linking this warehouse

to the bombings

- That means we have a confirmed

connection to Hearst.

Enough to push him to give up

Richard Melnick.

- Alright.

We'll let you know

when the building's clear.

- You're good to go?

- Yeah.

- Alright, guys, go.

- Police!

- Police!

- Police!

- Police!

- Police!

- Clear!

- Clear!

- Clear!

- OK, the building is clear.

We will now check

the adjacent buildings.

Alright?

- OK.

The building is secured.

Seal off the perimeter.

Send in the forensics.

Claire, I found something.

Breacher tape.

The same type

the bombers used.

Let's dust for expl*sives.

- Whoever it is,

they won't stop

unless you answer.

- Anything I need to know?

- We're running out of time.

- It's reading positive

for trace elements

of pentaerythritol

tetranitrate.

- PENT?

- Yes.

- Same as Antwerp.

- It's a b*mb-making factory.

We have them.

- All we have is evidence

connecting Hearst, Bibi

and Fionn to the bombings.

There's nothing directly

linking this building

to Richard Melnick

or Trestford.

- Yeah, we need to find another

way of breaking Hearst.

If we threaten him with terror

offences, that could push him,

but that means handing him

over to CTU.

- Absolutely not.

- It's the only way.

- You want me to hand over

my witness to CTU?

- Hearst will never

fold for CAB.

The threat of 20 years

behind bars,

that will scare the sh*t

out of him.

- And if it doesn't?

- Trust me, he'll break.

I can always get a warrant,

but the clock is ticking.

You just have to trust me.

- Sir, please follow us.

- About time.

Get my belongings

immediately, please.

- Gordon Hearst.

You're being transferred

to the Counterterrorist Unit

pending charges

under article 135

of the Criminal Code

covering t*rror1st offences.

- Woah! What are

you talking about?

This is bullshit.

I'm not going anywhere

until I speak to my lawyer.

- You can talk

to your lawyer at CTU.

- No, please. Take your hands

off me. Please.

I said take your hands off me!

Hey, get off me!

Get off!

You're hurting me!

I'm not a f*cking

t*rror1st!

- You'd better

hope this works.

- It's the only move

we have left.

We're on our way to CTU

to question him.

Any update at your end?

- Josh found a link

to the remote server.

- That's great.

- Not exactly.

It's protected by

a 24-character password.

Plus, we have no idea

where it's hosted,

so we can't get

physical access.

- Anything else?

- Sean called.

They're on their way.

- Already?

- Dorgan organized

a private plane for Bibi.

- Of course, he did.

As soon as we get

something from Hearst,

I'll be in touch.

- What are we supposed

to do in the meantime?

- Wait.

- Pfff! OK.

- Yeah.

- Well?

- They're not giving me

a time for questioning.

They'll take you

to a high security prison.

- That's ridiculous.

How long can they just

keep me locked up?

- For suspicion of involvement

in terrorism,

you can be held 20 days.

- What?!

That can't be right!

How can they lock me up

without a charge?!

- Because it's terrorism.

Gordon

I'll be honest with you,

terrorism is not

my area of expertise.

You need somebody experienced

in this kind of law.

- So, when everyone has arrived,

Mayor Peeters will say

some introductory words

about how momentous and

historic this agreement is,

and then talk about how much

Antwerp is looking forward

to a long and fruitful

partnership with Niskus Group.

That's your cue

to get ready.

Then, the Mayor will invite you

out to say a few words.

Did you get the draft

speech I sent?

- Yes. I've highlighted

some edits.

I'll send them to you.

- OK.

- Just a moment.

This is what

you're going to do.

- Hi, Chessa.

Does he know?

Good.

Why don't you take a break?

I'll sit with him.

- What happens

if Hearst refuses

to give up Melnick?

- That's not an option.

I need to get to

the bottom of this.

I have to find out

who's responsible.

- I get it.

- No, you don't.

You haven't seen what

a b*mb does to a body

or watched a man bleed out

on the street.

Every time I close my eyes,

I see their faces

the victims, Ortiz.

If it's not theirs,

it's Rivera's.

Now, even James.

All collateral damage.

- I can't be linked to terrorism.

- You will keep your mouth shut.

- I can't do it!

I can't do time!

- For what?

Greed,

control of a port.

- They can get to anyone.

Do not force their hand.

As long as you don't talk,

our families will be safe.

- You're right,

James was collateral damage.

The hit-and-run was a ploy

to show Bibi that you can't

keep Arthur safe.

This was all to get her to Antwerp.

- It's a trap.

- Hi.

Everything is going

to be fine, Arthur.

Mom is on her way.

- Hearst has to wait.