All language subtitles for The Romeo Section s01e02 Repel Monkey.eng

Previously on the Romeo Section...

[Wolfgang]: Could be a regime change coming
for the Red Mountain Triad.

The top man is ill.

You have a great opportunity.

Are you ready to take it?

This is the mythical General Wu?

[Wolfgang]: He could tell us

what the next 20 years
of the heroin trade

is going to look like.

[Professor Song]:
I cited something of yours,

from your
"Perspectives on Opium."

I can trust you with it?

[Wolfgang]: Who is he?

[Al]: A Mexican national,

a prosecutor.

He's holed up in a church,
trying to claim sanctuary.

I'd really love you if you
stopped smoking this shit.

She's talking about

telling her husband
we're having an affair.

I told you, she's ambitious.

I'm gonna need
a new right-hand man,

and I'm looking at you.

Dee just asked me,
in all fucking seriousness,

to kill her husband.

S01E02
Repel Monkey

sync and corrected by ninh
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[Female Reporter]:
Reporting from Ottawa

in the early hours
of the morning

that two Canadians
have been arrested in China

on charges of espionage.

Mr. Daniel Gascoyne
and his wife, Martha,

were working as school teachers
in Guangdong province,

and have been
well established in the area

for over a decade.

Shit. Shit!

Canadian Defense officials
have expressed dismay,

and deny the Gascoynes
are in any way connected...

Dammit!

To any Intelligence apparatus.

[cell phone rings]

I don't know if you heard,
but the Gascoynes got pinched.

The whole fucking world
heard about it.

When were they picked up?

About 48 hours ago.

Jesus Christ.

Anything else you can tell me?

I was hoping that you might
have heard something.

No, nothing,

which is unusual.

Leads me to wonder why not.

Why not?

Is this why the Service
is looking at me for a leak?

For the Gascoyne thing?

I'll dig into it.

Have the Gascoynes been active?

No. Quiet.

No meetings that we're aware of.

Should know more in a few hours.

I'd like to
get together in person.

Today would be good.

I'll get back to you.

Likewise if you hear anything.

Bastard.

Why is Vince's truck here?

I'm tuning it up.

He borrowed my car.

Do you have time to talk?

Not really.

Vince is coming to get the truck
any minute now...

Where were you last night?

- I called you a million times.
- I turned my phone off.

I had to get some sleep.

You'd better get going.

I'll call you later.

Rufus...

This is why I called.

Christ...

Vincent lost his shit on me.

I have to know
if you're with me.

I'm with you, but...

please, he's going to
be here any minute now,

and I'll see you later.

I got you a present.

I hope you like it.

It's practical anyway.

Thanks.

I'll call you.

[car honks a greeting]

I didn't find
anything wrong with it.

Probably just something
in the fuel line.

Runs fine.

Good news.

You know Dee a long time.

Sure.

Just about as long
as I've known you.

So you've noticed she's
looking a little cokey.

I wouldn't know, but...

I guess I've noticed.

She freaks out
every time I bring up divorce,

goes off on some binge,

disappears for a couple nights.

She came creeping in
this morning

at 6:00 a.m. with a black eye.

Says she hit it on a car door.

Could be she was
at some crack house,

she could be with somebody.

I had to stop caring
a long time ago.

I just...

I just don't want her
saying the wrong thing

to the wrong person right now.

We got a really good
opportunity.

It a game-changer,
for me, for everybody,

and Dee could really fuck it up.

I can see how that might happen.

So, I figure,

if she goes to rehab...

Rehab?

It's Dee you're talking about.

Yeah.

Can't you just buy her out?

Dee doesn't want out.

She wants my job.

She wants to run
the fuckin' thing.

I really need your help

to talk her into rehab.

She respects your opinion.

Until I tell her to go to rehab,

then I'm a douchebag.

If I were to...

try an intervention?

Intervention?
That's not gonna work.

I'm sorry, man.

If she could see that

if she just steps back now,

she can live in comfort forever,

buy a mountain of crack,
whatever.

You gotta help me out.

[sighing helplessly]

Sure. Whatever you want.

Come to my place
tomorrow for a barbecue,

we'll chill.

You're one of the only
sane guys I know, man.

You gotta do what you can.

[starts engine] Okay.

You got a little rattle
in the back of your trunk

you should check out.

[knocks politely]

[door squeaks sharply]

Good morning.

How do you feel?

A little bit foggy.

I could sleep forever.

Yeah, well, you've
been through a lot.

You make that bed

like a man that's
been in the military.

Habit.

[footsteps approach]

Listen, I'm afraid

I'm going to have to
put you through the wringer

for the next while.

I'm ready.

You'll have to
walk us through it all,

your life story.

No mistakes,

errors,

omissions.

They're very good at their job.

First question,

are you in imminent danger
here in Canada.

I believe it is quite possible.

Thought I'd find you here.

Wolfgang!

[dog barking]

Good God.

[exchanging kisses in greeting]

My movements have become
predictable, have they?

That's what retirement does.

What's troubling you?

I'm wondering if you've
heard anything recently.

Don't be silly.

I'm out of the loop.

Well, there's rumors
of a leak flying around,

and it seems I'm being
trotted out

for a good smearing.

So your time has come.

You poor thing.

I thought you
would find it amusing.

This is what happens
when they tire of us, my dear.

We grow bitchy,

and too much trouble
to keep around.

I didn't really think
I was all that bitchy yet.

Nobody does.

[chuckles ruefully]

Does this have any relation

to the recently detained
schoolteacher friends?

The Gascoynes.

You heard about that, did you?

I glance at a newspaper
every now and again.

Well, I'm sure
the Service thinks

I had something to do
with the arrests.

Why would they think that?

I'm just back from Hong Kong.

The Gascoynes were
on the mainland,

weren't they?

Yes, but Martha, the wife,

nipped across the bay
to meet me.

No husband.

Just for coffee.

It's never just for coffee

with you, though, is it?

She was worried

that Daniel was
having an affair.

It was a personal call.

I'd keep all that
under your hat,

if possible.

I'm feeling a titch
vulnerable on this one.

If The Service is truly
concerned about you,

three things will come to pass.

One, they will cut you off,

take away your cash flow,

make it difficult for you
to pay your assets.

Two, they'll
misdirect your focus.

Have you chasing up dead ends.

And three, they'll slowly begin
to feed you rotten intel.

If they haven't begun already.

Watch out for that.

Well, I admit,

retirement is starting
to sound more enticing,

before I wake up
on a Chinese prison farm.

I'm gonna go grab lunch
and pick up those parts.

Should be back in an hour.

Your father was the oldest.

_

_

_

_

I thought he was crazy.

But he understood,

to make things grow,

you need seeds.

_

_

_

No supply.

Every year,

it was like beginning
all over again.

[groans wearily]

Boom and bust, bust and boom.

We lost customers.

We were fighting over crumbs.

I worked on the street corner.

Every chance I got,

I put away
a little bit of product.

Your father did the same.

This way...

_

_

This was how we built

the Red Mountain.

[coughing thickly]

[starts engine]

[brakes screech]

[vomiting]

A lot of bid names coming through here.

Yes, we have
a good term coming up.

There's a gallery opening
you might be interested in.

A young artist from Beijing.

It's full, but I can put
your name on the list.

I'll be there.

Wonderful.

Okay, we'll do that, then.

So, my paper.

What was your impression?

It's very good.

It left me wanting
to know more context.

How long is the book
intended to be?

Currently it's clocking in
at a far too brief 1,100 pages,

and that's only half done.

Lots of dead ends
and dark alleys,

just not ready.

I would love to
have a peek someday.

[pouring]

Who was running
the schoolteachers?

Can we do this later?
I'm just heading into a meeting.

I won't keep you.
Who was running the Gascoynes?

Morrison runs them
out of our Beijing office.

What does Morrison
got to say for himself?

He's shocked
like everybody else.

He hasn't seen either
of the Gascoynes in weeks.

That's all?

That's all, buddy.

Why do I get the sensation
I'm being kept in the dark?

You are in the dark,

I'm in the goddamn dark.

Everybody's got their heads
up their asses lately.

You know how this works.

Has anyone asked you
anything directly about me?

Not yet, but I'll
probably get that call.

And?

And I'll tell them
you're the best man

we ever had the privilege
of working with.

When's the last time
you saw the Gascoynes?

Are you really
asking me that question?

Did you meet with them
on your recent trip over there?

Well, this is certainly
getting formal, isn't it?

The answer is no.

Thank you.

Now, I hope that's enough
to free up my finances.

I've been waiting for a week
for that money wire to drop.

I'll check with accounting.

You can see why a man
might be getting paranoid

if he wasn't already.

First, they come
for your money...

One thing has nothing to do
with the other, I assure you.

I will get you your money.

Oh, I'm so relieved.

I mean, what the fuck?

This the recent issue
of your rag?

Yeah.

You know, I've got a colleague
in the department

who's been cooking up some
pretty good things recently.

Well, have her
send over the pitch.

Now, what's the big picture
with that triad man?

Why the sudden interest?

Because if you maybe
come up with something big,

I.E., the mythical General Wu,

that would give them
something to think about.

Oh, he's just a myth, is he?

Well, where's the evidence?

I don't know if he's for real,

or if you've been chasing
a fucking ghost all this time.

Well, I can't be
entirely certain either,

to tell you the truth.

But you know what
you haven't asked me yet?

You haven't asked me anything
about our man in the church.

The one that was top priority,

remember that one?

Have you got someone
close to him yet, or what?

I'm not a miracle worker.

These things take time.

And by the way,

You were supposed to
get me the file on him.

You haven't.

There it is.

The story as we know it so far.

[coughing thickly]

Not hungry?

You gotta eat, my friend.

Can't eat.

You can't eat?

What is this, a hunger strike?

Sick.

You're sick
because you don't eat.

[coughing]

Have a couple bites, buddy,
you'll feel better.

[coughing and hacking]

Eva Walker?

Can I help you?

You could slow down a little.

Do I know you?

I'm Rupert Holmby.

I'm a government man.

What is that supposed to mean?

Well, it means that

you pay part of my salary,

if you're the tax-paying sort,

which I have my doubts about.

I've seen you before.

That's right.

In the church.

Yes,
and I will be more impressed

if you can remember
what colour tie I was wearing.

You can call that number anytime

to verify
I'm with the government.

Is there somewhere we can talk?

What's wrong with right here?

Well...

it can't be very comfortable.

With that steak
stuffed down your back,

the one you just boosted
from the grocery store.

What would you say
if I gave you $50

to go back to the store
and pay for it?

What the fuck is this?

I've got a cushy
little job for you,

$200 a day,

but I need to know

that you won't be doing
anything stupid like shoplifting

in the future.

So, you go back to the store,

pay for the steak,

and whatever else
50 bucks buys you.

Bring me the receipt,

and I'll tell you more about it.

Or you can just keep the steak,

and the 50,

don't come back,

and I'll forget all about you.

I'll wait 10 minutes,

that's all.

How do you like your steak?

Medium.

Very good.

You're not eating?

Not hungry yet.

There you are.

What do you do exactly?

To your health.

Dig in.

I don't do very much, really,

but I do find good people
to do things on my behalf.

Talented people like yourself.

Yeah, what's my talent?

Your discrete powers
of observation.

What am I
supposed to be observing?

There's a man hiding in your church,
isn't there?

There's a lot of men come and go.
I don't pay much attention.

I think you do.

I can offer you $200

every day you report back to me

on what you observe
inside the church.

What did he do?

Who?

Miguel.

Is that his name?

That's what
the minister told me.

There you go.

You see? I'm learning already.

Miguel.

[door opens]

Hello, dear.

Hi.

- Can I help you?
- No, just checking.

You like wine?

Isn't that
the whole point of wine,

to like it?

I wasn't expecting anybody.

I would have cleaned up.

- I didn't say a word.
- Yeah.

But I can observe you observing.

You'll let me know
if you're interested.

Thanks for dinner.

Hey.

You weren't wearing a tie.

I hope you'll decide
to help us both out.

So sorry I'm late.

It's still early.
I'm glad you made it.

Where's the man of the hour?

That's him, in the dark glasses.

And do his handlers
have him on a leash?

No, he's a star.

And he's making a killing
in the international market.

Cachet.

Art of the oppressed.

I'm more of a classicist myself.

[chuckling]

He represents the new
freedom of expression

in the People's Republic.

Bit of a cultural
propaganda campaign.

Well, I guess you go
with whatever works.

May I introduce you?

Yes.

Ni hao.

This is Professor McGee.

[speaks Chinese]

How do you do?

I understand from his handler

what he really likes to do

is to get really drunk
and sing opera.

Oh, a man after my liking.

Without the opera bits.

Do you want another?

- Sure.
- I should do the rounds,

but don't leave without me.

Would you mind?

Thank you.

[knocking impatiently]

- Hey, hon'.
- Hey.

I brought you takeout.

Ribs and wings.

Thanks.

I'm starving.

So, you been thinking about us?

Where we're going?

I'm willing to
entertain the idea,

how's that?

I suppose it's a place to start.

First off,

the first person they're
going to look at for it is you.

You realize that.

Why would you assume that?

They always
check the spouse out first.

Lots of bangers getting shot,

one or two a week.

Lots of people pissed at Vince.

Lotta jealousy in the air,

lotta young guns.

Okay, I see you've been doing some
thinking on this already.

Little bit.

Just some ideas.

Not sure I wanna share 'em yet.

Only one I'm going to share with
is the one who's gonna do it.

Okay,

I got a few words
to say about it,

about the whole approach...

and I think putting Vince
out of the way

has gotta be the last step
of a very careful plan.

Obviously.

He's just promoted me.

That's huge.

I want to settle in
and prove myself first,

do my job.

Vince has got the connections...

My connections mostly.

I went to high school
with these guys,

Sanjay, Boots, Red?

We don't need Vince.

I'm only talking about letting me
settle in for a while...

It's sales.

That's all it is.
It's nothing new.

You could be selling vitamins.

We don't need him.

Go ahead, you were saying.

I'm only talking
six months or a year.

So I'm gonna be his punching bag

for another year?

I'd kill him with my bare hands
before the six months was up.

I can't talk to you
when you're like this.

Like what?

Never mind.

Come on, you opened
your mouth, you said it.

You're doing a lotta dope.

So, why you think that is?

I'm fucking anxious.

I got Vince, who looks at me like
he wants to stick me

in a barrel of acid.

You don't see
the other side of him,

behind closed doors,
curtains drawn,

when all the poison comes out...

No, I don't need a fuckin' hug.

I know that
we have to be careful

and do it right.

I just don't know
if you're up to it.

Did I ever tell you

about my Turkish towel boy?

I would have remembered.

Ah, I'll never top him.

Sources come, and they go.

You invest everything
you've got in them.

Everything.

And then it all goes bust.

Then sometimes,

something just floats
down from the heavens

and lands in your lap,

and you almost miss it

because it's so ludicrous.

I almost missed this one.

That once-in-a-decade asset.

I'm not convinced
they exist anymore.

Mind, it was Ottawa

in the '80s.

The baths.

The kid was getting banged
by everyone,

Russians and Americans alike.

Then I opened my eyes

and I saw his treasure chest

glistening right in front of me.

He had access
to the dressing rooms,

their clothes, their briefcases,

conversations,

everything.

Literally with their pants down.

He got less discrete
as time went on,

but still,

I'll never forget that kid.

What's he's doing now?

Something fucking
brilliant, I hope.

[clinking glasses]

All right, Al,

let's set sail,

race out to the point and back.

I gotta have a leak.

You hungry?

Know what, you can just
drop me at the beach,

and I'll make my way from there.

[laughing]

You can take the skiff.

Perfect.

[splashes]

There we go.

[groans and chuckles]

That's the game...

Oi!

What the fuck are you doing?

It's the middle
of the fucking night.

It's all right,
I've caught the tide.

Thanks, Al!

Lovely skiff.

Jesus Christ...

[groans]

[knock on door]

Professor?

What?

Someone's here for you.

Sake.

Who?

Oh, hi.

Uh, come in.

Thank you.

- Thanks, Kelly.
- Yup.

Come in, please.

I brought umeboshi.

Ah, you are a lifesaver.

- Thank you.
- Have a seat.

How late did it go
at the gallery?

Oh, just another hour or so.

What a great space this is.

Yes, well, I'm
dug in here like a tick.

Someday, there'll have
to be an excavation.

Is that your opium book?

Uh, part of it.

How long has this
been in the works?

Uh, better part of a decade now.

Oh.

Yes, the Dean casually suggested
the other day

that I take a sabbatical
to finish it.

Well, that's great.

Well, I'm suspicious.

I think a sabbatical
is just the first step

towards the exit door.

Nonsense.

Here.

Oh, look at that.

Give it a shot.

[chuckles]

How is it?

Uh... [clears throat].

Well, it certainly made me
forget about my hangover.

[cell phone warbles]

Oh, sorry.

[sighs] He keeps texting me.

Who?

Jiang. The artist.

You have a fan.

I'm gonna shut it off.

We're ready for you again.

They have these sticks
they carry,

I don't know what you call it.

Batons.

Yes. Batons,

and that's what they use,

and they take it,

and they rape you with it...

and they rape
the man next to you

with the same baton.

And so on.

When you say "they,"

is this the police,
or the cartels?

The police or the cartels.

Yes, but which one was it
in this instance?

Can you tell me the difference
with a blindfold on?

The police are the cartels.

The cartels are the police.

And do you know where it was you
were being held?

No.

I was taken blindfolded
and left that way for months.

My eyes have not recovered.

You also have some hearing loss?

I am partially deaf.

They fired their guns off
beside my head many times.

I have a permanent ringing.

Loud.

Like your church bells.

Why did they pick you up?

It was for
tax evasion, they said.

My wife, too.

I never saw her again,
after they took her away.

The police or the cartels?

I told you, they are the same.

You tell Dee you'd take the job.

Yup.

She gave me this.

Okay.

She is the eager type.

[scoffs]

She's not convinced I can do it.

If it comes to cutting Dee
out of the picture,

still think you can do that?

How would that work?

You'd testify to the feds

that she solicited you
to commit murder.

Somebody offers her a plea deal.

She gets her half in the divorce

and relocates,

or she does time.

You'd be in no danger.

Wow.

You've grown attached.

We all do.

You'll get over it.

[partiers laugh and holler]

Dee hit on you yet?

Hell no.

She will. She'll try
and poison you against me.

That's not gonna happen.

You'll see.

Just let me know if she has any plans
for me and a car bomb.

[chuckles] Yeah.

I'll let you know
if I hear anything.

The sooner she's in rehab,
the easier I sleep.

You clean out your car?

Mm-hmm.

Good. No questions.

Nope. I get it.

Hey, Cindy...

I wanna talk to you
about selling the house.

- Yeah?
- Yeah. Don't tell Dee.

Hey, handsome.

Gimme a triple gin and tonic.

Am I going to see you later?

I have to hang around
and clean up.

Do you like my present?

Very thoughtful of you.

Looks good on you.

See?

She's trying to wind me up.

I can't take it anymore.

Hello.

Hi.

Are you hungry?

There's lots left over
in the kitchen.

No.

I'm just craving a cigarette.

You want one of mine?

I can't go outside.

Follow me.

Come on.

Oh, wow.

This is really nice up here.

This is great.

It must drive you crazy,

being cooped up
in here all alone.

I actually find it
quite peaceful.

Especially the night time.

What are you guys
doing in there?

Are they interviewing you?

Yes.

About what?

About how I got here.

How did you get here?

I'm sorry, I don't think
I have the energy.

[chuckling] That's okay.

It's none of my business.

But thank you
for showing me this place.

I think I'll be needing
more cigarettes

now that I know it is possible.

I usually leave a pack up here.

You're always welcome to mine
whenever you're hurting.

[coughing thickly]

Pneumonia.

We are in
the advanced stage now.

Set him up on oxygen.

[coughing and wheezing]

What do they pay
at Western Strategy,

do you know?

Shh-shh-shh, thinking, thinking.

Hmm, who is this gorgeous woman?

Which one?

Yeah, looks like
somewhere in the Greek Islands.

Uh... Oh, that's Marietta.

She was studying witchcraft.

Things got a bit intense.

I was never sure

when something strange
would end up in my soup.

Lovely though.

Mm-hmm.

All right.

There we go.

Time for cocktails.

"Sanctuary first came
into international law

"blah-blah-blah-blah...

"re-emerged

during the mass exodus
of the 20th Century."

Okay, and it's right in here

that I think
you could spice it up

and insert this quote from Hugo.

About Quasimodo?

It's when you're talking about

the demonization
of the outsider.

That is Hugo
describing the hunchback.

Read it out loud.

"We shall not attempt
to give the reader an idea

"of that tetrahedron nose,

"that horseshoe mouth,

"that small left eye

"overshadowed
by a red bushy brow,

"while the right eye
disappeared entirely

"under an enormous wart,

"of those straggling teeth
with breaches here and there

"like battlements of a fortress,

"of that horny lip,

"over which
one of those teeth projected

"like the tusk of an elephant,

"of that forked chin,

"and, above all,

"of the expression
diffused over the whole,

"that mixture of malice,

"astonishment, and melancholy.

"Let the reader, if he can,

figure to himself
this combination."

I am not going to speak
many words.

_

_

Some of us speak
different languages,

but we all have spoken
the same words.

We all have taken the same oath,

and that makes us brothers.

Gan Bei!

[all replying] Gan Bei!

[all chatting together]

[violent shouting
and arguing inside]

[Dee screaming]

Out of my house!

Out! Get the fuck out!

[screaming and arguing]

Don't you... [shouts and screams]

Don't you fucking touch me!

Take your hands off me!

Come here, goddamn it!

Get the fuck... Don't touch me!

Fuck away from me!

[screaming and smashing]

You little bitch,
you little bitch!

Get the fuck out of the way!

You fuckin'...

[screaming
and smashing continues]

[screaming] Get!

Out!

Out of my house!

Out!

Looks like I'm staying
at your place.

Is Dee okay?

She's just getting
started. Let's go.

[screaming and raging continues]

Out of my fucking house!

Get the fuck out!

[screams echo and fade]

[man's voice]:
And last but not least,

an interesting report
from the west coast.

Romeo 1.

[2nd man's voice]:
Saving the best for last.

What does he got to say
for himself?

Or herself?

Do we know which by the way?

No, sir.

I'd be curious.

- Go on.
- Yes, sir.

The gist of it is, Romeo reports

that the capital inflow
from the People's Republic

remains unabated,
if anything, it's an uptick,

and that's consistent
with patterns globally.

The PRC appears to be
covering all bets.

In Beijing, under cover of
an anti-corruption action,

the new regime
is targeting opponents

in a broad smear campaign,

to great success.

Same old ball game.

There's more about that,
then another bit

on the events in Latin America,
and Romeo's opinion

on the teachers detained
in the Guangdong Province.

Okay, you leave that with me.

And that's enough
for now, thanks.

Thank you, Prime Minister.

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