All language subtitles for The Romeo Section s01e10 A String of Pearls.eng

Previously on the Romeo Section...

Are you fucking kidding me?

We got a few more bags
down here than we counted on.

If the dope's gone,
it's Rufus that pulled it off.

What's her name?

She's a liability.

And that's what I told Wolfgang.

Have you at any time

been in the employ
of a foreign government?

No.

She's been trained for this.

Like we all were.

Perhaps it's time
we all returned to China.

She's alive,

living in Mexico.

I want Eva.

And I would like to have
an hour alone with her.

So, yeah, that's it.

I'm on my own.

Let's see
how that works out for you then.

Oh, my god, my husband
just shot an intruder!

I think they're both dead!

Please help me. Oh, my God!

S01E10
A String of Pearls

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Hey, where are you?
I haven't seen you in a week.

Fucking call me!

Who keeps calling you?

One of those fucking
debt collectors.

Let's go.

I want to see her.

Gascoyne does not want
to speak to anyone right now.

She wants to spend time
with her family.

She left a big piece
of her family behind

in the People's Republic.

What does that tell you?

That tells me

that we got ripped off
at the bargaining table.

Or more likely,
that Daniel has changed teams,

which has gotta
get you wondering

if they're sending Martha back
as a dangle.

We're taking all precautions
in how we handle her return.

I want to see her.

The last thing this needs
is you muddying the waters.

She's my recruit.

I want to find out
what they got out of her.

And whatever her goddamn husband
has been telling them.

Martha Gascoyne is under wraps,

and she's gonna remain that way
for quite some time.

Leaving so soon.

My dope is gone, informant's dead.

I know when to cut my losses.

Sounds to me like shit's
just warming up.

Well, here's a tidbit for the road.

Last meeting
before he got killed,

Vincent was telling me
about a guy named Rufus.

Rufus Decker.

You know him.

Been hearing the name.

Well, apparently,
he offed some guy in his crew

just to move up the food chain.

Guy by the name of Rick Frost.

Vince said he dumped
the body in the bay.

That's a pretty good
little tidbit.

I'll see what washes up.

Vincent said to check his boat,

it's probably swimming in DNA.

Anyway, I hope
that buys me a pass

next time I'm up here
on business.

I believe it might just.

Rupert...

Hey.

You could have a problem
with your friend, Rufus,

down on the docks.

What are you hearing?

Sounds like
he could be connected

to the murder
of the number two guy

behind Vincent Taggart.

He's the chief of
the Red Mountain puppet crew.

Well, I think there's
a job opening.

Vincent Taggart got shot
dead the other night,

along with another guy.

Who's looking good for it?

They like Vincent's wife.

She's saying that her husband
shot an intruder,

who shot back...

I could put you in touch
with the detective who's on it.

No, I'd rather
you stay the middle man.

You think your guy is involved?

Hard to say.
I mean, anything's possible.

Yeah.

You know where
he keeps his boat?

Should I come with you?

No, I'm good.

Stick to the story.

It's not a story.
It's what happened.

Right.

You want me to wait?

No.

The last time took two hours.

I don't mind.

I'll be fine.

[cell phone ringing]

You feeling okay today?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Did you find Vincent's will?

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, we can
talk about it after.

What did it say?

Did he write me out of it?

Yeah.

You gotta burn it.

I'm not glad he's dead.

I'm relieved.

Do you know a Rufus Decker?

Yes.

How long have you known him?

A long time.

Almost five years, I think.

What about Rick Frost?

Do you know him as well?

Rick is my husband's...

Was my husband's best friend.

We've been trying to locate him.

Last I heard,

he was in Montreal
to see his family.

How does this relate
to the investigation?

We don't know.

What about Rufus?

He dropped me off here today.

Did you ever solicit someone
to kill your husband?

Say again?

Did you ever ask someone
to kill your husband?

Why do that

when I could just
handle it myself if I needed to?

My client is under
a good deal of stress.

I hope you recognize sarcasm

when you hear it.

Did I solicit murder?

Where did that come from?

He's just baiting you.

Don't let your
thoughts run wild.

You say that like it's easy.

We gotta deal with the will.

Where the Chinese supplied
both labor and opium

as they mined

and built the rail roads
across the west.

Now, nothing new here,

except that this strategy
has been given a name,

"The String of Pearls,"

a strategy
to gain access to ports,

develop diplomatic relations,

and to protect
Chinese commercial interests,

leading many to wonder,

is this just a precursor
to something larger?

I invite you to immerse
yourselves in this question.

Are we, here,

a pearl on a string?

We need four passports
for safe passage home.

Only three.

You're not accompanying
your father?

I need to stay.

Are you falling in love?

Good.

I hope you can
protect your heart.

We're in a delicate place.

He is suspicious.

More than a lover's doubts.

If he is suspicious...

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Confess what?

Everything.

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I'm, uh, looking for a patient,

Mr. Chan?

Are you family?

Yeah, he's my uncle.

You need to check in
at security.

Bossman around?

He's in the kitchen.

What's happening, Wing?

How's the investigation going?

Any developments?

I dropped Dee off
for another interview today.

Is she reliable?

Lawyer says they got
no evidence against her,

so it's looking good.

We need to move things along,

make new arrangements
for transport.

Yeah, I've been
thinking that over.

What's your deal
with the Mexicans?

They've got distribution
all across the Midwest,

and can't meet the demand.

Can you maintain Vincent's
contacts at the port here?

That's where Dee comes in.

Her dad's the O.G. down there
at the Longshore Hall.

Dee put the whole crew together,

Vince just hopped on her back

to ride her connection
to her old man.

Does her father
have any connections

at the port in San Pedro?

I believe he might, yeah.

You're thinking about
shipping it by boat?

It's an option.

Think about it.

Come on in.

The String of Pearls strategy.

Still singing
that old song, huh?

Ringing the alarm bell.

How did you get in?

The plumbers let me in.

The plumbers are not
supposed to be in here.

They should.

Have you had a look at
that mold on your ceiling?

You could catch something.

What do you want?

Well, the good news,

regarding the whole
Martha Gascoyne affair is,

the Service has
narrowed down their leak

to a couple of candidates.

[chuckles] Bad news is
you're still one of them.

What possible bearing
does this have

on my life today?

You have now been
formally invited

on a date with Mr. Sproule

and his polygraph machine.

Sproule can piss off.

Who are the other candidates?

You know I won't tell you that.

This interview will
happen voluntarily,

or it will happen
through the lawyers.

Well, you know this is
going in the memoir,

under the chapter...

"Of all the assholes
I've ever known..."

That's a silly thing to say.

You know that's exactly
why they're paranoid,

that you might publish
this stupid thing.

You may not be aware,

but they do not
appreciate criticism.

You've been lying down with
the dogs too long, my friend.

There's concern
that maybe this leak

might have something to do
with your new lady friend.

I don't have any idea
who you're referring to.

Professor Lily Song,
ring any bells?

You fucking bastard.

You put the screws to Helen.

It didn't take much.

She's as concerned about you
as I am.

Haven't you
done enough to Helen?

You've lost
all perspective, my good man.

You've been drinking
your own swill.

Bring Professor Song in,
and I can properly vet her.

I'm not going to do that.

This is going to happen
whether you agree to it or not.

And you should have
that mold looked at.

All those little black spores
flying about?

[shudders]

I wouldn't risk it myself.

[wincing]

[Rufus]: This is the one.

Can I help you?

What kind of engine
you got in this?

Uh, it's a Jimmy 12-71.

Huh.

How's she ride?

Like a baby in a cradle.

What are you thinking
of using her for?

Tuna.

My buddy here, he's, um...

He supplies the Asian markets.

What can she carry?

60 ton.

If you come on board,
I can give you a tour.

Where you gonna be fishing?

Where the fish are.

Well, let me know when
you figure that one out.

Mind if I take
a look at the engine?

Help yourself.

Look, I...

I got a pot of mud on
if you want.

- Hey.
- Hey.

What are you asking?

1.5 million.

I've put that into her already.

[Wolfgang]: I've been told

they'd like to take the next step.

[Lily]: What is that?

I don't know.

They'll contact you directly.

I think they want me
out of the loop.

Can I say I want you with me?

You can try,

but I don't think
that'll go anywhere.

I shouldn't have said anything.

I should have just
kept it all to myself.

Look what I've done.

Can I back out?

I don't want to do this.

They'll only just
hound you till you agree.

[elevator dings]

[whispering]

[whispers]: Get back into bed.

Shh!

He has just fallen asleep.

I can come back.

Go, quickly. To the left,

sign out with Security.

Hurry.

That was quick.

My brother was sleeping.

I'll come back later.

Professor Song?

Yes?

Excuse me for not
setting up an appointment,

but I was in the area,
and I took a chance.

You're a friend of Wolfgang.

I've known Professor McGee
a very long time.

I was hoping we could make
an appointment for you

to come to a meeting
at our offices.

I don't want to impose
on your professional time.

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I've been approached
by a Mr. Sproule.

Are you familiar?

Don't recognize the name, no.

[sighs heavily]

I don't have a polygraph handy,

but I doubt it couldn't
tell me anything

I don't already know.

That's very cryptic.

We have that
in common, don't we?

How so?

"How so?"

You are not who
you've pretended to be

and I am not
who I've pretended to be.

Is that not so?

You go first.

I'll try to follow along.

I know who you are.

I've been encouraged

by the People's Republic
Intelligence Service

to become friendly with you.

Well done.

You've delivered.

The hitch is,

I've also
fallen in love with you.

And I believe you've also
fallen in love with me.

Yes, I have.

Were you assigned to recruit me?

No, I did that
on my own initiative.

So... I know,

and you know,

what we're both up to.

And the important
thing for me now

is that we continue
to love each other.

The rest is detail.

Say something.

You just said it for me.

You're the woman
that I've waited for,

and I don't want to let you go.

[boisterous conversations]

Scabies.

Scabies in the eye?

I didn't know that was possible.

Yeah, it came
as news to me, too.

Does it hurt?

It's itchier than
you would believe.

It's all I can do

to keep from clawing
the whole goddamn thing out.

Are they giving you anything?

Oh, yeah, they keep us
doped up real good here,

otherwise they'd have a mutiny.

I'm getting you
out of this place.

I've survived worse.

Things are gonna change.

I got a raise.

A big one.

Now, that doesn't
surprise me at all.

Pretty soon, you won't have to
get your hands dirty at all.

You'll have your own crew,
your own garage.

Maybe I could come down
and tinker about.

We'll see.

You know, those garages
do pretty good business,

especially if you have
a lot of women customers.

I don't rip anybody off.

Mr. Integrity.

Yeah, who knows
where I got it from.

[players cheering excitedly]

Fucking Mahjong, all day long.

You're not staying for supper?

Can't.

But you should pack up

and be ready to move next week.

I'll believe it when I see it.

Leave me a couple smokes?

Thanks, son.

We're informal at
this stage, Professor,

so we're not recording
any of this.

Good. Neither am I.

Let's start at the beginning.

How did you come to know
Professor Wolfgang McGee?

Ah, well,

I had heard of him
before I met him, of course.

A grad student quoted
something of his in a paper.

I found it insightful.

I have to admit, I did
a little cyber stalking before.

But that didn't
turn up much at all.

So, I made it my habit

to try and run into him
accidentally,

and I managed to do that,

and we began to talk
about his work,

in particular a book
about his years in China.

One thing led to another,

a cup of tea to dinner,
dinner to dancing.

You know how it goes.

Why?

Wind down.

It's good for you.

They're going to steal
my fucking asset.

Ah...

Is that all she is now?

You've fucked me out of a prize.

Take a pill.

She's not your problem anymore.

I'm sure you can continue
to enjoy her benefits

until you tire of her.

That's neither here nor there.

The point is,

I can't fucking
trust you anymore.

Did you ever, really?

Who have you ever trusted
anyway?

That's what made you
a good recruit,

and a good professor,

and a lonely, vulnerable man!

As you know,

that campus has become
something of a hub

and a hunting ground

for foreign intelligence.

Research and patent theft,

all that sort of thing.

I hear the rumours.

We need all the help we can get

leveling the playing field.

That's where we think
your eyes and ears

would be of great service
to the country.

Is this the kind of work
Wolfgang does for you as well?

Professor McGee
has been a good patriot,

that's all I can say about that.

Of course.

Well,

I'm happy to help any way I can.

Fantastic.

I would only ask for
some kind of assurance

that myself and my family

aren't in any danger
of reproach from the PRC.

This arrangement

would be totally confidential.

We would train you.

So who will I be reporting to?

To Bill here.

Directly.

Anytime.

Your money is offshore.

Here's the swift number.

Let me know if you have
any trouble.

Appreciate that.

You earned it.

Oh, I got the skipper
of that boat down to 900k,

and he's willing
to stay on as skipper

until I get the hang of her.

Excuse me.

Get on the fucking ground!
Face down!

Hands behind your fuckin' back!

Rufus Decker?

- What the fuck is this?
- Shut the fuck up.

Get him on his feet.

- What's the charge?
- Being a fucking asshole.

I fucking knew it.

I know you're riding a high

from pulling off
that slick trick

down on the docks,

but you seem to forget

that without my blessing,

you're going to spending
the rest of your life

in jail.

And this is what happens
when you ignore me.

Fuck that.

I told you, we're done.

We're fucking done?

I'll fucking tell you
when we're done.

I will fucking tell you
when we're done!

Tell me

about this murder.

I don't know
what you're talking about.

You don't know
what I'm talking about.

No fucking idea.

Yeah, you know why?

Because you can't fucking decide
which murder it is

I'm talking about, can you?

Because you've been
involved in a few.

[scoffing]

You've gone fucking mad,
you know that?

Let me make this fucking
plain for you.

Rick Frost,
Vince's number two man,

all of a sudden, he disappears,

and you move on up.

Now you're tight with Vince,

you're balling his wife,

you pull off this big job
for the new triad man.

Oh, look at you.

Look at fuckin' you!

And then a little fuckin' bug
worms its way up your nose

and into your brain,

because you've tasted
real blood and real power...

and you like it.

You'd know all about that,
wouldn't you?

You've probably
got a hard-on right now.

You're a fuckin' psychopath.

You murdered someone,

I've got the evidence
and the witnesses.

You've got sweet fuck all on me.

There are no witnesses,
because I didn't kill anybody.

That doesn't mean
there aren't people

willing and eager
to fucking say that you did.

Don't forget where I found you,

and don't fucking forget this...

You are mine,
until one of us is dead.

I guess the clock is ticking
on that one, isn't it?

I guess it fucking is.

[handcuffs rattling]

You had us worried
there for a sec.

Everything good?

You guys, get some professional
cleaners over to the garage

and clean your cars out, too.

I don't want a single thing

tying us back to the docks
or Vince.

We're gonna have eyeballs on us
from here on out.

We can't be sloppy.

Get going.

I got some other shit
to take care of.

There she is again.

Professor Lily Song.

She keeps popping up.

Hmm.

Where'd you take these?

At the hospital.

She was visiting the General

on his deathbed.

Thanks.

How did it go?

No surprises.

I met with Mr. Sproule
and a Mr. Bill West.

West, what did he look like?

Mid 50s, bald,

very formidable.

What do they want?

They want my help.

Well, I have a feeling
that they may rethink that

once they find out
whose daughter you are.

Whose daughter am I?

I remember you telling me

that your father was
a military man.

He was.

Does he still go by the name
General Wu?

In certain circles,

yes.

I want to meet him.

If you and I
are going to continue

down this road together,

it's a necessity.

All I want is
a friendly conversation

that both he and I
can walk away from.

You can make that happen.

You are asking a lot of me.

Look at the roots.

How they grow
uncontrolled like that.

I had forgotten how
marvellous this tree is.

Father...

I have something to ask you.

Yes, my treasure.

It's unorthodox.

Go ahead.

The professor.

He wants to meet with you.

He knows we are family?

Yes.

How?

I don't know yet.

My father has agreed to meet you

if you are able to guarantee
his safe return to China.

That sort of thing is not
so easily done these days.

He's sick,

and he doesn't want
to die away from home.

My father, my mother,
and my uncle.

Three passports.

You get them to Hong Kong,
we'll handle it from there.

"We?"

You're going with him?

This is a very tall order.

[quietly] I know
I'm asking a lot of you.

I'm not going to
play a whore, Tony.

It's a good part.

She's not a whore,

she just makes up her mind
to do whatever it takes

to get revenge.

I'm tired of gangster movies.

I want to do a drama.

I got one for you.

Mata Hari.

She was a dancer and a spy...

I know who she was.

She was shot by firing squad.

Not exactly a happy ending.

Maybe a great opening.

One woman,

facing a dozen men with rifles.

And she refuses a blindfold.

We're not doing a period movie,

they kill you.

It's contemporary.

Tony...

Get me something
to read about her,

and I'll think about it.

You got a company
we can take off the shelf

and set up quickly?

Yeah, I got a couple
start-ups papered,

ready to go,

or maybe you could
acquire something

that's already in the business.

I can sniff around.

You can raise money here?

Better in L.A.

Here is better.

I'd like to see
some outside investors involved.

Not too many, but a few.

We need to...
co-mingle the money.

Co-mingle, yeah, I get it.

I think I know a couple
of solid citizens

might appreciate the opportunity
to help you out.

You're clean, right, Tony?

On nobody's shit list?

Clean,

no heat whatsoever.

She's my wife,

nothing bad happens to her.

Whatever it takes,
the picture's a success,

okay?

Absolutely.

No problem.

Whatever it takes.

Miguel trusts you.

Not anymore.

He wants to see you,

that's a condition
of his coming in.

Look, I don't know how much
you care for this guy,

but maybe you can convince him,

'cause he is dead

the second he crosses over
the Mexican border.

I betrayed him
over and over and over again.

Why would he listen?

Good to see you.

There's gotta be more than that.

Miguel's got the attention
of all three countries.

There's some safety in that.

But it's not sanctuary, is it?

Where is he?

There.

I had to see you one last time

to tell you...

I lied to you.

We both lied.

From the beginning.

About everything.

Not about everything.

It doesn't matter.

They have my wife.

I must go back.

What do you want from me?

Forgiveness.

Me too.

I'm done.

Let's go.

Can I do something for you?

Got a good lead on the General.

So he's not a ghost after all.

I'll know for sure soon enough.

Yeah, I've heard that before.

Well, this is
an excellent source.

A possible Gold Mountain.

I won't bother asking who.

Tony Zhao, the producer.

Remember him?

[chuckles] Of course.

I gifted him to you.

Just wanted to
thank you for that.

Looks like the gift is finally
starting to give back.

What have you got there?

Scottish.

Hmm.

The smell of good earth.

How can we help each other?

I was released from
the labour camp

with the help of
our Secret Service.

Went to Hong Kong with
many of our old troops.

We turned to crime.

I have seen regimes come and go,

government and underworld.

They go hand-in-glove.

And you?

Not so different.

I was posted in Latin America,

saw a bit of
the cocaine trade develop,

then China, then the southwest,

the golden triangle.

[chuckles] I know it well.

Perhaps we passed in the night.

Would you consider
sharing information?

To what end?

Open a back door.

Soft diplomacy.

Yes.

Exchange views.

Avoid conflict.

Gain insight.

What would you do

with information we exchange?

I'd learn something.

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