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Never had you down as a weekends weapons handler.

Sorry, Colin, what?

I never had you down as a weekends weapons handler.

Same goes for you.

Yeah, well you know,

I'm just quite into ballistics.

You're drifting.

Am I?

Looks like it.

I guess you probably know why you're drifting.

Yes, I probably do.

May I?

I used to do a bit of biathlon.

You know there's skiing in it.

Yeah, I know what it is.

That's the thing about guns.

You can never train for the real thing.

I've got friends in the army, SO 19.

They all tell me that. - Yeah?

Does it change them, you know, as people?

A little, not surprising really.

I mean, they've just seen a bullet that they've fired

hit another living, breathing person,

maybe even killed them.

I mean, once you've seen that,

can you ever look at anything with the same eyes?

No going back.

Tell me about it.

Thanks for giving up your Saturday mornings to be here.

Believe me, it won't be the last time in this job.

Working with secrecy means that you're gonna be living

with secrecy to the end of your careers,

maybe even the end of your lives

and the effect on relationships outside of this building

is not to be underestimated.

Sorry, I'm sorry.

Must teach new spies.

Must teach now. - Okay, bye.

We thought we'd put together a workshop

to talk to you about this

'cause it's something that people feel very affected by

when they're working

and no one's ever spoken to recruits about it before.

Well, I had asked one

of our senior colleagues from section B

to talk to you on this very subject, but, uh.

- Hi. - Uh, Zoe.

Sorry, hello.

Zoe, would you mind just giving a few words

of advice to one new recruits?

Get an overdraft.

On the subject of relationships.

Yeah, of course.

Right, well, having a relationship outside of these walls

is, well, it's almost impossible.

The only people that can fully understand or appreciate

or support you in your life are the people

that you share this job with

or at least that's what the people here

will try and tell you and I used to think that too,

but you know what, it's just not true.

It is possible to find happiness

outside the knowledge circle

or whatever it is they like to call it now

and I know that it sounds stupid,

but it's just about meeting the right person and to do that,

you are gonna need to set the bar very, very high

'cause they are gonna need to be fabulous.

They're gonna need to be somebody completely

and utterly fabulous.

- Ruth. - It's open.

Just to make sure it's.

Back in registry first thing Monday.

Eric Newland, do you know him?

Yeah, he was blackboard effectively

by the UK scientific community,

ran off during the apartheid area

to help the South Africans get up to speed

with the rest of the world on chem bio research.

He's freelance, why?

He's back in the market apparently for funding

and a long-term partner.

Isn't everyone

Research partner,

so we understand Little Bird at GCHQ.

Can we request a deeper look?

Okay, well, Danny and Zoe should play scarecrow,

pay New England a visit.

Warn him off the idea in the strongest possible terms.

What's wrong with that idea?

Well, the two people you're suggesting for it.

We've never had any problem tasking 'em before.

Zoe and Danny together.

At the moment, they're so entwined

in each other's personal lives,

a mission together could be fractious.

Nice bit of tension.

Keeps the nerves working.

Hello, yeah, can I talk to somebody

about ordering some flowers please.

It's for a wedding. - That was quick.

Oh, listen, I'm, I'm gonna call back.

Thank you.

These from Will again?

- Yes. - Very nice.

Mind you just digging himself a hole.

He'll start expecting it.

Dr. Newland will be traveling to Harwich tomorrow.

He will board an overnight ferry.

Departing 1500 hours arriving Christian San Norway,

1130 the next day.

Now it's an import rooted ferry,

so we'll be empty on its way out, but full coming back.

Why?

GCHQ intercepted a mobile phone conversation.

He's meeting a contact

who's keen to fund his research on plague bacteria.

We need you to travel with him

and explain to him the error of his ways

in the strongest possible fashion.

That words will allow.

Operation scare the scientist.

The night on an old sea ferry.

Surely that's punishment enough.

Mnemonic plague has a rapid onset.

The most untreated patients die within 48 hours

and it's zoomorphic,

so it's passed from human to animal and animal to human.

It's been around for a while.

Black death and what have you.

It's not exactly breaking news,

but Newland is perfecting a process that could mass produce

and deliver it to a large population.

From what we know, Newland is going to Norway

to meet a fixer for North Korean technology transfer.

From what we understand,

the North Koreans want to fund his research

Getting himself a sugar daddy.

- Exactly. - What a prick.

He's a free agent.

As far as we can tell, he's become so entwined in his work,

he's not paying attention to the consequences.

Now I'm normally cautious about bandying

around the phrase renegade scientists,

but in this case, I'll make an exception.

Giving North Korea Newland's expertise

is simply hitting fast forward

to a potentially biblical catastrophe.

We need this worm turned.

You two will be working together.

Any objections?

John, come on.

You shouldn't be so down on yourself.

I leave the radio on Rachel.

I leave the radio on when I'm outta the office

so that when I get home to an empty house,

at least there's some shred

of human warmth there to greet me.

Ruth, what are you working on?

Uh.

- It's so embarrassing. - Why?

We're digging around in everybody's lives.

Stands to reason we're gonna come across someone

we actually like.

So what's he done, anything appalling?

- No. - Shane?

No, he's not someone we're looking at

because he's done something.

He's someone we're looking at

in case someone does something to him.

It's housekeeping.

He sits on various committees and boards in the city.

All kinds of people cross his path.

He sounds important.

Oh, he is.

Is he just really nice?

He has a PhD in economics.

He, he was an athlete at university,

but he hurt his knee playing tennis in Spain in '92.

Ligament, very painful, and he's a singer.

I dunno why that should make a difference to me.

I just really like singers.

You have been busy.

It's not as if I'm doing anything wrong really.

Just looking at them.

Of course not.

Not like you're taking them home at the weekends.

Please don't tell anyone.

Photos, background, pictures of his parents, his brother.

Reminders to him of what he's putting on the line

by attempting to work with these people.

Yeah, we don't normally take paperwork.

Consider it ammunition.

Enjoy the trip.

What's not to enjoy?

I don't like this one bit.

Yes you do.

And it's exactly why I asked you to look into Ruth for me.

What did she tell you?

I caught up with her in the computer room.

She's been reading source call transcripts.

I get the feeling she's been doing it for a while.

I asked her about removing them from the building

and she more or less confessed straight off the bat.

You didn't confront her, did you?

God, no.

I was playing around.

She's not got a clue I'm onto it.

What's your assessment?

I think she's really falling for him.

Oh, Ruth.

Well, just keep watching her for now.

I don't think I will to be honest.

I, I have a lot of things to catch up on tonight.

- Burning the candle, John? - The candle melted long ago.

We'll see you for lunch tomorrow.

- Julie's one o'clock. - I'll be there and awake.

Bye, Bill.

Checkpoint four.

Newland in the Mercedes proceeding northeast.

Mark, no spark, all clear.

Pringle?

Checkpoint six, target arriving,

Harwich all clear.

This is Adam with your wake up call.

Ah, so nice to hear your voice.

Sorry, who am I speaking to?

- Danny. - Legend, please.

Life assurance salesman.

Michael James here with my old friend Rachel.

Look, I know you've been enjoying yourselves

in the Land Rover,

but let me reiterate, this man is not the Dalai Lama.

He's dangerous, amoral,

a professional traitor to the human race.

That ferry is empty.

You're highly visible.

Keep your focus, got it?

- Got it. - Got it.

Newland's in birth nine four zero six.

Be worth confirming

the full passenger manifest with the captain.

That'll avoid a spark.

We go knocking on his door from the get go.

- Do you have a reservation? - Yes for Smith.

Just for one, no problem, this way.

- Why should it be? - Sorry?

- Why should it be a problem? - It isn't.

You just said it wouldn't be a problem.

Is eating lunch on your own a problem?

I certainly didn't mean any offense.

I have a lovely table for you.

Number seven by the window.

I'd like the table I booked please.

It's table 14. - Of course.

I'll just get you a menu.

Something to drink?

Water.

Sparkling please with with lemon.

Something to drink, sir?

Sparkling water left please.

All right.

- Sorry. - Sorry.

Clumsy, you can't take me anywhere.

Sorry, John, bloody firing on.

They wouldn't let us go without ticking us off a list.

So I've put you down for the scratch qequiem tonight.

- No you haven't. - Actually John, I have.

Louise and I have decided that you're working too hard.

A spot of ProAm Mozart

is just the sort of thing to take your mind off.

Usual your story.

Turn up, sing some Mozart, drink some wine.

When and where?

Simparted, very nice.

We went last year and had a blast.

It's hardly any rehearsal.

Black tie, turn up and belt out.

Go on, say yes.

- Alright then. - Excellent.

We always do with a good scratch,

especially where Wolfgang's concerned.

Hi, you see standard birth this way?

Oh, so we're not in the Commodore Suites then?

No because it's twice as expensive

and then all you get is an individually wrapped chocolate

and a bunch of flowers.

I like chocolate.

Yeah, just think about all that taxpayer's money

we'll be saving.

Which number is it, Danny?

8143.

Just like the Hindenburg but without the frills.

You should come here on your honeymoon.

Newland's Bird's on the other side of the ship,

on the port starboard on the other side of the ship.

Might look a bit obvious we move in next door.

What's wrong?

I think it might be those crisps.

Yeah and the chocolate or that breakfast.

Although it's pasties too, if I'm not mistaken.

Oh look, you're in luck,

the Rumbles cafeteria sells prawn cocktail.

Zoe?

Why didn't we know this before?

Well GCHQ had some problems looking into the accounts.

There were quite a few.

So money transfers already occurred?

- Yes. - We know this.

I mean perhaps is what I meant to say, not yes.

Big difference.

Well we know at the moment is the extent

of the financial content of his secure emails

and luckily the North Korean fixer side

aren't that graded encryption.

If he's already been paid,

he's not gonna negotiate anymore, is he?

He's gonna do the bloody work.

Now we're jumping ahead.

Let's just confirm it.

You're working on the bank accounts?

Is that a yes or a perhaps?

It's a yes.

Hi.

Have you got anything to settle my friend's stomach?

She's suffering from really bad seasickness.

These should do the trick.

Thanks.

- How's your lunch? - My lunch?

What lunch?

The lunch you ate in Mr. Gulason.

Sam, can you keep something to yourself?

I had lunch with him.

And?

Unfeasibly handsome.

So what's the next step?

Why is there a next step?

Why isn't there?

- Newland's bank accounts? - What about them?

Newland's UK accounts have zeroed,

everything's headed for Switzerland.

These the actions of a man

who intends on returning to this country?

Perhaps visit his flat.

I could get team in there in half an hour.

It's Adam Carter.

He's going to do it.

We thought this meeting

was just to be about paying for more research,

but from the looks of these amounts of money,

one would have to assume the plague research is completed.

We need an upstairs opinion.

Zoe.

Here.

Oh, no, no, no.

Ah, fresh air. - It helps?

Not really.

In the light of new developments,

we would prefer it if this individual

was no longer a problem.

The DG's recommendation memos

are starting to sound like papal bulls.

I'd like clarification on this one.

Oh, no.

- Yes. - No.

This isn't what I had in mind.

Really, what did you have in mind?

Just to see him.

Is he or is he not exactly the sort of person

you've been waiting for?

He is but--

No, but when someone extraordinary comes along,

however that is, you've gotta go for it.

I'm scared.

I've just spoken to the DG.

You were right to plan ahead.

What did he say?

Newland now presents a clear

and present danger to the safety of this country.

Extreme measures, Adam extreme times.

We have a black flag.

So what are we doing?

Get Zoe on the phone.

Say that again.

- The operations changed. - In what way?

We know Newland intends to deliver on this trip.

Okay, so we'll bring him in.

I want you to know this is a papal bull.

This is a decision made at the very top

and one that will not go any further than you or me.

Yet you are really gonna have to start

giving me some specifics here, Adam, please.

The case I gave you, open it.

Will you pass that over a second, the case.

Yeah, ow what?

False bottom, take it out.

There's just foam underneath.

Lift the foam.

Not until you tell me what the hell this is.

Lift the foam, please.

Harry, Harry, are you on the line?

Do as he says, Zoe.

Do you realize what it is you're asking us to do?

I appreciate how angry you must feel.

Yeah, you planned this.

Zoe, I give you my word.

The case was a precaution for extreme circumstances,

which is where we now reside.

The decision has been made.

We have to act.

How can this be sanctioned?

Newland is involved in the sale of weapons

of mass destruction and in the light of this,

he's been classified as a competent

and as a competent threatening UK interests,

we are within our rights

to take whatever actions we deem necessary.

Well say it.

Go on, at least have the guts to say it.

We are within our rights to kill him.

We are nowhere near our rights.

We have come to realize

that we are living in a far more dangerous world.

You may have noticed this yourself, Zoe.

It's still not within our policy to do that.

Deadly force is authorized in extreme circumstances.

This is one.

Yeah, so what,

one minute we're gonna have a chat with him,

the next minute we're gonna kill him.

We did not anticipate the depth

and progress of his actions.

I feel, I feel sick.

I know this must come as a shock.

No, I mean, I really feel sick.

I've gotta get some air.

Adam, I've got her.

Zoe, Zoe, Adam.

Adam.

Is this confirmed?

This is confirmed.

You paused.

Zoe, we're sure.

Your position is clear, I'm afraid.

The task now falls to the senior officer present, you.

You know this isn't self-defense training.

It isn't protection.

This is clinical wet work, Adam.

It's assassination.

You both have medical training and you can use a syringe

and I know you use a firearm.

You know, I really don't, I really don't know.

I appreciate your feelings on this, don't get me wrong.

No, I mean, I really don't know.

I've never had seasickness like this before.

I don't, I don't feel well.

Put Danny on.

Danny.

Look, get someone to Christian's.

Someone from special forces increment can follow him

and take them both out, Newland and the Courier.

This is gonna be hard enough as it is

without proceeding on foreign soil.

Look, you have to appreciate

what you're asking is more than we've ever been asked.

Is Zoe really that unwell?

She doesn't look great.

And I'm sorry to have to say it like this,

but we have no option.

Zoe and I have no option.

If we're a team, Danny, the two things are the same.

I need you to do this.

Gimme a minute.

You're not doing this, I am.

I'm all right, I'm all right if I can see the horizon.

No, no, it's better be me.

You're gonna have a lie down, all right?

He's gone.

Ring him on his mobile.

No, give him five minutes then get him back.

I want you there when I'm talking to him.

I can do this, I can do it.

You said you were unwell.

I'm, I'm, I, I am.

No, Danny is, that's my decision,

so get him back and stick with him.

Why? - Pressure Zoe, why else?

I can't do it.

Of course you can.

Malcolm, tell her.

I could be your brother, Giles.

I knew about the concert.

I invited you along.

You can hold onto my coattails.

You won't have to raise a finger.

When is it, nine o'clock?

Plenty of time to make up your mind.

Do you remember Mary Kayne, pro-life terrorist?

Yeah, I do.

I listened to the interrogation tapes.

Tom made them.

He said something that's always stayed with me.

He said, murder in the name of life

is just about the stupidest thing I've ever come across.

It has nothing to do with our needs here.

Isn't it?

The taking of human life, thou shall not kill

seems pretty immediate to me.

Look, I've never had a problem before.

I really haven't,

not if I've been around it or involved in targeting it,

but it's different if you pull the trigger.

We both know that's true, of course.

He's made it clear where his position is.

We have no choice but to act.

Look, if it's not Newland, it'll be someone else.

Maybe, but we're concerned with him.

Our focus is him.

Your focus needs to be on him now.

Danny.

What do I have to do?

- We know he's a diabetic. - Yeah.

So I'll walk you through it.

Important thing's to make sure he gets to bed.

Spike his drink.

The drugs are long lasting and mild,

so he'll have plenty of time to get himself to bed.

As soon as he's under, asleep unconscious, get on with it.

Don't give yourself any time to get anxious.

Make yourself at home.

You want the ankle.

Prime the syringe before you go in.

Swab, needle in the vein, softly press the plunger.

The full content and gone.

Job done.

Sam?

Gorgeous.

What do I say?

- To who? - Him.

Ruth, you've been on a date before, haven't you?

Not for a long time.

Not like this.

I've never done it before.

I've never killed anyone before.

Of course you have.

No, no, Zoe, I haven't.

Yes, Danny, you have.

We both have.

You've killed more than you know.

You're in this job, you do this work.

You may not have had your finger on the trigger.

You might not have even been in the chain of decisions

that led to it.

Jesus, Danny, you and I have killed people

and there's no escaping it.

We're never this close to pulling the trigger.

No. but we should be prepared for it

if the end justifies the means.

But the means Zoe, I mean, God, help me.

I'm always putting you through.

No, no.

No, Zoe. - If I could.

You would, you would, I know.

Get some rest.

Warren.

Can I have the same again?

Another whiskey.

Another whiskey?

Two whiskeys.

Thank you.

Cheers.

Good health.

Not that you care about that being in life assurance.

Oh, Warren, another one from my friend here.

He's on the road to oblivion, I think.

Aren't we all?

That's your company talk.

Yeah, we trade on fear, I know.

What can you do?

That's why we reproduce, I suppose.

Human beings, we simply can't cope with the idea

that one day we're not going to be here any longer.

Two more.

Don't worry, sis, you look lovely.

This is stupid, stupid, stupid.

Right now, Susan, all we're going to do

is do some singing.

- Singing. - Yes.

Thank you, Jaws.

Listen to me.

You have to understand what this means.

- I do, Danny. - You don't.

You're a veteran at this.

Danny, just listen to my voice for a second.

I was asked to do exactly the same as you

on October the fourth, 1995

at eight o'clock in the evening.

Where were you then?

I was, I was probably training at Riverside.

Okay, okay.

You were playing football

and I was having a similar conversation

to the one we're having now

and the man talking to me

was telling me what it's like

to move to a point in your life where you've killed a man.

Do you wanna know what he said to me?

Okay.

He said, if you think you are capable of it,

if you can even comprehend it, you'll be all right.

It seems to me, Danny,

that you can comprehend what's at stake here

if we do nothing,

If we do nothing, he delivers.

The consequences are unknown, correct.?

Correct.

We stop him like this,

right now, we know for certain we are safer.

The only person we should be worried about

right now is Danny Hunter, okay?

Me?

You should be thinking about you, that's absolutely right.

What about me?

Well, inside you, things will happen.

It only really kicks in when you, when you get home.

First your legs, they just go from under you

and you puke and you cry like a baby.

After all that, what I finally realized was

if I could look myself in the eyes in the mirror,

if I could do that, I'd be okay.

If you can do that, I said to myself,

chances are you'll be all right.

So I had little puke and I had a little cry,

I looked at my reflection, and here I am.

Does that help Danny?

Please speak to me.

Yeah, sort of.

- Sort of? - Yeah, it does help.

Tell me what to do again.

You know what to do.

Tell me again, please.

You're going to administer

an overdose of insulin to his ankle.

He won't feel a thing.

I've never killed before.

I know.

It's okay.

You know?

Of course I know, Danny.

Are we okay?

I have to go now.

You keep talking.

Just keep talking.

Well, I must say I find that very enjoyable.

Quite a blast.

- It was wonderful. - Have you been before?

- No. - No, neither have I.

I'm sorry, John Fortisque.

Susan Hepburn.

This is my brother, Giles.

I heard you belting it out with the tenors, Giles.

Oh, one tries one's best.

Would you excuse me?

Wait a minute, didn't we have lunch together today?

Oh my goodness, you're right.

You at Julie's, you, I, I dropped my knife.

Oh, fuck me.

I didn't think you were coming to this.

I, I, I mean, I'm afraid I of a heard you say

you were going to sing in a, a scratch requiem,

but, but until Giles dragged me along,

I, I didn't really know what one was.

How extraordinary.

Would you like a drink?

Yes.

Your knee.

Oh dear, how painful.

Have you played much tennis since?

Unfortunately, not a bit of a workload on at the moment.

Oh, I know, I mean, it's a season for it or something.

I'm swamped.

So what's it like playing tennis in Spain?

What's it like?

Is it hot?

Yes, yeah, very.

It's lovely, isn't it? - It is.

I never come down here.

I live in the city,

but I, I never really take time to appreciate it.

That's so true.

There's no time for culture.

no time for exercise, no time for love.

It's appalling.

There's always time for love.

One should make time.

I suppose so.

With my innings so far anyway.

Any major disappointments?

Sorry to be so personal.

I didn't mean to be.

Don't worry.

Major ones, not really.

I tried marriage and that didn't work.

Another woman?

No, actually another man.

My wife looked elsewhere.

I'm sorry.

She's still with him, actually.

She feels happier I'm sure.

He had the passion to make her feel wanted, I think.

I wonder where mine went.

I expect it never left you.

Maybe you're right.

This is nice.

It is, yes.

Do you fancy some air? - Yes.

It's a nice dress you have on.

Oh, it's it's, it's quite old actually,

but, but your suit is nice.

It's my father's, actually.

Bit tight around the middle these days.

I think you have that on your shoulder.

It's a feather or something.

- Well, it's been lovely. - Yes, it, it has.

- Goodbye. - Goodbye.

We're disembarking soon.

Hurry up.

We need to make sure we're down there.

Hadn't hear you come in.

You were passed out.

I was very quiet.

Is everything okay?

It's not too far to the airport.

Adam sent me a car for us at the other end.

I asked you a question, Danny.

I guess he did.

So are you all right?

Do you want a window or an aisle seat by the way?

Danny.

Will's brother knows you're a spy.

He sent photos of the Ashworth up to a newspaper.

Luckily, we had a stringer from the section working there.

I would imagine Will told his idiot brother

what you do for a living.

He, he told him.

Yeah, he told him.

And his pics rocked up

on the picture desk of a major newspaper.

Sorry.

See you down there.

We need to do an audit

of all registry housekeeping surveillance.

Do it right now.

But there are major holes in the background checks

we're doing on all blue and green tagged assets.

I'll draw up a list for you.

Good.

Ruth, whatever you do in your spare time

is entirely your business

as long as it doesn't cross over with our business.

I understand.

I'm sure you do.

I mean, we can't let that sort

of thing get in the way of work, can we?

Of course we can't.

What the hell happened to you?

I need to know something.

Yeah, name it.

Did you tell your brother?

Did you tell your brother what I do for a living?

Zoe, I would never do that.

You promised me.

- Listen to me. - You vowed to me.

And I meant it.

You knew what you were getting into, Will.

You knew how hard this could be.

Yeah, very hard.

Very, very hard, okay, and I've done it.

I didn't tell him.

Of course you did.

Look, I know what he's like.

I mean, come on, why would I do something like that?

Because you had to tell someone, Will.

We all do.

Will, it's only natural, isn't it?

It's only human to want to tell someone.

Jesus, Will, we did talk about it though, didn't we?

We did.

We did go over it.

Yes and I did not tell him, okay?

Do you have any idea what would've happened

if those pictures hadn't been found?

Do you have any conception of that?

Will, this is my job.

Do you understand?

I could have been sacked.

God's sake, why wouldn't you just believe me?

Because it's what just happened, Will.

It just happened?

Well I don't know. what's just happened

and I dunno how it did.

But you know, Will, my life, okay, my life, my whole life,

everything I've dreamt of,

everything I've worked towards depends on people I trust

not telling things.

You I can't ever trust you again.

Come on, we can work through this.

- No. - Yes.

- No. - Yes.

Will.

Zoe, don't even think it.

Will, everything we had was built on that foundation.

My promise to you and your promise to me.

Yes.

You just destroyed everything our future was built on.

Oh.

Don't you ever contact me again.

Zoe.

Zoe.

Danny?

Danny?

Hi, this is Marcus from Marchman Florist.

I just need to talk to you about some ideas I had

for your wind bouquet.

Where have you been?

Took a walk.

You told him then.

Yeah, it's over.

I'm sorry,

Was that it?

That's it.

Danny, what happened last night?

Why don't, why don't you just tell me.

Inside you things will change.

Only really kicks in when you get home.

First your legs, they just go from under you.

And after all that, I finally realized

was if I could look myself in the eyes,

in the mirror, if I could do that, I'd be okay.

If you can do that, I said to myself,

chances are you'll be all right.