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Oh, it's early.

I thought you might need to be getting back.

He's at a conference today.

Word needs me.

Don't even know what you do, John.

Private security consultant.

Makes sense.

Obscure, serious.

Yeah, well it's not as exciting as you think.

Hey.

What are we doing, John?

We're doin' what we're always supposed to do.

The crest is sprouting late this year, children.

Very funny.

Listen, we had the best turnout ever at Tuesday's meeting.

10 first betters, dozen human rights spots.

Hardly going to topple the party, is it?

Thanks for coming.

I know this isn't easy for you.

I can't stay long.

I need to get back to the embassy.

Kai, please would you think about

actually coming to a meeting.

Our group campaigns for democracy in China,

but it's been years

since a member actually set foot in the country.

If we could get an actual party official.

No.

Look, I really feel that we're gaining momentum

and I feel that you could inspire us to the next.

You know my position.

I'm with you just not--

With us, yeah.

Remember something Claire,

you are asking me to risk everything

when you risk nothing at all.

How's your asset?

He's politically on side but still loyal.

He's not quite ready for the next step.

We've had a code red border agency report.

UKBA database has flagged up three high level

CSS operatives entering the country yesterday

on fake British passports.

These three are a Chinese state security undercover cell.

They're an aggressive unit

that specialize in assassinations

and high level industrial espionage.

There's no precedent for this,

so we have to assume that it's something important.

And their cover identities

are due to leave the country in three days.

So whatever they want, they want it fast.

That's why we need good intel now.

Sorry, my asset's a slow burner.

She needs more time.

That's not good enough.

Beth,

Kai is very promising.

Ideologically he's committed

and personally his brother protested

at Tiananmen and disappeared.

Chinese assets in notoriously hard to turn.

If there's the slightest chance

that we can flip a CSS officer inside the embassy,

then we have to take it.

If he needs to be pushed, then you push him, but gently.

I think I can do it.

Think or know.

I can turn him.

It may just be my epic hangover,

but I fail to see the urgency.

Home Secretary, there are a million

Chinese spies in the world.

We've spent years trying to turn just one of them.

And so I advise caution.

Our relationship with China remains delicate.

Chinese state security

seem to have no problem sending three high level

field operatives to London.

We don't even know what they're here for yet, Harry.

No need to be so saber rattly about it.

So we should simply roll over for the bigger dog.

If you roll over, you sometimes get your tummy tickled.

I'm secretary.

Pop, pop.

Mr. Beecher.

Sir Harry.

I love that.

Please,

Harry, Harry's fine.

See you're plunging into the indigenous cuisine.

It's the vinegar.

Who knew.

I wanted to talk to you about the Chinese.

Any CIA dealings with CSS in London currently?

CSS, huh?

Nope.

I'll ask my people.

Anything I should know about?

We're not entirely sure what it is we don't know as yet.

One of your unknown unknowns, I suppose.

God bet it's industrial espionage

and I'm not talking toasters.

Chinese are raising their game.

Any thoughts on potential treasure?

I'll look into it.

I'd advise you tread on Chinese toe softly right now.

Trade, Taiwan, human rights, no answer.

You wouldn't wanna upset 'em?

Not as much as we have anyway.

Oh, we don't like to upset anybody.

Alpha two, turning this asset could be our only chance

of finding out what the CSS want.

Understand Kai's a person, but see him as an asset.

He's just an asset, nothin' more.

Play whatever emotional cards you've got.

You look awful.

Listen, I'm really sorry about last night.

Hey, don't apologize.

You know I want change in China more than anything,

but betraying my country.

You wouldn't be betraying China, just the people in power.

Let's walk.

I've got something to tell you.

I need you to stay calm.

My name isn't Claire.

Give her a chance.

No, I'm dead.

No, no, you're alive and you're brave

and you can help your country.

You don't understand.

If I'm seen with a British spy.

You haven't been.

We've been careful.

Never contact me again, never.

If you want true freedom,

then you're gonna have to take risks.

You know as well as I do

that China is only headed in one direction,

more oppression and more control.

Spare me the rationalization.

You are not interested in that.

You lied to me, pretended to care,

pretended to share my beliefs.

He's walking.

Shit.

Oh for two.

I'm not gonna lie to you.

I know that you want to help and if you do,

I promise you everything I tell you from now on

will be the truth.

Have some professional courtesy.

If you're going to play me,

you need a better strategy than this.

This isn't a strategy,

but you're the first agent I've ever tried to turn

and I have no idea how to do this.

If you're so inexperienced, than why are you my recruiter?

Because you're not that important.

I'm sorry.

I, I told you I'm not gonna lie to you.

Goodbye.

Exit stage right.

He's gone.

Okay, come home office.

We need something on what that Chinese team is here for.

We've no idea what they're planning.

There is something else we could do.

Get ahold of the CSS data archive.

Okay, Tariq, ready for the trembler switches.

I'm gonna cause a localized power surge

to knock out perimeter security systems for a moment.

There'll only be a blip inside the building.

They won't even notice.

- A moment - When I say go,

we'll have 1.8 seconds to open the window.

- Ready? - Go.

Stop.

Okay.

What have they got?

They found the most recent archive kept offline

on 3D optical discs.

Makes it completely unhackable remotely.

Good.

You have no idea how pleased I'm to hear from you--

You have people in the embassy.

You know I can't tell you anything.

They're about to be caught.

An alarm has been tripped.

Alpha One, I've just received intel from Kai.

The Chinese are onto you.

He came through.

Copy that, we're leaving.

Wait, Alpha Two, do you believe him?

Yes.

Either way, they're onto you.

Get out now.

If you're caught, there's nothing we can do to protect you.

I've got guards down here.

You need to find a new exit.

Any ideas?

Alpha Two, we have to use Kai.

Your call Alpha Two.

Can you get our people outta the building?

We'll protect you.

Are you with us?

Put me through to them.

I'm patching through Kai.

We're in the northwest corner meeting room

on the third floor.

Okay, there's an interconnecting door

opposite the window.

Then turn right.

At the end of the room,

there's a concealed door leading to a staircase.

Top of the stairs, turn left.

Above you, that's the only unalarmed access to the roof.

Okay, I'm hanging up.

We can't both go this way.

They'll know we had inside help.

It's your only escape option.

Use it.

Harry, if Kai's a solid asset, he's too valuable to lose.

It won't take the Chinese long to work out who helped us.

I'll find another way out.

Ruth, alert the police

posted outside the embassy anonymously.

You saw someone breaking in.

Going off comms.

Go.

Police, please.

Don't shoot, don't shoot.

Ah. - Who are you?

Listen mate, I didn't realize this place

was whatever it is.

Chinese buy the burglar act?

Probably not, but I've spent enough of my life in cells,

so tell me last night wasn't for nothing.

Well we found something.

It took me a while to translate the files.

You speak Chinese? - Mandarin and Wu,

except my Cantonese is horrible.

Once I finished, one key word kept cropping up.

Amphitrite, Poseidon's wife, goddess of the seas.

Amphitrite is the code name

for a new desalination technology.

It's, it's it's super efficient and ultra low cost

Water filtration tech.

Would the Chinese really send in

a top assassination team just for that?

This is the global drought map.

Kenya hasn't had a wet season for four years

and it isn't just a third world problem.

Australia is dry, California.

This is what it could look like in 30 years.

So whoever can make seawater drinkable gets very rich.

We traced a connection to QMK Technologies.

They're a biotech company.

They're world leaders in desalination technology

and they're based in southwest London.

This is about more than money.

It's about the power to control the basic human need.

Empires have been built on less.

I'll brief the homes sec and talk to this QMK.

Beth, you seem quiet.

What's on your mind, Kai?

Yeah.

Listen, running an asset,

it's all about psychology and emotion.

You understand that? I

know.

I'm just surprised he turned quite so quickly.

So what now?

You feel contempt for his disloyalty?

Use it.

You trust your instincts.

They've got you this far.

The Chinese wouldn't dare launch an operation like this

against a British company.

Why not?

They have to live up to being the world's premier economy

and all we do is moan about their censorship

and nag them to stop building power stations.

No wonder they're ready to steal from us.

This little island's intellectual property

may be the last meaningful global currency we have left.

We have to hang onto it whatever it takes.

Whatever happens, whatever you hear, just stand off.

Let me do this my way.

So you decided to help?

I almost didn't.

How did it feel?

Purposeful.

I want to do more.

As soon as I took that first step, it felt right.

I'm not sure if I believe you.

- Steady - What?

Don't spook him now.

Well last time we met,

you weren't exactly whistling "God Save the Queen "

and then suddenly you risk everything.

If you're lying to me, I'll kill you.

Did you think everything I told you about my brother

and my family, my beliefs, that is a lie as well?

Listen, I think we may have picked up a tail.

On me with the lockup.

Come with me.

I need you to do something.

Sorry about that stunt at your house.

Bit dramatic. I know

You've got 30 seconds before I hang up.

What do you want?

Okay, okay.

I need your help badly.

What and you think blackmailing me

is the best way to get it?

John, I make silly promises.

I need that Albany file.

No, I told you I'm not doing this.

Please, they won't leave me alone.

Do this for me and I'm gone forever.

You can carry on with whatever life you want.

Are you committed

to the cause of your government?

No.

Does anyone else know about your involvement with MI5?

No.

Tail?

There's nothing, I was wrong.

Flying colors.

He's on the level.

So do I still call you Claire?

Might as well.

Okay.

What do you want me to do?

Well, QMK just about stopped short

of patting me on the head

and telling me to run along thankfully.

I warned them about the threat

to their Amphitrite project,

but apparently they're very confident

in their security arrangements.

Anything from our asset?

Beth got him looking into them.

Surely they'd want our help

if someone's planning to steal their crown jewels.

Tariq, we really need to get into their system

and find out more about Amphitrite.

Their core files are well protected.

Couple of days to crack them remotely.

If we could use the terminal inside their offices,

I could upload an instant hack,

bypass the firewall completely.

- So we go in - Security's tight.

Have you got a list of QMK contractors

'cause we'll need to borrow an identity.

Got it, there's cleaners, temps.

No, someone with higher access.

Translator starts tomorrow.

Perfect.

Name's Kendra Scott, speaks French,

German, Arabic, and Mandarin.

Alpha Two in position.

Okay, Gazelle, alphas are in place.

We've got your back.

Eco second count still one.

Well, it's good enough for Kwuah.

Let's take a break.

I need coffee.

This is Gazelle.

I'm on the move.

You haven't got long.

You try remembering the Mandarin for quirk.

14th floor grade one IT lab.

There'll be a priority access term

where you can hack into the system.

Okay, well there's a guard

and a very locked looking door.

Sorry, there was no indication that would be secured.

Okay.

Okay.

Ah.

God, are you all right?

Sorry, I have hyperglycemia.

I'll need to get to a bathroom to take my shot.

Can you let me?

I'm sorry, I know you're not supposed to.

Oh. - Get some relief.

I'll check on you in two minutes, okay?

Thank you.

Come on, come on, come on.

Kai.

I searched for QMK on our systems

like you asked.

There's a bomb.

- Where? - There.

At QMK.

We've planted it.

You need to be sure about this.

It's going to take out the whole building.

It'll look like an accident.

Alpha Two to all units,

I've just received a report from our asset.

The Chinese have a bomb planted inside QMK.

They could detonate at any moment.

Gazelle, get out of there immediately.

One minute.

They don't wanna steal the desalination tech.

They wanna destroy it.

Tariq, jam the mobile network in GPS signal to the area

to prevent remote detonation and red flash the bomb squad.

Alpha Two, prepared to evacuate.

I'm in.

It's moot, leave immediately.

Please make your way to the nearest exit

and leave the building.

Okay, home you, you need to hear this.

Amphitrite is not the code name

for the desalination project.

Amphitrite is its creator.

It's a female scientist, Chinese born Jiang Li.

Do you copy home?

And she's in the building, lab T15.

- It's an assassination. - Agreed.

Gazelle, find that scientist fast

and get both of you out safely.

We need everybody out.

Just as quick as you can, step away from the building.

Quickly move.

Come on, come on, come on.

Quickly.

Ms. Jiang.

Ms. Jiang.

Who are you?

What are you doing?

Please, stop pointing that gun at me.

Let me see your access card.

There's a fire in this building.

There is no fire.

We've done a thermal scan.

Thermal scan.

Who are these guys?

Let me see your access card now.

Come clean.

I'm Security Services.

Protocol Mauve Six Pelican.

CIA.

Gold Nine Comrant.

If you are five,

you better tell me what you're doing here now.

Tell them.

We're investigating a possible Chinese operation

against Ms. Jiang.

We have a credible bomb threat against this building.

Source.

A trusted asset in the Chinese embassy.

You need to get her out of here.

Alright, let's go, Miss Jiang.

You had better be right.

Lucas North, Section Chief.

We need to talk.

We secure the package first.

Okay.

Come with me please.

My son will be okay.

You promise? - Yes.

The the CIA are very, very good.

- Where are we headed - Nearby safe house.

Randomly assigned location from HQ.

We don't even know.

Can't really call this relationship special

if you don't even talk.

Once I know what's going on,

we can get all caught up, sweetheart.

Wait, you said this location was randomly assigned?

GPS transmission from our base.

When?

Just now

But we jammed the signal.

Get her, get her.

Package on the move.

We delivered Jiang directly to them.

The snatch team knew we'd react to a bomb threat

by shutting down the networks,

enabling them to hijack CIA GPS.

They just had to sit and wait.

There was no bomb.

So the intel from the embassy--

It was fed to us.

The Chinese let us steal it.

It gave us the only thing that they knew about Jiang,

her code name, Amphitrite.

Which leads us to one conclusion

about the entire operation.

Kai's a triple agent.

We've been on the end of their rope from the start.

We've been manipulated by a foreign superpower

on our own soil,

not only with ease, but with contempt.

There's no way we could have known.

We may have a small window of opportunity

to turn this around.

Bring Kai in quickly and quietly

before he has a chance to disappear.

You couldn't have predicted this.

I couldn't have got it more wrong if I tried.

Tariq, have you got

our phone tracking logs from yesterday?

I can get them.

Is there a problem?

I'm sure it's just a glitch.

Lucas followed a suspected tail onto the tube yesterday

and he got on at Queens Wave,

but the central line was suspended all afternoon.

I need a code seven protocol.

You couldn't look it up for me could you?

Listen, don't worry, I'll do it myself.

Thanks, Stephen.

A CIA operation.

No wonder QMK stone walled me

and you didn't think I should be in this loop?

Part of the deal, I'm afraid.

CIA run Jiang's protection.

No five involvement

Beecher lied to my face.

That's spying for you.

Look, the US lose $300 billion every year

to Chinese industrial espionage.

It occurred to them that some of

that filthy lucrid could be flowing the other way

with the handy byproduct

of stemming China's escalating economic clout.

By poaching Chinese scientists, we fit in how?

We house them, we get a share of the spoils.

We're the Guantanamo for boffins?

Amphitrite made the decision freely.

She's a British citizen now.

Don't underestimate the value of that.

And if her technology works as promised, then our share

and it will safeguard our energy supply for decades.

Oil rich countries do tend to be rather water poor.

Betrayed.

Water for oil.

So we can keep the passat running and they can live.

Harry, the agency wants Kai.

No, he betrayed us.

We'll deal with him.

I don't want to jeopardize his deal with the Americans,

which is why we can afford

to piss them off only for a little while longer

should you get to Kai before they do.

We already know the truth, so you might as well tell us.

I don't understand what happened to the bomb.

What happened to Jiang now?

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

That story about your brother in Tiananmen,

was that just to get me on side?

Do you even have a brother?

Everything I told you has been absolutely true.

I don't know what's happened.

I have been a good traitor.

I want Lucas in there, where is he?

I need you to take over from Beth.

She's too close to this.

I've been calling.

Where are you?

I've been following that lead on the red CSS family.

On my way.

Lucas.

I've been digging in the GCHQ archive.

If Kai's a triple agent,

then we'd have had a cleaned up file

fed to us at some point.

Kai's brother did disappear after Tiananmen Square,

but look who led the police to his hiding place.

Good work.

You can drop the innocent act now.

What'd you do, Kai?

Patriotism?

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

You were the one who informed on your own brother

when you were 14 years old?

Yeah, your little friend here

has been a party loyalist all his life.

Tell me, what kind of fanatic gives up his own brother

to a state he knows will imprison or execute him.

You okay?

I spent hours and hours with Kai

listening to him talk, feeling what he felt.

I just, I can't believe it was all a lie.

You came up against a better opponent, that's all.

It could have gone worse.

How exactly?

Well, in this job,

every day you make it home in one piece,

that's a little victory.

Bloody hell.

I can see why they don't let you write the perspectives.

Your instincts were wrong on this one,

but don't stop trusting them after one mistake.

Beth, where are you?

Kai's flat, it's bugged.

We're not monitoring him.

Neither are the Americans.

They're Chinese bugs.

Why would the CSS spy on one of their loyal officers?

He's western educated, he's emotionally compromised

because of his family background.

Beth, he's a triple agent.

Yes, he's the perfect triple agent

because he doesn't know it.

They used him.

They knew we were cultivating him, so they let it happen

and when the time was right,

they fed him disinformation that he thought was the truth.

Lucas, he's been on our side all along

All this time, I thought I was being brave.

You were brave.

I was stupid, disloyal and weak.

That's why they chose me.

I didn't disappoint.

I'm so sorry.

I was trying to help.

I, I, I was really trying to help.

You still can.

Your flat was bugged.

They would have one on your person,

but we scanned you on the way in, so it's not with you now.

Do you have a coat, a phone?

My briefcase.

Thev're always taking away from security sweeps.

I know we have no right to ask for your help.

You have every right.

I betrayed you.

Just tell me what to do.

So there's a woman at your embassy,

a scientist called Jiang Lee.

Her code name is Amphitrite.

We need her.

Right now, the Home Secretary is drafting an emergency law,

which means that we can legally enter and take her back.

All I need you to do is make sure

that she doesn't leave before tomorrow.

I'll see what I can do.

Mr. Lavodka Man, I take it.

Come on.

We don't need to be so unfriendly.

Hope you covered your tracks.

Did you use a fall guy?

Of course you did.

Didn't have to do that, of course.

Could've taken a risk.

Talked your way out of it.

Harry Pearce would've believed you.

Still better to be safe than sorry.

Best to set someone up.

Whose life did you ruin today, John?

Look, I did what you asked.

I helped you.

Now you and I are done.

You didn't do this for me.

You did this for you.

Maya.

What are you doing?

You shouldn't be here.

Listen, I've done it.

You've done what?

I've fixed things.

Everything's clear.

We can be together.

Do anything.

John, you need to slow down.

Sorry, I just had to tell you.

I don't wanna waste another moment.

Okay.

Okay.

It's gotta be forever this time, John.

We're on.

Looks like it worked.

They're taking Jiang out of the embassy.

Gets CO 19 into position.

They're loading her into a blue transit van.

Reg Victor 296.

Oh my god, Kai's with them.

They're taking him too.

Maintain an eyeball.

I'm on my way.

Jiang, Kai, outta the car.

- Harry Pearce. - This is Shao.

You are interfering with the rightful repatriation

of Chinese citizens.

I'm outside Jiang's house right now.

Just had a call from the Chinese section Chief.

Tell Lucas to hold his position.

Hold position, Alpha One.

Hold.

Awaiting further orders.

If you think I'll let you walk away with Miss Jiang,

you're making a catastrophic mistake.

We were planning to destroy her research

in the explosion at QMK tonight.

A truck loaded with industrial gases

in the underground car park.

But your act of aggression has forced us

to abandon the truck elsewhere.

We'll detonate, if you don't give her back.

There'll be many casualties.

That would be an act of war, Mr. Yao.

Jiang was removed from China on an operation

that killed two civilians, so let us not talk acts of war.

What the hell is going on?

No idea, stay sharp.

I'll talk to the Home Secretary.

You have 10 minutes,

Ruth, there's a truck bomb somewhere in London.

The Chinese are threatening to detonate it

unless we let them have Jiang and Kai.

Harry, it's another bluff.

I don't think so, not this time.

Now QMK would never let a truck into their car park

unless it was from an approved contractor.

Get a list.

See if any of them have had a vehicle stolen.

Right.

16 companies, only one with any vehicle unaccounted for.

Check out CCTV on the way to QMK.

Find that vehicle.

Last camera pinpointed it approaching Elephant

and Castle 15 minutes ago.

Bomb squad will never get there on time.

Dimitri, are you thinking what I'm thinking?

Claire, what's going on?

It's okay just stay calm.

- The Yanks will crucify us. - Annoy the Americans

or risk British lives.

There's no decision here, Home Secretary.

I need you to be sure about this, Harry.

Take it down to the wire.

Confirm the bomb is real.

If it is, give her back to the Chinese.

Got it, I found the van.

South side of Borough Market.

Need to be sure.

How far is Dimitri?

Still two minutes.

You are late.

The Home Secretary is currently over the Atlantic.

Getting through is proving quite difficult.

I'm here.

I can see the van.

You are delaying me to find the truck.

I assure you I'm trying to get you an answer.

I'm sorry, Mr. Pearce, but with no decision,

you leave me with no option.

It's here.

The bomb is real.

Okay, Mr. Yao, you win.

Alpha One and Two, stand down.

Alpha Three, evacuate the area

and liaise with the bomb squad.

Guys, I need you to clear this area immediately.

Move away from the area please.

Kai's gotta gun.

It's a stand off.

We may have time to diffuse that bomb.

You heard him, Alpha Three.

Doesn't look too bad.

The electronics will be hidden though near the center.

I should tell you up front, this is my first time.

Be gentle with me.

Beth, talk him down slow and calm.

Triggers and fail safes

will be rooted through that circuit board.

You see the chip that's bigger than the other?

Yep.

You need to melt it.

Sounds like you just told me

to melt the enormous bomb.

It will kill the transmitter

and the bomb won't be able to detonate.

Kai, please just listen to me.

Calm down.

Just take some deep breaths.

Just put the gun down.

There's nothing you can do.

- No. - There's something I can do.

She's innocent.

That's why you can't kill her, but I can.

Then at least they won't get her.

Be careful not to burn the other components.

Yeah, thanks.

Look, I know they killed your brother,

but this is no way to--

No, no. I killed my brother.

You must have triggered the fail safe.

- Get out now. - Just a minute.

Nearly there.

What kind of family gives his brother away?

A boy impressed by words and ideas and lies.

Well every single day since,

has try to make up for what he did.

This is the only way that we can win.

Don't you dare close your eyes.

If you're gonna shoot that woman,

you damn well look her in the face.

Bomb safe, bomb safe.

It's over.

The bomb's diffused.

For what it's worth,

handing you over to the CIA like a piece of meat,

none of us want that.

I'm a commodity.

If you're valuable enough to someone,

you can never be free.

Still, I have my son.

Do you have children?

No.

Everything all right?

I have the CIA picking up Jiang,

but Beth asked to take Kai to them personally.

I hate the way we're just handing them over

like they're, they're just things to be exchanged,

moved around.

Well, we're all being moved around by someone, Ruth,

but I agree with you.

Kai deserves better.

Hello?

If there is anywhere

Mr. Kai would like to stop off on the way,

do make sure he gets there safely.

Okay?

What's wrong?

Where are we going?

You tell me.

Take a right up here.

And the next left.

- You can't be serious - Just here.

No, Kai, they'll take you back to China.

This is insane.

You know what?

I figured out what my purpose is to betray.

Listen to me.

I didn't realize until now, but that's what I do.

I betrayed my brother, my country, your country.

Every ideal I've ever had.

Stop.

You know what they'll do to you?

Maybe, but I need to see my parents.

Tell them the truth.

Try and explain.

Their forgiveness is not worth your life.

- Please, Claire. - I can't let you do this.

Just let me have this little bit of control over my life.

Just for once, just for today.

This is suicide.

Don't remember me too poorly.

Tariq, any news from the border agency?

Three known aliases of the CSS Snatch team

left the country in hour ago.

They've gone.

Does anyone know Stepeh Owen, G section?

He's been arrested.

Crashed the mainframe and diverted 24,000 pounds

from one of our slush funds into his personal bank account.

It's not possible, is it?

Well, his user ID and password

were logged at the time of the crash.

He's only 22.

He'll serve time for that.

Traitor's a traitor.