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Seven years ago, John had an affair with a woman at work.

I've been offered voluntary redundancy.

Well, I need to do more at work or Martin is never going to make me a

Could be good for him.

No, you need to do the handover to the officer. He'll wrap up this case.

Fine. Who is he?

She, before he died, I heard him arguing with someone about the general.

That's Fatima Faizi.

Well, because of this, that's what you want, isn't it?

To make us flush.

So the first question is appreciation.

Well, do you want to go first?

Okay. So I appreciate that you're considering the redundancy.

Your turn.

I appreciate that blowjob you gave me back in 2014.

You're meant to be taking this seriously.

All right, all right.

I appreciate you always giving me a second chance.

I mean it, really.

This was a good idea.

What's next?

A puzzle. Something that puzzles you or that you don't understand about your

partner.

Do you wish that you'd married someone a bit more like Martin?

The idea of someone else is... It's complicated.

What?

It's okay to say that sometimes I do wish we had a more normal life.

I thought you said no.

Would you rather I just lied?

Mummy!

I'll go.

Come on, mate. Let's get you dressed.

So, I've decrypted everything on Ehsan's laptop.

We have numerous documents in English and Fazi.

Lots of imagery, video imagery, pictures, social media screen grabs, web

you name it. In every single one as far as I can see, Fatima Fazi is the

subject. It does look like Ehsan Taremi was surveying her.

We know the Iranian army use criminal gangs like that run by Craig Beeston to

carry out attacks on dissidents and media organizations that speak out

them. Thanks for the brief.

I don't hear any apology for going by my back again.

I was in Manchester with John.

I understood he was on to something and so I backed him. It's on me.

I see.

You're new, so it may be worth you knowing that John and I go way back and

smell the blag from a hundred paces.

Esen Turemi warned me that there are many lives at risk.

Fatima Fazi is giving a talk next week at a university in Liverpool to 200

people. Now, we know there are hardliners in Iran who are opposing the

involvement in the denuclearisation talks. They want to make a stand by

attacking more than one person.

Thank you, Emily.

This would all need sign -off from senior management. Why?

Why? Come on.

We'll look ridiculous sounding the alarm about an Iranian terror plot without

any actual evidence.

You look thirsty, John.

Shall I be mother?

Why not? You're only missing the penny.

Still having sugar, John? Two, please, Gregory, with a drop of ordinary milk.

Ordinary milk?

Now, it's not a biggie, but we do know cow no longer assumes the mantle of

normative privilege.

Oat milk or soya?

I find it deeply problematic the way you've deliberately excluded almond milk

from that. And tell me, Gregory, who will speak for the humble and oppressed

Coconut?

Sorry.

What about your informant?

Mona Toremi gave us a lead on somebody called the General. We were going to

speak to Jordan about it. Thank you.

You can keep going with this for the time being, but Maureen is running the

show. Go and talk to Fatima, and you keep in touch with me, yes? Will do.

Thank you.

What do you think about Greg?

Ordinary milk, I hear.

He's obviously not your best friend.

I put evidence on the table, and he's still nitpicking.

I mean...

Does he hate me, or is this something else?

I think hate's the wrong word, John.

What if someone on the other side of the organisation gave Beeston my address?

Gangsters don't get people inside the security service.

My God, you are a trouble.

Yeah, but what if?

No wonder they're trying to manage you out of the organisation.

Women, life, freedom is to this day the rallying cry for the right to self

-determination. And this is a struggle we must all be prepared to continue for

as long as necessary.

We must be prepared to leave.

And I will.

I had my first threat to life warning from the police ten years ago.

I'm sorry, but if I stop every time my life is in danger, I'd never say

anything. This isn't only about a potential threat to your life.

We believe that they're targeting your talk at the Liverpool Central

What's your evidence?

We can't share that information right now. If I don't see evidence, I am not

cancelling. I will not be intimidated.

And neither will my supporters.

We've been fighting for decades. And finally, the West is hearing our voice.

Do you know Eshan Turemi?

You gave a talk at the Persian Women's Action Group. Did you see his wife, Mona

Turemi, there?

I gave the talk a few months ago.

I don't recall meeting her. Now, if you'll excuse me... Are you sure you

remember Ehsan? He knew you. In fact, he took a great deal of interest in your

movement. Ehsan Turemi was murdered recently, and we're trying to establish

connection. Take another look.

I'm sorry.

I don't know him.

Five kilos of Beeson's product is missing. I know.

I know that this isn't a fallout over drugs. But there's an obvious motive for

killing Esther. Well, then what was that shit with Beast then when he took his

dad to the warehouse?

Well, they want my gear back and they think Mona's got it.

I think we need to speak to Mona again.

I agree.

I think she's holding something back from us.

Must be miserable stuck in a safe house on Persian New Year.

How's she doing?

Yeah, OK.

Hey,

Mona. Got you a coffee.

Are we safe here?

Yeah, yeah, I promise you, you are. I wanted to ask, did Essan ever mention

concerns about Fatima Faizi's security?

No, but everyone knows if you speak against the government in Iran, you may

danger. We had some information that Essan may have stolen five kilos of

Beeston's heroin.

Essan wouldn't do that.

After Essan was killed, there was a thorough search of your property, but I

wondering... If you had anywhere else, perhaps in someone else's name, a lock

-up or storage unit, a bedsit?

What is it?

Bethlehem was a good man.

He wouldn't take that filth.

49 years.

What's the secret?

You want an answer?

I'm not sure we do, actually, Dad.

Compatibility, shared interests, and understanding who's in charge.

One also has to keep the flame of passion. Oh, my God.

No, Dad.

Dining table. No, no, you carry on, Graham. Someone top his glass up.

How's your mother, John?

Oh, she's good.

Thank you for asking.

How are her legs?

They're not so good.

But she's got one of those mobility scooters that she whizzes about on.

Honestly, I swear she gets up to 60 miles an hour.

We really need to get up to see her with the kids.

It's been a while.

Claire was saying you're thinking of a change of career.

No.

Well, I know you can't say anything, and I don't know whether there's...

anything to this offer of voluntary redundancy, but you've given over 20

of service to the country.

Graham, don't interfere, darling. John's done his bit.

Why not go into the private sector and earn some money and take some of the

strain off Claire?

We always do things with your family.

Well, we do live in London.

We should invite my mum down for Christmas this year.

Really?

Why not?

I don't mind her coming down for Christmas, but I end up running around

her. The last time, you went off for work and left me with her and the kid.

kid was only three months old.

All right, then we won't invite her.

Your dad really put me on the spot tonight.

I'm sorry about that.

But he's worried about me.

You didn't tell me you're not taking the redundancy.

Martin offered me partner today.

Did he?

That's great.

What did you say?

I said, thank you very much, but that I'd like to sleep on it and discuss it

with my husband.

It's a lot more responsibility and Kit's still young. But, no, maybe I should be

a bit more like you. Just out for myself.

Maybe my dad's right.

Well, your daddy's always right, isn't he?

Good relationships are based on compatibility.

And maybe we're just... we're not.

I'm sure your dad would have been much happier if he'd married someone like

Martin.

Unfortunately, S and Teremi died because he stole heroin with a street value of

maybe half a million pounds, which in Craig Beeston's world certainly

you an OBE.

An OBE?

One behind the ear.

Well, I hate to say it, but I did mention you may have been overhyping

Congrats.

Thank you, Marie, and your work's been first class on this.

I shall sing with an ever greater joy at choir this evening.

Knock yourself out, Craig.

Come along, I bet you have a lovely singing voice.

Could Stella's Angels establish in the Remington years?

Would you and Greg mind giving John and I a moment alone, please?

This just doesn't feel right.

I think that heroin was planted.

Do you have any evidence to back up this claim, or is this another gut feeling?

What if Beacon was trying to throw us off the trail?

You planted the heroin to distract from the very real and present threat to

national security.

Your judgment's been lacking all the way lately.

I'm your friend, but I must warn you, things are not looking good for you.

It's out of my hands, so there will have to be an inquiry into Ethan and his

killer's death.

What for?

I can hold off senior management as long as you're on your way out of the

building, but if you're staying... Then what?

You, Mr John Hughes, will be taken to the village square and publicly flogged.

Is that it?

You can't date threats.

I'll let you know your options, such as they are.

You OK?

Yeah, fine.

You?

I was meant to be discussing the handover of the Toremi case with the

but the video conference was rescheduled.

How annoying.

Yeah.

What are you doing this weekend?

I've got Ali with me.

Your son?

I won't be in on Monday, FYI.

Cool. Have a nice day off.

Hardly. I'm at family court.

My ex wants to move abroad with Ali. Oh, shit.

Can't let that happen, can I? I'll never see him.

Don't get divorced, John.

It's a nightmare.

Hi. Hi. Where's Claire?

She's out for dinner with her boss.

Chloe's just gone out.

It's nice to meet you. May I take your coat?

Yes, thank you. And a belated welcome to our home.

I hope you're happy here.

Hope you will be happy here.

Very good.

Shall we go to sleep?

OK.

Come on.

Snuggle down.

Good little sweetheart.

Daddy?

Yes, V?

Are you and Mummy getting a divorce?

No. Where did you hear that?

Mummy was talking to Grandma and Grandpa G before you came home.

Mummy must have been talking about one of her friends.

She said your name.

Are we going to live in different houses?

No.

No, we're not going to live in different houses. We're going to live here,

together.

Don't worry.

You could have told me you were going out.

I've been worried.

It was a work dinner. My phone was off.

You don't have to teach me a lesson, Claire.

I have accepted Martin's offer to become a partner at the GP practice.

Congratulations.

How was the dinner?

Yeah, it was fun.

Good.

Glad you had a nice time.

Nothing's not actually that boring once you get a drink inside him.

If it was a work thing, why did you come home to get all dolled up? Fuck off,

John.

You look beautiful.

Oh, no, no, no.

You're not going to charm your way out of this one.

I bet he was licking his lips offering you a new job and a pay rise. I earned

promotion through hard work and graft with two small children. Fuck all hell

you. He's always liked you.

You know what I've learned about your job?

It's that it's given you a suspicious and paranoid mindset and it's only got

worse as you got older. Why are you gaslighting me?

Oh, I'm not gaslighting anyone.

Do you want him?

What?

Do you fancy Martin?

Why?

Don't you trust me?

is on his way to the White House again this morning as he sets up efforts to

mediate between the United States and Iran as tensions rise again over what

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei claims is Iran's civilian nuclear energy program.

It's been rumored for some time now that hard -line elements have been moving

against officials and members of the Republican Guard who survived the

bombing and are suspected of betraying the regime.

How are you getting along?

Turning up the Essentoromy paperwork?

Swimmingly, Gregory.

Has Simone got something else lined up for you? I'm sure if she has, I'd be the

first to know.

Royal palaces and bollards.

There's an opportunity at Winter Castle.

Well, I'll look forward to throwing a ring of steel around His Majesty.

Really, son?

Chief. Do you still keep any hits in technical solutions?

What are we talking?

Tracker with a microphone?

Oh, you'd have to go upstairs to that.

I'm managed wrong. We need to sign that off.

Oh.

Could you take a look into a Dr. Martin Leonard for me?

Leonard and Partners Medical Center.

They're over in Ballam.

He's linked to the S. Hunter Remy investigation, is he?

Ask no questions, I tell no lies.

Wow.

Okay. I owe you a pint of that shit hipster IPA you like.

It's all good.

I'll let you know.

This will do it for you, sir.

Nice and discreet.

Will that link to my phone?

It will.

What's that?

£212, please.

Maybe cash or card?

Card, please.

OK.

Thank you.

Do they call Craig Beeston the General?

No.

Who is he then?

I don't know, but it's not Craig.

Why was Ehsan Tarami following that dissident Fatima Faizi?

How do you know about that?

You're not the only person I'm speaking to, mate.

That's hurtful, that is.

Is Craig planning a hit on Fatima?

I wouldn't know anything about that. You better start earning this 500 quid,

son. I am.

You're not.

You've given me nothing.

Essam was definitely asked by Craig to watch Fatima.

That's all I know.

And what about the general?

That's going to cost you, that is, mate. You're not getting any more money out

of me.

Tell you what.

He's not even English.

Is he Iranian?

It's possible they want to do Fatima.

But only Craig and Carlton and Wesley would know about that.

I have popped the shower open.

All right, come on then.

Yeah, big man.

Get that down, y 'all.

Did you lose again, did you? I shot some house up before.

and other shitmen's coming in.

All this round stuff, yeah.

Bulking.

Gotta go down the fucking hole for that.

Fucking able.

Oh, shit.

Going to game, then, or what?

Yeah, I might do, actually.

Yeah, if you've still got that box going.

Hey, he's still banging that gilf from living to.

Fucking cheeky bastard gilf.

Oh, she is a gilf, mate.

How's it a gilf? Because she's a fucking grandmother.

No, I may have just been focused on myself.

Is there any grounding in that?

Is that okay?

Yeah. Do you want to do any yoga in that?

Yeah, mate. It's just, you know, being at one with myself.

Are you serious?

Yeah.

You can't even fucking touch your toes, you know what I'm talking about?

No, but I can touch my heels.

You can touch your heels, yeah.

I'm going to get a little yoga student and I shall fucking try that out.

Do you actually know what GB is?

What it stands for?

I don't want to be anywhere near it when it goes off me.

I'll tell you so much from now on.

Johnny's not going to be anywhere near it.

Some gob on that lad.

Boy, you ain't got two brain cells to rub together.

Greg's sick of it.

What's the gentleman's idea there?

And he calls you, really?

Sorry to be in touch, Pete, but can we meet?

It's urgent.

I just need a couple of hours to get back to London.

I've got a quarter of an hour, John.

How are you?

Fine.

You look really well.

You look older.

There's no need to be like that.

We had something special.

In the end, it was a year of half -decent sex and some overheated texts

emails.

I got far too emotionally involved, as did you.

You told me it was the best sex you ever had. I've said that to every man I've

ever been to bed with. Oh, that's cold.

What do you want, John?

I mean, frankly, I can't believe you're still in the game.

So glad I got out when I could.

I'm investigating the links between the Manchester drugs trade and Afghan

heroin.

Being moved along the northern route through Iran and on to Turkey.

I'm looking for a man who uses the alias The General.

I think he might be flying in in the next few days.

I focus more on the southern route from Iran.

There's no one in the intelligence community who has a better handle on the

-Afghan border than you, P.

Don't call me P.

I'm afraid anything I could tell you is rather out of date.

Does GB mean anything to you?

It's the military designation for the chemical weapons forum.

And what if I was to tell you that the senior Iranian...

Government official wants to use GB on UK soil.

Now, I can't have a proper conversation with my boss unless I can present with

some names of the people who might be running this operation.

Beeson's probably diversifying his narcotics business and importing the

drug GHB. It's GB. It's sarin.

You honestly think they'd use a chemical nerve agent as toxic and lethal as

sarin? All three of these senior figures are involved with drug trafficking

along the Iranian -Afghan border. It's reasonable to believe that any one of

them could be in business with Craig Beeson and the Langley Hill crew. Why?

would he do this? Well, perhaps there are hardliners at the top in Iran who

survived the bombing, don't want peace with the West, and want to undermine the

president. There's only one diplomatic flight out of Tehran tomorrow, into

Frankfurt, and an unscheduled chartered private jet flying into Blackpool later

on in the afternoon.

We think that's the General's most likely connection.

Tomorrow, the counter -terrorist team will go to Blackpool, and you will be

meeting your new colleagues at Royal Protection.

You can't take this off me now.

I can do whatever I like. This is the appreciation I get.

Royal palaces and Bollos were a fucking joke.

I'm sorry to say this, but this attitude proves my point exactly.

Where did you get that cash from, Jordan?

From my mum, I swear.

I can smell the shite.

You've been talking to that journalist guy.

The same one Ethan spoke to.

I haven't created it.

How many out of ten would you rate your marriage right now?

I would say five, honestly.

A solid five.

Two?

Two.

What's happened?

I went out for dinner with my boss to celebrate being made partner, and I

tell him.

Yeah, but did you see what you were wearing?

Left nothing to the imagination, no bra.

It was like two coat pegs on a chapel door.

Have you any idea what a sexy dick you're being? Oh, I'm sorry that I'm not

middle class like you.

Sometimes I say things and I make myself cringe. I'm sorry.

God, I feel like all I do is apologise for myself at the moment. It makes me

feel like shit.

Why did Claire going out for dinner make you feel insecure?

I don't feel insecure.

I know what side my bread's buttered.

He was unfaithful to me. You said that you would let it go. You said that you

would try and forgive me.

Why didn't you tell John you were going out?

Because I want him to understand how I feel.

And do you?

You seem to live such separate lives, but what is it you have in common?

I empathise with what Claire does, being a doctor.

Her integrity, wanting to help people, public service, that sort of thing.

What was it that drew you to each other when you met?

We had a laugh.

And there was a strong physical connection.

What can I say? I'm a magnet.

He's always got to make a joke of everything.

It's really annoying.

Claire's kind.

And smart.

And beautiful.

I still think she's the most beautiful woman I know.

Good luck with your second date.

Oh, thank you. Yeah, we're going to have a midnight picnic, and I'm really

excited.

Oh, okay.

Good night. I'll see you tomorrow.

Did you book to see a GP?

I will.

John, I'm worried about you.

You need to take it seriously and get yourself checked out.

Do we need to have hemorrhoids to chat right now?

Chief. When's your meeting with the Royal Protection Team? This afternoon.

Look, whatever happens with me, can you keep a track on Jordan's phone?

I can't get through and it's making me nervous.

Yeah, consider it done.

I'll miss you, Chief.

Oh, that doctor you asked me to look at. Shh.

A female patient made a complaint of sexual harassment.

and he's also got form of the revenue over rental income from some properties

owns over in Spain.

Right.

Thank you really soon.

Got FOMO.

FOMO? No, I'm a deeply FOMO person.

It's the only place in the world I want to be now. It's Blackpool.

I heard what you did yesterday. You did it. You nailed it. You proved every

single one of us wrong.

I managed to bag myself a new job because of it.

No. What is it?

Apparently, I'll be spending the rest of my career at Windsor Castle making sure

that nobody poisons the King's muesli.

No.

How did it go in court?

It was a shit show.

The judge gave me short shrift because I wouldn't detail my work commitments.

What? Exactly.

I told him I'd be breaching the Official Secrets Act, but he didn't get it. He

said family hearings are private, that I should be candid about my work

commitments. The judge just didn't get it? And he was all over my ex.

indicated he had sympathy, Ali would be better off moving and living full -time

with his dad.

More stability, reliability.

I'm so sorry to hear that.

I feel like the worst mother in the world.

Come on.

Come here.

All right.

Oh, God.

I bet they're all in Blackpool now, ready to go.

I feel like I might actually puke.

Are you getting out of here? What?

John? The tracker that I put on Beeston's man is in Essex, not in

I think the general might be coming into a different airport.

Mr Simone Grant, please leave a message.

I owe you the honour.

Greg, we've got the wrong place.

The General's coming into an airport in Essex.

Epping Airfield.

That can't be right.

I've tracked one of Beeston's men there. We need backup and we need to call the

airfield. Just do it, now.

Ready, sir.

Chief.

Call. The code is 7863.

You won't hang a call.

Thank you.

Who's on security I think

that's him Jim

Jim

those

cars in the study Come on, let's go

Come on.

Hey!

Come

on.

Jesus. Women drivers?

Is that a service weapon?

It's a souvenir.

Souvenir? Fuck you. Now, where do you go on holiday?

It's next.

Yep, we're okay.

We think we've positively ID'd the general as Karthim Asadi, but we need

help. Can you look at everything leaving the airfield that the ANPR picks up on

the A113?

Particularly West Pound. We have a problem.

We can't lose him.

John got a tracker on him. Yes.

John got eyes on a study.

So we're compromised.

But don't worry.

He can still be stopped.

It's no problem.