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What you doing?

I have to go home.

It's the middle of the night.

Yeah, and there's no one about.

I can't go to work in yesterday's clothes.

HE LAUGHS

Seriously?

Do you think anyone's gonna notice?

That's flattering.

No...

Maybe a fresh shirt first thing.

Just...

don't go.

SHE SIGHS

Do you wish this hadn't happened?

SHE LAUGHS

No.

God, no.

I want this, Anna.

So do I.

But we just have to be so careful.

I know. I know.

And we will.

Just...

please don't go.

Thank you.

It's strange, isn't it?

How un-strange this feels.

HE LAUGHS

They're planning a vigil,
for Polly, tomorrow night.

We need to get ahead of it.

Great.

REPORTER:
...PC Gilbert seen here arresting protestors

using brute force on the alleged victim.

ANNA: Well, looks pretty gung ho there,
doesn't he?

This PC Gilbert.

Let's see what Eleanor has to say about it.

FRANCINE: Polly Wright wanted
to take part in a peaceful protest.

Actually a protest for peace...

Of course,
Francine bloody Bridge has an opinion.

...to crush any such peaceful protest

using Robert Sutherland's
draconian legislation.

Are you saying this young woman's
tragic death is a result—-—

I'm saying that forcing the police
to carry out their orders

in this heavy-handed manner—-

HOST:
But not all the police were heavy-handed.

FRANCINE: This terrible tragedy
cannot be lain solely at the door

of a single officer who was enforcing

Robert Sutherland's hard line,
anti-democratic Civil Disturbance Bill.

It's awful. But you didn't kill her.

I know.

REPORTERS:
PC Gilbert! PC Gilbert!

PC Gilbert!
Can I ask you a few questions, please?

Over here!

Murderer!

PHONE DIALS

MAN: Hello?
- Hello, Cal.

CAL:
It's been a while, Dan.

Lost in good times.

I heard what happened to Polly.

I'm sorry.

You still have friends in the desert?

What do you need?

I need a favour.

A fucking big one. Fast.

Look. My favours aren't free, Dan.

Don't worry.

Everyone gets paid in full.

ANNA:
The campaign to suspend Matthew Gilbert

has reached 100,000 signatures.
- ROBERT: OK.

Funny sort of walk of shame.

Nothing shameful about it.

Morning.

Polly Wright is dead

and the man who killed her is still
out there living his life, scot-free.

He's under siege by both press and public,
since his identity got leaked.

But he's still showing up
to work as a policeman.

What kind of message does that send?

He's been placed on restricted duties.

He should be suspended, today.

And if it turns out he used excessive force

it'll have to be a criminal investigation.
- No.

Matthew Gilbert
has won multiple awards

for bravery and service to the community

refused promotion

because he's happy on the street,
not behind a desk.

And the only reason
his face fits the thug narrative

is because he bears the scars
of rescuing an 8-year-old boy

who was having
his scalp torn off by a pit bull.

He does seem like one of the good guys.
— There's not a single smear against him.

Well, Eleanor's looking into that.

If we throw him under the bus

we'll incur the resentment
of the entire police force.

They'll think they're risking prison
just by doing their jobs.

Nonetheless. A young woman is dead.

We need to make a clear statement

that someone will be held
to account, and soon.

I want Matthew Gilbert
suspended from duty immediately

and I want an official announcement
about the investigation

into Polly Wright's death
by the end of the day

made by the Home Secretary.

DOOR BEEPS

How was it for you?

Painful and frustrating.

Labour are in full attack
against the Disturbance Bill

and you personally, over the government's
lack of response to Polly Wright's death.

Strange how she's transformed overnight,
from terrorist to martyr.

I'm making an announcement later.

What will you be saying?

I'll be lining up their sacrificial lamb.

Is it you?

Ellie still won't pick up.

I'd leave her a few days.

KNOCK ON DOOR
- Yes?

I thought you'd want to know
they're releasing Henry Wicks on bail.

We've no evidence linking him
to the Godley Common explosion

and under the present circumstances...

What about the man who was with Ellie?
Nate Stevens?

I'm putting together a report.

But you still haven't found him?

The manhunt is ongoing.

No need to hurry.

Robert.

We'll find him, Prime Minister.

No, this isn't about a job.

I was wondering if you were free tomorrow?

Thought we could go for dinner.

Maybe talk a little shop.

HENRY:
Francine.

Wasn't expecting you
on the welcome home committee.

Yeah, sorry to barge in. You alright?

I'm er...

What's going on?

SHE SIGHS

Different cause, different woman.

Same guy.

And now he's disappeared off the face
of the Earth having appeared on Earth

five years ago like an alien.

So who the fuck is he?

REPORTER: Henry Wicks, de facto leader
of the Planet Resistance movement

has been released on bail

and the investigation continues

into the deadly catastrophe
at Godley Common.

Mr Wicks was swift to speak out

regarding the death
of his fellow activist, Polly Wright.

HENRY:
Polly Wright was a fearless young woman

whose life was brutally cut short...
- PHONE RINGS

...and the police
must be held fully to account

for her tragic loss.

What the fuck, Ray?
I've been trying to call you.

RAY: / know. 37 times.
I've been on assignment.

I'm on my own in the middle
of fucking nowhere and I want out.

You understand?

You said you'd take care of it.

We will, Nathan.

So why don't I feel taken care of?

Just getting some ducks in a row.
It won't be long.

It's already taking too fucking long, Ray.

I'd hate to have
to consider my other options.

I'd hate to have
to consider my other options too.

I just want out.

Trust me. I'll be there tomorrow morning.

I'll even drive you to the airfield myself.

Matthew Gilbert has been
a serving police officer for 17 years.

And during that time,
he has maintained a spotless career.

Except one major blot
on his copybook.

A common assault charge

which should really have been
for grievous bodily harm

and which went away with unusual alacrity.

Covered up?

I can't find any evidence to support that.

Nobody at Croydon
is prepared to break ranks.

But...

He struck the victim across
the back of the head

with a wooden kendo stick.

Jesus Christ.
The same kind of injury that killed Polly.

ELEANOR:
Exactly.

The victim, Daniel Hayes, pressed charges.

It came to court.

Then all of a sudden,
the charges were dropped.

Is it corruption?

ELEANOR:
As I said.

There are no clear conclusions to be drawn

until we get more answers.

We can't suggest corruption
until we know for sure.

Is he suspended yet?

No.

I'll be announcing it later
along with the investigation.

I want him off the police force.

If it comes out that this
has been hushed up, it turns toxic.

Because if he'd been charged
and found guilty

he might not have been at that demo

and Polly might still be alive now.

All of which is pure speculation

at this point.

SHE SIGHS
But there's a vigil for Polly tonight

fuelled by a massive public outcry

which his force are going to be in charge of.

Tell Commissioner Millar

to suspend this guy immediately.

And tell him you'll be announcing it
as a criminal investigation.

It's the right thing to do.

Thought I might go
for a fifteenth rejected call to Ellie.

Nice round number.

Let her be, Rob.

The dust will settle.

PHONE RINGS

SHE SIGHS

Stop calling me or I'm blocking your number.

ROBERT: Ellie...
- Leave me alone.

Ellie, please...

You're angry.

I understand that.

You're grieving for your friend.

I know how much that must hurt you.

Oh fuck off, Dad. Save it for the cameras.

I-1-1 mean it.

I don't know what else to say.

She's dead, Dad.

Darling, I know.

And now you want to silence me

like everyone else who gets in your way.

No, no, no, no. I want... I wanna hear it.

lI... I mean it.

I wanna know how you feel.

Always.

I'm ashamed.

That's what I feel.

Sweetheart,
you have nothing to be ashamed of.

I have you.

PHONE BEEPS

PHONE BUZZES

Mr Sutherland, this is Yadira Al-Bilal.

I'm being held prisoner by my brother.

Nobody here can help me.

I'm afraid they're going to kill me.
- DOOR SLAMS

Please.

Please, I have no one to turn to.
Please. Please help me to escape.

What are our options here?

Erm... nil.

You're not seriously suggesting
we try and intervene?

I want to know how we might possibly
help this young woman

who's appealed personally to me

and whose life is under threat.

I'm sorry, just to be clear. Help how?

Diplomatically, or——
— I feel instinctively

that Prince Samir won't take kindly

to any recommendations
for family therapy on your part.

Is there any way we can help Yadira escape

without her family
detecting our involvement?

No.
- No.

It would be a diplomatic disaster.

Catastrophic.

ELEANOR:
Well, this much we know already

and the chances of avoiding detection
are extremely slim.

OK.

Let's find out how slim.

To within a fraction of a millimetre.

I'd like to know
what these hypotheticals are.

What a clandestine extraction would look like

who would do it

and how we can avoid it
being traced back to us.

As foreign secretary, I have to restate
I am absolutely against this

even as an investigation.

And this, on the day we launch

Samir's multibillion carbon-capture site.

Fine. I grant you full plausible deniability.

But I want you both

working on this.

Respectfully, Prime Minister,
as I am from a military background--

And present the report to me within 24 hours.

Understood, sir.

FYI...

since the horrific events
that shut the Defence Expo down early

I've been helping
to facilitate some private viewings

so that any exciting new opportunities

can remain behind closed doors.

How public-spirited of you, Archie.

It is, isn't it?

And since there are billions at stake

I'd be extremely grateful

if you could avoid doing anything else

beyond the highly dangerous game
you're currently initiating

that would blow them up too.

Noted, Archie.

So what do you think? Honestly.

ANNA:
Well, I think you're all agreed

that rescuing Princess Yadira
is a very long shot

but that doesn't mean
you shouldn't investigate it further.

Make an informed decision.
— Very diplomatic.

But honest.

It wouldn't be an entirely irrational move.

How was Ellie?

Angry.

Hates me.

Didn't you hate your parents
sometimes growing up?

Yeah, but I respected them.

The police officer in question
has already been suspended

from duties.

OFFICER:
Alright, guys.

We're all gutted about this.

But we still need to answer the phones.

I'm going home. I'm sick.

And after due examination of the facts

the Independent Office
for Police Conduct will be launching

a criminal investigation
into Polly Wright's death.

You can see it's through gritted teeth.

Meanwhile, you get to announce
our wonderful new green initiative.

Funded by kidnappers.

And by 2030,
by the time this new facility is complete

that figure will rise
to 80,000 tonnes of CO2

per year captured across the region.

Now that is a massive milestone
for both the climate

and the environment.
- PHONE BUZZES

This project has already created
over 4,000 new jobs for the region

and once we reach peak capacity here

that figure is likely to double.

Thank you very much.
I can take one or two questions.

REPORTER:
Prime Minister, as you're aware

Yadira Al-Bilal has gone missing
from her London home

and her family are suspected of kidnap.

Obviously I'm extremely concerned
for Princess Yadira's safety

which through the UK's
close ties to her family

we are already seeking to ascertain.

REPORTER: Prime Minister,
what's your response to reports

of an unofficial police strike in Croydon?

Well, I was hoping for some questions
about this wonderful new technology.

But my response to that is, erm...

any police strike, official or not,
is entirely illegal in this country.

It's apparently in response
to the Home Secretary's announcement

of a criminal investigation

into PC Matthew Gilbert.

Obviously I cannot comment
on an ongoing investigation

but what I will is say that no one
with a history of thug violence

has any place on the British police force.

But this particular officer
was involved in the death—-

I'm sorry,
that's all I have time for, thank you.

The man who claimed Matthew Gilbert
attacked him with a Kendo stick?

It's his sister's boyfriend

who'd been beating her up for years.

How did we miss this?

Because Gilbert's sister just came forward

and explained that actually
she knocked the bloke unconscious

with her brother's weapon.

Gilbert was prepared
to take the rap for his sister

but he hushed it up
to spare her further trauma.

And I've just called him
a violent thug on TV.

Yeah.

And it's already out there.

I need to stop thinking.

Just for an hour.

Casablanca, nice bottle of Malbec.

The whole pipe and slippers, is it?

Evening.
—- POLICEMAN: Evening, sir.

I've wanted to do that all day.

I've waited 30 years.

They're calling it the "blue flu".

The unofficial police strike
started last night in Croydon

with Matthew Gilbert's colleagues
calling in sick en masse.

Officers from neighbouring areas
were drafted in to cover the night shift

but word of the strike spread overnight

and now those areas
have been left short-staffed

with their officers calling in sick
this morning.

All within London?

ELEANOR:
So far, yes.

Sorry, no.

It's now spread
to Surrey and Thames Valley police.

Normally Police are keen to do overtime

but in this case,
they are prepared to forego the extra cash

to stand by their colleague, Matthew Gilbert.

Then how do we police the striking areas?

Sorry, I've just mobilised
all Special Police units

transport, MOD,
and nuclear constabulary

to cover the regional shortfalls.

But obviously that takes them
and all officers not on strike

away from any extra duties.

We need to make contingency plans
for cancelling major public events.

Pop concerts, festivals,
football matches.

I've made a list of all policed events
over the next two weeks.

It's in your inboxes.

And there's also the vigil
for Polly Wright tonight.

Well, we can't cancel that.

No, but...

I'll be attending.

I can report back to Mr Obasi.

Thank you, Audrey.

The strike is mainly out on socials but...

ah, it's gaining news coverage.

We need to shut that down, avoid panic.

And riots and looting

and terrorist attacks.

Hm. That's your house gone up in flames.

Look. Is there some kind
of conciliatory gesture we can make?

Not unless you're prepared to either
reinstate Matthew Gilbert

or downgrade the investigation.

Which you announced
in person only yesterday.

Under extreme duress.

We scramble as many officers as we can.

And call in the army?

I'd be happy to facilitate.

I'm not doing that.

We can't back down,
sO we have to stand firm.

This is an illegal strike by the very people
who are being paid by the public

to keep them safe.

You can let it be known that any
striking officer will be duly suspended

and will face being sacked,
and the Home Secretary?

You can announce that to the public.

He's wheeling me out there like a hate figure
for both police and public.

And don't forget the press.

Hiding behind me
while I defend his braindead policies

which I told him
from the start would spell disaster.

While he shows off
his lovely hew green-washing project.

You're his decoy.

The patsy.

INDISTINCT SHOUTING

You should really get the police
to move that lot on.

Must be hard to concentrate.

ELEANOR: Most police stations
are now operating on a skeleton staff

but some have had
to shut up shop completely.

Guildford are down
to three officers reporting for duty.

Seems like an unlikely spot for a riot.

Except we've got raves
popping up in the vicinity

and in other communities,
we have vigilante groups forming

to protect businesses from being looted.

So the public are now
fully aware of the police strike.

Yeah, the evening editions
are just hitting the news stands

but it's spreading
like wildfire online and on socials.

Where's Obasi with his statement?

SECRETARY:
They're ready for you.

MAN:
He was carrying out his duties

in the manner
described by the government...

I've been consulting with Mr Obasi
about the logistics of deploying

the army to uphold the law.

I'm here to offer my input.

I've told you that's off the table.

SHE SIGHS
It doesn't have to mean tanks rolling in.

We can be very discreet.

ELEANOR:
We did it for the Olympics, I suppose.

But if the army were to be deployed

you'd have to consider
giving them powers of arrest.

Where the fuck's Obasi
sO we can end this chaos?

PRESENTER:
...Home Secretary Obasi

will no longer be joining us

and in the last few minutes

has issued a statement...
— Shit.

...announcing his resignation
from the cabinet

with immediate effect.

MAN:
Nobody wants you here, mate. Go home.

Go on. Go home!

Calm down.
- Go home!

Go home!

Stay back!
- What are you doing?

Why don't you just fuck off?
Murderer!

Can you get a message
to Eleanor James, please?

We're gonna need a lot more police here.
Hey, come on!

Stand back, stand back.

You need to put that away.

Just move back. OK?

Can everyone
please start heading home now?

MAN:
Shame on you!

Shame on you!

I need Obasi's office.
— Murderer!

Hey! Stop. Stop.

You see that thing there?
That's his bodycam.

That is filming everything you do.

Anything happens to him,
then it's already uploaded.

OK? So can everybody please calm down

and remember why we're here?

POLICEMAN:
Please disperse from the area now.

Yadira Al-Bilal is here,
in her cousin's palace.

It's extremely remote, heavily defended.

Our only option would be
to use proxies to get her out.

Victoria's already spoken
to a couple who might be prepared to do it.

They'd need to get Yadira through here

which is treacherous terrain

out to sea and into international waters

where a separate crew
could potentially pick her up.

Their chances of success?

Non-existent.

Minimal.

Military, proxies
and my highest naval contacts

have all said so.

And of doing it without detection?

Delusional.

Even smaller.

While the repercussions
if we are detected are vast and devastating

financially and diplomatically.

ARCHIE:
And more importantly

in terms of counterterrorism

we'll get nothing
from the Al-Bilal dynasty after this.

You've made your opinions quite clear.

What about you, Anna?

I don't think you can.

CROWD SHOUTS

Murderer!

FRANCINE:
Excuse me.

Ellie?

Aren't you...?

Francine Bridge. We need to go.

Come with me.

Excuse me.

I don't know about you

but eyeing up lethal weapons
always leaves me ravenous.

That's your insatiable appetite
for compliant drones, Archie.

THEY LAUGH
Preferably ones you can operate

with deadly precision.

That's why I keep you around, Mottie.

After you, Your Highness.

WOMAN:
Mandrake's clear, over.

MAN:
Confirmed. Building clear of guests.

Premises secure.

MAN:
Final guests leaving.

Going to check the perimeter now.

I've got some biscuits in my bag.

Nicked 'em from work.

And you're only telling me now?

'Scuse fingers, I don't want that lot to see.

Thought you were a socialist.

Not when it comes to Rich Tea.

You must have gotten pretty hungry
in the sinkhole.

Or did you have supplies down there?

Some. I never want
to see an energy bar again.

What was he like,
the bloke you were down there with?

Why are you asking me that?

Cos I'm pretty certain
he worked undercover

infiltrating protest groups.

What? Nate's a fucking spy?
- Yes.

And he was illegally spying
on your movement.

I'm trying to find out who for
and where he is now.

D'you wanna start another?

Are you trying to seduce me, Mrs Robinson?

What if I am?

Honeytrap me.

ELEANOR LAUGHS

I'd forgotten how much fun
we used to have together.

Our little games.
- ZELDA LAUGHS

You remember my favourite?

Interrogation. But always the passive role.

Well, you were so good at the other.

D'you wanna play now?

What? Here?

SHE SCOFFS

What's this about then?

I asked you a question
about Nate Stevens, aka Nathan Scott.

And I answered.

You gave an answer.

It turns out

that Nathan Scott has been
a member of all sorts of activist groups.

Different identity every time.

He was involved
with anti-coal protestors in Copenhagen

till he suddenly disappeared.

And the young woman
that he was involved with

ended up with what sounds to me
like a chunk of hush money

from a Dutch subsidiary,
via several shell companies

from Rhombus Strategic Services.

SHE SCOFFS

Correlation is not causation.

You know that, Len.

Listen to me, Zelda.

I do not want to discover
that Nathan Scott is your man.

That what happened
at Godley Common was in your book.

And you won't.

Good.

Because this is a fucking mess.

And if your broom can't sweep this clean

then mine will have to.

Thank you.

Four MOD cops at the front.

Two at the rear entrance

and five Condor Security
spaced around the perimeter.

Ten more Condor guys inside

eight of which should be leaving now.

Two on the inside

ten on the outside, between 7am and 7pm.

And that's as good as it gets.

Of course I understand their grievances
but this illegal strike has to end

or they will face disciplinary action.

Yes, I've passed
that message down the ranks

but to be honest,
it feels like more of the same.

You've just made their jobs harder
with this Disturbance Bill.

You're prosecuting
their colleague for enforcing it

and now you're threatening
to sack them for standing by him.

You mean they need more carrot,
less stick.

I mean this is a situation
entirely of your own creation

and they're extremely unhappy
that they're being made the scapegoats.

The Civil Disturbance Bill

did not include clubbing
a young woman to death.

They were under attack themselves.

Ninety-three of my officers
have been assaulted in the last 24 hours.

That's the ones who are still showing up
to work to maintain public safety.

And while most
of those assaults were no doubt

by bad elements acting opportunistically

I said from the start
this bill would set a large section

of the public against us.
—- ROBERT: Well...

We are where we are.

How do we fix this?

You need to get us back onside.

You need to demonstrate control.

We cannot withdraw
the criminal investigation.

Too drastic a U-turn.

But we can look for a way
to downgrade it later on.

But that would obviously have
to remain entirely unofficial

and police trust
in the government is at rock bottom.

They won't believe you.

What if we reinstate PC Gilbert
to restricted duties?

That won't be enough.

With an assurance there'll be no
punitive measures taken against the strikers

so long as they return to work today.

I think I can probably swing that
if I can rely on your assurance.

You can.

And we can claim Obasi broke legal protocol
in suspending Gilbert.

He jumped the gun.

But now it's over.

Come in. Do sit down.

Cheers.

I just ran into—
— Me. Sorry.

Victoria had some salient thoughts
on Robert's recent policymaking.

I didn't call it "making".

Imploding, maybe.

I felt we all shared
some common ground on that score.

What's your actual point?

That's a genuine question.

Well, Mottie and I were just discussing
Sutherland's latest U-turn.

To what end?

To sow further discord
within Robert's government?

Just because that's your whole schtick.

He's weak.

While we welcome the news
of a criminal investigation

into the death of Polly Wright

we demand the same level of transparency

for the victims of Godley Common.

We demand the truth.

Whoever——

Ray. Regarding the asset.

Change of plan.

The lights are on but nobody's home.

RAY:
Where the fuck are you?

"Trust me", you said.

"Take me to the airfield", you said.

Don't fuck with me, Nathan.

You've fucked with me, you prick.

I'm gonna take care of myself.

Nathan.
- PHONE BEEPS

Fuck!

DAN:
Hey.

Glad to see us, eh?

What the fuck?
Lads, what the f—

HE GROANS

Oi! What's going on?

HE GROANS

PHONE CHIMES

Police are returning
to their duties en masse.

And the story is Obasi screwed up,
and he's gone?

Yeah.
- Well, he may have borne the brunt

but we're damaged.

ANNA:
You've survived worse.

What?

I'm afraid we've picked up chatter
that Princess Yadira tried to escape

and was captured.

There's no further intel.

Whereabouts unknown.

No proof of life.

HE COUGHS

There's nothing you could have done.

Well, I keep saying that in my head

but it's Ellie I'm saying it to
and she's calling me a spineless coward.

Robert.

Ellie may think she hates you
right now but it won't last.

Whatever needs fixing, however long it takes

she isn't lost.

I promise.

Meanwhile...

we're down a Home Secretary.

Any contenders?

Round up the usual suspects.

Why did this take us so long?

Real life got in the way.

SHE LAUGHS

This is real.

PHONE BUZZES

Eleanor, can it wait?

ELEANOR:
I doubt it.

There's been an armed robbery
at the Defence Expo.

They've stolen
a military grade ballistic weapon.

And we've just received a ransom demand
or else they start firing.