Mr. Younis!
Mr. Carter!
What have you been up to?
Oh, you know, exploring my identity crisis. Asian or British? British or Asian? It's tearing me apart.
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I've got an idea. But we need to act very fast before she moves him.
I'm not sure you're...
It's my unique selling point, Mr. Pearce. Young Asian males don't often work for the security services.
Call me Harry.
[tied to a chair] You will never win. If I'd been born somewhere else... it might have been me holding the gun now. If you'd been born somewhere else, it might have been you sitting where I am. For all your talk about choices. We don't get to choose those things. But I guess... you're just unlucky because somehow... you've lost your humanity and now have no kindness or pity left in you. But I still have those things. Acts of hatred also produce acts of love, so you, my friend, will never win.
I'm going to check it out, you get the girl.
Yeah, or I could do the warehouse.
No, I'm doing it.
Adam, look, you really need to stop trying to hold my hand. Take the car and get the girl back to base.
Well, how you gonna get there?
There's a cab office on the main road. I'll ask backup to come and collect me later.
All right, I'll text you the address.
Oh, and, er, watch the accelerator because it's got a 280-brake horsepower twin turbo. Enjoy.
Present for you, "Vanessa."
JJo
[opens a box with identity papers] I'm not sure I really suit "Vanessa."
Zaf: Oh, it's not that bad. I was a "Hamish" on one particularly memorable occasion.
JJo
And you got away with it?
[in a Scottish accent] It's all down to the delivery. [they laugh] Make sure you know all this stuff inside out. It saved my life once.
Angela believes that Princess Diana was murdered by the British Security Services. By us. [Jo laughs]
AAngela
What's funny?
JJo
Nothing.
AAngela
You find that funny?
JJo
No.
AAngela
Funny? That your boss was on a committee that ordered the faking of the car accident which killed Diana?
Angela, what are you talking about?
AAngela
I'm talking about you being chair of the contingent events committee.
The what?
AAngela
The committee that organized, then ordered the assassination.
This is madness.
AAngela
You can't deny there was such a committee.
I can. Angela, you must let us help you.
Okay, I'm ready.
Now don't forget, we're only playing "What if?"
You mean what if Harry organized the assassination of Princess Diana? I think he could have.
You don't mean that.
Don't I?
It's the conspiracy theories, they suck you in.
Yeah, they do. Some say it was caused by satanists because Diana's mercedes crashed into the 13th pillar in the tunnel. Then there's the theory that limo was stolen a month before by the Israeli secret service. The steering was modified so it could be controlled by a remote radio signal.
Now Mossad did it?
No. MI-5 and MI-6 did it in a joint operation. And I'll show you how. The British Embassy in Paris denied ever knowing that Diana had arrived in Paris. But they did. And the night before she arrived at the Ritz, two very high-ranking MI-6 officers arrived at the embassy.
Where's Jo?
Death by mascara... it was horrible to watch. Ruth's agonizing over the fact that there are no more horses in modern-day warfare and Adam's on a course learning how to lift his knuckles off the ground, so... you'll have to make do with me I'm afraid.
Shouldn't you be in prison or something?
This is the something. You okay?
My cover's still intact.
No, I meant-
I'm fine. Hanif was talking about a bomb.
It's going to be taken out of the game without them noticing. We've been given a lease of life to turn our recruit.
We?
You and I are now the shock troops of waterfall. Admittedly I get to go home at night. How is life in the flat?
Claustrophobic, irritable, jumpy. Every noise outside is a possible raid.
Group dynamics?
Samir's getting more envious of Michael since he became Hanif's right-hand man. I'm busy stoking the flames of discord.
Okay, let's talk about sex.
Oh, yeah, hang on... Sorry it's just that it's been so long.
We can use it to turn Michael Johnson.
You really think I'm his type?
You awake?
Didn't sleep.
No, neither did I.
I'm going to have to remind myself of why exactly I did this for the rest of my life.
You know why.
How much longer?
Only a few hours now.
And then?
And then it's up to you.
Yeah. If we ever bump into each other again... either here or abroad, I know what you are trained to say, but if we do...
I'll smile.
Promise?
Of course. I smile at every pretty woman I pass.
Religion, the opium of the masses.
Really? I thought that was football.
Yeah, except for ooh-ah cantona wasn't his last message to the world.
There's something about him I like. He's the opposite of you.
Am I supposed to take that as a compliment?
We need different types. He's got brains.
This just gets better and better.
[after getting agent Lucas North back from Russia after 8 years] How did they treat you?
Sometimes well. Sometimes not. [pause] They told me I could come home if I spied for them.
What did you say?
I said yes. [smiles] Do you think we can stop for some fish and chips? I've got a craving.
Malcolm! [they hug] Good to see you. How's your mum?
MMalcolm
Oh, she's very well, very well. You look, uh, you look, uh... Is there anything I can get for you? Hot soup?
No, Malcolm, I had chips. Thanks. But I tell you what, though. I haven't had a decent sup of tea in eight years. [Malcolm has a look] What?
MMalcolm
Is it really eight years?
[everyone looks sad] Oh, it flew by! These Russian prisons, they're like holiday camps, they've got mattresses and everything.
[reading one of Lucas' tattoos] Dum Spiro Spero.
While I live, I hope. Tattooing's part of the culture in there. You don't do it, you don't belong, you don't belong, you're dead. [turns to reveal more tattoos] They all mean something. There's a specific iconography. Fascinating, really. So, how did Tom Quinn work out?
He took early retirement.
How'd you get me back, Harry?
How's the nervous system?
Twitchy. This is a mistake.
[Ros and Harry thinking Lucas is a Russian spy] I'm glad you didn't waste those years trying to memorize convincing excuses.
Maybe Kachimov should add that to his curriculum.
We should be following Elizabeta.
We are following Elizabeta.
Come on, Lucas. Impress me with your ability to talk your way out of this.
I agreed to be Kachimov's agent in London. Of course I did. But just to get back. To come home. God knows I couldn't rely on you to do it for me.
And you failed to mention this earlier. Why?
[to Harry] I told you in the car.
You joked about it in the car.
You suspected it. You as good as told me. If I admitted it officially, you'd lock me in a call and debrief me for months. I've seen enough cells.
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