'I was right about Mikhail.
'He's got something going on with Matti.'
The PA?
You need to find out if your friend Cyclops has been playing you,
inadvertently or not.
'Could you have been set up?'
You're gonna have to trust my judgment on this.
Unless you think I'd lie to you? Of course I don't.
I'll drop the petition
if you agree to respect my personal life.
I'm sure you'll handle whatever blows you might have to take,
just like I did.
Have you had chance to think about this loan, yet?
Because I'm running out of time.
Oh, your comrades won't bail you out?
The Foreign Secretary's decision
to meet with the Russian Foreign Minister
is part of a wider pattern of questionable judgements.
She deserves everything she's gonna get.
Agreed.
Looks like the Swiss lawyer owns an offshore.
Like a middle man for Ryan?
If we really wanna find out, I need to go fishing in Geneva.
If we can place Igor and any Cabinet ministers OR SIS staff
in the same place at the same time, then we might have something.
I won't have long.
I'll need dates. When was his special unit set up?
I'm working on it.
'Ryan Walker took payments from Igor Borodin.
'Sauverre brokered the entire deal through his offshore.'
Game over, Ryan.
Kate had concerns about your personal security.
I'm the Foreign fucking Secretary.
I don't need any covert surveillance!
Do not meddle with the democratic process.
SHE INHALES
SHE EXHALES DEEPLY
KEYS JANGLE
Kate?
Rose called me.
Where is he?
DOOR CLOSES
What did he find out?
Did they take anything?
Have you got his phone, laptop?
That's gone. You're sure?
Yeah.
Leave it.
The Counter Terror Team are on their way.
I'll deal with them. You don't have the authority.
I'm not giving them classified material.
I said leave it!
DOOR RATTLES, OPENS
You got here quick. I was at the office.
I'll take it from here.
Wait outside. Stall the Met.
I'm sorry.
SHE SIGHS SOFTLY
You told him? I have to follow protocol.
I need to lock these files down.
When was the last time you spoke to Rav?
Erm... an hour ago.
He went to Geneva.
He met Ryan's middleman.
We've got copies of wire transfers Moscow made to Ryan.
How did he get blown? I don't know.
Our mole in SIS tracked his phone,
or the lawyer suspected Rav and told Moscow
and they realised that Rav was getting too close,
so they had to shut him down?
But to kill him in London.
Have you told the Chief?
Yes.
I always thought he was unshockable.
He'll see you first thing.
CAR APPROACHES
SHE SIGHS That'll be the Met.
SHE SIGHS
Let's get this over with.
CAR DOOR OPENS, CLOSES
KEYS JANGLE
My love... I'm so sorry, darling.
SHE SIGHS If I'd have gotten there sooner...
Well, then it could have been you, couldn't it?
You can't carry on like this.
You can't.
SHOUTING ON TV
Why the hell hasn't this finished him?
HE SCOFFS
You'll win because you're a woman of infinite class.
SHE CHUCKLES Crawler. What do you want?
PHONE RINGS
This is Imogen Conrad.
It's the Mail.
Yes, Caroline. What can I do for you?
'..material emerging...' Erm...
'I was wondering if you have any comment?'
I have no comment.
What's happened?
PHONE CHIMES, HE EXHALES SHARPLY
INCESSANT CHIMES
Shit.
Everything OK?
It's over. What's over?
Everything's over.
Imogen's career, our campaign, it's done.
No, I don't wanna watch it. Please. Well, don't look, then.
Shit!
Who is he? No idea.
I'm not watching it again, OK? Did you know about it?
Yeah, I mean, we knew they had something, but not this, no.
So, it's real, then? It doesn't really matter.
The real question is,
why the hell has that ended up in Ryan Walker's hands?
Yeah.
CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK
HE SIGHS
I'm gonna make a move before any more vultures descend.
Sorry.
This isn't your mess.
PHONE RINGS
HE CLEARS THROAT I don't know what to say, Harry.
You could say it didn't happen.
It's another bit of fake news.
That'd be a start.
"No comment."
PAPARAZZI CLAMOUR Imogen!
I'm very sorry about your colleague.
It's unthinkable.
Thank you, Sir.
You're sure it was Moscow? It... It seems like a huge provocation.
We'll wait for the official verdict from Counter Terror,
but there's no real doubt our end.
And, yes, a British agent on home turf
is an alarming step change.
Rav got proof that Ryan Walker was paid by Moscow Centre.
Paid for what?
A piece of land he wanted to develop,
his old union car park.
A Swiss lawyer brokered the deal,
most likely a contact from Lev Amatov. Right.
I see you went against my express request not to investigate.
Rav confirmed the cash originated from a Moscow Centre bank account.
We advise you suspend Ryan, Prime Minister,
and then he'd have to withdraw from the leadership race.
It's not that simple.
I understand how serious this is, but...
...if I'm seen to be interfering in the democratic process
without concrete proof... I've just showed you the proof.
Yes, of dishonesty and greed, but not espionage.
Well, surely, you can postpone the vote
until we've investigated further?
It also looks like Moscow's responsible
for the Home Secretary's sex tape, which we think Ryan knew about.
We all know how keen the Russians are to help out pliable politicians.
In my view, Ryan Walker is undeniably compromised
by this evidence.
But it isn't evidence.
I was a lawyer before I entered politics.
You've given me "balance of probability",
and that is not the same as "beyond reasonable doubt".
The country's already in chaos.
Unproven rumours of Russian collusion
will only escalate things further.
With respect, surely that's a risk you'll have to take.
I'm sorry.
But I'll do more damage in the long-run if I call off the election.
The answer's no. Thank you.
SHE EXHALES
He thinks Moscow Centre paid a British minister
several million quid in exchange for fuck-all?
Party before country.
We should have known that would be his last job in office.
What do we have left on the table? Mikhail Borodin.
I've got an agent on the ground in Moscow with an "in" to Igor's unit,
but I need Mikhail to play ball.
In exchange for an "out" from the Kremlin?
Will you authorise an approach? I'm already tracking him in Finland.
You've ignored your orders so far, as Anthony pointed out.
You might as well try and finish what you started.
Report direct to me.
Does that mean you're not telling Zak?
Not telling Zak what?
PHONE RINGS
Hello?
'Mrs Henderson. This is Ryan Walker.'
THEY SPEAK RUSSIAN
Kate.
Thanks for coming.
Can I get you anything? No, I'm good, thanks.
Is this where you do your unofficial business?
Ah, I used to come here as a junior minister.
All-day breakfast for under a fiver and no Whitehall spies around.
What can I do for you, Foreign Secretary?
Well, I wanted to offer my condolences about Ravindra.
Rav. Mm.
Thank you, but a phone call would have been fine.
No, it happened on my watch as Foreign Secretary.
While I understand that we suspect Moscow...
do we know why they targeted him?
Perhaps your friend Dmitri Krimsov could shed some light.
I take the threat of Russian interference in this country
very seriously.
We'll need to work together to make sure this doesn't happen again.
What do you want, Mr Walker?
I want to shake things up, Kate... in the Cabinet and in SIS.
Now, Anthony is unfortunately going, Sir Alan's headed for retirement.
You seem pretty close to Zak Hussein.
Zak. HE LAUGHS
Zak's an arse-kisser, and a surname like Hussein is a hard sell.
There's no point pretending otherwise.
Well, you were responsible for his promotion.
Don't get me wrong, we need desk jockeys like Zak,
but... you take no prisoners.
We have that in common. So why did you get me suspended?
Let's just call that an overreaction, OK?
And I think it's time we gave a bright young talent the top job.
Here's your full English and your toast.
In return for what?
Look, let's not play games. OK?
This is hard politics.
Let's help each other.
PHONE BUZZES
I've gotta go. Don't let your eggs get cold.
BUZZING CONTINUES
Hi, Rose.
I've run the sex tape through diagnostics.
It's definitely been modified.
If it's a deepfake, why wouldn't Imogen just say so?
Then she'd be off the hook and back in the race.
Well, perhaps it was altered to protect the man, whoever he is.
I'll go there now and see if I can talk to her.
There's something else.
So, I checked the internal phone logs.
Zak and Julie talk a lot out of office hours.
Right.
Neighbourhood Watch.
I'm not here to tell you off.
That makes you the exception.
Stuart tried to talk me out of running.
I should have listened to him. Really?
I thought Stuart wanted you in Downing Street as much as I do.
Mm, politically, yeah,
but he did warn me about the personal cost.
I have to ask...
...is the video real or not?
You're not the first MP to be honey-trapped by a Russian spy
if that's what happened?
We know the tape was tampered with. What are you fishing for?
Who's the man, Imogen?
Nobody.
Some local guy I met on that bloody trip to Montenegro.
Are you sure he wasn't Russian?
What was his name? Honestly, I... don't remember.
It was in a bar, I was drunk, I've buried the whole thing.
Harry and I... were having a difficult time.
I screwed up.
Can we just leave it at that, please?
How well do you know Zak Hussein?
We cross paths every now and then.
Did you get to know him better in Montenegro?
Am I under investigation?
We know you were there at the same time.
The hotel conference? I didn't see him there.
I was too busy working Lev.
Harry's charity was about to go under.
Lev had just dangled a big donation.
You went to a cocktail party with a man named Kyril Markov?
God knows.
I met a bunch of men who wanted to have their picture taken with me.
Lev said they were hotel investors.
Well, he forgot to mention
that Kyril is one of Moscow's most senior intelligence officers.
IMOGEN SIGHS Kate, is this why you're here?
To bury me, after this tape has just killed me off?
There's a lot of public support out there for you already.
Yes, well... no other MP has had a million tweets
about the size of their tits, have they? I'm fucked.
And if I call the critics out, I'm an angry Black woman.
The story's already written. By who? Ryan Walker?
The man you're about to let become Prime Minister?
Do you know something I don't?
Are you investigating him?
If I said yes... would you stay in the race?
I knew it.
Look, I don't know what really happened in Portonovi - yet.
But I do know that you're not working for Moscow.
If you drop out now...
...you're handing Ryan the keys to Number 10.
LAUGHTER
Sorry to interrupt.
Finished with the picture-hanging?
Yeah, the Matisse went into Lev's office.
Do you wanna have a look? Another time.
Amanda, the car's waiting for you outside.
Lev, got a minute? Yeah.
All right, bye.
Is everything all right?
No, it's not.
You've heard the Mylar project's about to collapse?
I did. Unfortunate. Unfortunate?
It's a fucking disaster.
If the company's dissolved, I'll be named and shamed.
I understand.
What sort of figure are we looking at?
RYAN SIGHS
I need a million to protect my investment.
Then I'm good for it when the flats sell.
That's a considerable amount of money.
Ah, trust me, I wouldn't ask unless I had to.
You can rely on us.
The funds through the same channel as before. OK.
Thank you. LEV CHUCKLES
We've always felt any investment in Ryan Walker
was bound to be a sound one.
We backed the right man.
Leave it with me.
Yeah.
Sorry, I don't understand.
How can you just, erm, "overturn" a suspension?
It's complicated.
Well, where are you going? What are you gonna tell the kids?
Well, you know I can't tell you where I'm going.
I've told them it's a final work trip to tie up loose ends.
I'll be back by tomorrow. Jesus Christ, Katie.
Your agent has been killed.
Your deputy has been killed.
Our daughter has just almost been kidnapped.
Haven't you had enough? Yes, I have had enough.
But I have no choice.
There's always a choice. SHE SIGHS
We can't keep going on like this. Surely you understand that?
Look, Jim's here. He'll look after you.
When I get back, we'll take a break.
Do you promise? I promise.
Please be careful. Please. I will.
I always am.
I thought you were gonna wear the dark grey?
It's not a funeral.
It will be for Imogen if she doesn't show up.
Here. It's fine.
Do you still want me to come?
Aren't you too busy with other affairs?
Please don't jump to conclusions.
Please don't treat me like an idiot.
You've got your career, Ryan.
I need something... To hurt me with?
No, something to make me feel alive. HE SNORTS
You chose Lev?
The art expert?
The humanitarian with bottomless pockets?
Did he tell you he's just bailed me out for a million quid
when Daddy didn't come through?
Oh, he can afford it. Well, I can't. Nor can you.
Where do you think the loan for the union land came from?
A British building society? HE LAUGHS
Well, you said... I thought your dad...
Nah, I lied.
If either loan gets traced back, my career's over.
So is yours.
So, there you go.
Lev's fucked us both.
I hope you enjoyed it more than I have.
BUZZING
CHIME
Hi, it's Kate. 'Hi. Come up to the sixth floor.'
OK. Thank you. BUZZING
Hi.
Thank you.
It must be his regular spot. The waiter knew him.
How secure is the cafe?
There are no street cams and no minder.
Are you sure you're up to this?
Yeah.
Yeah, I just...
Rav.
I know.
Julie, does anyone else know you're here?
Apart from me and Rose?
No, of course not.
OK. Let's go.
PHONE RINGS
SHE SIGHS, RINGING CONTINUES
Hey.
'Fucking hell, I've been worried sick.'
What was there to say?
'Are you dropping out of the race? If you are, I'd understand.'
Look, I made a mistake, and I'm being punished for it.
I don't see why the public should be too.
If Ryan wins, they will be.
I'll see you at HQ, all right? 'OK.'
Let's go. Before I change my mind.
HORNS HONKING
BIKE BELL DINGS
INDISTINCT CHATTER
HORNS HONK
Hi, can I take some sugar? Clear.
Is this a safe neighbourhood, Mikhail? I'm visiting from London.
It's a nice spot.
You must enjoy being away from Moscow.
And your father.
How's Matti?
Did you know that Lena knew about your affair with him?
She kept your secret for you.
She was as scared of your father as you are.
If you're here to blackmail me...
You know that's not our style.
I'm here to offer you a way out.
In England? You think they won't find me there?
I can hide you anywhere - Europe, Canada, Australia.
I won't leave my son.
I understand.
You have no idea. I have kids too, Mikhail.
I know what it's like to lead a double life.
And it's better for Sandro if you stay together.
We'll make it work.
When? I can fast-track it,
but I'll need something to set things in motion.
Such as?
The name of the asset your father has in the British Cabinet.
Is that all?
And the identity of the agent inside SIS who's helping you.
My father keeps those secrets very close to his chest.
Well, I'll need a decent down-payment
on your British passport.
And I'll need to be in London before I empty my pockets for you.
My guess is that both the Cabinet asset and the SIS agent
are run out of the same unit?
Somewhere on your father's floor?
The unit is his pride and joy.
And he brought in Kyril to run logistics?
When was the unit set up?
You looking for the keys to the safe here, Mrs Henderson?
Come on, Mikhail. I need a way in.
December '24.
You'll have the rest when I'm in London.
My agent will contact you here.
PHONE RINGS
'Igor set up the unit in December 2024.
'Look for any foreign trips he took that month or just before it.'
KEYPAD TONE
SPLASH
Minutochku.
Pozhaluysta.
Prokhodite.
BEEPING
But I don't know. If she's not gonna show up,
maybe she's withdrawn her leadership bid.
That would be too easy, Ryan, even for you.
BEEPING
ALARMS BLARE
How long till the announcement?
Er, any minute now. Thank you. PHONE BUZZES
Is there something you wanna tell me, Julie?
It's just sex.
How long have you two been together? We're not together.
It's not a big deal. He's your boss.
And mine. You should have told me.
I knew you'd judge me for it. Yeah, for your taste in men, maybe.
Does everyone know?
He said Rose was asking about Dubrovnik.
So, you were there with him?
Well, he was there for some intelligence pow-wow.
I just flew out for the weekend.
Did he mention any business in Portonovi?
He said he'd gone to pitch for an agent, but the guy didn't show.
Do you think he actually could've been there
to meet Kyril Markov?
Could he be working for him?
Zak?
Somebody in the system is feeding Moscow intelligence.
Lena's dead, Rav,
so that leaves us, Rose, C and Zak.
No. It's not him.
I mean, Zak is a lot of things,
but he would never betray his country or the Service.
Wh-Who was he there to turn? Did he mention anyone?
No, but he was in a foul mood all weekend.
Fuck. Maybe Moscow set him up.
Dangled the prize of Kyril Markov just to get him out there.
What, and confuse us? Yeah.
To get us to ask questions that we can't answer.
Like why Imogen, Kyril and Zak
were all in the same place at the same time.
Mm. So, Zak got played?
Yeah, he'd definitely try and hush that one up.
PHONE BUZZES
Sorry, erm, just a sec.
Yeah? Igor Borodin was in Prague
from the 12th to the 14th of December, 2024.
Are you there?
Yeah.
I hope it's enough to catch your informer.
And the minister.
So do I.
I'm gonna take a long route out and go dark for a while.
Thank you.
You're not on your own. You know where to find me.
Take care of yourself. 'You too.'
WATER SPLASHES
Everything all right?
Er, yeah. I've got... I've got some dates. Erm...
Check the office mainframe, all government travel records,
including those that cover members of our staff.
Prague, 12th to the 14th of December, 2024.
Imogen Conrad received 46.9% of the vote.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Thank you. Brilliant.
Ryan Walker received 53.1%.
RAUCOUS CHEERS
Thank you so much. Thank you.
Thank you.
Every effort that was made, I'm so appreciative. Every effort!
Thank you so much.
Every effort, thank you so much.
Hi. 'We lost.
'Ryan's in.' I saw.
'It does makes you wonder why we bother, doesn't it?'
Everything OK your end? Not really.
'Why? What's happened?'
My work thing didn't play out.
I'm in Finland.
You OK, though? 'I'll explain when I see you.'
Why don't you come out for a few days?
We can go back to that hotel.
What, the one by the lake?
Yeah, near Virolahti.
What about the kids? 'I've spoken to Rose.
'She said she'd stay over.'
We owe ourselves some time, don't you think?
'Great.'
I'll book a flight. 'Today?'
Yeah. Tonight.
'Good.'
Bye.
JET ENGINE ROARS
Don't.
What's happening?
Why are we here? I'm offering you an escape route.
Russian border's down there. You can walk to it.
I've asked the Finns to open it for you.
And then what?
Go and find Igor Borodin.
Like you did on our anniversary, in Prague,
when he recruited you.
I know you had an affair with Imogen in Montenegro.
HE SNIFFS
They erased you from the original sex tape in return for information.
And all this time, I was looking for a mole in my office.
It wasn't an affair.
It wasn't. It was a... It was one time.
And it was... it was a really stupid mistake,
but that was it, we were drunk.
Why didn't you just tell me that you were being blackmailed?
Cos I knew you'd leave me.
And this is better?
Katie, they said to me all wanted was... like, Cabinet gossip
and...
And then they wanted more information -
about me, about my movements.
They had me by the fucking balls by then.
People died!
I know they did! HE SNIFFS
Stuart, people died! I know.
You put our whole family at risk.
Look, they... they promised me they would never hurt you.
They would never hurt the children, that's what they said, OK?
That's what they said.
Kate, I am asking you to forgive me.
Please. It's too late.
It's not too late. It's not. It isn't. It isn't.
I love you, and I know a part of you still loves me.
That's why I'm letting you go.
I don't want Fiona and Gus to see you going on trial for treason.
Look, it can't end like this. It can't. It can't.
HE SNIFFS Mm-mm.
Bye, Stuart. Katie... please.
Come on.
SHE INHALES, SIGHS
HE SNIFFLES
SHE EXHALES
SHE INHALES DEEPLY
BELL TOLLS
How are the children coping?
Confused. Angry. You did the right thing.
A trial was unthinkable for all of us.
I'd like to secure visiting rights
once all of this has cooled off.
In a neutral country. Of course.
Although, who's to say they will cool
with Ryan Walker in Downing Street?
Yeah. You might as well have copied a set of keys
and sent them to Moscow Centre.
And now he's got the power to stop all lines of inquiry,
including ours.
Well... I'm sure you'll find a way in.
You always do.
Does Zak know about your plans to leave?
Not yet.
Now's your chance to tell him, Kate.
You've lost the battle, but not the war.
You all right?
It was a lovely service.
Rav would have hated the attention.
Look...
...I wanted to clear the air before I step back.
I should have trusted you.
I'm sorry.
"Step back"?
No-one's career survives sleeping with the enemy.
I know what you've had to sacrifice.
That counts for something in my book.
I got a lot of things wrong. Oh, we both did.
But not the important ones.
Anyway, we've got plans for you.
We need you back, Kate...
before our new Prime Minister
starts changing the wallpaper in Downing Street.
So, you do think he's working for Moscow?
The one thing we do know... is that they've created chaos here,
and that may be exactly what Igor wanted.
You know their game better than anyone...
...and our job is to work together to beat them.
Let me think about it.
I can't find my homework.
Is it done or undone?
Done, actually. Mm.
Well, there's fresh juice, no bits.
Found this in the bathroom.
I'll be late tonight, Mum, I've got football. Oh, OK.
Do you want a croissant? You don't have to do this, you know.
Do what? Pretend that everything's perfect.
You're only human. I'm working on it.
Mum. Yeah?
Still frozen in the middle. Really?
Oh, yeah. Sorry.
It's a bit hard. It's really bad. Don't eat that.
Before I walk in through this famous door,
I just want to take a moment...
to make you all a promise.
I am here to listen to you.
It's no accident that there were so many attempts
to stop me from being here -
civil servants, intelligence agents,
and the politicians they can bend to their will
via misinformation and smears.
All the tools of the deep state.
Well, let me tell you something,
the days of the arrogant ruling elite... are over.
Because despite them, the party's chosen me to govern.
And my duty is and always will be to you...
the people.
Thank you.
CLAMOURING Care to comment?
Prime Minister!
Are you planning major changes, Prime Minister?
CLAMOURING CONTINUES
Congratulations. Thank you.
Congratulations. Thank you very much.
Welcome to Downing Street, Prime Minister.
Thank you. Congratulations.
Thanks, Zak. You already know Kate Henderson.
We've seconded her to the Cabinet Office.
Oh, right. What, to keep an eye on me?
To keep you safe from any hostile influences.
I'll certainly do my best, Prime Minister.
RYAN CHUCKLES SOFTLY
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