Atomic (2025) s01e04 Episode Script

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The following programme contains
strong language and violent scenes.
He wants us to catch a plane to
Morocco to deliver the uranium.
This is Baal's temple.
We destroyed it.
You think bringing that statue
back here makes up for it?
Nothing makes up for it. They're
heading for Deir ez-Zor province.
That's where the caliphate
was. Our jihadi's going home.
Go on with your journey, Max.
This is where I'm supposed to be.
JJ, you can't just
leave me here!
JJ, please. I'm begging
you. They've got my girl.
You should have told me the
truth! Drop your weapons!
These guys are ours!
You used a 200lb bomb when you knew
there were women and children there?
You kidding me? The Yanks
worried about collateral damage?
It's your boy. It's Kamal.
I had it checked out.
If you help us, we will find
a way for you to see him.
You can have a different life if
you help us. That's what I want.
What would you say if I told you I
wanna let them continue their mission?
I'd say that's madness.
All it needs now is the uranium.
'You have the uranium?'
Yeah. We got it.
And I think I've found
a way to get back.
The moment the HEU reaches the
buyer, we intervene. It's over.
Did you hear from them? Yeah.
That's the location they sent me.
Good.
You know what
you're doing? Yeah.
Deliver the goods.
Then you guys swoop in with your
Black Hawks and your big guns,
and you save me and Laetitia.
Then you make me disappear -
passports, tickets,
the whole lot.
Somewhere they'll never find me.
The full package,
just like we agreed.
I don't see many Black Hawks?
Or many guns. All our people
are in place, in the city.
Ready and waiting for you.
I'm not gonna lie to you, Max.
This is gonna be dangerous.
But soon, you can be on
your way out of here.
You and your girl.
Rest of your life
in front of you.
Remember.
You're working for us now.
We are gonna at least
try to get them out?
We're talking about a drug
trafficker and a jihadi here.
Who's gonna miss them?
The girlfriend? She's
just collateral damage?
I feel very sorry for the
predicament she finds herself in.
Bodysnatchers
I do not
Understand
What it is
I've done wrong
Full of holes
Check for pulse
It is the 21st century
It is the 21st century
All the lines
Wrapped around my face
All the lines
Wrapped around my face
And for anyone else to see
And for anyone else to see
I'm a lie ♪
Max. It's this way.
You put a tracker on them?
Not them, the backpacks.
We track the HEU all the way
to the handover to the buyers.
They have to take both pieces
of uranium to the cartel.
And once the Cartel have it
it will lead us to
the jihadi buyers.
Is there any indication of
where these 'buyers' might be?
Not yet. Well, are they here?
Are they in the city? In
the Medina? In the riad?
Or any sign of anyone who might
be involved in building a bomb?
Cassie, you need to relax.
Relax? Are you kidding?
There are two pieces of highly
enriched uranium out there.
Max?
Slow down. This is the way.
Wait. This is good for us.
Now we've got the Yanks helping
us, I think we've got a chance.
What did they promise
you? New identity?
You and Laetitia riding
off into the sunset?
Something like that.
What did they offer you?
My son.
He didn't die when
the house was bombed.
He survived. He's in a
fucking refugee camp in Italy.
Mate that's amazing!
What's wrong? Don't
you wanna see him?
Course I do! But I know
how they work, Max.
I know what they do.
They betray people like
us. We're expendable.
All they care about is who wants
this. Well, I have to trust them.
We walk into that place, they don't
care about what happens to us.
I have to go there.
They've got Laetitia.
I know.
But now I know my son's
alive, and I might die.
I'm not doing it. Well, how
else you gonna get to see him?
I don't know. But we can't
both walk in there together!
So, we don't go in there together.
We do it like a drug deal.
It's the cartel, after all.
They need both
ingots, yeah. Right.
So. I'll go in first with mine.
Make sure Laetitia's OK. Then
I'll bring them to where you are.
They get yours, and then
we'll be off. Right?
It won't work. It will work.
You never even have to set foot
in there. You just stay out here.
Please. She's relying on me.
OK.
We'll have to find
somewhere public.
Thank you. Thank you.
Please, let's go.
Has the uranium arrived
in the city yet?
Yes.
We think they are here. Think?
And do you have any indication yet
who might be helping the couriers?
We have to protect my
father's interests.
Sandiya
This is good. Lots
of people here.
I'll be there.
You have to be there.
You have to promise me.
I promise. I'll be here.
What the fuck are they doing?
Who's the one not
moving? Mohamed Aziz.
Where is it? Fountain Square.
We could have men there
in 12 minutes. I'll go.
Stay where you are. We've people
out there. I'll speak to him.
Cassie! I'll make him go to
the riad.Cassie. Stand down!
Keep a close eye on her.
Subject one
approaching the target.
He's entering the riad.
This is for you.
One. One. For now.
And the other one?
I'll take you to it when
I know Laetitia's safe.
OK.
Here she comes.
Max!
Max! Tell them.
Tell them, please!
No! No! Please!
Let her go!
I'll get him. Please.
I'll get him. I'll
get the ingot.
Just let her go, please. Stop!
No, please. Please.
Tish. It's gonna be all right!
Mohamed.
You need to get out of here. I think people are
watching. Why didn't you go to the location?
Because we knew we'd die the minute
we walked in there. You knew that.
I know how this works. I know
how the betrayal happens.
It's happened to me before.
You need to be honest with me.
Am I gonna see my son?
What deal did you make to get
the information about him?
To get this?
You're not gonna see him.
You're gonna be handed
back over to the British.
Wait, but this is about something
bigger than you and your son.
You have to listen
to me, Mohamed.
Nah.
I won't listen to you.
He's supposed to be here.
He's supposed to be there!
He promised.
He's on the move. We
can see that. Where to?
Come back, Cassie. Where to?
Moving north to the square.
On my way. Cassie, we have people
out there. No, keep them back!
I got this. Fuck!
Hold 'em off.
Americans?
The CIA?
This is getting out of hand.
Are you nervous?
Aren't you?
Perhaps this might be
a good time to leave?
That is
very disappointing, Max.
Is that your friend?
OK.
One dirham, please.
Money. Money.
Fuck.
Tish.
I am so, so sorry.
I never thought anything
like this would happen.
To you, that is.
I always thought something
like this would happen to me.
Doing what I do. You know,
the cartel, and the driving.
But I never dreamt
there was any way,
any way at all,
that you would ever be involved
with anything like this.
And I know you won't
believe me, but
I am gonna get
you out of here.
Really. I am.
Because this is not
what you think it is.
This is something
completely different.
I know you thought it was no
good me working for the cartel.
But I'm actually working for the
right people now. For good people.
I'm working
I'm working for the CIA.
The CIA? Shh! It's secret.
They've just tried
to kill me! I know.
I know, and I'm sorry. But
it's gonna be OK, I promise.
They're gonna get us out of here,
Tish, and give us both new lives.
Nothing can happen
to us. I swear.
I don't want a new life, Max.
I want my life - the one that you've
just destroyed with your lies.
Tish - Don't call me that!
No-one calls me that
any more. Only you did.
And you're not my
boyfriend, Max.
You haven't been my boyfriend
in two fucking years.
Vamos! Vamos!
My son
the things I need to do
the kind of person
I need to be
I'm not those things.
Abraham sacrificed
his son.
And we ask ourselves,
are we ready
to give up our own?
What lies did you tell them
for them to bring me here?
I might have had your
picture in my wallet.
What picture?
They asked me about you.
Who you were.
I said you were - What's
in your head, Max?
What's in there?
What is wrong with you?
What makes you do this?
Why Why when you
open your mouth,
why can't you say things
that are real? That are true?
I'm not making it up.
I'm working for the CIA.
Oh And why would you
be working for the CIA?
I'm delivering HEU.
Highly enriched uranium.
It's for a nuclear bomb.
That's what this is all about.
Someone's building a nuclear bomb and the CIA
want me to help them find out who's buying it.
A nuclear bomb?
Yeah. OK.A small one.
See what happened was,
me and JJ - JJ? Yeah.
That's what I call him. That's not
his real name. Like Jihadi John.
Mm-hm. He used to be a
jihadi, but he's not any more.
He still kills people.
But only bad people now.
Not everyone, like he
used to. But anyway, yeah.
What happened was,
me and JJ, we was
smuggling the uranium for the
cartel when we was in Syria.
You were in Syria? Yeah. Have
you heard of the god Baal?
No. Well, anyway.
Yeah, basically we had this statue
of him, so we went to Palmyra,
to his temple, then we went to
where JJ was during the caliphate.
The CIA grabbed us and told us we
had to help them deliver the uranium
so they could figure out who
was making the nuclear bomb.
I wish you could hear yourself.
Only lies. Lies and fantasy.
And you know it.
You know you don't have what
it takes, so you just
just make it all up anyway.
I've lost jobs for you.
I've lied to the police for you.
I have done everything,
everything you've asked me to do,
because I thought,
'No, he can change.'
But you can't.
But I'm not lying to you now.
I'm telling you the truth.
And I love you.
I've always loved you.
And I'll prove it to you, that
I'm - Just stop talking, Max.
What the fuck are you doing?
I'm not going to the
riad. You have to.
This isn't just about the
chance to see your son.
This is about your chance
to do the right thing.
Whatever you've done in the past.
Whoever you've been in the past.
You can make it right today.
If we hand them this
we're gonna make the thing happen
that you say you wanna stop. No!
Fuck!
Don't follow me.
Fuck.
Stop! Stop, stop, stop!
Go! Go, go, go, go!
Sayed.
Cassandra.
You're a long way from Beirut.
I thought it might be you.
I hoped it wouldn't.
Did Mark send you
to bring me the HEU?
Mark?
Anything from your source?
Maybe you should
give him a nudge.
It's too dangerous
at the moment.
He'll come through.
You know Mark?
Of course I know, Mark. I'm
his agent. He's running me.
He's the reason I'm here.
What?
Don't act like you
don't know, Cassie.
You wrote a report about
me - that I was a danger.
That I needed to be watched.
How do you know
that? Mark told me.
Your report is how
he recruited me.
He recruited you? To do what?
He recruited me to make this.
Sir, we have him at the
entrance to the riad.
Confirmed to be Mohamed Aziz.
He has the HEU
with him. Finally!
I know I fucked up, Ti
Laetitia.
But I am gonna get
you out of here.
I promise. And how
are you gonna do that?
Is that a ring?
Er Yeah.
I'm engaged.
Where the fuck were you?
You gave me your word!
They nearly fucking
killed her! Max!
They have the uranium
now. Yes, we do.
Senor Alam.
Please, you have to let her go.
You have the ingots.
We did what you asked.
Please. She's not
even my girlfriend!
What?
I lied to you. We're
not together any more.
Look! She's engaged
to someone else.
Max, what what did he say?!
They're on the move. They've
got both backpacks with them.
It's on now, people. Let's go!
We are not losing sight of
this convoy. You two, with me.
We're gonna follow 'em so we can
be there when they meet the target.
Keep me abreast of their movements -
I want you in my ear the whole time,
telling me exactly where
they're headed. And find Cassie!
Sure. Let's go!
Mark recruited you
to build this bomb?
Perhaps 'recruit'
mischaracterises the process.
He came to me - told me about the
suspicions you had reported to him.
He threatened me.
He threatened my family.
Made it clear to me the
only option available to me
was to go out and
find a plot like this.
Play the role of the jihadi
scientist, willing to make a bomb.
If there's going to
be a nuclear plot,
it's best to have your own guy
at the centre of it, right?
Well, here is your bomb.
I've fulfilled my role.
And you fulfilled yours in
ensuring the uranium got here.
What?!
Why do you think
Mark came to Beirut?
He had to ensure those two
couriers got the HEU here.
Sayed, I didn't know
anything about this.
But you can't do this.
You cannot give this bomb
to a group of jihadists.
You think a jihadist group has
the capacity to do all this?
What insurgency has
the money for this?
Islamic State?
Al-Shabaab?
It's for Alam.
It's for the cartel.
Yes, it is. Good for you.
Why? Why?
Why does a drugs cartel
want a nuclear bomb?
Leverage. Power.
They run governments
why wouldn't they want
the same firepower as a state
- it's a natural progression.
Does Mark know? No.
It's the only thing
he doesn't know.
He thinks there's
a jihadi buyer.
I'm gonna send him on a
little wild goose chase.
No, this isn't you.
Why would you do this?
I want out.
I want to escape from Mark
from everyone.
And with the money they're
paying me for doing this
I can.
You need to get the
cargo out of there
as quickly as possible.
It's ready to be moved soon.
But there's er someone here.
An American. A spy.
She works out of Beirut.
Take care of her.
I'm done here. We
didn't sign up for this.
We're leaving.
We're leaving together.
Sayed, I'm sorry for
what Mark did to you.
But this is a criminal cartel
you're making this bomb for.
It's not a country.
Not freedom fighters.
Criminals. You want
to talk about ethics?
How can someone who is a
physicist, who understands
that nothing is fixed in this
world, that everything is in flux
how can someone like you
judge a person's intentions?
I knew who you were, Cassie.
I knew what you were.
But I was no threat to you.
I thought you were an agent too.
You saw what you wanted
to see in me, Cassie.
You wrote your report.
And here we are.
I've spent my whole life
trying to stop something
like this happening.No.
You've spent your whole
life looking for monsters.
And you've conjured
one into existence.
And if I'm a monster, Cassie
what are you?
They won't let you
walk away, Sayed.
They'll kill you.
That's still a way out.
Where is this bomb going?
Hm?
What are the cartel
gonna do with it?
I'll show you.
Where are they taking us now?
I don't know.
Here? Really?
You will be here
with your woman
who is not your woman.
Congratulations on
your engagement.
Thank you.
You're gonna watch this.
Mm-hm.
This is for Danny.
And for Carlos.
Tish!
Make peace with your God.
What? You have to let us
pray before you kill us
to make peace with God.
You don't pray. Never
saw you pray before.
You never saw me die before.
OK. Say a prayer, Max.
Yeah.
Lord's Prayer.
You know.
Our Father
Yeah. Yeah, I like that one.
That's a good one.
Um
Er Our
Our Father Er
Our Father
Our Father who is art
Heaven. Our Father
who art in heaven!
Er Hallow
Hallowed Hallowed
be thy name.
Please, God!
thy will be done on
earth as it is in heaven
trespass against
us No! No! No!
Take the shot!
You don't even know the
words to one fucking prayer?
Nope.
Nice elbow.
This is JJ who I
was telling you about.
My name's not JJ.
I thought you said he
didn't kill people any more?
Yeah.
Tell her, though, about the CIA.
About the nuclear bomb, the
uranium. Tell her it's all true.
It's all true.
See. I told you.
I told you I wasn't lying.
I told you I was gonna
get us out of this.
A nuclear bomb?
You stupid fucking arsehole!
Tish, I'm sorry!
Don't follow me!
We have to go.
I'm not going after her.
I fucked it up enough.
Yeah, you did.
Gift Horse
I know what my
jihad is now, Max.
We have to find that bomb.
OK. I've got coordinates
for a location.
How do we do that?
With this.
Watch-watch my-my
steed-steed Go-go far-far
Watch my steed go far
Go
Look at him go
Look at him go
Look at him go
It's going on a boat.
Where are you sending it?
Anywhere the cartel wants.
People like you
people like Mark
'..think that they can
control events.'Sir.
But the reality is
no-one can.
No-one.
Fuck the king
He ain't the
king, she's the king
Look at him go
This bomb can go anywhere.
It can just sit there
unnoticed
waiting
Look at him go ♪
until one day
Nobody pray for me
The bomb exists. And we're
the reason it exists.
We have to do something about
it. Ever hijacked a lorry before?
There! That's it!
This is my jihad.
I came for the bomb. I'm taking it.
I'll bury the uranium in the desert.
Who took it? Mohamed and Max.
I need you to go back to Beirut.
I'm not going back to Beirut.
We need to find Alam.
I need you to do
something for me.
I will send some of my people
into the desert to look for it.
I wanna do something -
something worthwhile.
That's them! What
about the Brits?
Fuck the Brits! Keep going.
None of them are having
it. So, what do we do?
You take the fucking shot!
Right stroke Put
lil' baby in a spiral
Soprano C We like to
keep it on a high note
It's levels to
it, you and I know
Bitch, be humble, sit down
Be humble, sit down
Be humble, bitch, sit down
Be humble, sit down
Be humble, sit down
Be humble, sit down
Be humble, bitch, sit down
Be humble, sit down
Who that nigga Thinkin'
that he frontin' on Man-Man?
Get the fuck off my stage ♪