War (2026) s01e07 Episode Script

1
Serena, quick, it's starting.
(TENSE DRAMATIC
MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
(DOOR CLOSING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(MUSIC FALLS) ♪
How you feeling?
I reread every bad review
I've ever received this morning.
-I'm bulletproof.
-Good.
-(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
-COURT CLERK: All rise.
(LOW TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
(CHAIR THUDS)
All right. That's everybody in.
(MUSIC BUILDS) ♪
This is the final hearing
of Henderson vs. Duval
in accordance with Section 25
of the Matrimonial Causes Act.
Or the juicy bit,
as I like to call it.
(MUSIC RISES) ♪
(MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
(THEME MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
-(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)
-REPORTER: Here we are,
outside the courtroom.
Day one of Henderson vs. Duval,
the divorce case of the year.
(JOHNNY WARREN SIGHS)
JUDGE: This is a closed court.
Accredited journalists,
you attend this hearing
by permission only.
Any misconduct will result
in your immediate dismissal.
Counsel,
your opening statement, please.
(FAINT CHATTER)
What is it?
(WHISPERS) Johnny's the mole.
PRUDENCE MUTTI: To say,
my client is a businessman
would be an insult.
To say he is a mogul,
though not untrue,
a little crass.
Morgan Henderson is in fact
a once-in-a-generation,
singular talent.
A game changer.
A builder of worlds.
Four runs off the first ball.
Carla Duval is an actress.
A good one, too.
But this bizarre claim
on his business,
as bizarre as any claim
he might make
on her acting,
in films such as
(SOFTLY) Fuck.
The Milliner, The Rising
and The Rising II: Up Again,
All of which
we are familiar with,
all of which we have so enjoyed.
This, despite a prenup,
let's not forget
-It was pretty fucking obvious.
-Just Okay.
was by far
the wealthier partner,
and which,
while not legally binding
-(CELL PHONE BUZZES)
-suggested an intention
-never to split anything at all,
should this moment arise.
-(LOW TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
PRUDENCE: And yet,
-now we find her
-(ARGUING QUIETLY)
-Yes, all right.
-demanding 50 percent
of the cash value
in Mr. Henderson's holdings
in Zephyr.
-So, before we begin, My Lord.
-Everything all right?
-Yeah. (CLEARS THROAT)
-PRUDENCE: Let me make
one thing quite clear.
This is a case
of greed, not need.
-(MUSIC RISES) ♪
-(JOURNALISTS CHATTING)
-Bodes well.
-Hmm.
I think we have to do something.
There's nothing
we can do right now.
-Yes, we can. We can stop it.
-What? What?
We go to the door and say
everything's compromised.
-We can't do that.
-What are you doing?
Texting the office,
stopping him getting back in.
If we could reduce the phone use
as a matter of respect
-for this court.
-(WHISPERS) I need
to get back to the office.
-JUDGE: And sit down, please.
-(WHISPERS) No! Stay here.
I'd be grateful.
-Thank you.
-Sorry.
It's all good. (CHUCKLES)
-(MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
-(CELL PHONE VIBRATES)
-(SNIFFS, SIGHS)
-(RIVETING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(LINE RINGING)
-CLEO HYLAND: Johnny?
-Hi. Hi, I need a favor.
-My Lord.
-(MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
It is difficult, is it not,
to quantify the contribution
one spouse makes
to the successes,
or indeed the failures,
of the other.
But as we sit here
over the next two days,
that is the task.
My learned friend was quick
to point out
that her client
is an esteemed businessman.
And she's right
about that, of course.
She also wasted no time
in drawing our attention
to my client's own occupation
as an actress.
She just so happens to be
one of my absolute favorites.
But please, My Lord,
don't tell her I told you.
(CHUCKLES)
JOY "BUDGIE" BUDGE:
What is not in question
-is that Carla Duval
is a creative person
-(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
working in
the creative industries.
Indeed, it is
that word, "creative,"
that I want us all to hold onto
over the next two days,
as we focus on the key issue,
the creation of Zephyr.
I don't know about anybody else,
but I'm rather
looking forward to it.
JUDGE: Thank you for that,
if Mr. Henderson would make
his way to the stand.
-(INDISTINCT WHISPERS)
-(DRAMATIC INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Listen.
Serena, she needs a, uh
a receipt for the conservatory.
Conservatory?
JOHNNY: Yeah. Yeah, we bought a
conservatory on Bernard's card.
-(QUIETLY) He knows everything.
-Yeah.
-(MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
First day is all Morgan
like we told you,
but Budgie can do
a lot of damage.
(SIGHS)
So I should ask Bernard.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, ask Bernard.
Uh, tell him that it's urgent
and that I'm on my way.
-Um
-CLEO: He's in
a meeting just now.
-Oh, and Cleo?
-Yes.
Don't tell anyone
about this, okay?
There's a reason
that I'm calling you.
All right,
it's because she trusts you.
CLEO: Yes, Johnny.
Okay?
You're in the inner circle.
Okay, I'm doing it now.
JOHNNY: All right, thank you.
Jasper Place, EC2.
As quick as you can,
please, mate.
-CAB DRIVER: No problem.
-(MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
PRUDENCE: Mr. Henderson.
For the uninitiated,
would you mind telling
the court exactly
what Zephyr is?
Uh (CLEARS THROAT)
Yeah, Zephyr is a, um,
social media platform
with strict community guidelines
designed to promote positivity
rather than division.
PRUDENCE:
And you created it when?
MORGAN HENDERSON: In 2015.
after years spent in finance,
I was, uh
was looking for something
less toxic.
Re-balance the books,
so to speak.
And one could say
after years in finance,
you had your work cut out.
-(CHUCKLES)
-(FAINT LAUGHTER)
Yes, well even now
I'm still not sure I'm
morally in the black.
(LAUGHS)
(CHUCKLING) This is fun.
I wanted to create a platform
that connected
rather than divided.
Something that cultivated
the good in people
rather than amplified
our desires for outrage
and for attention, for clicks.
And you were already
with Ms. Duval
when you created Zephyr?
-Correct.
-PRUDENCE: Cohabiting?
MORGAN: Uh, no,
not at that point, no.
I had properties in London
and New York,
and Carla was spending
a lot of time in L.A.
That was when her career
was at its peak.
Talking a few years ago now.
(JOURNALISTS EXCLAIMING SOFTLY)
PRUDENCE: Did it intimidate you?
Her fame?
Um
PRUDENCE:
Did she intimidate you?
Uh, yeah. Yes. Yes, I think so.
I was intimidated by her drive,
by how uncompromising she was.
I mean, she seemed to know
exactly what she wanted
-in her life and
-(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
in her work, and.
Uh, she made things happen.
She was-- Well, she is
incredible.
-(MUSIC FADES) ♪
-(INDISTINCT WHISPERS)
And, um
I decided I needed the same.
I wanted that same drive,
that same ownership
over my own work.
-Like she did with her acting.
-Yeah, that's right.
That's when I put
everything I had
into this idea of Zephyr.
One person,
one company, one vision.
-I was
-(LOW TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
I was like a man on a mission.
(ELEVATOR DINGS)
(MUSIC BUILDS) ♪
(BUTTONS BEEPING RAPIDLY)
(EXHALES AGITATEDLY)
-(ELEVATOR DINGS)
-(MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
Johnny, why would Bernard
buy a conservatory?
Sorry, I'm sworn to secrecy.
They're seriously closing ranks
after the whole
Saeed thing, so
-(SIGHS) You're an angel.
-Oh, don't say that.
When a man calls me an angel,
I get suspicious.
Well, then you're a superstar.
(QUIETLY) Thank you.
-Johnny!
-(MUSIC INTENSIFIES) ♪
-MOLLY GIORDANO:
What's going on?
-What's going on?
-(ELEVATOR DINGS)
-Serena wants a document.
Urgently, apparently.
Um,
they've got all their documents.
It's always the way, isn't it?
The one document
you actually need
is always the one that's--
Well, Johnny, if a document's
needed in court,
I'm in charge of it.
JOHNNY: Yeah, normally, mate,
but it's an emergency.
-So
-(ELEVATOR DINGS)
Besides, it's nothing anyway.
Barely even matters.
Well, if it's nothing,
then why is it an emergency?
Why get Cleo to find it for you?
Why not just call us?
I gave Johnny the receipt.
He was looking for it
in your office
-Guys,
leave it out, please, I'm--
-(ELEVATOR DINGS)
MICHAEL STEFANOU:
If it's nothing, then show me.
JOHNNY: Uh, sorry, but Budgie
needs it for the recess.
Yeah, no, show him the document.
Molly, no.
-Now, please.
-Something you wanted
from my office?
(SIGHS)
(ELEVATOR DINGS)
-Hang on.
-Sorry.
(MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
(MUMBLING) You know how it is.
(MUSIC INTENSIFIES) ♪
Fuck!
(CLICKS TONGUE)
(MUSIC SWELLS, ENDS) ♪
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
(TRAFFIC RUMBLING)
-(CAMERA CLICKS)
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER
OVER POLICE RADIO)
MORGAN: So that's when
we took Zephyr stateside.
On the East Coast first,
and then in Palo Alto.
-Silicon Valley.
-That's it, yeah.
Yeah, and it all happened
very quickly.
There was this crazy spike
over that six-month period.
Offices springing up,
and profits,
and we couldn't find
enough people,
we were growing so quickly.
(SNIFFLES)
Sorry.
PRUDENCE:
You don't have to apologize.
I mean,
you wouldn't be apologizing
if we were in your boardroom
in Palo Alto,
or your office in London,
or in Massachusetts, or Sydney.
This is success, and each one
of these achievements
should be celebrated.
Yes, you're right. And it was.
And Ms. Duval
must have been thrilled.
Uh (CLICKS TONGUE)
Well, thrilled is a strong word.
-PRUDENCE: Pleased.
-Yeah, pleased is also strong.
How so, Mr. Henderson?
If Ms. Duval was so intrinsic
to Zephyr's success,
how could she be
anything other than delighted
by all of this?
There was a noticeable shift.
I mean, I admittedly was
spending more time
in the States, and Carla was
over here in Europe,
and I think she'd grown
accustomed
to me being close by,
and, well,
that wasn't the case anymore.
Sorry, you mean Carla wasn't
even with you for any of this?
These these important turns
in Zephyr's life?
MORGAN: Uh, not all the time.
PRUDENCE:
So where exactly was she?
Well, she was acting in films.
Well, sort of films.
Movies would be a better word.
-(SCOFFS)
-Ah, yes, the films.
TONY MURPHY: My Lord,
if we may turn to item 6B
within the S25, sorry, bundle.
-Thank you.
-(INDISTINCT WHISPERS)
Mr. Henderson, do you remember
when this photograph was taken?
Uh, yes,
that was the American launch
of Zephyr in June, 2018.
PRUDENCE: And the other people
in the photo?
MORGAN:
Gillian Pope and Eric McDaniel.
PRUDENCE: With?
MORGAN:
With their respective partners.
Thank you.
My Lord, if we may turn
to item 6C.
PRUDENCE:
Can you identify the occasion
when this photograph
of Ms. Duval was taken?
Yes, I believe that was
the premiere for Rapidity.
-Ra?
-Pidity.
Another film. Movie.
And do you know when
this photograph was taken?
-Yes.
-But Ms. Duval must have
attended many premieres,
how is it you remember
the date of this one?
Because it was on the same night
as the Zephyr launch party.
A landmark event for both you
and the company you both set up.
Yes.
And that she wants half off now.
MORGAN: Yes.
Still, clashes happen.
And Ms. Duval is surely
contractually obliged
to attend her
own movie premieres.
Well, of course. But, um
But what?
(LOW TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
But only when she's actually
in the movie.
(JOURNALISTS EXCLAIM, WHISPER)
PRUDENCE:
Mr. Henderson, thank you.
JUDGE: We will take
a short recess there.
-COURT CLERK: All rise.
-(MUSIC RISES) ♪
Get him to call me back.
Not as soon as possible.
-Now!
-I want him gone. Gone.
We do what you said.
We report him to the SRA.
-Listen--
-No, don't try
and calm me down, Nick!
Do not remind me
I said it wasn't him.
I don't want any of that.
I just want
to end his fucking career!
-Bernard.
-Get Budgie, please.
Well, she's actually just--
No, can you
just do it now, Fred.
Yes, but you have that now.
He didn't take it.
He didn't take
anything with him.
You made sure of that, right?
Okay.
Block his accounts, emails,
-and his access
to the building and the server.
-(MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
NICHOLAS TAYLOR:
Johnny phoned Cleo and asked her
to look for the receipts
-to the conservatory payment.
-(GASPS)
Then he tried to go back
and collect it, but before--
No! No.
Before he could leave,
Molly and Michael managed
to stop him.
-So he didn't get it?
-No.
(SIGHS)
So (EXHALES DEEPLY)
-The good news is--
-No, there's no good news, Nick.
Let me just say it
before you decide.
The good news is
that he is trying to prove
that there
was a payment to Flora.
Cathcarts know about it,
and they want
to use it in court.
Okay, which part
of that is good news?
It's good news because it shows
that they don't
have proof already.
Otherwise,
why would he rush back
-to the office to get it?
-We still need to find him,
find out what he knows
and stop him.
NICHOLAS: We have
locked him out of everything.
Emails, the office.
There is nothing he can do
while Budgie
cross-examines Morgan.
He is out there trying
to destroy our case, our firm.
One of us needs to find him,
probably not the one
who's eight months pregnant.
Okay.
But we do not tell Budgie
because she can't do
anything about it.
-And we certainly
-Don't tell Carla.
-NICHOLAS: Goes without saying.
-Fred said you wanted to see me.
-Ah
-Oh, yeah.
-We just (HESITATES)
-Gonna ask if--
-Hmm?
-Wish you all
the best with Morgan.
Hmm.
-Mm.
-(CHUCKLES)
CARLA DUVAL: It's obvious
how they're spinning it.
I mean, to me, it's obvious.
I can see it a mile off.
I just
I don't want
the judge falling for it.
-Well, that's Budgie's job,
though, so she'll--
-(DOOR OPENS)
Ready?
Uh, Carla's worried
that the judge won't see
through Cathcarts's tactics.
And you said?
Well, I was going
to tell her that Budgie is
about to give Morgan
absolute hell.
Exactly.
He started with pudding,
and now he has
to have his vegetables.
(SOFT PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
-(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
-(DOOR OPENING)
COURT USHER:
We're about to restart.
(DRAMATIC INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
(MUSIC INTENSIFIES) ♪
(MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
BUDGIE: You used to walk around
with a great big smile
on your face.
Do you remember that?
That's what Carla told me.
It wasn't part
of any strategy meeting.
I'm not saying that
to catch you out.
She just said it.
"He used to smile."
MORGAN: So did she.
-We both did.
-BUDGIE: She said that, too.
That you loved her.
And she loved you.
Worth holding on
to that, I think.
(INDISTINCT WHISPERS)
But anyway, back to
the nasty business in hand.
My Lord, Morgan Henderson
was born entitled,
raised in privilege,
and educated to within
an inch of his life.
All he lacked before snagging
Ms. Duval here,
was the wherewithal to come up
with a business idea of his own.
-Can I say snagging anymore?
-I don't think so.
-Fred doesn't think so.
-Keep going.
Mr. Henderson would
have us believe
that it was Ms. Duval's passion
that inspired him
to create Zephyr,
thus keeping her
in her box as a muse.
The Dora to his Picasso,
Jane to his Serge.
She helped him have the idea
all on his own.
The truth is,
before Ms. Duval,
Mr. Henderson was not lacking
in inspiring role models,
he was lacking in inspiration.
-Is there a question coming?
-Not yet.
But don't hesitate
if you want to interrupt.
(FAINT LAUGHTER)
BUDGIE: Where were you, Morgan,
when the idea
for Zephyr first struck?
With Carla.
BUDGIE: Where with Carla?
At her cottage in Normandy,
as I've stated
publicly many times.
BUDGIE: Oh, yes.
The Forbes magazine interview.
-Thank you.
-Mm-hmm.
BUDGIE: "It was in Normandy
at my wife's cottage,
where we'd met to reconnect
after several weeks apart,
that the idea
for Zephyr first came to me."
Why exactly were you
at Ms. Duval's
tiny cottage in Normandy
and not at one of your many
sprawling upscale apartments?
Well, I was burnt out,
as was she.
-Carla was burnt out?
-Yes.
A film of hers had, um
Well, it had received
a bit of a kicking, and
she'd become something
of a laughingstock
on social media.
-(LOW RIVETING
MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
-On social media?
And she was open with you
about how that made her feel?
-MORGAN: Open?
-BUDGIE: Vocal.
She told you how the negative
social media made her feel.
It's a simple enough question.
Yes.
Yes, because social media
can be terribly cruel, can't it?
At least
that's what Fred tells me.
It can be vicious, vile,
or, at least,
it could be back then.
Incredible, isn't it?
That you came up
with the idea of a positive
social media platform entirely
independently of your wife,
and yet at such close quarters
to her reeling
from this online pile on.
Or was it that,
rather than
support her in her pain,
you decided
to exploit the moment
-for your own gain?
-PRUDENCE: My Lord.
BUDGIE: Commodify her suffering.
-Oh, please.
-It has to be one of the two.
Does it not?
You can't have it both ways.
(MUSIC RISES) ♪
-(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
-(RAIN POURING)
BELLA CROFT:
I thought you were in court.
-Uh, we're on a break.
-BELLA: Is it going okay?
Wait, don't answer that.
Um, you don't want to jinx it.
JOHNNY: Listen, I might not
be needed tomorrow.
And I've got some time off,
so why don't we
BELLA: Why don't we?
Uh, go somewhere,
pack a bag, spontaneous,
nice little weekend break.
-It's Tuesday.
-Yeah, tomorrow's Wednesday.
-BELLA: So?
-So that's near the weekend.
Why are you being weird again?
All that stuff the other day
about New York?
Yeah, there's just, uh
There's just been
a lot going on and
-I, uh I wanna talk.
-(LINE RINGING OVER LAPTOP)
Johnny, I have a meeting, um
But let's talk tonight, yeah?
And good luck.
Okay? I know this
is a huge day for you.
Okay.
-BUDGIE: Mr. Henderson
-(DOORBELL RINGING)
one cannot climb
to the very top
of one's profession
without a certain ruthlessness.
Are you asking me or telling me?
Asking. But flattery
will get you everywhere.
(FAINT LAUGHTER)
Well, I think you have
to have a singular vision,
and a desire to make sure
that vision is realized.
But while you are the CEO,
Zephyr is not entirely you,
is it?
It's not entirely your creation,
as we have touched upon.
And you are known
to minimize the efforts
and contributions
of your colleagues.
-Again, My Lord.
-Some of whom are here.
Some of whom you have
strong-armed into vouching
-for you later on today, I hear.
-Counsel.
They sit in the shadows
while you take center stage.
Literally, in the case
of the Pioneer Awards.
(SCOFFS) Well, I was
the one getting the award.
Quite. But it's not that
you do it all.
You just like the credit.
My Lord, may I refer you back
to item 6B,
the photograph to which
my learned friend
so kindly drew our attention.
Ms. Duval's absence here
marks a turning point
in your relationship.
-Yes, I'd say so.
-In your marriage?
Yes. On reflection.
BUDGIE: My Lord, Zephyr
was launched in Palo Alto
on June 15th, 2018,
at 10:00 pm PST.
A date selected
by yourself, yes?
Ah, I might have to
check that, but--
BUDGIE: No, it's all right.
We have the email
from my client
explaining your choice of date
"for strategic reasons,"
despite the fact
that Carla could not attend
because she was
supporting her best friend
at the premiere of Rapidity
in London, also on June 15th.
But there is a time difference,
is there not?
So while you were raising
a glass in Palo Alto,
she was actually waking up
alone on the morning
of June 16th.
June 16th being,
and there are points
for remembering this
in my house
Sorry, I can't hear you.
It's my--
-It's our wedding anniversary.
-(JOURNALISTS EXCLAIM, WHISPER)
BUDGIE: You scheduled Zephyr's
US launch knowing it clashed
with your anniversary,
excluding Ms. Duval
-from Zephyr's big moment?
-Not true.
-Excluding her as a wife.
-MORGAN: No.
Leaving her to do her own thing.
No, I can see what you're doing,
but it's simply not true
to say that
I intentionally blocked her,
or that I tried to take all
the attention for myself.
I mean, there's plenty
of us in this photograph.
Yes, but they're all here
with their partners.
Yeah, but these partners
all lived in California.
Zephyr is a team.
-BUDGIE: Is it?
-MORGAN: Yes.
If you bothered to read
that Forbes article properly,
you'd notice
how much I make that point.
That I compliment my team,
my creatives.
I name the people.
I single them out.
The people who
actually did the work,
-who helped me to build it.
-Then why?
Why?
Pick that date.
-(JOURNALISTS WHISPERING)
-(LOW TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
-(SCOFFS) I forgot.
-Forgot what?
The anniversary.
That's normal.
I mean, people do that.
I mean,
there isn't a single person
in this room who hasn't
forgotten a date like that.
It doesn't make me
a bad partner.
And it certainly doesn't
mean I should hand over half
of my life's work,
particularly since I've already
handed over more
than she could ever
possibly bloody need.
No, I mean, it's
It's absurd.
(WHISPERS INTENSIFY)
BUDGIE: Speaking of
the Forbes interview,
you claim the name
for Zephyr comes from a poem.
Yes, yes, that's correct.
It's, um
"Ode to the Muse" by
(CLEARS THROAT)
Mary Barrett Robinson.
-Darby Robinson.
-(CHUCKLES)
MORGAN: Darby Robinson.
-BUDGIE: Beautiful.
-Very.
BUDGIE: How does it go again?
Can you recount it for us?
(MUSIC BUILDS) ♪
-(LAUGHS)
-(CHUCKLES) Didn't think so.
No further questions, My Lord.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
MICHAEL: He hasn't been
emailing Cathcarts directly,
but what he has been doing
is downloading
documents from the server
and then emailing them
to his own
private email address.
-And framing Saeed.
-Yeah.
There's no doubt about it.
Johnny's the mole.
Oh, you're kidding.
BERNARD KANE: He's been blocked
from everything.
He can't get into the system,
can't get into the building.
Okay. He knows
that he's dead to us.
We know he's trying
to prove the honey trap.
-So what's his next play?
-He goes to Morgan.
-Why would he do that?
-Or Carla.
Well, Carla's in court.
Okay, then he goes
to Flora, doesn't he?
Tries to get her to admit it.
MOLLY: Right, but does
he even know where she lives?
-(MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
-(SIGHS)
JOHNNY: Thank you.
Yeah, look, I've
I've gotta be honest.
I've been sat
in that courtroom all day,
listening to them go on and on,
and there's just something about
what's happened here
that doesn't sit right.
-Um
-(QUIETLY) Mum.
Sorry.
Carla says she's your friend.
Gets you to do this thing.
-I wanted to do it.
-Okay. But where is she now?
Because she gets her lawyer
to send me down here
to paint you off
with a new greenhouse.
Conservatory.
(HESITATES)
Yeah, a conservatory.
And have you seen her since?
Your friend, Carla?
She's not allowed to contact me.
Serena Byrne told her not to.
Not yet,
but she could have tried
a bit harder,
though, couldn't she?
That's all I'm saying.
I think you
should go to Cathcarts.
And I can go
with you if you want
and tell them what's happened.
I signed an NDA.
Cathcarts know that,
and they'll protect you.
But if you wanted to do it,
and if you like Morgan,
then he deserves
to know the truth.
I mean, are you really so much
more on her side than his?
(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)
(VIBRATING STOPS)
Where's this
coming from, Johnny?
-What game are you playing?
-No game.
I'm just done with being used
by the lawyers.
Because they are treating me
like the shit on their shoe.
-Just like they did with you.
-Just like you did me.
Well, they made me.
I don't think you're telling me
the whole story.
-Something's happened, Johnny.
-(RIVETING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
And you're panicking.
That's why you've
come round here yesterday
and you're back today.
Look at me
and tell me I'm wrong.
MORGAN:
That was a fucking disaster.
-(MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
-That was not a disaster.
Fine, it was a crucifixion.
You should have
noticed the date.
Oh, we should have remembered
your wedding anniversary?
Don't be a dick.
These are the details
I pay you to pick up on.
That's why I'm angry.
That's why I
let myself down.
Jesus, undone by the fucking
Greenwich Meridian Clock,
-or whatever it's bloody called.
-Greenwich Mean Time.
Yeah, I know what it's called.
I wasn't actually asking.
Carla's up tomorrow, Morgan.
Pru will tear her apart
if it's a crucifixion
you're after.
Carla is an actress.
She can pretend she isn't
being assassinated.
-She can You know?
-Keep a lid on it?
Look, losing your rag
might not have played well
in the cheap seats,
but they don't
make the decision.
The judge does.
Yeah, and he didn't
like it either, did he?
Well, feel free to disagree.
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
Nick Taylor has vanished.
Did you spot that?
-(SOFTLY) Yeah.
-You know why?
Can I make a joke
about singing?
It's because the boy's
been rumbled.
That's why he ran away.
That's why Singer's
gone after him.
That's why you, because this is
on you, are going to go
and you're going
to get to him first,
find out what he's got on Flora.
-And if he's found nothing?
-Then you offer him a job.
Not because there is one,
but because we need him
off the board.
Stop the other lot trying
to turn him.
COURT CLERK:
Everybody back inside, please.
The next session is starting.
-David.
-Okay. Okay!
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Carla.
Ah, I just wanted
to say sorry
that it's ended up like this.
He doesn't make things easy
for anyone, does he?
Well, to be honest, Gillian,
you see more of him than I do.
Uh, Ms. Pope, sorry,
we-- we need you in.
Yeah, I'll call you.
We'll speak.
Okay.
(LOW RIVETING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
My Lord, I'd like to call
to the stand Gillian Pope.
Ms. Pope, how long
have you been at Zephyr?
I've been the CFO
for nine years.
I've been with Morgan a decade.
I've been
on Zephyr's London HQ reception
for ten years.
How would you describe
Mr. Henderson's
leadership style?
It was clear
from the very start.
The man has a vision.
Morgan had
a very singular vision.
His vision seems very
-singular.
-(MUSIC INTENSIFIES) ♪
And while you were at Zephyr,
did you see much of Ms. Duval?
-Not as much as I'd like.
-In recent years? No.
I know who she is
and everything.
It is so cool
to see her in real life.
She did not
participate in meetings.
She has no voting rights
on the board.
She was not consulted
on any decisions
-or any strategy.
-At Morgan's behest.
At her own request.
It's just never
been how it's worked.
Listen, I get the whole
creation thing.
Who came up with what,
when, etcetera.
It's not for me to comment on.
I saw no significant
professional contribution.
And I get the old adage,
"You can't start a forest fire
without a spark."
But (EXHALES DEEPLY)
the success of Zephyr,
what it is today,
has nothing to do
with Carla Duval.
Uh, who I happen to like
a great deal, by the way.
Who I admire
on a personal level.
Whose movies I have on DVD.
(CHUCKLES)
PRUDENCE: But she at least
had a parking space
-at the offices.
-No.
PRUDENCE: Or a fob for when
she visited the London office.
-No.
-Or the Massachusetts office?
-Don't think so.
-PRUDENCE: Or the Sydney office.
Ever?
My Lord, Ms. Duval
never claimed to play
an active role at Zephyr.
-Thank you, counsel.
-Or own a fob.
-Or own a fob.
-JUDGE: Thank you both.
There comes a point
where the interruptions,
however warranted you might
feel them to be,
begin to count against you.
(INDISTINCT WHISPERS)
What are your feelings about
my learned friend's statement
that Morgan Henderson
fails to give
credit where it's due?
Not in my experience.
I'm only
on the front desk, but
My contributions have
been recognized.
It hasn't all been roses.
(MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
But the man plays fair.
Mr. Henderson's always made me
feel like I'm part of the team.
He says hello.
He knows my name.
Um (CLEARS THROAT)
When my son was ill,
he asked after him
and he sent a card.
I
I feel my contributions
to Zephyr
have been acknowledged.
As reflected in my shares.
PRUDENCE: Would Zephyr be what
it is today if it were not
-for Ms. Duval?
-Yes.
-Oh, absolutely.
-To be honest,
I didn't actually know
that she was involved.
(FAINT CHATTER)
Sorry, was that
the wrong thing to say?
There's no such thing
as the wrong thing
to say, Ms. Sykes.
All we ask
is that you tell the truth.
JUDGE: Settle down.
We're almost done.
Counsel, do you wish
to cross-examine?
No, thank you, My Lord.
In that case, we shall reconvene
at 10 a.m. tomorrow morning.
COURT CLERK: All rise.
Everything considered, we're
actually not in a bad place.
Don't.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
ERIC MCDANIEL: Good. A good day.
You came across well, all told.
Almost as well as I came across.
(LAUGHS)
Gillian seemed a bit off,
didn't she?
-Or was that just me?
-Ah, she's a CFO.
Great with numbers.
Shit with words. With emotions.
Morgan, the car
will be out the back.
-Thank you for today. Truly.
-Oh, no worries.
I'm going to invoice you
for the time.
-(RAIN POURING)
-(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
(DISTANT THUNDER RUMBLING)
Weird fucking day.
One of the strangest.
Did you mean all that,
or was that the lawyers talking?
Because I lost
track a long time ago.
(MUSIC INTENSIFIES) ♪
(CAR APPROACHING)
I think this is you.
(MUSIC RISES) ♪
-(CAR DOOR OPENS)
-See you tomorrow.
-See you tomorrow.
-(CAR DOOR CLOSES)
(MUSIC FADES) ♪
-(KEYS CLINKING)
-(THUNDER RUMBLING)
What?
-What's happened?
-Is it true?
JOHNNY: Is what true?
(LOW TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
I wouldn't have
come here, Johnny,
but you disappeared on us.
And I thought Bella ought
to know that she was
in the same boat as we are,
dealing with a liar.
A jumped-up little twat
who's only ever
been out for himself.
I want you to know
that when this is done,
I'm going to make it
my personal ambition
to make sure you can't get
a job in a fucking call center,
let alone a law firm.
Struck off, honey bunch.
And if you don't crawl
silently away to die,
you're looking
at criminal charges
for corporate espionage.
(CELL PHONE BUZZING)
(SCOFFS) Take out your phone.
No. Mm-mm-mm.
Your other phone.
(CELL PHONE BUZZING)
-I'm sorry.
-Now.
(JOHNNY SIGHS)
(SOFTLY) I'm sorry.
DAVID SCHILL: Johnny?
Johnny, can you hear me?
Johnny?
Johnny can't come to the phone
right now, David.
-But can I take
a message? Is it--
-(DISCONNECT TONE BEEPING)
He hung up.
Rude. (SNIFFS)
-(DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)
-(EXHALES HEAVILY)
(SOMBER MUSIC OVERLAPPING) ♪
-JOHNNY: Bella, if I told you--
-Don't even fucking start,
Johnny.
I'm meant to be going out.
I'm late.
You fucked up in New York
and you fucked up here.
I didn't want to come back.
Things in Manhattan were great
for me, but no,
we left for you!
I stood by you
through all your shit. (SCOFFS)
Bella, wait a second--
No, I've got nothing left
to say to you.
(DOOR OPENS)
BELLA: Oh, actually, no.
There is one thing.
Don't be here when I get back.
Okay.
(DOOR SLAMS)
-(MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
-(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)
-(SCOFFS)
-(VIBRATING CONTINUES)
(VIBRATING STOPS)
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
-(DISCONNECT TONE BEEPING)
-(SCOFFS)
(CELL PHONE BEEPS)
-(RAIN POURING)
-(SIREN WAILING)
I told them
you weren't available,
but she said
you'd make yourself available.
She said that. How sweet.
MANDY:
How did it go at court today?
What did we say in
your interview about small talk?
In moderation
and only if the timing's right.
Find St. John, please.
And David Schill
would be a bonus.
(DOOR OPENS)
(DISTANT DOOR CLOSES)
We know.
We know you placed
a junior associate named Johnny
inside our firm
for your own corporate ends.
-(DOOR OPENS, SHUTS)
-And we can prove it.
I don't quite understand
what it is you're trying
to say to us,
but you sound so confident.
I almost wish
for your sake it was true.
(SNIFFS, CLEARS THROAT)
"The offer still stands.
Proof of the honeytrap.
-And there's a job."
-(DOOR OPENS)
I was gonna say the same thing
to David here
when he rang this phone earlier,
but for some reason,
he decided to hang up.
SERENA BYRNE: Hmm.
(SIGHS)
Here's the bottom line.
You threaten us
with Johnny Warren,
we'll destroy you
with Flora Monroe.
What she did,
how you paid her
-How Johnny paid her.
-ST. JOHN SMALLWOOD:
On your behalf.
-While working for you.
-While working for both of us.
(LOW RIVETING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
So what are we saying here?
We're saying forget Johnny.
You never heard of him.
-Neither have we.
-But Flora disappears too.
Go on.
SERENA: If either
of those names come out.
Then the other one follows.
And we're all dead in the water.
Which only leaves the clients.
We care very much
about our client.
-As do we.
-We respect Morgan.
And we value Carla.
But putting those allegiances
briefly to one side.
We must make sure
we're all still
in business.
We agree.
This trial needn't run
on any longer than it has to.
No.
Not if we can all come
to some kind of an arrangement.
So we--
we settle on a number.
-A number that suits us.
-And suits you.
And if we're happy,
the clients will have
to go along with it.
Well, who wants to go first?
Um (CLICKS TONGUE)
(MUSIC BUILDS) ♪
Come to our offices
first thing tomorrow morning
to get it papered.
We all escape alive.
What are you thinking?
I'm thinking I trained you well.
When are you due, by the way?
-Like you care.
-(LAUGHS)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
(TRAFFIC RUMBLING)
Just here, thank you.
(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Thank you for hearing me out.
So, Michael Ancker
wants to pay
way over market value
for Zephyr.
On the condition
Morgan steps down.
Morgan won't do it, won't leave,
despite the insane offer.
Long story short,
if you changed your strategy,
if you went after
shares in Zephyr
rather than the cash
Well, that would change things.
Make Morgan
a minority shareholder
and we could force the sale.
(RIVETING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
I know how it feels, Carla,
to be overlooked,
to have other people
putting themselves ahead of you.
Morgan, these lawyers,
all of them talking
all of them out for themselves.
And that's why I wanted
to see you.
Because you have
an amazing opportunity here.
What exactly are you asking me?
I'm asking if you'd like
to be a billionaire.
(MUSIC RISES, INTENSIFIES) ♪
(MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
(MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪