The Assassin (2025) s02e06 Episode Script

1
[in Spanish]
This is my case. The girl was kidnapped.
Let me take her back to her husband.
He's going out of his mind
She's a witness. Says there was
a lunatic waving a gun around
Yeah, a suspect in my case.
This is all part of
My boss says
take her back to our station.
I'm your superior.
You understand that?
This is not your jurisdiction.
When this mess gets sorted out,
and it will
You'll be cleaning toilets for
the rest of your fucking career, bitch.
I'll see you at the station.
What was all that about?
- No idea.
- Can I make a call?
- They took my phone.
- At the station.
- I just wanna tell my husband--
- At the station.
Now I'm starting to understand
why that woman was shouting at you.
[mobile phone buzzing]
[mobile phone buzzing]
[in Spanish] What?
We found the rest of the money.
That idiot didn't go very far.
Good. The sister's been taken
to the local police station.
What the fuck?
Relax, I'll sort it.
I always do.
[foreboding music fades up]
I don't
I don't know where she could've gone.
Fuck! I think I've got cramp.
Argh.
She must've been running very fast.
Well, probably, because, you know, I had
a gun and I locked her in a basement.
I was never actually going to hurt her,
you know?
It doesn't matter now anyway.
I've done a lot of bad shit in my time,
but I would never
My mother well, our mother, she
she was not an easy woman to live with.
Yeah, I have some experience of that.
I started couriering
for her when I was 6.
Cash at first, and then drugs.
Cops don't look at you twice
when you're a little kid
carrying a cartoon rucksack.
They don't think,
well, there's probably heroin in that.
I thought when I met you,
this guy and I, we
we have the same mother,
but our worlds, our lives, are so
I saw on social media
that you and Kayla were honeymooning
in Valencia, and I I went through
all mum's old contacts and
I found a number
for a Spanish police officer she'd had
dealings with.
Cortez.
Yeah.
I'm gonna find my wife now.
Uh, hey, what about me?
What about you?
[Bastien] Okay, ciao.
Your daughter-in-law has been found.
She has been taken
to the local police station.
Thank God.
Thank God it's over.
- [tuts]
- It's not over, is it?
It seems your friend Cortez
is on her way there.
She's demanding your son's wife
to be turned over into her custody.
Shit.
It's a very big shit.
That doesn't sound
how you think it sounds.
Oh.
[tyres screeching]
[intriguing music playing]
- [in Spanish] Inspector Cortez?
- Yes.
Inspector Barilla.
This is my department.
And you just brought in a witness
in my case. Where is she?
Well
My case, your case
We're all on the same team, are we not?
Turn Kayla Cross over to me now.
It's out of my hands.
I just got a call from Interpol
[mobile phone ringing and buzzing]
[Edward mutters]
[mobile phone ringing and buzzing]
Hey.
[Julie] Hey, you're okay.
Not exactly.
We, erm have a lot
to talk about, but not right now.
Kayla has escaped, and I can't find her.
She's at La Frontera police station.
[relieved] Oh.
Oh, thank God.
Cortez is there too.
I'm going there now with Bastien,
so we'll make sure that she's safe.
What was it you wanted
to talk to me about?
Erm
- It's it's not exactly--
- [Titus] Hey! Hi!
- Edward?
- I'm gonna have to call you back.
What?
We're here to help you find your wife.
I just found out she's
at the local police station, so
no help needed, thanks.
No, we'll take you, we'll take you.
Don't be silly.
Here you go.
Why would the man
you held up at gunpoint help you?
Oh, yeah.
Well, after you left,
I saw Diego here sitting in a bar,
and I bought him a peace offering.
- Tequila.
- Dos Tequilas.
- Dos Tequilas.
- And now you're driving, excellent.
So with my phone translator app thing,
I told him about you
and Kayla and the whole
kidnap.
So, he offered to help find her,
and I thought if he's offering to help,
I should help too, so
[in Spanish]
After what this man did to you
This takes a lot of courage.
And kindness.
[Diego in Spanish] Yeah.
- [Isha] Kayla?
- Isha?
Oh, my God. Thank God.
- Are you okay?
- Yeah, I'm safe. I'm just, erm
I'm at a police station at the moment.
Look, I'm calling
because I'm trying to get hold of Ed.
Erm, they took my phone, so I
I can't remember
any numbers or anything, so
the only thing I could think of
was to call the company switchboard.
- You're not hurt?
- No.
- No, I'm fine.
- Look, I don't know how
It's about your brother.
I know.
I'm so sorry.
Yeah.
I don't understand why
he had to bring the money himself.
[scoffs]
He's always been such a fuckin' idiot.
Look, let me find
Edward's number for you, okay?
We must have it on our system somewhere.
Thank you.
No phone calls.
- Wait, why?
- If you'd like to come with me, please.
[sighs] This is fuckin' insane.
I assume you're not coming in.
No.
I don't think your magic badge can help me
in a room full of police officers.
I'll keep her safe.
Thank you.
And, erm, thank you for
The sex?
No.
No, for saving me earlier.
Oh! Yes.
- That, yeah.
- Yeah.
If anyone should be thanking anyone
sex-wise, it's the other way round.
You're welcome.
[Bastien chuckles]
The moment I have her safe,
I'll let you know.
[Julie] Hey.
Er
You do realise that even if
you do manage to get Kayla out of there,
Cortez isn't gonna stop.
I'll be fine.
I'm very charming.
[chuckles] Yeah, I
That wasn't what I meant, but
Don't get shot.
Please.
[stirring music fades up]
I won't.
[suspenseful music fades up]
[Cortez] Agent Mouret.
- Inspector Cortez.
- Hm.
- Our paths cross once again.
- Yes, yes.
In less dramatic circumstances this time.
- Fortunately.
- Yeah, all those officers last time,
and yet Julie Green and her son
somehow walked right out of the station.
And you disappeared
at the exact same time.
So I thought the three of us could talk
about Kayla Cross in a civilised way--
And then Julie Green
shows up here in La Frontera
and poof, suddenly you appear.
Yeah, you know what? I've been
tracking her for a long time now.
So where is she now?
You have her in custody?
She's safe. You never know
who you can trust round these parts.
- We should talk about the case, perhaps.
- [Bastien] Yeah.
Of course, yes.
Interpol coordinate with local forces.
They're not the fucking FBI.
Julie Green's crimes
are way bigger than Spain.
Which makes it my jurisdiction.
I am making some calls
to untangle the situation.
Until then,
I ask you both to stay patient.
[door opens]
Coffee?
Why am I being held in here
like I've done something wrong?
- It is not my place to tell you.
- Please.
Please, I mean
look, I've had a really shitty time.
I just wanna know what's happening.
Your husband and his mother.
They killed a police officer.
[sighs heavily] Oh, fuck.
[tense music fades up]
[suspenseful music playing]
Hi.
Er, sorry, do you speak English?
Yeah.
And you're Anton Cortez?
Who is asking?
I'm a friend of your ex-wife.
Martina Cortez.
From the book club?
Yes, yes, from the book club.
Where we
talk about books we like,
books we don't like.
Hm.
What's she sent you here for?
Er, can we talk inside?
- As long as it's not about books.
- [both chuckle]
The answer is no, by the way.
Excuse me?
She sent friends to talk to me before.
She told you this?
When it's her and I,
things can get a little spicy.
- Spicy?
- Yeah, we argue, we fuck.
Then we argue some more.
Ah, well, I'm not here
to do either of those things.
So what is it the skinny English friend
of my ex-wife wants?
Your dog.
Of course.
She was supposed to have him
last weekend, and he is her little boy.
That's what she calls him.
Dog people, eh?
You think I will just give you Miguel?
Because a stranger walks in here and asks?
Well
you see,
the thing is, I'm not really asking.
Okay?
- Okay, okay.
- Okay.
Hello. Hello?
- Mm what's wrong?
- [in Spanish] Fuck.
Hm?
Interpol not as powerful as you thought?
Hm.
You know, we should all learn to
to play nicely together, don't you think?
Hm?
All this talk of jurisdiction.
- Very childish.
- Yeah.
Okay.
Let's slice the shit here.
It's cut the shit.
Cut, slice
Whatever, it's the same.
No, it's not.
The expression is 'cut the shit'.
Otherwise, you are literally slicing shit
like it's for dinner,
which makes no sense.
[Bastien scoffs]
- I know you kidnapped Kayla Cross.
- Ah.
I know you only want her
released into your custody now
so you can bait Julie Green and her son.
You wanna kill all three.
- So you get no more loose ends, huh?
- [Cortez chuckles]
Just you
your little gang of corrupt police friends
and €7,000,000.
Mm?
So you know this, how?
Hm?
You have proof?
- Not yet.
- [scoffs] Ah, then you have a problem
because I have
just received information
that you have been helping a woman
wanted for the murder of a police officer.
I know it
I can prove it.
Because we have footage
of you fucking in the hot tub.
You are under arrest.
Put these on.
[Edward, sighing] Oh, shit.
That's the guy from the farmhouse.
Who is he?
Interpol, and our best chance
of keeping Cortez away from Kayla.
[in Spanish] Fuck!
[in Spanish] Can I help?
Sorry, no. You've done enough, Diego.
- See you later.
- See you later.
[in English] Hey, man, thanks
for being so cool about everything.
When I'm old and Spanish,
I wanna be just like you.
[Titus] She's in there, right?
Huh? So what do we do?
We?
- Yes, we. I'm your brother.
- Half-brother.
It's still half more brother
than you had before.
[Edward]
And how am I supposed to trust you?
[Titus] I came back, didn't I?
And I know it means nothing,
but I am sorry.
I am sorry.
- What, you keep him locked up?
- When he misbehaves.
It's not a nice way
to treat someone you love, is it?
Depends on what kind
of relationship you have.
What's all this?
All your old swim trophies
or something?
[foreboding music fades up]
Oh, fuck.
- Aah!
- [Julie grunts]
Argh agh.
[groaning]
- Aargh!
- [thud]
- [gasping]
- [Julie groaning]
- [exhales]
- Agh
Agh
[panting]
Okay enough.
God
Enough, alright?
All this for a fucking dog.
Just
just give me the dog.
Okay.
And we can
stop beating the shit
out of each other, alright?
He's not just a dog.
He's my boy!
[grunting]
[thud]
[breathlessly] Ooh
Oh, hey.
[scoffs]
- Titus.
- Yeah.
Oh, my God.
- Okay.
- What the hell are you doing here?
I thought you would be long gone.
I was, but
- Hm?
- then I ran into Edward Green.
All he wants is to know
if his wife is okay
- and to pass a message to her, so
- Hm, ah, so you're his errand boy now.
Muy bien.
That's what he thinks.
[scoffs and chuckles]
But
if you cut me back in on the deal,
I'll show you where he is.
I'll take you right to him.
- [intrigued] Titus, Titus.
- [Titus giggles]
You're so fucking naughty.
Naughty boy.
I love it.
Back in the saddle again.
Come on, let's get rich.
Yeah, okay. Yeah, well
follow me, I'll show you where he is.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
He's round here.
[birds chirping]
Oh, fuck.
- He was he was here. He w
- [chuckles]
No, really, he was we agreed that he
First, you lose Kayla.
Eh? And then you lose her husband.
No, I-I can find him. He trusts me now.
- If you could just wait--
- Maybe
I clean up the rest of my loose ends.
Right here and now.
No, please.
I-I'd never say anything
- Hm.
- to anyone. No, please.
€7,000,000, you have €7,000,000.
You-you would have none of it without me.
You can't just
[officer] Inspector Cortez?
[in Spanish] Hello?
Someone upstairs
is looking out for you, Titus.
[officer in Spanish] Hello?
[in Spanish] I'm here.
[in English] Say anything to anyone
and I will shoot you in your stupid head
just like I shot Ezra Cross.
Mm. You saw me, Titus.
You know I can.
[intriguing music fades up]
Okay.
- Inspector?
- Mm-hmm?
[in Spanish]
My boss wants to see you.
There's a lot of paperwork.
[in Spanish] Then let's go.
Hey.
- [dog whining]
- Hi.
Now don't bite me.
I may not be a
dog person,
and you may not be a Julie dog.
But we're gonna get along, okay?
Oh, hi.
Hi. You're a friendly little one,
aren't you? Yes.
[Barilla in Spanish]
Sorry about the wait.
I appreciate your patience, Inspector.
[in Spanish
We both know I wasn't patient.
Nevertheless. My boss
was very pleased with your work
bringing us the Interpol agent.
This is the least we could do.
[door opens]
Can you tell me what's happening now?
I'm taking you back to Valencia.
It's going to be okay now.
This way.
[officer in Spanish]
Hey! Wait a moment
We forgot to have you sign her out.
[in Spanish]
Of course. Sorry.
[officer] Hey!
My pen?
Thanks.
[sighs]
I understand you were on your honeymoon?
Yeah.
Some honeymoon.
One you will never forget.
I remember my honeymoon.
Everything felt possible.
Nothing but love.
Before we had time
to start lying to one another.
Lucky you.
Ah, no. I'm divorced.
So
you are the lucky one.
What?
There was something that I--
that I never told him.
I mean, I wish I had
I wish before all of this happened
I'm so sorry. I'm just I'm rambling.
I'm not even making any sense.
[mobile phone buzzing]
- [mobile phone buzzing]
- Ah, sorry, one moment.
[in Spanish] Hello?
[Julie] Guess who, fuckface?
Ah
cariño, I was going to call.
- Are you with someone?
- Mm.
Someone you know very well.
- You have Kayla?
- Yes. Your friend was not much help.
Bastien?
Yes, it's over.
No, it's far from over.
You see, I have something you want.
And you have something I want.
What?
- [barking]
- Oh
Right on cue.
He's like fucking Lassie.
You have Miguel with you?
You recognise his bark, how cute.
You know, he really seems to like me.
Keeps looking at me like I invented ham.
What do you suggest?
We meet.
My daughter-in-law and your dog.
I, er, hate to insinuate
that they are of equal worth, but
there you go.
Fine.
There's one condition.
You come alone. You bring your guys
and Miguel might not like me
so much anymore.
- Because I'm gonna kill him.
- [Miguel yaps]
Don't you
I'll drop you a pin.
You're not taking me
back to Valencia, are you?
Sorry.
I'm a good person, okay
I recycle. Okay, I-I-I
I'm always nice
to old people and-and children, and--
- What are you doing?
- I just
I'm trying to understand
what I have done so wrong
to make me get kidnapped
by three different people in a row.
Move.
[phone line ringing]
- [phone line ringing]
- Mum it's me.
Edward.
Mum?
Sorry, I just, erm
You
just haven't called me Mum
since I got here.
Yeah. I-I was
in Cortez's car, and
- she has Kayla.
- I know.
Look, I'll explain everything
when I get there. Just
put some distance between them and you,
and
stay safe, okay?
Everything's gonna be okay.
You know how I feel
about people saying that.
Yeah.
This time I fucking mean it.
[suspenseful music playing]
[in French] Yes.
I'm stuck in a Spanish lock-up.
Misunderstanding.
[in French] Of course it is.
Listen, I need you to call François
and get me out.
You owe me dinner.
Three courses.
No.
Starter or dessert, not all three. Okay?
Okay, starter and dessert.
But no coffee or grappa.
And that's if you do one more thing
for me. It's about Julie Green.
Will you?
[soft music fades up]
I know about Berlin.
- Look, I I don't know--
- I know who my birth mother really was.
I know
what she was up to. I know Kayla shot her.
I, fucking hell, I know everything.
- I know you lied.
- But I-I did it because--
I know why you did it.
I did it because I love you, Edward.
I know.
I just
I just wish you hadn't.
Look, one day, if
well
if you have kids, then you'll understand.
I promise you.
You will.
You know, you haven't trusted me
for a really long time.
And I-I've been on my own for
for so long that I
I don't trust anyone either.
But if we're gonna get Kayla back
you and I, we have to trust each other.
Okay?
Okay, yeah.
I can do that.
Okay.
Hey how did you find out?
Titus.
This whole thing was bloody Titus.
Who
who is Titus?
My brother. Half-brother. You literally
met him on your way out of
[Miguel yaps]
Why's there a dog in your car?
In.
[mobile phone buzzing]
[mobile phone buzzing]
Yes?
Where have you been?
Kayla called me earlier.
And I have her now.
- Why? Are you having second thoughts?
- [insulted] Oh, please.
Those entitled little shits were
ready to sleepwalk into Daddy's money,
none of which
he would've earned without me.
I'm asking you to hurry up.
Calm down, Isha.
I will get it done.
Isha?
Isha Lockwood?
[chuckles] Right, of course.
You don't know.
So this is fun.
She doubled the ransom money
so we would get rid
of you and your brother.
And then she gets the business.
Oh, my God.
You're not gonna let
anyone out of here alive, are you?
You're clever.
Not clever enough
to avoid getting kidnapped
three times in a row, but
you can't win them all.
Jesus. That's, er
All the stuff we took
from the police station.
Glad we kept it.
I told her to come alone, but there is
about as much chance of that happening
as her saying no
to a giant plate of jamón.
Because she's Spanish?
- Clever, hm?
- In no way.
- He really seems to like you.
- I know, right?
How weird.
Why is it weird? I'm likeable.
A conversation for another time.
Should we, er
- [mobile phone buzzes]
- [sighing] Oh, yeah.
- Soon, she'll be here with her crew.
- And there's two of us.
Yeah, hence the plan.
What is it?
It's Bastien's friend from Interpol.
So
So
plan upgrade.
[suspenseful music fades up]
[music intensifies]
[scoffs]
I was not expecting you, young man.
I'm not that young, actually.
Just have youthful features.
But then I was not
expecting your mother either.
Come in.
Let's get this over with.
[dramatic music fades up]
[hushed] Oh, my God.
- [door closes]
- Hey
- Happy reunion later.
- That's enough. That's enough.
What are our instructions?
She's close by.
With your dog.
Wait, did you say dog?
And now that I know Kayla is safe,
- I can take you to them.
- Hm. Then
let us go.
- Great.
- All of us.
Yes, and after
Kayla and I walk away.
Of course.
[mobile phone buzzes]
[bird call]
- [squelching]
- [choking]
[in French] This dinner better be
fucking good, Bastien
You do realise
they're not just gonna let us go, right?
I know.
I came prepared.
- Yeah?
- Oh, yeah.
We're gonna be okay.
Listen
just in case we're not
I already know about Berlin.
You do?
How far? Hm?
Five minutes.
Walk faster, talk less.
[in Spanish] Let's go.
[whispering] Listen, I wanted to tell you.
I should have told you, okay?
But me and your mum,
we thought that if you found out
- You didn't trust me?
- No, I did.
Of course I do. I just
I'd just killed somebody, okay?
I wasn't thinking straight.
I totally understand
if you can't forgive me, okay?
The last few days,
all I could think about was losing you.
About how none of this
would've happened if not for me.
- I promise you, I wanted to tell you.
- We've already lost Ezra,
and I wish
that
we're not losing each other.
Please you have to forgive your mum.
You can't stay angry at her.
She was only trying to help.
Oh, me and Mum, we've
reached an understanding.
She can be very reasonable.
[groaning]
[Julie grunting]
Ugh.
Ugh.
[knife slices the air]
Uh ugh!
- [knife sinking into flesh]
- [squelching]
[Julie, heavily] Ugh.
Oh, fuck.
[Cortez] Enough of this shit.
Bring me Miguel
- or I kill--
- [Miguel yapping nearby]
[Miguel whining]
[delighted] Miguel!
Miguel.
- [air kisses]
- [yapping]
[crying, relieved]
[Edward] Okay
Cover your eyes!
Aah!
- [explosion]
- [shrill ringing]
[gunshots]
[gunshots]
[Cortez panting]
Torres!
Torres!
Torres!
[Kayla] Hey, cunt face!
[thud]
[Julie] Ah, bet that felt good.
[Cortez] Argh!
[Julie] Tighter?
Okay, there's one of them still out there.
We have to go.
[man] Stop!
- Where do you think you are
- [Miguel yapping]
[snarling]
Hey!
[Julie] Ugh.
Thanks, Miguel.
- We should go.
- [Cortez] Now what?
You are still wanted
for the death of my officer.
I'm sure it'll all clear up
once we explain what you've been up to.
[laughing] Okay. Okay, yes.
Go. Go, go tell everyone I'm responsible.
They will definitely believe you,
just like that.
No, no need.
You had a conversation with Titus earlier.
Outside the police station.
You thought
he was double-crossing me, but, erm
You say anything to anyone
and I will shoot you in your stupid head
just like I shot Ezra Cross.
You saw me, Titus.
You know I'll do it.
[Edward] Turns out you were wrong.
[Cortez speaking Spanish]
Pretty damning, I'd say.
[moving orchestral music fades up]
[siren wailing]
[Bastien] Hola. Interpol.
Hi. Hola.
Where is she?
We placed her under arrest.
She's in the hunting lodge.
Gracias.
[moving orchestral music fades up]
No sign of anyone else?
Aside from the dead bodies,
just the girl who was taken
and her husband.
They are now at the station
giving the statement.
Seems like half of the department
was corrupt.
In this cabin,
we found confiscated drugs, money
Excuse me, excuse me.
No one else was with them?
Someone you're looking for?
I don't know anymore.
- [scoffs]
- [mobile phone buzzes]
Excuse me.
[Julie] I-I'm sorry I missed you.
Again.
Look, if we're anything alike,
and I think we are,
you want answers.
[scoffs gently] The books.
You'll want to know about the books.
One from every life I've taken.
And then they're not a trophy.
I'm not some sick weirdo.
I take no pleasure from them.
They're a reminder
that these were people
taken from
other people's families and friends.
And even if most of them were
up to some terrible shit, and they were,
they deserve to be remembered.
They are the lead weights
that drown my heart, Bastien.
But they're more than that.
They are why I'm alone.
You do what you do as long as I have,
and you learn not to let anyone in.
I'm trying to change but, well
it's not easy.
[mobile shutter clicks]
There's still hope, I think.
Hope that sometimes we can find
the good in things.
Like us,
finding each other in all that chaos.
Also, that fuck we had
easily made it into my top ten.
- Okay, it was top three.
- [Bastien laughs]
Look, you chased me
for so many years, Bastien.
Don't give up on me yet.
[traditional music playing]
God, he's so cute.
[Kayla] Those tiny hands.
It's like little dolls' hands.
[baby crying]
I mean, it is cute,
but it can really scream too.
- Doesn't it need to take a breath?
- I'm not sure you should call it 'it'.
- Well, you just called it 'it'.
- Yeah, but
[woman] Sorry about that.
Come here, Johnny.
[crying]
Come here.
Ahh
Thank God I didn't get preggers.
Pretty sure you can thank
my low sperm count for that.
- Turns out we're so not ready for babies.
- Oh, in no way.
- We'll hold off on that football team.
- Yeah.
- Well, one day.
- When we're old.
- Oh, not too old.
- Older.
Oh.
You sure you're alright?
Us being here, it's not too soon?
Yeah.
Ezra would want us to
be on our honeymoon.
Enjoying ourselves.
It's what he was all about.
You're right. He was.
[yapping]
- Oh.
- [Kayla laughs]
- Hola Miguel.
- Oh, my God.
Hola.
Oh! Thank God
she took that fucking baby away.
Little bastard was giving me a migraine.
I still can't believe
you brought that dog with you.
I can't believe we brought my mother
on our second honeymoon.
Hey, I'm gonna be super quiet.
Won't even know I'm here.
Right, 'cause being with you
is just being in an oasis of calm.
See you've brought your sarcasm with you.
Must've been plenty
of room in your luggage,
thanks to those tiny shorts of yours.
They're Italian.
What's funny about Italian trunks?
- What's funny is--
- No, please, I'm
Honestly, I'm gonna fuckin' kill you
or divorce you,
if you both don't shut the fuck up
for five minutes. Please.
[Julie] Hm.
What's up with her?
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