Vigil (2021) s03e05 Episode Script

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Svalbard is strictly demilitarised.
Military use is absolutely forbidden.
Daniel Hodge was serving as part
of a four-man Special Forces team
operating undercover.
The Chinese scientist, Shen Jia.
Where is she now?
What is that?
It's a gift for my friend.
Professor Mair.
Five minutes? Then I can talk.
You shouldn't be looking for Shen Jia.
If you find her, they'll kill you.
Director Becken was found in
possession of a Russian burner phone
belonging to Daniel Hodge.
The only way that someone could have
got a hold of that phone
is if they were Hodge's killer.
You're telling me that the Director
of Svalbard is your prime suspect?
You think that acting dumb
is the smart play here, Chen,
but I am watching you.
And if I find you know more
than you've been letting on,
I'm going to be
the first one to come knocking.
Do you know anyone who could run
diagnostics on this?
My comms guy just got a surprise
from one of our friends in Baltegrad.
They've locked us out of the phone.
- Russian malware.
- They were tipped off.
When Jia disappeared,
you cleared her room, right?
We've had intel on Jia's discovery,
and it's dangerous.
You don't want me to drop this, do you?
- Get down!
- Henrik!
Jia, get down!
It's not a weapon.
It was the answer to everything!
Do you want me on your mind
Or do you want me to go on
I might be yours, as sure as I can say
Be gone, be faraway. ♪
Where are you taking me?
Stay there. Stay.
- Going right.
- Uh-huh.
Inside clear.
On me.
- Straight to there.
- Help me with him.
Right, Jia.
Come on.
Easy. Easy.
Over there. Over there.
You have to take me to hospital.
Not my house.
You're lucky we didn't leave you.
Yeah. Come on, Director.
No place like home, eh?
Come on.
Cuff him to the bed.
Stay away from the windows.
I found this.
Give me a hand.
You have to take me to hospital.
No, we have to patch you up here.
Could the shooter know where we are?
I don't know.
I was the one they shot.
But it was Jia they were after.
That's why they kept shooting.
And you brought her out into the open.
If I'd wanted to kill Jia,
I would've done it before.
No, you kidnapped her, assaulted me,
and then took her
to where the shooter was.
That's not what happened.
Then tell us what happened, all right?
I had to get Jia off the island.
Why?
The situation was getting
out of control and
I did it for the good
of everyone on Svalbard.
Who told you to take her
to the airstrip?
Come on, was it Chen?
Cos he knew about that flight.
Is it him you're working with?
What did he offer you?
Not just for the good of Svalbard,
then? Chen paid you.
So, that was the plan?
You helped Chen get Jia
out into the open and then
he kills her?
That's not what he said.
Then, what, he lied to you?
So is Chen the shooter?
Chen doesn't know one end
of a rifle from the other.
That could be a cover.
Or he's working with the shooter.
Either way, he wants Jia dead.
Maybe she knows why.
Chen wouldn't try and kill me.
I know it's a lot to take in.
Because it isn't true.
It can't be.
Yeah, well, the Russians ambushed us
once before.
Maybe somebody tipped them off.
Oh, this again.
This all started
with what you discovered.
On the airstrip, you said that the
sample wasn't a bioweapon?
It was a biofuel.
It was Lorna's idea to call it
a weapon to throw everyone off.
It was an organically occurring,
carbon neutral replacement for petrol.
What does that mean?
Several years ago, I discovered
a bacteria in the ice here,
that, once isolated, had the
potential to replace fossil fuels,
but without any harmful emissions.
Is that really possible?
With the right infrastructure,
it would've been the biggest energy
revolution in our lifetime.
And a threat to the global
energy economy.
That's what's made you a target.
Who else knew about this?
I kept the circle small.
Chen, Lorna,
Vincent Mair.
Vincent knew?
When China found out
what I'd discovered,
they ordered Chen to fly me back.
So, I secretly used DNA
from the original specimen
to make two samples.
I kept one and I gave
the other to Vincent Mair.
Jia, are you aware that Vincent's
Yes, I know he's dead.
Mark told me
when I was hiding in the hub.
It's why I left without telling you.
I didn't know who to trust any more.
Vincent's death is my fault.
If I hadn't given him that sample
he'd still be alive.
If Chen is working with the shooter,
that means his orders have changed.
China would rather kill you than let
anyone else have that biofuel.
We need to get you off Svalbard.
[ENGINE APPROACHING]
You hear that?
Get down! Get down!
Jia, if they're armed
You do what you need to.
They've gone round the
[KNOCKING]
It's Garcia. I'm not armed.
The fuck's he doing here?
Look, if you're in there,
I'm just here to help.
Hey.
Easy, easy! I'm on your side.
Stay down! What are you doing here?
I was sent here, OK.
I work for the CIA.
My boss is Patrick Connolly.
He can explain everything.
Can I get up or should
I just tell you from down here?
What did Sir Ian say?
He isn't aware of any CIA
presence on Svalbard,
but he'll get back to us.
It's just
you don't seem like the CIA type.
Look, I can't really say much
more in front of him.
Cold War never really ended, you know?
Would you mind checking on Henrik?
Mm-hm.
OK.
The CIA has had a presence
on Svalbard since the '60s.
We
Well, they recruit scientists,
like me, straight out of college.
They They fund my research
and in exchange, I
Well, let's just say I monitor illegal
activity for them, on the island.
Why are you only telling us this now?
Why didn't you come forward before?
Because Russia aren't the only ones
guilty of an overreach here.
I mean, guys were sort of meant to
monitor all illegal activity,
including that of our allies.
Yeah. So what's changed?
This has turned into a shit-show.
We've got a dead British soldier.
Russian's invading the hub.
And obviously,
when the Director got shot,
that was the final straw
and I was ordered to come here.
Sorry. How do you know about that?
Well, we've got someone
monitoring the airfield,
just like the Russians do.
They saw you going down
the coastal road,
and I figured, well, this is
where I'd come, so
here I am.
Garcia, what do you want?
I think I can help you figure
out who the shooter was.
Yeah? How?
When all of you disappeared yesterday,
I knew something must've been up.
I started keeping an eye on all the
exits, in case you guys came back.
And
then half an hour before the shooting,
I saw someone leaving the hub.
Well, who?
They were getting into a jeep,
but I couldn't make them out.
But that's why I
That's why I brought that.
I thought it might help you.
Why the fuck do you have my laptop?
Well, you guys aren't as slick
as you think you are.
I saw the cameras you set up.
What cameras?
We set some up after Polina was killed.
Figured I could use them to ID
the shooter, but I couldn't log on.
- Programme, top left.
- Right.
OK.
I mean, it takes about 40 minutes
to get from the airport to the hub,
so the shooter would have left
around here.
There.
- Can you slow that down?
- Mm-hm.
It's Pickford.
No, that can't be right.
That was less than an hour ago.
Wait, there's someone else there.
Chen.
They could be working together.
Anderson, we need to find Jia now.
You're not like the other Russians.
Is that meant to be a compliment?
Maybe.
What's your plan, here?
It can't be Pickford.
Let me get him on the radio.
No, what? You saw him with Chen.
You can't risk that.
I know he's your mate
but think about it.
Pickford split you up after the ambush.
Aye, 'cos we were looking for her
and it would cover more ground.
Anyway, that was Hodge's idea.
Yeah, but Pickford
calls the shots, yeah?
Look, if Pickford's on his way,
we all need to leave, now!
No-one's talking to you.
Mark, please.
Look, just because I've been
undercover doesn't mean I haven't
been helping you guys.
Like I did with Hodge's phone yesterday,
like I did with Lorna's entry logs
after she was attacked.
- I did all of that stuff.
- Wait, wait. What happened to Lorna?
She was attacked when she was
in the lab destroying your research.
But it's OK. I mean she She's OK.
[PHONE BUZZES]
Just give me a sec.
Yeah, what have you got?
I've spoken to Connolly.
He's confirmed Garcia is CIA.
Can't say I'm thrilled about it.
He says he can help us
get Jia off the island.
No need. We have a carrier in the
area scrambling a helicopter
as we speak. Should be there
in about three hours.
You'll need to rendezvous at the mine
on the far side of the peninsula.
It's the previous extraction point.
Did you get my message about Pickford?
Yes, do not engage him.
That's your advice?
At this point, it's all we can do.
Look, I know this has been a
disaster, but Jia is valuable to us.
I know I can rely on you to get
her here safely.
Good luck.
He is who he says he is.
Mark, listen to me.
No, Jia, it's too dangerous.
What's the deal with him?
Sir Ian says he's legit. He's also
said he's sending a helicopter.
Should be here in three hours.
- That's more than enough time.
- More than enough time for what?
I have to go back to the hub.
What? Why?
Before I left, I told Lorna to get
rid of all my research
so no-one could steal it.
Yeah, and she did.
Not all of it.
He said he logged onto the lab
server AFTER Lorna was attacked.
Yeah, so?
I have digital copies
of my findings on there.
If he could see the lab entry logs,
it means Lorna never wiped the server.
Because they would have been wiped too.
My research survived.
If I could get it, I could use it
to access
the biofuel's genetic sequence.
And create more samples.
It will take time, but it's the only
chance I have to recreate my work.
You realise people are trying
to kill you over this?
I'm not asking for permission.
Look, you're the most wanted
person on the island.
If the police catch you,
then we can't extract you.
And you'd be way too easy
a target in police custody.
I can get in and out of the hub
without anyone seeing.
I've done it before.
If Chen finds out, he could steal
the data, or delete it.
- I'll go. I'll go
- No.
You have to go through a biometric
scan to access my research.
I'm the only one who can do it.
And I'm not getting on that
helicopter without it.
I'll only need a few minutes.
RADIO: Anderson, I'm going to sweep
the coastal road. Check the cabins.
Over.
Shit.
That makes the decision for us.
How many people can you
get into the lab?
I don't know. Maybe you
and maybe one more.
I'll go with you.
Listen, if Pickford's coming here,
we're going to need someone
to draw him away, right?
Right, well
if I can get to the other side
of the island, I can put a call out
and maybe lure them that way.
If I can isolate Anderson,
then maybe we can get him on side.
OK. You can take me and the Director
at the hospital.
I'll make my way to the evac point.
No, what if Pickford intercepts you?
We'll drive fast.
I can do this.
OK.
- Right, you guys have got to go.
- Right, let's go!
Go, go. Go!
Right, guys. You can move all the
stuff on the seat onto the floor.
Or just give it to me, please.
Right. And And just keep
I'd stay low if I were you.
I realise we've never actually
been introduced.
Amy.
Jia.
Yeah. Not been a lot of time
for introductions.
No.
Where's Fyodor?
He left.
He could've told the Russians
where we are.
Ah, well, doesn't matter now.
We're leaving. Right, up!
OK, let's go.
Wait!
Last chance to back out.
No, I have to do this.
And how do you want to do this exactly?
You know, if anyone sees you,
they're going to report you
I know. I know.
There's an access hatch
beneath the building.
It's
It's how I've been getting in
and out without anyone knowing.
Where's it lead?
To an old storage space at the end
of service corridor B.
OK. This is what we're going to do.
When I say go, you go
and you get inside.
But you wait for me there.
I'll have to clear the lab first.
You got it?
- Yeah.
- OK.
Go!
OK.
Come on.
Hey, folks, if I could get
your attention, please?
I'm afraid I'm going to need
to shut down the lab.
I know, I know it's a drag, but
after the last power cut, we
Well, some of the diagnostics
have come back
and some of the safety systems
aren't working properly.
I'm sorry.
This is what we're going to do.
We're all going to
head down to the cafeteria
and we're all going to come up with
some new safety protocols.
All right, guys? Let's go.
Chen. That means you too, buddy.
Do we have to do this now?
I am afraid so, come on.
I'll catch up with you in a second.
Right, let's go.
When I came in, Chen was on the server.
So we might be too late?
Maybe.
But I I'll buy you guys
as much time as I can.
[PHONE BUZZES]
Evgeni.
Come on
Should it be taking this long?
It's not working.
It won't.
I've made sure no-one can get on
the server without my authorisation.
And I've already called the police, Jia.
They're on their way.
We need to leave now.
Not without my research.
- Jia
- Oh, shit.
He's called the police. You need to
hold them off as long as you can.
Go. Now!
All right. You've got five minutes.
Give me my research.
It's not your research, Jia.
That was always your problem.
Not that you wanted to change the world,
but that YOU had to be the one to do it.
Is that why you had her shot?
What?!
You paid Henrik to kidnap her,
take her to the airstrip.
Yes, but to get you home!
Someone tried to kill me.
And then you told Pickford
where Henrik was taking her.
No, I didn't tell anyone
except our contact back in Beijing.
Jia was shot at,
so either that order came from you
or from your contact.
No, they
They wouldn't.
After what I did, the Party were
never going to let me live.
They promised to protect you,
to protect the discovery.
No-one should even know about it!
You should have come to me.
I did, but you didn't listen!
We've been colleagues for years.
I thought we trusted each other.
You threw all that away
when you defected.
I didn't defect!
- Just for your 15 minutes!
- Jia, hey. Hey.
This isn't about me.
This is about you.
You're a coward, Chen.
A coward?!
You've always been a coward.
It's why you told them
about my discovery.
I've risked everything for you!
I never told them about the biofuel!
It was Beijing who contacted me.
They already knew about it.
They told me
that you were defecting with it,
and they thought I was helping you,
because I'd been doing what you asked.
I was covering for you.
Never telling them what you were doing,
buying you time.
And you betrayed me.
Nothing on the radio.
Maybe try another channel?
Something's not right.
What the?
Who is that?
It's Anderson!
Oh, shit!
There's something going on here. Wait.
Pull over. Pull over.
They've been trying to trap us.
Yeah. Here they come.
It'll be a dead end ahead.
Look, just do what they say, OK?
What are you going to do?
You didn't tell Beijing?
I didn't.
Well, then, who did?
And why did you get Henrik to kidnap me?
After what you'd done, I had no choice.
You'd left me to face the consequences.
What consequences?
People disappear. Get taken.
I've seen it.
So, what? Send me back
and you're off the hook?
No. I believed in the work
you were doing. I still do.
What you discovered is incredible,
but it's vulnerable.
My contact promised to protect
both you and the biofuel.
How could you believe them
after what happened to Vincent Mair?
You told them he had
a sample, didn't you?
That's what got him killed!
China wouldn't kill someone on UK soil.
- It's too risky.
- Well, somebody did.
Because of the information you leaked!
I didn't mean for that to happen.
But it did!
Chen, you can still put this right.
Just give me the research.
What are you going to do with it?
I'm going to share it.
It's bigger than you and me.
It's bigger than any one country.
It belongs to everyone.
I just need your help.
- If Beijing finds out
- We can't control that.
OK, we've got to go.
Turn the engine off and put
your hands where I can see them.
Now, step out.
Slow.
Where's Jia?
You're not going to find her, mate.
Jesus, Mark!
Easy, Si, just want to talk.
Everyone just stay calm.
- Drop the gun.
- No, mate, you need to listen.
I won't tell you again.
This prick has betrayed us!
He fucking shot Hodge,
he shot at Jia, hit the Director.
What are you talking about? He's lying!
Anderson, just take a look!
When did this happen?
This morning.
- See, they're playing you.
- We're not!
Well, we saw you leave the hub.
Garcia showed us.
How?
Our surveillance cameras
picked him up, mate.
Look, I have the video. I can show you.
Stay where you are!
You can't have.
The Norwegian Police took
the cameras down yesterday.
Why should we believe you?
The Director gave the order.
You can ask him.
Did you take the SBS surveillance
down yesterday?
My officers did, yes.
There's been no cameras
for the last 24 hours.
See. I told you.
Oh, my God.
I need you to get out!
You need to take Henrik to hospital
and secure the evac point for Jia.
- Where are you going?
- I'm going to the hub.
If Pickford's not the shooter,
it's Garcia.
Hey, have you seen Chen?
Uh, yeah. I
I saw him go up to his room.
Guys, the police are here.
We need to go.
It's done.
I've also deleted the files
on the lab server.
This is the last copy.
Thank you.
Come on, let's go.
Oh, come on!
Oh, come on!
What did you tell the police?
I bought us a few minutes,
but they'll be back soon.
Why don't you just jump on this one
and I'll follow you to the mine, OK?
How do you know where the evac point is?
What do you mean?
You said back at Henrik's house
No, I didn't, I said
I said it's the same as last time.
But how do you know that's the mine?
Listen, we don't have time for this.
- You definitely said it was
- No, no.
She didn't.
WHISPERS: Run.
Run!
Put the gun down!
Put it down!
- Yeah.
- Get down.
Hands behind your back.
- You've got to get out of here.
- You OK?
I'm going to stay and deal with him, OK?
You'll come home soon?
Is that an order?
Go. Go.
Get in. Mind your head.
Right, OK. Thank you.
All right? Thanks.
We're going to need to search his
room, his vehicle
Yeah. We're already on it.
And I'm going to bet that
when you run ballistics on that,
it's going to match the bullets
that killed Hodge.
Yeah. Good. Then it's over.
No, not yet.
What about the Director?
We arrested him at the hospital.
He's looking at charges for assault,
kidnap, espionage
It's quite the list.
He said he had his reasons.
I bet he did.
Right. Better get on.
RADIO: Cunningham, we'll secure
the perimeter.
[HELICOPTER APPROACHES]
Kept me waiting.
- Trying to soften me up?
- Oh, why bother?
DCI Silva's already done a pretty
good job of that.
Hmm
You sure you don't want a solicitor?
No. I don't need one.
For attempted murder, you're looking
at, what, 15, maybe 20 years.
I walked in on you with a gun
to DCI Silva's head.
There's no getting out of that.
I mean, Norwegian prisons are nice,
but, if you co-operate,
they could be nicer.
This isn't the first time
you've tried to kill Jia, is it?
It was you who shot at her
at the airstrip.
Are you Are you fishing
or do you have actual proof?
You brought us the laptop
and doctored the time codes
to frame Pickford.
And you did that to get close to Jia,
because you failed to kill her before.
See, I reckon when ballistics comes
back on this, it'll show that
it fires the same nine millimetre
subsonic rounds that killed Hodge.
If it does, that'll be quite
the coincidence, then.
See, this has been you all along,
hasn't it?
Before you killed Hodge,
how long did you know
he was spying for Russia?
We found that in your room.
Your DCI gave it to me.
And all the data on that phone
was wiped by the Russians.
Well, the FSB still has a record of it.
I'm sure they'll be happy
to share it with you.
Were you blackmailing Hodge?
Did he confront you?
Is that why you killed him?
Fine. Don't want to talk? Fine.
Makes no odds to me.
I'll tell the Norwegians to charge
you and take you to the mainland.
You still don't get it, do you?
I'm CIA.
I'll be protected.
What, because you were doing
what they ordered?
The CIA ordered you to
shoot the Director?
To kill a British soldier?
You mean, erm
..the Russian spy?
Ah, so, you did know he was a spy?
And what about the Director?
He's not a spy.
I was ordered to keep Jia
from leaving by any means necessary.
And is that why you killed Hodge, then?
So you could dump his body in
Baltegrad to stop Jia
from leaving by air?
That seems rather elaborate.
Why was stopping Jia so important?
I don't think you would understand.
Try me.
If what Jia has found
can replace fossil fuels,
think what that would do to
countries like Kuwait,
Wudyan or Russia.
Their economies would collapse.
I mean, a post-oil world does
sound good on paper,
but, in reality,
on the ground in those countries,
their economies would collapse.
There would be bank runs,
protests, revolutions
And the US didn't want that to happen?
Oh, yeah, well, you know
when you're at the top of the tree,
you don't really want it to shake,
do you?
And that's worth killing people for?
Nato's over.
This is a different world we live in
and in this world I did whatever
I had to do for my country.
I don't really feel like I have
to justify myself to a cop,
no offence, but I think we're done here.
No, I have a few more questions.
I said, we're done.
DI Longacre.
Colonel Zamorin wants to speak with you.
Tell him to wait.
He's insistent.
I thought you'd gone back to Moscow.
Yes.
People think many things about me.
Most of it incorrect.
I'm interviewing a suspect.
What do you want?
I know. Garcia, I know.
I think this might help.
Korotayev had it.
It has messages between him
and the Russian spy.
And what's going to happen
to you for giving me this?
Don't worry about me.
I know what I'm doing.
So we can go through this together
and you have what you need.
But I want something in return.
Yeah, of course you do.
Can I join you?
So this is Korotayev's phone.
He's been using it to communicate
with the Russian spy.
To communicate with you.
The text warning the Russians
about Jia's extraction
came after Hodge had left the hub.
Meaning he didn't send it.
Still doesn't mean that I did.
Well, actually, Korotayev received
another message
from the same number, it was 12
hours ago.
"Hit on Jia failed. Director shot.
Target seen heading to coast.
"Going to intercept. And stand by."
See, you just admitted to me
you shot the Director under orders.
You sent that text, didn't you?
Yeah, you weren't blackmailing Hodge,
because you didn't need to.
He told you about the extraction
because you're CIA.
And you then told the Russians.
So when Hodge found out that
you were the leak,
he came back to the hub to confront you
and you killed him.
You then framed him as the Russian spy.
Do you know what the CIA will do
when they find out
you killed a British soldier
to cover your back?
What?
You will be
I do not know this word in English.
Disavowed.
Disavowed.
I like this word.
You're going to lose your
diplomatic immunity, my friend.
You need to start talking.
Because this isn't just about Jia.
Vincent Mair was killed in Glasgow
when his lab was blown up.
No. I had nothing to do
with Vincent Mair.
Why should we believe you?
Isn't it obvious? I was off
on Svalbard when it happened.
You are the CIA. You had motives,
you had means.
We've been treating Vincent's
death as a terror attack.
But, if you co-operate
I didn't have anything to do
with Vincent Mair's death.
Because CIA doesn't operate on UK
soil. In fact, it doesn't need to.
And why's that?
Because UK isn't even a real country.
You're just America's captive.
You sort of have been for years.
You guys just do what we tell you to do.
Well, not this time.
And you can think about that
on your flight to the mainland.
So you think you've won?
Yeah. Yeah, I do.
You're arrested, Jia's off Svalbard.
Just because Jia's off Svalbard
doesn't mean she's safe.
You'll see.
Due to land in 20 minutes, ma'am.
This is DCI Amy Silva, please leave
a message and I will call you back.
- It's just gone straight to voicemail.
- Kirsten?
- Mm.
- Ah I think this is it.
I never thanked you.
Mm-hm. I noticed.
It's been good working together.
Why did you land here?
Couldn't risk using any of the usual
airfields, ma'am,
in case they were being watched.
The driver will take you
to a safe house.
Intelligence services will be
there to debrief you.
OK. Thanks.
RADIO: DCI Silva's just landed, sir.
On our six. Coming up fast.
- Who is it?
- Get down.
Get down. Shit!
- Watch out.
- Jesus.
Take the verge! Take the verge!
Shit!