Talamasca: The Secret Order (2025) s01e03 Episode Script
The Task at Hand
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Previously on "Talamasca"
The 752 is real,
and it's in London.
The Soledad Marcel investigation.
We have nothing to worry about.
Until she sends a replacement,
and she will.
Owen: We're leveling you
down a notch.
You're not the bloody captain anymore.
- It's you.
- Oh, I like this guy.
- You never told me your name.
- Helen.
- What's your name?
- It's Guy.
Keves.
Olive: You're in so much trouble.
[Archie gasping]
[Scraping]
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Man: Sahara?
S-A-H-A-R-A.
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Aah!
[Both grunt]
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[Siren wailing]
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[Indistinct talking]
[Radio chatter]
[Siren wailing in distance]
Hough: She done him
and then she done herself.
Open and shut.
How much longer's this gonna take?
Why don't you head out?
I can wrap up here.
You sure you've got it?
You said it yourself--
open and shut.
[Camera beeps, shutter clicking]
[Indistinct conversations,
siren wailing in distance]
[Radio chatter]
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That pint won't drink itself.
Shouldn't there be more blood?
Thinking the same thing.
Maybe he was moved.
There'd be drag marks.
And nothing shows up
with the luminol, either.
She's only a little bit of a thing.
She couldn't have moved him.
I did find a strand of hair
on our boy here.
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Doesn't look like
it matches either victim.
You run it for DNA.
Yes, ma'am.
And results come
straight to me, alright?
Let's see who else
was in this flat last night.
Live girls, Cupid's Error.
Sexy, sexy.
Polish to the left.
Polish to the right.
Cupid's Error.
Might change your life.
You never know.
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Dancers to the right.
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Strip club.
Asians to the left.
Polish to the right.
Cupid's Error.
Sexy, sex--
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Jesus.
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What the hell is going on?
Oh, you're in so much trouble.
How do you take your tea?
It isn't horrific, you know,
which is a miracle.
Do you have any clue
what I went through last night?
We are aware of the situation.
I'm sorry about the girl.
I understand
the two of you connected.
Yeah, just like you planned it.
No, it was a surprise to us.
Keves Papadouris
was not one of ours.
Then who was she?
Don't tell me you don't know.
She was a witch.
A wi--
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A what?
She belonged to a very old coven
in St. John's Wood, Regent's Canal.
They're having a wake fire
this evening.
They like to keep an eye on us.
Presumably, that's what
Papadouris was doing.
Her particular gift
was seduction and extraction,
drawing people to her
in order to gain information.
So tell us
everything you told her.
I didn't tell her anything.
We didn't talk much.
Oh, you just hit it
and quit it, huh?
You're a real class act.
Sit down, Guy.
I found her hanging.
You understand me?
And that Archie guy,
that guy you made me follow,
his throat ripped wide open.
And I wouldn't have been there
to see any of it.
No, Jesus fucking Christ.
I might be a suspect.
No, Guy.
Your tracks are covered.
Oh, yeah?
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And you'll just what, huh?
You'll just sweep it away?
You'll forget it even happened?
Well, I can't forget.
Do you understand?
Her face was blue.
And it was like she was
looking at me.
Now, you better
read me in right now.
Why am I here?
Why are you here?
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What is this all about?
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Can you give us some privacy, Olive?
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Something very important
has gone missing.
It doesn't have an official name.
We refer to it
as the Seven-Five-Two.
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Checkers: And I feel like I've--
like I've blown this, right?
And he looks at me in the eyes,
he says,
"That took real bollocks
doing what you did,
speaking truth to a superior."
So Owen's calling it a promotion?
Has to call it what it is, mate.
I'm gonna be a director's affiliate.
I didn't know there was
a Mother House in Jakarta.
Yeah, well, you could
block up the Thames
with what you don't know,
Robbie boy.
[Both laugh]
Now, it's part of an advanced team.
There's a bit
of an immortal problem there.
Yeah, we need to start
gathering intelligence.
Full house up and running
within a year.
Up and stumbling with you
at the tip of the sword.
[Both laugh]
[Imitates laughter]
I'm gonna get you one more pint.
- One more pint? Come on.
- Yeah, go on.
Let's have another pint.
Come on, come on.
[Train clacking]
"Patting the head
is considered an evil omen
by the inhabitants of Jakarta."
What the f--
Oh.
[Muffled grunting]
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The Central Library contained everything
the Talamasca had learned
in our first thousand-some years
since our founding in--
Can you guess?
752 AD.
Every treatise,
every folder, every file,
genealogies, animosities,
aliases, whereabouts,
scandals, spells.
More than a millennium
of knowledge went up in smoke.
Unless it didn't.
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Unless someone managed
to create a backup.
A backup of an entire library?
That's what the Seven-Five-Two is--
a codex, an atlas,
a single volume that contains
all of the Talamasca's
accumulated knowledge,
created in secret by a rogue
faction of our leadership
- and then hidden away.
- Wait a minute.
So you're saying that everything
in this massive library
is now in this onebook?
It sounds farfetched, I know,
but 40 years ago, no one could
have contemplated the Internet.
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People have different theories.
Some people think it's a code or a map.
Some say it's microfiche.
That was state of the art
in the '70s.
Some people think
it's an enchanted object,
like Pandora's box.
And some-- well, some people
think the whole thing is a myth.
But not you.
Knowledge is the only leverage
we have over the immortals.
If the Seven-Five-Two does exist,
it's the ultimate piece of
leverage for us if we have it.
Or for somebody else if you don't.
The Talamasca may well be destroyed
if the book should fall
into the wrong hands.
And life would never
be the same again,
for everyone,
mortal and immortal alike.
Okay.
What the hell happened last night?
We have reason to believe
the book is in London.
Archie's arrival is only
the latest piece of evidence
- to bolster that theory.
- A girl is dead.
What does this
have to do with Keves?
Archie's been on the trail
of the Seven-Five-Two
for over a year.
Someone or something led him to her.
Why?
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Who was Archie?
We think he was here on a contract
from a fringe element
in the London Mother House.
So did Archie kill Keves?
Or did somebody else
kill both of them?
I don't know.
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We need you,
given your connection to the girl,
to pursue the answer
to that part of the puzzle.
She was a target.
Maybe 'cause she had
something they were after.
For example, yes.
Okay, let me get this straight.
- So, Keves
- Yes.
who's good at getting information
out of people, is dead.
Archie, who's got a real knack
for getting intel,
he's also dead.
And here I am
with the same set of skills,
and you want me to go
poking around the same zip code?
You are very gifted, Guy.
Stop saying that.
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Okay.
Say you get your hands
on this book, this thing.
What do you do with it?
Keep it from those
who might use it to hurt people.
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No ulterior motives?
I suppose one can't
rule out the possibility
that we all have
ulterior motives, Guy.
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So?
So what the hell was that
at the club the other night?
Trust me, you enjoyed it
a hell of a lot more than I did.
I'm your handler.
I was handling you.
Yeah, if you were so worried
about what I'd tell Keves,
how come you didn't warn me?
Look, I didn't know
what her angle was.
I thought we might as well
play out the hand.
Yeah, well, I guess she lost.
Hey, look.
I didn't know that she
was gonna get killed, okay?
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I'm guessing Helen gave you
her whole song and dance
about the Seven-Five-Two.
What, you don't believe it exists?
Most people don't.
Look, she knows things that I don't.
And she's read into things I'm not.
So it's not that I'm second-guessing her.
- It's--
- Oh, well, it kind of sounds like you are.
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She's got a bug up her ass
about it, that's all.
She's been acting a little,
I don't know
untethered.
I'm obviously in excellent hands.
Hey, look.
If that book doesn't exist and
the library burned to the ground
with all that information,
how does the Talamasca
still wield so much power?
We're talking about a way of life
that's existed almost unchanged
for centuries,
with individuals who
[Chuckles]
will have very, very long memories.
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If you want someone to believe a lie,
all you have to do is tell it
to them over and over
and over.
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I'm sorry.
I'm actually back this way.
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Olivia: I'll be in touch.
Get some sleep.
Yeah, that's what I'm gonna do.
That's exactly what I'm gonna do.
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[Metal clinks]
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Book.
Book.
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[Creaking]
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[Cellphone buzzing]
Hello?
Man: Guy?
Yes.
Just want to make sure
everything's okay.
Mr. Osterhaus.
Family comes first, yeah?
You know, take whatever time you need.
No. Yes. Thank you for, um--
for calling.
Uh, that's very kind of you.
Look.
If there's anything else going on,
money is an issue,
or if you want to talk about
how we can make this job
the best fit, you reach out.
You're real important to us.
Thank you, thank you.
Um, no.
I-I really appreciate you calling.
You've given me a lot to think about.
- Call me anytime.
- Okay, thank you. Yeah.
[Indistinct conversations]
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[Indistinct conversations]
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Woman:
I just wish she was here.
[Indistinct conversations]
Can I help you with something?
I was a-a friend of Keves's.
Never seen you before.
A recent friend.
I'm sorry.
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I didn't mean to intrude.
I'm s--
You can show your respects
if you like.
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Woman: Who is this--
Who is this-- this stranger?
Who's this, then?
He knew Keves.
A friend.
Ah, her type of friend, alright.
How did you meet?
At a bar.
Right.
Like I said.
Fuist.
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Hard to believe she's gone.
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This is, um--
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This is obviously a, uh--
a family thing.
I'll just
[Siren wailing in distance]
[Sighs]
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Doris: Hey.
Guy?
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I'm Doris.
She told me about you.
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She did?
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I just met her.
She said you were a real catch.
[Chuckles]
Then again, she wasn't always
the greatest judge of character.
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Come.
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If you didn't know any better, from here,
it just looks like a nice, happy party.
Guy: Yeah, it's a nice party.
Very pink party.
[Chuckles]
That was her favorite color.
Your neighbors find it strange?
Our neighbors are mostly Romani.
They don't seem to mind.
[Indistinct distorted talking]
What are you doing?
Nothing.
If you want to ask me something,
just ask.
Are you a--
Are they--
What?
Does it matter?
I know what you are.
I don't have to ask.
- You're a liar.
- You just met me, okay?
You're Talamasca.
That's why she was following you.
She was our little spy.
She doesn't usually--
didn't usually trust your ilk.
None of us do.
But she really did like you.
I liked her, too.
Okay, I thought she was, um
authentic.
Authentic?
What?
That's something that you say
about a dusty old necklace
at a garage sale.
She was more than that.
She was
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She was fun.
[Chuckles]
You're blushing.
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- You're not cut out for this.
- Doris, wait.
Keves had this thing,
this book in her backpack.
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A book?
Yeah, this leather-bound book,
kind of strange-looking.
Yeah, her scrapbook.
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She just stuck old pictures in it.
Memories, that sort of thing.
Yeah, well, does she always
carry it around with her?
Always?
I just-- I think
someone was after it,
and I think Keves got caught up
in the middle of it.
And the benevolent Talamascas
are gonna come solve the case
and give poor Keves
the justice she deserves?
They can't be trusted, Guy.
Do you hear me?
You can't trust them.
Just look at what happened
to Soledad Marcel.
Who the hell is Soledad Marcel?
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[Page turns]
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[Indistinct conversations]
[Siren wailing in distance]
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[Sighs]
[Up-tempo music plays]
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You said you wanted to know
as soon as Archie checked in.
We just got word.
He won't be.
Checking in, that is.
Ever.
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You've had our signals team
on overtime for six weeks.
Our field agents are run ragged.
Davidson's been on that stakeout
in Knightsbridge for a month
and doesn't even know why.
And I hear you've dispatched
Checkers to Jakarta.
You've commandeered
the resources of this house
for a wild-goose chase.
Morale's low.
My whole team is uneasy.
And now the police are
investigating Archie's death.
I'm afraid Amsterdam
won't tolerate much more.
Hmm.
[American accent]
'Cause I thought Amsterdam
lets each Mother House
operate independently.
To a point, yes,
but when they come down,
they come down hard.
You enjoy looking over your shoulder,
waiting for Amsterdam to come
finger-fuck you?
Because I don't think they
should have that much power.
Is that what this
is really all about?
Power?
Depends.
I mean, from your perspective,
this is really all about cancer, right?
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[Sighs]
Immortality can be tricky,
but mortality's a
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is a real son of a bitch.
Oh, and, um
it's not a wild-goose chase.
Why do you think Archie was killed?
We're close.
That's why.
The book is here in London,
and we're not the only ones
who want it.
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But we've got to stay strong.
No cold feet.
No wetting the bed about Amsterdam.
Look at me.
And no whining about your staff.
Yeah?
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Thataboy.
Chemo ain't gonna fix that,
my friend.
And, hey, Checkers--
I mean,
maybe he'll love Jakarta.
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[Indistinct conversations]
[Siren wailing in distance]
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[Knock on door]
How's it going?
Well, I'm playing "Where's Wally,"
uh, with the entire city of London.
So
Honest labor builds character.
Also fucks my plans for the evening.
Big date.
Wh-Why are we still digging on this?
I thought it was all wrapped up.
Murder-suicide.
Call it due diligence.
[Knock on door]
Ridge, need your signature
on something.
I'm busy.
I'll do it later.
I think you need to come do it now.
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- About 10 minutes.
- Okay.
Hello, Ms
[British accent]
Agent Wakefield.
Man: MI5, Ridge.
I understand you've taken
an interest in my case.
Would you like to come through
to my office?
She just needs you to sign out
the autopsy photos from the murder-sui.
And might I ask
why you'd need those photos?
Well, you might ask all you like.
Afraid I can't give you
any answers, though.
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I was at the scene myself.
I'm sure I could offer some insight--
Just your signature.
Thank you.
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Sorry.
May I see your credentials?
Already done, Ridge.
She checks out.
Should I call Detective Hough?
No, no.
It's quite alright.
Great.
Thank you for your service.
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MI5?
More like MI10.
Print me out a copy of those photos.
- Hmm?
- Now!
[Animals chattering]
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You're making a big mistake here.
I've got a second cousin
who works at the Metropolitan Police.
He's pretty high up.
Do you know why?
Because he's an utter bastard.
No mercy at all.
Did you hear me?
He'll come for you.
You and that freaky Yank psycho.
[Clears throat]
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Okay. Okay.
We can work something out,
you and I, can't we?
Um, uh
What--
What do you like?
What do you like?
Uh, uh, uh, d-drugs?
Uh, girls? Girls?
[Stammers]
I can get you anything.
Anything.
Anything.
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Don't do this.
[Sobbing] Please don't do this.
Don't kill me, please.
I'm not gonna kill you.
[Growling, shrieking]
[Chittering]
[Snarling]
[Screaming]
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[Sighs]
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[Groaning softly]
Water. Water.
- Come on.
- Water, please.
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Drink up.
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There you go.
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[Chain rattles]
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[Grunts]
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Now comes the hard part.
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[Screeches]
[Grunts]
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[Grunts]
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[Music box plays]
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[Lid closes]
[Drawer opens]
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[Silverware clinking]
[Indistinct conversations]
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[Indistinct conversations]
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[Laughing]
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You told me you can learn
a lot about somebody
by following them.
Fuck if I know
what you're doing in this place.
What are you doing here?
How'd you find me?
I picked you up outside
your flat and I followed you.
My flat? How did you--
I clocked a black car
at the front of Porky's.
So I ditched Olive, I doubled back,
and I waited for you to come out.
And I flagged a cab, and I tailed you.
But, of course, you gave
the driver the wrong address,
'cause I ended up
at a tea shop on Camden Lane.
And you must have
slipped out the back door,
'cause that's where I lost you.
So I cased the neighborhood
till I found the
blandest-looking storefront
with a flat above it
and the blinds pulled shut.
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And voilà.
I'm actually impressed.
You gave me books to read on spycraft.
I read them.
We like books.
And what do they say
about following protocol?
We contact you.
That's how it works.
What the hell is this place?
It's a Talamasca facility.
Or it was.
Top secret one.
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This seems like a charming spot.
Lots of good vibes.
What'd they used to do here,
torture puppies?
They started marking me
when I was a child,
just like you.
Only they didn't just keep tabs on me.
They took me in
when I was 8 years old.
Took you in?
Brought me to live here.
Your parents just let you go?
They didn't have
much say in the matter.
What'd the Talamasca
want with you at that age?
They brought me here for testing.
They were about 20 of us.
[Monitor beeping]
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EEG is ready.
[Indistinct conversation]
Helen: They wanted to see
what my mind could do,
if I had any special abilities.
Memory, mathematics, intuition.
It was all part
of some hush-hush program.
- Man: Reading on that?
- Woman: Beta waves.
Guy:
What kind of program?
I never found out.
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Whatever they were looking for,
I don't think I had much of it.
Eventually they sent me
to the States.
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
My uncle took me in.
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I was only here a couple of years.
Others stayed much longer.
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So the Talamasca makes you
into a human guinea pig.
And you think to yourself,
"That's who I want to work for
when I grow up."
They gave me a life when I had nothing.
A week before I came here,
both my parents died instantly
when our Vauxhall hit a telephone pole.
My father was driving.
He liked to drink.
Just like my mom
liked to shoot drugs, right?
This the part where you tell me that
we're not so different after all?
Children from broken homes
make outstanding spies.
We're good at keeping secrets.
Don't easily trust people.
Especially those that lie to us
over and over again.
What do you want, Guy?
Why did you follow me?
The truth.
All of it.
The truth?
Very well.
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The London Mother House
has been infiltrated.
Gregory Owen, its top man,
has been turned.
He's taking orders
from a vampire named Jasper,
who we believe is making use
of the Talamasca's personnel
and resources to search for
the Seven-Five-Two.
We fear he's close to finding it.
That's why we brought you in so quickly.
But given the incidents
of the past few days,
we need you to move faster,
to get closer.
We need you in the Mother House.
- How do I do that?
- You knock on the door.
Just like that?
You're smart, Guy, and intuitive.
I could give you a plan,
but whatever you come up with
in the moment
will work far better,
I guarantee it.
You're setting me up.
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Soledad Marcel.
Just another dead girl, right?
The sucker before me got killed.
Don't you think that maybe you
could have told me about that?
Giving you too much information
could put you at greater risk.
Oh, really?
[Chuckles]
- So you were protecting me?
- Yes.
What else are you protecting me from?
What do you know about my mom?
'Cause I know she's still alive
and I know she was Talamasca.
You don't know anything.
You think you do, but you don't.
So enlighten me!
What does my mother have to do
with the Seven-Five-Two?
Because I know there's a connection.
And I know that is the reason
why I'm here.
Your mother did a very bad thing.
We lost her.
- Oh, fuck off!
- She's a fugitive.
The Talamasca has been
looking for her for years.
Why?
What did she do?
Guy, the more I tell you,
the more danger you're in.
Bullshit.
I'm bait on a line.
That's it.
That is what you're doing.
You're trying to lure her out.
That is the whole reason
you've recruited me.
It's a lot more complicated
than that, Guy.
Yeah, I'm sure it is, Helen.
That's not even your real name, is it?
- Of course it isn't.
- Jesus Christ!
I'm done, okay?
I'm done.
I'm going back to New York,
and I'm taking that job at Cavitt.
I'm sorry, Guy,
but that's not an option
that's available to you.
Not anymore.
Not an option that's available to me?
So say I leave right now,
never come back.
What happens?
I really wouldn't do that
if I were you.
What I'm tasking you with is critical,
and we don't have much time.
Go to the Mother House,
use your training,
get to Jasper,
and find out how close he is
to getting the Seven-Five-Two.
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I really hope all this
is worth it for you.
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This is your man.
This bloke shows up
in all the footage of Archie.
Here he is again.
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Poor bastard never knew
he was being tailed.
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So much for murder-suicide.
So who is this mystery man?
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[Indistinct conversations]
Ridge: It is rather peaceful, isn't it?
Yeah, it can be.
I suppose it depends.
So, in my line of work,
when there's an incident like this,
we do what's called a profile.
It's like a story.
Yeah, I know what a profile is.
Of course you do, yeah.
Is everything alright?
Yeah.
Who are you all, anyway?
Just friends.
All living together on a houseboat?
A bit unusual,
don't you think?
Are you married?
No.
Do you live alone?
Yeah.
Happy with that?
If it's unusual, maybe the
problem is with what's usual.
I understand that this is a hard time.
And I know you two are close.
But I could use your help,
because Keves doesn't strike me
as the kind of young woman
who'd hurt herself.
Doesn't feel like her story.
And if it isn't, it'd be a shame
if that's how it's told.
Take a look at this.
We don't have a clear shot of his face,
but have you seen these trainers?
No.
No, I've never seen them before.
[Mid-tempo rock music plays
in background]
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[Dramatic music plays]
[Indistinct conversations]
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[Doorbell rings]
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[Buzzer]
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I'm afraid I have no idea
what you're going on about.
How long we gonna keep this up?
I am the man in charge.
Do you understand?
You are speaking to that man.
That man that hired Archie
to hang a woman,
then killed him off
to keep him quiet?
Don't worry, Owen.
I know it wasn't you.
You listening up there?
I know you are.
I can feel it.
You want me to go to the cops?
[Scoffs]
Big old double murder.
I bet you they'd love
to have a solid lead.
You want them crawling
all over this place?
You want me to give them
your name, Jasper?
That's right.
I know your fucking name, man.
Well, I'm sure
our evening security guard
will be very flattered by your--
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[Door closes]
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The cops, huh?
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Please don't.
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You'll have to excuse Owen.
He's a very sick man.
The big C.
But we have this little arrangement
that should fix all that.
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Eventually. You know,
if he keeps playing ball.
♪
What are you doing here?
I came here to meet you.
Okay, now we've met.
What else?
I'm Talamasca.
They recruited me in New York
just a few weeks ago,
though they've been watching me
for a lot longer.
♪
They brought me over here
'cause there was a problem
at the London Mother House--
That's how they put it.
They had me tail Archie.
I saw what he did to the witch
and what somebody did to him.
Maybe that's someone's you.
I don't know.
No, no, I can assure you,
that's not me.
I found them both.
Blood everywhere, Keves hanging.
And they said
I had to get closer to you.
Knock on your door, like I just did.
Insinuate myself, get a job here maybe,
find a way to get your attention.
♪
So, do I have your attention?
♪
Why are you telling me all this?
'Cause they lied to me
over and over.
Soledad Marcel.
They didn't tell me
what happened to her,
but I found out.
They think that they can
send me in here
to be their patsy like she was.
They think that I'm expendable,
just like her.
They think that I'll just take it.
But I won't do that.
They think I'm their boy,
but I'm not their fucking boy.
They stole my life.
They took my mother.
I thought she was dead,
all my life, since I was a kid.
But she wasn't dead.
She was Talamasca.
They knew, and they didn't tell me.
♪
She.
Helen.
She knew.
And she didn't tell me.
She used me.
A kid with no family, no friends.
♪
She offered me a chance to belong,
to be a part of something,
be a part of a family.
That's how she put it, and--
♪
[Sighs]
It's all bullshit.
She ruined my life.
They ruined my life.
I'm done with this.
♪
I'm gonna go, because you don't seem very
interested.
♪
You haven't told me what you want.
To make them pay
for what they did to me
to my mom.
And how exactly do you propose
to make them pay?
♪
The book.
The book?
The Seven-Five-Two.
I saw it with my own eyes.
♪
It was in the witch's backpack.
She had the goddamn thing.
♪
So you know what it looks like.
And I know who has it.
Because I know who killed Archie.
♪
You and I could have
some fun together after all.
[Chuckles]
Well, I'll be in touch.
Oh, no, I can't let you
go out into the streets
at this time of night.
Not in this fucking neighborhood.
Stay.
[Chuckles]
I really should be going.
I insist.
♪
♪
[Siren wailing in distance]
♪
♪
Jasper:
See the punctures?
Vampire bite.
That's who killed Archie.
And it's who took the book.
Helen:
My sister is all I have.
I've done everything in my power
to find her.
Loren: What the hell have you
gotten yourself mixed up in?
What the hell is that?!
♪
Showtime, kid.
♪
Helen: The London Mother House
has been infiltrated.
Gregory Owen, its top man,
has been turned.
He's taking orders
from a vampire named Jasper.
♪
Eva Sorhaug, who is the director
of that episode,
really wanted us to come in hot.
Do you have any clue
what I went through last night?
And really show
that he doesn't belong here,
and the Talamasca
is not to be trusted.
- Sit down, Guy.
- I found her hanging.
Helen is prepared to just
let him get stuff off his chest.
And that Archie guy,
that guy you made me follow?
His throat ripped wide open.
But then remind him
about the deeper agenda.
If the Seven-Five-Two does exist,
it's the ultimate piece of
leverage. For us, if we have it.
Or for somebody else
if you don't.
He doesn't care what she's got
to offer. He's jumping.
- So?
- So what the hell was that
at the club the other night?
Turns out that Olive
is his direct handler.
Look. I didn't know that
she was gonna get killed, okay?
And after Keves' death,
the natural place
for Guy to go is to this wake.
♪
Hancock: In Episode 3,
we get our first real look
at the witches' coven
on the houseboat
and how they take over that
little portion of the canal.
Peter Walpole, who is
our amazing production designer,
and his team created the
houseboat kind of from scratch.
What a crazy life it is
when you can have the weird idea
by yourself in a room
and you go, "This will never work."
And then there you are,
and you go, "Wow,
somebody actually took me seriously
and went beyond what I even hoped for."
Lafferty: It was just this
beautiful set that came together
and fit into those surroundings
in a way
that I think gives
our show some real richness
and is not what
you necessarily expect
when you think about witches.
So, it was freezing,
freezing, freezing cold,
and it was my first day of filming.
Denton: All of the sequences
at the Maida Vale coven
with the witches are spectacular.
Hancock: Guy gets to meet Doris.
She's in mourning
for her best friend Keves,
and we're going to find out
a whole lot more
about that relationship.
And action.
I'm Doris.
She told me about you.
At the beginning, part of Doris
wants nothing to do with him,
because that could be dangerous for her.
I know who you are.
I don't have to ask.
- You just met me, okay?
- You're Talamasca.
Another part of her sees that
he's fundamentally a good person
and that he's going to get himself killed.
And maybe there's
a part of her that thinks,
"I wasn't able to save Keves,
but maybe I can save Guy."
You're not cut out for this.
[Indistinct conversations]
The fact that Helen sends Guy
into the clutches of Jasper,
even after this door has been opened,
and they're on this journey
of intimacy together,
is indicative
that Helen is a damaged person.
So, say I leave right now.
Never come back.
I really wouldn't do that
if I were you.
Helen says, "You figure it out.
Whatever you come up with,
whatever story you give
will be far better
than what I could
possibly script for you."
[Door unlock buzzes]
♪
Jasper listens to everyone.
What are you doing here?
I came here to meet you.
Okay, now we've met.
What else?
Does he believe them?
I'm Talamasca.
He might. He might not.
But it doesn't matter.
And they said
I had to get closer to you.
Knock on your door like I just did.
He's like,
"I got nothing else left here,
so I'm gonna put all my cards
on the table.
Take them if you want them.
I've been told to come here by Helen,
and I'm telling you just that."
Why are you telling me all this?
Let them keep going.
I'll figure out
where they're gonna fit
into my world.
You and I could have
some fun together after all.
'Cause everything is
about what Jasper wants to get.
- I really should be going,
- I insist.
Bill Fichtner who plays Jasper
is so insanely charismatic
that you just can't help
but fall in love with him.
I wouldn't say
smitten is the right word,
but I think that Jasper
really kind of likes this Guy.
♪
♪
♪
♪
Previously on "Talamasca"
The 752 is real,
and it's in London.
The Soledad Marcel investigation.
We have nothing to worry about.
Until she sends a replacement,
and she will.
Owen: We're leveling you
down a notch.
You're not the bloody captain anymore.
- It's you.
- Oh, I like this guy.
- You never told me your name.
- Helen.
- What's your name?
- It's Guy.
Keves.
Olive: You're in so much trouble.
[Archie gasping]
[Scraping]
♪
Man: Sahara?
S-A-H-A-R-A.
♪
♪
Aah!
[Both grunt]
♪
♪
♪
[Siren wailing]
♪
♪
♪
♪
[Indistinct talking]
[Radio chatter]
[Siren wailing in distance]
Hough: She done him
and then she done herself.
Open and shut.
How much longer's this gonna take?
Why don't you head out?
I can wrap up here.
You sure you've got it?
You said it yourself--
open and shut.
[Camera beeps, shutter clicking]
[Indistinct conversations,
siren wailing in distance]
[Radio chatter]
♪
That pint won't drink itself.
Shouldn't there be more blood?
Thinking the same thing.
Maybe he was moved.
There'd be drag marks.
And nothing shows up
with the luminol, either.
She's only a little bit of a thing.
She couldn't have moved him.
I did find a strand of hair
on our boy here.
♪
Doesn't look like
it matches either victim.
You run it for DNA.
Yes, ma'am.
And results come
straight to me, alright?
Let's see who else
was in this flat last night.
Live girls, Cupid's Error.
Sexy, sexy.
Polish to the left.
Polish to the right.
Cupid's Error.
Might change your life.
You never know.
♪
Dancers to the right.
♪
Strip club.
Asians to the left.
Polish to the right.
Cupid's Error.
Sexy, sex--
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
Jesus.
♪
What the hell is going on?
Oh, you're in so much trouble.
How do you take your tea?
It isn't horrific, you know,
which is a miracle.
Do you have any clue
what I went through last night?
We are aware of the situation.
I'm sorry about the girl.
I understand
the two of you connected.
Yeah, just like you planned it.
No, it was a surprise to us.
Keves Papadouris
was not one of ours.
Then who was she?
Don't tell me you don't know.
She was a witch.
A wi--
♪
A what?
She belonged to a very old coven
in St. John's Wood, Regent's Canal.
They're having a wake fire
this evening.
They like to keep an eye on us.
Presumably, that's what
Papadouris was doing.
Her particular gift
was seduction and extraction,
drawing people to her
in order to gain information.
So tell us
everything you told her.
I didn't tell her anything.
We didn't talk much.
Oh, you just hit it
and quit it, huh?
You're a real class act.
Sit down, Guy.
I found her hanging.
You understand me?
And that Archie guy,
that guy you made me follow,
his throat ripped wide open.
And I wouldn't have been there
to see any of it.
No, Jesus fucking Christ.
I might be a suspect.
No, Guy.
Your tracks are covered.
Oh, yeah?
♪
And you'll just what, huh?
You'll just sweep it away?
You'll forget it even happened?
Well, I can't forget.
Do you understand?
Her face was blue.
And it was like she was
looking at me.
Now, you better
read me in right now.
Why am I here?
Why are you here?
♪
What is this all about?
♪
Can you give us some privacy, Olive?
♪
♪
Something very important
has gone missing.
It doesn't have an official name.
We refer to it
as the Seven-Five-Two.
♪
Checkers: And I feel like I've--
like I've blown this, right?
And he looks at me in the eyes,
he says,
"That took real bollocks
doing what you did,
speaking truth to a superior."
So Owen's calling it a promotion?
Has to call it what it is, mate.
I'm gonna be a director's affiliate.
I didn't know there was
a Mother House in Jakarta.
Yeah, well, you could
block up the Thames
with what you don't know,
Robbie boy.
[Both laugh]
Now, it's part of an advanced team.
There's a bit
of an immortal problem there.
Yeah, we need to start
gathering intelligence.
Full house up and running
within a year.
Up and stumbling with you
at the tip of the sword.
[Both laugh]
[Imitates laughter]
I'm gonna get you one more pint.
- One more pint? Come on.
- Yeah, go on.
Let's have another pint.
Come on, come on.
[Train clacking]
"Patting the head
is considered an evil omen
by the inhabitants of Jakarta."
What the f--
Oh.
[Muffled grunting]
♪
The Central Library contained everything
the Talamasca had learned
in our first thousand-some years
since our founding in--
Can you guess?
752 AD.
Every treatise,
every folder, every file,
genealogies, animosities,
aliases, whereabouts,
scandals, spells.
More than a millennium
of knowledge went up in smoke.
Unless it didn't.
♪
Unless someone managed
to create a backup.
A backup of an entire library?
That's what the Seven-Five-Two is--
a codex, an atlas,
a single volume that contains
all of the Talamasca's
accumulated knowledge,
created in secret by a rogue
faction of our leadership
- and then hidden away.
- Wait a minute.
So you're saying that everything
in this massive library
is now in this onebook?
It sounds farfetched, I know,
but 40 years ago, no one could
have contemplated the Internet.
♪
People have different theories.
Some people think it's a code or a map.
Some say it's microfiche.
That was state of the art
in the '70s.
Some people think
it's an enchanted object,
like Pandora's box.
And some-- well, some people
think the whole thing is a myth.
But not you.
Knowledge is the only leverage
we have over the immortals.
If the Seven-Five-Two does exist,
it's the ultimate piece of
leverage for us if we have it.
Or for somebody else if you don't.
The Talamasca may well be destroyed
if the book should fall
into the wrong hands.
And life would never
be the same again,
for everyone,
mortal and immortal alike.
Okay.
What the hell happened last night?
We have reason to believe
the book is in London.
Archie's arrival is only
the latest piece of evidence
- to bolster that theory.
- A girl is dead.
What does this
have to do with Keves?
Archie's been on the trail
of the Seven-Five-Two
for over a year.
Someone or something led him to her.
Why?
♪
Who was Archie?
We think he was here on a contract
from a fringe element
in the London Mother House.
So did Archie kill Keves?
Or did somebody else
kill both of them?
I don't know.
♪
We need you,
given your connection to the girl,
to pursue the answer
to that part of the puzzle.
She was a target.
Maybe 'cause she had
something they were after.
For example, yes.
Okay, let me get this straight.
- So, Keves
- Yes.
who's good at getting information
out of people, is dead.
Archie, who's got a real knack
for getting intel,
he's also dead.
And here I am
with the same set of skills,
and you want me to go
poking around the same zip code?
You are very gifted, Guy.
Stop saying that.
♪
Okay.
Say you get your hands
on this book, this thing.
What do you do with it?
Keep it from those
who might use it to hurt people.
♪
No ulterior motives?
I suppose one can't
rule out the possibility
that we all have
ulterior motives, Guy.
♪
So?
So what the hell was that
at the club the other night?
Trust me, you enjoyed it
a hell of a lot more than I did.
I'm your handler.
I was handling you.
Yeah, if you were so worried
about what I'd tell Keves,
how come you didn't warn me?
Look, I didn't know
what her angle was.
I thought we might as well
play out the hand.
Yeah, well, I guess she lost.
Hey, look.
I didn't know that she
was gonna get killed, okay?
♪
I'm guessing Helen gave you
her whole song and dance
about the Seven-Five-Two.
What, you don't believe it exists?
Most people don't.
Look, she knows things that I don't.
And she's read into things I'm not.
So it's not that I'm second-guessing her.
- It's--
- Oh, well, it kind of sounds like you are.
♪
She's got a bug up her ass
about it, that's all.
She's been acting a little,
I don't know
untethered.
I'm obviously in excellent hands.
Hey, look.
If that book doesn't exist and
the library burned to the ground
with all that information,
how does the Talamasca
still wield so much power?
We're talking about a way of life
that's existed almost unchanged
for centuries,
with individuals who
[Chuckles]
will have very, very long memories.
♪
If you want someone to believe a lie,
all you have to do is tell it
to them over and over
and over.
♪
I'm sorry.
I'm actually back this way.
♪
Olivia: I'll be in touch.
Get some sleep.
Yeah, that's what I'm gonna do.
That's exactly what I'm gonna do.
♪
♪
♪
♪
[Metal clinks]
♪
Book.
Book.
♪
♪
♪
♪
[Creaking]
♪
♪
♪
[Cellphone buzzing]
Hello?
Man: Guy?
Yes.
Just want to make sure
everything's okay.
Mr. Osterhaus.
Family comes first, yeah?
You know, take whatever time you need.
No. Yes. Thank you for, um--
for calling.
Uh, that's very kind of you.
Look.
If there's anything else going on,
money is an issue,
or if you want to talk about
how we can make this job
the best fit, you reach out.
You're real important to us.
Thank you, thank you.
Um, no.
I-I really appreciate you calling.
You've given me a lot to think about.
- Call me anytime.
- Okay, thank you. Yeah.
[Indistinct conversations]
♪
♪
♪
[Indistinct conversations]
♪
Woman:
I just wish she was here.
[Indistinct conversations]
Can I help you with something?
I was a-a friend of Keves's.
Never seen you before.
A recent friend.
I'm sorry.
♪
I didn't mean to intrude.
I'm s--
You can show your respects
if you like.
♪
♪
Woman: Who is this--
Who is this-- this stranger?
Who's this, then?
He knew Keves.
A friend.
Ah, her type of friend, alright.
How did you meet?
At a bar.
Right.
Like I said.
Fuist.
♪
♪
Hard to believe she's gone.
♪
This is, um--
♪
This is obviously a, uh--
a family thing.
I'll just
[Siren wailing in distance]
[Sighs]
♪
♪
Doris: Hey.
Guy?
♪
I'm Doris.
She told me about you.
♪
She did?
♪
I just met her.
She said you were a real catch.
[Chuckles]
Then again, she wasn't always
the greatest judge of character.
♪
Come.
♪
If you didn't know any better, from here,
it just looks like a nice, happy party.
Guy: Yeah, it's a nice party.
Very pink party.
[Chuckles]
That was her favorite color.
Your neighbors find it strange?
Our neighbors are mostly Romani.
They don't seem to mind.
[Indistinct distorted talking]
What are you doing?
Nothing.
If you want to ask me something,
just ask.
Are you a--
Are they--
What?
Does it matter?
I know what you are.
I don't have to ask.
- You're a liar.
- You just met me, okay?
You're Talamasca.
That's why she was following you.
She was our little spy.
She doesn't usually--
didn't usually trust your ilk.
None of us do.
But she really did like you.
I liked her, too.
Okay, I thought she was, um
authentic.
Authentic?
What?
That's something that you say
about a dusty old necklace
at a garage sale.
She was more than that.
She was
♪
She was fun.
[Chuckles]
You're blushing.
♪
- You're not cut out for this.
- Doris, wait.
Keves had this thing,
this book in her backpack.
♪
A book?
Yeah, this leather-bound book,
kind of strange-looking.
Yeah, her scrapbook.
♪
She just stuck old pictures in it.
Memories, that sort of thing.
Yeah, well, does she always
carry it around with her?
Always?
I just-- I think
someone was after it,
and I think Keves got caught up
in the middle of it.
And the benevolent Talamascas
are gonna come solve the case
and give poor Keves
the justice she deserves?
They can't be trusted, Guy.
Do you hear me?
You can't trust them.
Just look at what happened
to Soledad Marcel.
Who the hell is Soledad Marcel?
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
[Page turns]
♪
[Indistinct conversations]
[Siren wailing in distance]
♪
[Sighs]
[Up-tempo music plays]
♪
You said you wanted to know
as soon as Archie checked in.
We just got word.
He won't be.
Checking in, that is.
Ever.
♪
You've had our signals team
on overtime for six weeks.
Our field agents are run ragged.
Davidson's been on that stakeout
in Knightsbridge for a month
and doesn't even know why.
And I hear you've dispatched
Checkers to Jakarta.
You've commandeered
the resources of this house
for a wild-goose chase.
Morale's low.
My whole team is uneasy.
And now the police are
investigating Archie's death.
I'm afraid Amsterdam
won't tolerate much more.
Hmm.
[American accent]
'Cause I thought Amsterdam
lets each Mother House
operate independently.
To a point, yes,
but when they come down,
they come down hard.
You enjoy looking over your shoulder,
waiting for Amsterdam to come
finger-fuck you?
Because I don't think they
should have that much power.
Is that what this
is really all about?
Power?
Depends.
I mean, from your perspective,
this is really all about cancer, right?
♪
[Sighs]
Immortality can be tricky,
but mortality's a
♪
is a real son of a bitch.
Oh, and, um
it's not a wild-goose chase.
Why do you think Archie was killed?
We're close.
That's why.
The book is here in London,
and we're not the only ones
who want it.
♪
♪
But we've got to stay strong.
No cold feet.
No wetting the bed about Amsterdam.
Look at me.
And no whining about your staff.
Yeah?
♪
♪
Thataboy.
Chemo ain't gonna fix that,
my friend.
And, hey, Checkers--
I mean,
maybe he'll love Jakarta.
♪
♪
[Indistinct conversations]
[Siren wailing in distance]
♪
[Knock on door]
How's it going?
Well, I'm playing "Where's Wally,"
uh, with the entire city of London.
So
Honest labor builds character.
Also fucks my plans for the evening.
Big date.
Wh-Why are we still digging on this?
I thought it was all wrapped up.
Murder-suicide.
Call it due diligence.
[Knock on door]
Ridge, need your signature
on something.
I'm busy.
I'll do it later.
I think you need to come do it now.
♪
- About 10 minutes.
- Okay.
Hello, Ms
[British accent]
Agent Wakefield.
Man: MI5, Ridge.
I understand you've taken
an interest in my case.
Would you like to come through
to my office?
She just needs you to sign out
the autopsy photos from the murder-sui.
And might I ask
why you'd need those photos?
Well, you might ask all you like.
Afraid I can't give you
any answers, though.
♪
I was at the scene myself.
I'm sure I could offer some insight--
Just your signature.
Thank you.
♪
Sorry.
May I see your credentials?
Already done, Ridge.
She checks out.
Should I call Detective Hough?
No, no.
It's quite alright.
Great.
Thank you for your service.
♪
MI5?
More like MI10.
Print me out a copy of those photos.
- Hmm?
- Now!
[Animals chattering]
♪
You're making a big mistake here.
I've got a second cousin
who works at the Metropolitan Police.
He's pretty high up.
Do you know why?
Because he's an utter bastard.
No mercy at all.
Did you hear me?
He'll come for you.
You and that freaky Yank psycho.
[Clears throat]
♪
♪
Okay. Okay.
We can work something out,
you and I, can't we?
Um, uh
What--
What do you like?
What do you like?
Uh, uh, uh, d-drugs?
Uh, girls? Girls?
[Stammers]
I can get you anything.
Anything.
Anything.
♪
Don't do this.
[Sobbing] Please don't do this.
Don't kill me, please.
I'm not gonna kill you.
[Growling, shrieking]
[Chittering]
[Snarling]
[Screaming]
♪
♪
[Sighs]
♪
[Groaning softly]
Water. Water.
- Come on.
- Water, please.
♪
Drink up.
♪
There you go.
♪
[Chain rattles]
♪
[Grunts]
♪
Now comes the hard part.
♪
[Screeches]
[Grunts]
♪
[Grunts]
♪
♪
♪
♪
[Music box plays]
♪
[Lid closes]
[Drawer opens]
♪
♪
♪
♪
[Silverware clinking]
[Indistinct conversations]
♪
♪
[Indistinct conversations]
♪
[Laughing]
♪
You told me you can learn
a lot about somebody
by following them.
Fuck if I know
what you're doing in this place.
What are you doing here?
How'd you find me?
I picked you up outside
your flat and I followed you.
My flat? How did you--
I clocked a black car
at the front of Porky's.
So I ditched Olive, I doubled back,
and I waited for you to come out.
And I flagged a cab, and I tailed you.
But, of course, you gave
the driver the wrong address,
'cause I ended up
at a tea shop on Camden Lane.
And you must have
slipped out the back door,
'cause that's where I lost you.
So I cased the neighborhood
till I found the
blandest-looking storefront
with a flat above it
and the blinds pulled shut.
♪
And voilà.
I'm actually impressed.
You gave me books to read on spycraft.
I read them.
We like books.
And what do they say
about following protocol?
We contact you.
That's how it works.
What the hell is this place?
It's a Talamasca facility.
Or it was.
Top secret one.
♪
This seems like a charming spot.
Lots of good vibes.
What'd they used to do here,
torture puppies?
They started marking me
when I was a child,
just like you.
Only they didn't just keep tabs on me.
They took me in
when I was 8 years old.
Took you in?
Brought me to live here.
Your parents just let you go?
They didn't have
much say in the matter.
What'd the Talamasca
want with you at that age?
They brought me here for testing.
They were about 20 of us.
[Monitor beeping]
♪
EEG is ready.
[Indistinct conversation]
Helen: They wanted to see
what my mind could do,
if I had any special abilities.
Memory, mathematics, intuition.
It was all part
of some hush-hush program.
- Man: Reading on that?
- Woman: Beta waves.
Guy:
What kind of program?
I never found out.
♪
Whatever they were looking for,
I don't think I had much of it.
Eventually they sent me
to the States.
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
My uncle took me in.
♪
♪
I was only here a couple of years.
Others stayed much longer.
♪
♪
So the Talamasca makes you
into a human guinea pig.
And you think to yourself,
"That's who I want to work for
when I grow up."
They gave me a life when I had nothing.
A week before I came here,
both my parents died instantly
when our Vauxhall hit a telephone pole.
My father was driving.
He liked to drink.
Just like my mom
liked to shoot drugs, right?
This the part where you tell me that
we're not so different after all?
Children from broken homes
make outstanding spies.
We're good at keeping secrets.
Don't easily trust people.
Especially those that lie to us
over and over again.
What do you want, Guy?
Why did you follow me?
The truth.
All of it.
The truth?
Very well.
♪
The London Mother House
has been infiltrated.
Gregory Owen, its top man,
has been turned.
He's taking orders
from a vampire named Jasper,
who we believe is making use
of the Talamasca's personnel
and resources to search for
the Seven-Five-Two.
We fear he's close to finding it.
That's why we brought you in so quickly.
But given the incidents
of the past few days,
we need you to move faster,
to get closer.
We need you in the Mother House.
- How do I do that?
- You knock on the door.
Just like that?
You're smart, Guy, and intuitive.
I could give you a plan,
but whatever you come up with
in the moment
will work far better,
I guarantee it.
You're setting me up.
♪
Soledad Marcel.
Just another dead girl, right?
The sucker before me got killed.
Don't you think that maybe you
could have told me about that?
Giving you too much information
could put you at greater risk.
Oh, really?
[Chuckles]
- So you were protecting me?
- Yes.
What else are you protecting me from?
What do you know about my mom?
'Cause I know she's still alive
and I know she was Talamasca.
You don't know anything.
You think you do, but you don't.
So enlighten me!
What does my mother have to do
with the Seven-Five-Two?
Because I know there's a connection.
And I know that is the reason
why I'm here.
Your mother did a very bad thing.
We lost her.
- Oh, fuck off!
- She's a fugitive.
The Talamasca has been
looking for her for years.
Why?
What did she do?
Guy, the more I tell you,
the more danger you're in.
Bullshit.
I'm bait on a line.
That's it.
That is what you're doing.
You're trying to lure her out.
That is the whole reason
you've recruited me.
It's a lot more complicated
than that, Guy.
Yeah, I'm sure it is, Helen.
That's not even your real name, is it?
- Of course it isn't.
- Jesus Christ!
I'm done, okay?
I'm done.
I'm going back to New York,
and I'm taking that job at Cavitt.
I'm sorry, Guy,
but that's not an option
that's available to you.
Not anymore.
Not an option that's available to me?
So say I leave right now,
never come back.
What happens?
I really wouldn't do that
if I were you.
What I'm tasking you with is critical,
and we don't have much time.
Go to the Mother House,
use your training,
get to Jasper,
and find out how close he is
to getting the Seven-Five-Two.
♪
I really hope all this
is worth it for you.
♪
♪
♪
♪
This is your man.
This bloke shows up
in all the footage of Archie.
Here he is again.
♪
Poor bastard never knew
he was being tailed.
♪
So much for murder-suicide.
So who is this mystery man?
♪
[Indistinct conversations]
Ridge: It is rather peaceful, isn't it?
Yeah, it can be.
I suppose it depends.
So, in my line of work,
when there's an incident like this,
we do what's called a profile.
It's like a story.
Yeah, I know what a profile is.
Of course you do, yeah.
Is everything alright?
Yeah.
Who are you all, anyway?
Just friends.
All living together on a houseboat?
A bit unusual,
don't you think?
Are you married?
No.
Do you live alone?
Yeah.
Happy with that?
If it's unusual, maybe the
problem is with what's usual.
I understand that this is a hard time.
And I know you two are close.
But I could use your help,
because Keves doesn't strike me
as the kind of young woman
who'd hurt herself.
Doesn't feel like her story.
And if it isn't, it'd be a shame
if that's how it's told.
Take a look at this.
We don't have a clear shot of his face,
but have you seen these trainers?
No.
No, I've never seen them before.
[Mid-tempo rock music plays
in background]
♪
♪
♪
[Dramatic music plays]
[Indistinct conversations]
♪
♪
♪
[Doorbell rings]
♪
[Buzzer]
♪
I'm afraid I have no idea
what you're going on about.
How long we gonna keep this up?
I am the man in charge.
Do you understand?
You are speaking to that man.
That man that hired Archie
to hang a woman,
then killed him off
to keep him quiet?
Don't worry, Owen.
I know it wasn't you.
You listening up there?
I know you are.
I can feel it.
You want me to go to the cops?
[Scoffs]
Big old double murder.
I bet you they'd love
to have a solid lead.
You want them crawling
all over this place?
You want me to give them
your name, Jasper?
That's right.
I know your fucking name, man.
Well, I'm sure
our evening security guard
will be very flattered by your--
♪
♪
[Door closes]
♪
♪
The cops, huh?
♪
Please don't.
♪
You'll have to excuse Owen.
He's a very sick man.
The big C.
But we have this little arrangement
that should fix all that.
♪
Eventually. You know,
if he keeps playing ball.
♪
What are you doing here?
I came here to meet you.
Okay, now we've met.
What else?
I'm Talamasca.
They recruited me in New York
just a few weeks ago,
though they've been watching me
for a lot longer.
♪
They brought me over here
'cause there was a problem
at the London Mother House--
That's how they put it.
They had me tail Archie.
I saw what he did to the witch
and what somebody did to him.
Maybe that's someone's you.
I don't know.
No, no, I can assure you,
that's not me.
I found them both.
Blood everywhere, Keves hanging.
And they said
I had to get closer to you.
Knock on your door, like I just did.
Insinuate myself, get a job here maybe,
find a way to get your attention.
♪
So, do I have your attention?
♪
Why are you telling me all this?
'Cause they lied to me
over and over.
Soledad Marcel.
They didn't tell me
what happened to her,
but I found out.
They think that they can
send me in here
to be their patsy like she was.
They think that I'm expendable,
just like her.
They think that I'll just take it.
But I won't do that.
They think I'm their boy,
but I'm not their fucking boy.
They stole my life.
They took my mother.
I thought she was dead,
all my life, since I was a kid.
But she wasn't dead.
She was Talamasca.
They knew, and they didn't tell me.
♪
She.
Helen.
She knew.
And she didn't tell me.
She used me.
A kid with no family, no friends.
♪
She offered me a chance to belong,
to be a part of something,
be a part of a family.
That's how she put it, and--
♪
[Sighs]
It's all bullshit.
She ruined my life.
They ruined my life.
I'm done with this.
♪
I'm gonna go, because you don't seem very
interested.
♪
You haven't told me what you want.
To make them pay
for what they did to me
to my mom.
And how exactly do you propose
to make them pay?
♪
The book.
The book?
The Seven-Five-Two.
I saw it with my own eyes.
♪
It was in the witch's backpack.
She had the goddamn thing.
♪
So you know what it looks like.
And I know who has it.
Because I know who killed Archie.
♪
You and I could have
some fun together after all.
[Chuckles]
Well, I'll be in touch.
Oh, no, I can't let you
go out into the streets
at this time of night.
Not in this fucking neighborhood.
Stay.
[Chuckles]
I really should be going.
I insist.
♪
♪
[Siren wailing in distance]
♪
♪
Jasper:
See the punctures?
Vampire bite.
That's who killed Archie.
And it's who took the book.
Helen:
My sister is all I have.
I've done everything in my power
to find her.
Loren: What the hell have you
gotten yourself mixed up in?
What the hell is that?!
♪
Showtime, kid.
♪
Helen: The London Mother House
has been infiltrated.
Gregory Owen, its top man,
has been turned.
He's taking orders
from a vampire named Jasper.
♪
Eva Sorhaug, who is the director
of that episode,
really wanted us to come in hot.
Do you have any clue
what I went through last night?
And really show
that he doesn't belong here,
and the Talamasca
is not to be trusted.
- Sit down, Guy.
- I found her hanging.
Helen is prepared to just
let him get stuff off his chest.
And that Archie guy,
that guy you made me follow?
His throat ripped wide open.
But then remind him
about the deeper agenda.
If the Seven-Five-Two does exist,
it's the ultimate piece of
leverage. For us, if we have it.
Or for somebody else
if you don't.
He doesn't care what she's got
to offer. He's jumping.
- So?
- So what the hell was that
at the club the other night?
Turns out that Olive
is his direct handler.
Look. I didn't know that
she was gonna get killed, okay?
And after Keves' death,
the natural place
for Guy to go is to this wake.
♪
Hancock: In Episode 3,
we get our first real look
at the witches' coven
on the houseboat
and how they take over that
little portion of the canal.
Peter Walpole, who is
our amazing production designer,
and his team created the
houseboat kind of from scratch.
What a crazy life it is
when you can have the weird idea
by yourself in a room
and you go, "This will never work."
And then there you are,
and you go, "Wow,
somebody actually took me seriously
and went beyond what I even hoped for."
Lafferty: It was just this
beautiful set that came together
and fit into those surroundings
in a way
that I think gives
our show some real richness
and is not what
you necessarily expect
when you think about witches.
So, it was freezing,
freezing, freezing cold,
and it was my first day of filming.
Denton: All of the sequences
at the Maida Vale coven
with the witches are spectacular.
Hancock: Guy gets to meet Doris.
She's in mourning
for her best friend Keves,
and we're going to find out
a whole lot more
about that relationship.
And action.
I'm Doris.
She told me about you.
At the beginning, part of Doris
wants nothing to do with him,
because that could be dangerous for her.
I know who you are.
I don't have to ask.
- You just met me, okay?
- You're Talamasca.
Another part of her sees that
he's fundamentally a good person
and that he's going to get himself killed.
And maybe there's
a part of her that thinks,
"I wasn't able to save Keves,
but maybe I can save Guy."
You're not cut out for this.
[Indistinct conversations]
The fact that Helen sends Guy
into the clutches of Jasper,
even after this door has been opened,
and they're on this journey
of intimacy together,
is indicative
that Helen is a damaged person.
So, say I leave right now.
Never come back.
I really wouldn't do that
if I were you.
Helen says, "You figure it out.
Whatever you come up with,
whatever story you give
will be far better
than what I could
possibly script for you."
[Door unlock buzzes]
♪
Jasper listens to everyone.
What are you doing here?
I came here to meet you.
Okay, now we've met.
What else?
Does he believe them?
I'm Talamasca.
He might. He might not.
But it doesn't matter.
And they said
I had to get closer to you.
Knock on your door like I just did.
He's like,
"I got nothing else left here,
so I'm gonna put all my cards
on the table.
Take them if you want them.
I've been told to come here by Helen,
and I'm telling you just that."
Why are you telling me all this?
Let them keep going.
I'll figure out
where they're gonna fit
into my world.
You and I could have
some fun together after all.
'Cause everything is
about what Jasper wants to get.
- I really should be going,
- I insist.
Bill Fichtner who plays Jasper
is so insanely charismatic
that you just can't help
but fall in love with him.
I wouldn't say
smitten is the right word,
but I think that Jasper
really kind of likes this Guy.
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