The Lazarus Project (2022) s01e07 Episode Script

ARCHIE: You can't
turn back time
to stop what happened to Sarah.
REBROV: And are you willing
to burn down everything
- to start again?
- Yes.
WES: A nuclear warhead
nicknamed 'Big boy'
was hijacked while in transit
REBROV: the key's
the detonator.
You worked out
where Big Boy is
Agh!
- (ENGINE ROARING)
- (SIREN WAILING)
It's Janet. He's been
sending money to her.
(TIRES SCREECHING)
Shiv would never
betray The Lazarus.
I used to say that about Rebrov.
(CLICKS)
Multiple missile strikes
GRETA: Troops have moved
across the border
- They are resetting the clock.
- (ALARM BEEPING)
Now there are two
things: we lose Rebrov.
Second thing: Shiv.
(LAUGHING)
(TIRES SCREECHING)
(BRAKES SCREECH)
Agh!
I'm gonna bring her back, Shiv.
I'm gonna bring you back too.
The first thing I'm
gonna do is come for you.
I know.
(GUNSHOT ECHOES)
(EXHALES)
Son of a bitch.
- (GEORGE MOANS)
- (SARAH GIGGLES)
(SARAH LAUGHING)
(BOTH LAUGHING)
(CELL PHONE BUZZING)
(KISSING)
Er I'm I'm sorry.
I need, I need to run.
You have to leave
now? Right now?
Yeah, I know it's
imperfect timing.
I'd say (GRUNTS)
(GEORGE LAUGHS)
You're acting really weird.
(LAUGHING MANIACALLY)
I just really want to be
here with you, right now.
I want that so much.
And I'm gonna come back
and I'm gonna kiss you
and I'm never gonna
let you go. I promise.
I'm probably going to
wank and go to sleep.
Yeah, no, that's
understandable.
(SARAH LAUGHS)
(DOOR SLAMS)
(PANTING)
(GUN COCKING)
(ELEVATOR DINGS)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(GUN COCKING)
I told you I'd bring you back.
And I told you I'd come for you.
(EXHALES)
So what's the plan now, George?
- Are you gonna shoot me again?
- Nah, man, that's not me.
Everyone I ever killed
just came back to life.
I'd like to keep it that way.
And how do you think you're
gonna get away with this?
Oh, Shiv, I already did.
Everyone thinks you were
the one who let off Big Boy.
(LAUGHS)
Well, I'm happy to let
them know it was you.
What the new guy?
The app developer? No, no
one's gonna believe that.
The woman you love just
came back from the dead.
That's a pretty
big fucking motive.
Yeah, what about the woman
you love? I met Janet.
You send her money.
Look out for her and the kid.
- She was my friend.
- And you ruined her life.
Now you owe her.
And why would we want to
set off a nuclear bomb?
Maybe something happened
to her daughter.
Maybe right after
the checkpoint.
Just like Sarah. Fuck me, man,
she already lost one
kid because of you.
What were you supposed to do,
just let the other one die too?
- That's bullshit.
- No.
It's motive.
Fuck you, George.
I just wanted to save
my girlfriend's life.
You had to be an
arsehole about it.
- Grow up, you stupid prick.
- Oh, fuck off!
No, you fuck off,
you fucking dickhead.
I'm a dickhead? You're
a fucking dickhead.
- Look, I'm sorry
- No.
Don't fucking apologise to me.
Shiv, what are you
fighting for here?
You don't even want this.
Look at what Lazarus
has done to you.
Janet was happy.
She'd made a little life
for herself and it worked.
You could have that too.
I could fucking shoot you.
That's hardly gonna make
you look less guilty.
Everyone's on their
way here now, Shiv.
You know how this ends.
What was it like?
Getting everything
you wanted back again.
Worth it.
Yeah. Yeah, well
We'll see.
- (SIGHS WEARILY)
- (DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)
(CAR HONKS IN DISTANCE)
Hey.
Is this an apology hug
for running out
on me last night?
No, more than that.
Well, I forgive you.
Where did you go?
Uh, I had like a work call
that I completely forgot about.
They called you at
midnight on your day off?
Uh yeah.
Shit, I forgot it's my day off.
Your boss treats you like shit.
- I'm self-employed.
- I know.
- STUDENT: Hi, Miss.
- Morning!
Ah, shit. Babe, I
need to talk to Karl.
About what?
A fucking investment thing.
Just wait here for a second.
Oh! And and watch the road.
Trucks will be coming up here.
Okay, dad.
GEORGE: Karl, Karl look,
before you say anything,
listen, I looked at my
portfolio last night
and I saw DeWhitt
and Weston tanked,
and you don't need to panic.
I moved some shares around,
I've secured your investment.
You don't need to
worry about a thing.
- Are you sure?
- Yeah, man, sure as can be.
Look, you're in safe
hands man, I got you.
(EXHALES)
(LAUGHS IN RELIEF)
Oh, wow.
Okay. Thank you, man. I
was I was pretty worried.
Ah, no, look,
sometimes you've
gotta take a risk
but there's always a
safety net. (LAUGHS)
All right, I'll
see you later, man.
See you, man.
- Is he okay?
- Yeah.
STUDENTS: Whoo!
I'll be hearing about that
for the next six months.
Sorry.
It's okay. Let's
make it a year.
- STUDENTS: Whoo!
- (SARAH CHUCKLES)
Uh, come on, go inside
(WHOOSHES)
(STUDENTS CHATTERING)
Oh, you're grinning like
an idiot, please stop it.
(CHUCKLES) Sorry.
It's disgusting.
(CHUCKLES) Maybe you
just need to get some.
Don't make me report you to HR.
Do we have an HR department?
- We did but I fucked them all.
- (CHUCKLES)
How's Sarah?
Yeah, she keeps asking me why
I'm hugging her all the time.
- That poor woman.
- She's good, she's
Not squashed under a truck?
Not squashed under
a truck, yeah.
That's it, that's
exactly how she is.
Long may it continue.
Um, did you did you
manage to talk to Ryan?
Dead Ryan, the IT guy? Yeah.
- And?
- And your story checked out.
It was all Shiv.
It wasn't a story.
Yeah, no, I didn't mean that.
So, um, do you think
we're gonna find him or
- Shiv?
- Yeah.
If he doesn't want to be
found, he won't get found.
Rebrov didn't want to be
found and we found him.
I'm not so sure Rebrov
didn't want that.
What, you think he just let
us catch him on purpose?
Why would he do that?
To get a look at us?
To check out our weaknesses?
Honestly, I don't
know what he knows now
that he didn't before,
but I do know he's more
dangerous than he ever was.
Right.
I hadn't I hadn't
actually considered that.
Yeah, it's just a theory.
- (KEYS CLANKING)
- (DOOR OPENS)
Hey, babe.
How was work?
Fine.
Uh, one of my Year Fours tried
to put a crayon up his bum,
so that took up most
of the afternoon.
Oh, yeah, are we not
supposed to do that?
You're a grown man, George,
you can put whatever
you want up there
Okay.
I'm meeting Tash and
Susie at the pub later.
Oh, cool. I'll come.
Yeah? If you want.
We're just gonna be
talking about work mostly.
- You'll probably be bored.
- I don't mind.
Okay.
- (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
- (MUSIC PLAYING IN PUB)
Babe, uh I I think
I'm gonna head off.
SARAH: What? Already?
Yeah, uh, I I've
got a banging headache.
SARAH: Oh, no
Do you do you
wanna come with?
SARAH: No, I'm gonna
stay for a bit.
I won't be too late.
All right. I I'll see
(KISSES) I'll see you later.
- Bye.
- OTHERS: Bye!
- Is he all right?
- Yeah. I think so.
- D'you wanna get smashed?
- Yeah! (GIGGLES)
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
WOMAN (OVER RADIO):
Teams get into position.
Try and take Rebrov alive.
SOLDIER 1 (OVER RADIO):
Roger that. Approaching.
SOLDIER 2 (OVER RADIO):
Oscar three six, sit rep
(GUNS FIRING)
(SOLDIER GRUNTING AND GROANING)
- (GUNSHOT)
- (SOLDIER GRUNTS)
(GUNSHOT)
(SOLDIER GROANS)
BLAKE: He didn't
need to be there.
What do you mean?
ARCHIE: He knew we'd
send a team after him.
He waited there so
he could kill them.
- Why?
- To let us know he could.
- What about Shiv?
- Trail's cold. For now.
These cases don't close.
We never stop looking.
(SOFT INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING)
Are you going
anywhere this summer?
You know where I was thinking
I've never been in years. Paris.
Oh, it's so easy to get to.
City of romance, George.
Someone's angling for something.
Wow, but Paris?
I don't know. I haven't
been there since
(EXPLOSION)
a while ago.
MAN: The Eurostar's the
best way of getting there.
Don't fly, honestly.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
I wish I could have a cigarette.
What, you used to smoke?
In university, I used to
smoke Silk Cut menthols
and think I was Greta Garbo
(BOTH LAUGH)
I didn't know that about you.
You didn't know I used to
smoke, Silk Cut menthols
and think I looked
like Greta Garbo?
- No.
- Huh.
Why'd you quit?
Ah, well it turned out I did not
in fact look like Greta Garbo.
I looked like my aunt Pat.
And I smelt like her too.
But I want one now.
Must be Paris.
I could smoke a cheroot.
Do you wanna do
that? Do you wanna go
buy a packet of cigarettes
and go smoke 'em by the river?
We could do a runner from here.
What, without paying?
Well, it's not doing
a runner if you pay,
it's just leaving promptly.
Er, I was kind of looking
forward to my dessert.
Yeah, okay.
Smoke cheroots then
runnings from restaurants.
Who are you and what have
you done with my girlfriend?
WAITER: Monsieur, dame,
vous avez termine?
- SARAH: Oui.
- Oh yeah, very terminated.
- SARAH: Merci.
- GEORGE: Merci.
- Great accent. You want some?
- SARAH: Thank you. I know.
Yes, yes, thanks.
Do you think I'm exciting?
Er, yeah. I think
you're really exciting.
No, I'm not, am I? I used to be.
(CHUCKLES) I mean,
maybe, maybe you grew up?
(SIGHS)
Do you remember
when we first met?
Yeah.
It feels like a
million years ago.
I wonder if I met
myself back then
if I'd even recognise myself.
I wonder what old me
would think of me now.
There's nothing wrong with you.
I know. I'm great.
Thank you.
Oh, are you sure
you don't want some?
I'm full.
It looks delicious though.
Sorry, I'm just
gonna go to the loo.
What do you remember
from the night we met?
I remember you following me
to the bus stop like a creep.
Ah, I did not follow you!
I don't even remember
whose party it was.
I was actually there
for someone else.
- What?
- Yeah.
I had a friend who I fancied
who I was planning on
getting off with that night
- Ah, I did not know that.
- (LAUGHS)
Another thing you don't know.
So what, you just, you
just went to this party
wanting to get off
with this guy and
- And I met you.
- Yeah.
And I'm glad I did.
I'm glad we came here.
What if instead of
going home tomorrow,
we went somewhere else?
Like where?
Er, I don't know. Anywhere.
We could get the train to like
Russia or Israel or Thailand.
Er
I don't think you can
get a train to Thailand.
I just think we should go to
more places and take more risks.
Is this cause I made
us pay for dinner?
No.
I just
I don't know, I
don't wanna stagnate?
Do the same job, be the
same person. Like
I need to do more
living. Go on adventures.
D'you know what I mean?
Yeah.
I mean I did just eat
a very big creme brulee
so I think I know a little about
- living life adventurously.
- (LAUGHS)
Marry me.
- What?
- I want you to marry me.
And if you're going
on adventures,
I want you to take me with you.
Marry me.
- Okay.
- Okay?
(GIGGLES) Okay.
Hi there.
I can't marry you, George.
I love you, I really do,
but lately I've been thinking,
I've been
wondering about us and
I don't know if I'm
happy really.
Not in the way a
person should be.
And it's not just you, it's
not, because you're great.
Great's such a shit word,
I'm sorry but you are.
And I kept thinking
maybe it's me
and it's a phase
and it will pass,
and maybe it will,
but then you asked
me to marry you
and I just had this
voice in my head,
this fucking foghorn going
off telling me not to do it.
And I know I should have
said this to you last night,
because it's too cruel.
I know, but I can't.
(SARAH EXHALES)
I can't marry you because
I don't think we
want the same things.
I think we're
different people now.
You're just so content with
all the things I wanna change.
I'm sorry.
Er I I can
I mean, I can do
whatever you need me to.
We can go places. We can
We can do whatever you want.
I can change
things. I can change everything.
I don't want you to do that.
I don't want you to
break yourself apart
to just re-fit yourself
into something that I need.
No, no, I I am what you
need, me and you, we're
what each other needs.
We're fuck it, we're
we're George and Sarah.
We we met at the party
and we fell in love and we
It's us.
This doesn't make any sense.
People change.
We just do.
I think we both have.
Please. Please, please
don't do this. I
I can't
We're meant to be together.
I don't think we are.
Not forever.
I'll send you the
money for this trip.
(DOOR CLOSES)
- ARCHIE: Just like that, huh?
- Just like that.
- ARCHIE: Shit.
- (ARCADE GAME SOUNDS)
You're not gonna
like this. But
You thought this
was gonna happen.
It isn't the first time
a relationship has been
destroyed by time loops.
T's not even the first time this
relationship has been destroyed
by time loops.
I just thought,
after everything
(EXHALES)
If it's meant to be, it must be.
Assume for a minute
I'm the sort of person
who believes in the notion that
something is "just meant to be."
Maybe she did come
back for a reason.
But maybe and this might be
hard for you to comprehend,
so gird your loins,
maybe she has some
higher purpose
that is actually
nothing to do with you.
There might be some grand cosmic
plan for her that does not bear
any relation to whether
or not she's going out
with George Addo.
Women can, and again,
this is a radical
notion, so hang in there,
they can have an identity
and a reason for existing
that is completely separate from
who they're in a
relationship with.
Sit with that one
for a little while,
It's a bit of a noodle twister.
Can't I just mope about
my girlfriend dumping me
without being accused of
internalised misogyny?
Not with me, no.
Right well, remind me,
if you ever get dumped,
to take you to a pub
and make you feel worse.
Well, I won't need your
help for that, but okay.
Ah!
Shiv popped up.
(ARCADE GAME NOISES)
Hamburg.
- Doing what?
- Using his credit card
in a crowded pub
with CCTV cameras.
I don't understand.
He wants us to know he's there.
Why?
No idea. Not a fucking clue.
Glad he's alive though.
Do you erm do you do you
really think he was a mole?
I'm not gonna sit here
and say it's impossible.
If I've learnt a single thing,
it's that any fucking person
is capable of any fucking thing.
Shiv included.
I will say this though,
something stinks.
Look, Sarah's alive.
I'm glad about that.
I don't know her,
I'm kind of tired of listening
to you talk about her,
but I'm glad she's with us.
It's a victory. And we
don't always get them.
And you won't feel
like this forever.
- Just feels like it right now.
- (SIGHS)
(DOOR SLAMS)
(GEORGE READING)
What the fuck?
Oh fuck, fuck. Fuck,
fuck! Fuck, shit!
(SIGHS)
- How do you get by?
- We manage.
WES: Professional job.
At least one of them came back
with links to a mercenary group
that's been working out East.
- Where was it?
- Hamburg.
Oh.
You don't think
this could be Shiv?
That's what you're
gonna go and find out.
COP: No one saw anything.
There was a camera
down the street
but it was disabled.
Interpol are sending someone,
so we have the bodies
on ice at the morgue.
Has anyone else
come to see them?
No. Just you and Interpol.
You're MI5, right?
No.
COP: Okay. Here we are.
GEORGE: Thanks, mate.
GEORGE: Glass on the inside.
Someone smashed the window
and came in this way.
Hmm, snuck in on them.
(CROWS CAWING)
This guy closest to the door
was shot seven
times in the chest.
And then ones at the
far end of the room
are all single
shots to the head.
- Human shield.
- Human shield.
So, what, these guys
are all mercenaries?
From what we can tell, they
worked mostly out of China
and the Middle East.
Security jobs.
Some nastier stuff.
So, what are they doing in
a garage in a German suburb?
Whoever was in this room fired
at whoever was coming in.
Hmm.
They had a hostage.
So, this was a rescue.
Rescue attempt.
They went out this way.
Without the hostage?
ARCHIE: With.
It could all just be a
coincidence though, right?
Shiv could have been in Hamburg
for any number of reasons.
How many reasons are there
do you think to be
in Hamburg, George?
I don't know.
WES: We took a DNA
sample from the hair
that you retrieved
from the scene.
It was Janet.
So if it was a coincidence
that Shiv was in the same
area at the same time,
then it's a pretty big one.
These are the four men that
were killed at the scene.
But we now know there was
another person there, too.
Security camera. On the
morning of the shooting.
- ARCHIE: Who's this?
- WES: Zhang Rui.
A former agent for the
Ministry of State Security.
Are we sure she's retired?
That's what I'm
trying to find out.
A group of unaffiliated
mercenaries
kidnapping a former Lazarus
agent is bad enough.
But if it's the
Chinese government,
then I think we can say
that we have ourselves a
situation.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
So, what are we gonna
do? What's going on?
Nothing. I'm gonna go
talk to some people.
You're gonna talk
to some people?
- Yeah.
- Alone?
Wes wants to keep
this small for now.
Right.
Okay.
Hang tight.
Should we be worried?
ARCHIE: Always.
(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)
- Hello.
- SARAH: Hi.
Erm, everything alright?
SARAH: Yeah. Erm, er, yeah,
it's weird to hear you.
I'm sorry for calling
out of the blue.
That's That's fine.
SARAH: I just wondered,
could we meet?
Tomorrow, maybe, or
Er, yeah, yeah, yeah. I
can I can do tomorrow.
SARAH: Great. Er, thanks.
It's nothing important.
I just, erm, wanted to talk
to you about something.
- Okay.
- SARAH: It's nothing important.
SARAH: I just erm, yeah.
Meet you at the cafe at 09:00?
Yeah, yeah. I'll
I'll see you then.
SARAH: Okay. Bye.
Bye.
(MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING)
(DOOR CLICKING)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
Agh!
(GRUNTING)
(GUN COCKING)
(CLOCK TICKING)
GEORGE: (WHISPERING) Fuck.
Shiv, Shiv, Shiv.
Shiv, Shiv. Shiv!
Look at me, man!
Oh no, no, no. Just
just breathe, man!
Breathe! Breathe, man, breathe!
(SHIV GASPING FOR BREATH)
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Hey, Reggie! Er, how's it going?
Yeah, is everything all right?
Yeah.
Oh, I just Well, I,
erm I heard a commotion.
Oh, er no, I was I'm sorry,
I was just watching a movie.
- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.
That's some good
speakers you got.
It sounded like a gun went off.
I just I didn't
realise how late it was.
(CLOCK TICKING)
- Well, I should probably
- Yeah.
(WHISPERING) Fuck's sake.
(SIGHS)
(PANTING)
GEORGE: For fuck's sake, Shiv.
What the fuck were you doing?
(PANTING)
Jesus Christ.
(KEYS JINGLING)
(KEYS THUD AGAINST DESK)
(GEORGE SIGHS)
(CLOCK TICKING)
Shit.
GEORGE: Hi.
(SARAH CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
(GEORGE CHUCKLES)
(GEORGE LAUGHS NERVOUSLY)
- How have you been?
- Good.
Uh yeah, you
know. Working hard.
How's the app?
Oh, the app. (CHUCKLES)
Er, yeah Great, great.
Doing really good.
Strength to strength.
- That's good.
- How is school?
The same. Er, the
kids are great, but
Are you still in the flat?
Er yeah. Why, where are you?
Other side of town.
So, er What's up?
What did you wanna talk about?
I've met someone.
Oh.
We're getting married.
Okay, er, that's
I didn't want you to
hear it on the grapevine
or see it on social
media or anything.
Yeah. Er, okay, I see.
I I don't stalk you
on there or anything.
I know.
Okay. Look, that's That's
You don't have to say anything.
I know this is
really weird. I know.
I just I wanted to tell you.
I wanted to tell you and I
I wanted to say I'm
sorry for how we ended.
I never wanted to hurt you.
Who Who are you marrying?
No one you know.
I hope you don't hate me.
That'd be so much easier.
Um
This could probably
have just been a text.
- All right?
- All right.
(DOOR SLAMS)
(LINE RINGING)
ARCHIE'S VOICE:
This is Archie.
Leave a message.
Archie, it's George.
Just call me back.
Just wondering where
the fuck you are.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
OFFICER: Mr. Addo?
Yeah?
DS Cooper.
Okay.
Do you have five minutes?
- No.
- I wanted to chat with you
about, uh, an incident that
occurred about three weeks ago.
Reports of a disturbance.
Yeah, I wouldn't know
anything about that.
You don't recall
your whereabouts
three weeks ago, George?
Huh?
Would've been the night of
June the 30th, about midnight.
Erm, I I was at home.
Yes, you were that night.
Do you remember
using the lift in your apartment
at 12:30 a.m.?
Do you like
paperwork, DS Cooper?
I fucking live for it. Right
George Addo, I'm arresting
you on suspicion of murder.
Now you don't have
to say anything
(RUMBLING)
(CLOCK TICKING)
What the fuck was that?
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)