Trigger Point (2022) s01e05 Episode Script

I'm nearly there.
Get down! The HMX-319 comes from Porton Down, but they couldn't tell me any more.
It's classified, Lana.
There's a single bombing campaign run by one group, the Crusaders.
There's another member of the cell.
The bomb-maker.
They know call-out times, how we think, how we move, everything.
It's got to be an inside man.
Jesus Christ.
I can't ignore your conduct.
I think you should take some personal leave.
We believe your brother is involved with the Crusaders.
I'm sorry, sir, are you sure you mean my Billy? My mate asked me to give some of the lads a lift down.
'Must be some kind of joke.
' They're not who you think they are.
Looks like a bomb.
Gonna go to Cranstead Fields, Billy.
Billy, I'm here.
It's about three minutes, yeah? You've gotta get me out the car! The timer, it means nothing.
Put it there as a trick, so you open the door.
Lana, please, don't go.
You've gotta trust me.
Listen to me, I'm your sister.
Lana! Lana, do something! 'Suspect is unlocking door.
Repeat.
' Billy! Might be an idea for you to move in here with me, you know.
So is that what we are, then? Mates? You tell me.
All right? It's a bit of a mess.
Hadn't really been getting much response from my texts, so I just thought I'd come over and just make sure you're OK.
Sorry.
No.
Come here.
Look, why don't we just get you some bags packed? Get you over to mine, get you moved in.
Means I can look after you properly.
Not now, Thom.
It's not the right time.
OK.
Have you, um, heard any more about John? We didn't find anything on him.
What? It's just That's impossible.
We've looked through his entire comms history, Lana.
He's clean.
Then you need to look harder.
You must be missing something.
Like I don't get it.
Well, look, I couldn't stay for long anyway, so I should probably get back.
I'll just give you some space.
You all right? No.
You know how it is.
I do.
I know us lot don't really do talking, but if you wanted to, I'm right here.
Or not.
I'm happy just sitting here.
If Billy would have trusted me he'd have been OK.
How do you mean? Well, we were We were close, and then life got in the way.
My job got in the way.
But I know if we were still tight, he would have listened to me.
I know he would.
It's all down to me.
Everything.
I know how it feels, to carry the guilt, you know.
Do you remember the first time you stood in front of a device? The sheer terror.
But now, after years and years of training, nothing.
Autopilot.
No nerves.
But that's just us, right? Wasn't that your brother didn't trust you.
He wouldn't have known what the fuck was going on.
So don't beat yourself up over it.
You're a good EXPO, and a great person, and no-one could have done any more.
Who knows? But thank you for saying that.
You remind of Nut.
Wow.
Well, he was a great person.
Yeah, he was.
That's probably the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me.
Not a lot of compliments where I come from.
You know, I really think we've got loads of stuff in common.
Things we've been through and come out on the other side.
I really feel like you get me.
Don't know if I get myself.
I get you.
I'm knackered.
Head off? Yeah, of course.
What do you feel like doing? Could watch a film or something.
What is it the kids say? "Netflix and chill"? Yeah, I think, um, I'm just gonna go and be by myself for a bit, if that's all right.
Yeah, of course.
Thanks for this, Lana.
I know it can't be easy.
I want to help, Ma'am.
First thing to say is that our initial findings point to Billy being unaware of the Farringdon VBIED plot.
A pressure plate was rigged under his seat, set to arm the door when he got up.
Billy's actions in driving away from Farringdon helped save many lives.
We've been establishing a timeline of Billy's movements in the days leading up to the incident, using comms history and interviews.
We geo-located Billy to an address in Streatham, registered to a Thomas Marshall.
Yeah.
Tommy was, er, an old mate of Billy's.
We believe that Billy stayed with Tommy until the morning of the anti-fascist demo, and then set off on public transport to an address in Brixton, spending approximately one hour there before heading north in his car.
This is when he tripped the ANPR camera.
From then on, we have his movements.
We called your mobile phone at 11:41am, and you were at O'Hara's Pool Hall.
You didn't say who you were with.
Just some mates.
Er, Danny and Mike.
Billy had been charged with racially aggravated assault.
He was due to stand trial next month.
Had he previously shown any far-right inclinations? No.
Er, not like that.
He was he was easily led.
Naive.
Did Billy ever mention someone called Frank? No.
We uncovered a number of messages sent between Billy and an individual named Frank over the course of the last week on an encrypted messaging service.
And from the nature of them, we believe Frank is connected to, or a member of, the Crusaders.
They groomed him.
When Forensics were processing Billy's flat, they found DNA matching an individual on our system.
Frank Adrian Welsh.
Born Dagenham, 7th of June 1978.
Did time for armed robbery.
Released from prison three years ago.
He's a former member of English Flag.
We believe he was amongst those members expelled by Agatha Jack.
We've established a connection between him and Nic Roberts.
In late 2019, Welsh and Roberts both attended the same rehabilitation group.
Welsh was in the Territorial Army between 2005 to 2014.
His record shows explosives training.
So he fits the profile of the bomb-maker that we've been looking for.
We agree.
This is the man we're after.
Ma'am? Ma'am.
Can I have a word, please? I need to return to work.
I need it and you need it.
Lana, you've been exposed to extreme trauma.
Notwithstanding my concern for your welfare, our protocols require a set period off active duty.
Yeah, I get it, but this is not the time to be one EXPO down.
And without blowing my own trumpet, you brought me on as senior for a reason.
It's not about your level of experience, Lana.
After all you've been through, we need to give you all the support we can.
I'm ready.
And I was wrong about John, but I need to do all I can to get Frank Welsh.
I would want daily reports after each job you're sent to, and you'll need ongoing support from occupational health.
It's not that we don't have the utmost faith in your ability, it's that we have a duty of care to you.
Understood.
Whatever it takes.
Um, before we begin, there's a short questionnaire to fill in.
It's standard practice for all new patients.
Cheers.
I see, from your case file, that you've been on active service since you left school.
For the last five years, with the Met Police, and before that, the Army.
Er, yeah.
I served two tours in Afghanistan, in EOD.
- Thanks.
- Thank you.
I see you've ticked "no" to every question.
Yeah.
Mmm.
You're gonna have to trust me.
You're gonna have to be honest about how you're feeling.
Do you discuss things or share feelings with your friends or colleagues? Not really, no.
We're focussed on the job, and not talking about our feelings.
When you're away from the job, is it hard to switch off? Yeah, it can be.
Mmm.
Which can be difficult for the people around me, um, my partner.
Nut used to say that, um, EOD stood for Every One Divorced which isn't far from the truth.
So how are you feeling right now? My job is to keep people safe and I haven't been able to.
Yeah.
There was a gentleman called Ali Hussein, who was a father and a husband.
I just couldn't get to the device in time.
My brother and, um, Nut, my number one, my friend.
And how does it feel, carrying that responsibility? I don't know how to answer that.
That's how we came to identify him.
Tracking down Frank Welsh is our number-one priority.
Forget what's going on in your lives.
This is the only thing you should be thinking about.
I want unit cars outside all his known addresses.
I want his friends and family interviewed.
Someone knows something.
Let's get cracking.
- I want results today.
- Sir.
- Hi.
- Hey.
Um, well, it sounds like the manhunt's in full swing.
You OK? Can I help with anything? Yes.
Um Got a minute? It's just that you said you'd been playing pool with Danny and Mike.
Um It's just that I know, from the duty log they were both at HQ at the time.
So I don't understand.
Yeah, I was with someone else.
So what does that mean? Does that mean, um Does that mean it's over between us? I don't know.
I should get back.
Fucking hell.
'Here we are, a day away from the by-election, 'and Agatha Jack and English Flag 'still haven't produced a clear policy.
'Are they taking their supporters for granted? 'Or is it the so-called progressive alliance - 'that's making your blood boil?' - All right? 'Tell us what you think.
'Join me, Simon Shenley, after the latest travel news.
' This guy is so biased.
Here, why are we even listening to this? What happened to that old dad-rock channel, - whatever we were listening to? - Dad rock? Thanks, guys.
Welcome to the show, a special edition coming from the University of South London.
We're here to discuss the upcoming by-election.
By-elections in marginal seats are always a big news story, but this one is particularly significant, coming at a time when London is facing a critical threat level.
So who's most likely to win? We will discuss that, as well as the progressive alliance between the left-leaning candidates.
'If you're just tuning into this story, 'it's a deal that has been struck 'between the Lib Dems, Greens and Labour 'in a bid to funnel voters' - Hey.
All right? - All right, stranger? - Turn that down, Danny.
- Gladly.
Right, listen up.
I've been briefed by HQ.
We've got a name for the bomber.
It's Frank Welsh.
Now, he's a devious shit.
He doesn't care who he hits, whether it's police or civilians.
We know he likes secondaries, so we need to watch out for that.
We also know he likes a tilt switch, so don't even think about moving anything until it's been cleared.
He's trying to have a little bit of fun with the EXPO, get in our heads, waiting for us to make a mistake.
Piece of work.
Yeah.
So, I need you all to be on top of your game.
I'm not losing anyone else.
Mate.
I'm so sorry.
It's good to see you back.
That the device from Cranstead Fields? Yeah.
I managed to build this reconstruction.
The timer was definitely a dummy.
I'm so sorry.
Oh, before I forget.
I've been wanting to give you these.
Forensics Unit Two bagged them up at Westhaven, but not processed them.
You know how it gets after a big sweep.
Lost in the evidence locker.
Nut's snips.
Thanks.
Look, I, um I double checked with Porton Down about the HMX we found.
A guy owes me a favour at the lab.
He was able to copy across the file data associated with the batch.
Porton Down have said the files on HMX-319 are classified, but look at this.
I don't know what you're showing me.
There's nothing there.
It's empty.
Just numbers.
661142.
Yeah, exactly.
That's it.
That was all that was in the file.
It's been wiped clean.
Perhaps Perhaps this is standard protocol to manage sensitive historic files.
I I don't know.
From the export code, I know it was produced for licence in Afghanistan, if that's any help.
So, this is either routine housekeeping or They're trying to cover their tracks.
DI Desai.
Received.
Security alert at South London University.
Shit.
'Evacuation in progress at the University of South London.
'A suspect package has been found during the transmission 'of a radio talk show.
All units to university.
' EXPO Two, received.
At 2:05 P.
M.
, a member of the security team noticed a suspicious item, which was hidden amongst the recording equipment brought in for broadcast.
They checked their CCTV and a man can be seen moving equipment, who isn't one of their staff.
So we went through all the IDs that were shown at the entry and we came up with this fake one.
It's Welsh.
The talk show panel have gone to a safe location in case they were his intended target.
We've blocked all roads within a one-mile radius, but he could be in the vicinity and he could be armed.
Let's keep our eyes open.
OK? Understood.
OK, listen up.
Frank Welsh is confirmed as the subject of interest.
You've all been briefed on his appearance.
Secure your positions.
Yes, sir.
Trojan Four One, in position.
Trojan Five Four, in position.
- Yo.
- All right? Yeah.
Right, keep your eyes peeled while we're inside.
It'll be radio silence while we're in there.
OK.
John, you're with me.
All right.
Do you want me to hold your hand? Show you how to do it proper? Give me the vest.
- Lana.
- Yeah.
- You all right? - Yeah.
You got this.
OK? Bring it in.
All right? Cheers.
John, let's go.
'You were telling me about how you fight the urge to run.
' I make it personal.
'What scares us is the unknown, 'so you have to try and get inside the bomber's head.
'Why have they put that device there? 'Are they playing mind games? 'Is this what it looks like, or is there something more complex? 'That's where my focus is, that's how I shut out the fear.
' The device is up ahead.
Yeah, I know.
Well, come on, then.
'It's me and the device.
'Me and the bomber.
' Me versus him.
- All right, Wash? - Yeah, just give me a minute.
I, er I've been meaning to say, Wash.
I'm sorry about your Billy.
He was a good kid.
What the fuck? Not now, yeah, John? Can't say anything, can I, without you biting my head off? Central Seven Four, keep all crowd back.
Repeat, all crowd back.
Any visuals on suspect? Trojan One, negative.
Trojan Three Six, negative here too.
Here, mate.
Ta.
It's not poisoned.
Right, we've got a mobile phone and a timer, but it's just blinking.
Yeah, decoy timer.
Remote detonation.
Like you say, this fucker likes to mess with us.
There's no rush, Wash.
Yeah, got all day, haven't we? Right, get back.
Trojan Five Four.
Still no obs on Welsh.
Shit.
Two phones.
One to prime, one to trigger.
Right, can you go and speak to DI Youngblood? Tell him to look out for any suspects that might be carrying two mobile phones.
No.
You go.
I'll stay.
No, you go.
I'm gonna set up the pigstick to disrupt.
EXPO Seven.
We've located IEDs, a mobile phone initiating device.
Two mobiles attached, one to prime, one to trigger.
Central Seven Four, received.
OK, eyeballs on anyone with two mobile phones.
Everyone's got their bloody phone out.
Damn.
Hang on.
Trojan Five Four, I have a visual on a suspect.
He's carrying two mobile phones.
Shit.
The device is armed.
Pigstick's in place, but I've got to complete the circuit.
- Right, I'll set up.
- Yeah, go, go, go.
EXPO Seven.
Device is armed.
Repeat, device is armed.
Where are you? Got you.
Trojan Five Four, I have a good visual again on the suspect.
'He's looking at the building, two phones in play.
' Trojan One, received.
Is it Welsh? Trojan Five Four, positive ID Frank Welsh.
I'm taking the shot.
Trojan Five Four, suspect down.
Trojan One received.
EMT required.
Trojan One to EXPO Seven.
We've taken down Frank Welsh.
He was carrying two phones.
Now inactive.
EXPO Seven, received.
- Wash.
Suspect's down.
- Yeah.
- Is it Welsh? - They think so.
OK, good.
I'm gonna disrupt any minute now.
Right.
All the pressure's off.
EXPO Seven, we're about to disrupt.
Shit! Hard cover! Get down! Take cover! Come on! Come on, come on! We have eyewitness reports of John Hudson fleeing the scene seconds before the blast.
Mobile data confirms that he used his mobile in the seconds before the device at the University of South London was triggered.
Frank Welsh was the caller to the primer phone.
When he was killed, Hudson took over.
In the last hour, we've been able to make a positive match between his phone and the trigger phone on the device.
We've now established that the explosive used at the university attack was the same mix as that in the device at Westhaven, Amburiq and the Five Oaks.
More explosive has been discovered at a property belonging to John Hudson.
It's undergoing analysis.
'From the Security Service point of view, 'John Hudson is not a name we've previously encountered.
'Had he been under investigation?' John Hudson had been under surveillance, and he fits our working profile.
However, until now, we had no evidence of his involvement.
OK.
We now have a potential suspect to track down.
John Hudson.
Member of the Met EXPO team, a highly trained military veteran.
It is imperative that we locate and detain him as soon as possible.
OK, everyone.
Let's get to work.
What are you doing here? Er, last time I saw you, the way we left things, I was out of order assuming you'd come back with me or I'd come to yours.
I don't want you to think that.
I'm not trying to pressure you.
I didn't think that.
Honestly, it's fine.
Look, I've just come back to pick some stuff up.
I've got to go back to work.
I know you're so used to doing all the tough things in life by yourself.
I get it.
But I can help.
We're the same.
You just need to let me in.
I feel, for the first time, I've met someone who can make sense of my life, and I want you to give me the chance to do the same for you.
That's really kind, Karl.
Honestly, I really appreciate it.
It's just my head is all over the shop at the minute.
Yeah.
I know you're going through so much, but I just wanted to say my piece.
Thanks.
- See you later.
- See ya.
- Hey.
- Hi.
- John Hudson's place.
- Bagged and tagged.
I just don't understand how an EXPO could do this.
We all know the damage IEDs do, the lives that are lost.
The whole purpose of our job, of our existence, is to stop this from happening.
How does somebody's head flip? He even lied to my face about Billy, about being sorry, - about Billy.
- I know, Wash, I Yeah, thanks.
DI Youngblood, I was, um I was just about to explain to Wash that the chemical explosive found at John Hudson's place was an exact match of the HMX-319 that was used in the Crusader devices.
Also, despite the device functioning, some parts I was able to study in-depth and I found this in the interior of the device.
Yeah, 1-9-1-2.
You saw something similar written on the wall at Westhaven? Yeah.
It's a message.
Someone's trying to tell us something.
This the A-Z he used? Yeah.
I've got a scan somewhere.
Look, Lana, um, about John.
Sorry I doubted you.
No.
Not as sorry as I am that I was right.
These are all the pages that he'd written on, made notes and so on.
Synagogues, mosques, gay pubs.
Five Oaks pub, Amburiq Mosque.
He was thorough.
On the Amburiq Mosque page, there's something else marked.
I didn't see that before.
Hey.
Er, yeah, I need a background check on an address.
Caredale Road, SE1.
I don't recognise that.
It sounds residential.
OK, listen to me.
Get a hold of the Labour candidate and their security.
Tell them we're on our way.
It's the progressive alliance campaign headquarters.
- Miss Campbell-Khan? - What's going on? We've had intelligence of a potential attack.
We just need to make sure the office is secure.
Um, would anyone know your timetable? Sure, I post regular updates on social media.
I mean, that's half the job these days.
Yeah, no, I understand.
Um, if you could just It's just a safety precaution.
It'll be temporary.
Thank you.
- Thanks.
- Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Lana.
We've been running plate checks on all vehicles to ensure they're registered to residents or visitors, and we've been alerted to one that appears to be a long-term parking violation.
Come, follow me.
- We've cleared the rest of the street.
- Nice one.
Excuse me, whose is that car? Do you know whose this car is? Officer, I'll take over from here.
You need to take that off and put it down.
- I'm a council contractor.
- Take it off and put it down.
Have you got any ID? Come on.
- Step away.
- What's going on? Step away, please, sir.
What's happening? There's no council logo on this clamp.
Er, OK, I'll check it out.
- Did you put this clamp on? - No.
- Who did you speak to? - Someone from the council.
- Someone you know? - No.
Hey, I need to check to see if the council ordered a car removal - on Caredale Road.
- Step away from the vehicle, sir.
What's she doing? Can you step away from the vehicle, please.
Caredale, Charlie, Alpha, Romeo, Echo.
Yeah.
Sir, please, move away.
I've asked you.
Please.
Thank you.
Officer, please escort this driver away.
There's an open gas cover under the boot.
I also need to check on any gas works in the area.
The council didn't order any car removal.
- It didn't clamp the car.
- Right, they want this car moved.
This is a set-up.
Shit.
Central Seven Four to all units.
We need to immediately evacuate the area and set up a 100-metre cordon around a suspected VBIED on Caredale Road.
Control received, Central Seven Four.
- You all right? - Yeah.
Shall we send in the robot? No.
John will know that we're gonna open the boot.
Ta.
- What about the optic cable? - Yeah, good idea.
Cool.
Let's suit up, then.
- We good? - Yeah, good.
- Yeah.
Slowly does it.
- Yeah.
It's a tilt switch.
Yeah.
He wanted us to tow the car to lift the tilt.
Keep going round.
Trying to see what it's attached to.
- Bollocks.
It's an EFP.
- Shit.
Danny's told us about the device.
It's an EFP, an Explosively Formed Projectile.
Yeah, there's no gas work scheduled.
So what are you thinking? Well, there's a tilt switch attached, so when the car is lifted onto the ramp, it sets off the charge, in this case, it's one that fires a projectile.
It's strong enough to go straight through the boot - and in to the gas pipes.
- So it's a gas bomb.
Hudson is trying to create an underground explosion? No, because that's not possible.
The gas needs oxygen to become an explosion.
There's some more complex plan in place.
Well, the staff at the campaign HQ, they were told that the gas pipes were faulty, - filled with water and dirt.
- Sir, we've been door-to-door.
Most of the residents on this street have had a gas engineer inside, changing the meter.
Right, OK, so this is gonna be John.
Why has he been in every house, changing the meters? Er, Central Eight Five to Control.
We need to evacuate all the roads surrounding Caredale Road.
Widen the cordon to 500 metres.
Please arrange a bronze evacuation.
Could affect thousands of residents.
- I'll oversee the evacuation.
- I'll get Hamilton to tell the gas board to turn off the gas.
Thom, I need EXPO support.
I need to get in to all these buildings and check the gas meters.
I'll start with the campaign headquarters.
Fine.
Let's go.
Shit.
Tilt switch.
Shit.
He's gonna release the gas.
This is EXPO Two.
It looks like he's set up a gas explosion in every building on the street.
I need EXPO support now.