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Isn't your re-licensing coming up? And your psych test?

You've got to go through the return-to-work protocols.

Suppose if we all told the truth, none of us would be working, eh?

I did a terrible thing. Help!

DCI BATRA: We are dealing with a serial killer who uses bombs.

DS MORGAN: I've actually been researching a possible connection

between Agnes Raffner and Declan O'Kelly.

Well, I seen him send a text message before he died.

So, he sent that message to a man called Ewan Knox.

I've found Ewan Knox.

Ah! Phil!

I showed you my badge, and you tried to shut the front door in my face.

I have no visa.

I want to be a detective.

Ah! Don't move.

Yeah, yeah. Go, go, go.

WYLES: Stop getting in my way.

SIREN WAILS, HORN HONKS

I'm suspended from driving.

Well, so far, he's given us chemical weapons,

drowning, and now this.

The way these people are being murdered,

nobody deserves to die like that.

WEAKLY: Yes, they do.

Why do they?

So, Ewan Knox told me he's got something called mesothelioma.

It's a type of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos.

'Former employees of DBN Construction,

'particularly those who worked on

'what the company knew as the Coldmarsh contract.'

What's going on? Michael Adeyemi?

We're looking for your wife, Jo.

DS MORGAN: So, how can you prove that a company wilfully

and knowingly sent people to their deaths?

You get them to confess.

He's not asking for a confession this time.

It's a public execution.

HIGH-PITCHED RINGING

BREATHING HEAVILY

SIREN WAILS

HASS: How you doing, mate?

SIGHS It just doesn't make sense.

I know.

He must have had a collapsing circuit in the scales.

No, it wasn't. It wasn't.

We don't know that.

Wash, you said it yourself,

the bomber doesn't want any collateral damage.

And why would he complicate just one of the devices?

Rich cut the wrong wire, made a mistake.

It's as simple as that.

I need to file an after-action report.

Wash, just take a moment, please, mate.

I'm all right. No, you're not.

I'm not.

He had two little girls.

Oh, don't, don't.

SIGHS

Sit down, Jeff. Sit down, Jeff.

So, what's happening now with work?

Erm... They're gonna bring my psych test forward,

make sure I'm OK.

And are you?

It's the job, innit?

Well, I don't know that it is.

It's the way it's always been. You lose someone, you keep going.

Yeah...

till there's no-one there to keep going.

Jesus, Dad.

I'm just saying, you're not at war now, Lana.

What you need to do is look after yourself.

You can't lock these things away.

They'll catch up with you in the end.

I'm dealing with it.

Right. How?

I did like him.

I was always glad you had him with you in Afghanistan and that.

He was so solid, wasn't he?

Had that way about him.

Dependable. Yeah.

Yeah, he was an idiot. Hm.

SIGHS Them poor kids.

Oh, love.

We've been here too many times, haven't we?

ANYA: It's lovely to sit with you.

Well, listen, thank you for having me for so long.

You know you can stay as long as you like.

How's the new job?

Erm... It's good. It's good, thanks.

Mum. Mum.

Turn this up, will you?

'There is as yet no motive for the attack.

'There are reports, though,

'that the word "murderers" was painted on the floor.

'Police are not commenting on that, nor indeed...'

God, how awful. Yeah.

'..on claims of a link to the recent deaths

'of Declan O'Kelly and Agnes Raffner,

'both former employees of the now defunct DBN Construction.'

I-I can't listen to this.

'..at the scene in Greenwich.

'The explosion has left people in this part of the capital

'clearly shocked and afraid, it is said, for their own security.'

Did you know them? I don't think so. You?

No, no. We never crossed paths.

'We are just getting reports from the police

'that one of the victims...' This is bloody awful, though.

'..of their own unit.'

What kind of a bastard does a thing like this?

'Distressing reports to the police teams investigating...'

Maybe he thought it was the only way to get justice.

'The man has been named as explosives officer Richard Manning.

'A statement just released says he was married,

'with two young children.

'Detectives are saying nothing about the measures they...'

I've got to go back to work.

'..this part of the capital clearly shocked and afraid,

'it is said, for their own security.

'..putting in place to find any suspects,

'although police activity in the area,

'and indeed around the city, has increased significantly

'as the manhunt intensifies.'

CHATTER

What we're looking at is cyclochloride residue.

The bomber had refined it into a powdered form

and placed a lethal dose on the inside of the respirators.

We can see it here around the mouth of the victims and under the nose.

All three of them started showing symptoms of cyclochloride poisoning

in the ambulance.

By the time they got to the hospital, it was too late.

You can see, here and here, the...

Wash.

CLEARS THROAT Er, Lana,

look, you're not meant to be in.

Well, the job's not finished.

We've still got a missing hostage.

Yes, well, I-I know, but...

Yeah, well, I've dealt with all four devices so far.

If you bring in a new team, they're gonna come in cold,

they don't know how the bomber's working,

and you will lose more operators.

I wish that wasn't the case.

I don't wanna be your only chance at stopping him,

but it's just the way it is,

and I'll be fucked if I'm gonna sit at home staring at the walls

while my team's in danger.

So it's up to you - we bypass your fucking psych test, or I'm done.

Could you carry on, please, Sonya?

OK. The hostages didn't make it through, Wash.

He put cyclochloride powder on the inside of the resis,

they inhaled it.

He was making sure that no-one would survive.

Mm. Just like Declan O'Kelly.

Yeah.

But because it wasn't in its gas form,

the severity of the symptoms and the time to death

would have taken longer.

And, er... you've had no side effects?

Well, the delivery system was designed

to be completely inhaled by the victims.

The EXPOs were at minimal risk.

And the device that Rich was working on, was that a trap?

Is that why it detonated?

We don't think so, no. It was a sophisticated device.

He was unlucky.

It could have been any one of us.

Listen, guys, I...

I really am very sorry for your loss.

Appreciate that, sir. Thank you.

We've got to assume he's planning something else.

Our number one priority is to find the fourth hostage, Jo Adeyemi.

Since we found out she wasn't with the other three,

our officers have been working around the clock. And?

Well, nothing, but the fact that she's still missing

gives us hope she's still alive.

Right, well, we need to speak to Ewan Knox.

The oxygen cylinders in the devices were his.

Well, we can't do that.

They were destroyed in the blast, so we can't confirm it.

Well, I'm confirming it for you right now.

We definitely can't question Ewan Knox.

Well, he's the best lead we have.

His condition has deteriorated. He's been moved to palliative care.

We're not gonna get anything from him.

Well, what about this nurse that was caring for him?

She must know something. Yeah, I could go back to her.

OK, do it. OK.

Chief delegator.

I'm glad you're back, mate. Make sure it's for the right reason.

SHAKILY: 'My name is Jo Adeyemi.

'I worked as legal counsel for DBN Construction for over a decade.'

Sir, there's something you need to see.

'You've seen the execution. Now this is why.'

Jesus Christ.

This is our confession.

STIFLES SOBS

JO WHIMPERING ON VIDEO

WYLES: 'Look at these. All of them.'

He's there. He's in the room with her.

'Letters from people who worked the Coldmarsh contract.'

All of them victims of asbestos poisoning.

The government hearing in 2023,

they were looking into how companies handled asbestos exposure,

seeing what liabilities there might be.

And you stood in front of them, didn't you?

I said...

I said we had an asbestos survey carried out

on the Coldmarsh contract... and-and that it was all clear.

But you lied, didn't you? The buildings were riddled with it.

EMOTIONAL SIGH

Charlie Marsh died last year, aged 53 - mesothelioma.

Olly Quinn, aged 56 - mesothelioma.

Sally Collins, Mohammed Khan,

Tony Cox, Jan Novak.

Mesothelioma, mesothelioma. SHE SOBS SOFTLY

Meso-fucking-thelioma.

How is this being broadcast?

It's streaming live across multiple social media channels.

Can we find out where it's coming from? Already on it.

You need to get this taken down. Yeah. People keep re-posting it.

There's literally hundreds of letters.

You buried the real report, didn't you?

The one that said that the site was literally riddled with asbestos,

because you knew that would delay the job by years,

and the company didn't have years, and you needed the money.

So you lied to save time.

Yes.

'The six people who ran the Coldmarsh contract lied for money.'

'Yes.'

'Knowing full well that people would die as a result.'

Oh, my God. Bastards.

WHIMPERS: 'Yes.'

And in doing that, you took time from people's lives, didn't you?

Yeah.

Well, we call that corporate manslaughter.

'Although I think murder is a better word.

'And so the plaintiffs, those hard-working men and women,

'now discovering they have an incurable illness,

'they would run out of time and die

'before they could achieve any justice.'

'That... That wasn't ...'

We should have just left him to it.

We don't choose who we save.

'And now... I'm gonna take time from you.'

'No, please!'

OK, that's a small charge. With a CW element.

'You will die in one hour.'

'Please. Please!'

'And everyone will see justice being done.'

I've got an IP address.

ISP records are for an umbrella business account

operating in this area.

Umbrella for what? Where is it? A business park 11 miles away.

It's not being re-routed? It doesn't appear to be.

It's not a VNM server.

I'll keep digging, see if I can get anything more specific.

We've only got an hour. Let's go.

SHE WHIMPERS

HASS: Moving out in two minutes!

I thought you were done with those?

They're not mine. They haven't cleared his locker yet.

Well, why was he taking them?

I don't know, why do any of us?

Who's stupid enough to do this job?

Did you mean what you said to Batra about packing it in?

Yeah, I did.

Wash... Don't ask me if I'm OK.

Well, I'm not stupid, am I?

No, but you just looked at me like I was gonna nail the packet then.

Look, that isn't a long-term solution, Lana.

You need to find a better way to cope.

It's working for now.

Look, it doesn't just affect you.

Will you let me get on with my job? What, like Rich did?

Hmm?

Fuck off. I can't let you end up like him.

ENGINE STARTS

LANA: Today, Hass, yeah?

SIREN WAILS

The oxygen cylinders used had a recognisable courier label.

We found a partial consignment number that seems to match

with the cylinders used by Mr Knox.

I didn't supply anything to anyone.

You have to believe me.

This is a very serious crime, Elena.

And we still have a woman missing.

We have a team putting their lives in danger to find her as we speak.

I told you, someone must have...

Taken the cylinders, yeah, yeah.

I heard. I heard.

Just like someone stole the package delivered to Mr Knox's house

on the 18th?

But the thing is...

..the PIRs that were delivered to Mr Knox's house...

..they were used as part of two devices

that led to the deaths of two people.

The oxygen tanks, they were used in a device to torture three people,

three people that are now dead...

..alongside one of my colleagues.

And now...

another woman is going to be executed,

with the world watching.

I don't... I don't know... You don't know?

You know we have enough evidence to convict you, Elena.

We'll get confirmation that the oxygen tanks were Mr Knox's,

but he's too sick to take the fall for this, you know that.

So it's not gonna be him in jail. It'll be you.

Please.

Please, I didn't think people would die.

OK, so what did you think?

I... I... I...

Listen, I am willing to believe you, I am, but no-one else will,

not if you don't help us find this woman.

Tell me what you know.

SIREN WAILS

The IP address behind the Jo Adeyemi broadcast

has been narrowed down to this building.

Right. Who normally worked here?

Well, it was a testing facility for construction materials,

but it's been empty for a while.

Right. You don't sound convinced.

It's too easy.

The bomber's been ahead of us every step of the way.

He's gonna know we can track the live stream.

Hass, we're up.

I can be the one to go in, you know. It doesn't have to be you.

Have you been talking to Sonya?

I just want you to know, yeah...

you say the word, and I'll be right behind you, OK?

SIGHS

PHIL: We're coming up on the location of the IP address.

Breaching. Three, two, one!

Armed police! Armed police!

CTSFO: Armed police! Armed police! Armed police!

PHIL: Wash, we've got a router.

LANA: I've got it.

It doesn't look like it's been tampered with.

DCI BATRA: 'Then the signal isn't being manually diverted, either.

'The stream is coming from inside that building.

'EXPO 1, she's running out of time.'

Wash, what do you wanna do?

Let's keep moving.

CTSFO: Armed police! Armed police!

Armed police!

HEAVY BREATHING

DS Morgan, any news?

Well, Lana was right.

Ewan Knox's nurse said he's had regular contact

with a former colleague over the past six months.

Do we have an ID?

'No. She said she never saw his face, they made sure of that.'

But she did overhear them talking on several occasions.

She said she heard the word Coldmarsh

and that Ewan Knox told her to take the PIR delivery

and to leave out the oxygen tanks.

'Do we think she's involved?'

I don't, sir, no.

So the one person who can answer our questions is too sick to talk.

'Great (!)'

She also said she heard them talking about a job at Raglan Yard.

'What's that?'

It's a storage facility just outside the city.

'Storage facility for what?'

Well, I'm off to find that out.

CTSFO: Armed police! Armed police! Armed police!

PHIL: Continuing search of ground floor.

What the hell is that?

Wash, what is that?

LANA: Apricot stones.

What?

EXPO 8, EXPO 1. HASS: 'Go ahead, EXPO 1.'

The gas that the bomber used, cyclochloride,

Sonya said that was refined from fruit stones, yeah?

'That's correct. Why?'

This isn't just where he's keeping her.

This is his workshop.

EXPLOSION

HIGH-PITCHED RINGING

HEAVY BREATHING

DISTANT DISTORTED VOICES

ECHOING: Can't breathe in this...

Can't breathe in this fucking thing.

CTSFO: We need a medic here now.

What happened? Talk to me. What did you step on?

I-I don't know. Fuck.

HE GROANS Missed your valuables, mate.

You're good. Stay calm. Just try to...

PHIL: Wash, let him do his thing.

DCI BATRA: 'EXPO 1, what's going on?'

'Yeah, he's rigged the place. He knew we were coming.'

We keep moving. Stay vigilant.

Take it slowly. You heard Wash.

No-one does anything without her say so.

'Bronze Command, can you connect Ewan Knox to this location?'

'We're checking the list of tenants right now.'

CTSFO: Closed door front.

HASS: Knox was a tenant. He had a unit in the main warehouse.

Step back. I'll take a look.

Clear!

CTSFO: Armed police! Armed police! Armed police!

Stop! Stop! Come back. Come back.

EXPO 8, EXPO 1. We've got a tripwire.

Charge disabled.

Received, EXPO 1.

'Upper level. South-west corner.'

Put your resi on, Wash. I'll do it when I need to.

ON RADIO: 'Office located.'

Can't see. No visual. Yeah. This must be the one.

Shall we breach?

Erm... Let me check first.

Push everyone back. OK, after you.

Bronze Command, Trojan 1.

EXPO 1 is checking a suspect.

Moved to the second level.

Clear!

CTSFO: Armed police! Armed police!

EXPO 1, bomber's workshop confirmed.

No sign of Jo Adeyemi yet.

Phil, pull your lot back.

It's got to be here somewhere.

SPORADIC BEEPING

FAST-PACED BEEPING

Bronze Command, EXPO 1. Victim-operated device identified.

VOD neutralised.

Come on, Wash. Come on, mate. Come on.

'EXPO 1, you have two minutes remaining.'

LANA: Jo?

Bronze Command, EXPO 1. I've found her.

No sign of the suspect. Phil, get in here!

Right, help me get this down.

DCI BATRA: 'She's conscious. She should be able to hear you.'

Cheers. Get back. Get back.

Jo? Jo?

Oh, fuck.

'EXPO 1, this is Bronze Command. What's going on?'

The video's not live. 'What do you mean?'

I mean the video's not fucking live. It's on a time delay. She's dead.

Looks like the device triggered a while ago.

The gas has dissipated.

I told you he was wasting our time.

RADIO CLATTERS, HEAVY BREATHING

HASS: He's been distracting us.

Fucker.

What's he been doing instead?

CAR DOOR SHUTS

Oh, finally.

I was wondering when head office would send someone.

Come on.

I know the guy on the phone said not to worry,

but it's quite a lot of stuff to go missing.

The other guy put it down as a discrepancy,

but it feels like a theft to me.

And what theft would that be?

Right. Yeah.

I don't know what he's gonna do with all that.

And you're saying head office had this?

They know about the theft?

Went all the way up to the CEO.

The CEO?

EWAN: Who is it?

Hey. Hm?

It's me.

Stevie... Uh?

It's done.

All of those that were paid to lie, they're gone.

It's nearly over.

Everything's in place. EWAN GRUNTS

It doesn't...

It doesn't have to end the way you think.

Huh? Ewan...

I... You can't blame yourself.

She... She wouldn't.

I do.

I do blame myself.

But it's all right.

Everyone knows now.

We got the truth out there.

You got the truth out there. So let me take the blame.

No. You could run.

It's too late.

It's too late for both of us. Yeah?

EWAN CHUCKLES, COUGHS

HE CHOKES

OK?

More? Oh...

Oh...

EWAN GROANS, GRUNTS

It's no way to go.

No. It's no way to go.

I'm sorry you had to suffer so long.

I'm glad I hung on...

..to know...

..we got them.

We got them. Uh-huh.

OK.

Make it quick.

RINGING TONE Come on, pick up.

PHONE BUZZES

Helen, what have you got?

'There's been a theft at the Akermark storage facility.'

A theft of what?

ON RADIO: 'EXPO 1.

'EXPO 1, please respond.'

Trojan 1, have you got eyes on EXPO 1?

PHIL: 'No. She told us to wait outside.'

HASS: I'm going in.

It's not safe! Exactly.

'EXPO 1, I have critical information. Please respond.

'EXPO 1.'

MUFFLED: Wash! I'm coming in.

I need to talk to you. We've got new information.

Get forensics in. Let 'em do their thing.

No. No, they can't.

They just found out that the bomber stole 80 kilos of slurry.

We could be standing on a massive bomb.

CTSFOs have started clearing the building.

Have you cleared this room?

No, cos I was looking for Jo. Well, I can do it. You can leave.

Well, I'll do this room, you do that room.

All right.

All right.

SHE SNIFFS

Tell me about the room that you're in, Wash.

Erm...

There's a body, a laptop...

..camera, cupboards.

Clear the body first.

I need my bag, Hass. It's just by the doorway.

OK, seen it.

BEEP

BEEP

Passing it through now. Wait. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

BEEP

Photo-sensitive switch behind the body,

and we've got a PIR movement sensor above the door.

Don't pass anything through.

How have I missed that?

He's gonna blow this place up. Destroy the evidence and us.

Bronze Command, EXPO 1.

Er, device armed.

We need to clear the building, clear the surrounding areas immediately.

'If it's 80 kilos, the blast area will be huge.'

ECHOING: Wash, how many pills did you take?

Too many. Are you OK?

Wash, talk to me, mate. Are you OK?

Just shut up a minute. I'm trying to think.

I need you to focus, mate, OK?

Search for anything that might be housing the explosives.

Yeah, yeah, which could be anywhere.

Stay focused, Wash.

Do you see anything?

Back! Move back, everyone!

Move back. Move back now, please.

Yeah, I've got something.

It doesn't look like slurry, though. So what does it look like?

Like some sort of... some kind of home-made explosive.

OK, what else?

Keep talking, Wash.

SHE MUTTERS, BEEPING

DISTORTED: Stay focused!

Yeah, it's, erm... it's everywhere. It's all over the room.

What's wrong, Wash? Are you feeling sick?

Hang on in there. I'm right here, mate.

I can smell burning.

RAPID BEEPING

HEAVY BREATHING

What is it?

The light-sensitive switch must have triggered the fuse,

and it's burnt the wires.

It's armed the device.

OK, so connect the wires and bridge the circuit.

Yeah, well, that might not work. It's all we've got, Wash.

UNDER BREATH: OK.

Just do it, mate. I'm trying!

No, it won't reach. Pull harder!

Oh... It won't reach!

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