1
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This is Alex.

2
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- Your partner?
- Yeah.

3
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He's a genius.

4
00:00:06,267 --> 00:00:08,367
He went to university
at the age of 15.

5
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The people I work with
are inscrutable.

6
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Alex?

7
00:00:20,467 --> 00:00:23,000
What kind of relationship
did you have with him?

8
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Did it involve sadism?

9
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No.

10
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(Exclaims)

11
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ALEX: I could
never hurt Danny

12
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because he is
the only friend I have.

13
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This man is called Alistair.

14
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His parents are alive.

15
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Is it possible you enjoyed
extreme sexual encounters

16
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with someone who didn't want
you to know their name?

17
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He worked for MI6.

18
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He was a spy.

19
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The police were concerned you
might have taken something
from the crime scene.

20
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A personal item.

21
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Something of sentimental value.

22
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You wouldn't have
done that, would you?

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DANNY: Of course not.

24
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No, of course not.

25
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(Country music playing)

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(Breathing heavily)

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(Paper rustling)

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(Exhales)

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(Rustling)

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(Lighter clicks)

31
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(Sobbing)

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Your newspaper has reported

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a series of lies.

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It's not the truth.

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You need to tell them the truth.

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You need to listen to me!

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I'm here today

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to tell you the truth.

39
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I'm here today
to tell you the truth.

40
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I'm here today
to tell you the truth.

41
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I'm here today
to tell you the truth.

42
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(Sobbing) I'm here today
to tell you the truth!

43
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(Theme music playing)

44
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In your phone call
you asked how it all works.

45
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We took that
as a negotiating payment.

46
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Oh, no. Um...

47
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I've never spoken
to a journalist before.

48
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I don't want money.

49
00:09:10,700 --> 00:09:12,467
I'm here to tell you the truth.

50
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You used the word "partners"
to describe your relationship.

51
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- Yeah, we were partners.
- What do you mean by that?

52
00:09:28,833 --> 00:09:32,067
Um, I wanted to spend
the rest of my life with him.

53
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WOMAN: You'd been together
eight months.

54
00:09:37,867 --> 00:09:40,067
Yeah.

55
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During those eight months,
how many times
had you visited the attic?

56
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I'd never visited the attic.

57
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(Voice breaking)
Apart from when
I discovered...

58
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But that was the only time.
It was the first time.

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-WOMAN: But you must have
known about it.
-No.

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The activities
that went on up there?

61
00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:03,300
Well, that's
what I'm trying to tell you.

62
00:10:03,333 --> 00:10:05,633
I don't think anything
did go on up there.

63
00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:07,300
Um...

64
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I never saw him use those items.

65
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I never heard him talk
about those things.

66
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You were his sexual partner
for eight months.

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He never mentioned sadism?
Never asked
you to participate?

68
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Never discussed
his predilections?
You know nothing?

69
00:10:23,467 --> 00:10:26,367
Why won't you ask me
what I think happened to him?

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00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:28,900
What do you think
happened to him?

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He was murdered.

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00:10:31,867 --> 00:10:33,500
Who murdered him?

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00:10:34,633 --> 00:10:35,800
I don't know.

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Why did they murder him?

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(Danny sighs)

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WOMAN: Not here.

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You don't use his name.

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Is it true
you didn't even know it?

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00:11:22,933 --> 00:11:25,567
Did he ever tell you
he was in danger?

80
00:11:26,700 --> 00:11:27,733
No.

81
00:11:29,367 --> 00:11:30,867
Okay, I get it.

82
00:11:30,900 --> 00:11:32,933
He's a spy.
He needed to be careful.

83
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You met by chance.
First day, he lied.

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But eight months later,

85
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you want to spend the rest
of your lives together,

86
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and you're still using
the wrong name

87
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to say how much you love him?

88
00:11:45,933 --> 00:11:47,400
He told me his name was Alex.

89
00:11:47,433 --> 00:11:51,500
People lie, Danny.
And they lie well.

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00:11:51,533 --> 00:11:55,367
Guys who own rooms
like that attic,

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when it comes to sex,
they know what they want,

92
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and how they want it.

93
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The sex is professional.

94
00:12:05,067 --> 00:12:07,667
And he didn't know
what he enjoyed.

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He'd never found out.

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00:12:21,667 --> 00:12:24,100
Do you believe me?

97
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It doesn't matter
what I believe.

98
00:12:27,867 --> 00:12:31,100
But yes, I do.

99
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Journalists make
difficult bedfellows.

100
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You can't just tell
them what to print.

101
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You didn't want
to discuss it with me first?

102
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I knew you'd try
and talk me out of it.

103
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Make me think
what a dumb idea it was.

104
00:12:55,133 --> 00:12:56,700
What is this?

105
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Mistrust?

106
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It is.

107
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I see.

108
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You trusted me with your life.

109
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But not now? Not with this?

110
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My life is small.
This is organisations,

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institutions.

112
00:13:17,333 --> 00:13:20,100
You see me
as one of them, don't you?

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The suit.
The education. The job.
I'm part of the establishment.

114
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Well, aren't you?

115
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How dare you, young man?

116
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How dare you presume to know me?

117
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I know you because I've heard
every secret you have to tell.

118
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What do you know about me?

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Answer me.

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I know...

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You know where I live.

122
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You know what films I like.

123
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You know what music I listen to.

124
00:13:43,700 --> 00:13:47,133
Did you know that I suffer
from depression?

125
00:13:47,167 --> 00:13:49,500
Did you know
that in the past I drank?

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Every night.

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(Stutters) Every day.
Every morning. I drank!

128
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Until a stranger
could smell it on me!

129
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Do you know just how fucking
far I am from being part
of the establishment?

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00:14:02,100 --> 00:14:05,133
How dare you mistrust me

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00:14:06,567 --> 00:14:08,667
when you don't know?

132
00:14:13,067 --> 00:14:15,433
You want to know who I am?

133
00:14:15,467 --> 00:14:17,100
Who I really am?

134
00:14:18,367 --> 00:14:19,767
I'll show you.

135
00:14:42,267 --> 00:14:44,067
DANNY: Where we going?

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00:14:44,100 --> 00:14:47,733
SCOTTIE: Come on.
Then you can decide
whether you trust me or not.

137
00:15:06,233 --> 00:15:09,800
This is the spot
where my career as a spy
came to an end.

138
00:15:14,167 --> 00:15:17,433
I was a spy a long time ago.

139
00:15:19,900 --> 00:15:22,567
In a world
very different to this one.

140
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I was recruited at Cambridge.

141
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I said yes partly because
it wouldn't be a normal life
with regular hours.

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I was desperate to avoid
the 5:00 home time,

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whilst not being bohemian
enough to imagine life
without a proper profession.

144
00:15:54,167 --> 00:15:56,500
Not very patriotic motives,
I suppose.

145
00:15:59,167 --> 00:16:02,733
But they rather liked that
about me.
An utter lack of idealism.

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00:16:03,933 --> 00:16:05,467
(Scottie chuckles)

147
00:16:05,500 --> 00:16:08,300
Romantics make unreliable spies.

148
00:16:16,367 --> 00:16:18,633
It was my third year with MI6.

149
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I was travelling back
to London on the night train.

150
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A handsome man
entered my carriage.

151
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Sat opposite me.

152
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The tips of our shoes touched.

153
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Our eyes chanced.

154
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He asked
the most mundane questions
in the most exciting way.

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When we arrived at Paddington,
I went to the gentlemen's,

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and waited in a cubicle,

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door ajar, hoping.

158
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I can't tell you how happy
I was to see him.

159
00:17:01,100 --> 00:17:03,600
It meant that
I hadn't been wrong.

160
00:17:05,333 --> 00:17:08,533
And that for the next
15 minutes or so,
I wouldn't be alone.

161
00:17:14,233 --> 00:17:17,300
After all these years,
prudishness runs deep.

162
00:17:22,500 --> 00:17:25,800
The next day, I was approached
by a Soviet operative

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who described
how the Soviet Union
welcomed men like me.

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Under communism,
we were all equals.

165
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And once I'd completed
my mission here,

166
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in a country that would
always hate my kind,

167
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I could set up home
in Moscow and be free.

168
00:17:48,533 --> 00:17:51,300
Some "men like me"
actually believed that lie,

169
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but I was not one of them.
(Sighs)

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00:17:54,667 --> 00:17:58,200
So all that remained
was the blackmail.

171
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I'd be exposed.

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Arrested.

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Disgraced.

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00:18:08,933 --> 00:18:11,433
(Exhales) So that night,

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I bought a rope

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00:18:15,733 --> 00:18:17,433
and came here.

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00:18:18,467 --> 00:18:22,267
But sitting on that branch,
noose ready,

178
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I thought to myself,
"There is another way."

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You told your bosses
you were gay.

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00:18:28,867 --> 00:18:31,667
(Chuckling) That's
a wonderful wrong answer.

181
00:18:31,700 --> 00:18:34,733
However, the option
did not yet exist.

182
00:18:34,767 --> 00:18:36,800
No. (Sighs)

183
00:18:36,833 --> 00:18:42,333
I explained to my section head
that I'd been approached
by a Soviet operative,

184
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and I detailed
the nature of the blackmail.

185
00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:47,433
He asked
if the allegations were true.

186
00:18:47,467 --> 00:18:52,067
I admitted
that I'd made a mistake
with a man,

187
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and that the operative
probably had evidence
of that mistake.

188
00:18:55,500 --> 00:18:57,400
But it was only once.

189
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An act of disgusting madness.

190
00:19:00,667 --> 00:19:04,267
"I'm not a homosexual.
And I'm not a traitor!"

191
00:19:06,567 --> 00:19:08,276
Hard for them to believe
the second statement

192
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when they knew
that the first was a lie.

193
00:19:10,900 --> 00:19:13,433
So I proposed, preposterously,

194
00:19:13,467 --> 00:19:15,833
they employ someone to follow
me for the rest of my life,

195
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photograph my every move.

196
00:19:17,933 --> 00:19:21,267
I would never touch another man.

197
00:19:21,300 --> 00:19:23,300
I didn't discover until later

198
00:19:23,333 --> 00:19:26,067
that it hadn't been
a Soviet operative.

199
00:19:26,100 --> 00:19:28,433
It had been
an internal investigation.

200
00:19:29,333 --> 00:19:31,367
You've heard of a mole hunt?

201
00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:33,267
Well, this was a fag hunt,

202
00:19:33,300 --> 00:19:36,333
which they saw as more or less
the same thing.

203
00:19:36,367 --> 00:19:37,733
Her Majesty's Secret Service

204
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had had its fingers burnt
by one too many queer spies.

205
00:19:41,233 --> 00:19:44,500
But my prompt confession
saved my life.

206
00:19:45,667 --> 00:19:46,900
I was moved from MI6

207
00:19:46,933 --> 00:19:49,933
into what was then named,
the Ministry for Transport,

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where I was little more
than a pen pusher,

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whispered about
by those in the know.

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Out of gratitude and fear,
I kept my end of the bargain.

211
00:20:03,033 --> 00:20:06,267
And for 11 years
I did not touch another man.

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00:20:07,667 --> 00:20:09,167
(Sighs)

213
00:20:27,033 --> 00:20:28,667
Will you sleep?

214
00:20:32,500 --> 00:20:35,033
Then I propose
we stay up all night

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00:20:35,067 --> 00:20:37,400
and wait for
the morning papers together.

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00:21:36,067 --> 00:21:37,367
(Scottie sighs)

217
00:21:58,933 --> 00:22:00,567
- (Indistinct whispering)
- Huh?

218
00:22:06,500 --> 00:22:08,233
Drug test me.

219
00:22:12,067 --> 00:22:13,633
I need this.

220
00:22:25,067 --> 00:22:27,267
It's from his parents.

221
00:23:27,167 --> 00:23:29,433
(Footsteps approaching)

222
00:23:33,267 --> 00:23:35,067
Mr and Mrs Turner.

223
00:23:44,867 --> 00:23:46,333
(Engine starts)

224
00:23:48,533 --> 00:23:50,467
Beautiful countryside
around here.

225
00:23:50,500 --> 00:23:51,767
(Engine revving)

226
00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:13,667
How long have you lived here?

227
00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:19,433
MR TURNER:
Didn't Alistair tell you?

228
00:24:20,633 --> 00:24:22,100
No.

229
00:24:22,133 --> 00:24:24,367
MRS TURNER:
What did he tell you about us?

230
00:24:25,700 --> 00:24:28,300
The truth. Please.

231
00:24:30,133 --> 00:24:32,067
He told me you were dead.

232
00:24:33,967 --> 00:24:36,067
MR TURNER: We weren't close.

233
00:25:09,067 --> 00:25:11,667
Bathroom's opposite.
It's... It's all yours.

234
00:25:20,067 --> 00:25:21,700
Is one towel enough?

235
00:25:21,733 --> 00:25:23,100
Plenty.

236
00:25:24,933 --> 00:25:26,433
(Door closes)

237
00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,133
We've already eaten.

238
00:26:05,167 --> 00:26:07,167
We won't stand here and watch.

239
00:26:27,433 --> 00:26:28,533
(Door opens)

240
00:26:38,700 --> 00:26:39,867
How was dinner?

241
00:26:39,900 --> 00:26:41,233
Fine.

242
00:26:55,067 --> 00:26:56,800
Alistair. Tell me about him.

243
00:27:00,433 --> 00:27:01,567
(Book closes)

244
00:27:09,767 --> 00:27:11,200
(Sighs)

245
00:27:13,300 --> 00:27:15,567
Will you be able to sleep?

246
00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:17,367
Probably not.

247
00:27:19,500 --> 00:27:21,733
DANNY: Alistair suffered
from insomnia.

248
00:27:21,767 --> 00:27:23,967
MRS TURNER:
Well, that's why he enjoyed
running so much.

249
00:27:24,067 --> 00:27:26,067
To exhaust him.

250
00:27:26,067 --> 00:27:28,267
His mind was so busy.

251
00:27:28,300 --> 00:27:31,267
He ran so he could sleep.

252
00:27:42,100 --> 00:27:44,367
Why can't you talk to me?

253
00:27:56,100 --> 00:27:57,267
(Door opens)

254
00:28:58,633 --> 00:29:00,067
(Knocking on door)

255
00:29:03,567 --> 00:29:05,233
MR TURNER: Time to talk.

256
00:29:09,500 --> 00:29:11,100
You read the article?

257
00:29:12,767 --> 00:29:15,133
We're not making any judgements.

258
00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:20,233
MR TURNER:
You see the life we lead.

259
00:29:20,267 --> 00:29:22,167
We're private people.

260
00:29:22,733 --> 00:29:25,133
We don't want attention.

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00:29:25,167 --> 00:29:26,467
The past is the past.

262
00:29:26,500 --> 00:29:29,500
What Alistair did
in London was up to him.

263
00:29:29,533 --> 00:29:31,100
He was an adult.

264
00:29:31,700 --> 00:29:33,967
Can't bring him back.

265
00:29:34,067 --> 00:29:36,067
We'd just prefer it

266
00:29:36,067 --> 00:29:38,167
if there was no fuss.

267
00:29:39,833 --> 00:29:42,067
MRS TURNER:
We'd both prefer it.

268
00:29:43,867 --> 00:29:45,900
I won't talk to the press again.

269
00:29:45,933 --> 00:29:47,100
That's good.

270
00:29:47,133 --> 00:29:49,500
But nobody was saying it,
so I had to.

271
00:29:49,533 --> 00:29:52,100
Your son was murdered.

272
00:29:52,133 --> 00:29:55,333
After breakfast, why don't
we go for a walk?

273
00:30:07,067 --> 00:30:08,600
Your son was murdered.

274
00:30:09,767 --> 00:30:11,600
My son is dead.

275
00:30:11,633 --> 00:30:13,033
My wife is sick.

276
00:30:14,567 --> 00:30:16,233
I'm sorry.

277
00:30:16,567 --> 00:30:18,033
Enough.

278
00:30:19,500 --> 00:30:20,567
Enough?

279
00:30:51,567 --> 00:30:54,633
We need to leave soon
if we're to catch your train.

280
00:30:57,133 --> 00:31:00,433
That is not his bedroom.

281
00:31:04,133 --> 00:31:06,133
This is not his home.

282
00:31:06,167 --> 00:31:08,233
Have you lost your mind?

283
00:31:08,900 --> 00:31:10,567
Who are you?

284
00:31:13,167 --> 00:31:15,367
- Who are you?
- (Phone rings)

285
00:31:18,767 --> 00:31:20,300
(Ringing continues)

286
00:31:23,233 --> 00:31:24,667
(Woman on phone) Bring him.

287
00:31:27,467 --> 00:31:28,467
Who was that?

288
00:31:29,267 --> 00:31:31,667
That was Alistair's mother.

289
00:31:36,067 --> 00:31:37,633
His mother?

290
00:31:43,567 --> 00:31:46,067
- What does she want?
- To meet you.

291
00:31:51,067 --> 00:31:52,467
How far is it?

292
00:31:52,500 --> 00:31:53,700
Not far.

293
00:31:58,167 --> 00:31:59,433
(Engine starts)

294
00:32:49,267 --> 00:32:50,833
Anything else you want to see?

295
00:32:50,867 --> 00:32:54,300
Not everyone is comfortable
inviting strangers
to their home.

296
00:32:56,433 --> 00:32:59,800
We thought if you saw
where we lived
you might try to extort us.

297
00:32:59,833 --> 00:33:04,167
-Why do you think
I would want your money?
-Because you have none.

298
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:07,667
You want an apology?
I gave you an explanation.

299
00:33:07,700 --> 00:33:10,267
You, I believe.

300
00:33:12,167 --> 00:33:15,233
My husband's name is Charles.
My name is Frances.

301
00:33:15,267 --> 00:33:18,233
My son's name was Alistair.

302
00:33:18,267 --> 00:33:20,267
Your name, Daniel,
we read in the paper.

303
00:33:21,067 --> 00:33:22,633
My staff you met.

304
00:33:22,667 --> 00:33:24,133
Where's she taking my stuff?

305
00:33:24,167 --> 00:33:26,133
Well, surely you're going
to spend the night?

306
00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:54,533
We're in the midst
of restoring the house
to its former glory.

307
00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:01,533
We had hoped Alistair
would finish the task.

308
00:34:29,267 --> 00:34:31,467
DANNY: This is his room.

309
00:34:32,633 --> 00:34:34,600
How did you know?

310
00:34:46,433 --> 00:34:49,167
Because it's the loneliest
room I've ever been in.

311
00:35:07,167 --> 00:35:11,200
Charles was sure you'd catch
the train home today,
none the wiser.

312
00:35:11,233 --> 00:35:13,800
I was convinced
you'd figure it out.

313
00:35:13,833 --> 00:35:17,300
It seems you did so
not with reason or deduction,

314
00:35:18,433 --> 00:35:22,533
but something akin
to female intuition.

315
00:35:29,300 --> 00:35:31,433
I won't sleep in here.

316
00:35:33,867 --> 00:35:36,067
I would never have allowed it.

317
00:35:42,900 --> 00:35:44,200
Dinner is at 8:00.

318
00:35:44,233 --> 00:35:46,400
You're embarrassed by his death.

319
00:35:48,433 --> 00:35:49,467
Yes.

320
00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:53,133
Upset, too?

321
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:58,333
Yes.
More than you can imagine.

322
00:37:38,067 --> 00:37:40,300
(Breathes deeply)

323
00:38:18,533 --> 00:38:20,867
Did you realise
your provocation was infantile

324
00:38:20,900 --> 00:38:23,433
before or after you came
through that door?

325
00:38:26,467 --> 00:38:30,133
Before, I see. But you didn't
decide to change.

326
00:38:34,733 --> 00:38:36,333
Would you like me to?

327
00:38:37,067 --> 00:38:38,333
No.

328
00:38:39,267 --> 00:38:41,400
I think I prefer you like that.

329
00:38:51,067 --> 00:38:52,267
Thank you.

330
00:39:08,100 --> 00:39:11,567
Alistair completed
that maze unassisted,

331
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:14,133
three months
before his fifth birthday.

332
00:39:20,100 --> 00:39:22,300
Others considered
him to be disturbed,

333
00:39:22,333 --> 00:39:25,800
but what they saw
as a disturbance of the mind

334
00:39:25,833 --> 00:39:29,667
was, in fact,
an exceptional gift.

335
00:39:29,700 --> 00:39:32,600
However,
it's not enough in this world
to be born brilliant.

336
00:39:32,633 --> 00:39:36,133
You need
direction and discipline.

337
00:39:36,167 --> 00:39:38,400
You need someone
who reminds you day after day

338
00:39:38,433 --> 00:39:41,867
never to waste
your talent on triviality.

339
00:39:41,900 --> 00:39:44,900
How many brilliant minds
are out there, right now,

340
00:39:44,933 --> 00:39:47,067
rotting in squalor and neglect?

341
00:39:48,833 --> 00:39:50,900
It took every ounce
of my strength

342
00:39:50,933 --> 00:39:53,533
to make Alistair realise
his potential.

343
00:39:55,667 --> 00:39:57,767
He ended up hating me for it.

344
00:40:00,133 --> 00:40:02,167
But you guessed that already.

345
00:40:06,300 --> 00:40:08,133
Your son was murdered.

346
00:40:10,967 --> 00:40:13,100
The attic was staged.

347
00:40:16,667 --> 00:40:19,300
And everything you've read
about his death is a lie.

348
00:40:26,633 --> 00:40:29,467
After dinner, perhaps you will
join me for a drink.

349
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:31,367
(Liquid pouring)

350
00:40:47,533 --> 00:40:49,800
My son wasn't gay.

351
00:40:49,833 --> 00:40:53,633
Before you hold some sort
of parade through the house,
hear me out.

352
00:40:53,667 --> 00:40:57,533
Alistair didn't think
like ordinary people.

353
00:40:57,567 --> 00:41:00,133
He didn't feel
what ordinary people feel.

354
00:41:01,267 --> 00:41:03,667
In his eyes,
everyone was a puzzle.

355
00:41:03,700 --> 00:41:08,800
He took immense satisfaction
figuring out
what a person wanted

356
00:41:08,833 --> 00:41:10,900
and then giving it to them.

357
00:41:10,933 --> 00:41:13,067
As if we were all computers.

358
00:41:16,100 --> 00:41:18,433
Waiting for the correct code.

359
00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:24,633
Alistair could be anything
a person wanted him to be.

360
00:41:24,667 --> 00:41:28,267
In your case, it appears you
craved romance,

361
00:41:28,300 --> 00:41:30,933
a good old-fashioned
love story.

362
00:41:30,967 --> 00:41:33,233
He gave it to you.

363
00:41:33,267 --> 00:41:39,767
Meanwhile, he continued giving
other kinds of stimulation
to other kinds of people,

364
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:41,467
men and women.

365
00:41:44,233 --> 00:41:47,467
If he was involved
with someone
who hankered after risk,

366
00:41:48,733 --> 00:41:50,600
he would have provided it.

367
00:41:52,233 --> 00:41:55,700
Danger, pain, submission,
domination.

368
00:41:55,733 --> 00:42:01,633
Alistair was
as precocious sexually
as he was intellectually.

369
00:42:01,667 --> 00:42:03,400
To him, they were
one and the same.

370
00:42:03,433 --> 00:42:06,167
Sex was just another
form of decryption.

371
00:42:09,633 --> 00:42:11,067
You think I'm cruel?

372
00:42:11,633 --> 00:42:13,267
Perhaps I am.

373
00:42:14,933 --> 00:42:17,067
But not in this instance.

374
00:42:17,100 --> 00:42:19,233
I wanted to preserve
your illusions.

375
00:42:20,467 --> 00:42:22,400
We had hoped
that you would go home

376
00:42:22,433 --> 00:42:25,667
and mourn in the belief that
your relationship was perfect.

377
00:42:27,933 --> 00:42:30,733
You loved him, I see that.

378
00:42:30,767 --> 00:42:34,067
However, I cannot allow you
to be unaware of the facts,

379
00:42:34,067 --> 00:42:38,500
in case you blunder
further into a situation
you simply do not understand.

380
00:42:39,700 --> 00:42:41,967
I'm not surprised
he used a different name.

381
00:42:42,067 --> 00:42:43,867
He was playing a part.

382
00:42:43,900 --> 00:42:47,067
The part
of a conventional lover.

383
00:42:51,833 --> 00:42:53,767
I haven't read many books.

384
00:42:55,367 --> 00:42:58,067
I haven't been to many places.

385
00:43:01,300 --> 00:43:04,467
But I have fucked
a lot of people.

386
00:43:07,100 --> 00:43:11,167
And there's one thing
you just can't fake.

387
00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:15,067
Inexperience.

388
00:43:18,700 --> 00:43:21,567
The body's tense
when it should be relaxed.

389
00:43:23,167 --> 00:43:26,267
It hurts when it should be fun.

390
00:43:27,900 --> 00:43:30,333
And it's dirty
when it should be clean.

391
00:43:33,267 --> 00:43:35,467
I don't care how smart you are,

392
00:43:35,500 --> 00:43:37,867
your muscles can't lie.

393
00:43:37,900 --> 00:43:41,567
I'm talking about
feeling his inexperience

394
00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:44,700
as clearly
as I can feel this glass.

395
00:43:44,733 --> 00:43:46,667
Do you follow me, Frances?

396
00:43:47,933 --> 00:43:49,167
I can see you do.

397
00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:52,700
So I know, for a fact,
you're lying.

398
00:43:55,367 --> 00:43:58,567
I know for a fact
that your son,
the man I loved,

399
00:43:59,367 --> 00:44:01,300
was a virgin.

400
00:44:01,333 --> 00:44:05,500
What I don't understand,
is why you're so keen
to convince me otherwise.

401
00:44:16,633 --> 00:44:19,600
When he told me you were dead,
he wasn't lying, was he?

402
00:44:22,233 --> 00:44:25,933
Amongst all the lies you've
heard here this weekend,

403
00:44:25,967 --> 00:44:27,767
recognise one truth.

404
00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:33,233
"No fuss"
is the best piece of advice
you will ever be given.

405
00:44:36,667 --> 00:44:38,067
(Door closes)

406
00:45:41,133 --> 00:45:42,533
(Sobbing)

407
00:46:37,967 --> 00:46:39,533
(Sizzling)

408
00:47:08,267 --> 00:47:10,133
I prefer it down here.

409
00:47:12,433 --> 00:47:13,733
WOMAN: She won't like it.

410
00:47:13,767 --> 00:47:14,767
No.

411
00:47:15,967 --> 00:47:17,567
Don't think she will.

412
00:47:24,967 --> 00:47:26,300
You cared about him.

413
00:47:29,667 --> 00:47:31,133
You cared for him.

414
00:47:32,433 --> 00:47:35,500
If he had a problem,
he came to you, didn't he?

415
00:47:37,900 --> 00:47:39,267
Not her.

416
00:47:45,933 --> 00:47:47,500
You loved him.

417
00:47:50,100 --> 00:47:52,567
(Sobbing)

418
00:47:55,733 --> 00:47:57,100
Alex.

419
00:47:58,767 --> 00:47:59,800
Alex.

420
00:48:08,967 --> 00:48:11,367
He hated the name Alistair.

421
00:48:11,400 --> 00:48:12,633
(Laughs)

422
00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:21,200
What happened here?

423
00:48:23,467 --> 00:48:25,833
Get as far away
from these people as you can.

424
00:48:25,867 --> 00:48:27,233
(Footsteps approaching)

425
00:48:34,067 --> 00:48:35,467
He insisted.

426
00:48:39,700 --> 00:48:41,400
(Engine running)

427
00:49:56,333 --> 00:50:00,500
ALEX: I want to tell you
a story about a man.

428
00:50:03,167 --> 00:50:06,533
While everyone
was laughing and drinking,

429
00:50:07,533 --> 00:50:09,767
he would just walk

430
00:50:11,033 --> 00:50:14,433
until he reached
the exact same spot,

431
00:50:14,467 --> 00:50:17,533
where he'd sit with his back
to all those people.

432
00:50:20,633 --> 00:50:24,000
And while he did everything
he possibly could
to signal to the world

433
00:50:24,033 --> 00:50:26,233
that he wanted to be left alone,

434
00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:29,533
more than anything,

435
00:50:29,567 --> 00:50:33,267
he hoped that someone passing
would understand

436
00:50:33,300 --> 00:50:36,767
that what he really wanted
was the exact opposite.

437
00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:39,767
And that this someone
would sit next to him

438
00:50:42,500 --> 00:50:44,533
and strike up a conversation.

439
00:50:47,767 --> 00:50:49,567
I was that man

440
00:50:50,867 --> 00:50:53,200
and you were that someone.

441
00:50:55,900 --> 00:50:57,333
MAN: I have a sweet tooth.

442
00:51:01,300 --> 00:51:03,733
It's easier to quit smoking,
I swear.

443
00:51:10,367 --> 00:51:13,100
Not very British,
talking to strangers, is it?

444
00:51:13,133 --> 00:51:17,233
I've worked in your country
for 10 years now.

445
00:51:27,167 --> 00:51:28,533
Do you own a house?

446
00:51:29,733 --> 00:51:30,733
No.

447
00:51:31,467 --> 00:51:33,067
A car?

448
00:51:33,100 --> 00:51:35,067
No, nothing.

449
00:51:35,067 --> 00:51:36,600
Well, you have your health.

450
00:51:39,867 --> 00:51:42,467
That's the most
precious asset of all.

451
00:51:43,167 --> 00:51:45,067
My health?

452
00:51:50,200 --> 00:51:52,800
Lots of people think
they have nothing to lose,

453
00:51:54,267 --> 00:51:56,300
but in my professional
experience,

454
00:51:56,333 --> 00:51:59,867
they just haven't
thought it through.

455
00:51:59,900 --> 00:52:02,333
- Are you threatening me?
- "Threatening"?

456
00:52:03,267 --> 00:52:06,167
(Sighs) My, oh, my.

457
00:52:06,200 --> 00:52:10,500
This is just a conversation,
a chitchat.

458
00:52:10,533 --> 00:52:14,067
Two people passing in the night.

459
00:52:14,067 --> 00:52:16,267
I can see
why you're so confused.

460
00:52:16,300 --> 00:52:19,967
Over the years
I've adopted quite a few
of your country's customs,

461
00:52:20,067 --> 00:52:22,600
but that great British reserve
escapes me.

462
00:52:22,633 --> 00:52:24,433
I enjoy talking too much.

463
00:52:25,733 --> 00:52:30,300
And, once in a while, someone
unexpected tells you something

464
00:52:31,867 --> 00:52:34,433
that might save your life.

465
00:52:42,133 --> 00:52:44,500
Be sure to put that card
some place safe.

466
00:53:59,133 --> 00:54:00,600
(Knocks on door)

467
00:54:18,700 --> 00:54:20,200
You think my house is bugged?

468
00:54:20,233 --> 00:54:22,467
I've just been threatened.

469
00:54:22,500 --> 00:54:24,500
They heard us.

470
00:54:24,533 --> 00:54:27,533
- Who?
- The people who murdered Alex.

471
00:54:29,067 --> 00:54:30,467
All right.

472
00:54:32,200 --> 00:54:34,767
Suppose he was murdered,
suppose you're right.

473
00:54:35,767 --> 00:54:37,367
Follow it through,

474
00:54:37,400 --> 00:54:40,433
the implications
of what you're saying.

475
00:54:40,467 --> 00:54:45,200
You know nothing about them,
they will know everything
about you.

476
00:54:45,233 --> 00:54:48,767
Every action you take
will have been predicted,
planned for,

477
00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:51,233
even coming here tonight.

478
00:54:53,667 --> 00:54:57,067
And if they don't kill you,
it'll be for one reason.

479
00:54:57,067 --> 00:55:01,167
They consider you less
of a nuisance alive than dead.

480
00:55:01,200 --> 00:55:04,767
If you're insulted by the idea
of your insignificance,
you shouldn't be.

481
00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:06,500
You should cherish it.

482
00:55:06,533 --> 00:55:10,900
No daring journalist is going
to come to your aid,
no rogue police officer.

483
00:55:10,933 --> 00:55:12,733
It's just you, you alone, Danny.

484
00:55:12,767 --> 00:55:16,500
Ask yourself, honestly,
who are you?

485
00:55:16,533 --> 00:55:20,567
You're friends with everyone,
you trust everyone,
and you know no one.

486
00:55:20,600 --> 00:55:23,533
- You know these people.
- I knew them 30 years ago.

487
00:55:23,567 --> 00:55:25,067
Help me.

488
00:55:25,800 --> 00:55:27,300
(Scottie sighs)

489
00:55:28,633 --> 00:55:31,933
One way or another, I've been
afraid for much of my life,

490
00:55:31,967 --> 00:55:35,633
and it's a privilege to spend
time with a man who's never
afraid of anything.

491
00:55:35,667 --> 00:55:38,667
And that's not because you
were born in a different time.

492
00:55:38,700 --> 00:55:41,400
You're fearless.

493
00:55:41,433 --> 00:55:45,067
I've always wondered
how that must feel,
but Danny,

494
00:55:45,067 --> 00:55:48,100
occasionally,
it's right to be afraid.

495
00:55:48,867 --> 00:55:50,500
Leave this alone.

496
00:55:51,900 --> 00:55:53,500
Promise me.

497
00:55:57,100 --> 00:55:58,600
(Scratching)