All language subtitles for Silent Witness S29E10

This programme contains some
strong language, some violent scenes

and some scenes which some
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My fiancee's missing. From Hong Kong.
It's Mei Li.

Police here to see a Pike George.

Hendelseshorisont is trying
to design a quantum chip

that is a trillion times faster
than today's supercomputer.

Pike's Chief Technology Officer.

He's the brains behind it.

I used to see her through this glass
every morning when I'd come in.

First sight.

Acupuncture needle marks.

Seems to be some sort of
localised reaction.

They showed a high level of
the amino acid tryptophan,

also known as bufotenine.

How can I help you?

Your daughter Mei is dead.

I don't believe Mei Li
took her own life.

Are you sure this is her house?

You knew her name before her body
was recovered from the water.

There was a bounty
on the young woman's head.

Oi! Hey!

You need to go to the police.

Would you mind if I get your number?
Just in case I need a witness.

We have done nothing wrong!

I am Mei Li.

SIREN WAILS

PHONE VIBRATES

Hello?

Hi, Helen.

Yes, of course I remember.

In Birmingham?

Yes. When were you thinking?

You've only been married once?
Really? Mm-hm.

You haven't lived until
you've ridden that roller-coaster

of infatuation,
disappointment, rejection.

And if you're really lucky,

you'll get a nice juicy dose
of betrayal thrown in

just to spice it all up!

I've never liked funfairs,
to be honest.

You know, it really is
like those carnival rides.

It's sort of, like, terrifying
before you get on them,

and then when it's over, well,
what was all the fuss about?

Who needs men, right?

Oh, I think men and women
have strengths

that complement each other.
If you say so.

I used to think that.
You get over it.

It was so good of you to come out.

I didn't know whether to call,
but I was in Birmingham...

Oh, it's a pleasure. How
long are you working in Oxford for?

Mmm... I'm not sure, exactly.

I'm on a six-month contract
as a visiting lecturer

and doing some research on a book.
Two months,

but the college keep flirting
with it, so I don't know. We'll see.

Which college?
Hugh's. And what's your work in?

International relations,
specifically political economies,

which at the moment
is a very turbulent subject!

Thank you for filing the statement.

It is really going to help
with the police

and the insurance company.

Oh, it's a pleasure.

And it gave me the opportunity
to see you again, so...

So what's your speciality?
What kind of patients do you see?

Dead ones.

HELEN LAUGHS

You're not a very good doctor, then!

I'm a pathologist. Ah...

Gosh! Cause of death and all that?

Yeah, that kind of thing.

Wow. That must be challenging.

Have you had any
interesting ones recently?

They're all interesting.

BELLS CHIME

Good morning. Yes.

I think we would like to go forward.

It's what I believe it's worth.

Do you understand quantum physics?

This really is a
caveat emptor situation, isn't it?

There is a degree of faith
required, yes.

Isn't much of life like that?

Well, listen...

No.

We're long past theory.

There's no guarantees on when,

but this will happen,
and it will be transformative.

Yeah, I understand, but Pike
believes we're very close.

I have to go.

AUTOMATED VOICE: Doors closing.
Lift going down.

Doors closing.

Another word for assaulted?

What's wrong with assaulted?

I've used assaulted.

Thwack! Come on.

Snatch. Mug.

Pinch.

Assault will be fine.
What are you doing?

I told you, I helped a woman
who was assaulted.

Assaulted how?
Robbed.

Use robbed, then.

Oh.

Yeah, that'll work. That's good.

Who was this woman?

Helen Garnett. I told you about her.

No, you didn't.
I did. Nope.

I went for a drink with her.

The lecturer
in international relations.

I helped her when she got mugged.

See? Mugged was good.

She needs a statement
for the police. I promised.

Do you think I give off
some sort of lesbian vibe?

What? Yeah, totally.

Really? Mm-hm.

What's wrong with that?
Also, how would you know?

Fair point.

Komnata, where the deceased worked.

"Komnata" is the Russian word
for room.

Think the company's Russian?

Are there any Russian companies
left in the UK?

I'm trying to unpick the ownership.

Burns might be able to help.

When are you meeting him
at the cafe?

SHE GASPS

Uh-oh.

Oh! Thanks, Kit. See you later.

Bye.

My mum knew I was alive.

She knew there were threats
against me,

so she said nothing.

What else could she have done?

Why were there threats against you?

Because in the eyes of
the Hong Kong authorities,

I am a criminal.

Why are you a criminal?

I am a criminal for democracy.

For democracy,
wouldn't you be a criminal too?

What did you do?

I protested.

I organised protests.

I organised a demonstration
for the release of Jimmy Lai.

Who's Jimmy Lai?

He's a wealthy Hong Kong
businessman and...

..political activist.

Democracy campaigner.

A peaceful democracy campaigner.

And because it is China,
everyone looks away.

He's been put in prison.

Hong Kong authorities
arrested him at his house

and put him in solitary confinement.

77 years old.

What are they afraid of?

He's a Hong Kong citizen.
It's a Hong Kong matter.

He's British.
He's a British citizen.

And he's a billionaire.

And when you think of billionaires,

you think they must have
ultimate freedom,

that they can do whatever they want.

What he wanted,

he wanted to stay,

to fight for freedom.

Obviously, the Hong Kong authorities
don't see it that way.

No.

They don't.

They see him as a threat.

Like they see me as a threat.

Do you see me as a threat?

PHONE VIBRATES

I've asked Dr Alexander to take
a voluntary DNA sample,

if you don't mind.

Burns.

Where?

Do you mind? Is that OK?

Why would I mind?

It'll make it easier
to identify my body later.

KNOCK ON WINDOW

Shit!

Hey, Fred.

Burglary?

Look what you made me do.

Yes. Looks like it.

Lightning striking twice.

Well, yeah, I heard the call,
that's why I came over.

Oh, you're not in charge?

No. She is.

Burglary.

Don't want to tread on her toes.

Mm. No dance partner wants that.

No, and I've got clumsy feet.

I'm happy to dance with you, Fred.

I've got an interest in this.

Yeah, course you have.

But you can't tell me
exactly what it is, can you?

Well, I want to, but I can't.

I'm sure you've got things
you can't tell me.

Oh, plenty.

Like what?

She any good?

Not bad. A bit clumsy.

And spiky.

Thinks she's better than she is.

Probably true of all of us.
HE CHUCKLES

We can't make a mistake
on this one, Fred.

I need to tell you about Mei Li.

I can't believe this.

I found it. The Hong Kong
authorities' arrest warrant.

How much do you think
they were offering?

No idea.
A million Hong Kong dollars.

A million dollars.
Don't you think that's a lot

for someone's crime
being pro-democracy?

I was reading about Hong Kong,

about our agreement with them
during the handover. 50 years.

50 years they were meant to
protect democracy in Hong Kong.

That was the agreement.
It's been 25 years

and they are criminalising
being pro-democracy.

We have a lot to be grateful
for in this country,

that's all I'm saying. We don't get
arrested for things we believe in.

Mostly.
Well, yeah, mostly.

Well, Mei was obviously frightened.

She was in hiding.

And a woman with the same name,
similar age, is dead.

Well, maybe it's mistaken identity.

I would think Mei Li
is quite a common Chinese name.

Are you saying the Hong Kong
authorities made a mistake?

Whoa, whoa, a minute.

What, in killing her?
Are you saying they killed her?

Now, that is borderline
conspiracy theory.

Borderline?

It's a big leap
from an arrest warrant with a reward

to state-sponsored murder.

OK. Overreach.

They've made no secret
of the fact that they want

Mei Li back in Hong Kong
to prosecute her.

But why kill her
if you were after the money?

Vigilante makes a mistake?

Her death doesn't feel
like a mistake.

Let's just keep an open mind.

Let's concentrate
on the mechanism of death

and see where it takes us.

Where did they get bufotoxin?

You can't import it.
It's a class A drug.

How did the Russians get Novichok
into the country to poison Skripal?

Bufotoxin is naturally occurring.

It is present in the UK.

So let's explore that
in the first place.

And then I am going to speak to
Asha Banerjee

at the School of Ethnomedicine
and Anthropological Studies

and see if she can help us.

I've done a preliminary
walk-through.

There was no forcible entry
into the building.

OK, so inside job?

I don't want to jump to conclusions.

What was stolen?
Items from an office.

We're waiting for
further information.

What, computers,
screens, laptops, equipment?

We're waiting
for further information.

Right. But we do know
that something was stolen?

They were burgled.

Have you spoken
to their security man?

SHE SIGHS

Erm, we're trying to reach him.

BARRIER BEEPS

What happens to the security system
when there's a power cut?

I presume it locks down.

And if there's a fire?

There wasn't a fire.

Look, CSI will be here
a little later.

Maybe you ought to wait for them
before you start speculating.

BARRIER BEEPS

LINE RINGS

PHONE RINGS

Bowman. Kit Brooks.

What?

Are you OK, Pike?

No.

No, no, I'm not OK.

I don't think it's good
if we sell the company.

I don't want to sell it.

I understand how you feel.

I don't think you do.

Fiancee dead, business burgled.

It's a bad week.

Dawn? Sorry. Excuse me.

What is it?

CSI. I've told them to step down.

We don't need them.
We DO need them. No, not now.

I'm Burglary. I'm in charge
of this investigation.

No, you're not in charge.
Not now. I'll take it over.

You know, everyone knows about you.
Your attitude towards women,

your inappropriate comments
and jokes.

You should have retired years ago.

You're a dinosaur.
Nobody likes working with you.

OK, well, thanks for your feedback.

Now, if you'll let me
get on with my job...

Er, no. You're done.

Go home. I'll take it from here.

I'm going to report you.

Do you think there's a problem?

I think they're just passionate
about the work.

..don't tell me, you'll post lies
anonymously on social media.

I know it gives you
some sort of a thrill,

but it won't help you.

Tell them. Yes, tell them
you weren't sure what was stolen,

you didn't secure the scene,

you didn't notice that there was
a ten-minute power outage

and you didn't know that
the default security position

in the event of a power outage
is to open the security doors

so that no-one's
left inside in a fire.

Now, that allows somebody
to enter unnoticed, right?

Now, I'm not going to
say any of that,

but if they do ask me,
I'll say you made a good start.

You're a patronising cock!

Please, be sure to tell them
the last thing I said to you.

"You made a good start"?

No! "Fuck off!"

You can't talk to me like that!

Thanks for coming.
I know it was a ball-ache.

Please, come with me.

Yeah, mine are still aching.

Yours?

KIT EXHALES

DOOR BEEPS

How did they gain entry?
Wait here.

Give it a pull.

Right, I'll turn the power back on.

There you go.

All that fancy kit, you'd be
better off with a deadlock.

Safe. Mm-hm.

What was in the safe?

Documents, some cash, keys.

What sort of documents?

Um, bank, membership lists,
passwords,

some, uh, technical drawings
and calculations.

You not store it in the cloud?

We have our own servers.

This one?

Oh, um, it's a dummy.

We kept encrypted hard drives
full of false data in it.

Why would you have a dummy safe?

Well, because of the work we do.

The prototype we're trying
to develop is highly desirable,

so theft
is one of our greatest risks.

Who knew it was a dummy?
Just me.

And now you.

And where do you store
the real information, then?

Who has access to this office?

Pike. Me. Rodrigo.

Not Mei Li?

No, not Mei Li.

Didn't like Mei Li?

What I thought of Mei Li
didn't matter.

Why's that?

Cos I wasn't the one
marrying her, was I?

Did you think she was a threat?

She's dead.

Pike dodged a bullet?

Right.

He's in pain.
I'm not going to add to that.

Have you heard anything
from your man, Rodrigo?

No. Not yet.

Well, that tells us quite a lot.

I'll need his details.

We shouldn't jump to conclusions.

It's not much of a jump.

We need to find him.

KNOCK AT DOOR
Housekeeping.

LOCK BEEPS AND CLICKS

Hello?

HOUSEKEEPER SCREAMS

Supertramp.

I saw them once...

..in the toilets at
Watford Gap Services in 1981.

That was cool.

Want one?

Mr Casey...

Fred. Fred.

Rodrigo Da Silva booked a flight

from Birmingham Airport
to Hurghada, Egypt.

When? Two days ago.
PHONE VIBRATES

Casey. Hello, Alex, mon ami.

SOFTLY: You're a genius.

SOFTLY: I know, but it is nice
to be reminded sometimes.

Where?

OK.

Looks like our friend Rodrigo
may have missed his flight.

SIREN WAILS

There's anticipation
but not dread as you arrive.

There is only one real fear.

It's never about personal harm
or about tragedy.

Tragedy is expected.

There's always tragedy,

described in loved ones

or the absence of loved ones.

The unknown is
when tragedy will alight

and in what form it will take.

And the fear is not about
what you might find.

It's about what you find
means to the human condition.

What it tells us about who we are,

how we live,

and the kind of world we live in.

CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS

And for a brief moment,

you wonder if it tells us
anything new about humanity

and its capacity for remorse...

..or its indifference.

Whether it's a harbinger
of our future,

one crippled by nihilism,

or whether it will be
a reminder that, for some,

redemption will always be

just out of reach.

For a brief moment,
you have these thoughts...

..and then work begins.

I'll start with photographs.

Do you want to document the area
around the bed before I begin?

Yeah, I'm just going to pick up
this powder from the carpet.

Does the hotel have CCTV?

Normally. It was turned off.

Looks like it didn't reboot
when it was turned back on.

Careless or conspiracy?

Is that drugs?

Yeah, we'll test it.
OK, all set.

Thanks.

What is that?

Skin reaction.

Erythema with what looks
like ecchymosis.

Can't just say "rash"?

Well, there are at least
12 different ways

a rash might present itself.

Is it OK with you if I'm specific?

Yeah, sorry, I...
It's just all this.

I mean... Sorry.

In the end, we're just animals,
aren't we?

Animals. It's all we are.

The human qualities
we think define us -

conscience, kindness,

loyalty, trust,

wealth, power, genius, greed,

jealousy, deviance,

shame -

all disappear
at the moment of death,

replaced by indignity...

When we've finished, we'll take him
to the Bowman like this.

All right, OK.

..and a set of facts.

Excess saliva
is pooled in the mouth.

A black hair...

..found between the left
lateral incisor and the cuspid.

Two, actually.

This one looks as if
the root has been preserved.

No stretching of the fabric.

No marking on the ankles or wrists.

Vellus hair on the wrists
are undisturbed. Intact.

Likely he was dead
when he was bound.

Why would you bind someone
after they're dead?

The leather ligature is moist.

No visible blistering
or pustules on the rash.

Doesn't look to be a typical

immunoglobulin E-mediated
anaphylactic reaction.

The BDSM scene -

the binding, stockings,
the orange, the lipstick -

all of it performative.

None of it would have killed him.

Potentially for sexual arousal.

But not if it happened
after he was dead.

It's not drugs.

I think it's plaster.

I... I didn't see any dings
in the walls or ceilings

of the hotel room.

No.

Do you have the sample
of plaster powder from Hendelses...

Hendelseshorisont.

..burglary? Yeah. Yeah.

There you go.

Nice one.

Take a look at this.

Plaster from Hendelses...

Hendelseshorisont.

..was on the floor
of Rodrigo's hotel room.

You rip a safe out of the wall,

it's still got
residual plaster on it.

The safe was
on the hotel room floor.

Yeah.

The damage to the heart is clear.

Myocardial infarction.

Subendocardial streaky haemorrhages,

which are seen
near to the mitral valve

on the inner aspect
of the left ventricle.

What's odd is that
the coronary arteries

are devoid of significant
atheromatous plaque disease.

And there's no acute thrombus,

which one might normally
expect to find.

Len.

Ask the lab for an urgent test
for serum digoxin concentration

and 5-hydroxy-N,
N-dimetyltryptamine.

Two hairs. DNA test both.
Right away, please.

What are you testing for?

Bufotoxin. It might account
for the excess saliva.

It causes rash, restricts breathing,

and it can cause cardiac arrest.

Foreplay.

He's aroused.
Thinks it's a game.

The ligature is put around his neck,

bufotoxin has been applied
to the leather,

it's pulled tight.

He desperately tries
to remove the ligature,

scratches the skin.

The broken skin

allows for the rapid absorption
of the bufotoxin.

It kills him.

The killer manipulates the scene.

Makes it look like
a sex game gone wrong.

The dead Asian woman

that was found in the Cherwell -
her name's Na Chen.

Chinese national.

The Chinese Embassy
are liaising with the coroner

to facilitate repatriation to China.

How did you identify her?

Our friends at ICE.

Fingerprint match.
She had a US student visa.

She was working at
a physics lab in Harvard and...

..implicated in the theft
of intellectual property.

She stole from the lab?

Shagged the professor.

Oh! Indecorous.

It was effective.

On behalf of the Chinese state?

It's not proven.

So Na Chen's death is a case of
technology theft gone wrong?

Well, it certainly wasn't
a lovers' quarrel.

So all this is about
who owns the technology.

It's about who owns the future.

SHE EXHALES

Um...

..Na Chen, er,
the company she worked for,

er, was called, er, Komnata.

That's a...
It's a Russian word. Yeah.

The Dragon-Bear Alliance.

We're tracking down
the beneficial owner.

They're playing hide-and-seek

in offshore companies.
PHONE VIBRATES

Oh. Excuse me.

Asha!

Oh, thank you so much
for calling me back.

SHE CHUCKLES

Dr Alexander? Asha Banerjee.

I'm grateful to you
for seeing me, Professor.

How can I help?

The results showed what I believe
was a fatal amount of bufadienolide.

Mm. Bufotoxin?

Yes. You know it?
Of course. I'm familiar with it.

Biological psychedelics have
a long and storied history

in medical anthropology.

Well, it would be helpful
to find the source.

I believe it's used in
traditional Chinese medicine.

In many different cultures -
Central and South America and China.

As a treatment for cancer?

Yes. Except I don't think
you'll find many members of

the Chinese Communist Party
Politburo choosing bufotoxin

over the Royal Marsden.

But, yes, it is widely used
in traditional Chinese medicine

to treat cancer
and a number of other things -

cardiac issues, blood pressure.

But it also has a history
of entheogenic use -

spiritual healing in Mexico
and Central and South America.

Sometimes called the God Molecule.

The God Molecule?

It's associated with
the dissolution of the ego.

It provokes a sense
of oneness with the universe,

a feeling that you are
a part of Mother Earth

and touching the face of God.

The God Molecule?

Yes, because of its ability
to dissolve the sense of self,

and with it anxiety.

I want to show you something.

Jack!

Rodrigo Da Silva received
a payment of £500,000.

It was returned to sender
19 minutes later.

Why? Why did he get it
or why was it returned?

Both. I don't know.

Who sent the money?

It's not clear.
It looks like a, um,

phantom deposit -
there, but not really there.

Do you think £500,000 is enough
to make you betray your employer?

Steal a safe?

Yeah, and it's more than enough
to get you killed.

I'll speak to Alex Burns.

So the toxin can be delivered
in different ways -

smoked, ingested, injected.

And this is a video of
a young woman...

..under the influence of the drug.

WOMAN: Take me.

SHE GASPS
I am you.

It's associated with an altered
state of consciousness,

visual and auditory
hallucinations.

Enter me!
Let me enter you!

GASPING

She's unaware of where she is
and what she's doing.

No inhibitions, no shame.

It can make people
extremely vulnerable.

People under the influence

are unaware of
what is happening around them.

Some find it a powerful aphrodisiac.

Oh, God!

SHE CRIES OUT

They find the abandonment
to be...liberating.

Others find it utterly debilitating.

SHE CRIES OUT
It is extremely toxic.

It's very hard to control the amount
of toxin one is exposed to.

HE GROANS

Too much of the drug
and the heart slows.

You become paralysed,

hypersalivate, can't breathe.

Eventually the heart arrests,

and of course, death follows.

Researchers are investigating

to see if it changes
the DNA in the user

and in the eggs of women,

causing damage
to their unborn children.

Because of a relatively
small window of efficacy,

30 minutes or so,

and limited, if any,
physical side-effects...

Limited side-effects?

..people can recover
almost immediately.

And the research is in China?
Mm-hm.

Latin America,
United States and here.

Here, the UK?

Here, Oxford.

Troy TechMed.

They have a research lab
near Kirtlington.

Hi.

How can I help?

We're investigating
the involvement of bufotox

in one death, possibly two.

As you know,
it's a controlled substance.

Yes, I know that.
We have a research licence.

We're looking for the source,

where the toxin
might have come from.

Asha Banerjee said
that I should speak to you.

Oh, Asha. She's lovely.

Yes, she's been very helpful.

I took one of her courses.

Um, how did she know?
Know what?

The police weren't meant
to tell anyone,

so how did Professor Banerjee know?

Doesn't matter.

There's no "doesn't matter".
Everything matters.

A young woman is dead.

We need you to help us
understand why and how.

This research is good.
It's really good.

We're making breakthroughs.

This can help people
with their mental health.

It's not about your research.

It is.

Don't you see it? It... It is.

We cannot lose
our Schedule 1 licence.

I'm a Home Office pathologist.

The Schedule 1 licence
comes from the Home Office.

I think it would be wise
to cooperate.

We...

..were burgled.

They stole a dozen vials
of the toxin.

When did this happen?

Two weeks ago. We think.

You think?

There was no sign of a break-in.

None? No.

Uh, we noticed the vials
were gone two weeks ago.

Do you have CCTV cameras?
Of course.

We have to comply and satisfy
the Home Office security standards

to keep controlled substances.

What did the police say?

Um...

Uh, she... She gave us
a crime reference number.

But she said because of the
sensitive nature of the theft,

it'd be better
if the crime wasn't publicised,

which... We were fine with that.
We were... That was fine with us.

But to be honest,
I don't think she believed us,

that we'd been robbed.

Who investigated it?

Um, Detective Sergeant Dawn Hayman.

DS Dawn Hayman.

Can I grab
the crime reference number?

477...

..335 57 FFC.

Burglary in Kirtlington. Yeah.

Oh, thank you, Fred.
You're my hero.

I do mean that. Yeah.

Oh, apparently there's CCTV.
Have you got that?

Do you mind checking
and sending it over?

Ooh, thank you, thank you,
thank you! I love you, Fred.

Yes, you're right.
I am just saying that.

Thank you. Bye!

Get in!

Dawn?

Dawn!

Burglary in Kirtlington
a couple of weeks ago.

I need to review
the CCTV footage.

Please.

It's not your case.

It says inactive.
Is that your doing?

It's not your case.

Well, it's crossing into
one of mine,

and I'm taking the CCTV footage
for the Bowman Centre to look at.

Thank you.

PHONE VIBRATES

Mei!

Mei!

TRANSLATED:

DOG BARKS NEARBY

No unknown sources of DNA

detected on the knickers,
bra and stockings.

Whoever tied them on
could have used gloves.

I guess it demonstrates
a level of premeditation.

Good.

Good? Why is that good?

Have you been listening?

Did you discover
secondary DNA on his body?

Hello?!

Sorry, what?

Did you see the results?
I'm looking at them now.

The DNA from the hairs
you found in Rodrigo's mouth

match the DNA found on the fabric of
the knot round Na Chen's neck.

Same person.
Female. East Asian.

HELEN: I mean, he's lovely.
He really is.

But I look at him and I think,
"Relationship or sinking ship?"

Ugh! What is wrong with men?

NIKKI: I don't think there's
anything wrong with them.

I think you just haven't
met the right one.

Maybe my standards are higher
than yours.

Unlikely.

They're just so weak these days!

After a generation of women
fighting for equality,

it's like they're finally
having a go.

But wet or controlling -
either way, it's weak.

I'm giving up on them altogether!

That's extreme.

Or it's the way forward.

KNOCK AT DOOR
JACK: Tea?

Yes, please.

You're working late.

Yeah. Nikki's out. Thought
I'd catch up on paperwork.

You?
Just trawling through CCTV.

Milk, no sugar.

Yes, I know that.
Yes. I'm just checking.

I think I've got a bite!

How's your work going?

Good. You know,
normal academic politics.

I fancy another Island Blush.
Do you want one?

They are delicious!

Why not?

Sorry. I feel like I'm always
talking about myself.

Very unattractive quality.

Did you, um...
Did you see the story

about the man who was found
in the hotel room all tied up?

Mm.

What do you think
was going on there, then?

Oh, God. Sorry.
Are you working on that one?

I can't say.

Call Fred.

Ooh. Wow.

Not so good for the waistline,
but who cares?

Thanks.

Cheers. Cheers.

Can you come in a bit tighter?

Mm-hm.

There.

That's the girl in The Room.

The one they all talk about,

you know, in
the Hendelseshorisont building.

Can we see the other woman?

Yeah. Um...

Nah.

Sorry.

It's a clear image.

Leave it with me.

You all right?

There's probably a bit of
a sugar rush from the foam.

Drink a bit of the
grapefruit juice underneath.

Oh.

GROANS
I'm not right.

Nikki, are you OK?

SHE GROANS

Oh, what's happening to me?

ECHOING: Excuse me!
Would you... Would you mind

just coming
and giving me a hand with her?

Had a little bit too much
to drink!

Come on, Dr Alexander,
we've got you. Ooh!

It's all right!

You're such a lightweight!

DOG BARKS NEARBY

TYPING ON KEYBOARD

WOMAN SIGHS

SIGHS

MOANS

GROANS

CRIES OUT

GROANS AND GASPS

WHIMPERS

CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS

Oh, this AI is a thing of beauty.

Who says the dead don't lie?

I'll use the Bowman server
to get into the police server.

Make the switch.
It shouldn't take long.

We've got about 30 minutes

before she comes
back down to earth.

We can give her more juice.

It'll kill her!

NIKKI MOANS

I'm here. I'm here.

Let's create a little chaos
so they don't know where to look.

KIT SIGHS
FRED: Anything?

I think I have a match.

The photo I found
is over a decade old.

Other than that, there's nothing.

Well, that's suspicious right there.

It says her name
is Helen Garnett.

That's who Nikki's out with.

Some sort of professor at Oxford?

Uh, I don't think
she's a professor.

Definitely does not work
at Oxford.

It says here she used to work

for a British-American
defence contractor

called Forgeon Systems.

They turn IT
into the weapons of tomorrow.

You said Nikki's with her tonight?

Yeah. She is.

Why has she just
logged onto the server?

Nikki's at a farm...

..outside of Stratford?
CLANG

ALARM BEEPS
We're being hacked.

Kill her access, Kit.

GROANS
Shh-sh-sh.

No!
CRIES OUT

Sh!

CRIES OUT

Sh-sh-sh!

Stop. Sh!

Sh!

Sh-sh-sh.

Jack? Sh.

Listen...
SHE MOANS

You're safe.

You're safe...

JACK: (ECHOING) You're safe.

BIRDSONG

Let's move somewhere
where there's no crime

and nobody dies.

I think it's called heaven.
Oh, yeah.

And you need to be invited.

Who do you know
that can get us in?

SCREAMS: Get off me!

SCREAMS SILENTLY

Sh-sh.

You... You're safe. It's OK. Sh.

Sh. It's OK.

It's OK, it's OK, it's OK.

TYPING ON KEYBOARD

GRUNTS

BREATHES QUICKLY

RAPID TYPING

GRUNTS

RAPID TYPING

There!
TYRES SCREECH

I'm struggling to upload.
I don't know what's wrong.

Open her mouth.
Pour it in. Let's go.

It will take them a while
to find her. We'll be gone.

No. I'm not like you.

You're exactly like me.
I don't kill people.

This is a transaction.

Juice her up and let's go.

We've got the access to the system.

That's what you needed her for.
You've got the hard drive

from the safe. You've got
all the technologies!

You don't need to hurt her as well!

The only thing
we should care about now

is disappearing...

..like we never existed.

No!

CROWBAR CLANGS

NIKKI MOANS

Fuck's sake!

MOANS

SIREN APPROACHES

NIKKI GASPS

Police! Open the door!

HAMMERING ON DOOR

Police! Open the door!

HAMMERING ON DOOR

Open the door!

Open the door!

CRASHING

JACK: Nikki? Nikki!

Nikki?

Nikki?

It's OK.

It's OK. It's all right.

Get up. Against the wall!

You're under arrest.

Right, this way. OK?

You're OK.

It's OK.

It's OK. I've got you.

NIKKI SIGHS

Komnata. Is the company Russian?

They wanted us to think that.

We tracked them down
to the British Virgin Islands.

Is this the future, then?

We won't know what's real or unreal,
what's true or false.

As we improve the chips
and the processing speed,

we'll be able to do this
in seconds, milliseconds.

Isn't that great?

Something to be proud of, eh?

Morning, Pike.

I miss you. Big kiss.

It can be a very positive tool.

Morning, Pike. I miss you.

You know, I long for a world where

people will just tell the truth,
mean what they say...

Morning, Pike. I miss you.

..let you believe in them...

..believe in something.

Morning, Pike. I miss you.

Na Chen...

Big kiss.
Her name was Na Chen.

Morning, Pike. I miss you. Big kiss.

Everything about her
was a lie, wasn't it?

Everything.

Truth matters.

Morning, Pike. I miss you.

Big kiss.

That's what you're taking from us.

Truth.

You feel good about that?

You should feel nothing but shame.

That's what I think.

Shame.

Jack...

What is it?

JACK ON VIDEO: Ross
was attacked from behind

by a Muslim asylum seeker
who came over in one of the boats.

SPARKY: He was chased down
and he was murdered.

Since when was self defence a
crime? Police know who did it.

This is a reckoning. Justice will be
done.

OVERLAPPING VOICES

..the end of white domination,
the end of white people.

NIKKI: Those who know the truth

are not equal to those who love it.

HE SCREAMS

And those who love it

are not equal to those
who delight in it.

Truth is a fundamental virtue.

Without truth,
there is no knowledge,

no understanding.

They knew this 2,500 years ago.

The police released Linda Yu Zhao

into the custody
of the United States.

The United States? Why?

They invoked diplomatic immunity.

Special relationship.

A society built on lies
and deception cannot function.

Without truth,
there can be no harmony...

..no peace.

HARRIET: Shall we start?

Shame holds our hand

and guides us to truth.