All language subtitles for Secret.City.S01E05

[cell phone buzzing and ringing]

[breathing heavily]

[car approaches]

-It's fine!
-[Sean] Easy, tiger.

[Harriet] My knight in perspiring armor.

Budget running to private security now?

Thought newspapers were a dying breed.

Apparently my boss thinks I'm worth it.

-Well, regarding your inquiry.
-[Harriet] Yeah?

There's no record
with the Department of Immigration

of a Zheng Zhao having ever been
in the country.

He must be on a diplomatic passport.

There's no match on his name
or any aliases on the website.

Someone shot at me.

If it was him,
it was with a pretty long-range rifle.

As in Beijing.

[Harriet exhales]

-You okay, Harri?
-Yeah. Yeah. Why?

You're an easy target
jogging at the crack of dawn.

Like you say,
he's not even in the country, so...

[Sean] Bye.

Come on.

[cell phone rings]

-Dancer?
-I found Zheng.

Yeah, I'm looking at him right now.

[in Chinese] Let me out! Let me out!

Let me out!

[in English] Please!

[yelling] Please!

[whimpering]

[security door beeps]

Sabine?

[in Chinese] You will damage your burns...
What is it?

-What do you need?
-[in Chinese] I need the sky...

[speaks in Chinese]

[in English] The risk is her death
in custody, that what you want?

We're under strict orders.

Let her have fresh air, we're not China.

[cell door opens]

[chuckles quietly]

Can you describe it to me, doctor?

[in Chinese] Barren. No trees.

Big fence. Barbed wire.

[speaks in Chinese]

[man in Chinese] That's enough.

Sabine, we have to go back now.

-Just a little more? Please?
-Come now.

[birds cooing and calling]

[newscaster on TV] With only days
to go until the senate vote

on the Safer Australia bill,
the opposition...

Harriet? Diane Hobbs.

[phone rings]

Diane, Harriet Dunkley.
Any word from Harbin prison?

[Harriet] What did she say
before she was cut off?

She knows we can't talk about her case
or anything to do with the cause.

Okay, but what did she say, Diane?

She asked after her friends
from choir.

Lin Zhong, Liu Ying and Qiu Wan Sing.

To find out if they'd...

If they'd disappeared.

-And have they?
-They haven't been at the protest vigils.

I asked around.
People say they've just gone.

[sighs, then exhales]

[man panting]

Hey!

[in Chinese] You dogs!

Let me fucking out of here!
Let me fucking out of here!

Let me fucking out of here!
Let me fucking out of here!

[all grunting]

[speaking in Chinese]

[panting]

[grunts]

[Zheng in Chinese] No guns!

Let him go.

[phone ringing]

[phone beeps off]

[error tone beeps]

[water splashes]

I owe you an apology.

[sighs]

I know the cyber-attack wasn't China,

but I need to convince the PM
it was orchestrated by Catriona Bailey.

To blacken China's name
and push through her legislation.

Did I miss the apology, or was that it?

What was I supposed to think?
My son was on one of those planes.

Don't you want me to help clear your name?

China doesn't crave the world's approval.

Unlike the Americans,
we can handle not being liked.

I need to prove this to Toohey
or I can't shut down Safer Australia.

We're talking about the biggest pro-U.S.,
anti-China politician in the country.

She's about to set up her own spy agency.

Isn't it in China's best interests
to shut her down?

China has over 4000 years of history.

We've dealt with enemies before.

I need something to convince Toohey.

I'm asking as a favor, Weng.

[door opens]

[unlocks door, then opens]

[classical piano music playing softly]

Hi, Harriet.

You coming out or going in?

[Dancer chuckles]

I like to come here sometimes.

[inhales, then exhales]

I can't pack up her things.

I'll give you a hand, if you need.

-What happened to your shadow?
-We parted ways.

What, you're staying here now?

It's best to keep on the move.

Not stay in the same place
more than two nights in a row.

At least not until you've arrested Zheng.

Well, that's not how it works.

We can't touch him.
The best I can do is have him expelled.

No, he can't leave the country.
He's gotta face charges.

Arresting him would require approval
from the attorney general.

China would fly him back
under diplomatic immunity, we'd lose him.

What if you didn't arrest him?

What if you got him in a room,
chained him to a sink

and didn't let him out
till you got an answer?

Good night, Harriet.

-Ah, morning, Ronnie.
-Morning.

That's the report you ordered.
Thirteen minutes from Richmond.

I already checked, top of page 21.

-The radar operator.
-Amended his statement.

Put a call through to Richmond Airbase.

Tell this Corporal Millard
in Air Surveillance

to get on a helicopter immediately.
Direct order.

-What, me or him?
-Both.

-Not gonna salute him, are you?
-That was my first day.

Civilians shouldn't salute.

-It's like a monkey on a bike.
-What?

They can do it, but it looks stupid.

-Please, put through that call.
-Remember, he salutes you

and not the other way around.

Not that salute, by the way.

[door unlocks]

[rustling]

[gasps] Qiu. Qiu! What happened?

[Qui panting]

Are you okay? Are you sure?

[Mal] Sit down, please.

You retracted your original statement,
corporal?

Yes, sir.

Unscheduled redeployment,
suddenly became scheduled.

How did that come to pass?

[knock on door]

Minister, I just got a, uh, call
from Richmond.

General, I was just telling
the corporal here

how 13 minutes was a direct attack
on our country.

A country that he is duty-bound to serve.

A country that needed
Richmond Airbase's

over-the-horizon radar detection
capabilities on that day.

Yes, sir.

So, are you telling me, corporal...

that you changed your testimony
of your own volition?

Minister, if I could--

Excuse me, general, I'm eager
to hear the corporal's response.

Respectfully, sir...

my union adviser informed me
that this was not legal testimony.

Am I to take it that you wouldn't swear
to this under oath?

Would you consider yourself
a career soldier, corporal?

I hope to be, sir.

I know how it is, son.

If push comes to shove,
you go with the general,

rather than the minister.

After all, politicians, they come and go,
but generals...

Well, they're here forever.

Or so the theory goes.

Dismissed, corporal.

Thank you, sir.

[door opens]

Is there something
I can help you with, minister?

Yes, there is, general.

I'd like you to sign
this letter of resignation.

You don't have Cabinet approval
to sack me.

I have evidence
your office was involved

in the suppression
of those redeployment orders.

And that you concealed records

of your communications
to the U.S. ambassador,

calling back the Polar Star
en route to Antarctica.

Now, I'm offering you a chance to...

as they say, spend a little more time
with your family.

So, the choice is yours, general.

Your reputation in tatters,
or you go gently into that good night.

-[Mal] Mr. Ambassador.
-[Brent] Minister.

[sighs]

-I just came from Russell Hill.
-Yeah, so I've heard.

[chuckles]

Oh, my chief of staff, Ronnie.
She got that for me.

So, you're interested in mythology?

I'm more interested in the real world,

but you gotta hand it to the Greeks.

Vivid imaginations.

-Cerberus, right?
-Mm.

They do say three heads are better
than one.

That depends on the heads, I guess.

Hm.

As you are well aware,

the situation in the South China Sea
remains highly volatile.

Every day since the unfortunate
Chinese patrol boat incident

with HMAS Anzac
has seen escalating tension.

China's continual rounds
of so-called naval exercises

are making them the most
heavily-armed seas in the world.

They're trying to force us out of Asia.

-I'll get right to the point, senator.
-I'm aware of the point, ambassador.

Good. Then you won't mind
if I try to urge you to reconsider.

Because right here, right now,
we need General McAuliffe on our team.

You telling me how to run
my department, Brent?

[chuckles]

Merely some sound advice
between friends, Mal.

That's the thing about this Cerberus.

It guarded the gates of hell,

but it begs the question,
which side of those gates are we on?

Are we trying to get in
or are we trying to get out?

You're gonna have to excuse me, senator.

-I have a meeting with the PM.
-Thanks so much for stopping by.

[Harriet] No, a hospital is out
of the question.

He's terrified they'll find him.

Okay, I'm gonna clean him up
as best I can,

give him something to eat,
then I'll bring him to you.

Thank you so much, I don't know
what else I would have done.

Bye.

[phone beeps]

I found somewhere for you to hide.
Somewhere you'll be safe.

Thank you.

Qiu, the building where they held you
and the other dissidents,

think you could tell me where it is?

Brimmer? I'd like
to anonymously report a crime.

Yeah. You got a pen?

No hard feelings, I trust.

Well, this is Canberra, minister.
Feelings don't really come into it.

I hear you were shot at, on the lake.

Which is part of the reason
I wanted to see you.

That man is Zheng Zhao.

A Chinese Ministry of State
security operative.

And he is here, in Canberra.

-I believe that he killed an ASD analyst.
-Your ex?

Kim Gordon. And tried to kill me.

Sit down.

He is forcibly disappearing
anti-China dissidents,

here in Canberra.

Chinese nationals that don't even
officially exist in the country.

Rounding them up
in a ghost building in Fyshwick.

I've seen it myself.

-Cable ties and blood on the walls.
-[sighs]

Who the fuck does China think it is,

trying to pull this strong-arm shit
in our backyard?

May I keep this? MSS, you say?

There's no official record of him
ever entering the country.

And you wonder
why we need my legislation.

There's something else
that I wanted to ask you.

One of the dissidents Zheng abducted,
Qiu Wan Sing,

he needs asylum.

Where is Qiu now?

Well, he's in hiding
because he doesn't trust anybody.

I know how he feels.

If you were to make the offer,

I could let him know
next time he reaches out.

Let me make some calls.

Thank you. Thank you.

[door closes]

[Dancer] So, do you plan on telling me
where we're going?

It's just straight ahead,
for a little bit more.

You got him hidden somewhere,
don't you? The dissident.

The attorney general is talking
about granting Qiu asylum.

I just gotta keep him safe
until that happens.

[knocks on door]

Sasha, it's Harriet!

[knocks on door]

Sasha?

Qiu?

Sasha?

Fuck. Sasha?

Oh, no. Sasha.

Yeah. Lift her head.

[inhales deeply, then exhales]

-[whispering] Harriet...
-Hey, Sasha, what happened?

-The man in the Paxton photo...
-Yeah?

-He's here.
-Zheng?

[moans]

Hi, um, I need an ambulance.

424 Vanderburgh Road. Yes. Um...

--knocked out and there's bleeding.

[whispering] Where does
your uncle keep the rifle?

Let him go! Let him go!

[in Chinese]

[sighs] Oh, Jesus.

Drop the weapon!
Don't move! Drop the weapon!

Do it now!

[in English] Harriet, put the rifle down.

[panting]

Get him out now.

Harriet! Get him out of the back seat now!

Step away from the vehicle!

[Harriet] Qiu, Qiu.

Go. Go.

[Dancer in Chinese] Keep your hands
where I can see them.

Dancer, Dancer...

Dancer.

This is our chance to find out
what happened to Kim

with no police, just us. No--

[siren wailing]

Keep your hands where I can see them.

We need to know.
We have to know. We have to know.

[in English] No immunity for you.

[Harriet] Dancer, no.

[man] Put the weapon down.
Put the weapon down!

Now move away from the firearm.

He'll be flying out, first class,
on the next available, won't he?

[Dancer sighs] Well...

At least Bailey came through for Qiu.

I'll check the apartment.

[Dancer sighs]

We had him, Dancer.

We had him.

-I'll let you get some sleep.
-I don't wanna sleep.

Is this weird?

Probably.

So, you do like women.

Kim was a woman.

Yeah.

But not everywhere.

[sighs] I've got some work
that I should be doing.

Me, too.

[man] We have a breaking story
on the day of the Safer Australia vote.

Joining me is Harriet Dunkley
from Daily Nation.

Harriet, your article on disappearing
Chinese national dissidents

has been condemned
by the Chinese ambassador,

the Federal Police and ASIO.

-How do you respond to their denials?
-Well, I can't say that I'm surprised.

If they know or if they admit
to these things going on,

in a free-speaking democratic country
like ours,

there would be public outcry.

Because we're not just talking
about disappearing Chinese nationals,

bad enough as that is,

we're also talking
about Australian citizens.

One of whom, using the alias
"Max Dalgetty," was found dead,

washed up on Lake Burley Griffin
with his chest cut open.

Another, as we know, Sabine Hobbs,

is in maximum security
in China's Harbin prison.

While Kevin Dang, Lin Zhong
and Liu Ying are all missing,

-whereabouts unknown.
-[man] And Qiu Wan Sing?

[Harriet] I'm reliably informed
that, uh, he is in a secure location.

[phone ringing]

-Harriet Dunkley.
-[on phone] Harriet, it's Thomas Maher.

-Thomas?
-I need to speak to you.

-Not on the phone.
-All right, I'll meet you.

I'm in the underground car park.

[Gus] Hey, don't forget.
Another Sky News interview at 1.

Yeah.

-Thomas?
-[car approaches]

Harriet Dunkley? Come with us.

-Am I under arrest?
-Get in the car.

I beg your pardon? You can't--

-I can get in!
-Let's go.

This is all very Guantanamo.

If I'm being questioned,
I have the right to a lawyer.

No, you're not being questioned.
Just having a chat.

Am I being charged?

[Vaughn sighs]

You're being detained.

On what grounds?

We believe you have information
related to a terrorist offense.

We have a warrant to detain you
for up to 168 hours.

After which time, we can release you...

and you are legally forbidden
from telling another soul

you were detained.

And this never happened.

And then we can do it all again.

For up to another 168 hours.
And another.

What terrorist offense?

The SIM card stolen from ASD.

Why is the director of ASD questioning me
in ASIO headquarters?

If I was questioning you,
there would be a lawyer present.

We're just having a chat.

You studied engineering at Curtin.
It's my hometown.

Yes, sir.

Commanding officer 817 Squadron,
Commanding officer HMS Albatross.

Iraq, Afghanistan...

How did you find serving
under General McAuliffe, vice admiral?

I have respect
for the challenges he faced, sir.

You would have done things differently?

That would be true
of any candidate you speak to.

Look, I need someone I can work with.

So, if we can get on the same side,
you're my pick for chief of defense.

I serve my country, sir.

-That is the side I am on.
-Good.

I'll put your name forward
as my chief of defense,

to be ratified by the prime minister.

Until then, this matter goes no further
than these walls.

Yes, sir. Thank you, sir.

[knocking on door]

Senator Bailey wants to see you.

Well, thank you, vice admiral.

Thanks, Ronnie.

Morning, Catriona.
No. Before you get started...

McAuliffe's gone to God
and so has your bill.

Either you withdraw it
or I'll alert Toohey.

So, you got your man.

I expect I'll be able to announce
a new chief of defense shortly.

-The PM's endorsed it?
-That's a mere formality.

Sorry to rain on your parade, Mal,

but I thought
I should give you a heads-up

on the coroner's report
on Lloyd Rankin's death.

Have a look. It's an open finding.

-This was clearly a suicide.
-Not according to the coroner.

Doesn't rule out the possibility
of foul play.

-What's this got to do with me?
-I would have said nothing.

However, I have been
reliably informed otherwise.

Ivy?

The night Lloyd was found in his car,
you came to the house.

I was in the other room.

I heard you fighting about my mother.

-Threats were made--
-I never threatened your father.

Not seriously.

-Heat of the moment.
-And I was prepared to concede that...

until I read the coroner's new finding.

This is a 20-year-old stitch-up.

How did you even find out about her?

I'll see you in the chamber, Mal.
For the vote.

[indistinct chatter]

My door being open is not
a management philosophy.

-It's for ventilation.
-Sasha just called.

She's watching.
Dunkley didn't turn up for Sky News.

It's like herding cats.

If it helps you out, I can do it.
Not a problem.

Seriously.

[Harriet on recording]
You've reached Harriet Dunkley.

I can't take your call. Leave a message
and I'll get back to you.

Harriet, Gus. Call me when you get this.

[car starts]

Get a lawyer, she's been detained
under the ASIO act.

Only way to get to her

is to complain to the inspector general
of Intelligence and Security.

You didn't hear it from me.

[Gus] And I don't know who you are.

[dialing phone]

Thanks, Gus.

Newspapers may be dying,

but, perversely, we still retain
the most expensive lawyers.

Now, if Safer Australia goes through,

our lawyer won't be able
to get you out next time.

You'd rot in a cell.

Come on, don't wanna miss the vote.

[voicemail] You have 47 new messages.

Message received at 7:53 a.m.

[recording] It's Sandy Dalgetty.
Max's mother.

That photo you showed on the telly,
we know who that is. Call me.

Listen to this.

[man] Attorney General Bailey will
be appearing any moment now,

following the successful passing
of the Safer Australia bill.

-Here she comes. Senator Bailey?
-Senator?

[all clamoring]

-Attorney general.
-Senator.

Is it true some argued
for a conscience vote on this bill?

When it comes to the safety
of Australians,

the government is united.

Senator, does this legislation make you
the most powerful person in the country?

[chuckles]

The prime minister might say something
about that,

not to mention every shock jock
around the country.

[man] Would you say this is
the first success for your government?

You must be proud. What a legacy.

And you are a Dunkley lurking
in the shadows?

[Harriet] The shadows are officially
government property, thanks to you.

No more secrets. No more privacy.

Look, if there are people
and they pose a threat--

And who decides that? Catriona Bailey?

What's the going rate these days, Mal,
for selling your soul?

This is their son. The real Max.

[Harriet] Yeah. And that's Dan White,
on the left.

Max and Dan were close.

And Dan stayed in touch
with his parents after Max died.

He used to send them a card
once a year, on the anniversary.

Max's parents are gonna go
through their things

and send me
whatever they can find on Dan.

Why would he use Max's name?

What was he hiding?

[Sabine singing in Chinese]

[Catriona] Absolutely no smoke
and mirrors here.

Like the name says,

the Safer Australia Agency is
all about making Australia safer.

[man] There will be much discussion

in the weeks to come,
about this controversial...

[in Chinese] You're late.

I had to do a live cross.

Prime minister is about to apologize
for the death of your sailor.

I have a request.

Can you keep an eye on Paxton?
At close range?

He could be a problem.

[Weng grunts]

[in English] The Safer Australia Agency.

[in Chinese] This calls for a celebration.

-[in English] Whiskey?
-Of course.

[both speak in Chinese]