All language subtitles for The Protectors - S02E25 - The Insider

Well, it all sounds too
technical, too meticulous to me. I mean,

arsons are impulsive and crude.

Use gasoline and matches.

More malice than
preparation. It's an emotional thing.

It sounds to me to be very calculated.

That's why I called you, Harry. I
need your professional opinion.

What do you want me to do?

Before our friend destroyed every last
foot of working stock, he was at the vaults.

The master negative was in
there waiting to be graded.

It's gone.

Five million dollars. It's
the best film I ever made.

The premiere's in seven weeks.

And all that's left is a room full of
buckled acetate. The only print I had.

Whoever it is knows the technology.

Knew what to destroy and how.

Knew where the master
negative was and its value.

The police don't know about the negative.

I don't know what to do, you see.

I'm still confused, but I've got to get
that negative back, Harry, and quickly.

Isn't it insured?

Yes, but if the insurance company get
to hear of it, so will the financiers.

If this gets out, Harry, I'm finished.

You can't go there, sir. Mr.
Chambers has somebody with him.

Smith, that's suitably anonymous.

Now, consider this a gift of proof.

The remaining 10 cans will
cost you 10,000 pounds each.

Well, aren't you going to
open it? Oh, it's your film.

I don't understand.

Oh, it really is very simple. I'm
ransoming your future, Mr. Chambers.

Your terms and arrangements.

Ah, now you seem to understand.

The first exchange will be for five cans.

And the currency?

International bearer
bonds. And the exchange, where?

Here, at 4.30.

It's all right, we can organize
it. That is what I like to hear.

What, in three hours?

Don't waste time and energy
trying to follow me, and of course,

any hint of police involvement,

and the remainder of the
negative is wired for destruction

in exactly 26 minutes and 8 seconds.

That is, if I'm hindered in any
way from getting back to diffuse it.

I'm sorry about that, Mr
Chambers. I just couldn't stop him.

See a guy come out of here just now with a

bowler hat? No, sir,
not with a bowler hat.

There must be other exits.

Yeah, two. They're fire
escapes, but they're locked.

They're set to open on automatic release
that's synchronized with the alarm system.

And there's an underground car park,
but the elevator stops in the ground.

So you have to walk down past the desk.

I can't believe that no one
saw him either come or go.

I've got it. Oh.

Looks like it belonged at
Sherlock Holmes. Mm-hmm.

That's him.

How many copies do you want?

Two, four, six should be enough. Okay.

Well, no plan is perfect. There
must be a vulnerable point somewhere.

I should say that
arrogance is his weakness.

Right.

Well, what are we going to do?

Well, proceed with
caution until he miscalculates.

And we'll have to be cautious,

because he wasn't kidding
about destroying the negative.

Is he going to show?

Oh, he'll show, don't worry.

This should guarantee me
two tickets to the premiere.

© transcript Emily Beynon ¶¶ I don't know.

Your clock's half a minute slow.

Punctuality is a vice with you.

We all have obsessions.

Is that it?

The bonds.

Thank you.

Nothing personal.

Oh, you can keep the case.

The police are
treating the fire as revenge.

Revenge?

Yes, that's a vindictive
need for returning ill.

Or is this just the
perennial human weakness?

Avarice.

You remind me of my philosophy tutor.

He was famous for oblique questions.

The remaining five cans?

Oh, I'll contact you. When?

When I'm ready to.

You're enjoying this. It
keeps me from getting bored.

You have expensive tastes and diversions.

Yes.

A conversation is such a time waster.

I do hope I don't have to repeat
my boring warning. I do hope not.

Good. Careful, Harry.

He still has half the film.

Smith has left.

Proceeding to the elevator.

Out.

Right.

Nothing.

It was in the elevator.

It was empty, Harry.

I'm Paul. Report in.

Negative. Ellis?

Sorry, Harry. Bomb?

No luck, Harry. All right, then he
hasn't left. Search the building, pal.

You stay here in case he steps past us.

Caroline.

Yes? YXT 750 approaching
the main road. Out. Right.

Oh, Harry, you're never
going to believe this.

That is delicious.

What is it?

It's ginger, sherry, soy sauce, a little
corn flour, some water, and grated onions.

Your own recipe?

It's kind of adapted traditional.

Dragon shrimps.

In China, the small lobsters
are called dragon shrimps.

And more ginger.

You know, until Smith contacts Chambers,

we have no idea where the
final exchange will be made.

With what he's got going
for him in that building,

I'd say it would be a
sin to be in the office.

He took his time to lower that
cradle. I mean, why? Why bother?

Well, I either used it to get away, and I
was late, or it was, you know, a decoy.

Hello?

When?

Only gives us about nine
hours. Okay, right, bye.

How long do you think it'll take us to
organize 50,000 pounds in low notes?

I sincerely hope you're not going
to disappoint me, Mr. Chambers.

The money will be here.

When?

It's not easy to raise that amount
of money, particularly at night.

Well, you've done what you ask.

There's no deception.

Oh, you wouldn't be that misguided.

Oh, would you?

I wouldn't let your obsession with
time overrule your intelligence. Yes,

I am meticulous, but
imperfection has become the universal norm.

Oh, it's very depressing.

Sorry I'm late, sir.

Thank you.

Is that all, sir?

Yes.

Yes, thank you, Miss Hampton.

How it's surprising what you
can do with a little imagination.

Where's the negative?

XLC889F.

In the garage, in the boot.

Now, you have seven
minutes and 41 seconds before

the car and your precious
negative turn to ashes.

All that is except one reel.

I look like I was agreed. It's
a little personal insurance.

Now, it'll be delivered.
I'm sure you understand.

Look, the deal was that when
we had... You are wasting time.

How do we defuse it?

A simple switch. Come on.

It's hopeless, Harry. The
Concentrate is here somewhere.

It's too late, Harry.

Come away, please.

Harry! Harry! In here!

In here! Get back.

What's going on, Harry?

Chambers said you're looking
for Caroline. I found her.

He must be miles away by now.

He's up here somewhere. It all seems so
obvious now. He never left the building.

You mean he was up
here all the time? Yeah.

Well, where is he? That's
what we've got to find out.

Nothing, no sign anywhere.

Open sesame. Yeah.

Ah, he was here. Mm-hmm.

Not too long ago, either.

All right, see if you
can find the flashlight.

All right.

Where's Harry?

He's over there.

I think we've found Smith, but
we need some more torches. Okay.

Which way?

That way.

The last can of negative.

Where?

In a lock car at London airport.

The heating system. There must
be a master switch back there.

All right, did you get
it? Yep, the last can.

Thanks, Harry.

All of you, thanks for everything.

I didn't think Smith would
lie under the circumstances.

He nearly made it.

Yeah, well, we made him late.
Ruined his timing. Thanks. Cheers.

In the avenues and
alleyways Where the soul of

a man is easy to buy Everybody's wheelin',