Rogue Agent (2022) - full transcript

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[projector rattling]

[boing]

[train horn blares]

[radio chatter]

[birdsong]

[newsreader] The police investigation
continues

at Trent Hamilton Agricultural College
in Shropshire,

after one of its students was arrested
for membership of the IRA.

The authorities are concerned
that Kevin Barry, 22, from County Tyrone,

may have been part of a wider IRA cell
operating in the area.

Just drive on through, sir.



[woman] There's a trick that spies use.

He told me they learn it
on their first day of training.

[rattles handle]

[knocks]

If you want to make
an instant connection with someone,

look into their eyes,

just long enough
to register their eye color.

- Hi.
- Hi.

Uh… I'm here about the job.

- Yeah. Come in.
- Thanks.

He said it works every time.

[band playing rock music]

[laughter and cheering]

He learned how to hide in plain sight.



How to read people.

- [song ends]
- [cheering and whistling]

[man] Thank you!

Thank you so much!

[pool balls click]

Are you sure I can't buy you a drink?

I don't drink.

[man] Uh…

He learned how to recruit
the right people.

Listen, Ian.

There is something
I've been meaning to talk to you about.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

You and your friends.

Uh…

Not here, though.

How to persuade them.

You're a spy?

[sighs] I… I'm an officer
in the British security services.

The IRA cell have been installed
here at Trent Hamilton for over a year.

They are posing as students.

Stealing fertilizer to create bombs.

As you know,

one of them was recently caught
back in Ireland,

trying to blow up a police station.

And the others are still here,
on active service.

[Ian] Bloody hell.

[woman 2] Can't believe this is happening.

[woman 1] But… [sighs]

Sorry.

What can we do about it?

Plenty.

Get close to them in ways that I can't.

Find out things
that could really help our investigation.

No.

I'm sorry, no.

Sophie.

Sit down.

[gasps]

Sit.

[sighs] If you help me do my job,

it will save lives.

I promise you that.

Men.

Women.

Children.

[sighs]

[church bell ringing]

[man] Just read…

- Hey.
- Hey.

- Hey.
- How you doing?

- [Irish accent] Grand. You?
- Good.

[woman] He said
that espionage is storytelling.

[all] Sláinte!

And everyone has a story
they want to be told.

Never heard of it.

Tonight is the night.

Tonight, we put into practice
everything I have taught you.

Over the last three months.

And remember, this is not a test.

There is no room for failure.

Okay?

Sophie, Mae.

What's your role?

To clear the house.

Get everyone out.

- But there's a moment you have to act.
- Well, listen!

- And that is the moment of maximum risk.
- On that note, I have an announcement.

So I think we should all go
across the road to the Swan,

where I'll buy everyone a round.

- Yes!
- [cheering]

And that's an offer
we can't refuse. Let's go!

Let's go!

Come on!

In that world, duplicity is a necessity.

Niall, I'm gonna use your toilet.

- Go in the pub.
- Mate, I'm bursting.

- I'll follow you over in a sec.
- Fine. It's upstairs.

- Cool. Ready?
- We ready?

- Let's go, guys!
- Let's go.

[Sophie giggles]

- [man] I left my jacket here.
- You're paranoid.

I don't like that, there's no surprise.

- Then I can surprise you.
- Surprise me!

- Nah, I'm not doing that.
- Oh, yeah!

- [hums]
- Can you get me a pint of water?

But the greater the ruse,
the bigger the risk.

[singing and laughter]

Oh shit. I forgot my wallet.

- Doesn't matter. I'm buying.
- I'll just be a minute.

- You can just get it later.
- It's fine, honestly.

Oh, come on.

See you.

[dog barking]

[front door closes]

[sighs]

[toilet flushing]

You didn't take a shit, did you?

[chuckles]

[buzz of conversation]

Yeah, there was nothing there.

Thank you.

- Cheers, everyone.
- Cheers.

His world was thrilling and mysterious.

But it came at a cost.

[door opens]

[spy] Sophie.

Sophie.

Sophie, get up. Get up!

- What?
- We've been compromised.

We're extracting. You need to get up.

- What?
- They know about us.

About you. Okay? They know.

[gasps]

Sophie... No!

You do not have a choice.

They could be here any second.
Get up. Come on.

- [Sophie gasping]
- [dog barking]

[woman] A cost to him…

And to others.

- What happens now?
- I don't know.

- You don't know?
- [spy] I don't know.

I never had an agent compromised before.

But I promise you, I will protect you.

[starts engine]

[breathing heavily]

I will keep you safe.

[woman] Anyone who entered that world
left behind the lives they had before.

People they once were.

That was the price they had to pay.

[car horn blares]

So you have it?

And what does it say?

Perfect.

Oh, yeah. Usual place.

[spy] No, she's a beautiful car.

Beautiful. She won't let you down.
She's simple, elegant.

- You've made the right decision.
- Mmm.

[spy] Believe me.
It's a whole new world.

[chuckles]

[horns blaring]

Thank you.

So, Andrew, where is she?

You know what the trains are like.

- Come on.
- [boss] She travels by train?

[Andrew] Alice, welcome.

[boss] Nice of you to join us.

There's been a development.

An email chain
between senior managers at the bank

proving they did indeed
verbally agree with you

to waive the security over the assets.

An agreement
that they not only failed to disclose,

but it now seems,
have actively tried to cover up,

which is potentially criminal
on their part.

Certainly, it blows their case
out of the water.

- How did we…
- [chuckling]

Aaah!

I rather feel a celebration is in order.

[loud laughter]

I must say, Alice, I'm most impressed.

Thank you.

And you're also not a bad lawyer.

[men laughing]

- [chuckles]
- [boss] I'm joking! I'm joking!

Sam! More drinks.

- Another bottle of Bollinger.
- [murmurs] Are you okay?

[security door rattling]

Hi there.

I saw you walking past this morning.

In fact, I see you most mornings.

Oh, fuck off, mate.

[train departing]

[chuckles]

[train horn sounds]

[alarm beeping]

[groans softly]

- [alarm stops]
- [sighs]

- [dog barking]
- [birdsong]

[groans]

Oh God. [sighs]

[train passing]

[phone ringing]

[sighs]

Hi.

- Hi.
- Look.

I wanted to apologize for last night.

- I was rude.
- No, no, it was, uh… it was my fault.

You must get completely fed up with men
coming up and talking to you all the time.

I apologize. It won't happen again.

Okay.

Well,

good.

On a scale of one to ten,
how hungover are you?

[sighs]

Fourteen.

And you're gonna get the Tube
on a hot summer's day like today?

- Hey, I'll give you a lift.
- What?

I'll tell the manager
you want a test drive.

No, no, I... I really don't think that...

I'll put the roof down.

If you wanna puke,
you can just do it over the side.

- Preferably on a cyclist.
- [chuckles]

Take the BMW.

["Cherry Colored Funk" by Cocteau Twins]

♪ Beetles and eggs and blues ♪

♪ And pour a little everythin' else ♪

♪ As good news ♪

♪ Still we can find our love
Down from behind ♪

♪ Down from behind this fabulous
My turn rules ♪

[music stops]

Thanks.

[Alice clears throat]

My card.

In case you wanna buy a car.

Or have dinner.

Robert Hansen.

Look, um…

I'm not trying to be an arsehole here,
but I should put my cards on the table.

I, uh… I don't usually...

You don't usually date guys
who sell cars for a living.

Have you had bad experiences
with car salesmen before?

[laughs]

Okay. [laughs]

Well, top marks for persistence.

Tomorrow night works for me.

- Pick you up at eight?
- You don't know where I live.

A couple of doors down from the showroom.

You own a blue Mercedes.

It's not a bad car, that.

[doors open]

See you, tomorrow, Alice.

[car horn blaring]

♪ At least you know
But either way ♪

♪ I wanna call but you're so far away… ♪

[sighs]

♪ Come on and say, somebody said ♪

♪ You're not helping
You're so far away… ♪

[sighs]

[clock chiming]

[sighs]

[tuts and sighs]

[clock chimes nine]

[sighs]

[sighs]

[sighs]

Prick.

It's really a question
of loan-to-value ratio

and whether we can roll
the wider assets into the case.

In my view, because the holding company
is named in the contract, we can.

If anybody disagrees, I'm all ears.

Alice?

- [sighs]
- We good?

Yeah.

All right. You know what to do.

[phone ringing]

[sighs]

Don't think so, mate.

Fuckin' idiot.

[phone ringing]

- Yeah?
- [Robert] I'm so sorry about last night.

Okay, well, you don't get
a second chance, I'm afraid.

- Don't contact me again.
- My dad was taken to hospital.

Your dad?

That's why I couldn't call.

I was by his bedside all night.
They don't allow phones.

I'm... I'm so sorry, I really am.

Is he okay?

Uh… [sighs]

Yeah, yeah, I think so.

Uh, it was a bit of difficult evening,
to be honest.

Oh.

Okay.

Listen, I'm, uh… I'm outside.

You're outside?

Yeah, yeah

Can I come in?

No, you can't come in.
I don't even know you.

Oh, yeah. Um… Of course. Well…

Well, look, can I leave this
by the doorstep?

It's a present I got you
to say sorry about last night.

[sighs] Bollocks. Okay.

[Robert] Mmm!

It's delicious. Thank you.

[laughs]

No, um… it was only really enough for one.

It was great.

Really great.

Uh, are you sure you won't have…

No, I don't drink.

Oh.

Did you stop or…

I just never really started.

Mmm.

[chuckles]

So, do you like it? [sighs]

It's…

It's unique, isn't it?

I like its eyes.

So, where are you from, originally?

Um…

Well, the north of England, and then, um…

Catterick, Aldershot, then Belfast.

- Everywhere and nowhere, really.
- [laughs]

My dad was in the military,
so we moved every two or three years.

That must have been difficult.

You sort of get used to it, I guess.

And you weren't tempted
by the military life yourself?

No, God no.

No, at the end of the day,

put on a uniform,
you gotta be prepared to…

Pull the trigger and end someone's life.

- I just don't think I could do that.
- Really?

- Yeah.
- [both chuckle]

So you sell cars instead?

I sell luxury cars.

- Right. There's a difference, is there?
- Oh, a huge difference.

[laughs]

If someone wants a luxury car,
they're looking for an idea of themselves.

- They're searching for a dream.
- Hmm.

If you think about it,
it's actually quite moving.

[chuckles]

Well, I've met plenty
of barroom philosophers,

but you're the first showroom philosopher.

[laughs]

What about you? Do you like what you do?

Mmm… [chuckles]

Um… "Like…"

Is a pretty strong word.

So why do you do it?

[laughs] Well, uh…

I mean…

It's… it's my job, you know?

[Alice sighs]

Well, thank you for dinner.
That was really… really lovely.

Oh... Yeah, yeah, well…

- Uh…
- And sorry again about last night.

No, it's... it's fine, honestly.

Uh… uh…

Oh. Um…

Uh, I hope your dad recovers quickly.

Yeah. Thank you.

- [clock chiming]
- Um…

Oh, yeah. [chuckles]

Take care, Alice.

What the fuck?

[phone ringing]

[knocking at door]

[door opens]

The file on the latest
Jeremy Ascott litigation.

[mobile phone rings]

[mouths]

Hello.

[Robert] What are you doing now?

What, now now?

I'm working. [laughs]

I'd like to show you something.

- What?
- It's a surprise.

- [Alice] Where are we going?
- [Robert] Be patient.

- [Alice] Is this it?
- [Robert] So full of questions. Trust me!

- Two, please.
- All right. Ten pounds.

- Thank you.
- What is this?

- Thank you.
- Come on.

Come on.

- Uh...
- Oh.

- Thank you.
- Pleasure.

[resonant chiming]

[Alice] What is it?

[Robert] It's called Long player.

These are Tibetan music bowls.

They're playing a composition
that lasts for 1,000 years

without ever repeating itself.

It's controlled by a computer,

and it never, ever stops.

The plan is…

To just let it keep playing
without stopping.

Maybe, hopefully, for a thousand years.

You are…

So fucking random. [laughs]

Do you not like it?

I do like it.

I've never seen anything like it.

[laughs]

[chuckles]

Listen to that.

[Alice laughs]

Hey, come with me.

Okay. [laughs]

- Seriously, come on.
- All right.

I love lighthouses.

[gulls calling]

[both chuckle]

[distant alarm bell ringing]

[laughs] Wow.

- [Robert] Yeah.
- [gasps]

This lighthouse was here
way before any of those skyscrapers were,

and it'll probably be here
long after they're gone.

You think so?

Yeah. I hope so.

[Alice giggles]

[laughs]

[shower running]

[sighs]

[phone vibrating]

Sophie?

[door opens]

[Robert] Okay.

Right, I'm really sorry. I gotta go.

- [sighs]
- [phone vibrating]

Uh, it's my dad.

I'll call you tomorrow, okay?

- Great.
- Great.

[Robert] Oh!

[running downstairs]

[man] Just a standard check?

Credit histories, mortgages,

and spouses?

- Thank you.
- I'll be in touch.

[clattering]

[gasps]

- [sighs]
- Hello, Sophie.

Rob.

Supply run.

How's it going?

Oh, well, um…

I have the guest logs
for the last two weeks.

I can't find a pattern.

Nothing's standing out to me.

I'll get the analysts to take a look.

Well done.

Oh. I got you some, uh… some proper grub.

Spaghetti

and…

Bolognese.

Thank you.

No credit history at all?

[man] Nothing.
And no marriage certificate.

In terms of public records,
Robert Hansen is a ghost.

And what does that tell you?

Nothing good.

Okay. Thank you.

[bell rings]

Ooh, I think this is us.

Great.

How was work? I didn't see you
when I passed this morning.

Thank you.

Thanks.

Um…

Work… Uh, yeah,
I guess I was on a... on a test drive.

- Sell many cars?
- Two.

Not a bad day at the office.

How about you?

The usual.

How's your dad?

He's better, thank you. Yeah.

He, um… he came home, which is great.
Such a relief.

Yeah.

[chuckles]

Everything all right?

Everything's great.

Give me a chip.

- One. No more.
- [laughs]

[distant sirens wailing]

You're not sure about me.

What?

You have reservations.

Questions.

I had you checked out.

You did what?

You know I'm a litigation solicitor.

We have people
who do client checks for us.

Credit history. That sort of thing.

Sorry, you put
a private investigator onto me?

Yes, I did.

And as far as he can see, you don't exist.

- Right.
- Yeah.

- Impressive.
- Yeah, isn't it?

Well…

Technically,

that's right.

I don't exist.

Or rather, the name that
you have been searching for doesn't exist.

Alice, Robert Hansen is an alias.

My real name is Robert Freegard.

- Alice, wait.
- Get the fuck off me.

Wait. Jesus, give me a second.

- You're married, aren't you?
- No, I'm not married.

- [sighs]
- Alice, please.

[Alice sighs]

[sighs]

I am an officer
in the British security services.

MI5.

- You work in a car showroom.
- That's my cover right now.

- I can't tell you any more than that.
- [laughs] What? Come on.

No, I'm sorry, no. Bullshit.

- It's the truth.
- Well, then, who's Sophie?

How do you know about her?

She rang your phone
when you were in the shower.

She works with me.

I supervise her on a job.

She's undercover as well, like me, okay?
We're on the same investigation.

Alice, listen, I know this is a shock,
but it's the truth.

I... [sighs] I just…

A spy?

[chuckles softly]

No. You... you told me…
You said that you could never kill anyone.

[chuckles] I don't think I could.

I... I never have, either.

- Do you have a gun?
- No, it's not like the movies.

[scoffs]

Listen, now that I've told you all this,
I have to let my superiors know, okay?

Means you're gonna be vetted.

Vetted?

It just means they're gonna do
some basic inquiries into your life.

It's a pain in the arse,
but it won't take long.

All long-term partners have to be vetted.

["Just Like Heaven" by The Cure]

♪ "Show me, show me, show me
How you do that trick" ♪

♪ "The one that makes me scream"
She said ♪

♪ "The one that makes me laugh" she said ♪

♪ And threw her arms around my neck ♪

♪ Show me how you do it ♪

- ♪ And I'll promise you… ♪
- Where did you get this?

- ♪ I promise that I'll run away with you ♪
- Borrowed it from the showroom.

They lease it to men
who are trying to impress beautiful women.

[laughs]

Oh my God.

- It's true.
- [chuckles]

[Alice] What are you doing?

Right.

[music stops]

- Your turn.
- What?

- No. Oh, no.
- What?

You can't drive?

- I... I can drive.
- Well, then.

- [laughs] Really?
- Really.

- [chuckles] Come on.
- All right, fine.

Shit!

[laughs] Oh my God.

This is insane.

- Aah!
- What am I doing?

[gasps]

- You have to teach me.
- I'll teach you.

- How does it feel?
- Good.

- Nervous?
- Yes.

You can go a bit faster.

- We're already at 70.
- Yeah, exactly. Put your foot down.

- ♪ "Why are you so far away…" ♪
- Go on, put your foot down.

- Okay.
- Go on.

[engine roars]

- Oh, shit!
- [Robert laughs]

Come on!

- ♪ That I'm in love with you… ♪
- [Alice yells]

[Robert laughs]

- Oh my God!
- Whoo!

Yeah! The car's made to go fast.

[Alice] Oh my God!
♪ You, lost and lonely ♪

♪ You, strange as angels ♪

♪ Dancing in the deepest ocean ♪

- ♪ Twisting in the water… ♪
- Go for it!

- Go on! Go on!
- Oh my God!

♪ You're just like a dream ♪

[Alice] Oh my God!

- Look at this place!
- [Robert chuckles]

[Alice laughs]

[Robert] It's ours for the weekend.

- Not bad, eh?
- [Alice] I love it.

It's amazing. [laughs]

[Robert]You're amazing.

- [laughs]
- [Alice squeals]

[Robert] Whoo!

- Whoo!
- Whoo!

♪ Well, I guess it would be nice ♪

♪ If I could touch your body ♪

♪ I know not everybody ♪

- ♪ Has got a body like you… ♪
- [Alice] Wow.

♪ Oh, but I gotta think twice ♪

- ♪ Before I give my heart away… ♪
- [screams and giggles]

♪ And I know all the games you play ♪

♪ 'Cause I play them too ♪

♪ Oh, but I need some time off ♪

♪ From that emotion ♪

♪ Time to pick my heart up
Off the floor… ♪

- [Robert trills]
- ♪ Oh, when that love comes down with ♪

[Alice] You're so distracting.

How can you possibly be working?
Look at this place.

I'm starting to fall behind

because someone
won't stop texting me in the office.

- [Robert] Oh.
- Mmm.

- Stop it.
- [Robert chuckles]

[sighs]

Have you thought
about doing anything else?

What do you mean?

I mean, if you weren't a lawyer,
what would you be?

I dunno. Um…

My own boss, ideally.

- Oh, like an entrepreneur?
- [chuckles] It's silly.

No, it's not.

[sighs]

What about kids?

Kids?

You wanna have kids?

Do you?

- Yeah.
- [laughs]

Five years' time, I wanna be running
my own business, with a kid.

Maybe two.

So you'd leave the service?

Mmm… Not straightaway.

But I think I've done my bit.

It's time for a change.

What kind of business?

Car leasing.

- Really? [laughs]
- Yeah.

- Car leasing?
- Yeah, the rich don't buy cars anymore.

They do it on short-term rentals.

That way, when they get bored,
they can move on.

[laughs] promise you, there is
a fortune to be made leasing cars.

[chuckles]

- Look at you and all your plans.
- Mmm.

- Hey, a man has gotta have a plan.
- A man does.

- A man does.
- A man does.

[Robert chuckles]

God, you're so beautiful.

- Oh! Piss off!
- Mmm!

- Do you know what?
- No

- Goodbye!
- No! [laughing]

So, Robert, you're a brave man

if you're willing to do battle
with our Alice on a daily basis.

- Oh, hilarious.
- [chuckles]

[both laugh]

I, uh… I think
I've got the measure of her.

So, how is the motor business these days?

You know, it couldn't be better.

[father] It'll all end in tears.
You mark my words.

- Too much debt around.
- I don't know about that.

Make hay while the sun shines,
as they say.

[Alice] Thank you.

[mother] And what are your plans
for the future?

- Mum!
- We're not asking him to marry you, Al.

We're just asking what his plans are.

- Dad!
- [Robert] It's okay.

Uh, well, Madeleine, my plans are, um…

My plans are to make the most of things.

Right.

Actually, Alice and I are thinking
about starting a little business together.

Leasing cars.

What? No, Alice is a lawyer.
She's a bloody good one.

I'm not leaving my job, Dad.
It's just a side project.

Side project?

You're an entrepreneur, aren't you,
Richard? You can't blame us for trying.

[sighs] Everyone always wants more
than what's in front of them, don't they?

You know, I don't think it is about
wanting more, at least not materially.

What is it about, then?

[Robert] Oh, it's about…

Oh, it's about freedom.

[sighs]

- [horns blaring]
- [Robert] Oh my God!

- They hated me.
- [Alice laughs]

No, my mum liked you.

But, yeah, Dad hated you.

- Yeah. I talk too much.
- [laughs] So does he.

- Two bloody stags in a clearing.
- [chuckles] Yeah.

- My antlers are bigger than his, though.
- [laughs]

[Robert chuckles] Maybe he is right
about the business.

Maybe we should just stay in our lane, eh?

No!

We should do it.

We should.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

- [both chuckling]
- Oh!

- [kisses] Aah! Okay, we're doing it.
- Yeah. Don't listen to my dad.

[train passing]

- It's time to move on.
- Now?

Now.

- What about my stuff?
- Leave it.

[sighs]

Have we been compromised?

- I was so careful.
- No.

[inhales]

No, you, uh…

You got the place.

- On the field officer training program.
- What? [sobs]

- [chuckles] You've been selected.
- What?

- [sobs]
- [laughs]

- [gasps] Oh my God.
- Your days of being a freelancer are over.

[laughs]

Now, listen.
It doesn't start for a little while.

I'll find you
somewhere to stay until then.

- [sighs] It is happening.
- [sobbing]

Hey. Come on.

[sniffles] Sorry.

Congratulations, Sophie.

- Nobody deserves this more than you.
- [laughs]

[both laughing]

[gasps] Oh my God.

Come on. Let's go.

- [kids yelling]
- [whistle blows]

[distant siren wailing]

- I didn't wanna talk over the phone.
- Okay.

This guy you asked me
to check out, the ghost.

Oh, yeah. No, that's all been resolved.

Oh. Well, I managed to do
a little bit more digging.

Go on.

So, we know Robert Hansen
doesn't exist, not officially.

But I did find, in the court records,

a couple of minor judgments
against a Robert Hansen-Freegard.

Nothing serious, mind you, but, well,

I like to do a thorough job,
so I ran all the iterations.

Robert Hansen,

Robert Hansen-Freegard,
and Robert Freegard.

Court documents?

Sealed court documents, no less.

They're relating to someone
called Robert Freegard.

Date of birth, May 21st, 1967.

1991, he had a brush with the court.

Up in front of a judge, on the receiving
end of a non-molestation order.

A few years later,
he successfully had that set aside.

Or somebody did.

Wh... what was it about?

The allegation was for stalking
and harassment of a young woman.

Julie Harper. Wouldn't leave her alone.
Made her life hell, it seems.

I couldn't find the girl,
but I managed to get a phone number

for a Bridget Harper,
who I'm pretty sure is her mother.

Anything else?

No.

No, thank you.

[sighs]

[Robert sighs]

- How was work?
- Good. Good

Is everything okay?

Great.

[Robert chuckles]

Have you heard from my employers yet?

- Your employers?
- Yeah.

They haven't tried
to shit-test you, have they?

"Shit-test"?

Throw some crap at you.
Something unexpected.

See if it sticks.

It helps them draw up
a psych profile of you.

What do you mean, throw some crap?

Pfft. I don't know.
They can be pretty creative.

They don't always do it,
so, uh… forget I said anything.

No, um… I mean, what... what kind of crap?

Um… [sighs]

I don't know. Some bullshit about me.

Something to throw you off guard.
Test your loyalty to me.

[laughs] Honestly,
they probably won't do it.

And even if they did,
I know that you would handle it perfectly,

so forget I said it.

Ready. Here we go.

[chuckles]

- Try this.
- Mmm!

There was actually one more thing
I wanted to say to you.

- Yeah?
- Yeah. Um…

[tuts]

[sighs]

I love you.

Right, let's eat.

[sighs]This is the best bolognese
that you have ever eaten.

I promise you that.

Mmm.

[sighs]

Uh

[sighs]

Okay, then. Shit-test me.

- [dialing]
- [sighs]

[ringing tone]

- [woman] Hello?
- Hello. Mrs. Harper?

That's right. How can I help you?

Hi, uh, my name's Alice Archer.

I'm sorry to bother you. Uh...

I need to talk to you
about someone your daughter used to know.

His name is Robert Freegard.

[Bridget gasps]

Mrs. Harper?

Hey, babe.

Ooh, you look incredible. [groans]

This is nice.

I was speaking to someone
that used to know you today.

She told me the most extraordinary story.

Oh?

Bridget Harper.

Mother of Julie Harper?

She told me that, years ago,
you and Julie had a whirlwind romance.

She borrowed 20 grand off her parents
to get married, but it never happened.

[chuckles]

- I did tell you this was gonna happen.
- Oh, fuck off.

There was a court case. You harassed her.

- Are you telling me this is all made up?
- Not all of it, no.

Ahem…

[laughs]

Julie was my first girlfriend.

Thought I loved her.
Maybe I did. I don't know.

Uh… She drank, a lot.

At first, I excused it,
thought it was normal, but it wasn't.

She was, uh… she was an alcoholic. It was…

It was horrible. She's actually
the reason I gave up drinking.

Eventually, I persuaded her
to go into rehab.

We found a place.
It was private, expensive.

She borrowed the money off her parents,
but she never told them why she needed it.

Then the night before she was meant to go,
she just disappeared.

I guess she really didn't want
to give up drinking.

I tried to find her, of course I did.

And yeah.

Yeah, she complained to the police
to keep me away.

I went to court.

Judge threw it out
in about five minutes flat.

This came out in my clearance interviews
when I applied for the service.

That's why it's coming up.

They use this
when they do this kind of thing.

- But the woman I spoke to...
- Is Bridget, and, yes, she's real.

This is what she really thinks.
I can't change her mind. No one will.

Oh, and by the way, the person
who gave you all this information?

They're working for us.
I imagine, as a freelancer.

But why?

- I mean, why?
- To see if you'll trust me in a crisis.

[sighs]

[chuckles]

Where are you going?

Uh, I'm gonna work out
if I wanna spend the rest of my life

with someone whose job has turned them
into a cynical, entitled bitch.

[phone rings]

Hello?

[man] Hello. Is this Alice Archer?

Yes.

I'm sorry to bother you, but I was given
your number earlier today

by Bridget Harper.

I'm calling
in relation to Robert Freegard.

Who is this?

My name is Paul Jones.

Robert Freegard has…

Well, he has kidnapped
my daughter, Sophie.

I'm sorry, but you need to stop this now.

This is an infringement of my privacy
and that of my partner. This is obscene.

[sighs]

[phone rings]

[horse neighs]

[Paul] That's just before
she went to college.

Before it all happened.

And so she just disappeared?

Her, another girl,
and a young man called Ian Preston.

His people are from Burley Vale.

He came home, eventually.

Sophie didn't.

Obviously, we involved the police.

After a few days, she called. [sighs]

She said that she was safe,

that they were doing something important,
and that they would be gone for some time.

The police lost interest after that.

So why do you say she was kidnapped?

Do you think
she was making the call under duress?

Not duress exactly. More like… [sighs]

More like what?

He brainwashed her.

- Where are we?
- One last mission.

- [gasps] But I thought...
- Hey.

No questions.

[Paul] Of course I tried to find them.

I traced her credit card withdrawals
all over the country.

But I was always two steps behind.

I thought,
if only I could see her face-to-face,

I could jolt her out of this madness,

but I never could.

It was a phone call here, a letter there.

Never asking how we were.
Never saying she missed us.

- Just only ever asking for money.
- Money?

That's all she ever wanted.

In the end, she asked for her share
of the inheritance. She wanted it now.

Before we died.

And did you give her the money?

[Paul sighs] Yes.

I realize now
it was the wrong thing to do.

How much did you end up giving her?

About £300,000.

If there's any way
you could get him to lead you to her,

any way at all…

Ah… I mean, I…

I don't really…

- How?
- [Paul] You're still close to him.

If you could keep it that way
a while longer,

maybe he could tell you where she is.

Find something out, anything.

I, uh... I can't promise anything.

I've got so much to think about.

Thank you.

And…

I'm sorry.

Do you believe in God, Miss Archer?

And the devil?

I, uh… I don't really think about it.

Well, I do.

I believe that some people
have been put on this Earth

to be the agents of one or the other.

Robert Freegard is such an agent,

and he's not the Lord's.

Alice Archer.

Alice Archer.

[door opens]

[Alice sighs]

Oh.

- Hey.
- Hi.

I called you at work today.
They said you were out.

I was.

- Where were you?
- [cork pops]

I was at a meeting.

[sighs]

We need to talk.

I'm sorry.

What for?

Sorry I doubted you.

I had a choice.

To believe you, to put my faith in you,
or to let you down.

And I let you down.

It won't happen again.

I love you.

[chuckles]

I'm here for you.

Always.

[ch]

[sighs softly]

[sighs]

[birdsong]

- Why are we doing this?
- It's need-to-know.

[Sophie sighs]

Oh God, I don't think I can.

You do not question me
in the middle of a mission.

[man] Can't decide
whether to buy them or sue them.

- [sighs]
- What do we think? A takeover?

Or do we go to war with them?
Just crush them in litigation?

- Alice? What course of action?
- [gasps]

Um…

Sorry.

I pay a lot of money for your advice.

The very least I expect is your attention.

Of course.

[computer chi]

Oh, you bastard.

You fucking bastard.

[gasps]
- [Andrew] Alice!

[door closes]

[sighs]

[gasping]

Miss Archer. DC Sonny Chandra,
Greater London Police.

Yeah. Come in.

[Sonny sighs]

We, uh checked with our colleagues
in security services.

He's not one of theirs. Never has been.

No, of course not.

- In terms of the money he's withdrawn...
- Stolen.

Well, on that point, because he was
a joint signatory on the business account,

it makes it a bit more complicated.

What do you mean?

We need to hear his side of the story
to establish if a crime's been committed.

You're not serious?

[sorry]

I'm sorry.

[Sonny sighs]

Try not to feel too bad.
This kind of thing happens all the time.

More often than you think.

He knew I knew. Then he mo