Noughts + Crosses (2020–…): Season 2, Episode 1 - Episode #2.1 - full transcript

There is strength in difference.
I urge you, Crosses and Noughts,

to protect your identity.

Watch yourself, McGregor.
It's time we regained order.

The cause has to be bigger
than any one life.

Baba, I have been kidnapped.
I've not been hurt.

The Callum that I knew
was full of love and not hate.

Turning on your own kind, Jude.
Jude, come on!

Callum, run.
GUNSHOT

No. I'm trying to protect you.

Baba... You are threatening
my entire world.

She loves him, Kamal.
I'm going to help them.



And whether you join me or not,
it's up to you.

MUSIC: Get You The Moon
by Kina ft. Snow

# You gave me a shoulder
when I needed it

# You showed me love
when I wasn't feeling it

# You helped me fight
when I was giving in

# And you made me laugh when I was
losing it... #

Do you love me, Sephy Hadley?

I love you, Callum McGregor.

SHE SIGHS
I just wish that...

Wish what?

..it was you and me and no-one else.

PRESENTER: Following his return to
office,

Prime Minister Kamal Hadley
has set out his priorities

for his term, including widening
the use of the death penalty



for LM offences.

Hadley's daughter,
Sephy, remains missing,

more than a month since her
abduction and LM suspects

Callum and Jude McGregor
remain at large.

CLAMOURING

You've got to stop!
He didn't do anything.

Stand back. Stand back!

Sephy... Sephy, someone's coming.

We've got to get out of here.
What? Get inside.

It's the owner. Get our stuff.

Quickly, Callum!

Who's there?

Who's in there?

Come out!

Yes!

Shit. Where are the keys?

Yes!

Shh, sh, sh, sh...

ENGINE STARTS

MUSIC: Congolaise Benin Ye
by Le Super Borgou De Parakou

Baba, was it Sephy?

Pff... Another false sighting.

It was nothing.

Ki lo sele.

He got into her head.

Don't worry, we'll, erm...

We'll get her the best help.

She'll recover.

Soon be time for the parade.

Why don't you get some rest?

SHE CONCEDES

She's not going to believe that
story of yours forever, you know.

Sephy's pregnant, Kamal. Pregnant.

Which way?

Wh... Where do we go now?

Well, there's nowhere we can go.

Not in Albion.

Or Aprica.

Well, what...?

What about Muscovy? Muscovy?

Yeah. It's thousands of miles away.
No, that's crazy.

What, more crazy than anything else
we've done?

Seph, me and you having a baby.
That is pretty crazy.

Your baba can't reach us in Muscovy.

They're the enemy.

If we can find a way to get there...

I mean, there's...

There's traffickers...

Traffickers?

I know, but...

..they cost money,
and I mean a lot of money.

What you doing?

ENGINE STARTS

Whoa... Where're we going?

London.

Hi, thanks.

Oh, hi. We've got a voucher.

Erm... We're low on okra, but that
should last the week. Thank you.

LOCK CLICKS
Are we closing up now?

Nobody wants to be out,

not with the OFA
brotherhood on the streets.

OK. Early finish. Yeah.

Leave me alone! Hey, you!
Give us a smile...!

What do you think you're doing?!
MAN IN CAR LAUGHS

You all right? Yeah, I'm fine.

DOOR CLOSES

SHE EXHALES

CLATTERING

Who's there?

I'm sorry, I won't report you,
I sw...

Report me for what?

I'm sure you'll fink of something.

Crosses always do.

I'm not a Cross.

I mean, I'm half Cross,
but I don't see myself as one.

Where'd you live then?
Sikasso Town.

What are you doing?

I'm packing up.

Trying to hide from these OFA
bastards.

And now it looks like
this is no good, so...

20th floor.

They chuck loads
of food out after their meetings,

if you fancy it.

RADIO: The Vigilante
of the Brotherhood today claimed

responsibility...
SIREN WAILS

..for the murder of two
Nought teenagers.

The incident will likely increase...

Are you sure they won't be at home?

Yeah. They'll be with the Empress.

RADIO: The African Empress
officially starts her state visit

with a traditional procession
later today.

Her visit comes amid rising
tensions...

I'm by the Empress.
Stop. Put that down.

Olori mi. Mo Juba.

CHEERING

Empress of all of Aprica,

of Oyo, Dahomey,

Zooloo, Ashanti. Quana.
Songhai, Wolof.

Empress.

Prime Minister Hadley,

I'm sure you must consider this
an unwelcome visit.

You're never unwelcome
in Albion, olori mi.

I was surprised,
o ya mi lenu die,

when I learnt that you had resumed
your post as Prime Minister.

This must be difficult.

I am so sorry for the pain that your
family is going through.

And I do hope that your daughter
is found soon.

Ese, ma.

We in Aprica are concerned
about Albion.

Fast-tracking the death penalty
for LM members?

Oh, that's merely a proposal.

Gbe yen segbe kan. Let's talk about
the OFA Brotherhood now.

Now, these are young men in high
spirits, ma'am.

They are extremists, Prime Minister.
You need to put them under control.

The situation is in hand.

This is it.

This is our chance to get
the money.

You ready?

Yeah.

Hi, erm, can you help me?

Sephy Hadley?

Are you OK?

Give me the keys.

Move. All right.

Come on, we won't have long.

Up here.

Aminata said her parents
keep money here.

Callum, check the other side.

Sephy. Yeah?

Bad news.

We need the code.

Sephy?

Don't move. Don't move.
Don't do anything stupid.

Get back! Get back!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Get over there now!

Callum, stop. Sit down!
Duro!

Sephy?

Sephy Hadley?

What's the code to the safe?

Right, get up.

Come on, you know where to go. Go.

Ki lon se, Sephy?

What are you doing?

I'm so sorry.

Won wa e Ore ni wa.
We're supposed to be friends.

He's making you do this, right?

Is he making you do this?

Listen, you can keep your jewellery.
We just need the money.

WOMAN SHOUTS

How dare you?

Hey, get back. Get back!

Get over there. Get over there.

Move. Move!

Right, now, you stay in there.

You stay in there.

Sephy. Sephy, are you OK?

I got the money.
Oh, the baby.

Sir?

I've got an urgent update for you.

What did you find out?

Oh! OK, Mum, I'm going to get you
in this one.

As you can see,
Shakara runs in the family.

Just let me explain.

Sephy's been brainwashed
by her captors.

She's being forced
to engage in their actions.

He didn't force her.
Aminata.

Baba Kene.

I'm her friend. I know her.

Leave!

Now!

No.

DOOR SLAMS
I understand.

Our families share a,
a history.

It's an important history.

So, I'd appreciate your...

..discretion.

You'd be well compensated
for your, erm...

..for the inconvenience.

THUNDER RUMBLES

Sir?

She's alive.

But she may be hurt.

I want you to check
all the hospitals.

Right away, Sir.

TV PRESENTER: Following her
abduction by the Liberation Militia,

the Brotherhood has been linked
to a number of crimes,

most recently, the killing of
two Nought teenagers.

Here's what the Prime Minister
had to say earlier.

Vigilante reprisals on the Noughts
carried out by the OFA Brotherhood

in the name of your daughter -
do you condemn it?

Look, the first thing to say is
that it's the so-called

Liberation Militia who are seeking
to divide Noughts and Crosses.

Security for all,
that's what I believe in,

and what I'll be emphasising at
the Aprican State conference today.

Only the biased media would call
that unreasonable.

Listen, there's no bias here.

We try to bring both sides on
each issue.

Any morning sickness?

No. Not recently.

The baby's fine, Mama.

But...do you want to keep it?

Well, let's just get
out of here now. Yeah.

WHISPERS: Callum.

Shit.

Walk, walk.

Please.

Come with me.

Did they come in here? Who?

INDISTINCT RADIO VOICE

Right. Come on. Move, move, move!

SHE KNOCKS ON DOOR

They've gone.

Come.

DRAMATIC MUSIC

E se.

Give me your update.

They've located the stolen car,

and surveillance have pulled footage
from the hospital.

And?

Nothing yet.

But, sir, I...

..questioned the nurse.

Sephy's...

She's pregnant.

How are they this bloody useless?

So close, and still they miss them.

Either Sephy is fundraising
for the LM,

or she's planning to run.

Either way, she's in London.

Find her.

Sir.

DOOR CLOSES

Mama.

Mama!

It's good to see you.

What are you doing here?

You shouldn't have come here.

They follow me sometimes.

I know.

Sorry.

Sephy, is everything all right

with you and the baby?

I'm fine.

Mama and Minerva,

are they all right?

I don't know, sweetheart.

I haven't seen them.

I haven't heard from them.

We need a place to stay.

What?

I'm sorry to ask.

Well, I wish I could take you
home with me.

Yeah, me too.

I've got a friend who might
be able to help - might.

It won't be for long.
Just until we...

We can't keep running.

I'm going to leave Albion
and maybe try Muscovy.

I need you to help me find Jude.

He has contacts that might
help us get out.

I'll ring you.

OK. Give me a couple of hours.

Thank you. Just go.

I love you.

I love you too.

LIGHT BUZZES

What's your name?

Danny.

I'm Cara.

Why are you doing this?

You said you was hiding from
the OFA Brotherhood.

I get that.

Mm.

What they did to these kids...

I saw.

It was terrifying.

Well, you're all right.

It's not like they're going
to come after you.

You don't look like one of us.

I told you. I don't see myself
as a Cross.

Doesn't mean other people are going
to see it that way.

I mean...

..like, you can walk down
the street without being hassled.

And I bet Noughts treat you better
too - we hate ourselves that much.

Don't tell me what I am.

It's just the reality.

SHE SCOFFS

Piss off!

SHE SIGHS

DOOR CLOSES

PHONE ALERT

KNOCK AT DOOR

I unpacked Sephy's things,

when I moved in to
the official residence...

..just so I could touch them.

I think they're in London.

Sephy and Callum.

But Kamal, he keeps things from me.

I don't expect you to tell me

if you know where they are.

But I need to know if they're safe.

They're safe.

As long as I stay close to Kamal,

and use my position,

I can try and bring them back home.

I'm sure that's what they want.

They're not coming back, are they?

Well, it's not safe.

Not in Albion.

Good?

Yeah.

Wait here, Seph.

Sure.

MUSIC: Bird Of Paradise
by Cory Hanson

# I dream myself tonight

# A bird with wings of fire

# My jaw was swollen tight

# My jaw... #

Come here.

# I'd flown to every bar

# Yet hold me... #

Look at you.

Beard works for you!

Shut up.

I got Mama's message.

You could've got her in trouble.

I was careful.

How is she?

Putting a brave face on it,
but you know.

Look...

..we need to leave Albion.

We were nearly caught.

And go where?

Muscovy.

Think you can help us?
I mean, you've got contacts.

Even if I could find someone,
who's paying?

I don't know about you,
but I'm living off scraps.

We've got the money.

Why don't you come with us?

Bro, in Muscovy we can look out
for each other.

I mean, what's here for you?

I've got plans.

I'm going to lay low for a while.

I going to see if the LM
will take me back.

That's never going to happen.
You killed Dorn.

They'll never forgive you for that.

Yeah, well, I heard there's a new
crew running things now.

They've come down from Litherpole.

You need to think about the future.

Cal, you cannot run.

The fight's here.

Sephy's pregnant.

Let me talk to him.

I know it's not what you
wanted to hear.

Jude, we love each other.

As long as he's with you,
he's a target.

And you, Sephy Hadley,
are the bullet in his head.

If I am, what choice
do we have, then?

We have to leave Albion.

It's carnage out there cos of you.

I'll meet you here tomorrow,

if the OFA Brotherhood
don't kill me first.

These Noughts,
they're like parasites.

I know it's a strong
word, right,

but that is the only word
I can only use.

Honestly, all they do is worm their
way into strikes that aren't

designed for them, and when they
hear something they don't like,

suddenly we're racist -
everyone's got a problem,

everybody's oppressive, everybody's
this, that and the other.

There's only so much we can take,
right? Exactly.

That's exactly what I'm saying.
It's madness out there.

It's literally madness out there,
and I don't.... E dake!

Everyone in this room

knows that our culture,
that our heritage,

is under attack.

That it's not merely enough for it
to be protected,

but championed.

And when we find such protectors,

when we find such champions...

..then we know that we have found
the dearest of brothers.

Lieutenant Lekan Baako
is such a brother.

A great protector
and a great champion.

Sijuwola.

Guide us.

Oyaaa!

ALL: Oyaaa!

May we continue to protect
and to champion.

May we continue to fight until
Sephy is brought home.

May we continue to do so for Sephy.

For Sephy!

THEY CHANT: For Sephy, for Sephy!

So we're through here.

Erm, let me know if there's anything
I can help you with

or if there's anything you need.

Meggie'd help me if it was my kids.

Thanks, Clem.

DOOR CLOSES

Everything will be different,
won't it?

Muscovy.

The baby.

It'll be different but...

..we'll be fine.

Will it?

What are we going to do in Muscovy?

Well, you can speak some Russian,
so that's a start.

Hey.

You can do anything you want.

I just wish I could say goodbye
to Mama and Minerva.

You know?

And Baba.

Well, do you want to stay?

He'll never accept the baby.

And we've already made it this far.

Did you even think about
what I asked you?

Yes. About doing something
for Callum?

I think this is more about Sephy,

and I will find her. Unless
she goes abroad or something.

Why would you think that?

TABLET ALERT
Look, I...

We all can understand what
the Prime Minister is going through.

But his response
to these tragic events

suggests he's failing to maintain
emotional distance.

I recognise that the colour of
my skin brings certain advantages.

Even so, I feel I must stand up,
and I am not alone.

12 of us are leaving
Kamal Hadley's party and

forming a new one.

Atunbe, for both
Noughts and Crosses.

So I found this guy who works
down at the docks.

He knows some people.

Be here tonight.

Someone will meet you.

Listen, they want 50 grand.

20 upfront and then 30 to be owed.

And then the traffickers,
they've got connections in Muscovy.

Well, 20 will clean us out.

You trust them?

Yeah.

It's safe.

So this is it, then?

Yeah.

You know, I hoped
to change your mind.

So much for looking out
for each other.

I should've known. It's only ever
about her, isn't it?

She won't hack it in Muscovy.

She'll hate you for it in the end.

Excuse me.

Have you got any smartphones?

Yes.

Thank you.

PHONE RINGS

Baba.

I'm only calling to say goodbye.

Please don't go.

We've all been so worried about you.

Your Mama is beside herself.

We heard you were injured?

Please come home.

We're not a family without you.

Sephy, you can't want
to live like this.

And you can have your life back.

University.

You...

You must know what's being done
in your name.

The OFA Brotherhood,
these innocent Nought deaths -

you can't allow it to continue.

Well, it's YOU that's allowing it
to continue.

I just have one question I want you
to ask yourself, and that's...

..are you doing this just
to make Callum happy?

No good can come of a...

You know, your child will-will...

..will face scorn and hardship.

Do you really want that for it,

for people to look at it in disgust?

We will love our child, Baba.

Of course you will.

Of course you will,
if you care for it

half as much as I care about you.

I'll make sure the charges against
Callum are dropped.

There's just one condition.

You end the pregnancy.

E ma binu, E ma binu,
E dari ji mi.

There he comes.

E dari ji mi. Your Imperial Majesty.

Mm. Shall we?

Excuse me, my ladies.

Thank you. We are an island here...

TEA POURS

..far from you, but close
to the war in Muscovy.

Surrounded by enemies.

I completely understand
the situation.

No, I don't think you do.

Crosses are a minority here.

If we lose the upper hand,

or they no longer fear us,

they will kill us all.

Paranoia ni gbogbo eleyi.

This is paranoia, Kamal.

We in Aprica...

..value harmony.

I do not want to hear any more
about hunting Noughts

or hanging them

for Sephy.

It has to stop.

Failure to comply, Kamal,

we will intervene.

I'm on it. Sending backup now.

RADIO: Ready to deploy.

JASMINE: Something is
happening, Abi?

I...

I don't know what
you're talking about.

You're loyal to him.

And he hired you because he likes
to have someone around who says yes.

He doesn't tell you everything,
does he?

Sometimes he keeps things from you.

I imagine it hurt to hear
about the pregnancy.

And I bet he told you Callum
forced himself on her.

Do you believe everything
Kamal tells you?

He spoke to Sephy on the phone,
earlier...

..and they're trying to work out
a triangulation right now.

We'll know the location shortly.

Cara...

Cara?

What I said earlier...

If you say you don't see yourself
as a Cross,

I respect that.

This way.

Come on.

Where are we going?

Up there.

I'll probably never see him again.

See who?

My brother.

He's leaving Albion.

And the last time I spoke to him

I didn't even say goodbye.

My mama hid it from me that
Baba was a Nought.

By the time I went looking for him
he'd died already.

I never got the chance
to say goodbye,

and I've always, always
regretted it.

Is it too late

for you?

Don't leave things on bad terms.

Jude.

It is Jude McGregor, isn't it?

You should go and see Callum.

Take my car.

It's the shitty silver one
in the car park.

Thanks.

Meggie McGregor?

I'm Shashi Bandara.

Yes... Ah, yeah.

I know who you are.

I've got a proposition for you.

You spoke to her?

You should've told me.

I did what you asked.

I-I offered to drop the charges.

That's not all you said to her!

Kamal, where is she?

Can we talk about it later?

I'm making sure
she doesn't leave Albion.

HE WHISPERS: Are you good?

It'll be fine.

All right, you lot, get out.

Oi.

Go. Go, go, go, go!

Come on.

Move!

Come on, move.

I said hurry up!

Open up that crate.

Come on!

What's that? You'll see.

What... What are they doing?

I ain't getting in that box.
I said, "Get in."

Get in!

You can't go in that. No, no...

I'll be fine. No, no...

No!

We don't know how long
it will be for.

Oi...

You two. Hey, whoa.

Leave him alone. Shut it, dagger.
Hey, hey, hey!

Look, we don't want any trouble.
Yeah?

Yeah. All right. Let's go, then.

Seph? Seph?

Get them in.

Come on.

Right, who's next?

Come on.

GUNSHOTS

SCREAMING

INDISTINCT SHOUTING

MUSIC: Feral Love
by Chelsea Wolfe

Move, move, move!

# Your eyes black
like an animal... #

Get down!

# Deep in the water... #

INDISTINCT VOICES

Where are you taking us?

SHOUTING

Move, move, move!

Come on, we need to go.
Get in the boot!

Run down now.

Move, move!

# Lead them to die... #

Oh!

# We press for the water,
press for the river

# Press for the rain... #

Ah, shit.

SEPHY: What's happening?

CALLUM: Shh, shh, shh.

JUDE PANTS

Jude?

What the fuck?

PHONE RINGS

Well?

I'm sorry, sir.

They were at the docks,
but we lost them.

Hey.

Oi.

Jude!

Jude, you need to stay awake.

I'm fine, I'm fine.

SIREN WAILS
Shit...

SIREN GETS LOUDER