Noughts + Crosses (2020–…): Season 2, Episode 2 - Episode #2.2 - full transcript
We'll leave Albion.
Maybe try Muscovy.
I'm sorry. I won't report you.
Report me for what?
I'll make sure the charges against
Callum are dropped.
Just one condition - you end the
pregnancy.
GUNSHOTS
Jude! For Sephy.
For Sephy! For Sephy!
Crosses are a minority here.
If we lose the upper hand,
they will kill us all.
As long as he's with you,
he's a target.
That's why we have to leave Albion.
DISTANT CRASH
ALARM WAILS
SCREAMING
SCREAMING CONTINUES
ENGINE REVS
Let's go!
Hey, yes! That's how it's done.
Uh...are you Cara?
Sorry. Agh! Sorry!
Just be gentle. I am.
It's disinfectant.
It's going to hurt.
Muscovy, of all places?
That was personal.
That was a betrayal.
The Prime Minister of Albion's
daughter.
They would have used her
for propaganda at the very least.
What about Meggie?
Surely she can tell us where
Sephy is now.
She can't, and neither can I.
You blame yourself for this.
You kept me in the dark about Sephy
and now she's run off again.
So much for your powers
of persuasion.
Persuasion only works with
the competent. I'm surrounded.
Oh, it's always somebody
else's fault, isn't it?
Callum. Sephy. Me.
Anything to stop you having
to admit you've been a bad father.
I was never a bad father.
Not even Sephy would accuse me
of that.
Let's ask her, shall we?
We need help.
And I think I should speak to
the LM.
They've got safe houses.
They've got money.
Come on, Jude.
We can't go back there.
It's our only option.
It's not an option. OK?
It's not just Kamal we have got
to worry about.
What are you even thinking?
I'm thinking of a way out of this.
After what happened to Dorn?
The Litherpole crew hated Dorn.
Those boys are running shit now, OK?
Trust me, they're our only way out.
No way, I can't go back.
OK, what's the alternative, hmm?
You let them come for you.
Hadley wins.
You and Sephy are finished.
Listen, I will set up a meeting.
All you have to do,
you come with me.
I'll do whatever it is they want.
You don't need to be a part of it.
And you would do that for us?
For you, yeah.
"Today" should go right at
the beginning. Makes it stronger.
Today I'd like to... Prime Minister.
In breaking news, new LM leader
Morgan Green
has claimed responsibility
for today's firebombing.
Prime Minister Kamal Hadley is now
facing fresh accusations of failing
to act on Noughts terrorism.
One moment, Chidi. Shashi Bandara is
making a statement.
Police inaction in the face of
Ofa Brotherhood violence
has inevitably been followed by
the kind of LM reprisal that we
saw today.
Thank you. My pleasure.
She is condoning LM violence.
Equating terrorists with Crosses who
simply want to defend themselves.
Shashi Bandara is a radical.
She's dangerous.
She's...
SWITCHES TV OFF
I don't want either of you worrying
about any of that, OK?
You're safe with me. Always. OK?
We'll be gone soon.
I knew it was you.
Minute I saw you.
Did you want me to sign
your T-shirt?
You still don't trust me, do you?
You have to understand,
I'm not one of them.
I am a halfer.
You're going to see the LM,
aren't you?
It's a small place.
Take me with you.
You don't want to get involved.
You know, sometimes it's better
to just stick with what you've got.
What have I got in Albion?
Less than you. Nah.
You stay here.
Look after the princess.
SHE EXHALES SHARPLY
I can't let him go in there on
his own.
Yeah, but what if they hurt you?
They won't.
I told you, Jude thinks he can get
them to help us.
You know I would never get involved
after what happened.
Just be safe. I will.
And don't worry about me.
Right, come on. Let's go.
So, Cara.
What about her?
You sure we can trust her?
Well, we'll see, won't we?
She did me a favour, that's all. Mm.
Just seems like you're into her.
Well, I ain't.
I would've thought after all the
grief you've given me about Sephy...
Cara's a halfer.
She's not a dagger. Oh, a halfer.
Since when did that make
a difference to you?
Piss off. She's nothing to me.
Mm-hm.
I needed a place to stay, that's it.
Sure.
Reports are coming in
of further casualties from
the firebombing carried out by
the LM earlier today.
The incident has sparked widespread
fear that
the group are embarking on
a fresh campaign of violence
under its new leader, Morgan Green,
to match that waged against innocent
civilians by the late Jack Dorn.
Wa Jeun.
Thanks. You really didn't have to.
Hmm. With all the money my parents
spent on my education,
you'd think I'd be able to cook up
some plantain.
I hope you know what you're doing.
My mamma got pregnant, like you.
Except she was ashamed.
And when my Cross friends found out
that I was a halfer,
they didn't want to know me
any more.
Think about what you're doing.
All Crosses are complicit.
All of you.
I'm really sorry if you
believe that.
I don't need to believe it.
I live it every day.
Whatever Jude's said to you, Cara...
You should stay away from him.
And why's that?
I've seen the LM close up.
And they're not what you think.
They're not a bunch of heroes.
Heroes and villains.
Good and bad.
SHE EXHALES SHARPLY
Seeing things like that,
it's a privilege.
One I've never had.
It's about the only thing you
and Jude share.
I ain't even hungry no more.
I'm going to work.
DOOR SLAMS
He's through here.
KNOCKS ON DOOR
Take that next door.
Sit down.
So?
I think I can help you,
all right?
Make good on what happened.
Look, it was me or him.
I had no time for Dorn.
None.
But there's some here, they
feel different.
Yeah, and do they know he
killed Danny?
Suffocated one of our own in his
hospital bed, just to score points.
Played politics. That's a game we've
all got to play.
Nobody in my position can afford
to look weak.
Optics. They're everything.
It's what Hadley's always known.
Just look at this death penalty
thing.
It's theatre.
He knows that's what
people remember.
So we firebomb a restaurant
and Albion seize the LM aback.
Huh? And you, shacking up with his
pride and joy...
HE SCOFFS
The truth is, I don't know what your
brother can do for the cause now.
But we could use a man of your
celebrity, Callum.
Yeah, well, I'm not fighting.
Suit yourself.
But tell me, who else is going
to get you to Muscovy now
with that dagger?
What do you need from me?
DISTANT SIREN WAILS
SHE EXHALES SHARPLY
Come here! No!
SCREAMING
PHONE RINGS
Sephy? Where are you, darling?
I need to know you won't force me
to come with you.
If I see any of your guys,
I swear I'm gone.
You'll never see me again.
You told me to come alone and I did.
If you're here, you can see.
It's just me and my driver.
That's all.
E ni ko ma lo.
Sephy, this is me! Do it.
Koby? Ma lo.
ENGINE STARTS
TYRES SCREECH
Please, come out now.
Omo mi.
Sephy.
HE CHUCKLES AND SNIFFLES
I'm so happy you've made
this decision.
You swear Callum will be safe?
I promise you.
He's not a terrorist, Baba.
I hope you're right. Because we have
never been this close to the LM.
And once they've been captured,
with these new measures,
the law will have no mercy.
OK, but he's not involved.
That's good, that's good.
Well, then it can all be made right.
Everything's been arranged.
You don't have to do anything
but turn up at the clinic.
I'll be there.
So you think Shashi's in it
for herself?
I don't know. Maybe.
I mean, she can't beat Kamal
in an election.
Crosses vote, and Crosses
won't stand for it, so...
Does it matter, if she does
some good?
What is it you're really afraid of?
Come on, Clem.
I'm not a politician, am I?
Making speeches, it's not me, is it?
I'm just ordinary.
Maybe that's no bad thing.
How else will Crosses realise
what ordinary means for us?
Like how what's donated here
doesn't feed half the kids
who rely on us. Or that feeling,
like sick in your throat,
when you see the Ofa Brotherhood
on the news,
hoping it's someone else's kid left
under one of their flags.
That's ordinary for us, isn't it?
Beatings like mine.
There's more than enough politicians
out there, Meggie.
You're the real thing.
Sephy?
Sephy?
Sephy, where you been?
Just a walk. To get out of here.
What about your phone?
If it's turned on, my baba
can find us.
Yeah.
In case you were going to ask,
there's no news on Sephy.
How was your day?
My day was... Well, it was actually
spent dealing
with this firebombing
and the death penalty legislation.
I worry that all this capital
punishment business will provoke
the Empress.
The Empress'd do well to remember
who's the Prime Minister here.
Where were you rushing off
to earlier?
Lekan looked quite upset he
wasn't invited. Well, there's no
need to have him nipping at my heels
while I was visiting
the health minister, was there?
No. Of course not.
Do you think Sephy is going to
believe you're not involved when
Morgan's footage of you taking out
Sijuwola,
the leader of the Brotherhood, is
literally
plastered on every screen in
Albion?
Listen, I'll work it out, OK?
Well, listen, we're not going to be
doing anything until we know when
and where the next Brotherhood
attack is taking place.
I was thinking...
I know someone who will be there,
who will know.
Who? I don't even want to say his
name. It's Sephy's ex, Lekan.
I know he'll be shouting about the
Brotherhood to his friends.
Spreading the word.
Let's have a look.
The account's private.
Sephy...Sephy. Sephy will be friends
with him. Sh!
Seph, do you know her password?
She'll see whatever he posts.
What's her password? Sh!
What's her pas...? Just tell me.
"I love Callum."
There's the big man, Sijuwola.
"In light of recent events
in Albion, any proud Cross looking
"to meet likeminded defenders
of our heritage and culture,
"please join The Ofa Brotherhood
at Binu's tomorrow night
"for an evening of revelry
and spirited debate."
That is how we find out about
the next attack.
We're not exactly going to slip
unnoticed into
a room full of Crosses, are we?
Cara can.
Since when do you say no to
a party?
We have a drink, that's it.
Lekan. They beat people up.
The Brotherhood just want to
conserve our heritage.
I want you by my side.
You'd be a great asset to us.
Lekan. Sir.
HE CLEARS THROAT
SHE SIGHS
What's the latest news from
the contact? Nothing yet.
But they've assured us they'll have
something with us in the next
few days. They better have.
We know one of their hideouts.
With the right timing, we could
take out the LM for good.
I know it's an ask.
It's a big one.
What do you think?
Yeah. I want to.
I just can't sit here doing nothing
any more.
I knew it.
I knew you'd come through.
HE CLEARS THROAT
ENGINE STARTS
KETTLE WHISTLES
Thanks.
Meggie, thank you for coming.
All right? Yeah.
ANIMATED COMMOTION
I'm so glad you decided to come.
DISTANT CHATTER
Have a seat.
The paps, they'll get worse,
won't they?
Honestly, yes. They probably will.
But that's a good thing for us,
Meggie.
We have to take what they try
and hurt us with
and turn it back on them.
Your face being out there,
it gives us what we need.
Airtime. Impact.
We have to use every advantage
we can get.
A lesson from the Hadley playbook?
I rose on his ticket,
I'm not ashamed of it.
I did what I had to do.
One day wasn't enough.
What, because you really
want to make Albion a better place?
Or because you want Hadley's job?
SHE SCOFFS
Can't it be both?
What you said about helping
my boys... I meant every word.
UPBEAT MUSIC
Brother. How are you, man?
Are you all right, yeah?
OK. Calm down. All right, calm down.
ANIMATED CHATTER
She's my sister.
She doesn't belong to them.
Relax, relax. Please.
My fellow Crosses. We need to be
proud of our culture.
Not ashamed to call it superior.
I mean, the LM terrorises us
and yet,
Shashi Bandara wants us to be
ashamed.
And I ask you, brothers and sisters,
ashamed of what?
The colour of our skin?
I hate it, OK?
I want to go. We just got here.
Look, if I wanted to listen to
shouting, I would have stayed home.
Look at him.
We need to protect what's ours,
or they will drive us into
the sea.
Tonight, we celebrate our Cross
heritage.
For Sephy! Woo!
CHEERING
UPBEAT MUSIC
I need a drink. A dawa?
Or Palm wine?
Palm wine.
What's Cara up to?
She's helping Jude do some digging
into those parties.
Once the LM have intel, what are
they going to do with it?
That's their business, not mine.
We're getting out, Seph.
Muscovy, whatever.
As long as we're together,
that's all that matters to me.
You hear that? No?
No? No.
Yeah, silence.
No-one here but us. Come here.
Ooh! Hello.
Hi.
C...C...
Cara. Lekan.
You must be parched. Cheers.
Ire oo. Ire oo. Hmm.
There's no-one waiting for this?
Just my girlfriend.
She doesn't understand this.
But you came here cos you wanted to
be here, right?
Yeah.
I mean...
..of course, it's important.
You know what? I'm glad to see
that...
..Crosses of all skin tone get
behind the cause.
Well, I hope I'm dark enough to join
the fun.
Oh, yeah. Yes. I would definitely
say so. Mm-hm? Mm.
OK, Cara, I think that we should
exchange numbers, cos...
..when I meet a fellow patriot,
I think it's very important that we
get to know each other.
SHE LAUGHS
When the next real thing happens...
Mm-hm. ..text me.
He came right up to me and took my
number.
THEY LAUGH
You're a genius. Do you know that?
Yeah.
# If I fall, if I fly
Would you stay by my side
# Like you said?
# Roll it quick
I'm falling deep
# I ran so quick
Lift away the trees
# No more growing
# A thousand years
wouldn't teach you no better
# If I fall, if I fly
Would you stay by my side? #
PHONE BEEPS
SHE LAUGHS
So, Lekan Baako texted this morning.
The next attack is today, Ikorita
Estate.
We don't have much time to prep.
Get ready, yeah?
So, you get them in position
beforehand,
make sure Sijuwola don't get hit
before the main event.
You ready for your close-up, boy?
We'll have transport ready for you
and Sephy Hadley straight after.
I'm a man of my word.
Merrick.
This is a gift from all of us...
..to you.
Dorn was putting together a deal
with Muscovy.
I'm moving in on it.
Soon, yeah, we're going to have
enough of these to finish this war.
You simply turn this to full-auto.
You get close to Sijuwola,
and then, watch the recoil.
Don't break your little wrist, all
right?
And you really believe this will
make a difference to us?
I have to believe.
I wish I shared your faith.
I'm supposed to be having supper
with my husband
but I can't seem to get hold of him.
Could you check the diary for me,
please?
A personal appointment?
Where?
WHISPERS: My darling.
So wa?
It's all right. You're safe here.
There's no-one else. Just us. I made
sure of that.
Hey, I brought your favourite
jacket.
Oshe, Baba.
Does Mama know about this or
Minerva?
You know, sometimes, um...
..your mama and sister, they can
be...
..too sensitive for their own good.
Yeah. Mm.
In life, we have to make tough
decisions...
..and that takes strength of
character.
Something you and I share.
Now, remember...
..soon, this will all be over.
We can put it behind us.
Ms Hadley. We're ready for you, now.
Ready?
I need air...
..Baba.
Just for a moment.
I know this isn't easy.
Take all the time you need.
You all right? Yeah, do you have her
car keys?
Why?
I just need a minute on my own to
get my head straight.
What?
Bruv, we're leaving in 30 minutes.
Cover for me. Give me the keys.
Oi. You good?
Yeah, I'm good. I'll be there.
I promise.
Sephy?
Mama?
Oh, Mummy.
I couldn't do it.
Let's talk.
It was either Baba or the LM.
The baby or Callum going back there.
That was it for us. No.
You could've come to me.
I could've helped you.
We can find another option...
..together.
Your choices are your own...
..and it's about time your baba
understood that.
Still, I'm glad you're here.
What do you mean?
Baba and Lekan...
..I think they're about to make a
serious move on the LM.
And if you'd chosen that path
instead of your father's...
..I'd be worried about Callum,
that's all.
PHONE VIBRATES
Can you take me to Sikkaso Town?
We're on, we're on.
PHONE: The person you have called is
unavailable.
Please leave a message.
Go!
OK, here's good.
Let's hope Callum gets here in time.
You going to cry, Cal?
It's just here.
Any time you need me, I'm here for
you.
I know. Thank you, Mum.
Don't wait, Mama. I'll call later.
Remember what I said.
Sephy.
My baba already knows...
What? ..what you guys are planning.
You were going to use that.
No, you know I wouldn't.
It was a way out, Seph. We don't
have time...
It was a way out. We don't have time
for this.
Where are they? We need to get there
before Lekan.
Come on.
Seph, Seph, pull up here. Wait,
what?
Just pull up here. Just do it, OK?
Why? It's a short cut.
I'll be faster on foot. OK, wait.
Fine, I'm coming with you. Fine.
Wait, I'm coming with you. Meet me
at Cara's, yeah?
Adetola, Sijuola, that way. Go, go!
Kiakia, go now!
Sir, down there.
They are taking the piss!
This was Sephy?
Listen, Jude, you'd be dead, if it
weren't for her.
BANGING
Where now, back to the safe house?
No, I think it's compromised.
Morgan, you need to get out of the
safe house.
Give me an update.
E ma binu, we missed them.
How did they know we were coming?
That doesn't matter, now.
Move in on the safe house.
Clear it out.
Yes, sir.
Lieutenant Baako, PM's office.
Come through, sir.
Get off me!
Move, move!
Hands against the wall. Don't move!
Stop moving! Spread your legs!
Oi, oi, stay still!
Stay still!
Stay still. Take him out.
Take him out.
SHOUTING
Get off me!
All done.
THEY WHISPER
Argh! Come on, man!
Come on! Breathe.
Breathe.
SUCKS THROUGH TEETH
HE WHISPERS
WHISPERS: Yes, sir.
GUNSHOTS
ON PHONE: Anything?
Yeah, no sign of the McGregors or
Morgan.
OK.
OK.
Ese.
I am pleased to announce
that following the recent
firebombing incident,
last night a police raid in
Blithehale
resulted in the arrest of a dozen
so-called Liberation Militia
members.
No police were injured in the
operation against these terrorists.
Now, these individuals, we know,
were planning abhorrent acts...
..of mass violence against innocent
people.
To the officers who were involved
in this dangerous operation
at great risk to their own lives,
I offer my undying gratitude.
But to those who continue to plot
destruction, misery,
who have heaped so much pain on
so many families,
to the McGregors, whose active
involvement in terror continues,
I have this message -
may the terrible fate that awaits
your comrades...
..stand as a warning.
Know this, we are coming for you.
Ese.
Don't worry about Kamal or the LM.
I was wrong.
Wrong to even consider it.
And I lied to you, Sephy.
I thought it was the best way
that...
I don't expect you to forgive me.
The baby, I...
I nearly got...
What?
My baba said if I had it terminated,
he could help you...
..give you a new life.
I thought his way was our only
option.
I'd do anything to keep you safe.
You wouldn't have done that.
I know you wouldn't have.
Because, Seph, if we give up on this
baby, we give up on us.
We give up on everything.
The LM, Kamal, they're part of the
same world.
We need to find our own.
We can't be running halfway across
the globe to find it.
We need to build it from right here.
This is our home.
Albion.
No more running.
I think I have an idea.
Sephy. Hi.
Are you ready? Yeah. We're ready.
This way.
WHISPERS: It's OK.
Time to stand up.
I'm right here, OK? Thank you.
So, you're here on national
television,
by your own free will, is that
right?
Yes.
Nobody's forced you to come and say
anything you're about to say,
have they? No.
You know, I...I have to ask
because...
..your father believes...
..Albion believes that you were
kidnapped.
That you've been coerced.
It's otherwise hard to understand
why you, as Sephy Hadley,
the Prime Minister's daughter...
..would choose to go on the run with
a Nought terrorist.
Callum has made mistakes.
Yes, he...he knows that.
He's not a terrorist, Mensah.
He's not.
He's the kindest person I know.
I love him.
And I'm having his baby.
You're having his baby?
Yes.
Kamal Hadley is going to have a
grandchild.
If your father were here...
..what would you say to him?
That I love him...
..and I always will.
But the things that he's doing in my
name,
you know, that others are doing in
my name,
the cruelty and the bloodshed...
..I don't want any part of it.
If you want to do something for
Sephy,
then let me be with the person I
love.
Can I...? Yeah, yeah, go, please.
I won't pretend this baby doesn't
exist.
I'm proud of this child and I'm
proud of the man that I love.
We haven't done anything wrong,
Baba.
We're not running any more.
Maybe try Muscovy.
I'm sorry. I won't report you.
Report me for what?
I'll make sure the charges against
Callum are dropped.
Just one condition - you end the
pregnancy.
GUNSHOTS
Jude! For Sephy.
For Sephy! For Sephy!
Crosses are a minority here.
If we lose the upper hand,
they will kill us all.
As long as he's with you,
he's a target.
That's why we have to leave Albion.
DISTANT CRASH
ALARM WAILS
SCREAMING
SCREAMING CONTINUES
ENGINE REVS
Let's go!
Hey, yes! That's how it's done.
Uh...are you Cara?
Sorry. Agh! Sorry!
Just be gentle. I am.
It's disinfectant.
It's going to hurt.
Muscovy, of all places?
That was personal.
That was a betrayal.
The Prime Minister of Albion's
daughter.
They would have used her
for propaganda at the very least.
What about Meggie?
Surely she can tell us where
Sephy is now.
She can't, and neither can I.
You blame yourself for this.
You kept me in the dark about Sephy
and now she's run off again.
So much for your powers
of persuasion.
Persuasion only works with
the competent. I'm surrounded.
Oh, it's always somebody
else's fault, isn't it?
Callum. Sephy. Me.
Anything to stop you having
to admit you've been a bad father.
I was never a bad father.
Not even Sephy would accuse me
of that.
Let's ask her, shall we?
We need help.
And I think I should speak to
the LM.
They've got safe houses.
They've got money.
Come on, Jude.
We can't go back there.
It's our only option.
It's not an option. OK?
It's not just Kamal we have got
to worry about.
What are you even thinking?
I'm thinking of a way out of this.
After what happened to Dorn?
The Litherpole crew hated Dorn.
Those boys are running shit now, OK?
Trust me, they're our only way out.
No way, I can't go back.
OK, what's the alternative, hmm?
You let them come for you.
Hadley wins.
You and Sephy are finished.
Listen, I will set up a meeting.
All you have to do,
you come with me.
I'll do whatever it is they want.
You don't need to be a part of it.
And you would do that for us?
For you, yeah.
"Today" should go right at
the beginning. Makes it stronger.
Today I'd like to... Prime Minister.
In breaking news, new LM leader
Morgan Green
has claimed responsibility
for today's firebombing.
Prime Minister Kamal Hadley is now
facing fresh accusations of failing
to act on Noughts terrorism.
One moment, Chidi. Shashi Bandara is
making a statement.
Police inaction in the face of
Ofa Brotherhood violence
has inevitably been followed by
the kind of LM reprisal that we
saw today.
Thank you. My pleasure.
She is condoning LM violence.
Equating terrorists with Crosses who
simply want to defend themselves.
Shashi Bandara is a radical.
She's dangerous.
She's...
SWITCHES TV OFF
I don't want either of you worrying
about any of that, OK?
You're safe with me. Always. OK?
We'll be gone soon.
I knew it was you.
Minute I saw you.
Did you want me to sign
your T-shirt?
You still don't trust me, do you?
You have to understand,
I'm not one of them.
I am a halfer.
You're going to see the LM,
aren't you?
It's a small place.
Take me with you.
You don't want to get involved.
You know, sometimes it's better
to just stick with what you've got.
What have I got in Albion?
Less than you. Nah.
You stay here.
Look after the princess.
SHE EXHALES SHARPLY
I can't let him go in there on
his own.
Yeah, but what if they hurt you?
They won't.
I told you, Jude thinks he can get
them to help us.
You know I would never get involved
after what happened.
Just be safe. I will.
And don't worry about me.
Right, come on. Let's go.
So, Cara.
What about her?
You sure we can trust her?
Well, we'll see, won't we?
She did me a favour, that's all. Mm.
Just seems like you're into her.
Well, I ain't.
I would've thought after all the
grief you've given me about Sephy...
Cara's a halfer.
She's not a dagger. Oh, a halfer.
Since when did that make
a difference to you?
Piss off. She's nothing to me.
Mm-hm.
I needed a place to stay, that's it.
Sure.
Reports are coming in
of further casualties from
the firebombing carried out by
the LM earlier today.
The incident has sparked widespread
fear that
the group are embarking on
a fresh campaign of violence
under its new leader, Morgan Green,
to match that waged against innocent
civilians by the late Jack Dorn.
Wa Jeun.
Thanks. You really didn't have to.
Hmm. With all the money my parents
spent on my education,
you'd think I'd be able to cook up
some plantain.
I hope you know what you're doing.
My mamma got pregnant, like you.
Except she was ashamed.
And when my Cross friends found out
that I was a halfer,
they didn't want to know me
any more.
Think about what you're doing.
All Crosses are complicit.
All of you.
I'm really sorry if you
believe that.
I don't need to believe it.
I live it every day.
Whatever Jude's said to you, Cara...
You should stay away from him.
And why's that?
I've seen the LM close up.
And they're not what you think.
They're not a bunch of heroes.
Heroes and villains.
Good and bad.
SHE EXHALES SHARPLY
Seeing things like that,
it's a privilege.
One I've never had.
It's about the only thing you
and Jude share.
I ain't even hungry no more.
I'm going to work.
DOOR SLAMS
He's through here.
KNOCKS ON DOOR
Take that next door.
Sit down.
So?
I think I can help you,
all right?
Make good on what happened.
Look, it was me or him.
I had no time for Dorn.
None.
But there's some here, they
feel different.
Yeah, and do they know he
killed Danny?
Suffocated one of our own in his
hospital bed, just to score points.
Played politics. That's a game we've
all got to play.
Nobody in my position can afford
to look weak.
Optics. They're everything.
It's what Hadley's always known.
Just look at this death penalty
thing.
It's theatre.
He knows that's what
people remember.
So we firebomb a restaurant
and Albion seize the LM aback.
Huh? And you, shacking up with his
pride and joy...
HE SCOFFS
The truth is, I don't know what your
brother can do for the cause now.
But we could use a man of your
celebrity, Callum.
Yeah, well, I'm not fighting.
Suit yourself.
But tell me, who else is going
to get you to Muscovy now
with that dagger?
What do you need from me?
DISTANT SIREN WAILS
SHE EXHALES SHARPLY
Come here! No!
SCREAMING
PHONE RINGS
Sephy? Where are you, darling?
I need to know you won't force me
to come with you.
If I see any of your guys,
I swear I'm gone.
You'll never see me again.
You told me to come alone and I did.
If you're here, you can see.
It's just me and my driver.
That's all.
E ni ko ma lo.
Sephy, this is me! Do it.
Koby? Ma lo.
ENGINE STARTS
TYRES SCREECH
Please, come out now.
Omo mi.
Sephy.
HE CHUCKLES AND SNIFFLES
I'm so happy you've made
this decision.
You swear Callum will be safe?
I promise you.
He's not a terrorist, Baba.
I hope you're right. Because we have
never been this close to the LM.
And once they've been captured,
with these new measures,
the law will have no mercy.
OK, but he's not involved.
That's good, that's good.
Well, then it can all be made right.
Everything's been arranged.
You don't have to do anything
but turn up at the clinic.
I'll be there.
So you think Shashi's in it
for herself?
I don't know. Maybe.
I mean, she can't beat Kamal
in an election.
Crosses vote, and Crosses
won't stand for it, so...
Does it matter, if she does
some good?
What is it you're really afraid of?
Come on, Clem.
I'm not a politician, am I?
Making speeches, it's not me, is it?
I'm just ordinary.
Maybe that's no bad thing.
How else will Crosses realise
what ordinary means for us?
Like how what's donated here
doesn't feed half the kids
who rely on us. Or that feeling,
like sick in your throat,
when you see the Ofa Brotherhood
on the news,
hoping it's someone else's kid left
under one of their flags.
That's ordinary for us, isn't it?
Beatings like mine.
There's more than enough politicians
out there, Meggie.
You're the real thing.
Sephy?
Sephy?
Sephy, where you been?
Just a walk. To get out of here.
What about your phone?
If it's turned on, my baba
can find us.
Yeah.
In case you were going to ask,
there's no news on Sephy.
How was your day?
My day was... Well, it was actually
spent dealing
with this firebombing
and the death penalty legislation.
I worry that all this capital
punishment business will provoke
the Empress.
The Empress'd do well to remember
who's the Prime Minister here.
Where were you rushing off
to earlier?
Lekan looked quite upset he
wasn't invited. Well, there's no
need to have him nipping at my heels
while I was visiting
the health minister, was there?
No. Of course not.
Do you think Sephy is going to
believe you're not involved when
Morgan's footage of you taking out
Sijuwola,
the leader of the Brotherhood, is
literally
plastered on every screen in
Albion?
Listen, I'll work it out, OK?
Well, listen, we're not going to be
doing anything until we know when
and where the next Brotherhood
attack is taking place.
I was thinking...
I know someone who will be there,
who will know.
Who? I don't even want to say his
name. It's Sephy's ex, Lekan.
I know he'll be shouting about the
Brotherhood to his friends.
Spreading the word.
Let's have a look.
The account's private.
Sephy...Sephy. Sephy will be friends
with him. Sh!
Seph, do you know her password?
She'll see whatever he posts.
What's her password? Sh!
What's her pas...? Just tell me.
"I love Callum."
There's the big man, Sijuwola.
"In light of recent events
in Albion, any proud Cross looking
"to meet likeminded defenders
of our heritage and culture,
"please join The Ofa Brotherhood
at Binu's tomorrow night
"for an evening of revelry
and spirited debate."
That is how we find out about
the next attack.
We're not exactly going to slip
unnoticed into
a room full of Crosses, are we?
Cara can.
Since when do you say no to
a party?
We have a drink, that's it.
Lekan. They beat people up.
The Brotherhood just want to
conserve our heritage.
I want you by my side.
You'd be a great asset to us.
Lekan. Sir.
HE CLEARS THROAT
SHE SIGHS
What's the latest news from
the contact? Nothing yet.
But they've assured us they'll have
something with us in the next
few days. They better have.
We know one of their hideouts.
With the right timing, we could
take out the LM for good.
I know it's an ask.
It's a big one.
What do you think?
Yeah. I want to.
I just can't sit here doing nothing
any more.
I knew it.
I knew you'd come through.
HE CLEARS THROAT
ENGINE STARTS
KETTLE WHISTLES
Thanks.
Meggie, thank you for coming.
All right? Yeah.
ANIMATED COMMOTION
I'm so glad you decided to come.
DISTANT CHATTER
Have a seat.
The paps, they'll get worse,
won't they?
Honestly, yes. They probably will.
But that's a good thing for us,
Meggie.
We have to take what they try
and hurt us with
and turn it back on them.
Your face being out there,
it gives us what we need.
Airtime. Impact.
We have to use every advantage
we can get.
A lesson from the Hadley playbook?
I rose on his ticket,
I'm not ashamed of it.
I did what I had to do.
One day wasn't enough.
What, because you really
want to make Albion a better place?
Or because you want Hadley's job?
SHE SCOFFS
Can't it be both?
What you said about helping
my boys... I meant every word.
UPBEAT MUSIC
Brother. How are you, man?
Are you all right, yeah?
OK. Calm down. All right, calm down.
ANIMATED CHATTER
She's my sister.
She doesn't belong to them.
Relax, relax. Please.
My fellow Crosses. We need to be
proud of our culture.
Not ashamed to call it superior.
I mean, the LM terrorises us
and yet,
Shashi Bandara wants us to be
ashamed.
And I ask you, brothers and sisters,
ashamed of what?
The colour of our skin?
I hate it, OK?
I want to go. We just got here.
Look, if I wanted to listen to
shouting, I would have stayed home.
Look at him.
We need to protect what's ours,
or they will drive us into
the sea.
Tonight, we celebrate our Cross
heritage.
For Sephy! Woo!
CHEERING
UPBEAT MUSIC
I need a drink. A dawa?
Or Palm wine?
Palm wine.
What's Cara up to?
She's helping Jude do some digging
into those parties.
Once the LM have intel, what are
they going to do with it?
That's their business, not mine.
We're getting out, Seph.
Muscovy, whatever.
As long as we're together,
that's all that matters to me.
You hear that? No?
No? No.
Yeah, silence.
No-one here but us. Come here.
Ooh! Hello.
Hi.
C...C...
Cara. Lekan.
You must be parched. Cheers.
Ire oo. Ire oo. Hmm.
There's no-one waiting for this?
Just my girlfriend.
She doesn't understand this.
But you came here cos you wanted to
be here, right?
Yeah.
I mean...
..of course, it's important.
You know what? I'm glad to see
that...
..Crosses of all skin tone get
behind the cause.
Well, I hope I'm dark enough to join
the fun.
Oh, yeah. Yes. I would definitely
say so. Mm-hm? Mm.
OK, Cara, I think that we should
exchange numbers, cos...
..when I meet a fellow patriot,
I think it's very important that we
get to know each other.
SHE LAUGHS
When the next real thing happens...
Mm-hm. ..text me.
He came right up to me and took my
number.
THEY LAUGH
You're a genius. Do you know that?
Yeah.
# If I fall, if I fly
Would you stay by my side
# Like you said?
# Roll it quick
I'm falling deep
# I ran so quick
Lift away the trees
# No more growing
# A thousand years
wouldn't teach you no better
# If I fall, if I fly
Would you stay by my side? #
PHONE BEEPS
SHE LAUGHS
So, Lekan Baako texted this morning.
The next attack is today, Ikorita
Estate.
We don't have much time to prep.
Get ready, yeah?
So, you get them in position
beforehand,
make sure Sijuwola don't get hit
before the main event.
You ready for your close-up, boy?
We'll have transport ready for you
and Sephy Hadley straight after.
I'm a man of my word.
Merrick.
This is a gift from all of us...
..to you.
Dorn was putting together a deal
with Muscovy.
I'm moving in on it.
Soon, yeah, we're going to have
enough of these to finish this war.
You simply turn this to full-auto.
You get close to Sijuwola,
and then, watch the recoil.
Don't break your little wrist, all
right?
And you really believe this will
make a difference to us?
I have to believe.
I wish I shared your faith.
I'm supposed to be having supper
with my husband
but I can't seem to get hold of him.
Could you check the diary for me,
please?
A personal appointment?
Where?
WHISPERS: My darling.
So wa?
It's all right. You're safe here.
There's no-one else. Just us. I made
sure of that.
Hey, I brought your favourite
jacket.
Oshe, Baba.
Does Mama know about this or
Minerva?
You know, sometimes, um...
..your mama and sister, they can
be...
..too sensitive for their own good.
Yeah. Mm.
In life, we have to make tough
decisions...
..and that takes strength of
character.
Something you and I share.
Now, remember...
..soon, this will all be over.
We can put it behind us.
Ms Hadley. We're ready for you, now.
Ready?
I need air...
..Baba.
Just for a moment.
I know this isn't easy.
Take all the time you need.
You all right? Yeah, do you have her
car keys?
Why?
I just need a minute on my own to
get my head straight.
What?
Bruv, we're leaving in 30 minutes.
Cover for me. Give me the keys.
Oi. You good?
Yeah, I'm good. I'll be there.
I promise.
Sephy?
Mama?
Oh, Mummy.
I couldn't do it.
Let's talk.
It was either Baba or the LM.
The baby or Callum going back there.
That was it for us. No.
You could've come to me.
I could've helped you.
We can find another option...
..together.
Your choices are your own...
..and it's about time your baba
understood that.
Still, I'm glad you're here.
What do you mean?
Baba and Lekan...
..I think they're about to make a
serious move on the LM.
And if you'd chosen that path
instead of your father's...
..I'd be worried about Callum,
that's all.
PHONE VIBRATES
Can you take me to Sikkaso Town?
We're on, we're on.
PHONE: The person you have called is
unavailable.
Please leave a message.
Go!
OK, here's good.
Let's hope Callum gets here in time.
You going to cry, Cal?
It's just here.
Any time you need me, I'm here for
you.
I know. Thank you, Mum.
Don't wait, Mama. I'll call later.
Remember what I said.
Sephy.
My baba already knows...
What? ..what you guys are planning.
You were going to use that.
No, you know I wouldn't.
It was a way out, Seph. We don't
have time...
It was a way out. We don't have time
for this.
Where are they? We need to get there
before Lekan.
Come on.
Seph, Seph, pull up here. Wait,
what?
Just pull up here. Just do it, OK?
Why? It's a short cut.
I'll be faster on foot. OK, wait.
Fine, I'm coming with you. Fine.
Wait, I'm coming with you. Meet me
at Cara's, yeah?
Adetola, Sijuola, that way. Go, go!
Kiakia, go now!
Sir, down there.
They are taking the piss!
This was Sephy?
Listen, Jude, you'd be dead, if it
weren't for her.
BANGING
Where now, back to the safe house?
No, I think it's compromised.
Morgan, you need to get out of the
safe house.
Give me an update.
E ma binu, we missed them.
How did they know we were coming?
That doesn't matter, now.
Move in on the safe house.
Clear it out.
Yes, sir.
Lieutenant Baako, PM's office.
Come through, sir.
Get off me!
Move, move!
Hands against the wall. Don't move!
Stop moving! Spread your legs!
Oi, oi, stay still!
Stay still!
Stay still. Take him out.
Take him out.
SHOUTING
Get off me!
All done.
THEY WHISPER
Argh! Come on, man!
Come on! Breathe.
Breathe.
SUCKS THROUGH TEETH
HE WHISPERS
WHISPERS: Yes, sir.
GUNSHOTS
ON PHONE: Anything?
Yeah, no sign of the McGregors or
Morgan.
OK.
OK.
Ese.
I am pleased to announce
that following the recent
firebombing incident,
last night a police raid in
Blithehale
resulted in the arrest of a dozen
so-called Liberation Militia
members.
No police were injured in the
operation against these terrorists.
Now, these individuals, we know,
were planning abhorrent acts...
..of mass violence against innocent
people.
To the officers who were involved
in this dangerous operation
at great risk to their own lives,
I offer my undying gratitude.
But to those who continue to plot
destruction, misery,
who have heaped so much pain on
so many families,
to the McGregors, whose active
involvement in terror continues,
I have this message -
may the terrible fate that awaits
your comrades...
..stand as a warning.
Know this, we are coming for you.
Ese.
Don't worry about Kamal or the LM.
I was wrong.
Wrong to even consider it.
And I lied to you, Sephy.
I thought it was the best way
that...
I don't expect you to forgive me.
The baby, I...
I nearly got...
What?
My baba said if I had it terminated,
he could help you...
..give you a new life.
I thought his way was our only
option.
I'd do anything to keep you safe.
You wouldn't have done that.
I know you wouldn't have.
Because, Seph, if we give up on this
baby, we give up on us.
We give up on everything.
The LM, Kamal, they're part of the
same world.
We need to find our own.
We can't be running halfway across
the globe to find it.
We need to build it from right here.
This is our home.
Albion.
No more running.
I think I have an idea.
Sephy. Hi.
Are you ready? Yeah. We're ready.
This way.
WHISPERS: It's OK.
Time to stand up.
I'm right here, OK? Thank you.
So, you're here on national
television,
by your own free will, is that
right?
Yes.
Nobody's forced you to come and say
anything you're about to say,
have they? No.
You know, I...I have to ask
because...
..your father believes...
..Albion believes that you were
kidnapped.
That you've been coerced.
It's otherwise hard to understand
why you, as Sephy Hadley,
the Prime Minister's daughter...
..would choose to go on the run with
a Nought terrorist.
Callum has made mistakes.
Yes, he...he knows that.
He's not a terrorist, Mensah.
He's not.
He's the kindest person I know.
I love him.
And I'm having his baby.
You're having his baby?
Yes.
Kamal Hadley is going to have a
grandchild.
If your father were here...
..what would you say to him?
That I love him...
..and I always will.
But the things that he's doing in my
name,
you know, that others are doing in
my name,
the cruelty and the bloodshed...
..I don't want any part of it.
If you want to do something for
Sephy,
then let me be with the person I
love.
Can I...? Yeah, yeah, go, please.
I won't pretend this baby doesn't
exist.
I'm proud of this child and I'm
proud of the man that I love.
We haven't done anything wrong,
Baba.
We're not running any more.