Strike Back (2010–2018): Season 5, Episode 5 - Episode #5.5 - full transcript

Scott and Stonebridge sneak into North Korea to destroy a factory where the vanadium is being processed. Finn is kidnapped. After destroying the factory Scott and Stonebridge surrender because Mei threatens to kill Finn.

The Yakuza shipment for Mei is vanadium.

Use the missile technology.

We'll be facing a rogue state
with a million-man army

able to launch a nuclear
strike at a moment's notice.

The exchange can't be delayed.

Section 20?

They were grasping at straws.

Damien, Damien, Damien!

I've got to find some transport
and get back to my team.

Bravo One. Have you got
eyes on the metal yet?

No, that's a negative.



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The vanadium has to be
in the trucks, pursue.

You're too late.

All this noise, the gunfire. Nothing
more than smoke and mirrors.

In a few hours, the vanadium
will be in North Korea

and all that you did will be for nothing.

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Guess I'll see you in
another 16 years or so?

Look, kid,

I got a job to do.

All right? And in case you haven't noticed,

there's a lot of shit going on around here.

Look, if you want to hang
at the hotel for a while...



you can.

I'll be back in a couple of days.

Yeah, all right. If you're sure.

Come on.

There.

Yeah.

Your point of entry is here.

Just over the border.

Groups of Russian construction workers

are bussed in daily to help
with the new rail line.

A foreman's being paid off to smuggle
both you and the C4 into North Korea.

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So, what the fuck did he say?

He said you have a very pretty mouth and
he'd love to buy you a drink sometime.

We can't risk the metal detectors picking
up the blasting caps and weapons.

So, you'll be getting them once
you're inside the country.

So, what do we do?

Walk into Best Buy and pick some shit up?

Nope.

You'll meet up with our MI6
contact outside Pyongyang.

We got someone in North Korea?

The contact is Mr. Park.

He'll provide you with what you need.

Find out where Mae's taken the vanadium,

and dispose of it.

In other words,

blow it the hell up.

Easy for you to say.

Someone spots us once
in a country like that,

another pair of dog tags
to add to the pile.

Exfil is set for 72 hours
once you cross the border.

The longer you spend out there, the
greater the risk of discovery.

If you are captured, it would be
construed as an act of war on our part.

There's nothing we can do.

You're on your own.

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♪ I can't see where you comin' from ♪

♪ But I know just what you runnin' from ♪

♪ This ain't no place for no hero ♪

♪ This ain't no place for no better man ♪

♪ This ain't no place for no hero ♪

♪ To call home ♪

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Step forward.

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Welcome to North Korea.

Welcome home, child.

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It's been a long time.

Not much has changed since we trained here.

This was your desk.

This was mine.

I am to be your liaison.

To facilitate your transition
back to life here.

My liaison?

The party wants you to watch me.

To make sure that I haven't been infected

by my time in the west.

Some things don't change.

Be careful, Jun-Seo.

Don't get too close,

or you might catch something.

I did worry...

that you would be different.

It's been a long time,

and we're both different.

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Mr. Park?

Were you followed?

No, we're professionals.

Wait, right here.

When do I get out?

I've told them I can't do this anymore.

- Mr. Park...
- They don't understand this place.

Can't trust anybody.

Neighbors, even family.

Take pills.

Two, three before bed

just to make sure I don't talk in my sleep.

Yeah, we get it, all right?

You can trust us. There's no need to worry.

It's all been arranged.

You help us, we'll help you.

Three days ago, I notice
troop transfer requests,

increased patrols around North Hamgyong
Province Iron and Steel complex.

What, you think our target's headed there?

Yes, I think that!

- That is why I'm telling you this!
- All right.

Our intel said you may have
some equipment for us as well?

So, how are the Beatles?

They're great.

John, Paul, George, and the other guy?

Yeah, they're still going strong.

I love their Christmas album.

Cheers.

Look at that.

1979 called, it wants its gun back.

Hey, hey.

Hey, boss, it's me. You hear me?

Loud and clear, Michael.

We made it through.

We've got the blasting caps.

We've also got a location.

North Hamgyong Iron and Steel.

We've got some maps as well,
but they're a bit dated.

I'll try and source you
some more recent ones.

Roger that.

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It's my son.

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Bravo one, sitrep?

Anything?

You gotta get them back.

Fuck.

Fuck.

Fuck. Fuck!

- How many?
- A lot.

That many?

Move!

Come on! Come on!

Fire!

Fuck! Left! Left! Left! Left! Go left!

Scott!

Scott, the window!

All right, let's go!

Fuck!

Oi!

Sorry, kid.

Shit. Come on.

How's that phone coming along?

It's fucked, dude.

No phoning home with that one, Mikey.

There you go.

Brilliant.

We've lost our comms, and
we've been compromised.

Aborting the mission is an option.

No fucking way.

Ha! Which we've discussed
maturely, and both agreed on.

Thank you.

All right. Let's set a course across
country for North Hamgyong Province.

Bearing in mind, if we're caught,

the best we can hope for is to be
tortured and thrown in the gulags.

Not to mention the
international repercussions

for our little act of terrorism.

You finished now?

Yeah.

Motivational speech needs
a bit of work, Mikey.

Ha! There's 40 klicks of hostile
terrain between here and there.

Plenty of time to work on it.

Let's go.

I don't want to keep that bitch waiting.

Hey.

What?

Just so you know...

Yeah?

Even if you stick a
bullet between her eyes,

it's not gonna bring Julia back.

I know.

Let's go.

Third patrol in an hour, bud.

Our luck's not gonna hold out.

Yeah.

Maybe it has something to do with the
fact that we're laying in a graveyard.

We're clear. Let's move.

The government forces people to
work even though there's no wages.

There's no wages, there's
no food on the table.

No food on the table, you end up
burying your dead on a hillside.

They still got money for
fucking nukes, dude.

It's a policy called "Songun."

It means military first no matter what.

Sounds perfect for you.
You should move here.

Even I have my limits, mate.

We have a patrol searching for Section 20.

They won't get far.

You have no idea what 20 are capable of.

We need to consider moving production.

That's not an option.

To delay now would be a
catastrophic loss of face

for those in the regime who
have supported this program.

Then we need to double the number
of troops guarding the plant.

This is my life's work,

and I will not let them ruin it.

So, find a way to work within the system.

There is a contingency plan
I wish to put into place

to nullify the threat.

Very well.

Carry on.

Kim, yeah, it's Finn.

Yeah, I'm just getting some food.
You want anything?

All right. We got...

Fish on a stick.

This chicken.

Chicken, I just want...

Yeah, okay. Two. Two.

I'll catch you later, Kim.

All right.

How much?

No, no, I'll give you 20.

I'll give you 20.

All right, thank you.

Hey, you.

You British?

American.

Same, same. Leonardo DiCaprio?

Yeah. Yeah, we're brothers.

What's your name?

Finn.

Nice to meet you, Finn, the American.

Have a nice day.

Thanks. You have a nice day too.

Fuck.

Get on the phone to Finn.

We've gotta get out of here.

No answer.

We need to get to him. Now.

- Hey, Kim.
- Finn.

- Yeah?
- Where are you?

Yeah, something just happened. There
were these guys here. They chased me.

- They had guns. I...
- Are you okay?

I don't know what happened,
but I managed...

What's going on, Finn? Talk to me!

Finn!

Finn...

You okay?

Yeah, I guess.

What is it?

Something I gotta ask you, Mikey.

There's 20 klicks between
here and the plant.

When you lost Kerry...

how'd you deal with it?

Well, that's a little heavy.

I thought you were gonna ask me
something simpler than that.

No.

I don't know. I guess I
just assumed if I...

moved through life fast enough
I could run away from it all.

- How's it going for you?
- Ha.

Well, here we are.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Fuck.

It's all right.

Shit.

Hey, Scott.

We can't let them report us.

What are you gonna do?

Shoot them?

No, of course not.

It's all right.

It's all right.

You hungry?

It's good. It's food.

It's okay.

Some more?

That's all right. It's chocolate.

It's good.

Scott...

you owe me some of your rations, mate.

Yeah.

Roger that.

Well, word's out to our
contacts in the police,

at borders.

We have got as many people as
possible looking for Finn.

They must have been lying
in wait, watching.

Fuck. I should have just
kept a better eye on him.

This wasn't your fault.

Yeah, sure, and neither was Julia's death.

It just so happens that
I'm there both times.

I'll give you five seconds
to feel sorry for yourself.

Then I need your head back in the game.

Okay? We gotta find Finn.

And we need to help Scott and
Stonebridge in the field.

The DEA has requested that I go back.

What, are you choosing this
moment to hand in your notice?

No, I'm choosing this moment to use the
leverage that it gives me with them.

Go on.

North Korea traffics drugs into Asia

raising cash for their regime, right?

Right. Well, the agency has
had eyes on them in the sky,

although they deny it on all levels.

If I push,

we might be able to
piggyback on the satellite,

and that way we can keep eyes
on the guys in the field.

Good.

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We have extra security on
all entrances to the plant,

and your request for
reinforcements is being processed.

And what does that mean?

That they will be here in an hour? A day?

This isn't a time for party visits
and premature celebrations.

It doesn't matter to them as much, does it?

They just want the missiles for posturing.

They may as well be wheeled into a
museum for all the good they will do.

You should be careful what you say.

Of course. I forget.

You're my liaison.

You should join in the celebrations.

Apparently, our nation
is already victorious.

We need to put C4 charges in four
different areas of the plant

in order to compromise the vanadium.

One on the processor, here.

One on the turbines.

The control room.

And last of all, the smelting furnace here.

When'd you start reading Korean?

Well, I didn't, I'm just
looking at pictures.

All right.

So, we're blowing the shit
out of a bathroom, probably?

Well...

unless the toilets are the
size of blasting furnaces,

that's highly unlikely.

Got an entry point?

No. Nothing yet.

Think I found one.

Mikey.

Look under there. You see that?

Mercedes.

Yeah, I see it.

Yeah.

Security didn't stop it.

That's a classy way in.

Let's go find it.

♪ Somewhere after midnight
in my wildest fantasy ♪

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♪ Larger than life ♪

Shh, sit down there.

Shh!

That was actually a decent vintage, mate.

Next time, throw the cheap stuff.

- Move?
- Move.

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- Clear, bud?
- Clear.

Up.

Get up. On your feet.

Oi! Mate...

There's two of us and one of you.
Those are terrible odds.

You wanna shoot him, Mike?

Looks like he's gonna shoot me.

Yeah, well, we need him, Scott.

Stand up.

Fuck.

How is she, Scott?

She's gone.

Bravo One, your call is very, very welcome.

I think we found a way into the plant.

Good.

If all goes according to plan,

ETA for setting the charges
would be 30 minutes or so.

Anyone else on the line?

No. No, it's just me.

We lost Finn, Michael.

We think Li-Na's men took him.

What?

We can't confirm it, but...

You're the one in the field running the op.

If you think Scott can handle
the news, you tell him.

But if you think it will
compromise his effectiveness

to complete the mission...

It's your call.

Michael?

That's a hell of a call to make.

You don't want the responsibility...

No.

Like you said, I'm the one in the field.

Come on.

Hey, Mikey.

When we got cut off from
Zero I realized something.

The boss would be used to it,

but Finn? He wouldn't know
whether I was dead or alive.

Pretty shitty dad to put
your kid in that spot?

Yeah, I hear you. We just need
to stay focused on the mission.

That's a polite way of
saying "shut the fuck up."

Oi! Keep moving.

We're borrowing your limo and
you're driving us to the plant

one way or the other. Let's go.

Fucking bastard!

That's one way, This is
the other, let's go!

- Get up!
- Let's go!

Walk!

Remember,

not a word. Nice and easy.

They see me drive, they
know something wrong.

You know who I am?

Yeah, Mr. Do-whatever-
the-fuck-you-want-to-do.

I'm sure you can drive your own limo.

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You go now, please.

What was her name?

That girl you shot.

Who cares?!

That was for her.

Clear, bud.

Ready?

Yeah.

Mikey, going right.

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Aah!

Shit! Fuck!

Fuck!

Mike, they're on us.

Okay, feed's online.

Well, there's definite activity.

Yeah, something's kicking off.

Mikey, I can't keep holding them off!

Yeah, I need more time!

Yeah, you got it!

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Hey.

Hi.

You're late.

Traffic was a bitch.

We need to get clear of here.

All right.

Catch up with you later.

See you outside.

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Fire in the hole.

Jesus.

There's chain reactions here and here.

Li-Na!

Scott, behind me!

They did it! They actually did it!

Okay, we celebrate later.

Right now, we need to find Finn.

I'm not saying that we're legends, Mike.

Well, you kind of are.

Well, you know, we snuck into North Korea,

no backup,

blew the shit out of Li-Na's ten-year plan.

So, yeah, I am.

We are fucking legends.

It's a long way to the border, mate.

Yeah, I know.

Damien, it's me.

It's Finn.

They've kidnapped me.

They say if you don't give yourself up...

I'm sorry.

Damien, it's me.

It's Finn.

Very smart.

They've kidnapped me...

It's good trick.

My son's in Bangkok with
the Colonel, you fuckwits.

I'm sorry.

Damien, it's me.

It's Finn.

They've kidnapped me. They say...

- Mike.
- ...if you don't give yourself up...

- I'm sorry.
- It's a trick, right?

- Damien.
- What?

Damien, it's me.

I knew there was a possibility
that he was missing.

They say if you don't give yourself up...

What do you mean, you knew?

- I'm sorry.
- Back at the Villa.

The phone call with Locke.

I made a judgment call to keep
us both focused on the mission.

They've kidnapped me. They say...

And you've known since then?

Yeah.

You should have told me, Michael.

Possibility or not.

You should have fucking told me!

There's nothing you could
have done to help.

- They've kidnapped me...
- Really?

Shit. Shit! So, what's this?

I'm sorry.

We're just gonna march up there

- and hand ourselves in?
- There's no "we," Michael.

This is about me and my son, not you.

We can't get caught. The implications!

- Fuck the implications!
- Fucking act of war, mate!

- I was wrong, okay? I was wrong.
- Yeah, you were.

- I made a shitty call.
- Yeah.

And it still is.

So get the fuck out of my way, Mike!

Damien, just...

- Fuck!
- Damien, it's me.

It's Finn.

They've kidnapped me.

They say if you don't give yourself up...

I'm sorry.

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