The City and the City (2018): Season 1, Episode 4 - Breach - full transcript

Nowhere else
works like the cities, Beszel

and Ul Qoma.

Mahalia Geary, a few days
ago she disappeared in Ul Qoma,

She turns up in Beszel.

Mr. Gorse?

Bowden is at
the center of this.

The idea of
Orciny has always

- threatened by authorities.
- Be safe.

Yolanda!

What if it's real?

We need to stop believing it
just to find out what happened.



Why is this case
so important for you?

It's your wife, right?

Her and Bowden,
your personal makes

you the wrong man for the job.

Maybe it makes
me the right guy.

It
can be to see, to unsee.

Get it wrong, and
they punish you.

I should have known.

I was a cop.

Bad dream?

You're invited.

He survived,
not everybody does.

What have you done to me?

We can do
whatever we want to you.



You are in breach.

We have to fix a breach,
dams and additions,

deals to be made.

We can make it easy for you.

You can make it easy for you.

Look at me.

You belong to us.

It's up to us how you go
under, how long, what you see,

what you say.

When you come around,
if you come around,

this room was the court.

If you want to see what's on
the other side, cooperate.

You're a born breacher, Borlu,
and we can work with that.

You can help us.

What do you know of Orciny?

Professor Katrynia Perla was a
believer in Orciny, wasn't she?

What have you
done with my wife?

Answer the question.

She was an academic.

She studied it.

No, we
think more than that.

Your wife
was a subversive.

You killed her.

You're killing everyone
connected to Orciny.

We don't kill.

Well, you
disappeared her then.

We don't
know what happened

to your wife or Mahalia.

Bowden got them to
Orciny, didn't he?

The day Katrynia disappeared,
they were together.

Tell us about that day, Borlu.

You are shitting yourself.

You're scared.

If Orciny exists, it
means systematic transgression,

a parasite city, a threat.

Because if Mahalia and Kat
discovered Orciny is real,

where would that leave you?

At war.

Bad dream?

You're off
early today, professor?

Lecture to prepare.

Yeah?

I don't think
you want to hear.

Try me.

Beszel and Ul
Qoma, invisible borders,

a state of division that--

All right.

I warned you.

Borderline sedition.

I'll have to get the
cuffs on you later.

Look forward to it.

Thank you for having
me, Inspector Borlu.

Be safe.

Be safe yourself.

Bowden.

Christ, Borlu, how--

what do you want?

I'm investigating a murder.

The Geary Case?

Yeah, the Geary case.

The Geary case
is with breach is closed.

Well, the Yolanda Stark
case then, my wife's case,

Jesus, man, people
have been murdered.

It's over, Borlu.

Who thinks that?

We do, they do.

It's unanimous.

Fuck that!

I want the case reopened.

There's a connection between
David Bowden and Michael Gorse.

They were mates at Berkeley.

They traveled to India together.

What are you raving--

A Michael Gorse,
CEO of Sear & Core,

is connected with your
mate, Major Syeder.

You're stood down.

I'm off the case?

You're off the force.

I need your badge.

And I'd appreciate it if
you refrain from contact

with other officers.

Thank you for your support!

On our road victory!

The sign of the times will
be heard for the first time

in this city.

Excuse me, sir, there's an
American gentleman in the car

would like to speak to you.

Follow us.

Yolanda's killer was
working for you, wasn't he?

He was a good, true citizen.

Nothing to do with me.

You're a
murdering bastard, Syedr.

I'm going to take you down.

The news on the golf course
is he'd been discharged, Borlu.

You're no policemen, and
you never were a patriot.

I'm not the one doing dodgy
deals with the Yanks, am I?

What does that mean?

You, Mike Gorse, David
Bowden, two dead girls.

Why?

What did they know?

You have no idea what
you're dealing with.

This is a new order, Borlu.

It's happening.

We're here now.

Where's Bowden?

This is our city.

I'll be mayor, and
you'll be dead.

Don't shoot!

Chief.

God.

Sit down.

I saw some of of
Bowden's home movies.

India, '83.

You're right.

Him and Gorse go way back.

Hippies always made
the cut, didn't they?

You know you're breaking
the no contact rule?

I can decide for myself
where I go, who I see.

Really?

Well, Breach have
got me on a leash.

Things got a bit complicated
didn't they, Chief?

Things got a fucking mess.

Language.

God bless you.

Me, you.

Gorse, Syedr, Bowden, they're
in this up to their necks.

Chief, it's Orciny.

Orciny is a connection.

They look just like
you and me, don't they?

I'm Breach manifest,
have been for a long time.

I'm your leash.

Yeah, well, fuck you.

You're the one that's
a bit fucked, Chief.

What they did to you in
there, that can do some more.

They're everywhere.

They know you.

You're everywhere,
and you blame me.

I never set you up.

You didn't need
me for any of it.

Couldn't have made
a better choice.

We want Orciny.

You want justice for a dead
girl and for your wife.

You're not
thinking straight.

If you can't unsee,
you're a marked man.

Where are we?

Breathe, relax.

We're in Ul Qoma.

That's not possible.

You're with me.

You're with the Breach.

Are you hungry?

Smell that?

Fresh dumplings.

I am a long way from home.

We're not so far.

We crossed over.

Yeah, crossed over.

You can do that.

You're with me.

See those things?

You like those, don't you?

Take what you want.

Come on, that's him.

That's him.

Hey!

You want to see one
city, you see the other.

You cross over.

You adjust, cross back.

Give it up, Borlu.

Are you in Beszel, or
are you in Ul Qoma?

I don't know!

You're with me.

You're in both.

Breathe, Chief.

Breathe.

It's safer to move you here.

You've got all your things.

Anything else you want
they'll bring you.

To do what?

You're an investigator, Borlu.

Investigate.

Not for me, thanks, Chief.

Must have been really
difficult for you, all playing

the secretary all the time.

It's funny, I loved it a lot.

So what do I call you?

Call me what you like.

But we work together
to find the truth.

Breach are across all
borders and communications.

We have covert and mobile
surveillance, written reports,

wired informers, investigators,
recording devices,

electronic communications,
and plain old gossip.

If you have all
this, how come you

don't know who killed Mahalia?

How come you don't know
what happened to my wife?

We need your instincts.

Your eyes make a difference.

Recognize her yet?

Minutes.

Hours.

Days.

Years.

It's a life.

Katrynia was deeply
connected to Orciny.

We need to know if she found it.

You show me what happened to
her the night she disappeared.

I want to see.

Where did she go?

There must be another
angle on the camera.

One more.

Where is she?

Ul Qoma side.

It's all we know.

Bowden maintains Orciny exists.

It can be accessed via Dissensi.

You knew it in your gut.

You knew it from the beginning.

You solve Mahalia,
you solve your wife.

Wait.

They
colluded like spies.

What was the twisted
reality they had agreed on?

Why didn't I confront them?

Why didn't I go after her?

It's taken five years
and two dead women

for me to open my eyes.

Good morning.

What happened?

It's like 10:35.

when I'm in the uni, first day.

I thought
you did this all the time.

I do,
but you're putting me off.

Sorry.

This
division is preventing so much

magic from happening between--

Just think of all the lives
that we'll never cross,

all the loves that
will never happen

and all these half-told stories.

Are you filming?

Yeah.

Welcome
to the Bolyon dig site.

This is where we find all
our amazing artifacts.

I have been taking pictures of
all the sad, forgotten places,

all the secret places.

You're going to see a pattern.

You're going to see consistency
in these strange places.

Look at that.

I think we did good.

I'm nervous,

my great paper on
Orciny happens tomorrow.

You'll be fine.

I filched an awfull lot of it.

I came across this
amazing treatise

by Katrina Perla, a woman
so forgotten, obviously.

She is totally fearless.

I don't even know how she had
the balls to write this stuff.

I came across this
amazing by Katrynia Perla.

I came across this
amazing treatise

by Katrynia Perla, a woman
so forgotten obviously.

She is totally fearless.

I don't even know how she had
the balls to write this stuff.

It's-- it's the kind of
thing that they would

kill you for in this place.

You can feel the bliss
of Orciny sitting

when you read her words.

Yeah, I know
it sounds crazy,

but the way she writes about
it, I think she found it.

I think-- I think she went--

We were out walking near
the edges of campus,

and we stopped by an
old derelict building,

and he pointed at some
geese flying overhead.

That was the world's
first writing, he said.

How would do Orciny communicate?

Could we understand it?

Would we even know it was
a message, an invitation?

I'd like to welcome Professor Katrynia

Perla, a true explorer.

In Orciny, there is no space

and time, no past and present.

Everyone is connected.

All these
strange, beautiful things we're

digging up, it's so clear now.

They don't belong to a Ul
Qoma, or Beszel, or us.

People are scared to
admit it, but these things

belong to Orciny.

These things belong to Orciny.

Who are the people in Orciny?

Well, they-- they
rule everything.

They are overlords.

They are the people
who have been invited,

and they know everything.

From Orciny, you
can see forever.

There's no time and space,
no past and present.

There's no language
even, nothing div--

all these strange, beautiful
things we're digging up,

it's so clear now.

They don't belong to a Ul
Qoma, or Beszel, or us.

People are scared to
admit it, but these things

belong to Orciny.

These things belong to Orciny.

Hi, yeah, I need to see you.

It's really urgent.

Something happened, and I--

I think they're
trying to contact me.

Please, pick up.

Yes, I've seen it
a few other times,

but like not written out,
like, I've seen like leaves.

It's happening.

I don't understand.

Yeah,
they're coming to you.

Me?

Do you really think so?

I know you're
not quite sure about this,

but it's an incredible,
incredible privilege.

I can't believe it.

You know why they're

trying to connect to you?

They're inviting you.

You just need to know where
to look to see their signs.

This is an example.

What do they want?

You do.

You do know.

You know it.

These things belong to Orciny.

We're here to see
Professor Ul Nadi.

Trust in Breach.

OK.

Let Breach deal.

I'm with Breach
now, professor.

So is there anything
you want to tell us?

Yes.

I-- I didn't know what to do.

Just show us, please.

This is
one of our finds,

perserved lobster claw,
proto clockwork mechanism,

unknown metallic alloy.

They were such unparalleled
alchemists, you know?

So what dynasty is that?

There's more.

This treasure was left in place
of the original artifacts.

You didn't think to
go to the authorities?

If this gets out, it's--

it's the end of my career.

It's the end of my life.

Yeah, well, it's
a bit late for that.

Miss, I have to lock up.

Don't worry, Tim, I can do it.

I-- I'm not allowed to.

I know she's waiting for you.

Can you please put it
in the locker after, miss?

Send her my love.

It's amazing.

This is what excites Mahalia.

Bowden tells her the
rest of world is reaching

out for her, inviting her in.

How did she get this
stuff off the site?

I don't know, but I can't
see any other way out of here.

These people, these people
from Orciny, they materialize.

That actually make
contact somehow.

According to Yolanda,
Mahalia got impatient.

She was so desperate
to go there,

she was prepared to
give her life for it.

Like Katrynia.

She must have been very lonely.

I wasn't always with Breach.

I got entrapped, like you,
Beszel, Ul Qoma, Breach.

You think we get to choose
what we are, what we become?

- Don't.
- What?

I'm trying to work.

Orciny.

Orciny, it's still there.

What?

My excitement
for it, I suppose.

These are disputed zones.

David
calls them Dissensi,

a back yard here, a
deserted warehouse there.

The theory is that some of
them are the gateway to Orciny.

But you don't believe
in all that stuff, do you?

You're lucky.

You mean I'm stupid?

I mean, you don't need it.

I've got you,
though, haven't I?

Haven't I?

A7.

Mahalia was following
the same trail as Kat,

looking for the Dissensi.

But this.

Orciny.

This is it.

Katrynia!

Katrynia!

Thrive.

Innovate.

Change.

Sear & Core R&D. Dream.

Excite.

Orciny.

Inspire.

Innovate.

Change.

Sear & Core R&D. Dream.

Excite.

Inspire.

Innovate.

Change.

Sear & Core R&D. Dream.

Excite.

Inspire.

Innovate.

Change.

Sear & Core R&D. Dream.

Excite.

Inspire.

Thanks.

Change.

Drive.

Excite.

Inspire.

Innovate.

Syedr.

Yeah.

Mahalia didn't die because
she believed in the existence

of a third city.

She died because she
stopped believing.

No Orciny.

No, it's just a scam.

And a dead girl,
two dead girls.

Maybe more.

Katrynia didn't go
to Orciny either.

Look, forget Syedr.

I need to get to Bowden now.

Bowden has gone AWOL.

We take the bird
we know we've got.

We need to look for him.

I mean, he could be
in a Dissensi, maybe.

You know, he knows those places.

I promise you, we
will find Bowden.

Someone else is going to get
their lemon squeezed first.

Major Yorj Syeder,

the 65-year-old
political veteran

leader of NatBloc has won the--

Come on, Pigeon,
time to take you home.

We won.

The will of the people won.

A pure Beszel is
what we all want.

You're with Breach.

You, Gorse, Bowden,
it's all falling down.

Bowden is in hiding, but
I promise you will find him.

Bowden was a degenerate.

He killed her, didn't he?

He killed Mahalia.

He said it was an accident.

My boys were always
clearing about for his mess,

emptying his trash.

If I had my way, that IED would
have taken him out for good.

So what?

Antiques on the black market?

Special alloys.

Gorse wanted them.

But the Ul Qoma authorities
wouldn't grant him access.

He found another
way, exploitation.

That's what he does.

NatBloc works
with the Americans.

A political campaign
needs funding.

Well, why don't you tell
that to Mahalia's parents

or Yolanda's?

Collateral damage.

We're at war.

Haven't you noticed?

My boy, border
skirmish two years ago.

Blood gets spilled.

It was a business arrangement.

I got a nation.

Gorse got his special metals.

Breach.

My wife has got no one else.

You're not going to see
your wife for a very long time.

We'll give you 24 hours
to get your affairs in order.

You can start with
your abdication.

They're waiting.

We're Breach.

We're here to see Michael Gorse.

The rich history.

I'm looking forward to it.

Michael Gorse,
we need to talk.

Didn't we already do that?

I'm Breach.

I want to ask about
your business connection

with the NatBloc Party.

Breach, NatBloc, True
Citizens, it's a freak

show worse than the Congo.

You think anyone outside
these shanty towns

actually cares
about any of this?

Smuggling priceless
objects across the border.

Sir, we gotta go.

It's OK.

You can have your trinkets back.

We're done with them.

We analyze, we synthesize.

It's an alloy that's tougher
and lighter than titanium.

It's the next big
thing, and this place

is sitting right on it.

Plane to catch.

I'm Inspector Tyador Borlu.

You tell Bowden I can help him.

Borlu?

Yeah.

You know what
David's problem is?

His head is always
ruled by his dick.

And the rumor is he had
one of yours, Inspector.

You just tell me where he is.

You better get
back to the shtetl,

Inspector the tide's coming in.

Sir, we gotta go.

You will stay where you are.

All air traffic is grounded.

There is no passage
out of the cities.

Five years from
now, there won't

be a Beszel or an Ul Qoma.

This will be just another US
mining colony, a boom town.

And that will be
your revolution,

and all your border controls,
and your quaint moralities,

and your laws, all gone.

Look in my eyes.

No obedience reflex.

You know where he is?

I can help him.

Why should I care?

Because you're his friend.

You go way back, don't you?

When in
Beszel, be Beszel.

Tell him we'll wait
in his apartment.

Tell them we've Breach,
and we can make a deal.

You just sent me

to just go steal shit for you.

Like it didn't make sense to
me when you were telling me,

but I believed you
because I trusted you.

Let go of me!

Bowden, Where are you?

Where is he?

I need to do this alone, OK?

Please.

This might come
in useful, Chief.

I need you to trace a call.

Following the resignation of Major Syedr.

Borlu, I need
your help, Borlu.

You tell me what happened.

Mahalia was
like a spoiled child who

found out there was no Santa.

She threatened me.

We fought.

She fell.

What happened to Katrynia?

Katrynia?

That's why you're here.

Katrynia wanted to cross over
another realm, a new continent.

Don't bullshit me.

I'm with Breach so I can
take you down any time.

I'll run, you'll
shoot, you'll learn nothing.

Are you going to help me or not?

What happened to her?

You need me
to be the villain.

You don't know anything, do you?

She put her whole life on
hold for you, a policeman.

You saved her.

Be safe, and she was.

You stiled her, Borlu.

You derailed her.

She didn't jump.

She was pushed.

I loved her.

You killed her.

That night you met at
the Doplircaffe, I saw you.

You saw that?

Now I can help you,
but you need to tell me.

Tell me what happened to her.

When I saw her
that last time, at first,

she seemed so happy.

It was like something
had lifted, flown.

I was astonished.

It was like nothing changed.

We could be together again.

We talked, she left.

You played her.

Why-- why would you do that?

Why would you play her?

You played her just
like you played Mahalia.

No one could play a cat.

Just tell me what
happened to my wife.

I wanted her to stay.

I was worried
there was something

too bright about
her, too brittle,

something she said, wanting
to get out of this place.

I thought she meant Beszel.

I should have gone after her.

You were there.

You could have
gone after her too.

Kat crossed
all boundaries.

She didn't care about Breach.

She didn't care about any of it.

When they told me
that she disappeared,

I knew what had happened.

So do you, Borlu.

You always did know.

Katrynia finished
what she started.

And this time,
you weren't there.

You're not going to
help me at all, are you?

Borlu, please.

Please.

Hey, Borlu!

Bad dream?

Come on, Chief.

You can't go yet, Chief.

Be safe.

Bad dream?

Come.

You're invited.

Be with me.

Come.

Put pressure there.

Be safe.

None of us were born here.

All of us breached once.

You can never unsee again.

Inspector Tyador Borlu of the
Beszel Extreme Crime Squad

is gone.

When in
Beszel, be Beszel.

Be safe.

Shred it.

Nowhere
else works like the cities.

It's everyone in Beszel
and everyone in Ul Qoma.

Every minute every day.

It works because
they do not blink.

It's called Breach.

I am Borlu, Breach manifest.

My job is to maintain the
skin that keeps law in place.

But I once glimpsed
another place,

and at night, I am
back there again.