The Last Enemy (2008): Season 1, Episode 2 - Episode #1.2 - full transcript

HE GROANS

Come on!

ELECTRONIC VOICE:
'Doors closing.'

'Doors opening.'

'Doors closing.'

'Doors opening.'

PHONE RINGS

'Right man.'

Wrong woman.

I know she was staying
at this hostel.

I saw her.



She came out of here maybe
three or four hours ago.

No. She was never here.

SIRENS WAIL

The introduction of ID cards
into the United Kingdom

has been a huge success.

CHEERING

More than 25 million
of us carry the card,

but as we anticipated
with a voluntary system,

those who pose the most threat are
those least likely to carry one.

MAN: I haven't got one!

LAUGHTER

We need this TIA vote.

An hour ago we had the
numbers. What happened?

They went and got
two out of hospital,



but unless they raid the
morgue, we're still one ahead.

PHONE RINGS Excuse me.

Stephen.

Something's happened. 'Now
is really not a good time.'

I need to see you.

Not possible, my love. We're
bare knuckle all night.

Reason versus judiciary, and
reason is having a very hard time.

Eleanor, please!

This is very, very serious.

'Tomorrow. Come and
see me tomorrow.'

I can't go home. I'm frightened.

Check into a hotel, we'll
sort it out in the morning.

ON TV: 'Meanwhile, in the
Killi Faizo refugee camp

'on the Afghan
border with Pakistan,

'it is now thought that up
to 286 people may have died

'from a mysterious virus
that has affected the area.

'Aid agencies and government
research departments

'are combining in
an effort to...'

KNOCKING MAN: Housekeeping.

Good evening, sir.

- Turn your bed down?
- No, thank you.

No problem.

Polish your shoes?

I'll have them back
for you in the morning.

- Good as new.
- There's no need.

It's complimentary, sir.

'Mr Speaker,

'the introduction of
a compulsory ID card

'and the expansion of
the national database

'in the form of the TIA bill
is a logical progression

'of this government's unrelenting
fight against crime and terrorism.

'Mr Speaker,

'with TIA, there will
be nowhere to hide.

'This government is going
to drain the swamp.'

ALARM RINGS

HE GRUNTS

MUFFLED SHOUTING

Some people claim
they can smell it.

Electricity.

Have a sniff. That's
about 15,000 volts.

Who are you?

Every home should have one.

COMPUTER: 'Patching
agent TIA database.

'Host programme activated.

'Reviewing science database.

'Microbiologists.'
What is this place?

Have a seat.

I've got a question for you.

How many microbiologists
does it take

to change a light bulb?

Go on, have a stab at it.
How many do you think?

I don't know.

Just the one, but
you'd better ask quick,

cos they're dropping like flies.

15 microbiologists,

all dead in the last three years,
and not one from natural causes.

Not one.

Ring any bells?

Look, I don't know.

See, five Brits, three
Americans, five Israelis.

The Israelis all went together.

Shot down on a commercial flight
by a rogue missile, apparently.

And two Russians.

This guy here committed suicide.

Shot himself in the head, twice.

Dead microbiologist number 16.

Professor John Moreton.
Now, you know him.

I-I met him once...

..for a few minutes.
I don't know him.

Why did you meet?

Because I was
looking for someone,

and I thought Moreton
might know where they were.

I want to know who you
are and what you want.

Who were you trying to find?

Dr Yasim Anwar.

Why ask if you already know?

See, all these people,
they're all dead,

and they all specialised in
either infectious diseases

or DNA sequencing.

Professor Moreton here,
he fits the same pattern.

Worked for a biotech company,

sometime advisor for the
government on nasty diseases.

Well, I wouldn't know,
and I don't care,

because none of this has
anything to do with me.

Nadir Al Fulani.

You met her.

Where did you meet her?

- Where did you meet her?

- In my apartment.
- Oh, yeah? Where is she now?

She's dead.

She was sick, very sick.

I don't know what
was wrong with her.

I found her in my
apartment, in a coma.

I didn't get to talk to her.

- Where's the body?
- I don't know.

I don't know.

It disappeared.

Along with Dr Yasim Anwar,

your dead brother's wife.

And you went along
to see Dr Anwar,

so that she could tell you
where Nadir's body was?

No. Dead or alive, I had no
interest in Nadir Al Fulani.

Only Dr Anwar?

Yes.

What's so special
about Dr Yasim Anwar?

I came back from China
to bury my brother.

I don't know anything about
this or any of these people.

Why her?

Why did you need
to see Yasim Anwar?

I had to see her
again! I just had to!

One more time. I had to.

You spent one night with her,
and you had to see her again, eh?

Oh, no.

Oh, no, wait a minute.

No, no, no.

You came back to bury your
brother. You turn up late.

I was on time,

and unlike you,

I hung around for the
after-coffin party.

You didn't even stay to
toast your brother's memory,

and this is what
I'm thinking here.

You spent the night of
your brother's funeral...

..banging your brother's wife.

Oh, that's good.

HE LAUGHS

That's really good.

Fond of him, were you?

She played you, boy.

She played you like a
fish, then disappeared.

Sorry, my friend.

I had you down as a player.

HE SCREAMS

Congratulations, Minister.

Now we just have to win
it outside the House.

It's all in place,

we kick the campaign off
first thing tomorrow.

'Hello, this is Stephen Ezard,
please leave a message.'

Stephen, it's Eleanor.

Where are you?

Why couldn't you go home?
What's happened to you?

Call me back, will you?

Do we have any idea
where Yasim Anwar is?

We hired in a double-blind
so it can't come back at us.

There's a danger of exposure
if we try to make contact.

- Sir, Madam.
- Hello.

There's no calling him back.
He'll either disappear,

or he'll continue until
he's fulfilled his contract.

With a cost of how many
more innocent victims?

George, John Moreton
was innocent.

Yasim Anwar is innocent.

What the hell was Stephen
Ezard doing in there?

As far as I can tell,

he hasn't alerted
anyone to what he saw.

Not yet, anyway.

We need to understand him.

What he knows,
how he's involved.

Then we can take
a decision on him.

ENGINE REVS

TYRES SCREECH

TV CHATTER

'Breaking news now.

'We're getting reports of
two deaths in the city,

'and we're going live...'

Eleanor, call me back.

'The two bodies were found by
early morning cleaning staff.

'A police spokesman confirmed
that a man and a woman

'had apparently died
from gunshot wounds.

'Professor John Moreton
was considered to be

'one of the country's
leading microbiologists.'

'John was a brilliant scientist.

'Dedicated...

'..highly respected.'

'Police inquiries have centred
on examining CCTV footage

'inside the building.

'I've been told to expect a
further statement at any time.'

WOMAN: Stephen, what's happened?

You said if anything out
of the ordinary happens,

that I shouldn't go to the
police, I should talk to you.

I need to do that.

Ministerial drivers
know more state secrets

than the intelligence services,
and they are totally discreet.

Stephen...

..what's happened?

- What do you mean, kidnapped?
- By a complete lunatic.

- What did he want?
- Don't know.

Look, it's nothing to do with me.
I was looking for Michael's wife.

- Why?
- Look, that's not important.

I was there by accident.
When I came to,

Moreton's body was
on the ground, and...

I handled the gun, I panicked,
and then and then I ran.

You have no idea how
big I've gone on you.

Websites, newspapers,
television.

PHONE RINGS Yes.

Commander, thank you.

Thank you for getting
back to me so quickly.

It was suicide.

Moreton shot the receptionist,
and turned the gun on himself.

No, no, it wasn't suicide.
I was there, I saw someone.

Think it through.

You saw a dead woman.

Moreton must have shot her,
knocked you out, and shot himself.

The police have
it all on camera.

- Then they'll have me, too.
- There was no mention of you.

They'll want to question you,

but we'll ask them to keep your name
out of it until any formal inquest,

hopefully several
months from now.

They may not agree,
but it's worth a try.

- Suicide? They're certain?
- They found a note.

Moreton and the
receptionist were lovers.

Well, what about the lunatic
with the electric fence?

Brought you back to
your hotel unharmed.

Those "access denied" buttons
I warned you not to press...

Well, did your
"lunatic" tell you

what your involvement
was in all of this?

Well, he's probably
working for us.

There are so many
levels of security now.

And I'm sure he's
come to the conclusion

that you're perfectly harmless.

How many biochemists does it
take to change a light bulb?

Please!

Focus.

I know Michael's death
has been a huge sadness,

a terrible upset.

But you've got a very long and
important day ahead of you.

Put last night behind you,

and concentrate on TIA.

Now, go home and relax.

No amount of worrying
will bring Michael back.

Which one?

The old man.

Get details, everything he saw.

Mr Nye, be careful.

Landmines. HE CHUCKLES

He heard two
explosions, saw smoke.

The vehicle had burnt itself
out by the time he got here.

No survivors.

How long between him
hearing the explosions

and him getting here?

He was the other
side of that ridge,

and on foot, so at
least 20, 30 minutes.

There was another man, already
here, up on that hill, watching.

When the old man showed
up, he disappeared.

Younger? Older? Tall? Short?

He was like you, a Westerner.

What about a vehicle?

No vehicle.

No sound of one, either.

The man on the hill was on foot.

You've got no use for that.

He'd like the shoe.

He's already got the other one.

Mr Nye, what are
you looking for?

Tyre tracks.

The old man said no vehicle.

How can a Westerner, like me,
get out here without a vehicle?

So the camera missed him.

Must have.

You had the hawk up in the sky for
how long after the jeep was hit?

Five minutes, no longer.
Then we were gone.

So, between you going
and the old man arriving,

there was a 20 minute window in
which we have no idea what happened.

A man without a vehicle.

Yeah.

Those dead refugees...

start digging.

COMPUTER: 'Receiving
data from 0.0.315

'on secure transfer protocol.'

'Starting facial
recognition software.'

REPORTER: But TIA surely has
possibilities, Lord Cawston?

'Well, if we joined
everything up,

'then we'd be drowning
in information,

'much of it contradictory
information.

'All we are going to end up with
is another UK database disaster.'

Stephen Ezard?

These databases,
they never work?

Well, you say that...

'Well, Of course
they never work!

'The idea that
TIA will introduce

'a greater bureaucratic
efficiency is a nonsense.

'The public services
won't benefit from it.

'They'll just be strangled by 60
million different sets of data

'all trying to talk
to each other.'

- It's beige, by the way.
- What is?

The colour of the universe.

Thanks to genius here,

it takes four days to
explain the shape of it,

but some Simple Simon in a garden
shed and a homemade telescope

managed to work out
the fucking colour,

and it's beige!

REPORTER: 'So, Stephen Ezard, a
country strangled by information?'

'Yeah, well, that's a worry.

'Or it would be,
if it was true.'

I've been listening to this
rubbish argument all day long.

Think of TIA as an encyclopaedia,
an huge amount of information.

Good encyclopaedia include several
points of view on any given subject,

including contradictory ones.

Now, yes, a moron would be
overwhelmed by it, confused,

but if you ask specific,
intelligent questions,

you'll be able to extract
the correct information.

The TIA is enabled to ask itself
specific intelligent questions,

even when operated by a moron,
and it asks those questions

and gets the correct information
at a phenomenal speed.

REPORTER: 'Lord Cawston,
Mr Ezard, thank you.'

PHONE RINGS

Phwoar.

Focus group feedback.

"Ezard doesn't give a toss,

"so he comes across as honest."

They love him.

The people love him.

PHONE RINGS

Hello? 'Good news
from our source.'

The cameras weren't
working in Moreton's lab.

The police have no plans to
interview you or anybody else.

'It's as if you were
never there.' Thank God.

Oh, and Stephen,
thank you for earlier,

the feedback's been brilliant.

'Bye.'

Why were you following
John Moreton?

- What?
- Why?!

- I-I wasn't.
- Liar!

He phoned me, told me.

You were asking about
Michael, about me.

Then, that night, Moreton
was dead, murdered!

- I was trying to find you.
- Why?

I was looking for you.

I have been going crazy
ever since you vanished,

looking for you!

After that night together...

..I had to find you.

I took a job, a government job.

The only reason I took
the job is cos I knew

it would give me access to
information that I needed to...

to track you down.

I cyber-stalked you.

I used satellite
surveillance, street cameras.

I knew about your
meeting with Moreton,

and the man who pretended
to live downstairs,

and helped you to
move Nadir's body.

With TIA, you can find out
everything about anybody and...

I followed you last night to
your meeting with Moreton.

- I went into the lab.
- What did you see?

Two dead bodies.

I don't understand
what's happening. I...

I haven't got a clue
what's going on any more.

I can't read the signs, I
don't understand the language.

Away four years, it feels
like a different world.

Not that I paid attention
to how it was before,

but it wasn't like this,
it can't have been.

- Why did you come after me?
- I had to.

If you'd left a note...

I didn't want to involve you.

In what?

The receptionist...

..I think they killed
her by mistake.

It was meant to be me.

Stephen, you should
be back in China.

No, if this has anything
to do with Michael,

I have a right to know.

I'm certain now that
Michael was murdered.

He was trying to uncover a link

between a hep B vaccine
and the sickness.

Michael persuaded Nadir to fly over
with a vaccine for Moreton to test,

but before she got it to Moreton,
her apartment was broken into,

the vaccine was stolen...

and then she got sick.

What did she die from?

She injected herself with the
vaccine a few months earlier,

to persuade a group of
kids to take the jab.

But you're not certain
that was the cause?

No.

She had the same
signs of the sickness,

but she could have picked
it up through contact.

So it could be contagious?

I got a sample of
her blood to Moreton.

That's where I was
when Mike was buried.

Moreton ran tests.

Didn't want to talk over the
phone. I went to see him, but...

I never got to talk to him.

What happened to Nadir's body?

- It's safe.
- From what?

If it contains any answers...

..whoever is trying to hide
this link between the death

and the vaccine may be after it.

No. Never seen her.

HE GRUNTS

A couple of nights she
stayed. A couple of nights!

Argh! Ah!

There was another guy, just
like you, looking for her,

showing her photo around.

Him. That's him. He
was looking for her.

Argh!

- Is that the last of them?
- Yes.

Burn them.

Burn them all.

ENGINE STARTS

I hope I didn't wake you.

'I miss you. Both of you.

'I just want you to know that...

'..I'm very lucky to have such a
beautiful and wonderful family.'

And I'll see you all very soon.

HE SIGHS

Michael said you could
be a little obsessive.

I know that it
shouldn't have happened.

But it did.

I was a good wife to Michael.

I really was.

I'm just not a very good widow.

The last time I felt safe was...

being held by you.

We could get away from here.

Somewhere remote.

Southern Europe.

I've got money, they
gave me an advance.

No, no, no, no.

'John was a brilliant scientist.

'Dedicated, highly respected,

'and admired by
those who knew him.

'As was Wendy. Wendy...'

Lawrence Cooper is in the
same field as Moreton.

I know Moreton thought
him a good man.

- He might help me.
- With what?

Nadir's autopsy.

I can do it.

But I'll need Cooper to tell me
what to extract so I can run tests.

You could cut open
somebody that you knew?

I need to know why she died.

Have it done properly,
an official postmortem.

- Make it legal.
- I don't trust the authorities.

Now you sound like Michael,
conspiracy theories and plots.

Moreton didn't trust them,
and he knew better than me.

Michael went to the
proper authorities

and told them about
his suspicions.

He was dead a week later.

I need evidence.

No-one is going to
listen to me without it.

I can't prove
Michael was murdered.

I just know he was.

- Moreton too, and the receptionist.
- That could have been suicide.

Stephen, it's OK.

You don't have to get involved.

I'll be gone in the
morning. I promise.

No, no, you're staying here.
What if someone's after you?

And you can't just walk up to
Cooper and proposition him.

We need to know more about him,

make that sure he's
likely to be sympathetic.

- How can we do that?
- I can find out about anyone.

You're not going anywhere.

PHONE RINGS

'Hello.

'Guess who?'

I'll give you a hint.

Baghdad.

'Now, don't panic.

'We don't want to upset Mr Nye.'

Put your hazards on. Health
and Safety would have a fit.

Put them on, so I know you care
about your health and safety.

Now, we need a trade.

Some information for your life.

REPORTER: 'Fire crews
and ambulance services

'are working round the clock.'
- Dancing.

- That's all they were doing.
- Dancing.

They were a target
because they were young,

they were innocent.

We're up against fascist scum

who want to destroy
our hope, our vitality,

the very essence of who we are.

Please, tell the Prime
Minister that we won't fail.

We'll use TIA in its entirety.

He knows that. That's
why he chose you.

But I'll tell him.

Has anyone seen Stephen?

He said he'd be here
for the meeting,

can't find him anywhere.

PHONE RINGS

COMPUTER: 'Accessing
science database.

'Searching microbiologists.

'Professor Lawrence Cooper.

'Employment, lecturer,
University of Central London.'

Stephen Ezard, isn't
it? 'Logging off.'

Barbara Turney.

I'm from the Prime
Minister's office.

Hello.

I've seen your promotional
work on TIA, it's very good.

I like your clear,
no-nonsense approach.

- Well done.
- Thank you.

I don't want to interrupt
anything important,

but I noticed in the corridor
there's a hunting party out for you.

- Oh?
- A TIA briefing meeting

you're supposed to be at.
- Right.

'Welcome, Ms Turney.

'Retrieving previous data.

'Stephen Ezard viewed
Professor Lawrence Cooper.'

TIA can cross-reference
acquaintance and activity,

so it would automatically
profile individuals

who try to avoid
joining the database.

If someone interacts with
anyone on the database,

and they themselves
are not registered,

they will be flagged

and the system will
automatically investigate them.

We'll be able to enhance
citizen profiling.

We've all got used to
the idea of profiling,

especially in air travel.

With TIA, we'll be
able to go nationwide.

It's used to identify the
buying patterns of customers,

predict customers who are likely
to change credit card affiliations,

or those susceptible
to certain offers.

With TIA we'll have enough
information on all UK citizens

to predict individuals
with likely intent

of criminal or terrorist acts.

Stephen. Come in, come in.

Where's Yasim?

In the shower.

Why are you here?

Same reason as you.
We're on the same side.

What happened to you?

I got caught up in this lot.

Magna Carta demo.

We're an anti-ID movement.

We'd collected over half
a million signatures

to petition for the 15th of June
to become a national holiday.

Magna Carta Day.

Just to remind everyone how
important those rights are.

Return to sender, I think.

I owe a lot to Michael.

He woke me up. He
got me involved.

- In what?
- In what was going on around me.

I was never a joiner,
always a spectator.

He changed all that
in an afternoon.

Hi, Stephen.

It's a shame you never saw Yasim
and Michael together as a couple.

I've never seen two people who
were so meant to be together.

What's he doing here?

He's found me a clinic that
I can use for the autopsy.

He's got a big heart.

He's been wonderful.

He was devoted to Michael, so...

we need to be discreet.

What about Cooper?

I think he's worth a try.

He's top of his field,

no-one's got a bad
word to say about him.

His politics appear sympathetic.

He's giving a lecture
tonight at UCL.

I'll be there.

COOPER: 'Close your
eyes and relax.'

I want you to imagine...

that you are a nasty,
virulent virus.

Now, a quick look
round the hall tells me

that some of you will find
this easier than others.

You can open your eyes.

That's my virus.

He's called Alan.

Which is also the
name of the bastard

who keeps stealing
my parking slot.

LAUGHTER

Now, I want you to see the world
from your virus's point of view.

Obviously, you want to
spread yourself around

to as many humans as possible,

but the last thing you want
to do is to kill them all off,

because then you'd
have nowhere to live.

If you're going to be
a successful virus,

you have to learn how
to tread carefully.

So, first off, I want to take a look
at decreased virulence phenomenon,

the different ways in which a virus
can hide within the host's body,

sometimes lying dormant in
localised clusters of nerve cells

for the life of the host.

TYRES SCREECH

Holy shit. Illegals.

This is Delta-seven,
Delta-seven. We're at HZ22.

We've got an IM50.
Repeat, an IM50.

ALARM BLARES

Stay where you are.

Get your hands on the vehicle.

CHATTER

Excuse me, Professor
Cooper, can I have a word?

Oh, I'm sorry, I'm rather busy.

My name's Stephen Ezard.
It's very important.

Ezard?

Ezard's Theorem?

Yeah.

You're suggesting I take
part in a backstreet autopsy?

More of a private
clinical examination.

Well, this isn't your field.

- What's your role?
- I'm just a messenger.

But you obviously believe
it, or you wouldn't be here.

I don't know what I believe,

but if an examination
came up with the answers,

then I think it might
be worth the effort.

John Moreton
obviously thought so.

The doctor in question wanted
you to look at the evidence.

To be honest,

we all have misgivings
about John's death.

It is true, those last few days,

he looked like he was
under a lot of pressure.

Maybe because of this.

But I don't know anyone who was
more unlikely to commit suicide.

Hm.

Ezard has such a brilliant mind.

Shame we couldn't confide
in him, bring him on side.

Then he might not
have been so useful.

And Russell?

He's been doing
what he's good at...

disappearing.

It must stop. Now.

Everything.

We agreed to let it play.

Our man is still out there
looking for Yasim Anwar.

There's nothing we can do.

Our group came in last
night in a container.

We have one of them,
and he's talking.

About what?

Our mystery man on the hill,
so he should be with us soon.

George, we can contain this.
Try to see the bigger picture.

Keep your nerve. It's
what you're good at.

Cooper said yes, he'll do it. This
is what he needs from the body.

STEPHEN: What's wrong?

Andrew was supposed to
meet here me an hour ago,

to show me the clinic,

so I could check if it was
suitable for the autopsy.

YASIM: He didn't show up.

STEPHEN: If we go back to the
flat, he'll know where to find us.

- I don't know. He's...
- Stephen!

How you doing?

Get in. I want to talk
to your girlfriend.

Strip.

Both of you.

Everything off!
Right fucking now!

He's tagged for
sure, maybe you too.

He's that stupid, he probably
let them shove one up his arse.

Put these on.

Put everything in
this bag. Everything.

Where's Nadir's body?

You know, your brother
wasn't killed by a landmine.

His jeep was hit by two RPGs.

I've spoken to the
scumbag who set it up.

That's all you get for
now. It's your turn.

Where's Nadir's body?

It'll probably take about
nine shots to kill him.

He's a definite screamer.

You're going to break
after the second shot.

THEY SCREAM

Don't tell him anything. Never
give into his kind! Never!

Argh! Argh!

OK!

Get out of there, move!

Andrew? Oh, no.

No. SHE SOBS

This is where she was buried.

They take the bodies
away and burn them.

What did you want with her?

She was my daughter.

Wait.

Who killed Andrew?

Who is doing this?

Who is killing them?

Please, help us!

CHEERING

SHE SOBS

Come on.

Let's go home.