Utopia (2013–2014): Season 1, Episode 5 - Episode #1.5 - full transcript

This has one number on it - mine.

I was given to a man called
Christos.

He taught me how to steal,

how to fight.

They caught him,

tortured him, killed him.

What was my name?

Your name was Pietre.

Get out!

Jesus Christ!

It was chemical poisoning!



Not flu at all!

I have copies with lawyers.
I want Anya released.

I need to see you.

I'm in trouble.

That's not me!

That is not me!

See if he's got the Chinese
character for "rabbit" on his belly.

Then what, whack him?

We go now!

And we take him with us.

I want the manuscript
and you are going to take me to it.

Of course.

That's why I'm here.

Do you have it?



What, no kiss first?

So, you're getting tremors.

It could be psychosomatic.
Or the Deel's could be activating.

Thoraxin's an experimental drug,
it's hard to gauge its efficacy.

Then why am I taking it?

Because there's every chance it's
keeping you alive.

You know, when Jessica handed
them the manuscript,

she didn't give them it all.

She ripped out a few pages.

She must've given them to someone.

Grant?

Now, Becky, if you get me those
pages,

I can get them to someone who can
help, someone who can expose this.

How do you know she did that?

I keep telling you, I know people!

That's why you need to
stick with me.

Hang on!

I can always get you what you need.

Where's the rest? That'll last me
a day or two, where's the rest?

Get me those pages.

If you want to keep
control of your fucking limbs.

Got our supplies.
Have you seen Alice yet?

Yeah, she's over there with Grant,
acting as if nothing happened.

Is that the vaccine?

You really think this kills people?

What about Letts?

Have you checked?

No.

We were waiting for you.

Fancy a chat later, Grant? There's
something we need to talk about.

How are you, Alice?
Do you want to talk?

No, thank you, Becky. Do you?

Well? Are we going to talk to him?

Right, you do it.

Why me?

You're a bloke!

It's not Mr Rabbit.

Shit.

The child...

did she kill Monroe?

Yes.

Why were you going to see him?

To warn him. I always... liked him.

Could I have more water, please?

Where were you taking the vaccine?

To a laboratory. For testing.

And you do that? Yourself?

Well, I... am a scientist.

Or is that just to stop anyone else
seeing what's in it?

We know about the GCHN1 protein.
We know about Janus.

Then why are you talking to me?

Because we're curious to know which
race it is you want to murder.

Is that what you think is going on?

Are you laughing? Laughing, is it?

Please...

- Who is it this time?
- Please don't hurt me.

The white ones?

The brown ones?
Not the Jews' turn now, then?

- We're not that!
- Yeah? See this eye?

Your men pulled it
out of my head with a fucking spoon!

And they killed my dad! Why?

Wilson!

Who have you lost, eh?

She's lost someone, Alice has lost
her mum, who have you fucking lost?

I want to know why they're
doing this!

Wilson? Your name is Wilson?

And you must be Ian.
And you're Becky.

How do you know that?

You were given a phone?

It contains a tracking device.

They know where you are.

We always have.

Oh, my God!
I've been abandoned.

Does she want the child?

Er, I don't know.

I don't think so.

The people who, er...

employ her, I think it's caused
trouble.

I'm sorry...

Employ?!

The people who employ her?

You mean the pimps who trafficked
her?

The filthy criminals who were
bribing us

and who you gave our money to when
you wanted to fuck her?

I can't even look at you!

This, er...

..thing you have over these people,

will it make us safe?

Yes, it makes us safe.

Because we want a child.

It's your child and it...

Is it a boy or a girl?

It's a boy.

And he needs a home.

I think I've found it.

It's wired in the battery,

so it transmits when the phone's
off.

So Milner knows we're there?

No. Hang on.

I mean, are we sure?

Does she know?

- Of course she knew!
- Who gave her the phone?

Ian, she's tracking us.

They're not here cos they're waiting
for the manuscript.

Doesn't make sense. She saved us,
got Grant off the hook.

What's the point...?

Have you felt any tingling yet?

Tremors?

I'd be grateful if you told me. I
worked so hard on Deel's.

What's your blood pressure?

I'm not after a fucking check-up!

Why?

Why'd you do this?

We weren't interested in what
Deel's did to the subject.

We just wanted to know if we could

engineer a change that could be
passed on.

And we did.

As an experiment...

it was a success.

Success?

Did you just...?

My father died of this!

I've done so many terrible things.

But what we are doing is right.

Did you... did you say right?

Brown people, white people, Jews...

I assume you're referring to
Carvel's supposed paper on eugenics.

But Carvel was misunderstood.

Yeah, just like Hitler.

He wasn't talking about race, he
was talking about survival!

We've now passed seven billion on
this planet.

When I was born it was a little over
two.

Food prices are rising, oil is
ending.

When our resources end in 20 years,

given everything that we know of our
species,

do you really think we're going to
just share?

So your answer to that is some kind
of genocide?

No, it is not!

It is not genocide.

Our answer to this is Janus.

Janus consists of a protein
and an amino acid.

Independent of each other,
they're harmless.

But when they're brought
together in the subject

they act as a genetic trigger that
prevents chromosomal division.

The cell targeted can no longer
replicate itself

and is thereby rendered useless.

The change is permanent.

And hereditary.

And which cells are targeted?

Those that control fertility, Becky.

The purpose of Janus

is to sterilise...

The purpose of Janus is to sterilise
the entire human race.

They've got Letts?

Yes. I believe Letts had
the vaccine with him.

- What?
- No need for panic.

Carvel's work is almost in
our hands.

Let's not lose that by being rash.

This civil servant of yours is
much more worrying.

You've handled him badly.

He now has the capacity to
expose us.

He's a fucking civil servant,
I didn't expect him to take risks!

Perhaps you should end him?

He would have prepared for that.

End him!

Don't give me orders, do you
understand?

I am a Minister, and I don't take
orders from you!

I'll deal with him.
You need to deal with this.

Deal with this?

How?

By getting Letts back.

Back?

Why on earth would we want him back?

Janus effects
90-95% of the population,

leaving only one in 20 fertile.

We predict the population will
plateau at 500 million

in just under 100 years.

By then, normal breeding rates
should resume...

..but on a planet that will feel...

empty.

You're fucking insane!

To do nothing is insane!

You accuse us of being genocidal.
Not acting is genocide.

Where do you think your food
comes from, Ian?

A third of the world's farmland is
now useless due to soil degradation,

yet we keep producing more mouths
to feed.

And what's your answer to that?

Energy-saving light bulbs?

But we're doing things.
We're changing things.

Do you know the person who had
the greatest positive impact

on the environment of this planet?

Genghis Khan, because he massacred
40 million people.

There was no one to farm the land,
forests grew back,

carbon was dragged
out of the atmosphere.

And had this 'monster'
not existed, there'd be another

billion of us today jostling
for space on this dying planet.

Yet Janus massacres no-one,
it's without violence.

This is why you did this to me.

This is why you killed my dad?

It is.

And there are a thousand other
crimes on my conscience.

But do you know what I see, Wilson?

A planet turned into a desert.

A thousand million souls starving,
dying.

And we can stop this. With Janus.

Why are you telling us this?

It's not just to save yourself,

you could have said anything to
save yourself.

What we have is an approximation.

We are not Carvel,
we don't have his genius.

We'll know within three months
whether a version of Janus works.

Then we're poised to repeat
it across the globe...

If it works.

But there is one way of making sure.

Get us the manuscript.

You're asking us to help you?

Not me. Humanity.

All over the world people are
helping, good people.

If we had the manuscript, we...

Right, you need to stop talking.

Not to do this is to condemn
billions to starvation and misery!

We need to find out
if Milner's with them.

If she's not, then we need to get
that vaccine to her.

Why?

I mean... what he's saying,
it... isn't that...

..right?

Right? Sterilising the human race?

One in 20 will remain fertile.

You shut up!

We should we at least think
about it.

No, Wilson, we should not fucking
think about it!

We need to stop him, now!

Cos if they are right,
and we stop them...

..then what does that make us?

Wilson, they killed your dad.

They tortured you.

That's who they are.

You need to go there.

There's no cameras but you will have
to uncuff me.

Shut up.

If you don't give the manuscript
to me I'll have no hesitation

in shooting your ankles,
shins, knees.

I will make you talk and if I have
to do it in there, I will.

OK?

What now?

We talk to the man.

Where?

The counter.

Eggs, beans, chips, sausage, bacon,
two toast and a cup of tea.

You?

Twice.

You think this is funny?

They'll be after us.

We need to eat.

Keep up strength.

Rule number one, you know that.

Don't worry.

I always come here, they know me.

It's my local.

Eat. I bought it for you.

It's good.

It's nice to talk to you in person.

I've always wanted to.

I'm a fan.

I've read the manuscript, Jessica.

I know what
kind of man your father was.

What about Christos?

Did he love you?

I think a child needs love.

My name's...

My name's Pieter.

This is disgusting.

Only a dog would eat this shit.

It's slop.

And it's a fucking roadside
cafe by the way.

This is no-one's 'local'.

They don't know you here at all.

You're cranky.

Do you get those dreams a lot,
Jessica?

Finish...

we are going.

I need to go toilet.

I need to do the other one.

There might be some noises.

You wanted to talk, Becky?

Yeah, maybe later, Grant.

The hardest thing is not knowing.
Isn't it?

Constant question.

Will today be the day it triggers?

What will it feel like when my throat
closes for the last time?

I could squeeze your neck so easy!

Is the thoraxin working?

Donaldson told us he was
supplying you.

I thought you'd slept with him
for the thoraxin.

But...

now that I've met you,
Becky, now that I know you,

I realise that it must have been
so much more complex than that.

You don't know me.

He wants to sell us the manuscript.

But I would much rather it be
you that benefits.

Get it to us and we'll take care
of you.

We've got a plan.

You want to take the vaccine
to Milner?

Not to her.

We'll leave it outside.

You and me go in.

We find out whose side she's on
and then we decide.

You and me?

What about Wilson?

I want to...

talk to Letts.

What are you going to do?

He's right at the heart of this.

He must know the name of Mr Rabbit.

What?

No. I can't. We can't start doing
stuff like that.

He's talking to save his own skin.

He needs...

persuading.

Fuck.

What...

then why you?

Because I know what it feels like.

Take Alice and Grant.

It's best they're out the house for
this.

You stay here with the vaccine.

OK?

Are you sure this is
the right thing to do?

No.

Not really.

What's the worst that could happen?

She could kill us.

Or hand us over to them,
to kill us.

Or torture us.

Jesus Christ!

Did you break in?

We tried to contact you.
You didn't answer.

They're on to me, for Christ sake,
I can't just...

It's not what you think.

You knew?

You're with them?

It's not as simple as that.

I'm working with them, yes.

But I'm not on their side.

How do you think I stay alive?

Don't fucking move!

Don't you move.

You gave us away.

Because I knew they'd do nothing.

They are not interested in you, they
want the manuscript, they want...

I was supposed to encourage you
to get it from Jessica

and when you had it,
I was to hand you over.

Jesus Christ!

Which I'm not going to do.

We trusted you.

And you lied to us.

Give us one good reason why
we should believe you now?

One?

One reason?

This is Jake.

My son.

Yes, Becky, it's Deals.

I told you about his father.

Part of the investigation meant
going undercover at Corvert,

where they gave him Deals.

Just like your dad, Becky.

Jake's triggered about 18
months ago.

He's done remarkably well but...

the last six months...

It's just a matter of weeks now.

Now do you believe me?

So we can give you
the vaccine, then?

I mean, you said if we had proof...

We can't.

They know about her.

He's right.

What I did for Ian alerted them.

I understand they are coming for me
tonight.

It's OK.

I've got Jake this far,
he won't mind going now.

I have, erm...

I have something we can take.

Jesus Christ...

What do we do with the vaccine?

Ian, they are going to kill her.

There's a man at the Department
of Health...

Michael Dugdale.

MI5 routinely monitors advisers
and his behaviour has been...

I think he's with us.

Get the vaccine to him.

I think he might be on our side.

No, I mean... You've got to run!

Jake can't run

and I'm not leaving him.

Jake and I would like a few
moments on our own before...

Best to go out the way you came in.

Look, I'll take it to this guy.
You better get back to Wilson.

I'll take Grant.

He's bound to recognise him.

I suppose I better take Alice, too.

Becky...

You don't know it's triggered.

That may never be you.

How's Jen?

Devastated.

But still alive?

Look, I'm trying to protect you.

What we did to you last night

was the start of an unimaginable
nightmare.

Stop being so stupid, you are tiny.

If I give you what I have,
you'll kill me.

So I'm going to keep it.

And you're going to buy my silence.

350,000 every year.

Make it look like a trust fund
from some unknown aunt.

That way, I'll have an incentive
to keep quiet.

This...

..might be acceptable.

And I want Anya
out of prison today.

Jen and I want to meet
with her this afternoon.

As you wish.

This might turn out nicely
after all.

It's not easy, is it?

Growing up without a childhood.

I was brought up in an institution.

My room was a cell, really.

There was an air-vent there.

I drew pictures around it,
faces to keep the devil out.

I was told I'm like this
because of early trauma.

I disconnected.

A beneficial side effect,
I suppose.

I know this place.

It was me.

I killed Christos.

I tied him to that tree.

I broke arms and fingers,

tore the skin from his body.

And in the end...

I opened his stomach,

reached inside and pulled out
what was in my hand.

I was 15 years old.

But he didn't say one word.

He didn't speak.

He didn't say where you were.

That's how much he loved you.

I wanted you to know that
you were loved.

Because I wasn't.

You can kill me now
and get revenge for Christos

or I can take you to the manuscript.

I can take you to what's
left of your father.

But I won't do
it at the point of a gun.

You have to trust me.

Throw away the gun.

Or it stops...

here.

I don't need a gun to kill you.

The minute you hand it over, I will
rip the life from your body!

Wilson...

Wilson, what have you got there?

Wilson, I thought I detected...

..a certain sympathy with our views

and you wouldn't be alone.

Wilson, please, please.
Please don't do...

Do you want money?
I'll give you money.

I'll give you whatever you want.

Wilson, please, don't do it.

Please.

You're right.

It's better than genocide.

Follow the path for about half
an hour until you get to an A-road.

You'll know what to do from there.

I'll make it look like you escaped.

That's my assistant's e-mail.

He's the one.

You should get the manuscript,
contact him.

Argh...

Argh! Argh...

Argh!

You are having my husband's baby.

Today...

..new evidence is coming to light

and you will be free by morning.

I, I will be free?

Yes. You will be free and you can do
whatever you like, I promise.

But what we would like,
what we propose,

is that you come with us.

With you?

I don't understand.

We want to find you a flat,

and you'll be safe there for
the entire term of your pregnancy.

You will have the best care
we can get for you, I promise.

And, when you have the baby...

..we would like you to hand
over the child to us.

We will pay you £250,000.

My husband...

My husband is...

..weak.

But he will make a very good father.

And I will love your child
more than you can imagine.

I promise.

Can I see my baby?

No.

No, that is part of the deal.

You can never see your child again.

Where are we?

That street...

leads to a building they used to use.

Old research base. Abandoned now.

The manuscript. I hid it in there.

Have you got your seat belt on?

- You OK?
- Where'd you get that gun?

The cafe, toilet cistern. Let's go.

They'll have only just set that up.

We've got a little time
before they move in force.

Jesus Christ! You prepared all this?

It'll keep them back!

This was where I grew up.

This is called tonalite gneiss.

It's the oldest rock in the world.

From a rock plateau in Canada.

Where did you get that?

He used to say, "This rock gives
you permission to do anything,

"because, ultimately,
we're all just the blink of an eye."

I was the first person
he experimented on.

He looked for the nearest human
who wouldn't talk.

His son.

I don't believe you.

But his experiments went wrong.

No...

And I was changed.

Into this.

This isn't possible.

The manuscript's here, but I'm
warning you not to take it.

Don't do what I did.

Don't find out the truth
about our father.

Give it to me.

You look more gorgeous every day...

Jesus Christ! Stop that!

Why's everybody hitting me?

You're selling it?! You're selling it
to them?!

You only want it from me
so you can give it to them!

OK, yes, all right,
I should've told you,

but I fully intended to
split the money...

It sterilises people,
d'you know that?

And you just want to make
money from it.

"Just make money"?
Did you say, "Just make money"?

If they do this, it's social
and economic Armageddon.

What d'you think
it'll be like getting old

if there are no young
people to pay for it?

Do you think there'll be
pension plans, healthcare,

free fucking bus passes?

In the future, if you're old,
you're dead, unless you have wealth.

So instead of stopping it,
you just want to make money?

Stop it?
Why should I want to stop it?

They're right,
of course they're right.

We have to do it.

You're disgusting.

And I will never give you
one part of Utopia.

OK.

OK, but tomorrow at noon,

I'm going to be here with every
ounce of Thoraxin I have.

Get me those pages, you get it all.
Enough to keep you going for years.

But if you're not here at midday,
Becky...

..I tell you, I'm going to throw
the whole fucking lot in that lake.

Michael Dugdale?

Yeah?

I'd like to talk to you.

About the Russian flu vaccine.

What? I don't...

Are you a journalist?

No, I'm not a journalist.

There's something in the vaccine.

What do you mean? Is this...?

Did you read about the massacre
at Bainstow School?

Yeah.

Grant.

Oh, my God.

He was set up.

We've got something for you.

A sample of the vaccine.

Come quick. Come quick.

Michael? Are you OK?

It's fine, Jen, just...

Look, I need to sort
something out.

Well, can I see it?

It's OK.

Where did you get this?

It doesn't matter.

But that is it.

Do you know what it does?

It sterilises people.

90 to 95% of the people who receive
the Russian flu vaccine...

..will become sterile.

Look, can you help us?

There was a woman, Milner, MI5.
She said you'd help.

I mean, are you sure?

They're everywhere!
They kill people, we've seen them.

They killed her mother.

There's a man.

A scientist. He's not a good man,
but he, he knows people.

Stay here. I need to make a call.

Are you hungry?
Do you want some food?

No.

Thank you. We're fine.

Do you think we can trust him?

Don't reckon we should hang around.

I'm going to get him a sample
to him. I can make a trade.

He'll put us
onto someone who can help.

You serious?

I mean it.
Do you need somewhere to stay?

No, we have friends we need to get
back to.

How do I get in touch with you?
Do you have a phone?

We don't trust phones.

OK.

Come back here tomorrow.
Same time.

OK.

Come on.

Stay where you are!

Move!

Come on!

Down!

Get off me!

I need... water.

What did you tell them?

I... Tell them?

I told them nothing!

I need water.

They have the vaccine.

Yes, but they don't know
what it is.

They're just children.
They know nothing.

They know exactly what it
is because you told them.

No, I... I said nothing. I...

Enough of this. Finish him.

He's served his purpose.

He made good cover.

Now he's a liability.

It's time to end this.

You want me to...?

Well, I'm not going to do it myself,
am I?

Everything's been arranged.

His medical records now
show a history of depression.

We've men ready to take his body

to hang from a bridge in Richmond.
We have a coroner there.

No, I don't think I can...

Yes, of course you can.

You see, it's an order.

I'm giving you an order.