Slow Horses 3x5

1. Fenwick, you will lead Chieftain's squad into the Facility.

2. Once you're inside, move down this central tunnel.

3. Clear each room. Flush 'em back.

4. You'll make it so this hatch behind the turbine hall is the only way out.

5. It opens on the inside.

6. So you'll get 'em down there or we'll get them when they come up.

7. Understood.

8. Sturges, I want you to take Hobbs to where they're holding Standish and clean up.

9. Like, "clean up"?

10. Yes.

11. - Is that a problem? - Nah, right up my street.

12. Go on then, gorgeous.

13. - Busy? - No, not really.

14. You put paid to that,

15. but it wouldn't be good to be caught choosing my holiday.

16. You gave me this as a present when I was made First Desk.

17. Eighteen-year-old Macallan. It's my favorite.

18. But you never opened it.

19. Well researched.

20. The most generous gift by some margin.

21. Which made me think you were trying to cover your envy with your generosity.

22. So, you've kept it on display

23. in your office unopened all this time just to needle me?

24. Yes.

25. Maybe you were just being paranoid, and I was just being nice.

26. We've both done too many interrogations to play games, Diana.

27. So this is an interrogation.

28. I thought it was just an unannounced office drink.

29. You're trying to oust me.

30. Well, I'm tired of waiting.

31. I'll never get First Desk if I wait for you to retire.

32. They'll find someone younger.

33. Or an older man.

34. It's been such a struggle for us to get as far as we have.

35. The only women to make First and Second Desk.

36. Can't we just celebrate being at the top?

37. I'm not at the top.

38. Well, if I'm honest, I'd feel the same in your position.

39. Anyway, hats off.

40. Well played.

41. It was the right move keeping the name Sean Donovan from me.

42. If I had known who he was,

43. I would never have let him near the facility.

44. Well, that's the problem. See, you've been in the job too long.

45. You're becoming a bureaucrat, a manager. You've lost the hunger for detail.

46. So, you're doing this for the good of the Service? How noble.

47. - You should have resigned last year. - Over Istanbul?

48. What I did there really was for the good of the Service.

49. You signed off on testing a device that would wirelessly hack encrypted computers.

50. It could penetrate closed systems.

51. It would've been a game changer.

52. If it worked.

53. But it didn't.

54. You put a load of innocent people in hospital.

55. You nearly killed a senior North Korean spy.

56. And then you ordered the termination of one of our agents

57. who was about to blow the whistle. You are out of control.

58. No. I'm still very much in control.

59. Duffy and Chieftain have the facility closed off.

60. No one's getting out alive.

61. Who's in there?

62. Sean Donovan, Ben Dunn, River Cartwright and Louisa Guy.

63. Oh, my God. So I'm relying on the Slow Horses to save me.

64. Yes, you are.

65. Tell me, have they ever saved you before?

66. You might as well come down now.

67. What will they do when they get that file?

68. Leak it.

69. And I hope it damages whoever had her killed.

70. Someone at the top of MI5.

71. I'm sorry, but this tea isn't strong enough.

72. Really?

73. I could tell just by the look of it, but I was trying to be polite.

74. Why did you decide to help us?

75. Because I don't like the people in charge of MI5 any more than you do.

76. - But aren't they your people? - No, not anymore.

77. MI5 wasn't run like this when Charles Partner was in charge.

78. He'd be turning in his grave if he could see the things they cover up.

79. You know, bad things.

80. Passing the blame onto others, ruining lives in the process.

81. You talking about yourself?

82. No.

83. No, Sean and a few others I could mention.

84. That's better.

85. Fenwick,

86. - where are we on the door? - Nearly there.

87. Oh, my.

88. Clear.

89. In position. Awaiting signal to proceed.

90. This is ridiculous. We're gonna have to call Lamb.

91. Call Lamb— And say what?

92. That "we've lost control of that situation you didn't want us involved in"?

93. Well, then Tearney then.

94. That's an even worse idea.

95. Well, you wanted to lead, so lead.

96. - I am leading. - Really?

97. Yes, this is me leading.

98. What other suggestions have you got, please?

99. Get that. It'll be Douglas freaking out.

100. Where in the name of Gandalf's dangly gray balls are you going?

101. It's a developing situation, Douglas, right? But it's under control.

102. Doesn't appear that way.

103. There are men outside with guns.

104. All right, I'll come and have a look.

105. Thank you.

106. Okay, so apparently there are men outside with guns.

107. - Who? - Shit. Have we been fucked?

108. - By whom? - Keep looking.

109. Okay. You stay here.

110. I'll find out what's happening.

111. Another one?

112. Don't you wanna go home?

113. No.

114. 'Cause then I'll have to tell Cassie I'm out of a job.

115. Not exactly the dream job. Maybe it was the push that you needed.

116. I didn't need a push. I needed a steady income while I figured out what to do.

117. You mean it gave you regular gambling money.

118. I was doubling.

119. Mostly.

120. Hit a shit streak recently,

121. which only means a golden streak is coming.

122. Except now I've got nothing to bet with. Fuck!

123. Fuck. What am I gonna say to her when I get home?

124. "I'm sorry."

125. That's what you should say to them.

126. That you're sorry.

127. Fuck's sake. I actually thought you were gonna apologize to me just now.

128. I've already apologized, like, 500 times.

129. Come on. No one will be there now.

130. Avoid the walk of shame?

131. Yeah. Let's just hand in our passes and get our shit.

132. Gentleman,

133. this is where the rats come out.

134. Once you're in position,

135. you do not need any further orders from me.

136. If you have a shot, take it.

137. Okay. Show me.

138. Yeah, that's fine.

139. That's Nick Duffy. He's head of MI5 security.

140. This is probably just another level of protection for us.

141. Yeah, I mean, it's definitely overkill.

142. And he definitely doesn't like me. But—

143. No, I'm sure there's an explanation.

144. We're on. Let's go!

145. Stop. That's it.

146. Yeah, that's not good.

147. Why would they do that?

148. Well, usually it would be because they're just about to storm a building.

149. Well, it looked like they left the hatch at the end of the main tunnel.

150. - How do I get an outside line? - 145.

151. - Can they get through that hatch? - No. It opens from the inside.

152. - What about the main entrance? - That opens both ways.

153. But they can't get in unless I let them in.

154. All right.

155. It's me. It's Cartwright.

156. Hello?

157. You rang me. Get on with it.

158. Just a quick one. Louisa and I are down at the facility,

159. but Nick Duffy's just turned up with Chieftain.

160. - All right. - Okay.

161. Maybe some backup might be handy. Just as a precaution.

162. - Well, I'm busy. - Okay, thanks.

163. Well, I'm sure the situation will resolve itself.

164. I fired Scratch and Sniff a little while ago,

165. maybe they're still kicking around the office nicking pens and toilet rolls.

166. So that's that then.

167. End of my Service career.

168. And the start of your new career as a...

169. Nah, I haven't got anything for you.

170. So, how do you wanna mark the moment?

171. Shit in a drawer?

172. Jokes.

173. Kind of.

174. Maybe just a piss? Or is that worse?

175. Probably harder to clean up 'cause you can just lift a shit out.

176. Unless it's a really, really messy one.

177. This really isn't how I'd like to remember my last moments as an agent.

178. Was kind of in keeping with everything up until now.

179. You've reached the Aldersgate office. Please leave a message.

180. It's me. It's Cartwright. Look, Lamb said you might still be there.

181. If you are, Louisa and I are down at the facility.

182. But Nick Duffy's turned up with a ton of Chieftain men and guns.

183. It's just a complete shit show.

184. And they've cut the CCTV.

185. It looks like they're going to come in f—

186. Shit. He's gone.

187. They've cut the phone lines.

188. Yeah, we're on our own.

189. The people outside, are you sure they're not yours?

190. I imagine they're with you.

191. And they know what we're looking for.

192. So, what are you looking for?

193. 'Cause there's clearly an important document down here.

194. Yes, but it's not in here.

195. Guys, you're gonna really have to start talking.

196. My sister was murdered.

197. They made it look like suicide. They pushed her.

198. Who's "they"?

199. An order like that?

200. Ultimately Ingrid Tearney.

201. That is insane.

202. When we find what we're looking for, Tearney's done.

203. Right, I don't know what you're talking about, but Duffy's upstairs

204. - with a shit ton of Chieftain men. - Duffy and Chieftain? Why?

205. I don't know, but he's cut us off.

206. Phones, cameras, everything. Can I have the gun?

207. Are they coming in?

208. No, I'm going to tell them that they can't.

209. But the gun would add weight to my argument, so—

210. Just give him the gun!

211. - You're not in charge. - Neither are you.

212. The people upstairs are. You don't need it with us down here.

213. He will need it at the entrance.

214. Good point. Well made.

215. Thanks.

216. By the way, I've called Slough House.

217. - That's our cavalry? - Yeah.

218. Great. Kill me now.

219. - Come on, Douglas. - This is in absolute shambles in here.

220. Yeah, well, you can fix it later. Come on.

221. Whoa. What the fuck?

222. This—

223. This.

224. - It says room 12... - Uh-huh.

225. - ... but it's not here. - There are three room 12s.

226. Where?

227. This is 12A and then through there is B and C.

228. Oh, for fuck's sake.

229. - Come on. - I'm coming.

230. Just start.

231. Just— Just.

232. What are you even looking for? Proof she was murdered?

233. They're not gonna leave a memo.

234. It's a file called "Footprint".

235. It's why they killed her.

236. She was about to leak it.

237. Rather than just standing there, why don't you help?

238. Who told you it was here?

239. A source.

240. I mean, your source could be bullshitting you, is all I'm saying.

241. If it was bullshit,

242. you think there'd be armed men upstairs trying to stop us?

243. Would you kill someone for looking at the Grey Books?

244. I mean, they're not gonna kill anyone.

245. They've cut the cameras and the phones.

246. You know what that means as well as I do.

247. What would they do if that was us?

248. - Pretend like they didn't get the message? - I'm going down there.

249. You're right.

250. Sounds like they're in real trouble.

251. Plus...

252. Might get our jobs back?

253. That's a terrible photo.

254. Hurry up.

255. When we get there, how do you want to play it?

256. You take out the bad guys?

257. I'll save Standish?

258. Wake me up when we're five minutes out.

259. - What will you do if I win out? - I don't know.

260. Maybe some corporate lecturing.

261. Directorship.

262. The sort of thing you and I would have done earlier

263. had we been in it for the money.

264. None of them as exciting as this though.

265. Still get a thrill from this work.

266. How did you recruit Donovan?

267. You want to debrief me?

268. Yes.

269. You nearly outplayed me.

270. Well, may yet still.

271. I'm seeing this as a

272. teachable moment.

273. Come on.

274. I presume that Donovan doesn't know it's you who's telling him what to do.

275. Donovan knows that I'm someone high up in MI5

276. who is appalled by what happened to Alison.

277. I contacted him anonymously online,

278. told him some things that only someone in my position would know

279. to gain his trust, and went from there.

280. How did you get him placed at Chieftain?

281. I phoned Webb with a personal recommendation.

282. And Webb didn't know what was going on?

283. Lord, no.

284. No.

285. I took the tiger team idea to Judd,

286. and he was only too keen to form a pact with me to damage you.

287. And being a man of venal instincts and very little imagination,

288. I knew that he would reach out to his old friend Sly Monteith,

289. to whom I recommended Webb

290. because he knew all the weak spots in MI5.

291. River Cartwright.

292. Wha— That was nearly a disaster.

293. I had to rescue Cartwright from Duffy so that he could get down to the basement.

294. - So, you had some luck. - Yeah. A little.

295. Well, let's hope it runs out.

296. Right. Where's the thing?

297. This is River Cartwright. I'm an MI5 agent.

298. I don't know what Duffy's told you,

299. but you do not have permission to enter this facility.

300. Yes, we do. Open the door.

301. There are MI5 officers operating in this building

302. under instructions from Ingrid Tearney, head of MI5.

303. Great.

304. Fenwick. It's a go. Enter the facility.

305. - Why's he gone quiet? - Well, they'll be sending it up the chain.

306. Okay.

307. Wait, what is he doing?

308. Looks like he ran it up the chain and they gave him the code.

309. - Can you stop him? - Yeah.

310. - Just put in the override code. - Do it now.

311. - Trying to remember it. - Jesus Christ, Douglas. Come on.

312. Please do not stress me because I do not react well to stress.

313. You're not gonna react well

314. when a dozen armed men come pouring through that door.

315. - Come on. Think. - Come on, Douglas. You got this.

316. - Yes, you do, Douglas. If the— - Got it.

317. - Right. - No. Gone again.

318. What— Does it begin with a one?

319. - Yes. - Feels like a guess, Douglas.

320. It's a guess.

321. - Why are you smiling? - I'm terrified.

322. Come on. Think. Just think.

323. One, two.

324. You shall not pass!

325. What the fuck is that?

326. - I don't know. - Oh, my G— Wait. Stand back. Fuck it.

327. That should do it.

328. Let's blow it.

329. All right. Clear out.

330. Well, it's never gonna work now.

331. That is the idea, Douglas.

332. Do you know how expensive these things are?

333. - You didn't give me much of a choice— - 1574.

334. - What? - 1574.

335. Override code. Knew I knew it.

336. Set.

337. - So, there was a one in it? - Yeah.

338. - That's fantastic. - Yeah.

339. Put it in.

340. Fuck me.

341. Firing!

342. Shit.

343. - You all right, Douglas? - No, I'm not all r—

344. Come on, Douglas. Let's go.

345. No, I don't wanna play anymore. No.

346. Come on, Douglas. This is not a fucking game. Come on.

347. - Okay, okay. - Douglas!

348. I surrender! I surrender! I—

349. Forget it.

350. I surrender. I surrender. I surrender. I surrender. I surrender.

351. No. Please don't shoot me. I don't know anything.

352. Okay. Well, I know a lot, but nothing about what anyone is up to.

353. They said they wanted to see the Grey Books,

354. so I showed them where to find the Grey Books.

355. And then you came in. And the lights went out. And I don't like the dark.

356. And then the lights came back on, and it's red and it's green.

357. It's like Christmas. And I love Christmas.

358. Shut up.

359. - Do you want the tour? - I said shut up.

360. - I can't. - Yes, you can.

361. Yeah. Okay. I can.

362. Duffy, come in.

363. Duffy. Go ahead.

364. - You said safeties off. - Affirmative.

365. I have an unarmed man.

366. And?

367. And I don't feel I'm sufficiently covered to carry out the order legally.

368. - Is he compliant? - He is.

369. All right. Send him up to me. I'll get him back to the Park.

370. Mackenzie, escort this geezer up top.

371. Copy that, sir.

372. You heard the man. On your feet.

373. Okay, boys. We're heading down this corridor.

374. You know the drill. We go loud, we go heavy.

375. C-4 on the doors.

376. Grenades for when we blow them off their hinges.

377. Copy.

378. Come on.

379. - Fucking hell! Jesus Christ. - Hell!

380. - They're in. - Give that back.

381. - Give it back, please. - Yeah, fine.

382. - Did you shoot someone for that? - Yeah. They blew the doors. We're fucked.

383. Wait, did you say that you were MI5?

384. - Yeah, but they didn't seem to care. - Wow. Where's Douglas?

385. I don't know. Probably making them a cup of tea or something.

386. All right, we need to block these doors.

387. If— I'll do it then.

388. - We have to go. They're in. - No.

389. No, it's in here. It must be in here somewhere.

390. Are they not gonna help?

391. No, they're not gonna leave until they get that file.

392. What file?

393. Donovan said that Tearney had his girlfriend killed

394. because she was about to blow the whistle on something that happened in Istanbul.

395. Great. Right. Tip.

396. Push left.

397. Fuck.

398. - Wait, why do they think it's down here? - Anonymous tip-off within MI5.

399. - Which fucking side are we on? - I'm on the "stay alive" side.

400. - Right. Come on. - No, there's no point.

401. The doors open that way.

402. - Just do it. Come on. - Okay.

403. Wait do you really think they've got something on Tearney?

404. I do now that they started shooting at us.

405. He was in the facility. He's unarmed.

406. Right. I'll take it from here.

407. Nick.

408. Douglas.

409. Must have been scary for you.

410. Blowing the doors off, coming at you with guns.

411. Well, I won't need a colonic for a while.

412. Not that I'm into that.

413. It actually gets rid of a lot of essential bacteria from your gut

414. and, well, you need those guys.

415. Your bacteria are your friends, in terms of your digestion.

416. Like, I have very firm stools.

417. You're in shock.

418. Yeah. It makes you lose your inhibitions, talk a lot.

419. No. I am always like this.

420. - Doug. - Douglas.

421. Doug, the people that you let in earlier—

422. They lied to me.

423. Yeah. No one's blaming you, but I need to know.

424. What did they tell you?

425. That they wanted the Grey Books.

426. And did you give them the Grey Books?

427. I showed them where to find the Grey Books,

428. but then they just went off on their own merry little way.

429. Did they tell you what they were looking for?

430. No.

431. So, you don't have any idea what they were doing?

432. No.

433. Right. Well...

434. let's get you out of here.

435. Just that whatever it was would do for Tearney.

436. That sounds like I shouldn't know that. So, just forget I said that.

437. Well, I can't do that.

438. Please, just make it— make it go away.

439. That I can do.

440. Your van is gonna need a bit of a clean.

441. Full valet service, yeah?

442. - What if we're too late? - Then at least we tried.

443. What we even gonna do when we get there?

444. Stop the people with guns shooting our friends.

445. Colleagues.

446. Get it off.

447. How are we going to stop them?

448. - The people with the guns. - Don't worry about it.

449. Why? Have you got a big magnet to catch the bullets?

450. Something like that.

451. So, was it fun telling Judd that his tiger team had gone rogue?

452. Oh, yes.

453. The most amazing natural high.

454. Wish I could have seen that.

455. Well, if things go as you planned, you'll get to tell him you fucked him.

456. He thought the two of you were neutering me with a tiger team

457. when actually you were using him to get rid of me completely,

458. and he'll have to go in the fallout.

459. Hearing it out loud, it sounds like a pretty good plan.

460. Worthy of a grand master.

461. My turn.

462. Why didn't you destroy the file yourself?

463. I'm Head of MI5. I can't just burn files.

464. They have to be signed in and out. Accounted for.

465. Especially one that incendiary.

466. So I just had it moved around till eventually it would quietly disappear.

467. That's what you should do.

468. Quietly disappear.

469. One of us will.

470. Depends on who gets out the facility alive.

471. Fancy another?

472. You've arrived at your destination.

473. Slow down.

474. - I am slowing down. - Yeah. Pull over.

475. There. Just here.

476. Classic.

477. Hey, kill the engine.

478. You got any change?

479. - Change? - Yeah. Any loose coins.

480. Anything'll do.

481. Yeah.

482. Yeah, that's great.

483. - And this takeaway cup. - That's a £180 smart mug.

484. 180 quid?

485. You're the mug.

486. What you need those for?

487. If I'm not back in half an hour, do something.

488. Do something.

489. Too right.

490. I'm a game changer.

491. - "Burberry" isn't a word. - Yeah, it is.

492. - Yes, but it's not a Scrabble word. - No, that—

493. Who is it?

494. We wish you a merry Christmas We wish you a merry Christmas

495. We wish you a merry Christmas And a happy New Year

496. No thanks, mate.

497. - Is there anyone else in the house? - No. No.

498. We've got to get her into that chair.

499. Fuck me. You've gone full Stockholm.

500. Scrabble?

501. Christ, I did her a favor by knocking her out.

502. Listen, I don't know how much you know about what's been going on.

503. Yeah, a tiger team snatched you and now they have their own agenda.

504. - Yes. - Yeah. And since you've been having,

505. you know, tea and snacks and board games,

506. I'm guessing you decided to help them.

507. Her brother and this other man have gone into the facility.

508. Yeah, Guy and Cartwright are escorting them.

509. They say they wanna look at the Grey Books.

510. They want something else.

511. Well, it doesn't surprise me.

512. I mean, who the fuck wants to look at the Grey Books?

513. Something they say MI5 killed their sister over.

514. Well, her lot go down easy, so maybe it was an accident.

515. How long has that been sitting out?

516. Although, Duffy and the goons have showed up to stop them,

517. so there might be something in it.

518. Is that ham?

519. Back, back, back.

520. Do it.

521. Firing!

522. - Fuck, they're through. - Okay, let's go.

523. Come on. We have to go now. Come on.

524. - Come on. They're gonna shoot you. - Shoot back.

525. - You shoot back. - I will. Give me a gun. I'll do it.

526. Why would I give you a gun?

527. Go. Go.

528. Come on. Let's go!

529. - The quicker we find this... - River.

530. the quicker we can leave. Are you going to help?

531. - River. Just— River! - Fuck me.

532. I'm MI5 and I'm armed.

533. Go, go, go!

534. Man down. Man down.

535. Come on!

536. He's down.

537. See, they don't give a shit.

538. Keep going. Keep your head down.

539. It's not here.

540. What are those lights for?

541. Looks like an outdoor festival.

542. Shit.

543. What, I did say not to worry about the guys with the guns.

544. You drive your kids around with an illegal armory in the back?

545. I got this for an emergency.

546. You know, sort of a— I don't know, hundred-to-one type situation.

547. What have you got for a thousand-to-one situation? A fucking nuke?

548. Recoil on this is pretty strong.

549. Pull it too hard, it'll fuck your shoulder.

550. I've had weapons training.

551. Yeah, well, training's one thing.

552. Different story when bullets start flying.

553. Yeah, I've been shot at too.

554. Once that adrenaline kicks in, trust me.

555. Don't tell me. It's your happy place?

556. One of them, yeah.

557. Back when I was in ops, guaranteed I was the first one through that door.

558. Came pretty close to becoming a Dog actually.

559. Turned 'em down in the end though.

560. 'Cause you knew you'd fail the physical?

561. 'Cause I didn't want to work alongside someone like Duffy.

562. He's a thug.

563. All right.

564. Macedon King

565. And he swore to free all of Asia Minor

566. By the Aegean Sea in 334 BC

567. He utterly beat the armies of Persia

568. Alexander the Great

569. His name struck fear Into hearts of men

570. Maniac.

571. Alexander the Great

572. Be—

573. Shit. Shit.

574. Time to change the game.

575. Keep your head down. Keep looking.

576. Come on.

577. No, no, no, no, no. Fuck.

578. - What is it? - It's a meat grinder.

579. They're flushing them out.

580. If they don't die down in the facility,

581. they'll die when they come out of that hatch.

582. What do we do?

583. Stay close.

584. Follow my lead.

585. If we don't clear those men, Louisa and River are dead.

586. Shit.

587. - Now let's have it. - What the fuck?

588. - You smiling? - Yeah.

589. I feel fucking alive. Don't you?

590. No, I feel really close to death actually. What the fuck are we doing here?

591. Should've stayed in the pub.

592. Nice one.

593. Hold off. Hold off.

594. Okay, now we go.

595. Okay, let's rethink this.

596. Fuck.

597. All right, come on. Got your bag and your coat.

598. Leave her. She'll be fine.

599. - She wasn't even a threat, you know. - She had a gun.

600. She doesn't know how to use it. I'm a better shot than her.

601. There you are. Look.

602. - Hello, Sarah. Hello. - Hiya. That's it.

603. Yeah, good as new. Great. All right, come on.

604. Lamb...

605. do we kill our own?

606. - What do you mean? - Well, do we?

607. Are you asking me to absolve you of collaborating with them?

608. I didn't collaborate. I was helping.

609. I thought about what I know when I was close to ops and I thought,

610. "Charles would never authorize an action like that. But maybe Tearney would."

611. How the fuck do you make a judgment like that?

612. Because I've seen the lengths she'll go to, and Taverner,

613. - to stop things getting out. - Bollocks.

614. Well, let's see what they find down there.

615. No. I mean, "Bollocks, there's someone coming."

616. Looks like two of 'em.

617. - Maybe to collect me? - No, I think to dispatch you.

618. I can take one of them.

619. - Have you got anything that blows up? - Sorry.

620. Go, go!

621. Found it. I found it!

622. Come out!

623. We got it! We need to get out of here!

624. Yeah, well, the only way out was through that door.

625. Fuck.

626. Ben!

627. Open fire!

628. - Give me a gun. - I'm not gonna give you a gun.

629. I was in the TA.

630. Brilliant. Why don't you tell them? I'm sure they'll surrender.

631. I'm gonna get his gun.

632. Just stay there.

633. Cover me.

634. - Ben! - Ben, stay—

635. Target down!

636. Fuck.

637. Go, go, go, go, go, go!