01x03 - Die Faceless

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What is important to me?

Being around the people I love.

Togetherness.

Openness. Expressing myself.

What is important to me? Being

encouraged to be whoever I want to be.

Being supported in my choices.

- Inclusion.

- Opportunities.

Equality.

There are no second-class

citizens here.

It's a level playing field,

no matter where you come

from, what you believe.

How you choose to live

your life or who you love.

We do our part as humans.

We look out for each other.

It's about protecting our rights

to personal choice and

to personal freedom.

We're individuals in

charge of our destinies.

And we're a community, making sure

every individual choice is respected.

A community that truly cares about

equality, about combatting prejudice.

A community that does

more than say it does.

It's not just words.

The town runs

cultural exchanges.

So we better understand each

other's beginnings and perspectives.

In Concordia, people are very interested

to know about my belief and religion.

They want to know more about me.

Public holidays and town events

represent all our

cultures and religions.

They encourage us to come

together to celebrate each other.

Our culture is the

foundation of our community,

furthering everything

we hold dearest.

It's a community like I

Like we've never

experienced before.

What's it like living in

Concordia in one word?

- In one word?

- Secured.

- Protected.

- Hopeful.

Cameras or no cameras, care

for others is above all else.

Cut the power, for f*ck's

sake! Cut the power.

Disconnect the main, Ole!

You've put me in an impossible position.

How can we move forward from this?

The referendum only passed

with a narrow majority.

I've been fighting fires and defending

criticism of the rollout from all sides.

I've staked my entire

political career on this.

I've had protesters

deface my home.

Hanna, we did not know

that Oliver sent private

data out of Concordia.

What do you need from us?

Answers.

Who is responsible? How did they breach

the system? Are they still in there?

We are days away from launching.

There's no way I can allow

that to happen as it stands.

To allow the people of

Kopwitz to walk into a place

that is not capable

of protecting them

or their data would

be unconscionable.

We need to postpone the launch.

For all of us,

yourself included

Give us till tomorrow. If we haven't

satisfied you by then, we'll postpone.

Tomorrow.

No later.

Who saw the simulcast?

Only our immediate

Concordia leadership team.

What about the technicians

at the simulcast test?

They're bound by NDAs.

- If they break them?

- If we act fast, it's containable.

We cross-referenced

the systems' logs.

None of the data is recent.

It's all from months ago.

That doesn't mean whoever's behind

the simulcast hack doesn't have more.

Seems unlikely. If they had recent

footage, they'd have used it.

They could have sunk

Kopwitz then and there.

We were wrong not to go to

Hanna with what we discovered.

For which I blame myself as much

as anyone around this table.

We will not make the

same mistake again.

Find out if the system is secure and

what the solution is if it's not.

If you don't have an answer to both

those questions by first thing tomorrow,

we are going out to our

people here in Concordia.

We need to move beyond the

corporate competitor theory.

- Based on?

- Why hijack the simulcast test?

It's showy. Corporate espionage is

discreet, so they can carry on doing it.

And we still have no evidence

of Oliver receiving any funding.

Maybe he was k*lled

to avoid payment.

Or this is more ideological.

Whatever it is, his actions

show serious motivation.

Oliver graduated from watching private

moments to stealing data and sharing it.

The question is, who

else is involved?

We're almost out.

Food, too.

Yeah. I don't think

we'll go thirsty.

If we had fishing rods, we

could live here forever.

Yeah.

Radioactive fish and tree

leaves Sounds great.

I know what you're going to say.

- Oh, do you?

- Yeah.

- You don't understand.

- I do.

Tessa, he's my Dad.

I know, I know.

But we can't, obviously,

not until things

I was meant to be

there to help him.

And I just didn't show up.

Now he's waiting

for the operation

and he's probably

seeing my face on TV.

The police would

have called him.

What if he thinks I did it?

What if he thinks I'm

some sort of k*ller?

What if that's the last

thought he has about me?

No. No. Elodie, that's

not going to happen.

Well, you don't know

that, though, do you?

You can't, I can't, nobody can.

I got Oliver k*lled, Tessa.

He didn't deserve to die.

No, you didn't

We, we did not do

We did not do that.

Well, we did.

You, me, we all got

him k*lled, so

Can you look at me, please? Hey.

Hey, Elodie, look at me.

It's not your fault. Okay?

It's not. Don't think that.

Okay?

It's gonna be okay.

sh*t, look.

f*ck. Let's go.

You don't want to see if he has

an extra rod, so we can stay?

Hilarious.

You had to go on a walk for a

call? I can't hear anything.

The sound of the

streets clears my head.

You're so pretentious, Marco.

Thea, did you just call to criticise

my lifestyle or can I help you?

Have you picked up anything? Any

chatter on the simulcast? The hack?

There has been a buzz about something

that could be connected to Concordia.

It'll be the simulcast.

Word is spreading.

Online, online, yeah.

But most of these people

don't talk to anyone IRL.

I mean, I would know. This is the

first conversation I've had all day.

So

Let me just dig in a bit

deeper and see what I can find.

Focus on anti-surveillance

groups, probably in Germany,

ideologically opposed to

the expansion project.

There's bound to be some loose

talk that'll lead us to a source.

Yeah, I'm already hanging outside

some of those circles, so yeah.

I need specifics, Marco, and as

fast as you can get them to me.

So get back to your computer.

I am at my computer, Thea.

I swear to you, I

didn't know what it was.

I do tech for

concerts, keynotes.

I'm not some hacker.

The malware behind the

hack was on your computer.

Yes, I know that.

I know that, but

The malware wasn't mine.

Why would I leave a trail?

Did you leave your

computer unattended?

Never.

It's with me at work, at home.

Right now, we're running

checks on your online history.

If you ever so much as brushed

shoulders with Oliver Miller

or anyone he was ever in

contact with, we'll find it.

You know that, right?

I swear to you, there

isn't anything to find.

Check my phone, check my

laptop, check anything you want.

Please, I didn't do anything.

- Thea.

- Thanks.

- Noah, I need to talk to you.

- Sure.

I want to propose something.

- A system shutdown of Concordia.

- What?

- If the system were offline, we'd

- A.J.

- find and fix any holes much faster.

- A.J., stop.

You know that's not possible.

We can't shut the system down.

Our residents rely on it.

Yeah, but what do you think

could really happen, though?

If they had to do things like we

do on the outside for 24 hours?

Are Concordians a system

shutdown away from a riot?

- Of course not.

- A panic?

We don't know. That's the point.

It's the engine to everything,

what makes Concordia Concordia.

Some may not be bothered. Others

would feel isolated or threatened.

And it's not for any of us

to comment on or judge that.

A shutdown is not an

option. End of story.

This is on you, A.J.

He hacked your system.

Fix it.

Stop f*cking around.

Azeem, I have a minute

now, if you'd like to talk.

You know we adopted our

daughter Adila from back home.

But I never gave

you the full story.

She is the daughter

of my cousin.

It was an unplanned

pregnancy. She was unwed.

Syria can be a hard

place to grow up.

Unforgiving.

But for an unmarried woman

with a child

and no family to support her

Her life would have

been impossible.

An ab*rtion was not an option,

not something my

cousin considered.

We got her out long

enough to have the child.

I wanted her to

leave, like I did,

but she returned home to

take care of her parents.

So, we brought the child here

to Concordia.

We are on camera

all the time here.

We speak freely

like everyone does

about our life,

Adila, her mother

When I think about someone

getting that footage,

my family finding out about

my cousin, our daughter

I can't help but fear

what people might say.

What they might do.

No matter what it takes, Azeem,

I promise you

you, your cousin, your daughter,

none of you will be forced

to consider that reality.

It will not happen.

Ole's been cleared. The

malware must have been planted.

Any idea by who?

Well, Elodie was involved

with someone else.

We got an image from the

CCTV outside their dorm.

And it did lead me to this.

A criminal file for Tessa

Vogel, 26, from Düsseldorf.

Arrested at multiple

far-left protests.

And more recently, an associate

of the anti-surveillance group

the Faceless.

Along with the usual

hacker classics,

doxxing, DDoS attacks

and data leaks,

the Faceless have taken

credit for high-profile hacks,

like hacking companies who sold

surveillance tech to the US government.

So they're behind the breach?

Looks like it. My guy's

decrypting their comms channels.

They mention the simulcast hack.

And do we think the Faceless

are behind Oliver's m*rder?

It's hard not to feel it's connected.

These women are running for a reason.

- Are Gothenburg police pursuing this?

- We all are. It's the leading theory.

We still have one fundamental question

to answer: are they still in the system?

I want to propose a

full system shutdown.

We talked about this.

If we can fortify the system offline,

we'd know no one could access it.

To shut down with Germany already having

doubts would threaten the whole project.

- We do not need any more jeopardy here.

- We could do it quietly.

No, quietly is not an option.

But I think we can use

this to our advantage.

If a shutdown goes well, we can show

them the Concordia experiment works.

That we really have created

a tolerant, safe home.

Noah, help me draft an

announcement for our residents.

I don't think it

should come from you.

Juliane, everyone

knows you care,

but they don't come to

you with their problems.

They come to us community

officers or we go to them.

- You're right.

- I think it should be Azeem.

He gave up a life to

come, like many residents.

So their experiences, their anxieties

He knows it better than the rest of us.

I'll ask him.

I know the last 24 hours

haven't been easy for him.

Dear fellow citizens

of Concordia.

The system is not perfect.

No system is.

But it can be improved.

So, while we might

never attain perfection,

we will continue

to strive for it.

Together we have created

a tolerant and safe home,

where everybody is

welcomed equally.

But as you know,

not everyone understands why

we have chosen that path.

A few days ago, someone tried to

get access to our Concordia system.

Nothing serious happened,

but we want to be

100 percent sure.

So we will shut down

the whole system

for 24 hours to

run a full check.

Yes, we know this is an

unsettling situation,

but we have to stay calm.

The breach in the system

will be found and corrected.

For the next 24 hours, we

will act as Concordia HQ

for our friends,

families and neighbours.

We will look out for each

other as we've always done.

The system is

officially offline.

We will let you

get to work then.

Keep us posted.

You alright? You seem distant.

- No, I'm fine. Just tired.

- No

Come on. What is it?

I don't know.

I I never had any

doubts, you know,

but now I feel

I feel I can't help it, but

I'm anxious all of a sudden.

- You don't feel safe or

- No, it's just

I wonder what happens if

this all were to fall apart.

I don't know.

These questions

they scare all of us,

but falling apart?

It won't happen.

We will never let that happen.

Okay?

Whoa, that's a great ship.

- Thank you.

- Well done.

- Well done.

- Goodnight.

Yes.

Close your eyes.

- Goodnight.

- Goodnight.

So, how are you getting on?

- I finished.

- You finished?

Let's go out, John.

Somewhere nice.

It's late.

It's very late.

You know what? I'll

come back in a minute.

We can finish it together, okay?

You found it.

I marked the passage

I told you about.

Where is it?

"Things of a day.

What are we and what not?

Man is a"

- "Anthropos".

- "Anthropos".

"A shadow of a dream."

It's lovely.

- Keep it as long as you like.

- Thank you.

Was that Greek?

- Yes.

- How many languages do you speak?

Just a few.

- You learned them at school?

- And you?

No. Bog-standard

Irish and English.

Greek was definitely not an

option where I went to school.

Well, believe it or not, but there are

downsides to an expensive education.

I don't want my children growing

up thinking everything is for sale.

Some things, like

a good education,

shouldn't be reserved just for

the people who can pay for it.

Everyone deserves a chance to

make it on their own, I think.

Okay.

Can't believe it.

Someone's been

sneaking sweets, hm?

Talon?

Talon!

sh*t.

Tal?

Talon! Where are

you, little man?

f*ck!

- What are you doing here, little man?

- Nana said she wanted to go out.

- Go back upstairs, okay?

- Whose door is that?

Don't worry about that, okay? Go

upstairs. I'll take care of it.

Veronica.

Let's go back upstairs, okay?

I can't celebrate now.

I can't do this, Juliane.

I feel like I am drowning

under the weight of it.

Peter, please.

- I'm gonna make a phone call.

- Sure. I'll be here.

There must be a way

to tell the truth

without sinking

the whole project.

Thea? This is an

okay time to talk?

Sure, all okay

with Talon and Mum?

Yeah, both are now in bed.

"Now"?

Long story.

- So tell me.

- No, no, I'm too tired for this.

Okay. What's going on then?

I don't know, I just

I should probably wait

until I see you, but

there's never a good

time for this stuff.

I'm feeling a

a bit burnt out.

Not just tonight, it's

been this way for a while.

What do you mean?

I guess I feel stuck. I

need a change, I think.

It's hard to describe.

Thea, are you okay?

Yeah

I really want to discuss this, Alex.

It's just something is coming in.

Okay.

I really do want

to talk about this.

Just the timing is sh*t.

That's not your fault.

Can we talk about this

later? Can I call you?

Or can we talk about this when

you're here? Really discuss it.

I don't like doing

it over the phone.

Sure.

Yeah, I understand. Let's wait.

It's fine.

I love you, Alex.

I can't wait to

see you and Talon.

Us, too.

Hey, Marco picked up a signal.

I sent you the coordinates.

I've got it up.

Where is she?

Near Leipzig, Germany.

Notify the police there now.

Elodie?

What the f*ck are you doing?

I need to know if he's okay.

Sending a message will

tell them where we are.

- But it's a burner phone.

- What if they're monitoring your father?

I messaged from an

anonymous account. Chill.

- Okay, okay

- It's fine. No!

Elodie, you need

to give it to me.

I want to meet him.

- You're gonna meet him.

- I want to meet him now!

- How can I get him to you now?

- Stop saying that!

I need to know what the

f*ck is going on here.

Okay.

Okay, you're gonna meet him.

But I need the phone. Please.

Please give me the phone now.

You're gonna meet him,

but I need the phone.

Elodie, please.

- You promise?

- I promise.

Elodie now.

Please.

- We lost them.

- sh*t.

Go home.

Get some rest.

We'll pick up the

fight again tomorrow.

Okay.

We're lucky to have you, Thea.

I just thought you should hear

that after a day like today.

- Thea.

- Peter.

What are you doing

up this early?

I could ask you the same thing.

Well, you know, when I can't

sleep, I run down to the lake.

And you? Is this a

regular habit of yours?

Working all night?

Only during a crisis.

Forgive me, isn't your job

always during a crisis?

I suppose so. I like

solving problems.

The result of keeping peace in a

chaotic childhood home, perhaps?

Do you always do that?

Psychoanalyse your colleagues

as if they're your patients?

My turn. AI-supported healthcare.

It's a big step for the project.

A lot of pressure.

Do I look stressed?

Maybe a little.

Wouldn't be healthy if I wasn't.

Do you believe in it?

In Genie? Next-gen healthcare?

Not just that.

Concordia, all of it.

Sure.

You don't believe me.

People often say what they

think others want to hear.

I don't know you well enough

to care what you want to hear.

It's inspiring, the

ambition of it all.

See you, Peter.

I thought you might call.

Always one step ahead, Adrian.

- I can guess what this is about.

- And you'd be guessing right.

You know of the Faceless?

No. But I can make some calls.

Elodie Cailleux and Tessa Vogel.

Start there.

Alright.

- I'm on it.

- Thanks.

We've gone through the system.

Searched for backdoors and gaps.

It's clear. No one's inside.

We are fully patched up.

And the person who helped

facilitate the simulcast hack?

We uncovered a switch

that gave the Faceless

a backdoor into the live feed.

How did it get there?

It was on the computer of the

electrics engineer for the simulcast.

He was arrested by Gothenburg

police and questioned.

He's not involved with the

Faceless. He was in the dark.

There must be a way

to tell the truth.

I feel like I am drowning

under the weight of it.

I did it for you.

No, Peter, you did

it for yourself.

Marco's in. What do you need?

I wanna get a message

to the Faceless.

Is that something

your analyst can do?

Anything is possible.

What are you thinking?

I'm going to send you something.

Elodie.

So you're Leon?

Things have taken

an unexpected turn.

You are nervous.

I'm not nervous.

I need to know what

the f*ck is going on.

You need to be patient.

We got you out at a

moment's notice. The rest

It takes time.

What's the rest?

As a worst case, a new identity.

But I promise you, we're

thinking of everything.

We're looking out

for your interests.

I just need the same from you.

No more mistakes.

Tell me, what did Oliver Miller say

to you in the weeks before his death?

He stopped sending you data.

Did you ever find out why?

No.

I don't know.

I think something

spooked him. He just

He just retreated, but

he he didn't say why.

I don't know.

sh*t.

Leon, you need to see this.

What is it?

If you are watching this,

I hope it is because you are

a member of the Faceless.

I grew up in a failed utopia.

The grand ideas of Kant and Marx and

socialism had long since perished

in the East Germany I

knew as a young girl.

I know what you'll be thinking.

That we're just the Stasi 2.0.

Everywhere else in the

world we are surveilled,

and our data is bought and sold

by governments and corporations.

Not in Concordia.

Concordia isn't the

dystopia you fear it is.

How do we know?

Because we went

offline for 24 hours.

With the full knowledge and

support of every person here,

every camera was turned off.

And during that time, there

was not a single incident.

It's not the cameras, it's

not the fear of being watched

that keeps Concordia safe.

It's the life we've

created together.

A life of shared values.

So I want to invite you to sit down

with me to have a conversation.

And I think you will find

we have far more in common

than that which divides us.

Don't fall for her

lies, you hear me?

By tomorrow, we will have dragged

new truths into the light.

Truths that no amount of

pleading can keep buried.

Azeem, what's going on?