03x02 - Episode 2

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So, the situation at Godley Common?

The Metro Ultraline construction

at Godley remains paralysed

- by the Planet Resistance protest.

- The army. Send them in.

Get it done and dusted.

Ultraline isn't being

built because it's green.

It's being built so a load

of arseholes can make a mint.

I am my country's future. There is

no danger to our investment here.

This is a future for both our countries

we are more than happy to embrace.

- So, your daughter has come home.

- Yes, we're very happy.

She's fortunate to have a

father she can be proud of.

Ellie. Welcome to the w*r.

Planet Resistance has uploaded a video.

My name is Ellie Sutherland.

By the time you see this,

I will be deep down a tunnel

beneath Godley Common village.

Our daughter's underground and

your priority is your train set?

Rachel, I need to work and I

need you to get out of this room.

What we are calling

for is systemic change.

What's happening?

Rachel, please stop this.

You can't seriously just

expect me to sit here?

I expect you to wait.

We can go together,

- once the situation's been assessed.

- What needs to be assessed?

Our daughter is in that hole!

I can do more for her

more for everyone if I'm here.

And what can I do?

What can I do to help my

daughter while you manage?

You can't do anything.

The rescue workers can do something.

I can do something because I'm

the leader of the f*cking country.

But I need you

as I always have to be my rock.

I'm going to her, even if I have

to dig her out with my bare hands.

Charlie.

I'm sorry, Mrs Sutherland.

I can't take you there.

- Charlie, I need to find my daughter.

- I have orders.

Fine. I'll take a bloody taxi.

- Ma'am, please

- Open the door.

I can't let you.

I'm your Protection

Officer. It isn't safe.

Charlie, open the door.

Please.

She's on her way back, sir.

Is Audrey briefing us?

- Have you had ANY sleep?

- No.

- Are you sure you

- What?

Archie can handle the

Cobra, and I can brief you.

- Nobody expects you to

- To what?

Have a hand steady enough for the wheel?

- I'm just saying, you don't need to

- Anna, I know what I need.

Robert, I think I speak

for the room when I

Audrey. Current situation?

Sir, we have established Strategic

Command here at the primary school

for a Search and Rescue operation.

As you're aware, we're contending with

a massive subterranean

collapse beneath Godley Common.

A sinkhole at least 80 metres deep.

There's catastrophic

damage in both the village

and the Ultraline site on the perimeter.

Tell me the um

probability of survival.

Prime Minister, I'm

afraid I can't give

There are currently 11

hospitalised and 37 fatalities,

but the operation is

still in its early stages

and many people are unaccounted for.

And what caused this um sinkhole.

Any indication as of why?

We have geophysicists gathering data but

Because what I can't help

but find somewhat troubling

is the fact we've been

boring an enormous tunnel

and now everything around

it has been swallowed.

Was this our fault?

With respect, let's not jump

to conclusions of liability.

This is contingency

preparation, isn't it?

Robert, we all understand

the strain you're under.

Oh, I'm sure you do.

I'm heading for the site.

I'll make a public statement from there.

Prime Minister

Search and Rescue are concerned

that you coming here might

Might what?

The situation is very fluid. We

think it might be better if

I'm not offering it up as a suggestion.

God forbid we can leave

before SHE gets here.

- Have you brought his shovel?

- Rachel.

- Maybe I should take another car.

- No. We need to work my statement.

- I've another one.

- Another fatality?

26 now.

A literal mortuary.

the tracks, followed them around.

It just came out.

Keep it steady!

Guide it.

Nearly there.

Commissioner, questions

are already being raised

over a policing strategy

which is being described

as confused, contradictory,

even shambolic.

- What is your response?

- Officers carried out their duties

to the best of their abilities

based on their orders,

and government policy.

So, was this an outright

failure of command,

or was the involvement of

the Prime Minister's daughter

a factor in the subsequent disaster

Was she a factor? Jesus Christ.

A factor in shafting

us good and proper, yes.

How's Robert going to answer that?

I told Anna Marshall it was a mistake

to put him in front of the public.

I'm sure that was received

with her customary warmth.

I said YOU should do it.

- And yet you're not limping.

- Mm.

Robert's the one with

the twatted stature.

That may be so. But I have no desire

to suffer the slings and

arrows of HIS poor decisions.

Give him enough rope,

that sort of thing?

Your words, not mine.

This has been, and continues to be,

a complex and

quickly-evolving situation.

Can you hear me, sir?

Can you tell me your name?

One, two, three lift.

Down.

And lift.

Henry?

- Stand back.

- No, I know him.

Alright, go with them.

Robert The changes you've made

- I've just moderated the approach.

- By cutting every mention of Ellie?

Everyone in the country

knows the situation.

Then I hardly need to bring

it up when I address them.

I know it's difficult, but I don't

think cutting every mention of her

We're here.

Are you ashamed?

- Ashamed?

- Of Ellie. Of the tunnel.

Of her video. All of it.

Is it embarrassing for you?

I'm here to OFFER

compassion, not ASK for it.

But you don't have to

be a robot about it.

No, but I do have to

be the Prime Minister.

We're still finding survivors,

but so far we have 94 dead

and at least 150 missing.

Buildings were swallowed

whole, with the victims inside.

The locus of the Ultraline

site and the protest camp is

I'm afraid we're expecting

significant casualties

the individuals within the protest

tunnel and the eviction personnel.

With the volume of

soil pulled over them,

the probability is that

they were crushed instantly.

But we don't know that for

certain and we're doing all we can.

We've got multiple

scanning sites in the field.

It's just, the severity of

the collapse, it's unusual.

And you still can't tell

me why this happened?

As I've said, Prime Minister,

we're still gathering data.

- Every resource you need, it's yours.

- Understood. But

all we can do now really is search.

Help!

f*ck.

- Ellie! Ellie! Hey.

- What

- Come on, get up.

- What happened?

I don't know.

Put this on.

- What happened?

- I don't f*cking know, alright?!

We need to get out of here.

- Nate

- We need to get out!

- Yeah, we we have the radio.

- No, no.

- We don't. It's f*cked.

- How could

The antenna's been cut in two.

And the f*cking entrance is blocked.

But there has to be a way out somewhere.

- Henry knows where we are.

- Jesus! We're not gonna stay here.

It could take weeks to dig us

out. That was the whole point.

No, you do what you

want. I'm not dying here.

f*cking cave could collapse any moment!

persistent heavy rainfall

and disturbance from the construction

of the controversial

Ultraline rail project.

It remains to be seen

whether Mr Sutherland

has anything to say about this

when he addresses the public.

And there's no question,

this tragedy brings with it

a deep personal turmoil for him,

given his daughter's involvement.

- I saw Rachel leaving.

- To join the relief workers.

She was desperate to help.

Or to be well away from me.

She doesn't blame you. You're

both afraid, and in pain.

But she's right about

one thing. Your statement.

If you don't even

acknowledge that Ellie

- that she's

- What?

Maybe dead?

- Don't even think that.

- My point exactly.

Then I might actually be

able to get through this.

You can accept she's part of this,

which makes YOU part of it too.

You WILL lead with

strength, because you stand

with all those desperate

for their loved and missing.

I can't breathe. I can't f*cking

Nate, what's the matter?

- I need to get out.

- Nate?

Nate?

Nate!

I can't breathe.

- We have to keep going.

- I need to get out.

- No I need to get out!

- Stop, Nate! Nate, stop!

I can't breathe.

I can't f*cking breathe.

Nate, please.

- There's no way out of here.

- Follow me.

Nate, please. We have

to keep moving, please.

Nate, come on.

All I remember

is that suddenly

there was no ground

and the world turned upside down.

- They still don't know what happened.

- The government happened.

They said all along Ultraline was

I've seen the risk documents.

They knew that the ground was

mush from the old mining

and they were building

within the zone of influence.

You need to rest, for God's sake.

How many are hurt?

It's going up.

A lot of people are still missing.

Nate!

I think I can see something. Look!

Oh, thank Christ.

Henry!

Thank f*ck

I've been frantic. I

can't get hold of Nate.

Polly, he went in the tunnel with Ellie.

- What?

- She took your place.

- He went to show her how to

- Jesus Christ, Henry!

I can show you where they are.

If you get me a map, I can

The rescue workers

You have to tell them about the radio.

Christ! We must be right

under the Ultraline site.

f*ck!

Missed appointments, no communication,

friends duly raised the alarm.

And given that she's the Princess,

it was passed up to Intelligence.

We made quiet enquiries

with the embassy,

concerning the Princess's security.

They told us she took a private

jet home to visit her father.

And that much we've confirmed

from the flight manifest.

More in doubt is whether

she went of her own volition.

She's hardly kicking and screaming.

Most likely sedated.

Perhaps she's a nervous flyer.

I mean, one can hardly draw absolute

conclusions from this footage,

- wouldn't you agree?

- I would.

And I assume you refrained

from mentioning the

footage to the embassy?

I did.

In fact, our assessment is that

given our friendship with the Kingdom,

there's no need for this

footage to be preserved.

Friendship indeed.

And it's only friendly

to let a family matter

remain a family matter.

I wasn't even meant to

be in this f*cking tunnel.

I only came down 'cos of you

'cos you needed a nanny,

you f*cking tourist,

spoilt little brat wanting

to piss off her daddy.

What are you doing? What are you doing?

These wires

Would they work with the

radio? Make an antenna?

f*ck.

- Nate! Come on! Would it work?

- I don't know Maybe.

Then do it. Help me. Please.

- What if we just

- OK, wait, wait.

Give me the light.

One here, on here.

Is it fixable?

I don't know.

I watched Henry build it.

Come on Anna, pick up.

- Thank God. Are you OK?

- I've been better.

Listen, I'm sending you

something from Henry.

- Henry Wicks?

- He's got information about Ellie.

Wait, I'm with Robert.

It's Francine.

- Help how?

- Ellie was in a separate tunnel.

I'm sending you the

location and the design

of some kind of radio thing.

It might help you find her.

I've seen this kind of device.

Induction transmitter at

68KHz, single-sideband.

- We'll get a unit, see if we can

- We've told you where she is. Dig!

We'll make our own assessment.

If she IS there, it is very deep

and the instability of

the ground is Sir.

We're sending officers to the

location, but please understand

Prime Minister. There's

something you need to hear.

It looks like the

collapse was precipitated

by combustion of methane

deposits in the subsoil.

The power-grid recorded a massive

spike right before the collapse,

from within the Ultraline

tunnel boring machine.

If it malfunctioned, it could

have ignited the methane.

- Ultraline caused this?

- Various possibilities

- Why wasn't this machine examined?

- The company's refusing access

until they've verified the

integrity of the tunnel.

f*ck the integrity! I want

this thing investigated now.

- Sir.

- Robert, they need us for the speech.

Understood. Thank you, Audrey.

They tried to make radio contact

at the location Henry Wicks gave.

They couldn't find a signal.

No, it doesn't mean she's

It's possible HER radio's failed.

Or that she's moved.

Apparently, the unit can

transmit a a beacon signal,

and they're scanning for it

across the area. Robert

don't lose hope. Please.

Put on a brave face.

I would like to begin by

thanking our emergency services

for their heroic efforts in these

most difficult circumstances.

To date, 54 people have been

rescued from the devastation

and survivors continue to be found

by our Search and Rescue teams.

However, I must also inform you

that the number of

dead now stands at 114

I'm sure you will join me

in offering my most profound

sympathies to the families,

and in my prayers

that we will find alive those

currently unaccounted for.

It is no secret

that I share your pain.

My own daughter is among the missing.

I am under no illusion

that that Ellie

that whatever the outcome

her involvement will

not be without consequence

both for her and for myself.

But at this point, I'm

sure you understand

my sole priority

is to ensure the rescue

mission proceeds

Prime Minister.

and is successful.

At this point, that's all I have.

- Prime Minister.

- Prime Minister.

Prime Minister!

Will you be considering your position?

Ellie.

It's transmitting.

Do you really think it'll work?

They're not gonna let YOU

die down here, are they?

They'll be combing stone by stone.

We believe the methane WAS

ignited by the Ultraline machine,

but it wasn't a malfunction.

We've identified preliminary

evidence of deliberate tampering.

The circuit was burnt through

and there's residue of

pyrotechnic chemicals.

- Who did this?

- As yet, we don't know.

But it bears the hallmarks

of an incendiary device

and our priority is to evacuate the area

and search for secondary devices.

Transport will take you and

Mrs Sutherland back to

You can't suspend the search for people.

You can't suspend. There are

still hundreds of people out there!

You have to suspend.

We've been warned

there could be more gas.

If there's another expl*sive,

you'll be digging out

the rest of Godley Common,

as well as your own people.

Robert.

We can't risk this being worse.

But it isn't YOUR child

buried out there, is it?

Rachel.

Suspend the rescue.

Please evacuate the area!

All Search and Rescue

operations are suspended.

Please evacuate the area!

Repeat. All Search and

Rescue is now suspended.

Archie's convening a COBRA in an hour.

I need to be here. So I need you there.

Are you sure?

I could stay here, join by video.

Can't have anyone saying

I'm losing my grip.

At least I'll have my

right hand on the wheel.

They'll get her out

and we'll get through this.

I've made it clear we're not leaving.

Do you remember taking that?

Yeah.

She'd just come home from school.

You were about to go out canvassing

for me when I first stood as an MP.

She didn't wanna go,

so I made it a game.

I lied to her.

When I lost my job and

I was targeted and

you know, I told you that I felt

like I was just collateral damage

it really made me understand just

how long I'd been lying to myself.

Ellie's whole life

just collateral damage.

Rachel, that's not I mean

- Come on. We have to keep

- What? Support each other?

Yes, support each other!

I HAVE supported you!

I have supported you

since the day we met

and I have felt such pride

and triumph in every victory.

But Ellie?

She never asked to be the

Prime Minister's daughter.

Even her home is just

an annex of your office.

That video that she made from the tunnel

when she talks about

her profile, I mean

her profile?!

It's a cage that we put her in.

And the very last thing she tried to do

was smash her cup against the bars.

- You cannot blame me more than I

- I don't blame you. I blame myself.

I blame myself for all the years I

have been your f*cking accomplice.

How deep do you think we are?

- Nate?

- Somewhere near hell.

Will it even reach the surface?

f*ck knows.

- My head.

- You dizzy?

- It's just dehydration.

- It's carbon dioxide. It builds up.

It's why we're short

of breath, getting shorter.

- I'm sorry for what I said earlier.

- It's fine.

I've been called worse.

Anyway, if we both die,

then we'll really put Planet

Resistance in the news.

What?

Planet Re The whole f*cking thing

is a monument to Henry's vanity.

A leaderless movement, right?

How come he's the leader?

- None of this is Henry's fault.

- Ellie, Henry's a salesman.

He's selling the idea of change.

And we're all just

commodities, especially you.

The sabotage consisted

of a basic device:

a timer and a handheld flare.

What we're dealing with is

manifestly an act of terror,

and our response to this outrage

needs to be swift and substantial.

Planet Resistance must be

designated a proscribed organisation.

Counterterrorism has

begun a full investigation

but at this stage, there's

no conclusive evidence

- that Planet Resistance

- I'm sorry.

Are we seriously entertaining the notion

this was not Planet Resistance?

- We're looking for proof that it WAS?

- This is absurd. They're a menace.

Even so. "Let's not jump

to conclusions of liability"

was, I believe, how YOU put it the

last time you were in this room.

Notwithstanding your loyalty to Robert,

I'd hoped you might be

a bit more objective.

Fortunately Robert

along with most other

people AND the legal system,

knows what that word means.

Well, since we're on the subject,

and given the elephant

in the room is so big

you could sell tickets

to a sodding safari

how is this going to

affect Robert's position?

If Ellie doesn't surv

I mean, in the worst-case

scenario - God forbid -

one assumes he'll take

compassionate leave.

But if she IS rescued and it turns

out she's had a hand in all this

I expect the party and the cabinet

to offer their support and solidarity.

But if you'd care to raise your

concerns with him, Minister,

I'm sure Robert would be more than happy

to have a full and frank exchange.

Jolly good to know.

As and when, of course, he's available.

Yeah?

- What?

- Ah, those famous people skills

I save them for PEOPLE.

Will that be all?

I have an appointment.

Our right honourable friend

Victoria Dalton. What's your take?

Robert promoted her while I was away.

It does have a whiff of

"unconsulted" about it.

I'd have backed it.

Ruin Britannia assumed we'd roll over.

We needed to demonstrate

renewed commitment to defence,

give the brief to a full-taloned hawk.

I would suggest we keep

a hawk-like eye on her.

You think she's what?

- Plotting?

- Seems the type.

Ah, that terror of ambitious women.

I've been prowling the foetid

jungle of these corridors

long enough to scent a fellow predator.

As you say

fellow. So what's your angle?

Keeping a stiletto out of Robert's back.

Unless it's yours?

You know bloody well I've

had opportunities for regicide

drop in my lap like ripe plums

and I never boiled jam.

I don't trust Victoria Dalton.

And neither of us want Robert

to go down on account of VD.

- How is he?

- He's a survivor.

He'll get through this.

Yes, sir. Confirmed. We're

at the triangulated zone.

This is Search and

Rescue. Anyone receiving?

- Help ! Help us !

- Help! Help! Help! Help us!

They've made contact. Ellie's alive.

They picked up a beacon. They're

ready to patch you through.

In fact, they need you to speak to her.

- Eleanor James.

- Yes?

We've picked up significant

chatter that Planet Resistance

- was responsible

- Wait. With proof?

- No, but

- But what?

We need to know there

are no more expl*sives.

If it WAS Planet Resistance

you could ask Ellie

My daughter is not a

t*rror1st! Is that understood?

I am a hostage in this house.

There are police outside some inside,

bars on every window.

After I was drugged and

abducted from the United Kingdom

by my brother Prince Samir,

acting on behalf of

our father King Zyan.

I don't know how she smuggled this out,

but it's on every media

outlet you could name.

Thankfully, most eyes

are on Godley Common.

I plead only for liberty.

I plead with the Government of

the United Kingdom to help me.

I plead with them to

value freedom in my country

more than trading weapons for our oil.

More than the Saladin arms deal.

Well, that is a fat tonnage of

sh*t en route vite to the fan.

Ellie? Are you there? It's Mum and Dad.

Dad? Dad!

Ellie, you're gonna be alright.

Mum, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

- Mum!

- It's alright, sweetheart.

we're gonna get you out.

We're gonna get you out.

Ellie, I I need you to listen to me.

We're already working

on a way to get you out.

But what I What WE need to know,

in order for everyone to be safe

Did Planet Resistance plant the b*mb?

- What?!

- Ellie

b*mb? What are you talking about?

Someone put an expl*sive in the machine.

That's what caused this. I need

to know, are there any more?

We didn't! I I don't

understand what you're saying.

No please

I don't know anything

about a f*cking b*mb!

Ellie, I need the truth.

Hundreds of people are dead.

The village is destroyed.

They didn't do it!

- I promise, Dad

- Tell them there was only one.

There was only one device.

Tell them.

There was only one b*mb.

Please, Dad. I can't breathe.

Dad

Ellie?

- What's happened?

- Ellie?

Dad, please. Dad?

- The signal's gone.

- What does that mean?

We're drawing up a plan to get her out.

- Please do it.

- Yes, sir.

She's going to be OK, isn't she?!

Please!

Slow down, we're close.

This section of the tunnel

already bored for the Ultraline.

- We can smash through from above.

- Take a shortcut.

You You knew ?

No, I didn't know.

Not for sure. Not till now.

I told you what he's like. I

told Polly not to trust him.

It was Henry?

He said he was planning

something: escalation.

Something so they know we're serious.

Something they wouldn't

forget. I said no. I tried to

talk him down and I thought I had.

I thought he was just talking about you.

He's f*cked us.

All of us. He's f*cked everything.

They're coming. Get ready.

Rachel Sutherland for Will Clifford.

Yes, I'll hold.

- Who are you calling?

- Ellie's going to need a good lawyer.

We'll get the best.

I don't even know what side of

the courtroom you'll be sat on.

When we get out Hey,

listen to me. Listen to me.

We didn't k*ll anybody. Henry did.

- OK?

- OK.

I'm not going down for him.

Understand? OK.

OK.

What are you doing?!

These rocks fell on me.

I need a ward, not a cell.

You wanna do some good?

You tell Polly to forget me.

Keep coming up.

Almost there. Keep going.

Ellie! Ellie, they're gonna

make sure you're alright.

We need to examine her

but we think she'll be fine.

Sir, Mrs Sutherland.

You're aware we're obligated

to place Ellie under arrest.

However, given her circumstances,

and the nature of the

security at Downing Street,

we'd be prepared to allow her

to return home for the night,

after she's been checked

over, make the arrest tomorrow.

Oh, God, thank you.

No.

The merest hint of

preferential treatment

the public, the media,

they're already primed to shred

her all over again. I can't.

- There cannot be any dispensation.

- Yes, sir.

It's one night, Rob! Come on.

It's all they need for a crucifixion.

Whose?

- Rachel

- Don't you dare pretend

that this is about her.

- We can talk about this at home.

- I'm not coming home, Robert.

I'll send Charlie to pick up my things.

I can't do this any more, Rob.

You know that, don't you?

I'm sorry.

Stop!

Get after him!