Code 404 (2020) s01e01 Episode Script

1
FN P90,
personal defense weapon,
ideal for close-quarter combat,
capable of penetrating body armour.
Yeah, all right pal.
You're not on the Shopping Channel.
I know the spec.
Back a pace. I need a wider visual.
So, I guess you know what this is?
- Shit.
- Well, I know it's not loaded.
Are you sure?
Pretty sure.
Shall we find out?
Jesus mate!
Have you got a death-wish?
I never carry guns and ammo together.
It's like taking a fox and a chicken
across a river.
- What?
- It's a brain teaser.
You've got a fox, a chicken,
and a bag of grain.
- You've got to
transport the chicken
Yeah, I don't give a shit
about foxes and chickens.
What else you got?
Wait there.
What's happening?
Did he ID you?
He couldn't ID his own arse
in a hall of mirrors.
But thanks for looking out for me
"Mate!"
John, listen, about earlier,
back at your house,
what you think you saw
Shut it, he's coming back.
Mossberg 500
12-gauge pump-action shotgun.
This is your All-American classic.
Keep your cool, John.
If we crack this
we're one step closer to the top.
14-inch barrel,
six pounds in weight
Effective firing range of up to
forty meters.
Since I like you,
I can throw in a freebie.
Tactical red-dot light[indistinct]
Oh.
And cheese.
- Did you say cheese?
- Yeah, I said cheese.
For your camera
Detective Inspector Major.
Carver, cover's blown,
it's a setup!
Shit, Major, move.
John, move!
I ain't leaving without answers!
Who set me up?
I don't know!
Major,
they're coming! Get out of there!
- Gimme a name!
- Enough, move!
[inaudible]
I'm sorry, DI Carver.
Your partner was an
excellent officer.
You two were the best team
on the Force.
In a way it's like
you've both died.
Yes, boss.
We'll name something after him.
Something important
Like a helicopter or a canteen
A bird bath, whatever.
Kelly.
- John!
- I'm sorry, Mrs Major.
Your husband was an
excellent officer.
I think she just wants to be
left alone, boss.
Of course.
Can someone get rid of
this corpse?
- What are the stats?
- 84% suitability.
Do it!
All right mate?
From Judy in the office.
She was too upset to bring 'em,
so asked me to.
I mean, I paid for 'em,
so technically they're from me.
Sorry John.
I should have come sooner.
But I just felt so guilty about
- Fuckin' hell!
- Hello, Roy.
What the fuck?
Oh! I thought you'd say Jesus!
So I could go: "No!
But we both came back from the dead! "
- Jesus!
- Nah, the moment's gone now.
But I saw you die, John.
I gave you CPR.
I felt your blood runnin'
through me fingers
when I tried to get your heart goin'
I'm the best cop in the unit, mate.
They had to bring me back.
"They"? Who are "they"?
The geeks. TheTechie bods.
Oh my God!
No, not him you tool.
He's flyin' a plane.
Her!
They rebuilt me.
With computers.
Err,
she'll explain all the science bit.
So are you likea robot?
I'm the same DI Major who's been
savin' your arse
for the last 10 years.
- I've just been augmented.
- What does that mean?
What - "augmented"? I dunno.
They all keep usin' it,
I should probably check.
Does your wife know?
What "augmented" means?
No! That you're back from the dead,
you dickhead!
I thought you could help me tell her.
You two always got along.
Anyway!
The boss wants to see us.
Fuckin' hell!
I'm only kidding.
- So, why do you feel guilty?
- Eh?
Well,
back there you said you felt guilty.
What for?
Oh, nothing.
You feel guilty about nothing?
It's a normal
psychological reaction,
isn't it?when someone dies.
Is it?
Yeah, yeah.
What's with the bird bath?
Appreciate the flowers, Judy.
But I'm not dead.
I'm not Judy.
John Major!
It's good to have you back.
- Thank you, boss.
- This place was nothing without you.
You're the best cop in the unit.
Compared to you,
the rest of the people in here
are worse than shit.
Boss, I still don’t get any of this.
I saw this man die.
I was chief pallbearer
at his funeral.
We had to stage a funeral
for cover.
It was Gracie
in the coffin.
- What, I buried a sniffer dog?
- Full police honours.
It's what she would've wanted,
Roy.
Why didn't you tell
me this was happening?
You must have at least needed
permission from his wife.
The only permission
we need is this guy's.
- Do we have your permission, John?
- Hell, yeah!
Hell, yeah!
Look, it's the first time
this procedure's been tried.
We had to keep it under wraps
in case it went tit-shaped.
"Procedure"? What procedure?
What did you do?
Dr. Parfit will explain.
She's an American.
The subject sustained
irreparable damage
to several organs.
These we transplanted with
replacements grown from stem cells.
Now, for the higher cortical areas,
we pioneered a technique
of fusing artificial
intelligence modules
with the subject's
pre-existing neural networks.
- Mmm!
- You put computers in his head.
So he is a robot.
- No!
- Yes!
So is he like, what?
Part-robot?
He is 90% human,
10% non-organic matter.
Let’s just say
I'm 150% human.
- Let's not say that.
- So, does that mean he
can't get hurt? He can't die?
- Damn right it does!
No, it does not mean that.
Argh, argh!
Yeah. Thanks for
clearing all that up!
Look, it's simple: he was dead,
she brought him back, now he's better.
- It's not brain surgery.
- Well, technically it is brain
Blah blah blah. Listen, I've got
unfinished business out there.
So let's find the guy who shot me
and nail his head to his arse.
Easy, tiger.
That investigation's
in the capable hands of
DIs Gilbert and Ryle.
And we need to check you're
in full working order
before we let you loose
on the streets.
A trial period.
Besides, you've got
other things to deal with.
Mm?
Your wife?
Kelly knows I'm alive.
They sent an officer.
So she knows she attended the funeral
of an English springer spaniel?
Yeah.
Yeah you're right then
not to worry about it.
She probably baked you a cake!
You look more nervous than me.
What's up?
Nothing.
Here.
Ah mate, it's really good
to have you back.
Losing you was hard.
Well I'm back now,
so everything's fine!
Yeah, but it must be weird for you,
y'know, dying and then,
coming back part AI.
I mean, how does it feel?
It's like, you know when you
go to sleep,
and then you wake up,
and you're awake again.
- Yeah.
It's kind of like that.
So, listen, what happened to the
case we were working on?
Operation Blue Finch?
It got closed down
after you got shot.
It's the reason I got shot!
Find my killer and we
crack Blue Finch.
Just before it happened, Kristof,
that dealer, he said something to you.
The wire went down
and I couldn't catch it,
do you remember what he said?
I remember a name.
I don't know exactly
where it came from,
but it's very clear in my mind.
OK that's good, go on.
Blumenthal.
Heston Blumenthal.
- Nah, that's a TV chef.
- Is it? Oh, maybe it's not him then.
Do you remember
anything else from that night?
The last thing I
remember was earlier on.
You came round to our place,
we had Chinese.
- It's not relevant.
- I had that blazing row with Kelly,
stormed off to the pub.
- That's not important.
- I didn't come home for hours,
and when I did, your car
was still in the driveway
and I remember thinking,
"I mean,
that's weird,
what's he still doing here? "
John, John, John, John,
you're focusing on the wrong thing.
Focus on the shooting.
Rick Stein!
- Also a TV chef.
- Gino D'Acampo? - A chef.
Ken Hom!
Maybe we should leave this for now,
eh?
Yeah.
"I mean, that's weird!
What's he still doing here?"
John, John
Hi Honey.
I'm home.
You look fantastic, considering
- Considering what?
- The grief.
The grief the grief. Well it's,
it's been a difficult year, so
Wahay! Hello, you!
Well, I'm back now.
- I should go.
- No, God, Roy!
You've got a lot to talk about.
No, no, please stay!
I'll get some more wine.
Yeah.
I'll go and give her a hand, yeah.
- What the fuck are we gonna do?
- I don't know, Roy. I don't know.
Does he know about us? Does
he remember that nightthe night!?
I think we'd know if he remembered.
Is he the same as before?
Yeah, yeah, but it's like
he's a bit of a knob.
And?
Yeah, did you manage to
hide all my stuff?
Oh God yes it's all bagged
up. It's in the shed.
Oh my God!
What?
Something's been going on here.
You've extended the kitchen.
Yes. Yes Yes Yes Yes. there was
a payout after you got sh So I
there was
I did that And I,
I, I also converted the loft,
as well, so
Oh, you have been keeping busy.
Where's the wine then?
"You're running low
on butter and hummus."
Oh, Pinot Grigio.
Got the same wine Roy always buys.
You see! Augmented.
Nothing gets past me.
- "Thank you, Roy, enjoy your wine."
- You take this through.
I'll grab my bag from the car.
- Your Bag?
Yeah, it's just a few bits.
We'll have to do a proper clothes
shop on the weekend.
I lost a little bit of
weight getting shot.
No, no, no, no, no, John.
You didn't think you were gonna move
straight back in, did you?
- Well, this is my house!
- I know it is, sweetheart,
I think, I think I n-..,
we just need a little bit more time.
Time? I've been dead a year,
how much more time do you need?
I know. Exactly! You've
been dead a year,
y'know, it ripped my life apart
and then today they tell me that
you're alive but you're part computer,
it's just a lot to take in.
- I understand.
- How about tomorrow? - No!
- Day after?
No, John. We just need to
get to know each other again.
We don't! I'm still me,
the same man that you married,
just with new wiring.
Improvements, really.
Think of me as like
Oscar Pistorius.
That's probably not the reference I
would have gone for, personally.
No?
- What went wrong?
- Kelly doesn't want me back!
She didn’t say that, John.
What d'you mean "what went wrong"?
You’re the Silicon Valley genius,
he's meant to be perfect.
But he's a work in progress,
a prototype. I need
you to monitor him,
for abnormal behavior.
Subtle things,
that only you would notice.
Are you sure you didn't
have any bits left over
when you finished rewiring him?
Balls to this, Carver!
I got no home, no wife.
Let's go and find the bastard
who shot me!
Is he going to be OK?
He better be.
We don’t want this
project shut down.
What do you mean, "shut down"?
Just, don't overstress him. And
watch out for any unusual responses.
And try not to get him wet!
Got him.
Look, this fella's a small-time
drug dealer.
He doesn’t know nothing
about the shooting.
He was at the deal.
He's connected somehow,
whether he knows it or not.
He was questioned a year ago.
Yeah, by Gilbert and Ryle,
not by me.
All right, but look,
this is unofficial. So tread softly.
Roger that.
Open up, Cleasby!
It's judgement day!
Get out of my flat!
Get out immediately!
- Oh oh sorry. - I call the police!
- Wrong door.
Yeah, it's that one.
Cleasby!
Jesus!
No!
But we both came
back from the dead!
But You're dead.
You got shot and you died.
Don't believe everything you see
on the news, Cleasby.
It wasn't on the news.
Oh, wasn't it? Well,
in the papers then.
We got some questions for you,
Cleasby.
Or online!
And let's face it, that's where
most people are getting
their news these days.
I answered your questions already.
I shouldn't have been there.
I'm drugs, not guns.
Look, it's all connected,
and you know it is.
Just tell us who's supplying the
product these days.
Amazon Prime.
Answer the question, Cleasby.
Or live to regret it.
Is that a threat?
Oh, no, my friend,
that's not a threat.
That is a promise.
Except, a promise to do harm
is a threat
that's what the word, threat, means.
so technically it's
Yeah, I suppose
Then yes! It's a threat!
Oi, oi, oi.
We know that you're just a
low-level little scrote.
We want someone important.
- Take us to the supplier.
- Sorry, I’m fully stocked,
I don't need to
HO! What the fuck ?!
Major, what are you doing?
I'm simply disposing of the drugs.
Well why didn't you put them
down the sink then, for Christ's sake?
Good one!
I was gonna do that anyway.
What?
Looks like you're out of stock,
Cleasby.
Time for a trip to the wholesaler.
Are you all right?
Yeah. You're forgetting that
narcotics don't affect
me any more
- Are you sure?
- I'm pretty sure, yeah.
"Pretty sure"?
99.9 percent
which is 999,
which is the number of the police,
which is the upside-down of 666,
which is the number of the beast,
which is the bad guys!
OK.
I don’t like this. This is bad.
OK, Cleasby,
when the supplier turns up,
just act natural.
And stop touching your ear.
This is a nice par cark.
Haa haa haa. I said par cark.
I meant to say parkcark.
So why did I say par cark?
- Because you're very high on drugs.
- I am not high on drugs!
OK. Then something's been lost in all
this AI digital bullshit,
and you've come back
a really crap copper.
Okay, It's the drugs.
But I got us a result!
Cleasby's meeting his supplier
and we we gonna nail him!
OK. He's here. Can you
hear me? He's coming.
"We" are nailing no one. You
- are staying in the car.
- I’ll be sad in the car.
And don't touch anything!
I fuckin' mean it!
Roy!
Sick!
Hey, schoff lad.
Yes! Get him!
Go Roy!
Listen! I don't want
to arrest you.
I'm working my way up
the food chain here. OK?
Why is he letting him go?
My God
Carver, it's you
You've been in on this from the start!
That's why you felt guilty!
You set me up!
It all makes sense!
Security mode activated.
Someone shot my partner.
You're gonna help me find him.
- Roy !!! I know it was you!
- Is this guy with you?
Don’t worry about him,
he's just confused.
Go on, mate. Talk to me.
What do you know?
Bastard!
Don't worry, I won't let him
lay a finger on you
What did you do that for?
I know it was you that got me shot.
You set it up, the whole thing.
That's why you left
me in the car just now.
That's why you
let the suspect go!
I left you in the car
because you're off your head!
And I didn’t let the suspect go!
You did!
Now can you let me go?
Please!
You bell-end!
Fuckin' hell! Aargh!
Are you all right, Roy?
From Judy. In the office.
She was too upset to come.
How are you doing? Okay?
No, I died, but luckily enough
they brought me back to life
and replaced my brain
with a ZX-Spectrum.
Was that a dig at me?
All right, fair enough.
I feel bad about what's happened.
It looks worse than what it is.
There's no internal damage
I'm gonna stop you there, Roy.
That's not the thing I feel bad about.
The thing I feel bad about,
is the thing I haven’t told you yet.
Clearly,
we acted without authorisation,
and caused a public disturbance.
- "We" did that?!
Dennett wanted answers, and um,
I blamed you.
What?
Yeah. I said you
took a load of drugs,
let the suspect go,
and jumped off the car park.
- Why would you do that?
- You heard what Dennett said.
This is a trial period.
I'm on probation, Roy.
I can’t tell her I screwed up.
- So you told her I screwed up?
- No! Well, yes, but I explained it.
You should have heard me.
I really defended you.
- Oh, thanks for that!
- You're welcome.
Yeah, well just so you know,
when I file my own report,
I'll be giving a truthful account
of exactly what happened!
You can't!
- Watch me!
- Carver, I'm serious.
They'll switch me off.
If they think I've failed I'll be
- What? "Terminated"?
- Don't take the piss. I'm desperate.
This is your chance
to make it up to me.
Make what up?
At the bird bath,
you said you felt guilty.
Do you remember when I got shot?
You tried to save my life.
You did CPR and felt my blood
on your fingers, well,
here's your second chance,
and this time, you can save my life.
Would you say it was you?
Just this once. But never again.
Thank you Ooh, ooh.
- I'll love you and leave you.
- Just leave me is fine.
A couple more quick things.
I broke your car
trying to hot-wire it,
and I was also sick on the seat.
And you should probably
get it out of that car park
'cos it's like thirty quid a day
in there.
Oh, and Carver?
It's good to be back!
Jesus.
He's leaving the hospital now.
I played dumb,
just like you said.
No, he never even mentioned
your name, boss.
I don't think he remembers.
No,
if anything, he's come back
a bit shit.
I'll keep tabs.
Let you know if we need to
finish him,
again.
You said you wanted to
get back on serious crimes!
Not by committing one!
Have you tried switching yourself
off and on again?
Like a computer!
Oh shit!
I thought you had your own place.
I do have my own place, Kelly.
You just won't let me live in it.
Holy shit, a foot!