Paris Has Fallen (2024) s01e02 Episode Script

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(Text on screen)
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
- Do you remember me, Minister?
- You are Jacob Pearce.
JACOB: I want to show you
something. This is what they do to you
- inside a Taliban jail.
- Please, I have a daughter.
My men also had daughters.
They had sons, they had wives,
they had families,
and you betrayed them.
And they were slaughtered.
And that is because of you.
Who are you?
Vincent Taleb. I am the Minister
of Defence's protection officer.
- (PEOPLE SCREAMING)
- (BOMB EXPLODING)
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
Rowan and Philippe decided that
the best way to deal with Pearce
was to betray him to the Taliban.
Sucks being lied to you, doesn't it?
Matis Garnier,
Head of Counter Terrorism.
- I'm leading the Task Force.
- Zara Taylor, MI6.
And what about the weapons
recovered from the embassy?
Forensics were able to recover
one of them.
It's been traced to an
arms dealer, Karim Hassan.
MATIS: He's our lead to Pearce.
We gotta find this guy.
JACOB: My name is Jacob Pearce.
Captain Jacob Pearce.
I'm a soldier
with the French Foreign Legion.
I want people out there
to know my story.
I want them to know the truth.
What was done to me.
And what was done to my men.
(OMINOUS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
- (TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
- (PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
VINCENT: He's here.
- Do you have him?
- ZARA ON RADIO: I've got him.
Look at this. Who is he kidding?
VINCENT: Well, maybe
he likes strawberries?
What, an arms dealer travels
all the way across Paris
to buy the ingredients
of a fruit salad?
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
He's handed the backpack off.
Stay with him.
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
I have eyes on the bag.
(TENSE MUSIC BUILDING UP)
(BOTH GRUNTING)
- (CROWD CLAMOURING)
- (SCREAMING)
My bad. Désolé, désolé!
Police! C'est la police!
(CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
(SIGHS)
(TENSE MUSIC BUILDING UP)
- (ENGINE REVVING)
- (HORN HONKING)
(GUN COCKING)
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
(WATER FLOWING)
- (BOTH GRUNT)
- (SPEAKS FRENCH)
(BOTH GRUNTING)
- (GRUNTING)
- (GASPING)
(GUN FIRING)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
(SIREN WAILING)
Vincent! What the hell
happened at the market?
Now, we have a dead arms dealer
and a civilian in the hospital
with concussion!
I get you both transferred
to the task force
and this is how you repay me?
It was a genuine mistake.
Very similar backpacks.
- Similar backpacks, huh?
- ZARA: Yeah.
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(EMAIL ALERT BEEPS)
- (MOUSE CLICKING)
- (CHLOE SOBBING)
JACOB: Three. Two.
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
- (DOOR CLOSES)
- Hello?
JACOB: I've just been reading
the KMI's annual report.
You're making a fortune selling
weapons to very bad people.
What do you want?
JACOB: Hard to put a price
on the lives of 23 men.
Six years of imprisonment and torture.
One hundred million euros
should just about cover it.
You want me to pay you
100 million euros?
That's the same profit you made
supplying weapons
to the Afghan Government.
Seems fair to me.
Why would I pay you anything?
Because if you don't, I'll start
killing people you know until you do.
And then we'll all see how
much value you place on the lives
of your family, your friends,
and your colleagues.
I have a sniper on a rooftop
somewhere in Paris.
He's gonna kill someone
very close to you
unless you agree to pay me
the money I ask.
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
it will be. It could be anyone.
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
But if you pay me, they will live.
(IN FRENCH)
I'm not paying you a single euro.
JACOB: Well, that was a mistake.
- (GUN FIRES)
- (GLASS BREAKING)
(DRAMATIC INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
I did say it would be someone
very close to you.
There's a link in the email I sent you.
Click on that when you're ready to pay.
MATIS: Pearce is threatening
to keep killing
Moulin's family and friends
until he pays up.
Do we know why Pearce
is targeting Moulin?
A minister in the Afghan
government stole some money
that was supposed to pay
for a hospital.
Pearce kidnapped the Minister
and held him hostage
until the money was returned.
The Afghans were furious.
They threatened to cancel a defence
contract with Moulin's company.
So, Moulin put pressure on Philippe
to betray Pearce to the Taliban?
You think Moulin bribed Philippe?
Moulin denies it,
but I think he's lying.
He's given us a list
of his family and friends.
We're warning anyone
who may be a target.
LUCAS: We've been scanning
the CCTV from the area.
This is from the street
next to the market.
And this is from the building
the sniper fired from.
It's the same guy.
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(CAMERA BEEPS)
JACOB: There was one guard,
he said his name was Hassan.
You could see in his eyes he
enjoyed inflicting pain on others.
Some days he would beat me,
torture me, rape me.
Other days, he would
just want me to hold him.
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
Rowan Alexander and Pascal Moulin
betrayed me and my men to the Taliban.
My men
all my men,
were murdered for
political and financial gain.
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
(IN FRENCH)
- No.
You get one of these.
(MAN ON RADIO SPEAKING FRENCH)
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(CAR STARTS)
- (TYRES SCREECHING)
- (SIRENS WAILING)
(SUSPENSEFUL INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING)
(SIREN WAILING)
- (SIREN STOPS)
- (TYRES SCREECH)
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(IN FRENCH)
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(WOMAN ON PHONE THEN PAUL SPEAKING)
- Allo? Monsieur Blanchet?
- (CRASHING)
(TYRES SCREECH)
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(CAR LOCK BEEPS)
(TYRES SCREECHING)
(DRAMATIC INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
- (GRUNTING)
- Zara!
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(HORN HONKING)
You okay?
Why were you discharged from the army?
I read your service record.
It said you disobeyed orders.
You read my service record?
Yeah. If I'm gonna work with
someone, I need to know who they are.
And I can find out anyway,
so you may as well tell me.
We were in the hills,
watching a compound.
I I see a Boko Haram
commander arriving.
I light the target with a laser
and call in an airstrike.
But then, his family arrived.
The kids are running around, laughing.
I radio it in, but they
don't call off the strike.
So, I redirect the laser
to a derelict building.
The missiles go in.
And the only thing they kill is a goat.
And they kicked you out?
(TEXT MESSAGE BEEPS)
I need to go meet a friend.
Can you drop me off?
- (MESSAGE SENT TONE SOUNDS)
- Yeah, sure.
- Your friend is in there?
- Yeah. It's all good.
See you tomorrow!
(CLUB MUSIC PLAYING)
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
- Hey, hey. Thea.
- Mmm.
Thea? Hello, my love.
- Hello.
- Hey, how are you doing?
- Hey, beautiful.
- (CLUB MUSIC PLAYING FAINTLY)
ZARA: I told you not to wait.
- Don't.
- (CAR STARTS)
Sorry.
- (BOTH STRAINING)
- That's right.
I'm gonna close the door.
ZARA: Should we take these off?
Come on, my love.
(SIGHS)
- Love you.
- (GRUNTS)
She keeps telling me she's quit.
I mean, I get mad at her, but
I'm lying to her too, you know?
- She doesn't know what I do.
- You've never told her?
She's an addict.
I'm risking my job just being with her.
(GRUNTS)
And yeah, I know I should leave her.
I love her. (CHUCKLES)
So, yeah, now you know my
personal life is a total mess.
Well, I'm going home to an empty flat
to drink a warm beer
because my fridge is broken.
- So
- (CHUCKLES) Okay.
Suddenly, my life doesn't seem so bad.
You want me to stay?
Uh, I think we've done
enough sharing for one night.
(CHUCKLING) See ya.
Hey, uh Thanks.
(IN FRENCH)
(SOMBRE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
- Bonjour.
- Bonjour.
(MOBILE PHONE VIBRATES)
(RADIO CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(SCOFFS)
(SIGHS)
(SCREAMING)
(OMINOUS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
- VINCENT: Bonjour.
- Bonjour.
Yup.
- How's Thea?
- She was still asleep when I left.
What are you gonna do?
- Right now?
- Hmm.
I'm gonna focus on my job and pretend
my girlfriend isn't a drug addict.
That seems healthy.
(TEXT MESSAGE BEEPS)
- (SIGHS)
- Everything okay?
Yeah.
MATIS: Zara, Vincent, come here.
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
Shut the door.
I just spoke with my contact
at the CIA.
A few weeks after Pearce was
rescued, he checked himself out
of the military hospital
and flew to Pakistan.
While Pearce was in Lahore,
someone planted an
explosive device under his car.
What about the CIA?
They know who was responsible?
- That's all they've got.
- Someone was trying to stop Pearce
revealing how he was betrayed
to the Taliban?
You think it could be Philippe Bardin?
Maybe. I talked
with the Security Services.
They're claiming they
don't know anything about it.
I mean, the Security Services
aren't gonna admit they're responsible
- unless they have to.
- Mmm-hmm.
Pearce wasn't using his car that day.
An Afghan national, Amina Sayyid,
and her two children
were killed in the explosion.
ZARA: Was he in a relationship
with her?
MATIS: It looks that way, yes.
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
ZARA: Well, it certainly
explains why Pearce is so pissed.
PASCAL: Joel?
Joel?
Joel?
(SUSPENSEFUL INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING)
(SIRENS WAILING)
(CAR DOOR SHUTS) - His
dad has a tracker on his phone.
He's at Jardin des Grands Explorateurs.
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
VINCENT: I'll go around the other side.
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
ZARA ON RADIO:
Does anyone have eyes on him?
GERVAIS: I see him.
Green hoodie, black cap.
ZARA: I've got him.
(OMINOUS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
- Joel!
- (GUN FIRES)
(PEOPLE SCREAMING)
(DRAMATIC INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(PEOPLE CLAMOURING) -
VINCENT: Police! Out of the way!
- (GUN FIRES)
- (PEOPLE SCREAMING)
ZARA ON RADIO: I think he's
in the red tower, do you see him?
VINCENT: I don't have a shot.
Okay. You see the ice cream cart?
- (GUN FIRES)
- ZARA: I see it.
You need to break cover and run for it.
You want me to run towards him?
Are you insane?
The trees will block his view.
He'll have to change position,
and I'll have a shot.
- (GUN FIRES)
- (GRUNTING)
You want to stay there?
ZARA: I'm not loving my options.
VINCENT: So, run fast.
- (GUN FIRES)
- (GRUNTING)
I was gonna walk slowly waving my arms.
Give me your hoodie.
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
Anytime you're ready.
- (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
- (GUN FIRING)
(PANTING)
- (GUN FIRING)
- (MUSIC CONTINUES)
- (GUN FIRES)
- (BREATHING HEAVILY)
Vincent? (PANTING)
I think he's down.
(MATTHEW GRUNTING IN PAIN)
ZARA: Drop it! Drop your gun!
(MATTHEW CONTINUES GRUNTING)
(BREATHING WEAKLY)
(BREATHING STOPS)
(SIRENS WAILING)
VINCENT: Do you ever think
that's going to be you lying there,
bleeding out?
I try not to think about it.
- How's that going?
- (SIRENS WAILING)
(IN FRENCH)
Mon Coeur!
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(SHOWER RUNNING)
(SHOWER STOPS)
(JACOB COUGHS)
The first time Amina saw me
this way, she
She tried so hard not to cry.
Didn't want to make me feel bad,
I guess.
Said it didn't matter
what I looked like.
Didn't change anything,
how she felt about me.
How she felt about us.
Very strange.
If anyone else would have said
that, I wouldn't have believed them,
but she was very honest.
She was very kind.
Thank you.
Pascal Moulin just clicked on
the link in the email you sent.
It seems like he's ready to pay.
Huh.
My people need to know
before we do anything.
Don't want to upset them now, do we?
No, you really don't.
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
- (CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
- (YAWNS)
You know, this kind of operation
costs serious money.
How is Pearce funding it?
He hasn't got a pot to piss in.
Pot to piss in?
It means someone who's broke.
Must be getting the money
from somewhere.
The IT guys hacked the sniper's
burner phone.
Pearce was messaging instructions.
One of the messages refers
to a guy called Cedric Duval.
- Who is he?
- Don't know. Trying to identify him.
Thanks.
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(JULIETTE IN FRENCH)
- Okay.
- Vincent. Vincent!
Hmm?
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
- AMINA: We are going to the market.
- (GRUNTS)
Is there anything you need?
- No. No. No, thank you.
- (GOATS BLEATING)
Not today.
What is it? Jacob?
(WINCING)
I
I never thought I'd see you again.
(SOMBRE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(EXHALES)
I won't be long.
No.
(GRUNTING)
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
- (CAR STARTS)
- (EXPLODES)
(GUN FIRING)
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
(IN FRENCH)
- (KNOCKING ON DOOR)
- Ah.
(GUN FIRES) - (TENSE
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(GUN FIRES)
(SINISTER INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
- Where is your family?
- They're sleeping.
- We'd better not wake them, then.
- I paid you.
(OMINOUS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
- I paid you!
- Let's go.
This is a message to the others.
I can't be bought.
I can't be negotiated with.
And I'm coming for them.
- Understand me?
- (MUMBLING INDISTINCTLY)
- Coming for all of them.
- (PASCAL MUMBLING)
(GRUNTING IN PAIN)
- (SCREAMING)
- FREJA: Jacob?
(SCREAMING CONTINUES)
Go.
(OMINOUS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)