Departure (2019) s01e03 Episode Script

- Previously on Departure.
- There's been an incident.
A 9-5-0 has disappeared
over the Atlantic.
Wife in London, husband in
Dublin; kids with both.
Makes me suicidal just saying it.
Aviation is the only industry
where a man with a box-cutter
can put a halt on billions in revenue.
- Bartok.
- A douchebag that made millions
- off of Flight 716 going down.
- Do you believe that?
I don't know.
- You're Richard's gay sex fling.
- Excuse me?
I was Richard's husband.
We were together for over 12 years.
When are you going to tell me
what really happened to my dad?
Harold Rossi. Real name
is Hassan Esmaili.
He had a lot of hours in the air
piloting military and commercial jets.
- There it is.
- Depth is 1-3-2-0.
- Isn't that beyond threshold?
- Lieutenant, you're too deep.
I think I can make it.
- No!
- The submersible's imploded.
Now there's no chance the black
boxes can be recovered now.
- [CELL PHONE BUZZING]
- Dom?
I sent you a video. Take a look.
- [WOMAN WHIMPERING]
- How is this possible?
Yeah.
- Nurse! I need a nurse!
- I should've stopped him!
"I should've stopped him!" Stopped
who? Who's she talking about?
She was delirious,
and the crash team showed up.
I couldn't get an answer out of her.
Yeah, but if she's confessing
to something she did
or she didn't do, she's still
in the suspect category.
[SIRENS]
Nadia, this isn't gonna bring him back.
You think I'm watching
this out of guilt?
You can see how the fuselage
has shifted.
It's closer to the edge.
And if it falls, we're going
to lose the flight recorders.
- How much time have we got?
- My guess is two,
- maybe three days.
- Bollocks.
Look, there's a company laying
cable in the area. They have a sub.
- Bartok International.
- No. Bad idea.
Kendra, there's nothing else in range.
- AJ!
- Come on.
I changed my mind; I
don't want to do this anymore.
Come on!
Bartok's really powerful.
They could arrest us, okay?
- They could take my passport away.
- Start filming!
Let's go. AJ, let's go!
I thought you wanted to
take this bastard down, yes?
No, I didn't mean this
- Wait, one second.
- Screw this, okay?
I'm I'm getting out of here.
- I don't want trouble.
- Oy!
- AJ. AJ! Let's go!
- Go! Go!
Go, go, go, go! Go!
The Secretary of State for
Transport has assured the public
that there is no need to ground
the Windsor 950 fleet.
Experts warn that that may change
if there's another incident
involving the same type of aircraft.
Are we any closer to knowing
whom Madelyn Strong wanted to stop?
Not yet. Intelligence teams
have been at it all night, Howard.
- Well, I need progress.
- Then maybe you should get us
another sub. If we retrieve
those flight recorders,
our chances of solving the crash,
well, it improves immeasurably.
- But without them
- Without them we have less
than 10% chance of success.
Well, fine, I'll go begging for a sub.
Did this leak about the pilot
come from your team?
Howard. Look, we don't
know that it was a leak;
might just be the tabloid
press doing what they do.
I'm not blaming you.
- You just did, Howard.
- The passengers are cancelling
their flights.
The Saudis' big order for 950 jets
will go down the shitter
if we don't clear this.
- Not my concern, Howard.
- Look, I don't like this either.
But we must keep the Prime
Minister's confidence.
Be mindful, that's all I say.
Thanks, Betty.
Hey, Kendra. Sorry
you had to work all night.
I was up pretty late, too, so I'm gonna
go back to bed for a bit. Talk later.
Hi, sweetheart.
Look, give me a call
when you wake up, okay?
I'll try and be back as soon
as I can tonight. Love you.
I can come back.
No, no. It's fine. Come in.
What have you got?
Medical records of Harold Rossi,
aka our friend, Hassan Esmaili.
His blood type is O positive.
So it does match the
unidentified blood on the raft.
But we're not going to be able
to get a definitive match until
we get a sample of his DNA.
Yeah. That spook from Mossad promised
that he'd get it for me yesterday.
But leave it with me,
I'll get on the phone to him.
Well, I can handle it.
You've got enough on your plate.
- Dealt with Ari before.
- Okay. Thanks.
Hm.
Rag and Bone.
Nice.
- I should have
- What's your take on this, Levi?
Well, Madelyn Strong's trauma
is both physical and psychological.
And she's on max doses of pain meds.
So, you think this could just
be drug-induced rambling?
That, and survivor's guilt, probably.
Anything in her background
to suggest a link to a motive?
No, not yet.
You know, I think my time would be
best spent concentrating on the pilot.
- You need to do both. Theo?
- Right.
Uh, based on the fact
that both the transponder
and the ACARS system failed,
we're looking at the
possibility of a fire.
But you are concentrating
on the area below the cockpit?
- Why there?
- The avionics bay.
Uh, a short in the electronic
system would explain why the
transponder cut out immediately.
Unless the pilot turned it off.
Kendra, it would help if we
could prioritize a working theory.
Look, we have to follow every
lead, vigorously and without prejudice.
- [CELL PHONE BUZZING]
- It's Dom. Madelyn's waking up.
Well, I agree with you, Levi.
I think we're floundering
without a working theory.
- Where's the data, Ari?
- I have the DNA file that you want.
But first I want an assurance
that the name 'Hassan Esmaili'
- will stay secret.
- We'll keep it quiet.
That doesn't mean that we
believe that your so-called
retired agent wasn't involved.
- He was not involved.
- What makes you so sure?
The fact that he supplied us
with valuable intel for 20 years.
The fact that his brother was
murdered by the Revolutionary Guard.
Loyalties can shift over time, Ari.
If it is revealed that Hassan
Esmaili was on the plane alive,
Tehran will become suspicious.
They will go over his entire life,
including everyone he ever worked with.
Like I said,
- we'll keep it under wraps.
- Good. What leads do you have?
- You first.
- Always the slippery one, Ms. Freeh?
If it turns out to be terrorism,
you'll be the first to know, Ari.
[ENGINE ROARING]
I like it.
Find out who did it, just the same.
Lidia.
Doctor Brown, call 4-9-9.
Doctor Brown
Can you talk, Madelyn?
We're not the police, Maddy.
We're just trying to
figure out what happened.
It's to help the families.
Do you remember saying that
you should've stopped him?
Who is it that you should've stopped?
Maddy?
[PASSENGERS SCREAMING]
Moses.
- It was Moses.
- Who's Moses?
Maddy?
Maddy?
Who's Moses?
Moses. We need to check
passenger lists, airport crew,
staff, BGA employees first
name, last name, nickname,
code name. Whoever this Moses
is, we have to find them.
Harold Rossi's DNA's being
tested against the blood on the raft.
Okay, great. And where are we
with Donovan's psych assessment?
Have you seen the news?
They've closed Heathrow.
BGA Flight 8234, bound for
Warsaw, was forced to return
- to London.
- Another incident with a 9-5-0.
Civil Aviation Authority
has grounded all departures
until the crisis is resolved.
We must find some answers
to restore their confidence.
We're on it, Howard. Look: we
just got a lead from Madelyn Strong.
Moses? We haven't established
if that's real, or just the ramblings
- of a brain-damaged survivor.
- That's a bit harsh, isn't it, Janet?
Oh, just make some progress, please.
Okay. What are we looking at?
The entertainment system.
The geniuses who installed it
decided to bolt it to the only
available space left and
- It's very close to the ACARS system.
- That's right.
And a fire in the entertainment system
- could've knocked them both out.
- Right. I mean,
in an older aircraft, brittle
wires could have a short-circuit
- Yeah, but it was a new aircraft.
- Okay.
Ah. You're thinking it's
you're thinking it's
dodgy thermal lining?
Watch this.
Careful.
I mean, this stuff was
This stuff was banned five
minutes after it was introduced.
You have 250 people,
all watching movies.
The hard drive's going
to heat up and then poof!
A small fire turns into a big problem.
Yeah. Uh, the 950's entertainment unit
is made by a company called VS Systems.
All right. Dom and I will check it out.
While this morning's incident
does not appear to be
mechanical in nature,
both Canada and Australia
The USA and Europe could be
next, unless the TSIB investigation
into Flight 716 shows
that the problems with the
aircraft are not systemic.
"We've got so much turbulence
I'm frightened."
"The power went out for a second.
- Plane seems to be having problems."
- "Something's really wrong up here."
I don't know how you can read that.
Well, that is my job.
Anything on Moses?
Well, Madelyn Strong
once liked an Instagram photo
of a Chihuahua named Moses.
What about our pilot, Richard Donovan?
'Cause he seems like a right nutter.
Definitely a sociopath,
judging by all the lies he told
to live his double life.
Seems a hell of a lot more
likely than our girl in the hospital.
Who gets the insurance?
His wife and daughter in London.
So nothing for the new baby in Dublin?
I'll look into that.
We can't control the heart
arrhythmia. It's the trauma
close to her sixth and
seventh cervical vertebrae
She's a fighter.
Stay positive, for sure, but
statistically injuries of this sort
Any chance she'll walk,
she'll walk. Trust me, Doc.
All right.
- What if she doesn't?
- She will.
And her in a wheelchair
and you at a dance club.
How's that going to work?
We're getting married, Derek.
And if you want to be the one
to walk her down the aisle,
you best shut your mouth.
Can you call VS and tell them
I'm running late?
Okay, thanks.
Spoke to Nadia. She's taking
the diver's death pretty hard.
Who is that man?
- You want me to call it in?
- No, it's okay.
The results have come back
on the DNA from Hassan Esmaili.
- And?
- They don't match
the blood on the raft.
[HONKING]
How how about a match
with any of the other
DNA samples we collected?
Well, out of the 255 victims,
we've obtained 175 profiles,
none of which match the DNA
on the raft. Sorry.
All right. Well, thanks
for letting us know.
It's like we're in a maze.
Are you afraid of my driving because
of the crash with your husband?
Who said I was afraid?
- I'm Levi Holl. How may I help you?
- Captain Stephen Littlefield.
I, uh, I met with Richard
Donovan in New York
- the night before the disappearance.
- Oh.
God help me, I think he
crashed that plane on purpose.
Kendra has joined the call.
I, uh, first met Captain Donovan
when we were both serving
in Afghanistan. Rick was, uh,
well, he was already halfway
to becoming a legend.
He dropped so much ordnance
the bastards didn't know whether
to shit or become postmen.
- Bit of a hotshot.
- Every man's a god
at 50,000 feet. Thank you.
Well, that kind of combat duty
can have impact.
Okay, I see where you're going
with that, and yes,
some of the men did suffer
from PTSD, but not Rick.
Were you surprised that
Donovan left behind a male partner?
Yeah. What of it? Everybody knew
he was a bit bent; it wasn't an issue.
So, did you arrange to meet
Donovan in New York that night?
No, uh
we just we bumped into
one another at Marley's.
That's a place a lot
of pilots drink there.
And how much alcohol did he consume?
Well, he was well within
'bottle to the throttle' limits.
- That's not my point.
- Which is?
The Rick Donovan I knew
he was unflappable.
Fellow I met that night was
falling apart at the seams.
- Distressed? Anxious?
- Oh, yeah. Times ten.
And did he explicitly
talk about suicide?
Not in so many He said
[SIGHING]
He said, "Maybe it would be
better for everyone
if I just disappeared."
- Disappeared like the plane?
- You know: better off dead.
I'm sorry, a fellow pilot tells
you that he's better off dead
and you don't think to report it?
I know the damn protocol.
What you don't understand
is what a call like that
can do to a person's life.
Look, pilots can lead
complicated lives,
but we leave our shit on the tarmac.
- You compartmentalize.
- Exactly. And, quite frankly,
I'd had a little bit too much
to drink myself that night
and I didn't want to do
anything rash. Well
- I've got to live with that now.
- Well, thank you, uh,
Captain Littlefield.
Uh, Levi will take you
- to sign your statement.
- Very good.
- He's gone.
- We need to execute those warrants
to search both Donovan
properties as soon as we can.
Yeah.
And let's get confirmation
on Littlefield's story.
I'll contact the FBI and make
sure he really was in New York.
Okay. Good. Oh, Howard?
I want to be there when
the warrants get executed.
Of course. Well, any
any more questions?
- No?
- No. I'm good. Thanks.
Looks like pilot suicide just became
our number one working theory.
Yep.
So why the hell are we driving
all the way to Cambridge
to check out the world's
shittiest thermal lining?
Because we need to follow every lead,
- vigorously and without prejudice?
- Heard about that, did you?
Come check this out before I post it.
So what's with the suitcase?
I'm, uh, I'm gonna take off, AJ.
Oh, come on!
I apologized for last night
already. I
Yeah, and obviously
you didn't mean it, so
What are you what
are you so mad about?
I-I thought we were in this together?
I said Bartok was a
criminal. I never said
vandalize his plane. What
if we'd gotten caught, AJ.?
Well, we didn't.
- Don't touch my phone. No, don't
- You think I don't know
you're texting that guy
you met at the Tate?
It's not your business.
It is my business. Where're you going?
I came here to have fun, AJ.
I didn't expect you were
going to go all gangster on me!
Anonymous just discovered that
Bartok's CFO was on that flight.
You know, Bartok might've killed
everybody on that plane
- just to shut him up! Don't you care?
- You know what? I don't think
that you give a damn what
Bartok did or didn't do.
I really don't. I think
you're doing this
to get back at your stepmother,
to get her attention. I don't know!
What do you mean, "Get back at
her"? Get back at her for what?
What do I have to get back at her for?
Tell me! What do I have
to get back at her for?
It's not my problem anymore, AJ.
Oh, come on.
You're not leaving, are you?
Come on!
I only ever wanted you
to have the best, sweetheart.
To be the best.
Did I push you too hard?
I'm sorry, Maddy.
I'm sorry for the things
I said about you and him.
He's all right, your man.
And he loves you, too.
Gotta go find the loo.
[CELL PHONE BUZZING]
- Sorry. He lives!
- Hey, Kendra.
Yeah, I'm sorry I didn't
call you back sooner.
Oh, it's okay.
So, what have Sophia and you
got planned today?
Uh, well, I was thinking maybe we
could take Dad's old car, just, ah
There's a music festival in Edinburgh
- that I thought maybe we could go to.
- Edinburgh?
Is that Sophia's idea?
I just wanna have fun before
school starts, that's all.
Well, what happened to your gap year?
Oxford said I could wait
'til next term, so
Oh, that's great, if
that's what you want.
Yeah. So, car?
- Yeah, of course. Have you got money?
- Yeah. I'm good.
- Okay. Take care, okay?
- All right. I gotta go. I'll phone you.
Love you.
- Everything okay?
- Hope so.
So this company makes the entertainment
system for BGA's entire fleet?
Yeah. Including
the faulty thermal lining.
Thank you so much.
That's great work. Thanks. Ah.
Howard, Littlefield checks out.
- Good.
- There's more.
Six months ago, Donovan
took out a second life
insurance policy,
separate from his union's,
- and for twice as much.
- Well, a new policy
is usually invalidated
- if suicide is the cause of death.
- Exactly.
If there's a suicide note, or any
sign that that crash was deliberate,
then the beneficiaries have
a huge incentive to destroy it.
We need to execute those warrants now.
Right. Make it happen.
Thank you for coming.
I'm sorry about the other day.
- Is that Mykonos?
- I was working there last summer.
We've been there twice.
It's like Richard was living the
same life in two different cities.
They keep asking me about him.
If we were fighting,
if I was pressuring him.
Rick was selfish. He was stupid.
And he was a terrible
person to lie to us.
But I believe he loved us both.
That was the problem.
He didn't want to hurt
either one of us.
- Hi, Theo.
- Hey, how was Cambridge?
Did you find anything on
the faulty thermal lining?
- It's a dead end, Theo.
- I mean, you saw
- how flammable that stuff was.
- Yeah. And so did the
manufacturer. They replaced it
in the entertainment systems.
The only reason that our test plane was
available is because it was grounded,
waiting for a retrofit.
- And Flight 716?
- It was upgraded 6 weeks ago.
But on a more positive note,
Dom has a list of all the people
that ever worked at VS Systems. Although
the CEO doesn't recall any Moses.
- So how's everything back at the shop?
- You haven't heard?
- Heard what?
- Howard got the warrant
to search Donovan's house.
- What?
- Janet's executing it now.
- What happened?
- Drive, please.
- Who are you? You can't just barge in.
- Mrs. Donovan,
this warrant allows these
officers unfettered access
to your house and grounds.
- What's going on?
- And to seize any articles
belonging to Captain Donovan.
Upstairs.
Mr. Kelehar, I'm authorized
to inform you
that the Dublin police are
currently searching your house.
- What for?
- It's in the warrant.
We've been delayed in some
dodgy weather, Howard,
but I told you that I wanted to be there
when the warrants were executed.
Yes, but we were faced
with a time-sensitive decision.
Oh, bollocks, Howard!
You never have a problem
reaching me when you need me.
I know what your feelings are, but
- No!
- [HONKING]
Kendra?
Kendra? Kendra, are you all right?
Sorry about the scare.
You're never going to let me
drive again, are you?
- Kendra, are you all right?
- Yeah.
Yeah, we were fine. We were
in Toronto heading out
to the family cottage
We had a row.
[NO AUDIO]
It just happened so quickly.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Come on. Let's get out of here.
[MADDY MOANS SOFTLY.]
[GASPING]
I'm right here, baby. I'm right here.
They took off the ring.
I'll get it fixed
before we get married.
[GASPING]
Gorgeous.
- When's the big day?
- Thank you.
This is the longest I've been
away from Amis, my husband.
- Stella? I like your backpack.
- Thank you.
Very cute little girl.
- Congratulations.
- You know that's a myth, right?
That phone signals interfere
with aircraft equipment.
Maddy, I'm here.
Here, you're safe.
You're safe.
Is this necessary? Our lives
have already been shattered
There's reporters outside talking
to my neighbours, making out
like the crash was Richard's fault.
Ma'am.
- Well, can you explain this?
- I haven't the foggiest.
Used to rent a lock-up.
Had a key just like that.
Let's go.
I don't know when
I'll be back in the office.
Well, he'll just have
to wait, won't he?
I have to be here for my daughter.
For Christ's sakes, she fell out
of a bloody aeroplane.
Look, I'm-I'm-I'm sorry.
I just
All right.
- It's right up here, right?
- Mm-hm.
So, I spoke to Janet earlier and
apparently the key that she found
is for a lock-up in Pimlico.
Donovan rented it
about three months ago,
his wife none the wiser.
She's going to get us a warrant.
Oh, God knows what
we're going to find there.
Thanks for dropping me off.
It's the least I could do.
My front door's open.
Don't Who the hell are you?
D.I. Gibbons. I arrived just
now, found the front door ajar.
Are you Kendra Malley, mother
of Andrew Julian Malley?
- Yeah. What's happened to him?
- Gibbons.
Bloody hell. Hayesie.
Look, can you tell me
where my son is, please?
I was hoping you could tell me that.
This is where he was last night.
- Pavel Bartok's plane.
- Oh my God.
What are the charges?
Trespassing, vandalism.
You have any idea
where your son might be?
Um, no, he said
he was going to Edinburgh;
some music festival. But I'm not
sure where he was staying.
You just bring him down to
the station when he's home, yeah?
Of course.
And for you, Dom, I'll
keep an eye out for him.
Thanks.
- I could use a drink. You?
- Absolutely.
He must have disabled his phone's GPS.
Yep.
Pavel bloody Bartok? I mean,
he knows how much trouble
- that man put me through.
- Maybe that's why he did it.
Do you think I should be worried,
or is this just
normal teenage bullshit?
Ah, God. I'm no expert.
I found my kid dealing weed and
I tough-loved him all the way
down to the station.
- What happened?
- He hasn't spoken to me in two years.
Sorry.
Hm.
No, it's, um
It wasn't an accident.
Wasn't about getting lost. I was
[SIGHING] I was upset.
I'd just found out Gavin
wasn't taking his meds.
He was diagnosed schizophrenic.
Some of the doctors said that it
was all brought on by the chemo.
He-he had survived cancer.
Jesus.
No god but irony, huh?
Should've never got
in the car that day.
I'll thank God AJ didn't.
He was in a coma for three weeks,
but he never woke up.
We buried his ashes here.
Does AJ know?
I just told him it was an accident.
Maybe
maybe part of me wanted to
believe that was the truth.
He deserves to know.
How do I tell him that his father
killed himself and tried to kill me?
[SOFT MUSIC]
Hold on, wait, wait.
There's that man again.
It's probably one
of the victim's family's.
Kendra, there's
a thousand more like him.
Can't take them all on yourself.
Yeah, I know.
Just just a second.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Can I help you?
Wendy. My wife.
This is the longest I've been
away from Amis, my husband.
She was on the flight?
She was visiting
her sister in New York.
Rather miss the old thing.
I keep thinking
of all the things I said
and didn't say.
Oh, if you could just see her smile.
- Bet it lit up the room, eh?
- Hm.
And she laughed like a horse.
I can say that because she said it.
50 years.
No time's ever enough.
No, but, ah
It's all we've got, isn't it?
Yes.
Would you like to come inside?
Oh, that's kind. Thank you.
- How did you both meet?
- It was a blind date, actually. Ha!
- Really?
- Yeah. It was kind of a set-up.
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
I've got the warrant.
Well, let's see what's
in that storage locker.
Great work finding that key.
- Heard from AJ?
- Not yet.
Thanks.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
- [ALARM SIGNAL]
- He planned the whole thing.
[TENSE MUSIC]
What are you doing? That's not
where the nurse puts the needle.
[GRUNTING]
[RAPID BEEPING]
Okay.
- We're all right.
- Is she good?
Doctor!
- Move it around!
- Make some room!
- Okay, he's in V-tach. Paddles!
- Calling the code.
Excuse me!
- Okay, 120 Joules. Charge it.
- Charging.
Clear! Shocking.
- Come on, Derek.
- Okay, 200 Joules.
- Charge it!
- Charging.
Clear!
Shocking.
- Again?
- Yes.
- Charging.
- Shocking.