Paris Has Fallen (2024) s01e03 Episode Script

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(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
Philippe Bardin, Rowan
Alexander, and Pascal Moulin
betrayed me and my men to the Taliban.
(PASCAL SCREAMING)
While Pearce was in Pakistan, someone
planted an explosive under his car.
What about the CIA? Do they know
who was responsible?
- That's all they've got.
- Think it could be Philippe Bardin?
MATIS: Maybe. I talked with
the Security Services.
They're claiming they
don't know anything about it.
The Security Services won't admit
they're responsible unless they must.
MATIS: Pearce wasn't
using his car that day.
Amina Sayyid and her two
children were killed in the explosion.
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.
(DRAMATIC INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
RAID TEAM OFFICER: Clear!
(OBJECTS CLATTERING)
VINCENT: There's blood in the kitchen.
Hey, the Security Services
have just admitted
that Cedric Duval
was one of their operatives.
- He resigned 18 months ago.
- What's his connection to Pearce?
It was Cedric who planted the
explosive under Pearce's car.
If Pearce has him,
he's probably already dead.
(OMINOUS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(BREATH TREMBLING)
Do you know why you're here?
DGSE lied to me.
They told me you were supplying
weapons to Al Qaeda.
We need to know the name
of your handler
and the person
who authorised that mission.
(SOBBING) I only knew
my handler's code name.
I swear.
(CRYING)
I want you to know
that I've been exactly
where you are now.
So I know how you feel.
CEDRIC: Please.
Please.
I don't know. I don't know!
(GULPS)
(SOBBING) Please.
It's okay.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(WINCING)
(SCREAMING)
(CRYING)
- (BLOW LANDING)
- (CEDRIC SCREAMING)
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
(SIGHS)
(MOBILE RINGING)
(CAMERA CLICKING)
we should assume he talked.
It must feel strange.
I mean, to torture someone
when you've been tortured yourself.
- Maybe Pearce got off on it?
- (CAMERA CLICKING)
I don't think so.
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
- (CAMERA CLICKING)
- ZARA: Jesus.
MATIS: The Security Services
are finally cooperating.
ZARA: I guess they have to
now their people are dying.
They've given us the name
of Cedric's handler.
ZARA: Well, we need to get
to them before Pearce does.
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(MOBILE RINGING)
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
(INES SPEAKING)
(INES SPEAKING)
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(BRAKES SCREECHING)
Beatrice Paquin?
- Bonjour.
- Bonjour.
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
- Not at the moment.
- (TEXT MESSAGE BEEPS)
I understand.
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
Well, as soon as it happens,
I will let you know.
Okay.
Talking to your employers
about me again?
They like to know
everything is on track.
Can I ask why you work
for those people?
They pay very well.
A few more jobs, then I'm done.
So, you get paid very well
for killing people.
And then what?
And then, I retire.
Are we doing this?
(CAMERA BEEPS ON)
Two years ago, operators from
the French external security agency,
the DGSE, planted a bomb under my car.
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
MATIS: She's worked for the
Security Services for almost 30 years.
She's seen it all,
Iraq, Afghanistan, Mali.
Most of her operations are redacted.
Before she retired, she was
running black ops in Central Asia.
She's still got friends at the DGSE.
Someone told her we were coming.
Did she say anything about
the operation to kill Pearce?
She wouldn't even admit
that was an operation.
LUCAS: Pearce has just released
another video.
He sent it to everyone
in the Security Services.
- I'll send you the link.
- MATIS: Thank you.
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
Two years ago, operatives from
the French external security agency,
the DGSE, planted a bomb under my car.
That bomb was meant for me.
Instead, it killed people I loved.
I hold the French external security
agency responsible for their murder.
I'm offering a reward
of five million euros
to anyone in the security services
who can give me the names
of any of the people
involved in that operation.
If you can do this,
click the link below.
(OMINOUS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
Take her to the safe house.
Try and get her to talk.
We need the names
of everyone else involved
before someone gives them to Pearce.
If Pearce is offering a reward,
Cedric can't have given him any names.
Cedric didn't know anything.
If he had, he would have given
me and everyone else up to Pearce.
- What makes you say that?
- Everyone breaks, eventually.
What's with the bonsai?
BEATRICE: I got them
when I was based in Tokyo.
I find caring for them very relaxing.
Thank you.
Do you have a family?
- And why would you want to know that?
- It's not a trick question.
I had a husband. We have a son.
He has two children of his own now.
Do you enjoy being a grandmother?
My job was my life.
I was bloody good at it.
It made me a terrible wife and mother.
- You have to make sacrifices.
- Like Cedric did?
Cedric made a mistake.
Pearce wasn't using the car
that day. He couldn't live with it.
He started drinking.
He blamed everyone but himself.
He'd shoot his mouth off
to anyone who would listen.
Hmm, maybe that's how Pearce
identified him.
Probably.
We need to know who else
was involved in the operation.
We can't protect people
if we don't know who they are.
- And Pearce can't kill them.
- You don't trust us?
- I'm not sure I fully trust anyone.
- You must get very lonely.
Did you see this disciplinary
in Beatrice's file?
Says she was interrogating
an insurgent in Iraq.
She stood on a bullet wound
in his leg till he gave up
- the location of an IED factory.
- Wow.
- You ever done anything like that?
- I've never had to.
- But you would.
- Are you judging me, Vincent?
- Always.
- (PHONE RINGING)
- Oui?
- LUCAS: Hey, you're late.
You were supposed to relieve
the day shift 30 minutes ago.
- VINCENT: Okay.
- (CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
- Madame President.
- Vincent.
wanted to attend a briefing.
I am very grateful for your help.
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY
IN DISTANCE)
(SIGHS)
(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)
Hey That's a lot of pills.
BEATRICE: I have
ventricular bradycardia.
A highly irregular heartbeat.
My doctors say it will probably
kill me in the next few years.
Sorry. Is that why you retired?
They didn't give me a choice.
Stress is bad
for your heart, apparently.
Do you like what you do?
I can't imagine doing anything else.
God, I miss it.
When it's gone,
you're left with nothing.
Sometimes, I think I'd give
anything to be back in the field.
Gonna order a takeaway, are you hungry?
I'll cook. It will give me
something to do.
- Do you like Indonesian food?
- Uh, never had it.
Merci.
(SNIFFS) Smells good.
- I hope you like it.
- Mmm. It's delicious.
It should be served
with a nice cold beer,
but I'm not allowed to drink and
you might need to shoot straight.
Are you going to share it?
What you were thinking earlier.
You already know what I was thinking.
(CHUCKLES) Try me.
The name of the person
who authorised killing Pearce?
What if you offered it to him?
- You want to use me as bait?
- If that's what you want to call it.
What are you talking about?
Pearce will kill her.
BEATRICE: I told Zara
about my heart condition.
She knows I'm going to die soon anyway.
She's hoping to tempt me
with one last operation.
I read your file.
You were a brilliant operative.
I expose myself, I risk everyone
who was involved in the operation.
Pearce is gonna kill more people.
You have the chance to stop him.
Can you live with yourself
if you don't?
You're even more of a
manipulative bitch than I was.
- I'm gonna take that as a compliment.
- I'm not sure I meant it as one.
(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)
You want to share your plans
with me first?
Sometimes, you just gotta roll with it.
Oh, yeah? How did that work for you?
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING) - (SIGHS)
(HEART MONITOR BEEPING)
I was like you,
fearless and determined.
I made things happen
through sheer force of will.
I never really got scared
during operations.
But when I had a heart attack,
I was lying on the floor.
I really thought I was going to die.
I was terrified.
If we do this, Pearce is
going to suspect it's a trap.
I'm sure he will.
But, you know, if he thinks
that there's even a chance
of finding the person
who murdered the woman he loved,
maybe he won't be able to resist?
- (DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)
- VINCENT: Café.
She talked you into it.
One last operation.
How will you run the surveillance?
They're gonna first scan you
for trackers.
A few years ago, we went after
an oil trader
who was funnelling money to Boko Haram.
We tracked him through his
pacemaker. They have Wi-Fi.
A drone put a missile
through the roof of his car.
- You have a pacemaker?
- A built-in tracker.
They can scan me all they want.
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
- Pearce is going to kill her.
- It's a risk she wants to take.
- That doesn't mean we let her.
- We have a chance to catch Pearce.
- Are we really gonna turn that down?
- I need to talk to the Director.
- They'll tell you it's too dangerous.
- Maybe it is.
- It's her choice.
- Come on.
There's no easy way
to catch him. This is it.
Okay. What do you need?
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
You like her, don't you?
- Yes.
- Because she reminds you of you.
You say that like it's a bad thing.
How are we going to feel if
Pearce puts a bullet in her head?
Well, it's not your plan.
So, I guess it's on me.
(SUSPENSEFUL INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING)
(MOBILE RINGING)
BEATRICE: Hello?
PEARCE: I received your message.
- Do you have the name that I want?
- Yes.
How can I be sure?
BEATRICE: Because I was
Cedric Duval's handler.
I can give you the name of the
person who authorised the operation.
You could give me anyone's name.
I'd be the none the wiser.
You would be five million euros richer.
I'll give you the name in person.
Why would you do that?
You know I'm gonna kill you if you do.
I have a serious heart condition.
I'll be dead soon anyway.
I want the money for my family.
Do we have a deal?
I'll text instructions to this number.
(TEXT MESSAGE BEEPS) -
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
(LINE RINGING)
(MOBILE RINGING)
Allo?
(BEATRICE SPEAKING FRENCH ON PHONE)
(CHILDREN CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
She's on the move.
Turn left at the junction.
(SUSPENSEFUL INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING)
(KNOCKING)
(SHUSHES)
ZARA: She's stopped moving. Pull over.
(OMINOUS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(SCANNER BEEPING)
(KEYPAD BEEPING)
(THRILLING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
ZARA: She's heading to
the other side of the park.
(TIRES SCREECH)
(THRILLING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
don't see anyone following her.
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
Heading towards Ballard.
(IN FRENCH)
in front of us.
The vehicle's turning right
She's on the bus.
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(TEXT MESSAGE BEEPS)
(BRAKES SCREECHING)
(PEOPLE SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
(OMINOUS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(VOICE ON RADIO)
(HORNS HONKING)
(HONKING CONTINUES)
Just give her your bank details.
Zero, five, three zeros,
13, M, zero, 26.
Tell me.
Do you feel any guilt for what you did?
Yes.
And you understand
why you deserve to die?
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
(HORNS HONKING)
- (SCREAMING)
- Stay down!
- (WOMAN CRYING)
- Stay down.
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(GUN FIRING)
(GUNS FIRING IN DISTANCE)
We're going to have to
hurry this along.
As soon as the money's in my
account, I'll give you the name.
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING) - You see him?
(MAN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
I'll try to distract him.
JACOB: I'll need that name.
- (GUN COCKS)
- Now.
It isn't the first time
someone's pointed a gun at me.
No?
(SCREAMS AND WHIMPERS)
The name.
(SUSPENSEFUL INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING)
(GUN FIRING)
(SPEAKING IN FRENCH)
(PEOPLE SCREAMING)
(BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY)
(GASPING)
(SOMBRE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
We nearly got him. It was a good plan.
- Was it?
- VINCENT: Yeah.
I feel like she died for nothing.
Just before she died,
Beatrice told me who authorised
the operation to kill Pearce.
It was the President.
(SIGHS) I mean, the President's
the most protected person
in the whole country.
- He won't get anywhere near her.
- I don't know.
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
We should warn
the President's security team.
I'll handle it.
(IN FRENCH)
is not working. I'm on hold.
- What's with the bonsai tree?
- Someone gave it to me.
They had to leave.
THEA: Are you okay?
I'm gonna get changed and,
then, we're gonna go dancing.
Cool.
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
did you borrow my red top?
THEA: Why do you have a gun?
- ZARA: Just put it down.
- I just want to know
why you carry a gun in your bag!
Thea
(DOOR SLAMS SHUT)
(KNOCKING AT DOOR)
(SPEAKS FRENCH)
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(SOMBRE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(SINISTER INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)