Departure (2019) s01e05 Episode Script
Grounded
1
-Previously on Departure:
- The DNA checks out.
- He was the man in the raft.
- And-and were you able to find
- any link to anyone named Moses?
- No, but he worked in aviation.
Was this one of the people
that was trying
- to get into the cockpit?
- Yes.
A ruling of pilot suicide
would completely eliminate
the aircraft manufacturer's liability.
So who are you working for,
Ms. Freeh? MI5
- or Windsor Aeronautics?
- That's no stink bomb
- you put in the back of his car.
- What do you mean?
Kendra! Move away from the car!
Apparently it was Malley's son,
but we've got our own man
out looking for him.
[SIRENS BLARING]
[SIRENS BLARING]
- What have we got?
- Male, 18. Head trauma.
Multiple abrasions. B.P. 145 over 92.
Let's get a central line.
Driver says he dove in front of his car.
[MUFFLED CHATTERING]
AJ! AJ?
- Is he going to be okay?
- He was clipped by a car.
No broken bones but there are
signs of concussion.
I've ordered a CT scan to check
for brain haemorrhaging.
Can we step away for a moment?
Yeah. Sure.
Sure.
We have to consider that this
may have been a suicide attempt.
- No.
- The paramedic said
AJ jumped in front of a car.
The majority of suicide attempts
are tied to mental illness.
I have to ask:
Is there a family history?
Yeah. His, ah, his father
schi schizophrenic.
And your son: any behaviours
consistent with his father?
He's been behaving
a bit erratically recently.
Paranoid.
He was on the phone with me earlier;
he said that somebody was after him.
After the CT scan,
I'd be remiss if I didn't
send AJ on to the psych ward
- for evaluation.
- You really think
- that's necessary?
- I do.
Okay.
[SIGHS]
Spoke to the responding officer.
There's no CCTV where he was hit.
He's going to be okay, Kendra.
What's going on here?
You've suffered a shock.
I'm giving you a mild sedative.
- It's okay. I'm here.
- You suffered a shock.
No, you don't understand.
- Sh! Sh! Stop.
- Get away from me.
I saw them. I saw them.
On my computer.
Saw who, sweetheart?
[CELLPHONE RINGING]
Hi, Howard.
- How is he?
- Doctors are doing CT scans
and checking for brain haemorrhaging.
Oh, dear God
I'm so sorry. Please take
all the time you need.
We-we can move someone
from your team to take charge.
Look, I, ah, I-I just need
to see how AJ fares and
Now, I know this is hard,
but you'll need to step away.
- Meaning?
- Well, your son planted
an explosive device in Bartok's car.
It will no doubt lead
to criminal charges.
Well, there must be some kind
of explanation for it, Howard.
Well, perhaps, but
you must see that it will
damage the credibility
of this investigation.
I'm sorry, Howard.
In the meantime,
keep well, soldier.
Take care of your son.
Thanks.
Stay.
- Stay as long as you need.
- No, it's okay. Go.
Go solve this thing.
- [CELLPHONE VIBRATING]
- Did you find it?
I searched the car. It's not in there.
CCTV shows him coming out
of the tube with his backpack
5 minutes before you found him.
He must have dropped it
somewhere close, so keep looking.
How long do we have
to recover the black boxes?
My algorithm estimates 18 hours
before the wreckage sinks
to the bottom of the trench.
And any luck with Hoffman?
Ah, per BGA's personnel files,
he was consulting
- on a routine upgrade.
- No social media presence?
No. As far as we know, he never made
any Twitter posts
or Facebook posts of any kind.
He likes gaming, though.
His username is Hoffmaster69.
I don't see how that's going to help us.
Hi, everyone. By now,
you've all heard about Kendra.
A sad turn of events, indeed.
But we promised her
that we'd push forward
and, in that spirit,
Levi will take her place.
Please, brief the team.
Right.
Given all the information we have,
our investigation will focus
on Captain Richard Donovan,
who planned it and trained
for it on a simulator.
I have one problem with your theory.
Where did the hole in the side
of the plane come from?
We're still looking into whether Donovan
could have committed sabotage
from the cockpit,
- or the avionics bay.
- You don't have an explanation?
Not yet. But, the point is,
Donovan's state of mind
Guessing at a man's state
of mind is not evidence.
But, in order to believe
that Captain Donovan
was not responsible,
you'd have to believe
that his last words to his wife,
"Maybe you'll get your wish
and I'll die," a coincidence.
The flight simulator in his lock-up
A coincidence? And look at this.
This was sent by a passenger
to a relative.
That is First Officer Arthur Delaney
and Flight Attendant Leah Sims
trying to get into the cockpit
moments before the transponder goes out,
just as Madelyn Strong
- described.
- Captain Donovan,
can you let me in? Open up.
Donovan had, indeed,
locked the crew out.
The only conclusion that makes sense
is that Captain Richard Donovan
committed a deliberate act
of mass murder.
Amphetamine, calcium blockers,
beta blockers. So far, all negative.
The puncture is unusual,
but without evidence
of a foreign substance,
we can't conclude foul play.
Wait. You said before that,
uh, you gave Madelyn
something to stabilize
her heart rhythm, right?
Hm. Amiodarone. Why?
Could that induce heart failure?
Well, I suppose, in a large enough dose.
Test for that. Please.
There you are.
- What are you doing here?
- Getting bandaged
after our little scrape
with death last night.
What? You're surprised I use the NHS?
I support public health.
How's your boy?
- It's too soon to tell.
- Hm.
Are you, uh
You going to press charges against him?
This is the second time
your son has attacked me.
I know. It's it's been
a very difficult year for him.
He lost his father. It wasn't for him,
we'd both be dead. And besides, this?
Nothing compared to Sokutsk.
What's Sokutsk?
It's the town where I came
up as an aerospace engineer
manufacturing commercial aircraft.
I was, uh, conducting an engine test.
- There was an explosion.
- You look all right to me.
Oh. When I take my shirt off,
you will be quite appalled.
So, um, if you're not here
to press charges against him,
why are you here?
Like you said:
my reputation can use
a little rehabilitation.
Now, my team has been trying
to arrange the dive for the black boxes,
- but your side keeps putting up a wall.
- Yeah Howard removed me
- from the investigation.
- Removed you? Why?
My son's attack on you
is seen as an embarrassment.
You English are embarrassed
by almost everything.
Well, perhaps I should send
the submersible down myself?
You can't do that. TSIB has to control
the chain of evidence otherwise
the results will be invalid.
I see. Well, then,
I will leave it up to you to find a way.
[SIGHS]
You think Daniel Hoffman has
something to do with the crash?
I'd be dead if it weren't for him!
Did you notice what he was
doing during the flight?
He was on his laptop the whole time.
Uh I
I can't remember exactly
what he was doing.
Did he ever leave his seat?
Approach the cockpit?
- Stop there, sir.
- What's this?
- Why are they suddenly here?
- Ali
Do you remember that thing
I wasn't at liberty to discuss?
Madelyn, this is going to be
hard for you to hear
but I don't think your father
died of a heart attack.
I don't have it yet.
Find it fast. And whoever
comes looking for it,
- take them out. But no kills.
- Okay.
AJ!
- Mum?
- It's okay.
It's okay. I'm here, darling. It's okay.
- Are you okay?
- Huh.
Did you find the video?
- What?
- Kendra has nothing.
- She'll have to go along.
- Where did you hear that?
In the video.
I sent it.
You you made that video?
They're going to kill me.
- Who's going to kill you?
- There's more about it on the laptop.
It's in the cemetery.
Between the woods.
You need to go get it.
- You just stay here, okay?
- Okay.
- Kendra?
- Dom!
I think someone tried to attack AJ.
- What? Why?
- The video of Janet.
AJ made it. He's the one
who hacked my email.
- Jesus.
- There's another recording.
- Well, what's on it?
- I don't know. AJ says
he left it at Charlton Cemetery.
I'm making my way there now.
- Well, I'm coming with you.
- No, no.
I need you to come back
to London Central Hospital.
- Just stay with AJ.
- Kendra, I
Please, Dom. I have to go.
I love you too.
♪♪
[MUFFLED SCREAMING]
♪♪
- I have to remember.
- Stop stressing yourself, Maddy.
- You already told them everything.
- No, maybe I didn't.
Memories don't just leave
your brain when you forget.
Sometimes the right trigger
can bring them back.
Right, I get that.
But this guy's telling us
your father was murdered
and you were the real target.
It's completely insane.
- Is it?
- Don't do this to yourself.
It's just killing me
that the last few times
I spoke with my dad
all we did was fight.
He died saving my life, Ali.
Between the woods, between the woods.
Thanks. I appreciate it.
So, do they know how
our call was recorded? Hm?
Apparently, it was Kendra Malley's son.
The little shit gained access
to her webcam.
The police are looking for him,
but we'll find him first.
- Use a different man this time.
- It's fine. He made sure
that his face wasn't
seen on any cameras.
I made sure that the CCTV was turned off
- in Madelyn's room.
- He didn't finish the job!
He will. I'll make sure of it.
What?
You don't approve?
What?
You don't approve?
Hey, AJ. I'm Dom.
I work with your mum.
She asked me to come by.
- How you feeling?
- Been better.
I bet.
Look, your mum said that someone
tried to attack you.
Did you get a look at him?
He's kinda tall.
He's black and muscular.
- Is that him?
- Yeah, that's him.
Thanks, AJ. You did good.
[CELLPHONE VIBRATING]
- [MUFFLED EXCLAMATION]
- Kendra?
Kendra, are you all right?
Can you hear me? Kendra!
- [CELLPHONE VIBRATING]
- Yes?
- What do you want me to do?
- Did she see anything?
Probably.
Make it look like a mugging gone wrong.
And for Christ sakes,
burn the bloody computer!
[HONKING]
Kendra! Hey, hey, wake up, wake up.
- [COUGHING]
- That's it, just breathe.
- Breathe, breathe.
- [MUMBLING]
- What?
- Moreau
- Moreau?
- Moreau's in on it.
Hi, AJ.
Aunt Gillian?
What are you doing here?
Your mum told me you were in trouble.
I made a mistake, yeah.
We'll get through it, okay?
We'll deal with the consequences
Why didn't you tell me about my father?
What do you mean?
I thought it was my fault.
C'mon, AJ. Let's go.
C'mon. It's going to be a great weekend.
I don't want to go.
Look, we're family.
You gonna let go of me?
I made him mad.
- We're going!
- Man, leave me alone!
I'm sick of your shit all the time!
- What's wrong with you?
- Just leave him.
- Let him stay. It's okay.
- I should've gone with them.
I'll talk to your dad, okay?
It'll be fine.
Hey, we do love you.
You do know that, right?
♪♪
You told me it was an accident.
You and Kendra both did.
I'm sorry we weren't truthful, AJ.
Why weren't you?
My God This attacker
- He took the laptop with him?
- Yes, Howard,
but I-I know what I saw.
Moreau and Janet conspiring.
- Threatening AJ.
- Are you certain?
For Christ's sakes, Howard,
a man just tried to kill Kendra!
Without the video
I mean, if we took this to the police,
Moreau would throw an army
of lawyers at us and
- No, no, no; we need more.
- Like what?
This all started when they
tried to have Madelyn killed.
Now, why would they do that
unless she witnessed something?
Howard, we need to hear
what happened on that flight.
We need to get hold of the black boxes.
You're right. I've been pursuing
the Royal Navy. They've agreed
to divert the HMS Albion.
There's an unmanned submersible
on board.
- How far out?
- 12 hours. 14, tops.
That's barely enough time
but it's possible.
Thanks, Howard.
Let's nail the bastard.
♪♪
♪♪
The movie stopped. They all did.
There was a computer glitch
or something,
just a few minutes
before everything went bonkers.
- Maybe you should just rest.
- No, Ali, stop!
Stop trying to protect me.
There are more than 200 people dead
and I'm here, I'm alive.
I'm the only one.
Don't you find that crazy?
I find it miraculous.
I survived for a reason.
Gillian!
- How is he?
- MRI's done.
- There's no haemorrhaging.
- Oh, thank God.
- He knows about Gavin.
- You told him?
He overheard some things you said.
- Hey
- Did you get it?
Did you get my computer?
- About your dad
- I just want to say
that I never meant for it
to go that far. Right?
Yeah, I'm-I'm just relieved
that you're okay, sweetheart.
But promise me you will never do
anything like that again, okay?
I won't.
How did you even know to break
into that MI5 lady's computer?
I didn't break into her computer.
I sent a Trojan to one
of your email groups.
The only guy that clicked it
was someone named Howard Lawson.
- Well done, soldier.
- You don't approve?
Why?
- [INDISTINCT MUMBLING]
- What happened?
Kendra?
What did you tell them?
That the navy is coming
to save the day.
♪♪
All right. All right, thanks, mate.
My source at the Royal Navy says
the HMS Albion isn't anywhere
- near the coordinates.
- Of course it isn't.
Howard's in on it.
Well, by the time they realize
that no ship is coming,
the fuselage will be
at the bottom of the trench.
And the evidence
in the black boxes will be gone.
Well, you've finally
done something right.
How dare you.
Your computer was infected, Howard.
That's how he recorded us.
Because you clicked
on the bloody attachment.
How could he do that to us?
That day when
when he came to see me,
- he knew that I was vulnerable.
- I need you.
That I'd be easy to manipulate.
You knew what was at stake
when you signed on to this.
I did not sign on for murder.
You said she'd be compliant.
You said that you could control her.
You failed. It's all on you, Howard.
Kendra is not your sacrificial lamb.
You do anything with her again
and I will expose
the entire damn charade,
so help me God!
I made the wrong decision
and now I've put my
I've put my son's life in danger.
No. Kendra, you saved him.
Just like you saved him a year ago.
And Howard may have manipulated you
in the beginning, but you made
a choice to come back.
We wouldn't have found Madelyn
without you.
Come on, we can still do this.
We can solve this thing.
But we need you to do it.
- [SIGHS]
- What's happening here?
I think we might
have found something; a defect
- in the forward R2 switch.
- Which means?
Right. Under certain circumstances,
a faulty switch could cause
the cargo hatch motor
to activate on its own.
So, if there was a-a power surge
at 35,000 feet,
the cargo hatch
pries open mid-air and
Pfff! Boom.
Could Donovan have
triggered that from here,
- in the avionics bay?
- I mean, it's hard to see how.
We're concluding pilot suicide,
so let's find a connection, please.
Levi, come on.
There's a solid metal bulkhead
between avionics and cargo.
Donovan would've had no way
to get there and,
what's more, he didn't need to
to crash the plane.
Theo, our job is to come up
with the best possible theory
- given the evidence available.
- Yeah, that's right.
Not the other way around.
The theory can't drive the evidence.
[CELLPHONE RINGING]
Sorry, everybody. Excuse me.
Of course.
Hey, Dom,
I was just about to call you. Uh, yeah,
the-the email I forwarded you?
It's from a researcher
at King's College.
Says he wants to talk about Hoffman.
You want me to go where?
Are these really necessary?
Moreau knows what took down Flight 716
and he's enlisted Janet
and Howard to cover it up.
And now that AJ and I
saw them conspiring,
they're after us as well, so, yeah,
- they're necessary.
- It's crazy but it explains
why they're so eager
to close out the investigation.
Why would Howard do something like this?
We had an acronym back
in counter-intelligence: MICE.
Money, Ideology, Coercion, Ego.
Take your pick.
- It's definitely not money.
- Then why?
- Ego?
- Is Levi a part of it?
Think that's why
Howard put him in charge?
Look, we should go to the police.
We can't, we don't have enough evidence.
And if Janet's involved, then who else
in the law enforcement can we trust?
We have to find those black boxes.
With what? Howard was lying
about the navy ship
and we can't use Bartok's submersible.
Maybe we can.
My understanding is that the TSIB
has moved their focus away
from mechanical factors.
In other words, Mr. Moreau,
you're saying there's nothing
wrong with your aircraft.
If that's the case,
was the pilot at fault?
I have full confidence
in the TSIB investigators,
whatever they conclude.
And, might I add:
British Global Air has never,
and will never,
- compromise on safety.
- Moreau,
- you world-class bullshitter.
- [CELLPHONE RINGING]
- Hello?
- Hi, it's Kendra.
How would you like a chance to
repair that reputation of yours?
I'm listening.
Well done, Levi.
When do I get to look
at the full report?
Well, two weeks should be enough time.
Well, I promised the Ministry
that we'd be done
by the end of this week.
Why so soon?
Well, because the case
has gone on long enough.
We need a clean resolution.
What if we can't match
the hole in the fuselage
to the pilot suicide theory?
Do we still issue the report?
- I don't see why not.
- If Donovan wanted
his aircraft to disappear in the trench,
he'd have no need
for explosive decompression.
Donovan was a very disturbed individual.
I doubt if we'll ever know
what was going on in his mind.
So, let's not draw attention
to it in the report, all right?
- Understood.
- Excellent work.
Sir.
[DOOR CLOSES]
So, this academic just
contacted us out of the blue?
Yeah. He says he used to work
with Daniel Hoffman at BGA.
Right. Who else knows we're here?
- Just Dom.
- Good. Just hope
he isn't wasting our time, eh?
I ran into Hoffman at Heathrow
a few weeks back.
We decided to meet for a coffee
after he returned from New York.
But when he stopped
responding to my texts,
I figured he must've been one
of the passengers on 716.
So, uh, you worked with him for BGA?
Yes.
Hoff was brilliant, but a bit eccentric.
- He was your friend?
- We were friendly.
To be honest, I think
Hoff's only true friends
were his online gaming buddies.
So, um, what kind of work
did you do for the airline?
Oh, we were safety consultants.
Part of various Red Teams
that tested for
aircraft vulnerabilities.
- What kind of vulnerabilities?
- Many things.
I was on one team, he was on another.
The teams never discussed details,
so as not to bias our results.
But I do know Hoffman's speciality
was systems integration software.
So are you saying that he was,
uh, test-hacking the onboard systems?
I don't know for certain,
but I do remember
Hoff had numerous disagreements
with management.
Such as?
He was adamant that the
vulnerabilities were real.
Management thought that
his concerns were overstated.
- And who won?
- I don't know.
I left before the disputes were settled.
One more thing I need to add:
uh, he said when he returned to England,
he'd be doing lectures
on airline security.
Said he had something huge planned.
Well, anything specific?
No. I was going to ask him
more about it over coffee,
but I suppose that'll never happen now.
Look, uh, thank you very much
for your time. No, it's okay.
- We'll see ourselves out.
- Oh.
Aircraft systems operate
independently from each other
precisely to guard against
the possibility of hacking.
Yes. That said, 950's
are all fly-by-wire.
There's more integrated systems
than any other aircraft
in history. I mean, a hacker
would need insane expertise,
- but in theory
- How coincidental is it:
Hoffman ends up
on a BGA flight that crashes
after being a thorn
in their side for years?
A little too coincidental.
Have we searched Hoffman's residence?
That would have been Janet's purview.
Wait, wait, wait. Dom's closer.
- Let me get him onto it.
- Okay.
Thanks, Doctor.
Find anything at Hoffman's flat?
- No. Janet beat me there.
- Right. So we've got nothing.
Not quite.
That was Derek Strong's pathologist.
He died of something called Amiodarone.
It's what they gave Madelyn
to stabilize her heart.
An overdose of Amiodarone
causes heart failure.
So Madelyn was the true target.
The orderly would have been
using a drug that was already
in her system less cause for alarm.
Except Derek got in the way.
Have you seen the test results?
It's official. Madelyn's
father was poisoned.
Your aunt told me
what you said about your dad.
How bad was he?
No, AJ, your dad
he was a wonderful man.
He was kind, honest
And he really loved you.
Now, he-he had an illness and
Sometimes he just
He refused to take his medicine.
And when he used
to yell at you for no reason,
that wasn't him talking,
that was the disease.
That day when
when he drove off the road
He didn't take his medication and if
I told him to take it,
but he just refused.
When he sped towards the guardrail
I knew he wasn't going to stop.
I'm sorry, AJ. I was just
I was just too afraid to tell you.
Well
I knew something was wrong;
the way he acted.
The way the way you acted
after the accident.
Can I ask you something?
Sure.
Do you think I have it, too?
I don't know.
But if you-if you did, I'd help you.
Okay?
♪♪
It's on.
The conclusion will
be official in a few days.
Everything's been taken care of.
Good. I had a chat
with our mutual friend.
I need to know that the Malley issue
- is under control, Howard.
- Oh, oh, dear God.
What the hell is he doing here?
Shit!
It's good to see you, Mr. Lawson.
Ready?
I am Pavel Bartok
the chairman of Bartok International.
I am here to announce that I have agreed
to lend my deep-water submersible
to the Flight 716 investigation.
As we speak, it is diving down
into the Atlantic
to retrieve the black boxes.
Some on the internet are alleging
- Approaching one-five-zero.
- Be advised
depth is one-five-zero metres.
Deep Rover, Topside, copy one.
- Is this what I think it is?
- Yeah.
However, to avoid any doubt,
I have relinquished total control
of my submersible to TSIB,
thus ensuring chain of custody
remains unadulterated
from beginning to end.
So far, so good.
Good tracking at this time.
Permission to proceed to bottom.
- Proceeding to target.
- This was, in fact,
Mr. Lawson's idea. You know, my sub,
normally it lays fibre-optic cables
across the ocean floor, but
he convinced me
that the technology could serve
a far greater purpose:
bringing closure
to the families of Flight 716.
Any comment, Mr. Lawson?
Well, I hope it works.
You knew about this, didn't you?
Visibility is better than expected.
Don't you want to know
what really happened?
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
HP-02, 2700 psi.
- LBO-2, 1-1-0
- [CELLPHONE VIBRATING]
- Hello?
- I did as you asked.
How did you know he would go along?
Ego. Howard would never
lose face in front of a camera.
Good luck with the dive.
Target on sonar, bearing one-eight-zero.
Bulkheads: two-five-zero.
Repeat: two-five-zero.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
Depth approaching niner-eight-zero.
Target estimated one-five-zero range.
Target on sonar bearing one-seven-zero.
Approaching target visual range.
Depth is one-three-zero-zero.
All systems functional.
Copy three-five-five.
Repeat: copy three-five-five.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
Approaching target. Two-zero metres.
- [INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
- Topside
I hope you're seeing this.
Standing by for sonar.
Fuselage is largely intact.
- Target sonar reading
- There's a hole.
- Maddy was right.
- Mm-hm.
Floating target bearing one-seven-zero.
♪♪
Moving in to get the black boxes now.
♪♪
That's Hassan Esmaili.
Bloody Iranian Mossad agent.
What's he doing in the captain's seat?
♪♪
-Previously on Departure:
- The DNA checks out.
- He was the man in the raft.
- And-and were you able to find
- any link to anyone named Moses?
- No, but he worked in aviation.
Was this one of the people
that was trying
- to get into the cockpit?
- Yes.
A ruling of pilot suicide
would completely eliminate
the aircraft manufacturer's liability.
So who are you working for,
Ms. Freeh? MI5
- or Windsor Aeronautics?
- That's no stink bomb
- you put in the back of his car.
- What do you mean?
Kendra! Move away from the car!
Apparently it was Malley's son,
but we've got our own man
out looking for him.
[SIRENS BLARING]
[SIRENS BLARING]
- What have we got?
- Male, 18. Head trauma.
Multiple abrasions. B.P. 145 over 92.
Let's get a central line.
Driver says he dove in front of his car.
[MUFFLED CHATTERING]
AJ! AJ?
- Is he going to be okay?
- He was clipped by a car.
No broken bones but there are
signs of concussion.
I've ordered a CT scan to check
for brain haemorrhaging.
Can we step away for a moment?
Yeah. Sure.
Sure.
We have to consider that this
may have been a suicide attempt.
- No.
- The paramedic said
AJ jumped in front of a car.
The majority of suicide attempts
are tied to mental illness.
I have to ask:
Is there a family history?
Yeah. His, ah, his father
schi schizophrenic.
And your son: any behaviours
consistent with his father?
He's been behaving
a bit erratically recently.
Paranoid.
He was on the phone with me earlier;
he said that somebody was after him.
After the CT scan,
I'd be remiss if I didn't
send AJ on to the psych ward
- for evaluation.
- You really think
- that's necessary?
- I do.
Okay.
[SIGHS]
Spoke to the responding officer.
There's no CCTV where he was hit.
He's going to be okay, Kendra.
What's going on here?
You've suffered a shock.
I'm giving you a mild sedative.
- It's okay. I'm here.
- You suffered a shock.
No, you don't understand.
- Sh! Sh! Stop.
- Get away from me.
I saw them. I saw them.
On my computer.
Saw who, sweetheart?
[CELLPHONE RINGING]
Hi, Howard.
- How is he?
- Doctors are doing CT scans
and checking for brain haemorrhaging.
Oh, dear God
I'm so sorry. Please take
all the time you need.
We-we can move someone
from your team to take charge.
Look, I, ah, I-I just need
to see how AJ fares and
Now, I know this is hard,
but you'll need to step away.
- Meaning?
- Well, your son planted
an explosive device in Bartok's car.
It will no doubt lead
to criminal charges.
Well, there must be some kind
of explanation for it, Howard.
Well, perhaps, but
you must see that it will
damage the credibility
of this investigation.
I'm sorry, Howard.
In the meantime,
keep well, soldier.
Take care of your son.
Thanks.
Stay.
- Stay as long as you need.
- No, it's okay. Go.
Go solve this thing.
- [CELLPHONE VIBRATING]
- Did you find it?
I searched the car. It's not in there.
CCTV shows him coming out
of the tube with his backpack
5 minutes before you found him.
He must have dropped it
somewhere close, so keep looking.
How long do we have
to recover the black boxes?
My algorithm estimates 18 hours
before the wreckage sinks
to the bottom of the trench.
And any luck with Hoffman?
Ah, per BGA's personnel files,
he was consulting
- on a routine upgrade.
- No social media presence?
No. As far as we know, he never made
any Twitter posts
or Facebook posts of any kind.
He likes gaming, though.
His username is Hoffmaster69.
I don't see how that's going to help us.
Hi, everyone. By now,
you've all heard about Kendra.
A sad turn of events, indeed.
But we promised her
that we'd push forward
and, in that spirit,
Levi will take her place.
Please, brief the team.
Right.
Given all the information we have,
our investigation will focus
on Captain Richard Donovan,
who planned it and trained
for it on a simulator.
I have one problem with your theory.
Where did the hole in the side
of the plane come from?
We're still looking into whether Donovan
could have committed sabotage
from the cockpit,
- or the avionics bay.
- You don't have an explanation?
Not yet. But, the point is,
Donovan's state of mind
Guessing at a man's state
of mind is not evidence.
But, in order to believe
that Captain Donovan
was not responsible,
you'd have to believe
that his last words to his wife,
"Maybe you'll get your wish
and I'll die," a coincidence.
The flight simulator in his lock-up
A coincidence? And look at this.
This was sent by a passenger
to a relative.
That is First Officer Arthur Delaney
and Flight Attendant Leah Sims
trying to get into the cockpit
moments before the transponder goes out,
just as Madelyn Strong
- described.
- Captain Donovan,
can you let me in? Open up.
Donovan had, indeed,
locked the crew out.
The only conclusion that makes sense
is that Captain Richard Donovan
committed a deliberate act
of mass murder.
Amphetamine, calcium blockers,
beta blockers. So far, all negative.
The puncture is unusual,
but without evidence
of a foreign substance,
we can't conclude foul play.
Wait. You said before that,
uh, you gave Madelyn
something to stabilize
her heart rhythm, right?
Hm. Amiodarone. Why?
Could that induce heart failure?
Well, I suppose, in a large enough dose.
Test for that. Please.
There you are.
- What are you doing here?
- Getting bandaged
after our little scrape
with death last night.
What? You're surprised I use the NHS?
I support public health.
How's your boy?
- It's too soon to tell.
- Hm.
Are you, uh
You going to press charges against him?
This is the second time
your son has attacked me.
I know. It's it's been
a very difficult year for him.
He lost his father. It wasn't for him,
we'd both be dead. And besides, this?
Nothing compared to Sokutsk.
What's Sokutsk?
It's the town where I came
up as an aerospace engineer
manufacturing commercial aircraft.
I was, uh, conducting an engine test.
- There was an explosion.
- You look all right to me.
Oh. When I take my shirt off,
you will be quite appalled.
So, um, if you're not here
to press charges against him,
why are you here?
Like you said:
my reputation can use
a little rehabilitation.
Now, my team has been trying
to arrange the dive for the black boxes,
- but your side keeps putting up a wall.
- Yeah Howard removed me
- from the investigation.
- Removed you? Why?
My son's attack on you
is seen as an embarrassment.
You English are embarrassed
by almost everything.
Well, perhaps I should send
the submersible down myself?
You can't do that. TSIB has to control
the chain of evidence otherwise
the results will be invalid.
I see. Well, then,
I will leave it up to you to find a way.
[SIGHS]
You think Daniel Hoffman has
something to do with the crash?
I'd be dead if it weren't for him!
Did you notice what he was
doing during the flight?
He was on his laptop the whole time.
Uh I
I can't remember exactly
what he was doing.
Did he ever leave his seat?
Approach the cockpit?
- Stop there, sir.
- What's this?
- Why are they suddenly here?
- Ali
Do you remember that thing
I wasn't at liberty to discuss?
Madelyn, this is going to be
hard for you to hear
but I don't think your father
died of a heart attack.
I don't have it yet.
Find it fast. And whoever
comes looking for it,
- take them out. But no kills.
- Okay.
AJ!
- Mum?
- It's okay.
It's okay. I'm here, darling. It's okay.
- Are you okay?
- Huh.
Did you find the video?
- What?
- Kendra has nothing.
- She'll have to go along.
- Where did you hear that?
In the video.
I sent it.
You you made that video?
They're going to kill me.
- Who's going to kill you?
- There's more about it on the laptop.
It's in the cemetery.
Between the woods.
You need to go get it.
- You just stay here, okay?
- Okay.
- Kendra?
- Dom!
I think someone tried to attack AJ.
- What? Why?
- The video of Janet.
AJ made it. He's the one
who hacked my email.
- Jesus.
- There's another recording.
- Well, what's on it?
- I don't know. AJ says
he left it at Charlton Cemetery.
I'm making my way there now.
- Well, I'm coming with you.
- No, no.
I need you to come back
to London Central Hospital.
- Just stay with AJ.
- Kendra, I
Please, Dom. I have to go.
I love you too.
♪♪
[MUFFLED SCREAMING]
♪♪
- I have to remember.
- Stop stressing yourself, Maddy.
- You already told them everything.
- No, maybe I didn't.
Memories don't just leave
your brain when you forget.
Sometimes the right trigger
can bring them back.
Right, I get that.
But this guy's telling us
your father was murdered
and you were the real target.
It's completely insane.
- Is it?
- Don't do this to yourself.
It's just killing me
that the last few times
I spoke with my dad
all we did was fight.
He died saving my life, Ali.
Between the woods, between the woods.
Thanks. I appreciate it.
So, do they know how
our call was recorded? Hm?
Apparently, it was Kendra Malley's son.
The little shit gained access
to her webcam.
The police are looking for him,
but we'll find him first.
- Use a different man this time.
- It's fine. He made sure
that his face wasn't
seen on any cameras.
I made sure that the CCTV was turned off
- in Madelyn's room.
- He didn't finish the job!
He will. I'll make sure of it.
What?
You don't approve?
What?
You don't approve?
Hey, AJ. I'm Dom.
I work with your mum.
She asked me to come by.
- How you feeling?
- Been better.
I bet.
Look, your mum said that someone
tried to attack you.
Did you get a look at him?
He's kinda tall.
He's black and muscular.
- Is that him?
- Yeah, that's him.
Thanks, AJ. You did good.
[CELLPHONE VIBRATING]
- [MUFFLED EXCLAMATION]
- Kendra?
Kendra, are you all right?
Can you hear me? Kendra!
- [CELLPHONE VIBRATING]
- Yes?
- What do you want me to do?
- Did she see anything?
Probably.
Make it look like a mugging gone wrong.
And for Christ sakes,
burn the bloody computer!
[HONKING]
Kendra! Hey, hey, wake up, wake up.
- [COUGHING]
- That's it, just breathe.
- Breathe, breathe.
- [MUMBLING]
- What?
- Moreau
- Moreau?
- Moreau's in on it.
Hi, AJ.
Aunt Gillian?
What are you doing here?
Your mum told me you were in trouble.
I made a mistake, yeah.
We'll get through it, okay?
We'll deal with the consequences
Why didn't you tell me about my father?
What do you mean?
I thought it was my fault.
C'mon, AJ. Let's go.
C'mon. It's going to be a great weekend.
I don't want to go.
Look, we're family.
You gonna let go of me?
I made him mad.
- We're going!
- Man, leave me alone!
I'm sick of your shit all the time!
- What's wrong with you?
- Just leave him.
- Let him stay. It's okay.
- I should've gone with them.
I'll talk to your dad, okay?
It'll be fine.
Hey, we do love you.
You do know that, right?
♪♪
You told me it was an accident.
You and Kendra both did.
I'm sorry we weren't truthful, AJ.
Why weren't you?
My God This attacker
- He took the laptop with him?
- Yes, Howard,
but I-I know what I saw.
Moreau and Janet conspiring.
- Threatening AJ.
- Are you certain?
For Christ's sakes, Howard,
a man just tried to kill Kendra!
Without the video
I mean, if we took this to the police,
Moreau would throw an army
of lawyers at us and
- No, no, no; we need more.
- Like what?
This all started when they
tried to have Madelyn killed.
Now, why would they do that
unless she witnessed something?
Howard, we need to hear
what happened on that flight.
We need to get hold of the black boxes.
You're right. I've been pursuing
the Royal Navy. They've agreed
to divert the HMS Albion.
There's an unmanned submersible
on board.
- How far out?
- 12 hours. 14, tops.
That's barely enough time
but it's possible.
Thanks, Howard.
Let's nail the bastard.
♪♪
♪♪
The movie stopped. They all did.
There was a computer glitch
or something,
just a few minutes
before everything went bonkers.
- Maybe you should just rest.
- No, Ali, stop!
Stop trying to protect me.
There are more than 200 people dead
and I'm here, I'm alive.
I'm the only one.
Don't you find that crazy?
I find it miraculous.
I survived for a reason.
Gillian!
- How is he?
- MRI's done.
- There's no haemorrhaging.
- Oh, thank God.
- He knows about Gavin.
- You told him?
He overheard some things you said.
- Hey
- Did you get it?
Did you get my computer?
- About your dad
- I just want to say
that I never meant for it
to go that far. Right?
Yeah, I'm-I'm just relieved
that you're okay, sweetheart.
But promise me you will never do
anything like that again, okay?
I won't.
How did you even know to break
into that MI5 lady's computer?
I didn't break into her computer.
I sent a Trojan to one
of your email groups.
The only guy that clicked it
was someone named Howard Lawson.
- Well done, soldier.
- You don't approve?
Why?
- [INDISTINCT MUMBLING]
- What happened?
Kendra?
What did you tell them?
That the navy is coming
to save the day.
♪♪
All right. All right, thanks, mate.
My source at the Royal Navy says
the HMS Albion isn't anywhere
- near the coordinates.
- Of course it isn't.
Howard's in on it.
Well, by the time they realize
that no ship is coming,
the fuselage will be
at the bottom of the trench.
And the evidence
in the black boxes will be gone.
Well, you've finally
done something right.
How dare you.
Your computer was infected, Howard.
That's how he recorded us.
Because you clicked
on the bloody attachment.
How could he do that to us?
That day when
when he came to see me,
- he knew that I was vulnerable.
- I need you.
That I'd be easy to manipulate.
You knew what was at stake
when you signed on to this.
I did not sign on for murder.
You said she'd be compliant.
You said that you could control her.
You failed. It's all on you, Howard.
Kendra is not your sacrificial lamb.
You do anything with her again
and I will expose
the entire damn charade,
so help me God!
I made the wrong decision
and now I've put my
I've put my son's life in danger.
No. Kendra, you saved him.
Just like you saved him a year ago.
And Howard may have manipulated you
in the beginning, but you made
a choice to come back.
We wouldn't have found Madelyn
without you.
Come on, we can still do this.
We can solve this thing.
But we need you to do it.
- [SIGHS]
- What's happening here?
I think we might
have found something; a defect
- in the forward R2 switch.
- Which means?
Right. Under certain circumstances,
a faulty switch could cause
the cargo hatch motor
to activate on its own.
So, if there was a-a power surge
at 35,000 feet,
the cargo hatch
pries open mid-air and
Pfff! Boom.
Could Donovan have
triggered that from here,
- in the avionics bay?
- I mean, it's hard to see how.
We're concluding pilot suicide,
so let's find a connection, please.
Levi, come on.
There's a solid metal bulkhead
between avionics and cargo.
Donovan would've had no way
to get there and,
what's more, he didn't need to
to crash the plane.
Theo, our job is to come up
with the best possible theory
- given the evidence available.
- Yeah, that's right.
Not the other way around.
The theory can't drive the evidence.
[CELLPHONE RINGING]
Sorry, everybody. Excuse me.
Of course.
Hey, Dom,
I was just about to call you. Uh, yeah,
the-the email I forwarded you?
It's from a researcher
at King's College.
Says he wants to talk about Hoffman.
You want me to go where?
Are these really necessary?
Moreau knows what took down Flight 716
and he's enlisted Janet
and Howard to cover it up.
And now that AJ and I
saw them conspiring,
they're after us as well, so, yeah,
- they're necessary.
- It's crazy but it explains
why they're so eager
to close out the investigation.
Why would Howard do something like this?
We had an acronym back
in counter-intelligence: MICE.
Money, Ideology, Coercion, Ego.
Take your pick.
- It's definitely not money.
- Then why?
- Ego?
- Is Levi a part of it?
Think that's why
Howard put him in charge?
Look, we should go to the police.
We can't, we don't have enough evidence.
And if Janet's involved, then who else
in the law enforcement can we trust?
We have to find those black boxes.
With what? Howard was lying
about the navy ship
and we can't use Bartok's submersible.
Maybe we can.
My understanding is that the TSIB
has moved their focus away
from mechanical factors.
In other words, Mr. Moreau,
you're saying there's nothing
wrong with your aircraft.
If that's the case,
was the pilot at fault?
I have full confidence
in the TSIB investigators,
whatever they conclude.
And, might I add:
British Global Air has never,
and will never,
- compromise on safety.
- Moreau,
- you world-class bullshitter.
- [CELLPHONE RINGING]
- Hello?
- Hi, it's Kendra.
How would you like a chance to
repair that reputation of yours?
I'm listening.
Well done, Levi.
When do I get to look
at the full report?
Well, two weeks should be enough time.
Well, I promised the Ministry
that we'd be done
by the end of this week.
Why so soon?
Well, because the case
has gone on long enough.
We need a clean resolution.
What if we can't match
the hole in the fuselage
to the pilot suicide theory?
Do we still issue the report?
- I don't see why not.
- If Donovan wanted
his aircraft to disappear in the trench,
he'd have no need
for explosive decompression.
Donovan was a very disturbed individual.
I doubt if we'll ever know
what was going on in his mind.
So, let's not draw attention
to it in the report, all right?
- Understood.
- Excellent work.
Sir.
[DOOR CLOSES]
So, this academic just
contacted us out of the blue?
Yeah. He says he used to work
with Daniel Hoffman at BGA.
Right. Who else knows we're here?
- Just Dom.
- Good. Just hope
he isn't wasting our time, eh?
I ran into Hoffman at Heathrow
a few weeks back.
We decided to meet for a coffee
after he returned from New York.
But when he stopped
responding to my texts,
I figured he must've been one
of the passengers on 716.
So, uh, you worked with him for BGA?
Yes.
Hoff was brilliant, but a bit eccentric.
- He was your friend?
- We were friendly.
To be honest, I think
Hoff's only true friends
were his online gaming buddies.
So, um, what kind of work
did you do for the airline?
Oh, we were safety consultants.
Part of various Red Teams
that tested for
aircraft vulnerabilities.
- What kind of vulnerabilities?
- Many things.
I was on one team, he was on another.
The teams never discussed details,
so as not to bias our results.
But I do know Hoffman's speciality
was systems integration software.
So are you saying that he was,
uh, test-hacking the onboard systems?
I don't know for certain,
but I do remember
Hoff had numerous disagreements
with management.
Such as?
He was adamant that the
vulnerabilities were real.
Management thought that
his concerns were overstated.
- And who won?
- I don't know.
I left before the disputes were settled.
One more thing I need to add:
uh, he said when he returned to England,
he'd be doing lectures
on airline security.
Said he had something huge planned.
Well, anything specific?
No. I was going to ask him
more about it over coffee,
but I suppose that'll never happen now.
Look, uh, thank you very much
for your time. No, it's okay.
- We'll see ourselves out.
- Oh.
Aircraft systems operate
independently from each other
precisely to guard against
the possibility of hacking.
Yes. That said, 950's
are all fly-by-wire.
There's more integrated systems
than any other aircraft
in history. I mean, a hacker
would need insane expertise,
- but in theory
- How coincidental is it:
Hoffman ends up
on a BGA flight that crashes
after being a thorn
in their side for years?
A little too coincidental.
Have we searched Hoffman's residence?
That would have been Janet's purview.
Wait, wait, wait. Dom's closer.
- Let me get him onto it.
- Okay.
Thanks, Doctor.
Find anything at Hoffman's flat?
- No. Janet beat me there.
- Right. So we've got nothing.
Not quite.
That was Derek Strong's pathologist.
He died of something called Amiodarone.
It's what they gave Madelyn
to stabilize her heart.
An overdose of Amiodarone
causes heart failure.
So Madelyn was the true target.
The orderly would have been
using a drug that was already
in her system less cause for alarm.
Except Derek got in the way.
Have you seen the test results?
It's official. Madelyn's
father was poisoned.
Your aunt told me
what you said about your dad.
How bad was he?
No, AJ, your dad
he was a wonderful man.
He was kind, honest
And he really loved you.
Now, he-he had an illness and
Sometimes he just
He refused to take his medicine.
And when he used
to yell at you for no reason,
that wasn't him talking,
that was the disease.
That day when
when he drove off the road
He didn't take his medication and if
I told him to take it,
but he just refused.
When he sped towards the guardrail
I knew he wasn't going to stop.
I'm sorry, AJ. I was just
I was just too afraid to tell you.
Well
I knew something was wrong;
the way he acted.
The way the way you acted
after the accident.
Can I ask you something?
Sure.
Do you think I have it, too?
I don't know.
But if you-if you did, I'd help you.
Okay?
♪♪
It's on.
The conclusion will
be official in a few days.
Everything's been taken care of.
Good. I had a chat
with our mutual friend.
I need to know that the Malley issue
- is under control, Howard.
- Oh, oh, dear God.
What the hell is he doing here?
Shit!
It's good to see you, Mr. Lawson.
Ready?
I am Pavel Bartok
the chairman of Bartok International.
I am here to announce that I have agreed
to lend my deep-water submersible
to the Flight 716 investigation.
As we speak, it is diving down
into the Atlantic
to retrieve the black boxes.
Some on the internet are alleging
- Approaching one-five-zero.
- Be advised
depth is one-five-zero metres.
Deep Rover, Topside, copy one.
- Is this what I think it is?
- Yeah.
However, to avoid any doubt,
I have relinquished total control
of my submersible to TSIB,
thus ensuring chain of custody
remains unadulterated
from beginning to end.
So far, so good.
Good tracking at this time.
Permission to proceed to bottom.
- Proceeding to target.
- This was, in fact,
Mr. Lawson's idea. You know, my sub,
normally it lays fibre-optic cables
across the ocean floor, but
he convinced me
that the technology could serve
a far greater purpose:
bringing closure
to the families of Flight 716.
Any comment, Mr. Lawson?
Well, I hope it works.
You knew about this, didn't you?
Visibility is better than expected.
Don't you want to know
what really happened?
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
HP-02, 2700 psi.
- LBO-2, 1-1-0
- [CELLPHONE VIBRATING]
- Hello?
- I did as you asked.
How did you know he would go along?
Ego. Howard would never
lose face in front of a camera.
Good luck with the dive.
Target on sonar, bearing one-eight-zero.
Bulkheads: two-five-zero.
Repeat: two-five-zero.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
Depth approaching niner-eight-zero.
Target estimated one-five-zero range.
Target on sonar bearing one-seven-zero.
Approaching target visual range.
Depth is one-three-zero-zero.
All systems functional.
Copy three-five-five.
Repeat: copy three-five-five.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
Approaching target. Two-zero metres.
- [INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
- Topside
I hope you're seeing this.
Standing by for sonar.
Fuselage is largely intact.
- Target sonar reading
- There's a hole.
- Maddy was right.
- Mm-hm.
Floating target bearing one-seven-zero.
♪♪
Moving in to get the black boxes now.
♪♪
That's Hassan Esmaili.
Bloody Iranian Mossad agent.
What's he doing in the captain's seat?
♪♪