Transatlantic (2023) s01e05 Episode Script

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I just received confirmation.
The boys are back in Camp des Milles.
Are they okay?
They're alive.
Well, that's a relief.
You do understand that if they talk,
they'll talk about you.
- No. No, they wouldn't talk about me.
- If you're lucky.
If Vichy learns of your involvement
from them,
we will not be able to protect you.
If pressed, we will deny
any knowledge of your activities.
How? I live with Thomas.
The Villa Air-Bel is a big house.
How should he know
what any of his tenants do all day?
Thomas.
Thomas!
Look, it's not up to me.
We're all following orders.
Who are you?
Now you're asking me questions?
Who are you? Where do you go
when you leave these meetings?
What about you?
Is Lovegrove even a real name?
Don't.
No! You two can pretend
like you don't know anything about me,
but I am an open book!
It's me that knows nothing about you!
This war is bigger than any one of us,
Mary Jayne.
The Nazis are flattening Manchester.
We need to get those men out
before Christmas.
You must make that happen.
On my own?
Margaux.
I'll go with her.
Let her go on her own.
Oh, because I'm dispensable.
- Because it's your fault they're in there.
- So why should I do this for you?
Because if you don't,
we will withdraw our financial support
from the Emergency Rescue Committee.
Good morning.
What's wrong with me?
Absolutely nothing.
I'm sleeping too well.
That is a good thing.
Everyone at the villa is
waiting to get out of here.
Every day, they ask me when.
Have your nosy roommates figured out
what we are doing?
Does it matter?
It would to some people.
Well, we don't care about those people,
do we?
- We don't care.
- We don't.
Hannah Arendt is always up
at the crack of dawn.
We were in the internment camp
at Gurs together
when the Germans invaded Paris.
It was complete chaos.
The French guards abandoned their posts
and left the gates wide open.
But I couldn't leave.
I was
paralyzed with fear.
Hannah
Hannah just stood up and walked out,
like it was
the simplest thing in the world.
She gave me the courage to leave too.
If only I could return the favor now
and get her out of here.
Good morning.
Sorry, Ms. Arendt.
Oh, no, just your mm
language.
Sorry. My English
You know, actually
I learned a bit of German in Berlin.
Oh.
What are you doing there?
Translating my friend
Walter Benjamin's work into English,
It's a good way to teach myself English.
America will be indebted to you.
Then please tell America
to give me a visa.
Unfortunately, I can't help you with that.
Because I am not on your list?
- Varian.
- I'm in a hurry.
We should celebrate Christmas here.
Raise people's spirits.
What do you think?
- We could decorate that tree.
- I thought Jews didn't celebrate.
We're in Europe.
Everybody celebrates Christmas.
Varian! Please, talk to me.
No.
- Okay.
- Okay, I'll leave it.
- Some quiet?
- Okay.
- Easy.
- Yes.
- No worries.
- Silence is nice.
- Good morning.
- Good morning. Um
I need to speak with you.
I was just leaving.
You too, as well, please.
Have a seat.
I need to break the British POWs out
of the prison camp.
- Of course you do.
- Please.
Even if this were possible,
how do you know they're in there?
Well, me, I know nothing,
but I trust my source.
- This is a British intelligence officer?
- Special operations executive.
She goes by the name of Margaux.
- And Lovegrove?
- He works for her.
Ah, I knew it.
I want to meet her.
You help me with this,
and I will arrange the introduction.
Please?
I cannot do this on my own.
We can't just head in there
without knowing how to get out.
Bellmer was inside.
The artist?
- He's at the villa.
- That's right. I could talk to him. Yes.
Please.
I will need to check out
the perimeter of the prison yard.
Good morning.
Morning.
Morning.
We'll be with you as soon as we can.
- Good morning.
- Morning.
- I was thinking.
- Varian
We should rework the interview to account
for all possible paths to entry.
Some people might be able
to get into the United States
as a student, for example.
Good morning.
Are you here for an interview?
I'm Dillon Reese, Mr. Fry.
I'm from the American consulate.
- I'm sorry?
- I was trying to tell you.
- I'm your replacement.
- My replacement?
You've been fired, but you know that.
- Don't be ridiculous!
- I wanted to give you this.
- Twenty-four hours to leave the country?
- It's all clearly explained in the letter.
Your French work visa was terminated
with your employment.
Don't you worry. I'm gonna keep this place
running like a Swiss clock.
- Have you called Bingham?
- Yes, he was completely in the dark.
- Varian, you can't let this happen.
- I won't. I'm gonna fight this until
Simmer down.
What did you just say to me?
We're all adults here, Mr. Fry.
Everything's gonna be fine.
- Please don't tell anyone about this.
- Mm-hmm.
I will be back.
Have a pleasant day.
I'm very sorry.
I'll be back.
I'm very sorry. I'm very sorry.
I have to see him.
- But
- Now!
Uh N
Next Wednesday.
Next Wednesday? No, that is much too late.
What a pity!
Patterson?
Patterson!
You can't do this.
Please, Mr. Fry,
you give me far too much credit.
I'm just a bureaucrat
following orders from on high.
What did you say to them?
- About you?
- Yes!
Only the truth.
Mr. Bellmer?
Uh
May I ask you an, um
an unusual question?
Do you remember anything
about the inside of Camp des Milles?
I remember everything
about Camp des Milles.
I will never forget one inch
of that place for as long as I live.
The feeling of other people
pressed up against me day and night.
Their warm, wet bodies.
The stench of humanity.
Do you think that you could build me
a model of the inside of the camp
and the outside of the camp?
Why?
Because I wanna help other men escape.
Then of course.
You can meet here
any time you like. It's safe here.
Thank you.
Gentlemen.
We are playing the long game here.
Once we've driven
the Germans out of France,
we will drive the French out of Africa!
So why is
a white man joining our conversation?
Um
I'm a Jew.
You're still white.
Albert has as much at stake here
as any of us do.
Gentlemen.
Gentlemen.
We need allies.
We also need weapons.
Training. Intelligence.
Where from?
To start? From the British.
The British?
They have
the largest colonial empire in the world!
But right here, right now,
they share our goals.
If we break their POWs out tomorrow,
we'll cement the collaboration
going forward.
Who's in?
Here's the list of current inmates.
The men you're looking for are on it.
I can tip them off
so they know you're coming.
But you must be prepared to move quickly.
We protect the perimeter of the camp.
We shoot to kill. That's the job.
Realistically, we can
only hold our fire for, what,
maybe 60 seconds maximum?
If the French guards think
that we're allowing prisoners to escape,
believe me,
they'll shoot us.
I have some good news
and some better news.
- Where should I start?
- You know, I miss Americans. Go on.
The good news is that we've been having
some very eager conversations
with our European customers.
Cheers to that.
ACM's goal, no matter what
the result of this blasted war, is simple.
We wanna see American business
thrive in the region.
Well, how else
can we exert democratic influence?
We have to preserve
our ability to work with both sides.
That's right.
Roosevelt declares war, well,
he'll be forfeiting our seat at the table.
I couldn't agree with you more.
Which brings me to the better news.
ACM would like
to officially offer you a job.
Me?
Let me know if I'm out of line here,
but we need someone
to be our man in Europe,
and I can think of no one better than you.
That is, if and when you're ready
to move into the private sector.
Well, as it happens,
I'm entitled to retire
from the Foreign Service
when I turn 50 this spring.
Varian.
Why are you so angry?
Which of the many laws that I've broken
offends you the most? Fighting fascism?
Harboring radicals?
- Loving men?
- Stop.
If I have to live a life where
everything worth fighting for is illegal
and everything worth doing is a crime,
then call me a criminal.
I won't apologize for that.
You lied to me
about who you're working for.
By omission. For a reason.
And in doing so,
you have threatened my entire operation.
It's only a matter of time before
the French discover I'm operating out of
What? A British spy nest!
And when the Americans find out,
I'm gonna get it from both sides.
What I should do is
I should leave this house
and take everyone in it with me.
But where would we go, Thomas?
There's nowhere to go!
Why are you working for the British?
Because they're the only ones
fighting the Nazis.
Winston Churchill is a friend of the Jews.
Winston Churchill is a virulent
anti-Semite behind closed doors.
I don't care what he does
behind closed doors.
I actually don't care what anyone does
behind closed doors.
Churchill's promised
to deliver us a homeland.
And we need one.
Hannah.
I really can't help you.
Lost my job,
and I've been kicked out of France.
But you still have rights.
American rights!
But I'm in France.
We are all in France, Mr. Fry.
Yeah.
As an American, you have
the right to stay here as a tourist.
I don't.
I am probably
the most German person you know.
I miss everything about my home country.
The language,
the poetry,
even the weather.
But I am no longer a German citizen.
You see?
No rights.
You must be terribly homesick.
Homesick?
Homeless, Mr. Fry.
I'm stateless.
The only entrance is here.
The barbed wire here is weak
in some places and thin enough to be cut.
When I was there,
some boys were trying to tunnel out here.
It all comes down
to getting the soldiers
to the right place at the right time.
- I'm sure they've fixed it.
- Maybe, maybe not.
At least it's possible.
Touré has a sharpshooter uniform for me.
You distract the guards at the front.
I will slip inside to find the men.
Then we meet you around here,
the barbed wire.
- Mm-hmm.
- And if you get stuck inside?
I won't.
Touré told the prisoners
to expect us tonight.
Good.
Do you know Hans Fittko?
What?
Do you know someone
whose name is Hans Fittko?
This is the list
of current prisoners in Camp des Milles.
But he's dead.
What's going on?
There's a man named Hans Fittko
at Des Milles with the British prisoners.
Your brother?
My husband.
What?
You're married?
This can't be right.
But what if it is?
If it is, then we have to get him out.
Please, let me do this for you.
Please, because I owe you.
Yes.
- Yes.
- Mary Jayne, don't do this.
This is not your concern.
Drop me off at the front gate.
I'm gonna use Dagobert as a distraction.
Your dog?
This is my mission, and I'm gonna run it
how I see fit. Do you drive?
- Mary Jayne.
- I thought I was on my own.
Um
We need to show Lisa's husband
something familiar or he won't trust us.
You must have something.
One thing.
My wedding ring.
Bring it to me.
Paul
I thought he was dead.
War is complicated.
He's a good man.
Just get the ring.
Please.
Thank you, sir.
Tourist visas? Number 134.
Yes.
Three months.
I just need your local address.
Is this it?
Yes.
Is it a hotel?
No. A private residence.
Ah. Then we need the signature
of your landlord. One moment.
Sir, excuse me
Villa Air-Bel. 63 Avenue Jean Lombard?
Yes. Why is this necessary?
The landlord is Thomas Lovegrove.
But it says here that the house belongs to
a certain Mrs. Marguerite Nouget.
Uh All right.
Madame Nouget.
Mr. Fry.
I believe I have
something I need you to sign.
If this is correct, um,
I I need your signature here.
Have a good day.
Thank you.
- You think this will work?
- We're in France.
You think a white guard
can tell two Black men apart?
Good luck.
I'll see you on the other side.
This will work out.
This will work out. This will work out.
That's fine.
Good evening.
Good evening.
Do you remember me?
I'm here to see my husband.
My husband.
Now? No. No visitors.
Are you sure?
I think you
didn't understand me. You must leave!
Understood.
Oh no!
My dog!
- The dog!
- No!
Catch the dog!
Dagobert!
Catch the dog!
Oh my God! Dagobert!
- You okay?
- Yes. Yes.
- You okay?
- Yeah. It went well?
Go.
Run. Run. Run.
This way.
- You see the light?
- Yeah.
Okay.
Listen up! Listen up! Keep going that way.
We'll meet you at the car.
Wait! Where's Paul? Where's Paul?
- Paul?
- Paul.
I don't
- Where's Paul?
- I don't know.
Push!
Come on.
Oh. Ooh.
Hurry up. Come on.
Dagobert!
My God, Dagobert! No!
I have to go get him.
- Mary Jayne, stop!
- No, it's fine! Leave me. I'll be okay.
It's fine. I'll be all right.
Take my car. You have my keys.
Just leave me!
I cannot leave you behind.
Stop! Stop! Stop!
- Shit!
- Let's go! Come on, let's go!
Okay.
Beautiful.
You solved your visa problem?
Yes.
And mine?
Believe me,
if I could do something, I would do it.
Would you?
Most people
no longer dare to act independently.
I am not like most people.
Prove it.
Mary Jayne.
Hey. What happened?
Everything went perfectly.
We just
We lost the dog.
What about the POWs?
They're coming up the driveway
on the bikes.
Where is Lisa?
I'm fine.
I
I waited for you.
You never showed up!
Lisa.
You never showed up!
Lisa.
Mary Jayne.
I
I know how you feel.
I have lost
everyone.
I lost my parents,
my friends.
I lost my sister.
Ursula?
No. No, I
I have another one.
Eva.
Eva's the little one.
Oh.
You know, um
you cannot just fall to pieces right now,
because you
you were amazing today.
That was such a difficult mission,
and you were so determined
to save Lisa's husband.
And, well,
we did it.
But you have to
keep moving forward
because
Lisa.
Just thinking of you
kept me alive in there.
I'm a criminal too.
I know.
Why does Madame Nouget own this house?
She worked for me for years in Paris.
Knew what I was doing there.
She knows what we're doing here?
I was smuggling Jews to Palestine.
And when the Nazis came to Paris
she helped me escape.
I owe her everything.
One day, I'll have to leave here too.
But then I'll leave her with this house.
This is a new world, Varian.
The old rules don't apply.
But if the rules don't apply,
where are we supposed to find our compass?
In ourselves.
In each other.
Uh
Good morning.
I had the best night.
Feels good to say it in German.
It is not our language that has gone mad.
No.
One day
Germany will recover from all this.
One day, maybe.
But we live now.
Right now I feel very much alive.
My dear brother.
I have finally managed to get
American visas for both of us.
You can pick up yours
at the American consulate in Marseille.
I know you don't like
people telling you what to do,
but, out of respect for our parents,
please collect the visa.
Come meet me in Lisbon
so we can travel to America together.
We've both already lost so much.
I refuse to leave you behind.
Your loving sister, Ursula.
Bingham.
- Thanks for meeting me here.
- I'm sorry about Reese. I had no idea.
It was humiliating, but he's harmless.
I'm working around him.
Didn't Patterson
try to kick you out of France?
I don't give up that easily.
- Good.
- Yeah, I need you to do something for me.
Her name is Hannah Arendt. I've got
a spot for her on a ship to the Caribbean.
Captain's a friend of mine.
She needs a visa.
The port is closed.
It'll reopen, and when it does,
we're gonna be ready.
Actually, I'm gonna need
a lot more visas. It's a big boat.
Look. You should see the memos coming down
from the top brass
of the State Department.
Uh, "Jews are suffering,
but the history of their race shows
that suffering does not kill
many of them."
"If we have to accept any,
only old people who will not reproduce
and can do our country no harm."
They're turning boats of refugees away
from New York Harbor
for fear there are German spies onboard.
Meanwhile, my boss,
my father, so many others
Look, I'm on your side,
but honestly, Varian,
I can't just disobey direct orders.
Yes, you can!
List me as her sponsor.
Tell Patterson I put a gun to your head.
I don't care.
Do what you can.
Please!
I can do three a week,
tops.
Thank you.
Paul.
Thank you for freeing our men.
Our men?
You're British.
The British are
on the right side of this fight,
so I'm in the fight with them.
I hear you have
a lot to say about the world.
Big plans.
I believe this war will be
a chance for us to reimagine who we are,
to fight our way to freedom
from the inside out.
Europe will be freed.
Then the colonies will be freed.
What do you have in mind, Paul?
The entire Nazi logistical apparatus
relies on the railway.
The South of France
is not under Nazi occupation.
Not yet.
- We need to cut the jugular now.
- How?
Targeted attacks on the main railway line
connecting the south
to the Gestapo in Dijon.
Bridges are not easily rebuilt.
We need explosives,
possibly weapons, and intelligence too.
Can you provide that?
Yes.
For you, little girl.
Thank you, Hans.
- Merry Christmas.
- Merry Christmas.
- Thank you.
- You are welcome.
Sorry I couldn't get you home.
Believe me, Ms. Gold,
this is a much nicer Christmas
than we were expecting.
Happy Christmas.
- Happy Christmas.
- Happy Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
Hm.
Commissaire! Merry Christmas!
What can I do for you?
The American woman
broke into a prison camp.
What? Who?
Mary Jayne Gold.
Mary Jayne Gold
couldn't break into a bowl of cereal.
Oh no?
You do not know this creature?
Mademoiselle Gold is
working for the British.
The British?
She freed three British soldiers
and left the dog behind.
This Is a war crime.
- You can't hold me responsible for that.
- Oh yes, I can.