The Lazarus Project (2022) s01e06 Episode Script

You can't turn back time
to stop what happened to Sarah.
And are you willing
to burn down everything
- to start again?
- Yes.
A nuclear
warhead, "Big boy,"
was hijacked while
in transit yesterday.
The key's the detonator.
You worked out where Big boy is.
It's Janet. He's
been sending money to her.
Shiv would never
betray The Lazarus.
I used to say
that about Rebrov.
Shiv's a mole?
Always the ones
you'd least expect, isn't it?
Who are you?
I'm the caretaker.
- I want to blow it up.
- Excuse me?
Like, as soon as possible,
I wanna blow it up.
Tonight, yeah.
Who keeps calling you?
Work.
You have a job?
Yeah, a part time thing.
Terrorism's like a
just a side hustle.
Side hustle?
Yeah.
If you don't mind me asking,
what happened to the others?
When I asked you if you
were The Lost Glory,
you said what's left of them.
So, what happened to the others?
Have you ever heard of
The Lazarus Project?
Yeah, I've heard of them.
I heard they've
taken down everyone
from The Last Church of the
Savior to the Black Glove.
They say that you
never hear them coming,
that they're always
one step ahead.
So, now they've
taken down The Glory?
Not all of us.
I hope I
never meet them.
Don't worry about that.
It's not like there are
any Lazarus agents here.
We're gonna cross into
Ruthenia in 45 minutes.
Alright, er, we need to
get it to a built-up area.
Chenupol is about
a two-hour drive.
Chenupol
You're just making this up
as you go alone, aren't you?
- A little bit, yeah.
And you
sure no one's on your tail?
No, we're clear.
On the home stretch now.
We're almost there.
Caretaker?
What is the bomb?
I won't tell you.
I think that you will.
Without a detonator,
the bomb is useless.
We can't sell a useless bomb.
The Glory are on their
way to make the sale.
They will have a detonator.
We just wait for them to turn
up and take it from them.
Rudy, we will be waiting
for you at the site.
When you have a visual
on the detonator,
you'll give us the
signal and we move.
Dah?
Yeah.
So, can I see it?
- You see what?
- The detonator.
Why do you keep asking
to see the detonator?
I'm in a truck driving
a nuclear warhead.
I'd like to know
the man next to me,
at least have some
idea what he's doing.
It doesn't look like much.
You sure it's going to work?
Do you want to test it out now?
- No!
The bomb has an encrypted
transmitter built in.
The detonator breaks
down the encryption
and talks to the bomb.
It's got a
nine-digit kill switch code
and a four-point dial system
that has to be unlocked.
Kind of like a safe.
So you're the
only one that can use it.
That's right.
We could torture
him for the codes.
We could make it, so he
gives them to us willingly.
Continue with his plan.
Keep driving.
We'll hijack them.
Incapacitate him.
Then, make it seem as
though Rudy fought us off.
If he wants the bomb detonated,
he'll give Rudy the codes.
And if that doesn't work?
Well, then you can torture him.
Do you mind
me asking you why?
Why what?
Why do you want to
blow up this bomb?
Er, The Lost Glory is dedicated
to acts of International
Anarchic Disruption and the
I've read your pamphlet.
Why are you doing this?
I'm trying to save someone.
Pretty extreme way
to go about it.
Did you believe that
doing one good thing
can make the world
a better place?
Depends.
'Cause what I'm just saying
is, if you do one small thing,
save a life for example,
that does make the world
a better place, right?
I suppose so.
So, then, the
effort it would take
to do that one small thing
to make the world
a better place,
it's worth doing. That
would be a noble cause.
I don't know if I'm the
right person to talk to
- about a noble cause.
- Why not?
Well, I'm an arms dealer.
So
Yeah.
Ever been in love?
I don't know.
Well, trust me, if you
had been, you would know.
So, what's love got to do
with setting off a warhead?
Fucking everything, man. Jesus.
Love is a fucking nuclear bomb
that goes off in your chest,
it irradiates
your fucking brain cells.
True. True.
You'd do anything for it.
You'd do anything to protect
it, and if you lose it,
you'd do anything
to get it back.
So, you're blowing
this up because
Because
I just want
things to go back
to the way they were before.
Trust me, man, things are never
gonna go back to how they were.
You'd be surprised.
What was that?
Er. I don't know.
No, tell me we're
not breaking down.
Shit!
I told you we should
have got a better truck.
Shut up!
Seriously.
We seriously broken
down right now?
I
shit. I, I don't know. Yeah.
Well, maybe we should ask
those boys for some help.
What do you reckon, Rudy?
Shall we talk to those guys
back there, they've been
tailing us long enough.
Ah, fuck!
Fuck!
Argh, argh.
Rudy, what's going on?
Rudy?
- Ah, shit!
Ow!
George!
You're trapped.
We just want the codes to
the detonator, that's all.
Argh!
Why is it so fucking difficult?
Argh!
- George! Shh!
- George?
George!
- Archie
- Tell me you've got him.
I tried.
He pulled a gun on me.
Where is he?
He shot me in the shoulder.
I, I couldn't
I tried but I couldn't
- George?
Shit.
Oh, Jesus.
Reports of a detonation.
It's a big one.
People on social media
describing a mushroom cloud.
Do we have satellite yet?
Hold on.
Find out if George or
Shiv are still alive.
Get them back here.
- George?
- Yeah, the bomb went off.
I know the bomb went
off, where are you?
Driving very fast away from it.
Okay. I'm gonna get you home.
You're gonna have
a lot of questions
to answer when you get here.
Yeah, I know.
They're shutting the airports,
but I've managed to get you
on one of the last flights out.
It's a private charter
to London City.
Okay.
How bad is it?
We don't know yet.
I fucked up.
Just come home.
Mm-hmm.
There are no planes
running, sir.
I know. I'm, I'm George Addo.
You should have had a call.
I'll take you through.
You alright?
Where're you heading, bro?
Er, London.
We're, we're gonna play London,
Yeah. Camden, baby.
You know it?
- Yeah, I know Camden.
- Cool.
Hey, you're not a Narc, are you?
- No.
- Cool.
Then let's get the
fuck out of here, huh.
It's the end of the world, man.
The whole system's coming down.
Ragnarok.
Oh, hey, man.
Do you want some drugs?
Actually, yeah. Go on then.
Yeah?
Knock yourself out!
Camden's gonna be fun then, huh?
Please be codeine.
Alright?
- Hello.
- You were talking in your sleep.
What about?
Just a load of nonsense.
Hmm. Same as usual then.
Exactly.
Bad dream, was it?
Yeah. Nightmare.
Oof. What about?
Don't really remember
What do you want to do today?
Huh?
What do you want to do today?
I was thinking we could go out.
But we're gonna have to be
quick, what with all this.
I, er, dunno
I think I had something
I wanted to say to you.
Oh yeah? What?
I don't know. I can't
remember. I was
Look, George, you're
gonna need to be quick.
I can barely hear you
above the noise
I wanted to ask you something.
- What?
- I wanted to ask you something!
I can't hear you.
I wanted to ask
Welcome to London.
We hope you had
a pleasant flight
and look forward to you
flying with us again.
We kindly ask that
you remain seated
until the aircraft has
come to a complete stop.
Cheers.
Hey, good luck man.
Yeah, bye, dude.
Remember, the whole fucking
system's coming down, dude!
Nutcase!
The intelligence we have
right now is that Shiv
may somehow be connected
to the detonation.
- That's not possible.
- It's not likely,
but it's not impossible, and
until we know for sure,
we're taking it seriously.
Where's this Intel coming from?
When we're ready to tell
you, we'll tell you.
Here's what we do know.
Miraculously, it seems
like the body count
is going to be pretty low.
Blast radius was
mostly countryside.
A few suburbs.
Big Boy would have been
on a large container.
So, any information about
lorries, trucks, 16 wheelers.
Anything suspicious,
anything stolen,
anything missing,
I want to know about it.
Okay?
Get to work.
Agent Addo.
Start from the beginning.
I cracked the code.
Lost Gloria Maps.
Why didn't you come to me?
I tried.
I called but Shiv answered.
You can check my phone
records if you want.
What did you say to him?
That I thought I knew
where the bomb might be.
He said he'd look into it.
I told him I wanted to go
and check it out myself.
That's pretty much the
end of the conversation.
You wanted to "check
it out" yourself?
Look, I wanted to go and
find the bomb myself, okay?
Yeah. I wanted to find
it and show everyone.
What are you, fucking
ten years old?
You wanted to show everyone?
Yeah, I got in over my head.
I'll say.
What happened?
He must've tailed
me from London.
- Shiv?
- Yeah.
- How?
- I don't know,
but he caught up with me.
I thought he was there to
help me, but he drew his gun.
So, I ran. He chased
after me, but
I got away. Lost him.
And then what did you do?
I went to where I thought
the bomb might be,
er, but it'd already gone.
Luckily, I caught sight
of this car driving away
and I thought it
might be Shiv, so
I followed.
And I saw him with these
men with the covered lorry.
But he must have
spotted me first
because he was waiting
for me up the road.
He shot at me. He hit
me in the shoulder.
Drove away.
Tried to follow, but
my arm.
So, you lost him and
then the bomb went off.
Yeah.
Did you speak to Shiv
while all this was going on
or did he just turn up and shoot
at you with no explanation?
He didn't stop to chat.
There's um, there's
something else, uh,
I need you to see.
What's this?
I ran Shiv's account
through my app
and
he's been sending
money to Janet.
For years.
I'm going to have
everything on your phone
downloaded and checked over.
If there is anything on here
that incriminates you
in any way, I promise,
it will help your case if
you tell me about it now.
I've got nothing to hide.
- So,
- what's the body count?
- Hmm?
From the bomb. How
many people are dead?
We think a couple of hundred.
Couple of hundred
For now.
What happens next?
Wes is gonna go and talk
to the Russian Ambassador.
But is she likely
to know anything?
Russia have launched a nuclear
arsenal against us three times.
Belov was smuggled
out of the country
prior to the strike on
all three occasions.
If Belov's at home,
it's a good sign
they're not planning anything
and we won't have to step in.
- Ma'am.
The downloads from Ryan's
and Shiv's devices.
- You looked at them?
- Yes, ma'am.
- And?
- Doesn't look good.
Thank you, Greta.
I need to call Ryan's family.
I told Rebrov that he had
a wife and child, but
- actually I don't know.
- He had a girlfriend.
I put the number on there.
Thank you, Greta.
What's the kill command?
What did Ryan say to you
to make you break his neck?
Big plans are afoot.
Not the news you
were hoping for.
George.
Come with me.
When I met Shiv, he
was still a teenager.
Naive, scared. Arrogant.
I always thought,
If he hadn't been
born with the gift,
would we have recruited him?
Shiv's a better
agent than The Dane.
He's better than
Greta. Archie, even.
But you know what they
have that he doesn't?
They can forget what they
do, just for five minutes.
They can live in the world.
Shiv never could.
Why am I here, ma'am?
Because, sometimes,
you can stop a war
with a conversation,
instead of a gun.
And I think that's a lesson
that you need to learn.
Wes.
Ambassador Belov.
More security than usual.
No.
Just more visible than usual.
Thank you for seeing me again.
This is my colleague,
Agent Addo.
- Ambassador.
- I haven't had
a lot of sleep, as you
can probably imagine,
so, shall we skip
straight to it?
We don't think
you're under attack.
A nuclear bomb just went
off on our front lawn.
Don't tell me we're
not under attack
when we just got attacked.
So
what do you know?
We know the bomb
was one of yours.
It was stolen by a militia
group earlier this year
and traded to a third party
for sale on the black market.
If I steal your gun
and shoot you with it,
does that make you the murderer?
We just want to know what
Russia's gonna do next.
Well, you have satellite images.
What do you think
we're going to do next?
I wouldn't presume to
second guess the Kremlin.
We're doing what
everyone else is doing,
trying to work out who
the hell is behind this
and whether this is the end
of it or just the beginning.
Well, none of the information
we have, suggests this was done
in an official capacity.
You mean the bomb wasn't
dropped from a plane
with a fluttering Stars and
Stripes sticking out the back?
No.
Doesn't mean our enemies
weren't involved.
The Americans aren't going
to start a war with you.
Despite what you might think,
Russia does not
wake up every day
looking for excuses
to start a war.
Your Northern Fleet is in battle
formation in the Bering Sea.
- So
- So, it wasn't this morning.
The bomb went off in
the middle of nowhere.
The question we're
asking ourselves is,
which direction was it
heading? Towards us or away?
Ambassador, we just came to give
you our professional opinion.
You keep baring your
teeth at everyone,
but we don't think you need to.
Russia lives with
her teeth bared.
There will not be a
warning before we bite.
What do you think?
I think if something
was about to kick off,
she wouldn't take the
time to talk with us.
And I certainly don't
think her son and husband
would still be in the
house while she did it.
Yes?
There's the body
of a British agent
in the boot of a blue
Fiat by the farmhouse
a few miles north
of Brasov, Romania.
Now, this house was
being used as a base
by the arms dealers
who stole your bomb.
Who is this?
The detonation
wasn't an accident.
It was coordinated
by the task force.
And there are more
attacks being planned
as part of an aggressive
push to weaken your hold.
The American fleet have
moved into the Sea of Japan.
Get Admiral
Amos on the phone
and patched through
to Wes' office.
What proof do you have?
Have a look
at your borders.
Right now, the,
the American fleet
have just moved into
the Sea of Japan.
We know what
our enemies are doing.
I don't think you do.
Blue Fiat. Farmhouse.
Brasov. Find the body.
The British are
involved in this.
Get out!
Calls
for calm following reports
of a nuclear explosion, we're
awaiting further details
of this and will
keep you updated
as soon as we receive new
updates and confirmation
Andreas, let him in.
We found the body on the car.
His name is Shiv Reddy
I'd like to get you
on a plane to Moscow.
No, we don't have time for
that, you need to move now.
You need to strike first.
I don't make that
decision, Agent Addo.
Neither do you. What is this?
You need to talk to
your generals in Moscow.
I knew Agent Reddy.
Quite well in fact. You?
You I don't know at all.
Look, talk to
whoever you need to,
but I'm telling you, there
are multiple attacks planned
that are going to
cripple your defenses,
- if you don't act now.
- Multiple attacks where, Agent Addo?
Against who?
You!
Don't.
Is there a panic button in here?
Press it.
Oh, shit.
That's a missile launch.
It's a fucking missile launch!
Troops have
crossed the border.
Multiple missile strikes
against compounds.
Okay.
Listen up.
We are resetting the clock.
Now there are two
things: we lose Rebrov.
We know he'll wake up in Paris
and I'll be sending a team out
there to close the net on him.
Second thing: Shiv.
The moment you open your
eyes at the checkpoint,
I want everyone to
move on his location.
I want him brought
in. I do not
want him hurt.
Clock goes back in
one minute.
Hi.
Hi.
- Are you all right?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
Son of a bitch.
Oh, George.
I hope you're already running.