Professionals (2020) s01e08 Episode Script

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Previously on Professionals.
Grace was bringing vaccines
to help prevent an outbreak
of Marburg virus.
Your bodyguard is a criminal,
and I'm putting him away
for the rest of his life.
No Not now. No, no!
Saif is a thug and a gangster.
Lead me to Swann.
His family is going to ask me
to negotiate his release,
and then you and I are going to split
a billion American dollars.
-Luther?
-Zora?
Peter is in danger!
Put it down! Put the gun down!
We are all in danger!
You wanna do anything to him,
you'll have to do it through me!
Go back to the cars.
Hey, man? Are you breathing?
If you can hear me, don't move.
Alright? Hang in there, pal!
Hello? Breaker, breaker.
I need a medivac!
It's Peter Swann. I need a medivac!
-How's he doing?
-We've got to get him out of here.
Take him to the village.
This is ridiculous!
Absolutely ridiculous!
How many times do I have to tell you?
I'm from Europol!
Damn it! Europol!
No! Whoa, whoa No!
Stop filming! No!
Wait, wait. Nice dress.
You need to help me.
I'm agent Neumann from Europol.
I'm abducted. Free agent Neumann!
Free agent Neumann!
Officer Johnson, can you tell us
Free agent Neumann!
Free agent Neumann!
Are you guys ready? Great.
Action?
Hey, guys! Jack "Hacksaw" Smith here.
Sick of staring at your cell phone?
I want to make sure we get this shot
while the sun's right.
Then you need to consider
a kick ass career as a PMC.
-Give me the purse!
-Take the baby!
Also known as a professional.
-Keep it together, man.
-Yeah, yeah. I got it.
Hostage rescue and recovery.
Guys?
Used to be It used to be
And action!
-It used to
-From the top.
-Let's go!
-That hurt.
Did you get that?
PMC Academy.
When you're ready, we'll be waiting.
-Are we done now?
-Yes, we're done now.
-We've got to go.
-Did I say cut?
Excuse me?
I'll help.
Yes! Okay, take these.
-Heads up.
-These two. Take another two.
-Doc?
-Let's go.
Now or never.
It's okay. It's okay.
Don't shoot. I can help you.
He's in shock.
It's okay. It's okay.
Don't worry. I'll help you.
-He's burning up.
-Come on, Doc!
-We don't have time for this.
-Just a pinch. Okay?
Anything else for this gentleman
who's been trying to kill
your friends?
I need that water.
We need to go. Now!
-I need to make you stay here.
-Let's go!
-It's okay.
-Let's go!
Okay, let's go.
Paul, you're sitting down?
Are you really sitting down?
No new infections in 48 hours, Grace.
-I couldn't find them.
-They will make it.
We'll, I hope this helps.
Yes.
I hope it's enough.
We will make it enough.
And they will make it too.
Courage.
Hey, we gotta get a vehicle.
We gotta get him to the clinic.
No vehicle. We have a doctor.
-You have a doctor?
-The best in the region.
Wait. Maybe we should boil some water
and get some alcohol,
antiseptic, a little
It's okay. It's fine.
You're gonna be just fine.
Within the space of two hours,
this video has gone viral
with over five million clicks
on 200 networks.
The question is,
who is agent Neumann?
What is the story
behind the stolen police vehicles?
And why was he there
in the first place?
I'm abducted! Free agent Neumann!
This is agent Elias.
Soph, I'm in a bit of a jam.
You, Kurt?
Ridiculous, right?
But can you talk to the director
for me?
Technically I might have exceeded my
jurisdictional something something
By technically,
do you mean illegally?
Yeah, not if you consider
the spirit of the law.
Which I don't, and the judges don't.
And the director really won't.
I'll talk to him.
I mean, it's not like you caused an
international incident. Right, Kurt?
Soph, I'm sorry to put you
in this spot.
Not at all, after all the valuable
lessons you've taught me.
I have? Really?
Now I'll know what to expect
when I have a clueless,
helpless, spoilt little baby
of my own.
Soph? Sophia? Hello?
Dr Grace?
Malu! You okay?
Peter and Vincent are with us.
-With you? Where?
-At the cobalt mine.
In Juju Province with Djamba.
One is very sick. Very sick!
-Can you show me?
-Yes, I'll take you.
But we must go now.
Now? At night?
It's better at night.
All the fighters are drunk.
And if you know the way,
it's much safer.
Okay.
Hey.
Lady? Eh
Come, let's sing for him.
-Sing for him.
-I don't sing.
I don't know the words.
My guess is they'll move along
this river until here.
Cross this highway
into this village
Snoring like a Russian circus bear.
Let him be. He did good today.
You know, we could still
Kaboosh!
I know where they are.
Peter and Vincent.
They're at Malu's mine.
She's taking me there tonight.
-Not without us.
-You okay, Doc?
-Yeah.
-You're looking shaky.
It's the I'll sleep on the way.
It's just
I think it's something I ate.
You haven't eaten anything.
Not since we got back anyway.
Okay.
I need you to ask Paul to come here.
But only in a containment suit.
It's just a precaution.
You need to go. Both of you, now.
-And take him as well.
-Maybe we could just
Oh, yeah.
Good morning.
Your ancestors had mercy on you.
They pulled you back from the dark.
Here, try this.
The darkness couldn't have been worse
than that.
Your friends will be happy
to see you.
My friends?
Hey! Look at you, you're alive.
It's good.
-Saved me the trouble of burying you.
-Yeah. Whose truck?
It's ours now.
Kolo requisitioned it. She didn't say
where it came from. I didn't ask.
-Kolo's here?
-Yeah.
What about Tate, and what's his name?
-Zak.
-Yeah.
They're on patrol somewhere
out past the mine.
If they don't get here soon,
we have to leave without them.
Did Grace come back with them?
-What's wrong?
-Grace is sick.
-What?
-Dr Feza has her in isolation
until he figures out
what it is or isn't.
But The sooner we can
get her back to the clinic,
the sooner we can
get her out of here.
Saif?
How are you not dead?
Ooh! Nice!
Screw you!
So, Kolo, how cool was it
to fight pirates?
Huh, pirates.
More like dumb kids on speedboats
looking for a little bribe money.
Who told you she did that?
I looked her up on the web.
Both of you.
Oh. That's beyond creepy.
Had to make sure I wasn't hooked up
with amateurs.
Keep your brain in the game.
It's a legitimate concern.
Yeah. Wish we had done it.
Look, there's nothing cool about
riding shotgun in a container ship.
On the upside,
it's where I met this one.
Spent most of our time fighting off
the captain after he's had a few.
Hey, Kolo?
I feel I should tell you something.
Something I've been meaning
to tell you both. Well
I
Where are you going?
Bogeys?
I give up. Yes, Zak, bogeys. Okay?
Three pursuing one. One bogey first.
-Armed?
-Only the rear three.
Maybe they're hunting him, like a
"most dangerous type of game" thing?
Well, he's running like hell,
so who knows?
We'll let the lead guy go past.
Tate and I will seal him off.
Well, Zak, he appears to be unarmed.
If so, secure him
by any means necessary.
If he is armed,
be prepared to go heavy.
Copy?
She means heavy.
Come back! Come back here!
We could do with the backup there.
Where's the damn medic? Get him out!
They bolted. We're clear.
Hey, it's the guy from yesterday.
You know, the one in shock.
He still looks feverish. This guy is
having a time, isn't he?
Why do you think he was running?
I don't know, but let's find out.
So, this is their mine.
More of a homemade artisanal mine,
sort of.
-A homemade hole in the ground.
-Oh, it's more than that.
Much, much more.
Bonjour.
It's cobalt.
We use this in processing, alloys,
batteries, compound, everything.
We pay a fortune for this.
Doesn't look like much of that
trickles down here.
"The meek shall inherit the earth,
but not the mineral rights."
John Paul Getty said that.
Possibly, but not here.
We sell everything
we dig up ourselves.
We're too small, so mining companies
don't bother us.
Have mercy on me!
He was with Saif.
But he went rogue
and took off for here.
Bruhn's operators were running him
down when we came along.
Should I translate?
It's pretty obvious. Saif's on his
way. He's got Luther with him.
-Then let's get in a truck and go.
-We can't.
We can't. Yeah, we saved this guy,
but now they know where we are.
Probably they're sending everybody
they have now.
-Zak's right.
-Two words never before spoken.
The five of us alone on that road?
Not in daylight.
Wouldn't it be way more dangerous
at night?
Not if we hit Saif first.
A spoiler attack.
Put them back on their heels
for an hour.
Reduce their numbers.
Worked in Seven Samurai .
Well, it did.
We have to let the village know
what's coming.
I'll tell the elders.
Can they cut that guy a break
or something?
Tell me you nailed the guy anyway?
What happened to him?
Ran into an ambush. Never saw them.
But it was set up perfectly.
Think they were operatives?
I circled back. They were long gone.
-What do you think?
-Same as you.
It's a good sign.
How?
That man got away. He's warning
the mine that we are coming.
I don't give a damn
about your mine, Saif.
I need to find Swann
before he gets out of the hot zone.
Or I'm going to have to answer a lot
of awkward questions to my boss.
Forget Swann.
-He is long gone.
-No, he's not.
If the shooters in the reeds were
Corbo's, Swann must be at the mine.
Why else would they
be out patrolling?
We move to forward positions.
We hit them at dawn.
Let's go! Move it out!
Warlords like Saif have tried to
steel this mine from us for years.
Sir
Sir, this young man, Djamba,
led the ambush
that pushed them back.
They're annoyed. They're angry.
Today, he will return
to spill your blood.
And tomorrow,
he will steal your mine.
Africa is complicated, my friend.
-The Abofemi people are proud.
-Of course you are.
This is the day of the dead moon.
We knew it would come.
With respect, you have no idea
what you're up against.
If Saif is coming for blood,
blood is what he will get.
Please, let us show you
before you make your decision.
Hey, baby. How's the birthday boy?
I know.
I hate to miss another birthday.
I got him some cool things though.
No!
Nothing like video
Yeah, no video games.
I agree.
Way too dangerous.
I got him stuff he can play with.
No, baby. Nothing like a gun!
I was thinking about
something historical
Okay.
Listen, baby.
I'm gonna have to call you back.
Alright.
Hey, Marco! Fibs!
School must be out.
What a coincidence, huh?
Running into fellow professionals.
No coincidence, Trig.
Today is the luckiest day
of your life.
My wife lost her credit card?
Luther's ready to buy out
your contract with Corbo.
No, no. I mean, you don't poach
operators from other gigs.
Even Luther Bruhn knows that.
Trig, come on. It's just a trial.
A trial, huh?
You ever considered
that this is the trial?
Well, let's make it one.
Oh, we're playing dirty?
Okay.
Oh, Marco
Come on.
Go to sleep. Go to sleep.
Hey, baby. Oh, I was just watching
a performance.
It was great. Really great!
The mine is exposed to fire
on all sides.
We wouldn't be able to defend it
for very long.
We don't have the men or the weapons
to match Saif.
There's more than one way
to win a battle.
If you want to survive,
you need to give up this mine.
To surrender the mine to Saif? No.
-We are warriors!
-We are warriors!
Let's go.
Old people.
You know yourself, you know your
enemy, you need not fear 100 battles.
They made you read
Art of War in business school?
I read books.
You know, I never though that would
actually apply to an actual war.
Okay.
-What do we know about Luther Bruhn?
-Well, he's arrogant.
He's volatile.
He's got zero conscience.
He's a top tier killer.
Maybe in your world, but in mine,
he's just another hustler.
He's not as smart as he thinks he is.
-Which leads me to believe
-That he can be played.
Oh, yeah.
I have an idea. It's brilliant.
You're gonna hate it.
I love it already.
Come on.
-Hey.
-Hey. Where have you been?
I thought you bolted.
No such luck.
Vincent had an idea.
Terrible idea.
-Do you need anything?
-No, we're good to go.
The sooner the better.
Alright, listen.
When this is over, head straight
to Kinlasa. Don't come back.
Luther's gonna have
reaction teams ready to cut you off.
I wish I could say
it was a pleasure, but
Good luck!
Come on, we have work to do.
Listen, I
I really need to
tell you guys something.
I'm a
-I
-You're not the real Jez Zackery.
The real one is a PMC
who married your cousin.
You stole his identity when they
went on their honeymoon.
Because you thought it'd be cool
to do this job.
Close enough?
We can google too.
You guys are cool.
But the rest of it, not so much.
I'll give you this, "Not Zak",
you definitely pass the crazy test.
You will find a seat at the table.
Just not with us.
-Hammer or anvil?
-I'll take hammer.
One minute and out. Yeah?
Say yes.
Okay, killjoy. Yes.
Yellow smoke says I'm on my way out.
Red says I'm right behind you.
Let's bag some patriarchy.
Grenade!
Company! Cover!
Stop!
Cease fire!
We're being played!
Cease fire!
Stop, you idiots!
You're shooting each other!
There's two of them, god damn it!
Stop!
Cease fire!
Right on time.
Look, it's my ride.
Yeah, it stopped this time too.
Alright, get to the clinic.
Do not wait for me.
If you can get Grace out, do it!
Wait, it was already awkward
when Grace, you know
Okay Alright.
I'm trying to hate you,
but you make it tough.
That's the same thing my dad
used to say.
Hey, wait up!
Hey, guys. Jack "Hacksaw" Smith here.
Sick of staring at your cell phone?
Tired of the internet?
Want more out of your life?
Then you need to consider
a kick ass career as a PMC.
Private Military Contractor.
Also called "the professionals".
World travel, great pay,
and all the danger you can handle.
Do you know why? Do you know why?
Do you know why?
Because danger pays.
Jack, where is the E?
There's no E in "hiro".
The PMC academy,
where you learn all the skills and
Stop it, Jack!
of executive security, such as:
CPP. Close personal protection.
There you go.
Rescue hostage and recovery.
Thank you, Professionals,
for saving me.
And full contact self-defence.
And much, much more.
PMC academy. When you're ready,
we'll be waiting.
Drinks on Hacksaw!
Wait. What?
Now wait for the money
to roll in, bro!
So much for a dawn attack.
I don't think our allies
are having any fun.
What did I tell you? Huh?
Can you blame them?
Most are dirt farmers doing it
for the dough, just like our guys.
What about them?
Maybe a rousing pep talk?
We few, we happy few.
We band of brothers type thing.
Triple their danger pay.
Where is the romance in that?
Double.
Done.
Now bust some asses.
I'm in the mood for a fire fight.
That's romance?
From now on, no one is sleeping here!
Do you hear me?
Do you hear me?
-Is everyone out of the village?
-Everyone who isn't fighting.
Alright. And you walked them
through the plan?
I showed everybody the mines.
Believe me, they understand.
Alright.
If you're looking to get massacred,
you've found a good spot.
Why does a mercenary care
about our country?
Why did you come here?
To rescue a woman.
Saif took her prisoner.
-Do you love her?
-She's an acquaintance.
You came here to rescue
an acquaintance?
Love is complicated, my friend.
Looks like they found
our observation post.
Don't fire!
Our pickups are coming in!
Here they are!
Come on!
Fall back!
Fall back!
Fall back! Fall back to the village!
We keep going. Push them out
of the village into the scrubs.
Hey, trouble. What's up?
I swear, I'm being treated
like a slave right now.
I mean, they're acting
like we killed somebody.
We'd never do that.
Not without a good reason.
So, what are you doing?
Just working.
Something my partner needs done.
Can't he do it by himself?
Come be with me.
Jane, can I put you on mute
for one second?
I just want to finish this up.
Hurry.
Oh, I will.
Hi, it's Sophia Elias.
Remain on the line. The other caller
knows you are waiting.
Can I grab the director
for a quick chat?
I'm all yours, baby.
Forward! Go! Go! Now!
Up the flank! Get Corbo!
Swann can't be far behind.
Go now! Go!
Go!
Move forward!
Corbo!
I know you can hear me!
So, let's say we end
this senseless slaughter, huh?
I thought senseless slaughter
was your specialty.
We can talk about your terms
of surrender, if you want.
Terms are simple! Hand over Swann,
you get safe passage.
I think you got it backwards!
I was talking about your surrender!
Now, why would I want to surrender
to you?
Because we turned the village
into a minefield.
Oh, my god! What? Be careful!
Everybody hold their positions.
Mines! Mines everywhere.
Put your weapons down
and your hands up!
Or you can try to fight,
but what did you say
about senseless slaughter?
Luther!
-How is she?
-She's stable.
It's serious. She's fighting it.
It's fighting right back.
Hey, Grace is the strongest person
I know.
If I could beat this virus,
I'm sure she will too.
Don't talk. We're taking you
to the airport in Brazzaville.
In 24 hours, we're gonna be
in our house, in our bed.
You got all the time in the world
to get better.
I'm sorry. Both of you, I'm sorry.
I dragged you both into this,
and I know what you have done.
You don't owe me anything
except a fortune in medical bills.
That's good
Always keep things light.
-Three, two, one.
-Okay.
Three, two, good.
There you go.