The Fixer (2008) s02e03 Episode Script

in Helmand& And the truth They were murdered by a heroin trafficker for trying to wreck his crop.
Sorry.
Afghanistan's a little off my patch We're certain that he's British and operates from the UK.
We need to deal with him.
Can't do anything public.
Can't let the muesli brigade get hold of this.
And the only way that these boys get justice is if you step up to the penalty spot.
The answer's still no.
You're MI6 - you deal with it.
Don't you think you owe me? For Mercer disobeying my request in prison.
You know, it's a strange thing that some debts bother me less than others.
Lenlet me put this another way Bowland is gone and a lot of people never accepted the need for a deniable unit.
They've been waiting for something like this to happen and they can't wait to take you down.
So unless you are willing to win a few new friends .
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your future is looking very brief.
(ROAR OF FIGHTER PLANES) Hold tight for the rewind! (DANCE MUSIC PUMPS) Turn the music down, Calum! Down?! I'm in the middle of a mix, mate! I'm on a musical voyage.
I'm going out to the edge of the (STYLUS SCRAPES ACROSS RECORD) You can't prove it was me.
Open your mouth.
You're overreacting, John.
Stop eating my stuff! Girls, girls Final warning.
You need to find an outlet for that anger, mate.
Perhaps this'll help.
His name's Gideon Stone.
Until recently, nobody knew anything about him.
Rumours were starting, though, about a new Mr Big in the drugs trade.
Then three months ago, he turns up in Afghanistan, having reinvented himself as the biggest wholesaler in the UK heroin market.
Now there's this.
Stone's different.
He handles everything.
From the poppy crop through to transport trucks .
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right down to the Turkish dealers in London.
His number one is Hakan Celil.
(GUNSHOT) He made this two weeks ago and sent it to army intelligence as a warning to leave his operation alone.
Tell me we're not going to touch this.
Times are tricky, Rose.
Vultures are circling.
We need allies.
But we don't need to be doing dirty work for some jumped-up public schoolboy.
This time we do.
You're the one who said you wouldn't touch Symmonds with a barge pole.
And I wouldn't.
But whoever Gideon Stone is, I'm very keen to meet him.
(SIREN) That's him.
He's the one running Stone's distribution? Yeah.
Hakan.
You think you can handle it? Of course.
Well, if you're not out in five minutes, I'm coming in.
(BEEPING) (RINGS) JOHN: Calum's in.
As soon as you getting sighting of Stone, call.
And do I have final orders of what to do if we find him? Just follow and observe.
Just watch him, John.
Nothing else.
We need to know how he operates.
Boys What can I do for you, Calum? Responsibilities, Hakan.
My John Travolta days are over.
From now on it's about going out there and showing I can provide.
Sources tell me you're the man with the product everybody wants.
Maybe.
Why the hell would I do business with you? Easy, lads.
You'd better take a seat.
(CAR DOOR OPENS) Now let's see if he meets with Stone.
ROSE: What was it Bowland said about Symmonds? Beware of admirers? Hold your nerve, Rose.
Mercer knows what he's doing.
(SEAGULLS CRY) He was in my regiment.
The first one of us to get his stripes.
Wrote to me in prison once.
John This better be good.
That's only half of what they want.
Who's they? This kid called Calum.
Thinks he's a player.
I think we can milk him.
So he just walked in and dumped the money on your desk.
Yeah.
Right.
You sure you weren't followed? Absolutely.
Get the other half and we've got a deal.
That's him.
That's Stone.
What are you doing? I'm gonna take him out.
We're supposed to be watching them.
The plan has changed.
You haven't got a sniper rifle.
Then I'd better get closer, hadn't I? John! (GUNSHOT) (CLANG OF METAL) Wait here.
(CLANG) (John!) (GUNSHOT RICOCHETS) Who sent you? Three dead soldiers.
Whoever Stone is, he's had military training.
What are you going to say to Lenny and Rose? Symmonds is lying.
Stone's more than just a dealer.
Soldier! John! John! John Shit! John! Come on, come on.
Got to get you in.
It's all right, mate! We're nearly there! Stay with me, mate! Get him in.
We need to get him to hospital.
Just get him in.
(GROANS) John, can you walk? Can you walk? Rose! (DOOR OPENS) Calum? Get her out of here! What's happened? Just go, babe, please! OK.
Careful.
He needs a hospital, Lenny.
Doctor's coming here.
Lie down.
We can't just fix him up here! The doctor's coming here! (DOOR BUZZER) (SCREAMS WITH PAIN) Hi.
I know, I know.
Just Just see what you can do.
OK.
(SNIFFS) Calum Calum, get cleaned up.
It's all right, John.
It's all right now.
You're in safe hands.
So what the hell was she doing here? It gets hectic up there.
I gave her a key.
Well, you go round there and you tell her she saw nothing.
Make sure he tries everything before he leaves.
(DOOR OPENS) How is he? 9mm rounds.
I saw a lot of these in the army.
These came out easily enough.
But the third one is lodged in his brachial plexus.
It's a vital nerve centre.
Operating under these conditions, I'd risk paralysing him completely.
So what if we took him to hospital? They might have been able to do something if you'd taken him there immediately.
The bullet will either work itself out or it won't.
And if it doesn't? He'll lose his arm or he'll die of an infection.
I'll see myself out.
Come to pay your respects? I've come for answers.
About what? Gideon Stone.
According to you, a complete unknown, but according to us, a trained army professional.
I'm sorry, Lenny.
You don't seem to be on the same page.
All right, why don't I walk over there and tell Tommy Clifton's mother who really killed him? All right, why don't I walk over there and tell Tommy Clifton's mother who really killed him? And that I'm the man you've hired to deal with it? It'd be worth it just to wipe that smug grin off your face.
Gideon Stone is ex-SAS.
I gathered that much.
This stuff is classified, Lenny - I didn't have to tell you any of it.
Apparently he was tasked to the MI6 in Afghanistan to help co-ordinate local opposition to the Taliban.
God knows who was running him but they had no idea how cosy he'd got with the poppy growers.
Three months ago, he deserted and turned to trafficking.
And your solution was to tell me some sob story about British soldiers not getting justice? And your solution was to tell me some sob story about British soldiers not getting justice? All that is true.
Look, unless someone does deal with him, more soldiers are going to get killed on his fields and more of his cheap smack will flood into London.
OK, I've thrown you a curve ball.
But unless you send it into the stands Stone will wreak havoc that'll make this .
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look like a garden fete.
JOHN: How long have I been sleeping? Days.
I'm sick of doing your shift on the cleaning rota.
Eugh! It's fine, it's fine - I'll deal with it.
I know what you're going to say, Lenny.
Oh, do you, do you? Good, because if you ever disobey me again, then I shall tell Calum not to bother bringing you back! Lenny! The only mistake I made was not getting the first shot.
John, you've got to take it easy.
You've still got a bullet in your shoulder.
What? Well, why didn't you get me to hospital? Because in case you've forgotten, we don't exist.
Doctors report gunshot wounds.
So the bullet stays in until it comes out or I die of gangrene? I'd have more sympathy for you if you hadn't brought it upon yourself.
As it is, we're gonna have to pick up the slack to get the scumbag.
That's why you two are going after her: Talia Jade, Stone's wife.
Symmonds is lying to us.
Get into Stone's house and find out what's really going on.
(LAUGHS) I bet they didn't teach you that in cop school.
Now for my party trick.
He's just lying there, brooding.
So anything you can do to get him out of bed, do.
Perfect.
(RADIO ON) (RADIO OFF) What are you doing? Mind over matter.
If you can put a pair of these on, you can work that bullet out your shoulder.
They'd love you on the NHS.
Come onyou can do this.
Let me see if I can help you.
This is agony for you, isn't it? What? The Florence Nightingale routine.
I can be nurturing, when I want to be.
When Stone fired those bullets, I thought that was it.
Yeah, but it wasn't.
You're still here.
And we need you.
It's always 'we', isn't it? Yeah.
LennyCalum .
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me.
(MOBILE PHONE RINGS) Rose? Talia's phone.
Hello? You took my bag! Yeah, because you shut my bag in your locker! Well, then why haven't you called the golf club? Because I didn't realise it was yours till I was halfway home! I'm calling the police unless my bag is here within 20 minutes.
OK, calm down! I'm still at the golf club.
When I see my bag arrive in a cab, I'll send yours back.
Fine! Talia wants me to put her bag in a cab to the golf club.
That gives us what, a couple of hours? OK.
That key ready? Work of art.
I'll be back as soon as I can.
CALUM: Don't worry, John.
Mr Howdy'll look after you.
'But he's scary!' Don't worry, Mr Howdy.
He's a big pussycat, really.
Calum! I'll try and bring you some grapes back.
See you! I've opened the middle gate for you.
Here's the key to the house and I've deactivated the alarm.
Keep watch.
(MOBILE PHONE RINGS) Stone's just turned up.
You'd better get out of there now.
Come on.
Rose is inside, I've just seen Stone turn up.
What are we gonna do? All you have to do is distract him long enough to give her a chance.
OK.
(DOOR BUZZER PRESSED REPEATEDLY) What do you want? I'm a friend of Hakan's.
I have some information about the people who attacked you down at the docks.
He thinks you should see it.
(BUZZER) Quick! He's coming! Quick! Get down! What have you got? Had a look on the way down, but it all seems to be password-protected.
If you give me a couple of minutes, I should be able to crack it.
Are you OK? What, because you weren't there to save me? I've been looking after myself for years before you came along.
Anything else? This thing is bigger - way bigger than we've been told.
Stone's got totally legit cover.
As what? A caviar trader, exporting through Syria and Turkey.
A new shipment of caviar docked at Tilbury yesterday.
That'll be his next drug delivery.
From what I saw, he's been bringing heroin into this country for years, not months.
Without any help? Maybe.
Maybe not.
A diplomatic visa to Afghanistan.
Who do we know that could easily have got that for him? Genius! First three letters of the eldest child's name and last three of the youngest child's name.
Soldiers - so soppy.
Symmonds told me he'd never worked with Stone personally.
ROSE: Let's have a look at his emails.
He was lying about that too.
Last one dated just a week ago.
It's about the dead soldiers.
Symmonds is bollocking Stone for wrecking their operation.
Symmonds is bollocking Stone for wrecking their operation.
He's insisting he closes all accounts before anyone traces it back to him.
We were never avenging those boys.
We were just helping Symmonds cover his own arse.
(SIREN) You should have called me, Lenny.
You know, call me old-fashioned, but when it comes to traffickers, I like to shut them down - not help them build their business.
It was 360-degree thinking.
The government destroyed my budget but I knew that Stone's work against the Taliban was crucial.
The government destroyed my budget but I knew that Stone's work against the Taliban was crucial.
So you encouraged him to use his poppy contacts to fund it? And I don't have to apologise to you for it.
You know, I thought I'd seen the worst of what you management types could offer, but you're a whole new breed of bureaucratic pond life.
I don't expect you to understand.
After all, I'm not fingering small-time crooks.
I was trying to change the direction of the war.
No, you were looking for promotion.
You don't bother me again because if you do .
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I will not hesitate to show your bosses every word I found on Stone's laptop.
I need that laptop, Lenny.
Or what? You gonna blackball me from the club? You still don't get it, do you? You still think that I'm your biggest problem.
But I've worked with Stone and I know how ruthless he is.
I see you've lost none of your charm.
A token of recognition.
Of all that you've done for us.
You want me to disappear? I think that would be in both our interests.
Have you ever seen a ten-year-old girl get her hands blown off, trying to pull her brother from the wreckage of a school? A school you guided bombers to, because the officer you worked for insisted it was a Taliban hideout? It's a war.
Mistakes happen.
I was an SAS officer and you made me do that.
You made me fund that with drug money.
And I do what I do now because nothing can make me feel that dirty again.
Gideon And once I've killed your errand boys .
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I'm gonna come back and kill you.
Take care, Symmonds.
Tell them to get lost.
I know where they live, OK? I've got their address.
I promise you I promise you they will never bother you again.
You know, I trusted you, Hakan.
But you put my family in danger and jeopardised everything I'd worked for.
(CHOKES) (NECK BREAKS) I haven't seen her since that day we brought you back.
Go on.
Manuela! Where's my laptop?! I was like you once.
So desperate to be the good soldier.
Now you're just a deserter who kills his own.
They're using you.
They're always using you! And you'll die cos you can't see that.
Argh! Now, give me back my laptop! Why? So you can kill more British soldiers? You would know, would you? You've seen how Symmonds treats us? Nobody made you kill those boys.
Do you know how many men I lost in operations? For what? A war nobody cares about.
Pay that wouldn't even keep a dog.
I'm just taking back what I deserve.
Leave him alone! I want my laptop back within 24 hours.
Or you'll all be dead.
I was like a rag doll.
The only reason I'm alive is because he likes humiliating me.
He told us to bring the laptop.
And that's when you can take him.
Take him with what, Calum? Without my arm, I'm useless.
It's like being a Jedi.
Right hand, left hand - it won't matter.
You just gotta let the force guide you and you'll see.
(BULLETS RICOCHET) John John! CALUM: It's like that time I broke my right hand.
It took weeks before I could roll a spliff again.
There is another way.
Because Stone's not afraid of you, we can use it.
You want me to be some kind of decoy? No I'm asking you to put your pride aside and work for the team.
No, forget it.
I do what I do and that's it.
Stone's going to come after us, whether you like it or not.
Now, if we can lure him in and let someone else have a shot, it's gotta be worth a try hasn't it? What?! Now, if we can lure him in and let someone else have a shot, it's gotta be worth a try hasn't it? What?! Nothing matters to you, does it? NOTHING! Look at me! Nothing matters except protecting your precious little kingdom! I'm not the one who disobeyed orders and then failed to kill him.
No, but you are the one who got us into this.
So I'm responsible for your lack of control? The only reason why I saw that footage - in fact, the only reason I was down at the docks, is so that you could get Symmonds off your back! No! No, because I thought we had something.
Something we all wanted to protect.
Obviously, I was wrong.
You think he's right, don't you? What are you doing? It's coming out.
(CRIES IN AGONY) Call Rose and Lenny.
(BEEP) If Stone wants his laptop back, he can have it.
Open your coats.
Show me the laptop.
Open it.
You think it hadn't occurred to me that you could wire it up? Now open it, or I'll kill him.
Open it, Calum.
Show him it's all right.
That's funny - you seem reluctant.
(CLANG) Shoot him with your left hand - you could have killed me! Ssh! Calum! Right, back off! What you've got to realise, is that whatever you try, I'll always be one step ahead.
Forget it, soldier.
Your shooting days are over.
Now, be a good boy and put the gun down.
Listen to him John, please! Do it now! John! I'm warning you! John, listen to him! Drop the gun or I kill him! Please, John - listen to him! You're gonna kill me! Don't do it, please! Just listen (GASPS) I for one can honestly say (MOBILE PHONE RINGS) I never doubted you.
Hello.
So we tipped off the police.
They picked up Talia trying to get on a private jet at City.
That's good.
I need to go.
My moment has arrived.
(LAUGHS) Oh, John Mercer's back! She wants you.
Shut up, Calum.
She wants you! Well I think it's fair to say your unit played a blinder.
Mm.
You wanted this.
Thank you, Lenny.
I want to make sure our business is settled.
After this, nobody owes anyone anything.
Well, it's not how I'd like it.
I think there's a great match between your skill set and mine.
But if that's what you really want.
It's not going to blow up when I open it, is it? Sadly not.
(LAUGHS) Don't forget our deal, Matty.
Three dead girls are down to that man.
I know it was him.
Do you really think I'm guilty? He could have stuck a knife in you, Rose! I am doing a job! And I'm sick of you judging me for it! So go home and polish your gun or whatever it is that you do! He's not in his hotel, Rose still isn't answering her phone.
I mean, who ARE you, eh? Do you ever stop lying?!