Episode 2 Modus

This programme contains some strong language.

We're just trying to cover all the bases.

Whatever happened to that Swedish woman?

I haven't seen her in four years.

Good.

SHE BREATHES HEAVILY

Inger Johanne, open the door!

-Where is she?

-Where's who?

-My mom.

-Where is Madam President?

-SIREN BLARES

Let's go, in the car.

We have assigned you with a liaison officer.

Can I have him?

An underground tunnel.

You guys didn't know about this?

HELICOPTER WHIRS

RADIO CHATTER, SIRENS BLARE

WATER DRIPS

Why would a woman willingly come down here?

She must have been drugged...

..or the President is just stupid.

-So you're saying she's to blame for this?

-Blame?

Did I use that word?

Is the guilt eating you up?

Why would it be eating me up?

I lost my dignity, my house, my children, my wife...

..all thanks to your lies.

Maybe we can grab a cup of coffee when you got a moment.

Have a little talk.

Don't touch me.

You're forgetting what I taught you.

Letting your emotions get in the way.

SHE BANGS ON DOOR

Keep going, pretty soon you will have all but have destroyed

any of the biological evidence on the door.

Stop.

SHE BREATHES HEAVILY

Wow.

You're still beautiful.

Point the flashlight at the door.

Just point it at the goddamn door!

You haven't forgotten everything.

# Darkness

# So much darkness

# Once I knew what love was all about

# Inside me, mountain of shame

# Who is to blame?

# Still no replies, the ifs and buts

# Secrets and lies

# Don't wanna die. #

HELICOPTER WHIRS, SIRENS BLARE

Ah, good, you've already met. We should...

Yeah, we know each other from Washington.

I've got to go meet with my ambassador.

-We need to talk first.

-How about a cup of coffee?

-No.

OK.

Smell of coffee can be unpleasant when you're pregnant.

Congratulations, by the way.

Thank you.

I can find a soda water.

I...

I don't need coffee.

You need to brief us on the FBI's assessment of the threat level.

There's nothing terribly concrete, just some troubling indications

that are getting stronger and stronger.

Misogyny.

Hatred of women.

Helen Tyler challenged white male establishment.

The campaign was particularly vicious.

Yeah, but misogyny is not a uniquely male trait, is it?

It's definitely a theory we're working on.

PHONE VIBRATES

It's my ambassador.

I understand you're working on the task force, too.

I look forward to our collaboration, despite the awful circumstances.

And ours, I'm so glad you chose to accept.

Yeah, Lori, I'm on my way to the embassy.

SHE SIGHS

Out of consideration for the children,

we agree you never tell anyone about what happened.

APPLAUSE

Open Gate Two.

MUSIC: Piano Sonata No. 16 by Mozart

She's played the same sonata for over an hour.

She's scared, it calms her.

The doctor gave her something, but she hasn't...

Lori, just let her be.

What are these?

These arrived by private jet from the UK a half an hour ago.

It's a gift for Zoe.

From a friend in London.

Have the FBI been notified?

It was ordered online from a server in Dubai.

The trail ends there.

No name, nothing.

In a few hours, a special flight full of FBI agents is landing here.

-We'll see how that goes over.

-What do you mean?

The Swedes are very precious about their sovereignty.

We are guests in this country, remember that.

You said you thought there was an insider.

-Do you have any concrete suspicions?

-No.

The hatred towards her terrifies me.

I don't believe in God, so I couldn't very well thank him

in my prayers, but every night during that campaign,

lying in my bed, I was equally frightened

and thankful that she'd live through another day in what seemed like

an election from hell.

-Madam President is...

-ZOE STOPS PLAYING

..warm, beautiful, feminine and strong, but...

Nothing but.

But she's very good at fooling people.

At getting even her most bitter opponents to think

she's treating them with respect.

She is a politician.

What do you make of the President's personal ties to Sweden?

Is there anything there we don't know?

Such as?

Come on.

You can't tell me she's completely clean.

If there were anything to find out,

Fox News would have been all over it.

Does she have a past here?

You have known Helen a long time, do you honestly think that this woman,

who you and I admire and serve,

would willingly put the world in this situation?

Hey, Zoe.

Zoe.

You were playing beautifully.

DOOR CREAKS

INDISTINCT CHATTER

SHUTTER CLICKS

SHUTTERS CLICK

WATER RUNS AND DRIPS

SHUTTERS CLICK

BIRDS SQUAWK

-SUNDBERG:

-OK. Come here.

SHUTTER CLICKS

SHUTTER CLICKS

SHUTTER CLICKS

HELICOPTER WHIRS

TAP RUNS

TAP SWITCHES OFF

-ON SKYPE:

-Jennifer, do you have the file?

I need that.

-Here's the file, sir.

-Thanks.

-You're welcome, no problem.

In the window of time during which the President went missing,

there was no significant spike in activity,

either from ISIL or any other prominent jihadist groups.

And yet that is the only place that the FBI is focusing.

Yeah, I'm afraid so.

And what about Troy?

Blood red.

The President was last seen by Raja Cooper,

Secret Service, 23:15, Stockholm time.

Was there any unusual activity on the New York Stock Exchange

just before closing yesterday?

I'll get back to you.

PHONE VIBRATES

Yes, my friend?

-INGVAR:

-I'd like to meet with you in private,

as soon as possible.

Not a problem. I'm in my suite at the Grand.

No, meet me at the task force.

Sure thing.

Oh, husband, you are growing some balls.

-Hey.

-Hey.

-HE SIGHS

-Ah!

PHONE RINGS

JOURNALISTS SHOUT OVER EACH OTHER

PHONE VIBRATES

HELICOPTER WHIRS

RATTLING

DOOR SLAMS

So, you're saying one of our guys was monitoring from the container?

We're not saying anything. We just asked you to search

your internal database for a potential match

on the fingerprints we found.

Do you keep tabs on your people? Do you know where they were last night?

-Where they are now?

-They've been working round the clock,

some have been here for weeks, they are on leave.

Secret Service and the rest of Madam President's entourage

are all staying at the Grand Hotel.

The juice cartons were bought in a store just around the corner.

Every single one of these special agents on this state visit

takes this situation personally.

Deeply personally.

This happened on their watch.

PHONE BEEPS AND VIBRATES

Well, your conspiracy theory just got shot down.

No match on anyone across the entire Secret Service.

And what about the Americans who aren't Secret Service?

Sweden needs to own this.

You guys lost the American President.

The purse.

Her dresser, Roy, said the President never carries a purse.

What?! What the hell is it now?

That is a very keen observation, Inger Johanne.

The height, the body, the width across the hips.

What are you saying?

-INGER AND WARREN:

-That's not the President.

We were supposed to believe we saw the President this morning -

they had just used a stand-in with a passing resemblance.

Someone clearly wants us to look at the President's past.

OK.

-That's Hunter Russell.

-Who?

He's one of the President's most seasoned bodyguards.

He also protected Obama and Bush.

-What?

-Hunter usually avoids overseas duty,

he's very close to his family. There's...

..some kind of problem.

But he volunteered for this one.

He's been in Sweden the past two weeks leading up to the visit.

I...

actually did wonder about that.

PHONE VIBRATES

-DISTORTED VOICE:

-Where is Madam President?

You're not keeping your end of the bargain.

Neither have you.

You ought to think of your family.

You promised my family would be safe, but they're not.

They'll be safe when you tell me where she is.

Wrong order!

You get my family safe...

..then I'll tell you.

HE BREATHES HEAVILY

-HELEN TYLER:

-'You never know who you can trust.'

HE BREATHES HEAVILY

PHONE VIBRATES

Argh!

PHONE CONTINUES TO VIBRATE

I can't believe it.

Hunter Russell? No-one could have guessed that.

Yeah, who would have thought?

So what now? How do we track him? His cell's down.

We need to put some pressure on Hunter's wife.

How?

Deposit £5 million into Hunter's account.

That ought to get her to pick up the phone.

CREAKING

WIND CHIMES SOFTLY TINKLE

PHONE RINGS

PHONE RINGS

His wife is making the call.

-HUNTER:

-Hey, honey, where are you?

At home, we're still at home.

Still at home?

Goddammit!

Honey, we had a deal.

We said not to call until you're safe.

What do you mean, safe?

It doesn't matter. We need to hang up.

I packed up the whole house.

We've been waiting for hours.

What's going on over there?

-It's nothing.

-Nothing?

Ben just sent the craziest text.

Someone's deposited five million into our account.

What?

Tell the bank to reject it.

It's not our money.

It's a trap.

-A what?

-For me.

CHILDREN LAUGH

-I fucked up.

-What do you mean?

-I'm sorry, baby.

-Hunter?

-HANG UP TONE

-Hunter, talk to me. Hunter?

Oh, God.

Send me the coordinates of Hunter's cell.

-Already done.

-PHONE BEEPS

Good.

HE BREATHES HEAVILY

CAR UNLOCKS

JOURNALISTS SHOUT OVER EACH OTHER

PHONE BEEPS

-HUNTER'S WIFE:

-Hunter, are you involved in the disappearance

of the President?

Oh, God!

WIND CHIMES SOFTLY TINKLE

Hunter?

It's Warren.

Come out.

GUNSHOT

You...!

MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS

Empty.

Fucking asshole.

Suicide by cop.

Has he hidden her here in the house?

BANGING DOWNSTAIRS

BANGING CONTINUES

HE SIGHS

Is she not here?

No.

I shot the guy who knows where my President is.

The one guy who knows...

..I shoot dead.

HELICOPTER WHIRS

Has Inger Johanne ever told you really how we know each other?

Why you didn't shoot him in the knee or else somewhere, Warren,

so that he could tell us what he's done with my wife -

I just don't get that.

Can I come in?