Episode 3 Modus

This programme contains some strong language

Where is Madam President?

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

all thanks to your lies.

We agree you never tell anyone about what happened.

Was there any unusual activity on the New York Stock Exchange

just before closing yesterday?

That's Hunter Russell.

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

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

-It's a trap.

-A what?

Send me the coordinates of Hunter's cell.

GUNSHOT

I shot the guy who knows where my president is.

DOG BARKS

POLICE RADIO CHATTER

Little piece of shit.

Ingvar?

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

No. Why?

Why would she?

Careful, sir.

# Darkness

# So much darkness

# Once I knew what love was all about

# Inside me

# A mountain of shame

# Who is to blame?

# Still no replies

# The ifs and whys

# Secrets and lies

# Don't wanna die. #

SEVERAL NEWS REPORTS PLAY AT ONCE

Mr Vice President?

Yes, yes. Hello.

Yes, it's awful.

Absolutely awful. I don't know...

Yes, indeed, it's awful, yes. I totally agree with you.

I can assure you we're putting every effort we have into this.

We'll be in touch, Mr Secretary.

Of course, sir.

Yes. Bye-bye. Bye.

I already admitted to firing the gun.

It's common knowledge that if I'm the shooter,

the back of my hand will test positive for gunshot residue.

The palm won't.

Remove your hand.

What your analysis won't tell you, however,

is whether my firing of it was an act of aggression or self-defence.

We're done.

Already?

RUSTLING

ROTOR BLADE WHIRS

RADIO CHATTER

The First Gentleman, Dale Tyler.

Hey. Welcome.

How is Zoe taking this whole mess?

Very impressively. She's strong.

She's Helen's daughter.

Did Mom seem worried or particularly stressed before she was...

No.

She joked about my being Cinderella.

I mean, maybe she was stressed.

She would do that thing she does, you know -

closing her eyes real tight,

just before she gets a migraine.

Are those from Muntasir?

Yeah, he said to call if we need anything.

You spoke with him?

-Of course. I called to thank him.

-You listen to me.

You do not speak with anyone without clearing it with me first.

Do you understand?

I understand.

Come here.

PAPER IS SNIPPED

SCHIFFORD: Did Inger Johanne really tell you how we knew each other?

Did Inger Johanne really tell you how we knew each other?

Can I come in?

Does it bother you that I'm half-naked?

I assume you're not here to debrief me.

How are you feeling?

What, are you going to give me a psych evaluation?

How miserable and desperate should I be, do you think?

I'm actually here to give you an apology.

Well, I'll be!

An apology!

You could just accept it.

I assume you're also going to apologise to my four children?

Especially Elliott, who, like Stina,

doesn't handle big changes that well,

and to my now ex-wife.

Did you hear she's moved to London to stop me from seeing the children?

Or what about the Research Council, where you had me discredited?

I'm talking about an apology

for still letting my emotions get the better of me.

Isn't that what you said this morning?

We're in the middle of a crisis that's about to blow up

and become global.

We need to be professional and work together.

So I'm sorry if I've created a toxic environment.

Apology accepted.

Oh, that is a beautiful pendant. Did Ingvar give that to you?

KNOCK AT DOOR

Come in.

Excuse me. I was told I could find you here, Miss Vik.

Find it!

Normally, the relationship between the Secret Service

and the FBI is airtight, but I should warn you,

Warren Schifford has a certain reputation when it comes to women.

His reputation precedes him and I can resist.

You said you had a file on Hunter?

Yeah, I put together different kinds of intel so you can get

a full impression of him from when he was a child, young man, etc.

Great.

Thanks, Peter. So, this is Hunter's room,

a bit less ostentatious.

Could I take pictures of the bags?

It must have come as a total shock for you...

-CAMERA CLICKS

-..being betrayed by one of your own.

You wrote in the morning report that you believed

that Hunter was acting on orders from the President -

that Helen Tyler had asked him to get her out of there.

Hunter was a model agent.

He's been close to the President ever since she took office.

But something went wrong. He had no choice but to get himself killed.

That's what I wrote, yeah.

And now you're not sure?

Does it have something to do with his family?

It didn't raise any red flags at the time, but in the light of this...

His kids were abducted - twice in the last year.

On both occasions, they were found before the alarm was raised.

-And who was behind the abductions?

-We don't know.

But with hindsight, the message seems pretty clear.

"Hunter Russell, do as you're told or your children die."

Excuse me. Sir.

I am Bo Sundberg.

I am the senior ranking police officer at the airport.

I need you to form a line.

Put your weapons here on the table and you'll get a receipt.

Our arrival's already been cleared by Swedish authorities.

We are the Swedish authorities. You have papers for the guns?

-Papers?

-No papers, no guns.

Er, miss?

No phones.

So, let's form a line and get this over with.

-Officer...?

-Sundberg.

Now, there's been a lot of failures here, Officer.

Mm-hmm.

We are supposed to be picked up by our US counterparts on arrival

and they're not here and now we're in this hangar,

we're talking to you about our guns.

This is embarrassing.

It's forbidden to bring firearms into my country

without proper clearance.

Please, form a line.

There's going to be serious consequences for this.

I'm just doing my job, sir.

DOOR OPENS

I'm Agent Max Cain, FBI.

We're here to collect the body of Hunter Russell

and we're taking him back to Washington.

The requisition has been approved.

Just doing my job, ma'am.

And his phone.

This is strictly confidential.

Thank you.

KNOCK AT DOOR

Yes, this is Ambassador Reed.

I'm calling to see if there's any new information.

Yes, the First Gentleman is here.

Hunter Russell.

I've never spoken to the man.

There were so many people looking after us.

Why he should turn out to be the traitor, I have no idea.

Suicide by cop.

That must have been unpleasant.

But why you didn't shoot him in the knee or, hell, somewhere, Warren,

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

I just don't get that.

Sir, I have asked myself that very same question.

-You served in Iraq.

-Yeah, and Afghanistan.

Well, then you know the meaning of the term "fubar".

Fucked up beyond any repair.

What do you think has happened to Helen?

Well...

..what I think goes against the general consensus of the FBI.

Your wife disappeared shortly after

the New York Stock Exchange closed Friday.

-And?

-Just before the closing bell,

one player purchased huge quantities of gold and commodities.

-Someone looking for a safe haven.

-Right.

When I say huge, we're talking billions.

-Have we identified the player?

-Not yet.

Could be a coincidence.

Yeah.

But...

..if we don't find your wife soon and this chaos continues,

said player stands to become jawdroppingly rich

when Wall Street opens Monday.

-Dad? Are you ready to go running?

-Yeah, baby.

But just inside the compound.

Have a good run.

Dad, is something wrong? Are you OK?

Dad, who was that?

No idea.

RINGING TONE THROUGH LAPTOP

-Hello, Mrs Russell.

-Hello.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Are you OK to talk?

As I wrote, I'm trying to create a profile on your husband.

I don't know if I know anything you don't already know.

I thought I knew everything.

Hunter came to Stockholm 16 days prior to the President's visit.

Did he mention any places that he'd visited?

The only thing he said was Sweden sometimes resembles

the countryside over here.

He'd seen a man in a cowboy hat sitting on the hood

of his Chevy C10, sharing an ice cream with his shepherd.

His what?

-His dog.

-OK.

It was close to a place he said reminded him of his childhood home.

What did his childhood home look like? Do you know?

They moved out of there before we met.

It was repossessed.

-What part of the States?

-Minnesota.

-Minnesota.

I'm going to ask you about something else.

Your boys, they were taken at one point. How did your husband react?

How did he take it?

If you take someone's kids, that's like killing.

To take children from their parents...

DOOR OPENS

Hello? No! What are you doing?

STOP!

SLAM

INCOMING TEXT ALERT

Don't you see? This is exactly what he wants.

-He?

-Everything points to a single individual being behind all this.

I think someone's trying to direct our attention

towards your time here in Sweden.

-What do you mean?

-To the President's past. To your past.

Would you like me to tell Ingvar?

No, thanks.

You're welcome.