Transsiberian

This programme contains strong language

HORN BLASTS

FLIES BUZZ

Yes, probably.

'Ours is not a grey world.

'Under the bright light of truth, it's a world of clear contrasts.'

Black-and-white, good and evil, right and wrong.

There is always a choice.

But with faith, choice is an easy one.

What our church has done here,

what YOU have done here, over the past two weeks

is clearly right, undeniably good.

APPLAUSE

Just look at Jessie's photographs.

You tell me, is it not in the smiling face of a child

that we find the true wonder of God's grace?

APPLAUSE

So, tomorrow,

as we set off on our long journeys back home...

Sure you don't want to fly? It's not too late.

'Now I think it's time to reflect on this final thought.

'When you find yourself in the darkness of despair,

'when you're struggling to get back into the clear light of God's truth,

'remember what you learned here, about the simple power of compassion.

'When you light a lamp for someone else,

'you brighten your own path too.'

Honey, come on, let's go.

Hey there, little snoop. Shit, Roy.

I'm sorry. Just wanted to see if you wanted to get some...

shashlik and galupsi.

Galupsi? What's that?

Oh, wait.

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

That toilet's not working.

Excuse me.

Let me take care of this.

Uh, dobryj vyechyer, ma'am.

Er...

T, toilet...

Toileten?

No, no. She thinks I meant tea. No, ma'am.

Toilet.

Toileten. SHE SPEAKS ANGRILY IN RUSSIAN

SHE CHUCKLES

..And I'll have a beer

and the missus... Coke. ..will have a Coke.

Thanks. Thank you.

Is it necessary to smoke while we're eating?

We're not eating yet, Roy.

It affects my appetite when you... Well, I'll blow it this way.

Just blow it... HE SPEAKS RUSSIAN

They like to search between stations

so the rats cannot jump ship.

The rats?

Drug-dealers.

Oh.

Hey there, little fella. DOG BARKS

SPEAKS RUSSIAN

Did he scare you, sweetie?

Not really.

Best not to tangle with the police in China

and Russia.

Especially in Russia.

I know a man who was detained in Borovsk for 28 days

because his name had been misspelt on the visa.

They demanded 5,000 US.

Of course he refused to pay, out of principle.

What happened?

He paid.

With two toes from his right foot.

You mean...the police...?

Oui, monsieur, the police.

My compliments.

Bon voyage and good luck.

He was just putting us on.

No, I'm telling you, that's how it is.

It's like the Wild, Wild East out here.

Shit, there she is.

SHE GIGGLES

Bonsoir, mademoiselle.

RADIO PLAYS TINNY POP MUSIC

Oh, God, no.

How do you turn it off? I don't know.

Ask the bitch. Let's just make do.

# Think of me, babe, whenever

# Some sweet-talkin' girl comes along

# Singin' a song

# Don't mess around

# You just gotta be strong

# Just stop, cos I really love you

# Stop, I'll be thinking of you... #

MUSIC CONTINUES ON RADIO

You're drunk. No, I'm not.

Yes, you are.

So what?

Hey, no, no. SHE LAUGHS

I want you.

Oh, Roy, Roy, Roy.

Wait, wait. What?

I don't know where they are.

Are they in your wallet?

I just thought maybe this once we could leave it to fate.

Not this again.

Not now. Come on.

For Pete's sake.

It's OK.

I love you, Jess.

MALE VOICE SPEAKS SPANISH

Shh, Carlos, she's sleeping.

OK.

MUFFLED SPANISH

SHE CLEARS HER THROAT

Hello.

Hello.

Oh!

HE CHUCKLES

Sorry.

Oh great, you're up, honey.

This is Carlos and...

Oh, boy.

Abby. That's right. Abby.

Carlos and Abby, my wife, Jessie Nasser. Here you go.

So, where are we?

We just crossed the border in Zabaykalsk.

We're in Russia, Siberia.

First time for you?

Mm-hm.

Oh.

Here we go, they're changing the bogie.

Grab the camera - this is great!

Roy enjoys his trains, no?

Just a little, yeah.

I'll...

let you get dressed.

..they even change the gauge.

It's interesting what the Chinese and what the Russians do.

They made their tracks narrower.

You know, the Russian gauge 5.6 feet,

which is three inches wider than the Chinese,

so these Chinese wheels gotta go.

Where'd they come from?

Some machine tool factory in Moscow, I suppose.

No, them. Our new cabin-mates. Oh.

He said that they were teaching in Japan.

English and maybe some Spanish.

Honey, get a shot of that - they're raising the train.

Get a shot.

You know what, I suppose they keep the bogies over there.

I wonder how they get them onto that track, then under.

You know what, it's just amazing...

Hey. Our new friends.

Sit.

Thanks. Come on over.

We are going to get some vodka. ROY CHUCKLES

So, how was Customs?

Jeez, you know, they really gave us a bit of a hard time, Carlos.

What? You two?

No way. Yeah.

They were suspicious of our passports. What?

May I see them, please? Sure.

OK.

This is why, Roy. Look.

They are brand-new. A new passport is easy to forge.

There are fewer stamps and visas to copy. Hold on.

Those are the real McCoy. We just got those.

Hold on, let me show you mine.

This is the real McCoy.

Oh. See? Well used. Yeah.

They are not accustomed to seeing new passports.

What's Canada like?

Let me tell you the secret to getting through Customs

and across borders.

HE SPEAKS SPANISH

Don't stand out.

You think it's obvious that we're Americans?

THEY LAUGH

No... She definitely looks American.

So, you've done this trip before?

Si. Train is cheaper than plane.

I don't like the cold, but... HE SPEAKS SPANISH

Huh?

The colder the better, no?

Si.

If she loves cold, she'd love Iowa cos it gets cold there.

Here they are.

Hey, do you think maybe it's a little early to...?

Early. You know... Roy, it's late.

It's 3am. Trains run on Moscow time.

We have much catching-up to do.

Not for me.

No? No.

But it'll melt the ice inside you.

ROY LAUGHS

Can I please bum one of those?

Melt the ice!

Cheers.

Na zdorovye!

He's got it. Hey, hey.

Na zdorovye. MEN: Na zdorovye!

Where are you from?

Nowhere really. Seattle.

So, you've been teaching English in Japan?

How was it?

It was all right.

I prefer South-East Asia.

I guess you've been travelling a long time.

About two years.

You ever miss home?

I never really had much of a home to miss.

Never thought about getting off the road?

You know, plant a root?

So, you were helping kids in China?

Yes, yeah.

Roy's church, our church, has a programme.

It's like a sister city thing.

That's nice.

It was nice.

It was a lot of work, but it felt good, you know?

I've never done anything like that before.

Like what?

You know...

lending a helping hand.

Helping someone who's down.

Roy's real good like that. He's good with people.

Da, da, da...!

He seems like he would be.

Oh, God.

SINGING AND FOLK MUSIC

LIVELY CHATTER

Look at this.

ROY GROANS

A tiger attack him.

JESSIE SQUEALS, LAUGHTER

There are tigers in Russia?

A lot of Siberian tigers. You can't see them.

Tony the Tiger attack me.

LAUGHTER

Hey, look at this.

A deer attacked me.

A deer?

Yeah, a John Deere power mower.

LAUGHTER

Gulag?

What did he do?

Wrote poetry.

Do Gulags still exist?

No, but once in Siberia were many Gulag.

If you want truth about America, you take a book.

You want truth about Russia, take shovel.

They are all buried here - scientists, priests, poets.

There is no God and there is no Siberia.

Oil! There is oil!

Oil! ALL TOAST

And you? A little poison for you?

I don't drink. Are you sure?

She's sure, Carlos.

That poison will kill you faster.

Thank you, Carlos.

I try and I try, but that is the one bad habit of hers

that I haven't been able to change.

Yet.

Kill off all my demons, Roy,

and my angels might die too.

Roy!

LAUGHTER

Cabron!

Cabron!

SNORING

WHISPERING AND SOFT MOANS

INDISTINCT CHATTER

Oh, I'm sorry, I'll come back. No, it's fine.

Stay.

You're hot?

Yeah, it's hot in here.

If we could just crack this window open.

I have tried already. We are shut in tight.

We'll just have to sweat it out.

It's good for resaca.

What's resaca? Hangover.

Oh. Well, I wouldn't know.

Did you get anything good?

Yeah, I think so.

Do you mind if I...take a look?

Wow!

Fotos mas guapas.

They're beautiful.

Look at this one.

You must sell them for much money. Don't you?

No, I don't sell them.

No? Why not?

It's more of just a hobby for now.

For now?

I don't know, I might do a book someday.

I don't know.

I want to show you something.

I don't want those strange Polacks looking in and getting ideas.

HE SPEAKS SPANISH

Wow.

No, no, not this one.

This one.

She is my favourite.

You see? all the others are smiling and this one so sad.

I love these things.

See?

It's sandalwood.

These are one of a kind.

Not for tourists.

They pay much money for these in Amsterdam.

Is it legal, reselling them?

Yeah. I mean, a little backsies to Customs now and again.

But it's legal.

They are matryoshkas - it means "mother".

See the belly? Mm-hm.

They celebrate fertility.

Now, there she is...

the little bambina.

Look at him.

Isn't that cute?

KNOCK ON DOOR Carlos? Uh...

Hold on. Carlos?

I had to lock it.

Fucking Polacks keep coming in like they are invited.

Hi, Abby. Hey.

KNOCK ON DOOR What did I tell you?

Next stop - Irkutsk.

Come on. Cool. Let's go!

BUZZ OF CHATTER

They have everything here. Mm-hm. Where's the baby?

The pirozhki's really good.

Should I get one? Yeah.

Wait, it's my treat.

Here they are.

Take a look at this, Carlos.

Wow! Coal-burners.

I'm in heaven!

ROY LAUGHS You like them?

So who said that? What?

"Kill all my demons and my angels might die too."

Tennessee Williams, I think.

I like it. Yeah?

So, you have a journal, are you a writer? No. No?

No, it's more like a travel diary. Uh-huh.

Well, I bet you've got some good stories.

I sure did.

Yeah, none of them I'm too proud of.

I left home when I was 16. Maybe for the same reasons as you.

Spun my wheels until my late 20s.

Never spent more than a week in one place.

No, wait, I'm wrong.

There was jail in Memphis for nine days

and detox, that was two weeks, I think.

This was all pre-Roy, of course.

So, how did you meet? How did we meet?

Well, Roy likes to say we met by accident.

I was drunk and I swerved into his truck head-on going 40mph.

Beautiful. I saw many like that in Rajasthan.

Where's, er...? India.

Oh, wow. You've been pretty much everywhere, huh?

Life is a journey, Roy. Not a destination.

I like that. It sounds like something Jess would say.

Really? Yeah.

She's still a bit... what's the word, restless.

OK, so this trip, the Trans-Siberian, it was her idea?

No, that was me.

You see, we never travel anywhere.

So, when the church gave us this chance,

I thought it would be a perfect opportunity

to impress her with a big adventure.

You know, make her happy.

She seems happy to me.

Well, to tell you the truth, Carlos, we've been having problems lately.

Marital problems.

Oh. I'm sorry to hear it.

I think she thinks I just play it a bit safe sometimes.

Before I met Jess, I thought I was the wild one.

ROY CHUCKLES

I'm not sure she expected to end up with a hardware store owner.

Much less one with a train set in his basement. But...

..I love her so...

Oh, Carlos, you got to check out this boiler.

What a beauty.

Isn't she gorgeous?

He came to the hospital every day.

There was no-one else.

I'd pretty much pissed off everyone else in my life by that point.

He said something to me one day I'll never forget.

He said, "No matter..." No, wait.

"No matter what your dream in life, no matter what your goal,

"keep your eye upon the doughnut and not upon the hole."

What's that supposed to mean?

I don't know, but it's so Roy.

I guess it's like, you know,

if you focus on the positive, you can do amazing things in your life.

Before we met, I was a bit too focused on the negative.

I'm not saying settling down solves everything, you know.

Roy and I are so different in many ways.

He wants kids for instance, a family, you know?

I mean, I do too, of course I do too.

It's just...

it's just such a huge thing to... Plant a root?

Yeah.

I want a family.

But I'd get it right, you know.

There's this place in Vancouver on a lake,

this cottage.

It's got this long wooden dock that you can go out and sit on.

Surrounded by the mountains.

It's quiet.

No-one else is around.

Sounds nice.

Is it a family place?

Yeah, my grandfather's.

Well, he actually sold it

to pay for his trips to Reno.

Oh.

I'm going to buy it back.

Wow, Vancouver on a lake - sounds expensive.

Yeah, I'm working on it.

With Carlos?

I'm sorry, that was none of my business.

We should get back on. Yeah.

Hey, it was good talking to you, Abby.

Yeah, you too.

Here. Thanks.

MUSIC PLAYS ON RADIO

KNOCK ON DOOR

Roy. Are you there?

HE SHOUTS IN RUSSIAN

Excuse me, have you seen my husband?

HE MUTTERS

You can't keep doing that. We have five more days before...

Roy's gone.

What? I just looked up and down the whole train, he's not on it.

Well, here, sit down. Didn't he get back on with you?

No.

Oh, shit. He looked at the old trains.

Then I left to get some food.

Maybe he didn't hear the bell. What am I going to do?

He's gotta be here somewhere. I'm sure he's fine.

We'll just have to ask around.

This is a fucking nightmare.

The station master will put him on next train.

You wait at station.

So, when's the next train?

HE RESPONDS IN RUSSIAN

There are delays.

Police are checking all trains from Novosibirsk.

They're checking trains?

Da, drugs.

OK, so when's the next train?

Zavtra. Zavtra?

Tomorrow.

He'll be OK. I guess.

We can't really do anything else about it.

Hey, Jessie, we're going to get off and wait with you. Oh, no.

Really, you don't have to do that. Please, we will die from train food.

A vegetable will be nice.

We've been at this longer than you

and it's just not safe for a woman by her herself.

Ulyanovskaya.

Ulyanovskaya. Five minutes. OK?

OK, let's go.

You need some help? No, it's OK.

OK. Come on, girls.

Hotel. Very, very nice.

Big rooms.

Oh! Magic words. Let's go.

HE SPEAKS RUSSIAN

Niet. I am sorry, we will try tomorrow.

Look, don't you understand? He'll be here tomorrow.

Mrs Nasser... I want to know he's OK now.

This happen many, times with tourist. This is Russia.

PHONE RINGS

Everything OK? He doesn't know a thing.

Just that the first train from Irkutsk gets in at noon.

I'm sure he's on it. I'm sure he's fine. Yeah, I know.

Hey, hey, hey.

Let's not worry about Roy, OK? Carlos.

I'm sorry?

Roy is a big man. Big man can take care of himself, OK?

Come on. No thanks. Not this time.

No, thank you. Si, si, si.

Now I bring you news from the kitchen.

They have vegetables.

Bad news.

It's a potato. ABBY LAUGHS

Solo. One potato. But don't be sad.

We have so many things to do as we starve to death.

CARLOS AND ABBY LAUGH

This town is rock and roll, man.

What do you think? Should we stay a few more days to see everything?

Oh, God. Please, no.

WAITRESS SPEAKS RUSSIAN Oh, potato.

Mm.

Delicious potato.

One of a kind, huh?

What?

Your matryoshka dolls.

Carlos told me they were one of a kind.

It's a salt shaker.

I'm going to bed.

Good night.

Did I say something?

No, she didn't know I had the dolls.

We had a little problem with Customs not so long ago.

She wanted me to stop.

But you didn't.

Yep. Sometimes I'm careless.

And I need the money, OK?

Cheap imitation, by the way.

Carlos, isn't she a bit young to be tramping round the world

with someone like you?

I should find someone older to tramp around with?

No, I just mean she's a good girl. Ah.

So, I'm what? The big bad wolf?

You're irresponsible.

Hipocrita.

You understand? No.

Roy told me about your bad girl past.

Hm-hm-mm. Why this trip, Jessie?

I understand Roy.

He likes choo-choo trains. But you?

Why are you here?

What are you looking for?

A little bit of excitement,

like you had before, when you were the chica mala?

And there was nothing to hold you down, no compromise.

When life was just

"sensaciones".

Man, I sure wish I'd met you back in the day.

Si?

Yeah.

Nothing cleared the head back then better than a good pointless fuck.

I'm tired, I'm turning in.

Buenos noches.

KNOCK ON DOOR

Guess what.

What? Our shower is broken.

Can I use yours?

I brought my own towel.

Spasiba. De nada.

Are you going sight-seeing? No.

I'm waiting for a call from the front desk.

SHOWER RUNS

About my husband.

Is Abby sleeping?

PHONE RINGS

Hello. MAN: 'Mrs Nasser?'

Yes. I have found a hotel in Irkutsk that has an American guest.

They will call back shortly. Oh, great. That's great.

Thank you so much. I'll be right down, OK?

They've found Roy. Key's on the table, OK?

SHOUTING, GLASS SMASHES

ALL SPEAK IN RUSSIAN

Mrs Nasser, American is not Mr Nasser.

Not Roy? You just said they found him.

Maybe he is not in Irkutsk. No, no, he is in Irkutsk.

He got off the train in Irkutsk...

We made a lot of calls, you must wait. PHONE RINGS

We must wait and see. Wait and see.

Have they found him?

Not yet.

Shame.

The first train is at noon.

Yeah, yeah, he's on it.

OK. Great. Then we have four hours.

What should we see?

The bauxite mine or the toothpick factory?

Neither.

You like to photograph beautiful things, right?

I am going to show you something guapisimo.

PHONE RINGS Come on, get a coat.

Mrs Nasser, it's for you.

Roy? ROY: 'Hi, sweetie.'

Roy.

'What an adventure, huh?

'Wow.'

I was pretty worried, Roy. 'I'm fine, honey, I'm fine.

'I had a couple of roubles so I was able to get a hotel.

'Now they're saying I won't get in till 4.30.'

4.30? That late?

'I'm not complaining.

'Gives me a few more hours to check out these old coal-burners.

'This place is a treasure trove, sweetie.

'How are you doing, by the way?' I'm fine, Roy, just fine.

'It is incredible.

'They've got this old Soviet shunting loco here...'

PHONE CUTS OUT

4.30 now? Uh-huh.

Well, then you have no choice.

Vamanos.

He says... SHE SPEAKS RUSSIAN

Shit. Is there a bus that goes there?

Or a car? Machina? GIRL TRANSLATES FOR MAN

MAN SPEAKS RUSSIAN

It would be very, very expensive - almost 1,000.

I have the money. When?

HE SPEAKS RUSSIAN

Tonight. His brother can take you.

How many passenger?

One.

Bus, or a time machine?

It's incredible.

SHE SPEAKS RUSSIAN

No?

What did he say?

I have no idea, but he pointed that way.

BIRD CALL

Come on.

Wait.

Are you sure this is the right way?

Yes.

How will we know how to get back?

You've been dropping breadcrumbs, right?

Ha-ha(!)

Carlos.

I think we should head back.

Two more minutes.

How do you know?

Carlos?

Carlos!

Help!

You see.

What did I tell you?

Hey, Carlos.

HE YELLS

You put that in your book. BIRD CALL

Was I right? Esta guapo, eh?

Wow.

A-mazing.

Thank you.

Let me take one of you.

No, I look stupid in photos. Just one.

OK.

Thank you. Lovely. Can I have it back?

Beautiful. OK, I'll do it.

Thank you.

What are you doing?

TIMBERS CRACK

I can't do this.

Why?

I'm stupid, I'm sorry, Carlos.

What? Sorry.

Where is the chica mala now?

Come on.

No-one will know.

You little tease. Fucking tease.

Fucking...

HE LAUGHS Get the fuck off!

Where are you going?

Come on, wait.

I will not hurt you, I swear.

Jessie.

It's OK.

Where are you going?

It's OK! SHE CRIES OUT

HE LAUGHS I'm not going to hurt you.

HE EXCLAIMS IN PAIN Ai, ai, ai.

Give me... Ah, fuck!

De puta madre.

HE SHOUTS OUT IN SPANISH

Huh?

Fucking tease.

Fucking bitch!

Stay away from me...

Stay away from me.

I will not hurt you.

BIRD CAWS

THEY CHAT IN RUSSIAN

I will not hurt you.

SHE SOBS

KNOCK AT DOOR Hello?

It is porter. I take your baggage?

They're on the bed.

Hey!

Oh, boy, does that feel good.

Car two, cabin four.

I'm so sorry.

You?

Hey, I'm the one who screwed up.

Honey? You OK?

Hey? You all right?

I'm just cold.

Wear your coat.

It's in my bag.

You are so silly.

Come on, let's get on the train.

Can you believe it's snowing?

You know the guy I'm staying with, Carlos, do you know where he is?

He left this morning by bus with an American woman, Nasser.

Did they say when they were going to be back?

They ARE back.

She just left to the station to meet her husband train.

Spasiba, tovarish. It means comrade.

Our new cabin-mate's been teaching me some Russian.

I had them phone the hotel in Moscow,

and they know we're going to be a day late.

But there's still two days

to see Red Square and the Kremlin...

Well, you really didn't sleep a wink, did you?

Was it that bad?

What?

Your hotel. Sweetie, I swear to you,

mine was like a gulag.

You know the stock room in the basement at the store?

It was half that size.

No windows. And... Oh, here we go!

And, er, this is the best part.

The phone rings three o'clock in the morning.

It's reception asking, "Do you want a prostitute?"

I mean, apparently it's normal here.

But it threw me for a loop.

ROY CONTINUES TO CHAT

...she was sweet. Good at what she did.

Just kidding you.

Sweetie?

You all right?

You sure you're OK, sweetie? Yeah.

Yeah.

I am now.

Oh!

There he is. Where you been, tovareesh?

Tovarish.

Ah, tovarish.

You must be Jessie.

Yeah, this is Ilya Grinko.

He's our new bunk-mate.

Hi.

My colleague tells me he is too busy, he cannot join me for dinner.

May I ask you to accept my invitation?

I am...

STRUGGLES FOR WORD ..famished.

Famished is right. We're happy to join you.

Is that all right, sweetie? Is the dining car even open?

I'm afraid my watch does not work. Mine's fine.

And, oh, we're in luck - it's almost five.

Almost five.

Here I am trying to explain the situation to the station master.

And Ilya appears out of nowhere and starts translating.

Your husband is lucky guy.

His English is excellent, don't you think, honey?

My son encouraged me.

He...liked your country.

He was going to be in Diplomatic Service.

HE SPEAKS RUSSIAN

Hold on there, Ilya, can policeman drink while on duty?

Well, we won't tell my boss, eh?

No, thanks.

Don't be shy.

You're a cop?

A detective, Jess. Da, with FSKM.

Like your Bureau of Narcotics.

Ilya is on his way to a big conference in Moscow,

all the way from Vladivostok.

In Soviet days, official like me would get plane ticket first class.

Now seven days on train. Na zdorovye. Na zdorovye.

Hold on there, Ilya. Don't tell me you miss the USSR?

The USSR was a dark, evil empire.

Maybe so, but then we were people living in the darkness.

Now we are a people dying in the light.

Which is better?

When it was USSR, a man lived to age 65 years.

Now it is 58 years.

I know this fact very well.

I am 58.

In Russia now, we say there only two kinds of people.

Those who leave in private jet.

Those who leave in coffin.

Which are you?

I am too old to leave.

Just do my job.

Which is catching the bad guys, huh, Ilya?

Right, Roy.

Who are they?

Who are the bad guys? Ten years ago it was easy.

Drivers bring heroin from Kabul in back of truck.

We catch them. So, they get smart.

They add special chemical to heroin, mould it into objects.

Souvenirs, handicrafts, small toys.

They pay people - mules, I think you call them -

who can travel easily with drugs.

They use students, old babushkas,

people who look innocent but are really not.

Mm? These are bad guys.

Hey, Jess, Abby and... Shoot.

What was his name? The Spaniard.

Carlos.

The backpackers you told me about who shared your cabin?

Yes, Abby and Carlos.

Do you think they could have been mules? The past year,

this line has become major trafficking route.

You know, Ilya, now that I think about it,

this couple seemed to know an awful lot about forging passports

and sneaking over borders and what-not,

this Abby and Carlos.

At least, that's what they said their names were.

This couple, did they seem suspicious to you, Jessie?

No, just young.

And they were going where? Moscow?

They never said.

So, you left them on the train

when you got off, in Ulyanovskaya?

Yeah.

SHE COUGHS AND VOMITS

Are you feeling better?

Yeah.

Good. You're lucky you didn't have that Russian vodka.

In the end, you're lucky you're not drinking, you know?

So, what did you think of Ilya?

I know what you're thinking. He's a persistent SOB,

but betcha he always gets his man.

Hey, buddy, we were just talking about you.

Only good, I hope.

Oh, yeah. Oh, please.

Allow me. No, that's OK. I got it.

Jessie, let me. Let him get it.

It's OK. It's fine, I... Let go. He's got it. OK.

Thank you.

She's a headstrong woman, you know how that goes.

Hey, how many days to Moscow, Ilya?

Three more days, Roy.

ROY WHOOPS Amazing!

You want to stay on train for ever?

Well, as long as possible.

Guess what? What? Our shower is broken.

They found Roy.

Key's on the table, OK?

ILYA TEACHES ROY RUSSIAN

For now that's good. Sweetie.

Can you hit the lights?

I have my eye things on.

CARLOS: 'No, not this one. This one.

'All the others are smiling but this one is so sad.'

SHE HYPERVENTILATES

BANGING

WOMAN SPEAKS RUSSIAN

Toilet's clogged.

Are you going to fix it?

SHE SHOUTS IN RUSSIAN

It was an accident.

I'm going to go grab some photos, OK? I'll keep an eye on you.

I'll be fine.

Oh, no! I'm not making the same mistake twice.

Hey. HE CHUCKLES

Ah, Jessie.

Taking some pictures, I see.

I am not photographer.

But I suggest that side of platform.

That looks heavy. Please allow me.

Oh, no, it's not, it's fine. Take my tea.

Now, there is very nice picture.

Bright colours, babushkas, Russian faces.

Take. Take, take.

Take more.

I believe we have time.

Why do you wear it if it doesn't work?

It was my son's.

I gave it to him when he graduated university.

He died of bone cancer.

Oh, I'm very sorry. Ah.

To live life is not always to walk through a meadow, eh?

Still we find ways to survive.

My colleagues in Krasnoyarsk,

they searched the Vostok, the train you got off.

They could not find Carlos and Abby.

Maybe they got off somewhere between.

Maybe.

PHONE RINGS

Ah, my phone.

I got it now, thanks.

Da.

DOOR OPENS

Jessie.

This is my colleague, Kolzak Yushenkov.

He is also detective, we are travelling together.

Right.

Jessie, would you come with us, please?

My husband will wonder where I am.

He knows you cannot be far.

There are few places one can hide on this train, no?

This Carlos and Abby

perhaps they got off train with you in Ulyanovskaya?

No.

No?

You are certain?

In Russia, we have expression -

"With lies, you may go ahead in the world,

"but you may never go back."

Do you understand this, Jessie?

I have spoken with police in Ulyanovskaya.

They have spoken with manager of hotel.

This witness saw you having dinner with a Spaniard.

DOG BARKS

ARGUMENT IN RUSSIAN

Jess?

Are you OK?

Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, I'm fine. Hey.

What are these?

What are they doing in your camera bag? Did you buy them?

No? Where...where'd they come from?

Carlos.

Carlos?

Yeah.

He gave these to you?

Yeah.

DOG BARKS

Jess.

No.

He didn't. Jess.

Oh, God!

It's OK, baby. It's OK.

It's OK.

SHE SOBS

Heroin.

Oh, Lord.

How did Carlos get the dolls into your bag?

He came into my room.

I let him, his shower wasn't working.

He wanted to use mine so I left the room

and saw police searching the hotel.

Carlos must have seen them too.

I...think he got scared and...

That must have been when he...

..did it.

What then?

I went to the lobby and I waited for a call from Roy.

It was there that I saw the two of them leave and go off together.

Jessie.

Why did you tell me they did not get off train with you?

I just got scared.

Why?

I got scared for Abby.

I got to know Abby, she's a good girl, OK?

So, when you asked me those questions, I froze.

I didn't want anything to happen to her because of what Carlos did.

She's not part of it.

She didn't even know Carlos had the dolls.

How do you know this?

He told me.

He...showed me the dolls.

When you were alone with him?

Yes.

And later, when I found the dolls in my bag...

ROY CLEARS HIS THROAT She got... She panicked, Ilya.

You'd just told her about how the smugglers operate

and she got scared.

It could happen to anyone.

Da.

Fear can drive one to irrational acts.

In Russia we know this very well.

Our history has a history of irrational acts.

So...that's it?

Mmm...apart from, I'm afraid, one formality.

Ah!

I was right. Very beautiful.

Is it OK?

Yeah.

What will you do If you find them, Ilya?

First we must find them, Roy. 'Hey, Carlos.'

HE YELLS

Ah, this is very nice one.

This is...Ulyanovskaya?

Which church?

I-I didn't get the name.

Ah.

This is very nice one.

Like... Hey, Carlos.

..a Russian symbol, no?

HE MUTTERS IN RUSSIAN

We can take care of that.

I am very sorry for inconvenience. We will arrive in Moscow tomorrow.

I will stay in Kolzak's cabin tonight.

Spokoynoy noch-eh.

Spokoynoy nochi. Good night. Spokoynoy nochi.

Spokoynoy nochi. HE LAUGHS

I'm sorry.

Jess, I love you.

That means we should be able to tell each other everything.

No secrets.

HE YELLS You put that in your book.

HORSE NEIGHS

Guess who's not at her station for once?

Of course, there's no...milk or sugar.

But at least she turned off the music.

Hey.

We did the right thing, OK?

Yeah...

Yeah.

I know.

Ooh.

Want me to go get you some sugar from the dining car?

That would be sweet.

OK.

SHE SCREAMS

Give me your hand! I got you!

You're OK. You're OK.

Ilya...

Wh...?

What is going on here? What...?

There are some problems with your wife's story.

Ilya.

Wh...where are the other cars?

Who the hell are you?! GUN COCKS

Kolzak. He SPEAKS RUSSIAN

Roy, Jessie.

It is best to sit.

Your wife was seen leaving Ulyanovskaya

on a bus with a Spaniard.

Now perhaps your wife can tell us where is Carlos?

Hmm?

Hm?

Ah...

It seems, Roy, your wife has problems with the truth.

Don't tell me about my wife.

I know about my wife.

Who are you?

I am Detective Ilya Grinko, Narcotic Division. And this...

Bullshit!

You're not a detective, you're a liar!

If you please.

Where are we going?

On a short walk. But, Ilya, we don't have any coat...

Roy! Roy.

My glasses. Let's go.

We're Americans.

Let's go.

Please sit.

Remove your shoes.

What? And socks.

Ilya, wait a minute,

we're freezing to death. GUN COCKS

Oh... OK.

OK.

WOMAN MOANS

They found her back in Ulyanovskaya. She was looking for her...

HE CLEARS HIS THROAT ..boyfriend.

Ilya, what do you want?

You have your drugs.

Not my drugs, Roy.

You think this is about couple kilos heroin?

His boss moves 20, 50 kilos heroin every day.

SHE SHRIEKS

He expects sometimes his mules to run off with deliveries.

He does not expect them to steal money. That he does not like.

SHE SCREAMS No, don't! Stop!

Stop!

Whatever Carlos was involved in, she isn't.

Please.

You American women.

You describe Abby how?

Good girl, no?

Does good girl recruit boyfriend?

Does she pretend to love him...

It's not true. ..so that he will stick knife, this knife,

so she can steal his money?

Does good girl do that, Jessie?

Murder a man

then deny it?

No. It's not true.

I am Detective, Roy.

I know only facts.

One, Abby does not know where Carlos is.

Two, she does not have the money. So...

this is my theory.

Find Carlos,

find the money.

ABBY SCREAMS AND SOBS

Oh, no!

SHE SCREAMS

SHE SOBS We took a bus.

We took a bus out of town.

We got off at some village somewhere.

I took some photos.

And then...

..then...

..we came back.

He got off in town and I went back to the hotel. I didn't see him again.

SHE SCREAMS I don't know where he is!

Please! I don't. I don't know where he is. I don't!

I am a fair man.

Kolzak, less so.

He wanted to tie your feet.

I think there is no need.

You are not criminals.

You must have a lot of questions for each other.

So, I will give you small moment to talk.

Is there anything...

anything at all you can say to help us?

Jessie.

No matter what you say to me right now,

I will still love you, you understand?

No matter what you say.

God.

Oh, Roy.

OK.

Let's go.

Go where?

There's got to be another way out.

We have no shoes, they have guns, they'll kill us.

Don't leave me, please.

We can't just leave her.

She's why we're here.

It's not true...

It's not true.

Please don't go.

Help me.

Please. Jess!

A door.

No. It's a door!

Please don't leave me.

Please, help me. It's OK.

Where's Carlos?

Where is he?

It's open.

Where's Carlos? Jess, hurry! Where's Carlos?

Where is he? Where is he?

Where is he? Where is he?! Jess! Where is he?

ABBY SCREAMS

HE EXCLAIMS IN RUSSIAN

This way.

There. I see daylight.

I gotta break it.

Get me that pipe. OK.

GUNSHOTS

Jessie!

Here.

Good enough.

HE YELLS

Chinese-made crap we sell in the store.

Help me.

Go! Go, go, go.

Go.

SHE GASPS

There it is!

SHE GASPS

OK. Come on, come on.

DOOR BANGS OPEN

Hi. HE SPEAKS RUSSIAN

Roy.

Shit!

Shit, Roy. Push him out.

What?! Push him out.

She's powered-up, I've gotta get her moving.

I worked a simulator once at the Rail Museum in Des Moines.

Great. Gauges were in English.

Oh, shit.

Roy.

Shit.

Shut, go. What? Shut...shut all the doors!

Shut all the doors! OK.

OK, that's the throttle.

Brakes. Just need the brakes.

That's it, sweetheart.

Yeah!

HORN BLARES

ENGINE POWERS DOWN She's stalling.

Where's the fuel pump?

PIPED MUSIC STARTS

Come on!

Oh, no.

He's coming. Stall him.

Shit! Jess, hold the door.

No!

SHE CRIES OUT No!

Oh! Oh, God.

Are you OK?

GUN COCKS

DOOR OPENS Kolzak!

You listen to me.

You must take responsibility.

He will kill Roy, OK?

Where is Carlos?

Where is he?

Where is he?

And you think this American bluff, this game?

He will shoot him. In the head.

You must tell me now, where is Carlos?

He's dead. Where is he?!

I killed him!

TRAIN HORN BLARES

GROANING

WATCH TICKS

KOLZAK SPEAKS RUSSIAN

VOICES APPROACH

Oh, no, no.

HE CHUCKLES

No.

GUNSHOT

WEAKLY: Help me.

It's him... He's...

It's him.

He was going to kill us.

He was going to kill us.

Wait, listen. Listen.

He was...

He was trying...

You got the statements?

Mr Nasser?

Yeah. Come on in, fellas.

These three were mid-level ops in an Uzbeki gang,

run by a fella named Rukshan.

He pours junk into the States via Japan.

And your pal made sure that nobody interfered with the operation.

Including, of course,

his own guys at the NPD.

He's a marked man now.

On both sides.

The good news is, Mrs Nasser, that your photo

may make it possible for us and the Russian police

to put this whole operation behind bars. Way to go, sweetie.

Oh, yeah, sorry about the camera.

Now...

may I give you a word of advice?

Something my mom always used to tell me.

Don't you be talking to strangers.

ROY LAUGHS

Carlos Ximenez, from Barcelona.

Those are his priors - theft, possession, sexual assault.

Trafficking was a new bag for him.

You think you'll find him?

Someone will. Us first, if he's lucky.

And her?

Abby Brunel, 20 years old.

Last known address, Seattle.

Haven't been able to track down any family.

Just another lost kid,

made the mistake of falling for the wrong guy.

Well, like you told us in your statements, which...

Ah, here we go.

Nicely printed out in easy-to-read English.

What's going to happen to her?

As soon as she's fit, she'll be sent back to the States

at the taxpayer's expense.

Now, your signature here means that you swear it's all truthful.

Just, right here, Mr Nasser.

Roy.

I need to see her.

SOFTLY: Hi.

I want to tell you something, OK?

Here you are, sir. Thank you, ma'am.

Are you all right?

Mm-hm.

What did you say to her?

Just something you once told me...

in the hospital.

You're kidding, the doughnut thing?

HE CHUCKLES

Honey, I don't even know what that means.

I just was trying to cheer you up, make you look on the bright side.

I know.

Hm!

Yeah...

It's sure going to be nice to be back home.

HE SIGHS

CHILD GIGGLES

CHILD BABBLES

Max!

Max. Come here.

Leave her alone.

I'm sorry.

It's OK. Stay in your seat, honey.

It's OK.

BIRD CAWS