-Tell me the truth. Were you sent here by New Level?
-No.
-Have you ever written for New Level?
-Not one word. That's not her phone.
-Well, anyone with two phones is hiding something.
-You can't just walk in here! -Where is she?
Toni! I need it now, Toni.
What is this about?
-Maybe we should talk about this outside the office.
Dinner, maybe?
-[Speaking Finnish]
-Nina's gone.
She got a phone call around 7:00.
I heard the name Katya
and then something that sounded like "vanish."
-Vanags, proper scumbag.
Faceless women would be right up his alley.
-A tiny fly being chased by a spider from a million years.
The spider never catch it, but the fly will never...
escape.
-Any word from your dad?
[Twig snaps]
-No.
-7th of July, Arthur Fried marries Suzie Hawkins.
-Why would you go to all that trouble
to obliterate a marriage from 20 years ago?
-Find and ask the first Mrs. Fried, Suzie Hawkins.
♪
-Are we the only ones who can see
that our social landscape
has been sullied by years
of unchecked immigration?
Government after government...
-Mr. Fried, does Fair Rule take responsibility
for the death of poor little Amjad Latif?
-Absolutely not. No more questions now.
-Government after government --
Conservative, Labor, Lib-Dems alike --
-I was sent a video of your campaign manager
Toni Gallagher allegedly paying off a member
of a far-right organization called A.X.E.
-Security! Remove this woman!
-His name is Thompson,
and he is also wanted by the police
for questioning in connection
with the riot after your rally that killed Amjad's death...
-These are malicious and unfounded allegations,
and I will not dignify them with a comment at this time.
[All asking questions]
No comment.
[All talking at once, camera shutters clicking]
-There's no trace of Nina.
Nothing on the Faceless Woman.
It's like none of it ever happened.
-Yeah. Wall to wall Fried, I'm afraid.
Anyway, this one scrambles your location.
This changes your voice.
You won't hear any difference, but they will hear Darth Vader.
-Uh-huh.
-Or a chipmunk. -Yeah, great.
It's perfect, thanks.
Okay, so...that's it.
-Okay.
-Oh. Um...does Mari know?
-Absolutely.
-And she's okay with this?
-Yes, of course.
-Okay.
Good luck. -Thanks, Rico.
[Clears throat]
-So, what do you want me to call you?
-Darth is fine.
-Okay, Darth.
You said you had some information
about the Faceless Woman.
-I hate that name.
She was a real person.
-Yeah, I hate that name, too.
Were you friends?
-No. I just...
Never mind.
-So, who was she?
-I'm not sure.
-So, what do you know?
-She was from the Baltic.
I think Latvian.
-And how do you know that?
[Line beeps]
[Siren wailing in distance]
-Highbury.
No, Euston.
Brixton.
It's hopping all over the place.
-Phone blocker.
Whoever it is knows what they're doing.
-Yeah, forget about that.
Let's work on this recording. Look for speech patterns.
-Probably some nut job who bought a gizmo on the dark web.
-Yeah, but we were the only ones with the DNA results.
Eastern European.
Baltic.
Probably Latvia.
[Dance music playing, indistinct conversations]
♪
-Yeah.
♪
-Do you want a drink?
Can I get you a drink, Miss?
-Vodka, please.
♪
[Water running]
Excuse me.
Hi, do you speak English?
Yeah?
I'm looking for a friend. Nina.
I think she comes here... to work.
-I've never seen her and neither has she.
[Door opens]
[Door closes]
♪
-Hey. Let's go somewhere more intimate.
Now. -But our drink.
-Yeah, but it's now or never.
♪
Look...
I'm sorry, you seem like a nice guy,
but I don't want to give you an STD.
So...ask the redhead.
♪
[Gasps]
[Panting]
♪
Were you following me?
-Yeah. Please don't feel like
you need to thank me for saving your ass.
-Were you following me?
-Don't flatter yourself.
I was following Vanags and his pet ape.
-Hadn't you better carry on following him then?
-I can't now, can I?
Come on.
♪
Vanags is Latvian.
Supermarkets and hookers.
-Pendants and prostitutes.
-Buckle up.
I've been following them for a while now.
I'm sure he's headed for the girls' house.
He usually goes there this time of night.
Did Mari tell you I was a copper?
-She did mention it.
-And that I got... six years for a wages snatch
that went pear-shaped?
-No.
She left out that part.
[Siren wailing in distance]
-Served two and a half years.
Still on parole.
Mari found me dossing on the street.
You don't have many friends
when you're an ex-con and an ex-copper.
♪
I'd do anything for Mari. Anything.
Do you understand?
♪
-So, this is where she lived?
The Faceless Woman.
God, I hate that name.
[Clears throat]
♪
-[Whispers] Yalda.
-We thought you'd run.
-Katya called me about Little Anya.
We have to get her away from them.
Soon.
-Take me too.
Please.
Or we all end up like Daiga.
-What's he saying?
-The usual.
All the big news channels have picked up on the riot story.
And I think Gallagher went underground.
Where's he taking you?
-Le Chateau D'or. -Le Chateau D'or.
Nice one.
Take that one.
Oh, and I'll call you at half ten.
If you need to get away from him,
just say that it's an emergency.
-My mom did that to me when I was 16.
Out on my first date.
-Did it work?
[Cellphone rings]
[Speaking foreign language]
-We're alone here.
-Yes. I bought it out.
-For me?
-Partly.
At this stage in the campaign,
everybody wants a photograph.
Preferably one of me with a very beautiful woman
who is not my wife.
I just wanted to be able to talk without worrying
about our picture ending up in the press.
-I'd be happy to pose with you.
-Annabelle wanted to join us, but, uh...
I'm afraid she's not very well. -Yeah.
-All this unpleasantness in the press
has made her a little bit upset.
-The closer we get to polling day,
the more desperate the opposition gets.
♪
-Cheers. -Cheers.
♪
I'm sorry about Toni.
I know you've been close.
-Well...
Toni was always a little bit flaky, but, uh...
I never thought she'd be stupid enough to risk everything
because of a bunch of Neanderthals.
-Yes, some people have to be kept at a distance.
-People need borders...
just like countries.
They also need trust.
♪
The day Thompson came into the office...
-[Clears throat]
-...you went outside.
♪
-Yeah.
I had to make a phone call.
It was my mom's birthday and [chuckles]
people in the office get a bit funny when I speak Finnish,
so...
-Somebody filmed Toni outside...
paying off that yob.
Did you see anybody else out there?
-No. No. No one suspicious.
-David?
-Thank you.
I hope you're hungry.
-Yeah, I kind of am.
♪
Thank you, this was wonderful.
-There's a very important conference coming up.
Parties from various countries with the same aim as ours.
There will be a lot of big donors there.
You're a very smart, very attractive woman.
And I know what this country needs.
You can help me.
-You want me to...
...to work for you?
-No.
I want you to work with me.
I'll ask David to step up as acting campaign head.
But I'd like you to be beside me at the conference.
What do you say?
[Cellphone ringing]
[Ringing stops]
-Well...
I say yes.
-That is wonderful news.
-I... Thank you so much for...
for a lovely dinner.
-My pleasure.
The first of many, I hope. -Yeah.
-You might want to leave through the back.
-Sorry?
-I have to make a statement to the press.
Good night.
-Good night.
-Short statement.
No questions.
Within the last hour, an arrest has been made,
connected to the riot which led to the death of Amjad Latif.
The arrest of Toni Gallagher.
In light of this,
Ms. Gallagher has been expelled from Fair Rule
with immediate effect.
We are a party of law and order.
We represent British people of all creeds and colors,
and we will not let them down.
We will create an outward-looking Britain
with like-minded people, from France...
to Finland.
People who share our values of patriotism,
order and justice.
Thank you.
[Siren wailing]
-[Speaking foreign language]
-Hmm.
[Speaking foreign language]
♪
[Sighs]
♪
-[Speaking foreign language]
[Horn honks in distance]
[Indistinct conversations]
-Lia, join us. -Hi.
-Lia works for that terrible lefty mob, New Level.
[Laughter]
But what they don't know is that she's really Team Fried.
Mind you, we have our own mole problems.
I mean, which of us really know who we can trust?
Present company excepted, of course.
Annabelle, would you do me a favor?
Would you look after Lia for me?
Duty calls. Excuse me.
-I've heard so much about you.
-Yes, you too.
I hope you're well.
Mr. Fried said you weren't well.
-Sick? Well, sick of this election.
But I know Arthur will win.
And he wants you to meet his backers.
Rule number one...
never keep Arthur waiting.
-Nice meeting you, Annabelle.
-Lia, come and meet my friends.
Niklas and Jakob.
-[Speaking Finnish]
-Oh. You speak Finnish?
-We speak the universal language.
-Yeah, what's that?
-Your friend wasn't very clear on the phone.
Who are you exactly?
-Someone who wants to know why you divorced Arthur Fried.
-Oh, journalist.
I wondered when you lot would come sniffing around.
Did you say milk? -Yes, please.
-Where you from? -Finland.
-Finland? -Yeah.
-Come all this way to talk about Arthur?
Have you met him?
-Mm. Yeah.
-And?
-Intelligent...
he's charming... great smile.
-[Chuckles] Yeah, that smile.
That's what got me.
Shame he's a tosser.
-People could know the truth from you before they vote.
-Why would they care about me?
Have you met his new wife?
-Yeah, I did. The other day.
-Young, slim, perfect teeth, fake tits.
I almost feel sorry for him.
She's going to take him to the cleaners.
What was she wearing?
Let me guess.
Clingy little number...
just above the knee, sleeveless.
-Mid-thigh, actually. -Wow.
Used to be me.
Till one day you're on your own, you're wearing long sleeves,
and you're looking like shit.
-Please.
People deserve to know the truth about Fried, good or bad.
-People done bugger all for me, love.
-What you said about long sleeves,
it wasn't about getting older, was it?
♪
I had a boyfriend in Finland.
Possessive.
Quite liked it.
Showed he cared.
♪
And then it changed.
♪
-How long did it go on?
-Till the day I left.
-Good for you.
♪
[Recorder beeps]
Oh, I'm not sure about that.
-I'll only use it if you give permission, okay?
Promise.
-Screw it.
Arthur deserves it.
♪
We was only married six months.
It started the day we came back from our honeymoon.
I had to wear dark glasses for a week.
-Sorry, for the record, um...
what did he do?
-Two black eyes, choked the life out of me.
It became normal after that.
Every week, every two.
I was hospitalized a few times.
♪
Always said I fell, you know.
Or banged into a door.
World must be full of killer doors, eh?
-What finally made you leave?
-I didn't.
It was him did the leaving.
If it was up to me, I'd still be there...
♪
...or dead.
♪
[Telephone ringing]
-Nothing beyond Eastern European.
She had an STD.
-Could be a hooker.
-Some of those Eastern European gangs,
they're up for this kind of stuff.
And who runs that part of town? -Albanians.
Latvians.
Vanags, maybe?
-Let's check with our C.I.s.
See if there's any talk about missing Eastern European "Tom."
-If it was Vanags, they'll all be too shit scared to talk.
-Yeah, well...
we'll enjoy the silence.
-[Speaking foreign language]
[Traffic noise]
[Keys jingling]
[Knock on door]
-It's me, Vong.
♪
-Hi, Vong. How are you?
I just got home.
-Ah, Lia.
You asked me about the man in the street.
Okay? -Yes.
-Man with a scarf on the other side of the street.
When I walk over, he walk away.
Maybe it's nothing.
-Yeah.
-You want me to stay? -Thanks, Vong. I'm...
[Cellphone ringing]No, I'm okay.
I have your number.
-I will sit in chair out front for...
-Sorry. Sorry.
Sorry, Vong.
Nina!
♪
Ju...
Stay there!
♪
[Horns honking]
You need to tell me what you've seen.
-No.
I saw what he do.
He'll do the same to me, to little girl.
We go. Never come back.
-We can protect you.
-Who?
Your friends? Police?
No one protect.
I need money.
[Train engine chugging, wheels screeching]
-You need to tell the whole story.
What's her name?
♪
-So, you want to hear the whole story?
-Yes, I do.
♪
-My friend...
she was from Latvia.
She wanted a good life for her daughter Anya.
So she came here with her sister Katya.
♪
But her pimp...
gave her to a man we call the Monster.
♪
Each time, he beat her worse than before.
-Get in.
♪
-She knew the next time, she would die.
♪
So she ran.
♪
-[Whimpering] No.
[Gun cocks]
[Gunshot]
-Aah! -[Crying]
-All of you...
please, listen.
You run away, you die.
No face. No family.
♪
No grave.
♪
One...
♪
[Cutters snipping]
♪
...two.
-[Panting, crying]
-It's Vanags, isn't it?
And her name?
The woman he killed?
-[Sniffles]
Daiga Mednis.
♪
Anya was her daughter.
I do this for Anya.
I take her with me.
-Please, please. I want to help.
-Stay safe.
-You're working late.
-Yeah, sorry.
Just got some bad news.
-What? Fried?
They let him off.
-Yeah.
The investigation just cleared him.
Found he knew nothing about rent-a-riot.
All Toni's idea.
-How convenient for Fried.
-And his big stand sacking her.
And expelling all the A.X.E. people
has sent his rating five points up.
He's favorite to win now.
-Mm.
♪
Why do we do this?
Sometimes I feel we just make things worse.
-Yeah.
That's what humans do...
mostly.
Make things worse.
♪
But we'll keep on trying...
hopefully.
-I'll keep on trying...
as long as you do.
♪
Berg?
-How's Mikael?
-Sleeping.
But we think he's much better now.
He's...
[Monitor beeping]
-Mari?
♪
-[Breathing heavily]
[Siren wailing in distance]
[Doorbell rings]
[Whistles]
♪
-Run!
-[Yelling]
-Run! -[Grunting]
♪
[Door slams]
♪
[Tires screeching]
♪