The Diplomat

My chief of station is about to turn you over to the police.

It is in both our interests that I stay here with you.

Then I need information.

- Tell my husband? - Trowbridge wasn't involved.

- She's playing you. - I don't think she is.

I told you that Grove hired Roman Lenkov.

Grove didn't hire him. I did.

Nicol knows none of this.

She should tell him. If the dude is innocent and he hears

that fucking grandma bombed his ship, there will come a reaction.

I told you she wasn't your VP. And that's wrong.

So she's VP now?

I want to make plain that I'm here as a favor to you, not Nicol.

The room is wired. We are gonna see and hear everything.

Can I borrow you?

I hired the Lenkov group to place an explosive device on our ship.

It did not go to plan.

Fucking monster! You're a monster!

- Let go of her, sir. - She killed them!

Ma'am, look at me. I need you to tell me you're okay.

Can you hear my voice?

- She's bleeding. - We need you to stop moving.

All the king's horses and all the king's men.

- I need you to keep still. - That's a lot of blood, Theo.

Now do you believe me?

They landed just before you.

Dennison's at nine. Trowbridge is at twelve. How'd it go?

What was the reaction? Did he make any calls?

- He slammed her head into the ground. - He what?

- Ambassador Wyler. - Hi.

- Welcome. - Thank you.

We have a bit of a situation.

The bridge light got stuck on red and jammed the road halfway to Dunderave.

I'm afraid the entire schedule's blown to bits.

Unless, perhaps, we might consider foregoing your toast?

- No problem. - Oh.

Generous of you. Best laid plans and all that.

- Mm. - Try the trout. It's from the loch.

We will.

- Is Roylin-- - She's fine. Well, she's not fine.

They're supergluing her head together, but she's not gonna die.

- May I tempt you? - You may.

He came this close to manslaughter.

You don't fake a reaction like that.

He didn't do it. Trowbridge didn't do it.

So Roylin was telling the truth.

You were right. She was telling the truth.

We can move to the dining room when we're ready.

We're not. And I'd appreciate the courtesy of an answer.

If we want to stick to the updated schedule...

Prime Minister? Is he quite all right?

Give me that.

Croatia and Hungary have already capped supermarket staples

without stock market backlash.

Perhaps the prime minister doesn't wish to follow Croatia and Hungary.

Jemma, I do miss our rows in the Commons.

I heard you were hung up on price caps.

Let's have it. Randall, back me up.

Price caps are a utopian fantasy, unless we want artificial--

Prime Minister, I thought we'd raise a glass. Just us.

You're in shock. Take a sip. It'll help.

Looks like she's back on the prime minister's good list.

What? Yes, good, yeah.

I don't know if she mentioned anything to you

about me going through a rough patch, but I'm through it.

I'm back.

I'm all in.

That's good.

We just have to make it through the dinner.

You're buying a night to get ahead of this.

You don't want anyone to know there's a crisis until you have it under control.

To everything I don't want.

To the health of the friends of Caledonia!

Hear, hear!

- Sir, put your arm down. Prime Minister. - Stop telling me what to do.

There is blood on your cuff.

The room's clear.

- Surveillance? - Stripped. The van's out back.

The team's en route to London to prep a hand-off.

She's lost a lot of blood. I'd feel more comfortable if we took her to a hospital.

- No! You can't take me there. - Ma'am!

They'll need to know what happened. It'll all come out.

I played my part here, didn't I?

I did it for my country.

To keep the prime minister unscathed.

To keep Great Britain whole. We won't survive if the story gets out.

We've got a duty of care. The wound still won't clot.

Let me bleed dry. But take me back to the safe house.

Ma'am, you are not our responsibility anymore.

You attacked your own country.

What happens next is up to your prime minister.

How much does he know?

I don't know. Not everything.

I mean, he interrupted her with a chokehold halfway through.

- He got the basics? - He was screaming, "You're a murderer"

so loud it fucked up the comms.

I'd say he got the gist.

- Dennison knows that he's innocent? - I don't know. Maybe.

What's he gonna do?

Trowbridge?

Dennison. Either. Anything!

Here is every single thing I know.

Trowbridge is a hitter. Roylin is a bleeder.

At dinner, the trout was dry, and Trowbridge was catatonic.

He didn't do it. His advisor did.

We have been toting her around the British Isles like hand luggage.

Meanwhile, I wrongly accused the prime minister of mass murder.

- Does he know that? - Hal...

You don't know.

- Have you gone to State? - Uh, not yet.

Good. I just talked to Trowbridge.

He won't take Roylin into British custody

until he knows who he can trust in his government.

Which might take a while.

So until then, what? She walks free?

- I'm taking her to the safe house. - Absolutely not.

I don't like it either. What's the alternative?

Let her go, see if she survives? She named names.

We need her somewhere secure.

Fine.

I have to report to the director before Roylin gets to London.

If it's okay with you,

I'd like to handle the messaging to Washington by myself.

You solved the fucking thing. You should both be milking this.

We'll both report.

Ma'am, I've got concerns about my position.

I shouldn't have held Roylin so long. I shouldn't be holding her now.

I need to keep the messaging clean.

The prime minister would like to speak with you.

The motorcade is at the front when you're ready to depart.

- I've informed the Scots-- - Leave us.

Sit.

It was a rough night.

Anything I can--

Do? Let's see.

"AMB..." that's ambassador,

"...led me to dining room with excuse of Scottish policy demands."

"Found R..." R stands for traitor, "...already seated."

"AMB did not express surprise, left room."

That all sound right?

- Sir, if I can give some context-- - It's not for my memoirs.

It's a factual record for the eventual inquiry.

Is it accurate so far?

You asked me to find her.

So you trapped me in a private audience with a terrorist.

What a way to deliver information.

Most news arrives in the red box.

Sir, I think we all could have handled things differently tonight.

- What did she tell you? - She said she wanted to talk to you.

She told you what she did. That's why you brought it to me. Yes?

- Yes. - Did she name anyone?

Merritt Grove. Leonard Stendig.

Grove was the bridge to the Russians. Stendig's a toad in a Brioni.

He'd be the muscle.

Our Lady of Immaculate Deception was the gray matter behind it all.

Who else did she press into service?

She wouldn't give us other names.

That means anyone in your government could be involved.

We had to bring her straight to you.

Austin.

"A ran in screaming, protected R, threw me to the wall."

Dennison wasn't part of it.

There's nothing a loser wouldn't do to win.

Why do you think he questioned Lenkov's death?

- Because he's desperate to end me. - Because he didn't want to lose a witness.

You can trust him.

He wasn't supposed to be in Scotland.

- That can't be a coincidence. - He's here because I asked him to come.

I had him wait with me outside the room to support you when you heard.

- You and Austin waited in the hall? - Yes.

Why?

Sorry?

What did you think you'd hear?

"Anyone in your government could be involved." That's what you just said.

That's right.

That's why you didn't warn me

before bringing Roylin to me like a dead mouse on the pillow.

You were listening for my response.

You thought it was me.

You brought Roylin here to entrap me.

Yes? Say it.

That's not what we were doing.

You learned of a conspiracy in my government,

and you tried to destroy me with it.

- Say it. - Sir...

You thought I'd killed the very sailors whose families I comforted this morning.

When you called me the quickest thinker you'd met since your husband,

you thought I was a murderer.

Yes or no?!

I hate a liar. Mrs. Wyler, tell me. Yes or no?

Yes.

He didn't do it.

- I'm well aware. - We have Roylin.

He knows about Stendig and Grove, knows you weren't involved.

- He knows I-- - Ambassador, thank you.

You've helped quite enough.

Austin!

- Riding with the prime minister. - Yes, sir.

Come on.

Yeah?