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This is Alex.

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- Your partner?
- Yeah.

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He's a genius.

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He went to university at the age of 15.

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The people I work with are inscrutable.

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Alex?

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What kind of relationship
did you have with him?

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Did it involve sadism?

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No.

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I could never hurt Danny.

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Because he is the only friend I have.

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This man is called Alistair,

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his parents are alive.

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Is it possible you enjoyed
extreme sexual encounters

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with someone who didn't
want you to know their name?

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He worked for MI6.

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He was a spy.

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The police were concerned you might have
taken something from the crime scene.

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A personal item,
something of sentimental value.

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You wouldn't have done that, would you?

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Of course not.

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No, of course not.

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Your newspaper has

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reported a series of lies.

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It's not the truth.

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You need to tell them the truth.

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You need to listen to me!

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I'm here today

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to tell you the truth.

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I'm here today to tell you the truth.

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I'm here today to tell you the truth.

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I'm here today to tell you the truth.

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You fuck!

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I'm here today to tell you the truth!

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Sync and corrections: BorisVictor
www.addic7ed.com

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In your phone call you asked
how it all works.

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We took that as negotiating payment.

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Oh, no.
Erm...

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I have never spoken to a journalist before.

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I don't want money.

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I'm here to tell you the truth.

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You used the word "partners"
to describe your relationship.

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- Yeah, we were partners.
- What do you mean by that?

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Erm, I wanted to spend
the rest of my life with him.

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You'd been together eight months?

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Yeah.

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During those eight months,
how many times had you visited the attic?

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I'd never visited the attic.

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Apart from when I discovered...

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That was the only time,
that was the first time.

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- But you must have known about it?
- No.

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The activities that went on up there?

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Well, that's what I'm trying to tell you...
I don't think anything did go on up there.

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I never saw him use those items,

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I never heard him talk about those things.

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You were his sexual partner for eight months.

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He never mentioned sadism?
Never asked you to participate?

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Never discussed his predilections?
You know nothing?

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Why won't you ask me
what I think happened to him?

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What do you think happened to him?

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He was murdered.

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Who murdered him?

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I don't know.

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Why did they murder him?

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Not here.

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You don't use his name.

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Is it true you didn't even know it?

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Did he ever tell you he was in danger?

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No.

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OK, I get it.

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He's a spy, he needed to be careful.
You met by chance.

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First day, he lied.

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But eight months later you want to
spend the rest of your lives together

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and you're still using the wrong name
to say how much you love him?

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He told me his name was Alex.

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People lie, Danny.

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And they lie well.

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Guys who own rooms like that attic...

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When it comes to sex,
they know what they want, how they want it.

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The sex is professional.

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And he didn't know what he enjoyed.

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He'd never found out.

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Do you believe me?

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It doesn't matter what I believe.

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But, yes...
I do.

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Journalists make difficult bedfellows.

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You can't just tell them what to print.

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- You didn't want to discuss it with me first?
- I knew you'd try and talk me out of it.

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Make me think what a dumb idea it was.

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What is this?

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Mistrust?

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It is.

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I see.

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You trusted me with your life,
but not now, not with this!

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My life is small, this is
organisations, institutions.

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You see me as one of them, don't you?

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The suit, the education, the job...

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- I'm part of the Establishment.
- Well, aren't you?

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How dare you, young man!

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How dare you presume to know me.

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I know you because I've heard
every secret you have to tell.

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What do you know about me?

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Answer me.

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- I know...
- You know where I live.

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You know what films I like,
you know what music I listen to.

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Did you know that I suffer from depression?

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Did you know that in the past
I drank every night,

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every day, every morning,

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I drank until a stranger
could smell it on me!

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Do you know just how fucking far I am
from being part of the Establishment?

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How dare you mistrust me

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when you don't know!

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You want to know who I am,

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who I really am

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I'll show you.

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Where we going?

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Come on. Then you can decide
whether you trust me or not.

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This is the spot where my career
as a spy came to an end.

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I was a spy

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a long time ago.

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In a world very different to this one.

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I was recruited at Cambridge.

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I said yes partly because it wouldn't
be a normal life, with regular hours.

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I was desperate to avoid
the five o'clock home time

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whilst not being bohemian enough
to imagine life without a proper profession.

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Not very patriotic motives, I suppose.

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But they rather liked that about me,
an utter lack of idealism.

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Romantics make unreliable spies.

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It was my third year with MI6.

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I was travelling back to London
on the night train.

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A handsome man entered my carriage

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sat opposite me.

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The tips of our shoes touched.

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Our eyes chanced.

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He asked the most mundane questions
in the most exciting way.

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When we arrived at Paddington,
I went to the gentlemen's

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and waited in a cubicle,

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door ajar, hoping.

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I can't tell you how happy I was to see him.

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It meant that I hadn't been wrong.

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And that for the next 15 minutes or so,
I wouldn't be alone.

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After all these years, prudishness runs deep.

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The next day,
I was approached by a Soviet operative

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who described how the Soviet Union
welcomed "Men like me".

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"Under Communism we're all equals."

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And once I'd completed my mission here,

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in a country that would always hate my kind,

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I could set up home in Moscow and be free.

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Some "men like me" actually believed
that lie, but I was not one of them.

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So all that remained was a blackmail.

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I'd be exposed.

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Arrested.

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Disgraced.

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So that night

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I bought a rope

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and came here.

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But sitting on that branch,

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noose ready,

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I thought to myself, "There is another way."

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You told your bosses you were gay.

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That's a wonderful wrong answer.

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However, the option did not yet exist.

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No, I explained to my section head

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that I'd been approached
by a Soviet operative

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and I detailed the nature of the blackmail.

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He asked if the allegations were true.

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I admitted that I'd made a mistake
with a man

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and that the operative probably
had evidence of that mistake.

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But it was only once.

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An act of disgusting madness.

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"I'm not a homosexual.

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And I'm not a treater."

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Hard for them to believe the second statement
when they knew that the first was a lie.

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So I proposed, preposterously,

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they employ someone to follow me
for the rest of my life,

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photograph my every move,

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I would never touch another man.

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I didn't discover until later
that there haven't been a Soviet operative.

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There'd been an internal investigation.

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You've heard of a mole hunt?

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Well, this was a fag hunt,

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which they saw
as more or less the same thing.

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Her Majesty's Secret Service
had had its fingers burnt

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by one too many queer spies.

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But my prompt confession saved my life.

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I was moved from MI6 into what
was then named Ministry for Transport

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where I was little more than a penpusher,

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whispered about by those in the know.

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Out of gratitude and fear,
I kept my end of the bargain.

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And for 11 years,
I did not touch another man.

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Will you sleep?

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Then I propose we stay up all night

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and wait of the morning paper together.

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- In my office.
- Huh?

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Drug-test me.

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I need this.

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It's from his parents.

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Mr and Mrs Turner.

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Beautiful countryside around here.

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How long have you lived here?

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Didn't Alistair tell you?

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No.

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What did he tell you about us?

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The truth, please.

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He told me you were dead.

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We weren't close.

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Bathroom's opposite.
It's all yours.

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- Is one towel enough?
- Plenty.

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We've already eaten.

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We won't stand here and watch.

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- How was dinner?
- Fine.

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Alistair, tell me about him.

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Will you be able to sleep?

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Probably not.

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Alistair suffered from insomnia.

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Well, that's why he enjoyed running so much.
To exhaust him.

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His mind was so busy,

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he ran so he could sleep.

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Why can't you talk to me?

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Time to talk.

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You read the article?

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We're not making any judgements.

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You see the life we lead.

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We're private people,

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we don't want attention.

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The past is the past.
What Alistair did in London was up to him.

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He was an adult.

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We can't bring him back.

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We'd just prefer it

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if there was no fuss.

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We'd both prefer it.

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- I won't talk to the press again.
- That's good.

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But nobody was saying it, so I had to.

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Your son was murdered.

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After breakfast, why don't we go for a walk?

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Your son was murdered.

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My son is dead.

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My wife is sick.

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- I'm sorry.
- Enough.

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Enough?

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00:30:50,676 --> 00:30:53,496
We need to leave soon
if we're to catch your train.

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That is not his bedroom.

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This is not his home.

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00:31:04,863 --> 00:31:07,005
Have you lost your mind?

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00:31:07,523 --> 00:31:08,723
Who are you?

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00:31:11,863 --> 00:31:13,063
Who are you?

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'Bring him.'

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00:31:26,228 --> 00:31:27,428
Who was that?

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That was Alistair's mother.

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His mother?

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- What does she want?
- To meet you.

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- How far is it?
- Not far.

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Anything else you want to see?

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00:32:49,613 --> 00:32:52,883
Not everyone is comfortable
inviting strangers to their home.

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00:32:55,083 --> 00:32:58,383
We thought if you saw where we lived
you might try to extort us.

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Why do you think I would want your money?

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Because you have none.

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You want an apology?

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I gave you an explanation.

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You...
I believe.

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My husband's name is Charles.
My name is Frances.

262
00:33:14,004 --> 00:33:16,079
My son's name was Alistair.

263
00:33:16,993 --> 00:33:19,143
Your name, Daniel, we read in the paper.

264
00:33:19,703 --> 00:33:21,232
My staff you met.

265
00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:22,902
Where's she taking my stuff?

266
00:33:22,934 --> 00:33:25,202
Well, surely you're going to spend the night?

267
00:33:49,523 --> 00:33:53,193
We're in the midst of restoring the house
to its former glory.

268
00:33:57,313 --> 00:33:59,873
We had hoped Alistair would finish the task.

269
00:34:27,991 --> 00:34:29,358
This is his room.

270
00:34:31,183 --> 00:34:32,383
How did you know?

271
00:34:45,393 --> 00:34:47,883
Because it's the loneliest room
I've ever been in.

272
00:35:05,990 --> 00:35:09,583
Charles was sure you'd catch
the train home today, none the wiser.

273
00:35:09,909 --> 00:35:12,319
I was convinced you'd figure it out.

274
00:35:12,783 --> 00:35:15,813
It seems you did so not
with reason or deduction

275
00:35:17,053 --> 00:35:19,083
but something akin to

276
00:35:19,930 --> 00:35:21,344
female intuition.

277
00:35:28,033 --> 00:35:29,523
I won't sleep in here.

278
00:35:32,576 --> 00:35:34,191
I would never have allowed it.

279
00:35:41,483 --> 00:35:44,442
- Dinner is at eight.
- You're embarrassed by his death.

280
00:35:46,993 --> 00:35:48,193
Yes.

281
00:35:50,329 --> 00:35:51,529
Upset, too?

282
00:35:54,213 --> 00:35:56,847
Yes.
More than you can imagine.

283
00:38:17,203 --> 00:38:19,292
Did you realise
your provocation was infantile

284
00:38:19,316 --> 00:38:21,916
before or after you came through that door?

285
00:38:25,193 --> 00:38:28,639
Before, I see.
But you didn't decide to change?

286
00:38:33,363 --> 00:38:34,645
Would you like me to?

287
00:38:35,913 --> 00:38:37,113
No.

288
00:38:37,963 --> 00:38:39,633
I think I prefer you like that.

289
00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:50,800
Thank you.

290
00:39:06,783 --> 00:39:09,722
Alistair completed that maze unassisted,

291
00:39:10,253 --> 00:39:12,408
three months before his fifth birthday.

292
00:39:18,733 --> 00:39:20,903
Others considered him to be disturbed,

293
00:39:21,125 --> 00:39:23,788
but what they saw
as a disturbance of the mind

294
00:39:24,653 --> 00:39:26,966
was, in fact, an exceptional gift.

295
00:39:28,403 --> 00:39:31,222
However, it's not enough in this world
to be born brilliant

296
00:39:31,324 --> 00:39:33,865
you need direction and discipline.

297
00:39:34,763 --> 00:39:37,072
You need someone who reminds you,
day after day,

298
00:39:37,097 --> 00:39:39,407
never to waste your talent on triviality.

299
00:39:40,643 --> 00:39:43,278
How many brilliant minds
are out there right now

300
00:39:43,623 --> 00:39:45,614
rotting in squalor and neglect?

301
00:39:47,463 --> 00:39:51,672
It took every ounce of my strength
to make Alistair realise his potential.

302
00:39:54,163 --> 00:39:56,083
He ended up hating me for it.

303
00:39:58,723 --> 00:40:00,296
But you guessed that already.

304
00:40:05,003 --> 00:40:06,493
Your son was murdered.

305
00:40:09,623 --> 00:40:11,203
The attic was staged.

306
00:40:15,523 --> 00:40:17,843
And everything you've read
about his death is a lie.

307
00:40:25,513 --> 00:40:28,077
After dinner,
perhaps you will join me for a drink.

308
00:40:46,053 --> 00:40:47,443
My son wasn't gay.

309
00:40:48,532 --> 00:40:51,713
Before you hold some sort
of parade through the house, hear me out.

310
00:40:52,123 --> 00:40:55,845
Alistair didn't think like ordinary people.

311
00:40:56,343 --> 00:40:58,493
He didn't feel what ordinary people feel.

312
00:41:00,013 --> 00:41:01,993
In his eyes, everyone was a puzzle.

313
00:41:02,593 --> 00:41:04,762
He took immense satisfaction

314
00:41:04,857 --> 00:41:06,747
figuring out what a person wanted

315
00:41:07,433 --> 00:41:08,923
and then giving it to them.

316
00:41:09,623 --> 00:41:11,383
As if we were all computers...

317
00:41:14,727 --> 00:41:16,597
Waiting for the correct code.

318
00:41:20,073 --> 00:41:23,113
Alistair could be anything a person
wanted him to be.

319
00:41:23,613 --> 00:41:26,413
In your case, it appears you craved romance,

320
00:41:26,913 --> 00:41:28,733
a good old-fashioned love story.

321
00:41:29,565 --> 00:41:30,903
He gave it to you.

322
00:41:32,219 --> 00:41:36,676
Meanwhile, he continued
giving other kinds of stimulation

323
00:41:36,701 --> 00:41:39,454
to other kinds of people, men and women.

324
00:41:42,935 --> 00:41:46,095
If he was involved with someone
who hankered after risk,

325
00:41:47,373 --> 00:41:48,820
he would have provided it.

326
00:41:50,893 --> 00:41:53,963
Danger, pain, submission, domination.

327
00:41:54,553 --> 00:41:57,663
Alistair was as precocious sexually

328
00:41:58,243 --> 00:41:59,758
as he was intellectually.

329
00:42:00,403 --> 00:42:02,273
To him, they were one and the same.

330
00:42:02,374 --> 00:42:04,694
Sex was just another form of decryption.

331
00:42:08,183 --> 00:42:09,383
You think I'm cruel?

332
00:42:10,163 --> 00:42:11,363
Perhaps I am.

333
00:42:13,493 --> 00:42:15,113
But not in this instance.

334
00:42:15,743 --> 00:42:17,523
I wanted to preserve your illusions.

335
00:42:19,169 --> 00:42:21,069
We had hoped that you would go home

336
00:42:21,213 --> 00:42:24,284
and mourn in the belief that
your relationship was perfect.

337
00:42:26,563 --> 00:42:28,163
You loved him, I see that.

338
00:42:29,603 --> 00:42:32,540
However, I cannot allow you
to be unaware of the facts,

339
00:42:32,953 --> 00:42:36,910
in case you blunder further into a
situation you simply do not understand.

340
00:42:38,493 --> 00:42:40,662
I'm not surprised he used a different name.

341
00:42:40,717 --> 00:42:42,147
He was playing a part.

342
00:42:42,673 --> 00:42:45,281
The part of a conventional lover.

343
00:42:50,443 --> 00:42:51,963
I haven't read many books.

344
00:42:54,013 --> 00:42:56,403
I haven't been to many places.

345
00:42:59,983 --> 00:43:02,482
But I have fucked a lot of people.

346
00:43:05,703 --> 00:43:09,494
And there's one thing you just can't fake.

347
00:43:11,923 --> 00:43:13,203
Inexperience.

348
00:43:17,547 --> 00:43:19,947
The body's tense when it should be relaxed.

349
00:43:21,783 --> 00:43:24,583
It hurts when it should be fun.

350
00:43:26,403 --> 00:43:28,423
And it's dirty when it should be clean.

351
00:43:31,933 --> 00:43:33,693
I don't care how smart you are,

352
00:43:34,093 --> 00:43:35,583
your muscles can't lie.

353
00:43:36,514 --> 00:43:40,324
I'm talking about feeling his inexperience

354
00:43:40,483 --> 00:43:42,565
as clearly as I can feel this glass.

355
00:43:43,273 --> 00:43:45,023
Do you follow me, Frances?

356
00:43:46,583 --> 00:43:47,783
I can see you do.

357
00:43:47,973 --> 00:43:51,273
So I know for a fact you're lying.

358
00:43:54,093 --> 00:43:57,163
I know for a fact
that your son, the man I loved,

359
00:43:58,123 --> 00:43:59,323
was a virgin.

360
00:43:59,943 --> 00:44:03,882
What I don't understand is why you're
so keen to convince me otherwise.

361
00:44:15,443 --> 00:44:18,232
When he told me you were dead,
he wasn't lying, was he?

362
00:44:20,903 --> 00:44:24,114
Amongst all the lies
you've heard here this weekend,

363
00:44:24,743 --> 00:44:26,253
recognise one truth...

364
00:44:26,733 --> 00:44:28,109
"no fuss"

365
00:44:28,833 --> 00:44:31,474
is the best piece of advice
you will ever be given.

366
00:47:06,893 --> 00:47:08,363
I prefer it down here.

367
00:47:11,123 --> 00:47:13,223
- She won't like it.
- No.

368
00:47:14,643 --> 00:47:15,843
I don't think she will.

369
00:47:23,743 --> 00:47:25,023
You cared about him.

370
00:47:28,183 --> 00:47:29,383
You cared for him.

371
00:47:31,163 --> 00:47:34,141
If he had a problem,
he came to you, didn't he?

372
00:47:36,533 --> 00:47:37,733
Not her.

373
00:47:44,823 --> 00:47:46,023
You loved him.

374
00:47:54,353 --> 00:47:55,553
Alex.

375
00:47:57,403 --> 00:47:58,603
Alex.

376
00:48:07,503 --> 00:48:09,443
He hated the name Alistair.

377
00:48:18,083 --> 00:48:19,463
What happened here?

378
00:48:22,273 --> 00:48:24,863
Get as far away from these people as you can.

379
00:48:32,583 --> 00:48:33,933
He insisted.

380
00:49:54,993 --> 00:49:56,724
I want to tell you a story

381
00:49:58,043 --> 00:49:59,243
about a man.

382
00:50:01,823 --> 00:50:03,493
While everyone was laughing

383
00:50:03,953 --> 00:50:05,153
and drinking,

384
00:50:06,073 --> 00:50:07,493
he would just walk

385
00:50:09,743 --> 00:50:12,223
until he reached the exact same spot,

386
00:50:13,283 --> 00:50:16,099
where he'd sit with his back
to all those people.

387
00:50:19,423 --> 00:50:21,459
And while he did everything he possibly could

388
00:50:21,513 --> 00:50:24,533
to signal to the world
that he wanted to be left alone,

389
00:50:26,813 --> 00:50:28,013
more than anything,

390
00:50:28,313 --> 00:50:30,145
he hoped that someone passing

391
00:50:31,103 --> 00:50:34,673
would understand that what he
really wanted was the exact opposite.

392
00:50:35,533 --> 00:50:38,273
And that this someone would sit next to him

393
00:50:40,873 --> 00:50:42,553
and strike up a conversation.

394
00:50:46,583 --> 00:50:47,783
I was that man

395
00:50:49,943 --> 00:50:51,418
and you were that someone.

396
00:50:54,663 --> 00:50:55,863
I have a sweet tooth.

397
00:50:59,916 --> 00:51:02,556
It's easier to quit smoking, I swear.

398
00:51:08,713 --> 00:51:11,158
Not very British,
talking to strangers, is it?

399
00:51:11,943 --> 00:51:15,673
I've worked in your country
for ten years now.

400
00:51:26,103 --> 00:51:27,303
Do you own a house?

401
00:51:28,623 --> 00:51:30,813
- No.
- A car?

402
00:51:31,863 --> 00:51:33,163
No, nothing.

403
00:51:33,593 --> 00:51:34,983
Well, you have your health.

404
00:51:38,473 --> 00:51:40,923
That's the most precious asset of all.

405
00:51:41,853 --> 00:51:43,053
My health?

406
00:51:48,853 --> 00:51:51,103
Lots of people
think they have nothing to lose,

407
00:51:52,904 --> 00:51:55,224
but in my professional experience,

408
00:51:55,543 --> 00:51:57,463
they just haven't thought it through.

409
00:51:58,663 --> 00:52:00,603
- Are you threatening me?
- Threatening?

410
00:52:02,463 --> 00:52:03,985
My, oh, my.

411
00:52:04,793 --> 00:52:06,743
This is just a conversation,

412
00:52:07,183 --> 00:52:08,603
a chitchat.

413
00:52:09,313 --> 00:52:11,693
Two people passing in the night.

414
00:52:12,693 --> 00:52:14,811
I can see why you're so confused,

415
00:52:15,153 --> 00:52:18,497
over the years I've adopted
quite a few of your country's customs,

416
00:52:18,567 --> 00:52:22,615
but that Great British reserve escapes me.
I enjoy talking too much.

417
00:52:24,373 --> 00:52:25,573
And, once in a while,

418
00:52:25,574 --> 00:52:28,866
someone unexpected tells you something

419
00:52:30,533 --> 00:52:32,730
that might save your life.

420
00:52:40,733 --> 00:52:43,284
Be sure to put that card someplace safe.

421
00:52:46,830 --> 00:52:49,146
PROTECTING LIVES
& PROPERTY FOR 80 YEARS

422
00:54:17,253 --> 00:54:20,344
- You think my house is bugged?
- I've just been threatened.

423
00:54:21,073 --> 00:54:22,843
They...
Heard us.

424
00:54:23,393 --> 00:54:25,833
- Who?
- The people who murdered Alex.

425
00:54:27,663 --> 00:54:28,863
All right.

426
00:54:30,873 --> 00:54:33,443
Suppose he was murdered,
suppose you're right.

427
00:54:34,123 --> 00:54:35,463
Follow it through,

428
00:54:36,053 --> 00:54:38,363
the implications of what you're saying.

429
00:54:39,163 --> 00:54:40,973
You know nothing about them,

430
00:54:41,393 --> 00:54:43,993
they will know everything about you.

431
00:54:44,063 --> 00:54:47,330
Every action you take
will have been predicted, planned for

432
00:54:47,371 --> 00:54:49,064
even coming here tonight.

433
00:54:52,363 --> 00:54:54,993
And if they don't kill you,
it'll be for one reason.

434
00:54:55,593 --> 00:54:58,683
They consider you
less of a nuisance alive than dead.

435
00:54:59,983 --> 00:55:02,582
If you're insulted by the idea
of your insignificance,

436
00:55:02,607 --> 00:55:04,907
you shouldn't be, you should cherish it.

437
00:55:05,263 --> 00:55:07,751
No daring journalist is going
to come to your aid,

438
00:55:07,776 --> 00:55:09,552
no rogue police officer.

439
00:55:09,604 --> 00:55:13,705
It's just you alone, Danny.
Ask yourself, honestly, who are you?

440
00:55:15,233 --> 00:55:19,242
You're friends with everyone,
you trust everyone, and you know no-one.

441
00:55:19,297 --> 00:55:20,497
You know these people.

442
00:55:20,522 --> 00:55:22,875
- I knew them 40 years ago.
- Help me.

443
00:55:27,343 --> 00:55:30,573
One way or another,
I've been afraid for much of my life,

444
00:55:30,713 --> 00:55:34,272
and it's a privilege to spend time
with a man who's never afraid of anything.

445
00:55:34,358 --> 00:55:36,795
And that's not because you
were born in a different time.

446
00:55:37,303 --> 00:55:38,653
You're fearless.

447
00:55:40,033 --> 00:55:42,681
I've always wondered how that must feel.
But, Danny,

448
00:55:43,681 --> 00:55:46,658
occasionally, it's right to be afraid.

449
00:55:47,443 --> 00:55:48,683
Leave this alone.

450
00:55:50,553 --> 00:55:51,753
Promise me.

451
00:57:22,522 --> 00:57:27,122
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