Series 2 Episode 5

The fifth episode of the second series of the British thriller-drama action, Utopia, was first broadcast on 5 August 2014. The episode was produced by Kudos Film and Television for Channel 4.

Synopsis
With the revelation that her father is alive, Jessica and Milner set off to find him. Arby takes Grant and Anton to a place from his past, a remote mountainside where he came as a child.

Plot
Terrence Truman, a fast food worker, is berated at his job by a rude customer. He goes home to his apartment and prints out five news articles about the family murder-suicides. He retrieves two envelopes from a hidden compartment in a chest and removes from the first one five passports and five stacks of currency, both corresponding to each country the murders took place in. He wraps them in their respective articles and puts them in a duffel bag with a gun from the second envelope. He sits on his couch with the bag and stares at the wall, waiting for something.

Becky stops Ian Johnson from running after Arby to save Grant Leetham, pointing out that Arby would have killed them all if he was going to kill Grant. Michael Dugdale takes a picture of Jessica Hyde holding a gun to Milner's head, and Milner calmly gives her Leah Gorsand's contact information to send the picture to her. She comments on a news report about Americans pushing into China and Dugdale asks if she is truly Mr. Rabbit, and if the story about her in China is true. She states that she is a killer but "I didn't want to be. It's just the way it turned out." She comments how interesting it is that nuclear conflicts start as squabbles about land rights, then warns Dugdale that he is killing his wife and daughter with his actions. Jessica instructs Dugdale to send the picture from somewhere safe and tell the Network to stay away from Ian and Philip Carvel, but Milner smugly points out they are too late as the news reports Roy Johnson's murder, Ian framed as his killer.

Ian and a reluctant Becky split jobs: Ian will dispose of Marius' body, and Becky will scrub the group's DNA from their hideout. Becky uses the computer and reads the news, finding an article about Roy's death, and turns to Ian, horrified. Dugdale stops Jessica as she leaves with Milner, asking what will happen to his family as she promised to help them. She tells him to figure out where they are being kept by inserting a phone with a GPS into his rectum and leaves. Ian, processing what happened, asks Becky what his mother thinks happened, and she says that she thinks he killed his brother. She persaudes him not to contact her and he begins to cry, letting Becky hold him. Arby, Grant and Carvel arrive in the mountains, Arby explaining that there is an abandoned Network base nearby that he would occassionally spend time in as a boy. He warns Grant to behave himself around the locals and provides a cover story of Arby being his father and Carvel his grandfather. Grant asks if Arby is going to kill Ian, which he ignores. He insists that he is like Arby now, and Arby flatly disagrees with him. Gorsand shows Wilson Wilson the picture of Milner and Jessica. She explains she is showing Wilson because "she (Milner) believes in you" and that the Network needs Mr. Rabbit to make decisions right now. Wilson tells her not to show anyone the picture, and "for the moment, we are Mr. Rabbit."

Becky wakes up to find Ian not in bed with her. He is sealing up Marius' body behind an unfinished wall. She takes her Thoraxin and a Deels-induced hallucination of Marius with his gunshot wounds still on him appears. He dips a chip in his head wound and tells her to eat it. She runs to Ian and explains that without Christian Donaldson, she has no way to treat her disease and asks him to help her peacefully commit suicide when her Deels becomes unbearable. He ignores her request and tells her they are going to go found out if Dugdale is on their side or not. Arby muses that the base was a surprisingly nice place, "the kind of place a father takes a son." Carvel babbles at Grant in Romani, to his annoyance. Geoff Lawson drinks, briefly holds scissors to his throat, then uses them to cut up several newspapers. Gorsand approaches Wilson as he studies Milner's picture, and he points out that there is a child's drawing in the background labeled "ice" yet is set in a grassy plane. She shows him that Lawson has created a ransom note that he has pretended to receive demanding twenty million in cash. Wilson points out the currency is unspecified and asking for it in sterling would be over a thousand pounds of paper. When Lawson asks after Milner, Wilson agrees to pay, knowing Janus is more important than anything else. As Lawson walks away, Gorsand notes that she did not think he was this stupid. Wilson states that he is not, just desperate. He looks at a promotional V-Day poster and partially covers the name "Alice" on it with a hand, noting that it reads "ice."

Dugdale wraps the phone in a condom and inserts it, but is stopped by a knife-wielding Ian as he moves to leave. Dugdale begs him to reconsider, promising he had no choice and that the Network has his family. Becky gets Ian to back off and sits down with Dugdale, explaining recent developments to him, theorzing that Carvel pointing to his Janus picture and saying "proof" was him saying the picture was proof of the modifications he made to Janus, and Dugdale informs them that Milner is Mr. Rabbit. Dugdale tells them that Jessica has Milner and she put a phone in Ian's jacket, and Ian realizes she is actually following Grant, who is wearing his jacket. Becky asks when he saw Jessica and he almost reveals their sexual encounter until Network agents burst in and sweep the place, followed by Wilson, who greets the group. The mountains group passes by an elderly couple and Grant curses at them to defy Arby's authority. Arby grabs Grant and pulls him aside as Grant continues to insist that he is like him, asking him to give him the gun so he can "go back and show you." Carvel interrupts by saying the name "Pietre" but instead approaches Grant, thinking he is his son. Milner praises Jessica for her escape while she tracks Grant and insists she can still work with the Network, but Jessica points out that she plans to kill Milner. Milner asks why she is still alive and tries to manipulate her with her conflicted feelings about her father, and Jessica holds a knife to her to get her to stop talking. Milner insists that Carvel was a genius and that his accomplishments will go unrecognized, but everyone will survive because of him. Jessica notes that everyone but Milner will survive.

Becky explains the recent developments with Janus to Wilson, who is more concerned about Milner's whereabouts. She snarkily asks if he is going to torture them for Milner, and he notes that he "just might." He insists that the deaths caused by the Russian flu will have been necessary, and Becky points out that he sounds like Conran Letts. Wilson states that Letts was right, and the group's problem is that they think the world will be able to cooperate. He again asks for Milner, but Ian interrupts him and addresses her as Mr. Rabbit. Wilson orders a nearby Lee to give them privacy and warns Ian that he will be killed if Lee had heard him. Ian states that he does not care, as he is more concerned about getting revenge for his brother. Wilson reluctantly sends the Janus picture to Gorsand, but warns them that he will extract Milner's location "one way or another" if nothing comes back. Arby uses Grant to ask Carvel why he abandoned him, and Carvel says "you weren't human. You were horrific." Arby hears rocks shifting and investigates to find Milner standing in a clearing. Jessica appears from behind and holds him at gunpoint, asking for Carvel.

Wilson tells his unresponsive friends that it is good to see them again. He offers condolences on Roy and tells Ian not to blame himself, and Ian flatly states that he blames the Network. Wilson tells him he has at least lost someone now like him and Becky, who is astounded by Wilson's shortsightedness and lack of empathy. Gorsand arrives to talk to Wilson, and Dugdale quietly tells Becky and Ian that he needs to save his family as soon as possible. They agree to help him. Gorsand tells them they were right about the numbers and that they indicate something terrible. Wilson says that they need to find and stop Milner immediately. Jessica gives Grant her gun and has her guard Arby. She starts to speak to her father and he instantly recognizes her through her eyes. He hugs her and she threatens to stab him if he does not stop until he tells her he loves her, and she drops her knife and embraces him. Milner tells a forlorn Arby that Jessica has ruined everything for them both because of Carvel's love for only her. Wilson and Ian track the phone in Grant's jacket.

Dugdale gives his family the phone and waits with Becky outside in the car. He phones Jen and she signals Alice to make herself sick, the two of them going to the bathroom where Dugdale has rappeled up the side of the building to take them out the window. Alice is afraid of heights and cannot do it, so Jen distracts the guard and she and Dugdale attack and disarm him. Dugdale warns him to give them the code to get out or he will kill him, but the guard smugly states that Dugdale does not have it in him. Jen stabs his hand and he gives it to them, and the family escapes with Becky.

Carvel switches back and forth between Romani and English, telling Jessica he put Janus in her to save her. Milner convinces them to let her speak to Carvel alone, as he communicates with her specifically in lucid English. Walking with Grant, who has been sent to guard them, she asks how he is doing and he holds the gun on her, angry at her for turning him "into a ghost." She tells him he does not have it in him to kill her and walks over to Carvel. Arby admits to Jessica that he had no plan and was waiting for something to happen. Jessica explains she found him because the couple Grant yelled at identified him, and they agree that he is "a massive pain in the arse." She compliments him on the weight loss, although she expresses disapproval of his beard. Milner informs Carvel that Janus is ready to launch, and he tells her the "adjustment": he selected a group of Southeast Asians that have a low risk of diseases and are mostly peaceful, but he changed his mind at the last minute and instead chose his own people, the Roma. Milner is surprsingly fine with this, remembering that she referred to Carvel as a god and he should therefore be allowed to choose. She tells Carvel that they are nearly finished with their plan and that they need to do one more thing. Carvel grabs Grant's gun from him but lets him run off.

Arby gives Jessica his third new identity, revealing he had it made for her. Carvel approaches and shoots Arby in the chest, begging Jessica to run as he fires at her. Carvel cuts Milner's rope binding her hands and kisses her, telling her that "now it's just you and me." Jessica carries Arby to a shed and removes the bullet, trying to keep him breathing. Wilson arrives and Milner introduces him to Carvel, but Wilson begs her to reverse the command to release the Russian flu, revealing that Janus does not make the victim infertile: it stops the Russian flu vaccine from working on everyone but the Roma, which Carvel confirms. Wilson gives a hesitant Milner his phone to call off who she has selected, but she instead tells the person on the other end to "commence." Horrified, Wilson holds her at gunpoint and shouts at her to call the releaser back, but she insists that there are seven billion people in the world and one hundred million deaths will not make a difference. She calmly informs him that he cannot shoot her because she is the only one who knows who the agent is, and Wilson instead turns his gun on Carvel. Carvel accepts his fate, telling her that "I understand completely." A gunshout sounds and Milner collapses, Grant having shot her in the back. He forces Wilson onto his knees, proclaiming killing "easy" and preparing to shoot him next, but is stopped by Ian. He sees Carvel weeping over Milner's dead body and collpases in Ian's arms, crying with remorse.

Terrence receives a call during work and is berated by the same customer from before. He gives the man his company hat and grins, going to the back and changing into his civilian clothes. He pulls the duffel bag out of his locker and shuts it.

Cast

 * Wilson Wilson - Adeel Akhtar
 * Michael Dugdale - Paul Higgins
 * Milner - Geraldine James
 * Arby - Neil Maskell
 * Jessica Hyde - Fiona O'Shaughnessy
 * Geoff Lawson - Alistair Petrie
 * Becky - Alexandra Roach
 * Ian Johnson - Nathan Stewart-Jarrett
 * Grant Leetham - Oliver Woollford
 * Jen Dugdale - Ruth Gemmell
 * Alice Dugdale - Emilia Jones
 * Leah Gorsand - Sylvestra Le Touzel
 * Philip Carvel - Ian McDiarmid
 * Lee - Paul Ready
 * Marius - Emil Hostina
 * Terrence Truman - Steven Robertson

Deaths

 * Milner

Music

 * "Utopia Overture" - Cristobal Tapia De Veer (Terrence prepares for something)
 * "Utopia Finale" - Cristobal Tapia De Veer (Recap/Credits)
 * "Utopia Descent" - Cristobal Tapia De Veer (Ian tries to chase after Arby, Wilson sees Ian and Becky for the first time in months)
 * "Bekki on Pills Part 1" - Cristobal Tapia De Veer (Grant, Arby and Carvel start to hike in the mountains)
 * "The Network" - Cristobal Tapia De Veer (Wilson and Gorsand take over as Mr. Rabbit, Becky and Ian agree to help Dugdale, Dugdale infiltrates the building where his family is held)
 * "An Answer" - Cristobal Tapia De Veer (Becky hallucinates Marius)
 * "Utopia's Death Cargo" - Cristobal Tapia De Veer (Dugdale inserts the phone)
 * "Arby's Oratorio" - Cristobal Tapia De Veer (Ian confronts Dugdale with a knife, Jessica and Milner find Arby, Grant holds Milner at gunpoint, Wilson holds his gun on Milner)
 * "Where is Jessica Hyde? Part 1" - Cristobal Tapia De Veer (Jessica and Milner tracking Grant
 * "The Moaning Pyramid" - Cristobal Tapia De Veer (Jessica sees her father for the first time in thirty-five years, Milner dies)
 * "Satan's Waltz (Metamorphosis Stage 1)" - Cristobal Tapia De Veer (Jen and Dugdale attack a guard)
 * "Where is Jessica Hyde? Part 2" - Cristobal Tapia De Veer (Carvel and Milner kiss/Jessica examines Arby's wound, Grant prepares to shoot Wilson)
 * "Fascinating Child" - Cristobal Tapia De Veer (Wilson reveals Janus' true purpose)