The City and the City

Nowhere else works like the cities...

..Beszal...

..and Ul Qoma.

Mahalia Geary, a few days ago she disappeared in Ul Qoma.

She turns up in Beszal.

Mr Gorse.

Bowden is at the centre of this.

The idea of Orciny has always threatened the authorities.

Be safe. Yolanda!

What if it's real? We need to start believing it

just to find out what happened.

Why is this case so important for you?

It's your wife, right?

Her and Bowden, your personal makes you the wrong man for the job.

Maybe it makes me the right guy.

It can be hard to see, to unsee.

Get it wrong and they punish you.

I should have known. I was a cop.

Bad dream.

You're invited.

You survived. Not everybody does.

What have you done to me?

We can do whatever we want to you.

You are in breach.

We have to fix a breach.

Terms and conditions, deals to be made.

We can make it easy for you.

You can make it easy for you.

Look at me.

Ah! You belong to us.

It's up to us how you go under,

how long, what you see, what you say...

..when you come round...

..if you come round.

This room is the court.

If you want to see what's on the other side, cooperate.

You're a born breacher, Borlu.

We can work with that.

You could help us.

What do you know of Orciny?

Professor Katrynia Perla was a believer in Orciny, wasn't she?

What have you done with my wife?

Answer the question.

She was an academic, she studied it.

Oh, we think more than that.

Your wife was a subversive.

You killed her!

You're killing everyone connected to Orciny!

We don't kill. You disappeared her, then!

We don't know what happened to your wife or Mahalia.

Bowden got them to Orciny, didn't he?

The day Katrynia disappeared, they were together.

Tell us about that day, Borlu.

You are shitting yourselves.

You're scared.

If Orciny exists, it means systematic transgression,

a parasite city.

A threat.

Because if Mahalia and Kat discovered Orciny's real...

..where would that leave you?

At war.

Ah!

Bad dream?

You're off early today, Professor. Lecture to prepare.

Oh, yeah? I don't think you'd want to hear.

Try me.

Beszel and Ul Qoma: Invisible Borders. A state of division...

All right.

I warned you. Borderline sedition.

I'll have to get the cuffs on you later.

Look forward it.

Thank you for having me, Inspector Borlu.

Be safe.

Be safe yourself.

Bowden.

Christ, Borlu. How...?

What do you want?

I'm investigating a murder. The Geary case?

Yeah, the Geary Case. The Geary case is with Breach.

It's closed. Well, the Yolanda Stark case, then.

My wife's case. Jesus, man, people have been murdered!

It's over, Borlu.

Who thinks that? We do, they do. It's unanimous.

FUCK THAT!

I want the case reopened.

There's a connection between David Bowden and Michael Gorse.

They were mates at Berkeley, they travelled to India together.

What are you raving about?

And Michael Gorse, CEO of Sear & Core,

is connected with your mate, Major Syedr!

You're stood down. I'm off the case.

You're off the force. I need your badge.

And I'd appreciate it

if you refrained from contact with other officers.

Thank you for your support! On the road to victory!

The sign of the times will be heard for the first time in this city!

Excuse me, sir.

There's an American gentleman in the car would like to speak to you.

Follow us.

Yolanda's killer was working for you, wasn't he?

He was a good true citizen.

Nothing to do with me. You're a murdering bastard, Syedr.

I'm going to take you down.

News on the golf course is you've been discharged, Borlu.

You're no policeman. And you never were a patriot!

I'm not the one doing dodgy deals with the Yanks, am I?

What does that mean? You, Mike Gorse, David Bowden,

two dead girls. Why? What did they know?

You have no idea what you're dealing with.

This is a new order, Borlu. It's happening. We're here, now.

Where's Bowden?

This is our city.

I'll be mayor and you'll be dead!

Don't shoot!

Chief?

Oh, Corwi.

Sit down.

I saw some of Bowden's home movies. India '83, you're right.

Him and Gorse go way back.

Hippies always make the cut, don't they?

You know you're breaking the No Contact Rule.

I can decide for myself where I go, who I see.

Really?

Well, Breach have got me on a leash.

Things got a bit complicated, didn't they, Chief?

Things got a fucking mess. Language.

I've missed you.

Me, you.

Gorse, Syedr, Bowden...

they're in this up to their necks.

Chief, it's Orciny.

Orciny's the connection.

They look just like you and me, don't they?

I'm Breach manifest. Have been for a long time.

I'm your leash.

Yeah, well, fuck you.

You're the one that's a bit fucked, Chief.

What they did to you in there, they can do some more.

They're everywhere. They? No. You. You're everywhere.

And you've played me. I never set you up.

You didn't need me for any of this.

I couldn't have made a better choice.

We want Orciny, you want justice for a dead girl...

and for your wife.

That's him. Get him.

Get him!

You're not thinking straight.

You killed TC, you're a marked man.

Where are we?

Breathe. Relax.

You're in Ul Qoma.

That's not possible.

You're with me.

You're with the Breach.

You hungry?

Smell that?

Besz dumplings.

I am a long way from home cooking.

We're not so far.

We crossed over. Yeah, crossed over.

You can do that, you're with me.

See those things?

You like those, don't you?

Take what you want.

Get him. Come on. That's him. That's him.

You unsee one city, you see the other.

You cross over.

You adjust, cross back.

Give it up, Borlu.

Are you in Beszel or are you in Ul Qoma?

I don't know!

You're with me. You're in both.

Breathe, Chief, breathe.

It's safer to move you here.

You've got all your things.

Anything else you want, they'll bring you.

To do what?

You're an investigator, Borlu.

Investigate.

Not for me, thanks, Chief.

It must have been really difficult for you,

playing the secretary all the time.

It was funny.

I learned a lot.

So, what do I call you?

Call me what you like.

But we work together to find the truth.

Breach are across all borders, all communications.

We have covert and mobile surveillance,

written reports, wired informers, investigators, recording devices,

electronic communications and plain old gossip.

If you have all this, how come you don't know who killed Mahalia?

Hm? How come you don't know what happened to my wife?

We need your instincts.

Your eyes make a difference.

Recognise her yet?

Minutes...

..hours...

..days...

..years.