London Spy

This programme contains some strong language,

some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting,

and scenes of a sexual nature.

MUSIC IN HEADPHONES

I Feel Love by Donna Summer

# Ooooh!

# I'm in love, I'm in love

# I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love...

# Ooooooh...

# I feel love, I feel love

# I feel love, I feel love, I fe-e-eel love...

# I feel lo-o-o-ove

# I feel lo-o-o-o-ove... #

MUFFLED POUNDING MUSIC

Come on.

Hey, guys.

Erm, I was just...

..wanted to see if you're still up.

But...

SEAGULLS CAW

AMBIENT SYNTH DRONE

INAUDIBLE

PHONE SHATTERS

Are you OK?

Me? I'm fine.

You don't know me, but if you did, you'd know I'm always fine.

What about your drink?

You can keep it.

MACHINE BEEPS REGULARLY

RAPID BEEPING

'Destination reached.

'Scanning successful.'

I'll shave his hand?

I'll shake his hand. IMITATING: I'll shape his hand.

Shake his hand! Shake his hand.

Hello! Hi.

I'll sha-... I'll sha-...

..-ke his hand. ..-kis hand.

SAXOPHONE WAILS ON TV

No... No... No...

No... No... Oh, no.

I'm going to stay in tonight.

You don't feel so good?

I'm fine.

ALARM BEEPS

I wanted to say thank you.

Which I didn't get to say.

Last time.

I just had a hunch.

Sometimes you have to take a chance, right?

Otherwise, how do you know?

HE CHUCKLES

Obviously I got this wrong.

Oh, sorry.

HE LAUGHS

My name's Danny.

My name is Joe.

So Joe, are you...

Are...

I've run out of questions. Erm...

Ask me.

Please.

Are you out?

No.

If you want to go, I can understand that reaction.

I don't want to go.

I work for an investment bank.

It's their apartment.

Security is a concern.

There's a terrace...

If you want to smoke, I mean.

I'm going to take a shower.

I'll let you get dressed.

DOOR CLOSES

I can pay.

No, it's fine, I'm...

I must be easy to read.

You are.

Is that bad?

Makes a change.

The people I work with...

..are inscrutable.

HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

I can be inscrutable.

Did you look through my clothes?

HE LAUGHS

See you.

Has he rung?

He will.

A week?

I've never been more certain of anything in my life. Why?

Because... That can't be it.

There's more. There has to be.

You love falling in love.

The moment when it's all possibilities and dreams.

You think he's out of my league?

The thought never crossed my mind.

Where are we going to drink tonight?

Somewhere dimly lit and terribly old-fashioned.

So we're on the doorstep, saying goodbye.

And I'm trying to give him Pavel's number,

because I don't have a phone...

..except he doesn't write it down.

And I'm like...

"If you don't want to...

"if you don't want see me again..."

And then he says,

"Numbers, Danny, I have no problem with."

Like he could remember every phone number in the world.

THEY CHUCKLE

And then...we shook hands!

If you'd have told me a week ago

I'd be this happy with a handshake at the end of a date...

I'm sorry. I'll stop talking about him.

It's all right, I understand.

It's just the feeling, you know?

Not being able to think about anyone else.

Yeah.

I know the feeling.

Yeah, course.

KNOCKING

KNOCKING

HE SIGHS

Otherwise, how do you know?

So at some point you're going to talk about yourself, right?

Not your work, I understand.

That's, er, secret.

But, erm, the other stuff?

Why? DANNY LAUGHS

Isn't that what you do when you meet someone?

I tell you stuff. You tell me stuff.

This is us.

CAR BEEPS AND LOCKS

So grown-up.

You drink tea out of a thermos, and you go for...

country walks.

I must seem young...

..compared to the people you work with.

You do.

You're not joking, are you?

I started university when I was 15.

So you never...messed around?

In what sense? Any sense.

I've been serious for a very long time.

What made you change your mind?

About? About me.

I wondered what it would be like to do these walks with someone.

For a minute I was worried that you were going to say

it was cos I made you laugh.

I don't think you've ever made me laugh.

It's not that you won't...

I understand. I'm sure you will. I understand.

So you turn up, on my doorstep...

Which is wonderful!

..except I never told you where I live.

And I was wondering, and I should say in advance that I don't mind,

but...

..did you carry out some kind of background check on me?

The way we met was unusual.

Right. DANNY CHUCKLES

So...

you thought "Stranger! Seduction!"

Not that, erm, I'm presuming you're seduced by me.

That's, erm...

..process ongoing.

Erm, what was I saying?

Erm, yeah, so you thought,

our meeting was part of...

..a set-up?

It's fine. It's fun. I just...

I thought you said I was easy to read?

That would've been the reason you were selected.

The appearance of innocence.

I'm not innocent.

You might be the only innocent person I know.

Can you tell me what your real name is now?

My name is Alex.

I'd like you to come up...

If you want, obviously.

If you don't, that's cool. I want to. I didn't mean to say "cool".

You want to.

But...

It's a little fast.

Well, maybe next time.

You've got to stop shaking my hand. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

OK.

Fuck!

It's normally tidier than this.

It's never tidier than this.

Had you guessed?

Mmm, I'd guessed you hadn't slept with guys before.

I'd thought maybe you'd slept with a couple of women.

Can I ask you a question?

Mmm.

What's stopped you?

You don't have to answer.

How do you admit to someone you've never been in a relationship?

Who wants to hear?

And when they do, who wants to stay?