Paradox

Do you recognise these images? It was streamed live at 2.33am.

It looks as if there's been an explosion.

Ten hours from now. It hasn't even happened?

Yet.

Assuming King's put these images together, what's he telling us?

How do we know he isn't just watching us chase our tails?

The images don't make any sense!

The images are just images.

How is this happening?

It's not where it starts that's important,

it's where it ends - under that bridge!

We saw the future burn right in front of us.

What the hell is going on?

In the interests of national security,

anything relating to this incident

will come under the Official Secrets Act.

LIFT CHIMES

BEEP

I love you.

I love you too.

But not enough. Not any more.

Um...

Keep them. For emergencies.

Morning.

Have you washed? Yeah.

Oh, good morning. Morning.

There's no electricity, stupid. You'll have to have bread.

I hate bread!

Toast IS bread.

HE SNEERS

Will you shut the door? You're letting the cold out!

I'm having cereal, all right?

I need to confirm these images predict the future.

If I don't involve DI Flint's team again, would... whatever this is still happen?

What do the other security agencies think?

Nothing. We haven't told them.

The fewer people involved, the more we can control secrecy.

I'm not sure DS Holt would want to be

part of an investigation team if he saw this.

Then perhaps we shouldn't show it to him.

You OK, mate?

Yeah, I suppose so.

Get any sleep?

Not really. You?

No.

You all right?

Where were you yesterday? We could have done with you.

Of course. Why?

Train explosion.

You were called to the bridge? Half the Force were.

First reports said a bomb. Someone called in a code red.

We're lying to our colleagues.

HE SCRIBBLES

We're inviting DI Flint's team back in.

As far as the rest of the building is concerned,

they're running a routine security check.

It was thought more sensitive not to show them the image of DS Holt.

The MoD is our biggest client.

I wasn't really in a position...

Obviously, they'll be monitoring... It's an experiment.

They're eliminating extraneous effect.

I understand.

MOTOR RUNS

Wait! Wait!

Oh, don't leave!

Bastard! He did that deliberately.

Fancy a lift, Jack?

Yeah! Cheers, Danny.

Is that it? Yes.

Seven images, not eight. One less than yesterday.

Is that as clean as you can get it?

I'm trying not to lose resolution.

But as far as I can see there are no bubbles on the surface of the water.

Victim's dead.

Any thoughts, Ben?

Male, I reckon.

Could be a school uniform he's wearing. Teenage boy?

The images arrived at 22.45 last night.

No indication on them as to when this might happen?

Well, it was 18 hours from download to disaster yesterday.

If it follows the same time scale, it'll be...

16.45 this afternoon. Thank you.

So whoever he is...

..he isn't dead yet.

ENGINE ROARS, STEREO BLARES

Speed up in this puddle now. Go! Accelerate!

Good work! Keep going, keep going. Speed up now.

Kick it up the arse. Speed up!

All right, now, let's go. Veer off to the left now, down here.

Last night, OK, I was...persuaded...

But... But whoever...

Forget physics. When have you ever heard of anyone seeing the future?

74 people died. They died!

It's got to have been a massive coincidence.

You come into a crime scene, you're convinced it's murder,

you see evidence where it doesn't exist. The images led us to the explosion, Ben.

How?

Our job is not to find out why it's happening, it's to prevent it.

All right. All right, suppose you buy this is the future.

How can we change it? We didn't yesterday.

We have to try! We can save a boy's life.

This boy's life!

Doesn't it concern you?

Of course!

I mean, the images aren't random.

Well, they weren't yesterday.

It's like some being...is allowing us a glimpse of what's to come.

God's talking to Manchester?

Think of the implications if we do stop something.

Mess with things we don't understand.

You wouldn't say that if we'd stopped the tanker.

Perhaps the tanker was meant to crash.

It wasn't our place to...

Save lives?

Change the future.

"314X WD."

Ring East Lancs Water, see if they know where this is.

Maybe the victim's going to drown in the drain.

It's happened before.

I know toast is bread. I'm not stupid!

She's a girl, she gets away with it.

They look at me like... like everything's gonna be totally messed up.

Like I'm the resident idiot.

It's because they don't understand you.

That's why they put you down. My dad used to do that.

After he died, I worked it out - it's fear.

We want to live our lives differently. It threatens them.

Don't worry. You're not alone.

Thanks.

East Lancs Water are gonna have to get back to me.

One of their waste-water plants went offline after the power cut.

They understand it's urgent? He wrote it down.

That's as clean as I can get it.

Is it a chemical sign? Something you recognise?

No.

I'm gonna deck that bastard. Yellow background, black letters.

Missing letters, numbers...

Yellow background - rear number plate.

A partial. DA 64 Y. Missing letter, missing number.

Could take time to trace. We haven't a model.

Lettering isn't solid black.

It's got a grey pattern running through it.

It's been personalised.

In which case, do the letters represent a name?

Davy?

Danny?

HE RETCHES

You'll be OK. It's OK.

Ugh. Sorry, Danny.

Don't be silly - we're mates. It's my fault, not yours.

Probably bad gear.

Here. Thanks.

Why don't you have a kip in the car?

You'll feel better after a sleep.

Cheers.

A drain cover, a pigeon... Racing pigeon. It's tagged.

PHONE RINGS Marble, granite...

DC Gada. What's the connection?

OK...

Thanks. They've traced the car. Not David - Daniel. Simpson.

Thornwell Street. No previous. Self-employed electrician.

Local. Me and Callum will go.

If you draw a blank, come straight back.

How could we stay away?

DOOR SHUTS

What exactly do we ask him?

Where he intends to be at 16.45 this afternoon.

DS Holt. DC Gada.

Are you Daniel Simpson? Yeah.

We've been, er, tipped off.

A gang of criminals may be targeting properties in the area this afternoon.

Do you...know if you'll be in?

Late afternoon.

Yeah.

Is that your car?

Yeah.

Do you intend lending it to anyone this afternoon?

No. Only my name on the insurance policy.

Is it fitted with an alarm?

Yeah.

Great. Thanks.

Thank you, sir.

There's three possibilities -

he and the car will be here at 4.45,

he's lying, or the car gets stolen.

Well, what are we supposed to do?

We can't wait here for the next 5 hours and 19 minutes.

We can't ask for surveillance without explaining why.

HE STARTS MOTOR

"A gang of thieves have been targeting the area"?

At least I said something.

HE PANTS

HE PANTS AND COUGHS

HE GASPS AND COUGHS

'...a warning before the explosion happened.'

DOOR SLAMS

Hello! What are you doing home?

Power surge or something. Blew stuff up at school.

What's for lunch? SHE TURNS TV OFF

Where's Jack?