Former British soldier Jonathan Pine navigates the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington where an unholy alliance operates between the intelligence community and the secret arms trade. To infiltrate the inner circle of lethal arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper, Pine must himself become a criminal.
Cast: Hugh Laurie, Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Debicki, Olivia Colman, Alistair Petrie, Michael Nardone, Hovik Keuchkerian, Adeel Akhtar, Tom Hollander, Douglas Hodge, David Harewood, Natasha Little, Antonio de la Torre, Tobias Menzies, Noah Jupe, Katherine Kelly, Nasser Memarzia, Simona Brown, Buffy Davis, Jonathan Aris, Neil Morrissey, Marta Torné, David Avery, Tábata Cerezo, Amir El-Masry, Aure Atika, Alice Bier Zanden, Sam Redford, Gabriel Andreu, Nancy Baldwin, Esther Regina, Tressa Brooks, Aymen Hamdouchi
As Burr faces questions and drastically reduced resources, Jonathan is pushed to the limit.
Jonathan puts on an impressive display in order to persuade Roper of his loyalty, while Burr finds her operation, and herself, under threat.
While Jonathan takes advantage of Corkoran's instability and agrees to act as frontman for Roper, Burr's operation receives an unexpected boost, but forces from above are determined to stop it.
As Jonathan becomes more involved in Roper's life, he has to contend with a suspicious Corkoran, while the validity of Burr's operation is questioned by superiors.
Angela Burr persuades Jonathan to work undercover for her clandestine operation, and he immediately goes about creating a false identity in order to get close to Richard Roper.
After being approached with details about a secret arsenal of weapons set to be sold by a British business magnate, hotel night manager Jonathan Pine is pulled into a dangerous world.