Part 2 was more of an extension of what we learned from part 1 with Borlu (David Morrissey) heading to Ul Qomo to find out further about Mahalia. Of course before that he had to get into more strife otherwise his job wouldn't be worth doing. This means heading to Major Syder (Danny Webb) and getting into an altercation with the TC - True Citizens: the Fascist mob. Well it was more getting beaten up by the mob cos you just knew that that cue ball was gonna hit its mark and that was gonna be someone's head! He's also stomped upon in fascist fashion, leading the Beszel authorities to hand over the investigation to Ul Qomo. He can be a part of it but will require permission and training. Of course Corwi (Mandeep Dhillon) is peed with this and enter her usual f**ing around in no uncertain terms. It's just so funny listening to her cos that's today's society also for ya! You'd think they'd have found an alternative expletive, especially since they managed to come up with 'wanker' in Ul Qomo speak! Yeah as said before, it's so Big Brother 1984 territory!
Borlu recalls how he met Katrynia (Lara Pulver) and attended that training and how even the children were being taught at an early age about Breach and outcasts. Taught by a school teacher who gets into a bit of a tizzy when she asks Borlu about the car and he tells her all the details about it. Obviously no one in Beszel would be able to afford that. He asks Katrynia to lunch of the liquid variety and also he reads up, well picks up the book by Dr Bowdon (Christian Camargo) The City and The City which tells of Orciny. Borlu also attends a lecture given by Bowdon and sees Kat again as she draws that symbol like a compass point in circular fashion. He tells her not to be so loud about it. At the lecture he speaks of those symbols and how they're calling out.
Corwi is angry about being off the case but he still wants her to investigate for him. Arriving at Ul Qomo, one side of the street is blurred out cos it's the other City and isn't meant to be in view and then he crosses the border with us seeing red everywhere literally ! Ha. Then comes back in a red taxi later on. He's picked up by his other half, Senior Det Dhatt (Maria Schrader) in that city and she gives him the lowdown on things and how they work there. He doesn't really have any authority and advises him to stay in his hotel as much as possible. Also gives him a phone which was bugged apparently. As well as smoking being frowned upon as shown by the doorman of the hotel.
Borlu visits the site where Mahalia was digging and professor Nancy (Paprika Steen) in charge but he's restricted in what he can do and ask there. They've been finding artifacts from the other city and one of the workers there, Rebecca (Marama Corlett) asks him for a light whilst asking about Yolanda who has vanished now. She was also her best friend. At the bar he speaks with Dhatt who wants to know who the woman in the photo is after they stake out Bowdon'd room but he's not around. He tells her about Yolanda and her call, well he had to after putting his foot in it by letting slip she was Mahalia's best friend.
Borlu meets with Rebecca who takes him to the dig and the vast symbols everywhere. Telling him they can go to the other city but they must be invited. Where there's none of this rubbish that goes on here. They are found out and the guard pushes him over the edge, as he falls and lands in the water. That fall took forever! He also rescued Kat earlier on when they first met, as she fell off the bridge or was she pushed after an argument with Bowdon. She's wearing yellow, a colour not to be worn in Ul Qomo and so Borlu goes after her. Just as well then. As said not much going on here just bits and pieces setting us up for the next part which is about the third city Orciny.
Some people have been confused with the blend of the two cities but it works well and can't really see what's to be confused by it, especially once you grasp that Beszel is the poorer forerunner of Ul Qomo which has excelled in terms of wealth but by removing immigrants and not allowing them in with stringent checks and controls. These are found on the other side in the city of Beszel, the poorer relation, if you like, which is all yellow and stained in a sense with the stench and pee of that other world where all live. Ul Qomo being a clinical state of pureness. Thus it's red signifying danger but also coldness in stark contrast to yellow. Perhaps they're more confused by Breach and what this is which will be dealt with in Part 4.
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