The Inside Man (2019)

In a castle in deepest Romania a lawyer is presiding over an audacious financial heist. In London, a sinister figure walks into a hospital. What links these two seemingly unrelated events? Who knows, but nothing good can come of this.

Mark and AJ are testing out an ingenious weapon to add to their cyber-armoury. A phone call brings news that will rock their world. Who is the mystery man in the hospital? He looks familiar somehow.

Violet and Mark are approached by the security services. The siblings are faced with an impossible choice that tests their already fragile relationship. The name Cyrus Barclay re-enters their lives; that’s never a good thing.

Mark and Violet make a decision regarding the approach from Europol. The mechanics behind the next stage of Cyrus’ plan are starting to become clear. A ‘has been’ social media company called ‘The Village’ seems to have attracted his attention.

The Europol security chief outlines the extent of Cyrus’ criminal activities and the involvement of his merciless lawyer Lenora Van Deroef. Maurice is starting to feel the heat from old contacts from his hacker black book. Violet is impatient with progress and strikes out alone

AJ is excited to be taking on a huge career opportunity on a TV news programme . Cyrus’ hacking operation gets into its relentless stride and recruits a couple of familiar faces to his shady ‘corporation’. Looks like Violet is in way too deep.

Violet overhears something that chills her to the core. Turns out the stakes are way higher not just for The Village, but for her, Mark and everyone they care for. Similarly for Maurice, who finds himself having to do a deal with a part of his past he really would rather forget.

Fiona is keen to be operational and volunteers herself for a high stakes mission to infiltrate ‘The Village’. AJ gets to wheel out his favourite bit of kit while Mark runs backup. Maurice enlists an old ally to carry out a personal hacking commission. But why?

Cyrus’ grip around ‘The Village’ is closing ever tighter. Fiona, Mark and AJ need all their collective powers of persuasion on the senior board members before its’ most precious asset is extracted. The clock is ticking and Lenora Van Deroef is intent on her remorseless strategy.

The Good Shepherd team are in full flow but they are up against an agile adversary. After a lengthy tussle, where each side takes the initiative over ‘The Village’ it seems like Fiona, Mark, AJ, Violet and Maurice have dealt the killer blow. Maurice sends out for champagne, to celebrate.

The champagne order was premature. Good Shepherd are up against a world class villain who can never be underestimated. Seems that all that work was for nothing. Violet’s next move puts her in the eye of the storm. Surely it’s game over.

At last, Mark and Violet finally get a chance to reconcile. The occasion is not the one they would have chosen. Maurice strikes a bargain but at what cost? As for Cyrus, where in the world is he?