'COBRA: Cyberwar' Gets Distracted By Trucks in Episode 3

What fresh new hell can be introduced in this episode of COBRA? So far, Robert Sutherland's Britain has lost a chunk of Kent in an explosion/tsunami; there's been a significant security hack (Ruin Britannia). A Russian oligarch has been assassinated, and there's the frightening prospect of Archie Glover-Morgan, old-school Tory, weaseling his way back into the Cabinet. We still don't know which world power is behind these catastrophes, but in this series, there is one certainty — there's something worse around the corner.

You will not be disappointed. Trucks are arriving at Britain's major port, Dover. Cyclamen, the system that scans each vehicle for radioactive material, is disabled, but not before over 1,000 trucks have been let into the country. Dover has been closed, but MI5 Director Eleanor suggests all ports close down, despite the risk of an impending food crisis. It's essential to maintain public calm and keep details from the press. "I want those ports open again before there are riots in Tesco!" PM Robert Sutherland announces.

Robert is brooding over the Singer Report, which let his government off the hook for the Season 1 shooting incident. He's appointed Archie as chief whip, giving him power over Conservative MPs, and plans to make him Foreign Secretary. Robert needs greater support from the party's right wing. Anna is shocked. "They'll smell weakness on you," she tells him, visibly furious as Archie enters. "I've always said she brings such warmth to the workplace," he comments before graciously accepting the position of Foreign Secretary. Duty calls.