The Jetty (2024) s01e02 Episode Script

This program me contains
very strong language
My heart's in embers
Lying post-flame
But if this is
how the fire feels
Light me up again. ♪
RIZ: In 1835, Charles Darwin
went to the Galapagos Islands,
and found the wildlife so tame,
he could pick the birds out
of the trees with his hands.
Not because they'd been
treated kindly by man,
but because they'd
never encountered him.
Darwin had a name for an animal
who had not yet learnt
to fear its predator.
Naive prey.
Are you OK?
SHE SIGHS
Yeah.
You're not stressing
over this, then?
Was she his ex?
No.
Then, why are you being
so weird about it?
Amy Knightly went missing the
day after that photo was taken,
and then she was
never seen again.
Oh, my God.
Were you friends with her?
No.
Poor Dad.
I just can't believe
he never told me.
SHE BREATHES HEAVILY
What's this, a dawn raid?
Miranda Ashby's had her baby.
I thought you'd want to know.
You know, now that
we're sharing.
Yeah, I'd prefer to have
known in about two hours.
Do come in.
EMBER SIGHS So what now?
Well, there's no guarantee
either of them'll survive.
And Miranda's abuser
will get away with it.
Not if you tell me
who the other girl is.
You know I can't do that.
CUTLERY CLATTERS
So how does your
podcast work, then?
You look for evidence, then
try and decide who's guilty?
Amy's a missing person.
We don't know if anyone's
guilty. Yeah, that's true.
LIQUID POURS
The theory was that
she'd run away.
A theory.
You have another one?
I do.
You want to tell me what it is?
You are very curious,
Detective Manning.
I went to the same
school as Amy.
Mm. Did you ever meet her?
No.
No, I was in the year above.
And she hadn't been
there that long.
We knew some of the
same people, though.
Like who?
Teachers.
Hmm.
METALLIC CLANGING
I could be a sounding
board, if you like.
How about
an interview?
EMBER CHUCKLES
Oh, I'm not sure I know
enough to be that interesting.
Colour and context.
And my 12-year-old boss
would lose her dummy.
Then I'll disguise your voice.
WIND WHISTLES
I should go.
Suit yourself.
There was a rumour at the time
that Amy's parents had taken out
a life insurance
policy in her name.
They were short on money.
Hold on.
An eyewitness had Amy
walking towards the lake
the evening she went missing.
Given that, you would think
they'd have searched it.
You've seen the case file?
Is there a person of interest?
There are some people
who interest me.
What, more than one?
It's an eight-hour
podcast. RIZ CHUCKLES
So, what, you're going
to parade each of them
across the internet, whether
they are guilty or not?
That's so wrong.
Erm, I'll tell you
what's so wrong
is a kid going missing
and no-one bothering
to look for her. Mm-hm.
And you're doing this
for Amy, are you?
SHEEP BLEA
"She wasn't without her faults."
That's what Amy's headteacher
told the local newspaper.
And I'm guessing you know what
faults she was talking about.
She was sexually mature.
Yeah.
She fucked about
and she found out.
That's what Mrs Cawdor
was getting at, right?
Why do women do that?
Fear?
You know, "If I
don't act like her",
"then, it can't happen
to me." I get it.
Oh.
Mrs Cawdor write you
a nice UCAS, did she?
Yeah, she does not deserve
to go to podcast prison.
Eh, we'll see. RIZ CHUCKLES
Are you going to tell me who
your suspects are or not?
Erm not.
You've had too many
spoilers already.
STONE TAPS WINDOW
ENGINE REVS
SHE PANTS
Kitty!
AMY LAUGHS
Let's get inside.
AMY LAUGHS FRONT DOOR CLOSES
I need you to be quiet.
OK, OK! AMY LAUGHS
Sh, sh, sh, sh, sh!
WHISPERING: Amy, please.
SIREN BLARES IN DISTANCE
HITCH: Maybe I should go and
speak to Sheena on my own.
Yeah, go on, then.
You make no sense
to me, Manning.
I thought you'd be desperate
to get back in there.
I'm a riddle,
wrapped in an enigma,
wrapped in inexpensive
office wear.
Right, I'll see you in a bit.
SIREN BEEPS Toodle-oo.
CAR DOOR CLOSES
RINGING TONE
ON PHONE: Central
records, how can I help?
Hi, I'm looking for
a 2007 case file.
Number?
I don't have it, actually,
but the name is Amy Knightly.
Kilo, November, India, Golf,
Hotel, Tango, Lima, Yankee.
Yes, that's available.
Erm, could I pick it up today?
Certainly. What's the name
of the requesting officer?
Detective Constable
Ember Manning.
It needs to be a
Sergeant or above.
Ah, oh, yeah, actually,
I'm requesting on
behalf of DS Lawley.
In that case, I'll
need to speak to her.
Or she can drop me an
email if that's easier.
Sure.
Fuck you very much.
What?
DESK PHONE RINGS
WOMAN: Go on, you heard her.
MAN: How long's
she got to be here?
I thought you were staying
put. MUFFLED CHATTER
I'm not sure how long.
Go on, I'm waiting.
For what?
I'm just trying to
imagine how you'd say it.
Ellis is looking very loved-up
about his, checks notes,
step-second-cousin.
If you're thinking it, you
don't need me to say it.
Would it be so terrible
if Ellis were the father?
Hmm, well, it would save
the baby on Christmas cards.
She's tiny
"Dear Great-Uncle-Grandad Brad."
What are you doing?
Sometimes they list the due
date, as well as the birth date,
which would tell us when
the baby was conceived.
And?
Sheena.
How's Miranda?
Ah, she's gone for a CT.
So, hopefully we'll
know more after that.
We need a witness
statement, Sheena.
Only about the fall.
Unless there's anything else?
ON TANNOY: Dr Warrington.
Paging Dr Warrington.
Ta.
INDISTINCT TANNOY ANNOUNCEMEN
Do you remember that toddler
group at the community centre?
What, Monkey Movement?
SHEENA CHUCKLES
Yeah.
You weren't much more
than a kid yourself.
Still the best mum there.
EMBER SCOFFS Hardly.
Mack came with you a few times.
The three of you were like
something from a magazine.
There are bits of my life
of Miranda's life
that are so
ugly.
She's probably
going to die, Ember,
and it feels like the kindest
thing I can do for her
is to let those
bits die, too.
Then, that's what you should do.
ELECTRICAL WHIRRING
Taser! Taser! Taser!
Jesus fuck, Mum!
The door was open.
Where the hell did you get that?
Barbara Chapman's son bought
a job lot off the dark Web.
You are going to end up in jail,
you do know that, don't you?
Perhaps that's where I'll
have my lesbian fling.
You don't actually have to
go to jail to meet a lesbian,
but, yeah, sure, if
that's your fantasy.
What are you doing?
I want my albums back.
Good. They're taking up space.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Do you want more room
for your illicit weapons?
That was out the front here.
Your indie phase.
Arctic Foxes.
Arctic Monkeys.
Whatever happened to them?
They got replaced
by Monkey Movement.
I was so young.
LAUGHTER ECHOES
Love doesn't always
play by the rules.
You didn't know it was love.
I knew.
And Dad would've thought
Mack was a wrong 'un.
Your dad thought
vegetarians were wrong 'uns.
Yeah, he would've
asked questions.
Am I being accused
of something, Ember?
No. I am just struggling to
imagine Hannah bringing home
a grown man and me being
entirely fine with it.
SHE SIGHS
Well, what does it matter now?
It was a happy marriage.
You have a lovely daughter.
Plus, Hannah is 15
and you were 17
16. You'd turned 17.
Hence the bubbles.
That was my birthday?
It was the day after.
And you were hungover.
You'd only met Malachy a
couple of weeks earlier,
and he couldn't make
your actual birthday,
so I did you a
little dinner party.
None of us got to bed
till the small hours.
What, Mack stayed here the
night Amy Knightly went missing?
And what's that got
to do with anything?
EMBER SIGHS
Erm, no, there's a
There's a podcaster in
town investigating it.
It's about time the
father's lie came out.
What?
Oh, God.
Don't tell me you've been
talking to Amy Knightly.
You know that's
not what it's like.
But, yes, I have been
in her space, actually.
Hmm. And she told you
her dad killed her?
No. She just made it
known that he lied.
About what?
I didn't interview her
under caution, Ember.
I just know what
they want me to know.
But she doesn't want you to know
what actually happened to her?
The messages can be
difficult to interpret.
Mm-hm.
I've been in Mack's
space, too, recently.
Oh, yeah?
What did he really
want you to know?
That bollock cancer is
a pain in the bollocks?
He wants you to know he
doesn't mind you moving on.
That doesn't sound like Mack.
He understands that
you have needs.
Needs?
Widow's fire.
I was insatiable after
your father died.
I am not having
this conversation.
Get rid of the Taser, Mum.
Mmm, potato waffles!
That smell is so Dad!
Mmm, his favourite.
Mm, look at you two!
You know, apparently, we were
like something out of a magazine.
Well, it's nice to
see him up there.
I was wondering Hmm?
how you might want
to mark the anniversary.
Erm
Tequila shots and cocaine?
I was thinking maybe
it's about time
that we did something
with the ashes.
You're right, he has been
on top of your wardrobe
a bit too long.
What, you thinking
just us, or?
No. No, let's make a fuss.
OK.
And I'm going to give you a
lift into school this morning.
How come?
BOTH SING ALONG This
is what I wanna be ♪
Suddenly I see
Suddenly I see
Why the hell it
means so much to me
Suddenly I see
This is what I wanna be ♪
Yeah, go, Mum!
Suddenly I see
Why the hell it
means so much to me
Oh, oh, oh, yeah. ♪
CHATTER
When I first left home, I
I had this flatmate, Danielle.
She was very attractive and
She had these stomach
muscles, you know?
Mum, I'm going to be late.
She'd leave her door open
when she was getting changed.
Because, for girls like that,
even putting on their
jeans is a performance.
And it can seem like they're putting
on that performance just for you.
Maybe they are, in that moment.
But they don't mean it.
Danielle had a boyfriend.
Do you see what I'm saying?
You were a dry run.
SHE SIGHS Oh, God.
My husband was a sailor.
You know, they say
sports cars are phallic,
but I actually
think it's boats.
You want to try Freudian
psychoanalysis, do you?
SHE CHUCKLES No. I do not.
I'm glad I bumped
into you, actually,
because I am not going to be
able to make it to our session.
That's OK, we can rearrange.
No, I mean, at all, again.
You're having the wobble.
The wobble? Yeah.
It's the bit when people realise
that therapy is going to be painful.
It usually comes a
couple of sessions in,
but clearly you're precocious.
What if it's actually the
bit where people realise
that they're looking for
problems that just aren't there?
I don't think it is.
Sorry I've wasted your
time. No, not at all.
I do this job because I
find people fascinating.
So, thank you for giving me even
a brief insight into Ember world.
Ember world?
Hmm.
SHE CHUCKLES
ARJ: Have you come to
invite me out to lunch?
I've come to ask if you
want to scatter some ashes.
We were going to do
it on the anniversary.
I'd be honoured.
Where are you thinking?
Mack wanted to do
it on the jetty.
Well, he certainly made
plenty of memories there.
Yeah.
LAUGHTER ECHOES
Who's your man out there?
Oh, Casey?
My therapist.
Well, ex-therapist.
We broke up.
He kept the couch.
Very friendly between you.
My therapist, Arj.
Hey, where women see
barriers, men see challenges.
Consider me your very
own arsehole detector.
I can detect my own arseholes,
thank you very much.
I know.
I promised Mack I'd
watch over his girls.
So that's what I have to do.
BIRD CAWS
GIRLS LAUGH
DOOR SQUEAKS
DOOR CLOSES
SHE SIGHS
Why are you ignoring
my messages?
I've been busy.
What, with your packed
social calendar?
You know Malachy has to
stay a secret, don't you?
Yeah, I'm not stupid.
But I've got space
for more than one.
WATER CONTINUES GUSHING
Are you coming?
DOOR SQUEAKS
CHATTER OUTSIDE
SIREN BLARES IN DISTANCE
Why would we reopen a
misper from 17 years ago?
Because Amy Knightly
was a child.
And maybe we could be
forgiven for not finding her
if we'd actually
bothered to look.
I was in primary school
at the time, Manning.
I think I'm in the clear.
Look, she deserves to be found.
And you think there'll be an
appetite for that upstairs, do you?
Well, maybe there
would be if they knew
there was a podcaster
investigating it.
What podcaster?
Riz Samuel. Look her up.
She's got form for
highlighting police fuck-ups.
I'll mention it to Morgan.
In the meantime, Hitch and I
could do a bit of a review,
see where we're vulnerable.
In the meantime, you can
get down to the Waterfront.
The local business alliance
has expressed concerns
with our lack of action
around shoplifting.
Surely a uniformed officer
would make a better scarecrow?
You can wear a
uniform if you'd like.
SHE SIGHS
Meow.
All right, come on.
Er, Hannah!
You did not leave the
house looking like that.
I mean, I think she looks hot.
Er, what do you think, Hitch?
Oh, I'm absolutely
not getting involved.
You know you don't need
to - you do know that?
I know, because I'm
perfect the way I am?
Yes. You all are.
It's the pop stars and
porn that isn't normal
Mum! Never say that again.
What, porn? Porn.
Porn, porn, porn, porn!
Porn, porn! ♪
Mum, stop it! Stop!
GIRL: Look, I've already
told you that it wasn't me!
It wasn't!
Isn't that Ellis Ashby's car?
HANNAH AND JULES:
Dunno. CHLOE: Yeah.
Who's the girl?
I didn't do it
I dunno. She's, erm,
the year below us.
MUFFLED SPEECH Get in the car.
CAR DOORS CLOSE
CAR DRIVES AWAY
Sheena Sheena, I was wrong.
If someone has abused Miranda,
then the chances are he's going
to go on to abuse other girls.
He has to be exposed.
Whoever he is.
You've been asked to stay away.
Yeah, and yet something
keeps drawing me back here.
Ember was just leaving.
Please.
Yeah.
Yeah, for now.
UNDER BREATH: What
have you said?
Nothing.
THUNDER RUMBLES
I saw Brad Ashby with a girl.
If it was your source,
she's potentially in danger.
You want me to do
your job for you?
I want us to share.
But all of it.
If you really care
about Amy Knightly,
then let me help you find her.
RIZ SCOFFS
What do you think you
can do that I can't?
I have a warrant card,
that gives me access
to people and places
that a Twitter profile doesn't.
It's not in my interest
for the police to open this
before my podcast comes out.
Who said anything about
the police reopening it?
DOOR CLOSES
I want to see the case file.
So you can arrest
me for having it?
No, I'm not going
to do that. Hmm.
THUNDER RUMBLES
Let's treat this like
a first date, shall we?
Take it nice and slow.
So, I'm struggling to
track down the witness
who saw Amy walking to the lake
the evening she went missing.
They're not at the same address?
I don't have an address.
It should be on the
witness statement.
There is no witness statement.
Then, how do you know
there's a witness?
KEYS TAP
A guy called Mohammed called
up and said he saw her.
Initials FF.
The number no longer exists
and I can't find
any details for him.
They're not initials.
FF means frequent flyer.
Frequent flyer?
Someone who calls in a lot.
A dud?
Not necessarily. But dud or not,
it's odd that there's
no witness statement.
It wants following up.
Yeah, Lancashire isn't short
of people called Mohammed.
How do I find him?
You don't.
OK, and if YOU find him,
you're going to tell
me who he is, are you?
I am.
Right after you show
me the case file.
DOOR CLOSES GUITAR
PLAYS SOFTLY
You know, when my dad
died, I felt like
I'd lost the only
person in the world
who thought I was good enough.
Is this about the make-up?
WHISPERING: And about the fact
that you're wearing
your dad's jacket.
Playing his guitar.
It's a cool jacket.
Yeah, I'm just saying,
I did something similar.
Put myself on display.
I think maybe I was hoping
somebody would just scoop me up.
Next thing you know, I'll
be accidentally knocked up
by an older guy and my
life will be ruined.
HANNAH SCOFFS Hannah
my life was not ruined.
You weren't even an accident,
if you want to know the truth.
You got pregnant on purpose?
At 17?
Well, there'd been
so much death.
We'd both lost a parent
so your dad thought we
needed some life, hope.
So, we decided I should
come off the pill and
see how the universe
responded, and it gave us you.
Why have you never
told me this before?
I've never told anyone.
I think maybe I was
worried people would judge.
Yeah.
It is a pretty wild thing to do.
Yeah.
KNOCKING AT DOOR
You want to come to Ember world?
It's a bit like
Disney, but less fun.
HE CHUCKLES
Why are you here, Ember?
Honestly, I think it's the job.
Has you seeing demons.
What kind of demons?
I thought, briefly, that
Mack might have been
involved in something awful.
I-I know now that
That he wasn't, but
You're shocked that you
could've suspected him?
SHE SIGHS
BIRDS CALL
I can't find any
paperwork on this.
Manning?
We're just making some
preliminary enquiries.
OK, but has anyone asked us to?
Stay there if you like.
There's a bag of crisps
and a can of pop in my bag.
DOORBELL RINGS
FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING
Hello?
Mrs Knightly, I'm DC Ember
Manning, this is DC Hitchin.
We'd like to talk to you about
your daughter's disappearance,
if that's OK? Oh, God.
Have you found her?
I'm afraid not.
Oh My husband's
spraying the terrace.
I'll go and get him.
DC Hitchin can do
that. Can't you, Simon?
Yeah, no problem.
SHE MOUTHS
DOOR CLOSES
Did you know a podcast journalist
was investigating Amy's case?
SOFTLY: Oh, God.
Our names will be dragged
through the mud again.
People say such cruel things.
The life insurance?
It was a policy taken
out in Russell's name,
with an automatic pay-out
for the death of a child.
We didn't even know about it.
You were away the
weekend Amy went missing?
Yes. At a conference.
Amy was alone with your husband?
That's right.
Apparently she could
be challenging?
Did they ever argue?
Are you suggesting Russell
did something to her?
People snap. Men snap.
Are you married?
Could your husband snap?
Ah
My husband's dead.
Nobody did anything to Amy.
She said she was going
to leave, and she did.
Some people are just born
in the wrong place
and they have
to rectify that.
Amy took her passport.
She's flying free.
DOOR OPENS
Everything all right?
Amy said she was going
out to meet some friends.
Do you know who?
No.
Amy only had one
friend. Caitlin.
And she wasn't with
her that night.
Was there a boyfriend?
No.
Well, there were boys.
Do you know their names?
They were lowlifes.
Amy knew we wouldn't approve.
So, er, Amy went
out at what time?
Between the hours of
five and eight.
Sorry to be vague.
Er, I don't suppose you
remember what she was wearing?
No, sorry, I don't.
And, erm, when did you report
that she hadn't come home?
Not until the following morning.
I think I must've fallen
asleep quite early.
Amy didn't have a curfew?
My business was failing.
Our marriage was failing and
trying to exert any
kind of authority over Amy
was an impossible task.
We did tell her that
she couldn't go out,
but she'd go out anyway
and, in the end, we just
I just stopped bothering.
What's wrong with your hands?
Erm, we had Japanese knotweed.
Russell's still haunted by it.
Once you have it,
it's never really gone.
DOOR OPENS
For the insurance to pay out,
Amy must've been declared dead,
which means at some point,
you've told a court that
you believe that she is.
It doesn't mean
that we actually do.
No.
Thank you for your time.
Thank you.
BIRD CAWS
DOOR CREAKS CLOSED
RUSSELL: What I
need is loyalty, OK?
Hey, Amy.
Your dad's home. He'll
know we're bunking.
Don't worry.
RUSSELL: No
No!
WHISPERING: I'm invisible.
No! If you pull your money
out now, Tony, I'm done.
Come on.
I am fucking done!
MUFFLED ARGUING CONTINUES
CAR APPROACHES
There's going to be a viewing.
Who's that?
Diane. The estate agent.
She's a cunt.
"We're not selling a house,
"we're selling a lifestyle.
"Ideally the place should
smell of baking or bleach.
"But never, ever
"..blood." CAITLIN SQUEALS
BOTH LAUGH
I'm going to see every
one of those places.
That'll take you a long time.
Hmm.
If you were a drop of water,
you'd exist forever and
travel everywhere eventually.
Is that what you'd like to be?
Everywhere and always.
What about you?
I'd like to be
me, right now.
PANTING
WOMAN MOANS
GRUNTING
ECSTATIC MOANING
SHE PLAYS PIANO
Fuck
Fuck.
Jesus.
MUSIC: The Piano Sonata No.
14 by Ludwig van Beethoven
KEYS JANGLE
You've forgotten your knickers.
DOOR OPENS
DOOR CLOSES
Why do you do this?!
YELLING: Why can't
you help yourself?!
SHE CONTINUES PLAYING
Superintendent Needham?
Usually just Roy these days!
I was, uh, hoping to talk
to you about your work.
Go on.
Privately, if possible.
Oh, there's no need for that!
There aren't many of my war
stories this lot haven't heard.
HE CHUCKLES
Why was Hap Lake never
searched for Amy Knightly?
DOOR OPENS THEN CLOSES
Who the fuck are you?!
A journalist.
From where? From podcasts.
Then, I suggest you approach
the Greater Lancs Constabulary
press office with your questions.
I know that there was a witness
who placed Amy at the lake,
but there is no witness statement
and there was no search.
Did you hear what I said?
I'm retired.
I'm not sure how you expect
me to recall the details
of some random case from
my 40-plus-year career.
Of course, I'm sorry.
Only, I thought maybe
you would recall it,
on account of the fact that
you were such good friends
with the victim's father.
There is a photo of you
both on his sideboard.
Why was the lake never searched?
You shower of shit.
You find half a fact, and
you think you have a story.
The so-called witness
was a reward hunter.
And when he realised we knew it,
he refused to give
his statement.
Turned very aggressive with
our officers, as it happens.
Now, like I say, we
have a press office
and, more importantly, we
have a code of conduct,
which is what separates people
like me from people like you.
RAIN PATTERS
How can we be sure
that he's a witness?
Because if your name's Mohammed
and you get arsey with the police,
you're getting done
under section 89,
which is what this guy did a
few days after Amy went missing.
Well, he looks like
someone who could turn.
He looks about as
threatening as candyfloss.
Maybe we should run
this by Head Girl first.
She already said no. What?
ELECTRIC WINDOW WHIRS Manning
Shit. What are you doing?
Put it up. What?
Right, if you break that,
you're paying for it.
CLEARS THROA
You know there's only one reason
why young couples
park in this lay-by?
And it puts people
off their kebabs.
What?
LIGHT BUZZES
So they swagger into my living
room, these two young police,
and I start to tell them
what I saw on that Friday.
Saturday.
Yeah, that's what they said.
I tell them, "I don't work a
Saturday. I saw her Friday."
And they say, "No,
no, you're wrong,"
"she went missing
on the Saturday."
Then they start saying, "You're
a liar. You're after the reward."
That's when I lost
my rag with them.
I put one of them out
the door by his collar.
Got a suspended
sentence for that.
Are you sure it was Amy
Knightly that you saw?
Yeah, positive.
She was in the paper
enough times afterwards.
I'm telling you, I saw
her go to the lake.
And then two hours later,
I seen this car come flying
out of that lane there
like someone's running
from the devil himself.
What kind of car?
Black. Darkish?
MAN: Excuse me?
Listen,
I reckon that poor girl
met evil that night.
That Friday night.
So, who do we think's going
to be right about the night
that Amy Knightly went missing?
The crazy kebab guy
or devastated parents?
GRUNTS
REPEATED GRUNTING
ROARS
Amy went missing on the Friday.
You didn't report it
till the Sunday. Why?
SCOFFS
You've been speaking
to the kebab man.
You know about him?
He's wrong.
He was so certain
about what he saw.
Whereas you, you don't know
what time she went out,
what she was wearing.
It's like it didn't
happen at all.
It did happen. You weren't here.
Of course I was bloody here!
I think your wife went away
and you took the
opportunity to go away too.
Only, when you came
back, Amy was gone,
and rather than admit
that you left her,
you made up a
story Get out!
Only, you picked the wrong day.
Get out! Were you having
an affair, Russell?
Is that why you lied?
It didn't matter.
Amy's passport was gone.
It was just Amy being Amy,
looking for attention.
HE SOBS But then she
didn't come back.
And I realised
that it did matter.
You don't think she ran away?
I found the passport.
It had slipped down
behind the bureau.
DOOR CLOSES What's going on?
It's all right, darling.
Please
don't tell my wife.
It's coming out.
You have a very small
window in which to tell her.
It's all right, darling.
Fucking hell.
So Amy went missing on the
14th, not the 15th. That's
That's pretty big,
right? That's huge.
CHUCKLING
Ah! What are you doing?
Just posting on the group chat
that you have just ripped the arse
out of a 17-year-old
cold case, so
take your ticket and
wait for your kudos.
I don't need any kudos.
Er, yeah, you do,
Manning, you really do
Look, this is not a
game, Hitch, so just
grow up, yeah?
STARTS ENGINE
SIGHS
PHONE VIBRATES
Oh, for fuck's sake.
Nicked?
Bullshit, Riz.
Hannah?
Did you take that?
GASPS Um, I
didn't expect you
to be back so soon.
MUSIC PLAYS Clearly.
Um, this is Troy.
Hello, Troy.
Can we have a quick word?
Mum Mum, please don't
make a big deal of this.
Where's the photo of your
dad and Amy Knightly?
What? In my room.
SIGHS Why did you take it?
Well, I wanted a
picture of it. What for?
Chloe's been speaking to this
podcaster who wants pictures of Amy.
You sent her the photo?
Yeah.
Oh, my God,
you stupid girl!
That is a photo of your
dad with a missing girl
on the night that
she went missing.
Well, you said it
was the night before.
Yeah, well, it wasn't.
Wh What does this mean?
Mum
Mum, please, you are scaring me.
Dad wouldn't have
done anything wrong.
Hannah, she has eight hours of a
podcast to fill. She is going to
make him into a villain whether
he's done anything wrong or not.
Oh, my God. Everything OK?
I heard shouting,
which, uh, isn't cool.
Yeah, I'm, uh I'm going to
need you to fuck off, actually.
Mum! Now, please.
Maybe you should come
back to mine for a bit.
Let things calm down.
Maybe you should get out of my
house before I lose my shit.
Did you hear what I said?
Take your floppy fucking
hair and get out of my house.
OK.
I'm going to Nan's.
Hannah DOOR OPENS
SIGHS DOOR CLOSES
SIGHS
BIRDS CHIRP
No authorisation to
investigate, no case file,
no cautioning of suspects.
But put all that to one side, it's
not a bad piece of police work.
Of course, you've no proof
that Russell Knightly lied
about the day Amy went missing.
No. No, it's just my hunch.
So, what is it you're
hoping for here, Manning?
I think someone should
review the case.
Someone?
You spent the day
yesterday running around
like a bloodhound with a scent.
Surely this is the part where you
beg me to let you run with it.
I've got a full caseload.
What am I missing here?
Nothing.
Right, well,
obviously your hunch falls well
short of reasonable suspicion,
so there'll be no
full-scale reopening
of the Amy Knightly
disappearance.
But we will be putting some
search boats on the lake.
What?
Your podcaster
started a petition,
and it's gone viral.
The comms team have
been tracking it.
It's starting to ruffle
a few feathers upstairs.
You're doing a search so
you can tweet about it?
Well, the crew had some
training hours to get in,
so it's not costing us anything.
What about the cost to people
whose lives are going
to be turned upside down
when you pull a body out of
that lake after 17 years?
This is why we are hated.
DC Manning?
You clearly have
some good attributes.
But the sneaking around,
the petulant attitude -
it's not going to work for me,
so, please, rein it in.
Somebody's vandalised my car.
Painted "go home" across it.
I'll leave it with you.
I'm starting to understand what
it's like to be an immigrant.
OK, we'll take some details.
Has your PI managed
to find anything?
My what? Your
private investigator.
We met him at the boat
hut the other day.
I don't have a
private investigator.
Who actually does that?!
It's Riz. Leave a message.
BEEP Riz, it's Ember Manning.
I know you know
who my husband is,
and I know you've had
a PI at the boat hut.
I am begging you,
please, call me.
It's Riz. Leave a message.
INHALES DEEPLY
EXHALES
ECHOING
BREATHES QUICKLY
OPENS BOTTLE
MUSIC PLAYS I got you something.
Mm!
AMY HUMS
It's a St Christopher.
It's to keep you
safe on your travels.
It's pretty.
Everywhere and always.
And now, never on your own.
NEXT SONG BEGINS
I fucking love this song!
No, come on, dance with me!
Agh! Come on.
SINGING ALONG: You sit
there in your heartache
Waiting on some
beautiful boy to
To save you from your old ways
You play forgiveness
Watch it now, here he comes!
He doesn't look
a thing like Jesus
But he talks like a gentleman
Like you imagined when you
Were young
Can we climb this mountain?
I don't know
Higher now than
ever before ♪
CHUCKLES
I know we can make
it if we take it slow
Let's take it easy
Easy now, watch it go
We're burning down
the highway skyline ♪
DOOR CLOSES
On the back of
a hurricane ♪
What are you doing?
The bit I missed.
Come on, Hannah!
Come on, Chlo! Come
on, Hannah! THEY GIGGLE
Woo!
No offence,
but I did not have you down
as an indie kid, Ember!
She's not, she hates indie.
No. Your dad, he hated indie.
Nan's outside locking
her bike up, by the way.
Oh, fuck. Really?
Oh, shit.
BOTTLES CLINK
ALL GIGGLE
Bye, Ember. Bye, Ember.
We're going to Chloe's.
OK, love you, bye.
SYLVIA: What's going on?
She's pissed.
SIGHS CLEARS THROA
DOOR CLOSES What's going on?
Making pasta.
Hannah says you're rat-arsed.
I've had a few glasses of wine.
I once saw you put magic
mushrooms in a Cup A Soup.
For pain relief.
She says you were
rude to her boyfriend.
HE's her boyfriend?
He seems nice enough.
Yeah, well, it can't have
been the one that I met,
because Troy is an
absolute tosser.
SIGHS
Can I do anything to help?
Mack's struggling to find me.
Well, maybe a bit
of light would help.
It will not happen if you
don't take it seriously.
OK, sorry. Sorry.
INHALES DEEPLY
EXHALES SLOWLY
Someone's there.
Mack?
No.
Someone who needs to be found.
CHUCKLES
Someone told you about the
search for Amy Knightly.
That's why you're here.
She's willing herself
to the surface.
She can't do it alone.
Do you know what the chances are
of them pulling a body out of the
lake tomorrow, after 17 years?
She wants you to know
that she's near the jetty.
SCOFFS No,
you're making a fool
of yourself, Mum.
BIRDS CHIRP
CAWING
LOUD SPRAYING
I-I don't think we should.
SCOFFS
MAN: Er, do you mind? You're
not supposed to be in here.
Oi!
This stuff's Japanese
knotweed. It's dangerous.
It doesn't look dangerous.
It'll tear down your house.
I don't own a house.
Is it poisonous?
No.
What about if I suck it?
You need to leave.
You'd better burn
those clothes
Oh, shut up.
Come on, then.
Back in a sec, Arj.
LOUD FIZZING
PHONE VIBRATES
SNIFFS Amy.
You don't come to my
work. You don't do that.
Oh, you're so fucking
hot when you're angry.
Why do you push me, though, Amy?
Because I can't help myself.
Ow. You're hurting her.
No. Malachy, don't go.
Leave me be, Amy.
Malachy!
Come back.
MUFFLED: Come back to us.
Come back.
Come back.
ECHOING WHISPERS
THUD RATCHETING
GASPS
PHONE VIBRATES
SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE
CAMERAS CLICK CHATTER
How long's this
going to take, Em?
I'm losing trade
here. S-Sorry.
Ember, they've found her.
There's hair stuck in the zip.
Hair in the zip?
Well preserved.
GASPS
Riz
POLICE RADIO CHATTER