The Reckoning (2011) s01e02 Episode Script

Part 2

Scott Bradley? That's me, darling.
ã5,000,000! 'My bequest offers complete financial security for you and your family.
On only one condition.
That you kill a man.
' Did you know what was on this CD? Certainly not! It was confidential.
You don't recognise the voice at all? Thought any more about why you? What do you think? No idea.
Only known you a year.
If we don't get that money your daughter's gonna die.
And a man who gets his kicks out of killing a young prostitute will live.
Oh, my God! It's got to stop.
No.
The man I saw at the solicitor's is the same face that I saw in the paper.
I think he's the guy that killed Victoria Sturridge.
And he's just been killed by Richard Bury.
I think it's a chain, Mark.
And if we kill Richard Bury someone's gonna come and kill me.
(MOANS) 'Hi, this is Mark.
Leave your name and number after the beep.
' Mark! Call me as soon as you get there.
I need to speak to you.
We have to stop this now! Please call me.
Six rounds there.
Hollow point.
Take a bloke's head off with them.
ã500, yeah? Yeah.
I've met you before, haven't I? No.
I don't think so.
Put it away, if I was you, mate.
Sharpish.
Hey, babe! Hello.
Grab us a beer, will you? OK.
Hey, darling.
Come on, darling.
What's so funny? Work stuff.
I just made a killing.
Well, good for you.
No, good for us.
I just watched him kill a man, Mark.
Right in front of me.
Not a game.
Not some hypothetical situation.
It was real.
And it was indescribable, Mark.
I know now I can't have anything to do with that.
It's just wrong.
I can't do it! So you wanna call the police? I don't think we have any choice.
Because someone out there wants to kill me.
We've got no idea what they might do even if we walk away from this.
You know what that means.
There'll be no going back.
If we do what you say, Sal .
.
Amanda will die.
(DOOR OPENS) Mum? Hey.
Where have you been? Dirty stop outs! What are you doing up I couldn't sleep.
You OK? Yeah.
I'm fine.
I'm having another brew.
Want a hot chocolate? Yeah.
Come on, then.
Hush, little baby don't say a word Momma's gonna buy you a mockingbird And if that mockingbird don't sing Momma's gonna buy you a diamond Are you sure, Sal? Are you absolutely sure? I am.
And it kills me, too.
Of course it does.
But I'm sure.
You wouldn't have to have anything to do with it.
I must.
It was disgusting what I saw.
It's disgusting what you're suggesting.
It's not right.
And I don't understand why you can't see that.
The kiddie who threw this in my face, he was out of the nick before I was out of hospital.
What's right about that? We don't live in a moral world, Sal, where wrong gets punished and right gets rewarded.
We have to make up our own rules.
I'll tell you what's right and good in my world.
It's a young girl.
Makes a little bit of space in the bathroom cabinet for me.
A young girl who had every reason to reject me and this, but didn't.
And that's right.
That's good in my world.
You want me to walk away from that? Let what we've got together die? For a man that kills women for kicks? Could you live with yourself, bear to watch her grow up knowing what we'd done to make that happen? No, it's not fair.
And maybe it's not right.
But it's life, and we just have to accept it.
We have to, Mark.
Please tell me you understand that.
No.
If that's what you want, I've got no choice.
I'll take her to school.
I'll come back and get you.
We'll go to the police together.
Oh, my God! 'Why can't I have some more privacy?' says Katie Price on a ten-page spread.
There you go, love.
Oh, great.
Thanks, Dad.
I mean Mark.
Sorry.
It's OK.
Sorry.
I didn't think - It's totally fine.
You have a good day, darling.
And you.
Bye.
Mark.
'Sal.
' Where are you?' You were supposed to be back here half an hour ago, 'Mark.
' Mark, say something.
' You're scaring me.
Mark!' I'm sorry, darling.
'Mark!' Mark, Mark! ''Hi.
This is Mark' No.
Hello, Mrs Bury? This is Alison.
I'm a colleague of Richard's from work.
I'm really sorry for calling so early, But I need to just quickly speak to him about a deal we're doing today.
He's not there by any chance, is he? 'You just missed him.
He's gone to the gym.
' Oh.
The gym.
Right.
Askey's isn't it? 'FHL.
The Hillingdon branch.
' FHL.
Right.
OK.
Thank you.
Bye.
Come on! (CAR HORNS BLARE) No.
You don't lower the price.
It's a good deal.
If they walk away, they walk away.
You're OK.
Sorry? I thought maybe Excuse me.
I know this gonna sound ridiculous, but your life's in danger.
Look, love, if it's money you're after, I haven't got any.
You've got ã5,000,000.
Your name's Richard Bury.
Last night you killed a man for ã5,000,000.
In fact I saw you do it.
I'm not gonna tell anyone.
That's not why I'm here.
I'm here to tell you that you might be in danger andthat it is a chain.
A chain? The man that you killed, he'd killed someone else.
I'm not sure how far the chain goes back, but I came here to warn you.
Did you? Well, thank you.
Let go of her.
OK.
Please, no! Sal, get out of the way now.
Go home for Amanda.
She wouldn't want this.
Amanda's why I'm here.
Now, get out of the way! Please.
My God! I did what I thought was right for Mandy.
You fucking dare! You did this for you.
You've polluted her life.
And for what, Mark? I mean, what about the chain? What about the chain, Mark? I told you.
There's ways of dealing with that.
I'll find a way.
Really? What ways? We need to get rid of the body.
I'm calling the police.
I'm gonna say it was self-defence.
The worst is done, Sal.
Except it's not, is it? Because now someone's coming after me.
We have to try and stop them! Don't we? Right now your daughter's got a chance of living.
Because of what I've done.
It's me who's gonna have to live with that.
You go ahead and do what you need to do.
I'm gonna do the same.
Money's been released.
It's a shame that you're right that it is a chain.
If I can find out what links you all we can work out who's coming after you.
Then I can stop them.
You mean kill them.
Don't know how, but I will.
Bury was a bad man.
It's easy to see why someone thought he deserved to die.
The question is why someone thinks you do, Sal.
The truth this time.
What happened that night in the hospital? I know about it.
At least what I read on the net.
But if we're gonna find this connection, you're gonna have to tell me the rest.
I was working nights.
Pete had just been made redundant, so .
.
we really needed the overtime.
It was about five in the morning.
when they brought her in.
Multiple maxillo-facial fractures.
Multiple genital contusions.
Suspected internal bleeding.
A prostitute.
She'd been cut inside with a bottle, and left for dead.
Her injuries were so severe.
They'd done what they could to help her, but .
.
no-one actually thought she was gonna make it through the night.
Looks like she's a junkie.
Got track marks all up her arms.
Anyone got an ID on her yet? No surname yet.
First name Jay.
She came round briefly when I went in to check her morphine level.
All of it.
She had such a strong grip on her for such a wee thing.
So strong.
All of it please.
Did you give her an overdose? I gave her what she needed .
.
to be free of pain.
Then she died.
From the morphine or from her injuries? It's impossible to tell really.
But, Mark, I was cleared of any wrongdoing.
What do you think, Sal? I think I'm not like Richard Bury.
There's something you're not telling me.
No there isn't.
People must die all the time.
Why would he come after you for that? What does he know you're not telling me? Have you seen what's in the bag? Yeah.
I told you everything.
OK.
Fine.
We'll work with what we do know.
You said she was a hooker.
Maybe.
She wasn't actually identified.
But if she was, we know Bury liked hurting hookers.
Maybe Bury put her in the hospital.
Maybe that's the connection.
It's about revenge for what was done to the girl.
I didn't do anything! But you were accused.
The first victim, what was her name? Victoria Sturridge I think.
Maybe she knew the girl.
Can we find out where she lived? I can probably get her address from work.
Good.
Let's go.
Can I just have five minutes? Hey.
Baby.
Mandy, wake up.
What are you doing? It's five o'clock in the morning.
Just heading off to work early.
And I wanted to say .
.
have a good day at school.
What?! And wanted to tell you that I love you.
Mum, is something wrong? No.
No, no, no.
It's just work stuff.
OK? I love you so much.
You know that, don't you? Yeah.
I love you, too.
See you later.
Bye.
It's OK.
I'll be here.
OK.
'Which service do you require?' Police.
Good morning, Andy.
Blimey! You're keen.
I couldn't sleep.
Guilty conscience? Shit! Morning, sir.
Morning.
Late night or early start? Early start.
Shift work.
Trying to find a place to get a coffee.
Won't keep you.
Would you mind just stepping out of the car? Problem? Not at all.
Should have you on your way in a couple of minutes.
Just step out.
Sure.
Oi! Lost him.
No prefix.
(CLANG!) Andy? Mark? Mark! (DOOR OPENS) Andy! Get in! It's fine.
I'll just say I was drunk.
Or I had a bit of gear on me or something.
It's dealable.
Was there blood in the boot? They'd have to be looking for it.
I had no choice.
Which one's Victoria's? Lock yourself in.
Mark.
Thank you.
(MOBILE PHONE) Hello.
'(DISGUISED VOICE: 'Hello, Sally.
' Who is this? Who is it? 'I will find you.
' Oh! It was the same voice that was on the CD, Mark.
He's out there.
I know it.
Nobody followed us.
I made sure.
He's playing games with you.
Now, come on.
I need you.
And Amanda needs you to stay strong.
OK? Yeah.
OK.
So we're looking for a connection.
A connection to you.
A connection to the girl, to this chain - anything.
Anything at all.
OK.
You got something? I don't know.
It could be her.
It's really hard to tell.
I mean it was a long time ago.
There's nothing written on it.
Mark, we could be completely wrong.
This - (DOOR CLOSES) (FOOTSTEPS) Don't hurt me! Shut up! Just shut the fuck up! Keep your head down.
No, please! I'm not gonna hurt you.
Keep calm.
Who are you? I'm Debra.
What are you doing here? My girlfriend lived here.
You Victoria's girlfriend? Yes.
Do you want money? I can give you money.
Head down! We don't want money.
We won't hurt you.
We want a name.
A name? Yeah.
There was a girl.
A friend of Victoria's.
It was maybe five years ago.
We think they maybe did drugs together.
I didn't know her then.
I think this might have been her.
We think her name might have been Jay.
I don't know her.
Sorry.
I've never seen that photo before.
OK, in the days before Victoria died was there anything odd? Did you see anything strange, anything weird at all? No.
If you know anything, tell me now.
Understand? Is this about Scott Bradley? Is this about the CD? 'Now, you have two choices, Victoria.
You can ignore this message.
leave this office, and return to your old life of bankruptcy and drug addiction, or you can come back here no more than seven days from now, and Mr Taylor will offer you a letter with a date and an address.
And the name of the man I want you to kill.
' It's gotta be her.
It's got to be Bradley's widow.
Let's go.
No.
I'll deal with it.
Gonna have another play in a minute? Yeah.
Are you Gillian? Gillian Bradley? Yes.
I know who killed Scott.
What did you say? I know who killed your husband.
Can you think of anything any reason why someone would have paid Victoria Sturridge to kill Scott? No! Something from his past? Something he did? No.
Something that .
.
he was really ashamed of? What? Was it that? It was one mistake.
He was sorry.
What did he do? He was so, so sorry.
Tell me what he did.
It was about eight years ago.
I don't know why he drove.
We only lived a mile away.
He'd never done it before.
Mum, I've been going out with him for weeks.
It was going stale.
What does that make me and your dad? The mother died.
And the daughter survived.
What about Bradley? He got a suspended sentence after hiring a loophole solicitor.
Mother's name was Patricia Reith.
The daughter's name was Jasmine.
Except she called herself Jay.
The ages seem to fit.
I think we've found her.
And if we can find her, we can find him.
And what do we do, Mark, if we do find him? He wants to kill you, Sal.
I'm not gonna let that happen.
We know the benefactor's a man.
OK? Jasmine, she had no siblings.
No husband.
So all that's left is her father.
My God! What? That's him! That's the solicitor.
Bye, Dad.
I love you, too, sweetheart.
Do you know the village he's in? It's in Suffolk.
I can't imagine his house is gonna be hard to find.
And then what? Maybe if we just talked to him, Mark we could explain to him he's made a mistake with me, and I didn't hurt his daughter.
I don't know what you want me to say, Sal.
He's not gonna be interested in talking.
So it's time to make a decision.
I need to see Mandy before I decide.
Hey, Mandy.
Mand? Hello, Sally.
If you've touched my daughter! I'm not looking for Amanda.
It's the people who murdered my daughter I want to punish.
I'm not a murderer.
I didn't kill Richard Bury.
I didn't kill your daughter.
Except you did.
The others all played their part, but you were the one that finished what they started.
I gave her pain relief.
I gave her morphine.
Sometimes the morphine - I know you.
I know you all.
The man four times over the limit when he killed my wife.
That drug-pushing parasite who preyed on my grieving child.
I know Simon Harris.
A social worker.
A man in a position of trust.
Who raped her.
Who drove her onto the streets into the clutches of scum like Bury.
And I know you.
I gave her - The one who was meant to save her life, but took it.
I was trying to help her.
I was cleared of any wrongdoing.
But they didn't know about the money, did they? Money Bury put in her bag to buy her silence.
The money you and the other nurse stole.
The money you knew she'd look for as she got better.
I gave you a chance to redeem yourself.
I gave you all a chance to prove to me you weren't morallydead.
And you failed.
All of you.
Yeah.
I took that money.
We were about to be evicted, so I took it.
And I lived with the shame of that every day It was an awful thing to do, but I'm not what you say I am.
I've done things in my life I'm not proud of.
I'm far from perfect.
But I have got a lot of goodness in me, and I'm not a murderer.
You killed her for ã3,000! I gave her drugs to ease her suffering because she was dying.
Because there wasn't anything we could do except be there, and hold her hand, and comfort her because she was in so much pain.
And she was scared.
I was there for her.
Where were you? Because she needed you.
No.
She asked for you.
And you weren't there.
All I kept saying was you were coming.
when I knew - Shut up! You, shut up! I did the best that I could.
Did you? You were so wrapped up in your own grief that you let her go.
You didn't see, and you lost her.
Now you're angry with the world and with yourself.
And I understand that.
God! I understand that.
But maybe we just have to accept it's not your fault or mine.
It's just the way it is.
So show me.
You say I don't know you.
Who you really are.
Show me.
I know who I am.
I always have.
Hi, Mum.
Baby! Let's have a look at you.
God! You look so well.
Are you sure you wanna do this now? Cos we can wait.
I'm sure.
I wanna do it now.
Come here.
Mum.
Do you still visit him? In prison.
Reith? Mm.
I'm only sitting here because of him, Mum.
So just he's owed that much.
It's fine.
Hello, Dad.
Is everything gonna be OK? Of course it is, babe.
Of course it is.

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