Coma (2024) s01e03 Episode Script

1
I'll just claim
that it was self-defence.
Was it?
That the one that fired you?
Don't stand for it.
Not from that.
No-one told me who to get rid of.
It was my choice.
You're a nasty piece of work.
You'd never seen Jordan
before the night of the attack?
No, never.
'A young man was outside my house
'and he was very intimidating.'
Listen, it's me again. I don't know
why you're not picking up?
You just need to, er
Just call me back as soon
as you get this, will you?
Simon?
I got your messages.
What's going on?
He's awake, Jordan Franklin.
What do you mean "awake"?
Need to go to the school
and to pick up Sophie
then we can just go.
What are you talking about?
Jordan's father's
a psychopath, isn't he?
So he might be on his way right now.
Jordan could have
told one of the nurses
and nurses
could have told the police,
so, I mean,
we just can't stay here, so
So, what, we just go on the run?
Where would we stay?
How long for?
What does Sophie do about school?
Look
..there are a million
different reasons
why that is a terrible idea,
including the fact
that we are broke.
There is my redundancy money.
And that comes through when?
In a month's time, if we're lucky.
Was Jordan definitely conscious?
Did you actually see him
responding to a nurse?
No, well, erm I don't know.
We can't just
sit around here waiting
Simon.
We've got to do something.
Simon.
If we panic it's over.
It's nearly three.
You need to go and pick up Sophie
from school.
I'm gonna call myself a cab.
Well, why?
Where are you going?
You all right there?
Hiya.
OK.
How are you feeling, Jordan?
Any headache, pain?
Why can't he speak?
Maybe he's just a bit disoriented.
We'll know more after the scan.
But he's awake, so,
that has to be a good thing, right?
Well, yes, but there's
only this much I can tell
by examination,
that's why we need the MRI scan
to see what's going on inside.
And hopefully, we'll do that today.
"Hopefully".
What do you mean?
Paul.
It depends on how he's doing.
I don't want to move him
until I'm certain.
But we can talk to him,
I mean, he can hear us, right?
The best thing you can do
right now, Mr Franklin,
is to let him rest.
Let's get something to eat. OK?
Come on.
Paul.
Don't understand,
is he awake or not?
Well, yes,
but he still isn't fully responsive.
He hasn't been able to talk.
He's been sedated on and off,
to keep him still.
So, it might just be that
the drugs haven't worn off,
or-or it could be something else.
What, you mean, like,
brain damage or something?
Well, maybe, but
..it's hard to say.
'Look, I'll get home
as quickly as possible.'
OK.
Daddy!
Come on. All right,
let's get going, let's get going.
Can I play some music?
Not now, Soph, er
I've got a headache.
Please.
All right.
Not too loud, OK?
"Detective Evans".
Who's that?
Just let it ring, don't pick it up.
Why?
Why aren't you answering?
Dad?
We're just gonna make
a quick stop off.
I don't mind doing it
if it's a hassle.
Sure, if you like, I
Oh, Jesus.
Give me a second,
I'll have to call you back.
You know when
it's bring a kid to work day,
you have to actually work here?
What do you want?
My redundancy pay is due next month,
and I want it now.
Why, what's the hurry?
That's my business,
I want to be paid.
I want to be paid immediately.
Why would I do that?
Because otherwise,
I will ring Peter at head office,
and I will tell him
what you said to me last night,
that you ignored
..redundancy policy,
and you based your decision
on a personal vendetta against me,
and that is constructive dismissal,
and I will sue you for it.
Yeah, you can
but you won't.
You have no idea
what I am going through.
I will contact everyone
that you made redundant last year.
You cut corners. You're lazy.
And there'll be a grievance,
and I will drag this company
through the mud
and do everything I can
to ruin your reputation.
Or you could pay me what you owe me!
Come on, love, let's go.
Can I watch TV?
Well, if you do your homework first.
Speak of the devil!
I was in the area,
thought I'd drop by.
Who's this?
Sophie, this is Kelly.
Hello, darling, are you OK?
Yes, thank you.
Come inside now, Soph.
Gorgeous, isn't she?
Oh.
Your wife says
you know about Jordan.
Yes, has there been any change?
Not really, no.
I'm gonna call his doctor later on.
But that's actually
not why I'm here.
Have you got a few minutes to talk?
Well, it's not a good time
at the moment.
Erm erm What is it?
Well, I wanted to talk to you
about the call that you made
to the police 101 number.
This would have been last week,
Tuesday the tenth.
You said that there was someone
outside your house.
Oh, that was nothing really,
just some teenagers messing around.
Teenagers, plural?
Well, on the call
you said it was one lad
and that he was quite intimidating.
Well, they were
just setting off car alarms
and one of them, he swore at me,
but there's nothing
to make a call about.
Well, you haven't mentioned it
before when we've spoken.
Well, I didn't think
it was relevant.
It was the night before
Jordan was attacked,
it might be the same lads.
Do you think you can give me
a description of any of them?
Well, it was dark and
I didn't see their faces.
I mean, how would you know
if you didn't see.
What do you want me to say?!
I've told you that
I didn't see who it was.
And I wish I hadn't made this
phone call, you know, I overreacted.
I've lost my job,
I'm losing my house,
and I've got a hell of a lot on
at the moment,
and I have told you earlier,
this is not a good time.
No problem at all,
I'll let you get on.
Thank you.
Mr Franklin?
Yeah.
How you doing, mate?
Yeah.
OK, er
Listen, your, erm
..mum's on her way.
Are you good, yeah?
Yeah.
I feel a bit sick
..they've given me some pills.
You had your mum really worried,
you know?
Making my life a nightmare, so
..thanks for that.
Hey. Hey, Jordan,
hey, let me help you.
Careful.
Good lad.
Jordan
..who did this to you?
Who was it?
You went to see Jimmy?
Simon!
I love you, and I want to help you,
but you have to help me
by not being such a fucking idiot!
If the police
start asking more questions,
if you start acting erratically
and out-of-character
and saying you need money
right away,
I mean, do I need to spell it out?
Look
Sorry, it's just
OK, I'm gonna call the hospital
and see if there's an update
on Jordan.
Daddy's gonna get you
some dinner now.
There's a man downstairs.
What?
He knocked on the window
and I let him in.
Jordan's awake.
He's like properly awake.
He was talking and everything.
What does he, erm
Has he, er, er
I'm sorry.
Does he remember anything
about the attack?
No. No, not a thing.
Ah.
He remembers going to a mate's,
he remembers going to the shops,
and then nothing
until he woke up today, so
And do Is that
Do Is that
Is that, erm, is that a temporary
thing, or do you think he'll, er,
get his memory back? I mean, that
I don't know.
It's hard to tell with brain trauma,
sorry.
That's what the doctors
keep saying to me, you know?
Got to wait and see.
Well, post-traumatic amnesia
can vary from patient to patient.
Well, he's sitting up
and he's not
breathing through a straw
so I will take that all day long.
Listen, Simon, erm
..I need to ask a favour.
Would you come in and talk to him?
Speak to Jordan?
Yeah.
Help him piece things together.
I think that
that's something that the police
would deal with, isn't it?
Yes.
And if he does remember something,
then we'll tell them.
I was thinking you could come
with me now. Back to the hospital.
Now?
Can I just say something?
From a medical perspective
..Jordan's been in a coma
for a week.
He's had a cardiac arrest.
He needs time to recover.
You start asking him
to recall a traumatic memory,
you could set him back.
Personally,
I'd leave it for a few days.
No, you're right, fair play.
But then you will
come and talk to him, yeah?
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, absolutely.
Yes, yes.
And then I'll take you
out for dinner as a thank you.
And don't insult me by saying no,
all right?
What do you think?
Well, it might be
the best possible option.
Jordan recovers, the amnesia holds.
Yes, but what if it doesn't?
Just one thing at the time.
Simon, I know this is hard for you,
but you have to try
and act as though you're innocent.
Are you feeling OK, Jordan?
You happy to talk to me?
Oh, yeah, he's made up.
So where have you been anyway?
You took your time.
It's only been three days
and I had to clear it
with his doctor first.
As I understand it,
you don't remember anything
before you were attacked,
is that right?
Yeah.
So what do you
remember from that night?
Erm
I got a burger
..headed to a mate's
..I went back home and that's it.
And who's this mate?
No comment.
You're not a suspect,
you're a victim.
I'm trying to help you, Jordan.
You were found on York Avenue.
Any idea how you got there?
Do you ever hang around there
with your mates?
Hang round?
Well, we've had reports of
young lads causing a nuisance
breaking into cars,
that kind of thing.
You'd best not be accusing him.
Paul, please.
Never been on that street before.
And you never met the gentleman
who lives at number 32
who found you? Never seen him
before the night of the attack?
What has that gotta do
with anything?
Paul, please let me ask
what I need to ask, OK?
I've never met him, no.
He said that he saw someone
running off
after you were attacked.
Anyone threatened you recently?
Do you know who my dad is?
Have you threatened anyone yourself?
Jesus, what is this?
What are you doing?
Now you're accusing him again.
You know how this works,
I build up a picture.
It's been two weeks
since my boy got jumped, yeah?
So what have you
actually done in that time?
How many arrests have you made?
Paul, we're making
Start asking
some proper fucking questions!
Do your job!
Hello?
You're saying that
I assaulted you - when?
Last week in the pub toilet,
you grabbed hold of me
and threw me up against
the toilet wall.
I did not!
Yeah, you threatened to harm me
unless I changed
your redundancy package.
'If I was you, I'd lawyer up,
cos this going to a tribunal.'
And, erm, by the way, you won't
get any money in the meantime.
Oh, no, no.
No, I need that money.
Whoa, whoa,
you're threatening me again,
I'm hanging up.
No, you
Ready, then?
Ready?
Yeah, to go and see Jordan.
We'll drop by the hospital,
then I'll take you
for a bite to eat.
Well, now isn't the best time.
We agreed.
I don't think we did.
You'd best not be calling me a liar.
I'm winding you up, get your coat.
How are you doing, Jordan?
There's someone here to see you.
Do you know who this is?
No.
This is Simon Henderson.
Who?
Who?
It's the man that saved your life.
Oh, right.
Nice one.
Nice one?
Shake the man's hand, then.
How you feeling, Jordan?
Erm
..a bit dizzy sometimes,
best when I'm sat up, but
I'm good, thanks.
Simon's gonna talk you through
what happened that night, yeah?
See if it helps you
remember anything, you know?
Ah, there isn't that much to tell.
Well, you must have spoken to him,
you know, said something.
Er
I think I might have said, er
"Can you hear me?"
And then?
Well, he wasn't breathing
and, er, he didn't have a pulse,
so I just started giving him,
you know, CPR.
So you don't remember any of this,
no?
No.
You don't remember seeing him?
No.
You don't remember being down
his road, seeing him, none of that?
No.
No, I told you,
I don't remember nothing.
OK.
It's your mum.
Oh, you can't take that in 'ere -
they get all arsey.
Of course they do.
Hello.
I'm so glad you're feeling better,
Jordan. Your
dad's been really worried about you.
I think I'll just go
and get a glass of water.
Hey, 32
..I haven't forgotten nothing.
I know what you did.
But don't worry
won't tell no-one.
Cos I fucking own you now.
Oh, thanks again for everything,
Simon.
I really appreciate it, you know.
Took your time. You all right?
Mm-hm. Yeah. Fine, fine. Yeah.
It's just been really stressful
..with work.
Why, what's happened?
Oh, just some, er,
complications with my redundancy.
My boss is
boss is being difficult.
That little prick
I met in the office?
Why, what's he done?
Trying to get out of paying you,
yeah?
Well, it's something like that,
but, you know, erm
I'll work it out, it's fine.
You say that a lot, you know.
"It's fine."
If it was fine,
you wouldn't be stressed.
How's that little girl of yours?
Oh, she's fine.
She's doing well.
Good.
And she's your only one, right?
Oh, it's a long story.
Give me the short version, then.
Well, erm
we-we had Sophie,
we had her through IVF.
Erm
She was our last try, actually.
And, erm
We had another boy, you know.
Danny.
So bright. He was top of the class,
all that stuff, you know.
I mean, pfft,
God knows where he got that from.
He, erm, got leukaemia.
Just before his ninth birthday.
He died two years later.
So sorry. Sorry, Paul.
Yeah.
Do you want me to speak to
this boss of yours, Simon?
What? No. No.
No, I'll take care of it myself.
Look, you're a nice bloke,
and 99% of the time,
that's a good thing.
But sometimes you have to
make people do what you want.
And I just don't think that's
gonna be your strong point, is it?
Just give me the word,
and I'll sort it.
Hm?
I just thought I'd offer.
Excuse me.
Mm-hm.
Can we get, erm, another bottle of,
er, Rioja, please,
when you're ready?
Yes, of course.
Cheers.
What do you mean Jordan knows?
Well, he remembers everything.
Why is he doing this?
What does he want?
Hey, how you doing?
What?
Simon?
What is it?
'Hey, it's Jimmy.
'Listen, I was, erm,
I was out of order.
'I'm gonna speak to HR
and make it all go away.
'You'll get your money today.
'It'll, er, be in your account
in a few hours.
'I'm I'm sorry again.
I really am.'
'End of messages. To listen to'
What was that?
What exactly did you say to Paul?
Well, I I didn't ask him to.
God, I don't want
these people in our lives!
When did you last
speak to your sister?
It was, er, weeks ago. Why?
She's always saying that
we should go and stay with her.
What? You want to go to Florida?
What happened with not running away?
Well, Kath will let us stay with her
until we find a place of our own,
and then we've got
your redundancy money
that we can live off
in the meantime.
Plus the money we get for the house.
Whatever Jordan wants,
we keep him happy.
We string him along
until we're ready to go.
Then we get on a plane
and we put 3,000 miles
between us and the Franklin family.
Good on you, Jordan.
Mum I'm fine.
Go on, Jordan.
Jordan
Mum, stop.
Jordan, do you want to come
round here so we can grab a photo
in front of the hospital sign?
Er yeah, all right.
Great, thanks.
Now, where's Simon?
Hey, Simon. Come on, mate.
Come on, Simon.
Simon!
Don't be shy. Come over.
Yeah, top man, Simon.
Just over there.
Right next to each other.
That's great, thanks.
How are you feeling, Jordan?
Is it good to be out?
Yeah, all right.
And I hear you're having
a welcome home party.
Oh, yeah, yeah. No, tonight.
Hey, er,
you're coming, aren't you, Simon?
Er, yes, I am.
He loves a party, does Simon.
OK, and turn and face me,
and give a big smile.
Come on, you're a hero.
Good to see you, Mason.
How you doing?
I'd say you're not doing too well
on account of being arrested
with a rucksack full of pills.
I'll take it as read
that you're not gonna speak,
so I'll say my piece.
You can listen.
Now, you can roll your eyes,
act like you're too hard to care,
but I've known you
since you were 12 years old.
If you're convicted, I can speak to
the judge on your behalf.
I can say you've been cooperating
with us.
But you've got to give me something.
Yeah? Be about
I don't know, could be about
Jordan Franklin.
Hm?
Listen, me and your mum,
we've just got to nip out
to get some stuff for your party.
You gonna to be all right
on your tod?
Yeah, of course.
You need to rest.
There's no more dicking about.
What's that mean?
It means
you ain't gonna put your mum and me
through any of this any more.
It wasn't my fault.
Look, just
get yourself better,
and then we'll talk.
Fuck sake.
You say that to me again
and you see what happens.
You're gonna go back to college,
you're gonna get a job. You're
I'm not Danny.
All right?
Sorry.
You stay 'ere.
Simon, can I have your passport,
please. I need the number.
It's him.
What does he want?
'You all right, Simon? It's Jordan.
'Meet me at the Alexander playground
at three.
'And, er
bring me a cheeseburger.'
Any luck?
Maybe, yeah.
Quite chatty when he wants to be,
Mason.
He says that Jordan Franklin's
been doing some low-level dealing.
No shit, Sherlock.
Right, I know.
He also says that Jordan's crew,
they hang around a shop
near York Avenue, right?
And apparently, there's often
a bit of bother there.
You know what? Changed my mind.
I want a pizza instead.
Go on. Off you go.
You're trying to humiliate me,
aren't you?
Well I won't do it.
I'll tell me dad, then.
Enough.
Now, what do you want?
Fifty grand in cash.
Absolutely not!
My dad's gonna fuck you up,
you know.
Right, look, I understand
that you're angry
An old twat like you
getting a lucky punch in.
What's that make me look like?
I want 50K for the insult.
Well
I haven't got that kind of money.
Pay me or I'll tell him.
I wouldn't be able to lay my hands
on it. Pay me or I'll tell him.
Pay me. Pay me.
Jordan.
No, pay me or I'll tell him. Pay me.
Fucking tell him.
See you tonight at the party, then?!
Yeah?
I can't believe
we're having to do this.
We don't have to be there for long.
Just do what we said.
Simon!
Simon, how you doing, mate?
Come over.
Good to see you, pal. How are you?
How are you, Beth? Good to see you.
Meet the lads. This is Gary.
This is Sean. He's a family friend.
Big Mark.
Hiya.
Nice one, mate.
We owe ya.
Yeah.
Listen, erm,
can I get youse a drink?
Must be nice to have him home.
Yeah, Anna's made up.
And you?
Just do me a favour
..keep an eye on him.
I'm just gonna go and
I'll see you in a second.
Oh, look at you, 32.
All dressed up and fancy.
Right, I'm gonna make this quick,
so you can just shut up and listen.
Big man's got some big balls.
If I walk into a bank
and ask for £50,000 in cash,
what do you think they're gonna do?
Just give it to me?
Your problem, not mine.
No, it is not. This is your problem
because I'm not going to do it.
Well, he won't just kill you
..my dad
..he'll hurt you first.
If you tell your dad
..you'll get nothing.
If you tell the police,
you get nothing.
Or
Or you can just shut your mouth
and do as I tell you.
You will get £3,000
per month for a year.
That's £36,000.
That is all I can afford.
Maybe I'll just tell him
cos I want to.
Maybe I'll tell him right now.
Go on, then.
Fine.
But I want five grand a month
..starting tomorrow.
You're late.
Yeah, I know.
Bloody take it.
Just Just get out of my car.
Nah.
You're gonna take me to my mate's.
No, I don't.
He lives around t'corner from you.
You know, you're going that way
anyway.
I'm not going nowhere.
Unless you want to make me.
Yeah, you see, erm
it's not really a friend.
This girl I'm seeing.
Well, no, actually, not even a girl.
It's a woman.
Well, I'm just not interested.
Proper MILF. Like
Her name's, erm
Her name's Beth.
What is the matter with you?
Have you got
some sort of personality disorder?
Were you born like this?
You need psychiatric help.
Don't be telling me about my life.
What have you ever done?
Shit.
Hey, yeah. All right, Uncle Mark?
What are you doing here?
Simon's just taking me out
for some food and we, er
Er No, I-I've got
I've got a mate
that lives round the corner, so
He gave you an envelope.
Where is it?
What do you mean?
Oh, no, er
No, no, that's mine.
He didn't give it me.
You see, I owe some people.
What is going on here?
Come with me. Both of you.
I'm-I'm What do you mean?
I'm not
Out.
Where are you, Jordan?
Oh, you bastard.
Come on.
Inside.
What's he gonna do?
I don't know.
What was he doing following us?
I don't know. He works for my dad.
Doing what exactly?
Oh, this is bad. It's proper bad.
OK, I'm gonna call the police.
What? No, you're not.
He's got a gun.
Yeah, yeah. So don't piss him off.
Uncle Mark, I
Look, I didn't wanna
say nothing before,
but I was just selling him
some weed, that's all.
That's a lot of money he gave you.
Was it four grand? Five?
How much weed do you get for that?
I
I didn't ask you!
Can I have a word outside?
You've not spoke to my dad yet,
have you? I've texted him.
I told him to come here.
Right, well, you can't say a word
to no-one.
No, not even him, you swear?
Simon's the one that hit me.
We got into a row outside his house.
You what?!
He's shitting himself,
and I'm rinsing him for 5K a month.
I'll split it with you if you
Don't be stupid.
No, he'll pay it.
Inside. Come on, now.
Oh, shit. Shit!
You need to come and get me
right now!
'Where are you?'
I I'm on a building site, er,
I don't know the name of the road.
It's near where
that Tesco's used to be.
Hey!
Oh, God!
Just move over, Beth.
It's all right.
I didn't see him.
Beth, just move over.
I didn't see him.
Oh, God!
Simon, I didn't see him.
I didn't see him.