Viewpoint (2021) s01e03 Episode Script

1
You OK, Caitlin?
Do you think it's weird
to be on your own a lot?
Do you like being on your own?
Well, in that case, no.
Wow!
What's in here, look?
Jesus Christ.
Always watch your blind spots,
matey.
How's Greg going?
Yeah, he's still under the lights.
And in other news,
I might know why Vernon
was hand-delivering missing posters
to Carl Tuckman.
Or Carl Boruk, as was.
- Boruk?
- He was prime suspect
in the case that sent DI Vernon
over the edge down in Westport.
The disappearance of Carl's
first wife, Anna, 12 years ago.
What?
And get this, she's the kid sister
of Pavel, Carl's foreman.
Did she stay disappeared?
From that day to this.
That might explain why
he changed his name to Carl Tuckman
when he married Kate.
Put a bit of distance.
I thought that.
Yeah.
So, two women go missing
12 years apart,
they're both known to Carl Tuckman?
This is definitely her?
Strictly off the record, though,
mate,
cos we're still focused on Greg.
Gemma Taylor
Is it a rumour
Gemma was using after-school clubs
to hide criminal activity,
of which we were the victims?
And by "we",
I mean us and our children.
Well, speaking of the children,
how does igniting a blame-game
help them?
Or Gemma, for that matter?
Gemma's made her bed,
and she's probably lying in it.
I'm sorry, but the children
are our priority now.
Yes.
Sorry, I can't agree with
what you've just said about Gemma.
Yes, it sounds like
she's made some mistakes.
But who hasn't made mistakes,
especially when they were younger?
Who doesn't have regrets,
or found themselves in a hole
that they couldn't climb out of?
You know, it's times like this,
it brings out the best
and the worst in people.
Now she's Gemma the money launderer,
no shades of grey in between.
Hey, what's the latest with Greg?
He's helping CID
with their investigations.
Are you all right?
Yeah.
OK.
Zoe?
Yeah?
I can see
you've had a right snoop around.
Anything else of interest?
I just went in
to turn your alarm off.
OK I didn't sign up for this.
Well, I didn't sign up for a host
who's already doing my job
and failed to mention it.
It's just scribbles in a book,
Martin.
Just comings and goings.
Of people in the street?
Yeah.
You know, everyone
thinks their secrets are safe, Zoe.
And they're really not.
I see that every day.
Oh, for fuck's sake.
You went in to turn my alarm off?
That really the best
you can come up with?
Hey. Zoe.
Hey. Hey, look, I'm not judging you.
How could I?
I spy on people for a living.
Is there anything you wanna tell me?
I don't know. It was hard, you know?
Living on my own.
It's the loneliness
I didn't see coming.
Yeah, I understand that.
Caitlin's great, we can have a laugh
and whatever, but
She's your daughter.
Yeah. Yeah, she's my daughter.
Just
The nights just seem so long.
Endless, sometimes.
Watching people was
I dunno. Just comforting.
People I know.
People I don't know.
And one night,
after a few glasses of wine, I
I just bought them.
It's so stupid.
And that's just a record
of your observations?
Yeah. I dunno
Well, I wouldn't call them
"observations", exactly.
Do you think there's anything in
here that might help us find Gemma?
I don't know.
That's That's not a "no", Zoe.
But I haven't got any proof, that's
why I haven't mentioned anything.
OK?
Well, I think Gemma
was seeing Carl Tuckman.
I'd see them leave the street
at the same time
and return in minutes of each other,
and one night I saw them texting
at the same time.
Carl's number's
not in any of Gemma's phone logs.
Well, I dunno,
maybe she had a second phone, or
you know, maybe I'm going nuts.
No, you're not going nuts.
And I meant what I said
about not judging you.
You're just
looking for a connection.
Yeah.
Connection's a good word for it.
OK.
OK, just
Martin
Do you have to
tell anyone about this?
Tell your bosses?
Gemma Taylor
See there?
I isolated the word Gemma, then
he mentioned someone called Taylor,
but that's a bit difficult
to make out.
Right look,
Carl's wife was in the front room.
This was a threat.
Just look at Carl's reaction
to Pavel saying "Gemma".
Our host, Zoe Sterling,
raises the possibility
that Carl and Gemma
might have been having an affair.
And if we can prove an affair,
we have a motive.
When?
When did she raise this?
Today.
It took her long enough.
Well, she was hesitant
because she couldn't be 100%.
But she noticed them
leaving on the street together
and they returned at the same time.
"She thinks", "they might" -
it doesn't exactly sound conclusive.
It's weird that she'd notice that.
Why? Her flat's directly opposite
and she knows both parties, so
Hm, she's spying on her neighbours?
I wouldn't quite characterise it
as that, ma'am.
I think she's just trying
to help out where she
Did you Did you tell them
about Carl's first wife, Anna?
Did you know about Anna?
Anna went missing 12 years ago
and Carl was the prime suspect.
He was the only suspect.
We know all about Westport, Martin.
CPS said
there was no case to answer.
I appreciate you coming in, Martin,
but I have a strong suspect
and a case to build.
Greg? Ma'am
By his own admission, a violent,
abusive drunk with no alibi
and a bad temper.
We're presenting to the CPS today.
So, unless we have to release him,
I'm pulling surveillance as of now.
We have to keep watching the street.
Carl Tuckman is a good suspect.
- Not good enough, obviously.
- That's a matter of opinion, Sir.
Opinions are like arseholes
With all due respect,
I've worked CID, you haven't,
and that sort of tunnel vision is
Martin!
It's CID who've pulled the plug.
What is there to discuss?
Stella, what do you think?
You were pretty sold
when I showed you the footage.
- Oh, it doesn't matter what I think, mate.
- Come on
We're a tool,
we've been put back in our box.
- What is it about this one, Martin?
- It's Carl Tuckman.
At the very least, he's lying
about his relationship with Gemma.
And that's it?
Yeah.
Carl Tuckman is one of those guys
who thinks he's got
everything sussed
and the rules don't apply to him.
And all the pitfalls and holes
that everybody else falls into,
no, not him.
He'll never put a foot wrong.
With him, I just don't buy it.
You all right?
Yeah.
Listen, CID wouldn't piss in
your ear if your head was on fire.
Your words, not mine.
Don't bite the hand that fed you,
Martin.
What were you just doing
by Carl's car?
Tying my shoelace.
Yeah, you need to work on that.
What are you up to?
They're pulling the plug
on the surveillance.
You're leaving?
Officially, yeah.
I'd like to run my own operation
for a couple of days,
if that's OK with you?
You're going rogue?
Well, I wouldn't quite call it that,
but, y'know
Yeah It kinda
means that I'll be gone,
but it doesn't mean beyond that
you know, we couldn't
erm, you know just maybe
What?
Well, I mean, I didn't
I didn't know if maybe, one day,
one evening you'd wanna get a drink
or something
Or not. You probably busy.
No, it's, um
It's not Like, I would,
it's just that, um
Full transparency,
I think I'm a million miles away
from being ready
Ready to go on a date.
I just, you know,
don't wanna waste your time.
Well, that is
That is definitely
"full transparency".
I I appreciate it.
Jak tam glowa, chlopaku?
Sluchaj, ta Gemma.
Nie oskaram ci, e si denerwujesz.
Pavel, let go of the past!
Your sister drowned.
I miss her now
Dobra?
- Hey.
- Hey.
How'd you find this place?
I have my sources.
Yeah. Do you wanna
No. Thanks.
Actually, I hadn't heard
about you and Sarah.
I mean, I knew you had problems,
but I didn't know you'd separated.
Yeah. Over a year now.
I'm sorry.
Look, we gave you short shrift
earlier.
What, Greg looking shaky, is he?
No, just that Carl
warrants a closer look.
Yeah. Actually
Pavel's the brother of
Carl's first wife, who went missing.
I followed him to his yard,
heard them arguing.
You had no authorisation to do that.
Roly said that DI Vernon
was the only person
that didn't believe Anna drowned.
I don't think Pavel is convinced
either.
And he definitely knew
about Carl and Gemma.
The "Taylor" you heard
I don't think it's a person,
I think it's a place.
We need to get in there.
No. What we need is a warrant.
What, is Conroy gonna oblige?
Cos I know Cox won't.
He could be holding her in there.
Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit.
Devil's advocate -
it's just an exercise book.
It's hardly proof of an affair.
Yeah, but, I mean, he's gonna have
a hard time explaining
how it got there, isn't he?
Got where? You said Carl
cleaned out, burned all sheets?
Yeah.
So, why the Thank you so much.
Thank you.
So, I don't understand why
Vernon's so sure
that Carl killed his first wife
even without a body.
And what's Pavel hiding?
You wanna speak to Vernon?
What ex-copper doesn't like
talking about an old case?
Maybe not this one.
Roly said "paranoid"
was the word that kept coming up.
Yeah, but, you know,
I'm kinda Surveillance,
practically a civilian.
I'm no threat to him, am I?
You are Surveillance, and those
are gonna be the first words
out of Conroy's mouth
when she finds out about this.
Yeah, but it's better
to ask for forgiveness
than permission, though, isn't it?
Why didn't you come and see me
in hospital?
I mean, I was in there six months,
visiting hours twice a day
I was ashamed.
If I'd been more thorough,
I'd have found that knife.
I was lying there, unable to move,
not knowing if I'd ever walk again.
Lead a normal life.
"Ashamed" doesn't cut it.
I did come.
Once.
I saw your husband in the car park.
The look on his face when he saw me.
I mean, he tried to be polite
and nice.
It just made it all worse.
And after that, I couldn't see you
like that, I just couldn't see you.
I never blamed you.
All I wanted was to be able to
tell you that.
But you never gave me the chance.
I'll get Vernon's address for you.
'Tiny Girls' by Iggy Pop
Well the day begins
You don't want to live
Cos you can't believe
In the one you're with
Cos you know her tricks
And you know her past
When she makes a face
You just have to laugh
And you feel like
Such a know-it-all
When you only want
Just a tiny girl
And you hope she'll sing
So you turn around Toward the ♪
Donald Vernon?
- You're a hard man to find.
- Who the hell are you?
DC Martin Young. Surveillance.
Surveillance?!
That's a bloody support unit.
What, are CID too busy?
I'm, er
I'm working Gemma Hillman.
Mate
You go and clean your telescope.
I saw you outside Carl Tuckman's
house two days ago.
Public place. Free country.
What were you doing there?
Rattling some cages.
And he'll always be Carl Boruk
to me.
Why are you so sure
that he killed his wife?
OK, I'll tell you why.
Because Carl is a ruthless bastard,
and she was in the way.
He wanted a better life.
And he got it.
Yeah.
East Ripton - the shit end of town.
That's where they lived.
Landlady heard constant rows.
The worst ones were about
a girl Carl was seeing
- turning up and harassing Anna.
- Did you ever ID the girl?
Yeah. Local barmaid,
but she denied it.
So, Anna's brother, Pavel,
never got involved in any of this?
Pavel was part of the problem
from day one.
Gave Carl his alibi
for the time she disappeared.
I felt sure that if I just kept
the pressure on him, he'd crack,
burn Carl's alibi, and then
I'd have enough for the CPS.
- Even without a body?
- Even without a body.
And it never happened.
Carl has some sort of hold
over Pavel I never understood.
So, the other day
when you came round,
you were trying
to rattle Pavel's cage, not Carl's?
He's still the weak link.
Where's Martin?
I dunno. At home?
I've just rang his home number
and his mobile.
Well, maybe he's asleep,
or getting laid, who knows?
Something I can help with?
CID just released Greg Sullivan.
How come?
Insufficient evidence,
and they don't wanna
eat up precious PACE hours.
And they wanna keep eyes on?
Is our host still willing and able?
I'm sure she's both, boss.
Anna passed that camera there
about 5pm on her way,
this way, down here.
And that was the last sighting?
And Carl knew her route.
And I think he lay in wait
just down there,
away from the camera.
Or Anna was swimming
and the tide dragged her out?
- Possible?
- No.
Anna was an experienced swimmer,
and the water was calm that day.
Did you ever consider that Carl
might've just paid Pavel off?
Yeah, I considered it.
Couldn't see him taking hush money.
Anyway, Carl was broke back then.
Sounds like you got to know Pavel
pretty well?
I badgered him for years
on the alibi.
He got a restraining order
in the end.
- Couldn't blame him.
- For what it's worth,
I think Pavel's
still open to persuasion.
Er, I'm not encouraging you to break
any restraining orders or anything.
I live in hope.
Hey, this is Janice Baines.
- Who's that?
- She lives on Gemma Hillman's street.
Well, we never identified her.
Greg? Greg?
Can we please have an interview?
Do you have two minutes?
Zoe!
Hiya.
Go on, love, you're late for work.
Where are the hell are you, Martin?
We need to look into Janice Baines.
Yeah. I'm way ahead of you.
I've been digging into her
and the Tuckmans.
They've released Greg Sullivan.
What Why?
Lack of evidence.
Our host just gave him
a big welcome home hug.
Wait, so
we're back watching Westbury?
Thought you'd be pleased
to hear that.
What's that supposed to mean?
Well, Janice might
look like a bag lady,
but she's worth
a cool eight million.
What?
That's how much she inherited
off Kate's dad, Bill Tuckman.
What did Vernon
have to say for himself?
Yeah, he said
Pavel was the weak link.
Hm. Meaning what?
I gotta go, OK?
Do the right thing, Martin.
But don't be a fucking hero.
Share this with CID.
I always took the solo route, yeah?
Ploughed me own furrow.
Look where it got me.
If you wanna take Carl down,
you need all the help you can get.
Janice Baines picks up
Kate and Carl's kid,
helps out round the house.
But this made me wonder
if she was something more than that.
We only have authority
to watch Greg Sullivan.
But actually, the Tuckman warrant
only runs out at midnight
CID pulled all surveillance
at 9:25 this morning,
as you well know, and we never had
any authority to watch her.
We upset the likes of Conroy,
we don't eat.
Point taken.
You said that yesterday.
Today, you're off
talking to retired coppers.
And asking her to lie for you,
should I enquire, which I did.
Boss, you always used to
say something to me that
Look, quoting my wise words at me
is not gonna lighten the mood.
Janice Baines, back in the day,
she was an enforcer for Kate's dad,
Bill Tuckman, a slum landlord.
I know who Bill Tuckman was.
But sometimes that meant inducing
tenants to vacate the premises
using petrol bombs.
And I found a lot more
in the news archives.
Two years ago,
upon his death, Bill Tuckman
left Janice half his fortune.
We also know she lives next door
to Gemma Hillman,
and CCTV puts her in Westport
12 years ago -
the very day that Carl's first wife,
Anna, went missing.
So, Carl and Janice
must've known each other back then.
Well, I'm sorry, if she really was
this heavy-duty fixer,
she's got to be a suspect.
Agreed.
She's capable of way more than
just "cleaning up".
There's just one problem.
Bill Tuckman was legit
from the early 2000s.
I don't see him asking Janice
to kill anyone or cover up for Carl.
I can see the latter happening
very easily.
Why? What was Carl to him?
His future son-in-law.
Do we know that Carl even knew Kate
back then?
We don't know for sure,
but he had to.
I can see that the proximity
of Janice and Carl
to both missing women is compelling.
And, much against
my better judgement,
I'll make that case to CID.
Now, piss off, both of you.
Thanks, boss.
It starts in Manchester,
it comes back to Manchester.
If it was a couple of dates,
I'd blow 'em off, but it's a tour,
In big venues.
I'm sorry, Zo.
It's just Caitlin's gonna be gutted.
I know. I'll talk to her.
Good news is, I called them up
and we can get the deposit back,
no questions
I don't give a shit
about the deposit!
OK.
Plan B, we go in spring instead?
Look, y'know I've always been
a rip-the-plaster-off-quick
kind of person.
What's that supposed to mean?
It means, maybe we should stop
pretending that you're gonna
come back and we're gonna be
a family again.
We never stopped being a family.
- I just
- You needed some time,
Yeah, I know.
Well, you've had a year now, Tim.
Look, this holiday, I'm not seeing
it as the end of something
No, this was a mistake.
What do you mean?
I'm walking away, gonna do my job.
I'll let CID handle it.
Too late.
Where is he?
Don't know.
Do you think he saw us?
I hope not.
Pavel.
Does confession help?
I've never really tried it myself.
I suppose for it to help,
you need to kind of act it out
in the real world.
You know, so it's not just words.
Cos anyone can say sorry, right?
For it to mean something,
you have to do something about it.
That's real restitution.
Who are you?
So, Donald Vernon has a theory.
And I think only you can tell me
if that theory is right or wrong.
It's wrong.
Two women go missing 12 years apart,
and Carl is the only connection.
That's why you're here, isn't it?
And that's why you guys
had the fight.
You know, you can fix all of this.
You can help us find Gemma.
I don't know Gemma.
But you knew that
he was sleeping with her, right?
And how would Carl react
if she caused him trouble,
if she played up a little bit?
I mean, what is capable of?
You're crazy.
Yeah.
But you had the exact same thought
when she went missing.
You just buried it, didn't you?
Do the right thing for her.
And for Anna.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Welcome back.
- It's good to be back.
Where's Caitlin?
Er, she stayed with her dad
last night.
She'll be back any minute.
We missed you!
It hasn't been the same.
What is this?
- Do you like it?
- Yeah.
Oh, I forgot that the bed
doubles up as a sofa.
I just thought
you'd be more comfortable.
Well, that is
very, very kind of you. Thank you.
It's OK.
Caitlin
Yeah, and I'm on duty as well, so
Yeah.
I'll, um
I'll go make us coffee.
- Yeah.
- OK.
Bye!
See ya.
I'll race you.
Hang on a minute
Let's go. Let's go.
Hey.
Thank you.
Tim's on his way up.
Oh, I see.
Um, right, just give me two minutes.
Martin?
Conroy wants you to come to CID.
She said you'd know why.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Detective Vernon was a good man.
He wanted to find my sister.
He wanted justice.
And I lied to him.
About Carl's alibi?
Yes. I believed Carl was innocent.
I wasn't with Carl that day.
I don't know where he was.
He mentioned someone approaching him
in his church,
urging him to confess.
Wasn't that his priest?
No.
Carl was my best friend
since the playground.
On their wedding day,
I was so happy.
When they had problems,
when she'd complain
about other girls,
I'd say, "It doesn't matter."
"He loves you."
"Just let Carl be Carl."
But she said
"There's two Carls."
And Gemma Hillman?
He was sleeping with her.
But he was getting bored.
He always gets bored.
And what happens
when Carl gets bored?
Cuts his losses and moves on.
Do you think Carl had anything to do
with the disappearance
of Gemma Hillman?
Yes.