Witness No. 3 (2022) s01e03 Episode Script

1
They know it's over now.
You're going to court.
They can't stop you doing that.
[SHRIEKING]
Enough, OK, I am out.
It's not as simple as that.
[THUD]
[WHIMPER]
You hear anything you don't
like, you press the button.
You're not hearing me. These
guys are gonna kill you.
We select a room in your
flat, most likely upstairs.
[DRILL RATTLES]
And we turn it into what's
called a strong room.
Last line of defence.
It'll have a reinforced steel
door, sealed, unbreakable windows,
and a phone.
If the light's flashing
red, you've got a problem.
You want solid green, and
then you're in business.
The nurse says I can stay the night
'cos it's a private room or something.
Only way anyone gets in here
is if someone lets 'em in.
[MUSIC BOOMING: CLOCKED IN BY
THOMAS DIDIER FT MERTY SHANGO]
All right, bro. Good luck, Po, yeah.
Oi, mate.
You going now?
Yeah.
Dump it, yeah?
Don't be bringing it back here.
[CLANG]
Oh
Sorry, boss. Just slipped.
[GROANS QUIETLY]
Oi.
Sort yourself out, man.
That's a lot of money
you owe me, Joe, yeah?
You ready to become
a man now then, yeah?
Yeah.
Eh?
I said you ready or what?
Good man. Go on.
[MUSIC STOPS]
[TENSE, DRIVING DRUMBEAT]
[PANTING GENTLY]
[DEEP BREATH]
[THUMPING CHEST]
[YELLING]
[MUFFLED THUMP]
[THUMPING]
[THUMPING]
[RATTLY THUMP]
[HEAVY RATTLE]
[QUIET SIGH]
[RAPID TRUNDLING]
[THUMP THUMP THUMP]
[MECHANISM WHIRRS STOPS]
[TOY CLATTERS GENTLE SIGH]
[SCRAPING, JUDDERY VIOLINS]
[CLICK]
[SIGHS]
[CLICKING SWITCH]
[QUIET GROAN]
[FOOTSTEPS ALMOST IMPERCEPTIBLE]
[FILAMENT HUMS]
OK
[CLATTERING IN CUPBOARD]
Oh Where are you?
[CLUNK]
Kyle?
Kyle is that you, love?
[FOOTSTEPS RUSTLING]
[SIGHS]
[THUNKS]
[SIGHS]
[BUTTONS CLICK]
[MUSIC GROWS TENSE]
[LOCK SCRAPES SOFTLY]
[QUIET SCRAPE]
[THUNK]
[SLOW, HEAVY DRUMS]
[MUSIC PUMPING, JARRING]
Aah!
[DOOR BANGING GRUNTING]
[DOOR HAMMERING]
[BANGING]
[METAL THUMPING]
[HE YELLS]
[PANTING]
[PANTING]
[HEAVY BANGING]
[HAMMERING]
You can't run from me!
[BANGING]
The door's made of steel.
You can't get through.
FUCK!
[BANG]
[QUIETLY] Activate the alarm,
I've activated the alarm,
I've activated the alarm
- Hey, can you hear me?
- Shut up!
[SOFTLY] Activated
the alarm, he can't
Can you hear me?
[BANGS] Shut up!
I've activated a silent alarm.
[QUIETLY] It doesn't matter
It's already gone through to police.
[WHISPERS] It doesn't matter
if you've cut the power.
No
[BANG]
It doesn't matter if
you've cut the power,
it can only be disabled
by the police. It
Police
[HAMMERING]
[BANGING]
Are you starting to get it, yeah?
No
No-one is gonna save you!
HELP!
HEEELP!
HELP!
HELP ME!
HELP
[SILENCE]
PLEASE!
[WHIMPERS]
[PANTING]
Come on. Come on
[PHONE RINGING]
[LINE CUTS OUT]
Oh, fuck. Come on!
[SLOW PANTS]
Oh, God
[SIGHS]
[PHONE VIBRATES]
Po, you good?
I want to know when it's done, OK?
[SIGHS]
Please just leave.
Are you listening to me?
Do yourself a favour, and
go before anyone comes.
Just go!
Give up. It's over!
Hello?
[DRAWER SHUTS]
[QUICK SPRITZES]
[APPRECIATIVE SNIFFS]
Can you hear what I'm saying to you?
It is over!
Ahh
JUST GO!
Just go
[RELAXED EXHALE]
What's going on? Eh?
Don't make me call you again.
Understand?
Fuck
[SIGHS]
[SIGH]
[TEETH BEING BRUSHED]
[BRISTLES RUSTLING]
Aaaaaaagh!
Aaaaaaagh!
[TENSE BREATHS]
[DEEP EXHALE]
What do you think?
It'll be his first little toy.
Put it in his cot to keep him company.
Don't worry, right,
I've got time to train
him up, he won't bite.
So?
Yeah
Yeah, it's great.
I'm gonna do it this time, Jo.
All right?
Once the baby comes, it's just
Well, that's the focus
that I need, yeah?
I can feel it.
I'm going to stay clean.
Look, I promise.
Good.
Because you know, love,
there is nothing I want more.
[SIGHS]
Hello?
I know you're still there!
I'm talking to you. Can you
hear me? I am talking to you.
You can't come in here.
I'm not coming out.
It's over.
Do you understand me?
It's fucking over.
[DOOR BANGING]
Mum?
[BANGING]
Mum!
[HAMMERING]
Mum?
[BANGING]
Mum, please can you open the door?
[KNOCKING]
[BANGING]
Mum, are you awake?
Mum, please can you open the door?!
[METALLIC RAPPING]
Have I still lost, you reckon?
[KNIFE SCRAPES]
Please, don't hurt him.
I'll make him go.
[LOCKS CLUNK]
[BANGING]
Mum, please can you open the door?
MUM!
[BANGING]
- All right, love.
- What's happening?
Why aren't you answering your phone?
Oh, erm, I left it downstairs.
I was asleep.
Dave needs money for the cab.
I told him he didn't need to walk me up.
No.
No, still, probably a
good idea though, eh.
Mum? The money?
Er
Yeah.
Yeah, one second.
Yeah?
There you go darling.
- There you go.
- Why you being so weird?
Yeah, erm
Listen, can you, erm
Would you mind going to the hospital
and staying with Nan tonight?
- She's asleep.
- Yeah, yeah, I know, I just
I'd just feel a lot better.
- Would you mind?
- I've got school tomorrow.
I know. I wouldn't ask
if it wasn't important.
- I'm tired.
- Kyle, please.
- Can't I just go in?
- Kyle.
Look
the thought of Nan alone.
After what happened, I just
Please.
Just go back to the hospital with Dave.
Now.
Fine.
- Good boy.
- You're so weird, man.
I love you!
[STRAINED WHIMPER]
[LOCKS CLUNKING]
Get in there!
Got you right where I
want you now, don't I?
[PANTING]
No
Don't even talk, yeah?
Keep your fucking mouth shut.
Are you scared?
Yeah?
You should be.
You're fitter up close, you know that?
We were joking about it, but
Troops is right, you
are quite fit, you know?
I mean, I was saying, nah,
man, she's miles past it.
But I didn't notice those nice legs.
These nice lips.
How old are you?
Did I say you could speak?!
You know what? Sit down!
Sit down!
See the other guy, yeah
He just broke.
We burnt up his van,
climbed in his garden
The guy was terrified.
Practically knocked down
the police station door,
to get his name taken
off the witness list.
But you
We messed with your son!
We trashed your shop.
We put your mum
We put your mum in hospital.
You could've walked away,
and all this, yeah, would've gone.
What's it even matter to you anyway?
Some guy you ain't even met killed
some junkie you ain't even met.
Just let it go, for fuck's sake!
Yeah?
And now
now you're gonna die for it.
It's dumb, man.
Where's your boy's dad?
'Cos like I said
you're quite fit.
You know, for an old woman.
OK
[SOFT CHUCKLE]
I mean not like old, old, you know,
just like, quite old.
Like a mum.
Yeah.
Yeah, like a mum.
How long have you had
him in your pocket?
Him?
The police?
What's it matter to you?
What was it?
Was it money?
It was fucking anything.
Police pay is shit.
Oh, don't take it personal.
All police are scum like that, trust me.
You know, I know kids like you.
Yeah?
Yeah? What do you know?
What do you know about kids like me?!
I know that you think
you've got no other choice.
I know that deep down,
you're just scared.
[QUIET LAUGHTER]
Scared?
Scared!
I've never been scared in my life.
I walk down the street and I've got
I've got grown fucking men crossing
the road to get out of me way.
I go in a shop where I'm from, yeah
and they know me, do you
understand what I'm saying?
They're handing out freebies.
Scared.
Scared
People get scared when
they've got stuff to lose.
What have I got to be scared of?
Everyone has something.
You don't know. You! You don't know.
I did it because of you. OK?
- What?
- You.
What?
I did it because of you.
Your mates. Your boss.
I wanted to hurt the
people that hurt me.
You want to know where
my husband is? Well
he died when my son was five.
He was an addict.
He was trying not to be.
But you guys just wouldn't let go.
Freebies, deals, coming to his work
Coming to our house.
Every time he got clean,
you were just there again,
getting your fingers in him,
and dragging him back in.
The night he died, he was
trying to break into a house.
He fell off a garage roof, and
smashed his head on the pavement.
When they gave his phone back to me
the last message was from you lot.
It said, "Two for one deals,
all weekend. While stocks last."
"While stocks last."
Like it's fucking B&Q or something.
What's this guy to you? What's
it matter if he goes to prison?
You still want to push drugs? There's
plenty of other dickheads
around you can do it for.
Well
You see, Jodie
I enjoy it.
Right.
'Cos it seems to me like you hate it.
You know you're gonna spend
the best part of your life
in a prison cell after this.
While other kids your
age are out having fun.
Oh, I'll be having fun, Jodie.
- Don't you worry about me!
- You're joking, right?
You'll be the first up against the wall.
You mean nothing to them.
You know, why didn't you leave, huh?
- What?
- If you If you hate us SO much,
why didn't you just take
your husband and leave,
yeah?
'Cos you know what I see
when I see someone like him?
I see a cashpoint.
And I'm not being cold,
yeah, that's just the truth.
Why am I gonna let that go?
I am never gonna let that go.
So why didn't you just
take your husband and leave?
Yeah? You should have stood by him,
instead of letting us get to him!
You should have protected him!
You know, it's your
fucking family, isn't it?
You have no fucking idea!
I had a son
coming home from school seeing
his dad passed out on the sofa.
Riding in the back of ambulances
like it was a normal
thing on a Tuesday night.
No, I was protecting my son.
Something your piece of shit
mother would know nothing about.
[QUIET, SHAKY BREATH]
[WHISPERS] Fuck you.
Right.
Fuck you.
FUCK YOU!
You know nothing of my mother.
YOU KNOW NOTHING OF MY FUCKING FAMILY!
Don't you ever fucking
bring up my mother again!
I could kill you right now,
right here. So easy it is!
[PANTING]
SHUT UP! SHUT! UP!
[STRAINED PANTS]
[BREATHING SLOWS]
[LEAVES RUSTLE BIRDS TWEET]
[TRAIN CLATTERS IN DISTANCE]
So, thanks for coming
to meet me, Phillip.
Your teacher, Mr Lookman,
we go all the way back.
He says you're quite
smart when you want to be.
Which most of the time you don't.
Help yourself.
Thanks.
So listen.
Mr Lookman thought you
might be looking for a job.
Might help with the situation at home,
bit of money in your pocket,
take it back to your mum and whatnot.
Right. It's just the two of you, yeah?
No, I've got a little brother,
too, but he's young.
OK.
I got all these flyers for the
restaurant that need delivering.
Couple of hours at the weekend,
couple of hours after school.
Easy, right?
And, erm how much do you pay?
Look, there's no minimum for under 16s,
so bear in mind I could
pay a lot less than this.
But I pay minimum wage,
£4.62 an hour, fair's fair.
[PHONE RINGING]
£4.62?
Oi, Gabi, can you come here a sec?
Wait here.
- Nah, but, for real
- [DOOR DINGS]
cook's where the money's at.
You guys aren't gonna play about.
[MUTTERING]
Yeah?
OK, so
You lot gonna get something, then?
OK
[FORK RATTLES]
Shit, who's that?
All right. Back in a minute, yeah?
You're Phil, right?
Scotty's mate?
Handing out flyers.
Slave labour, Phil.
Trust me.
All right.
You wanna make some real money,
just give me a call.
See you later, yeah?
Yeah.
OK, OK, I'm back, I'm back.
I'm telling you, Phillip, this
is the thing about business,
you're always on call. Always.
So
What do you think, Mr Dragons' Den?
You ready to jump on the career ladder?
Think about it.
But remember, when I was your
age, if you see an opportunity
[AIRY SYNTHS FADE IN]
Where are you from?
Not round here, that's for sure.
Seems like you're a long way from home.
From what?
You know, when I first had
Kyle, I was practically a teenager.
I couldn't do it.
I didn't know what to
do with myself, I
didn't know what to
do with him. I just
I just wanted to be out
with my mates, having fun.
What I didn't want was a kid.
I was too proud to ask for help, and
too selfish to look after him.
What I'm trying to say is
I could have gone
another way, you know?
Yeah, but it didn't.
'Cos you're a fighter, innit?
Like me.
I
Well, I guess I just got lucky.
It was Kyle, you said, yeah?
Is he good to you, your son, yeah?
He is, yeah, s-sometimes.
You keep tabs on him, don't you?
Proper strict mum.
Jodie's son, Kyle.
Hm.
What's your name?
They call me Po.
Yeah, well, wha what's your real name?
Phil.
Phil.
Well, you were right, Phil.
About what?
I should've left.
I should've taken my husband,
and got him as far away
from here as possible.
I should've taken him
somewhere he could recover,
somewhere he could be
safe, but instead, the
[SHE SIGHS]
All right, the the
truth is I threw him out.
I threw him out, and told
him to cope by himself.
I mean what kind of wife does that, huh?
What kind of person does that?
You know, they told me
when he hit his head, it took
him four and a half hours to die.
Four and a half hours, just
just lying there in the rain.
[SHE SNIFFS]
I
I can help you.
No.
I can help you.
It doesn't have to be like this.
You can walk away.
You have other choices now.
Phil
Phil, listen to me.
I can make things better.
Phil, look at me.
Phil.
It doesn't have to end like this. OK?
I have friends that I can take you to.
And they can get you out of this gang.
How can your friends get me out of this?
- Look at me.
- You
- You don't know anything.
- No, I do.
No, you don't!
You can't fucking help me, Jodie!
Get up.
Get up! Get the fuck up!
Get up!
You can't fucking help me!
There's no escape for me now, Jodie!
There's no fucking escape!
FUCK! FUUUUCK!
[SHE SHRIEKS THWACK]
[PANTING]
[SCREAMS]
Me and Kyle, we need
to get somewhere safe.
What time did you leave here last night?
And you didn't see anything suspicious?
Patience. Nearly there now.