Our House (2022) s01e04 Episode Script

1
We don't want 15K.
We want your house.
I've had such a lovely weekend.
Me, too.
DS McGowan.
I'm here about your stolen car.
BRAM:
They have the number plate?
WENDY:
No, just the make and the model.
BRAM PHONE RECORDING: 'I panicked.
I shouldn't have run away.
'I should have done the right thing
and called the police.'
You need to sort an open house.
A cash offer, a quick sale.
I'm sorry, but the money's gone.
There's nothing you or I can do
to get it back.
Why don't we spend Christmas
together one more time at the house?
FI: Let's not make this any more
difficult than it has to be.
You said you loved me.
Well, it's not enough.
Isn't a stolen car
a little low on your priorities?
There was a little girl in the car,
an eight-year-old.
She's dead.
I have to talk to you.
What the fuck?!
What was he doing here?
Do you even know who this guy is?
What about I call Fi,
tell her who you really are?
You think
she's going to believe you?
Where's Bram? We need to find him.
I don't know.
How do you know
he cheated on me before?
I didn't tell you that.
So?
So, how do you know?
Hey.
All set?
I left a note for the handyman.
You OK to let him in first thing?
Yeah, of course.
Where are you staying?
Some hotel.
Toby's been before, so
Nice.
Look, I'm
I'm sorry about everything.
And this whole situation, I
..I don't like the way things are.
These things happen.
Marriages break down.
We just have to try and move on
in a positive fashion.
Really? Is that what we need to do?
What else?
I have to go.
Boys, come and say goodbye!
Love you.
BOY: Love you.
Be good.
Don't give Daddy a hard time, OK?
We'll talk when I get back.
CAR ENGINE STARTS
Be good for your gran, all right?
I want you in bed
when she tells you. OK.
Come on, give me a hug.
Come on, give me a hug!
Give me a hug, all right?!
I love you.
You know that, don't you?
Both of you.
You're the most important thing
in the world to me, all right?
Go.
I forgot my spelling book.
I left it at the house.
Don't worry about that.
I've got a test on Monday.
Mrs Lambert hates me.
Well, never mind Mrs Lambert.
I'll find it, I promise, all right?
On you go.
Bye, Dad. Bye.
TOBY: You told me.
You told me all about Bram.
No. No, I didn't.
Fi, you did.
We were in bed, we'd had a bit
to drink and you told me everything.
All about his infidelities
and how hurt you were.
Why did you turn up at the house?
What?
Just now. Why did you come round?
Well, you said you'd text
when you got back.
When you didn't, I thought
That you'd check up on me?
I was worried.
Do you know Bram?
What?
Before that night at the house?
Is that why he attacked you?
He attacked me
because he's a maniac.
He's not right in the head.
You can see that.
He's on antidepressants.
He's not well.
He's under pressure.
My point exactly.
Someone's putting him under
pressure, forcing him to do this.
Was that you?
Are you involved?
Would you believe me
if I said, "No"?
WENDY: Let's go.
BRAM: No.
I'm not going anywhere
until I've seen my passport.
My fake passport.
Fine.
Happy?
MAN: You enter the bank account.
You want funds transferred to here.
WENDY:
He's very forgetful, my husband.
Without me, he'd be lost.
My wife's the same. I'd forget
my head if it wasn't screwed on.
THEY CHUCKLE
You sign here.
PHONE BUZZES
Well, go on.
I can't.
Give them here.
CAR DOOR CLOSES
PHONE BUZZES
It's done.
The contract's signed,
the house emptied.
I've just dropped off the keys.
TOBY: The money?
Transferred over
in a couple of hours.
Fine.
Once it's arrived in my account,
I'll get Wendy to give you your
passport and a little sweetener.
A bit of cash to tide you over.
BEDROOM DOOR OPENS
Great. Great. Yeah, thanks.
Nice doing business with you.
There's a spa menu there.
Pick what you want.
Oh, shit
What?
Sophie from work.
I forgot to e-mail a document over.
Can't you do it now?
Well, it's on my laptop. It's for
the presentation this afternoon.
Can't someone else do it?
I'm the only one who has a copy.
I have to go back.
What?
Well, I have to.
It's an important presentation.
I've been working on it for months.
But we're having such a good time.
I know. I'm sorry.
I can't.
Stay!
Toby
No.
What difference is half an hour
going to make?
PHONE BUZZES
Hiya.
TOBY: Where's Bram?
I've tried calling him again
and again, but he's not picking up.
Where the fuck is he?
He's not answering.
When did you last see him?
A couple of hours ago.
I dropped him off. He hasn't left.
Are you sure?
You've been watching?
Yes.
The money hasn't arrived.
What?
Did you give the solicitor
the right account?
Well, I didn't give it personally.
Bram did.
You checked the number?
I gave it to Bram.
Did you see what number he entered?
No.
Are you fucking me around?
You and him, have you made a deal?
No.
No, I swear.
Where's his passport?
In the car.
Show me.
It's gone.
Where is he?
Oh, my God
Has he tried to contact you?
Is there another account?
Is the money there?
CENTRAL LOCKING CLICKS SHU
Listen,
I'm going to make this very simple.
You're either in it with him
or you're not.
But either way, I want that money.
So, you find him,
you get me that money,
or tomorrow you'll wake up
and find both your boys gone.
Understand?
Do you understand?!
SHE WHIMPERS
Say it.
I understand.
Get out.
CENTRAL LOCKING UNLOCKS
Get out!
SHE FLICKS THE LIGHT SWITCH
PHONE RINGS
PHONE BEEPS
PHONE BEEPS
PHONE BEEPS
PHONE BEEPS
Mr Nagelman?
ENTRY SYSTEM BUZZES
TOBY: It's Mike. Let me in.
ENTRY SYSTEM BUZZES
DOOR OPENS
What are you doing here?
I don't have anywhere else to live.
Or have you forgotten?
I'm meeting your husband.
I know. He just texted me.
He told me he was already here.
He's on his way.
Why is he texting you?
I don't know.
Maybe he still has feelings for me.
Is that so hard to believe?
HE SCOFFS
No. Not entirely. Though you are
a little high maintenance.
Look, I can just go.
Sit down.
You're not going anywhere.
Drink?
Sharing a bottle of wine.
Just like our first date.
Where's he coming from?
He's on his way.
You're very trusting.
Considering what he's done.
Very forgiving.
SHE SCOFFS
I don't forgive you.
You obviously forced him into this.
That'd make you feel better,
would it?
I know him.
He wouldn't do this
to me, the boys,
unless you forced him.
Pressured him.
How did you do that?
We had a little road rage incident.
He fled the scene.
He didn't have a licence.
He was on a ban.
One of the passengers, a kid, died.
That little girl.
Yeah, it's tragic, really.
Bram knew?
Of course he knew. He didn't care.
He didn't give a damn.
HE POURS MORE WINE
You blackmailed him.
PHONE BUZZES
I had a little help.
Who is she?
Just a girl.
Are they together?
HE SCOFFS
No.
Was any of it real?
The way we met?
Your divorce? Your kids?
None of it?
Did it feel real?
Yeah.
Then it was.
You bowled me over,
is that what you want to hear?
You never felt a thing.
Just used me. Fucked me.
A small price to pay.
How could you do that?
We were close.
Intimate.
I told you things about my marriage,
my family.
And then this morning
in the hotel in the bed, I
I feel like I've been raped.
How long did he say he'd be?
He didn't.
Show me the message.
Show me the message he sent you.
I wiped it.
HE SCOFFS
What are you doing?
Can't we just talk?
Don't you owe me that much?
PHONE RINGS
Ah-ah-ah!
RINGING CONTINUES
Is this for me?
Self-defence.
What did you think
I was going to do?
He's not even coming, is he?
Urgh! Fuck
What did you think,
I was going to mend my ways?
Make it right, make you feel better,
make you feel a little less used?
I trusted you.
Yeah, well, now you know,
you can't trust anyone.
HE GROANS
You've torn my whole life apart.
My marriage. My children.
Yeah, I did.
And now I know you inside and out.
I've seen who you really are.
And, to be honest,
it's not that interesting.
So, why don't you stop fucking about
and tell me what you want?
Oh, fuck!
HE GROANS
What have you done?
What have you done to me?
Oh! Oh!
Oh, my stomach!
You fucking mad bitch!
Oh!
Please
Help me.
Help me.
Look into my eyes.
See how sad I am.
Urgh!
THEY GRUNT AND STRAIN
Urgh!
HE THUMPS ON THE DOOR
THUMPING CONTINUES
THUMPING
THUMPING
THUMPING
FAINT THUMP
TAP DRIPS
DOOR HINGES CREAK
PHONE LINE RINGS
MERLE: Hello?
Merle, it's Fi.
Fi? Are you OK?
Fi?
Something bad's happened.
What's wrong?
Oh, my God.
What happened?
Is he?
He's dead.
Jesus!
Did he?
Did he have a fit?
Fi?
He's not who he said he was.
His name's not Toby, it's Mike.
What are you talking about?
He's the one.
He's behind all of this,
the house.
He was blackmailing Bram.
How?
It doesn't matter.
The thing is, he
..the whole time.
OK. OK.
I slept with him!
I've been sleeping with him
for months in that bed!
What did you do to him?
I gave him your sleeping tablets.
How many?
The whole pack.
And Bram's antidepressants.
I crushed them up
and put them in the wine.
Why?
Because he was threatening the boys!
He's taken everything. He's
He's destroyed my life.
Why should he get away with that?
I killed him.
What am I going to do, Merle?
What am I going to do?
Have you called the police?
No. Not yet.
Do you think I should?
You've got a dead body in your flat.
Look, they'll understand.
This man stole your house,
he threatened you, your children.
It's a crime of passion.
No.
I ground up the pills one by one.
Mixed them into the wine.
I watched him take a drink and then
another one and then another one.
That's the definition
of premeditated.
Oh, God!
I'm going to go to prison.
OK, OK, OK, we can deal with this.
How?
Have you told anyone?
Anyone else? Did you call anyone?
No. Just you.
Did anyone see you come in?
I don't think so.
And I'm the only one you called?
Yeah.
OK. OK.
OK.
I texted him from Bram's phone
to get him back here.
OK, er
OK, Mike Fuller.
You don't know a Mike Fuller.
You know a Toby.
You've never met this man before.
I've been sleeping with him
for months.
Toby. Not Mike.
This man This man is a stranger.
A dodgy friend of Bram's. Yeah?
OK.
You didn't do this. Bram did.
There was a falling-out.
£2 million, people have fallen out
for less, haven't they?
Bram wanted all the money,
killed him and ran.
But what if he hasn't?
What if he's back home now
looking for me?
Fi
He isn't.
He's gone. It's all gone.
And this is what you're left with.
Now, you can either cover this up
or go to the police and confess.
ENTRY SYSTEM BUZZES
ENTRY SYSTEM BUZZES
BUZZING
Who's that?
Look, it doesn't matter.
Nobody knows we're here.
That's the important thing.
PHONE BUZZES
Oh, it's her.
She's here. She's outside.
PHONE CONTINUES BUZZING
PHONE LINE RINGS
FI: I could go out and talk to her.
MERLE: No.
Maybe she knows where Bram is.
Maybe she knows where the money is.
Just forget her. She doesn't matter.
We need to dump this phone.
Why?
It's going to have your number on.
CAR ENGINE STARTS
SHE TURNS THE ENGINE OFF
Leave that.
It's Bram's. I used it.
No. He did.
It has my fingerprints on it.
It was here when you arrived.
You picked it up.
That's natural.
And then, erm
..the police will find his body
in a couple of days, a week maybe.
A week?
I have to come here tonight.
Tomorrow at the latest.
I don't have anywhere else to live.
OK, that's better.
You find his body
and then call the police.
You recognised him from earlier,
from outside the house.
We saw him
when he came looking for Bram.
But before then,
you had never set eyes on him.
So, Bram came back here
and sent the texts
Exactly.
..and drugged him.
They are Bram's pills, not yours.
I'm going to go.
How do I explain that the man
I've been seeing has disappeared?
He was Toby.
This man is Mike.
They are two different people.
As long as the police think that,
you're fine.
Two different men.
Exactly.
You keep that clear in your mind
and everything will be OK.
Why are you doing this for me?
I'm your friend.
Thank you.
Thank you.
It's going to be OK. I promise.
I'm going to dump this.
Wait half an hour and then phone.
And remember
..you know Toby.
You don't know this man.
As long as there's no link
between the two, you're fine.
OK?
PHONE LINE RINGS
WOMAN: Emergency. Which service?
The police.
WOMAN: Would you say your husband
was a violent man?
Not at all.
He had a temper sometimes,
but nothing terrible.
Was the divorce acrimonious?
Not really. We shared custody.
We haven't actually
filed for divorce.
Was he on any medications,
antidepressants?
Yeah, antidepressants, I think.
Have you ever seen
the dead man before?
Mr Fuller.
Earlier today, he came to the house
looking for Bram.
My neighbour and I spoke to him.
He seemed agitated.
And then left.
Did he say why
he was looking for your husband?
No.
Did he say where he was going?
He just drove off.
Why did you go to the flat?
I have nowhere else to live.
And you just found him there
when you arrived?
Yeah. Er
I found him on the floor.
I checked him.
He wasn't moving. He
I presumed he was dead.
You didn't see anyone
leave the building?
No.
No sign of your husband?
None.
And you've never met
..this man before?
Well, apart from earlier
at the house, no.
He's a complete stranger.
WOMAN DETECTIVE:
We believe he's
an associate of your husband's.
There are several texts on the
mobile phone found at the property
from a man called Mike.
It seems they were both involved
in the property fraud.
You didn't see another phone
at the scene?
Another phone?
The victim's phone.
No.
Right.
Well, I'm sorry
to put you through this.
I'm sure you've had
an exhausting day.
So, I'll pass on everything that
you've told us to the Fraud Unit.
And I'll make sure that
they follow up on that immediately.
If we get any information
about your husband's whereabouts,
we'll let you know.
Thanks.
Thank you. I appreciate that.
My colleague will take you home.
Well?
It was OK.
And what did they ask you?
Did I know him?
Had I seen him before?
Why was I at the flat?
About Bram.
What he was like.
And did you mention me?
Well, just that we both saw him
when he came to the house.
That was it.
I think she felt sorry for me.
Maybe
Maybe it's not
the end of the world
..losing the house.
The DI is going to have a word
with the Fraud Unit.
They might be able to track down
the money, to get some of it back.
I still have some of the furniture.
Maybe we could get a smaller place.
I can still make it just as perfect.
Are you hungry?
Hey
The boys have been very good.
Brushed their teeth. Ready for bed.
Have you got my spelling book?
Yeah. Yeah.
I have.
Maybe I should put you to bed.
Where will we live?
I don't know.
But I'll find somewhere nice.
Somewhere cosy.
What about Daddy?
Will we see him?
Well, soon, I hope.
Want one?
Yeah.
Where's Adrian?
Out. At The Brewers, thank God.
Thanks.
Cake sale tomorrow.
What are you taking?
Walnut.
Really?
Mm-hm.
MERLE CHUCKLES
PHONE BUZZES
What?
DOOR BELL RINGS
Do you want tea or coffee?
No.
No, I'm fine. I won't be long.
I'll be in the living room.
I'm sorry to bother you so late,
but
..I thought you'd want to listen
to this.
What is it?
A recording.
'My name is Bram Lawson
of 91 Trinity Avenue
'and I'm recording this
of my own free will.
'This is both a confession and
'..and a suicide note.
'I was responsible for the accident
and the death of a child.
'I may have been provoked.
'But no-one forced me to overtake.
It was my choice.
'But now those parents
have to live with what I did.
'The other driver, Mike,
'blackmailed me into defrauding
my wife of her house.
'I've returned the money to her.
'She had no knowledge of this fraud
and absolutely no involvement.
'Mike assumed a false identity
'and took advantage
of her vulnerable state.
'She thought she was in a
relationship with a man called Toby.
'In fact, it was Mike.
'They were the same person.
But she had absolutely no idea.
'I'm the guilty one here.
'Me and only me.'