Six Four (2023) s01e04 Episode Script

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I have your daughter.
What are you talking about?
Who is this?
'You'll get another call
with my demands.'
'It's about truth.'
It's about justice.
Jim told me that he'd give me
the biggest story of my career.
He gave me this phone.
I think we need to take that phone.
I'll go back to Mackie.
Find out what he's mixed up in.
Whatever it is
that you think you're doing,
you should stop for your own good.
And for Philip's.
You're accusing me
of covering up a crime?
Gary McLean made a recording
of that phone call.
And Gary was murdered.
I had to put my hand up for it.
If I didn't, they were gonna kill me
for something that I did do.
It was a girl.
Julie Julie Mackie.
It was an accident.
Who hired them
to get rid of the body?
Who hired them?
Robert Wallace.
This is the time for the people
of Scotland to decide their future.
You're safe now.
I love you. I love you.
You let her go, Chris?
You need to come home, Michelle.
Chris.
We need to go.
Come on, let's go. Let's go!
What's going on?
I'm being followed.
What?
OK. This way, this way. Here.
Listen, there's a missing girl.
Annabel Wallace.
She's the daughter
of the Justice Minister.
The address of where she is
is on this phone.
Those guys are looking for her, too.
Whoa, Michelle.
It's OK. It's OK.
Let's go. Let's go, let's go.
Come on.
Michelle, get in the car.
What the hell is this, Chris?
Oi, you!
Get in the car!
I don't mind
You laughing in my face
I don't mind
The way you take me down
Where in the world would you run?
Raised by the seven daughter
Born of the devil
Gun. ♪
Please.
Please don't die.
You need to pull yourself together.
This is what you wanted.
This is what we both wanted.
For Julie, for Gary.
She's just a girl.
So was your daughter.
Now, come on.
We need to make that call
so we can get Wallace down here.
I'll do it.
I'll go out and find a signal.
That's the call.
Right, everyone. Quiet.
Standing by to trace the call.
Hello?
This is Robert Wallace.
November Hotel
'..127 080 89. Come alone.
'Five pm.'
It's OK.
They want to meet,
they want something.
Got him, Mr Mansoor.
That's in Galloway.
Does that mean something to you?
Hm? No. I don't think so.
'Robert, I want to talk to you.'
You have to tell them
what you know about Julie.
If you don't tell them, I will.
No, you won't.
I mean it.
I don't want to,
but I will to protect Annabel. No.
I've told you what they'll do.
We can't say anything to anybody.
Do you understand?
I'm taking care of it.
I promise.
Is everything OK?
Yeah. Pauline was just upset.
You can understand that, can't you?
Those coordinates relate
to an old lead mine.
It's about 30 miles from the school.
OK, you need to get me
to that rendezvous point.
He's a good man.
Thank you for all your help.
We should go home.
Someone needs to be at home
in case Olivia comes back.
She came back, and she's gone,
I told you.
You know,
I knew all about your little bag
you had tucked away all those years.
The credit card, your notebook,
all ready for you bugging out.
I was worried that something
would come back on me.
Oh, no, Olivia told me
all about what you taught her.
You know, how to disappear.
I did that
in case anything happened.
What's his name? Eh?
Olivia's real dad, what?
What's he called?
Did she say who she was with?
What's his name?
Piers.
He's a criminal.
He's dying.
Yes, I have the vehicle here.
Silver Volvo 240.
'There's been another development.
'That silver Volvo
we've been tracking has shown up.
'Abandoned at some reservoir.'
The vehicle was empty,
but there was a Better Together
sticker on the car.
Well, I think we can assume that
anything on the car is incidental.
Well, this car has been causing us
problems all the way through.
Distracting us
with CCTV and ANPR tags.
Almost as if
they want to get noticed.
Who's the local officer
you're liaising with?
What was his name?
I think his name was, erm
Gordon Byrne?
PC Gordon Byrne.
Excuse me.
Beaten up by a wee girl?
Hm?
Yeah?
We're trying to catch up
with Chris O'Neill.
We're tracking him now.
I think he knows where Annabel is.
Gordon Byrne?
OK. Tell him we're on it.
Change of plan.
Shall I stop tracking them?
No. No.
Let's just see where they're going.
Gogsy fucking Byrne.
She bashed you good, eh?
We need to call an ambulance.
No, come on. She's just unconscious.
You don't know that. You don't know,
it could be anything.
Internal bleeding.
It's not internal bleeding!
She fell down, she banged her head,
and now she's passed out.
I didn't want anything
to happen to her.
I didn't want that.
It's too late, Jim.
I don't know if I can do this.
The journalist's not here.
She was meant to be here.
Well, she's not.
So, like I told you,
you're just gonna have to try
record Wallace on your phone.
We'll give her everything later.
How did she look?
Fine.
I mean, she doesn't know
who she is any more,
but apart from that,
she looks fine, you know.
She She said that?
She said she didn't know
who she is any more?
Michelle, you lied to her
all her life.
I lied to her all her life.
I didn't even know
that I was lying to her.
Stop the car. Chris.
I'm not stopping.
Chris, can you stop the car?
I'm not stopping.
Will you stop the car, Chris?
I wanna get out! Stop the car!
Oh, yeah, yeah, there she goes.
Running away as usual.
You need to tell Olivia
about her dad.
Who he really is.
No, I don't.
He's a criminal,
and I don't want her
to know anything about him.
He's dying, she has a right to know,
and it's the truth.
Everything has to be the truth now,
Michelle. OK?
No more letting things go
to keep people happy,
no more sparing people's feelings,
that's always been the problem.
I let things go,
I let things sit there,
I push things down.
I went soft on you.
I'm just
I'm just this mug,
just trying to be the good guy.
The good guy?
What about what you did to me?
What about that was?
What was that?
Was that the good guy? Huh?
I wish I could change that.
Yeah, well, you can't change it.
You betrayed me,
and you betrayed Olivia.
Why didn't you just tell me?
Oh, God
You know,
that is what I do not understand.
Why did you wait all this time?
All of her life until now?
If you'd just told me
How could I tell you, Chris?
I came to Scotland.
My life was in danger.
I met you,
everything happened so fast.
We shouldn't have done what we did,
but we did.
We shouldn't have got together,
but we did.
We were there, we were
right at the start of something,
and I found out I was pregnant,
and I didn't know what to do.
I mean, first, it was too
too soon to tell you,
and then it was too late
to tell you.
I was trapped.
I didn't want to be the one
who spoiled things, Chris.
I wanted you to be Olivia's dad.
Chris.
You don't think
Olivia's coming back again?
No.
No, not any time soon.
Well, let's go find
this girl instead.
Guys, he's here.
Any news?
A decoy?
You've been chasing after
the wrong car?
'Not quite.'
The car had the same number plate
as a car on CCTV,
near the location
Annabel disappeared.
Because of the location
of the vehicle,
and because of your position
and public profile,
we wondered
if there was a political angle?
Some sort of loyalist group perhaps?
Er
We-We think that was a mistake.
'That those were deliberate attempts
to confuse our investigation.'
But we do have
a different suspect in mind.
Jim Mackie.
'We still haven't located
Mr Mackie.'
'I'm sorry to ask, but'
..when we spoke
to Stuart Simpson, Mr Wallace,
he said that Annabel told him
that you had information
that Jim Mackie's daughter,
Julie, was dead?
All this time. Is that true?
I mean, that's ridiculous.
How would I possibly know that?
I know you and Mr Mackie
were close in the past.
We were close. He was my mentor.
And did you ever fall out?
'I know what this is.
'I know what's going on here.
'It's an attempt to smear me
and discredit me.'
Who knows if this teacher
has any political affiliation?
'Does he hate the SNP?'
This is coming from
your own daughter, Mr Wallace.
Annabel can be
a bit of a fantasist at times.
She sometimes exaggerates
to impress people.
Lies. Doesn't she?
Doesn't she, Pauline?
Yes.
You see, that's coming
from her own mother.
Now, you need to get me
to the location
so that I can meet with
whoever it is that is behind this.
'So we can find out
what they actually want.'
Mr Wallace,
as long as you understand the risk
you're exposing yourself to.
I understand the risk,
and I'm willing to accept it
for Annabel, to find her.
OK, so long as you understand.
I understand!
Why isn't she answering?
I don't know.
I sent a message
to her burner phone,
but whether she comes here or not,
you have to get yourself to the RV.
She was part of the plan.
She was gonna expose him.
Plans change. Now, come on.
Come on.
We don't even know if he'll show up.
We've got his daughter.
He'll be there.
'It'll all be over soon.'
Everything's gonna be OK.
Just be calm.
Don't do anything.
And don't say anything.
Just get her back, Robert.
Just this way, sir.
The meeting point's
extremely exposed,
so no-one can go with you.
We don't know if he's armed,
so be cautious
of any sudden movements.
We've got a car ready
for you to take.
Gordon!
Nobody up here.
Let's go.
We'll keep tracking
Chris O'Neill's car.
You stay here
in case Gordon Byrne comes back.
Jesus!
Here, wait.
Hold on. Don't get up too quickly.
Let me just make sure you're OK.
OK. Go on. That's it.
Sit up now slowly.
Right, look at me for a minute.
Come on, now. Do as I say.
Ah.
You're freezing.
It's the damp, you see.
Could be 100 degrees out there,
it'd still be cold in here.
Let me make you a cup of tea.
I don't like tea.
Well, you'll like my tea.
I'm a master of tea.
You make a lot of tea
when you're in the police.
Drink lots of tea, make lots of tea.
What about kidnapping people?
Do you do a lot of that?
Aye.
It was me who grabbed you
in the forest.
Sent you messages
pretending to be the teacher.
Why are you helping him?
I was one of the policemen
on the case
when Jim's daughter went missing.
It's got nothing to do with me.
Well, it had a terrible effect
on someone I was very close to.
And I want
the person who did that
your father
to pay for what he did.
Who was the person?
Someone I loved very much.
'His name was Gary.
'He tried
to do the right thing, but
'..he was murdered.
'I'm helping Jim
for the same reason.
'He deserves justice.
'It's what Gary would've wanted.'
Where's Wallace?
'Yes?'
It's me.
Remember
what's at stake here, Philip.
'Whatever happens,
we help each other.'
Let me out here.
Why?
You don't go marching
through the front door
when you don't know
what you're walking into.
You go in the front,
I'll go round the back.
Chris.
Gordon.
It's been a while.
Aye.
What are you doing here?
Er
I'm looking for Jim Mackie.
Well, you better come in, then.
OK.
Annabel? Annabel!
Are you OK?
You're OK. Everything's OK.
It's OK.
Sorry, Chris.
Everything's going to be
OK, Annabel. All right? I promise.
I'm a police officer, OK?
So is he!
Yeah, I know.
You remember that
you're a policeman, don't you?
I was, Chris. I was.
Not any more.
Have you got a phone?
Aye.
Yeah, I've got this one.
Where did you get that?
Just got it.
Right. So, what?
You're the cavalry, are you?
I just need to find Jim Mackie.
Well, he's not here.
He was here.
Huh.
So, where is he now, Gordon?
He's gone to meet Wallace.
'Suspect in building.
'Principal approaching on foot
to building.
'Principal entering the building.'
Where is she, Jim? Where's Annabel?
Why didn't you tell me?
Tell you what?
You knew Julie was dead.
All these years you knew,
and you didn't tell me.
I don't know
what you're talking about, Jim.
Liar.
You knew they'd killed her
when they broke into my house.
How could you do that to me?
How could you betray me?
Betray Joyce?
We trusted you.
You were my friend.
I'm still your friend.
I spoke to you after and you said
..that you would do anything
to help find her.
And all the time,
you knew she was dead!
Where had she been?
All these years.
Where is she buried?!
'I know what happened
to Mackie's daughter.'
Do you? What happened?
A man called Stephen Bryce
killed her.
Bryce? The man that killed Gary.
No. No, he didn't.
Bryce told me
that he didn't kill Gary.
He swears that the police forced him
to confess to Gary's murder,
or they would reveal that he was
the one that actually killed Julie.
Bryce was paid
to break into Mackie's house
to steal a document from the safe.
Julie Mackie
was not meant to be there.
He panicked, tried to stop her,
but she fell and hit her head.
The folk he was working for
needed time to get rid of her body,
so they made Bryce call the house
to make it look like a kidnapping.
Gary
..kept a recording of the call.
Sent that copy to me,
a copy to Wallace.
He thought Wallace was someone
who could make a change.
Someone who could help Jim.
But he was wrong.
Now, tell me what you want, Jim.
Tell me what I need to do
to get Annabel back.
I want you to go public with
the recording Gary McLean sent you.
That and my evidence
proves you're a murderer.
What recording?
The recording of the phone call
the police said never happened.
The call from the man you paid
to break into my house.
You had Gary McLean murdered
because he sent you that recording.
This is crazy.
I didn't have anyone murdered.
He started asking questions
about the documents.
Documents about what?
There were copies of emails.
Evidence.
About MI5 attempts to infiltrate
the party to stop independence.
I couldn't go to the police
because they'd been leaked
from the security services.
Their agent
was meant to split the SNP,
and his code name was Six Four.
Jim, this is crazy.
Listen to yourself. Come on, please.
Code names. Agents.
And then I heard the recording.
The kidnapper mentioned you by name.
You must have ordered the burglary
because you're Six Four!
Jim, please stop.
You have to see sense.
Just tell me where Annabel is.
Do you know what the documents were
in Mackie's safe?
Why Bryce burgled the house
in the first place? No.
They were MI5 emails. About Wallace.
Who he is. What he is.
About a plan to use him,
to stop independence.
I was gonna give this
to the reporter when she got here.
It's a copy of the recording
and scans of the emails. We
Chris!
No. No, no, no, no.
Gordon, Gordon, that's my wife.
That's my wife!
OK, Michelle.
Come on now, Gordon.
You need to put the gun down
and let Annabel go.
No. I can't do that.
Not yet,
I need to give Jim more time.
You don't have time for that
any more.
The men from the station, the ones
that followed us, they're here.
That's Bill Martin's men.
If you just come with us,
he can't do anything to you.
I won't let him.
I'm not going back, Chris.
I'm ending this.
Here. Today.
Gordon, we can do this together,
with that evidence,
and you tell them the truth
about what happened,
there can still be justice here.
Not for Gary.
But you can let Annabel go.
You can do that.
Here.
Take it.
It's up to you now, Chris.
Do you want the truth to be known?
Aye. Go on, then.
Get her home.
It's OK. It's OK.
Let's go.
You're safe now. It's OK.
She's to come with us.
No, she's not.
Chris
-you tell this person who we are.
-Bill!
Billy. Billy, it's me you want,
not them.
I'm the one who knows everything.
I'm the man who's pushing
for independence.
I'm the person
the British Government is scared of.
No, you're working for them.
And you're trying to destroy
everything
we worked so hard to build.
He needs to stay back.
'Moving towards subject.'
I was with you
the night Julie disappeared.
Don't you remember?
We went out for a meal
to celebrate her leaving school.
No you're Six Four.
Julie was supposed to come, too.
You admit you're Six Four,
and I will tell you
where Annabel is.
But you'd had an argument with her,
and she wouldn't come out.
Tell me the truth!
An argument about a dress.
Yeah.
We bought her a dress for the prom.
She loved She loved it
What's he doing? What's in the bag?
'He's reaching into the bag.'
Except she wouldn't come out.
You called her ungrateful.
Can someone tell me
what's in his hand?
You killed her, Jim.
If she'd come with you,
she'd still be alive.
No!
Fuck's sake,
you didn't actually think
you were gonna
get away with this, Gogsy.
Did you?
Not for one fucking minute, Bill.
Aye Very good.
Killing us
is not gonna bring Gary back.
I know.
I just want to see him again.
I'm sorry, Jim.
'A surprise change at the top of
'the Scottish Government
as Justice Secretary
'Robert Wallace is made
Deputy First Minister of Scotland.'
'Wallace's
appointment seeds even more control
'to the party's radical fringe
and lays bare
'the deepening divides
within the independence'
'The new First Minister
'must now tread carefully
or the party may become
'irrevocably split.'
You You look great.
Oh, thanks.
Have you decided
what you're going to do yet? No.
We don't have to go
if you don't want.
I think I need to.
I need to see Philip.
'You Never Can Tell'
by Chuck Berry
Here, that's for Esme.
Hey, so,
just what the world needs, eh?
Another lawyer.
Oh, you're here. At last.
Yeah, we wouldn't miss this.
Great to see you both.
Hey. Congratulations.
Hey, er
..can I have a word?
Yeah, of course you can.
I hope he's not bitter.
Chris, I mean.
Why would he be bitter?
Exactly.
There's no need.
He did good.
You did good.
No thanks to you.
I'm glad he's here.
Family's important. I mean
These do's are murder.
Chris isn't the only one that knows,
remember that.
I do.
Everyone else is in house.
All on our side.
The teacher?
Oh, the teacher's just relieved
that he's not been defrocked.
And I hear he had
his gambling debts paid off.
But it's not that simple.
Is it, Bill?
'How do you suppose the teacher knew
about Wallace in the first place?'
'Oh, you mean Annabel?
'She's fine.
'Just happy to be home.'
Thank you.
'It's just you and Chris
I need to know are happy.'
Because I would hate for Chris
to do anything
to wreck his brother's career.
Chris is fine.
I asked you
not to lie to me, Philip.
'Is that Jim Mackie?'
'Yes.'
'If you want to see Julie again,
you need to do exactly what I say.'
'I've fucked up. Jesus
'Wallace knows.
'Ask Wallace or the polis.'
'The police? What'
'Who is this?'
'Mackie. It's Jim Mackie.'
'Is it fuck.
I said no fucking polis.'
'He's hung up.'
'You shouldn't
have answered it, Philip.
'Not without Mackie here.'
'What was I supposed to do?
'I had to.'
BILL: 'Everybody just calm down.'
'This didn't happen. OK?'
'What about the girl?
And who's Wallace?'
'I'll deal with it, Gary,
but we did not get this call.
'Gordon, Gary, agreed?
'Is that thing on?
Turn that off, right now!'
I made one mistake, Chris.
I picked up the phone
when I shouldn't have.
You lied to me. Twice. Twice!
I asked you if there was
a phone call, you said no.
What would you have thought of me
if I told the truth? I trusted you!
You can still trust me.
It's one thing, one mistake, Chris,
and my career, my life is over?
Is that right?
Do I deserve that?
A girl died.
I know.
And I think about her every day.
And you can do something about it.
OK?
Wallace was responsible
for Julie's death, Jim's death,
he should face the consequences.
There's no consequences
for someone like him.
Come on, Chris, you're a copper,
you know how it works.
There's certain people
..certain things
you just have to swallow.
Right, so Wallace got to you
after he got the recording
from Gary McLean?
"We can help each other."
That old cliche.
Do you know
what was in those documents?
What documents?
The ones in Mackie's safe,
the ones that Wallace wanted.
The ones that Stephen Bryce stole,
the reason Julie died,
do you know what was in them?
I don't want to know.
Yeah, well, I do.
Well, keep your mouth shut, Chris.
Because if they knew,
they would come after you.
You or the people you love,
that's how it works.
Sometimes
it's better not to know the truth.
What are you gonna do?
It's not about me, Philip.
It's about what you're gonna do.
It's all on here. Everything.
You're the
Assistant Chief Constable.
You're either one of us, Philip
..or you're one of them.
Chris
Chris?
You've done the right thing, Chris.
They were all the same, you know.
Julie's room, Gary McLean's room,
just
..untouched.
They didn't come back.
Olivia will come back.
She said she's only gonna come back
if we can sort ourselves out.
Let's do that, then.
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