The Gathering (2024) s01e04 Episode Script

1
Any chance you can get hold of
a bit of, erm, you know
The other gear?
You want lemo? Shh!
Don't say you got it from me.
Don't be so stupid!
Hey.
They've arrested that girl's dad.
Julian Bullan,
the man who claims you attacked him,
said he asked you
to bring your dog under control
and you responded by
slamming his head into my face.
Him. Yeah, that's him.
Are you going down?
I don't know, love.
Bazi. Are you coming, or what?
Who's the little white girl
you been running around with?
I don't know what
you're talking about?
Bring her along, next time.
She can pay back your debt.
Just call an ambulance, will you?
Just tell 'em you've been to a club.
OK? Do not say it was a house party.
Has your friend taken something?
No. She could be in real trouble.
We have to tell them.
Tell them what?
I seen, Adam. I seen your dad.
Kel. You need to be very careful
where you're going with this.
Louis.
Louis Rhys-Hughes?
You're being arrested on suspicion
of supplying drugs to a minor.
Fancy a round at the Royal, later?
That's provided the wheels
are still on the car, of course.
Look, I promise you,
you'll feel a lot better
once you've got it
over and done with.
Listen.
You've been at that Academy
since you were seven years old.
All right, so they let you go.
So what?
None of that lot's ever been
near a professional contract.
So just tell them
the injury was the issue.
All right?
The scans were iffy or something.
Just keep it simple. Charl? Yeah?
YeahYeah.
Yeah, go with the runner Charlie!
Come on Charlie, look lively.
Come on!
Get your head in the game, sausage!
Charlie, come on!
Fuck's sake.
No wonder they dropped you.
Dick head!
Come on Charlie, look lively!
Yes, Charlie.
Yes, Charlie, come on!
Look up. Pass!
Pass!
Oh Dickhead. Could have had that?
Charlie.
Oi, Charlie. Come here.
Has he taken you off?
It's fine, Dad. No, it's not fine.
And the next time that
fucking prick digs you out,
you know what to do. Do you hear me?
Rocky!
Right. Just stand still.
Don't move.
Rocky, come here.
Rocky!
Can you please keep
control of that animal?!
Come here! Here. Here.
Hey!
Tate, help us out, will you?
What is he, a mastiff?
Yeah. He won't bite though.
Oh!
Stop. Rocky No.
Arsehole.
Tate. Help us out.
Oh
Oh, he likes you.
I'm Charlie, by the way.
Get a slice of that cake, girl.
Kelly. Think he's in there, Jules.
Go on, Charlie. Fill your boots.
Just don't bottle it, this time.
Can't find the net at all,
according to Gemma Coleton?
How much she charge, Charl?
More than your dad
could afford, mate.
What's so funny?
No, no, nothing I wasn't.
I wasn't laughing at them.
Your mates are stood there,
giving you loads,
giving me loads,
and, what, you just take it?
Killing it there, Charl.
My little brother's ten years old
and he's got more balls than you.
She's slaying him.
Sorry, yours haven't
dropped yet, have they?
Sorry. Sorry, sorry, lads.
He's only a puppy,
he just wants to join in.
Come on, you stupid dog.
Hey, what are you doing?
Come on you. Sorry, boys.
Enjoy your game.
Tate, let's go.
Come on.
You OK?
Hey.
Why the fuck was it running
off lead in the first place?
Sorry?
You heard me, knobhead.
This is a public space.
No need for that language, mate.
I'm not your mate.
Dad, come on. Just leave it.
Dad, come on.
Rocky. Come on.
That's it,
take you dogs and fuck off.
Just hold the dog. Dad.
It's OK. I'm just gonna
tell him to say sorry.
Hello, mate. Mm, yeah.
All right, boys, let's go.
Let's stay busy!
Turn him.
Oh, yeah. How you doing?
Sweatin' it up, man.
Those one on ones are really paying
off. You were on fire, in there.
I know, right?
Think you might've
bruised his male ego, though.
He'll get over it.
Charle. No way.
I've got some phone calls
to make, take your time.
Look at you.
It's been an age.
How the fuck are you?
I'm good, you know.
I didn't even know
you'd moved school, Charl.
Wow. What an impact I made on you.
Don't be daft.
Never hardly in, am I?
With all my modelling and all that.
Nice.
Listen, I've gotta go,
but it was nice seeing you.
We should train some time.
I'm usually here of an evening.
Yeah. Definitely. Snap me.
So?
What?
Oh, Tash. Yeah.
She's into you mate, big time.
What you think? Think?!
She couldn't have
made it any more obvious.
Did I see you get her number?
Said we'd train some time. Goo!
Make sure you make
that happen this time.
Girls like that don't hang
around for long, trust me.
You know if that was me,
fuck being cool,
I'd be straight in there.
Yeah.
So, when were you thinking?
Hmm?
When are you two
gonna train together?
Dad. I don't know, right? Soon.
Always thought that was
a girl thing, playing hard to get.
Look, I said I'll call her. OK?
Is mum staying? Yes.
Yeah, she can stay.
So our lab reports are back.
There was a significant amount
of ketamine in your blood.
Ketamine?
It's a dissociative anaesthetic.
Yeah, I know what ketamine is.
Mum. II've never
taken a drug in my life.
She's telling the truth.
She's an elite gymnast.
There have been two fatalities
in the last three
months from this drug.
Next time you might not be so lucky.
I don't think luck has got
anything to do with being spiked.
She must've been spiked.
And I want you to put
that in your record.
That's really a
matter for the police.
Speak to the Receptionist.
She'll put you in touch with
the Community Officer
who's been dealing
with these recent cases.
Oh. And I didn't see
a prescription for the steroids
on your medical records.
Can I ask why you're taking them?
Asthma. Chest infection.
You're not to see him again.
That boy could have killed you.
He's got nothing to do with it.
You were at his house, weren't you?
It was a family party.
His parents were there.
He didn't give me drugs.
That you know of.
Mum!
Did you knowingly take ketamine?
No. I rest my case.
You are not to see him again!
Do you understand?
When's Dad coming home?
I don't know Josh.
I'll give them a ring in a bit.
Try not to worry yourself about it,
he's just helping them
with their enquiries.
Well, then why did they
take his phone and computers?
Well, that's just procedure,
that's all.
They took mine too, and Adam's.
You should be glad
they didn't take yours.
Dad!
Hey.
Give us a moment
will you please, Josh?
Take your breakfast into the lounge.
What's going on, Lou?
Your friends, Vanessa and James.
They reported me to the police.
Vanessa.
For what?
She's
..they've made an allegation.
Oh, good God, no.
Wh-What sort of allegation?
They said I gave Ella cocaine.
What?!
Did you?
No. Of course not.
But I didn't stop her, either.
Well, they can't arrest
you for that, can they?
It was mine. Err
..the drugs.
You bought cocaine?
You brought it into the house.
I'm sorry.
Sorry. What if Josh
had got hold of that?
Or Kyran?! Have you lost your mind?!
It was locked away,
it was in my office.
So, how did she
Oh, God, oh
Please don't Tell me you didn't.
No, Dawn, I did not.
I saw you looking at her.
She's a kid for God's sake!
A kid you gave cocaine to.
I didn't!
I wouldn't.
You saw what she was like
when they came for dinner.
She followed me in there,
she wouldn't leave until
I'm sorry.
Get out.
Dawn
I want you to leave, Louis.
Bitch.
How was the exam?
Comme ci, comme ca.
History, wasn't it? Mm.
Economics. History's Monday.
Well, make sure you
get some revision done.
I thought you weren't gonna
let her post that stuff?
It's fine, Charlie,
I'm keeping an eye on it.
At least make it private, then.
Don't make it private.
I won't be able to use the hashtags.
You had it when you were her age.
I remember you posting your
first day at the academy.
Well, I haven't got it any more.
Look, who are all these followers?
It's just girls, Charlie.
Cheer girls.
Are you sure about that?
Do you actually know any
of these people? Does Kat?
Look, don't expose her to all that.
Expose her to all what?
Oh, nothing, hon.
Thanks for picking these up.
Have you had a peek?
Not yet.
Which one do you think?
These for the Mersey rail ads?
Yeah, mainly like,
but I'll use them for
print and that, too.
That one.
D'you not think
she's got better skin?
Not to your client base, she hasn't.
Do me one of those will you, son?
Sure.
Trust me, Carrie, people are dense.
You stick a picture of
a supermodel on your advert,
that's how your clients think
they'll look when you they come
out of your salon,
even the heifers.
Julian.
Get, get Charlie to ask Tash.
Who's Tash?
Charlie's new girlfriend.
Hmm.
Kept that one quiet.
I'm going to the gym.
You've just got back from boxing.
He's all right.
He wants to look good, don't you?
Well, then, maybe you should
sign him up to a modelling agency,
save money on your school fees.
I'm serious, Jules, don't laugh.
Mr Brook says he'll
be lucky to get Cs.
He can forget about Law,
I'm telling you.
What are you talking about?
What's the matter with him?
Is he dicking about or something?
The number you're
calling has not been recognised.
Please check
The number you are calling
has not been recognised.
Kel!
Ad.
Just be straight with us.
What did you say? To who?
That nurse.
The busies are involved now.
You honest to God think I'd shop
my best mate to the busies?
You must have said something.
Cos they've had my dad in.
Adam. Mate.
I didn't mention Lou or the party.
He'll lose his job over this.
And I will.
You? Why?
What's it got to do with you?
Are you having a laugh?
They've took all our computers away.
Everything. Mine, an' all.
All my tracks, my samples,
everything, gone.
Well, you'll get it
back though, won't you?
Do you know how hard it
was to get that residency?
Fuckin' hell, Kelly.
I swear down, Kelly, if you've
fucked things up for me and our Kye.
Do you hear me?
If he gets blocked from coming
round to stay with us again.
What's all this.
Dad, leave it.
Don't you be coming round
here on the bounce, lad?
She grassed on us, Paul.
No, I never!
I don't care what she done.
If I hear you speak
to her like that again
What's all that about?
I didn't grass, Dad.
It's all right, love.
I know you never.
What is it? What's gone down?
Love, come on, you can tell me.
Dad, there's nothing to tell.
You going in?
Mm.
Kel. Listen.
If you don't wanna go back there
Dad, it's my call.
No. No, no. Come here.
How many times do we
have to go over this.
You need to concentrate.
Listen to me.
I'm sick of it.
Coach.
My office.
Well, this is nice timing, isn't it?
I don't know what you mean, Coach.
Jessica missed national
training squad today.
Still no sign of her tonight.
Care to elaborate?
No idea, Coach.
"No idea." Mm.
Well there's a rumour
starting to circulate.
If there's even a whiff of
truth in it, I need to know.
Did Jessica overdose at a party?
I don't know, Coach.
If the roles were reversed,
Jessica wouldn't think twice
about throwing you under a bus.
You do know that, don't you?
Championships are in 13 days.
If you mess it up this time.
I won't.
Go on. Get to it.
You've got a lot of
catching up to do.
Mirrorage by Glasser
# I'm stabbing at the air
# At nothing
# But something pulls me under
# How can I trust in you?
# How can I trust in you? #
Yeah?
Uh, can you get Bazi for us?
He's done one. What do you mean?
Gone back down South.
What?
Sorry
Are you sure?
Check his ken, if you want.
Little smoke if you want, girl?
Your Love by Babeheaven
# I don't know bout
your love anymore
# I don't know
bout your love anymore
# I'm surprised
# You showed that side
# Another year
# Crystal eyes
# Solid stare but I
# Am hardly there
# I don't know bout
your love anymore
# I don't know bout
your love anymore #
Good session?
Come outside.
Hear that?
I love that sound.
I'll never take that for granted.
You and me, we can talk, right?
Sure.
You want to get that?
It's OK.
It's a very different world you
kids have to navigate these day.
Every single victory or failure
played out in this
virtual amphitheatre.
One false move, it can end you.
What that lunatic's daughter
said in the park that day,
it knocked your confidence.
Oh, come on, Dad.
You still banging on about that?
No-one cares what she said.
You cared enough to want to
move schools though, didn't you?
Yes.
I wanted a new start, a reset.
Really?
Cos I'm not seeing it. This reset.
You haven't been the same since.
Your team-mates were
mocking you about some girl.
It was just banter.
You can tell me what happened.
You know, were you not able
to go through with it
..with the girl?
There's no shame, Charlie.
You wouldn't be the first.
It wasn't like that. I-I just
What? I don't know.
Tell me. You can talk to me.
I don't know. I just
I wasn't that fussed.
You're not that fussed
about much, these days, are you?
That's not fair. No.
Remember Ted, my first boss?
Hugely successful property lawyer.
Took a punt on me when
I was straight out of sixth form,
paid for my law school.
Anyway, he used to say to me,
"Julian, you know what drives me?
"My kids.
"I wanna take the struggle away."
But do you know what he said
to me on his death bed?
He said,
"The biggest mistake I ever made
"was handing it to 'em on a plate."
"I fucked up they lost
the fire in their bellies."
I don't expect anything.
No, because you think
you've already got it.
That's not true! Isn't it?
What's your plan?
My plan?
Yeah, what's your plan?
The next 10-20 years.
What's your plan?
I don't know.
Finish college, go to Uni.
To study what?
I'm still figuring it out.
"Figuring it out."
Fucking figuring it out,
like you're still figuring out
whether to call Tash or not?
Charlie, you're almost 18,
you're nowhere near
close to being a man.
Why don't you just let me in?
What is it?
OK, go on. Get some sleep.
Hey. Someone's getting sendy, eh!
Go on, lad.
You'll have to do
better than that, bro. Hmm.
Show off. You all right?
What's happening?
All right, lid. How are you we?
All right, yeah.
Good to see you, girl. Yeah.
Listen, any of youse seen Bazi?
No. No?
Well, did he say anything
about going back down South?
South?
Why would he go back there? Huh?
I don't know, see his family?
He ain't got no family left, Kels.
They fuckin' bombed his town
to rubble, didn't they?
Soz. II thought you knew, girl.
No. I did. Err.
Shit.
Do you wanna bang?
No, no. Ta.
I'll see youse later, yeah?
Yeah, yeah.
You happy with the kits?
Oh, I tell you, they'll be
going to bed in them tonight.
We can't thank you enough.
Wow. Wow. Who's the young Salah?
Ameen. He's mustard, eh?
Yeah.
Let me just check,
who want's to be in on this photo.
Gather round here.
Come on. Come on, guys.
Come on.
Come on.
You'll be doing this
when you're in the premiership.
You're late.
Serious, man.
You can't keep
turning up like this, OK?
If you want to contact me,
you message. OK?
Who's your mate?
Not really a mate.
I saw you chatting to him,
last week.
Yeah. Just being friendly.
Well, don't be too friendly. Right?
You asked me to help out.
Just be careful what you
tell these people, all right?
It's dog eat dog in their world.
They're all after something.
All right, we need everybody
to look, like, really proud.
Like, you know.
# I don't wanna die young
# Die young
# Someone to rely on
# Side on
# Don't want no-one to cry on
# Stretched as thin as nylon #
Room for one more?
# I'm forcing a smile
# Treating me like a child #
I'm sorry I reacted like that.
I don't really think that
you would ever take drugs.
It's hard for me sometimes.
You're all grown up
..don't need me in
the same way anymore.
You're doing a great job, Mum.
You always have.
You think?
Oh, I don't know so much.
Come on, eat some of this.
We need to build your
strength up for the Championships.
I'm not going back.
I can't. Course you can.
Not after all this.
After all what?
No-one knows what happened.
I texted Debbie,
told her it was food poisoning.
And what about Kelly?
What if she says something.
She was at the party.
Came to the hospital with me.
What do you mean she
was at the party?
Oh, my God.
It was her.
That scheming little bitch.
She spiked you,
then she acts the angel,
she takes you to hospital
and then she tells
them you've taken drugs.
No, she wouldn't do that.
Oh, for
"Adam isn't like that.
Kelly wouldn't do that."
For fuck's sake, Jessica,
when will you wise up.
You went to a party,
and you tell me that
you didn't take drugs.
I didn't. So, then you were spiked
by someone.
I know who my money's on.
# I don't wanna die young
# Die young
# Someone to rely on
# Side on
# Don't want no-one to cry on
# Stretched as thin as nylon. #
Hello, mate.
I thought you could use these.
Come in.
Thank you.
She shouldn't have kicked you out.
She didn't even listen to you.
Josh. What?
Ella was pestering everyone
for drugs at the party.
She was pissed cos
Adam fucked her off.
This is her way of
getting back at him.
Joshua. Listen to me.
No-one to blame here but me.
Your mum has every
right to be angry.
I let her down, I let you all down.
Can I come stay with you?
I don't think so, son.
Does Mum know you're here?
Dad, she won't even let
me get the bus to school.
She'd be having a full-on
meltdown if she knew I was here.
Come here.
Listen, you best go. OK?
I love you, Dad.
Love you too, mate.
Girl came round.
You told her what I asked right?
Yeah.
Said you gone back down South, la.
Thanks.
Right, lad.
Nah, man, you're all right.
Just cook us that scran
or something again, will you?
How, was she?
Sound, you know.
# Something's come over me
# And I don't want
to break your trust
# Is it so wrong of me
# That I don't want
to keep us lost #
Call you back in five, Bri.
Yeah. Charl? Come on, we're late!
Looking hot, Charl. Where you off?
Your guess is as good as mine.
New place, in town.
Come on, we're running late.
See you later.
Jules. So how did it go?
You're on loud speaker by the way.
Say hello to Charlie.
All right, Charlie, how's the
kick boxing coming along, mate?
Yeah, good, thanks.
Maybe you can give my lad
a few one to ones over the summer?
Yeah, sure. So how we doing?
Not good. Sorry, Jules.
Helen Clarence fluffed
her witness statement.
How? Did you not give
her a few pointers?
Course I did, when it came to it,
she went to fucking pieces.
Sorry, Charlie.
What did she say?
Went into great
detail about everything
leading up to the attack and after,
but claims she didn't witness
the actual assault itself.
She said it all happened in
a blindspot, over by the cars.
What about his shirt,
is it back from the lab?
I'll chase it.
Sorry about Helen.
Ah, bollocks.
You lot are always on your phones,
aren't you?
You can't manage a walk to
school without filming yourselves.
Surely one of your mates
must've filmed what happened?
We've been through this, Dad.
I asked around everyone last year.
There was nothing.
You look great, by the way.
Nice to see you making an effort.
Where we going again?
Told you, early birthday present.
See your office from down there.
Excuse me.
What can I get you boys?
Bottle of Bollinger please.
Dad, I'm not drinking,
I'm training tomorrow.
Chill. It's nice and light.
Bottle of bolly.
Is it me, or is
everyone fucking gay these days?
Hey. Which one's your favourite?
Oh, the sliders, without a doubt.
I wasn't talking about the food.
Red Dress.
Been giving you the eye, nonstop.
What do you think?
Don't know. I prefer her friend.
She's a little more understated.
Green dress?
Dad, stop looking over.
Hi, Charlie. Nice to meet you.
Happy birthday, Charlie.
You have the room for the night.
Enjoy.
Sorry. I wasn't aware
we had an appointment?
Jessica will be returning
to training, starting tomorrow.
Tell her to email me. Herself.
This is gonna
blow up pretty quickly,
so you might as well hear it now.
Jessica was spiked by
one of her team-mates.
One of your gymnasts.
See that?
All the little dramas
and rivalries between the girls,
their crises of confidence,
their storming off to other gyms,
only to come back a week later
with their tail between their legs?
All stems from there.
I don't know what you're implying.
Don't you interrupt me,
I haven't finished.
My last place was a closed gym.
No parents' area.
I raised three
world champions from there.
See, what you pushy, over-invested
parents don't seem to get is
only a handful of gymnasts have
got what it takes to make it.
My gymnasts are pretty
good at working out
the natural
pecking order themselves.
You'd be surprised
how relieved some of them are,
when they don't make selection.
Not Jessica. She wants this.
You want this.
Oh, believe me, she wants it more.
I don't think she does.
Then you don't know your gymnasts.
Yes, I do. I know them very well.
So how is it, then, that a
gymnast with no respect for you,
or your club or her team-mates
gets welcomed back onto
the team without so much
as a wag of the finger?
I'd say a girl who buried
her mum in the morning
then showed up for training that
same day has plenty enough respect
for her team-mates, wouldn't you?
I'm gonna speak plainly.
Your golden girl
drugged my daughter,
then she exploited her incapacity.
If you are not prepared
to deal with this in house,
I'll have no choice but to go to the
police, and the press.
The publicity will
not be good for you.
Nor for you, Natalie.
I'm sure the police and
the press'll be very interested
to know you've been
doping your own daughter.
What? You think I wouldn't notice?
A girl who can barely double-back
without having a meltdown
is suddenly throwing double
layouts like they're rollie-pollies?
You'll probably take
this as a compliment,
but in all my years of coaching,
I've seldom met a mother more
toxically ambitious than you.
Now get out,
before I have you removed.
What are you doing back?
Oh, what the fuck are you doing?!
Did mum know?!
No! No, she doesn't know.
Keep your fucking voice down!
You sick fuck!
Ah!
You ungrateful bastard.
Oh!
What do you want?
I'm sorry, Dawn.
My parents promised
me they wouldn't.
They said they just wanted to know.
Know what?
What's going on, Dawn?
Th-They tricked me,
they said they wouldn't
..they wouldn't get
mad ifif I told them
and th-then
th-they rang the police.
It was your auldies who done this?
Your father and his friend,
Bob, they had cocaine.
So? Adam.
What? She was mithering
me for molly all night.
And as for your aul fella,
banging on about
fucking legalising grass.
But he did try and stop me,
your dad.
Stop you what? What are you saying?
Lou. And Bob, they gave.
I asked him to.
They gave you lemo?
I'm sorry.
No, not as sorry as we are.
Does your mum know you're here?
Adam, will you will you
walk her home, please?
No.
Sorry.
You'll have to call her an Uber.
I Feel Like I'm Blue
by Lea Sen
Sorry.
Nice cargos.
Hello, again, LonelyBoy.
Come on. Come on.
Fuck!
You told me you could get the money.
You can still get it.
If she tells my Dad about us.
She won't.
Kelly fucking knows what you do.
What I do?
What about what you do? Huh?
Look, Kelly's here, man.
Help me find her.
Elevate
by Roll The Dice & Glasser