This City is Ours (2025) s01e04 Episode Script

1
# If a friend or a foe
# Or least someone
that you've known
# Disappears from the soil
of this sphere
This City is Ours
4th episode
# Then only then will you know
# That a version of yourself
# Will fade away
and never reappear
# So if they're close
# Hold on to
the ones you trust
# Cos this world can cut
the roots of your love
# Give the goods to yourself
# Cos you know
you've been through hell
# What's left are visions
called for show and tell
# Whatever it is
# Whatever you said
# Will it hurt to reach out
here to make amends?
Running out of time ♪
All right, Banks?
All right, Jay?
The sea got a bit rough
last night.
Did. Bay of Biscay.
Have you got any thoughts
on who did me aul' fella?
No.
Not a one.
Friend or foe?
Listen, Jay, whoever done this
will reveal themselves.
They always do.
Here's your ma.
Morning.
Morning, Elaine.
All right, Mum?
Did you sleep OK?
Not really.
Weird dreams.
Yeah. Same.
Yeah.
Where's Michael?
Haven't seen him yet.
He's probably sleeping it off.
He had a skinful last night.
That's not like Michael.
I'd best give him a knock.
I'll see yous in a bit, yeah?
I'll get you a cup of tea,
Mum?
Yeah.
Michael, you in there?
Michael?
HAMMERING ON DOOR
Michael?
HAMMERING ON DOOR
Michael! Open up, lad!
HANDLE RATTLING
All right
All right. I'mcoming
SIGHS
You OK?
GROANS
All right. All right
Fucking hell,
you had me worried there.
Rough night?
Yeah, something like that.
Jamie said you'd had a skinful.
Did he?
Where are we?
Almost there.
Right. OK, well,
I'll start waking up.
Are you sure you're all right?
You look like shit.
Yeah.
I'll see you on the car deck.
I need to get my head together
first.
PA ANNOUNCEMEN
Yeah. Sound.
Yeah. Right.
PA: Disembarkation
will take place from
SIGHS
SIGHS
GROANS
SIGHS
CAMERA CLICKS
PA: This is a passenger
announcement.
Could all passengers please
make their way to the car deck?
Thank you.
CHATTER NEARBY
PA: This is a passenger
announcement.
Could all passengers please
make their way to the car deck?
Thank you.
Here he is.
Last time I saw you,
you were staggering back
to your cabin, pissed.
Was I?
Yeah, you were smashed, lad.
Don't you remember?
Elaine, might be best
if you go in the car.
I'm staying with Ronnie.
If we do get stopped,
it's better I'm with him.
As we were, then.
Me and Jamie.
Catch you up on the motorway.
If we get stopped
You keep going.
Makes sense.
Fair enough.
Listen, six, seven hours, Mum,
we'll have him home. OK?
I love you.
BUZZER
OFFICIAL: Other side, please.
INDISTINC
My mouth is so dry.
DOG BARKS
EXHALES
Those dogs
are making me nervous.
DOG BARKS
RADIO CRACKLES
Thanks. Thanks.
Thank Christ.
Elaine. Deep breaths.
But I think they're gonna
to search the van.
How d'you know?
Being flagged.
DOG BARKS
Oh, God.
Stay calm. Deep breaths.
Morning, sir. Can I ask you
what your load is, please?
Yeah, just a few household bits.
Just clearing an apartment,
that's all.
Mind if I take a look? Yeah.
Fine. No problem.
JAMIE: This doesn't look good.
No easy access to
the Spanish health system,
so she's coming home.
Freezer empty?
No. Just cushions
and breakables and that.
OK if I send the dog in, yeah?
Yeah, fine. No problem.
DOG WHINES
Go on, boy.
Up.
What's he trained to find?
Criminality.
RADIO BEEPS AND CRACKLES
DOG BARKS
VAN DOORS CLOSE
ENGINE STARTS
I dunno about you,
but I defo just shit myself.
Ha
Thanks, Michael.
Right
Let's get you home.
WOMAN, ECHOING: Diana?
HAMMERING ON DOOR
Baby, open the door, please.
It's only me!
Baby, it's all over! He's gone.
Will you just open the door?
Baby, please open the door!
It's only me.
It's over with Rodney!
VOICE FADES
GATES WHIR
SEAT BELT CLICKS
Do you want a minute with him -
before I take him?
No. I'm OK.
I've been trying not
to imagine him in there
..growing cold.
He hated the cold.
It's not how I wanna see him.
That's fair enough.
I'm not letting him down, am I?
Not going with you? Never.
There's no rules.
You deal with this in your own way.
I don't wanna go inside.
We can sit here
for as long as you like.
Tell the undertaker
I want him looking smart.
Yeah.
He likes his clothes.
I texted Jamie.
He's going to drop off
a few of his suits.
I think I like
the navy blue one the best.
Thanks, Michael.
I'm glad he's home.
We did the right thing.
Yeah. We did.
Will you speak?
At the funeral?
Will you give the eulogy?
Yeah.
If you want me to.
That's what I want.
It's what he would have wanted.
I'll speak to Jamie.
DOOR CLOSES
Thought these days were long gone.
Needs must.
It's a one-off.
Any blowback,
I say I was threatened.
Yeah. Fair enough.
Justsaving the family
from the drama.
I totally understand.
Right. Better get to it.
Unless you want a quiet word
with him.
No.
I've said my piece.
Right,
I'll work my magic, then.
Make sure he looks the part.
Will do.
Elaine likes the navy blue suit.
VAN DOOR CLOSES
VAN DRIVER DOOR
OPENS AND CLOSES
You've had a bit of work done,
Ronnie.
VAN ENGINE STARTS
SIGHS
SIGHS
LINE RINGS
BANKSEY: Hello, mate.
Is it all done?
All done. He's with Frankie.
Nice one.
I'm thinking
..we should all meet - tomorrow.
Whereabouts? The safe place.
Me, you, Duffy, Jamie.
There's things to discuss.
I'll sort it.
I'm gonna send you
a picture of a passport,
some beaut called Steven Seed.
He's a mate of Jamie's,
and he was on the ferry.
That's interesting.
Yeah. OK.
We need to get him isolated,
find out what he knows.
I wanna talk to him. Yeah.
Talk to you in the morning.
Oh, God. Where have you been?
I've missed you so much, babe.
I've missed you too.
I've been thinking about you
nonstop.
I've been so worried about you.
Just listen. Listen to me.
I get it. I absolutely get it.
But it needs to be over.
Yeah. Yeah.
I don't wanna lose you.
I'm going nowhere, babe.
Oh, God, I really don't want
to lose you.
I promise.
I promise
it will all be over soon.
Because I just want you.
You and me.
RACHEL: How does this read?
It's Ronnie's notice
for the newspaper.
Yeah.
Yeah. It's nice.
It's lovely.
Have you thought any more
about who did it?
All the time.
Have you thought about why?
Well, he had his fair share
of enemies.
He'd upset more than
his fair share of people.
Bad people.
As Bobby says
..he didn't do quiet.
Just wish he'd come to bed.
And that this isn't the beginning
of something really bad.
BOBBY: Why can't we meet
somewhere normal,
like a car park?
There's too much dogging
in a car park.
Where's Jamie? On his way.
He's picking up
the death certificate.
Bastard spiked my drink -
on the ferry.
Nah
Why would he do that?
Have you pulled him? Was it a joke?
Was it a bad joke? You sure, Mike?
Morning, boys.
All very homoerotic, this.
I was just telling the lads
..how you spiked my drink.
What, when was that?
You're paranoid, you.
No. I don't think so.
All right, you're just
chatting shit, then.
Death certificate sorted, Jay?
All done. Heart attack.
Brought on by a blade.
Right. On to practicalities.
We protect our markets, our lines.
We get on to every grafter,
every connection we've got.
Yeah? Ronnie's gone
and we're devastated,
but it's still business as usual.
It's not, though, is it?
How can it be business as usual?
We've got nothin' to sell.
The Amigos have agreed
to send us another load.
I told them Ronnie asking
for time was bullshit.
I told them the truth -
that we've been fucked over
and that we've lost
our entire supply.
I'm sure they were
very impressed.
Sotwo or three weeks'
wait time and we're back.
Even two weeks is too long.
The lines are dry.
We need lemo now.
And how do we do that, Jay?
Are you asking me? Yeah.
Right, I say we go to 'Dam
and we use the Albanians.
They sell quality product,
they sell it cheap,
and it's next-day delivery.
No.
They're the fucking Amazon
of narcotics.
I just told you no.
As far as I'm concerned,
it's good business.
Deal with the Albanians once,
and before you know it,
they've moved in.
You can't keep them out forever.
We're not London.
We're Liverpool.
And Liverpool's ours.
The lines in and out
belong to us.
There's six flights a day.
We can be there dinner time.
Never.
Never. And yer aul' fella
would say the same.
I really don't think he would.
Is this when you think you're
a man now? Are you in charge?
Did I say that?
Come on. Are you?
Am I in charge, Duff?
I assume so.
Yeah.
Same. All good by me.
Jamie?
OK.
Maybe you'll grow on me.
Cold plunge, anyone?
GROANS
Are we good, Jay?
Oh, yeah. Sound, lad.
DOOR CLOSES
SIGHS
Are we done, Michael?
We need to cash up, Duff.
Ask Rach to put together a figure.
We need a mil to pay the Amigos
for the last deal.
And we need another mil
as a deposit for this new deal.
I'll call her.
DOOR OPENS
DOOR CLOSES
Is that right?
What, the Amigos -
they'll supply us?
On condition
..I finish Jamie.
They want stability.
But I'd like to find
our missing lemo first.
We never started this.
Are you gonna tell me
how it went, then, or what?
As expected.
Michael's in charge.
Yeah, of what, though? Hey?
Are we safe?
Hope I don't need
to start wearing a vest,
cos I can't be arsed with that.
You're safe enough
till after the funeral.
No-one's gonna make a move
before then.
Hey, listen, we need to get
that Billy the Kid
off the streets, though.
I don't want him
talking to Michael.
The lad knows too much.
Does Michael even know
who Billy is?
Yeah, he kicked fuck out of him
at that chop house,
didn't he? So he knows
he's involved.
He'll be round his bird's house,
him, you know.
Billy? Yeah.
Let's go there now, then.
Cheryl. Hiya.
Hi.
We're not open just yet.
The door should have been locked.
I just want five minutes
of your time. Please.
I've been trying to get through
to my daft, annoying husband.
Been nothing on socials
of the photographs
of Ronnie and Elaine's
celebrations in Spain.
How was it?
It's hard to say
seeing how it all ended.
You do know?
Yeah.
Was Davy actually there?
It's just there's
..no sign of him
in the photographs.
Yeah. First day he was there.
And then he went to see a friend.
You should ask Michael.
EXHALES
Michael tells lies.
He went to see a friend, Cheryl.
That's all I know.
Is there a reason
he's not answering his phone?
I I don't know.
I'm sorry too.
Was he there when Ronnie died?
He'd left by then. Yeah.
But they told him? I mean
You're asking the wrong person.
EXHALES SHARPLY
You're learning.
RATTLES LETTERBOX
Hi, love. Is Molly there?
Who wants to know?
I'm a mate of her fella's - Billy.
Is it Billy you want?
What, is he here, is he?
Hey.
No, he's not here.
My mum kicked him out.
Who are you?
She best be not be
telling lies, love.
No, she isn't telling lies.
He was here yesterday,
and now he's gone.
Cos I don't want the likes
of you knocking on my door.
Molly, do you know where he is?
This is important, this, yeah?
I'm calling the police.
RAISED VOICES DOWNSTAIRS
MUM: Get rid of him now!
Right, they're saying
that he's been and gone now.
Chased away by her ma.
Don't believe them, me.
I don't want to be hanging round
here. I might get Blink on him.
Well, Little Blink's
not picking up, lad.
She wants you gone.
Bitch.
Ah. Don't talk about
your ma like that, Mol.
She's just looking out for you.
What do you think they want?
To remind me
to keep my mouth shut.
Make sure you do the same.
They'll be sweet.
CAR PULLS UP
Looking good, Reggie.
I do my best, Michael, son.
DOOR OPENS
Well? Has he behaved himself?
He was a little teary early on.
Because I'm shitting myself.
That's why.
Wait outside for a sec
for us, Paul.
DOOR OPENS
Just ask the fucking questions.
Keen. I like it.
What was you doing on the ferry?
Delivering jib.
GHB.
Why was Jamie so desperate for jib?
To knock you out.
And then take you out.
He decided against it.
Why did he decide against it?
TheThe cameras -
all over the boat.
Jamie robbed a truckload of lemo
off his aul' fella worth millions.
Where is it?
He didn't, did he?
Why would he do that?
Where is it?
Look, I swear down
on my mother's life,
I've got no idea what you're
talking about, I swear down.
Oh, he swears down.
Look, I'm telling the truth,
that I know nothing about
a truckload of lemo!
DRILL WHIRS
Oh, no, no, no,
please, please!
I swear, literally
on my mother's life,
I swear down on my life.
I'm begging you, please!
No, no, please!
Shut the fuck up now!
SOUND MUFFLES AND DISTORTS
WHIMPERING
CLATTERING
SNIFFS
BREATHES RAGGEDLY
Look at me.
Are you on my side, Steven?
They call him Blink.
Are youon my side, Blink?
Yeah. If you want.
Yeah?
Will you watch Jamie for me?
Yeah.
Nice one.
Do you know a kid called Billy
who's recently just took a kicking?
Yeah, I think so.
He's done a bit of graft for us.
For Jamie.
Do you know where we'll find him?
# Baby
You understand me now ♪
Will you keep an eye
on him for a few hours?
# If sometimes
you see that I'm mad
# Don'tcha know no-one alive
can always be an angel?
# When everything goes wrong,
you see some bad
# But, oh, I'm just a soul
# Whose intentions are good
Oh, Lord, please don't let me
be misunderstood ♪
DOOR CLOSES
You know sometimes, baby
I'm so carefree ♪
All ready?
I am.
We've got a couple minutes yet.
OK.
Are you nervous?
Yeah.
.I was thinking
..once we've finished
in the clinic
..we could go home,
watch a film
..get a takeaway.
Yeah, that sounds good.
Is there anything you can't have,
or shouldn't have?
Takeout-wise
..probably all of it.
OK.
PHONE BUZZES
Sorry, babe. I'm sorry.
It's not important.
PHONE STOPS BUZZING
What's the doctor's name again?
Something about Lassiter?
Mr Lassiter.
MUFFLED SHOUTING VOICES ECHO
MUFFLED SHOUTING
HAMMERING ON DOOR
WOMAN: Diana!
There's something
I need to tell you.
What is it?
What's the matter?
I saw you put the knife in
..to Ronnie.
OK. I really do
I really do care.
OK.
OK. You saw me.
Look, I can't change that.
I can't change what I've done.
Yeah. I just want to say
I understand.
More than you think.
I just want to say
that II
..I understand.
Yeah. I can't ask you to unsee it,
but just know that it's separate
and a million miles
from what we're doing today.
Cos this is what I want.
You know the first night we met?
Look, I've never mentioned it.
How you said that you wanted
to see your own label
on a bottle of wine. Well
..trust me
..we can have that.
We can make that happen.
Yeah?
We can.
DOCTOR: OK, Diana.
Keep your hips nice and still
for a moment.
Here we go.
Jesus Christ
LINE RINGS
BANKSEY: Hello, mate.
I missed your call.
Yes, lads, we've got
our Freddie with me.
Freddie, how's it going?
All good, yeah, and you?
Yeah.
Yeah. I'm OK.
Michael, the kid's not in his ken,
but our Freddie knows
some of the lads
he hangs around with.
We're gonna knock
on a few doors,
see if we can find young Billy.
We just need
to get him isolated
..find out what he knows.
And if we find him?
You're available?
Yeah.
Yeah, I'll have to be.
Just message me.
Sound. Right, then, talk later.
So Michael is taking over
from Ronnie?
Yeah?
That's the idea. Yeah.
And you're taking over from Michael.
Second in command. Maybe. We'll see.
So what does that make me?
Look, son
..me and you are gonna have to have
a very long talk about it.
D'you think Mr Lassiter said
to his careers teacher,
"I wanna make babies"?
God, it's mad, isn't it?
Yeah. That they can do that.
I felt like I was watching
a moon landing.
Let me get a picture of you.
Go on. What, here?
First picture of you
as a pregnant lady?
Pregnant lady?!
Big smile!
I feel like a tourist.
CAMERA CLICKS
You look gorgeous.
Yeah, not bad.
Hey
Thank you.
That's it.
Thank you.
Come on.
Thank you.
I didn't tell you.
Cheryl came into the restaurant.
When was that? This morning.
She was asking about Davy.
Is the idea
not to tell her anything?
Just ignoring her?
What's there to tell?
When does it stop?
He's her husband.
Davy made his own bed.
CAR DOOR OPENS
KNOCKING ON DOOR
RACHEL: I'll get it, Elaine.
It's only Bobby.
DOOR OPENS
BOBBY: Hiya. Here we go.
All done.
RACHEL: I'll start counting it.
DOOR CLOSES
Hello, Elaine, love.
How are you doing?
Stupid question, I know.
I'm still tired
after the journey home.
I'm not surprised.
Epic doesn't cover it.
Have you been with Jamie?
This morning. Yeah.
And how is he?
Resilient.
He's like his aul' fella.
How are things with the lads?
Getting sorted
..I thinkhope.
I've told him
I don't want any trouble.
That's the last thing we need.
He knows. We all know.
I do think it'll be down
to Jamie, though,
going along with Michael.
Going along how exactly?
Well, with Michael as top man.
And Jamie doing what?
As he's told? As one of us.
And what if Ronnie
wanted more than that?
He did want more than that.
Well, he never said it
out loud
..you know. Not to me.
Well, he didn't get the chance.
CASH-COUNTER MACHINE WHIRS
AND BEEPS
Well, that was awkward.
She's backing Jamie
for the top job.
Like Ronnie was royalty.
We are gonna have to pick a side.
Jamie won't fall in behind Michael.
Does he have a choice?
If it ain't broke, babe,
don't break it.
Or we could do
what's best for us.
And that's Jamie.
You could be his voice of reason.
No.
Jamie's got his own lads.
And Michael's a mate.
Does he still see you as a mate,
or does he see you as being
married to Jamie's cousin?
Michael is you and me sat
around a kitchen table,
counting out grubby £10 notes
from botty bars.
The only way Jamie can take him on
is by taking him out.
If we're not careful,
we are all gonna end up
with nothin'.
We deserve more, Bobby Duffy.
That's all I'll say for now.
How d'you want me to do it,
like?
Physical? No.
You just want to invite him.
You say that name, he's not
gonna want to get hurt.
And what if he says no?
What then?
You say it with authority.
No is not an option.
Are you sure you're all right
with doing this?
Yeah. Course, yeah.
He opens the door,
you put your foot in.
They see me, they're not
even gonna open the door.
I'm good, Dad.
I can do it.
Lad!
Come and watch me on this.
Look, I've fucking five-starred
Diamond Jedi on this.
KNOCK ON DOOR
KNOCKING ON DOOR
Thomas?
Leave it.
FOOT THUDS AGAINST DOOR
I just need a quick chat
with your cousin.
Nothin' more than that.
GAME PAUSED
It's for you.
It's Michael Kavanagh.
I got a message saying
Ronnie Phelan's dead.
That right?
That's right.
Was he whacked?
No, he wasn'twhacked.
It was heart failure.
He had a heart attack.
Don't believe that.
Didn't have a heart.
His lad Jamie came knocking
round me bird's house.
Looking for you?
Dunno know what for.
Freddie, message Michael.
Tell him we're ten minutes away.
Hope he's gonna behave himself.
Put the hood on him
and get his head down.
Thanks very much.
TV ON QUIETLY
PHONE BUZZES
D'you know what, babe?
I'm gonna do a phone order
and go collect it.
By the time we wait
for it to be delivered,
it's freezing cold.
Mm. OK.
Going right now?
Five, ten minutes.
Don't you move off that couch.
Understood?
Yeah. Understood.
I like you looking after me.
Well, get used to it.
LOUD RAP MUSIC IN CAR
AUTOMATIC LOCKING BEEPS
Don't you ever go home?
Jamie! All right, Helen, love?
Let me give you a hug.
I only just heard
about your poor dad.
I know, yeah.
He was such a lovely man.
Yeah.
And he was so kind to me.
Ta for saying that.
And your poor mum.
Ah, I know, yeah.
If there's anything I can do
Ta, Helen.
Anything at all. I mean it.
No, I know you do.
Thanks, love.
Pain in the arse, this.
Hey, why aren't we spinning it?
Stuff's happened, innit?
Aye, I suppose.
Hey, shall we look on it?
Need to see it, me, lad. Shall we?
Yeah. Go 'head. Go 'head.
BOX OF SCREWS RATTLES
Oh!
CLANKING
CHUCKLES
LAUGHS
Yes, bro!
I feel like stroking it, me -
like it's a dog.
You know what I mean? Hey!
We need to put it to work.
It's got to be worth, what,
over three mil or somethin'?
Somethin' like that, yeah.
Need to think about
cutting it, man.
Let's just keep it
between me and you for now.
Can't bury my dad and sell his gear
at the same time.
We take out Michael Kavanagh
and we're top of the tree, lad.
It's simple.
We'll get it done after the funeral.
Hey, what's your aul' fella
up to these days?
Still on the taxis.
Practically lives in his cab, him.
Black cab, yeah? Yeah. Why?
Well, they're invisible,
aren't they?
Right, babe, I'm off to hunt
and gather from the chippy.
I'll be back as soon as I can.
You keep your feet up.
All right.
Hey, love you. You too.
DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES
So you're Billy.
Yeah. Freddie, d'you wanna
step out the car for a minute?
CAR DOOR CLOSES
The last time we met,
you were chopping gear
for Davy Crawford.
Yeah. My gear.
I didn't know that.
Thought it was his gear.
It came from Jamie Phelan, right?
BillyI can't fuckin' hear you.
Yeah. It came from Jamie.
I thought it was all legit.
So, if he had more gear,
where's he keeping it stashed?
I don't know.
Honest. I don't know.
If he needs me, I get a WhatsApp
and we meet on the street.
He knocked at your door today.
You said so. I didn't speak to him.
Yeah, well, he wants to speak
to you.
Billy
Billy, look at me.
Don't fucking mess me about, kid.
Where's his base camp?
Where does he keep running back to?
I don't know anything.
If he calls, I can tell you.
Well, what do I get?
No fucking rewards here.
You get to walk out of here
without a fucking limp.
Find me his stash house.
OK.
Do we have to? Yeah.
All right, Helen, girl?
All right, Frankie?
Jamie, come in. How are you?
Jamie just asked me to collect
somethin' from upstairs.
All right, love.
Not seen you in a while.
Started college now, haven't I?
Oh, be careful. There's a bit
of water on the stairs.
Ta, no worries. Thank you, Helen.
I think you'll be pleased.
Jamie
I'm not doing it.
Oh, come on, love, please.
# I hold my head up
just enough to see the sky
# And when we go, we won't go slow
# We'll put up such a fight
# When they fade into the dust
and into ash
# But all the children know
# For sure this pain
will surely pass
# Strong and wise
# And you are love
# And when the tide, it come
# You will float above
# And you will be one day
# Exactly what you are
# Just keep your head held high
# Kiss your fist and touch the sky
# Too late
# To keep the world from dying
this time
# Too late
# To spread the love you have
One day ♪
I'm gonna miss you, Dad.
There's so much we never did.
Never said.
Cos you couldn't be arsed.
You see this little man?
I love him.
And I tell him every day.
And I'm not one bit sorry.
I'm in control.
# They're marching
clear and swift
# The beat forever in our mind
# It gives us hope
# It gives us strength
# You know, to carry on
# Keep fighting till the end
# And past the end
# You will be strong
# One day
When we are ready ♪
GASPS
Hey Oh, shit.
Holy shit.
LINE RINGS
PHONE BUZZES
Hello? Molly?
I need you to meet me now.
Right now, at the launderette.
You and your car.
# The sound we hear,
it is our hearts
# They are the time
# They're marching
clear and swift
# The beat forever
in our mind
# It gives us hope
# It gives us strength
# You know, to carry on
Keep fighting ♪
What have you got in there?
Don't ask, Helen. Don't ask.
# Too late
# To keep the world
from dying this time
# Too late
# To spread the love you share
# And one day
# Ooh, we'll all be there