Cold Blood (2005) s01e05 Episode Script

1 It's extraordinary the extent to which a mother will go to protect her child.
What did you do, Brian? Do you have children? Then I don't think you want to listen to this next bit.
Given the amount of muscle relaxant, it's quite astonishing that she could even move at all.
You shot a police officer.
I have every right to be here.
I haven't done anything against the terms of my licence.
Your wife, she was killed instantly.
PC Gaunt your defence claimed your instinct was to despatch him like a gamekeeper would a wounded animal.
That's not true.
I wanted and did cause him as much pain as I was feeling at that moment.
No, that's not You needed something else to sustain you - the thought, the knowledge of what Colin was going to do to Barbara.
He told you, didn't he? Do it here, do it in Eve's house.
He wanted me to find Barbara.
It wasn't your idea.
Shut up! Shut up! Hepatitis B can sometimes be a precursor to Liver cancer.
They found a growth.
I'm sorry.
Just have a look down here.
Then we'll get your feed.
(BABY GURGLES) All right, come on, let's Where's? Where's? Has anybody? My baby's gone from his pram.
Has anybody seen anybody carrying a baby? No.
Carrying my baby He was in his pram a second ago.
Has anybody walked past you carrying a baby? No.
Has anybody Has anybody walked past you carrying a baby? Has someone seen my son? Somebody's taken Somebody's taken my son.
Has anybody walked past carrying a baby? When's the last time you saw him? He was in his pram.
What's his name? Jake.
He's called Jake Osbourne.
Have you seen? He's gone out of his pram.
He was in He was in his pram and he's (HYSTERICAL) Has somebody seen my baby Jake? Jake! Where's my baby? Jake! Get off! Watch what you're doing! Jake! Jake! (HYSTERICAL) Where is he? Where is he? Where is he? Superintendent Bellis? He's inside, ma'am.
Thanks for that.
We'll need some copies of this, all right? Yes, no problem.
Excuse me.
Hazel.
What are you doing here? Can I have a quick word? Yeah.
Just sort that out for me, will you? Sir.
The name - Jake Osbourne.
No relation, but the one I know shot his wife and a PC.
And he's linked to Brian Wicklow.
It might be nothing.
Go for it.
I hope to God you're wrong.
Yeah.
Nice little story for you.
Usual.
No, you've heard it right.
That's the baby's name.
Tablet time.
Sorry, but Thanks.
Leave it two hours.
Show time.
We're in the middle of a crisis here and this place is like a furnace.
It's been three days, lads.
Do me a favour, get it fixed.
Jake.
Thanks.
That's the senior investigating officer.
This way.
The baby's name hasn't been made public yet.
How long has Brian got left to live? A couple of months, maybe.
We're checking to see who he's been in contact with.
Today's one of his regular 48-hour stints at the hospital.
Whether that's important Maybe he had something in place for months.
More CCTV.
OK.
OK, suppose it is Wicklow Apart from one last chance to drink from the well of misery he knows that mum's going through, what else? The knowledge of where he'd hidden Emma's body was Brian's most precious secret.
If he still blames me for the loss of that When his name and mine When our names become linked to this .
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how big do you think the story's going to be? In many ways, that's what's most precious to me - my anonymity, my freedom.
Or he might also try a direct approach - hurt those closest to me.
Presumably your son.
OK, we'll get hold of him.
Keep him safe.
And Eve.
Maybe if Eve was What? Sorry.
No way.
Absolutely no way.
Come on, you know what Brian's like.
If he's still under the impression that you and I are What? Well, that if we're somehow That we're what? Exactly.
So surely there's more reason for me to stay on the case.
Correct whatever ridiculous impression he may have picked up.
These other Jake Osbournes.
Do you think they could be in danger too? Yeah, II guess so.
Eve.
Come on, boss, that's a job for uniform.
Stick with her, Ajay.
I'll be fine on my own.
Thank you, boss.
I don't doubt it.
You know what pissed me off more than anything? The minute we got remotely close, he bottled it.
Said the fact I was even considering having a relationship with him showed how bollocks my life was.
Not wrong there, then.
What? She's wearing a wig.
She knows exactly where the cameras are.
That's him.
That's our boy.
Has anyone seen Joss Armstrong? I don't think he's in today.
All right.
Thank you, Mr Osbourne.
That's OK.
Right, where next? Thanks very much, Mr Osbourne.
I knew this was going to be a waste of our time.
Yeah.
WOMAN: Jake! Jake.
Jake, we wondered if you'd seen anyone or if anyone had tried to talk to you in the last couple of days.
Someone that you hadn't seen before? Have you seen any strangers? Yes.
I have.
I told you, Mummy, I saw a witch.
You did.
Yes.
Jake! Thanks.
Fresh air.
Urgh! That's her.
My name is Amy Osbourne.
And I'm Jake's mummy.
I want to try and speak to the lady who is with Jake now.
I don't know your name and I don't know where you are.
But if you are listening, bring him back to me and his daddy.
We love him.
(SOBS) Please just bring him back.
Please! How did you know? As soon as he said "witch".
Barbara Fletcher.
Barbara Fletcher? Wicklow's sister.
Jesus! So why did she take the baby and not the little boy? Maybe smaller.
Easier to hide.
A baby can't talk.
REPORTER: Here he comes.
Oh, dear.
Barbarians at the gate.
It's funny how they always seem to know.
Don't look at me.
'Good afternoon.
Welcome to the lunchtime news from ITV Granada.
' 'A major police operation is underway after the abduction of a three-month-old baby from a shopping centre in Manchester.
' 'Baby Jake Osbourne was taken out of his pram at nine this morning Get the door! Joss! Yes.
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while his mother was just inches away.
' AMY: 'If you're listening, I want to speak to you.
' Joss Armstrong? Yeah.
A baby called Jake Osbourne is missing.
Anything you want to say? Your biological father is Jake Osbourne - convicted murderer.
Is there any comment you want to make on that? What are you talking about? Can you stop taking pictures! It's the same name as your biological father.
Stop taking pictures.
Go away! He's done nothing wrong.
He hasn't hurt you or anybody else.
What's going on? They say Jake Osbourne is my biological father and he's a killer.
They're saying, do I want to comment on baby Jake who's on the news.
TV: Police are checking for links between the baby's disappearance and a killer of the same name who shot both his wife and her lover.
'Jake Osbourne, who is 43, was convicted of the murders of Debbie Osbourne and PC John Gaunt in 1990.
' That's your dad.
It's believed Mr Osbourne's assisting police in their search for the missing baby.
' There's no-one at Barbara's.
Get a warrant, Ajay.
I want that place turned upside down.
Hazel.
How the hell did the press get hold of Osbourne's name? Sir? It's all over the one o'clock news.
Hey, wait! Hang on! Oi! Oi! Joss, that guy over there's been looking for you this morning.
The guy in the blue jacket there.
I don't know what he wanted.
Joss Are you looking for meDad? No! Joss! Please, Joss, leave him.
Don't! Stop! Joss! Is it clear? Clear.
It's clear.
Clear.
Clear! Ma'am, we found this on the front door mat.
Make sure everything goes back as it was, please.
You were expected.
Brian.
Thumbs up.
Is that a go ahead? I want his cell searched.
That's the lot, ma'am.
Right.
These are simple enough.
Get me Osbourne.
See if he can tell us what the hell these mean.
I think we should speak to Brian.
Jake? What? So he can laugh in our faces? What's wrong? He's in A & E.
Any problems if you'd just like to ring us on this number.
OK? All right, thanks.
You OK? I'm sorry.
Well, there was always a chance.
No matter how he found out or who told him.
Here.
No, it's all right.
I can The boss wants you to see something.
We think it's Barbara.
I'm sorry.
I thought you were picking up Joss.
I forgot.
Is there some sort of message there? Well, it's got nothing to do with religion.
He just wants to crucify me.
What if it's all misdirection? He could have been in contact with anyone.
We're all chasing after Barbara.
Brian tried to kill her.
Yeah, but she's obsessed with him and now that he's dying It's her last chance to get back in his affections.
And to that end, there's nothing she won't do.
So she has got the baby? I'd bet my life on it.
I'll get you some water.
We're checking everything - bank statements, phone records, DVLA Even if Barbara's only half as smart as Brian, you'll only find what she wants you to find, what HE wants you to find.
Why don't you just put a picture out, release her details? What if she panics? Gets rid of the baby? Thanks.
The house? Yeah.
We looked.
Nothing.
Apart fromapart from this delightful postcard Brian sent me.
Yeah.
I want to see the house.
Yeah, we checked that.
Those curtains should have been left closed.
Yeah.
Jake We think this could have been Brian's room.
Going by this, I'd say it died 40-odd years ago.
And it definitely wasn't there this morning? Search team went through everything.
I checked their records.
How the bloody hell did she get past surveillance? Is this another message or what? Maybe she's telling us she's done this before.
We need to find out how it died.
In the meantime And to what do I owe this pleasure? Oh, dear, everyone looks so serious.
Nothing wrong I hope Your sister's gone missing, Brian.
Good.
We wondered if you had any idea where she might be.
She hasn't done anything silly? She's moved out of the family home.
What my sister does is of very little interest to me.
We think you've been communicating with her.
How have you managed it, Brian? You're looking a little tired, Ajay.
You're not being too hard on him I hope, Hazel Where's Eve? Busy.
You've lost weight, Hazel.
I mean, purely in the sense of gravitas.
Not only is your sister missing, we think she has got a child with her.
A baby, in fact.
I don't know what to say.
So you see why we're so keen to find her.
Yes, of course, yes.
But I have no idea where she would have gone or indeed what could have possessed her.
Oh, wait a minute, I've had an idea.
Maybe Jake Osbourne could tell you.
He's so terribly good at this kind of thing.
I'D like to show you something.
Have you ever seen this dress before? Well, well.
Yes.
One very similar to this used to belong to my dear sister.
Why? Do you know where she kept it? No.
Or why she would have kept it? In a uncharacteristic rush of blood, my father bought it for her.
Normally she wasn't allowed to wear such fripperies, but seeing as it was her birthday.
I guess maybe that made it special.
Birthday? Can you remember which one? 12th.
She only wore it once.
(12th.
) Wrapped up in this dress, we found the remains of a newborn baby.
I'm sorry? You didn't know? Can you give us any explanation? Was it a boy or a? Girl.
He looked pretty shocked to me.
Shocked she'd had a baby or shocked she'd kept it all these years? It can't have been Brian's.
Not old enough.
If Barbara was 12.
Look, did she kill that baby? Jake? I think the only way to find Barbara is to kill him.
Announce that he's dead? She's obsessed with him.
This could be the only chance we have of getting her to come in.
A four-year-old boy said he saw Barbara in the garden.
That doesn't prove she snatched the baby this morning.
No, of course not.
Obviously, if you've got a better idea If she really thinks her brother is dead, doesn't that mean she's more likely to get rid of it? Surely if we find her, we've got a better chance of finding the baby.
If this goes wrong, Hazel, it's not your job on the line.
You really think that this is our best chance? Don't announce that he's dead.
Put him in a coma.
Suggest he's only a few hours to live.
Mr Armstrong, I'm DS Granger.
Am I under arrest? No.
Then what am I doing here? There are things we need to explain to you, for your own protection.
Come this way.
What? From my so-called dad? Going to kill me now, is he? Sowe'd like to move you somewhere until this all dies down.
I'm sorry.
My parents I'd like to be with them.
Yeah, that would be OK.
Is he here? Yeah.
I'd like to see him.
OK.
I'm sorry.
There's no need.
I would've done the same thing myself.
Sorry, that was a dumb thing to say.
It's just that having thought about, dreaded .
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longed for the chance to see how you are Can we talk, go for a coffee or something? I have to go.
My parents are driving up.
This is my number.
Call if you need anything.
All right, this way.
Brian's slipping into a coma as we speak.
Night, then.
Night.
You're not responsible, you know.
Not for the baby, not Joss, none of it.
And you're not responsible for me.
You think my life was perfect before you arrived, do you? My marriage was screwed up, my kids No matter how hard I try, I'm never in the right place.
Not for them, my job None of it has anything to do with you.
How dare you think it was! Eve You shut me out, you cut me off.
No! No? Then what do you call walking out on me, then? Eve, if the press don't know already, the minute they find out that we were friends, they'll crucify you.
People you don't know will spit at you, hate you.
I mean, really hate you.
You think I don't know? Yes.
So that's it, then? As soon as this case is over.
You say I've got no life? Well, what about you, stuck up on that hillside? Scared of showing the slightest bit of emotion to me, to Joss.
To anyone.
I think about you every minute of every day.
Why do they think I'm in a coma? Beats me.
But you'll love this.
Well, I never.
Finally smoked him out.
Imagine waking up to find you as your father.
I was thinking, how much would a recent picture of me be worth? More than my job.
Hundred? ã150,000? It's not as if I'm going to tell anyone I want to see Brian Wicklow.
OK.
Just go and sit down through there and I'll call him.
Can you tell us where you've been for the last 24 hours? Out.
Out where? I want to see my brother.
We're investigating the disappearance of a baby.
Do you know anything about that? No.
Does the name Jake Osbourne mean anything to you? No.
Your brother never mentioned him? No.
Are you helping your brother? Desperately trying to get back into his affections? I think you still feel guilty over his arrest.
My brother never killed anyone.
He told me he burned your toys and soiled your bed.
No.
He spent his whole life trying to revolt you in an attempt to rid himself of your attentions.
More lies.
Killing those women slower and slower.
I want to see my brother.
A witness saw you in the garden Your witness was mistaken.
Sit down, Barbara.
This was found in your house yesterday.
Did you put it there? It's my house.
Your brother told us it was a present from your father.
Is that true? Yes.
How old were you? Wrapped up in this dress were the remains of a child.
What can you tell us about that? Barbara.
It was mine.
Yours? Yes.
Can you tell us how that came about? When can I see Brian? I've told you.
The baby was mine.
How did she die? She was born dead.
Did you tell anyone? No.
Not even your parents? No.
Who was the father? Was it someone in your family? How did you feel when your baby died, Barbara? Because that's how baby Jake's mother is feeling now.
Where is baby Jake, Barbara? So? I don't think we're gonna get any more out of her.
Do you think the baby was stillborn? Post-mortem tests are inconclusive so far.
There's no sign of foul play.
So what happens now then? Wait here.
Brian.
Whatareyoudoinghere? They told me you were dying in a coma.
Did they? And you came running.
They lied.
I told you they always lie.
Very clever.
A little beyond you, I suspect, Hazel, but at least you have the wit to run with it.
You never get anything right, do you? Brian I heard about your little secret.
Brian, please.
It doesn't change anything.
Really? How dare you keep something like that from me! I had no choice.
Nothing is changed.
No? No.
Father was right.
You looked stupid in that dress.
You can go now.
Nothing has changed, that's what she kept telling him.
Whatever plans they made, it's still on.
You're still convinced she's got the baby? Yeah.
Then we're gonna have to let her go.
What choice do we have? Lock her up while it starves to death? She's not stupid enough to have left it somewhere it could be heard crying.
Why the hell I ever listen to you, Hazel, I don't know.
The only chance we've got is to let her go, follow her, and hope to God she leads us to it.
You're free to go, Miss Fletcher.
On camera.
Your target is crossing Piccadilly Gardens.
'Piccadilly station.
' 'Following in.
' 'Dodger, cover front entrance.
' She's heading around the board.
'Jimmy, move in ahead.
' She looks like she's heading for platform 10, 11 or 12.
No, she's heading for the escalator.
'Jimmy, target behind me.
' 'Dodger joining.
' She's heading for the northbound Metro link.
Following.
She's aware.
Following safe.
Get me a map, will you? 'A vehicle.
' She's going upstairs.
'Southbound.
' Dodger, boarding the tram with her.
Target is off tram, repeat, off tram.
'I'm with it.
' 'There's a southbound tram pulling in.
' She's on the southbound train.
'She's alone on the southbound tram.
' 'We'll chase by road.
' Eccles tram leaving Piccadilly now.
Heads down, kiss the road.
'There is unit two.
' 'Unit one, heading for' Here it comes.
Target has alighted.
Heading for exit.
'Target heading out.
' Get the bike.
'Target is walking south towards the canal.
' 'Heading towards the station exit.
Can anyone see her?' She's there.
Pull in down here.
'She's starting to run.
' 'She's running.
' 'There is something in the bushes.
She's got something in the bushes.
' She's got the baby.
'Unit one joining.
' 'Oh, my gosh! She's thrown it in the canal.
All units, go, go, go! She's in the canal! The baby is in the canal!' It's a doll! It's a bloody doll! Shit! It's not the baby.
Repeat, it's not the baby.
'I'm sorry, but we've lost her.
' 'Unit two' Get a description out.
Come on, people.
Let's get her found.
OK, so what have we missed? These aren't clues, they are just Brian having his fun.
What if, seeing as this is all aimed at me, what if I speak to him? But isn't that giving him exactly what he wants? I don't care.
Whatever it takes.
No.
I think Eve should speak to him.
Ah, Eve.
I always knew you'd come.
How kind.
All this attention, Brian.
I know.
The closest thing to love you'll ever feel, isn't it? Is that what's been so missing all your life? How's Jake? Fine.
How you can bear to let him even touch you? I'm so sorry about all this press coverage, so very distressing.
I've always wondered why Jake was your Achilles heel.
He has something you never had.
He's genuinely sorry for what he did.
And you're jealous of him.
You want to be like him.
You want to feel what normal people feel.
Hmm? Emotion? Humanity? Remorse? Guilt? Where is Barbara? She's not with you? No.
Well, well.
Surely you must see by now that what happened to you wasn't her fault? She had a baby at 12 by her own father.
Such a godly man.
The only reason she did those things to you was in the mistaken belief that that is what you do to someone you adore.
No.
And now she's desperate enough to do anything to win you back.
Isn't she? That's all she's ever wanted all her life.
For her sake, Brian.
Where is she? Where's the baby? Will you please tell the nurse I'd like my bed bath.
Now.
I'm not your sister, Brian.
I don't run your errands.
Is it warm enough? Do you like that? I used to have a doggy.
You'd have liked my doggy.
Yes.
He wouldn't eat anything out of a tin.
Do you know what his favourite was? Chicken.
You'd have liked my doggy.
I'm gonna get you dressed.
Then we're going on a trip to see your uncle.
Mr and Mrs Armstrong are here.
That's Josie's parents.
They want to see you, Mr Osbourne.
He said he's been to see you.
Yes.
How is he? How do you think? I'm sorry.
Said he recognised you from before, You'd been to the university.
All I ever wanted was to see that he was that he was Was what? That he was OK.
That he was OK.
He's more than OK, thank you.
Or he was until As I said, I'm really sorry.
Will you be seeing him again? I don't know.
If he would want to I hear he lost his temper.
Now, of course, he knows what you did, he's worried he's in some way like you.
No, no.
All I see is his mother.
Let's hope that's what your mother says, too.
My mother? She's had a stroke, she can hardly speak.
But she rang him up.
He's going to see her.
Excuse me.
Joss? Mary.
How nice to see you after all this time.
Yeah.
Parked up here.
I'm sorry you've been lied to.
Yeah, well I've had so many press outside my door, I've brought my own little home with me.
Nice.
It is open.
All right.
Sorry, it's a bit cramped inside.
Oh, a baby.
Argh! At what time is Josh meeting her? About ten minutes ago.
All right.
Do you want to give him a call? There is no reply.
Keep trying, Mr Armstrong.
Joss Armstrong is missing.
Get his description out.
I want his phone records.
Level one, threat to life.
He's still not answering.
Just keep trying.
We think it might be worth you making a televised appeal.
How do you feel about that? Every address, no matter how tenuously linked to you, me, Brian, his victims, they are all being covered.
Sometimes all we can do is wait.
He helped me, Brian.
When I was first inside, I was in such a bad way.
And I was still And for whatever reason, he was the only one who listened.
Without Brian I'd That's why me helping you, he feels so betrayed.
'You are watching GMTV.
The investigation into the disappearance of three-month-old baby Jake Osbourne has been widened by police after the disappearance of Joss Armstrong.
He hasn't been seen since leaving his halls of residence last night.
Police say the two incidents may be linked.
Mr Armstrong's adoptive parents made this appeal to anyone who may be holding their son.
' 'Even though he's grown up and at university' She's got a look of him, hasn't she? She has, yeah.
No, didn't say nothing at all.
Morning, boys.
Could set the time by you, Nigel.
What do you think of it? As if? Ready for your close-up, Mr deMille? Oh.
Can I see? Oh! What the Jesus! Go.
Go, go.
He's out.
Wicklow's out! Wicklow's out.
What?! How the hell did he get out? He cut his own thumb off.
Then he can't have got far.
Not if he's hitch-hiking.
Norton.
There's someone on the roof.
On the roof.
Ajay, with me.
The rest of you, stay here.
Is that Barbara? So, where's Joss? Barbara? Barbara, please don't.
And where's Brian? She's left him somewhere.
She's left him for Brian.
Please.
Please don't do that.
JustJust bring the baby to me, Barbara.
Move back from the edge.
There's a security lock-down on both wards.
He's a tiny baby, Barbara.
He needs his mum.
Think about your baby.
Your little girl just .
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how much she meant to you.
Oh.
Oh.
Come on, Barbara.
Come on.
Give the baby to me.
Sarah.
I called her Sarah.
Sarah.
That's a beautiful name.
Come on now.
Give the baby to me.
That's it.
No! Joss.
She what? And the baby? OK.
Baby's OK.
Oh, my God.
NO! Don't move.
Nobody move.
What have you done to him, Brian? He's justrelaxing.
You don't think I would Well, not so soon, anyway.
I won't tell you again.
Or I'll reach inside his chest and give his heart a little squeeze.
That sound familiar? Oh, dear.
I see he still hasn't told you what he did to that poor, poor man.
Oh, it is good to see you again, Jake.
Brian, take me.
Not Joss, he's done What he did was true genius.
Tell me, Jake, was the plan to take his heart out or keep it beating just that little bit longer? Brian, let my son go.
People sometimes do monstrous things.
But it doesn't always make them evil, Brian.
Is that what you think I am? Oh, come on, Eve, think.
Surely you must know now more than ever.
I was not born this way, unlike That's why I was so fascinated by our dear friend here.
He was bornIwas made.
That's what makes him far, far more dangerous.
I, for my sins, have a degree of predictability but dear Jake has no idea when something will trigger him off.
Isn't that so? No.
Swear on your son's life.
I thought not.
That's why Don'tmove.
That's why if you ever leave him, he will kill you.
Was Barbara supposed to kill the baby? Your sister, yes.
She jumped, but she was on her own.
She couldn't go through with it, Brian.
Not even for you.
She knew what it was like to lose a baby and it hurt.
It hurt so much she couldn't even tell you, could she, Brian? Let alone be parted from it for all these years so she wrapped it up in the very dress your father bought her.
Because he - Wait.
That - that - that's it.
Brian, she wasn't 12 when she had the baby.
It was later.
When you were older.
That's why she couldn't tell you.
It was yours, Brian.
Your baby.
Your daughter.
It was yours.
That's why she couldn't tell you.
(HOWLS) It's all right.
It's all right.
Say goodbye.
NO! CORINNE BAILEY RAE: Like A Star Just like a star across my sky Just like an angel off the page You have appeared to my life Feel like I'll never be the same Just like a song in my heart Just like oil on my hands Honour to love you Still I wonder why it is I don't argue like this With anyone but you We do it all the time Blowing out my mind You've got this look I can't describe You make me feel I'm alive When everything else is au fait Without a doubt you're on my side Heaven has been away too long Can't find the words to write this song