The Stolen Girl (2025) s01e05 Episode Script

1
[Elisa] Why are you doing this to me?
You went to Eyton to visit your parents
when you were pregnant with George.
You were with a man.
I think you do know Marcus Turner.
I need to know if you told anyone
about what happened.
[Selma] I knew there was something off
about Elisa.
She was born in
some sort of religious commune in Eyton.
Did you see Elisa when she was last here?
You mean when her dad died?
[Rebecca] João, I need a passport.
-[grunting]
-[choking]
[Elisa]
Is that the woman who approached you?
She has Lucia.
Did she ever mention Toulon?
I'm coming with you.
Okay.
[Elisa] I'm gonna start showing soon,
-and my boobs are gonna be enormous.
-[Elisa, Marcus chuckle]
-[Marcus] Can't wait.
-[chuckling]
[Marcus] Mmm. I can't wait to meet him.
Oh, you've decided it's a boy, of course.
Well, boy, girl, who cares?
I'm already planning all the adventures
we'll have together.
With Lucia too.
You know you're gonna have to wait
a while for that, right?
Well, I'm just saying I'm excited.
But maybe you're not.
I am. I just… [sighs]
Mmm?
I have to think about Fred, Marcus.
I know it's difficult for you to hear,
but I still…
I do love him,
and we've been together forever.
And he's the father of my child.
So am I now.
I know. I know.
And I want to be with you,
but I really want to do right by him.
And… And by Lucia.
Their relationship is really important.
She needs her dad.
What about your dad?
What about him?
Elisa, you just found out
he's got six months to live.
You… don't want to go see him?
Don't you think you should?
[sighs] I'm just not sure
that it would be good for me.
What happened between you?
-You know you can talk to me.
-[chuckles]
-I had a really weird childhood.
-Mmm.
Really, really weird.
And my parents always…
[sighs] …made me feel
like I was doing something wrong.
Or that I was wrong.
Things change.
It's been a long time since then.
I mean, you were, what, 16 when you left?
You were a kid. Things are different now.
And you're different.
[chuckles] Put it this way.
If you don't go, will you regret it?
Maybe.
Okay, well, why don't we go together?
-Oh.
-And take Lucia.
Go and visit my parents
with my lover and my child?
Yeah. Why not?
[chuckles] Look, I just think
it'd be easier to go back
if you had someone there to support you.
And I want to be that someone.
Can you let me do that?
Hmm?
Yeah.
-Mmm, yeah.
-Yeah.
[Marcus] You okay?
[Elisa] Yeah.
I'm glad you're coming with me.
I wouldn't have been able
to do it without you.
Um, this is Marcus and Lucia.
-Hello.
-H-How do you do?
[Marcus] Hi. [chuckles]
Why don't you come inside?
Then we can show you around.
[Elisa's father sighs]
-Yeah.
-Yeah, it's good, but you know,
this is the smaller branch.
[stammers] It used to be huge.
In them days…
Yeah.
[Deborah] Found it.
[chuckles] It was beside the fridge.
There you are. Sorry.
[grunts]
Bless, O Father, thy gifts to our use
and us to thy service.
-Amen.
-Amen.
[sighs] Help yourself.
Thank you. This looks lovely.
[chuckles] I'll, uh, put
a little plate aside for Lucia
for when she wakes up.
Thank you.
Such a lovely name. Lucia.
I named her after the saint.
Yes, who is that?
She was a girl who had her eyes pulled out
because she disobeyed her parents.
Apparently, she could
still see afterwards.
I was obsessed with her as a little girl.
I still have the picture
of her on my wall.
-Marcus, are you a religious man?
-[chuckles]
I, um, went to church
a few times as a kid,
but I haven't gone much since
to be honest.
Well, I'm grateful
we're all here today as a family.
-It's been too long.
-Mmm.
Well, there was a reason
for that, wasn't there?
Well, happen that's true and all,
but sometimes things need time.
Yeah.
Time.
[sighs]
I imagine being in such
a transient business like hotels,
it must be very hard on the soul.
[Marcus] Yeah. Uh, yeah,
there's a lot of, uh…
[Elisa's father] Excuse me.
Yeah… [stammers] …it's a lot
of maintenance. A lot of logistics.
[heartbeat thumping]
[Deborah, muffled] Logistics?
Well, to be honest, I don't really know
what "logistics" means.
Does it mean… [speaks indistinctly]
-[normal audio resumes]
-…certain problems to deal with and, um…
[Elisa] What are you doing?
Get away from her.
-[sighs] Elisa, I would never…
-No, get away from her.
[sighing]
Hi, darling.
Hello, darling. Wakey-wakey.
Wake up, darling.
You wanna go downstairs?
You go downstairs.
I'll be down in just a sec, okay?
Here, take Minky.
Now, you go downstairs, darling,
and Mummy will be down
-in just a second, okay?
-Okay.
Good girl. That's it.
-[sighs]
-Oh, I'm sorry
if things haven't always
been good between us,
but I want things to be better.
I came back to this house to make sure
that you really are dying.
You will never see me or Lucia ever again.
Now get out of my way.
-Elisa, please. [grunts]
-No, get off me! [gasps]
[exclaims]
Elisa, can we talk about…
You did say we could talk.
Selma, what exactly is it
you think you know?
I think you were in the car with Marcus
when it hit Nicolas and Rose.
But what I don't know is why
Marcus never said anything at the trial.
I have to find Nina to get Lucia back.
Okay, do you have a plan?
No, but I know you can help me.
You found that hoaxer woman.
You help me find Nina,
and I'll give you the story.
All of it.
Just not now.
[car lock beeps]
[sighs]
João.
[sighs]
[in French] Hi.
Do you know João? 9th floor?
I know João. Everyone knows João.
Do you know where he is?
What do you want with him?
Does it matter?
You're on my doorstep.
I'll give you twenty euros
to take me to him.
[chuckles]
Right…
…and if you give me forty, I'll bring back
Tupac from the grave and you can meet him.
[chuckles]
A hundred euros.
No thanks.
[neighbour chuckles]
[sighs]
[French children's music playing]
[Nicolas, in English]
Hey, girls. Look, lambs.
[Rose] Did you see the lambs, Josie?
Were they lambs or sheep?
[Josie] Mummy, I feel sick.
Stop the car.
Come on, darling.
And up. Okay.
Let's just…
[vomiting]
[Nicolas] You okay back there, Rose?
[Rose] Yes, Daddy.
[Nina] You're okay, darling.
-Here. And again.
-[vomiting continues]
She okay, Nina?
Yeah, she's fine.
[car skids, crashes]
-Have you found anything?
-No. No, no, not yet.
Well, what are you doing on there?
I'm looking for Josephine… [clears throat]
…'cause Nina would have
covered her tracks,
but it's harder with a kid 'cause
she would have been schooled somewhere
or taken to a doctor or something.
How long is this gonna take?
I don't know.
[Fred] Elisa.
Elisa!
Elisa, are you here?
Elisa!
[sighs]
Oh, for fuck's sake, Elisa.
[sighs]
[Shona, on phone] DI Sinclair.
[Fred] She's gone. To France.
-[Shona] What's the latest?
-Nothing on commercial,
but I found them on a private jet
out of Manchester.
Elisa Blix and Selma Desai.
Manifest says they've flown to Toulon.
Fucking journalist.
Right, try to get a hold
of the landing crew.
We need to know if Selma and Elisa
were picked up or if they hired a car.
-I'll contact French authorities.
-[Shona] I'll check in with Europol,
see what progress they've made
with Milan Matkovic's associates.
Okay, boss.
[Shona] We know why Elisa's run to France,
so we lean hard on child endangerment
and see what we can shake out of
Desai's colleagues at Dash.
Yeah, that's a shout.
-Do it.
-Yeah.
[Selma] This is Selma. Leave a message.
Selma, where the fuck are you?
Are you out of the country right now?
Call me back as soon as you get this.
Um, there's some police officers
downstairs. Said they want to talk to you.
[Kaleb sighs]
[Selma] Yeah, well, you've got my number,
so just literally as soon as you can.
Yeah. Yeah, okay, great.
Thanks, Felix. Bye.
-Yeah, bye.
-[Elisa] What's going on?
Um, so I've got my contact
calling local schools,
but they're not just going to give out
people's information
on the phone like that.
Selma, we don't have time for this.
I can't just magic Nina out
from nowhere, all right?
I don't have the same resources
as the police.
We're not calling the police.
I've told you.
[phone buzzes]
-[Elisa] Who is it?
-I-I have to take this, all right?
Kaleb, hi.
[Kaleb] Selma, why are you in France
right now with Elisa Blix?
H-How do you know I'm in France?
The police are here
threatening to get a warrant.
I had to get IT to open up your mail.
They know the woman
who took Lucia is in France
and that you and Elisa
are trying to find her.
-I told you to back off this case…
-[mouthing] What?
…because I didn't want the complaint
to escalate.
Now you're literally obstructing
a police investigation.
Look, I-I told her…
I told her to call the police,
but she won't listen, all right?
Look, she's sure she can find Lucia, so…
Look, she said she would
withdraw the complaint if I help her.
What do you think's gonna happen?
She's gonna have tea and scones
with Nina and work it all out?
I don't know. I…
Right, and if she does anything unhinged,
you risk being an accessory.
Selma, I don't give a shit
about your job anymore.
This is way beyond that.
This is my reputation,
Dash Voice's reputation on the line.
And more importantly, a nine-year-old
girl's life could be at danger here.
Stop whatever it is you think you're doing
and call Sinclair.
Tell her everything you know.
I'm hanging up right now,
and I fully expect that'll be
the next call you make.
What's going on?
-Yeah, I think I might be sacked.
-Why?
'Cause my boss found
pictures of Nina on my email
and is showing them to the police,
and I'm supposed to call them now.
-You can't call them.
-Elisa, we don't have any other choice.
Selma, we are not calling the police.
You were happy enough to dig around
into my entire life,
my marriage, my childhood,
everything when it suited you.
You owe me this, and you know it.
-I'm here. I'm helping you.
-Yeah.
So come on.
Where are you going?
We're going to the first school
on that list.
I need you to direct me.
Come.
-[sighs]
-[phone buzzes]
NEW SUSPECT IN LUCIA CASE
[breathing shakily]
-Yeah, there. Look.
-[sighs]
Okay, what are we gonna do?
Shouldn't we talk about this?
Elisa!
[mutters]
[panting]
[doorbell buzzes]
[electronic voice speaks French]
[sighs]
-[person] Bonjour.
-[gasps, in French] Hello… Um…
Excuse me. Do you speak English?
[person] I'm sorry, no.
-[sighs]
-How can I help you?
Um… [stammers, sighs]
Could you come out here please?
It's very important.
[intercom turns off]
-Monsieur?
-[person] Oui?
Huh? Mons…
Thank you.
Excusez-moi, I'm looking for a girl
called Josephine Thibault…
Or maybe Walsh. She's eight or nine.
[in English] Um, a photo. We have…
[in French] She is the daughter
of this woman.
I can't give out information, sorry.
I understand. [sighs]
Do you know who I am?
Uh…
[stammers]
-This is me.
-Yes, I saw it on the news.
But I'm so sorry, I can't help you.
-Monsieur…
-[phone buzzes]
-[in English] Shit.
-[in French] Please…
-[in English] What?
-[Selma] Um…
-What's happened?
-Um… It's-It's Nina.
It's leaked. It's all over the news.
[Elisa] Oh, my God.
[sobs] She'll run. She'll have to,
or she's gonna hurt Lucia.
We have to find her. [sobs]
[in French] If this woman
doesn't want to be found…
…maybe she's homeschooling the children?
-I don't understand.
-[in English] Maybe school at home.
-[Elisa] Homeschooling.
-Homeschooling.
[in French] You can check
at the mayor's office.
[in English] The mayor's office. The m…
[in French] Thank you.
[in English] João!
João!
[groans] For fuck's sake.
[sighs]
[panting]
Bon.
[in French] A hundred, that's it.
Fuck you. 500?
-[in English] Okay.
-[in French] Money upfront.
Where is he?
Come with me.
João!
João, it's Tat!
João, open this fucking door
for God's sake.
There's a huge leak, and your apartment
is about to get flooded!
[in English] What the fuck
is wrong with you?
Where the fuck have you been?
A man's gotta eat.
[in French] Whatever you're selling,
-you can keep it.
-[scoffs]
Shut up.
You owe me 500.
[in English] What? Are you serious?
You find him now.
[scoffs]
Where's the passport? It's ready, right?
And here is your hamburger.
[Rebecca] And the rest.
[sirens wailing in distance]
I think you should run.
[singsongy] Someone must have seen you.
[sirens continue]
[sirens stop]
[police radio chatter]
-Right, I think I've got something.
-[Elisa] What?
An application to homeschool
two nine-year-old girls
at that address in Toulon.
One's called Josephine.
The other's called Lulu-Rose.
Lulu. That's them. Where is this?
Uh, in the hills, I think, outside town.
Probably about an hour away.
[Elisa] Okay, let's go.
Elisa, we can't just head out there.
We have to call the police.
[shakily] Selma, they'll arrest me.
I just need some more time.
We have no idea what we're walking into,
who might be there.
[sighs]
Okay, fine.
Call them.
Thank you.
[engine starts]
Yeah, hello, can I please speak to DCI…
Elisa. Elisa!
Fuck's sake.
[Shona] Fred, I'm sorry
to have kept you waiting.
Look, I-I need to know what's going on.
Have you found Elisa?
-Did you track her passport?
-[sighs]
We believe that Elisa is in Toulon.
-[sighs]
-Has she contacted you at all?
[sighs] No.
You know, I've been calling and calling
and calling, and she's not picking up.
-Look, we need to go and find her now.
-I strongly advise you to stay here.
-Oh, come on. No, no, no, no, no.
-Listen, listen.
I will contact you
with any new information, okay?
[sighs deeply]
I mean, is-is-is Lucia alive?
I mean, come on.
Can you at least tell me that?
-I've told you everything I know.
-[breathes shakily]
All right. Just find them for me. Please.
[door opens]
[gasps]
[flies buzzing]
[breathes heavily]
[panting]
[gasps]
What's up?
What's up?
Help. I need help.
Uh, what's happening?
What are you doing with my daughter?
There is a man.
There is a body in the well on your land.
Oh, my God. A body?
Yes, I saw it. I tried to call the police.
I have no reception.
-We need to use the phone in your home.
-Oh, I don't have a phone.
My God. Sweetheart, are you okay?
-Was it a-a hiker? Did he fall?
-No, it wasn't an accident.
Someone put the body there.
-Put it there?
-[hiker] Yeah.
-And she says you're not her mother.
-[scoffs]
Well, of course I'm her mother.
-Say it again.
-Uh, you're scaring her.
-She's had a horrible shock.
-No, no, no.
-She definitely said--
-Go! Go and get the police.
No, no, no, no. Wait, wait, wait.
I should take her.
You are not taking my daughter anywhere.
I barely know you.
Josie.
Get your bags, and get in the car.
Both of you.
Mummy!
Lucia?
Lucia?
[breathes shakily]
[sighs]
[gasps, grunts]
Wait. Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Wait! [panting]
-Wait!
-[Josie] Mummy!
[Elisa] Come back!
Get your things. Go to the car. Go, go.
[panting]
Where's Lucia?
What have you done to her?
-You're too late.
-[gasps]
-She's gone.
-[breathes shakily]
What have you done with her?
Tell me where she is.
Tell me!
Why should I do anything for you?
[panting]
You have taken everything from me.
What happened was an accident.
Nina, what you've done is not.
Tell me where she is.
A fucking accident? [laughs]
[inhales sharply] You left.
You just left. You both left.
You fucking left.
-Nina--
-You left, and you lied!
-[grunting, screams]
-You fucking bitch! You lied!
Even your own mother thinks
you're a poisonous bitch,
-a fucking liar.
-[gasping]
She couldn't wait to tell me
about your fucking lover.
-Get off me! Stop it!
-[grunts]
-Just fucking stop. [panting]
-[panting]
I killed them.
[sobs] I killed Nicolas and Rose.
[Marcus] He's badly hurt.
-Elisa, just wait for a second.
-Please, please get in the car.
We have to go.
-[Marcus] Elisa, wait.
-[sobbing]
-I've gotta get out of here. [mutters]
-Oh, my God.
[sobbing]
I was driving the car, not Marcus.
-[brakes squeal]
-[car crashes]
[sobs]
[gasps, wailing]
[gasping]
[breathes shakily, whimpers]
[Lucia] Mummy.
-Mummy.
-[breathes heavily]
[sighs] Drive.
[Lucia whines]
Just keep driving.
[sobbing]
[sobbing, gasping] I lost…
I lost…
You destroyed my whole life.
And now you've destroyed mine. [sobbing]
[scoffs, sniffles]
You just…
went back…
to your perfect little life.
[sobs, sniffles]
You want to hear
about my perfect little life?
My father…
started sexually abusing me
when I was Lucia's age.
[sighs] My mother just let him.
She protected him for years.
Letting him just… [sighs]
The day of the accident,
I saw him with Lucia,
and I snapped. I just… [sobs]
And then I took her,
and I… I just drove as fast as I could.
I… [sobs]
Your car was in the road. I didn't see it.
Nina, it was an accident,
but I shouldn't have left.
I panicked.
I had to get Lucia out of there.
And I'm… I'm sorry.
Nina, please.
I'm begging you. Please.
Tell me where my daughter's body is.
Just pl… let me take her home, please.
-Please.
-[sobs]
Please, Nina.
Lucia…
is so beautiful.
She's… She ran in there.
What? What did you say?
[Rebecca]
She ran in there. She's okay. She's okay.
She's… She's hiding.
She's fine. She is fine.
She's fine. She's hiding.
[Elisa] Oh, my God.
Oh. Oh, my G…
[Rebecca] She's fine.
[sighs]
[breathing heavily]
Lucia! [sobs]
Lucia!
[breathes shakily]
[Elisa] Lucia!
[panting] Lucia, it's Mummy.
Lucia!
Lucia!
Lulu!
It's Mummy!
Lucia!
[Lucia] Mummy!
-Mummy!
-[gasps, panting]
Mummy!
[Elisa sighs, gasping]
Come. Come, come.
[both sobbing]
-Lu… [sobs] It's okay, you're safe.
-[crying] Mummy.
You're safe, you're safe.
-I missed you. [sobbing]
-Mummy.
You're safe, you're safe, you're safe.
[whimpers]
It's okay, darling.
Look at me. Look at me, look at me.
[chuckles]
Look, you're safe. You're safe.
I'm here. I'm here.
-[whimpers]
-It's okay.
It's okay, it's okay, it's okay.
Oh, my God.
-[sighs] Okay. Okay, come on.
-[sirens wailing in distance]
Come on. Come on.
[Josie] Will Lulu-Rose know
how to find us?
[inhales sharply]
Lulu's gone back to live
with her other family, sweetheart.
[breathes shakily]
It's just us now.
[chuckles softly]
-Selma, hi.
-Hi.
-How you doing?
-Kaleb. Good. How are you?
Yeah, good, good.
I'm just here to cover the sentencing.
How is it out there in the wild?
Freelance life.
Yeah, good.
Truthfully, I'm quite enjoying
not having a boss anymore.
Yeah, well, now that I'm no longer
your boss, I guess I can tell you
that I don't always enjoy
telling people what to do.
Well, you're surprisingly passable at it,
all things considered.
That's a big compliment coming from you.
So who are you covering this for?
Um, no one actually. I, um…
I just thought I'd come for Elisa.
[Kaleb] Any news of Nina?
[Selma] Nothing.
She's completely vanished.
-You coming in?
-Yeah.
-[Elisa] Hi.
-Hey. Hey.
[Fred] Hey, you did really well.
You know, and the lawyers are positive
about sentencing.
We hope that the judge
will be sympathetic.
Thank you.
Look, if you need anything, right,
you call me, yeah?
Any time.
-Look, Fred, whatever happens today, I…
-Oh, come on, now. Don't. Don't.
Look, this…
this is just the beginning, all right?
We can always appeal.
No.
I'm not gonna fight.
Then why didn't you tell me
fucking everything then?
I-I could… I could have helped you.
I know. I'm sorry, I-I didn't know how.
I… I had just had George.
I didn't want to think about it.
Yeah, and I'm still George's dad,
Elisa, yeah?
Yeah.
Yeah, even though he's…
he's not really mine.
Of course you are. Of course.
I'm sorry.
It's such a mess.
Yeah, it's… it's a fucking mess.
[sighs] Look, we'll, um…
we'll figure something out.
All right? Somehow.
[sighs]
[chuckles softly]
Thank you.
[shakily] Thank you.
[sighs]
I love you.
[Fred sighs]
[sighs]
[sighs]
[court clerk] Elisa Blix,
as regards counts one and two,
causing death by dangerous driving,
count three,
perverting the course of justice,
and taking into account the highly unusual
mitigating factors set out above,
I sentence you to six years' imprisonment.
[breathes deeply]
Hey, who wants ketchup?
-Lucia, you want ketchup? Yeah.
-Yes, please.
-George, you want ketchup?
-Lots and lots and lots.
Lots and… [chuckles] Not too much.
All right, okay.
[all chattering, chuckling]
When Mummy comes back,
can we play here again?
Yeah, yeah, of course.
Yeah, if that's what you wanna do.
Next time me and George
will beat you and Mummy.
[chuckles]
[door slams]