The Vanishing Triangle (2023) s01e06 Episode Script

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LISA: That's me, age 10.
It was taken by the man
who murdered my mother.
The articles are provoking him, Barbara.
[GROANS]
Gonna get out of here.
We need to lock him up.
We got Gough.
Are you seriously suggesting
that I killed those girls?
He has an alibi, which
he's willing to testify.
Well, then follow him.
I didn't have clearance.
The pressure came from above.
They wanted him released.
GILL: Gough was transferred
for pimping teenage girls in Dublin.
There are others I know
who have secrets, too.
Secrets that can be used against them.
David, are you having an affair?
I'm not having an affair. I swear.
Taxi coming for you here at 3:00, okay?
I have a terrible feeling
we're never gonna see each other again.
[GRUNTING]
- LISA: These women
- MAN: Are not our responsibility.
They are our responsibility.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]
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It's not Gough.
He's a crook cop, but it's not him.
- [GROANING]
- MAN: That's for Evans, you fuck!
[CRYING] What the fuck?
- Don't touch me.
- Please
Don't fucking touch me!
Get your hands off me.
- Okay, Miss Wallace.
- No! I only wanna help.
- Please.
- Wake up. Get up!
- Hold still.
- Get up. [CRYING]
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[LISA MOANING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
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Hey. Hey. Hey.
NURSE: Just calm down.
The sedative you were
given reacted badly
with the nitrazepam you're taking.
Untie me. I will untie you.
But you have to wait for
the doctor to come see you.
You need to be discharged.
It's for your own safety.
I'm gonna be sick.
[VOMITS AND COUGHS]
- Who Who undressed me?
- Don't worry.
It was only me and the
other duty sister there.
- Shh. Relax.
- I want my clothes.
- No, I don't think that's a good idea.
- I want my clothes.
- Give me my fucking clothes!
- I'm only trying to help you.
Sit back. We'll untie
you when you calm down.
Where's my dad? I want
I want to see my dad.
I want to see my dad!
I have to see my dad, please.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
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Ahhhhhh ♪
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[INDISTINCT TALKING IN DISTANCE]
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
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[HEAVY BREATHS]
[MONITOR BEEPING, AIR PUMP HISSING]
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Dad?
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Dad?
Do you remember when, um
when I was really little,
and you were off work for so long?
And it was just you and me
when Mom went to work?
I remember one time
you went around all the
factories in the area
knocking on doors, looking for work.
And you took me with you.
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And I saw how determined you were.
No matter how many times people said no
or how they treated you, you
you didn't give up.
You kept going until someone said yes.
[VOICE BREAKING] I was so proud of you.
[SNIFFLES] I remember
I remember feeling so safe.
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Please, please come back to me now.
Please.
[SNIFFLES] Please come back.
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MAN ON RADIO: Gardaí have this
morning made the announcement
that they will be scaling
back the investigation
into the missing girls Susan Reynolds
and her sister Amy
Reynolds and Mandy Clarke
following a review by the
assistant Garda commissioner
into the way the investigation
has been conducted.
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
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David. Where have you been?
They're scaling back the searches.
No one will talk to me.
They've Tommy inside. They
arrested them last night.
- Oh, God.
- I'm sure they know everything.
They can't prove it,
though. Can't you deny it?
No, not anymore.
I'm not letting Tommy
take this on his own.
I got him into this shit. I'm
not feeding him to the dogs.
I understand, David,
but I need the Gardaí's help with this.
They can't scale back
the searches, not now.
You're right.
Detective Brennan he's still
working the case out of Castlemoyne.
He's a good man, and and
he'll help you if he can.
Just tell him to keep
it on the quiet, yeah?
I hope Tommy's okay.
If there's anything I can do to help
Thanks.
I'm sorry.
[MANDY GASPING]
[METAL THUDS]
[GASPING AND THUDDING CONTINUES]
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Mandy.
I think I'm dying.
No.
You're not dying.
We're gonna get out of here.
Okay, we will get out of here.
Okay.
[GRUNTING LOUDLY]
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Sorry, sir. You can't go in there.
I need to see the prisoner.
Superintendent Gill's orders.
No one's to be let in.
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[DOOR OPENS]
Detective. Detective.
You can't just barge in
here without an appointment.
Sir?
It's all right.
Sir, I believe Chief
Superintendent Robert Gill
has been involved in illegal activity,
and this latest arrest is
an attempt to blackmail me.
What exactly are your allegations
against Chief Superintendent Gill?
I have evidence of his and
Detective Gough's involvement
in a child prostitution ring, sir.
I can hand it over to
you or whoever you wish
to run the inquiry.
Now, I appreciate this doesn't look
at all good for the Gardaí, sir.
But if the public see us
airing our own dirty laundry,
it'll win back trust in the long run.
Sir, I request that you release
Thomas Stephens from custody.
He has nothing to do with this.
Follow me.
You're a family man,
Burkely, isn't that right?
- Yes, sir.
- Ah.
I met your wife, I think.
At the Christmas dinner, sir. Yeah.
And you have a child?
A daughter. Yes, sir.
How could you lie to them like this?
Do the things you did and then go home
and sleep in the same bed as your wife?
That's my business, sir.
Ah.
It's fucking disgusting.
MAN: Better talk to me
or I'll fuck with you.
Talk, you fucking
Tell us or you're fucking dead.
TOMMY: There's nothing more to tell.
David.
Oh, Jesus. Get back! Get the fuck back!
I'm so sorry. I'm here now.
You monsters. I'll get you for this.
MAN: Prisoner resists arrest, sir.
You're finished, Burkely. It's all over.
It's all going to come
out to the tribunal.
Oh, fuck you. Fuck you.
I'll go to the press with what I know.
Well, word is that you
were paid by Lisa Wallace
for those defamatory articles.
- That's police corruption.
- Don't be ridiculous.
Come on, Tommy. Let's get out of here.
COMMISSIONER: Careful, Burkely.
If you choose to pursue
these insane allegations
against Superintendent
Gill and DS Gough,
things will get
considerably worse for you.
Fucking move.
Move! Or I'll go through you.
Move!
[GROANING]
[WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]
What are you looking at?!
Get out of my way. Get out of my way.
MAN: Fucking filthy faggots.
[WHIMPERING]
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[TELEPHONE RINGING,
INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
[TELEPHONE RINGS]
Lisa Wallace.
Detective Gareth Brennan
returning your call.
Thanks for getting
back to me so quickly.
Superintendent Gill
called me this morning.
About David?
I thought I knew him,
but these are big allegations.
Look, Gareth, I need your help.
No one else in the Gardaí
gives a shit about these girls.
I'm following up on a lead here,
but I'll pass through Dublin later.
Maybe I can meet you
someplace, make a plan.
Great. Yes. Thank you.
But, Lisa, I'm taking a risk here.
I can't be seen with you.
Gill has eyes everywhere.
Of course. I'll be discreet.
Whatever you need.
I'll call you near 4:00, okay?
Sure. And thanks.
Bye.
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[SHIP HORN BLOWS]
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WOMAN: Boarding for the Holyhead Ferry
will be closing in
five minutes at Gate 2.
Please have your tickets, passport
David. David, wait.
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Are they even gonna let
me on the ferry like this?
- You'll be all right.
- Yeah?
I have to get you out
of here today, Tom.
What are you gonna do?
I'm gonna go home and
and tell my wife what I should
have told her a long time ago.
I'm sorry, Dave.
Oh. Hey.
This is not your fault.
Do you understand me?
This is all on me. This is my mess.
Will I see you again?
I hope so.
Maybe if you're still thinking
about me in a couple of years.
You have your whole
life ahead of you, Tommy.
Don't be silly.
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Go live your life.
For the two of us.
Go. Go on.
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It's gonna piss a lot of people off.
Good.
How about we fax advance copies
to the TV and radio stations,
stir it up before it hits the streets?
Force the Gardaí to do something.
All right, let's do it.
I'll call in a few favors.
Thank you.
Great work, Lisa.
[VACUUM CLEANER WHIRRING]
Mary.
Oh, God.
You frightened me.
What has you back so
What's happened?
Are you okay?
[CRYING] I'm sorry.
David.
David, tell me what it is.
David, tell me what's wrong.
David, it's me. You can
You can tell me anything.
It's something I should have
told you a long time ago, Mary.
Wh-what?
Please don't leave me.
Please don't leave me.
D-David?
Tell me what it is.
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[FORCEFULLY] Tell me.
I'm gay.
I tried to stop it.
I prayed it would go away, but I can't.
[BOTH CRYING]
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I've been in a
relationship with someone.
A man.
Shut up.
And I loved him, Mary.
Shut up.
I love you, and I love Rachel,
and I always have and I always will.
I'm so sorry.
You're the best wife
anyone could ever ask for.
You're my best friend.
[GASPS]
Get out!
Get out! Get out!
I'm so sorry.
[SOBS] I'm so sorry.
Fucking disgusting!
Liar.
How could you do this to us?
How could you do this to Rachel?
You fucking dirty, filthy bastard.
Get out!
Get out!
[CRYING]
[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]
[DOORBELL RINGS]
[DOGS BARKING IN BACKGROUND]
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Esme. Hi. I'm Lisa Wallace.
ESME: He hasn't got long left.
[SIGHS]
Billy. Billy.
Lisa Wallace is here to see you.
Chris Wallace's daughter.
Please sit down.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
I know you knew my dad.
I just wanted to ask you
about my mom's murder.
Maybe you know something
that the Gardaí don't.
[RASPILY] I don't know nothing about
your ma's murder.
Sorry.
But you knew my dad at the time.
He never killed anyone.
He's in prison for murder.
A murder
he didn't commit.
What What do you mean?
Your da
was set up
by me.
I'm sorry.
Please forgive me.
I'm sorry. Forgive me.
Please forgive me.
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[ENGINE STARTS]
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Thank you, Sister.
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Dad, are you okay? What's going on?
I just need to speak
to you about something.
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DAVID: I've always tried to
do the right thing, Rachel.
And I've always tried to
take care of you and your mom,
and I've made mistakes,
and I'm trying to make them better now.
And I need you to know
I need you to know
that I love you, but
I'm in love with someone
who isn't your mom.
And it's a guy. It It's a man.
I'm so, so sorry, Rachel.
I never wanted to hurt you or your mom.
Just please please
try and understand.
[SOBBING]
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I love you so much.
[CRYING]
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Where's Chris?
Sorry. I don't know.
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Dr. Tate? Dr. Tate.
The patient in this room?
[SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]
No. What?
[SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]
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Lisa.
Your office told me
I might find you here.
Is your father okay?
Um, no, not really.
He has to get emergency surgery.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Listen, can we do this
meeting some other time?
Tomorrow, maybe? I've just had a tip-off
that's possibly connected
to the missing girls.
I've gotta go check it out.
It's an abandoned factory
in Monk's Glen Wicklow.
Farmer reported suspicious
activity, lights on all night.
It's probably nothing, but
Well, let me go with you.
I can't do that.
Brennan, please. We
could talk on the way.
No, I'll get into huge trouble.
Well, I'm gonna go with
or without you, so
Get in.
They were talking about your
article on the radio earlier.
Jesus.
Would have loved to have seen
Gill's face when he heard it.
Do you think it'll change anything?
They've already called a meeting
for this evening to review the case.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]
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[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]
WOMAN: No, sure he'd
be delighted to see you.
- Is that right?
- He would.
DAVID: Hello, sir.
You're back just in time, love.
Glad I caught you.
Can I have a quick word with you, sir?
Your poor wife will be destroyed
when she hears about the
schoolgirls, won't she?
You're not as safe as you think you are.
You fucking bastard. I'm gonna nail you.
Whatever you're planning
to pin on me, bring it on.
It'll be worth it just to
see you and Gough destroyed.
I'm gonna leave you with nothing.
Goodbye, Mrs. Gill.
Lovely to see you again.
Bye, David. Great to see you.
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[ENGINE STARTS]
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[CAR PHONE RINGS]
Detective Brennan speaking.
Brennan, it's David.
Is Lisa with you?
Yeah, she's here.
- Is it David?
- Hold on. I'll put her on.
- David? Hi.
- Where are you?
We're on our way to an abandoned
factory in Monk's Glen Wicklow.
Detective Brennan got a tip-off.
Yeah. All right. I'm on my way.
He's gonna meet us there.
Lisa, I could be in serious shit
if my superiors found
out I was doing this.
David's still under investigation.
I know, but nobody has done more
to try and find these women than David.
Detective or not, he should be there.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]
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Are you ready?
[BIRDS CAWING]
Yeah.
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I'll go in and check
it out. You stay here.
No, I'm going, too.
It's too dangerous, Lisa.
Wait by the car.
Lisa, please.
If David arrives,
send him in if I haven't come out, okay?
- Good luck.
- Thanks.
[CAWING CONTINUES]
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[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]
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[GUNSHOTS]
Fuck. Fuck.
Brennan?
Brennan, are you all right?!
BRENNAN: Help!
Brennan!
Help!
[GASPS]
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MAN: Control to Brennan.
What's your location? Over.
Control to Brennan.
What's your location?
[BRENNAN SCREAMS IN DISTANCE]
BRENNAN: Help!
Control to Brennan. Can
you give us your location?
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Brennan?
[BANGING IN DISTANCE]
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[BREATHING SHAKILY]
Brennan?
[BANGING IN DISTANCE]
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[ELECTRICITY WHIRRING AND CRACKLING]
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[BRENNAN GRUNTS IN DISTANCE]
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BRENNAN: Help!
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[THUDDING]
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[BRENNAN GASPS LOUDLY]
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Brennan.
[BRENNAN SHOUTS]
B-B-Brennan?
[BRENNAN GROANS]
Brennan, are you in there?
BRENNAN: Lisa?
Lisa, he shot me.
He shot me.
[SCREAMS]
Shh, shh, shh!
- They locked me in here.
- Shh.
Please.
- Shh, shh, shh, shh.
- I'm bleeding.
Okay. Wait. Okay, hang on.
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Fuck!
[PANTING]
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[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]
Hello, Lisa.
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[GRUNTS]
Aah!
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[GROANING]
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[DRAMATIC NURSERY MUSIC PLAYING]
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[BOTH GRUNTING]
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[GROANS]
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WOMAN: Help!
Help.
LISA: Where are you?
We're in here. Help us, please.
LISA: Oh, Jesus Christ. Oh, God.
Thank you. Thank you.
- Thank you.
- Oh, my God.
- Thank you.
- Okay.
Susan. Wake up!
Shh, shh, shh.
Okay. She's breathing. She's breathing.
Can you walk a little for us?
We need you to help
us get you out of here.
All right?
Okay. I got you.
[SUSAN WHIMPERS]
[PANTING AND GASPING]
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Which way? Which way?
It's It's that way, I think.
[METAL CLATTERING]
[ALL SCREAMING]
Go on. It's Fuck!
It's me. Where's Brennan?
He's He's been shot.
He's in one of those rooms.
You're okay, girls. You're okay.
Go. Go. Get them out of here.
Call for backup.
Get to safety. Go, go.
But we need to find Amy.
We've got to go.
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DAVID: Brennan?
Brennan, is that you?
BRENNAN: I'm in here!
Well, hang on.
[METAL CLANGS]
[ALL PANTING]
- Did you find Amy?
- I'm so sorry, Susan.
- No.
- Come on!
[SOBBING]
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[ENGINE STARTS]
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DAVID: Jesus Christ.
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Hello, David.
[GRUNTING]
[PIPE CLATTERS]
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[GUNSHOT]
You and I we're alike, David.
[GASPING]
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[MAN SCREAMS]
[GUNSHOT]
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[LIGHTS SHATTERING]
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[SIRENS WAILING]
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Aah!
[SIRENS CONTINUE]
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[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]
[INHALES SHARPLY]
[SCREAMS]
Agh!
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
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[SCREAMS]
Brennan, where are you?
Give us a shout.
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
I'm in here! [PANTING]
Brennan! Brennan!
I'm shot!
[GROANS]
[PANTING]
[GUN CLATTERS]
[SIRENS WAILING IN DISTANCE]
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[INDISTINCT PA ANNOUNCEMENT]
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[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS,
MONITORS BEEPING]
I have some good news for you.
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
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