A Town Called Malice (2023) s01e08 Episode Script

MINT MA: 'I am so proud of you Alb.
'For letting our boys
spread their wings.'
To Dad. For being
the leader we need.
Good boy.
Alfonso offered me a deal.
When I asked you to marry me,
Cind, I meant it.
Through thick and thin,
til death do us part, as they say.
That family have done more
for me in a few weeks
than you ever have done.
It's not safe for you here.
Love while we are alive,
is the only thing
that might save us from death.
The gitanos have got
a lead on the missing girl.
They are organising a search party
in the woods.
And if we want to build
anything on that land
We gotta keep them sweet.
(FRUSTRATED): The only reason
I'm here is because of you.
You think I wanted this? I can't
stand back and watch you do this.
She always comes running
back in the end.
We received an anonymous tip-off.
The call came from your villa.
Next time you come looking
for revenge,
look closer to home.
You're coming with me, girl.
DAVID BOWIE: The Jean Genie ♪
A small Jean Genie
snuck off to the city,
Strung out on lasers and
(ALBERT MOUTHS): # Slash back
blazers, and ate all your razors
While pulling the waiters,
talking 'bout Monroe
And walking on Snow White,
New York's a go-go
and everything tastes nice.
Poor, little Greenie"
The Jean Genie lives on his back,
The Jean Genie
loves chimney stacks,
He's outrageous
he screams and he bawls,
The Jean Genie,
let yourself go ♪
(SPEAKING): Today, this town learns
the name Albert Lord.
The trucks are supposed to be here.
No trucks. No work.
Comprende?
Eddie?
Where's the diggers, kid?
We're supposed to be
breaking ground, ain't we?
Look, I've got champagne
and photographers here.
Don't leave me
with my cock in my hands.
They said no work today.
Who said?
Alright, chaps.
Problem?
We just thought it sensible
to hold off on any building
while I investigate
the murder of the Gitano girl.
You stopped my trucks?
As mayor of this region,
I have instructed the police
to stop any work vehicles
entering this land until Detective
Alfonso has concluded his enquiry.
They can stop our trucks,
but they can't stop us
from grafting, can they lads?
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
(CHUCKLES MOCKINGLY)
What did you just say, mush?
I'm sure you understand, Senor Lord.
The Gitano community are devastated.
They need justice.
As well as time to grieve.
I understand.
My family has known
its fair share of grief.
Oi, do one, before I go on the turn.
You lot, fuck off!
I'm worried about Cindy, Ed.
She still ain't back.
Where is she?
I'm sorry,
but I reckon she's long gone.
It's what she does
when the shit hits the fan.
Just stay away from him, right.
Stay away from him
for your own good.
THE CLASH: London Calling ♪
London calling
to the faraway towns
Now war is declared
and battle come down
London calling to the underworld
Come out of the cupboard,
you boys and girls
London calling,
now don't look to us
Phony Beatlemania
has bitten the dust
London calling,
see we ain't got no swing. ♪
(CLUTCH GRINDING)
You even think about
going for that gun,
me and you are gonna
have a falling out.
Didn't know we were friends.
We're not.
Cunt.
Where are we heading?
Towards justice.
(ENGINE BANGING)
Piece of shit!
Get out!
(TENSE MUSIC)
(ENGINE HISSING)
Go on.
You know I've been thinking.
Is it just a coincidence that
your old man was burnt in a fire,
and the Lords have a history
of torching people
then here you come?
Turning up out of the blue,
with their youngest son?
It's funny that
First Tony, then Anthony,
almost Leonard.
Been a busy little bee,
haven't you?
Go on.
Where the fuck are you going?
That Spanish prick!
He thinks he can shut me down!
Me! This is my land.
My fucking land!
I'll do what I fucking want.
Right, I need my General.
Not you, dinlo.
Right, you lot, do one.
This is "privito."
Boy I said, do one.
That includes you, tits.
Cesar.
What about him?
He's gotta go.
Yeah, I'll talk to him, Dad.
Take a blade.
Fucking open him up
if he won't listen.
Dad, he's the Mayor of Alabasas.
Cometh the hour
cometh the Lord.
(TENSE BUILDING MUSIC)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Ugh Ugh!
Ahhh!
Arrgh!
Urgh!
Arrgh!
Arrgh!
Ugh! Urgh!
Ah!
ARRGH!
Urrgh!
(BOTH PANTING)
Make sure I'm the person you wanna
kill before you pull that trigger.
Why shouldn't I?
You put me here.
Your corrupt system made me.
They took my freedom
and left me to rot
in a cell for a crime
I didn't commit.
I know you've suffered,
but killing me it's not gonna make
that pain go away.
The same system that fucked you,
it's fucked me too,
and now I'm just
an out of work copper
trying to get justice for my friend.
(SOMBRE MUSIC)
They took everything from me!
EVERYTHING!
One day we were a family
and the next
Clarence was fucking gone.
They took my child,
and they put me away
I didn't mean to kill
your partner, I swear
but I did mean to kill
the Lords for what they did to us.
(SOBBING)
I can't do it anymore.
I can't do it!
I can't fucking do it!
OK.
Listen to me.
Get on a plane with me.
I'll see that you only do five
years for Russo,
you'll serve two,
and when you get out, you get
to live your life as a free woman.
But I swear to you
if you don't come with me
and face justice for what you did
then I will tell the Lords
the truth about who you are
and they will rip you to pieces
like a pack of wolves.
It's your choice, kid.
What about my son?
I'm not going anywhere
without him.
You've gotta roll the sleeves up?
Looks a bit common.
It's the Miami Vice look, Alb.
Are you sure about this?
Gotta have my General looking reem.
I don't know what to say.
Don't say nothing.
It's just good to see you smile.
Eddie
my boys my own boys
I was hard on them.
They were just so slight.
I wanted them
to be more than they were.
But if I had the chance
you know
I might've done things different.
They're gone now
but you
there's still time.
Don't let me
'Let you' what?
(SIGHS)
Nothing. It doesn't matter.
Look at you Perfect.
Save that for Ron.
Ron?
Later on.
(LAUGHS)
So, you go fetch your boy
tomorrow night you meet me
at the Sunshine Motel in Alabasas.
You will never have to look over
your shoulder again. I promise.
You mind if I keep hold of the
You wouldn't walk into a bear pit
armed with a stick, would you?
You've got one
hell of a dig you know.
Sunshine Hotel, Mercy
don't forget!
Hi. It's me
There's a diner
on the road to Alabasas.
Meet me there.
I'll explain everything.
Dad?
Sorry.
I just wanted to see you.
No, I'm sorry, boy.
What I said, I was wound up.
You'll always be my General.
That's right.
I There's something
I wanted to tell you.
It's about the Gitanos
I think it
I think it might help
Well, I could do with all
the help I can get at the moment.
I messed up, Dad.
I really messed up.
We were just
We were having a puff and, erm
Manuela The gypsy girl she, er
What have you done, boy?
The gavvers were coming
and she she screamed
and I tried to shut her
shut her up
because I didn't wanna blow the operation,
you know, I didn't wanna
I didn't wanna upset you.
And I just put my
put my hand over her mouth
She was
She was so kind to me, Dad.
She was so fucking kind.
And I just
I swear I never meant to hurt her,
you know I didn't.
Come here
I didn't.
Sorry, Dad. Sorry
Who else know about this?
Just Ma
She helped me with the, erm
She helped me bury her.
Shhh. Shhh. Shhh.
I'm so sorry Dad.
This family means
everything to me, and I'm
I'm the one that fucked
that up for you.
Sorry
Look, listen, listen.
If you need me to confess,
for you I will.
If that's what you want
I'll do it.
(ON THE RADIO): # FOREIGNER:
I Want To Know What Love Is ♪
..there's been heartache and pain
I don't know
if I can face it again
Can't stop now,
I've travelled so far
To change this lonely life
I wanna know what love is
I want you to show me ♪
Cind, what the fuck
has happened to you?
I know you can show me ♪
I need to tell you something.
I want you to show me ♪
(MUSIC BECOMES MUFFLED)
(INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION)
(SILENCE)
(SILENCE CONTINUES)
(MUSIC RESUMES)
I wanna know what love is
I want you to show me
I wanna feel,
I wanna feel what love is
I know you can show me
Let's talk about love
I wanna know what love is
(MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY)
(SINISTER MUSIC)
Call it Romani instinct,
but something tells me
you're at it.
Just taking my boy for a spin.
Last time you did that,
he still pissed the bed.
Kelly. Tell Ma.
He told me what happened.
How you covered it up
and lied to me.
I was protecting my child.
Well, now he wants
to absolve himself, don't ya?
No.
That's what he wants.
I said n-
Ma, fuck sake, please.
Let the boy act for himself. Ugh.
You will not allow
your own son to hand himself in!
Shame on you, hideous man!
Can't you see
what's happening, Kell?
I won't allow it!
Just because this full time cunt
wants to get
his fucking hotel built!
No!
Well you covered up his mess,
so you fucking well
get him out of it.
FUCK!
(EXPLETIVE ECHOES)
You working behind that bar
the night we met,
weren't just chance, was it?
You knew I'd be in there.
And you coming to the scrapyard,
killing that policeman.
I couldn't afford to lose you.
I needed you.
And there was me thinking,
you'd do anything for me.
Do you know
what hurts the most, Cindy?
Is that you fucking saw me
as weak.
The obvious target, an easy mark.
At first, yeah, maybe. But
things changed.
Everything's different now.
I love you.
Do me a fucking favour.
You don't even know the meaning
of the word, not even as a mother.
I'm not looking
for your forgiveness, Gene.
I just want you to understand me.
You killed my uncle! My nephew!
What exactly do you want me
to understand?
What they took from me!
Your family, your father!
He took everything from me!
Clarence. Eddie.
My whole fucking life!
If you don't love me
just kill me.
Do us a cup of tea, will you, Carl.
Did you not hear what I said?
I said, "Do us a cup of tea."
You want tea?
Do it yourself cunt.
Carly, baby.
You've got one role
in this family
and that's to shut up
and look half presentable.
You don't even know me!
You've never asked me a single
question in 20 fucking years!
All you do
is order me around and brass me off,
like you're doing with Leonard.
What happens
between me and Leonard
is none of your business.
He's my boy,
and you will never get between us
because you're not smart enough.
He's my husband.
Really?
Do you know what he does
when your back's turned?
He hunts
for what you can't give him.
He sneaks around in the shadows.
Looking for love.
Looking for cock.
And that's something
you'll never be able to give him.
You think I don't know my husband?
I've been with him
more than half my life.
Of course I know what he does,
and it doesn't change
the way I feel about him
because he's my best friend,
and nothing will ever
come between us.
So, when you send him off
to do your dirty work,
you're hurting me as well as him
and behind your back,
when you can't bully him
he fucking hates you.
(GUN COCKS)
(PANTING)
Why are you telling me
this now, Cindy?
Lindsey, that police officer.
She offered me a deal.
I I do a couple of years
in prison for Russo,
and me and Eddie get
to live out our lives out in peace.
Then you don't want
my understanding!
You're only telling me
cos you've got no choice!
No! No!
I'm telling you, cos
cos you could come
with me and Eddie.
Just get outta this place,
you had the right idea from the off,
stay away from your father.
He's poisoning you.
And what makes you
any different from him?
My own Dad grassed on us
and killed the operation dead. Why?
Because he couldn't
handle the fact
that we were doing better
without him.
But at least with him
I know what I'm dealing with.
The difference between us
is that I never
enjoyed seeing you suffer.
Never!
(TENSE MUSIC BUILDING)
Take your fucking deal.
And get as far away from here
as possible before anyone else
finds out the truth about you.
What about you?
I know what I'm doing
and it don't involve you, anymore.
DURAN DURAN: Planet Earth ♪
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(DOORBELL RINGS)
Only came outside
to watch the nightfall with the rain
I heard you making patterns rhyme
Like some new romantic
looking for the TV sound
(MUFFLED PHONE RESPONSE)
Policia, por favor.
You'll see I'm right
some other time ♪
(MUSIC FADES)
You like Luis Barragan?
He designed a place for my uncle
just outside Mexico City.
I never went there,
but I saw photos,
and it brought tears to my eyes.
Yeah, he's alright.
Are you here on behalf
of your father
to try and change my mind?
No.
Just wanted to see you.
That's good.
Because I know
what your father is
what he's capable of
and I cannot do business with him.
You feel tense.
Well
Let me fix it.
10CC: I'm Not In Love ♪
You can be yourself here.
I'm not in love,
so don't forget it,
It's just a silly phase
I'm going through
And just because I call you up
Don't get me wrong,
don't think you've got it made ♪
What are you doing?
Is this what you want?
If you really wish to hurt me,
then go ahead.
But please don't do it
because your father told you to.
So if I call you
don't make a fuss ♪
(DOOR SLAMS)
Don't tell your friends
about the two of us
FRANK SINATRA:
Fly Me To The Moon ♪
..to the moon
Let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like
On ♪
(MUSIC STOPS)
You do what I ask?
Course you didn't.
We're bang in trouble,
and you're busy
getting your needs met.
XTC: Making Plans For Nigel ♪
We're only making plans for Nigel
We only ♪
(MUSIC CONTINUES, MUFFLED)
We've got a way out.
What happened to your face?
That policewoman offered me a deal.
That's gonna set us free.
Finally. Yeah. Yeah.
We just
We gotta go back to England,
I do a couple years behind the door,
and then we're free.
OK? We'll never have to look
over our shoulders ever again.
It'll be just be me and you
against the world,
like it used to be,
like you dreamed of.
Right?
We just gotta get
on a plane tomorrow.
Alright, and then and then
all of this ends.
OK. We can We can just leave
the past behind us, baby,
and start afresh.
That's what you want, isn't it?
Eddie?
That's what you want, isn't it?
I like it here, Mum.
- What?
- These people.
They've given me a home.
You know, made me feel
like I belong.
A job. New clothes even.
Eddie, no.
I don't wanna spend my entire
life just moving around.
OK, I just wanna stay here.
With the Lords.
You wanna stay with
You wanna stay with people
who grassed you up?
Mum, you can say whatever you want.
I still wanna stay here. This
(POIGNANT MUSIC)
This is my home now.
Your home
with these fucking savages?
Mum. Listen.
OK, I'm not a kid no more.
You don't have to protect me
from the fire.
I can't stay here, Ed.
If I don't If I don't go back,
that policewoman's gonna expose
the truth about
why I'm really here.
If that's what you want
if you really wanna stay here
then stay.
I still have to go and meet her.
I'll hand myself in.
I'll do my bird
for us.
INXS: Never Tear Us Apart ♪
Don't ask me
What you know is true
Don't have to tell you
I love your precious heart
I
I was standing
You were there
Two worlds collided
And they could never tear us apart
(MUSIC ECHOES AND FADES)
What you saying, Gene?
Dad grassed on us?
The police tip off came
from the villa,
of course it was him.
Nah, no way
Look, I know he's fucked up,
but he wouldn't do that.
What would he stand to gain from it?
Everything.
How much more can you take?
Ey?
How many more beatings
slippery moves, humiliations,
and outright fucking lies?
You can't prove it was him
If I can, would you stand with me?
And do what?
You really think he's just gonna
hand power over to his dinlo sons?
Don't say that, Kelly.
You're not a dinlo, right?
That's what he tells you.
That's what he wants you believe.
But you're not.
None of us are.
What he did to us, we use against
him. If he don't stand down,
we tell the Moroccans
where the grass came from.
I've got Amira's ear,
she'll listen to me.
Stand down?
You really think he's
just gonna kick back
and let us crack on without him?
Give him a cut,
tell him he's retired.
He can go back to Bermo
and get rich doing nothing.
Why d'you wanna rock the boat, kid?
Cos it'll fucking sink if we don't.
Despite how he's tried to divide us
and turn us against each other
you're my brothers, right?
And I love you.
I'm not gonna sit here
and watch him destroy us any longer.
If I do this, I need you both
to stand with me,
shoulder to shoulder
(TENSE MUSIC)
Tony kept this smudge of him and Alb
from when they were kids.
It's too late for regret, Mum.
I always knew it would be you.
You're the only one
with true resolve.
The real "gantse macher."
I didn't want it
it's me now.
You can take the boy
out of South London,
but you can't take
South London out of the boy.
Look at you
Lord by name
Lord by nature.
(SINISTER MUSIC)
You seem to get on well
with my son, mush.
Buenos dias, Senor Lord.
Albert, please.
It's true,
I do get on well with your son.
So much so, that after you sent him
to my house to threaten me,
he couldn't go through with it.
I've never hidden who
I am from anybody.
So, if you think
you can blackmail me,
you are wrong.
What do you take me for? Eh?
You think that I'd out you as a puff
to the good people of Alabasas?
Look, if you're an iron,
you crack on. I don't give a fuck.
It's just you're doing land
deals with your boyfriend,
who's a criminal.
And that makes you,
if I'm not mistaken, corrupt.
And your whole reputation here
is based on
that man of integrity bullshit
that you peddle around the Island.
You're in, mukka, deep in.
You signed a deal,
and you'll fucking stick to it.
Buenos Dias.
(WATER SLOSHING)
Thanks, babe.
How did it go with Cesar?
It didn't.
Like him, don't you?
I can tell.
He's not just some fella
you met down the Dilly, is he?
Whatever it was
I've fucked it.
You know, despite everything
your father's done to you,
and everything you've
had to do to survive
when I look in your eyes,
I still see such goodness.
Please, don't
don't leave me, Len.
I couldn't bear to lose you.
Carl, I'd never leave you.
You're my best friend.
And you're a Lord.
Am I?
For better or for worse.
Do anything for you, you know that.
Then give me another baby.
Put another child in me, Leonard.
That is all I want.
Don't worry, I'll give you a hand.
KAJAGOOGOO: Too Shy ♪
Hey, girl
Move a little closer
You're too shy, shy,
(BOTH SING ALONG)
Hush-hush, eye to eye
Too shy shy, hush-hush, eye to eye
Too shy shy, hush-hush, eye to eye
(BOTH LAUGHING)
Too ♪
(RADIO TURNS OFF)
Where is this prick, Suarez?
No wonder they're skint,
all they do is sleep all day
and eat paella.
Oh, I might've known.
The three wise men.
You set this up, no doubt?
And you two sheep
just followed, yeah?
(IMITATING A SHEEP): Baa Baa
We need to know something, Dad.
We?
All of us.
Kelly?
All of us.
Well, crack on, son.
Was it you?
I'm talking to Kelly.
Go on.
The drug shipment.
What about it?
Did you call the police?
That's what this is about, is it?
Just answer the question!
(MOCKINGLY):
"Just answer the question."
Course I fucking did.
It was you, you put me in prison?
Listen if you don't stand down,
we'll tell the Moroccans
what you did.
You tell 'em.
They wanna deal with a man,
not little boys.
Gene, what you doing!
Gene!
This has gone too far.
- Gene.
- Easy, son!
Boy
You're the fuck
Yeah?
Please Don't.
I'm your father.
I know what I am.
I know you hate me.
I wish I was different.
You think I don't know what I did?
Every time I hurt you.
Every humiliation. I
I hated you
because my my life
it didn't work out
and I couldn't stand the thought
of you being better than me.
I never taught you to read,
cos I was afraid you'd be smart.
I never trained with you
because I was afraid
you'd be strong.
And I never showed you love
because I was afraid
you'd have a heart.
And you do boy.
You do!
I'm so sorry.
(POIGNANT MUSIC)
(POIGNANT MUSIC BUILDS)
(MUSIC FADES TO SILENCE)
You fuck.
Fuck sake. Stop!
Get the fuck off him.
Get off him.
You haven't got it in you.
What you gonna do, eh?
Eh?
Do something that makes your
brothers proud?
God knows
they've waited long enough.
Ugh. Urgh!
Woo!
(BAR CLATTERS)
All three of you in under a minute.
There's life in the old dog yet!
Chuck us the yogga, son.
Throw us it.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Come on.
You leave my fucking brothers alone.
You shoot me
you'll become me
that what you want?
(PANTING)
(GUNSHOT)
(SOMBRE MUSIC)
(SOMBRE MUSIC CONTINUES)
(SOMBRE MUSIC CONTINUES)
ULTRAVOX: Vienna ♪
We walked in the cold air
Freezing breath on a window pane,
lying and waiting
A man in the dark
in a picture frame
So mystic and soulful
A voice reaching out
in a piercing cry,
It stays with you until
The feeling has gone,
only you and I,
It means nothing to me
This means nothing to me
Oh, Vienna ♪
(MUSIC FADES)
(SPANISH GUITAR STRUMMING)
(SINGS TRADITIONAL
SPANISH FUNERAL SONG)
(FUNERAL MUSIC CONTINUES)
My good lady. Thank you for coming.
It was the least we could do, Diego.
And now I have some peace, knowing
the police has found her killers.
Do you think you'll stay?
I don't mind staying
I find the climate
rather agreeable here.
My door is open to you, anytime.
We have all lost so much,
and I think it's time
to build a new future together.
Yeah.
Thank you. Gracias.
I think he likes you, Ma.
Ed, he's a hundred years old.
Hombre. Buenos dias.
Buenos dias.
No Senor Lord today?
Couldn't handle the heat mush
He's fucked off back to Bermondsey.
Oh
Shame we'll miss him.
But, erm where there's an ending,
there's a beginning
Sweet, mate.
Sweet.
BON JOVI: Livin' On A Prayer ♪
Woah, we're half way there
Woah, livin' on a prayer
Take my hand,
we'll make it I swear
Woah, livin' on a prayer
Tommy's got his six-string in hock
Now he's holding in
what he used to make it talk
So tough,
It's tough
Gina dreams of running away
Come on, Ma.
When she cries in the night,
Tommy whispers
Come dance.
Come dance.
We've got to hold on
to what we've got
What's that?
Money Enough for you to get home.
This is my home, Ma.
Not anymore it isn't.
Ma, please?
Please?
Everyone pays for their sins.
This family's all I've got.
Take my hand,
we'll make it I swear
Get the fuck out of here, Kelly.
Livin' on a prayer
Oh, we've got to hold on,
ready or not ♪
JERMAINE STEWART: We Don't Have
To Take Our Clothes Off ♪
Cind, you had the chance to get out
and leave us all behind.
Can't believe you came back.
I could never let you
pull that trigger
because I don't want
you to become like your Dad
because I love you.
You know, I'd do anything
to protect you. Yeah?
You don't need to protect me,
my heart.
It's over. We're free.
We don't have
to take our clothes off
To have a good time
Oh, no
We could dance and party all night
And drink some cherry wine
Mum?
We don't have
to take our clothes off
To have a good time, oh, no
We could dance and party all night
And drink some cherry wine, uh-huh
Na na na na na na na
Just slow down if you want me
A man wants to be approached
cool and romantically
I've got needs just like you ♪
(DOOR KNOCKING)
Well, fuck my old boots.
You come to turn yourself in, then?
(GUNSHOT)
(FAINTLY): A-HA:
The Sun Always Shines On TV ♪
I reached inside myself
and found nothing there
To ease the pressure off
my ever worried mind
Oh-oh-oh-oh
All my powers waste away
I fear the crazed and lonely looks
The mirror's sending me these days
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Touch me
How can it be
Believe me
The sun always shines on TV
Hold me
Close to your heart
Touch me
And give all your love to me
Please don't ask me to defend
The shameful lowlands
Of the way I'm drifting
Gloomily through time
Oh-oh-oh-oh, touch me
I reached inside myself today
Thinking there's
got to be some way
To keep my troubles distant
(MUSIC FADES)
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