Sherwood (2022) s02e03 Episode Script

1
This programme contains some
violent scenes from the start,
some scenes which some viewers may
find upsetting from the start,
and very strong language
What we talked about. I think
we're going to go for it tomorrow.
- Which one?
- Whichever's unluckiest.
GUNSHO
Are you really her?
Yep.
Do you want to go for a drink sometime?
- Is that what you wanted to ask?
- I can't.
I can't be responsible
for anyone getting hurt.
You won't be
because we're going to stop her.
We need someone who can point
him out and get out the way.
- You do well, we do well.
- All right, Robin Hood.
This new mine out here -
not every councillor is a fan.
- Someone tried to warn her.
- You'll be getting a visitor shortly.
And your name was?
For Nicky!
You're dead, mate. Dead, dead, dead!
BIRDS CALL
REPEATED CLICKING
SHE SOBS
JEN: There's no other word for it.
It was an execution,
of two citizens under our protection,
in our care.
Oh, Stephie
I am so, so sorry.
Hi, Sandy.
We can take our time.
And when you're ready,
you can tell me absolutely
anything about what happened.
HARRY: I sent officers
to Ann and Roy Branson's first thing.
They're on their way in to us now.
IAN: Voluntarily.
They're not under arrest.
You know, they're a large family,
so any one of them
could have been involved.
BROADCAST: Promises of a
statement from police shortly
over this outbreak of gun violence
in a quiet seaside town.
HE SIGHS
So far, we know the vic
CLICK
Shall we put this
on the investment portfolio?
"Come to Nottinghamshire,
"where the outlaws are back
"and thriving"?
CHATTER
JEN: So what is this?
A revenge killing
for a revenge killing,
and, soon after,
a revenge killing for that?
Hmm.
- This ends before it begins.
- Ma'am.
PHONE RINGS
323. We've got keys in the ignition.
BIRDSONG
TREES RUSTLE
FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
So That it?
Our part in all this done?
DAPHNE SIGHS
I don't know how to even begin.
SHE SIGHS
I don't know, L-let's
just start saying things,
see if a conversation
accidentally starts happening. Go.
What happened yesterday?
Nothing. We left 'em to it.
Didn't get involved.
"We"?
You mean Rachel, don't you?
I know it must have been a shock,
but you should have talked to me first.
- That was my business.
- Yours?!
Mum, you've been lying.
You're a liar.
There's a difference
between a secret and a lie.
A secret is a private thing that you
that might be very upsetting,
that you keep to yourself,
so you can try
and move away from it, and
I don't even know who you are.
I heard you, Mum
with that copper bloke. I
I was a police officer
in a former life. Briefly.
- You hate the police!
- Yeah, exactly.
So you're the one they was
all searching for round here
who was grassing everyone up.
Them miners.
You know what? All you need to know is
that I don't regret a fucking thing.
Everything before that, the old me,
my God, yeah. Yeah.
But everything after that,
that that kept me here,
that gave me this, that gave me you
NO.
I will never regret
or apologise for that.
SIREN BLARES IN DISTANCE
And as we agreed last night, lan,
I can delegate emergency powers to you
as a review officer.
A review?
The c The case is live. I'm still
A civilian investigator to
conduct and review this live case.
It's part of the return scheme
for retired officers we lost
in the exodus during austerity.
And just to be clear,
once this is resolved,
I'm back out again.
Very clear.
PHONE RINGS
Lisa?
Ian. I've just heard from Sandy.
It's horrifying. Just horrifying.
She only lived
round the corner from us.
They came to my group.
This will really set people
off round here.
I'm the council's
crime spokesperson, lan.
People will want a statement.
Yeah, well, our comms team
are across it here, so
Our?
You've gone back?
Yeah, just temporary, you know.
Don't worry.
Just for this one case, so, um
I'll call you later. I've got to go.
Bye.
Have you got a plan?
You think I can control this?
What have I always told you?
You might not be able
to control what happens,
but you can control
what people think about it.
PHONE RINGS
Oh, here we go.
Straight away, yep.
That councillor
who's most opposed
to the development - Lisa -
she wants to meet, have a chat.
- Dad?
- Um
PHONE STILL RINGING
- Huh?!
- Swipe the screen, remember?
- You swipe swipe to answer.
- Oh, right.
Bloody bullshit phones!
They just make life harder. Yes?
Yes, I've seen the news.
Mm-hm.
DOOR CLOSES
Right, just to reiterate,
you're not under arrest.
But, uh,
yeah, you are entitled
to legal representation.
OK. Just crack on.
HE CLICKS PEN
Everything OK, pal?
Everything's brilliant, thanks.
So, um, where were you yesterday?
Oh, we had a big family do
for our niece Kiera's 18th.
About a dozen of us round hers.
- Ask anyone.
- We are doing.
- We have.
- And?
They all say you had a big family do
at your niece Kiera's 18th,
about a dozen of you.
- Mm.
- Exact same words, funnily enough.
Truth always sounds t'same, I suppose.
Well, if you could just, uh, write down
all the names of the people
who were at the party.
PEN CLICKS
And can you think of any reason
why the family of the man
who is charged with killing
your son, Ryan Bott
Don't say his name.
I know who he is.
Don't need to hear his name.
Ta.
why his family were shot dead
down at the coast yesterday?
Yeah. Awful. Just awful.
You lot must be shittin' yersens.
Right cock-up, eh?
But we had nowt to do wi' it.
Ask anyone.
KNOCK AT DOOR
DOOR OPENS
Sorry to interrupt.
Obviously needs identifying, but
from, the driving licence,
it's their nephew.
Kyre Branson.
Sir?
Harry.
He's dead?
Pretty gruesome, apparently.
Shears - through the guts.
Not pretty.
- All right, thanks.
- Yeah. Course.
- You all right?
- Yeah, I'm OK.
That means we have 'em,
the Bransons. They were there.
No, no, it means he were there.
You know, if he killed them,
who killed him?
I mean, Jesus.
How do we play this?
Hey. Sorry.
You all done?
So, um
Your Kyre were at the party?
Yeah.
Cos we just had some information
from our officers down at the coast
to say they found another body.
In a van, you know?
Nearby.
And from the ID on the body,
it seems to be, um
Kyre.
- You said
- Some privacy.
Now.
DOOR OPENS
Fuck it. It can't be.
It's not him.
ROY BREATHES HEAVILY
Fuck
HE GRUNTS
HE YELLS
THUD
THUD
HE CLICKS PEN REPEATEDLY
About to charge us, aren't they?
All these years
and it's this, now.
DOOR OPENS
Well, you're going to have
to protect us, aren't you?
- What?
- We're going to need protection.
Kyre were close to our Nicky.
He were very upset about what happened.
If - if - in grief,
he went and did summat daft on his own,
there's going to be a lot of folk
out for our blood, in't there?
Round-t'clock protection, please.
And better than what
you gave them Bottomleys.
Understood?
PEN CLICKS
Hold on. Protection?!
For how many of them?
Well, they've asked
for the whole family.
MURMURING
How many's that?
Well, in total, about a baker's dozen,
given cousins
and nieces, nephews, partners.
They're taking the piss.
HE SCOFFS
Right, we can group 'em together.
Two households, max.
Blow-up beds if needs must.
And one armed officer outside.
And I'll still need
your supporting evidence
for the bean counters.
Where are Ma and Pa now?
We're putting them in a hotel for now,
at their request.
But just to be clear, Ma'am,
no-one's happy about this.
You know, there's officers
here, myself included, that
We've worked
the best part of three decades
to try and get a charge
to stick to Roy Branson.
Why are they so impervious, this lot?
As I say, it's a mess.
I've been trying to untangle it
for years.
And now they're all
turning on each other.
Your delicate ecosystem
is collapsing in on itself.
Well, with respect, Ma'am,
you weren't here.
It took blood, sweat and tears
to get this to turn a corner
last time, but we did it.
Now, I'm not saying
there aren't gangs and drugs,
but for years they've stuck
to their own patch,
let each other have
their own interests.
But this could upset the balance.
And then we'll be
right back there again.
And God knows how that ends.
QUIET CHATTER
SHE SIGHS
I feel like a fucking idiot.
SHE SIGHS
LINE RINGS
PHONE RINGS
Oh, OK
Summat's come up - you're cancelling.
No, no. Well, yes.
Summat has come up, but
HE SIGHS
Hi, Julie.
Hi.
Look, I just briefly stepped
back into the fold,
you know, just to help out
on this one case,
these killings.
Fine, yeah, I understand. Yeah.
I'm not, um
I'm determined not
to fall back into, you know
I really still want to do
something tonight.
I just Going to be a bit later,
so I wondered whether you, um
you were happy
to come down into town,
you know, down Notts?
Um, no, yeah. Yeah,
I-I can do that. Yes, fine.
- You sure?
- Yeah. Yeah.
I can, uh, get a bus into Nottingham.
I can tie my own shoelaces
and everything.
HE CHUCKLES
OK.
Yeah, thank you. Thank you.
Um, well, look,
I'll think of somewhere,
and then I'll text you or
OK. Sorry. Yeah.
I mean, yeah.
Sorry it's so, um, stressful,
where you are. It
PHONE BEEPS
Oh, shit. Um
Oh, I-I've I've got another
call coming in, so I'll, um
Yeah. Bye. Bye.
- Uh, hello?
- Hi, Julie.
Dave from Howell and Harper
here. Just a bit of good news.
The couple who viewed the house
yesterday have made an offer.
An off? An offer? Really?
Yeah. They thought
it was exactly
what they were looking for.
Yeah. Can you?
Sorry, can you just give me
a couple of seconds?
LOUD CHATTER
LOCK CLUNKS
PRISONER: Just fuck off. Just fuck off!
GUARD: Come through.
FAINT BUZZING
DOOR CLOSES
BUZZING STOPS
- Hello, you.
- Ryan!
Come here. We're only allowed one, but,
oh, it's so good to see you, mate.
- Yeah, you too.
- I missed you.
- Yeah.
- Shall we sit down?
So, are you pair?
Ryan, you remember me?
I'm, um I'm a social worker.
We saw each other outside
your mum's the other day.
And I'm lan St Clair.
I were a Detective
Chief Superintendent.
- I'm just helping out.
- Are you OK, Steph?
Has summat happened?
A bad thing.
Ryan, I'm I'm very sorry. Um
Stephie wanted to come
and tell you herself.
Despite
She's she's been through
a lot, the past 24 hours.
Hey, where's Mum
and Uncle Denis, Steph?
They're dead.
What, no-one was, like,
protecting 'em? Fucking
What, it's cos of me? Cos of?
It's cos they was after me
for Nicky, weren't they?
Yeah. What, the fucking Bransons, yeah?
We're yet to establish that.
- Oh, well. Well
- All right.
Well, well. Calm.
What, and Stephie was there, yeah?
What, and they knew about her?
Yeah? What, and they still went
And they left her alone,
what, to fend Fucking
Hey, hey, hey! Right. Right.
Right. Sit!
- All right.
- Now.
Ryan, if you need some support,
there is a team
that I can put you in contact
with, and I do suggest that
Where are they now? Hmm?
Where are they putting you?
Where's she going to stay, eh?
Where are you going to stay, Stephie?
Hey, we need We need you to be OK.
Well, we're hoping for some
specialised support housing.
Or, temporarily, we could look
into a residential care home.
Just.. just for a short time
while this all, you know
I want to be alone a sec.
Just me and her.
You all right?
OK.
BEEP
DOOR OPENS
Come here, look. Sit here, Steph.
DOOR CLOSES
DOOR OPENS
The office would have sufficed.
Nah. Boring!
We wanted to
roll out the red carpet.
Bells and whistles
for the Sheriff of Nottingham.
Wow, though, yeah.
Not too shabby.
Well, actually, it's incredibly shabby,
practically falling down,
but old is old, I guess.
Our garden - we're particularly proud
of some rare wild flowers
that took an aeon to cultivate.
I can give you a tour later,
if you like.
Listen, I'm so sorry.
This was about me.
Yeah? Not you.
I did it.
I stopped the man.
What man?
What man, Stephie?
One of the two men.
Two men? What, the men who?
You stopped one?
Yeah.
Dead.
Stephie, look at me.
He hurt Mum and Uncle Denis.
And so you hurt him? And he's dead?
HE EXHALES
HE CHUCKLES
BOTH LAUGH
Whoa!
And you've met my father,
Franklin Warner.
Mrs Waters.
I'm so pleased you agreed to come.
Franklin.
I, uh, wasn't expecting
to meet with you, actually.
Sorry. Sam didn't say.
Well, I'm afraid
you're getting both barrels.
That was meant to sound charming.
Uh, I don't know
why it came across so violent.
Of all the district councillors
who get a vote
on our multi-use energy hub -
and this is my son's assessment,
he's pretty astute
at this kind of stuff -
there are only two strongly against.
I represent the ward
the development would be in,
and Sandy the one next door, and
I was actually here
to raise something else.
The mine is only one element.
As you know, we're talking
about research and developments
into nuclear fusion, natural gas,
not to mention five billion
in economic activity
in Nottinghamshire. 500 jobs.
This renewed crime wave we're seeing,
borne out of drugs and desperation -
isn't that all tied
into the lack of work?
Lack of prospects?
The inheritance
of deindustrialisation
Yes, but the closing down
of the last coal-fired
power station in the country
should be a huge moment,
and to replace it
by immediately reopening
a Victorian industry
literally no-one is asking for,
and damaging
Britain needs to build.
Hmm?
Unless you disagree with that.
I don't necessarily disagree with
No, I mean build, Lisa.
Build like we've never done before.
Build like we did after
the war. Build. But more.
Houses, towns, villages, hospitals,
hubs of enterprise, infrastructure.
After decades of inertia, no ambition.
And that needs steel.
And steel needs coal.
And aren't all the steelmakers saying
they're keen to find
eco-alternative fuels to coal?
Mm-hm. You heard this.
Yeah, she knows her stuff.
It's it just feels
like a gimmick. Sorry.
Tossing some red meat to the red wall,
fighting the culture wars
by pissing off
the environmentalists
or owning the libs.
These are real jobs.
Showing that we're what here?
Still imprisoned by the
accident of where we're born?
Mm
You see the wild flowers growing here?
You know, when they closed
the mines and the quarries,
uh was the most remarkable
thing happened.
Calcareous plants, they're called.
SAM POURS DRINK
Yes, they, uh
they begin to spring up.
HE CHUCKLES
Yes. Rare and beautiful.
What's your point, Mr Warner?
That things can grow here.
We're told they can't, but they can.
There's colour.
And life.
Listen, I'm her next of kin, right?
And she's an adult. Yeah?
Stephie, what do you want, duck?
You tell 'em what you want.
To go back home.
Live at home.
Move back into her mum's house?
Well, her house.
Our house now, right?
There'll be a will or summat?
Maybe. I wouldn't know.
But given
what Stephie's been through
Yeah, and I'm her next of kin
now, aren't I,
now they're gone?
I assume.
But you're also in prison.
Yeah, and?
And? I'm going
to sort mesen out, aren't I?
For her.
I'm going to get involved,
you know, programmes.
You know, they're building up
a library in here.
I could work on that
if someone recommends me.
You always liked reading,
didn't you, Steph?
That That is good, Ryan,
but, um, I wouldn't feel
comfortable with that
without arranging some support
Yeah, I-I'll arrange it.
We've got cousins, haven't we?
Cousins?
Well, yeah.
Yeah, they can come, stay,
help her.
It's the right thing to do, innit?
Family.
Keep it in the family.
What's left of our
our family.
I actually wanted to
give you a heads-up
that I've been sent something,
anonymously.
Might be bollocks, might not be, but
given the climate, it unsettled me,
and I wanted to hear
from the horse's mouth first.
I don't know if you remember
that hoo-ha that got whipped up
a couple years back
during the Ashfield murders.
Talk of undercover cops
being sent into these villages
by the Met Police.
"Who was Thatcher's inside man
during the strike?"
Well, all this is saying that
there was someone else here.
Someone big.
Like a big cheese.
You're not serious. What is all this?
I don't know. What is this?
Who would send this?
"Code name Westminster Bridge."
OK, right, yeah.
Someone trying to besmirch him.
Derail our bid.
- Desperate.
- I'm not saying I believe it.
I could have gone straight
to the press.
Would've helped me, my case,
to discredit your plans
for round here. But I didn't.
What are these even implying?
I don't
There was, like, a boss
undercover person in '84,
Thatcher's man on the ground,
to break the NUM's hold here,
fund and facilitate
the breakaway union,
and got rewarded
with government contacts
- and contracts and
- Thank you
Sheriff.
I was told we were having one meeting,
and it appears we're having another.
But you will understand
if I therefore prepare
for the one you actually want
and take the necessary advice.
So there is truth in all this?
In the meantime, I think
we should keep this between us.
Course. Um
SHE EXHALES
Yeah.
DOOR BANGS IN BACKGROUND
You know, if anything serious
did flare up,
if the inmates ever knew quite how
understaffed this place is,
or any prison
- Yeah. Well
- Mm.
Of course,
you know who else is in here.
The epitome of the broken
working-class lad
who got lost along the way.
Scott Rowley.
Yeah, well
I doubt I'd be much use there.
I mean, he were never
in a gang, were he?
He were t'definition of a lone wolf.
And that's, uh,
frankly, not a head
I want to get inside again.
Truth be told.
OK.
LOUD FUNKY MUSIC
LOUD CHATTER
CORK POPS
MUSIC DROWNS SPEECH
Oh, hi!
SHE CHUCKLES
Thanks for coming down this way.
Is this all right? It's a bit, um
Yeah! It's fine.
Right. OK. Do you want a drink?
Uh, oh, a glass of wine, please.
Uh, no, actually,
can I have a gin and tonic?
Yeah.
I was just starting to
find my feet, you know?
It was my new job, and
you know, meeting
with community leaders
who are full of passion
and different ways of thinking.
And You know,
with everything, every service just
totally fucked right now, it's just
You know, I were up
at the prison today and it's
It's hard to keep faith, but,
you know, I guess we have to.
Yeah. Yeah.
I was thinking I might do
a course or summat, you know?
Like Open University.
A course? What in?
Um, history, politics, sociology,
psychology! Oh, I don't know!
I just thought,
"Why not learn something?"
You know, keep learning.
I mean, why do people stop at this age?
Is it Is it because they
think they know everything?
I sometimes think
I barely know anything!
Oh, you know stuff, Julie.
I've always SHE CHUCKLES
you know, of you
Yeah Yeah, I mean, I know
I know I know things, but
And when when something
like what happened to me happens and
everything in front of you
just gets erased
you know, it-it sort of
It forces you to imagine
you know, a different
- Yeah.
- ..sort of
Oh, I know. I mean, it's strange.
You know, in the police,
you know, you're encouraged
- to sort of take retirement in your 50s.
- Yeah.
And, you know,
you're supposed to be winding down,
when actually you're still sort of
Why can't we be winding up?
Yeah!
BOTH LAUGH
It's true!
Um
So, um,
you say you were at the
prison today, you said?
- Yeah.
- Where he is?
Yeah.
I thought, um well, um
It was, uh, put to me today
that I might go and see him.
Go and see him?
Well, I'm not saying I will.
It's just, you know,
my new job now,
it's about trying to imagine,
you know, a different, um
Well, it's about
It's about prevention,
rehabilitation and
Rehabilitation?! Him?!
Well, no, not necessarily him.
Just Well, technically, yeah.
You know, I mean, God,
what's prison for,
if it's not for rehabilitation?
Well, it's to punish people, in't it?
It's to stop dangerous people
- from b-being
- Of course it is. No.
It's just I mean, it's
like what you were saying -
you know, it's about knowing
what you don't know.
And, you know, my new job,
it's about trying to understand why.
It's about, you know,
the cracks that people
like that fall through
- and then trying to
- What's there to understand?
I mean, h-he's a psychopath
who killed my husband in
- Do you not remember how
- Yes, I do.
how Gary was taken from us?
And, what, you're thinking of going
and patting him on the arm
and saying, "There, there,"
like he like he's the victim?
No, that's not what I'm
Look, I wish I hadn't said
anything. I'm sorry.
That's not what I'm doing.
I'm sorry. I-I think I'm going
to I'm going to have to go.
- Oh, Julie, no, come on.
- No, no, I'm sorry.
It's not It's not you. It's just
I've got a lot of stuff
rattling around in my head,
and I just don't think
I can do this.
Well, come on,
at least let me take you home.
No, no, please, don't feel bad.
I-I know that I'm overreacting,
and I know
I'm going to be embarrassed
in the morning, but I
Thank you, lan. I'm sorry. Thank you.
HE SIGHS
DOOR CREAKS
BABBLING THROUGH BABY MONITOR
SHE SIGHS
SIREN BLARES IN DISTANCE
Two phones were found
in the back of the van -
Kyre's and then this one.
What does it tell us? Anything?
Well, not loads so far.
Barely been used.
Smacks of a burner, though.
Zero apps, no browsing history,
only one text received
and one call made.
This, from an unknown number.
"They know where you are. Run.
Now. Then call this number."
And so this phone was found
with Kyre Branson -
so this message was for him? "Run"?
Well, we don't know that, do we?
Just that it was on him when he died.
I mean, he could have taken it
off someone else.
Well, it's been wiped
of any distinguishable prints,
if that rings any alarm bells.
Maybe. You know,
maybe someone tried to send
a message to Pam and Denis
on this phone,
and then he found it.
You said it made a call?
Yeah, an hour and 40 after that
"run" message was received.
Just calling the number that sent it.
- What, this number here?
- Yeah.
And can we ping it?
You know, find the location?
By the way, only two sets of prints
found on the garden shears -
Denis and Stephie -
so no real leads there.
Ooh! We have a pulse.
This is the mast
nearest to the phone that
sent the message, right now.
That's near the Sparrows' farm.
Could they have?
- The Bottomleys?
- No, no, I mean,
they're messed up, but I doubt
they'd do something like this.
But the phone is right there.
Ronan was at the scene
when Nicky Branson died.
That's I mean, that's a lot of
Sparrow overlaps right there.
Harry, I got something.
Look, Denis used his card
at a pub near the safe house
at 2:14 that day,
so I thought it might be worth
checking who else were around.
You know, see
if they were being watched
or if other punters saw anything.
Agreed. I can head there
now. Or we can, or
Uh, no, I'm going to go
to the Sparrows'.
I think you're right.
I'm going to check up
on this text, you know.
OK. Stay in touch. Right.
MAN: Lent him my sit-on mower.
Don't suppose I'll ever see
that again, will I?
RAIN PATTERS ON ROOF
Did you see any comings and goings?
Oh, loads. A quiet street like this?
It was like Piccadilly Circus
here the last couple of days.
Well, how I imagine
Piccadilly Circus to be.
Never been.
Don't want to.
HE CHUCKLES
And?
There's a a street group chat. Er
We all sometimes post,
er, our observations on it,
if you know what I mean.
Huh. Mm.
Thanks.
Ooh, and one more thing.
He asked for a phone charger.
A phone charger?
Yes. Said they'd been given
a new phone or something.
- IAN: Yeah?
- Ian, just a quickie.
Neighbour says the Bottomleys
did come into possession
of a new phone -
one they didn't have
a charger for, so, yeah.
The "run" message feels like
it was deliberately handed to them.
Right, good. Useful.
Look, I'm here now, so
Also, the gun
found with Kyre's body matches
the one that killed Denis,
but not the sister.
That was a different weapon.
Maybe a different person.
That's interesting.
I'll call you when I'm done here.
SEAT BELT UNCLIPS
Happen we heard you'd retired.
Oh, aye? Who'd you hear that from?
Look, he's said
everything that needs saying,
from what he saw.
So what else?
Well, the matter's developed,
as I'm sure you've heard.
So, have the Bransons been up here?
Had any contact at all?
No. Why would we?
Don't you know owt
about owt round here?
How things work?
Us, chatting to them?!
We think someone tried to send
a message to Pam and Denis.
Someone trying to warn them
that they were in danger.
And I just wondered
if that were anyone here.
God, you are dumber than you look.
And you look really dumb, mate.
No, we don't go about saving
people from other people.
We're not the fucking Thunderbirds.
What if I told you that the
phone that sent that message
is pinging from round here?
And if I wanted, I could get a warrant?
Do whatever floats your boat, duck.
We've answered your questions.
It's been fun.
Now we've got things
to be getting on with.
Oh, one last thing. Kyre Branson.
We know he were there
cos we found him dead.
Near the scene.
So, whatever this is,
it's not going away.
It's a gathering storm,
and I'm worried about anyone
who's at the centre of it.
Remember what happened last time?
So this is a brief opportunity
for you to help yourselves
by helping us. Come in, talk.
Tell us what you know.
Think about it.
Cos this is a triple murder now.
And those responsible -
they're not mucking about.
SHE SIGHS
PHONE PINGS
HE CHUCKLES
The nosy neighbour
thread's come through.
Love it.
They have reges and everything.
Weirdos.
- Should I, uh, forward this on to?
- Hold off one sec.
Do this first.
OK.
HE KNOCKS AT DOOR
Hi there.
Uh, someone was coming out downstairs,
or we'd have buzzed.
I'm DCS Summers. This is DI Clarke.
You are Rachel Crossley?
Um
Yeah, my partner's
just come home from work.
Can?
Can this?
It's very important we speak.
Right.
You work shifts, Jamie?
Factory, warehouse or?
No, I'm a surgeon.
Um, I work in radio.
Where were you at two o'clock today?
Seriously? Why
Why are you asking this?
Why?
Do you mind if you show me
your bank card, Rachel?
We're investigating a crime
over by Mablethorpe.
The victims were in the same pub
at the same time
someone used your card.
You're one of several people
who paid by card around that time.
I don't
I'm sorry?
Uh
SHE BREATHES QUICKLY
I don't know what to do.
- I don't
- Hey, what is it?
Babe, come here. Come here.
What is it?
I don't
What's up?
BREATHING SLOWS
I was there,
in, um, a personal capacity.
SHE BREATHES DEEPLY
With another person.
I need to speak with my
fiance privately, please.
You don't know,
or have had any contact with,
Pam and Denis Bottomley?
No.
And you're not acquainted
with the Branson family?
- Kyre Branson or?
- No.
Right, well, um
We should go.
- I'll show them out.
- Yeah, yeah, do it, yeah.
Are you having an affair?
No.
It's It's much worse.
I-I'm scared.
SHE BREATHES RAPIDLY
Come here. Come here.
Whoops-a daisy.
Looks like they'll be having
a long night of the soul.
What is it?
Can I trust you?
Yeah. Course.
One of those cars is mine.
When you search, you'll see.
I, uh
I checked on them
the night before they died.
OK So that's a normal thing
I didn't leave until the morning after.
I, uh
I crashed there.
Fell asleep after I, um
Which I know is a bit
you know We
We had a drink and, um
I don't know how much you know
about what happened with me,
but this has, um
opened up a lot
of old ground, and
I'm fine. I'm going to be fine,
but I'm aware my behaviour
is a little, uh,
erratic right now.
- And I'd prefer if we could just keep
- They phoned me.
The Bottomleys.
The afternoon they died.
Their phone's going to show
a call to the station.
I answered and
HE PUFFS
I didn't act on it.
Cos they just
They were just checking in.
OK.
So I suggest we both
help each other out, OK?
Yeah, I'm just I'm
I'm not sure what to say. I
I was just trying
to do the right thing.
And having to to
meet your real mum
like that,
when they're all just so
so much in trouble, and
And I felt so
- lost.
- You're not lost, Rach.
Jesus.
You're here with me.
You're with me.
But you couldn't tell me any of it.
OK.
So
they're going to find out,
the police,
that you
Christ's sake. Um
you were there,
at this killing. Yeah?
I-I don't know.
Probably. Yeah.
OK.
So that policeman
Yeah?
You'd better call him. Mm.
What's this, then? Mothers' meeting?
If you like.
Let's make it Irish.
I've got stuff to talk about.
What, are you dying?
You're not dying?
SHE CHUCKLES
No, I'm not dying.
SHE CLEARS THROA
SHE SIGHS
SHE INHALES DEEPLY
Rory
- You've a sister.
- Daphne, what are you?
- Come again?
- An older sister.
A a a half-sister.
I had her when I was young. And
and Ronan found her.
HE did? Am I the only one
who didn't fucking know this?!
We didn't tell him anything. He just
SHE SIGHS
He found something.
Oh, you didn't think
to tell me, you little cunt?!
Oi! She was the one
that was with him that day.
Nicky Branson's murder.
You met her?
Is Is she all right?
Well, who is she, now?
How is she?
Is her name?
Rachel.
Still Rachel.
Rachel?
What? Why, Ronan?
What did you go and see her for?
What? What's that got
to do with the bastard pig
- that come up here?
- They know, right.
They know that we're involved,
and it's getting out of hand.
And the only way we're going
to get out of this
is to work with them.
HE GROANS
Right. Come on,
somebody killed their Kyre,
and they're going to kill again.
And, like it or not, we are in danger.
Yeah, we've been in danger before.
But this is different, Rory.
Look at me. This is different!
We've got to put the Bransons away.
HE SCOFFS
Somehow.
I really think it's the
only way for us to be OK.
LOUD CHATTER
LINE RINGS
JORDAN: Hey, man.
How are you getting on, like?
King of the wing yet or what?
Yeah. So, look,
I need you to up sticks to my mum’s
old place in Ashfield,
help my sister out, look after her.
- Right?
- Look after your sister?
Who the fuck are y?
Come on, man. Ashfield?
Not be in town? That's
You can have my mum's house.
Old house. It's nicer.
New customers.
Opportunities.
Little bit of expansion. Yeah?
But
you look out for my sister.
All right? That's job number one.
What about funds?
Hmm? You can't up sticks
and start over with no dough.
I mean, you got a pot of gold
at the end of the rainbow somewhere?
We need cash.
CALL DISCONNECTS
So you keep an eye on them
at all times and
PHONE RINGS
Uh Just a sec.
Yeah?
CLATTERING NEARBY
This is just a joke.
I think we've got 'em.
- Great, so let's bring
- No, no, we need to
Let's go and talk
somewhere private, all right?
HE GROANS
Anyone asks, you're here
to sell us cookies, right?
So you were there
and you saw it happen?
No, not when it happened,
but I was there, I know it was them.
No, not if you didn't see it!
There's a voicemail on there
you'll find interesting.
Roy Branson - unhappy, as it were.
Right, but
Look, given your own history,
you're not exactly
the most trustworthy witnesses
when it comes to trial.
And with the Bottomley killing being
pinned on a corpse right now,
we're going to need more.
More?
She's told you everything
you need, go and get 'em!
I'll get a full statement,
but I'm telling you,
if you didn't witness it,
if you didn't see it with
your own eyes, it's not enough.
If they find out
what we're doing, that's it -
it's over for us.
My family
I know, I understand,
and I need your help.
And then we can
we can send 'em down,
send 'em down
for the rest of their lives.
FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
That's him.
PHONE CHIMES
Fucking Sparrows.
What do you think we should do, then?
We know what we have to do.
Which one?
All of them.
Well, I never! That's seen better days.
Are you taking about me or the gun?
She's thinks I'm a spy,
some ex-agent of the state.
And what is the truth?
You've put me and my family
in the worst possible danger,
do you know that?
You were right, Daphne - we are
basically the same, you and me.
Sort of tethered together now.
My father, he has this thing -
geography and destiny.
I think you make your own destiny.
Well, that fear is back now,
and I would ask people not
to give in to it.
Last time you sat there,
you promised all of this'd stop.
- It's about trust.
- Trust?
And where you put it.
You don't think I don't wish
we lived in some age of honour
and the like?
Yeah, that'd be lovely, that,
but we don't, we live here, now.
That's all dead, everything,
it's all fucking dead.
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