The Fixer (2008) s02e05 Episode Script

(FOGHORN) (SEAGULLS CALL) Sorry for being a bit late, Lenny.
Would you believe that Marco could be expelled from school for a bit of MDMA powder? My son.
We're very concerned about the future of his septum once they unlock the trust fund.
Enough of the small talk.
I want the battle to end.
I never wanted this to be a battle, Lenny.
Symmonds.
Had it been anything but a rape charge, I might never have done this.
John! You set me up.
If you kill me, you will feel the weight of the British state in a way that you have never I already feel that weight.
Killing you might relieve the pressure.
John, you put the gun down now.
Now I said.
Put it down.
(GUN CLICKS) You mess with me again, then this bullet WILL be in the chamber.
I'm saving it just for that purpose.
If I were you, Lenny, I'd have some tranquiliser darts at hand for that particular tiger, or he will end up in a very different kind of cage.
Where are you going? To see my sister for a couple of weeks.
Did you submit an annual leave request? Strangely enough, no.
Then it's not approved.
Really? Sean O'Driscoll is over from Dubai.
Give him my regards, whoever he is.
He's a particularly nasty armed robber.
He's here for three weeks, supervising a heist that will make Brinks Mat look like shoplifting.
40 million in gold bullion.
I'm going away, all right? I need some time to think.
Listen listen.
And you listen really, really good.
You do not follow me.
You do not storm into my meetings.
And you do not choose which jobs you're gonna take.
Now, O'Driscoll's son Connor runs a cage fighting venue.
Now, O'Driscoll's son Connor runs a cage fighting venue.
You and Rose go in under cover.
Driscoll always changes identity and appearance, so we have no idea what name he's travelling under and no idea what he looks like.
Your job is to find him, identify him and kill him before he gets away again.
Your job is to find him, identify him and kill him before he gets away again.
No frills, no bows and no arguments.
(CROWD ROARS) Connor! Connor! Yeah! Connor, Connor, circle, circle.
Give it to him! Give it to him! (CROWD ROARS) (WHOOPS) Well done, Connor! Come on! (APPLAUSE DROWNS SPEECH) (CHEERING AND WOLF-WHISTLES) Come on! Yes! Come on! Come on! Yes! (BUZZ OF CONVERSATION) Well done, Connor.
Cheers.
Congratulations.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I thought your fella was coming down tonight.
Yeah, he is.
He's just he likes to keep me waiting.
Her John was a soldier.
Don't get him started on the army, though, Gemma.
How come? Well, he got chucked out.
What do they call it? A dishonourable discharge.
What for? Oh, best I don't say, really.
But he's never been that good with rules.
That can be a problem in the army.
Oh, babe.
Hi, sweetheart.
You missed the fight.
Not a fan? Of cage fighting? Mixed martial arts.
No offence.
John! To me it's just all a bit panto, you know? Everyone's entitled to their opinion.
Excuse me, I've got to get changed.
Club won't run itself.
Are you trying to show me up? I'll go get us some drinks, yeah? Cheers.
Well done on being moody and rude.
It's like you had a lifetime of practice.
It got Connor's attention.
You seem to be getting on well with Sean's little girlfriend.
I'm promising to help her launch her telly career, which is something of an obsession for her.
All right, lover, she's coming back.
Keep your eye out for her sugar daddy, eh? You were good tonight, Connor.
We'll work on that guillotine choke Monday.
My dad called.
Still in Dubai? Somewhere in between.
No point meeting him at the airport, after the latest work they've done on his face.
I'll put the crew together.
Woody's sorted for logistics.
You're using Woody? We used him last time.
And he gave your old man the raging hump.
That's why I'm using him again.
Always better when he's got the hump with someone else.
(STRAINS) What are you doing, Calum? If it was anybody else, Lenny, I'd say something like - making trifle or driving a tractor.
Yes, but as it's me, and you're in a very vulnerable position Press-ups, Lenny.
No, Calum, the subtext to the question was - why? I've got to get ready for the So how's John? Cross.
More than usual.
Why are you sitting on the floor in a vest, Calum? I'm driving a tractor.
If you wanna imitate Mercer, you should just go back to sleeping in his bed.
Saw how that worked for you.
(SCEPTICAL LAUGH) So? So, I've brought John into the world of cage fighting, introduced him to Connor O'Driscoll, and still no sign of his dad.
And Sean's trophy girlfriend? She just sits and looks pretty in her gilded cage.
OK, Connor's your way in, John.
Get close to him.
They're putting the gang together.
Sean has to surface at some point.
Like a whale.
Only John Mercer's there with a big harpoon, like Moby Dick.
Moby Dick WAS the whale, you idiot.
See? There's no pleasing him.
You were a ring girl once, weren't you, Gemma? There's cage fighting on cable.
I was thinking of something different, like interviewing people about their films, like your mate Orlando Bloom.
Orlando's a darling, but how would your fella feel about you talking to other blokes? You did say he was a bit possessive.
He's not here, is he? No, looking forward to meeting him, though.
Right then, lovely, I've got a meeting in town.
John is meant to be collecting me, but Doesn't he work? Can't find anything exciting enough for him.
Oh, here he is.
Hi, hun.
Hey.
Bye, love.
Bye.
Just hold on.
Oh, no! John.
John, I've got a meeting! John! John, right? Meet Widow Twankey.
I shouldn't have said what I did.
Your missus make you apologise? I've seen things you'll never know, pal.
What's your point? My point? In comparison, this is all a bit - you know? - dancing bears.
But it is your club, and I'm only a guest, and so I apologise.
Dancing bears? Do you want to have a little dance with him? I'm on chauffeur duty.
Another time maybe.
(MIMICS DUCK QUACKING) Oh, no, John, don't be stupid.
You'll get hurt.
Let's go.
No groin.
No small joints.
No gouging.
You all right? Playtime's over.
Will someone stop him? He's killing him! (GASPS FOR BREATH) (CHOKES) This is for dancing bear.
(CHUCKLES) Bit of training and you could do all right for yourself, though.
Are you OK? John, how could you be so stupid? What were you thinking? Bit of pain, wakes you up.
Some proper lessons, I'd beat the both of you.
He's got spirit.
500 quid says I'm right.
A monkey at evens? I'll have some of that.
Training don't come free, though.
Oh, no, there's no way I'm bankrolling you on this, John.
You can find your own money.
You heard the lady.
Dad.
No-one else recognised me.
I've got a flat upstairs all ready for you.
Good.
Still fighting? Marty's training me.
You'll never make it past a certain level.
It's not in you.
I'm going upstairs.
I'll show you.
I know where it is.
Tell Gemma to come up and see me.
Be a nice surprise for her.
Uh, homework first.
(KNOCK AT DOOR) Hello, Woody.
Cover yourself up.
It's really nice up here, Sean.
So, you've got to lie doggo for a couple of days.
It was a lot worse for Anne Frank, eh? Who? What do you think of his face, Wood? It's brilliant, it's brilliant.
I never would have recognised you, Sean.
That's good cos new faces don't come cheap.
Press your buttons NOW! (CHUCKLES) Poor old Marti Caine, eh? Her real name was Lynne Shepherd, actually.
Yeah, well, New Faces! Come on, you boys are slow.
Take Gemma back downstairs.
I'll speak to you later.
Yeah, right.
Come on, babe.
So, what you been up to, eh? (DOOR SHUTS) That's a useless noise.
It's annoying.
It's mostly nerves with Woody.
Nerves are no good to me.
He took some persuading.
He didn't want to do it.
So what's the plan? The security manager at our target has got a son who's backward.
Every Thursday, he goes for speech therapy for his stammer.
Hostage? I think we're gonna let him t-t-t-tell his old man exactly what he has to do.
When this job's done, I'm going to send for Gemma.
Who's this PR sort she's hanging out with? Rose? She's legit.
We checked her out.
She's got a website and everything.
Well, I suppose it's better she hangs out with another bird.
She ain't going on the television, though.
I'm not having that.
This geezer's so boring.
You mean the first black President of the United States and the most important man in the world? Prefer that George Bush fella.
Calum! (LAUGHS) You find the right person to say that to, babe, and just watch your reaction.
It's brilliant.
Calum? Digame, mi amor.
I'm I'm late.
What for, babe? Late? I haven't done the test yet, though.
How come? Oh, it might be a false alarm.
I think we should wait, you know.
You OK? I feel a bit weird.
Weird, but also like .
.
my ears have gone all hot.
Where's Gemma? Another cubicle trip.
Is that how she gets through all this? By shoving coke up her nose? Becoming Sean O'Driscoll's lover is easy enough.
Stopping it's quite different.
She should just pack her bags and leave.
Oh, you think? Go and talk to the girls that he's maimed and scarred for daring to try it.
Hi.
All right? Good.
Good.
You used to be a ring girl, didn't you, Gemma? Yeah, and still people look at me, and all they see is the T and A.
But I'm not stupid.
I wouldn't be working with you, if you were.
I got a B for my English GCSE.
Catcher In The Rye I did and Romeo And Juliet.
"Give me my Romeo and when I shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars" (SIGHS) School.
Seems a long way away now.
More champagne, yeah? Yeah.
WOMAN: What can I get you? I'll have a tea please.
Where's Sean O'Driscoll? Who are you? Where is he? Marbella, last I heard.
Really? Look, whoever you are, Old Bill or some sweaty Glasgow mob, it don't matter cos I don't know, all right? I know there's a big job being planned.
I know you're involved in it.
And I know you're bringing over Sean O'Driscoll to supervise it.
You know that song? I can't go for that No, no, no can do It's one of my all-time favourites, that.
Here you are, love.
Thank you.
How's your lad? Ashley, isn't it? Yeah.
He's all right.
Trial for Brentford, wasn't it? Yeah, yeah, he's a good little footballer.
He needs to bulk up a bit, though.
You know what really saddens me? When a lad like that, 16 years of age, whole future ahead of him .
.
comes out of training and gets his knee smashed to pieces.
Who are you? All you need to know is I can go for that.
And I can do.
I took a shortcut today, which paid off.
Sean O'Driscoll is hiding in the flat right above the club.
A shortcut? Oh, come on, John, it's a breakthrough.
We can celebrate a little bit.
It should be easy for you now.
(SIGHS) You read too many books.
They make you unhappy and frustrated.
And that's your job, right? My job? Somewhere out there, there's a harassed woman trying to get her kids ready for school.
Her husband works nights, security guard, minimum wage.
Every day, same routine.
He irritates her.
She irritates him.
Sometimes little flashes of happiness.
My job, OUR job .
.
is to make sure that routine never changes.
We are to make sure that she doesn't open that door, and find two policemen with their hats in their hand and an invitation to the morgue.
That's our job.
Drink up, John.
You're going in tonight.
I think Manuela might be pregnant.
What are you gonna do? I dunno.
Isn't Manuela Catholic? So am I, technically.
Burnley and Colombia have that in common.
And what do you want, Calum? Don't laugh, right? I didn't need to say that, did I? I think it's brilliant, and I really want her to have it.
Then tell her that, then.
Not everyone's as straightforward as you, John.
What do you think about the whole abortion thing? I mean, no-one could say you're pro-life, right, but you do like kids, right? It's not a kid, Calum.
It's a cluster of microscopic cells without a central nervous system.
But we all were once.
Even John Mercer.
(DOOR OPENS) Hurry up.
We need to talk about transport.
I'm just doing us some beans on toast, eh? Luvverly jubberly.
I don't want any beans on toast.
Course you want some beans on toast.
I mean, who don't love beans on toast? Don't tell me what I do and do not like.
Hey, Sean, do you remember that little rhyme when you was a kid? Beans, beans, good for the heart The more you eat, the more you fart! Yeah, well, maybe it was before your time.
They hadn't invented the conker when you was at school, had they? Here.
Yeah, beans, beans, good for the heart Course that only applies to those that have got a heart.
(BREAKS WIND) More tea, Vicar? (GIGGLES) (DOOR CLANKS) You have to support women in whatever they choose, right? It's the law, innit? Maybe we'll discuss it later, Calum.
Easy.
(GUN CLICKS) Death by fork.
It's not very Ocean's Eleven.
Sean must've killed Woody.
They were just waiting to ship the body out.
You think he found out that Woody grassed him up? How? He would hardly confess.
They wouldn't just leave the body.
They'd wait for whoever was coming after Sean.
I want you to go back in, find out if they've moved the body and if Sean's back.
That's way too risky.
If he's there, finish him.
Lenny, I think we should wait.
They know nothing about us.
This is purely an internal issue.
OK.
Just no more of your shortcuts in future.
They tend to cost innocent lives.
Then you and I have a completely different understanding of innocence.
(HUMS GENTLY) (FOOTSTEP) What kept you? I didn't want to get any old rubbish.
Where is he? Hotel.
It's always too dangerous having him here, but you know what he's like.
I hate him, Connor.
He's thinking about sending for you when this is over.
I'd rather die.
We've got to end this, Gemma.
He'd kill us both if he found out.
You can't spend your whole life frightened of your dad.
Make him go away, Connor.
Make the feel of him go away.
So? Sean's gone.
No dead bodies there this time? Nothing at all.
What next? I want you to get your hands on a gun, anything you can find.
Why? You're going to help make Connor my new best friend.
(SEAGULLS CALL) Well? I've come here to .
.
renounce.
Renounce? Any hope I had of there being cooperation between us.
You didn't want cooperation.
You wanted control.
Have you ever thought that control might be exactly what you need most? Have you ever thought that control might be exactly what you need most? You're gonna lecture me on accountability? (SCOFFS) Well, at least I exist officially.
Good luck, Lenny.
(CROWD CHEERS) GEMMA: What about you two? How did you meet? She stalked me.
Really? Really.
Tracked me down to a hotel bar, and slipped me the move.
Didn't you? Good work.
Oh, it was all too easy with this Romeo.
I didn't even have to get him drunk.
You two are always joking around, but you're bang in love.
I can tell.
You two are always joking around, but you're bang in love.
I can tell.
Oh, it's my Achilles heel, Gemma.
Terrible taste in men.
Getting better, though.
I mean, you should have seen the guy before me.
(GEMMA LAUGHS) Get off me! She wanted it! She was gagging for it.
Get off me now! Who do you think you are? (YELLS) John! John, can't you just stay out of it for once? Come on! Do you want some? I'll put one in you.
What's going on? He grabbed one of the ring girls.
We were escorting him to the door, and he pulled that.
Makarov? Stay there, pal! Not very reliable.
Still fancy your chances? One step further, I'll put one in you.
I'd run if I were you.
Come on, you're dead, mate! Nice one.
You just got yourself some free training.
All right, ladies and gents, sorry about that.
Do you want some of this? Yeah, why not? So how did you get thrown out of the army, then? I shot my aunt and uncle.
Why? Long story, you know.
I don't mind long stories.
Well, another time, maybe.
It's not really something I like talking about.
Not when I'm sober anyway.
Where did you do your time? In Belmont.
Tough place.
Yeah.
Must have got out pretty early.
There were some mitigating circumstances when it came to my sentencing.
I'll see you tomorrow, yeah? Gemma, we have to be careful.
I'm sick of this.
Let's go somewhere.
Let's just get out of here.
You know I can't.
You don't love me.
I do.
Got any more? Gemma, you're doing way too much of that stuff.
Why don't you try eating or sleeping for a change? You have no idea what it's like.
Getting screwed by my old man? When it comes to that, darling, you're an absolute beginner.
That's it? Am I dismissed? Remember what you said, Connor.
If he found out, he'd kill us both.
I can't take this any more.
Let's go.
Start again.
We can have a baby and everything.
You're right.
Clean slate.
John, try to escape.
Put your right hand to your ear.
Put your right hand to your Don't tap.
Don't! When do we start making some money? The real wedge is in the States.
UFC.
That's what Marty's always wanted.
Right, Mart? Well, even a dancing bear has dreams, right? Sitting out on a porch, late at night.
Long drink, couple of dogs, listening to them chirruping things.
Grasshoppers.
Crickets.
I'm gonna nip off and see Rose.
Hold on a minute, John.
There's a man who wants to meet you.
Who? John.
That's right.
Almost every language has its own version of John.
You ever noticed that? Not really.
Connor's talked a lot about you.
He likes you.
He thinks you might have qualities that we can use.
He said you needed some money.
You offering me my first fight? No, not exactly.
Are you interested? Yeah.
Connor tells me that you was in Belmont.
That's it.
Sweet.
I know a lot of people from Belmont.
But the thing is none of them remember you.
Not at all.
I've even brought one of 'em to the club.
He's waiting outside.
Who is he? You wait here.
I'll send him in.
Have a play with Keeley.
Then we'll talk details.
The heist is on a security depot.
No real details, except that it involves a hostage.
What's the story on Sean? Connor wants him to stay in the hotel room.
But Sean likes the buzz of the action after sitting around in Dubai for so long.
When and where do they intend taking him out? It's not easy because I still don't know where he's holed up.
And we never meet alone.
All roads leads to Gemma.
We flip her, and we find out his whereabouts.
I said it wasn't easy, not that I couldn't do it.
I think Lenny has a point.
You can leave Gemma out of this.
You think she's an innocent? You think she doesn't know what supports her futile existence? I don't care.
You try and involve her, and you'll have to pull the trigger on Sean yourself.
I got your message.
You all ready? Where are we going? Somewhere where he'll never find us.
I got you a going-away present.
Open it, then! In a minute.
I love you.
The trouble is .
.
I don't love you.
Never have.
Connor, don't! I think I just enjoyed it because you were my dad's girl.
I don't understand.
You've become a liability.
(SLOT MACHINE BLEEPING) (PANTS) Gemma said she'd be here.
Cokeheads are unreliable.
She's been about six nights without sleep.
I don't know.
Something doesn't feel right.
The thing about intuition, Rose, is that it's normally just rubbish.
OK, just in case you're not right for once, where's the gun that Calum brought in? Under there.
(CHEERING) What did she say? I told you.
Tell me again.
She thought you were disgusting.
He was younger and better in bed than you.
He told her he didn't love Rose.
She wanted to go away with him.
I just lost my rag, Dad.
And next minute she was gone.
Bring him to the office.
Oh, no.
Oh, you poor, poor girl.
Come on, help me finish him off.
You couldn't do it on your own.
You're not man enough to get in that cage with me on your own.
We never did settle that bet.
Clear the club.
I want everyone out.
Rose stays.
We're gonna keep her for a bit of post-fight entertainment.
And it won't be one-on-one.
This has got nothing to do with me.
Whatever it is, I'm innocent.
Let's go and have a look at lover boy.
Ow! I never touched your girl.
I love Rose.
Oh, yeah? What were you doing upstairs with Keeley the other night? Playing cards? Look what you've got me into.
You've never loved me, you loser.
I've always loved you.
I've just never been any good at saying it.
And you, you little coward.
A young girl like that.
She was the unhappiest person I've ever met.
Oh, you're breaking my heart (!) What was she doing loving an insect like you, eh? I tricked you, Connor! I'm here to kill your dad.
So why don't you tell him about Gemma, eh? Why don't you tell your dad? Tell Sean, eh? Tell Sean about Gemma! Tell him! Tell him about Gemma and the flat upstairs.
Go on! How does he know my real name? Tell him! Go on, tell him! Tell him, tell him, tell him, tell him, tell him, tell him, tell him.
Tell him, tell him, tell him, tell him, tell him, tell him, tell him.
Tell him, tell him, tell him, tell him, tell him, tell him.
Tell him, tell him! Now you, Marty.
Come on! Who the hell is this geezer? He's a fucking psycho! (GUN CLICKS) Piece of shit! (GUNSHOT) You shagged a ring girl? Line of duty.
You know all about that.
Pass us the napkin.
(DOG BARKS) Oh.
These things Maybe you should do another one.
No.
No, they're quite reliable.
Right.
Well, that's a relief, no? Yeah.
Phew! (BOTH LAUGH) Yeah, I mean You OK? I mean it's good, no? Yeah.
What kind of dad would I have made? Calum said you're going to see your sister.
Yeah.
Just a few days.
If I'd have let Lenny blackmail Gemma, maybe she'd still be alive.
No, she was dangerous to Connor.
He was always going to shut her up.
What happens to him now? Once he gets out of intensive care? Lenny's done a deal with Marty to frame him for the murder of Gemma and Sean.
Honour among thieves? As you know, I never really bought into that glamour of the heist.
You were scary in that cage.
I know.
I liked it, though.
When you said that you'd always loved me.
Well, the things you come out with when you're desperate, eh? (ZIPS UP BAG) Enjoy your break.
You can come with me, if you like.
A couple of days in Shropshire with your sister and her kids? You'll have to do much better than that, lover.
(TRAFFIC HOOTS) The address and payment are both in there.
Where is this place? Some sink estate in the middle of nowhere.
What do you want? Lenny Douglas issuing a kill order and John Mercer accepting it.
Once you have that, bring me the evidence.
What are you gonna do? Restore order.
Get ready, Lenny.
Your revelation is close at hand.
Contract killer.
Arrives St Pancras tomorrow morning.
Spotted him.
He's going for the upper stairs.
Lost him.
We go right now or your son is going to die.
Put the baby down.
Must feel like the sheer drop into hell.