Ridley (2022) s02e08 Episode Script

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CAROL: Tara's mother's name
is Mary Jane Bulmore.
She's alive,
and she's currently detained
in a psychiatric unit
on a murder charge.
RIDLEY: It was Tara's
father that she murdered
in an arson attack,
and as you can imagine, it's the kind
of a family secret that Tara is
understandably ashamed of.
She's been visiting
her mother for a year now.
Those trips she's been making to Renton.
Why didn't she tell me?
All these years, she's been lying to me.
Did you know your wife was pregnant,
Mr. Dunning?
You must have got that wrong.
Uh, she had a scan a couple of days ago.
It's confirmed. She's 16 weeks'.
16 weeks'?
It doesn't even make any sense.
We haven't been
We haven't been intimate in a while.
So are you telling us
you're not the father?
I'm telling you you've made a mistake.
We understand that
Tara had some problems
after Leo was born.
She was diagnosed
with postpartum psychosis.
She could barely even look at Leo
the day we brought him home.
I thought it was a touch
of the baby blues,
but it just got worse.
She told us Leo had been cursed,
that it wasn't really her child.
I I was worried
she might want to hurt him.
That must have been
really hard on both of you.
The best part of a year
it took her to get better,
and we decided after that,
we we couldn't risk
having any more children,
so I know she isn't pregnant, right?
Look, Rob. Your wife hasn't
been truthful to you for some time,
so we have to consider the possibility
that she may have been having an affair.
No, she wasn't!
Easy, now. Easy.
It may have some bearing
on her disappearance.
You two should be
out there looking for her,
talking to Jason Dover instead
of coming round here trying
to pick holes in my marriage!
I know this is a lot
to take in, Mr. Dunning.
I'd like youse to leave now, please.
Yeah?
[DOOR SLAMS]
She'd been feeding him
a tissue of lies
her mother, that charity.
If he'd found out that
she'd been playing away,
then maybe that tipped
him over the edge.
Oh, come on. You saw his face when we
told him she was pregnant.
He had no idea.
Well, someone had a hand in it.
I've just heard back from Jensen Mills.
The gaffer confirmed that Jason Dover
was working with his Rangers
the day that Tara went missing.
Didn't leave the team all day.
Huh. Well, that pretty
much rules him out.
Well, I finally cracked
Celia Machin's laptop.
There's a document saved on her desktop.
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CAROL: "If you do not take
steps to end the affair,
your wife will find out everything."
What? Celia Machin is
blackmailing someone?
[BELL RINGING]
[BUZZER]
[LATCHES TURNING]
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I checked Tara's phone logs,
and apparently, she phoned you
the morning before she disappeared.
She must have been inquiring
after her mother.
No, that's not gonna wash, Dr. Assi,
because we know that
Tara Dunning was pregnant.
You told us that you had
discussed her medical history,
postpartum psychosis.
She finds out she's
going to have a baby,
there's a chance of another breakdown.
Who is the person she's gonna turn to?
She'd just spoken to her GP,
rang me to share the news.
And what advice did you give her?
I offered to organize her a termination.
Is that what Tara wanted?
She couldn't risk having another baby.
So she makes a call to you,
and soon after, she disappears.
Any doctor I know would be concerned.
I was worried
that she might have done
something stupid.
What? And you didn't feel
the necessity to share that?
I made her a promise
that anything she told
me would stay in that room.
Did she tell you who the father was?
I assumed it was her husband.
Well, her husband is none the wiser.
Well, I'm afraid I can't enlighten you.
Thanks, Dr. Assi. I'll see meself out.
Oh, by the way,
you don't know a lady called
Celia Machin by any chance?
Tara works with her in
a little cafe in the village.
Not that I remember, no.
Why do you ask?
Because she was found
dead yesterday morning.
Sorry to hear that.
We think both cases are connected.
You think she's dead, too, don't you?
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I'll tell you what I think.
I think we will go on
searching till we find her
with or without your help.
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[DOOR SHUTS]
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[JAZZ PLAYING ON RADIO]
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WOMAN: When I've been feeling blue ♪
I never wait up, and I find a ♪
[WIND CHIMES DINGING]
Aha!
ANNIE: Ha ha ha!
I come bearing gifts.
Where the hell'd you get that?
Well, invite me in, and I'll tell you.
Yeah. Come on. Let's get out of this.
It's a nightmare out here. Here we go.
Ha! Heh.
So who's looking after
Marling's tonight, then?
Well, Harry's got that covered.
Oh. Has he?
Settling in nicely, is he?
Yeah. Well, oh,
he's got big plans for a makeover.
Chandeliers, red velvet.
Place is gonna look
like a knocking shop.
Oh, no.
Mmm.
Having second thoughts, are you?
Oh, yeah. Go on.
No. Go on. Go on, say it.
- "Told you so."
- No. Come on.
Ha ha ha!
We both wanted the club to be saved.
Harry come in, he's turned it around.
Mmm. Yeah. Well, I didn't
think he was gonna
take over the place,
and he he treats me
like a glorified barmaid.
Right. Well,
he doesn't know who he's dealing with
in that case, I can tell you.
[GLASSES CLINK]
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Mmm.
- Mm-hmm.
- It's good, huh?
Yeah.
Place isn't the same without you.
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Oh, listen, Annie.
I know I haven't been in, but
just doesn't feel like
home anymore, you know?
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Yeah. Well, I made a mistake.
Guess I'm gonna have to live with it.
Tsk. Oh.
Annie.
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I'm sorr
I should get back.
Yeah.
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OK.
[FOX SCREECHES]
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Yeah. Came down from Manchester.
Chartered surveyor.
Yeah.
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[TARA SCREAMING]
[SOBBING]
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MAN: You're OK. Freezing.
MAN TWO: Ambulance and police.
A lady has been attacked
on the canal path.
Right away.
MAN: It's OK.
I I I I
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[WIND WHISTLING]
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[SHUDDERING]
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It's rough.
So where'd you find her?
A couple of fishermen came across her
on the towpath of the Dog Rose Canal.
Wow. That's nearly 5 miles
away from where we found the car.
I know. She told them
that she'd been abducted
and heavily sedated,
held against her will.
She's being seen by a doctor,
full psych evaluation.
Right. Well, the sooner
we get to talk to her, Paul.
She's in no state,
for an in-depth interrogation.
Ridley's right. We got to move.
OK. I'll draft a new statement
to release to the press.
OK. Thanks.
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Tara, hi.
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Listen. I know this is
gonna be hard for you.
You said someone had abducted you.
Do you know who that person was?
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I'd driven up there to meet him.
Somewhere no one would see us.
Give us a name, Tara.
Who did this to you?
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[SIRENS]
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DARREN: D.C. Lakhan, Copelton Police.
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Vikram Assi,
I'm arresting you for the
abduction of Tara Dunning.
You do not have to say anything,
but it may harm your defense
if you do not mention,
when questioned, something
which you later rely on in court.
Anything you do say may
be given in evidence.
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RIDLEY: OK, Tara.
On you go.
We'd been having an affair.
It had all ended badly.
And then you found out
you were pregnant.
I called him to tell him the news.
He wouldn't let me come to the hospital.
You bought a train ticket
to Renton, didn't you?
Tara, we know your mother
is a patient there.
We spoke to Mary Jane two days ago.
[SOBS]
Vikram knew my mum better than anyone.
The condition I'd inherited.
I think he just saw me as
a fascinating case study.
And that's when the affair started.
I was fragile, vulnerable.
He seemed to be the only
one who really understood me.
We know that you were ill
after Leo was born.
I was sectioned.
The prospect of going
through all of that again,
it terrified me.
And Dr. Assi, he suggested
a termination, didn't he?
I thought a baby might
have changed things,
that with the right care,
we might have had a future together.
I insisted on seeing him
just to sort things through.
You went to meet him up in Colden Crags?
I I I dropped Leo off at school,
and I drove up there.
[WIND BLOWING]
I wasn't feeling too good.
I hadn't been taking my pills.
I can't have this baby without you!
You're not having this baby at all.
No. This is your son, our son!
Do you really think you're well
enough to have another child?
You can barely look after yourself!
I was upset, angry.
I was barely thinking straight.
You think you can just
walk away from this?
I have a wife, a family.
I can't go back to that farm, to Rob!
I won't
You've been lying to him for months.
He never needs to know
about any of this!
Do you really think I'm
gonna go quietly?
And I told him that
everyone was gonna find out
what kind of man he was.
He grabbed me.
He wrapped his hands around my throat.
I fought back.
I I punched him.
I pushed him off me,
and I got back in my car,
and I drove away,
but I could see that he
was still following me.
[SOBBING]
I panicked.
I lost control, I went off the road.
[TIRES SQUEAL]
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The next thing I remember
is waking up on his boat.
Well, how did you know it was his boat?
We'd met up there a couple of times.
I don't need to tell you why.
And he held you on this boat for 4 days?
He must have kept me under.
I really don't remember.
You said that the affair ended badly.
Can you tell us why?
Vikram said that somebody had found out,
threatened to tell his wife.
It was Celia.
I swore her to secrecy.
RIDLEY: Did you know that
she wrote a letter to him
warning him off?
Not until a few weeks later.
RIDLEY: You called her the morning
you went missing, didn't you?
I should have been working.
I wanted to make sure
she wasn't snowed under.
Right.
You see, that's strange because
she made no reference to that call
when we spoke to her.
Celia can be forgetful.
CAROL: Did you ever discuss
this letter with Vikram?
I told him that
she was just being overprotective.
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Why why why do you ask?
Um
Tara, I'm afraid I have to tell you that
while you were missing,
Celia was murdered.
Oh, my God.
This is all my fault.
[SOBBING]
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GUARD: He would have had to sign out
whenever he left the building.
DARREN: You've got a record of
his movements in the past 5 days.
He'd certainly been coming and going.
Meetings, he said.
You'd need to check his diary.
Hmm. We'll need a copy of these logs.
I'm not sure if I should mention this,
but it might be important.
Off the record, if that helps.
He'd been pulled up for
fraternizing with a female patient.
She claimed he'd abused his position.
He denied it, of course.
Unreliable witness.
The complaint went away.
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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
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WENDY: Well, someone had
definitely been sleeping here.
That cardigan, other items of clothing
were found under the bed.
We got traces of lipstick on this glass.
I mean, we'll check it for Tara's DNA,
any residue of a sedative.
Mm-hmm. And any, uh, specific evidence
that Vikram Assi was here.
Oh, his prints are all over the place,
but that's to be expected
if this is his boat.
Yeah.
What's the story with these cable ties?
I'm assuming she was
restrained with them,
found the knife in that cutlery drawer,
and managed to cut herself free.
Yes, but there were absolutely no marks
on her wrists when we interviewed her.
You would expect to find contusions,
yeah, even if she had been sedated.
Exactly, and she also
claimed that her assailant
grabbed her by the throat,
and there were no bruises there either.
I mean, what do you think's going on
with this young woman?
It can be difficult sometimes
to manage expectations.
Expectations?
I had trouble bonding
with both of my children.
Tricky deliveries,
first few months a bit of a slog,
exhaustion, anxiety.
I just wanted someone to take them away.
I know what she must
have been going through
and that feeling that
you're less of a woman.
I'm I'm sorry, Wendy.
I really didn't know.
It isn't really something
one tends to share,
even with old friends.
Give me a crime scene any day.
Oh, yeah. By the way,
that Inner Wheel thing,
count me in.
I'll keep you posted.
This is a copy of
a blackmail letter sent
to you by Celia Machin.
I'd like you to read it, please.
Hmm.
Arrived at the hospital a few weeks ago.
The letter was anonymous.
So you're admitting to being in a
relationship with Tara Dunning?
We had an ill-advised fling.
It was a mistake. I ended it.
RIDLEY: She was a very vulnerable girl,
and she came to you looking for help,
and you abused that trust.
A lapse of judgment.
That's not the phrase
I would use, Dr. Assi.
Did you go up to meet
Tara at Colden Crags
the day she disappeared?
We checked your log books
with the head of security up at Renton,
so we know there wasn't a conference.
She called me to tell
me she was pregnant.
She claimed that the baby was mine,
but she was manic, unpredictable.
I couldn't let her come to the hospital.
So what, she became
some kind of liability
that you no longer had control of?
She seemed to think that
we could have had
some kind of future together.
But that was never gonna happen.
I wasn't about to
jeopardize my marriage.
Oh, right. OK.
Well, that might explain why
you were lying through your teeth.
I had a reputation to consider.
Let's consider your reputation.
You've got a bit of form about getting
too close to your patients, haven't you?
She was a convicted offender
with a dubious history.
I was cleared of any major wrongdoing.
Meaning it was nicely brushed
underneath the carpet.
CAROL: You own a narrowboat, don't you?
On the Dog Rose Canal,
moored in the marina
about a mile along the towpath
from Colden Lock.
We use it for family holidays.
We have here a statement
from Tara Dunning
claiming that you held
her there against her will.
What?
She was found on the towpath
traumatized and confused.
This is her cardigan that was found
on your boat, Dr. Assi.
Would you care to explain
to us how it got there?
I have no idea.
Her DNA is all over the boat,
so the evidence suggests
that she is telling the truth.
Tara Dunning is a fantasist.
The delusions, paranoia,
they're symptomatic of her illness.
CAROL: You have unrestricted access
to a controlled drugs cabinet.
Is that right?
It's hardly unusual.
I am the clinical lead.
Tara Dunning was sedated
when we found her.
She's been tested by a doctor.
Those are the kind of drugs anybody
in Renton could get their hands on.
She was pregnant, yes?
Now, do you really think I'd
risk harming my own child?
Well, you'd already
suggested a termination.
Maybe that's the only reason
she's still alive.
Which brings us nicely
back to this letter.
See, Tara Dunning has implicated you
in the death of Celia Machin.
I've already told you I've
never heard of this Celia Machin.
Well, Tara remembers things differently.
She says she gave you her name.
Yeah. The name of the only
other person who knew
about your affair,
which gives you motive
for wanting her dead.
Clearly, she's trying to set me up.
This is her twisted idea of payback.
All because you ended things.
You really have a high opinion
of yourself, don't you?
If you seriously think
I'm capable of murder
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you're even more deluded than she is.
♪
Make way, please. Move to the side.
Make way. Thank you very much.
[REPORTERS CLAMORING]
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
♪
[CAR DOORS OPEN]
♪
Oh, my baby!
Mummy!
Oh, my darling.
♪
CAROL: The press have asked
for a photo call.
It's not often these things
have a happy ending.
Yeah, uh, maybe in a day or two.
She's still pretty traumatized.
Sure. Whenever you're both ready.
How are you feeling?
Yeah. I'm fine.
You need to stop fussing.
You need to sit down
and put your feet up.
Got to think of the baby now.
Yeah?
We'll send a liaison officer here
first thing in the morning.
They'll talk you through
what happens next.
Come on.
Goodwin's insisting
we talk to the press.
I've got a suspect in custody,
and we're gonna have to release him.
Still maintaining his innocence, yeah?
Assi's done nothing but lie to us.
That's right.
Or has he?
You don't sound convinced.
Well, he says he's got
a cast-iron alibi that he
was with his wife the night
that Celia was murdered.
Maybe she's covering for him.
Let's think about this.
Vikram Assi he breaks
into Celia's house
with the intention
of removing any evidence
that might tie him
to Tara's disappearance.
I mean, what would he take?
Well, why wouldn't he take the laptop?
Why wouldn't he take the laptop?
When you're ready, Carol?
I'm gonna take another
look at that house.
Good idea.
GOODWIN: Ahem.
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RIDLEY: Thanks.
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WENDY: Still writing up my notes.
Be a couple of hours yet.
Ropinirole
is that a drug that you would prescribe
for Parkinson's?
It's used to control tremors.
Why do you ask?
What about the side effects?
Would it induce drowsiness?
If taken in a large enough dosage, yes.
We've been looking in the wrong place.
Those threads that you found
on Celia Machin's body
up at the murder scene,
have you found a match yet?
Nothing as yet.
You might want to check
those against Tara's cardigan.
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[WIND BLOWING]
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Haven't you asked her enough questions?
I'm not gonna keep her long.
We're gonna try and make things work,
put all this behind us.
♪
Tara.
♪
It is a truly awful thing,
Tara, to lose a loved one.
My dad was a piece of work
but he didn't deserve that.
No.
And then your mum was institutionalized.
I mean, you lost both
your parents, Tara.
For a long time, I hated her.
And then you got the bipolar diagnosis,
and things began to make sense.
I always knew there was a part of her
just sitting in here, you know.
No one in the village
I could ever really talk to.
And then Celia stepped
up to fill the void.
She'd got it into her head
that I needed her.
The mother that I never had.
You remember that telephone
call you made that morning
to check up on her, see if she was OK?
Yeah. That's right.
Well, that phone call was
recorded at 4:18 in the afternoon,
which means that it was
made after you met Vikram Assi.
It must have been later.
Like I said, I really
don't remember much.
All right.
Well, let's see what you do remember.
We're gonna have to take
this down to the station.
Tara.
Forensics have tested
the tire tracks found
at the crash scene.
They've confirmed a match
for Celia Machin's car.
RIDLEY: So it wasn't
Vikram Assi who abducted you.
TARA: You think I'm gonna go quietly?
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VIKRAM: We're done here.
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[SCREAM ECHOING]
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[CELL PHONE RINGING]
Ohh!
Aah!
[TIRES SQUEAL]
[CRASH, HORN HONKS]
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[SHALLOW BREATHING]
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Agh.
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[GASPING]
Agh!
[GROANS]
[TELEPHONE RINGING]
Hello. Celia Machin.
CAROL: We also found a match
for the palm print that
was found on the window of your vehicle.
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[MUFFLED]
What have you done?
CAROL: She drove you back to her place.
Nowhere else to go.
We found some woolen fibers
on Celia Machin's body.
They match the ones from this cardigan
that you left on Vikram Assi's boat.
So
you are the link
that we've been missing.
♪
She offered to put me
up, just one night,
she said, to lie low
and consider my options.
This was the night you
were reported missing.
I was gonna message Rob
just to let him know I was safe.
Realized I'd left my phone in the car.
You could have called him
from Celia's landline.
What would I have told him?
CELIA: Now I'm going to
go and find something
to help you sleep.
Things will always look
better in the morning.
Poor Celia.
All she ever wanted was
somebody to need her.
But she smothered me,
meddling in my life.
She wasn't helping anyone.
RIDLEY: You were in the house,
and all the time,
the police were out
there looking for you.
The pill she gave me
must've knocked me
out for hours at a time.
[SCRAPING]
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TARA, VOICE-OVER: I woke up
in the spare room.
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[KNOCK ON DOOR]
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She was at the front door
talking to someone.
RIDLEY, VOICE-OVER: Jason Dover.
I have no idea what
happened to Tara Dunning.
CELIA: I want you off my property,
or I shall have to call the police.
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CAROL, VOICE-OVER: He had no
idea who Celia was hiding upstairs.
♪
[LATCH RATTLING]
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
[DOOR OPENS]
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CELIA: Ah. Tea?
How long have I been out?
A few hours.
I thought it best to let you sleep.
I better get back to the farm.
Rob will be going spare.
No.
You need to rest.
You go back home,
he'll be asking all sorts of questions.
We argued
on the landing.
CELIA: There's nothing
for you on that farm!
TARA, VOICE-OVER: She was unhinged.
You've told me so often enough!
TARA, VOICE-OVER: deranged.
TARA: thanks to you
and your meddling.
You've already ruined
things with Vikram.
He didn't want you.
You should be grateful
I put an end to it.
You can stay here with me.
I don't want to be anywhere near you.
You have never known
a proper mother's love.
That's why you're such a mess.
Get out of my way!
Aah!
[THUDDING]
♪
I could tell right away
she was already dead.
Well, no. [INHALES]
You see, that's another
lie you've just told us
because we know it took
her a long time to die,
so what the hell were you doing,
just sitting there watching her?
♪
[CELIA GASPING]
♪
[LONG EXHALE]
RIDLEY: You could have
phoned the police,
telephoned an ambulance.
Could have told him you were drugged.
You could have told them what happened.
I saw what they did to my mother.
Locked up in that place.
I was never gonna let that happen to me.
♪
Unh!
♪
So when did you go to the narrowboat?
I waited till it were dark,
and I walked along the towpath.
While you were mulling
over framing Vikram Assi.
He thought he could just write me off,
that I'd disappear silently.
I mean, you were willing to send him
I mean, you wanted him
to go down for a murder.
He needed to be taught a lesson.
[SCOFFS]
CAROL: I have spent my entire
career trying to get
women to be believed.
You've just made
my job that much harder.
♪
This interview is
terminated at 2:58 p.m.
♪
Hey.
Thought I'd blag a lift home.
Hmm. I think we can manage that.
How'd it go today?
Yeah. Good.
Streets never been so clean.
Dean.
Charged her?
Yeah. Murder,
perverting the course of justice.
Never seen that coming.
Yeah. I guess sometimes
you just got to trust your gut instinct.
Speaking of which.
Thanks, Ridley.
If you got a debt, pay it.
Absolutely.
I'm gonna get home to the family.
- You do that.
- Night, mate.
Hey, Annie.
Come on.
What's up?
You've been off with
me a couple of days now.
Oh. Surprised you even noticed.
You know heh
you know, if this is
about the other day,
I could step aside from the club,
so you have no distractions.
It's not just the club
that's the problem, Harry.
Are you seriously giving me the brushoff
just because I might have
stepped on your toes?
Heh.
You know, I've had a lot of fun,
but I think it's time we ended things.
- Ended things?
- Yeah.
We're just getting started, Annie.
I mean, I've got great
plans for this place.
Yeah, well, I've made up my mind.
You know, this club was on its knees
before I stepped in,
so a bit of gratitude wouldn't go amiss.
I'll be grateful when
I see the back of you.
And What about my stake in the club?
You owe me.
RIDLEY: We'll find a way
to pay you back.
[DOOR SHUTS]
Oh, your timing is impeccable as usual.
Y-y-you two planned this
together, did you?
No, no, no, no.
You heard the lady, though.
She wants you to leave now.
And if I decide not to sell?
Well, I might just call some of
my friends in the Fraud Squad.
Got nothing to hide.
Really? You're as bent
as a dog's hind leg, Harry,
and you know it.
Speaking of which,
been meaning to give you this back.
It isn't really me.
I think you're making
a big mistake, Annie.
Well, my club, my rules.
You know where the door is.
I'll give it 6 months.
I need a bloody drink.
Me, too.
So how exactly are we
gonna pay him back?
We're flat broke.
Yeah. I know, Annie, but look.
You know, Marling's has never
let us down in the past.
You know,
some of his ideas weren't half bad.
What, chandeliers? Are you joking me?
- There's no way
- Oh, I don't know.
- What?
- Get a couple of chandeliers.
- Heh heh heh.
- [GLASSES CLINK]
To Marling's.
To Marling's.
[BAND PLAYING]
♪
Do you know why ♪
You've got feelings in your heart? ♪
Don't let the fear
of feeling fool you ♪
What you see sets you apart ♪
And there's nothing here to bind you ♪
It's no way for life to start ♪
But do you know that tonight ♪
The streets are ours? ♪
Tonight, the streets are ours ♪
And these lights in our hearts ♪
They tell no lies ♪
♪
Those people ♪
They've got nothing in their souls ♪
And they make our TVs blind us ♪
From our vision and our goals ♪
Oh, the trigger of time,
it tricks you ♪
So you have no way to grow ♪
But do you know that tonight ♪
The streets are ours? ♪
Tonight, the streets are ours ♪
And these lights in our hearts ♪
They tell no lies ♪
And there's no one else can haunt me ♪
The way that you can haunt me ♪
I need to know you want me ♪
I couldn't be without you ♪
And the light that shines around you ♪
No, nothing ever mattered
more than not doubting ♪
That tonight the streets are ours ♪
♪
Do you know how ♪
To kill loneliness at last? ♪
Oh, there's so much
there to heal, dear ♪
And make tears stains of the past ♪
But do you know that tonight ♪
The streets are ours? ♪
Tonight, the streets are ours ♪
These lights in our street are ours ♪
Yes, tonight ♪
The streets are ours ♪
And these lights in our hearts ♪
They tell no lies ♪
But tonight, the streets are ours ♪
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
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