01x04 - Episode 4

[bunniefuu]

-Who is she? -My sister.
-Ria, I need to talk to you.

Friend's offered me a
job as your assistant.

-Did you know Fran's old cleaner?
-Which one?

In their house, they
had this weird room.

It's all got something to do
with a train station in Antwerp.

Nobody's heard
from her, seen her.

Get as far away from
that woman as you can.

That's Anna and that's Mike.

And then look at the back.

-It's cryptokey.
-Will you come and join us for a glass of wine?

I've been away far too long.

Tell me the truth.

You've become obsessed with me
- my life, everything I have.

Stop lying!

GASPING

RAGGED BREATHING

Fran?

Are you there?

Fran?

Simon?

Why is she still here?

Simon?

Her car's still here.

My God, what have you done?

I didn't do anything.

What have you done?

I don't know.

Oh, God. Oh, God.

What have you done?!

What have you done?

My God.

What have you done to him?!

Stop!

RAGGED BREATHING

Come on.

ENGINE SPLUTTERS

Come on!

Get out of the car!
Get out of the car!

Get out the car!

BREATHING HEAVILY

SIREN WAILS

sh*t! sh*t! sh*t!

RAGGED BREATHING

Sharl?

-Who is it?
-What the hell happened to you?

What are you doing here?

-Ria, what happened?
-Sharl, Fran's husband is dead.

Is your mam here?

The last thing
was me and Fran...

...we were arguing.

And then I wake up
and, well, it's there.

I've got this...

...this hammer in my hand.

This happened before
with my stepdad.

When I blacked out. I don't know,
what if it's happened again?

-What if I k*lled him?
-Ria...

You didn't lob someone's
head in with a hammer.

That's m*rder. You're
not a m*rder*r, are you?

Of course you're not.

I think Fran is the one who
told the council about the flat.

I told you it weren't me.

And Anna, she's... The old
cleaner - she's missing. And I...

-It's just, she's lied to me.
-Anna lied?

No, Fran.

She's, um... I don't know.

I don't know what
to do, I don't know.

-I actually don't know what to do.
-You need to go to the police.

-I can't, no.
-Someone's dead.

I know, I know. So how's
it going to look, Sharl?

-But if you didn't do it...?
-No.

You didn't k*ll that
Mike guy either, did you?

-No. No, I didn't.
-OK, OK.

-I didn't do it.
-No.

Anna knew Mike.

Look, they basically a couple.
Why are they even together?

Gemma. Oh, my God
- Gemma. Gemma.

My sister. I've got her...

-I've got her number. She said...
-You need to turn that off.

-...She needed to talk to me.
-Seriously, they'll be tracking you.

I can't be without
a phone, Sharl.

My mum's got an old
pay-as-you-go here somewhere.

Maybe my sister,
she'll know something.

Yeah, she can help.

Don't lose it. She's got
a Snake high score on it.

And turn your phone off.

KEYPAD BEEPS

RINGING TONE

-Hi, it's me. Please leave a message.
-There's no answer.

God, I just... I just
need to go and find Gemma.

POLICE COMMS CRACKLE

Hi, it's Richard.
Leave a message.

Richard, it's me, again. Uh...

They're, uh...

They've just taken him away,

so call me when you
get this, please.

-Really, Sharl?
-It's my mum's.

Chuck this on.

You really didn't
sleep together?

He makes me feel
physically sick.

All right, Sharl, calm down.

I went to see Lee cos I
was worried about you.

I stayed over and we slept in
the same bed cos we got pissed.

But, Ria, nothing happened.

OK, come here, then.

GROANING

I found Mike's sister.

She's listed under
his plumbing firm -

Gemma Rice, company secretary.

And there's an
address there, too.

-OK, will you send that to me?
-Mm-hm.

They didn't have no choc ices.

They did have Viennetta a third
off, so I thought, sod it.

Live a little. What's
this - mothers' meeting?

-Hmm. -Ria?
-Yeah.

What are you doing
with my clothes on?

Ria's shower bust.

Yeah, I just need to use
the shower, if that's OK?

Knock yourself out, love.

OK.

-Just wanted a shower, did she?
-Yeah.

So why are we Ria's clothes
in that bag over there?

Covered in what I'm
really hoping ain't blood.

Not again!

-Are you pulling my leg?
-Mum. -Don't "Mum" me.

And who the hell
is Simon, anyway?

He's Fran's husband.

Really? Well, that's
two dead men now.

-She didn't do it.
-It doesn't matter whether she did it or not.

KNOCKING ON DOOR

Open the door!

Police!

Open the door now!

SHOUTING

Show me your hands. Do not move!

RAGGED BREATHING

POLICE SHOUT

DRONE BUZZES

SHOUTING CONTINUES

FANS SHOUTING

We now have a live feed
from the drone unit.

FANS SHOUT

Please advise when you
have eyes on the suspect.

FANS CHATTER EXCITEDLY

SIRENS WAIL IN BACKGROUND

-Sarge.
-We checked the doorbell footage from the Bristol property.

-Where she said she spent the night?
-Yeah.

The client's flat checks out.

This is the second
time we've questioned

this woman about a dead man in
her house in as many months.

What are you going
to do about her?

I've got Ria Powell on the run

and no evidence yet to suggest
the wife's lying. We wait.

Are you sure there's
nobody I can call for you?

-Oh, no, thank you.
-I can arrange for one of my officers

to accompany you inside, if you'd
like to pack an overnight bag.

Also, a few forms here
I'd like you to sign.

We'd like to access
your phone records,

bank details -
routine inquiries.

Do I have to sign them?

No, you don't.

But I'd be interested to
know your reasons why not?

I don't understand.

I haven't done anything.

I've already told you that
she was drunk, erratic.

She was scaring me.

I asked her to leave.

-I went to get Simon.
-And then you left?

Yes, I did, I left, I threw
some things in the bag

and I went to Bristol.

I just wanted my husband...

Just wanted my husband to deal
with it, to deal with her.

And I came back this morning and
there he was, and there she was.

And she had a hammer
in her hand and she...

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

I can sign, but what are
you doing to find Ria?

FANS SHOUT BOISTEROUSLY

Oh, Fran.

Fran, my darling, come here.

I'm so sorry.

I can't believe
this is happening.

Come in.

Come in.

Come in, then.

GASPS SOFTLY

EXHALES DEEPLY

I'm making tea, but there's...

There's wine or gin
or whatever you want.

Uh, sandwich? Got
some of that nice ham.

Tea's fine.

Thank God you weren't there.

It could have been...

It's not worth
thinking about it.

It won't take them
long to find her.

She can't hide forever.

Do you know, I knew there
was something about her.

-Did you?
-Mm.

Because you never said anything.

Why? Why would she?

Helen, I don't want
to talk about it.

I've already gone over it a
million times with the police.

Mummy, how much make-up
could I buy with all this?

Honey, where did
you get that from?

Auntie Frannie's bag.

-Give that here, you stupid girl!
-Hey!

Hey! You don't go through
other people's things.

Fran, what the hell is wrong
with you? She's nine years old.

What have you got all that
cash on you for, anyway?

-Get out of my way.
-Tell me what's going on.

-Get out of my way!
-Fran!

Why can't you just talk
to me? Fran, please.

-I care about you so much.
-Oh, really?

Because all you've ever done is
tell me that I'm not good enough.

No, that's not...
That's not true.

And you use your kids as
a stick to beat me with.

-What are you talking about?
-You do - you rub my nose in it every day.

What? All I've ever wanted
is for you to be happy, OK?

Look, I love you.

We're all we have left.

Please.

Please, just...

Just stop, OK? Just...

Come here.

I've got you, OK.

I've got you.

POLICE COMMS CRACKLE

MOBILE PHONE VIBRATES

Yeah, thought it was you.

-Oh.
-Bloody hell, you look like shite.

-Big night, was it?
-Um, yes. Something like that, yeah.

Waiting for my pizza, I am.

Did you hear, I got
promoted after Annette left.

To be honest, it
were long overdue.

She'd been holding me
back, truth be told.

I mean, I should have
retired years ago,

but I'm stone-cold broke, you
know, looking after my son.

I'm sorry.

Well, that was very rude!

Do you remember when
Mark's mum died?

How awful it was.

She died of a
stroke, didn't she?

Yeah, I know. I know,
completely different.

I'm just saying it
was awful, but...

Well, to be honest and
it sounds terrible,

but I felt a relief
almost at the same time.

Because she'd
suffered for so long?

Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, sure!

Do you feel relieved?

I'm just asking. Is there
any part of you that's...

...maybe...?

Why would I be relieved?

Because he used you as a
punchbag, Fran, for years.

What about Richard?

What about him?

Has anything ever happened?

-No.
-I wouldn't... I wouldn't blame you if it had.

Everything you've been through.

Well, we can't all have
perfect marriages like you.

Fran, my life, my
marriage isn't perfect.

-But...
-But what?

I don't want what
you have, Helen.

OK, I don't want two kids, a people
carrier and a Tesco Clubcard.

-I don't shop in Tesco.
-Your life is dull, it's boring.

No, it's not boring, Fran.

It's stable - stable
and full of love.

All you're doing is
chasing danger, adrenaline.

It's all you've ever done.

Is my life perfect?

No.

Is my marriage perfect?
No, but I love...

I love Mark.

That's the difference.

You basically
married our father.

And you never talk about him.

What's there to talk about?

He would have been out now,

had he lived.

Look, I don't even remember
them arresting him.

Not really.

-But you - you were, what, 15?
-Yes.

So I was 15 when they locked him up,
and I was 16 when he hung himself.

We had everything.

-And then...
-Nothing.

I remember that.

I wish you didn't.

I've never asked this before.

Not properly.

How you make your
money - you and Simon.

Now he's gone, why
don't you just stop?

I'm telling you...
Fran, I'm begging you.

Please.

Please stop.

People know.

People talk.

And it's not just wrong.

It's dangerous, and it's...

...it's embarrassing.

Yeah?

f*ck off.

f*ck off! What would
you know about it?

What would you know
about any of it?

You.

I'm embarrassing?!

You - you live in your
sterile little bubble here.

You're terrified to peek out.

You're a coward.

That's what you are.

You're not safe. Your
life's not full of love.

It's cowardice.

All this bullshit!

Do you know what, Fran?

I think you should leave.

I can't... I can't
get through to you.

You won't see sense.

I just don't know...
what to do any more.

It breaks my heart to say
this, but listen to me...

I don't think I can have
you around my kids...

-Don't use your kids.
-..If these are the choices that you're making.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, Fran.

Sorry I shouted at you.

-Gemma.
-I can't talk to you.

Please, please. It's
about your brother.

-Thanks for letting me in.
-You shouldn't be here.

You were the one who was
following me at the pub.

-You ran away.
-Yeah. I was scared because you attacked me.

Cos you k*lled my brother.

Sorry.

I am. I'm sorry.

I had to defend myself.

She's got to you,
hasn't she? Fran?

Francesca Sharp, my boss.

That's why you won't talk to me.

What about Anna Simons?

She went out with your brother.

I don't know, OK? I...

OK. Well, I saw a
photo of them together.

They were together.

And Fran knew Mike
before he died, too.

He was working for
her, wasn't he?

I don't know. Uh...

Yeah. Yeah, I think he was.

How? Can you tell me?

I, uh...

I found invoices to Fran.

Ten grand each.

All for the same thing.

New downstairs toilet and
some weird monthly retainer.

Didn't make any sense...

...so I went to speak to her,
ask her what the money was for.

She doubled down.

I knew she was lying.
Something was wrong.

And that's why I
came back to you.

To the pub, to see
if you knew anything

about my brother and Fran. What
he was really doing for her.

And then, um, I was at the
shops and this man stopped me.

He knew everything
about me. About my son.

What, he threatened you?

Yeah. That's why you
shouldn't be here.

Look, you need to leave.

I'm going to go, I promise.
I've just got one more question.

Um, there's, um...
There was a phrase.

-Uh, Anna wrote it down.
-What was it?

"Lonely girl lost."

Look, here you are. One of the
invoices, here at the top...

"Lonely girl last" with an A.

Last not lost.

-Um...
-I couldn't work out what it means.

Can I borrow your phone, please?

It's what3words - it
links to a location.

Thanks. Um...

OK, so the words link
to a storage unit.

-Lockbay Storage?
-Yeah, how do you know that?

I remember seeing an
app on Mike's phone.

I didn't know what it was for.

Look at this...

Lockbay Storage and
access codes. Unit E534.

Can I write this down?

-Yeah.
-Thanks.

OK, and thank you.

I'm sorry for what I did to you.

About what Mike did.

He was a good person,
really. He was.

Good luck.

OK, bye.

-Sharl, it's me.
-Where are you?

We had to lie to the police.

-I thought they were going to arrest us.
-Can I speak to her?

I need you to get my phone.

Why? Where is it?

It's in one of those big
bins under the bridge.

-Which bridge?
-You know, the one where you gave

Daniel Bennett a hand job?

Who's that on the phone?

-No-one. Hayley from work.
-Tell her I want my Tupperware back.

She best wash it this time!

Will you just get the phone?

Just turn it on and
take it and just drive.

-Drive where? Why?
-I don't know, anywhere.

Just go, you know, go to London.

You said the police would
be tracking the phone.

So, if you turn it on
and drive the other way,

then they're going to be
following you and not me.

Sharl, I really need you to do
this for me, please. Please?

-Stinks in here.
-Can you see it?

Can't see it. It's not in here.

-Oh! Sharla!
-Easier to find it now.

I'm covered in bin juice.

It's not in here,
I'm telling you.

-Whoa.
-What?

Found it.

Nah.

ENGINE REVS

RINGING TONE

Hi, it's Richard.
Leave a message.

BEEP

It's all just so shocking.

Such a senseless loss.

How can we help you, Fran?

CHILDREN CHATTER

Uh, there's no milk. I can do it
black or, um, maybe some water?

-Fran?
-Yes.

Water would be fine. Thank you.

Thank you.

Is there anyone we
can call for you?

I wanted to talk about the
business moving forward.

All that can wait.

CLEARS THROAT

OK. Come on, you two.

Let's go.

We are off to my brother's.
We'll be back in an hour.

Bye-bye.

-Bye, Dad.
-Bye.

SIGHS HEAVILY

-Can't you go any faster?
-It's as fast as it'll go.

I could run quicker than this.

-Well, Sharla, it's only 50 cc.
-Just keep going.

I don't even like London.

SIRENS WAIL

sh*t!

-You have such a beautiful home.
-Fran, why are you here?

-Beautiful family.
-Fran!

You wouldn't answer
my calls, Richard.

I can't just run every time
you click your fingers.

Click my fingers?
My husband is dead.

I'm sorry, I didn't...
I didn't mean that.

Um...

I'm just trying to...

I'm just trying to get my
head around it all, OK?

We need to decide
what comes next.

What do you mean,
what comes next?

Simon's gone.

We don't have to worry
about him any more.

Please, Richard, please.

I need you.

Please.

Fran...

What have you done?

I haven't done anything.

-Fran...
-I have done nothing.

It was Ria.

You haven't slept, have you?

You're exhausted.

I'm going to book
you into a hotel.

You're going to
get some sleep, OK?

Then we're going to
talk about everything.

Make a proper plan.

RAGGED BREATHS

INHALES SHARPLY

Right, I've booked you a nice room,
you're going to get some rest, OK?

You're coming with me, right?

I can't... Eleri and the kids
are going to be back any minute.

Please. Please, please,
please come with me.

-Please.
-That'll be the confirmation. I'll give them your details.

-Someone's at the storage unit.
-Who?

I don't know who.

-It's her.
-How could you be...?

Fran, it's her.

f*ck! f*ck!

TYRES SQUEAL

Thank you for calling
Lockerbay Storage.

All of our operators are busy
right now with other customers.

Please leave your
message after the tone.

BEEP

Hello. Hi. Hi. Someone's
in my storage unit.

Unit E534 - whoever's
in there shouldn't be.

f*ck.

Hiya.

Can I use your computer, please?

Staff only.

I'll be two minutes.

What do you need it for?

{\an8}I've just got this USB
and this hard drive.

{\an8}I just need to check
something really quick.

{\an8}-That's not a hard drive.
-What?

That's a crypto device.

You can use the computer...

-Thank you.
-..If you give me your number.

You'd be quite fit if
you dressed properly.

Yeah, you can have my number.

I just need you to
do one more thing.

Maybe I'll take you
to Miller & Carter.

-Do you like steak?
-What?

Actually, Miller & Carter
is quite expensive.

Do you like pizza?

Do you like chips?

It's all on there - everything.

Where are you now?

-Just leaving.
-I don't want to be involved.

Yeah, but you are involved.

Gemma, I need you to promise me
that you're going to back me up.

That you'll tell the police
what you know about Mike

and that they threatened you.

-I don't know.
-Gemma, they're literally drug dealers.

That's what they are.

Simon ships it in, Fran sorts
it and Richard sells it.

And I think that they
send girls to Dubai

with cash and they
turn it into crypto.

-My brother was not a drug dealer.
-No, I know.

I know he wasn't, but I think
his job was to bring girls

in like he did to
Anna and to me.

And Fran, she told me to download
the dating app and he was the one

that requested to match
with me. It was all planned.

And that night at the house, he
was coked up, went off script.

I wasn't part of it.

I know you love your brother, but
he was caught up in something,

and, you know, now's the
time to make it right.

I'll do it.

Whatever you need.

Thank you so much.

Um... sh*t!

Ria, Ria, please
don't run. Don't run.

Please, wait.
Please. Please wait.

I know you didn't k*ll Simon.

All right, I know that.

I've just had Fran at my house,
and she is not OK, all right?

I think she k*lled him.

And I know you know
what's going on.

But I'm in way over my
head here, too, Ria.

I am. And I've got
a wife and kids.

And...

I just want us to go
to the police together

and tell them everything.

INHALES SHARPLY

Can we do that?

Hey, hey!

Stop!

In!

-Help!
-Stop!

Stop!

Stop. You make another
sound, I'll k*ll you, yes?

ANGRY GASP

Hey!

Where are you taking me?

MESSAGE ALERT CHIRPS

Why are you doing this to me?

Why are you doing this to me?

MESSAGE ALERT CHIRPS

Let's go.

Let's go.

Hey, hey!

Come here.

-Sit down, sit down.
-Get off!

GROANING

-Ow!
-Come here. Get up, get up!

Oh, sh*t! Ow.

Oh!

What are you going to do to me?

Why are you doing this?

Richard, why are you doing this?

Why...? Fran.

Fran.

-Fran!
-She knows too much.

RINGTONE PLAYS

f*ck!

-Fran!
-Keep her here.

Hello, babe. I'm sorry,
I'm at work. What happened?

Fran.

Fran, please. Please!

Fran, would you please...?

Please. Please.

Aren't you going
to say anything?

What do you want me to say?

That I k*lled your husband?

You k*lled him.

I didn't mean to.

You set me up.

What was it? Was there
something in the wine?

So I blacked out.

Because he was already
dead, weren't he,

when you came to
get me that night.

You said he'd gone to bed,
but you'd already k*lled him.

You f*cking monster.

You find girls, you bring
them in and you use them.

No, I offer them a way out.

We sell prescription
medication to bored housewives,

to middle-class office workers
living for the weekend.

That's it.

That's all it is.

For the first time...

...in the shop, when you saw me.

What was that?

"What a poor little cleaner
girl. No money, no family.

"Shitty boyfriend." I
ticked all the boxes, did I?

Yes, actually, Ria, you did.

Two or three trips to
Dubai and nice holidays,

some sun, clear your debts
and get on with your life -

that's all it had to be.

A chance, an opportunity to earn
and to move up and to move on.

And what about Anna?

Anna was different. She was...

She was stealing from us.

God forbid anyone steals
crumbs from you, Fran.

But she's gone now,
in't she? She's dead.

I didn't hurt her.

I've never hurt
any of our girls.

-Not one.
-But someone did, and you let it happen.

Did you lock her in that room?

Is that where she died?

-What room?
-You know what room?

No. That room's for me.

For any time that
Simon felt like

kicking ten pounds
of sh*t out of me.

I need the loo.

Wine's not that bad, is it?

Open another bottle, shall I?

Oh, I'm tired. I'm going to make a
nice cup of tea and go up to bed.

So, how come you haven't
sent the girl off yet?

Her name is Ria.

Well, Richard tells me there's
way too much cash hanging around.

Fran?

RAGGED BREATHING

GASPING

When I ask you a question...

...do me the courtesy
of answering.

HE SHOUTS

Oh, you b*tch!

GROANING

Oh, God!

Yeah.

I'm not a monster,
Ria. I'm really not.

-You ruin people's lives.
-No, I don't.

Yes, you do.

You've ruined mine.
You've ended Anna's.

Ria, the first time I met you,

you were stealing food out
of a f*cking collection.

I wish you'd left me there
because it's better than this.

It's better than what you've
got. I feel so sorry for you.

-You feel sorry for me?
-Yeah.

-OK.
-Richard doesn't love you.

You've got no friends.
You hate your own sister.

You've got no-one.

You've already taken so much
you've got nothing left.

-Sound familiar?
-What?!

No, I'm nothing like you.

I think you're far more
like me than you know, Ria.

Not least of all when
you're wearing my clothes,

my jewellery,
sleeping in my sheets.

You can keep them
because I would rather be

in my own flat than be in a
black f*cking hole like you!

I could never do
what you have done.

Oh, you already did. You k*lled
a man, and then you lied about it

-to me, to your boyfriend, to the police.
-No. - Yes, yes.

-Yes, yes! -No!
-Yes, that's the truth!

YOU DID THIS!

Do you know what
the funny thing is?

I actually thought
you cared about me.

Because I cared.

I cared about you because
you changed my life.

You changed my life for a bit.

Because you made me
think I was more than...

Than what?

More than what I was.

But, like, everything you said

and everything you've
done has just been...

It's all been for your own gain and
this has all been a f*cking lie.

No, no, no, no, no.
It wasn't a lie.

Because you know what, I
did... I took it real...

Listen to me, please.
I do care about you.

I do care about you.
Because, you know,

the first time that I saw you in
that supermarket, I saw myself.

And when you told me
that you'd lost your...

You'd lost your mother
when you were 16...

...I wanted to help.

Nobody's ever given
you a chance, Ria.

I wanted to give you a
chance. That's what this was.

This was not how
it was meant to be.

It really wasn't how
it was meant to be.

It wasn't meant to be like this.

Sweetheart, it was not
meant to be like this.

I need to get home. Will
fell, he needs stitches.

Please. Please!

Richard?

Richard, please.

No, no, no!

Richard...

Stop, please.

Fran! Fran, Fran!

SPLUTTERING

Fran!

SCREAMING

Fran!

Stop!

Fran?

Go. Go, go, go, go, go!

GO!

Two weeks on from the
m*rder of Simon Sharp,

police have renewed their appeal

for information on the whereabouts
of his wife, Francesca Sharp.

In what authorities are calling
a sophisticated operation,

more than £1 million worth of
unlicensed prescription-only

medication has now been
seized across the capital.

Live from the city
centre, you're up to date.

What if they never find her?

Well, she's wanted for m*rder.
They're going to find her.

I reckon she's topped herself.

Well, at least that prick
Richard is going to jail

for the rest of his life and
they know Ria didn't do sh*t.

Business calls.

Do you want to, um, come
for a ride on a Harley?

-No. Thanks.
-That came for you.

Come on then, Charlotte,
if you want a lift.

Ria, if you're heading out,

don't forget to lock
the door behind you.

Sharla, let's move!

See you later, Ria.

Yeah, you can have my number, but I
just need you to do one more thing.

I need you to post these
for me when I'm done.

Someone has to
start that company.

Someone has to live
in a house like this.

Take the f*cking loaf, Ria.

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