03x06 - Someone Like Me

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[DANCE MUSIC THUMPING]

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[PEOPLE SHOUTING]

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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[ENGINE TURNING OVER]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

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Where you going, back
to your mom and dad's?

My mom and dad's?

How old do you think I am?

Come on, jump in.
You'll be my last fare.

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Heavy night?

It's half 3:00 in the morning.

- What do you think?
- Yeah.

Have one of these. Rehydrate.

You'll feel a lot better.

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[CRASH, GLASS SHATTERS]

[DOOR ALERT DINGING]

[DISTANT SHOUTING, CHATTER]

[CAR DOOR SLAMS]

[FOOTSTEPS TAPPING]

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[GROANS]

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[UNSETTLING MUSIC]

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[ENGINE TURNING OVER]

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♪ There once was a place
with mudlands a-lonely ♪

♪ Way, hey, h* ♪

♪ And I'll seek, and I'll search ♪

♪ And I know that I'll find it ♪

♪ Way, hey, h* ♪

♪ I know the wind, she blows ♪

♪ I know the tides are low ♪

♪ But you'll find me at the white post ♪

♪ You'll find me at the white post ♪

[EERIE MUSIC]

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[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

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[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]

[GULLS CALLING]

[DISTANT DOG BARKING,
INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

Is it pronounced
"edel-weiss" or "eedel-vise"?

I really don't see you
as a Captain von Trapp.

Eh, nor can Dolly.

I'm the last resort.

No.

Think about it.

They asked Mike before they asked me.

[CHUCKLES]

You're not doing this to try and get

back with Ruby, are you?

No.

Nah, we're, uh... we're just friends.

But they don't have anyone else,

and it's important to her, so...

You're saving the day.

Yeah.

And they're still making me audition.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

You never know. You
might like it, acting.

Might be something to
think about after uni.

Oh, I don't know.

I was actually thinking about
following in your footsteps.

What, running the restaurant?

[SCOFFS] As if.

Nah, the investigating stuff.

Maybe I'll join the police force.

Well, it was your dream, wasn't it,

when you were about my age?

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

Well, I'm thinking about it.

♪

Well, you're going to uni first.

[SNORTS]

You are, Charlie.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, I'll go.

There she is. Pass me the camera.

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[CAMERA SHUTTER SNAPPING]

She's the hit-and-run driver?

Yeah.

Evie Blake.

She k*lled Mike's wife.

Well, she hit the car,
but Mike jumped the light.

[CHILDREN SHOUTING AND LAUGHING]

Single mom?

Yeah.

Hmm.

Seem like a nice family.

They do.

You haven't told Mike yet?

No, not yet.

What are you waiting for?

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A good reason to ruin her life.

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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[CAMERA SHUTTER SNAPPING]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

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Ryan Sharp.

Cabbie with a string
of violent convictions.

Common as*ault, GBH.


r*pe charge in court.

Is that so?

You know how these cases go.

His word against the victim's.

Maybe she had the last word.

[CAMERA SHUTTER SNAPPING]

[LÉO DELIBES' "FLOWER DUET"]

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[CLAPS]

[SINGING IN FRENCH]

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[LIGHTER CLICKING]

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[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

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[g*n c*ck]

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Dad!

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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

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[g*nsh*t]

Dad! Aah!

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[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

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[INDISTINCT CHATTER, PHONE RINGS]

Suspects?

Victims.

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There was a second
trial, collective action.

Strength in numbers.

How'd he get away with it?

A slick lawyer.

A real animal.

He sounds like a scumbag.

She.

Ryan's lawyer was a woman.

Rhea Collis.

I don't know how she lives with herself.

Maybe we should pay her a visit,

see if she can narrow down our suspects.

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PC Charlie Nolan.

I think he'd look good in a uniform.

What do you reckon, Ruby?

He'd be chasing shoplifters,
not strolling down a catwalk.

Nah, no uniform for me.

Fast track to detective...

murders, armed robberies, serious crime.

Decaf latte with oat milk
and a caramel drizzle.

Ew, talking about serious crimes.

Uh, the snog. Chop-chop.

[CLAPS, MIMICS SIREN WAILING]

[LAUGHTER]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

A g*nsh*t? You're sure?

Thanks, Charlie.

I found a b*llet.

I gave it to my solicitor.

Not the police?

[LAUGHING] No.

Well, why would anyone
want to sh**t you?

I was an investment banker.

Got in over my head,

ended up working with
some, uh, dodgy types.

Uh, I mean, it was exciting for a while.

We were rebellious, antiestablishment,

playing the system, you know.

You were crooks.

A lot of people lost a lot of money.

After I was arrested, I
decided to help the police.

I-I turned whistleblower.

And you got off free.

My solicitor cut a deal, yes.

The really bad people,
they went to prison.

And the guys that they swindled...

Got their money back?

They got justice.

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Rhea Collis?

You're Ryan Sharp's solicitor.

Not anymore.

I'm retired.

Oh, I know what this is about.

I heard about it on the news.

Is he really dead?

Mm.

Well, there's no shortage of
people who'd want Ryan dead.

Like his victims.

Like his accusers.

According to the law, he's innocent.

Thanks to you.

Wasn't my job to like Ryan.

I was hired to give
him the best defense.

Justice won't work without
a commitment to that ideal.

You think Ryan going free was justice?

Ryan being m*rder*d...

is that more like it?

So we're clear, I have an
alibi for the other night.

I was at a dinner
party and it went late,

so I stayed over with friends.

This conversation's over.

Thank you.

♪

Appreciate it. Thanks.

That's great. Thanks.

What you got?

No priors.

She's squeaky-clean.

How about you?

Her alibi stands up.

But something's not right.

Yeah, it's the way she just told us.

Without us even asking,
just blurts it out.

Mm.

Yeah, she's hiding something.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

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Here we go.

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[KNOCK AT DOOR]

Yeah.

[DOOR CREAKS]

Ah, Whitstable's very
own Sherlock Holmes.

- Mm.
- [LAUGHS]

What's that make you, Perry Mason?

Hardly. [LAUGHTER]

Thank you, sweetheart.

Please.

[GRUNTS] There it is.

I think you should go to the police.

The police dragged Anthony
out of his house at dawn.

They cuffed him in front of his child.

Someone tried to sh**t
him in front of his child.

Or scare him.

Well, I wouldn't take the risk.

Well, maybe Anthony
doesn't want the police

rooting around his house.

Why, is he still
scarred from the arrest?

Or he's worried about what they'll find.

Another scam?

[CHUCKLES]

Leopards don't change their spots, hmm?

Think about that before
you take the case.

Well, why did you defend him, then?

Oh, it's my life's work.

What's all this?

You having a clear-out or retiring?

Something like that.

What's that mean?

I've defended worse
people than Anthony...

murderers, gangsters, career criminals.

[TENSE MUSIC]

How do I look myself in the mirror?

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I never ask my clients if
they committed the crime.

The law of averages suggests

I must have stopped innocent
people going to prison.

But by the same token, I must have

helped guilty people go free.

The only way to live with
myself is not to know.

But you did know.

You knew Anthony was guilty,
and you helped him cut a deal.

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[CHUCKLES]

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You fancy a quick, uh, cigarette break?

Uh, they got rid of those.

But I can take five minutes
for my mental health.

So he's retiring, then?

More time at the golf club.

Yeah, and the rest.

He goes to South Africa on his holidays,

shoots warthogs with AK-47s,
and calls himself a hunter.

Ah.

Why did you leave the door
open when I was in his office?

Um, I shouldn't gossip.

He's handsy.

But that's just another word for...

Creep.

Gabriel is not retiring.

He's being pushed.

His wife's kicked him out too.

It's over for men like him.

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[DOOR CREAKS]

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[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

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[CARNIVAL MUSIC PLAYING]

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[GAMES BLIPPING]

5, 4, 3, 2...

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

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[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

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- I'll check this way.
- I'll go this way.

[TENSE MUSIC]

[ENGINE REVVING]

[TIRES SQUEALING]

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[CRASH, GLASS SHATTERS]

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[MUFFLED] Mike.

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Mike.

♪

Mike!

Huh?

- Are you okay?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You see her?

No, she's not here.

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Sorry. Sorry.

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You need to be more careful, Pearl.

- You take too many risks.
- I kept my distance.

- I knew what I was doing.
- No, you don't know

- what you're doing.
- So what have we got?

- We've got one m*rder...
- That's the point.

- You're reckless.
- One attempted m*rder.

I was one step ahead, as usual.

Think about it: you
got two defense lawyers

- with guilty consciences.
- You should have called

the police; there's proper procedures.

They can both handle firearms.

Why are you always coming to
me for answers, then, Mike?

What if they planned the perfect crime?

You can't take the law
into your own hands.

Hold that thought.

Gabriel and Rhea, they're both
retiring with regrets, right?

That's what I'm saying.

And they hate themselves

for helping guilty people go free.

So they've taken the
law into their own hands.

And avenged each other's worst mistakes.

Yeah, I just said that.

No one would suspect
Rhea of k*lling Anthony.

And Gabriel has no connection to Ryan.

BOTH: It's the perfect crime.

Is it?

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

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Ryan's cab was found
half a mile from here.

The CCTV cameras nearby
were all disabled.

Maybe Gabriel sabotaged them.

Probably.

But he missed this speed camera.

This car drives past five minutes

after the predicted time of death.

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Got him.

[LINE RINGING]

Come on, pick up.

This is Anthony Corella.

Please leave a message. [BEEP]

Anthony, call me back when you get this.

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Those things will be the end of you.

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[SIGHS]

[SMOOCHES, CHUCKLES]

[SIREN WAILS]

[CAR DOORS CLICK OPEN AND SHUT]

Gabriel Slade, I'm arresting
you for the m*rder of Ryan Sharp.

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.

And anything you do say
may be given in evidence.

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[TENSE MUSIC]

Hello!

Anthony?

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Hello?

[SIGHS]

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[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[GASPS]

[BUTTON CLICKS]

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[g*n c*ck]

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Please.

I don't deserve this.

What do you deserve?

This big house?

The flash car out there?

The chance to make all
the same mistakes again?

What about the people you conned?

Did they deserve to lose everything?

I helped the police.

Their savings? Their homes?

- Their health?
- I gave names.

All because of your greed!

The ringleaders went to prison.

And you went free.

No!

Please, I'm... I'm a dad.

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Don't do this to my son.

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Who are you?

I'm a private detective.

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The police are on their way.

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Rhea, please.

You know this isn't right.

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Rhea.

Please.

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[PHONE BUZZING]

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[DISTANT SIRENS WAILING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

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[SIGHS]

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Hey, love. It's me. It's Mom.

Yeah, I'm okay.

Listen, um, forget about
joining the police, yeah?

Promise me you'll go to uni.

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You shot Ryan Sharp.

I did.

And you conspired with Rhea Collis

to k*ll Anthony Corella.

Retirement brings about a
large dose of self-reflection.

I looked myself in the mirror,
and I didn't like what I saw.

You'll get there.

A lifetime spent with bad
people corrupts the soul.

We find ways to escape.

I drank too much.

I made terrible choices.

My career cost me my
marriage, my family, my home.

[CHUCKLES]

Why Anthony?

Of all the rogues I defended...

I didn't buy his conversion.

Crook to whistleblower,
it was naked self-interest,

another con job.

People think he's a hero for
ratting out his colleagues.

Why does he get a second chance?

Why does he get to be the good guy?

Well, now it's my turn to be the hero.

You're going down, mate.

Well, Rhea might.

Attempted m*rder of a banker,

depends which way the wind blows.

[LAUGHS]

Oh, I see. You wanted to get caught.

I k*lled a multiple
r*pist, a vicious criminal.

His victims will cheer me into court.

The tabloids will lionize me.

My family will take me back.

Doesn't matter what the courts decide.

This is my redemption.

I'm not sorry.

Ryan Sharp was an evil man.

His case plagued me.

He drove me into retirement.

He made me reassess my whole career,

the mistakes I've made,

the things I wish I'd done.

I denied these victims justice.

And now I'm giving it to them.

Revenge.

So his victims can move on.

This isn't about Ryan's victims.

This is about you.

You couldn't live with the guilt.

♪

And now I can.

♪

I'm finally at peace.

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[TENSE MUSIC]

[HIGH-PITCHED RINGING]

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[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

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[BREATHING HEAVILY]

♪

[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]

♪

Guv.

♪

[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]

[CHILDREN LAUGHING, CHATTERING]

I staked out the scene of the crash

on the anniversary of the accident.

She put some flowers
by the side of the road,

and I followed her home.

I spoke to Mike's old partner.

He showed me a bit of CCTV
footage of the accident.

The reg plates, you can't make them out,

but that's the same car.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

What if I tell Mike?

She could go to prison.
Her kids could go into care.

And if you don't?

Nothing changes.

She lives her life.

And Mike?

He's working on it, right?

The grief therapy and the bucket list.

[SIGHS]

Mike needs the truth.

The therapy, the list,

they're just painting over the cracks.

[SOMBER MUSIC]

♪

- Hey.
- Hi.

♪

[GULLS CALLING]

We've been here before.

- Dolly's secret beach hut.
- Mm.

Yeah. Flash's letter.

Did I ever thank you for that?

You didn't have to.

I've got a letter for you.

I've been doing some detective work.

And I found the person that
was driving the other car.

Her name's Evie Blake.

Truth is all in there, Mike.

Right, you just couldn't
help yourself, could you?

I'm not sure how I feel about this.

Think I might need your help reading it.

Okay.

"Dear Mike,

I started to write so
many letters to you,

and I'm sorry that this is
the first one that I've sent.

I know a bit about you,

that you're a detective and from London.

And I know about your wife.

I've replayed the day of
the accident so many times

in my head, going over
choices I wish I could change.

At that time, I was exhausted.

I was on my own with my twin baby girls.

I'd lost all sense of day
and night with sleeplessness.

I had no one to ask for help.

I remember Ella was asleep in her cot

and Nina was crying and crying.

I knew that I could get her to sleep

if I took her for a
short drive in the car.

So I left Ella in her cot

just while I drove
Nina round the block."

♪

"I remember waiting at
the light, singing to Nina.

Just as she closed her
eyes, the lights went green.

I put my foot down.

Then everything happened so fast.

I know that you jumped the lights

to do the right thing.

I read that you were
chasing a dangerous criminal.

I've questioned if I did the right thing

by not staying at the scene.

If I'd waited in the
car after the accident,

then you would have known the truth.

But my baby would have been home alone.

And what if she'd woken
up and I wasn't there?

What if social services had found out?

What if they'd taken my kids away?"

♪

"Split-second decisions.

Wrong choices for the right reasons."

♪

"Decisions that will haunt us
for the rest of our lives."

♪

"I've enclosed my address,
but I wouldn't blame you

if you inform the police."

♪

"But maybe you'll walk
up to my front door

so that I can invite you inside

and you can meet my girls

and we can talk.

"And maybe together,

we can find some peace."

♪

"Evie."

♪

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪

Mike?

♪

[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]

♪

[CHILDREN LAUGHING]

♪

Do you, um...

do you want to come in?

♪

[LIGHT MUSIC]

♪

[FIRE WHOOSHES]

[WATER BUBBLING]

♪

[PAN SIZZLING]

♪

[LAUGHTER, INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[UPBEAT MUSIC]

♪

[LAUGHTER]

- Oh, good.
- Lovely.

- Here we are.
- Thank you.

I'm starving.

♪

Oh.

Tom would have loved this.

- Mom.
- I'm just saying.

[LAUGHTER] You lost a good one there.

- What?
- I was always saying,

wasn't, I, Ruby, that you
two were so good together.

Mm-hmm.

What was that thing
he always used to say,

that French phrase?

Oh, uh, "À nos amours."

So pretentious. [LAUGHTER]

"To those we love."

That's the one.

To those we love.

- To those we love.
- To those we love.

To those we love.

And to Maria, to Captain von Trapp,

and to the Mother Superior!

[LAUGHTER]

♪

Pearl, are you coming?

I'll catch you up.

[PHONE BUZZING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪

I went to see her.

Evie.

And?

You know, I always imagined that...

the other driver was someone...

[SIGHS]

Careless,

someone who just didn't care.

And what did you find?

Someone like me.

I think I'm starting to realize that...

I'm always gonna have to live

with what happened that day.

But that doesn't mean that
I can't still have a life.

You know?

Yeah.

Thank you.

I don't know if I said that, but...

You don't have to thank me.

♪

[SIGHS]

♪

Suppose there's just one
more thing left to do now

on that list.

What's that?

I'm dreading it.

What?

Skydiving.

[CHUCKLES]

♪

It's not funny. I hate heights.

Me too.

Yeah?

Yeah.

I could offer to do it with you.

- Face our fears together.
- Mm.

Really?

Maybe.

Right. [CHUCKLES]

No. [LAUGHS]

♪

I am here for you, though.

Just not 8,000 feet in the air.

Anywhere else.

♪

[VOCALIZING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]