01x01 - Episode 1

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So, Miss Taylor...

..let's start from the beginning,
shall we?

ALARM BLARES

I'd only been at work a few minutes

when the alarm started going off.

And then there was smoke everywhere,

people were running
in all directions.

ALARM CONTINUES, PHONE RINGING

Emergency, which service?

There's a fire
at Hanlows Bank central office.

I repeat, fire at Hanlows Bank.

And through the smoke and confusion,

these guys just appeared
from nowhere,

and there was a fight
and a shot went off.

SIREN BLARES

Roll call, can confirm

two women and one man
unaccounted for.

Yeah, we've located two of them.

One has been shot.

Where are they?

They're in the vault.

It all happened really quickly.

Um...

They were in the vault for just
a minute, but they cleaned it out.

Robbery reported at Hanlows Bank.

Suspects have fled the scene.

We believe they're in
a brown Vandura van.

Licence - Echo, One, Six, Four,

Hotel, Echo, Oscar.

Suspects are armed and considered
extremely dangerous.

I don't think I've ever been
so scared in my life.

So, these guys manage to break into

one of the most secure vaults
in the city

without any help
from someone on the inside?

Wait, you...

You don't think I had
something to do with this, do you?

SIREN BLARES

SHE LAUGHS

I've had some thoughts
on the restructuring of operations

on the floor.

Urgh.

I believe...
we could increase security

and productivity by at least 10%.

SHE SIGHS

How do I look?

You look nice. Very professional.

Hey, can you help me out?

Popping tags now, yeah, Mum?

IN ACCENT: Yeah, well,
I am the original gangster, so...

Ah!

Do you know,
I hate bloody appraisals.

If you want to be
a high-flying banking exec,

you need to start behaving like one.

Yeah, you're right.

Do you know what,
I am going to own the room.

You don't even own this flat.

Yeah, or my car. Hm?

Right, I better run.
Hey, good luck in your exam.

I am dead proud of you.

You're late, Jerry.

Two minutes! What do you mean?

Three.

Have a great day, Rowan.

DOOR BEEPS

Thanks.

GENERAL CHATTER

Good morning, Trevor.

I think I know you by now, Rowan.

SHE CHUCKLES
Rules are rules. I'll see you later.

Hey, morning, Ange. Morning.

How was parents' evening?
Fantastic, thank you.

Good.

Morning. How you doing?

Good morning, Varisha.

Morning.

How are you?

Tired. You?

Eh, still broke!

VARISHA CHUCKLES

SHE SIGHS Right.

Yep, thank you.

There we go, darling.
Have a lovely day.

Mrs Gregory, back so soon!

Is Rowan free?

Because I know she's always
looking forward to seeing you.

Aren't you, Row?

Is that Mrs Gregory?
Yeah, she's got some coins.

Aw, send her my way.

Nice to see you again.

I can help you with that.

Nice to see you, too.

Hello, Mrs Gregory.

Thank you.

Gosh, that's a lot today, isn't it?

You know me, Rowan.

Thank you.

My pleasure.
No, the pleasure is all mine.

And if there's ever
anything you want,

just ask for me - Varisha.

"If you ever want anything
then please just ask, it's Varisha"?

It's called customer service.

Is it, now?

Right.

There you go, Mrs Gregory.

That's £55 gone into
your savings account.

Have a lovely day, darling.

Thanks, dear.

Right, I'm going to get
these deposits down to the vault

before Powell starts these

bloody appraisals. PHONE RINGS

Powell's ringing me.
I think I'm up next. What?

Hello.

Hi, Mr Powell. Yep.

Yes, I shall be right there. Thanks.

Bye. Bye.

What, already?

Well, I guess he doesn't want
to do the deposits, then.

Nice of him to let me know.

He could have saved me
the trip down to the vaults

to set the bloody time locks.

Well, you know Powell.

MUSIC PLAYS FROM CAR

Finn, you all right?

Conor?

How'd you get your hands on this?

What, this old thing?

Perks of the job.

It's nice, innit?

Where you off to, bruv?

Hop in, I'll give you a ride.

Nah, you're all right.

What, your mum still won't let you
hang out with me, eh?

Come on, I'll even let you
take her for a spin.

Nah, I can't.

ENGINE REVS

So, how's things at home, bro?

Your mum still obsessing
about you going to uni?

Yeah. Opportunities and all that.

Mate, you want opportunities?

You should come work with me.

Yeah?

HORN BEEPS Bro!

Keep your eyes on the road, fam.

Actually, you know what?

I should probably
be getting back to college.

I've got an exam.

Yeah, no problem.

It's this left.

What are we doing here anyway?

All right, just pull up here.

I just need to pop in there
for a sec.

I need to get to my exam.

Don't worry, man,
we'll get you to your exam.

What are we doing here, Conor?

Jesus Christ, what the f*ck?

Hey, relax, man.

CONOR SCOFFS
I'm going. Thanks for the ride.

You won't get very far
round here, Finn.

I ain't joking.

You ever heard of Kristof Ballage?

Well, he's my boss.

And you do not f*ck around with him.

And this here is his heroin, right?

And inside there is his money.

So just wait here
and keep a watch out

for anything that looks like police.

We can't f*ck this up, you get me?

f*cking hell.

HE SIGHS

What's happening, lads?

Cheers, boys.

DOOR BUZZES

HE BREATHES RAPIDLY

LOCK CLICKS

HE PANTS

Where's your mummy, eh?

Nice car.

Oi!

Finn, open up, bro.

Budge over, then.

All right, catch.

Right, job done. Let's go.

Welcome to Hanlows.

We pride ourselves
on looking after your needs,

in understanding
where you are now,

and where you want to go.

'Open your eyes to a new way
of working,

'a new way of safeguarding
your money,

'a new way of helping you make
the right choice

'to build a brighter future...'
PHONE RINGS

'..for your family.' Yes, sir.

'Your money, our bank.'

Miss Taylor?

'Hanlows...'
Mr Powell is ready to see you now.

'..it's just business - better.'

HE CLICKS TONGUE

Miss Taylor, thank you
for coming to see us.

So, as I'm sure you've heard,

we're doing some restructuring.

Yes, I've had some thoughts,
actually,

on the restructuring
of operations on the floor.

I think we could increase security
and productivity...

Thanks. I appreciate
your thoughts on that.

Unfortunately,
part of the restructuring

is going to involve...

..downsizing.

And we've had to make some
really difficult decisions...

Downsizing? Sorry...

Sorry, with respect, erm...

Well, we're stretched enough
as it is.

If we downsize,
we're just going to...

We're gonna limit
ourselves even more,

which is kind of the point
I was just about to make.

I think we can increase security
and productivity by 10%

if we just...

I'm not sure you fully understand
what I'm getting at, Miss Taylor.

No, I do, I think.
Yeah, you're saying that...

Erm, actually, no, I don't.

Sorry, can you just
explain it to me? Sorry.

We will be putting together
a modest redundancy for you.

What?

No. Uh...

No, I need this job.

My son is going to university
at the end of summer.

This is going to impact
on him if I...

You'll get a good reference.

You've been a real asset at Hanlows,

and we really...
We really appreciate that.

Really...

And if you've got
any questions at all,

just pop them in an email

and HR will be more than happy
to answer them, OK?

OK.

Bro, open the bag.

You ever seen 25 grand before?

No.

Mad, innit?

I'm going to walk from here.

Relax, I'll take you.

Where the f*ck you going, man?

Where are you going?

I've got 50 quid here for you.

50 quid for five minutes' work.

It's not too bad, is it?

And, look, when you get to my level,

you start making some serious money.

I don't want your money, Conor.

SIRENS BLARE

Quick, take the f*cking bag,
get it somewhere safe.

Go! Stop! Stop, police!

Out the car. Get out the car now.

Oi!

Any sharp objects in your pockets?

Stop!

SIREN BLARES

Hey, hey, what are you doing?

MAN GRUNTS, SMASHING

What are you doing?
You can't come in here!

Where'd he go?

Lost him.
I'm coming back out the front.

So?

What happened?

They're downsizing -
I just got a month's notice.

What? Yeah.

No! You?

They can't get rid of you.
That's bloody ridiculous.

b*stards. PHONE RINGS

Hello?

Yeah.
Yeah, I'm on my way, thank you.

ROWAN SIGHS

I'm next.

Good luck, mate.

Bloody redundancy.

How can they do that to us?

We have been there
longer than anybody.

You should have seen his smug face.

It made me want to just... Oh!

The way I see it, right, there are
11 floor staff, two supervisors,

three security guards,
all costing, what, 350 grand a year,

but they're ploughing all
their resources into online banking

and cyber security.

Which is all well and good,
and I get it,

but it just means there's
a decrease in customer services

and an increase in security risk.

It is a nightmare.

Did you say all that
at the appraisal?

Oh, yeah.

No, of course not.

CAR BEEPS

There he is - Captain Downsize.

You know what they say, don't you?

Big car - very, very small...

See you.

c*ck.

SHE TUTS

SHE SIGHS

HE PANTS

PHONE RINGS

FINN: 'Hello?

'Ha-ha, got ya!

'This is Finn, leave a message.
In a bit, my mandem.'

All right, Finn?

Hey, listen, I'm going to need
to get that money back

sooner rather than later, yeah?

Can't leave the boss man hanging.

Just call me back
as soon as you can, yeah?

HE SIGHS

PHONE RINGS

Finn.

Hey, that was some Usain Bolt sh*t
you pulled back there, mate.

'You're getting more attention.'

Oh, you all right, boss?

Nah... uh, relax,
they got nothing on me.

It doesn't look like it to me.

Where's my money?

The money's safe.

Someone has it.

Who?

DOOR OPENS

Well, finally!

I was starting to get worried.

Hey.

What's going on, darling?

Mum...

What's happened?

Come on. Talk to me. Talk to me.

I f*cked up.

Hey, hey, hey. Shh.

It's all right.

It's OK.

Shh, it's OK. It's all right.
I'm sorry. Hey.

I waited for the police to leave
and then I went back for the money

but it was already gone.
I swear to God.

It's all right, darling.
I believe you.

Will Conor give your name
to the police?

He's a mate. I don't think...

No, he's not.

Mates don't take you on drug drops!

Look, we'll just go down there

and we'll explain everything
to them, all right?

We can't go to the police.

You know how it works down here.

Listen, darling,
I know you're scared, all right,

but we have no choice.

Hmm?

Come on, let's go.

HE SIGHS

Finn, come on.

ROWAN GASPS

Off out somewhere?

You must be Rowan.

And you must be Finn.

I believe you have
something of mine.

Where are your manners?

Aren't you going to invite me in?

Go to your room, Finn.

No, Finn. Don't go to your room.

We have so much to talk about.

Take a seat.

What's this - Chinese?

Mm-hm.

I haven't had a chance
to eat all day.

So, Finn...

..where's my money? Hm?

Conor said you were
looking after it for me.

He doesn't have it.

He was being chased by the police
and he had to throw it away.

It wasn't his fault.

I was afraid that you were going
to say something like that.

But it's the truth.

Mm-hm.

Back home I grew up in a place
like this, you know?

We had nothing, and my poor mother,

I made her life hell.

We moved here so I could give her
a taste of a better life.

I think - well, I hope -
I made up for it in the end.

Nice car, nice clothes.

I'm going to need that 25 grand.

Otherwise Finn might not
get the chance

to make up for the trouble
he's caused you.

Right, it was just...
It was Conor's fault, not Finn's.

HE BANGS TABLE

When Finn took the money,
it became his to protect.

Now he has a debt to pay -
just as I have debts to pay.

And when debts don't get paid...

..people die.

Yeah, but look around you, I mean,
I don't have that kind of money.

I understand you completely.

That's why I'm going to give you
three days.

Sorry, no, that's impossible.

Even if you gave me three months,

I wouldn't be able to come up
with that kind of money.

SHE GASPS No.

Are you sure about that?

Please, don't...

All right, OK. OK.

Good.

And... if you try to run

or go to the police, I'll find out.

Believe me when I tell you that.

And then...

things will get a lot
more complicated.

Thanks for the Chinese.

ROWAN GASPS

SOBBING: What are we going
to do, Mum?

It's all right. It's OK.
It's all right. It's going to be OK.

'Please continue to hold.

'Your business is important to us.

'Here at DL Payday Loans, we know
that life can throw you curveballs.'

'Thank you for holding,
Miss Taylor.

'Your credit check
has come back and...'

Sorry, I-I didn't think it was
necessary for a credit check

for a payday loan.

'I can see that you have quite
a substantial loan outstanding.'

Yeah, but...

That wasn't even my loan in the
first place, it was my dad's, Mal.

'But it's your name
attached to the loan.'

No. Yeah...

Yeah, no, I know my name
is on it, but...

'Like I said, it's quite
a substantial loan.'

It's just, I've been
paying it back for ten years,

and I've not missed...

'And there's also
an outstanding car loan.

'So, unfortunately, we're not...'
All right, thank you, bye.

SHE SIGHS Mum?

Yeah?

You all right? Yeah, I'm good.

Anything?

Eh, no, not yet, darling.

You work in a bank - couldn't
you get them to give you a loan?

No bank is going to give me
a loan, sweetheart.

You've got your grandad
to thank for that.

What are we going to do, Mum?

It's... Uh...

Right, look, you stay here
and you do not move, all right?

And you do not answer that door,
do you understand me?

Do you understand me?

Right, you stay there.

I will be back.

Well, I mean, it's accounts

that will be putting
the redundancy package together,

but I think the standard is,
you know,

a month's pay
per year of service, so...

Yeah, that's roughly 16,500.

Yeah, give or take, yeah.

Would it be possible to get
an advance on that?

Excuse me?

Well, I would never, ever
normally ask, but...

a few bills have come in
all at once and I'm a little bit...

Well, I'm a lot short, so...

Well, I mean, you really should have

put a nest egg aside over the years,
you know.

I mean, none of us know
what the future has in store.

Right.

Look, let's not get into that,
but it's not going to be possible.

The redundancies
need to be processed,

the paperwork needs to be
signed off.

I mean, you know how it is -

it's not like we can just go down
to the vault and take the cash out.

HE CHUCKLES

I tell you what I'll do,

I'll set you up with a consultation

with Peter down in
financial affairs - free of charge.

OK? OK.

Yeah, thank you very much,
Mr Powell.

SIREN BLARES

KNOCK ON DOOR

KNOCKING CONTINUES

KNOCKING CONTINUES

Finn?

Are you there?

KNOCKING CONTINUES

Can I talk to you for a minute?

Finn?

KNOCKING CONTINUES

KNOCKING CONTINUES

Finn?

KNOCKING CONTINUES

Finn?

Hiya.

Here you are.

Have a good day.
Thanks. You too.

Sorry.

There you go. Thanks very much.

Uh, Varisha? Hmm?

Look, I'm going to have to take
the rest of the day off

cos something's come up.
I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.

OK. OK.

Mum, did you get the money?

No, I didn't.

Someone came to the house.

Who?

One of Kristof's men?
You didn't let him in, did you?

No.

Maybe it was the police.

Yeah, well, I don't know, lovie,
but you did the right thing.

What's that?

It's your grandmother's
engagement ring.

Somehow she managed to hide it
from your grandad,

she gave it to me
just before she passed away.

You're not going to sell it,
are you? Yes, I am.

And the laptop.
Go on, go and get it.

Look, with the money
we make from this,

we'll be able to buy ourselves
some time.

He's a businessman,
he'll understand.

Go on. Go.

SHE SIGHS Bloody hell.

I can give you 1,500 for it.

Sorry, 1,500?

It's just I know it's worth
more than that.

No, that's the best I can do.

Erm...

Are you all right, love?

Yeah, no, I'm fine.

Sorry, how about this?

Paul?

Can you have a look at that, mate?

It's hardly been used.

It's as good as new.

I wouldn't be selling it
unless I absolutely had to.

DOORBELL RINGS

DOOR BUZZES

Nobody moves, nobody gets hurt.

On your f*cking feet!

All right, all right.
Clear the safe.

You at the back,
against the f*cking wall!

SHOUTING

Hurry up, get the f*cking diamonds!

SMASHING

Stay back! ALARM BLARES

HE SIGHS
They triggered the alarm,

we've got 60 seconds.

You're lucky I'm not
f*cking sh**ting you.

Come on, hurry!

Nearly there.

What's taking so f*cking long?

I said don't f*cking move!

Hey, take it easy. It's my mum's
engagement ring. Please.

Whose ring is it?

Come on, get a f*cking move on,
hurry up.

Let's go, we haven't got
all f*cking day.

Come on, come on! The police are
going to be here soon. Got it!

Go!

Right.

Let's go! Hurry up. Let's go!

Yeah, Jamieson's,
there's been a robbery.

Send the police, please.

I've got my mate over here almost
on the floor, my wife's down here,

I've got a bloody g*n to my head.

And I'm trying to serve
that... Miss Taylor, I think it is.

In fact, she was pretty agitated.
You should talk to her.

Officer, take his statement.

Miss Taylor? Mm-hm.

I'm Detective Inspector Simmons.

I know it's been an ordeal.
I'm sorry.

Can you provide us
with a description of any of them?

Was there anything about these guys
that stood out?

Anything that could help
identify them?

That's right. And they knew
what they were after.

They had 50 grand of the
best jewellery out of that case,

they had 60 grand out of my safe,

and I change that number every week,

so how did they know the number, eh?

You get that written down, yeah?

Ma'am?

Is there a problem?

I'm sorry, excuse me?

Any distinguishing features?

Uh... no. No, none.

KNOCKING

MAN COUGHS

It's me, Frank.

Look, where's Patrick?

Hello, Patrick.

Working hard, I see.

Well, you know me.

Yeah, I do.

Always grafting.

How'd you find me?

Your dad's seen better days,
ain't he?

Still packs a good punch.

I heard you moved down south.

Yeah, well, I didn't want my lad
growing up round here.

So why come back?

I don't know. Wish I hadn't.

You look great.

I don't feel great.

No? No.

Do you know,
I've had a really rough day.

Shame.

What do you want, Rowan?

What I want is my mother's
engagement ring back.

Plus 25 grand,
or else I go back to the police.

You're going to come back
after all these years

and try and f*cking blackmail me?
SHE SCOFFS

I advise you to think very carefully
about what you're doing.

Because those other guys,
my colleagues,

they do not f*ck about.
And they'll be back here any minute.

One of your colleagues
pointed a g*n in my face earlier.

My son is in trouble - I need money.

Oh, I'm sorry, how the f*ck
is that my problem?

You disappear for nearly 20 years,
not so much as a goodbye -

why should I help you?

Your ring is long gone,
and so is all the money.

It's out of my hands.

I couldn't help you if I wanted to.

CHATTER Right, that's them.

There's a door at the back - go.

Rowan, I'm not f*cking around.

Get off me!

Don't come back.

Go.

He's not coming, mate. Sorry.
You're f*cking useless!

Next.

Is everything OK, ma'am?

Sorry, yeah. Do...

Do you...?

Yes? Uh...

Do you offer any kind of...

..protection? What do you mean?

Well, like, witness protection?

Yeah, nice try,
you useless f*cking pricks.

Ma'am?

Sorry.

You want to make a complaint
or what exactly?

Eh, no.

Uh... No, sorry, I made a mistake.

Sorry. I'm sorry.

DOOR CLOSES Finn?

Right, pack a bag. Once it looks
like we're asleep we're leaving.

The car's parked round the back,
all right? But... But we can't.

He said he'll find us.
I know, but the ring's gone

and there's no way of getting
the money. We've got no choice.

Just pack your bag.
What do you mean, the ring's gone?

Finn, please, just do it.

Couldn't we just sell the car?

I told you before, we don't own it.

Where are we going to go, Mum?

We're going to Auntie Jean's.

She's going to be surprised
to see us.

Me and you are going
to love the seaside.

Right, put 30 quid in.

I'll get us a sandwich.

It's going to be a long drive.

PHONE RINGS

Finn, I'm getting the sandwiches.

KRISTOF: I told you not to run.

No, Finn! Mum!

No, Finn! No, Finn! No, Finn!

TYRES SCREECH, SHE SCREAMS

No, Finn!

SHE SOBS