02x07 - Kate

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SIREN WAILS

SHOUTING

Kate?

Kate!

Susannah.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Have you seen this girl?

Sorry? Have you seen her,
like anywhere around here?

No. Are you OK? What have
you done to your face?

Oh, no. I'm fine. What
are you doing here?

Oh, I've just been giving
a talk at an exhibition.

Into The Mind? Yeah.
Have you just been?

Are you sure you
haven't seen her?

She goes by Sapphire, but I
doubt that's her real name.

Um, I... I'm sorry,
Susannah. I have to go.

I've got a session with a client soon,
but I'm gonna ring you tomorrow, OK?

OK. You sound like
you need a friend.

SIREN WAILS

Hey. Stop.

What are you doing? What...

How do you have this?
What are you doing?

This is Sapphire's bag.
Susannah, I know that...

I know that you're
going through a lot,

but you can't just come in
and grab people's things.

I've been tracking these.

Don't bullshit me.
What's going on?

Come with me.

So?

She is a client.

That's all I can
tell you, obviously.

I have to observe
patient confidentiality,

you understand that.

A client whose bag you
stole? Oh, don't be silly.

She left it behind.

Did you call her and tell
her that you have it?

Yeah. Yeah, I left
her a message.

No, you didn't, because
I have her phone.

I don't know what's going on
here, but I need you to understand

that this girl's life
is in immediate danger.

I don't think that's true.

Why? Because you
just saw her? Yeah.

When? Don't know.
About half an hour ago.

She needed to see me urgently.

And you dropped everything right in
the middle of giving a public speech?

I had just finished
when she rang.

She needed help. I like to be there
for my clients when they need me.

Yeah, I know how fastidious
you are about your practice.

That's why I don't believe that you would allow
some random client to turn up out of the blue.

Then maybe you don't know
me as well as you thought.

How did she call you if I
have her phone? I don't know.

I don't know. Borrowed
someone else's, I guess.

And you answered
an unknown number?

Hang on. What is this
ludicrous line of questioning?

Would you listen to
yourself, Susannah?

Yes, I did because she left a
message, and I realised it was her.

What was the emergency?

You know I can't share
that information with you.

Come on.

She was upset about something.

We discussed it and then
she felt much better.

I'm not sharing any more than
that, so don't ask me to.

Did you know about her
case with the police?

Did you hear what I
just said? No more.

OK?

Why is she so important to you?

Just tell me where she is.

I don't know.

OK.

This is my stop.
I'll see you soon.

You're lying. Susannah, what the
hell are you doing? Get off me.

Why do you have her
bag? Tell me the truth.

Pull yourself together.

Just come on, sit.
Pull yourself together.

Let's just...

Let's just take a breath.

Tell me why Sapphire
came to you.

Kate, please. OK.

She was scared. Of what?

She'd met some woman
who'd threatened

and accused her of things.

It was you, wasn't it?

What the hell are
you doing, Susannah,

threatening a vulnerable
young woman like that?

You don't understand.
Try me. I wasn't...

I wasn't trying to scare her.

I was trying to help.

But you frightened her into thinking
she was the one who needs help.

But she does need help. That's
what I've been trying to tell you.

There's a man out there
who wants to harm her.

A man who's already
m*rder*d other girls.

And get this, the police know about
it and they're just letting it happen.

And my friend was shot in front of me
and then they removed him and drove off.

I think they may
have even k*lled him.

And there's been an accident with Danny
and I don't think it was an accident.

And now he's in intensive
care. I don't what to think.

Susannah... Susannah,
sh-sh. Sh-sh-sh-sh-sh.

I can't stop
thinking... It's OK.

I can't stop... Sh.

Sh, take a breath.

It's OK.

OK. Susannah, you know
how much I care about you.

OK? So, you understand, I
wouldn't say this lightly.

But I think you're suffering with
post-traumatic paranoid delusion

triggered by grief.

No. Everything I'm
telling you, it's a fact.

Joseph was shot in
front of my eyes

and then gunmen shot
at me in the hotel.

They won't stop until I'm dead.

Let's... Let's just go back,
start at the beginning.

What is all this about Danny?

No. Allegedly Danny jumped off
a building at the psych unit,

but it's obviously a lie, they're
just trying to shut him up.

Who's they?

The police.

Richard, in fact.

Does that shock you?

This guy, Joseph, who
is he? Do I know him?

He was an old client I sought
out to help me find Sapphire.

Before they get
there first. Yes.

That's exactly what I'm saying.

Yeah.

I see what you're saying.

And I'm very concerned for you.

Stop it.

Stop shutting me down.

You don't understand.

And you do?

In fact, you're the only one who
can see this dark conspiracy.

What would you say if a client
told you a story like that?

Think about it.

A daughter figure
who you need to save.

Your life in danger
from anonymous forces.

Hmm?

All right. This
is what happened.

Sapphire came to see me
suffering from panic attacks.

We've, we've been
working on them together,

but really it's about how scared
she is of her boss, Jaisal.

Do you know him? What about
the attacks she witnessed?

I'm not divulging everything.
I'm sorry, it's unprofessional.

OK.

I'm leaving and I would like
you to come with me because...

...I think you need
immediate professional help.

And if I don't?

I'm leaving anyway because I
don't think this conversation

is helping you at all.

Are you coming?

OK.

I'll be in touch. Take care.

No, you don't.

Jesus.

We'll get off at this stop.
You're coming with me.

What the hell are you doing?
I'm pointing a g*n at you.

Where the f*ck did you get that?

You can't be serious.
I'm deadly serious.

Let's go.

Don't even think about it.

I'm not a very good shot.

But even I couldn't
miss from this range.

The real question
is, would I do it?

This is mad. You're...
You're crazy.

Come on, Kate. We don't use
damaging labels like that any more.

So, you lied about
calling Sapphire.

What else have you lied
about? Take out your phone.

What? No. Do it.

I need...

I need my hand.

Here. Passcode.

You received one call
before you met Sapphire?

Yeah. I told you, she called me.

But you said she
borrowed someone's phone.

This number's in your
contacts. Who's Head Office?

ANSWER MACHINE: Hi,
this is Richard Groves.

I can't take your call right now, so please
leave a message and I'll get back to you.

Why would the Detective
Superintendent be calling you?

He...

He's just...

He just asked me to have a
session with Sapphire, that's all.

I help him out with requests from
time to time. That's all it is.

Requests? What kind of requests?

Helping people who are outside of the system.
What? Out of the goodness of his heart?

That's absolute bullshit.
Did he send you other girls?

Believe it or not, he just
wants to help these women.

And so do I. Is that a crime?

The Superintendent sending you
young sex workers in secret

for therapy sessions.

Maybe we should ask his
superiors what they think.

So you're off with your
conspiracies again.

Well, can you blame me for thinking
that this is all connected?

What's in it for you, Kate?

Well, is it so hard to believe
I just want to help these women?

Yeah, it is.

Look, just stop and see yourself
through my eyes. Just for a moment.

Look...

...what I see is someone processing
immense emotional trauma.

And we both know that
when trauma is too great,

it can cause
ruptures in our brain

and we see a psychic
nightmare play out before us.

It doesn't mean it's real.

Sapphire isn't your daughter...

...and she doesn't need saving.

I'm sorry, Susannah.

Come on.

Where are we going? Well...

...you were in an awful hurry to
get away from the conference centre.

Let's head back that way.
Maybe Sapphire is still there.

I think you know
exactly where she is.

SIREN WAILS

Come on. Come on.

I wish you knew how much
Christina loved you.

How would you know?

She started coming to see me.

When?

She would come in the daytime
when she wasn't working.

Mostly unannounced.

We would sit and talk
about life, as she put it.

Since when?

Why didn't she come to me?

I think she wanted
another adult to talk to.

You know how it is between
mothers and daughters.

Yeah, I do. Cos
unlike you, I am one.

There was no need for that.

When did you last see her?

It was a few days before
she died and she...

She wasn't in a good way, but...

...we talked about you mainly.

What?

Don't you believe me?

Here...

...give me my phone.

Let's go inside. Come on.

Move.

Sit down here. Sit.

RECORDING: She'd be so angry if
she knew the state of my life.

I wish I could tell her, but
she thinks that I hate her.

It's the opposite, right?

Yeah.

I love mum so much.

It's just got so complicated.

I miss her too, Susannah.

Come on.

Come on.

Let it go.

Let it go. Give me your hand.

Come on.

That's it. Let it go.

Let it go.

You always did project
your emotions onto others.

Go home and get some rest.

I used to admire you more
than any woman I know.

Until I worked out what a
manipulative f*ck you really are.

You will walk on anyone who cares
about you to get what you want.

What's your point?

That even by your standards,
this is a new low.

Exploiting a highly unprofessional
relationship with my daughter

just to distract
me from the truth.

The truth?

So, this is your
honourable quest for truth?

Abducting and threatening
me with a g*n.

You've lost it, Susannah.

Have I? So, the call from Richard
was just nonsense, was it?

Recording sessions with
clients is highly unethical.

I have my methods.
You have yours.

So, you just pass
it on to Richard?

Do you have some kind
of deal with him?

Did you tell him about your
conversation with Sapphire?

Yes, I did, because
he referred her to me.

And then you report back to Head Office,
cos that's who you're working for.

I didn't know it was you
who Sapphire had met.

That's not the point. Maybe we should...
That's not the point. That's...

Richard transfers clients to
you and you pretend to help.

I do help them.

What information does he want
you to get from those girls?

What do they know that's so important?
That's not what this is about.

So you don't deny
that you work for him?

My God, what have you become?

Bought off by corrupt
police officers.

I'd back off if I were you.

I knew it was all connected...

...from the moment I saw you.

You working for Richard.
You know Sapphire.

You're talking to my
daughter behind my back.

What is your role
in all of this?

What's yours? Look at
yourself, Susannah.

Are these the actions
of a rational person?

Don't be so disingenuous, Kate.
You are the smartest person I know.

I think you know everything.

Who are you covering
for? Don't patronise me.

I'm proud of the work I do.

I'm my own woman.
Oh, I bet you are.

How many girls has
Richard sent you?

Well?

How many?

A few.

Including Christina.

Did you send her on after you
got what you wanted from her?

Don't be ridiculous.

Have you met John, the man who's
after Sapphire? Do you know him?

No-one is after Sapphire except
in your addled imagination.

But you... You do know of him,
so you know what he does to them?

He murders them, Kate.

Including Christina.

No.

I know it's hard to accept.

But Christina's
death was a suicide.

Say that again. Say that
like you believe it.

Christina's death was a suicide.

It was almost perfect.

Apart from that involuntary
little gulp after you said it,

like your mouth was trying to remove
the taste of such a disgusting lie.

You knew all along.

You sat there with
your crocodile tears

after you sent my
daughter to her death.

That's not true.

But you do know the
man who m*rder*d her.

I bet you even sent John to me.

What? Yeah, that's
how I found out.

He confessed under hypnosis.

Oh, they didn't tell you that?

That's what set me on his trail.

The trail that led me to you.

A woman I once
loved and admired.

I didn't know. What didn't
you know? Any of it.

Well, not to start with.

Girls have gone missing
after they came to you.

So, you said to yourself,

"Well, that's a funny coincidence.
I haven't seen any of them again."

When did the truth
finally hit you?

After Christina was m*rder*d...

...you knew you were in too deep,
you knew there was no way out.

Tell me where Sapphire went.

I honestly don't know. But
you think that John took her?

I... I don't know. They
don't tell me anything.

If he took her, where
would he be? Oh, Christ.

Don't you understand?

They will destroy anyone
who gets in their way -

Christina, Danny, you or me, if
we don't keep on mouths shut.

I knew it.

I knew it.

I'm begging you. Please,
Susannah, please.

Just walk away.

If you're trying to find a
way out, Kate, it's too late.

You're like me. You're
f*cked whatever you do.

So if you have a scrap of decency
in you, help me save Sapphire.

TANNOY: The next stop is Tower Bridge.
Please gather all of your belongings.

He has a warehouse. It's...

...a hideout. Where? Where?

It's...

...East London docks.

The Isle of Dogs, it's next
to a old railway bridge.

Susannah.

Susannah.

Susannah, it's miles away.

You'll never make it in time.

Oh, f*ck!

I hope you're proud of what
you've done. I... I didn't know.

You knew enough.

Argh!