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02x02 - Episode 2

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Before We Die". Aired: 26 May 2021 – present.*
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Veteran Detective Inspector Hannah Laing investigates the m*rder of her colleague and lover Sean, which leads to her being embroiled in a major plot by the powerful Mimicas crime family.

02x02 - Episode 2

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They're arrested Jovan.

He'’s been in there for ages.

I understand.

I just thought you should know.

Don'’t call again.

My God. Where'’d you get this?

We hacked into the cell towers
around the Mimica house.

-You and Billy Murdoch?
-Hmm.

It'’s no wonder that DCI Harris
didn'’t get very far, Sir.

Marcus must have led her
up the garden path.

Him and others.

I mean, we don'’t know
how deep this goes.

It proves a connection,
but not much else.

What else do we need to know?

Well, that he...

tipped them off about
the boat house operation.

That he'’s culpable
in Sean'’s m*rder.

Yeah, but this is enough
for you to give me more time.

Bring me something admissible,
so we can charge him.

Yeah, and he can give us
the Mimicas.

Pardon.

Everything okay?

Yeah, everything's fine.
See you later.

Why are we meeting her here?

Just doing what I'm told, Jovan.

Jovan.

Come to me, please.

You need to stand close,
or you will frighten him.

Now...

you and I
need to have a little talk.

So, how did it go?

We've bought some more time.

Kane may be a po-faced
old so-and-so,

but he knows his job.

We'll use the safe house
as our base, okay?

Do I have a choice?

What do you think?
I'll meet you there.

I've got to go back to my place
first, grab those files.

Well, leave that with me.

I'm heading in that direction,
anyway.

I have an errand to run.

I swear she planted it.

You didn't think
to call a lawyer?

I did. I kept asking her.

I heard you offered
to cooperate.

-Who told you that?
-A friend.

Why would I do that?
I am loyal to the family.

Jovan, look at me.

I know you are.

Next time call a lawyer.

Do not wait for us to
send you one.

Of course.

And Jovan.

I will not save you again.

Argh! Ah.

No, no, no, no.

Hey. Come on!

Let me out!

Come on! Aargh!

Come on!
Let me out!

You b*tch.

You b*tch!

Have you just robbed
a stationers?

Are you gonna give me a hand
or are you gonna take the piss?

So, we need to make a timeline

of Marcus's career
from jobbing PC to DI.

You've heard of computers,
right?

Yeah, but, you know,
sometimes you need to see

what I need to see,
the bigger picture.

Okay, so he only transferred
to us a few years ago.

So, we'’re gonna need access
to his service records

at the Greater London Police,
and his unit's case history.

What level of clearance
have you got on PNC?

Indigo.

Okay, that's good enough.

Right, once we've got
all of the cases

that Marcus was involved in
up on the board,

we can cross reference them

and work out when and why
he was corrupted.

Maybe even by who.

What?

Well, go on then?

You need to take a breath,
Hannah.

We've bought ourselves
some time.

Sure.

We've got time, Billy.

But maybe Christian doesn't.

Fair enough.

Hey...

-Okay?
-Si.

No!

Drinking on duty?

Cranberry juice.

Well, I wouldn't blame you with
what you've got on your plate.

I'm sorry.

Go to the kitchen. I made soup.

How did you explain it
at the hospital?

I told them it was
a riding accident.

Very good.

Dubravka.

Was it necessary?

Business to you
is all about shaking hands

and making deals, isn't it?

Sometimes you still need
the old ways.

I'm prepared to
get my hands dirty,

but only when necessary.

Goran, I punished Jovan
for being stupid.

Don't make the same mistake
by interfering in my business.

My business.

Leonard...

am I boring you?

No, of course.

Sorry. No.

So, what is it?

I've seen happier faces
in an identity parade.

There is, uh,
something I need to tell you.

One of those conversations.

No, no. It's, it's not about us.

It's about work.

This wasn't supposed to be
about work.

Go on then, if you must.

I'm in receipt of some fresh
information that might cast...

a new light...
on the findings of your report.

The report into internal
corruption that I just presented

at a packed press conference?

Well, how long have you
been in possession

of this new
information?

Less than a day.

So, what is it?

Nicky, I can'’t.

Can'’t or won't?

Both. And please...

don't ask me again.

Well, is it widely known about?

God no.

It's not even admissible.

What?

An ill*gal phone tap.

I knew this was a mistake.

Marcus you absolute twat.

Are these the exercises
they gave you?

Yes.

So, why aren't you doing them?

The sooner you can be
back on your feet,

the sooner you can be
useful again.

You'll need ice afterwards.

What did you mean...

it was a mistake?

What I said.

What, this lunch? Us?

All of it.

I knew you would have to
put the job first at some point.

I will call you, Leonard.

Hey, where is she?

She went out.

Sh...

I need a break and a brew.

Maybe this, uh...

this wasn't the best way
of going about things.

Uh, I've, I've gone charging
in again, haven't I?

Aye.

Full on bull mode, I'm afraid.

Look...

your MO in itself is sound,

but it's gonna take time
and patience.

And I know both of those
at the moment

are in short supply.

Okay, so, what do you suggest?

I say we finish
what we started here.

Lay it all out.

See if Kane can find
someone to look at it,

at the same time we try
and come up with a shortcut.

We don't need a cast iron case
against him, Hannah.

Not right now.

We just need enough to get
inside the wee f*ck'’s skull.

Again. This dismal place?

Well...

there's no one to overhear us.

-No CCTV to record us.
-Have you got news for me?

Your daughter is on her way
back to the UK.

Is she safe?

Yeah. Just a little
uncomfortable.

And the boy?

Not yet. It's all in hand.

There's another thing.

Your source...

at the police headquarters,

I think they may be compromised.

I told you to convince them
that there was no source.

I had.

They have new information,

an ill*gal phone tap.

That idiot.

I told him not to call.

Five percent more...

and I'll take care of it.

Okay.

Ooh, this is getting expensive
for you.

You wouldn't understand.

Urgh, drowners are the worst.

Give me a nice mangled RTA
any time.

Not a drowner after all.

b*llet holes? Look for ID.

I've got something.

Who do you think you are
to be doing anything?

Dubravka, I didn'’t know.

So disrespectful.

I wanted to know
who you were meeting.

Make sure you were okay.

You think I can't
look after myself,

that I need to be followed?

You're sitting on
the largest profit

this family has ever seen,

and you do nothing about it.

Their patience is wearing thin.

As is mine with you.

-What?
-I think you should take this.

Who is it?

Please just take it.

Yes? Hello.

That's me.

I see.

Yes.

This afternoon will be fine.

Is everything alright?

They've, uh...

they've found my Davor.

And, er, my father?

No.

I'm sorry.

Just my Davor.

So, he joins the force
as a graduate in the late 90s,

middling degree
from a middling university

And he's a jobbing DS
for the best part of a decade.

So, he's bumping along
in the system

in one of the more well-to-do
London boroughs,

burglaries, assaults, domestics.

Suspicious death every year
or so,

if they're lucky.
Yep.

And then suddenly
out of the blue, bingo,

he gets transferred
to the drug squad.

Plucked from obscurity.

Yeah. So, within a year or two,
he's more or less a high-flyer.

Gets mentioned prominently
in dispatches

for one of the force'’s
biggest drug busts of 2017.

Gets a commendation
from the Chief Con.

Plus, a promotion to DI,
to boot.

Yeah. So, he goes from zero
to hero in 5.8 seconds

round about...then.

Something's off, Billy.

Someone's helped him climb up
through the ranks,

threw him a juicy bone or two
to speed up his progress.

Do you think there's someone
else on the inside?

Oh, hang on.

It'’s Kane.

Yes, Sir?

Yes.

Yes.

Yep, okay, okay.
I'll come in.

What is it?

Davor Mimica'’s body
was found yesterday

at the Felton quarry.

We're in the clear, Hannah.

Those rounds are untraceable.

Your weapon technically
doesn't exist.

Did it to protect your son.

To save him.

It was Davor or Christian.

Hannah.

It was me.

I shot him.

Urgh!

Three times.

Nicky, call me, please.

Sir.

Provisional findings
from the lab.

Three rounds to the chest.

Ballistics could take weeks.

Rival g*ng maybe.

Well, it has all the hallmarks.

Which supports what
you've been saying all along.

That the Mimica'’s are still
in business.

You think they knew,

the rest of them, yeah,
that he was dead?

Well, we haven't seen or heard
from Davor Mimica in months.

So, they must have
had an inkling.

Yeah, which maybe explains why
they felt the need to lie low.

-Bide their time.
-Hmm.

And why Dubravka'’s
taken over.

I want you to go to
the mortuary.

Identify him.

I'’d like this confirmed
from our side.

This could be good news, Hannah,
you know, for Christian.

Kane wants me to
identify the body.

Jesus, that'’s some ask.

Mm-hmm.

That's the mother of all
understatements.

And do you, um...

Do you want to talk about it?

Not really.

If you'll excused pun...

This was gonna surface sometime.

We both knew that.

Just remember the reasons why.

Hannah...

are you still there?

You want me to come in with you?

I have to warn you,

after such a long period
of immersion,

what you see won't be pleasant.

How could this ever be pleasant?

I want to see my son.

If you'd like to follow me,
please.

Again, I should warn you.

Just show me.

-Can you confirm or deny...
-Yes, that'’s him.

I'’m afraid I do need you
to say the name.

This is my son...

Davor Mimica.

Leave it.

My boy.

My boy.

My boy.

My boy.

Should I take you home?

No.

There's somewhere else
I need to go first.

And Goran...

thank you for being there today.

You're a good nephew.

Did you see him?

Yeah.

Yeah.

I saw Dubravka too.

Dubravka? Holy sh*t.

Hmm.

God, if that was me, Billy, I...

This is gonna motivate her
even more, isn't it,

to find Christian?

Well, then it should motivate
us too.

Yeah. So, look, I've been, um,
I've been thinking about Marcus.

We know there's no way
that he's smart enough

to have achieved
what he achieved

in London all on his
own.

Our bigger fish.

Yeah. So, do you think
it's possible

we could offer him a deal?

Uh, get him to give us whoever's
further up the food chain

and the Mimicas.

And in exchange, he gets
a lighter sentence.

You know, I'm not crazy about
that toerag getting a deal.

Me neither.

But if it helps to protect
Christian, then...

Go home.

You need some rest.

What, what about all this?
Like...?

It'll still be here
in the morning. Go on.

Oh, thanks, Billy.

Treat in the freezer.

Ah. Oh, God.

Get out of my house.

I know now for certain

that my Davor is dead,

and so do you.

I do not know who shot him.

But I know where he was going
when he died.

I will not rest until
your son is dead also,

and you know how it feels
to lose a child.

If you touch Christian.

He will suffer...
and he will die.

And sooner than you think.

I'll see myself out.

Do I have to come over there
and put you to bed myself?

Dubravka was here.

You're kidding me?

No, she was in the house

waiting for me when
I got back from work.

Stay where you are,
I'm coming to get you.

I think she knows, Billy.

I think she knows where
Christian is.

Why is this taking so long?

Because the CPS doesn't like
being woken

in the middle of the night.

'Cause they don't like
being asked to offer

sentencing discounts
to corrupt officers, more like.

On flimsy evidence.

Thank you, Sir.

Thank you.

Sorry, darling.
It's a work thing.

Hi, Tanya.

Hi.

What's this about?

It's about this.

They're arrested Jovan.
He's been in there for ages.

I understand.

I just thought you should know.

Don'’t call again.

So, aren't you gonna
say anything?

Aren't you gonna try and
convince us that,

oh, it's, it's not what it
sounds like?

That it wasn't you who betrayed
Sean and three others.

You know, we had a look at
your police record...

from your time working
in the smoke.

Yeah. And it's good.

It's suspiciously good.

It's like someone
with an actual brain

is telling you where to go.

What to look for.

I want you out of my house.

Come on, Marcus. Get real.
It's over.

This is bad.
You're gonna need a lawyer.

It's not just me and Billy
and Kane.

The CPS are involved.

You've got no time
and you've got no choice.

You give us the Mimicas

and whoever it is
who's further up the food chain,

and then we can start organising

protection for you
and your family.

So, I suggest
you talk to your wife.

Hi there, um, I need a flight
to the UK

as soon as possible, please.

Aargh!

Argh, ah!

Superintendent Kane, Hannah.

Given the circumstances,
I thought it only fair

to informDCI Harris
as a matter of courtesy.

I only told her just now.

It is helpful for me to
be here, Hannah,

hope you understand.

Yeah, of course.
Hmm, mm-hmm.

And we have Billy Murdoch
from the National Crime Agency

patched in via mobile.

Oh, I just
wanted to congratulate you...

Sorry ma'’am.

His time'’s nearly up. So, I'm...

You okay?

Yeah.

I just need to make a call.

Ah, this is him.

Marcus...

I'm here with
Superintendent Kane

and Sourav Dravid of the CPS.

Marcus are, are you there?

I'll take the deal.

You won'’t regret it.

Marcus, Billy Murdoch
and the protection officers

are parked outside your house
as we speak.

Just say the word
and we'll send them in.

Marcus?

Marcus, are you still there?

Mummy's just going to
check on daddy, okay?

sh*t.

Marcus?