02x08 - Emma & Ben

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f*ck.

WHISPERING: Sapphire?

sh*t.

Oh, my God.

Sapphire?

Oh, my God.

Sweetheart, wake up.

Hey, I'm here. Come on. Let's
see if you can stand, OK?

MUFFLED SCREAMS

WHISPERING: Sapphire.

I need you to wake up. Sapphire.

Are you tied up?

I am.

Mm-mm.

I need you to reach beside
you and find my g*n.

See if it's still there.

Do you think you feel
strong enough to sh**t Jon?

PANICKED GROANS

No, it's OK, it's OK.
Shhh-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh.

It's OK.

What I want you to do is hide
it in your pocket for me, OK?

Very carefully. It's OK.

Yeah, that's it. Good girl.

Good, you're awake. Get up.

Come on, get up.
Come on, get up.

That's it. Go on.
Don't hurt her.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Now move.

Come on. Sapphire. Get up.

Sapphire...

Sapphire, try and stand up.

OK, come on. If you hurt
her I will k*ll you.

Hah.

Get up!

Come on... Go on.

Ah!

Stairs.

Go on, up the stairs.

Go on.

Down there.

Well, go on.

In there.

Move.

Just in case you do try to k*ll
me. I don't want to do that.

I want to help you.

That's why you came
to see me, remember?

Too late.

WHISPERING: Sapphire...
Sapphire, can you hear me?

Emma... What?

My name's Emma. Emma? It's
a nice name. It suits you.

He's going to k*ll us. No,
I'm going to keep him busy.

Do you think you can
try and free your hands?

When I give you a signal, get
the g*n to me. I don't know.

You have to try, so I
can get us out of here.

Uh...

The police know where I am.

They'll be here any minute.

No-one knows this place. You
told me about it this morning.

I wouldn't have done that.
This is your peaceful place.

Not for long though. I
told the police about it.

I don't care about the police.

Why? Because you're
working for them?

Who's your client? Is it Richard
Groves? You have no idea. No.

So enlighten me. Why?
You're not important enough.

No-one will care when you're
gone. That's not true.

We'll be missed. Oh,
will you? Who by?

Your daughter's dead, your
husband will be soon...

Oh, your lover left you.

What exactly do you have
left to live for? Hmm?

That's what you've been coming
for, isn't it? Not to help me.

You want me to release you from
your pain, just like your daughter.

I knew it was you.
HE SCOFFS: Did you?

When? When we met?

What I still don't understand is
why you did it. Can you tell me?

I was just doing my job.

For who? Don't say your
client. I won't say anything.

That's my job, too. And yet
you came to see me to talk.

And I listened
because that's my job.

So tell me, why do you do this?

You know, some people have
always been good at k*lling.

It's less acceptable now, of
course, but it's still essential.

You really believe that? Mm.

In any other age, I'd
be seen as a w*r hero.

Now I'm kept in the
shadows, of course.

But it's all right.

I like it here.

Yeah, because you're in control.

Except you're not any more.

You didn't come to me to change.

You came because you
already were changing.

Something happened.

You lost control.

It's not true about your stepson
and your wife. You're all alone.

So are you.

I think it was true
about your mother though.

Was she Yasmin? Did you
name your boat after her?

And that little boy
dying of a heart defect.

Poor, broken heart.

Was that you? Did you lose
her when you were little?

Is your real name Ben?

That was all bullshit...

...to see if you fell for it.

Apparently you have. Yeah,
well, we all lie to ourselves

and then the truth
comes back to haunt us.

That little boy that you
played football with - Max -

he really liked you.

That must have been fun,
being a child again.

If they pay me to
k*ll him, I will.

Him and his mother, who
couldn't keep her mouth shut.

I might just do it for fun if you
don't keep your f*cking mouth shut!

I won't let you hurt
anyone else. How?

You couldn't even
stop me from smoking.

And yet I haven't
seen you smoke.

The sharper the blade...

...the less it will hurt.

So, if I were you, a little bit
of advice is don't distract me.

See, you think your
brains will save you,

but you'll find out soon enough
that your mind is just chemicals,

nothing else. There's no spirit.

It's just bone, blood,
snot and sh*t...

...wrapped up in flesh.

And when you die, that's it.

And no matter how smart
you think you are...

...you're still going to die.

Did you come to me cos you
needed to talk about Christina?

No. She was just another girl.

Oh, I don't think you go to
the homes of all your victims.

The ones you k*ll here and
dispose of so there's no trace.

Christina was different.

That wasn't my decision.

They didn't let me
bring her back here.

Who didn't let you?

Jackie, the pathologist?

You know Danny k*lled
her? She was no-one.

My client paid her off to make
sure it looked like a suicide.

The different situation
made them nervous.

So what made Christina different?
She wasn't so disposable.

Her dad was police, her
mum was the type of person

who wouldn't stop
asking questions.

Who didn't know when
to shut the f*ck up!

You still don't get it, do you?

The amount of money
involved, the stakes.

For the people in power, it's
not about you and your daughter.

You don't matter. She
certainly doesn't matter.

Even I don't matter.

Apart from my
skillset, of course,

which is worth a lot.

Christina matters.

She was loved! Aw.

Doesn't make a difference.

Yeah, she got to you.
She made you feel.

Hope, fear, guilt.

Tell me what happened, Jon.

When you woke up this
morning, you came to my door.

Go on.

Go on, and then you
can k*ll us both.

Give it a try. What
have you got to lose?

I'd been watching your daughter.

I watched her for weeks.

I always do, so I
can do a good job.

I'm methodical like that.

You see, there was something about
her that was slightly different.

She was always smiling, happy.

I saw her with other women, I
saw her with her wife, with men.

She was just like she
is in your photographs.

Happy. I f*cking hated her!

And it made me so angry,

so I had to k*ll her to show
her that she wasn't so special.

But then you realised she was.

I waited for her for hours...

...to be alone.

And then this one here...

...she let me in
when she was leaving.

You see, no-one ever notices me.

But Christina, she...

She knew I was there
before she saw me.

She smelled me.

Cigarettes? No.

I walked into the room
and she was at the mirror.

She'd been combing her hair.

And the moment I
stepped in, she stopped.

And she looked at
me, at my reflection,

and she went, "Oh, it's you."

She'd seen you before? No.

She said I smelt of death.

And I looked at
myself in the mirror,

my reflection, and
I saw she was right.

I was death.

And she knew exactly
what I was there to do.

Was she scared?

They always say the same thing.

They beg me not to k*ll them.

They offer me anything.

They call for their mothers.

Did she call out for me? Mm-hm.

That would be nice, wouldn't it?

To know that she
was thinking of you.

To know that she was loved
right up until the last minute.

Did she say anything? Yes.

Yeah, she came up to me,

she looked me right in the eyes and
she touched my cheek and she said...

"It's OK, it's OK..."

"..I'm ready."

Your daughter's
life had been a lie.

She wanted me to k*ll her.

So I did.

No.

Why don't we have a cigarette?

Isn't that what you
usually do before you k*ll?

That's what gave you the
impulse in my office.

When you thought about k*lling, you
wanted to smoke, so why don't you?

Unless you really do
want to stop smoking...

...and k*lling.

Do you?

I don't have any.

I have some.

In my coat pocket.

Other side.

We are not so
different, you and I.

You k*ll for money,
I f*ck for money.

k*lling pays better.

Anyone can f*ck.

Can you though?

Can I hold it, please?
I'm not going anywhere.

Hers, too.

I don't think so.

You know, in any other era
I'd still have been a wh*re.

We never get to be heroes.

I know what it's
like in the shadows.

And I tell myself
I'm in control, too.

And I'm faking it all.

The pleasure, the intimacy,

so I don't have to feel
a thing, just like you.

But the difference
is that I know it.

Maybe you didn't feel
anything... Be quiet.

...until Christina... Be quiet.

When she looked at you and smelt
you, you felt way too much.

I've had that.

In the middle of a job, those guys
who like to watch themselves...

...seeing us in the mirror. And the
girl doing these things, she's me.

And I just shut my eyes.

I shut it down.

It's just f*cking, after all.

But you k*ll.

You k*ll girls.

How can you live with that?

You'd have to face the
fact that you're a monster.

I was her saviour.

She wanted to die.

She knew she was just an animal.

Just a piece of meat.
I don't believe you.

Your daughter was grateful to die.
I know, but I don't believe you.

You're still trying to tell
yourself that nothing matters -

we're just meat, sh*t, blood,
snot, but that's not true.

She touched you on a deeper level.
Not just your skin, your soul.

She made you feel
like you matter.

Just like all the
people you've k*lled.

You're not alone.
They're all with you.

I think Christina's
with you now, isn't she?

No, she was just like the rest of
the girls. I want easy answers, too,

but that's not how it is.

Suicide, m*rder...
Which, was it?

It was me. Yeah, you k*lled
her, but she wanted to die.

That should make us feel
better, but does it?

It throws everything
you believe into doubt.

Everything you thought you
understood. You're lost.

So are you.

You can't help me. Well,
maybe we can help each other.

That's why I'm here. It's
like it's meant to be.

I'm here to k*ll you.

I know, but you want...
Get the f*ck off me!

I can smell it now.

What Christina smelt.

What you saw in the mirror.

Rotten meat.

The stench of death.

This is not real,
this is not real.

The only thing you think is real is
flesh. That's why you're rotting.

Because you won't
listen to what's inside.

I heard that part of you
this morning. He's suffering.

You're just trying to save
yourself and it won't work.

The more you try and push it away,
the stronger the stench becomes.

You are not in
control of anything.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Maybe that's why
you made the mistake. What mistake?

You made a mistake when you k*lled
her. Her labial frenulum was torn.

Impossible. No, Jackie
left it out of the report.

Your client was right to hire
her, right to be nervous. No.

Yeah, Jackie left it out of
the report to cover for you

but Danny found out. You're lying.
No, I saw it when I saw her body.

I don't make mistakes.
No, let me show you...

I don't f*cking make mistakes!
Let me show you how it happened.

You f*cking show me
how I made a mistake!

You f*cking tell me
how I made a mistake!

Get up and show me! OK, OK.
So I'm Christina and I'm...

...standing in front
of the mirror...

...and then you come in.

She knows you're there...

...cos she can smell you, your
cigarettes or something else,

but deep down inside, she knows.

Cos she sees my reflection.

"Oh, it's you."

"It's OK."

"I'm ready."

But you're not because
you need her to be scared

and you need to be in control,
but you're not, so you grab her...

MUFFLED SCREAMS

Shut the f*ck up!

You grabbed her too hard
because you felt something.

You left a mark. Evidence
that you are human.

Shut the f*ck up.

Why did you come to me? Cos
you don't have anybody else.

Nobody else would understand
and you need to be understood.

That's not how it is.

We are not just flesh and blood.

We are full of love.

It's your choice.

Life...

...or death.

Who do you want to be?

Show me.

It's too late.

I can forgive you.

I k*lled your daughter.

Just let me release
you from your pain.

Can you forgive me?

Sh-sh-sh-sh-sh.

Forgive me.

Sh-sh-sh-sh.

Sh.

Thank you.

Sh.

g*n JAMS Do it!

Argh!

Ben!

Aah...

Are you OK?

I think so... I think so.

Wait, your feet.

Sh... It's going to be OK.
We're going to be OK. OK?

Thank you. Come on.

Will they come after us -
whoever is behind all this?

They can try...

...but I have to stop...
We must stop them.