01x04 - Episode 4

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You've got to get rid of the body.
The river.

She'll be swept out to sea.

Does Dan know
you've been missing the payments?

Give it one week.
Otherwise, I'm telling Dan.

I'm just not sure
if I'll ever find real love.

I've spent my own money
on a surveyor to assess the house,

and you know what she's found?

'Subsidence.'
What?!

Why would Neil k*ll Joan?

Who knows, but I'm gonna find out.

They did inherit a property.
Might be a place to start.

What do you think would happen
if you actually found Neil?

He's a cold-blooded m*rder*r.

Joan?

What the hell are you doing
in my house?

Come on. Come on.

I remember you.

Moira's girl.

Carol Crottie.

Why are you here, Carol?

Because... Robert's not been well.

Dementia.
He's gone into a home.

I don't know what that's got to do
with me.

Or you.

I'm his... I'm his...

We've been together for ten years.

Robert married Moira's daughter.

We're not married.
Did Robert tell you where I was?

Yeah. I'd say we have
a fair amount to talk about.

Kaden Barrie running
on his lunch break. Is it terminal?

Just needed to clear my head.
Babe...

...you'll sell that house.

There'll be plenty more Mrs Dawsons.

Who's gonna wanna buy a house
with subsidence, Dan?

You OK?
Yeah.

Get in, Danny boy. It's a 187.

A body's washed up on the river.

What?

Are you serious? An actual body?

Yeah!

Hiya, Kaden.
All right?

Call you later.

Did Kaden seem off earlier?

Moody, self-absorbed,
full of himself.

No, nothing off to me
Not helpful, mate.

Your Kaden's always up to something.

You say it all the time.
He's secretive, like his dad.

His dad's got dementia.
Maybe Kaden's got it, too.

sh*t.

That's Newcastle CID.

It was raining quite heavily.

Those lot don't come up here
for a suicide. It's obvious.

Hey, it's a m*rder. I bet you.

Sir.

Reckon we can ask the gaffer
for a mental health day?

My nail tech's got a cancellation.
Where are you going?

Back to the station.
What, already? Why?

Because, Davina, for the first time
in our entire lives,

there's been an actual, real crime
here in Allentown.

A m*rder.

Finally!

Neil and I travelled for a bit,
and then we settled here.

It didn't last long.

I haven't seen him in, God,
over 15 years.

Do the children know I'm here?

How are they?

Angry.

With their dad mostly.

Kaden's doing all right.

He's married to a lovely man.

They've a baby on the way.

And... Sally?

She's doing better.

She's got a fella now, new job.

Did you never want to come back?
Every day.

Then why didn't you?

Sally was just a little girl.
She needed you.

Why are you really here?

Joan, please. I'm...
I'm not here to cause any trouble.

My life with Robert, with the kids,
all of it has been under this cloud.

You're that cloud.

I just want someone
to be honest with me.

I need to know
why you left Stable Row.

You better come inside.

Hiya, Sally. Thanks for coming
at such short notice.

I've got a big case to prepare,
but she's being really clingy,

so I'm struggling to get
any work done.

How about a movie
and a snuggle on the sofa?

Small favour to ask.

Long story,
but I've got this new work thingy.

Yeah. Big promotion. Huge.

The biggest.

I've asked him to stop doing that.

So, we've booked a table
at Chez Franco's to celebrate.

Wow. Expensive.

Well, she's paying.

Might you be free
to look after Emily tonight as well,

from, like, seven till 11-ish?

Er, yeah, sure.

Got nowt else on.

Amazing.

Right, you, let's go and watch...
a movie!

sh*t.

Patrick... did Emily say anything
the other night?

Er, yeah, she's five.
She never stops talking.

She saw us, Patrick.

She saw us.

She asked
why I was fighting with Daddy.

It's OK. I'll sort it.

What if she says something to Anna?

Listen, I have to go to work,
but calm down.

All right? I'll handle it.

Don't worry.

This isn't easy for me,
going back to that time.

Living with Robert was... tricky.

Things got better
when the children were born.

My mum used to say
that when your kids are born,

your heart lives outside your body.

And that's what it was like,

two little hearts
just running around.

As wonderful as that sounds and...
as frightening.

Do you have children, Carol?

No. Didn't happen for me.

I loved it,
but it made things worse.

Robert felt pushed out,
tried to avoid being with us,

worked late,
barely spoke when he came home.

And then the weekends away started.

But I'd imagine you know
all about that.

Then one summer,
his brother Neil came to stay.

I thought he seemed kind, educated.

I was so lonely.

Neil spent time with me.

We fell in love.

And then... Robert found out.

So then you left with Neil?
I didn't want to leave.

But Robert...

I had no choice.

He made me feel...

...that the children would be better
not knowing me,

not knowing a mother
as selfish and damaged as I was.

And then the longer I'd been away,
the less I was able to get back.

It was Neil who persuaded Robert
to let me stay here.

It was their mother's house.

And you really have no idea
where Neil could be now?

Not a clue.

Did Robert really never tell you
any of this?

Maybe these things are best left
in the past.

You're not what I expected.

You're exactly what I expected.

Where have you been?
I've been outside for half an hour.

Firstly,
I don't have to tell you that.

And secondly,
what are you doing at my flat?

I...
I explicitly said

we meet at your place
or somewhere neutral.

It's a boundary, Kaden.

My personal life stays private.

There's £2,000 there.
That's not what we agreed.

I can't get you 12 grand
by the end of the week, Martha.

Did I not make myself clear?

I'm not waiting around
for your debts to rack up.

I can get you the money.
I just need time...

No, Kaden, you're not listening.

You're gonna pay me in full
by the end of this week,

just like you said you would.

Otherwise, you're coming
nowhere near this baby. Got it?

And don't ever come
near my home again.

I'll leave my details
in case you hear from him.

Do you mind if I use your bathroom?

End of the hall.

I'll get you a pen.
Thanks.

My God.

'Carol?
Thank God. They've found her.'

A body's washed up.

Mam... Joan Barrie is alive.

No, she isn't. How can she be?

I'm with her.
'What?'

I'm in her house, Mam.
She's here, in Hawes.

Joan's alive. What do I do?

Well, if Joan's alive,
whose body did we get rid of?

I think that body in the freezer
was Neil

and that Joan Barrie was the one
who k*lled him.

It was Joan who wrote the postcards!

'Never!'
Carol...

Let me in, Carol.

Get out of there!

Open this door now!

Come back!

So, the victim is male, 5ft 10.

No ID yet due to decomposition.

Body discovered wrapped in plastic.

Early signs point
to blunt force trauma.

It's safe to say we'll be treating
this as a m*rder inquiry.

The next step is to ID,
then ascertain where and when

the body was disposed of.

Due to the high rainfall
last night... Sorry, Sir.

Sorry to interrupt.

Recently, we haven't had
any strong winds or tides.

That might indicate
a local drop-off point.

If it is local, I can go through
our missing persons reports.

Have Forensics come back
with anything?

There's a DNA sample from the scarf
that was wrapped around his head.

Brilliant. I can run that
through the system.

Sorry. PC Dan Evans.

Well, thank you, Stan. Appreciated.

D-Dan.

It's Dan.

Thank you, Stan.
W-Was I good?

Felt like I was good.
Dunno why you're bothering, babes.

I've seen enough telly to know
those city detectives are gonna need

someone like me, someone local,
with his ear to the ground.

You're not even on the case.
Yeah? Not yet, Davina.

Not yet.

All right?
You all right?

Kaden?
Yeah?

Can I have a word?

Make us a brew, pet.
Yeah.

Right, strictly between us,

two grand's been nicked
from the company account.

We're waiting for confirmation, but
I'd say the writing's on the wall.

Michelle.

Her card was used twice,
and she never reported it missing.

That doesn't necessarily mean
it was her, though, right?

We'll soon find out.

Waiting for CCTV
from the two ATMs to confirm.

Aye, police are on it.

Keep it to yourself for now, yeah?

We playing Shag, Marry, k*ll?

Can you chill out?

It'll be some lad running drugs.

They'll ship the body to Newcastle,

and then PC Dan Evans will be back
settling scraps down Spoons,

where he belongs.

Can you check if the DNA's back?

To think I could be getting
a full set of acrylics right now.

If it's Mr Bin Bag in the parlour
with a previous drug conviction,

you owe me a tenner.

Bingo, Detective.

You've got a close relative match.

You serious? Who?

What?

That's all well and good, Carol,
but are we sure the body is Neil's?

Why else would Joan send postcards
from the pair of them

pretending he was alive?

Some of the stuff
she was saying, Mam.

She was describing a Robert
I've never met,

talking about how he had affairs.

She said he let her live in
his mother's house this entire time.

I wouldn't believe a word of it.

I think you're right, Mam.

I don't think
her and Neil ever went travelling.

I don't think
Neil ever left Stable Row.

Could he have been down there
all this time?

What I don't get is why Robert
would help her cover it up.

Kaden and Sally.

You wouldn't want your kids
to go through something like that,

knowing that their mam's a m*rder*r.

She's not what I thought she'd be.

I knew she'd never age well.

No, I mean she looked fragile.

To think that that smug cow has been
two hours away all this time.

We've got the postcards proving
that she's lying about Neil.

We could take them
straight to the police

and just say that...
that we found them by accident.

No, they'll look
straight at us if we do that.

We've got to keep our heads down.

Nothing links that body
to Stable Row or us,

but it might not stay that way.

We got to get our story straight.

Yeah.

Rishi, we're here to talk to Kaden.

I'm DCI Isaac Taylor.

Dan, what's going on?

We'll... give you some space.

What do you want?
We found a body this morning.

We ran a DNA test, and you came up
as a close relative match.

We believe it's your uncle,
Neil Barrie.

What?

Er, sorry. How...?

Wh-What do you mean,
you've found a body?

We're still trying to ascertain
exactly how Mr Barrie died,

but we need to let you know that,
at this point,

it's currently a m*rder inquiry.

So Uncle Neil's been m*rder*d?

PC Evans tells us Mr Barrie
was in a relationship

with your mother, Joan Barrie.

Do you know where she might be?

I haven't seen my mother
for about 20 years.

So your guess is as good as mine.

You telling everyone
our business now, Dan?

It's my job, Kaden.
Look, I have to ask you.

Do you have any idea
where she might be living?

Are you deaf?
I just said I don't know.

Your dad's still officially
Neil's next of kin.

We need to tell him.
Could you come with us?

No.
Kaden, please.

I'm busy. Why don't you ask
Saint f*cking Carol?

If you think of anything
that might be important...

Look, whatever you're doing here

and whatever's happened
to Neil and my mam,

I don't wanna know about any of it.

All right?

Now, can I get back to my job
if you don't mind, Dan?

So, if they ask... We
moved some furniture,

we watched telly in Stable Row,
and we went to bed.

I am still cognitively able,
you know, Carol, thank you.

Unlike...

What will Robert say
if the police question him?

Ooh, I don't know.

But I'll obviously have to make sure
I'm there if they do.

I'm very proud of you, you know,
for staying strong.

AND a little bit surprised,
if I'm honest.

Maybe you're more like your mam
than you think.

Or maybe I'm just tired of being
exactly what people expect me to be.

Carol. You're my last hope.

I love a man in uniform.

Can I get you a cuppa?
Wouldn't say no.

Poor Neil. Poor Robert.

Do you know who did it?

We're following
a number of enquiries.

Look, we're aware
of Robert's condition.

We'd like a trusted relative to be
there when we deliver the news.

You won't get a word of sense
out of him.

Do you know the whereabouts
of Joan Barrie?

I wouldn't know the first thing
about any of that.

You know Robert.
He never spoke about her.

None of them did.
You looking for her, then? Joan?

We're chasing multiple enquiries.

It's terrible.

Knowing that their Uncle Neil passed
like that.

Poor, poor bairns.

What do you say, Dan,
we'll get everybody together later?

Raise a glass.
You and Kaden make it?

Yeah, that'd be good, actually.

Get out of his head for a bit.

Are you OK to come with us
to the care home, Miss Crottie?

We'd like to tell Mr Barrie
as soon as possible.

As in now?

I'll come with you.

Thank you.

We'll meet you there.
Bye.

We'll see ourselves out.

What is the matter with you?

The last thing I need
is the Addams Family reunion.

Our Dan is on the case.

If we keep the family close,

then we'll know
what those detectives are thinking.

What if they find Joan?
Never mind Joan.

She'll be halfway to Australia
by now if she's got any sense.

You need to concentrate
on making sure

that demented boyfriend of yours
doesn't give us away.

Emily?

I'm mortified.
Don't be.

I've done way worse than cry
when the washing's on.

This promotion just came
at a bad time.

Didn't know they could do that.
I don't know.

It's a big job, especially
with a kid and a husband who...

God. Sorry.

Listen to me,
old woman boring you to death.

No, no, you're not old,
and you're not boring.

I wish I was more like you.

Having you here makes things
a lot easier.

You're someone I can trust.

Hiya, love.

I'm just here with Dan
and his colleague, DCI Taylor.

Hi, Robert.
Hello.

They need to talk to you
about your brother.

I'm so sorry, love, but...

...Neil's passed away.

His body was found today
on the riverbank.

Neil?

Mr Barrie... do you know
where your brother was last living?

He's in Stable Row.
Is that the last time you saw Neil?

It's the last time
anybody ever saw him.

Can you tell us what happened
when Neil left Stable Row?

I don't know anybody called Neil.

We appreciate your time.

We'd like to come back
with a specialist officer,

someone with the right tools
to jog his memory.

We'll be in touch.
I'll see you later, Carol.

How was it? What'd he say?

He stayed quiet, for now.

You were right though, Mam,
about keeping Dan close.

We need to find out
what this detective knows.

I love it.

Thank you, Sally.

Hi, darling.

Getting a lot of work done?
Right back at you.

I just forgot one of the work keys.

Have you...
you got the afternoon off?

Just taking a break.

Best get back upstairs.

And you've got me
all to yourself tonight.

See you later
for baby-sitting, Sally.

Bye, babe.

What...?

Sorry, I just...

Just feel proper weird.
Are you on your period?

What? No.

It just doesn't feel right
doing this here.

Well, you've never minded before.

That was before
your daughter saw us.

Right, and I've said
that I'll talk to her.

Sorry, what? Are you just gonna
hold out on me till then?

Yeah, cos I want it sorted.

OK.

Right, well...
get some laundry done,

cos we are paying you, Sally.

Don't you have a mentalist husband
somewhere to breathalyse?

It's this preliminary coroner's
report. It doesn't make sense.

Neil had wounds
you'd associate with frostbite.

You ever been in the River Tyne?
Update on the Barrie case.

No fixed abode,
no family members who've seen him.

That, alongside
the victim's unexplained bruising,

fits the profile
of a long-term drug user.

After some intel, we believe
that this is a g*ng-related m*rder.

We will be refocusing efforts
on Newcastle

and the surrounding areas.
Thanks, all.

Well, there goes your m*rder case.

Pet. I'm sorry.

It's not easy.
What are you on about?

Your Uncle Neil.

Sally, I'm so sorry.

His body was found this morning.

That's why we wanted to get
everyone together.

What? What happened to him?
Well, he washed up on the riverbank.

It's... a m*rder investigation.

What, and nobody told us?!

Another evening
with the Barrie kids.

Always a pleasure.

Is your fella coming, Sally?
We had a row.

I see.

Do you want my advice?

Never say sorry to a man.

Admit nothing. Ever.

I mean, these days,
it's all equality, isn't it?

Everyone saying sorry to everybody

and girls going to the netty
in front of their fellas.

You Barries love your phones,
don't you?

Hiya, Sally.
It's Kaden speaking.

Our uncle's just been m*rder*d?

I thought Dan would've told you.

Well, he didn't. Carol just did.

I'm sorry.

They were asking me questions
about Mam, and I...

Wh-What kind of questions?

Well, they want to know
where she's at

so they can ask her about Neil.

Do you remember him?

Nah. Not really.

Do you think Mam might come back?

Not if she's got
a f*cking brain cell left.

Look, I am really sorry
for not telling you about Neil.

I've got some work stuff going on.

Yeah, well,
my work's stressful, too.

You're a baby-sitter, Sal.

Who keeps phoning you?

You're not having an affair,
are you?

Am I f*ck!
Good.

Cos, like, Dan's actually nice,
and he puts up with you,

which literally nobody else would.

Well, maybe he shouldn't.
What's going on?

I let him down all the time.

He loves you, like.

I only came to have a look at
the brickwork for this subsidence.

Otherwise, we are never gonna sell
this place.

Do us a favour,
will you distract Clipboard Carol?

Hi, Sal.

Hey, can we talk?

Kaden?
Yeah?

We identified Neil cos your DNA
was on the criminal database

for a DUI.

No, nothing?

Do you know how that makes me look?

It was just all of the Carol stuff,
the stress of it. I just...

I don't know. I...

I'm really sorry.

I think we should look at you
taking some time off work.

No, absolutely not.
That'll make things worse.

Make what worse?

Money's gone missing.

Rishi's waiting on CCTV from two
of the ATMs to see who took it.

Which ATMs?
It's Four Banks and Sefton Road.

Nah. Good luck to him.

There's no working CCTV
on either of those.

What, really? Are you sure?

I'm a copper, Kaden.
I know which cameras work.

Hey.

Is that really what's playing
on your mind?

Yeah.

Sorry, I'll have to take this.
Kaden, can we...?

One sec. One sec.

Hello, Rishi. Hiya.

Yeah, go on. Fire away.

Hiya, Dan.
Hiya, love.

Terrible, isn't it?

What's that? Hiya, Dave.
Hi.

Neil, going the way he did.

I imagine you've got your suspects,

but never gonna be a cosy story
when you washed up dead in a river.

I wouldn't know.

What do you mean?

I'm officially off the case.

Between you and me...
and you, Dave...

...they're looking into gangs
in Newcastle.

They reckon Neil
was an addict in debt.

I'm not sure
they're on the right track, but...

Hey, what do I know?

Dave?

All right, Dad?

Mam's having another, then.
Aye.

You're coping well, pet.

I'm not sure
you'd call this coping.

Mam says you and the boyfriend
have had a row again.

Well, I hope you make it up
and that he's treating you right.

You deserve it. We're all
looking forward to meeting him.

Do they know who did it? To Neil?
Not yet.

Do you think they'll find my mam?

I don't know, love.

Shocking news, isn't it?

Neil being k*lled by a drug lord.

Can I make a rule?
No phones at the table.

These Barries are addicted.

Wait, what?
Dan just told us.

Drug deal gone wrong.
Where's Kaden?

And again, nobody tells me anything.
Mam?

Sorry, it just slipped out.

Am I invisible?
Shall we sit down?

It's just a theory, Sal.

I know it's just a theory, Dan,
but it sounds right to me.

Shall I... ...say a
few words, please...?

I just wanted to say that...
Well,

I wish the circumstances
were different, but...

you know, it's times like these
that remind you that family

and coming together
is the most important thing.

You'll never believe this.

We've found a buyer
for the house - cash.

So we're rich?
I'd say so, yeah.

And... obviously,
you knew this was coming, Carol.

But the lawyers said they want
a super, super-fast sale.

I don't have anywhere else to live.

Don't worry.
I'll make sure they don't rush you.

That'll be them now. They just wanna
have a quick look round.

Is that all right?

Hey?

Kaden.

What are you doing here?

This is my house.

I just bought it.

What's going on?

Kaden!

Kaden, wait.

Mam?

Sally.

She's bought our house!

She f*cked off and left us,
no note, no nothing for 20 years,

and then she buys our house?

It's sick.
Why'd she come back?

Police haven't spoken to her yet.
Does she even know Neil's dead?

Hello? Mother who abandoned us
is now here,

gonna live down the f*cking road!

Let me take you home.
No.

I'm going back to work.
I'm gonna try and stop this sale.

You came back.

For how long?
For good, forever.

This is my home again.

And yours, if you need it.

Mam...

...I knew you'd come back for me.

Leaving you was the worst thing
I ever did.

I hated every moment.

But everything's different now.

sh*t. I...
I said I'd baby-sit for Anna.

I'll cancel. Just gimme a sec.

No, no, no, don't worry.
I can't stop.

I have some paperwork to sort out.

B-But... you'll come back, right?

Promise me you won't...
you won't leave again.

I promise.

Well, give us your phone.
I'll put my number in.

I can't believe you're real, Mam.

You must have a lot of questions.

Thank you.

See you.

See you.

Hello, Moira.

Dave.
Joan.

We better be off.

Call me later.

Dave.

Everything OK?

We need to kibosh
the Stable Row sale.

Thought you were desperate for it.

I am, but not to this person.

Kaden, it's too late.

The deposit's already been paid
into your account.

All the legal's gone through.

Sorry, mate.

By the way... tough decision, but...

...we let Michelle go.

What? Why?
The missing cash.

She was the only one
with access to that card,

so... who else could it be?

Wow. You look amazing.

Thanks. How was your family thing?
Good.

Unreal, actually.

It's mad, but my mam's back.

No way.

I haven't seen her
since I was young, but, like, she...

The name's Tanner, Paddy Tanner.

Babe,
I couldn't find my cuff links.

I'll get them.
No, no, no. I know where they are.

Thanks, babe.

Nuclear collision avoided.
You what?

I sorted it with Emily.
What do you mean?

I just told her that,
like, you know,

some things are to stay
between Daddy and Emily.

She's a smart girl.
She knows how to keep a secret.

Sally. Relax, all right?

Wh-What would she even say?
That we were fighting?

Hey, we can fight later,
if you like?

Or am I still on the naughty step?
Someone perked up for Auntie Sally!

Thank you, darling, cheers.
See you later.

Yeah, hey, be good.
Ooh, you look... Whoo!

I should be offering
my condolences, Joan.

You must be devastated about Neil.

Nothing to say? That's not like you.

Poor Neil.

I warned him
not to come back to Allentown.

But part of him always believed
his brother could change.

I knew better.
Right.

Because Robert did this?

Well, that's a question
for the police to answer.

I'm sure I'll be speaking to them
soon enough.

And saying what?
The truth.

Course.

Your sad, lonely marriage.

Joan Barrie's tiny violin.

Be very careful, Carol.

Or what? You'll take my home off me?

Wait. You already have.

This was never your home.

That must be obvious by now.

Thank you. Cheers.

Hi.

I hope this place is all right.

I wanted to respect your boundaries.
It's nice.

Do you want a drink?
I'm good, thank you.

Listen...

I'm sorry if I haven't treated you
in the right way.

I wanna change that.

I'm gonna get you the rest of
the money by the end of this week.

Kaden...
No, listen.

I want Dan...

...to really enjoy the last
few months of this pregnancy,

without all of the stress and...

I know all that's my fault, but...

Have you ever loved someone, Martha?

I know that you're single now,
but...

...you remember
what that feels like, right?

How you would do
absolutely anything for them?

And all you wanna do
is make them happy?

That's... That's me with Dan.

He's the...

...only good thing
that's ever happened to me, and...

...I can't lose him.

So I promise you.
You'll get your money.

How can I trust you?

I guess
we'll have to just trust each other.

All right.

Everything's just landed
in your lap, hasn't it, Joan?

It's been so easy for you,
so convenient.

Just blame it all on a man
who can't defend himself.

Almost as convenient as you turning
up at my door looking for Neil

on the same day
that his body washes up.

Now who's got nothing to say?

My solicitors will be in touch
with completion dates.

We want to move quickly.

I'd start packing, if I were you.

This version you have of Robert,
it's not true.

He's kind, and he's honest.
He's not controlling.

He's not having affairs,
and he did not k*ll Neil Barrie.

He could never.

He would never. Robert's a good man.

If you think that,
you don't know him.

I know Robert better than you.

Funny. Your mother used to say
the same thing.

What are you talking about?

You don't know?

Robert and Moira
were having an affair.

I've been kept from this place
long enough.

Robert's gone, and I will not cower
from someone like you.

I'm moving back to Stable Row,
to my home, where I belong.

And I want you out.