05x06 - If We Are Not Monsters

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Top Boy". Aired: 31 October 2011 – 10 September 2013.*
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Series is set on the fictional Summerhouse estate in the London Borough of Hackney and focuses on two drug dealers, Dushane and Sully, along with others involved with drug dealing and g*ng v*olence in London.
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05x06 - If We Are Not Monsters

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[crowd yelling angrily]

[man ] Oi, you man, quick, quick, quick!

[indistinct yelling]

[man ] Let's go!

- [woman ] Quick!
- [glass shatters]

[woman ] Get 'em!

- [woman ] Child m*rder*r!
- [woman ] m*rder*r!

[man ] Come on then!

f*ck off!

[woman ] Go on, go on!

[woman ] I got it!

[man ] Child murderers!

[droning ambient music playing]

Yeah!

Go on, Martin! Do your ting, yeah!

Do your ting!

[all chanting] Martin! Martin!

Martin! Martin!

[cheering]

[glass shattering]

[crowd cheering and whistling]

[glass shatters]

{an}[music fades]

{an}[knocking on door]

{an}Who's that?

{an}[man] Friend of a friend.

{an}It's mad out there, innit?

{an}[crowd chanting]

{an}[locks door]

{an}[exhales]

{an}[Dushane] Bro, what you sayin'?

{an}Wilson said you're the guy,
can get anyone out.

[Latif sighs]

You got your passport?

It's on its way.

Where am I goin'?

Turkey.

Turkey?

I got people there.

You'll be safe. %.

Turkey's a good place to hide out.

It's also a good place to do business.

A guy like you can get himself
back on his feet very quickly.

[Dushane sighs]

So, I take it you've said your goodbyes.

I ain't got no one to say goodbye to.

- So you're good to go then.
- I'm good to go.

When?

Well, there's no time like the present.

Except you're missin' a passport.

And, more importantly, my down payment.

Yeah.

I'll get your money.

I just ain't got it here right now.

I wish you'd have told me that
before I came here.

I'm in the most f*cked-up situation
right now, bro.

I need you to be a bit flexible.

Flexible?

- Wilson told me you had the money.
- I just need to go and collect it.

How long?

Couple of hours max.

Bye.

What'd you mean?
Bro, where you goin'? What you doin'?

When you got the money,

text the word "yes"
to the number that Wilson gave you.

Just that, nothing else. "Yes."

I hear what you're saying,
but you might as well stay...

When I see "yes" on my phone,
I will get you out.

A'ight.

All right.

I'm gonna sort it.

I'll give you some advice
for free, though.

Life on the run is f*ckin' expensive.

[line rings]

- [sirens wailing]
- [phone vibrating]

- [clang]
- [glass shatters]

- Wagwan?
- [Sully] Yo.

I just need you for somethin'
in a little bit.

Yeah? It's calm.

Hey, Sull, have you seen
what's happenin' in Summerhouse?

[Sully] Yeah, well, is what it is, innit.

Proper madness.

Listen, Kieron, it was Jaq, you know.

Jaq did what?

She done it.

She robbed me.

- What, Jaq robbed it?
- Yeah.

f*ckin' mad, innit?

I don't know what to say. Jaq?

Mm-hm.

I can't f*ckin' believe it.

So is she gonna give the food back?

She said she would tonight.

So...

[siren wailing]

...when she brings the food back,

how's it gonna run?

Well, that depends
on her attitude, don't it?


She comes correct...

I dunno.

Yeah.

She's gonna be respectful.

- [crash]
- All right, well...

You'll see, innit.

'Cause I want you there, at the handover.

I'm there.

Road round the back of the arches.
You know it?


Yeah, yeah.

A'ight, I'm on my way. Bless.

[phone clatters]

Mum, I gotta go out.

[Diana] What?

Everythin' that's goin' on out there,
you can't go out.

Mum, it's not that deep. Don't worry.

Well, where are you goin'?
What you goin' out for?

Going to see Jaq.

What if one of them youts
try to get in here?

Mum, none of them youts
are gonna try get in the flat.

I'm gonna be back soon, yeah?

Don't worry about nothin'. Okay?

Just lock up behind me.

[lock clicks]

[Becks] So you meet him, hand over
the bags, and it's all forgotten?

That's exactly what a pass is, babe.

Is that what he said, "a pass"?
What was the word he used?

I told you, yes.

What exactly did he say?

[sighs]

He said,

if I give him his food back, I get a pass.

Look, I know nothing about your world,

but I do know,
generally, people can't be trusted.

Especially people who think
you've offended them.

All I wanna know is that when
you've seen him, you're coming home.

Look...

[sighs]

...I have to trust him.

All right? 'Cause if Sully wants me dead,

I'm dead,
and there's nothin' I can do about it.

Look, I know
you don't understand, all right?

It's just the way sh*t works in my world.

- Well, in this big world...
- [scoffs]

...the world that everyone else lives in,
people will give you their word,

change their mind, and do
the one thing they said they wouldn't do.

[phone ringing]

Yo.

[Kieron] Yo.

Sully said you told him it was you.
Are you all right?

[sighs]

Yeah, I'm good, bro.

I'm good. Listen, don't worry about it.
It's gonna get sorted out.

Yeah, he said
your attitude better come correct.

Yeah, and it will be.

Did he mention anything about me?

No.

This is on me.
It's got f*ck all to do with you.

A'ight, listen, don't stress.
I'm gonna sort it out.


He's gonna get his food back tonight,
all right?


Said he wants me there for it.

A'ight, say less.
I'mma see you in a bit, then.

- Love.
- A'ight, love.

Jaq, I love you.

[gentle emotional music playing]

You're the strongest person I know.

You're too good for this life...

believe me.

You can do anything.

But the one person
who's gonna make that happen is you.

The only way you're gonna make that happen
is if you get out of this life.

[keys rattle]

I'll be home.

[Jaq sighs]

[front door opens]

[door closes]

[crowd yelling angrily]

- [man] Don't push me!
- Pussio child K*llers!

- f*ck off! f*ck off!
- [officer] Stay back!

- Stay back!
- [siren wailing]

Stay back!

[crowd booing]

Get back!

[knocking on door]

Have you seen what's goin' on down there?

[Dushane] Yeah.

Mad.

How many feds out there?

A lot.

Riot squad, everythin'.

- They give you problems comin' in?
- No.

How about the people goin' out?

They just let 'em go.
I think they've got enough on their plate.

[Dushane] That's good.

Thank you.

[sighs] It's mad, innit?

Look at us.

- Back where we first met.
- Mm.

Couldn't take my eyes off you.

What we had was special.

It was special.

There was a time, Dushane,
where we had everythin'.

Me, Tish, you,

we were a family, you know?

We were happy.

[siren wailing]

It's never too late.

I love you, Shelley.

I love you too.

I always will.

But I'll also always be second best.

[somber music playing]

You love money,

and you love power.

You've never had enough love
left over for me.

I hope you make it.

[sighs]

[chatter on TV]

No, Stef. No one's goin' out this evening.

I'm just gonna go check on Erin, innit.
Make sure she's safe.

You seen that madness out there?

- I have. That's why no one's goin' out.
- This is bullshit, man.

- Move out my f*ckin' way!
- Ian! Ian!

[Ian] Yeah. Yeah?

- What you call Ian for?
- Come on, Stef.

You lot act like I'm a f*ckin' child.

- [woman] It's for your own safety.
- Shut up, man.

[newscaster] ...troubled estate,
leading to protests, which...


[boy] Rah, did you see that?

[newscaster] Rioters have set fire
to buildings and cars


and are engaged in running battles
with the police.


- Move out of my way!
- [woman] Stef!

- Hey!
- [Stef] f*ck off, man.

[both sigh]

[door opens]

[door closes]

[car door opens]

- [Kieron] Yo.
- [door closes]

They're movin' mad in Summerhouse.

Feds are even too shook to move in.

Where we doin' the handover?

How we gonna make this right, then?

What?

All that stuff about Si and that.

The Fields, man.

Makin' me go over there.

Almost killin' everyone...

over some bullshit story...

that you made up
'cause you knew it was Jaq.

You knew all along, innit?

I didn't know all along.

You know how f*ckin' dumb that was?

I told her it was wrong.

Wrong for what she done.

You f*ckin' lied to me.

Just tell me you lied to me.

- Tell me you f*ckin' lied to me!
- I'm f*ckin' scared. I'm sorry.

If you're gonna lie,
lie like a f*ckin' man!

Say it!

I lied to you.

[horn blares]

[ominous ambient music playing]

- I'm sorry.
- You can't f*ckin' lie to me, bro.

I'm f*ckin' sorry.
You're the only one that f*ckin' busts.

- Get out the car!
- I'm f*ckin' sorry, Sully!

- [Junior] Get out the car!
- f*ck off!

- [Kieron] What the f*ck?
- f*ckin' sorry...

- [Kieron] What the f*ck?
- [door closes]

- Sully! Sully, I'm f*ckin' sorry!
- [Junior] Shut the f*ck up!

- [Kieron] Sully, man! Get the f*ck off me!
- [Junior] Stop talkin'!

- [Kieron] Get the f*ck off!
- [thud]

[van door opens]

- [door closes]
- [engine starts]

[phone chimes]

[van drives past]

[tense ambient music playing]

[g*n clicking]

- [helicopter whirring]
- [siren wailing]

Goodbye, Mum.

[crowd yelling]

[officer] If you do not leave the area,
you will be arrested!

You will be arrested
if you do not leave the area!

[yelling]

[man] Move, man!

[helicopter whirring]

[inaudible]

[chattering]

[woman] Why is he going out there?

- He shouldn't do things like that.
- [man] It's not gonna help.

The situation's bad enough as it is.

[crowd yelling]

[tense ambient music playing]

- [woman] Would you like some soup?
- No.

Thank you.

[man] People don't help.

[siren wailing]

[helicopter whirring]

[Dushane] Oi.

[glass shattering]

- That everything, yeah?
- [Jaq] Yeah, it's all there.

Better not be runnin' up
your f*ckin' mouth.

I told you, I wanna make sh*t right.

- Yo, give me the bags.
- What? What you doin', bruv?

- Give me the bags.
- No, I gotta give it to Sully.

- Give me the f*ckin' bags.
- Are you f*ckin' mad?

- Get your hands off me.
- Shut up, you eediat!

f*ckin' give me the f*ckin' bags, man.

[Jaq groans]

[groans]

[tense ambient music playing]

[sirens wailing]

[door opens]

[door closes]

[Sully] Since when do I
wait around for you? Where the f*ck is it?

Dushane just robbed all the f*ckin' food.

What?

- He just f*ckin' jumped me.
- Jaq, don't f*ck with me.

- I'm not f*ckin'...
- You're a f*ckin' liar.

f*ckin' get out here.

What you f*ckin' talkin' about?

[door closes]

You think it's a game?

Don't f*ckin' pl...

Don't f*ckin' play with me!

How did Dushane know you'll be here?

How did he know?

That's why you ain't gettin' no pass.

Neither did Kieron.

- Sully, I...
- Shut up!

Jaq, are you good?

It's cool.

- Are you sure?
- I'm calm.

[door closes]

Was Kieron here?

Nah, I ain't seen him.

What's happened?

[door opens]

[door closes]

[crowd yelling]

[siren whooping]

[phone vibrates]

Yo.

I got your message.

- So you got the money?
- Listen to me.

This ting's gonna have to run
a little differently this time.

You're tellin' me how it's gonna run?

I've got ki's of white, uncut.

[panting] That's half a mil, bro.

I'll give you... I'll give you
if you f*ckin' get me out.

I'll call you back.

No, no, no, no,
don't f*ckin' call me back, man.

I need answers now.

- I'll call you back.
- [siren wails]

- [beeping]
- f*ck!

[crowd yelling]

["Take That Risk" by CB playing on phone]

♪ No case, no trace, no prints ♪

♪ You'll never take that risk
You'll never take that risk ♪


♪ Sit back laugh with the g*ng
How they rap when they ain't on piss ♪


♪ n*gg*s wanna talk 'bout ridin'
Whole day tryna tape off strips ♪


♪ No face, no case, no witness
No case, no trace, no prints ♪


♪ You'll never take that risk ♪

- Hey, Junior.
- [Junior] Yeah.

I'm gonna need you again, man.

- Where are you?
- Summerhouse.

Heard it's a madness
to get in there right now, though.

You won't believe it.

- [glass shatters]
- Bring somethin' for me, yeah?

What you lookin'? Somethin' low key?

Yeah.

Couple of them.

All right, then, say nothin'.

Soon come.

- [man ] Dash it!
- [man ] Go! Go!

- [man ] Let him have it!
- [man ] What?

[glass shattering]

[girl] Oi, hurry up!

[helicopter whirring]

Jaq.

Is Kieron in?

No. Thought he was meeting you.

Jaq?

Jaq!

[panting]

Hey, Jaq!

[melancholy music playing]

[exhales]

[yelling]

[phone vibrating]

Yo.

I want ki's.

Yo, bro, that's way too f*ckin' much, man.

Well, in that case, good luck.

Bruv, let... Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Wait. f*ck. Wait, man.

All right.

K.

All right.

I'll send you a couple guys.

Whoever you're gonna send,

they'd better be f*ckin' on smoke
right now, I'm telling you,

'cause I got f*ckin' opps everywhere.

f*ckin' feds on me, you know that.

They'll get you out.

How long, man?

- One hour.
- sh*t.

Okay.

f*ck. f*ck.

You're up.

Make sure he has the bags.

If he doesn't, leave him.

[door closes]

[crowd yelling]

[sirens wailing]

[helicopter whirring]

[banging]

- [Sully] This one's full, yeah?
- [Junior] Yeah.

You know there's feds everywhere, innit?
It weren't easy gettin' in here.

Yeah, that's why I know
it's not easy gettin' out.

He's here, man. Come.

- [Sully] Where you lot goin'?
- We're gonna see what's happenin'.

Any of you lot seen Dushane?

- Nah, bro.
- [Sully] Well, I'm looking for him.

So keep an eye open.

What do we do if we see him though?

[Sully] What?

Problem?

What, sh**t Dushane?

Listen, Dushane's carryin' two bags.

[cocks g*n]

You f*ckin' take that and bring it to me.

Hm.

Go look round the back of that block.

- Go on.
- Put it away.

[menacing music playing]

[pressing lift button]

Lift never f*ckin' works. Come.

[sirens wailing]

[yelling]

[horn blaring]

[man ] Oi, what you lot sayin'?
Go on, f*ck off!

[man ] f*ck off, will ya?

Oh sh*t.

[man ] Move!

[banging]

Move!

[man ] d*ck!

- [glass shatters]
- [horn blaring]

[phone chimes]

- [man ] Here, come, come.
- [man ] Shh, shh!

[man ] Come.

[man ] Come on, man. Come on.

[man ] Looks like someone's
already been here, bruv.

- [man ] All right, bruv.
- [man ] Go ahead, burn it.

- [Dushane] Get the f*ck out.
- [man ] Bro, he's got a g*n.

- Now. Go.
- [man ] Go. Move.

- [Dushane] Get the f*ck out.
- [man ] Yo, f*ck.

[line rings]

[Latif] Yeah?

You said they were close.
It's gettin' peak in here for me.

Hold on.

They're gonna be another minutes.

Where do you wanna meet 'em?
Your mum's place?


No. No, that's bait.

There's some disused garages.

South entrance.

Tell 'em to meet me there.
Fifteen minutes.


All right.

[crowd yelling]

[glass shatters]

[siren wailing]

[boy ] This way, this way.

Sorry, cuz.

[footsteps]

[Sully] Go upstairs.

[running footsteps]

[Junior] Ay, no one's here.

- You all right?
- Huh?

Yeah. Let's go.

[panting]

f*ck!

[door closes]

[crowd yelling]

- [glass shattering]
- [thud]

[man] Ow!

[siren wailing]

[man] Let's go. We gotta get down there!

[Sully] Yo!

Yeah, yeah, this way!

[Sully] Oi! Oi!

[woman screams]

- [Sully] Dushane!
- [g*nsh*t]

- [screaming]
- [g*nshots]

[Samsi] It's him! It's Dushane! sh**t him!

Ay, don't... Don't f*ckin'...

[Samsi] No, no, no, no, no!

f*ck, f*ck, f*ck!

- [Rowmando] Hey, Bradders.
- [Bradders groaning]

Hey, stay with us, man.

- Hey, Bradders, you're good.
- [Samsi crying] No, no, no, no, no, no!

- [Rowmando] No, no, no.
- [Samsi sobbing]

- [Sully] Where'd he go?
- Went down that way.

Stay with us, stay with us.
Stay with us, bro.

- Hey, someone get help, man!
- [Bradders groans]

[man] Hey!

- Dushane!
- Yeah!

- Hey, where's the car?
- This way. Let's go.

[g*nsh*t]

Oi!

Junior!

[g*nsh*t]

- [g*nsh*t]
- [glass shatters]

- [grunts]
- [g*nf*re continues]

[yells]

[g*nsh*t]

sh*t.

[Sully] Dushane!

[crash]

[banging]

f*ck!

[Sully] Dushane!

[panting]

[yells]

[clattering]

[grunting]

[cocks g*n]

- [g*nsh*t]
- [Dushane grunts]

- [thud]
- [Dushane groans]

[whimpers]

- Oi.
- [Dushane whimpering]

What you f*ckin' playin' at?

[gasps]

You f*ckin' sh*t me!

You robbed me!

[Dushane whimpers]

[Dushane gasping]

- What you doin'?
- [gasps]

Oi!

[Dushane wheezes]

Oi, the feds were onto me, man.

I ain't goin' to prison, Sully.

Then f*ckin' leave, then!

I didn't have no f*ckin' money, did I?

[sobbing] sh*t.

The f*ck have you done?

[crying]

Why didn't you come to me?

Come to you?

- Yes, f*cking come to me!
- Come to you?!

[cries out]

[panting]

- I would've give you the money.
- You wouldn't have given me sh*t.

- You f*ckin' know it.
- I would've give you the money!

You're lyin'!

We were done! Remember?

I didn't have no choice!

[cries out]

[breathing shakily]

- I thought we were brothers!
- f*ck off! f*ck off!

[whimpers]

We're f*ckin' brothers

when it suits you.

You couldn't handle
that I was the big brother.

Oi, how about seein' me on the level?

[scoffs]

How about I just wanted your respect?

How about that?

I do respect you, fam.

You were right.

You can't run this sh*t
without the bodies.

Look at where we're from.

- [sniffles]
- [Dushane groans]

Look at it.

[Dushane breathing shakily]

If we are not monsters, we're food...

and I could never be food.

How do you think
we survived all this time?

[breathing shakily]

[grunts]

[grunts]

You know I can't let you get away
with them bags, though, yeah?

Dushane.

Dushane.

[bangs on gate]

Shane, get up.

- [taps on gate]
- Get up.

- Hey, get up!
- [knocks on gate]

Oi!

[breathing shakily]

[melancholy music playing]

[grunts]

[thud]

[siren wailing]

[thud]

- [keys clatter]
- [sighs heavily]

You're back.

I was so worried.

[Jaq sighs heavily]

[Jaq sighs]

Is everything gonna be all right?

- Jaq, what's happened to your face?
- Everything's gonna be okay.

Okay?

Come here.

[Becks sighs]

[birdsong]

[wings fluttering]

I hope you're looking down on me, man.

If you are,
then you know what's about to happen.

It's so quiet.

You know what the worst thing
about being alone is?

All the quiet, man.

I miss the noise.

[gentle emotional music playing]

Me hypin' on FIFA.

Aaron comin' in tellin' me to shut up
'cause he's studying exams.

You tellin' us who's cookin',
who's cleanin'.

I even miss the sound
of the washin' machine.

[exhales]

It's mad, 'cause

all I do in my room is just sit.

There ain't no life around me.

It's all gone.

If you see Mum and Dad,
tell 'em I love 'em.

Don't forget, please.

And I love you too, man.

Love.

A little bit after school,
and then I'll come and see you.

All right.

- Hold on, I'll catch you in a second.
- See you later.

I'll see you in a sec.

- You all right?
- [Tash] Dad?

What you doin' here?

- Can I walk with you?
- Sure.

- [chuckles]
- Yeah?

- How you doin'?
- I'm good, thanks. How are you?

Dad, you never bring me to school
on a Thursday. What's wrong?

[kids laughing and shouting]

- Dad, are you even listenin' to me?
- Yeah.

Dad, why are you really here?

You know I love you, right?

[scoffs]

- Yeah.
- You know?

Are you all right?
'Cause I worry about you a lot, you know.

- I'm good.
- Are you sure?

Yeah, you ain't gotta
worry about me. Come.

- [Sully] You okay though, yeah?
- [Tash] I'm good.

Long as you're good.

Right, when am I gonna see you next?

I might not be around for a little bit.

- But we'll speak.
- Okay, good.

- I'll call you.
- Okay.

- And text me anytime, yeah?
- All right, I will do. Love you. Bye.

[girl laughing]

Okay.

How does it feel?

What you had to see that day, it was...

f*cked up.

But it had to be done.

Just like you gotta do what you gotta do.

I'm okay with it.

How does it feel?

Hm?

To be honest, Stefan,

feelin' done left me a long time ago.

You're not worth it.

[chuckles softly]

[seat belt clicks]

[horn blares]

[horn continues blaring]

[silence]

[somber ambient music playing]
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