01x04 - Circle in a Circle

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Culprits". Aired: 8 November 2023.*
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A crew that conducted a heist find themselves being k*lled off one by one.
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01x04 - Circle in a Circle

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I'm planning a job,

David. It's a one-and-out.

DIANNE: And it would require you

to leave your current life behind.

New identity. No coming back.

Don't improvise. Don't second-guess.

DIANNE: Stick to the plan.

DRIVER: Muscle! Get in the car!

(WAILS IN PAIN)

OFFICER: Somebody is k*lling

us, David. Someone's coming.

It's happening.

David?

- SPECIALIST: Who was it?

- OFFICER: I don't know.

Felt like a professional.

SPECIALIST: We took over

a hundred million pounds.

I'm surprised they

haven't k*lled us already.

Who's they? The people we stole from?

Or one of us.

My parents aren't dead.

They live in England.

I was born in England. I'm English.

- I did bad things. Illegal things.

- You're a criminal.

I never wanted to put you in danger.

JULES: We're in danger?

How could you do that?

JOE: Jules, I promise.

I'm gonna fix this.

SPECIALIST: We should go.

- Go where?

- To go end this.

JOE: So it's great, right?

This is really gonna be a restaurant?

JOE: Yeah, sure.

You just gotta, you know,

use your imagination.

Like, look, look.

I'm gonna, I'm gonna take out this

wall and, you know, open it up.

You know, put tables all through here.

And I'm gonna put a,

put the bar right there.

Or actually, maybe, might put it there.

But the best thing, I'm gonna

have a wood-burning oven.

You know, like pizza.

Focaccia.

Or whatever.

Yeah, I know you love pizza, so

Of course, I love pizza.

Everyone loves pizza. It's pizza.

FRANKIE: So does this mean you're

sticking around for a while?

What do you mean?

I don't know. I wasn't sure.

- I didn't know if you and Daddy were

- Yes, Frankie.

I'm gonna stick around.

Hopefully, for a little

more than a while?

Is that okay?

Yeah.

Well

good.

Because there's nowhere

else I'd rather be.

(PLANE WHIRRING)

(INTERCOM DINGS)

FLIGHT ATTENDANT: Good

afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

As you can see, the captain has now

switched on the fasten seatbelt sign

as we begin our final

descent into London Heathrow.

DIANNE: Hey, everyone, eyes front.

Okay, shut up and listen.

As you can see, the vault is

built into the foundations.

Its metal walls are five feet thick,

and embedded within

them is the mechanism

like veins flowing through a body.

And there's nothing

electrical on it at all.

It's all analogue, off-the-grid.

So whatever happens, blackout,

fire, flood, earthquake,

it stays locked and stays put.

Can't we just use expl*sives?

They wouldn't even make a dent.

There were only two people in the world

remotely capable of cracking this thing.

One of them is this

guy, Mislav Barderic.

But unfortunately, he was

found dead two years ago.

- Moscow, g*nsh*t to the head.

- (SPECIALIST SCOFFS)

What?

It wasn't me.

DIANNE: The other is this man.

Malek Mizouni.

He was trained by his father,

who was himself an old master.

They used to work for organized

crime, primarily the CN.

They were the best cr*cker team

around until they got caught.

- What, is he in prison now?

- DIANNE: Not anymore.

Now he runs a company that

designs and tests security systems.

- So he's gone to the other side.

- DIANNE: For now.

But I think he could be lured back

over the line for the right price.

So where is he now?

Not too far.

(INTENSE ROCK MUSIC)

(LAUGHTER)

(JOE IN SPANISH)

Why?

You see that woman over there?

JOE: Do you know who she is?

She'd like to talk to you.

Please.

I'm not in that world anymore.

If you refuse, she might take offense.

(SIGHS)

BOTH (IN SPANISH): Good morning.

(SPEAKING IN SPANISH)

I have a proposition for you.

A job.

Madame

I am retired.

DIANNE: I don't believe you.

You are too talented to just give up.

(MALEK SIGHS)

I'm humbled that you would think of me.

It's an honor to meet you.

I've heard so much, but

I cannot do this.

I cannot.

DIANNE: Yes, you can.

Name your price.

MALEK: Please, this isn't about money.

I would be no help

to you, Miss Harewood.

A technician like myself, a craftsman

we need to want.

We need the desire.

The thrill.

The love.

Unless we are useless.

You don't have the love?

This world broke my heart.

You disappoint me.

I expected more from a

man of your reputation.

I mean no disrespect.

DIANNE: Señor Mizouni.

If you mention to anyone that we

spoke, you will not live much longer.

Your family either.

That I presumed.

Goodbye, Mr. Mizouni.

(BREATHES SHAKILY)

Please, please

I must talk with Dianne Harewood.

My name is Youssef Mizouni.

I'm his father.

I taught him everything he knows.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

(g*ns COCKING)

You have something to say?

Don't k*ll my son.

Why would I do that?

He's a loose thread.

Also, you imagine.

He and I spent nine years in prison,

and we never spoke to

the police about anything.

Ever.

YOUSSEF: He will not talk.

I guarantee it.

You were listening too.

That makes you a loose thread.

I taught Malek, I'm not retired.

You're an old man.

If you came looking for us,

then you have an old safe.

An old safe needs an old man.

Your fingers don't look too nimble.

I taught Malek, but I taught another.

Someone whose fingers can get

through locks like fire through ice.

Who?

(CHUCKLE)

(RAP MUSIC)

SPECIALIST: Azar Mizouni?

You need to come with us.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

(INTERCOM DINGS)

FLIGHT ATTENDANT: Good

afternoon, ladies and gentlemen,

and welcome to London Heathrow.

On behalf of the captain

and the cabin crew,

we would like to wish you a safe travel

to your final destination.

And we look forward to

seeing you again soon

on Skyline Airways.

(INTERCOM DINGS)

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

- TAXI DRIVER: Where to, mate?

- Neasden.

(PHONE RINGING)

(PHONE RINGING)

CATHY: Hello. We're

sorry we missed your call.

Please leave a message,

and we'll get back to you.

(BEEPS)

(JOE GRUNTS)

(SENTIMENTAL MUSIC)

(RATTLES)

(PLASTIC RUSTLES)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

(THUDDING)

It was only meant to be a quick hello.

Not a baccanal.

We haven't even had our dinner yet.

- I only had a couple of drinks.

- Ha!

(GRUNTS)

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES)

Cathy, come eat.

CARL: Cathy!

What's keeping you?

Nothing.

AZAR: Please. Where are you taking me?

- What do you want?

- JOE: Just walk.

I've heard good things about you, Azar.

Let me go.

(SPEAKING ARABIC)

(SPEAKING ARABIC)

Enough chit-chat.

DIANNE: Let's get on with this.

(AZAR SPEAKS ARABIC)

What's this?

Pressure.

(AZAR SPEAKS ARABIC)

Now. Get to work.

(YOUSSEF SPEAKS ARABIC)

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

(DRILLING)

(AZAR SPEAKS ARABIC)

(GASPS)

(AZAR GRUNTING)

(GASPING FOR AIR)

DIANNE: Congratulations.

(YOUSSEF COUGHS)

Everyone, meet cr*cker and Greaseman.

So, what's the job?

DIANNE: We've only got

about a 12-minute window

until we can expect their

backup cavalry to arrive.

So we have to work faster than fast.

Once the vault is open,

Muscle, Right Hand, and I

will pack and move the

money to here and here,

while Specialist is our firewall.

Once we've packed,

the inside team split.

Half go out here.

The rest go out the other side here.

But there isn't an exit on that side.

We'll make one.

Driver will be waiting in

the alley for the up and outs.

Right Hand will take the wheel

of the car on the opposite side.

Officer flees in her black and white.

Fuse will cover our tracks.

And then we all meet

back here for the debrief,

the split and the payday.

And that's when you'll each get a

grab bag with new passports, papers,

and everything you'll

need for your new identity.

Clear?

You said a fuse will cover

our tracks. What kind of fuse?

Him.

That's Fuse.

He's our expl*sives man.

He'll be orchestrating our ins and outs.

FUSE: Is this everyone?

This is the crew.

Nice.

(NOISY SLURPING)

(CHATTERING IN THE DISTANCE)

f*ck.

(INTENSE MUSIC)

(CHILD SHOUTING)

You here to k*ll me?

You told me to come here.

JOE: You k*lling the crew?

I already told you that I'm

not the one who's doing this.

JOE: It could be a lie

to coax me out.

Get me here.

I'm not k*lling the crew.

Why did you contact me?

To warn you.

Because we had a system.

Someone contacted me.

Who?

Officer.

- She didn't say.

- Who didn't say?

Her.

What is this? Why is she here?

SPECIALIST: She found me. Annoyingly.

Hello, David.

You contacted him?

Yeah. He hung up on me.

SPECIALIST: Why didn't you tell me?

Why didn't you tell me

we were here to meet him?

Three years and I hear nothing.

And then both of you

contact me in the same week.

It doesn't feel right.

JOE: Specialist, listen to me.

I don't trust you either, but

someone is k*lling the crew.

We need to work together.

We need to fix this

before the k*ller finds us.

She said he came for her already.

The k*ller. She said

she saw him in Paris.

What? You saw him?

COLIN: David?

David?

f*ck, it is you, David!

- Colin.

- f*ck. David.

sh*t. Sorry to interrupt.

We're old friends.

Can you just give us

two seconds? Come here.

It's, it's not a great time, Colin.

Not a great time? Jesus, David,

I've not seen you in years.

- Where did you go?

- It's a long story.

I was You just vanished.

I thought you were

f*ck. This is crazy. Um

I, I work here now.

- What about the club?

- COVID. We had to shutter the club.

It'll be back. Just,

you know, it takes money.

Hey, God. You wanna go for a coffee

or something? I could take a break.

- I can't, I'm sorry.

- What about later?

COLIN: We could get a drink, catch up.

God, I've, I've missed you, David.

I really gotta go, Colin.

- You still on the same number?

- Yeah.

Okay. Well, I'll call you, yeah?

Sure. Yeah. Okay.

Take care, yeah?

You too, David.

What the f*ck was that?

Who the hell is he?

Did you tell him you're

gonna meet me here?

No. No.

He's civilian, he's not

one It's just a coincidence.

- What else did you tell him?

- Nothing.

Who else is watching us right now?

No one. I swear I haven't

told anyone, Specialist.

Why do you keep calling me that?

I know you call me

Psycho behind my back.

What? I didn't tell her.

Listen to me.

We're in danger.

We need to team up.

We're safer together.

We need to figure out who's behind

this. We to find out what they want.

You really saw him? The k*ller?

Briefly. I clocked him

before he got too close.

I was lucky.

- What did he look like?

- White. Slim.

Scary. He had these crazy

eyes, these mismatched eyes.

One blue, one brown.

OFFICER: I thought I was

gonna f*cking die, David.

- I thought I was done.

- JOE: sh*t. Did he hurt you?

- Are you all right?

- OFFICER: No.

- I was lucky I got away, but

- JOE: We need to find out who sent him.

OFFICER: Yeah.

It's probably the people

we robbed, whoever they are.

Or the person who hired us?

Dianne Harewood?

We didn't stick to the plan, David.

JOE: You think she's behind this?

Has she made contact?

- Do you know where she is?

- No.

But I think we need to find her.

To fix this, we need to find

Dianne as soon as possible.

Right, Specialist?

Specialist?

f*ck.

f*ck.

OFFICER: Excuse me. Excuse me.

- Sorry. Sorry. Sorry.

- Sorry.

JOE: What the f*ck?

She's gone.

I don't understand. She

drags me all the way here.

And then she just, she just disappears?

f*ck!

f*ck!

(FUNK ROCK MUSIC)

DOCTOR: Good luck.

JOE: Thanks, Doctor.

(f*ck ROCK MUSIC CONTINUES)

(GROANS, MOANS) Oh, shi

Hey, whoa, whoa. Stay still. Stay still.

You only just had surgery. Stay still.

Oh, am I alive?

I don't feel like I'm alive.

You're loaded on morphine.

David! Aww.

- David!

- Come on, sto

Muscle.

Muscle.

Did we get the money?

JOE: We got some.

On our way to find out just how much.

We did it.

OFFICER: We made it! (CHUCKLES)

- Just stop talking.

- OFFICER: Now that

And rest.

(DOOR BUZZES)

Wait, wait, wait! It's me. It's me.

Whoa, whoa, whoa! It's

Muscle. Let him up.

You survived.

Good for you.

Where is everyone?

- Good f*cking question.

- It's just us.

- You, me, him and her.

- JOE: And Officer.

- Outside.

- Alive?

We were all meant to meet here.

- Where's Brain? Fixer?

- Not here.

What do you mean not

here? The plan was

We know what the

f*cking plan was, Muscle.

- Did Brain get out?

- We don't know.

- So how long have you been here?

- DRIVER: Too f*cking long.

- Forty-seven minutes.

- And what about cr*cker and Greaseman?

Their bags are gone.

Greaseman, cr*cker, Right Hand.

They came, got their bags,

and got the f*ck out of here.

- What, you saw them?

- No. They came and went

before we even arrived.

SOLDIER: They left money.

They took those grab bags and

then left two bags of cash.

That's theirs.

None of this makes sense.

Why would Brain and Fixer not show?

So, what do we do now?

We save ourselves.

We go.

We take our split. Take our bags. Go.

SOLDIER: No. Brain told us

to meet here, so we wait.

We don't wanna cross

someone like Dianne Harewood.

- We can't just

- DRIVER: Jesus Christ, are you stupid?

She's not coming.

JOE: Driver's right.

Waiting here's too dangerous.

We've been here too long already.

Brain could be dead for all we know.

We pool the money we

have, split it between us,

and then get the f*ck out of here.

- And then what?

- JOE: Then we disappear.

As arranged.

What do you think?

I think the plan is dead.

We're on our own now.

Time to run.

(CAR HONKING IN DISTANCE)

Who was that man back there?

He seemed very happy to see you.

What?

- What?

- I thought you d*ed.

When I last saw you before I ran.

I didn't think you'd make it.

Yeah, well, I'm strong, like a lion.

What the f*ck happened that day?

How'd it all get so f*cked so fast?

- I don't know.

- And what happened to Dianne?

I left her in the vault. She

said she'd see me at the meet.

So where'd she go?

I was too busy getting sh*t.

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

You haven't heard from her at

all in the past three years?

No. I didn't hear from anyone until you.

Dianne was meant to be in

Right Hand's car, right?

Along with cr*cker and Greaseman.

They were all meant to

go to the meet together.

But you said they never

showed at the meet.

No, they came and went before

the rest of us got there.

But if they were all in

the same car as Dianne,

then one of them must know

something about where she is.

- What?

- Okay, look.

I kept tabs on all the crew's families,

the ones whose names I knew,

I kept an eye on their socials.

Wait, stop. You

You've been keeping tabs on

all of us for all this time.

I've tried to. Haven't you?

No.

Anyway

this random account started

following Greaseman's cousin

a few months ago. Azar's cousin.

Wait, we found Azar in a

place like this in Barcelona.

- Wait, you think this is her?

- I do, and look.

OFFICER: I reverse image

searched all of these.

And this one hit.

France?

You think Azar is in France?

Let's go find her.

(UPBEAT MUSIC)

(UPBEAT MUSIC)

(SPEAKING ARABIC)

(MEN SPEAKING ARABIC)

(UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES)

(OBJECTS RASPS)

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

(CHUCKLES)

(FOREBODING MUSIC)

(HORN HONKING)

(BEEPING)

(INDISTINCT PA ANNOUNCEMENT)

(COUGHS)

(TENSE MUSIC)

(MALEK WHIMPERS)

(MALEK SOBS)

DEVIL: Hmm?

(DEVIL SPEAKS ARABIC)

(MALEK WHIMPERS)

(g*n COCKS)

(BLOOD DRIPPING)

(DEVIL GRUNTS)

(g*n THUDS)

(IN ARABIC) God Bless.

(POP MUSIC)

OFFICER: What does a man like

you spend 10 million pounds on?

You're still scared of

breaking the rules even now?

No.

Then tell me.

For example, I bought myself a tiger.

(SCOFFS) No, you didn't.

Yes, I did.

I named her Calvin.

Calvin?

Like Calvin and Hobbes.

But Calvin was the boy.

Hobbes was the tiger.

I know.

So then why would you

call your tiger Calvin?

To irritate people?

Well, these are the wrong f*cking boots.

(CICADAS CHIRPING)

JOE: She was here. Hey!

Yo!

It's another match.

Look, frameworks are here.

Hospital is

here.

Church is here.

It's still pretty random.

Is that Azar's feed? Wait.

Oh, wait

OFFICER: That's a cement factory.

Let's go.

- Tell me something crazy you bought.

- No.

Then tell me something

boring you bought.

No.

Oh, my God.

- What?

- You didn't spend it?

You didn't spend any of it?

- I didn't like the risk.

- The risk of what?

Someone finding me.

That is why you spend it then move on.

You had a new identity

and a sh*t ton of money.

You could have gone anywhere you wanted.

I found something that I

didn't wanna walk out on.

Really?

Interesting.

I'm guessing you blew

through yours in under a year?

- About seven months?

- f*ck.

Yeah, and that was in lockdown.

Or else, it probably

would have gone quicker.

JOE: Did you really buy a tiger?

OFFICER: Yeah.

Why not? Sounds plausible, right?

Wait, that's her.

Look. She was spraying

something like this

when we picked her up in Barcelona.

And she was using this brand of paint.

This is her.

OFFICER: Okay.

We're here.

Look. Pamiers.

JOE: That's it.

That's gotta be it.

Let's go.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

What the f*ck do we do now?

I want the money clean and digital.

Not like this.

David.

I can't get on a plane like this.

I need, I need somewhere

I need to just find

somewhere to feel better.

Okay.

Okay.

- (OFFICER GROANS)

- JOE: Sorry.

(MOANING, GROANING)

f*ck it. It's bled right through.

You want me to change it?

- Okay.

- Okay.

- Wait, wait.

- What?

I gotta go pee.

You need help?

(GROANS) I won't ask you to do that.

It's okay. Should I help?

Yeah.

- One, two, three.

- One, two.

(GROANING, GRUNTING)

Okay.

(OFFICER MOANS IN PAIN)

Okay.

- Don't look.

- Oh, sorry.

My eyes are on the ceiling, just

(GROANS, MOANS)

- All right, give me a second.

- I'm sorry.

Wait, wait. Can you pass me

some toilet paper, please?

Thank you.

(URINE TRICKLING)

(BREATHES SHAKILY)

OFFICER: Okay, I'm done.

(GRUNTS)

(MOANS IN PAIN)

No, I need I need you

to Can you help me out?

- Oh, yeah, yeah. Hold on.

- Could you help me pull up my

JOE: Okay, just

OFFICER: Yep, yep.

(UNDERGARMENT RUSTLES)

(GRUNTS)

Yeah.

Okay.

- Okay.

- (OFFICER SIGHS)

- I'll take this dressing, all right?

- Okay.

(WHIMPERS) Ah!

- Are the stitches torn?

- No, no.

They're okay. Just don't move.

Just need to clean it.

Put on fresh dressing.

(SANITIZER SPRAYING)

You want me to stay with you?

Until you can do things for yourself?

No, I can't ask for that.

I can't just leave you.

Look.

You want me to call a doctor?

Someone I used to know from my last job.

No.

I have someone.

You sure?

Yeah, I'm sure.

But thanks.

How long till your flight?

I already missed it.

What?

Yeah.

Next available seat on a flight to

New York isn't until tomorrow night.

Fully booked. People

panicking about the virus.

I made you miss your out?

It's okay.

f*ck.

It's okay.

Really.

OFFICER: Use my ticket.

What?

My flight doesn't leave for six hours.

- Take my out. Go to Las Vegas.

- Las Vegas?

My ticket's fully flexible.

You can have it.

What about you?

I won't be going anywhere for a while.

And what about that?

Can't exactly check 10

million with my luggage, can I?

I have a contact.

He was gonna move my

money to the West Coast.

You use him instead.

Come on, look. I gotta

stay and recover anyway.

Come on.

You sure?

You saved my f*cking life,

David. Yeah, I'm sure.

(PENSIVE MUSIC)

I'll get this.

- Do you want anything?

- No.

- No, thanks.

- Okay.

(POP MUSIC OVER SPEAKER)

(OMINOUS MUSIC)

(OMINOUS MUSIC CONTINUES)

(MOTORCYCLE REVVING)

(PHONE RINGS)

(LINE BEEPING)

I got snacks.

- Malek's dead.

- OFFICER: sh*t.

- Wait, who's Malek?

- Malek Mizouni,

the guy we tried to recruit in

Spain. Azar's father. Youssef's son.

Uh-huh, uh-huh.

They found him yesterday in Barcelona.

It has to be our guy that k*lled him.

- OFFICER: It says that?

- JOE: No, but look.

No. Look.

It says here it was a Mafia k*lling.

- We know he was in the Mafia.

- No, no, he was legit now.

This is about the thing that we did.

Everyone this job touches is dying.

f*ck, if Azar hears about this

She might just pack up and leave.

We gotta go. We gotta go now.

Get in the car.

Wha

- Get in the car. Get in the car.

- Okay. Yes, I'm coming. I'm coming.

(INTENSE MUSIC)

(PHONE CHIMES)

You okay?

Everything's fine.

(SIGHS)

(INTENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)
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