(eerie melodic music)
(traffic rumbling quietly)
(soft orchestral music)
Lights, cops, action.
A London street party.
Beats fireworks any day of the week.
(soft orchestral music)
It's just white noise though.
I sometimes feel I hide amongst it all,
trying to feel invisible.
It's not that hard in London,
the city that never talks.
Cheers, 5G.
I think I'm pretty normal,
standard dietary requirements.
No allergies, a preference for oat milk.
Nothing to raise an eyebrow over.
(door clicking)
(door thudding)
(soft orchestral music)
But I have started k*lling people recently,
which is a thing, I guess.
(soft orchestral music)
My day job requires the
opposite of anonymity.
Flamboyance level 10.
(mellow upbeat music)
Higher and faster, Joy.
(mellow upbeat music)
Watch Meghan.
Take note of her timings.
She is really nailing it today, girls.
Some of you are a bit slow,
you're not all hitting those marks on time.
(mellow melodic music)
[Joy] You need thick skin in this job.
(Crissie applauding)
More actors here than a drama school.
You'll get it eventually.
Thanks, I'll keep at it.
You only get out what you put in.
[Joy] But a Shakespearean
tragedy, it isn't,
more the pity.
Okay, back to first positions.
"Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
vexing the dull ear of a drowsy woman."
What's everyone doing after this?
I have an audition.
A BBC drama.
Is it called "Run & g*n?"
Yeah, why?
I've got an audition for that on Friday.
Okay, well, good luck.
Likewise.
Too kind. (door clicking)
(door thudding)
"Too kind." (laughs)
She's so annoying.
[Anjelica] No sh*t.
She's beaten me out of
two commercials already.
You can't hate her just for that.
(sighing heavily) Guess not.
Except I can.
I do f*cking hate her.
I wanna k*ll her.
It's good to have
some competition anyway.
Life is all about rivalries
and how you handle them.
Nobody wants to just get along.
Everybody wants to be a winner.
Sorry, I know I'm rambling a bit, but...
(sighing) I just wanted to
get my head around it all,
get my thoughts in order,
'cause this whole thing is confusing.
It's not like one day, I woke up
and just decided to k*ll someone,
this isn't pre-meditated,
this wasn't planned,
it was the opposite, I'm not that person.
But I guess, you know,
sometimes life buys the ticket
and you ride the train.
Super poetic, right? Mad skills.
(soft melodic music)
So the day I changed
trains, I was at the pub,
I was out with my girlfriends.
She's a bully.
That is not what I said.
She totally bullies me.
Don't be a p*ssy.
(gasps) And now you're doing it too.
My voice is being silenced.
(all laughing)
She looks hot on Insta too.
Hm, as always,
that's the most important
measure of a person.
You're only saying
that, 'cause yours sucks.
Mine doesn't suck.
Why does it suck?
(all laughing)
Heads up, incoming.
- Ooh!
- Stranger, get over here.
So you ladies are looking foxy as always.
Likewise.
Let's sing it.
Roxy
Rachel
Anjelica
And Joy
Roxy
Rachel
Anjelica
And Joy Okay, please
tell us what happened.
(all laughing) Please.
The tour?
[Joy] Yes, the tour.
And the Legend?
(sighs) Oh, the f*cking
Legend, dearie me.
Well, you know what's coming.
How bad?
Rumours are accurate.
Wow.
Shots and stories!
So the actual tour was awesome.
Costumes, crew, routines were k*ller.
Hotels and food, lovely,
properly looked after.
Boys?
f*ck, yeah.
(all laughing)
For my very scintillating Insta Fam,
welcome to a standard night out
in the company of London's hottest.
Cheers.
- Cheers, ladies.
- Cheers!
Yolo!
(all laughing)
Oh, God.
Nobody still says that, Rox.
What? Yeah, they do. (all laughing)
Oh, shut up, it still works.
The Legend.
Yeah, the Legend.
So the Legend sent two girls home.
Well, didn't send them,
they just couldn't stay.
Lines crossed?
Room keys acquired.
(background melodic music)
(background people chattering)
Rooms entered?
Yep and ejected by
both girls shortly after.
But did the girls want to leave?
So it was suggested,
that as the atmosphere
got irrevocably affected,
leaving without fuss
and with great references
was better for their careers.
How did the other girls feel?
f*cked off, I bet.
But a three-month tour
is money in the bank.
Nobody's walking out in protest.
Exactly and the two
girls got paid out in full.
What were they gonna say?
They actually both pissed off to Bali
for the remaining month.
The Legend got given a talking
to by management after that.
(soft orchestral music)
[Joy] I was preoccupied
with Rachel's stories.
We've all had our experiences,
but the Legend,
of all people,
how depressing.
At least the girls got away clean.
So then this happened.
(soft tense music)
[Mugger] Your f*cking purse now.
f*ck off.
(soft ominous music)
Let go of me. (knife thudding)
(mugger choking) (soft tense music)
(soft intense music)
(knife thudding repeatedly) (Joy grunting)
(gentle tense music)
Oh, for f*ck's sake, Feds.
I'll call you back.
I don't know, I'll call you back.
(TF sighing)
(soft tense music)
You're in a hurry.
[TF] Correct.
Why's that then?
'Cause I'm late obviously.
What's in the bag?
Why?
Shoes.
Open it up, let's have a look.
(TF sighing)
(bag thudding)
Someone's been shopping.
[TF] No, not really.
"Not really," what does that mean?
I customise trainers.
So you bought these?
No, not all, I bought
some, people gave me some.
- Come off it.
- Come off what?
- It's my job, mate.
- I'm not your mate.
[Police Officer] You've got a spot
just off the Essex Road, haven't you?
Yeah, you know it?
[Police Officer] I
recognise your logo, "TF,"
that's your tag, right?
Tag, name, brand.
[Police Officer] Look,
don't let us keep you.
(zipper whirring)
- On your way.
Yeah, you just stick
with your Hi-Tecs, mate.
[Dispatcher] Reported
stabbing on the Clephane Estate.
Available to respond?
Unit 7 responding. Send location.
[Dispatcher] Stand by, 7.
(haunting orchestral music)
(water splashing)
(haunting orchestral music)
(door thudding)
(keys clattering)
(haunting orchestral music)
(Joy vomiting)
(soft haunting music)
[Joy] I could have gone to the police,
I could have told them it was an accident.
But my unashamed eyes
would reveal what I really think,
that he deserved it,
he totally deserved it.
Someone had to do it
and it's right that it was someone like me.
(soft haunting music)
Best view in my flat and I
share it with the toilet.
(soft melodic music)
All right, darling?
No.
Maybe next time, innit?
I don't bite, you know.
I moped around all day,
stopped short of popping by the scene.
Obviously, I was tempted.
I just felt fuzzy,
no desire at all to report it.
I didn't feel a bit bad about it,
I didn't feel anything.
(soft melodic music)
Later on, I did start to
feel a sort of discomfort,
although not in the way
that you might think,
not guilt or regret.
More like, was I careful? Will I be caught?
Good afternoon.
Our top story today
should be global warming,
but due to the government's selective use
of their own advisors,
we are once again waiting
for a coherent plan.
We focus instead
on London's continuing
knife crime epidemic.
Police say the k*lling of a
man last night in North London
is almost certainly the
result of a g*ng dispute
over drug-dealing territory.
This is just the latest in a
string of g*ng-related attacks,
but the Chief of the
Metropolitan Police says,
"There is simply a lack of budget
for more officers on the streets."
They have asked anyone with
information to come forward,
but it is rare in these cases
to get much local cooperation.
But it is rare in these cases
to get much local cooperation.
The cutbacks over the last 10 years
are really being felt in
certain parts of London
and government investment
in public services
has not been forthcoming.
We speak to Eloise Samuels,
whose son was m*rder*d
in an attack earlier this year.
(TV volume mutes)
(Joy sighing)
(phone ringing)
- Hello.
- Mum.
[Mum] Oh, hello, love.
How are you?
[Mum] Oh, I'm okay.
Haven't heard from you for
a bit, is everything okay?
Yeah, yeah, everything's
great, everything's fine.
[Mum] Still dancing?
Yeah, of course.
[Mum] Have you met anyone nice?
Mum.
[Mum] I worry about you there all alone.
I'm fine.
[Mum] Your Uncle Tony
should be there for you,
you're both in London after all.
Long lost Uncle Tony, got
swallowed up by the beast.
[Mum] I got more of his
forwarded mail last week.
I tried calling again, but
the phone's still switched off.
Maybe he just wants
to be left alone, Mum.
(gentle piano music)
[Mum] He never used to like being lonely.
You, ah, you should get something from me
in the mail any day now.
[Mum] Oh, you shouldn't
spend your money on me.
It's your birthday, Mum.
[Mum] That's very sweet of you, darling.
Listen, Joy.
Yeah?
[Mum] If it is too much,
you can always come home, you know.
(soft orchestral music)
I have to go, Mum.
[Mum] Okay, love, take care of yourself.
Bye.
[Mum] Bye, darling.
(gentle orchestral music)
[Joy] Mood swings,
mood swings.
Unpredictable mood swings.
(solemn orchestral music)
(Joy sighing)
(pill bottle clattering)
(dog barking)
(solemn orchestral music)
(spray can rattling)
(door knocking)
(solemn orchestral music)
(door clicking)
- Pretty Boy Floyd.
Oh.
(gentle tense music)
Saul.
Floyd's not coming.
Oh, right, um, didn't
expect to see you around here.
That's the idea, innit?
[Danny] Where is, um, Floyd?
[Saul] Busy.
Have I done something wrong?
Well, if this is your
best work, then I think so.
(gentle tense music)
I was always more of a Futurism guy myself.
Massive, f*ck off marble statues,
cost millions, 100 years old.
All about energy
and dynamism
and power.
Can see why it's not your thing.
Danny Dealer,
Floyd reckons we can trust you.
Yeah, of course.
I'm not so sure.
No one's gonna miss you, are they, Danny?
What do you mean?
No one's gonna cry at
your f*cking funeral.
I need to trust you, Danny.
Now I need you to know I'll
cut your f*cking eyes out,
if you break that trust.
You-you can trust me,
you've known me ages.
No, Floyd knows you, I don't.
Okay, well look, you can trust me.
(soft tense music)
(soft ominous music) (bag thudding)
Danny Dealer.
Danny Storage.
(gentle tense music)
Storage?
Yeah, Storage.
No f*cking parties, Danny.
(door thudding)
(soft tense music)
(Danny exhaling heavily)
"Cowards die many times
before their deaths.
The valiant never taste of death but once."
I'd like to think I'm valiant,
but auditions k*ll me every time.
(door clicking)
- Joy Benson?
Come on through.
(door thudding)
- Nice to meet you, Joy.
- Hello.
Please.
Tina will read the other part,
so just start in your own time.
(Joy clears throat)
"I take my job very seriously
and I would never in any
way defraud a customer."
"And is that what led to the altercation?
"We do our research here, Miss Adams."
"Look, I'm gonna tell you right now,
no job is ever worth that.
I need to go home and look
myself in the mirror every day
and know that I am a good person.
I want to give 110% for the company, I do,
but I need to know that every penny
"has been made fairly and squarely."
(phone ringing)
Hello, you.
Anj, it went really well,
it went really, really well actually.
You know, I-I went in, no f*cking around,
I just, I just nailed it.
I'm so happy for you, darling.
I hope you get the call back at the studio,
so you can wipe that smug
look off Meghan's face.
(laughs) You're such a b*tch.
Okay, I've gotta go, laters.
And I'm feeling good.
(gentle upbeat music)
Those look slick.
Cheers.
Ah, is this your shop?
Partly, I mainly do this stuff.
I bet they aren't cheap though.
Hm, doesn't cost lottery money though.
I would suggest a fresh pair of canvas.
Yeah, yeah.
It's open.
Right, easy with the hard sell.
Hard sell? I barely told
you the opening hours.
Can you draw anything?
[TF] Hm, so far, so good.
Right, I'll think about it.
I might have a reason to celebrate soon.
Cool, treat yourself.
I'll give you a discount
on the kicks at least.
Ah, nice one. Okay, I'll see you soon.
See you.
(gentle orchestral music)
(phone ringing)
Hi.
Yeah, I'm good, I-I thought
it went really, really well,
so if-
(gentle orchestral music)
Right.
(gentle piano music)
I'm okay, I'm just, I-I
thought it went really well,
so um, I'm, I'm a bit
disappointed, but that's fine.
Ah, thank-thank you for
calling me so quickly.
(gentle piano music) (Joy grunting)
Yeah.
Mm-hm, yeah, I'll, um,
I'll speak to you later.
(solemn orchestral music)
"Good vibes wither and die."
"Only joy remains."
(solemn orchestral music)
(birds chirping)
(laughs) There he is.
Pretty Boy Floyd, finally
decides to show his face.
Don't come up with a
million questions, Danny.
What the f*ck, Floyd?
That psycho shows up at my gaff
and he stuck a bagful of
f*cking powder under my couch.
Calm down, calm down, you're
a drug dealer, aren't you?
I'm gonna need your door key.
Why?
'Cause under your couch
was a shitty hiding place.
(soft tense music)
(Danny sighing heavily)
I'm gonna make a copy of these.
Don't wanna be chasing
around when it's time to collect.
Don't give one to him!
Course not.
What's he even doing back here, Floyd?
You know, I thought you run things here.
Obviously not.
First of all, I do run things round here.
The bag was supposed to come from me
and second of all, bosses have bosses.
I don't know why he showed
up, I don't like it either.
He weren't meant to show
his face round here again.
(soft intense music)
(sighs) Floyd.
How long's this all gonna take?
Everybody's uncomfortable,
Danny, not just you.
Do your f*cking job.
(soft orchestral music)
(gentle orchestral music)
Hey, Mum, it's me.
I'm just, ah, just checking in.
Um, yeah.
Anyway, I'll-I'll, I mean,
I'll catch you later.
(gentle orchestral music)
How's my daughter, how's my woman?
[Tina] Daughter sleeping, wife starving.
I'll make some pasta in a minute.
(gentle melodic music)
How was the casting?
It was good, saw some fresh faces.
Any good ones?
No shortage of good
cast, just good roles.
I miss it though.
Yeah, but bit more
reliable in your department.
Feels like I'm auditioning
like 100 times a day
and never actually being considered.
Do you think you wanna
give it another shot?
Maybe, if your department
was more reliable.
Driving that man about
doing who knows what.
Carbonara or marinara?
Marinara, spicy.
[Joy] Drink the pain away, Joy.
All right, darling?
Fancy some gear?
Freebies?
Yeah, all right, you wish.
Fit Girls Discount.
You what?
Yeah, I just remembered,
it's Fit Girls Discount Day
and looking at you, you
definitely make the cut.
Yeah, what's that worth?
Why don't you come
over here and find out?
Look, don't waste my time,
either you want something or
you don't, what's it gonna be?
(soft tense music)
[Joy] What an absolute piece of sh*t.
Look at the face of it, you
look like you wanna k*ll me.
(soft tense music)
That's the spirit.
Come over here, take a seat.
I don't bite.
(gentle tense music)
You're right, I do feel
like k*lling someone today.
Yeah well, what are
you gonna do about it?
[You're proper] fit, you know that?
Cheers.
Yeah, much better than
all these other skets,
that come round here.
What a lovely thing to say.
Yeah well, I know you birds
love a bit of the old f*cking chat.
What am I doing sitting
here sat with this loser?
That was a rhetorical question, forget it.
So now you're a psychotherapist?
Let me tell the story, will you?
Now, if you're having such a bad day,
why don't you come back to mine?
I'll let you take it out on me.
Yeah, what are you
gonna let me do to you?
I don't f*cking know.
You're gonna invite a strange
girl back to your house?
How do you know I won't rob you?
'Cause I would f*ck you up.
(soft intense music)
Oi Danny, you behaving?
Yes, bruv, you need something?
No, I'm all right, mate.
Be careful of him, girl.
He's a beast. (soft tense music)
(gentle tense music)
What you saying then?
Go on then, give me a bump.
Yes, girl, you know it makes sense.
f*cking sket.
Come on then, quick, quick.
(Joy snorting cocaine)
(Danny snorting cocaine)
Rocket fuel, that is, girl.
I've had better.
f*ck off, you have,
that's Peruvian flake.
Yeah, course it is.
Cor, you get proper bitchy
after a bump, don't you?
Where's your place?
What?
Less talk. You said I
could f*ck you up, right?
Oh yeah.
All right, let's go back to mine.
Let's go and f*ck me up.
(soft tense music)
(fan whirring)
Come on.
(soft tense music)
Ah, ah, ah, ah!
House rules, pay your
bills, no credit here.
All right, but do men just
not enjoy foreplay anymore?
No time, got bits to do.
That's a shame.
Just do the business and
you'll get another taste.
You cut many people with this?
What the f*ck? Give me it back.
I'm just messing around.
Oh, just give it back then.
- All right.
- And no funny business.
All right.
Here you go.
(knife thudding)
(soft tense music)
- f*ck!
You f*cking b*tch-b*tch!
(knife thudding) (Danny groaning)
(Joy gasping)
(soft intense music)
(knife thudding repeatedly) (Joy grunting)
(gentle tense music)
(soft tense music)
(fan whirring)
(shower running)
[Joy] Oh, Danny boy, if you only knew
what a shitty buzz I got
off of your lame gak,
compared to when I stuck
a knife in your guts.
Shut up.
(tense melodic music)
(mellow upbeat music)
(mellow melodic music)
Crushing it today, ladies.
- Joy?
- Yeah?
Good night's sleep? New energy drink?
(laughs) The first one.
It showed, babe.
Stay fueled up like that
and you can't go wrong.
- Okay, thank you.
- Good work.
Thanks.
Maybe I'm getting a taste for it.
- Joy.
- Is that what happens,
you get a taste for m*rder, for k*lling?
Joy.
[Joy] For death.
Probably being a bit melodramatic, Joy.
Joy.
[Joy] Does that make me a psychopath?
- Joy.
- Or a sociopath?
Are you coming for coffee?
Yeah.
Well, get dressed then, babe.
sh*t, yeah, hold on, sorry, two minutes.
You still thinking about the audition?
As long as Meghan didn't
get it either, I'll be fine.
(door clicking)
Second callback!
(door thudding)
For the Miss Adams part?
Oh no, Joy, that's a supporting role.
I'm up for one of the leads.
I mean, e-even better then.
Congratulations, you, um, you deserve it.
(door clicking)
(door thudding)
(tense melodic music)
I really would have preferred a smoothie.
Joy, darling, are you
trying not to scream?
Fine, I'll, I'll get three more.
(soft melodic music)
So Rachel told me something interesting
after you left the other day,
about the Legend and our friend, Meghan.
I'm listening.
She did the tour a couple of years back.
Halfway through, she went off her game.
They were going to get rid of her,
but the Legend stepped in.
Nothing confirmed, but everyone around them
said there was something
going on between them,
like an atmosphere for
the rest of the tour.
Coupled up with the Legend?
Coupled up might be pushing it,
but yeah.
(soft melodic music)
"If you prick us, do we not bleed?
If you tickle us, do we not laugh?
If you poison us, do we not die?
And if you wrong us,
"shall we not revenge?"
(soft ominous music)
The prick gets shanked 200 yards away,
so why the uniform at home?
I mean, if they've searched-
- Course they've f*cking searched it.
No doubt that dickhead's left
enough of our stuff lying round,
they've stuck the copper on the door.
So what does that mean for us?
It means we need to know
if they've found our f*cking gear, Floyd.
You hid that, yeah?
Yeah, I mean, that'd
take a proper search,
we're talking floorboards, the lot.
So either they've found
it, it's still there
or Danny's passed it on to one of his.
If it's the first one of those,
then I, meaning you have
a big f*cking problem.
Meaning?
Meaning it was your stupid f*cking idea
to trust him with it in the first place.
[Floyd] Well, I didn't
have a million options.
Well now, you've got f*ck all options.
(Floyd sighing)
Best start asking around,
we can't let this slide, Floyd,
debts have gotta be paid.
Besides, you've got a
lovely family to look after.
Don't speak about my family like that.
Don't f*cking threaten my family, Saul.
(soft ominous music)
Threaten?
You'd know if I was threatening
your f*cking family, boy.
(solemn orchestral music)
Get it fixed, yeah.
(thunder rumbling)
(haunting orchestral music)
(coin clattering)
(haunting orchestral music)
(gentle piano music)
(sighs) Thanks for the invite, Rox.
(haunting orchestral music)
(mellow upbeat music)
And up, two.
Turn!
(mellow upbeat music)
Come on, girls, pull your fingers out.
(mellow melodic music)
Jesus, Joy, wake up.
Okay, girls, stop, stop, stop.
Just take a sec.
Joy, come on, babe.
You're going a step early twice in a row
and it's throwing you
further and further out
as the routine continues.
I know, sorry, I'm
really knackered, sorry.
Get some sleep then.
Meghan, piss off.
[Sheena] Ooh!
Yeah, you as well.
Tired and grumpy.
All right, all right.
Nobody was perfect though.
Seriously, A-Game next time I see you,
I'm not settling for less.
Joy, hang on a sec.
Joy, are you okay?
I-I just didn't get any sleep last night.
You've gotta figure something out, babe,
sleep is beyond essential.
I know, I-I will, I will.
See that you do, this routine
is not a stretch for you,
as long as you do the
homework and get proper rest.
[Joy] I hear you, yeah.
All right, get going.
Chemist, something herbal,
warm milk before bed at a push.
(Joy laughing)
Meg.
You okay, babe?
Surprised you're sparking today.
Where were you last night?
Um, in bed alone.
Why?
What were all of those
party pics that you posted?
They were ancient, babe,
but my pics were getting well stale,
so I had to dig something out.
Oh, right.
Did you think you'd been forgotten?
No.
(Roxy laughing)
Where are you off to now?
Gonna go see my mum.
Well, I'll see you later.
When was the last time you
went home, saw your family?
I can't remember.
Well, it's good for the health, babe.
You're right.
Laters, kid.
(soft orchestral music)
(escalator whirring)
(Tube train rumbling)
(soft orchestral music)
Shut up.
(knife thudding)
(Tube train rumbling) (soft eerie music)
So this is where you came in, obviously.
(soft upbeat music)
I knew my friends wouldn't understand.
Not not understand,
considering everything I've been through.
Probably not.
I thought about a priest.
Or a confessional.
But who even does that anymore?
And a priest might grass me up anyway.
I just needed like a modern
equivalent of a priest,
somebody, somebody that would, you know,
take the collection money,
shut the f*ck up and listen.
(soft upbeat music)
I resent that.
No, you don't, you're
just doing business.
You make it sound
like I've got no morals.
Do you really care about some scumbag
getting what they deserve?
(soft upbeat music)
Not massively, no.
Right, we're on the same page then.
Now, gyrate a bit or
people will stop watching.
I'm concentrating on what you're saying.
I'm a c*ptive audience.
I might as well listen, no?
Besides, most people watch
and tip via the website these days.
I just want to feel like
I'm on the phone with a friend
and I want to know your opinion too.
I can give you my opinion then,
like a friend?
Yeah, go ahead, I'm tired
of hearing my own voice.
Would you go to the police,
after what happened before?
Maybe they'd understand.
(soft upbeat music)
Mind you, it's probably far too late
to try and explain it now, or justify it.
I'm not trying to justify it.
These scumbags didn't
give a f*ck about my life,
so why should I give a f*ck about theirs?
I don't think that makes me a bad person.
That doesn't make me any worse
than somebody that votes
for capital punishment.
No, but it makes you
sound a bit crazy though.
(gentle ominous music)
Oh, please.
(soft tense music)
(soft haunting music) (Joy sobbing quietly)
I haven't forgotten you, baby.
I can't stop thinking about
what he did to you. (sobbing)
And what he took from me.
(soft haunting music)
(Joy sobbing quietly)
(soft melodic music)
Shut up, b*tch.
(soft melodic music)
(door clicking)
(door thudding)
You're early.
I was up early.
Are you always here this early?
Yeah.
Guess that's why you're
one step ahead of us all.
I don't like the way it
feels to be two steps behind.
Have you ever felt like that?
Only once, never again.
A weak position is hard to defend, Joy.
Come on, boys and
girls, I'd love to chat.
I'm here to listen to your
dirty little fantasies.
Only 1.99 per minute to tell me
your deepest, darkest, sexy secrets.
(soft upbeat music)
She won't let me hang up
again at 1.99 per minute.
(traffic rumbling quietly)
I wasn't looking to meet anyone.
I wasn't on the pull, I felt
lousy and I was fine with it.
It's been a long night
[Joy] But then look at
this one giving it the eye.
Black skies glowing
As soon as I saw him,
I realised why I'd brought the knife.
What makes you think
you could come over here
and talk to me?
I knew you'd call sometime.
I had an itch.
So let me scratch it.
Come off it, you smiled me over.
I smiled you over? That's not a thing.
It is a thing, it means you
used your smile like a weapon.
So you can't give me no
blah about coming over.
I'm not gonna roll over that easily.
It doesn't have to be easy,
but you'll roll over eventually.
And show you my back?
Not your back, darling.
(laughs) Well, someone's smooth.
And funny and smart
and got money.
Check, check, check.
Jackpot, jackpot, jackpot.
You know, some people say
that compliments are better,
when they're given out to others.
And you're just standing there like some G.
(Jamie laughing) You know,
throwing your cash and your
smiles around the room.
I'm not "Some G," I work
in the music industry, babe.
Right, different kind of criminal.
(laughs) Listen, you
look good, you know that.
Close your wallet for two minutes then
and say more stuff like that.
Okay.
You look good.
Mm-hm.
Your skin is smooth,
your face is gorgeous.
You clearly have a banging body
and I'd love to get to
know what's on the inside,
but the outside is just
too damn distracting.
(bell dinging)
- Last orders.
Well, f*ck me, you timed
that well, didn't you?
Did I?
Get your coat.
Oi!
Before I change my mind.
You're fierce, aren't you?
You have no idea.
Hm.
(soft melodic music)
You've got your reasons.
I have.
It's revenge or a kind of payback
It's revenge or a kind of payback
for what you've been through.
I get that.
You getting cold on me, babe?
No, I just want to make
sure nobody else is around.
I said we should go to mine.
Where is your sense of adventure?
I keep it in my large, warm bed.
Just indulge me for a bit, okay?
Okay, okay.
Whatever you want.
Look, there's no one around here anyway
and half these flats aren't
even lived in anymore.
Ok, I'm gonna have to trust you on that,
because the last thing
I want is an audience.
You must have something special in mind.
(soft ominous music)
But if you're starting to enjoy it,
then maybe you're just another sick f*ck.
(Babe laughing)
It's getting lonely
Lonely
Oh!
That last caller just loved
the sound of their own voice.
If you prefer me to
stick to heavy breathing,
just say so, sweetie.
But if you're a sick f*ck like me,
then you should call me back
and finish your story.
(soft intense music)
[Joy] I'm not saying
it's better than sex,
but it's definitely better than some sex.
That's the message gents, up your sex game
or we'll all turn into serial K*llers
and cut you the f*ck up.
(twig snapping)
(soft upbeat music)
What are you doing out here pondering?
I'm not pondering, bro.
Then let's go and eat.
It's busy inside,
give it a minute, innit?
(soft upbeat music)
Hey, I swear that's that girl.
Yeah? She looks all right.
That same leopard print coat.
(soft melodic music)
That is f*cking her, the
one that was sat by Danny,
who came by the shop.
So?
She might know something
that happened to Danny, innit?
(car door thudding)
Oh, f*ck's sake, man!
(soft upbeat music)
(tuts) Cheers, bro!
Are you even sure it was her?
90%.
You want me to run for 90%?
I'd be doing you a favour.
Well, I'm 100% sure
that I'm late for dinner
and are you trying to call me fat?
You're a f*cking fat lump.
(both laughing)
Got to keep an eye out for that girl, man.
(Joy exhales heavily)
I wasn't expecting that.
Okay, let's move on.
You're not supposed to be enjoying this.
Actually, maybe you are, I don't know.
(sirens wailing in
distance) (soft tense music)
Standing by at south entrance.
Wait out here please.
What's going on?
Come on, TF.
Wait a minute please, have
you seen anybody else around?
No, just people getting
food, nothing mad.
Sir, the more information
you can give us,
the better, both of you.
Now, let's start with names and addresses.
Yeah, all right, sure.
[Police Officer] Good.
(soft tense music)
(knife chopping)
[Joy] North London knife woman,
more gender neutral.
Essex Road Ripper, yeah, that's flexible.
If I'd left it at the first two,
I could have been praised as
some, some sort of vigilante.
But Jamie didn't do anything
wrong that I know of.
Mind you, he worked in
the music industry, so.
Bruv, what was that all about?
What?
Are you after a f*cking
badge or something?
Bruv, that girl was with
Danny and now he's f*cking dead.
So? He was a prick anyway.
And now she rocks up and
another guy's getting stabbed up.
You're so nosy, just stay out of it.
[TF] (tuts) I'd have thought
it'd be good to give 5-0
some new stop and search options, innit?
Yeah, you may as well
go down to the station,
you know, give them a box of chocolates,
say thank you for all their hard work.
You're a prick.
Oi, be nice.
(TF laughing)
(TF roaring playfully)
What was it like?
How'd you mean?
k*lling?
(soft melodic music)
You are alone there, aren't you?
Yeah, it's just me and the cam.
It's not exactly CNN, you know.
You've stopped dancing.
I, um...
I really like hearing what you're doing.
I wanna hear more.
(car rumbling quietly)
(gentle tense music)
It's completely empty.
It's like place hasn't been searched,
so I guess the Old Bill
can't have it either.
Yo, all right, cool.
[Tina] Where are you?
Just driving back home now.
[Tina] We missed you at dinner.
Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
I'm sorry about that.
Are you both okay though?
[Tina] Yeah, I mean, we
both like to have a man
about the house at night and
we both like bedtime stories.
Yeah, you got jokes, right?
(laughs softly)
[Tina] So are you with Saul?
No, not anymore, I was earlier.
(Tina sighing)
Yeah, I know, just, just
don't say anything please.
Just, just don't.
[Tina] I don't need to, do I?
Look, I'm gonna sort it
out, I promise, all right?
I've got this, all right,
you don't need to worry about anything.
I've got this, I've got you,
I've got our little princess, all right.
It's all gonna be over and
done with soon, trust me on that.
[Tina] Look, I don't wanna
argue, just get home soon.
Yeah, I'm about 30 minutes
away now, so I'll see you soon.
[Tina] Okay, love you.
I love you too.
Kiss our daughter as well.
[Tina] I will do.
- All right.
- Bye.
All right, bye.
(Floyd sighing heavily)
(gentle melodic music)
(rapid tense music)
(dynamic melodic music)
Well, the question has to be,
should Western arms
companies making billions
from government-sanctioned foreign conflict
pay the bill for each
ensuing refugee crisis?
And is there a political
party with an ethical backbone
to run for power on such a ticket?
We can only hope.
In other news, London was again witness
to g*ng violence last
night as a young man was-
- No need to investigate anything,
'cause (sighs) #Gangs.
- Police have said
they simply no longer have the manpower
to adequately patrol the
capital's trouble spots.
Now the Mayor of London has suggested,
that since the government
seems incapable of managing-
(gentle melodic music)
(muffled newsreader speaking)
I wonder what the reaction would be
if they found the body
of a pretty, white,
female
dancer.
(gentle ominous music)
It could be a socio-economic experiment.
(traffic rumbling quietly)
(Joy breathing deeply)
(mellow upbeat music)
(mellow melodic music)
Well done, everyone,
you all felt really,
really connected today.
Consider the routine totally crushed.
This one felt really good, no, Meg?
(door clicking)
(door thudding)
Someone's a bit too comfy
in their sweaty Spandex.
Don't judge me.
(traffic rumbling quietly)
Okay, I'll bite.
(gentle melodic music)
"Uneasy lies the head
that wears the crown."
Small world.
Seems so.
Well, f*cking join me then.
Celebrating?
Totally.
Okay.
It's more like a wake.
Who died?
My self-respect, about three years ago.
Self-respect's a sickly child.
Don't take the piss.
f*cking talk to me then.
I didn't have you down
as a confidante, Joy.
Well, we're basically strangers anyway,
so what's the harm?
(soft melodic music)
(Meghan sighing)
Exhibit A.
(soft melodic music)
Oh, this one again?
You're familiar with it?
Everyone in the industry's
familiar with the Legend.
They're replacing all the dancers
on the USA leg of the tour,
something about the European
crew not working properly.
Yeah.
You've um, worked with that team
before though, haven't you?
I have.
Well, you must be pretty
popular getting asked back.
It's a great job to have,
you're pretty lucky.
Finish your wine,
we'll get another bottle.
(soft melodic music)
And not just one either,
every time I turned up early,
she was already there dancing
to some weird '80's movie soundtrack.
(laughing)
Oh, my God, that is hilarious. (laughing)
Hilarious and sad, yeah.
I haven't had to work with
her again since then, thank God.
I know, but she's worked with the Legend
a good few times, hasn't she?
Yeah, yeah, she's a regular.
- Same time as you, right?
- Hm.
(background melodic music)
(background people chattering)
What's the deal there anyway?
What do you mean?
You know, with you and the Legend?
There is no me and the Legend.
Come on, you've obviously
got an issue there
and I've heard some rumours.
Oh, have you now?
Rumours are rumours, Joy,
you know this business.
So the rumour that you
hooked up with the Legend
to save your job is just
that, it's just a rumour?
I have to get out of here.
Come on, don't you want another drink?
No.
Maybe, I-I don't know, not in here.
I don't know how much
walking I have left in me.
I live really close.
I've got a bottle of
Prosecco in the fridge,
we could b*tch it away.
Come on.
(soft melodic music)
Okay, Joy, you've sold me.
"Let life be short,
else shame will be too long."
You're being very nice, Joy.
I am nice.
I wouldn't know, I hardly
give you the time of day.
(soft tense music)
It's not 'cause I don't like you.
No?
I just think you can do better.
Than you as a friend?
Yeah, I actually agree.
Ha, no, you have a tendency
to get complacent at work.
Thanks a lot.
I keep you on your toes.
I mean, I guess in some
twisted way, that could be true.
It's for your own good.
(soft intense music)
You don't wanna make those mistakes.
What do you mean?
Just learn from my mistakes, Joy.
What f*cking mistakes, Meghan?
The f*cking Legend, Joy!
What?
The poison that is the Legend.
Meghan.
Shut up, shut up, just shut up.
(sobbing quietly)
Okay, but you can tell me this.
I know I can, I don't want to!
Okay, I'm just trying to be nice.
Don't be nice, Joy, it makes it harder.
(gentle melodic music)
Rumours, Joy, they're called
that because they're not facts.
They're twisted variations of the truth.
The f*cking Legend.
Yes, I got complacent, okay,
I thought that if I could
just get a space on that tour,
then I could slip under the radar,
but the second I made
even the smallest mistake,
my job was in the balance
and there was only one way
I was staying on that tour.
f*ck.
Yeah, we did.
I was young and scared and trapped
and I spent two months of a tour
on call for the Legend or I was out.
(haunting orchestral music)
Meghan, I'm-I'm so sorry.
Don't be sorry, Joy, just don't f*ck up.
You're good.
Don't let the parasites of this industry
manoeuvre you into a weak position.
Because they will try.
(gentle melodic music)
And a weak position is hard to defend.
(solemn orchestral music)
Does, does anybody else know about this?
You can't trust anyone, Joy.
There are snakes everywhere.
But that's in the past now,
you don't have to take that job anymore.
You don't, you don't have to,
put yourself in that position any longer.
I got a phone call this morning.
From?
We spoke.
(sighs) What did you say?
I just listened to a predator
pretend to talk to me about loyalty
and pretend not to threaten me
and pretend that I have career choices.
But ultimately, I have to
just turn up as scheduled,
because this is as one-sided as it sounds.
(solemn orchestral music)
Thank you for sharing all this.
(solemn orchestral music)
Yeah.
Well, that's enough therapy.
I'm all about that drink.
(haunting orchestral music)
[Joy] She is broken.
Poor b*tch.
So now f*cking what?
Hello, conscience, haven't you grown?
Was that even my conscience in the alleyway
or just an overactive pity gland?
Just wanna talk about it with...
f*ck it, where is my priest?
(soft upbeat music)
Give me a call.
I'm ready and waiting.
[Joy] (sighs) Hold that thought.
(canal rippling gently)
(canal rippling gently)
(birds' wings fluttering)
(water sloshing)
Thanks, ladies, good work.
If anyone hears from Meghan,
ah, please let her know,
that Friday's session
will definitely be moving
to the afternoon, I'll message
her anyway but just in case.
How are you feeling?
Better now that I've sweated it out.
I still can't imagine
you getting hammered
- with Meghan last night.
- I bet.
What are you two doing after this?
You wanna go out so we can talk
about what happened yesterday?
Yeah, if it's for coffee, not shots.
[Joy] (gasps) Not shots.
What's up with you lot?
It's about Meghan.
She's dead.
(gentle ominous music)
(soft haunting music)
Drowned?
That bit of canal is pretty
close to your place, Joy.
(soft tense music)
Must have been just after she left.
Was she still drunk?
I don't know, she was
asleep by the time I crashed,
I didn't even hear her leave.
She must have still been pissed
and slipped on the towpath.
Someone's gonna have
to replace her up front.
Don't look like that, Joy,
you'd replace her in a heartbeat.
What, so now they're
best mates, are they?
What is wrong with you two?
Understandably, emotions are running high
as news of the dancer's death
have reached her family and friends.
Are you friends with Meghan Riley?
- Ah, we dance together.
- Look who it is.
[Reporter] When did you last see her?
We see her most days in rehearsal.
- Not the same one, is it?
- Yeah, 100%.
[Reporter] What do you
think happened to her and-
- Excuse me, we just found out ourselves,
we don't actually know anything.
Plus we're not supposed to
be talking to the press.
- I know that studio.
- What?
Yeah, it's literally just off the park.
Reporting from North London,
where knife crime is
sadly the top story again.
We're going down there now.
We've just sat down, to do what?
I don't know, but f*cking hell,
this is the closest we're gonna get
to finding out who she is.
(soft upbeat music)
What's happening, boys?
Not too much.
TF reckons he knows the
bird Danny Dealer was with
the night he got stabbed.
You know Danny worked
with me and Saul, right?
Yeah, who's Saul?
He is.
(soft tense music)
So how do you know her anyway?
Saw her the night that Danny got stabbed,
then another night not too far away.
You know where she lives?
No, not where she lives,
where she works though.
We saw her on the news, she's a dancer.
She knew that bird that they
found dead in the canal.
(soft tense music)
She was on the news just now?
Yeah.
(tense melodic music)
Find out where she lives
Could be someone we know.
I mean, we're thinking of trying.
Danny had some stuff of ours,
got to get it back off whoever took it.
Don't think it's a robbing tip though.
Don't think too much.
Floyd checked his gaff,
missing gear, boys, costs money.
(tense melodic music)
I mean, we'll see what we see, innit?
We shall indeed.
(soft tense music)
Okay, babes, I'm gonna head off.
You do need to tell someone
about last night though.
I know, I will, all of
this is just, I don't know,
it's making me so uncomfortable
with all the reporters and
stuff, it's f*cking weird.
[TF] Definitely her.
It's that leopard print coat, innit?
Dead giveaway.
Hey, what do you think
about that Saul guy?
(sighs) Serious cat, I think
he used to live round here
a few years ago, ain't seen
him in a minute though.
She don't look like
the robbing type though.
But she looks like the stabbing type?
I didn't say that either.
Then what the f*ck are we doing here, TF?
She might know something
that happened later, innit?
Are you gonna interrogate her then?
Look, we'd know if it was any
of the local crews doing it,
so who the f*ck's doing it?
We don't know anything.
What about that other
thing you were gonna tell me?
- What other thing?
- Meg.
When she came over last
night, she was super down.
Down, why?
We could always follow her home,
try find out where she lives,
put in a call anonymously?
[TF] Something like that, yeah.
Or you can go hang out
with your new best mates
back at the cop shop.
f*ck you, man.
Tea and biscuits with the Old Bill.
Look, I'll call you later
and I'll explain, okay.
- Joy.
- I promise, later.
- Don't talk to the press!
- I won't!
Oi, she's moving.
Let's go.
[Reporter] Are you
friends with Meghan Riley?
Ah, we dance together.
[Reporter] When did you last see her?
[Anjelica] I mean, we see
her most days in rehearsal.
[Reporter] What do you
think happened to her and-
- Excuse me, we just found out ourselves,
we don't actually know anything.
Plus we're not supposed to
be talking to the press.
[Reporter] Understandably,
emotions are running high
as news of the dancer's death-
(soft melodic music)
Okay, so we've got the building.
Not the apartment though.
What do you wanna do, mug
the mailman and read the post?
Seeing as we don't know her
name, it wouldn't help anyway.
(sighs) Okay, so what's next?
(TF sighing)
(soft tense music)
[TF] Do not f*cking look up.
(sighs) Cool.
Definitely?
Yep.
- Leopard print coat?
- She's at home now,
she's not wearing her bloody coat.
Still sure, 100%?
Yes, I've seen her enough times now.
Be chill though, she might be watching.
I am f*cking chill, TF, but
I'm not sitting here all day.
Okay, we're good, come
now, long way round.
Long way round where?
[TF] Oh, you're doing my head
in with your questions, bro.
So I'm being followed.
(soft tense music)
The question is, "do I
bear a charmed life?"
Okay, so top floor is
either one of two flats,
meaning she's number nine or
number 10, that's good enough.
That is quite smart actually.
Yeah, cheers for the confidence.
(sighing)
(soft upbeat music)
(soft tense music)
Here comes the A-Team.
We're gonna shop her, innit?
I bet she helps get this
f*cking knife man caught.
You ain't shopping anyone
'til we talk to her, son.
She ain't gonna talk to you.
How the f*ck would you
know something like that?
She's a girl, innit?
You rocking up all big and scary
is not gonna make her start talking.
I just wanna ask her a
couple of things, all right
and then you can shop her all you want.
Like what?
You think we have to explain sh*t to you?
(tense melodic music)
Fine, I just wanna know
who visited Danny that night.
(tense melodic music)
You got a problem with that?
All right, we'll show you.
What, it's not gonna
make a difference, is it?
(tense melodic music)
[Babe] So what does this mean then?
I think it means I'm choosy.
In a way.
They have to remind you of him.
(gentle tense music)
I need to speak to somebody about Meghan.
You know it was no accident,
it was a suicide, 100%.
Are you still there?
Yeah, what?
What happens now?
I feel edgy, those two guys
showing up on my doorstep
and the press is gonna find out,
that I spent the evening with her,
which you know, definitely won't help.
What's your problem?
Things were just getting interesting.
I'm guessing you aren't gonna call again,
until you've got something to tell me.
Downer.
(gentle tense music)
I've got another call.
Anjelica, sweets.
What are you doing?
Um, sat on the sofa feeling weird.
I bet. Listen, two things.
Okay.
One, the press have been
calling some of the girls
asking about Meghan, using her music videos
to work the whole celebrity story angle.
f*cking pondlife.
And two, I just got invited
to join a USA tour and
you'll never guess who with!
(rapid tense music) (Joy exhaling heavily)
(doorbell ringing)
Hello.
[Tenant] Yes?
Yeah, I'm with the press
and I'm here to speak about Meghan Riley.
Ah, I believe you work at
the same dance company.
I wondered if you've got
a spare moment please?
Yes, the f*cking Legend.
Anj.
Yeah, yeah, I know,
double-lock the hotel doors.
Anj, no.
Listen, I know what you're gonna say,
I am pre-warned, I will take no sh*t,
but I'm definitely not
going to turn this down.
She is a f*cking Legend,
a diva, a superstar!
I dance to her music for free as it is.
Just hang on, let me at least
tell you the Meghan stuff.
(doorbell ringing)
Let's talk about the tour first, babe.
They're connected, okay, hold
on, I need to get the door.
Okay, okay.
(soft tense music)
Hello?
Hello, ah, I'm from the press,
I'm here to talk to you about Meghan Riley.
Have you got a spare moment please?
Hang on.
I've got the bloody press at the door.
Well, don't let them in.
Yeah, I know, I'm gonna go downstairs
and put them off though, I'll
call you right back, okay.
Okay, call me straight back though,
I wanna know what you were gonna tell me.
Yeah, yeah, right back. Okay, bye.
Um, okay, ah, hang on, I'm coming down.
(intercom receiver clattering)
(door clicking)
(soft intense music)
(door clicking)
How did you find my address anyway?
(soft ominous music)
(door jams)
Move your f*cking foot.
(hard ominous music)
Quiet, b*tch.
Quiet, b*tch.
You've been a mad, bad,
little girl, ain't you?
(soft tense music)
Maybe we should put an end to this then.
We should.
Saul.
(soft intense music)
(knife thudding) (Saul groaning)
(knife clattering)
(building intense music)
(knife thudding repeatedly) (Joy grunting)
(knife thudding) (Joy gasping)
(knife thudding repeatedly)
(soft intense music)
Enough!
(Joy gasping)
She's done.
Saul? (breathing heavily)
What do you reckon? Go.
(footsteps thudding)
(tense orchestral music)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Look, doing a runner.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
What have they done?
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, f*ck me.
[Jitty] Look, we cannot be here, bruv.
Where's the girl?
Look at this f*cking
mess, we need to move now!
All this is our f*cking
fault, this is on us, man.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
(heart beating) (tense orchestral music)
[Joy] "The sands are
numbered that make up my life."
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
"Here I must stay
and here,
my life
"must end."
See I'm dying
Now
Put the camera away.
We are
See, I'm turning
Now
Now
Yeah
We are
Yeah
(soft orchestral music)
Ah, ooh, ooh, ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ooh, ooh, ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ooh, ooh, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ooh, ooh, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
See dying
Dying
Dying
(soft melodic music) (vocalist panting)
I'm paranoid
I'm barely breathing
I can't enjoy
All the ones that I love
Don't think less of me
Take all the medicine
I'm falling through
What's left of you
Define me
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I Bring Joy (2024)
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