02x03 - Episode 3

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We have two jobs.
Find Charlie Miller and the money

from his half of the gold

and get enough on John Palmer
to bring him down.

You're going to clean my money,
then give it to him.

I'll pay back
double in a couple of weeks.

An investment strategy.

Investment strategy is a rather
grandiose term

for running drugs into Florida.

You'll pay for the school?

I'll pay for the school.

I see what you do. How you make
the island look away

to let you make your money.
But that money will bring others.

Give me your money. I'll clean it,
take a fair cut, and give it back.

He wants to start with a million
dollars a week,

then he'll double it
when he sees it's working.

All I want is what we had.

I'm pregnant.

People start asking questions, it's
me that could get it in the neck...

You know who I am.

You know who I want.
And you know it's not you.

CAR ENGINE STARTS

If you get caught tapping phones
on the Isle of Man,

give this to the Lieutenant Governor.

If you get caught tapping phones
in Spain, give this to the embassy.

In both cases, you'd have to resign.

Thank you, Ma'am.

- Go.
- Finally.

- Go.
- 'Bout bloody time.

I'm going in...

No, you're not. He's on his way in.

Then I'd better be quick.

No, Nic! We're two minutes away!

Nic!

f*ck.

sh*t!

Excuse me, mate?
HE CLEARS THROAT

I'm, um... looking
for the train station.

Two streets over. Can't miss it,

it looks like something
from the bloody Soviet Union.

HE CHUCKLES Thanks.

SHE EXHALES

HE SIGHS

Next week...

...double.

No chance.

People like you bring money
to this island.

But you also bring problems.

The tourists, the drinking,
now the drugs.

Yeah, tell me about it.

That bloody rubbish
is all over the island.

We confiscate it, slap a few heads.

I won't have it in my resorts,
I can promise you that.

You do some good here, Senor Palmer.

You have friends.

But you have enemies too,
so... I need double.

And what if I say no?

The police come to see you,

the bank asks questions.

It is not good if you say no.

I pay the police,

I pay the bank,

and I pay you.

The police ignore you
because I tell them to.

The bank do not tell Madrid
about your accounts

because I tell them not to.

I tell everybody what to do.

And I'm telling you,
next week it's double.

The money's cleaned, minus my cut,

and it's gone where you wanted it to go.

Good.

That's a bigger bag than last time.

Too big?

I didn't say that.

Do you have friends?

Not really.

Neither do I.

This is difficult.

If it was easy, they wouldn't need us.

It's important that they need us.

To hide that much bad money
in the system,

you need more good money in the system.

And you are running
out of things to sell.

Who's he?

Bowman. He'll stay out here
and keep an eye on you.

Well, he'd best get some new clobber,

Cos right now he might as well be
wearing a f*cking uniform.

What have you got?

The accounts. If you can call them that.

John likes things messy.

I have to piece it together
like a bloody jigsaw.

You're going to need someone who
knows what's in there,

and what's not. And be quick.

People don't know how clever John is.

And that's the way he likes it.

They don't know how dangerous
he is either.

So you're all right?

What do you mean "all right"?

Um, well... are you getting enough rest?

Too much. I'm bored.

You must come and see me more often.

I'm doing my best, OK?

There's a lot going on, Lena.

There's a lot going on for me too, John.

Yeah. I don't doubt that.

Would you like to eat?

No, no, no, I'm fine.
Don't waste your energy on me.

Would you like to, you know?

Well, I don't know what the doctor
would say about that...

It is OK.

Yeah, but...

I mean, look what happened last time.

It can't happen twice, John.

HE EXHALES SHARPLY

Well...

..it was lovely to see you.

No.

I've seen you in Tenerife
with your envelopes.

I am not one of your f*cking envelopes.

Of course you're not.
This is more complicated than that.

Yes, John.

This is more complicated than that.

And no, I am not all right.

Where are they?

They're in bed, John.

They waited all day. You're too late.

I'm here, aren't I?

- You look knackered.
- I'm all right.

We wait weeks,
then you turn up like this?

HE SIGHS

I accept there is a way
to look at things

where I'd maybe owe you an apology.
HE SCOFFS

- I should take myself off the case.
- Don't be stupid.

He clocked me, Nic.
If he sees me again...

The next time he sees you,
he'll be in cuffs.

If you're that worried, you could
always shave off your 'tache.

Never.

I don't think the '90s is going
to be very kind to 'taches, Tone.

You need to get your head round that.

Here he is.

Let's hope he's feeling chatty.

PHONE RINGS

- Yeah?
- Success.

- Good.
- There were a couple of complications,

but that's the game we're in.

And now you take the profits back
to our friend on the island.

Yep. Then we do it again
and you get even richer.

That's the plan.

You know, buddy, whatever you wanted
to do when you're rich,

you should do it now.

Life is short.

PHONE RINGS

Baxter Investments.

Hello?

Hello?

That pub near your office...

Wouldn't recommend it. Was nearly
hospitalised by their scampi.

Go there now.

HE GROANS

HE MOUTHS

I could go in.

It's too exposed. You know that.

f*ck's sake.

I need all this land here,
behind my place.

That is public land.

Perhaps I can hide the sale,

but building permits would be
very difficult.

I ain't building nothing.

I just need to say I am.

I will need more money.

Thought you might.

No overtime, no drinking
at lunchtime, no Freemasonry.

Her Majesty's Customs doesn't look
kindly on overtime,

I only drink on Saturdays,

and I don't believe the Masons
are keen on women.

Thank you for accepting this secondment.

I volunteered.

I work in VAT fraud,

which is actually less exciting
than it sounds.

Have you reviewed Palmer's accounts?

Yes. I'd need time to work through
them properly,

but I can tell you
they aren't the accounts.

Not the real ones anyway.
There's no debt.

A rapidly expanding business

that fronts a lot of money
for construction before recovering

it with sales with not a penny of debt,

which means there is other money.

Which means there are other accounts.

They're all our contact has access to.

Then they'll have to look
a little harder.

This is what you've been saving for,
grafting for.

This is what you're worth.
You buy a time-share,

one week a year,
you come here and live like a king.

And today, you lot are in luck

because we've just released our
new time-shares,

which we're building right now up here.

Best views of the island.
This is paradise.

And when you speak to this lot,

you'll be surprised how cheap
paradise comes.

I need to talk to you
about the accounts.

That's your job, ain't it?

Would be, if you told me
what was happening.

You need to give me the whole picture.

I've never given you the whole picture.

Why would you need it now?

If I'm getting nicked, I'll get
nicked in bloody England, not here.

Do you trust me, Shirl?

Course I do.

Can I trust you?

You don't have to ask me that, John.

Then no-one's getting nicked.

Not in England, and certainly not here.

So you make do with what you've got

and don't be asking me
questions like that again.

OK, John.

Hey!

Hey. I've got the plans.

The...?

For the school.

Right, yes. Um, yes,
I'm excited to see them.

Just not right now.

Oh...

Wow.

I should go to the bathroom more often.

- This is my partner, Kadene.
- Hi.

Hi.

Man, what an island.

This is a client of mine...

You want a beer?

- Do you know he's got beer?
- Mm.

Or have I just busted him, huh?

I didn't,
but then I don't come here much.

Maybe I should.

Any time.

Nice to meet you.

- I'll show you these tonight.
- Looking forward to it.

No. From Russia with love.

- This is crazy.
- No, this is $10 million.

I could... put some through other
areas of the business.

The bars and the restaurants.
Maybe then...

Maybe then we say there are other
bars and other restaurants.

- There you go.
- I would need the accounts, the proper ones.

Then go get them tonight.
Shirley ain't exactly a grafter.

- She's the first one out the door.
- And I will need more time.

No.

If we slow down, they get worried.

And we don't want 'em worried.

How's your back?

Hmm?

From the boat.

I flew.

- Fake passport.
- You came in through the airport?!

I'm riding two horses.

Our friends from Florida,
your friends from England.

- I've got to move faster.
- Don't call them my friends.

Don't come here through
the f*cking airport.

How can a man like you be this insecure?

Cos of men like you.

Relax, Campbell. Hey.

These islands, that ocean...

..they hold secrets better
than you realise.

Can I help you?

I'm afraid we have a meeting.

This won't take long.

Two bodies have been
found off Fort Lauderdale.

Were they Tortolians?

No, they were drug dealers. Last
seen with a man called Scott Errico,

who has links to organised crime.

Is he a Tortolian?

No. But he's here.

He flew into Tortola on a known
alias yesterday.

What do you need?

I need Errico.
And if your police can't find him,

then I'll bring in DEA agents who can.

We'll find him. It's a small island.

Small islands can hide more
than you'd think.

I'll take this to
the Police Commissioner.

No, I'll deal with it.

This is nothing for you
to worry about, Kadene.

Let's go.

John?

Are you getting enough rest?

What is your plan, John?

What do you mean?

What is your plan for us?

- Oh. Um...
- Mm.

Well...

..I think it's a case of, um...

..just putting one foot in front
of the other for now, isn't it?

I don't... What is this one foot?

Look, I'm under a lot of pressure,
love, OK.

SHE SCOFFS
I have a child inside me, John.

That is pressure.
So, tell me, what is your plan?

I'm here.

I'm here, aren't I?

You're only here to see if I am here.

Because if I am here, you're safe.

- I need more than that.
- Oh, f*ck me.

- What?!
- Look...

I say, "I need more"
and you say, "f*ck me"?

I ain't got a big vocabulary, OK?

I am a young woman, John! With a life.

And now that life will be
with your child,

which means that life will be with you.

So next time you come here,
you come with a plan.

You come with more than just
"f*ck me," OK?

HE SIGHS HEAVILY
Yeah. Yeah.

Not a problem.

CHILDREN GIGGLE

You're trouble!

Hey, come here.

Oh, I missed you.

How are you, girls? Are you all right?

LINE RINGS

Scott Errico.

Do you know him?

Why?

Because if you know him,
you need to give him up,

or he's going to give us up.

Tell me where he is.

Governor? They're ready for your speech.

Great.

Your heart, John...

It's going like the clappers.

Shows it's working, doesn't it?

Or you're working too hard.

I'm worried about you.

I'm all right, love.

Swimming every day. Fit as a fiddle.

Um...

I want to put a bit of
security round this place.

What do you mean, security?

I don't know yet.

Fences, dogs. Maybe get a bloke
to watch the drive.

What's going on, John?

Look, um... Tenerife is getting
a little...

..harder, a little rougher
with the people involved.

But that's good for us,

because it means what I'm doing now
can't last forever.

Then I'll be home.

You won't be putting up
no fences around me, John.

To keep them out or to keep me in.

Because the only time I don't feel
safe is when you're here.

You know, if this is how you come back
and this is what you bring back with you,

then maybe you shouldn't
be coming back here at all.

I know Errico.

Where is he?

The Rainbow Bar in Road Town.

How do you know?

I'm looking at him.

Barman, same again.

Get the DEA or the local police who can.

He won't come quietly.

Secure all exits. Nobody leaves.

- Police!
- Police!

Police! Nobody move!

Anything?

Where's he off to, then?

I'm afraid this is a private marina.

So are this lot for sale?

They are, yes.

We have some day boats over there

that would perhaps be more appropriate.

I want this one.

Then you have three problems.

It's being repaired,
it's already sold...

Who to?

To a gentleman from Cirencester.
He's a QC,

so not a man to be trifled with...

Well, you'd better tell me the third
problem, cos I ain't heard a real one yet.

It's expensive.

Ah, you see, I think
that's the only problem.

You think this bloke from
Cirencester has the money,

- and I don't.
- It's 50,000 sterling.

Then I'll pay cash.
And I'll give you ten grand on top,

and you can tell them
I want it ready in a week,

and I've got a name for it too.

It's bad luck to rename a boat.

You know, considering where
I'm from and who I'm from,

to be standing here in the sun
and buying a boat like that...

..I reckon my luck's looking all right.

I think Miller's buying a boat.

I see. If he suspects we're on him,

it's a clever way to leave
the country. Or so he thinks.

But it could play
right into our hands, sir.

International waters. I'll need help.

Unless you want me to try
and catch him on a pedalo.

An arrest needs to be watertight
or we'll risk the conviction.

Well, have a look at my conviction
rate, sir. You won't find better.

I'll speak to Gibraltar,
line up naval support.

How many miles out to nick him?

Ten.

It's hard to count miles out
there, what with all the waves...

Ten miles, Lundy.

Very good, sir.

KNOCK ON DOOR
Mr Palmer?

Mr Palmer?

Hello?

Hello?

What you doing in here?

I have been waiting.

Late night.

Don't be coming in my house, son.

Sorry, Mr Palmer.

Ah, good!

May we discuss the buffet?

What about it?

The vol-au-vents are conspicuous
by their absence.

I can't discuss the vol-au-vents
again, Douglas.

I don't have it in me.

You wouldn't
have to discuss the vol-au-vents

if there was a coherent
policy in place..

We don't have a vol-au-vent policy.

Well, you should, because this place
is like the last days of bloody Rome.

PHONE RINGS

Harper.

- Who?
- Oh, you must be Jennings.

I'm Harper from Customs.
I look forward to meeting you.

Is he there?

Who, the Guvvy?

The what?

Guv. The Guv.

- The Guvnor.
- Jennings.

What are Customs doing there?

Answering questions you can't.
What's happening?

- Baxter's flying to London.
- Then follow him.

Which means he shouldn't know that
you're following him.

Yeah, I think I remember that from
Hendon, sir.

Good.

Everything is OK?

Yeah.

And you are OK?

Yeah.

Oh, I had a few drinks last night.

Let off a bit of steam, you know?

HE CHUCKLES AWKWARDLY

Be careful, Mr Palmer.

You have an important job.

You must not miss things.

Oh, believe me, I don't miss much.

What are you doing in here, Shirl?

What the f*ck is this?

Nothing for you to worry about.

I sign off the accounts.
I'd do time for this!

Oh, I don't know, Shirl,

you're good at not doing time
that's meant for you.

SHE LAUGHS

OK, John.

I didn't see nothing.

You can trust me.

Just like I trusted you.

You didn't answer me.

What are you doing in here?

DOOR SLAMS

How are you doing? All right?

All right?

SHE GASPS

HE GASPS

LOCK CLICKS

SHE BREATHES RAGGEDLY

DOOR HANDLE RATTLES

BANGING ON DOOR

Who have you spoken to?

- No-one.
- Answer!

- I wouldn't do that to you, John!
- Hey!

This is my life that you're offering up.

Who's coming for me?

No-one's coming for you.

It's that stuff you're taking,
it's making you paranoid.

Who is it?! Who is it?!

It must be here. Who is it, Shirl?!
This place is like a bloody maze!

Oh, bollocks, this ain't my room.

Or is it? They all look the same,
don't they? Where's my key?

Oh, I'm sorry about this.

That Spanish beer's stronger
than you'd think.

These two...

These two are trying it on.

Will you walk me to a taxi?

Yeah, no problem, love.

Go on.

Don't worry, lads,
there's plenty more fish in the sea!

I want her found.

We'll find her.

But first, I need to speak to you.

- And I think you need a drink.
- Yeah, you're right there.

How is she?

Terrified. I got her out,
but she won't testify.

And now Palmer will be more
suspicious than ever.

But she reckons what she saw in there

was a lot more than
creative accounting, sir.

Whatever he's up to, it's proper.

Glad to hear it.

Now all we need is another way in.

Bring her back.

I'll get her conviction quashed,
thank her for her service.

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

Thanks.

Brings it all back, doesn't it?

- I suppose it does.
- The old g*ng.

Were we a g*ng?

Oh, well, Sarah, you and I were
a little more than that.

Well, it was a long time ago, Dougie.

Time does not wither
childhood sweethearts.

I think that's
slightly overstating what we were.

You never get past
the first rush of love.

You know, you never beat it.

Why are you here?

Well, you weren't at the reunion. Um...

I'm in town on business. You know, I had
a little bit of time to play with...

I've seen the watch,
Dougie, for Christ's sake.

And I heard that you're divorced.

And I heard you got caught taking
coke at a bus station.

A bus station?!

What the hell happened to you?

I mean, you were always a little...

..not unhinged, but you know what
I mean...

What happened?!
HE CHUCKLES

The love of my life dumped me
on the day of our graduation!

- I wasn't the love of your life...
- I'll be the judge of that!

- We were kids.
- We were together for three years!

- No, it wasn't three years...
- We were going to tour Europe,

come to London, get a little place
in Parsons Green.

We had a whole plan, Sarah,
a whole life,

and then you left me for some
mystery man

and knocked me for bloody six!
And I never recovered.

I took sh*t jobs for sh*t practices,

and I hit the vino,
and the next thing you know,

I'm on my knees in the toilet
of a Berni Inn in f*cking handcuffs!

It was Logan.

I left you for Logan.

And then he left me about a week later.

Why would you tell me that?

Because...


to the same university

and, on occasion, I allowed you
to sleep with me,

and those things mean far more
to you than they should.

And whatever it is you're
looking for, Douglas,

you won't find the answer with me.

And you certainly won't find it
in there.

PHONE RINGS

Baxter Investments.

Hey, buddy.

I need some money.

I can't send money to America.

They actually have some proper
banking laws.

Who said anything about America, hmm?

I know what you say about drugs,

but on the island,
they're becoming big business,

big money.

I have a contact.

Colombian.

They can supply coca very pure,
very cheap.

How pure?

What you have been taking,
the drugs that we confiscate,

it is full of rubbish.

This will give you what you need...

Not here.

..without any problems.
JOHN SIGHS

It's only been the last few months.

I just...
HE SIGHS

I needed a few more
hours in the day, you know?

- Keep me going.
- I understand. You know?

This is a secret between us.

Can I trust you?

You can trust me.

Back in a bit.

THUDDING

Oh, um...

These are heliconias. They grow all
over the island, but I...

..I'd never noticed.

We call them the
Bird Of Paradise flower.

Even after people like you came
and told us we were wrong.

I should know more.

About this island.

About my home.

Why now?

A recognition of...

..commitment.

Of love.

It's strange seeing you nervous.

Well, count yourself lucky.
My father proposed

to my mother through his solicitor!

- How did that work out?
- Disastrously.

I'm not leaving the island.

- I have work to do here.
- Me neither.

Whatever happens to me
will happen to me here.

I believe, traditionally,

you're supposed to give some
sort of response?

Oh!
SHE LAUGHS

Yes.

- Good.
- Good?

Very good.

Well, at least you're not
spending our money on your digs.

It's the old exhibits room, ma'am.

It's not a room anyone
enters by accident.

The drums are beating.

ITV are planning a documentary
on Palmer in Tenerife.

The Mirror have heard you're
operating in Spain,

and The Times have reason to
believe you're on the Isle of Man.

If any of that becomes public,
everyone runs for the hills.

We're giving them nothing, but
they'll get it one way or another.

How long can you hold them off?

A few days, maybe a week.

How close are you to nicking these two?

A few days, maybe a week.

Then it's between you and the press.

And if they get there first, it's over.

The corruption allegations
against Lundy...

..I'd like to see them.

What are you looking for, Boyce?

Clarity.

Oh, that's strong stuff, that, son.

What's that been cut with, then, eh?

I told you to give him up.

Well, that would have been a mistake
for both of us.

Instead, you looked co-operative
to the DEA, and I got him out.

No drugs.

We said that right at the beginning.

Clean any money you want, but no drugs.

All you need to know about my money

is that it got you all
the way to governor.

This is my island.

No-one lives here in peace
if I do not want them to,

especially a foreigner.

Oh, yeah, um...
HE CLEARS THROAT

..Kadene and I are getting married,

which means I'll be a Tortolian,

with all the extradition
protection that affords.

Wear something nice.

You think it's the Americans you
have to worry about?

I could sign legislation

to make everything you do ill*gal
again tomorrow.

Then Tortola would be bankrupt
within a week.

Whatever it is you're doing,
I can stop it.

- No, you can't.
- Why not?

Because you let in the wolves.

There's two types of money.
There's, um...

There's good money,

which is slow, boring,

and the only ones who get rich from
it are the ones who already have it.

Now, you didn't have any good money,

so you let in dirty money,

which is fast and it's exciting,

and any person, any country,

any island can get rich
from dirty money, but you...

..you sacrifice yourself to get it.

And there's no way back.

Because once dirty money's in,
it doesn't leave.

It's too powerful.

You let in the wolves...

..and the wolves don't leave.

So what's going on here, then?

I am taking over, Mr Palmer.

Hmm.

Is that right?

I know what you do.

I can do it better,

and you can go home to England.

You know, son...

HE CHUCKLES

..my missus, she warned me about you.

But she needn't have bothered.

I knew we'd get to this when you
started talking about cowboys.

I knew not to take that stuff
you gave me.

You were right about one thing, though.

It's over.

I've been calling all day.

Have you?

Where is she?

- I don't know.
- Tell her she had her chance.

And tell her I have a team
of DEA agents on their way.

Good. Our police have work to do
and not enough resources to do it.

I hope you get your man.

There's something going on
on this island,

and it's more than one man.

When you're bitten by a snake,
you do not let it go.

He'll leave the island tonight.

We'll get back to work tomorrow.

Viktor will take you.
He will look after you now.

I'm all right.

Plenty of English blokes on Tenerife
who are handy enough.

Viktor will take you.

We are partners now with your
business. 50-50.

You are with us now.

Boyce.

Baxter's at Heathrow Airport
meeting an unidentified male.

Looks like they're travelling.

Spook Baxter and we spook Miller.

Stay back and observe.

Will do, sir.

There are systems to what Logan
and I do,

and those systems do not involve
going to a bank in London,

withdrawing £500,000 in cash,

and bringing it to
Heathrow bloody airport.

I'm going to Spain to see our friend,

- and you're coming with me.
- Why the hell would I do that?

Because you're out of your depth.

And when people are out of their
depth, they make bad choices.

I want you where I can see you.

You think this is where my bad
choices start?

Well, my friend, that ship
has very much f*cking sailed.

Look, the Feds have two bodies on me.

If I get pulled, I get life.

But if you get me pulled...

..then they'll have three bodies on me.

You got it?

- Got it.
- Good.

Good.

Now, let's go.

I need to refresh myself.

You're a big boy, you can hold on.

I'm afraid I can't.

And if you don't want
to attract attention,

then you probably wouldn't want
to risk the consequences of that.

Hurry up.

Well, I can't go in, can I?

LINE RINGS

PHONE RINGS

Yeah?

The American's in London,
and he's a bloody psychopath!

- Not on this phone.
- We're at Heathrow...

- and he's making me bring him to you.
- No, don't tell him where I am!

He's k*lled two people.

Stop f*cking talking!

He's threatening to do me in,
for Christ's sake!

f*ck!

HE EXHALES SHARPLY

TOILET FLUSHES

Baxter's running.

So's his mate.

Nick them.

Boyce.

Miller's running, sir,
and it won't be on the boat.

Flying Squad, nick him!

Which one?!

The one that's f*cking running!

How can I help?

I've got to pull him, sir.

It would be an ill*gal detainment
that could prejudice our entire...

If he gets away now, he's got
the money to stay gone forever!

You have no jurisdiction,

and there's still a chance
Miller doesn't know we're on him.

Lundy?
VEHICLE APPROACHES

Lundy?

I'm not sure about that, sir.

Lundy?!

You're a long way from home, son.

You'll see me again.

TYRES SKID

PHONE RINGS

Hello?

Hello, John.

I need a bit of help.

SIREN WAILS

MUSIC: Zombie by The Cranberries