02x03 - Louisa

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This program me contains strong language,
scenes of violence and references to suicide

ENGINE ROARS, SIREN
WAILS IN DISTANCE

CAR DOOR LOCKS

g*n FIRES

An officer met a girl who
claimed her friend was k*lled.

Louisa. Go and see her.

DOOR BUZZES, OPENS

This came for you.

Ah. It's for Max's birthday.

If he sees the Amazon Prime
van, he gets too excited.

Wants to open it straight away.

DC McAdams?

Yeah.

Good to see you.

Wish I could say the same.

I'm here to assess you one last
time, sign you off for good.

Let me check with my sarge.

Oh, there's no need for
that. Richard sent me.

Superintendent Groves. Shall we?

What the hell are
you playing at?

I'll explain somewhere private.

You have no right to assess me
for anything after what you did.

This isn't an official visit.

Didn't I make it clear that I
never wanted to see you again?

I can understand why
you're angry with me.

If you did, you
wouldn't have come.

I called the station. They said
you'd be here. This couldn't wait.

Why not? What's happened?

THUD

Is it Max? Oh, God,
no. No, I... I promise.

OK. We can talk in here.

I'm usually the only woman in the
building apart from the cleaner.

Seeing as it's not official.

Oh! Uh...

Do you know what I have thought

about doing to you, Dr Newman?

Take it easy,
Louisa. You don't...

I know you don't
want to hurt me.

Oh, don't I? No. You never want
to hurt anyone except yourself,

and that's gone now.
You're doing really well.

I am. I was. This is
the last thing I need.

Please let go of me.

You're not worth it.

Now tell me why you lied your way
in here. And get the hell out.

I need to know
about a girl you met

who said she'd witnessed
her friend's m*rder.

She was lying. Off her
head. It's not a job.

I need to find her urgently.

She ran away.

I couldn't find her. So,
I don't see how you can.

The k*ller matches

the description of this
man I met this morning.

He said his name was Jon.

And then he told me he's
gonna k*ll again tonight.

Seems like she wasn't lying

and now there's
another girl in danger.

I need to stop this Jon.

The girl you met
is my only lead.

That and something he said.
"White flesh, black bird."

Richard told me
you could help me.

Somehow I doubt that.

Why's that?

He's like you. Out for himself.

I'm only here for
this girl's sake.

Excuse me if I find it hard
to believe a word you say.

I know what you
mean about Richard.

There's something about this
that's making him nervous.

Some link to corruption.

I don't want anything
to do with this.

No. Because you're
a good officer.

You didn't tell
Social Services that.

You told them I was a
liability, an unfit mother,

a danger to myself and my son.

That's not what I said.
I had a duty of care.

And now you're here bullshitting
me because you want something.

I believe you're a
good officer, Louisa,

even if you don't always.
That's why I came here.

That's why I know
you'll help me.

Can't help you, sorry. Hey.
How about saying sorry?

Did that ever occur to you?

OK.

I'm really sorry.

You will say anything
to get your own way.

Now, please, f*ck off.

SHOWER RUNS

My daughter k*lled
herself three weeks ago.

It's made me question some
of the decisions I've made.

Things I've done that I
thought were for the best,

but could have been a
factor in Christina's death.

I'll be going over it
for the rest of my life.

But I can tell you now,

I do not regret raising
concern when you said you had

suicidal thoughts.

Going out at night
while Max was sleeping?

Going to a bridge.
The next time,

you could've gone further
if I'd done nothing.

The way it was handled
was bad. Social Services,

school, they screwed up.

I apologise for all the hurt

and distress that caused you

and for how it destroyed
your trust in me.

But I am not sorry
that I spoke up.

I will do anything to stop
you from hurting yourself

and leaving Max
without a mother.

I'm glad I could do that.

I wish I could have done
the same for Christina.

This girl is
somebody's daughter.

I have to do something.

SHE SOBS

PHONE RINGS Put that down.

Oh. I'm sorry, I wasn't
snooping. It's just... It's...

Richard's calling. I don't
know if you want to...

He could have some information about
the witness or whatever's going on.

Put it down.

I'm gonna go out
there and if you

want to help me
find this girl then

I will be forever grateful.
But if you don't, I...

I'll f*ck off and find
another way. It's up to you.

DOOR CLOSES

Come on.

Is it safe to talk here?

I'll look after you.

What did Richard say?

Not to tell you anything.

Oh, so there's more to tell.

He wants you to stay out
of it, leave this to him.

Will you still help me even
though he's warned you off?

Must need my head looking at.
Shame my shrink let me down.

Mine in a box, please, Clive?

Not a problem.

Thank you.

As long as you tell me who your
friend is. For security purposes.

This is Dr Newman. She's
here to check up on me,

making sure I'm still
safe to be using these.

Never safe in the first
place. Women and g*ns.

You know, she might
be able to help you

with your deep
sense of inadequacy.

BUZZER

I was on my way home
from a night shift.

This girl ran in to me, upset.

She didn't know I
was police at first,

so it all came pouring
out, her story,

that she had seen a
man k*lling her friend.

I thought she was on something.
I took her to a cafe,

calmed her down, was about
to start taking notes.

But that's when she
twigged I was police.

She went to the toilet,
legged it. Never came back.

You should never have let
her out of your sight.

We'd just ordered
breakfast. She gave no hint.

She's a good actress. They
have to be, girls like that.

Like what?

A sex worker.

That's what she said she was.
Her and this girl who died?

She didn't have to say.

After a while on the
night shift, you can tell.

Did she tell you her
name or her friend's?

No, she didn't say.

What did this man look like?

Forties, slim, dark hair.

Yeah, that could be Jon. Did
she say he smelt of cigarettes?

She didn't get that close. So
vague. Nothing to go on really.

And that's why you felt like
she was lying? Well, yeah,

that and her running off as soon
as I tried to get more specifics.

Well, that's interesting
because you look like you

want to run away when I'm
asking for more specifics.

Are you telling me
the whole truth?

Yeah, course. Why wouldn't I?

I don't know. It's just
funny. You were off duty.

You really thought she was lying,
but you still tried to find her.

I thought I better had just
in case, but I got nowhere.

Even though there are other
girls that have gone missing.

There's no inquiries,
there's no evidence.

Just this girl's say-so
with no corroboration.

The police didn't have time
to investigate a m*rder?

We didn't know
there was a m*rder.

Were you ordered to drop it?

SHE SCOFFS

There wasn't an
investigation to drop.

I wanted to find the witness
to make sure that she was OK.

I would have needed more resources
and we were overstretched.

So, nothing got done about it?

That's all I know. There you go.

g*n FIRES

What the f*ck?

Why did you tell me all that?

Because you asked.

You didn't want to
trust me before.

Yeah, and then you tugged
on my heartstrings.

You know how to get what you want.
What did Richard say, exactly?

To tell you nothing.

Yeah, and that's just
what you've done.

I really thought you'd
do the right thing

but you did just as you
were told. You talked a lot,

but it was all dead ends.
Nothing I could use. Why?

I tried to get rid of you. You
wouldn't take no for an answer.

That was before his call.

What are you doing
now? Playing for time?

Are you winding me up? Is
this more of your head games?

This isn't my game.

Whoever's in charge
is playing us both.

Did Richard tell
you to keep me here?

I don't need this
sh*t. I... Oh...

Just tell me what he said!

He said...

...that we shouldn't
be involved.

But not to worry.

To keep you here.

Someone will come
and deal with it.

Deal with it? Deal with it, how?

I don't care. I don't care.
Why should I? I think...

...someone may be
coming to k*ll me.

I may be wrong, but I have this
feeling the person may be coming

to get rid of me permanently.

That's never gonna happen.

But why did Clive come in
here and check up on us?

And the officer in the
corridor before had a g*n.

You can't take g*ns out there.
You must have been mistaken.

Did Richard say who was coming

and how they were
going to deal with me?

He told me that you
had been through a lot,

that you were not yourself,
you were strung out.

Said it was best to humour
you. Patronising b*stard.

I don't like him,

but I don't think he's
about to order a hit on you.

Well, it won't be him. It'll be
whoever's pulling the strings,

whoever hires...

Jon. He could be coming here.

I really don't think so.

Richard didn't want
me to come here.

He must have known this would
happen if I kept on with this.

He knew it would be
out of his hands.

Look, no-one's
coming to k*ll you.

Richard's worried about you
and someone's coming to help,

probably a friend or
colleague of yours.

And here is the safest
place that you could be,

with me, on my best behaviour.

I don't know.

If they wanted to k*ll
someone and get away with it,

someone who shouldn't be
here, who lied to get in,

who got in the way
of a stray b*llet.

You're in more danger
crossing the road.

There is every safety measure
you could dream of in here.

Oh, come on. "Women with g*ns"
and a history of violence.

What's that supposed to mean?

You k*lled someone on duty.

I was cleared of any wrongdoing.
I have done the work.

You of all people know that.

I know that. But
I'm just saying.

It'd be so easy to make it
look like you're unstable.

You're on record
as being suicidal.

Yeah, thanks to you. But
that's all in the past now.

That's on record, too.

You're still angry with me.
That's well known. Anyone can see.

So? It's not gonna
show me k*lling you

because I'm not going to

and I won't let anyone else
either. So, we're all good.

Well, I hope so. But all I'm
saying is there are no cameras in

the changing room

and no other women to
witness if something were

to happen to us in there.

You think that's why
Richard called me?

And that I'm just
going along with it?

No, I think you are both trying to
stay out of whatever is going on.

But it is possible they could k*ll
me, frame you, and get away with it.

No way.

I'm not going down for you.

What if they k*ll
you, too? No, really.

Nothing could be easier.
You've already k*lled someone

and you've been flagged
as a suicide risk.

You k*ll me, then yourself.

Loose cannon, loose
ends, all tied up.

Except it's never gonna happen.

Why not? You think
Clive's got your back?

He'll just say you stole
a g*n and some live a*mo,

and you should never have had
access in the first place.

Clive won't risk his own neck.

What risk?

He'll be pensioned off with
enough to make it worthwhile.

And he's hardly the
whistle-blower type.

He'll feel like a hero, doing
his bit for the old boys.

g*n FIRES

BUZZER

All right, if you
really believe that,

then why don't you
go now, on your own,

and then we can all
live happily ever after.

You survive. I can
keep on sh**ting.

Clive can keep on being a
c*ck. What's stopping you?

This girl won't live
happily ever after.

I still think you're not
telling me everything you know.

Tell me and I'll be gone.
You go somewhere safe.

Stay there till
this is all over,

and we'll both make
it through alive.

Or I'll get hit
crossing the road

and you'll be rid of
me. At home with Max.

What is it? Is it Max?

Is he in danger? Has
someone threatened Max?

He knows where I live.

Who?

Jon.

How?

Oh, when I was pushing for
the search to be widened,

I came back from work. Max
was with a baby-sitter,

but she was on her phone.
He was in the garden.

He told me that a man
had been to visit him.

Did he hurt him?

No... No, he was nice.
They played football.

Max said he smelled
of cigarettes.

But it reminded of him
of his dad. He liked it.

He wanted him to come again.

Jon said he would if Mummy
kept on looking for the girl.

So, that's why you
stopped looking for her.

Did you tell anyone at work?

Oh, God, no. The only way
that he would have known that

I was involved or where to
find me was through work.

The threat was clear.

Someone wants this left alone
and if I do not go along with it,

then... he will come back and...

...he will k*ll Max.

That's why I don't even
want Max answering the door

and why I shouldn't be
telling you any of this.

I should've known you'd do
anything to protect your boy.

I don't want you
dead. I wish I did.

I am trying to do

the right thing but
it is impossible.

Not if we stop him.

We ca-... We can't stop him.

We have to. Someone has to.

I am tired. I am tired.

You are strong.

You are an amazing mum.

You need to keep going
so you can be there

for all of Max's birthdays.

He needs you.

You're just the same as them.

You are using Max to
get what you want.

You're using me.

There's no way back now.

This is the only way to save
that girl and Max and you,

and myself. You have
to trust me, Louisa.

And I will do everything
in my power to find Jon

and stop him from
hurting anyone else.

Careful.

I don't know the witness's name,

but I have a photo on my phone.

You could use it to
try and find her.

Show it to me. I'll
send you the photo.

Look, I don't think you
should go in, just in case.

There's something else.

PHONE RINGS

It could be Richard.
So tell me quickly.

Um, I think her pimp
is called Jaisal.

Some of the officers seem to
know him and they didn't want me

digging into it. I feel
like he's known to them,

if you know what I mean.

Which officers? They
wouldn't tell me.

There is no way they would tell
you. But Danny might know something.

Danny won't be able to
help. He's a mess right now.

Aren't we all? I'll
send you the photo.

Come here.

Do you think the cameras
are getting this?

Evidence we're all good.

Yeah... Yeah, we're all good.

Sorry about the school.

I'm sorry about Christina.

Hey. DC McAdams is all good.
I'm happy to sign her off.

Oh, could you send
a cleaner to check

the women's changing
rooms? Thanks. OK.

DOOR BUZZES, OPENS, CLOSES

g*n FIRES

SIREN WAILS

g*n FIRES, ENGINE ROARS

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