01x01 - Episode 1

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Better". Aired: 13 February 2023 – present.
After her son almost dies, corrupt police detective Lou attempts to make amends for her sins and escape Col, the powerful criminal she has been working for.
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01x01 - Episode 1

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Anyway, there's this fourth-year

kid and he's won a football,

a box of chocolates and a bottle

of wine, and I'm like, "Bloody hell,

"I'm going to get this lad

to do me lottery numbers."

And then he comes up again,

another winning ticket,

and this time it's a 20-year-old scotch.

So, I'm like, "Right,

okay, something's up."

So I go, "All right,

lad, empty your pockets."

And he's only gone and got

a matching book of tickets.

He got it online, the

enterprising little sod.

No, no, but that's not the worst bit.

I'm stood there wondering

what to do, right,

and then he says, "I'm

going to cut you a deal,

"You keep your mouth shut for the

box of chocs." What did you do?

The cheeky little bastard. I said,

"You can't buy me off with a box

"of pralines, give me the scotch!"

[THEY LAUGH]

[PHONE VIBRATES]

- I've got to go.

- No. You're not

leaving me with all the surgeons.

Come on. They're loving the big builder.

Just tell 'em they can

have a go driving the van.

- I'm sure I won't be long.

- What does he want this time?

I'm so sorry, everyone,

something's come up.

But this has been so lovely,

we'll do it again soon.

Julia, you sign me up for the fete,

but probably not the tombola this time.

I am leaving my better half

with you, so please be gentle.

Bye, everyone. ALL: Bye!

[DRUNKEN LAUGHTER]

[OUTGOING DIALLING TONE]

What is it?

Yeah, I know the one. How long ago?

And there's no-one else who c

I hope he knows what he's asking.

[ENGINE STARTS]

[PHONE RINGTONE]

[NERVOUS BREATHING]

[RINGTONE CONTINUES]

[RINGTONE STOPS]

[RINGTONE STARTS]

[FAINT CRIES]

[RINGING TONE]

- You all right?

- Fine. All done.

You still there? I reckon

I can make last orders.

No, I'm home. Took a taxi.

I knew you'd bail, you big loser.

- Don't wait up! I love ya.

- [SIREN WAILS]

Why don't you try catching some

real criminals for a change?

Ma'am, I'm so sorry.

That's why I recognised your car.

Nah, you're all right.

What's going on, was I weaving?

We're pulling over everything,

a body's just been found at an

old boozer up the road in Bramley.

sh*t, looks like.

Drug paraphernalia?

One for us, then.

Well, Phil Cowper's on tonight,

so just poke him with

a stick if you have to.

Now

do you want to breathalyse me?

No.

Night, DI Slack.

[ENGINE STARTS]

[RUNNING WATER]

You still up? It's half past midnight.

No, I'm asleep in bed,

this is astral projection.

Dad said you got called away.

Left him with all the drunk mums.

Yeah. Just work shite.

Oh, your dad were dead awkward,

though, you should've seen it.

You know when his head goes all red?

Oh

You still feeling peaky, I take it?

Yeah. Slept too long earlier.

You do feel warm.

Keep popping the paracetamol.

You got enough water?

[TAPS BOTTLE]

Who's this fella, then?

Don't know yet.

Can't get his claw quite right, though.

You'll cr*ck it.

cr*ck it! You having that?

Come on, cos it's a crab.

Come on, laughter's the best medicine.

Oh, I think I just felt this

virus turn into terminal cancer.

Oh, well.

Don't stay up too late.

- You all good?

- Yeah.

How long did you stay

with your fan club?

About an hour.

I let them hold my big drill.

- What did he need you for?

- Just a bit of paperwork.

We should get some sleep.

We're out again tomorrow night.

Two nights on the

spin at our age get us.

Who do you think he's texting?

Oh, God knows.

Who cares? He's happy.

That's all that matters.

Oh, you are bordering

on gamey, my friend.

We've got to go in half an hour.

Oh, God. Okay, here it comes.

He's still got a temperature.

Maybe it's best I skip

tonight. Keep an eye on him.

It's a virus, Ceri. I know

you don't want to come,

but don't try and weasel

out of it by using our son.

He's gone to a lot of

effort, he's expecting us.

Don't you want to see the house?

I've seen it.

Couple of years ago. It's changed a lot.

Well, I didn't like it then either.

After everything he's done for

us, you can't do one evening?

- And what about everything you've done for him?

- Keep your voice down.

What was last night all about?

Paperwork? Bollocks.

Oh, now you want to know

details? You never did before!

Well, he never used to

call you out at night, Lou.

Something's changed over the

last year. You've been doing more.

I just wish things were

different, that's all.

Oh, different? Different how?

Do you wish we'd gone bankrupt?

Do you wish we were still in

that basement flat in Chapeltown,

with neighbours chucking

pit bull sh*t over the fence?

Do you wish Owen was still in the

old school, with those bastards

gobbing down the back of his neck

every morning? Calling him a f*gg*t.

Assuming that you don't, my

advice to you would be to show

a little bit of appreciation

and then you can go right back

to sticking your head in the sand.

Okay, fine. Don't come.

- Don't go.

- I have to, and I want to.

Don't wait up.

- Right, Sick-note. I'm off.

- Argh.

It's off for a reason.

Won't be long now, Mother. We

should reconcile before my passing.

Yeah, yeah, your dad's bottled it.

He can't go out more than

twice in a week it seems.

So, take another two ibuprofen.

It's just a dinner party

thing so I won't be back late.

Say "hi" to the other

middle-aged swingers for me.

Oh, we don't talk. We just

- [SLAPS HAND]

- Urgh, you're disgusting.

Night, sweetheart.

[DOOR OPENS AND SHUTS]

Evening, Bulge.

- Just you?

- Just me.

How you doing, Slack?

You all right, darling?

Ah, Noel! They're finally

letting you drive the Range?

- Did you learn your left from your right?

- Ha!

Why are you always so mean to me?

You hear that, Bulge?

That's bullying, is that.

- Noel'll hold on to your phone for the evening.

- I know.

Oh, yes.

I Like what you've done there.

Ah, don't, ah

They got chipped up, didn't they?

Anybody asks, you met

a friend in the pub.

They'll do a bill. You paid cash.

Landlady'll say anything

we want her to say.

Can she say I were really nice,

dead funny and left a big tip?

You're an absolute joker, you.

- Lou!

- Oh, lovely to see you, Alma.

Lovely to see you, too.

- Oh, you look beautiful.

- Ah, thank you, so do you.

Ceri sends his apologies,

but Owen's not very well,

- so he's going to stay with him.

- Is he all right?

Oh, yeah, just a bug,

it's fine. Oh, good.

- All right, Lou!

- Bloody hell,

Donal, when did you become your dad?

Trying me best not to!

Go and find him, will you?

Everybody's here.

- Mm-hm.

- Mm-hm.

I had to send him back up.

The first shirt he came down

in was absolutely horrendous.

- So, how are you, Lou?

- Fair to middling, Curtis. You?

Life is good.

This is Elise.

Nice to put a face to the name. Finally.

Oh, usually only see this

face when you've been bad.

Christ! Would you look at this rabble?

Lord Roy. Darling. Good to see ya.

Elise, nice to see ya.

- Bulge.

- Boss.

Jesus, Juliet, you're still with us!

- Did the last stroke not finish you off?

- Not quite!

- No?

- Not that this one would've mentioned it.

Would he? He wouldn't.

Come here you.

Where's the big man?

Couldn't make it cos Owen's poorly.

Oh, he's a good dad.

He is.

Thank you.

Open it alone. Happy birthday.

Very thoughtful of you.

Maybe pop it in the

wee safe for now, Bulge.

Right, well, now you've all finally

decided to turn up, let's eat!

Happy birthday to you ♪

Happy birthday to you ♪

Happy birthday dear Col ♪

Happy birthday to you. ♪

- Is that our building?

- Mm-hm.

Our first building.

Out of many.

[APPLAUSE]

[CHEERING]

ALL: Ohhhh!

- Speech!

- Speech! Yeah, speech!

- Yeah, go on.

- You're not getting away with it, Dad.

- I haven't bored you all enough already?

- No, keep going.

- Come on.

- We love it.

Okay, um

I'll be brief for once.

Err, I'm a lucky man.

Made it to yet another birthday

in a challenging line of work.

Despite some people's best efforts!

It's hard to get close to

people in this business,

but you lot are the

people that I rely on.

People that I love.

People that I trust.

Couldn't ask for more than that.

Well, maybe that's not true.

Alma

Thank you for throwing it all

away on me, all those years ago.

You remain my world.

Donal, my boy.

We've had our ups and downs,

you know, more downs than ups,

if we're honest, but I

love you, no matter what.

Bulgey, what would I do without you, eh?

Lord Roy, the king of the decimal point.

And, err, finally,

our wee guest of honour.

The reason why we're pouring

our own drinks tonight.

I wouldn't be here without you.

So, here's to me, obviously,

but here's to you too, Lou.

- To Lou.

- ALL: To Lou!

- To Lou.

- Right. Cake.

[DOOR SHUTS]

Alma would castrate me and strangle me

and then bury me in

un-consecrated ground if she knew.

- Ceri would just look disappointed.

- Oooh.

- Which is worse.

- So much worse.

[LIGHTER CLICKS]

Place looks nice.

- Did you paint?

- I don't f*cking know. Probably.

Listen, about yesterday

Don't ask me to do something

like that again, Col.

- It were too close.

- No, I know. I know.

And I'm sorry.

There just wasn't anyone else.

Anyone I could trust, you know?

If I'd sent one of my young lads

to that crime scene, f*ck me,

they're leaving half a

pound of chromosomes behind.

If not their f*cking birth certificate.

What the hell happened?

Endri's crew thought they'd

cook gear on my patch.

I thought otherwise.

Sent a couple of the lads

down to press the point,

things got out of hand.

But, look, it's on me.

The sh**t's a wee Barry Big Bollocks.

Should never have used him for this.

Do I know him?

No. no.

He's gone on a nice long

holiday as of this morning.

Tour of southern Europe.

He was still alive.

- What?

- The lad.

He was still breathing. Just.

But he was dead when they found him, no?

Which was, what, five minutes

after you were there? Ten?

So, then, past saving.

You've been pushing

hard the last few months.

Just fixing the barn roof

while the sun's shining.

Nothing more than that?

Not that I'm aware of.

And look

I meant what I said in there.

I would not be where

I am today without you. Okay?

Same here.

And you know that, you old git.

Old

Best head back in separately, eh?

Or they'll think we're shagging.

Nice to see ya'.

- Look after yourself.

- You, too.

Come on, Curtis.

And get your teeth sorted, you

knobhead, or they'll go bad.

- I will, I will. I promise!

- Bye, love.

Catch you later.

[PHONE VIBRATES]

Lou, it's Owen, just go

straight to the hospital.

OUTGOING RINGING TONE

Pick up! Pick up, pick up,

pick up, pick up. Pick up!

VOICEMAIL: It's Ceri, leave a message.

Urgh! f*cking hell.

- How is he?

- I don't know.

- The doctor's on his way now.

- What happened?

I went in to check on him about nine,

but he was asleep, so I left him.

I went back in at midnight

and he had this rash. All over.

I couldn't wake him up.

You didn't check on him for three hours?

- What?

- He could've been like that the whole time.

- Well, where were you?

- You didn't check on him for three hours?

- Where were you?

- Mr and Mrs Davies? I'm Dr Bhaskari,

I'm the A&E consultant on call tonight.

I'm afraid Owen is quite unwell.

He has bacterial meningitis.

Right now we're doing everything

we can to get the cranial

pressure down and help his

body fight the infection.

We really need him to show

something in the next few hours,

but this will be a very long night.

I should get back to Owen.

Don't go anywhere.

They think he's going to die.

Please don't die. Please don't die.

Please don't die. Please

don't die. Please don't

I'll be better.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[FOOTSTEPS]

Okay. Right

So, we've still got a long way to go,

but Owen finally began to respond

to treatment about an hour ago.

Against some stiff odds,

his condition has stabilised.

- Back soon to tell you more.

- Thank you.

Owen?

Hiya, Owen, love.

It's me and Dad.

Wh-wh-wh

Hey, it's Okay. You're in hospital, son.

It's Okay.

You've been a bit poorly,

but you're Okay.

You're going to be all right.

Look at me. You're going

to be all right, I promise.

He could be deaf.

He could be brain damaged.

Can you stop reading that sh*t?

You're going to have to tell your mum.

I will. Okay, I will.

I should get some air.

See you in a bit.

Is he all right?

He almost d*ed.

Hey, I know.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Anything that he needs, okay?

Anything at all. You call me.

- Call me. Yeah?

- Okay. Thank you.

You should get back in you're exposed.

- All right, tell Ceri I

- I will.

The swelling in Owen's

brain has subsided,

but there is some damage.

A bit like he's suffered

a number of small strokes.

So, there will be some

after-effects going forward.

Like what? What are you expecting?

We see things like hearing loss,

memory loss, other cognitive issues.

Problems with movement

and co-ordination.

He will have headaches

and fatigue, for sure.

And there is the psychological impact.

Jesus Christ

But do kids die of this, at his age?

Have you seen that?

Certainly.

I have lost young patients

to a MEN B infection.

Others have lost limbs through sepsis.

Owen might have been very lucky.

We'll know in the next few weeks.

Don't look at your feet.

[PHONE BUZZES]

Chin up and shoulders down.

I know!

I can walk.

It just kills.

I want to try again.

I won't freak.

Go on, then.

The instinct will be to grip

it tight but try to stay loose.

Mum. Stop helicoptering.

Sorry.

You've been here all day, every day.

I'm just saying.

[DRILL WHIRS]

f*ck's sake! What it is now?

He wouldn't have been able

to open these, would he?

Not with his hands like they are.

I'm sorry.

Do you remember how you used to

- You sure?

- Mm-hm.

I think I'm going to go back to work.

Are you sure you're ready?

No. But Owen is.

Back to both jobs, you mean?

They go together, Cer.

POLICE OFFICER: Morning, Ma'am.

Hiya, Slack, are you all right?

That's right, she's back.

Ehhh, look busy!

No, but thank you all for

your cards and messages,

it was much appreciated.

Now, is it safe to assume the

great city of Leeds has become

a teeming crime-infested

cesspit in my absence?

We need to all get back to

work, so, go on, piss off.

Hey. You good?

Yeah.

- Really?

- Yeah.

It's good to be back.

How is he?

Oh, he's okay, ta.

He gets pain and mobility problems,

and he's tired but he's all

there so we were lucky.

Good.

We need you back.

We stopped Wilco

Wilson's cousin last week,

usual haul in his

boot plus 26,000 pills.

Oh, he's diversifying then.

And Phil's making

headway with Thomas Ajazi,

but it could do with your

eyes on it. The m*rder.

Albanian lad? sh*t in

the old pub in Bramley?

Happened just before Owen

got ill, yeah. I'll muck in.

Subtly. Don't emasculate him

too much. I know it's tempting.

Oh, and how's about a nice little

post office robbery in Gipton

to ease you back into

the swing of things?

Come on, star pupil,

grab your pencil case.

I knew you'd have run out.

You're all right, you, I

don't care what they say.

You're back just in time.

It were getting embarrassing.

You're the only one who makes

any arrests over street level.

Oh, that's nice.

Do you mind checking for

polyps while you're there? Eh?

While your head's up my arse.

Quite nice to be going to

the scene of a violent crime

rather than the hospital.

Look, I know you'll just take

the piss, but I prayed for Owen.

Ta.

Took the best part of 12 grand.

All the foreign currency.

We were stocked up for Easter

break. I reckon he knew about it.

And what did he look like?

[THEY CONVERSE IN HINDI]

He had a balaclava on.

But you could still see his dodgy teeth.

Dodgy, how?

[SPEAKS HINDI]

One gold one and the

other one was chipped.

And, erm, what happened here?

Bastard pushed the g*n right in there.

And the ambulance people said

just to put some ice on it.

Can you ask your mum

exactly how it happened?

Last time, we promise.

[SPEAKS HINDI]

She had her back to the shop but

when she turned around, he was there.

He already had this funny g*n out,

and when she tried to say something

he just shoved it in her face.

It looked antique.

[SPEAKS HINDI]

Like the Germans have

in them old w*r films.

I didn't want to give it to

him, but I thought he'd sh**t me.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

I've just got low, low blood sugar.

Please don't die.

Lou.

Lou, what you doing?

Lou, where are we going?

- Lou!

- Noel Wilkes.

That's who knocked over the post office.

That's his dentistry she described.

He's one of Col McHugh's

Wait, hang on, shouldn't

firearms be doing this arrest?

[DOG BARKS]

Slack! You want to nick him, don't you?

Police!

He won't sh**t me, not if

he knows what's good for him.

[BABY CRIES]

Thanks for this. Just got her down.

Where's your son, Mrs Wilkes?

Don't know. Not here.

Check if you want.

Sorry about that.

[PHONE BUZZES]

Well, what now?

Crossgates.

There's a barbershop

he hangs out at. Hop in.

Actually, change of plan. I've

got to do something, so get out.

You what?

Just making a wee brew for

these old dears. You want?

I'm okay.

I never thought I'd

see you in a Portakabin.

Don't. I f*cking hate coming down here,

and sometimes they try and

get me in a bloody hard hat.

Seems you're back at work, then, eh?

Yeah. First day.

It was time.

Great. That's great.

Um, so, Belinda Wilkes runs two

nail parlours for me in town.

Bulgey gets a call from her

saying that you'd been round

trying to pinch our Noel.

I didn't even know you were back

at work but even if you were,

why are you trying to pinch one of ours?

Did you give him that hot g*n?

Aye. To get rid of.

Oh, well, he didn't.

He used it to knock over

the post office in Gipton.

He what?

He's got the most recognisable

set of gnashers in Leeds

and he wore a mask with a mouth hole.

Yeah.

I can't make this one go away, Col.

Everyone knows it's Noel,

so the smart move

would be to give him up.

He's an idiot. Come on, you know that.

If you give him over to me,

then we can make it work for us.

And how's that?

Plausible deniability.

Makes sense for you to let me pin

something on you every now and then.

Something we can point

to if OCT get us an audit.

You want to be untouchable. You

don't want to look untouchable.

You're absolutely right.

You know, he's f*cked up

royally, hasn't he? He's an eejit.

But here's my problem,

he's a loyal eejit.

Trust me he wouldn't

know about you if he wasn't,

and loyalty is something

that I always return.

But Col, he is going to

get nicked eventually,

and if I handle it, we get a benefit.

But if it's at a stop and search

in Huddersfield in three

months' time, then we don't.

I know.

All of that makes sense

but the answer is "no."

So drop it.

We'll hide him away for a wee bit.

After that, if he gets pinched,

he gets pinched, but not by you.

Hope Owen gets to come home soon.

And remember, anything you need.

Anything at all, day

or night, okay. Promise?

Promise.

- We not going to Crossgates?

- Noel's going to be in a safe house.

You up for an obs?

You went to see an informant.

Yeah, one I have to keep off the books.

We'll need a RIPA.

Don't need a RIPA to

park up and have a coffee.

The gossip on Wilkes is that

he's rising through the ranks.

Guess he's still just a scally at heart.

People don't change.

People change.

Just not in the way they want.

What does that look like to you?

Spare trackies,

mixed doner, and numpty's overnight bag.

Give yourself a chance, Noel.

Lou.

You've found him now, but

we have to bring in firearms.

You know it.

Armed police!

Armed police!

Noel Wilkes! We know you're in there.

Get down on the floor with

your hands behind your head!

- [g*nf*re]

- sh*ts fired! sh*ts fired!

I've got a hostage in here.

You come in I'll start blazin'!

- Everybody all right?

- All good, all good.

The w*apon's live.

He's in the back room.

Says he's got a hostage.

We need the negotiations team.

DC Okoye, you do the honours.

Get some more bodies down here for

crowd control. I'll talk to Noel.

I'm B1 accredited on crisis mediation.

Plus, he knows me.

Follow me, then.

Stay low.

Noel Wilkes?

It's Detective Inspector Louisa Slack.

We've met a few times.

Well, don't tell me

I'm that forgettable.

What are you doing here?

Can't really talk like this, lad.

You got someone in there with you?

Yeah, an hostage, so don't try anything!

- I'm not a hostage, I'm his f*cking cousin!

- What are you doing?

How about this for an idea,

why don't you send her out,

I'll come in, and then

we can chat properly?

Can't let you do that.

- [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION INSIDE]

- Shut up, man!

I'm DI Louisa Slack, the

ranking officer on the scene.

I accept full responsibility

for my operational decision

to exchange myself for the

hostage, to prevent loss of life.

What'd you say, Noel?

You come in here first!

All right, I'm coming in.

I'm wearing a shirt and a vest.

I'm not carrying anything, so it'd

be dead decent if you could refrain

from sh**ting me.

That's it, love. Hands on your head.

Nice and slow, nice and slow.

You dickhead, Noel!

Hostage coming out.

This way, move.

- What's going on, Slack?!

- You were supposed to get rid of that.

- What are you doing, robbing the post office?

- I needed cash, didn't I?

If you need cash then

you can just ask him.

No! I couldn't.

I was embarrassed. Look, Bulgey's

already had a go at me all right.

[RATTLING AT DOOR]

- [DOG BARKS]

- It's me dog. She's good as gold, like.

I didn't want 'em sh**ting at her.

- How are you going to get me out of this sh*t?

- I'm not.

I'm not your Fairy bloody Godmother.

You wore a ski mask

that showed your mouth!

f*cking hell.

- So, what now, then?!

- Shh-shh-shh.

What now?!

- You go down for it.

- What?

No, no, no, no, no.

No! Sod that. This is

what you get paid for.

You shut up and you listen to me, Noel!

There is no way out, okay?

So, be a good soldier.

No comment, head down, do your time.

Col will look after you and your mum.

Oh

I've sh*t at the filth, man!

I'll be an old geezer, time I come out!

You might not even be 30 if

you just keep your nose clean.

I'm sorry, lad, it has

to go down this way.

Oh, God, man.

Is this what the boss wants?

You do right by him,

he'll do right by you.

Oh, man!

[EXHALES DEEPLY]

He's a good guy, isn't he?

He's the best.

Ah, ah, ah, no, no, no.

No, none of that.

Noel!

You'll have to take me dog.

I'll make sure she's looked after.

No, that means doggy prison.

She'll be in some tiny cell

with some messed up staffies

barking at her all night. You

have to take her. Promise me.

I'm really not into dogs.

Trust me, you'll be into

Kiwi. Everybody loves her.

Kiwi?

Come here, girl.

Come here. It's all right.

Sorry, I thought she'd be called

Psycho or Beats or something.

- Why Kiwi?

- Cos I love kiwis, don't I?

There's more vitamin C than

an orange. You know that?

No

All right, fine, I'll

take her. I promise. Okay?

[DOG WHIMPERS]

Go on. Go on, Kiwi, in there.

Go on, darling.

It's okay,

it's all right, it's all right.

[DOG WHINES SOFTLY]

Why'd you have to mess

up the old lady's face?

She's black and blue.

She was looking at me all

witchy like. It sh*t me up.

- Did you sh**t Thomas Ajazi?

- Who?

That lad in the old pub in Bramley.

No. I don't know who did that.

It was this g*n, Noel.

I swear! I was in Manchester

doing a job for the boss.

But Bulge gave me the strap

and told me to chuck it.

Why you asking this anyway?

Kneel down.

Kneel down.

All clear!

Put your hands on your head! Do it now!

SHOUTS: Do it now!

Both hands on your head.

Right, give me your hand.

- DI Slack? I can take that now.

- Just relax.

Got it. On your feet.

Kiwi!

[DOG BARKS]

Kiwi!

Good girl.

That's a dog.

Maybe you should've been a detective.

Oh, it's there.

- Whose is it?

- It's ours.

Okay. Whose was it?

One of Col's lads.

I-I made a promise, so I

You all right?

Yeah

I was thinking maybe later

we could get a takeaway

before the hospital. Maybe a Thai?

Yeah, bit formal, but.

Here! Here! What's this?

Hello.

- What's her name?

- Kiwi.

Kiwi?

[DOG BARKS]

Is it a midlife crisis?

Is it an episode of undiagnosed mania?

You hate dogs.

- Do you get this, Dad?

- I'm saying nothing.

I've got this horrible

feeling you got her for me.

These are getting much better.

I'll never get back to where I were.

You don't know that.

570, it's an actual crime.

I could knock up a stairgate thing.

You know, like we had

when Owen was little?

The dog can have the run of

downstairs. Won't take long.

Yeah.

What the f*ck's he doing here?

Go home, Cer. I'll deal with this.

Deal with what?

Tell me what's going on. Now.

It's nothing. It's

just routine. It's fine.

I know that's not true. What is it?

I just

- I

- Just what?

- I don't know, Cer. Something's changed

- What's changed?

I don't know.

I've got to go. I'll see you at home.

- What's changed?

- Feed Kiwi.

You don't have to go with him!

On you go.

Stop there.

[BANGS AT DOOR]

- You okay?

- Good.

- All right?

- Mm-hm.

Sorry, I've got sh*t

on you. Come have a sit.

- You ever been to this place?

- No.

It's the best kept secret in Leeds.

Asked them to bring a bit

of all their best stuff.

And I've got a nice Rioja

decanted for you, too.

- Unless you've already eaten?

- No. I'm famished.

Good.

Thank you.

How's Ceri?

Yeah, he's good. He's got a lot on.

Listen, erm, about Owen.

I know the NHS do their

best, of course they do.

But this place, world beater.

Money's no object, okay?

Just want to do something

for him, Lou for Owen.

I know I haven't seen him

since he was a wee dot, but

You know.

Thank you.

You don't have to thank me.

We're partners, aren't we?

You could've got

anyone to deliver those.

What's on your mind?

Your mind is on my mind.

Noel?

Mm-hm.

Okay. OCT got an anonymous tip.

It didn't come through

me, so I couldn't k*ll it.

Best I could do was to get ahead of it,

and make sure that Noel

didn't get himself sh*t,

and then I reminded him

that you'd be there for him.

Who the f*ck do you think I am?

It's just that you come to me

wanting to take him and I say "no."

And then the very same night, I

find out that you've nicked him,

at a safehouse that only you

and five other people know about.

Six others.

He had his cousin with him.

She brought supplies, they

got stoned, she slept over.

So, obviously, he told her the address,

and she told well, who knows?

So, the mouth hole wasn't even the

stupidest thing he's done this week.

f*cking eejit.

Well, it looks like you've

turned it into a benefit for us

which is good.

But, um, this can never

happen again, Lou, okay?

Ever.

You promise me that?

No.
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