01x03 - Episode 3

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Two girls went missing. You don't

think there might be a link?

Between Nina and Katie?

I thought I made it pretty clear,

no more conspiracy crap.

There is more to this place

than bins.

MAN EXCLAIMS

Did you shag him?

What is wrong with you?

I've got a trial shift tomorrow

in Manchester.

I'll be leaving at five.

Money's missing from my account.

To see that it was my son

who took it.

I want to see places, people.

Do you not want that adventure?

Something I need to do here first.

Ready to do this?

Last night's batch.

You were supposed to be there!

It's on you, this.

You see, you took five years

of my life, little pig.

Comes at a cost, that.

You promised protection.

Now he's on the site.

Who's on site, Jim?

Eddie.

Oh, God, Mehmet!

BEV: You knew him.

A little, yeah.

Troubled young man.

Troubled.

The label we put on something

when things are unclear.

We don't listen

to these kids enough.

We just drown them in rules.

We do our job, love.

No guilt in that.

Life's a protest at that age.

Angry with the system,

angry at life,

need somewhere to vent it.

I'm just praying it was an accident,

because if it was suicide

Could be anything.

Well, it's obviously one of the two.

Pathologist hasn't even started yet.

Please. Don't start.

Don't start what?

Don't turning this into something.

I'm not turning it into nothing.

You exaggerate.

I'm investigating.

There's a difference.

It's obviously a horrible accident.

Or a protest gone wrong.

Box it, and move on.

Box it?

Yeah. It's a sensitive time.

Not a time to be fiddling

with facts.

We've not even been here

ten seconds. What are the facts?

He was here all the time protesting,

and now he's lying at the bottom

of a bloody great tower.

What do you think happened?

Choked on a nut?

Honestly, Riya, get a grip!

I know you've been up all night,

Jim.

I just need to go over it

one more time.

The cameras catch anything?

Somebody cut the wire.

You said you saw Eddie.

Are you sure it was him?

I know that man.

If he was coming for you,

he'd come for you.

What's he got against Mehmet?

He knocks around

with Eddie's daughter, doesn't he?

You're not telling me

that's a reason.

Eddie doesn't need a reason.

We'll have to close down the site.

How long for?

How long's a piece of sh*t?

SHE SIGHS

Honestly, Jim.

Think it's time you called it a day.

I can't do that.

You've got protestors every day.

Hadn't lived here since I was two.

My friends in London thought

I was potty coming back.

I could've lived

in my dad's old place,

but I saw an opportunity

and took it.

Jobs for the town, for the people.

And against all the odds, the

the fracking ban, the protests,

the lawyers, living in

a bloody caravan with no hot water.

I've built something

my dad would be proud of.

This is my livelihood.

My legacy.

That's why I don't say it lightly.

I'll go see Eddie,

look him in the eye.

ALARM BEEPS

sh*t!

JOANNE: Hey.

Mum, what are you doing?

Not letting you go all that way

without a proper goodbye.

JOANNE CHUCKLES

John not fancy coming?

Mehmet might come.

Mm.

JOANNE CHUCKLES

What?

JOANNE LAUGHS

What?

I always saw you with Mehmet.

Shut up.

I mean, I love John, you know I do.

But Mehmet.

Mm?

What?

Mehmet sees you.

Love's a bugger, in't it?

Mm-hm.

Where you staying when you're there?

Hostel.

JOANNA TUTS

Why, what?

The thought of you on your own

in a hostel.

I'm not 12, Mum. I'll be fine.

I'll just get somewhere

once I settle in and stuff.

KATIE COUGHS

Cough's not shifting, is it?

No.

Here, do you want

a couple of parries?

I'm fine, Mum.

Take 'em.

Better not be leaving

because of your dad.

Look, you've always said

everything happens for a reason, right?

Hm. What if you can't work out

the reason?

Just takes time.

You might not figure it out

until you're blinkin' 73,

but there's always a reason,

trust me.

Hey.

You don't have to go.

I do.

Having a nice time?

The best (!)

Where were you last night?

I was here, somewhere.

Which?

Can't remember.

Be helpful if you could.

Why? Tell me where you were,

and I'll back off. Nah.

No, you give me some proof.

You tell me where you think I was.

It don't work like that, Eddie.

Gonna have to, innit?

f*cking desperate, you, aren't you?

Get me back inside that cage.

You were seen.

By who?

Can't say.

Won't say.

If you like.

It's Jim.

Look, I know alibis aren't your

forte, but I'm gonna need one today.

Always slinging arrows.

Always making me the target.

From day dot,

he never knew what I'd done.

You know what, I might go see him.

See what he's got to say.

You have destroyed

that man's life once.

There will not be a twice.

You put a foot near him,

I will gut you like a fish!

Alibi. Today!

He were at home.

You sure about that? Well, yeah,

cos I don't f*ck' want him here.

What's he meant to have done, anyway?

Incident. Last night.

What kind of incident?

Can I come in?

Yeah.

Thank you.

No, no, no.

What's happened?

Katie! Katie!

Katie!

Katie! Katie!

MAN: It'll tear his mates to bits.

How will his mum deal with it?

I'm not good at stuff like this.

You OK?

Boy died.

Who?

Mehmet.

It didn't look like a protest.

Lilly Wells said

her dad was at home last night.

And Jim wouldn't do this.

There is no suspect

cos there's no crime.

Katie Wells goes missing,

then two days later, Mehmet dies.

Then there's Nina Karlsson.

You don't think

there's some dots that need joining?

We don't know

what happened to Mehmet.

But it's clear as day

it's not foul play.

It was a protest gone wrong,

or he was hurting.

We should be investigating.

Acting like there's a criminal case

here, you're off your noggin.

Right, forensics have just called, boss.

They found a note.

Well, there you have it.

Why, why, why, eh?

Such a horrible shock.

I don't want any more questions.

That's an order.

Give his mum some space and time.

Get your heads down, desks cleared.

Goes for you too, Maverick.

Need you back on bins.

MAN: As soon as the police

conclude their investigation,

we will make arrangements

for the funeral.

In the meantime, I suggest

that we hold a small gathering

to remember him.

If Mehmet was struggling,

Allah will forgive.

He was happy.

My son wouldn't do this.

Got a feeling, Katie.

What feeling?

It's in my gut,

and it won't go away.

Not like you to have feelings.

Yeah.

What is it?

I ruin things, don't I?

I always have.

I ruin things, I get a rage on,

just like my dad,

and most of the times,

I can mend it, but

I'm such a f*cking idiot.

And I'm I'm sorry. I am.

TEARFULLY: I'm so sorry.

Why did he jump?

It's my fault. I caused this.

John Mehmet loved you.

He loved you.

What happened Friday night

don't ruin a friendship.

It don't lead to this.

What about your interview?

It's fine. Can wait.

You're so beautiful.

Shut up.

You always spoke to me about

having the right kind of courage.

Not just chucking fists

but the other kind.

Marry me, Katie.

KATIE COUGHS

Head's battered.

Couldn't sleep a wink.

You'll be right.

We need out, Dez.

Will you stop saying that?

There were police everywhere.

We've done nothing wrong.

The money's coming in,

we're back on track.

No-one knows anything.

Well, all I'm just saying

Don't just say. Stop flappin'.

We did our job, we didn't k*ll him.

We just moved him.

We're only a day behind

so put that second batch

in tonight.

Yeah, well, that's the thing, Dez.

We can't.

Why can't we?

This is what I was trying

to tell you.

Let me see for myself.

Oh, f*ck, no. Please, God, no.

When were you gonna tell me?

I I I tried.

I see.

You wouldn't listen.

These These things,

the trucks aren't up to it.

Oh, are they not?! Bloody trucks.

No!

It's not my fault, this, Derek.

Oh, course it's not (!)

How long's it been?

A bit.

OK. How long's a bit?

Friday. That's four days ago.

That's That's four days, Kane!

I know, I know.

We've gotta get it back,

or we're dead.

Oh, sweetheart.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

Oh, I just don't understand.

It's just

He was such a beautiful boy.

There's a vigil

tonight, shall we go?

Yeah.

Yeah, let's do that.

JOANNE SIGHS

Today, it's it's

it's been hard.

Raw.

Painful.

But don't forget

at some point, when you're ready,

I think Mehmet'd still want you

to follow your heart. I really do.

I don't think

he'd want you to stay in an hostel.

THEY CHUCKLE

But I think that you

Mum.

Got some news I need to tell you.

Same.

Erm

John proposed.

Right.

You said you had news?

Ah, it it can wait.

It sounded like it couldn't.

SHE SIGHS

A few

A few folk are already chatting,

so you'd find out eventually.

He left the pub with Debbie Nixon

on Friday night.

I'm sorry.

I know you think you love him.

You aren't in love, Katie.

John?

John?

Do you think I'm that thick?

Seven years, John.

Does that just mean nothing?

It means everything.

No, it means nothing.

It means nothing at all.

It means f*ck all!

Did you shag her, then?

I mean, of all the days, John.

Of all the days.

Do you know what Mehmet used to say?

He used to say you were top.

Proper respected you, he did.

And the last thing you did to him

was punch him in the f*cking head.

I mean, John, seven years.

What about all

the nights at The Dog,

where you'd smile at me

like I were the only girl there?

Or we'd have picnics by the lake,

and I'd pack us butties,

and you'd meet me there,

and you'd cry about your dad.

And I'd kiss you and kiss you and

kiss you and tell you it'd be OK.

Does that just mean f*ck all, John?

I held you in my thoughts.

Every single waking moment,

because you know what I thought,

John?

I thought you were mine.

But they're right, you know.

This place, it is cursed.

SHE EXHALES

I wish I wasn't born here.

SHE EXHALES

Katie, I

Just leave me alone, John.

I don't want anything

to do with you.

I never wanna see you again.

In fact, I wish I'd never f*cking

met you, John Trowbridge.

HE SOBS

COUGHS AND SPLUTTERS

Maybe you need to accept

that you're overthinking it

and do as Linda says.

I'm not doing it.

OK.

So, take the day off.

I'm not just gonna sit around

doing nothing, am I?

Fine.

Right, fine, f*ck it,

I'll sort out the f*cking bins.

BELL CHIMES

You look like you've

been through the wringer.

Where do people go to report

missing or stolen bins?

You need to call the police, love.

I am the police, love.

We've had nowt our end, except for

Miss Whittaker on Liverpool Road.

Anything your end?

Neil!

NEIL: What?

Lady's asking about bins.

What about 'em?

Anyone been pinching 'em?

When?

When?

The last six months.

Last six month, Neil.

Oh, it's a police matter, that.

It's nowt to do with us.

She is the police.

Well, there's nowt we can do. Soz.

Oh, wait. Excuse me?

Ex Oh.

BELL CHIMES

Anyone requested a replacement bin?

Neil's just left for the day, love.

SHE SCOFFS

Course he has.

Hang on a sec.

Hmm

Look like, in the last month, we've

had two replacement bin requests.

And in the last six months?

That normal?

Not really.

'129?'

'Yeah. I'm gonna send you over

the addresses.'

Have a gander at the CCTV.

See what you can see, and let's not

let this drag on a moment longer.

I am getting sick of the sound

of Linda's voice.

'On it, boss.'

SHE SIGHS

SUE: Hiya, is that you?

Where have you been?

You've been gone all night.

I was at work.

It was very important, Sue.

I needed to talk to you.

What about this time? Honestly

Hey, Ri.

Hola, Riya.

It was three nights ago.

And you think I've got

a drink problem?

f*cking drink problem.

Look, you needed to know.

It was my 40th, Sue

I couldn't get hold of you.

I was at a party for my

You're usually back by ten.

You're meant to be

looking after her.

Your mother. YOURS, not mine.

So shut your f*cking fat face.

One night, Sue! One night.

The rest of the 364 days are all

for you. And you call him?

How dare you? How dare you?

Don't! Just don't get angry.

I'll get whatever I want.

Honestly, what has he done for you?

Go on, name me one thing.

He dropped you like that.

Went to Alicante

with your Spanish f*cking carer

without a f*cking second thought.

That's not true.

It is true. It is true, it is.

It is, it is, it is. And me?

I'm up all night with you, Sue.

Changing your pads, giving you

your meds, listening to you drivel.

And for what?

This is all part of the prob

You say one more word, Nick

Move!

Where you gonna go?

My boyfriend's.

I can't believe you brought

that b*tch here with you.

She's very caring.

She's a sl*t. We fell in love.

Oh, just keep telling me that.

So nice to hear over and over.

You didn't do anything wrong.

No, damn right I didn't. You did.

And you have to live with that.

I do live with that.

Good.

Who's your boyfriend?

SHE SCOFFS

Gnawing away at you already, is it?

What's he like?

Oh, you know.

Insatiable, very sensual.

Striking, kind, intelligent,

caring, funny, muscly.

Honestly,

I've never met anyone like him.

Oh, and he's hung like

a Japanese w*r donkey.

OK.

I feel very lucky.

Just as long as you're happy.

Would it matter if I weren't?

Course!

You are full of sh*t, Nick.

She's popped on a bit of weight,

hasn't she?

You can tell with the face.

That's your influence, innit?

Cos, deep down, you like us thick.

Your mum needs her medication soon.

Every two hours.

Good luck to you, Nick.

Bye, Yolanda!

Creep!

BUZZER

You all right, Cath? Come in.

Er

Linda not around, is she?

No, she's out. Why?

She made a right face

when I mentioned this the other day.

Now, I don't want to get

in any bother.

The Nina girl - turns out she'd left

all these bits and bobs in her room.

Been sitting in Lost Prop.

Oh, ta, Cath.

New cardi?

Oh, yeah, Mum made it.

Oh, like it.

Aww, ta.

I'd better get a wiggle on.

Bye.

PHONE RINGS

'80s video game?

Mint.

PHONE CONTINUES TO RING

Chadder Vale.

Hi. Hi, Inaya.

I'm I'm really sorry about

what happened to Mehmet.

'How much money?

HE SOBS

Ding-dong!

Skylight Eco

Hang on Six grand?

"Journey to a better life."

DOOR OPENS

Hey! I used to do magic shows

in here when I were a kid.

Every Sunday.

Tried to make a spoon disappear.

Pretty sh*t, I was.

You come for a box, Nish?

Not with a face this pretty.

All my modelling jobs

will fall through.

All right?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

What are you doing here, Nish?

Mehmet's mum called me.

Six grand went walkies

from her account.

So I called the bank,

put the sniffer dogs on it.

Found out that Mehmet paid that

money two days ago to someone called

Starlight Eco

Right. And?

Well, information-wise,

not much meat on the bone.

It's like they don't exist.

No website, nothing.

But then I had an idea

cos, you know, I'm basically ace.

Went on a few forums,

typed in the name Starlight,

and loads of stuff

started coming up.

People are paying them money.

But no-one said what for.

They're all just talking about

weird cryptic stuff.

So, as I'm scrolling through

the list of people that paid,

not only was there Mehmet, but there

was another name that stood out.

Nina Carlson.

She paid six grand, too.

To Starlight?

Yeah.

I asked on the forums

how to get hold of Nina.

I thought if we could talk to her,

we might be able to find out

what happened to Mehmet.

Yeah? But guess what?

What?

No-one's heard from her

in six weeks.

Holy f*ck.

Can you do some more digging?

Find out more about this Starlight.

Let's get some more of those

Nina Carlson flyers printed.

I've said it a thousand times.

That girl is still missing.

Yeah, no sooner said.

Oh, and, Nish, don't tell Linda.

Don't be daft.

It were only a tiny spoon, boss.

Like

yay big.

But still,

it's hard to make something

actually disappear, in't it?

Yeah.

Catch you later.

What can I get you?

Er, 20 Ibuprofen, please.

Sore head?

Husband's back.

Oh, Nick the sh*t.

Hmm.

Sure you don't want 40?

So sad about Mehmet.

Such a gentle boy.

Yeah, he was.

Only in here Sunday.

Really?

What did he want?

I don't know.

Did he say anything to you?

Too busy gassing to Katie.

Seemed pretty intense.

Did he, erm

mention anything about money?

Not that I could hear.

It sounded like they were

planning some kind of trip.

Katie Wells

Anyone buys a drink,

will you pop these in their hand?

Will do. There you go.

Mind if I join you?

Penny for 'em.

Almost got on a bus today.

Where was the bus going?

Manchester.

Good choice.

Mm.

I wouldn't have known

about any of this.

Did Mehmet say anything to you?

I don't really wanna speak about it.

Course you don't.

You might have to, though.

How was he these last few days?

Normal. Fine.

Any plans?

He was actually gonna come with me.

KATIE CLEARS THROA

Said there was summat

he had to do first.

He paid a sum of money to someone.

Any idea who that could've been?

Did he have any debts?

He had been working more, recently.

Long hours, long days.

Never said what for.

I found out John cheated.

Mm.

Not the boy I thought he was.

Today's just been

It'll take time.

But you'll be back on that bus

soon enough.

You ever been afraid of owt?

Mm.

Such as?

SHE PANTS

Stuff.

Such as?

All right, therapist, back off.

What about you?

Plenty.

Such as?

Shut up with your "such as".

Sometimes,

before we go on our next journey

we gotta work through stuff.

You can try running away

but it'll still be there

when you get back.

Trust me.

SHE CLEARS THROA

Ooh.

What's happened?

I'm staying here tonight.

I'll take the left side,

you take the right.

And, look.

If you want sex

I am happy with that.

But we're not a couple, all right?

Don't be telling folk we are.

Right.

HE PANTS

NISH: Hiya.

Is that, er, Companies House?

Yeah, it's, er,

PC Nish Chowdry here,

Chadder Vale.

Could you, er, look into one for me?

Yeah. It's called

HE BLOWS

Starlight Eco. Yeah.

Well, th-that's the thing.

I can't find any info online.

Yeah.

Yeah. No, no, no, I-I'll hold.

I'll hold.

HOLD MUSIC PLAYS

Ugh.

HE BLOWS

ELECTRONIC WHIRRING

VIDEO GAME

MUSIC PLAYS

DEREK: 'We have to catch it, Kane.

'Get back in the game

before anyone finds out.'

No-one can know.

Ready?

CRACKING

GROWLING

GROWLING INTENSIFIES

HE MOANS

Argh!

KATIE: 'In a town

full of not-rights

HE GROANS

'..I chose you.'

K-Katie?

'Not like I cast the net

What?

'..very wide, was it, John?'

HE MOANS

So don't be thinking

you're anything special.

You're just like your dad.

TOM TROWBRIDGE:

f*cking dodging feathers, son.

No.

TOM LAUGHS

Stop. Dad No.

'Sweeping factory floors

like it means something.'

Please stop!

'You were born nothing'

W-W-What do you want?

and are nothing.

ECHOING: 'Nothing.'

Why do you think

I'm going Manchester, John? Think.

She don't go for lads like you

Think. It's not for the job, is it?

I can't This is

This isn't real.

'Lads with no head and no heart.'

JOHN WHIMPERS

'This idea of me and you

'..us.'

Ah, ah, ah Katie

'You built that.'

I'm sorry!

Not me, John. You.

No, no!

You're pathetic.

Please!

ECHOING: Pathetic.

JOHN'S DAD LAUGHS

IMAM: One person's heartache

is another's.

One family's loss is your loss.

As a community,

you will feel the pain of this

together.

Grief does not know minutes.

Grief does not know time.

And this journey will take

as long as it takes.

'Mehmet, like so many young people,

was angry at "the machine".

'The corporate greed marching

through our land and destroying it.'

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'm-I'm still here.

VIDEO GAME

MUSIC PLAYS

That's where all the money went?

Are you sure about that?

Mehmet was a man

of many interests and hobbies.

And from chatting

to his mother, Inaya,

I gather

that computer gaming was his life

his passion his skill.

He found himself

in the games he played

and the communities he played with.

In these dark days that follow

DEREK: 'We stay calm.'

KANE: There.

Here.

Things that can't be explained.

'We will need courage

to face the questions,

'to hear the answers

'..while we cling together

as a community

'..and help each other heal.'

Mehmet has left a hole

in all our lives.

His mother will need

your strength

as will his friends.

ALI: I did as you said.

I had a gander at the CCTV.

Anything?

So, he's Teal Street, Lever Lane,

top of Johnson.

What does Johnsons back onto?

Just fields, Boss.

No, there's a lane at the back.

Daleside.

What's on Daleside?

I dunno.

I'll go take a look. Good job, Ali.

Cheers, boss.

JAKUB: I have

a 20-year-old single malt at mine.

Won't bring Mehmet back.

But maybe we could sit, drink,

at least talk about him.

I can't. I've got work on.

Really?

Yeah, bin stuff.

It's pressing, remember.

DEREK: Go slowly.

ANIMAL SHRIEKS

Take it easy.

KANE: There's a body!

There's a body, Derek.

f*ck, f*ck, f*ck. Derek, it's John!

Hey, listen to me. Listen!

This has been going on for years.

We just haven't had to see it.

We need to leave. Now!

Don't you f*cking dare leave!

Derek! We can't leave him here.

This is on us.

TEARFULLY: He needs help.

All right, love. Send me a piccy

when they're done. Ta-ra.

Ooh.

MAN CLEARS THROA

PHONE VIBRATES

Yeah?

NISH: That Starlight Eco company

that Mehmet paid the money to?

No records, no accounts,

no backstory. Nothing.

Pure fiction.

Mehmet was switched on.

There's no way he'd send £6,000

to no-one.

And that's where Big Nishy comes in.

Luckily, I did some poking.

Looks like there's

quite a few Starlights.

You got Starlight Eco,

Starlight Warrior.

They all come under the umbrella

of a larger company called, erm

Well, there is quite a lot of vowels

here all at once, Boss,

but I'm gonna say

The Pangaea Initiative.

Pangaea? What do they do?

Well, according to the description

on their website,

they "innovate".

Say what?

Innovate.

Innovate?

How vague do they wanna be?

Exactly.

Pangaea. Ta, Nish.

Can I help?

We need a room.

One room?

Please.

I do a brief breakfast around eight.

Nothing fancy.

We'll be gone before then.

TORCH RATTLES

Come on!

Ugh.

SHE SIGHS

THUMP

THUMPING INTENSIFIES

SHE GASPS

CLICK

Ah! Ah! Oh!

Oh! Oh, f*ck's sake.

Oh.

SHE EXHALES

Ah.

SHE PANTS

Small town

with small-town issues.

Welcome to Chadder Vale.