01x06 - Episode 6

[bunniefuu]

I can't remember what I did.

Most of the town can,

if you ever want filling in.

Five year ago,

he stuck a broken bottle in him.

Well, now's the time

for the reckoning!

SCREAMS

RIYA: Tell me about Mehmet.

Did something happen

that wasn't meant to happen?

I want out.

There is no out!

Just arrested a man today

for a crime

he may or may not have committed.

What happened in the forest, John?

I saw things.

What are you hiding, Nina Karlsson?

It's in the paperwork.

When you sign, you sign.

AUDIOBOOK:

'That's what the black rocks are,

'the fear we carry around with us.'

DISTORTED SCREAM

The judges'll be here

in a couple of days.

We haven't won this since 2011.

Enough. I've had enough.

The day of the attack,

did you drink with anyone?

No. I mean, apart from Jakub,

no-one. Jakub was there?

On some of the notes,

there were some stains

like oil.

Ri.

Quiet.

Can I talk?

At the station.

I came to this country

I don't wanna hear it.

Why?

Because I needed you to be good.

All that money, carefully packed.

You didn't even wash your hands.

Guilt-stained. Rotten!

SHE EXHALES

You don't know what it's like, Riya.

I came to this country

because I saved up.

Seven days a week I worked

to have a chance.

And this country WAS my chance.

It was the end of my first week

at work.

Friday afternoon,

Eddie leaves early,

goes for a drink.

I close the garage

a few hours later.

I stop by the pub for a drink.

Eddie was at the bar

not making much sense.

He leaves.

I finish my drink

leave not long after.

I was at my front door

when I heard a man screaming,

and on the other side of the road

howling soaked in blood

I see Jim.

So it was Eddie?

Eddie was there.

He was halfway up the street

collapsed, drunk, totally unaware.

So, if it wasn't Eddie

and it wasn't you

then who was it?

I can't say.

You're wrong there, mate.

Get in the f*cking car.

Now!

Blame's a funny thing, you know.

When the town said I'd done it,

I believed 'em.

I couldn't even remember doing it,

and I believed 'em. Why?

Cos you are what they say you are.

When they call you a monster,

that's that's it, that's you.

You play the part.

Big's a cell?

What?

A prison cell, how big is it?

Six by eight.

SHE SCOFFS

Is that it?

Shoebox.

You get used to it.

Five years in a six by eight.

Five years our girls

have lived without their dad

and not a single apology.

How d'you feel about that?

Cos I know how I'd feel.

c*ck b*tch walks into this town

and ruins our family.

Jakub, the man that you gave

a job to when he had nothing -

and now he's got your garage.

Puts the blame on you

so he can nab it for himself.

Change the lease,

even change the sign.

Ain't right.

MACHINE BEEPS

Why didn't you come forward, Jakub?

I had no choice.

An innocent man rotted in prison

because of you.

You lied to me, to his family,

to the whole town.

You sat on silence for five years!

You have any idea

the pain that this has caused?

WHISPERING: I had to.

You had to?!

I was told it would be my word

against the town's.

Told by who?

It's not as simple as that

Just f*cking say!

I can't just say!

I am not from this town,

and my word counts for nothing here.

God.

You know what, Jakub,

I've got all day and all night.

We're not going anywhere

until you talk to me.

WOMAN: Nice little Vicky sponge

for the judges.

Bit of buttercream, bit of jam.

Winning!

Keep up the hard work.

Not long to go now.

DOOR OPENS,

CLOSES

MARK: Morning!

Only four this week, Mark.

OK, love.

Stitching weren't right on t'others.

Five there, Mark.

Ta, love.

Well, you know what he wants,

don't you? Jakub.

He wants you

to be the better person,

to forgive and forget.

Well, we're not in the business

for forgetting,

are we Ed?

Five years he took off us!

What are you gonna take off him?

No.

DOORBELL RINGS

You have got to be kidding me.

DOORBELL RINGS

You got one of these?

Just reading it now.

What the hell.

Closin' the bread factory, Jo.

What do they mean

"with immediate effect"? Today.

They close the factory,

that's half the town out of work,

simple as.

I was supposed

to be on a late today.

That's 85 quid.

What you gonna do, Mum?

Oh, cry? sh*t myself?

I mean even the overall's wage

is not enough to make rent.

We're all poor.

"With immediate effect."

Sausage roll, bit of Battenberg,

can't beat it, can you?

WOMAN: They're here.

They're closin' bread factory,

Linda. Bag of sh*t, this place.

Ha, Geoff, such a kidder.

BRIGHTLY: Welcome to Chadder Vale!

Hope you found us OK.

Well, there's quite a few potholes,

but apart from that

We're all alive and well

LINDA CHUCKLES

Tina! Is this some kind of joke?

This town is full of people

that let you down

and are twisted f*cking liars.

full of spirit and optimism.

None of 'em

are gonna get away with it.

None of them!

MAN: I got kids to feed!

MAN: How am I supposed to pay

my rent?

WOMAN: Got bills to pay.

Where's Derek? We want answers.

ALL CHANTING: Where is Derek?

We want answers!

Where is Derek? We want answers!

Where is Derek?

Hello? Why's it say we're closed?

Hello?

Is anyone here?

Is this a joke?

What the hell's going on?

THUD

I f*ck' hate churches.

They do a good window, though, no?

You look like crap, Derek.

Everything going all right?

HE CLEARS THROA

Everything's Everything's

Everything's fine.

I gave you an opportunity here

an opportunity to spin gold

and you f*cking ruined it.

DEREK WHIMPERS

No

I'll I'll

I'll finish it, all of it.

You have no idea.

You see, there are consequences

to all this, Derek

consequences that reach

far beyond your tiny mind.

If this gets out all of us

we'll be rotting

in a cell somewhere,

drinking our chicken Kiev's

through a f*cking straw.

We're closing the factory, Derek,

with immediate effect.

HE EXHALES SHAKILY

Jakub, the town

has had nightmares about this.

The only person

that can help us figure out

why this happened is you.

You don't understand.

It's not that simple.

Nothing is what it looks like

in this town.

Just tell us what you know.

They said the attack

was part of something bigger.

I don't know why.

To get rid of Jim?

To close down the fracking site?

They said I shouldn't ask questions.

They'd come for me.

Threatened to ruin

everything I'd built.

So someone blackmailed you?

I feared for my life,

kept my mouth shut.

I didn't know what to do.

I still don't.

Tell you what you do.

For the sake of Eddie Wells,

for the sake of his family,

you tell me the truth.

What if you can't protect me?

You have my word.

Tell me who it was.

Ooh.

DOOR SLAMS

Bit early for filth.

You here to fight?

Could say that.

Well

it'll have to be me.

How are you with dates, Tony?

What's your memory like?

Fine.

The night of Jim's attack.

Let's start with that one.

What about it?

Why'd you do it?

HE INHALES

Do what?

Oh, you're givin' me lots of tells,

Tony.

Lack of eye contact

LOCKER RATTLES

fidgeting.

Textbook.

Tell me why you did it.

I don't talk to filth.

No, I'm not here as filth.

Filth have protocol.

I'm here as me. That is far worse.

Who told you to do it?

Spill the beans, did he?

Who?

Your little Polish friend.

That was his mistake

falling for filth.

They'll come for him.

I'm still waiting for a reason,

Tony.

You're forever searching

for reasons, aren't you?

You're f*cking hopeless.

HE EXCLAIMS,

GRUNTS

f*cking hell!

HE GROANS

Jeez.

HE GRUNTS

HE GROANS

What about the workers?

What do I tell 'em?

Letters have been dispatched,

floating down onto their

cheap little doormats as we speak.

It's done, Derek. Finished.

I've sweated for this.

My family have worked hard for it.

This isn't fair.

f*ck fair, Derek.

I've lost my brother for this.

You just don't get to end it.

I already have.

All of this has happened

on your watch, Derek.

Failure after failure.

Which I'll sort!

Sort? You let it escape.

I had to send eight of my own

into the forest

to put it back where it belongs,

all because you

and your shithouse brother

were incapable.

Well, we just took our eye off,

that's all, made some mistakes

Are you talking about

the girl missing mistake?

Are you talking about

the boy dying mistake?

You see,

had you followed protocol, Derek,

no-one would've found out

about Mehmet.

He signed the paperwork.

He knew the risks.

They all know the risks

when they pay their six grand.

No-one needed to know,

but for some

idiotic, inexplicable reason,

you laid him out

at the fracking site,

nice little buffet of evidence

for the police to feast on.

We just thought we could frame Jim,

get the fracking site closed down

like you've always wanted.

Yet again,

you didn't think it through,

just like the Jim saga

five years ago,

so I had to get a government ban

to stop the fracking

because you trust idiots like Tony

to do your dirty work.

Not long now, Derek,

until it all comes back to you.

You've let too many people

get too close to the truth.

We had a chance, Derek

to take our anxiety-ridden youth

and give them purpose,

to turn all those hours sitting

at a keyboard into a strength,

entice them with the prize,

then recruit their minds.

We had a chance, Derek

and you pissed all over it.

I just got distracted.

This is life and death.

There's no room for distraction.

Just

HE SNIFFS

Just Just Just give me

give me one more chance.

A chance?

All right, Derek,

I'll cut you a deal.

What?

HE EXHALES

You wanna keep your factory?

Put your big boy pants on,

trundle down there,

and face it yourself.

This is your big moment, Derek.

All eyes on you.

It could k*ll me.

I dare say it could.

But empty your pockets

of all those black rocks

and you might stand a chance.

No, no, no, no, no, no

SOBBING: ..please.

Are you nothing,

or are you something?

What's it gonna be?

HE SNIFFS

Have a Death Row lager, Derek.

DEREK SNIFFS

You look parched.

DEREK WHIMPERS

HE SNIFFS,

SOBS

You OK, boss?

Tony's up there.

Thought you could escort him

to the station.

Will do.

You know, guys,

these last five years

I've been walking around

like I'm the Big I Am

and Eddie's been sat in a box.

I spent my life

searching all the wrong places.

What's it all been for, eh?

Just pointless.

At least you search, boss.

At least you try. Yeah.

I'm done with this place

with its quirks and curses.

Time to pack a bag.

You're not due to leave

for another week, boss.

Might as well get down early.

Maybe get some therapy,

find out why I'm such a d*ck.

What about

all the unanswered questions, boss?

This place

doesn't want them answered.

I've learnt a lot from you, boss.

Unlearn it.

Your instincts

are far better than mine.

Mine are sh*t.

Riya

did you ever really like us?

Superstars, you two. Absolute qual.

Gutted.

I made a list

of all the loose ends cos

curse or no curse,

there's something ain't right

with this town.

She's not wrong about that, is she?

So, we've concluded our inspection,

and I'll cut right to it, Linda.

It's a fail

GASPS

on several counts.

Oh.

Condition of verges, playgrounds,

frontages, hedges and surrounds.

Well, it's all pretty horrific,

to be honest with you.

You've barely scored a three.

It's our place, this.

You don't get to say it's horrific.

I didn't invite you here

to say that.

Not everything

works out the way we want it to.

Is that right?

Mm-hm.

Well, let me tell you something

about Chadder Vale.

It's real, yeah,

and it f*cking makes us happy.

JUDGE SCOFFS

You know,

you shouldn't take this personally.

You shouldn't wear yellow.

It makes you look ill.

LAUGHTER

Right, so, that's a three.

But, then, you know,

we're still smiling, aren't we?

Still got it.

CLAPPING

Come on, that's the sprit,

yeah, yeah.

"Condition of verges", Bev.

What's a verge?

No idea.

Exactly.

SHE EXHALES

SHE SCREAMS

OBJECTS CLATTER

Is Linda gonna interrogate him

at all? Not today.

Ali, about that list you've got,

the unanswered questions

Yeah? Remember that video game

I told you about?

The Nina one.

Yeah?

I went back on the forums

that her and Mehmet were on.

Everyone's playing it,

everyone's talking about it.

All right.

But it doesn't stop there.

This game that Nina's got,

it's really not all that.

But I read that there's

another version of it.

Like a sicker, more twisted version

of it on the dark web.

I love the dark web.

But you can't get into this version

without codes.

What did I find

in Nina Karlsson's stuff?

Codes.

Exactly.

What did you find?

Well, I couldn't crack it.

It was way too complicated.

For you, maybe. Not for me.

Codes please, Nisharello.

What are you up to, Nina?

SHEEP BAA

What time's your bus?

Soon.

Why'd you have to go?

I can't stay here.

I want more from life than Chadder.

Once I'm set up in Manchester,

and I've got a bit of coin

and that

I'm gonna take us all to Spain.

Spain? Yeah, she'd love

a bit of Spain, wouldn't she?

She's got nothing, has she?

Less than nothing.

You know that penny jar thing

in the cupboard? Mm?

You know

that's pennies she's collected

from floors of like cafes and stuff?

Would Dad come?

Now knowing he never did it

think it'd be nice if he did.

VICKY: I know you like to talk

a big man's talk

but you're only little.

Barely know your way in the world.

Katie's leaving today, John.

Your Katie.

JOHN: Katie!

John?

I don't say it much,

but I f*cking love you.

But I belong in Chadder Vale.

So, erm

I-I'm gonna let you be.

John?

Why d'you think

I'm goin' Manchester, John? Think.

She don't go for lads like you.

It's not for the job, is it?

Lads with no head and no heart.

Please come.

I don't want to.

I-I don't really care.

Yes, you do. You do care.

You're interested in life.

Just admit it!

You wanna be someone.

You were born nothing.

You are nothing.

Face what you're afraid of.

Get on the bus with me. Come on.

f*cking dodging feathers, son.

LAUGHTER

No.

God, you're so scared.

It's my life. My life is here.

What life?

VICKY: Wake up, John.

John? Please, wake up.

Jesus, you're a proper hacker, Ali.

I prefer detective.

How are you figuring this out?

Cos I don't think of codes

as numbers,

I think of 'em as words

sentences.

What are they trying to say?

What ARE they trying to say?

I hope that they're gonna tell me

where Nina's profile is

and how we get into this version

of the game.

Need a hand?

I'm good.

What happened?

They hit something on a forest road.

Course they did.

I'm sorry, Riya.

For?

Being a coward.

I wanted you to think of me as

so much more than that.

Thanks for lending me the car.

Been a good mate.

And thanks for letting me kip here.

You snore.

Who does?

You do.

You'll shut your face.

I'll miss our chats.

Same.

I'll leave you to it.

That it?

Not gonna wait for my cab?

And draw this sh*t out any longer?

Not really.

Look, Riya, I lied to everyone

because I wanted to protect myself,

and that was a sh*t move.

It was selfish.

It was.

And I am selfish

and grumpy and stubborn

and irritable and opinionated.

And you're the same.

So maybe

if you're willing to forgive me

we should try being irritable

together.

I don't belong here.

And who the f*ck does?

I'm tired of all this "belong" sh*t.

It's not about what pint you drink

or f*cking accent.

It's all the other stuff.

Such as?

You love someone, you belong.

And that's your place.

And that's where you're meant to be.

I'm going to head to The Dog.

I'll have a drink waiting for you

if you change your mind.

I won't.

I know.

Should it take this long?

Not really.

How often do you go on the dark web?

Too often.

Who's that?

Boyfriend.

You never said.

You never asked.

Is it a problem?

No. God, no.

Does he have a name?

Damon

as in Matt.

He's amazing.

Look, Pangaea. That's the company

Mehmet paid money to.

Nina.

Bingo.

"Start your journey

to a better life."

BOTH: Oh, my God.

What are you looking at?

Coordinates.

Just don't make any sense.

Why? Where's it telling us to go?

The bread factory.

Let's go.

SQUEAKING

SHE SIGHS

What are you doing here?

Have you been at the ring?

When you came into the church,

you did that

little stumble, do you remember?

Wasn't the entrance you wanted,

but I just thought

you were breath-taking.

And in your vows,

you said something about

me being "your bear".

Do you remember that?

Made me feel all, er

more than I was.

That was us at the top.

Bang. Couldn't get any higher.

When after that, parts went missing.

The making you laugh part,

the making you smile part.

Derek, I

I-I know you wanted the factory

to be a success,

and it was failing,

and I think, maybe, er

you were embarrassed.

And-And the more I felt that,

that you were embarrassed,

the more desperate I became.

I-I just wanted you to see me.

So I made a decision.

Took certain steps, difficult steps.

And in time, I got the bigger house

and the bigger car.

You became obsessed

with money and work and success.

And I never saw you, Derek.

You were at work all the time.

You made yourself believe that

that's what I wanted. It wasn't.

I just wanted to

sit down

and watch a film with you.

You said you've done it all for me,

but you didn't.

You did it all for you.

DOOR SHUTS

RIYA: Won't be two minutes, Geoff.

No rush.

You moving on?

Was only ever passing through.

That's what I said in 1976.

Three kids later Heh.

Your lad in hiding?

What?

Your lad. Angry mob.

They're looking for him at The Dog.

Xenophobic twats.

ALI: Why's everything shut?

Dunno.

Bank holiday?

It's not a bank holiday, Nish.

I'm in!

Up?

Down.

You sure we're meant to be

under the bread factory?

I've checked the co-ordinates

three times, Nish.

This is definitely the place.

This is weird.

What did it mean,

"A journey to a better life"?

What exactly are we looking for?

Got no idea.

I mean, did Nina meet someone here

for instructions?

Did she she collect summat?

What, like snacks?

A couple of crumpets

for the journey (?)

Yeah, but what is the journey?

Like, where did they go from here?

That's all I wanna know. I mean

What made Mehmet steal

from his family?

What made him risk his life?

What put Nina on that plane?

Pangaea. No way.

Way.

How do we get in?

Codes.

This is properly exciting.

Yeah, it's a rush, in't it?

It's like Doc Martin.

It's a bit f*cking better

than Doc Martin, Nish.

ARGUING FROM INSIDE

God, do they ever shut up?

Mike, where is he?

They wanted to teach him a lesson.

Top of Chadder.

MAN: Go on. Go on, Ed.

f*cking whack him, mate!

MEN SHOUT,

GRUN

EDDIE: Get out my way. Come here!

JAKUB: Eddie

MAN: f*cking 'ave it.

Take his f*cking head off!

EDDIE BELLOWS

f*cking hit him!

Eddie, stop! Stop!

They blackmailed him!

It wasn't his fault. Eddie, please!

Please, stop!

Or what, eh? Or what?

I need an ambulance.

I need an ambulance here now!

Top of Chadder at the viewpoint.

Eddie, put the bottle down.

Or what?

Please, stop!

Put the bottle down, Eddie.

This isn't you.

This is me!

This is who I am now.

It's what this town has made me.

This is me!

No, Eddie. It was me!

Eddie, I got it wrong.

I got it wrong.

And it's my fault. Mine!

Jakub's a victim.

Like Jim, like you.

I'm sorry, I

For what it's worth, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry

for how this town has treated you.

I'm sorry for how I've treated you.

I'm sorry.

I should have done a better job.

I shouldn't have taken

five years from you.

If you wanna stick a bottle

in someone,

stick it in me.

It's not Jakub's fault.

HE GRUNTS

SHE PANTS

ALI: sh*t.

You OK?

Yeah.

DEREK SOBS

I can't do it.

I won't do it.

I'm not going down there!

I won't do it!

You can't make me go down there!

ALI: This is it.

NISH: What the hell?

DOOR SHUTS

MELISSA: Welcome, Player.

This time, the game is real.

If you win,

a life-changing prize awaits.

If you fail

Well, better to dare greatly, no?

Your journey begins through

that little door on your right.

Only those who are prepared

to face their darkest fears

will make it out the other side.

"Welcome to"

It's the game.

We won't say "good luck"

cos luck

will have nothing to do with it.

WOMAN:

I'm the one that runs the house.

MAN: You're forever droning on.

Yeah, well, it's bleeding hard work.

Yeah, well, it's hard

doing what I do. Oh, is it?

I'm on my feet seven days a week,

up at five

in the piss-cold weather

Yeah, then you spend it all

on booze, at the dogs and shite!

And rent, so you've got a nice house

to put all your crap in

and all your shite!

Without my wage,

you'd be on your arse.

Oh, is that right?

'It's not a game, this.'

'Oh, you what?'

'I said, it's not a game'

ARGUING STOPS

MELISSA: I devised an experiment,

Passenger

that would help tease young people

out of their caves

and put them back on the main stage,

harnessing

all those unique gaming skills

and putting them to use.

If we can bring

all your fears to the fore,

maybe, just maybe,

you'll emerge stronger.

We need Riya.

HE SOBS

PHONE RINGS

PARAMEDIC: Are you coming?

ALI: 'We found it, boss.'

Found what?

Look, you were right.

You were right all along, boss.

Erm We-We know where-where

Mehmet and where Nina went.

It's all connected, boss.

Just like you said.

These, erm weapons are real, Ali.

It-It's a game, boss.

'What-What do you mean?

Where are you?'

I've got to close up. We're going!

'They're playing a game,

but it's real.

'It's like full-on. f*cked up!'

'What's happening, Ali?

I don't understand.'

BANG

f*ck!

What were that?

Ali, I don't like this!

Time is ticking.

BANG,

ROAR

What were that?

We need your help, boss.

Al?

'Boss, can you hear me?'

BANGING

f*ck!

We're at the bread factory,

under the bread factory.

'There's trying to get in.'

Ali?

'We're at the bread factory,

the bread factory.'

Ali, can you hear me?

BANGING

No. No, no, no, no.

We-We need to get out of here, Ali.

No, we've gotta get out of here,

Ali!

Oh, f*ck!

'Ali? Ali?'

It's locked.

HE SCREAMS

It's locked. f*ck, f*ck.

Ali?

sh*t. f*ck.

I smell smoke.

f*ck. What do we do?

Choose wisely.

You have 60 seconds

to take what you need

and make your way to the start.

'Ali? Ali?'

HE HYPERVENTILATES

Hey. Hey.

Hey, stop. Look at me. Look at me.

How would you rate yourself, eh?

As a gamer?

HE PANTS

OK?

Six at best. You?

Ten.

We got this.

Have we?

Damn f*cking right we have.

Come on!

Ali?

SHE GASPS

SCREAMING