01x06 - Episode 6

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ASHLEIGH: It's Alison.

She says the robbery's happening
at the Hawthorne Estate Hotel.

LIAM: 'Back straight,
smile wide.'

Whatever you do,
do not be yourself.

BRADEN: 'Just open the door.'

She's at the hotel.
Tell her to leave.

She needs to stay out of this.

'Necklace has changed
hands. Two bodyguards.'

Now. DEVICE BEEPS

ALARM RINGING

Alison!

Liam...

BEN: Braden. Stop! Argh!

You know where Liam is now?

Did you not arrest
him at the hotel?

EXHALES

Any news on Ben yet, Nia?

I'll call again, Sir. Thanks.

Yeah.

MONITOR BEEPING,
VENTILATOR HISSING

Braden can't be in Glasgow and
Plymouth at the same time, can he?

So can we just try and work out
which is the more credible sighting?

Thank you.

ASHLEIGH SIGHS

You should go home.
Get some sleep.

No, I'm fine. I'm OK. I
wanna... I really wanna be here.

How are you?

Spoke to the bodyguard's
family. You know.

It's not your fault. You did
everything that you could.

Any leads on the phones?

No, we've had, erm, hundreds
of calls since the appeal,

but it's just wishful thinking.

And the Joshi team have been on
the phone, asking for updates.

Again. You?

I spoke to Interpol,
Europol. Nothing.

Should've listened to you
about Alison, shouldn't I?

She was over-involved.

What's Antony
saying? Anything yet?

No, Antony is saying no
comment, all through the night.

It's really fun. Helen
has coached him well.

Yeah. Sure she has.

She'd have paid him off to
keep quiet, do his time.

Just got off the phone with
Sara. She's at the hospital.

Ben's out of surgery.

He's not conscious yet, and we
won't know anything for a few hours.

Oh, my God.

SOFTLY: OK.

OK, everyone.

Er...

DC Lawford put himself on the
line for the job yesterday.

Put the safety of
others ahead of himself.

Let's make sure that
wasn't for nothing.

Let's put all our efforts
into finding Braden and Liam.

We're not gonna let them
walk away this time.

Oh, God, Alison's mum is still
here. She's wants to see her.

Sure.

ALISON SOBS GENTLY

Hello.

This is Julie, my mum.

Hi, Julie. I'm James. Hi.

Ashleigh. Hi.

Ashleigh is gonna help find
you somewhere safe to stay

while we find Braden.

Does that mean we're
not going home? No. No.

Not yet. Not yet, OK?

But I can send someone to collect
anything you need, if that helps?

Can I... Can I have a
quick word with Alison?

Got a favour to ask. Is
there any news on Ben?

Yeah. Yes, yeah. Ben...
Ben's out of surgery.

He's still unconscious,
but he's stable.

OK, I can't give
you your phone back,

but we were wondering...

if you might be able
to send Liam a message.

OK, it's not like he's gonna reply,
but if he checks his messages,

that might help us to
locate where he is.

Is that OK?

And what should I say?

Just keep it simple.

Just ask him to let
you know he's OK. Yeah.

OK.

That?

Great. Yeah, that's great.

Thanks, Alison.
Thank you. Thank you.

The... The information
I gave you,

is it enough to arrest
Helen and Joseph?

We're bringing Helen and
Joseph in for questioning.

One step at a time.

Oh, so you're
interviewing them? Yeah.

Can I be with Mum? Yeah.

KNOCK ON DOOR

RAPID KNOCKING

Braden? Yeah.

Braden, what are you doing
here? You're all over the news.

Look, Danny would
want you to help me.

If the police come here, I'm
telling 'em you threatened me.

HE SIGHS What a mess.

Yeah.

It was the kid. HE EXHALES

Liam Barlow. Liam?

Mm. What'd he do?

He convinced me we were
gonna stitch up the police,

but it was me that got played.

EXHALES SHARPLY Your
Danny recommended him.

Well, someone informed on
Danny for that ransomware gig.

And you think it was Liam?

It opened up a vacancy, innit?

For some slippery little
Mancunian f*ck to step into.

You sure no-one followed you?

ASHLEIGH: So, Oliver's
gonna stay with you.

There's stuff in the kitchen,

but if there's anything you
need, just let him know.

Yeah.

OK.

No, thank you. No,
I'm fine. Thank you.

Alison? I should get back.

I'll check the back doors. OK.

You should get some rest. You
must be completely exhausted.

Have you spoken to Mark?

Because Helen and
Joseph came to the pub,

so he might know something.

We are speaking to
him, but just...

I know that it's hard, but you do
need to let us do our jobs, OK?

Can... Can I go and see Ben?

I don't think that's a good idea.
He's only just got out of surgery.

It's just... I need
to do something.

Please.

Sara?

How are you doing?

You brought her?

We're just here to drop off
some flowers, that's all.

Sara, I'm... I'm sorry.

Do you honestly think
that you can just...

show up with flowers
and everything'll be OK?

You shouldn't be here. It's...
It's already way too complicated.

I... I was trying
to help. I was...

I was trying to
stop the robbery.

You slept with one
of the suspects!

Was that... Was that
part of your plan?

OK.

We should go. Come on.

If you had just done
what you were told...

..and waited outside,
Ben would've...

He'd have waited
for armed response.

He wouldn't be in there.

I know.

Any more activity, let us know.

Sir. Yeah?

Liam's phone was switched on.
It pinged a tower in Budapest.

In Budapest?

You don't buy it?

HE SCOFFS

Why is someone as
tech savvy as Liam

letting us track where he is?

KEYBOARD CLACKING

COMPUTER CHIRPS, BEEPS

Ready? Let's do it.

DEVICE BEEPS

Interview commences at 11:17am.

My client would like
to make a statement.

Right, well, we've got some
questions we wanna ask you, Helen.

I've advised my client not to
answer any questions at this stage.

I want to start by
saying that I'm shocked

by what happened at the hotel.

My heart goes out to the family
of the bodyguard who died

and to the police
officer who was injured.

Braden Moore is an associate
of my estranged husband.

He got in contact with me,
wanting to get involved

in some property deals
that I'm planning.

I made it clear that I did not
want to associate with him.

JOSEPH: 'I've known
Helen Redman for years.'

We reconnected recently when
she expressed an interest

in investing in one of
my property developments.

And I introduced her to
another business associate,

Chandra Bakshi.

Why are... Why are you
protecting her, Joseph?

I was introduced to Braden
Moore at the ice rink.

If I'd had any knowledge
of what he was planning,

of course, I would've reported it
to my employer and to the police.

If Braden somehow got the
idea to take the necklace

when he met Miss Bakshi, it was
wholly without my knowledge.

PAPER RUSTLES

That's all I've got to say.

Should we wrap up there?

Unless you have
evidence to charge?

Not yet. But, er...

You spoken to Liam's
girlfriend, Alison?

Why do you ask?

Lovely girl. Thought she
might know something.

But then, of course, juries might
not rate her as a witness...

on account of her being deaf.

So easy for her
to misunderstand.

And you know what
barristers can be like.

Ruthless.

DOOR OPENS, CLOSES

All our evidence for conspiracy

is on a hit for the
vault, not the hotel.

They've covered every angle.

They've got all their
stories lined up.

PHONE BUZZES Better to
let them run for now.

Gives us time to build
a stronger case, no?

Yes?

Is that confirmed?

OK. Thanks.

We just had a confirmed
sighting of Braden.

He is still in Kent.

He's somewhere near
Faversham, apparently.

He could be at Danny Heath's
place. Danny Heath's.

Let's get an armed unit down there,
and let's get you down there too.

Erm...

ALISON SIGHS

Yeah.

That's the records
you asked for.

Fostering records from
Manchester. Right.

Not many match the
criteria you gave me.

I think this is
him. Thanks, Nia.

INHALES SHARPLY

ASHLEIGH: 'He's not here.'

The team have been
through the whole house.

But Molly does admit
that Braden was here.

Any idea which
way he was headed?

'No. She claims to have no idea.

'Says that he
threatened to k*ll her.'

Said that she was too shaken
up to call it in after he left.

'OK. Bring her in.'

I'll be back soon, OK?

Let's go.

We've had to release
Helen and Joseph.

You can't charge them?

They're blaming it all
on Liam and Braden,

saying they planned it alone.

Mm. But what about the evidence
that I have given to you?

The information you gave
us was very helpful,

but it wouldn't
stand up in court.

Lawyers would just exploit how
you came to be on the case...

..and, of course, your
relationship with Liam.

Which would undermine
all your evidence.

So everything that I did and
all the risks that I took,

what, they're all for nothing?

What did Mark say?

I bet he knows something.
Mark's not said anything.

Frankly, I think
he's a bit scared.

Did Liam ever talk to you
about his time in foster care?

In foster care? Yeah.
What did he say?

There was just one family
that he really liked.

Go on. But the man died
a couple of years ago.

Right. That's what he said?

Yeah. Why do want...?

We've been trying to
find out who that man is.

We know that Liam
came from Manchester

and he came from foster care.

Yeah.

But we can find no trace of Liam
Barlow before five years ago.

We did, however,
find a Liam Gray.

Fostered by a family
in Manchester.

He's the right age,
matches Liam's description.

So he changed his name?

Alison, did Liam ever show
you a picture of this man?

His name's Charlie Fletcher.

That's the man that
Alfie k*lled. Uh-huh.

That is Liam's ring.

He said that he actually got
that ring from his foster dad.

Charlie was Liam's
foster father.

And none of this
is a coincidence.

Are you saying that
Liam took the necklace

for revenge for Charlie?

CAR BEEPS, UNLOCKS

DOOR CLOSES, SHE SIGHS

OLIVER: You hungry again?
This was dropped off for you.

No, I didn't order that.
You didn't order this?

Actually, yeah, I
did. Sorry, I forgot.

I ordered that for
Mum. I'll take it.

OK. Thank you.

INHALES SHARPLY

BREATHES SHAKILY

Alison. How did you find me?

I put a tracker on that
cop's car, DS Francis.

You lied to me.

You told me that no-one
was gonna get hurt.

That wasn't supposed to
happen. Braden promised me.

And you believed Braden?

HE SIGHS I know.

Did you use my hearing
A*DS to spy on me

and listen in to
my conversations?

I'm sorry.

Do you not know how f*cked
up that is? How invasive?

My hearing aid is like a part of
me. I thought you understood that.

Alison, you slept with me so
that you could inform on me.

That's f*cked up.

No, I slept with you
because I liked you.

No. No, no, no, no.
You betrayed me!

Did you engineer our
first meeting? No!

The crash on your bike?

That was an accident.
I didn't know you!

But you got to know me, and
you didn't stop informing.

HE SIGHS

It made you feel important.

Yeah.

I was, because somebody
was listening to me

for the first time ever!

I know Charlie was
your foster dad.

Is that why you
took the necklace?

Money's the only thing that
Helen and Braden care about.

That was the only
way to hurt them.

You really care about Charlie?

HE SNIFFS Yeah.

And I care about you.
That's why I came back.

Come away with me.
We can still do it.

I've got a buyer for
the necklace in Panama.

He's gonna pay $5
million in cash.

No! What kind of life
have you got here?

You're about to be
kicked out of your house,

and I meant everything that I
said about bringing your mum.

You could go to the police,

and you could testify
against Helen and Joseph.

We've still got a chance
to make things right.

No.

No.

I'll go to prison
for a very long time.

And I've got a plan.

A private plane will
take us to Belgium,

and then we'll catch
a plane to Brazil.

And no-one will find us there.

I like you. I really do.

But I don't...

I'm not really sure
if I know who you are.

You know me.

When we were in my
flat, at the hotel...

..that was real.

It could've been real.

But you completely f*cked it up.

No. We both did stuff wrong.

And I am sorry. I am so sorry.

But we're on the same side.

We both wanted the same thing
- to stop Helen and Braden.

No. If you wanted to stop
them, you'd go to the police.

HE SIGHS

SOFTLY: I can't.

And by the time you
call them, I'll be gone.

I can't go with you.

I can't go with you.

And if you're going, then...

..then maybe we
should say goodbye.

So that's it?

We just walk away? No.

Good luck. No.

HE SIGHS

DOORBELL RINGS

Hi, Dawn.

James.

Can I come in?

Yeah.

I've got a little boy
arriving tomorrow.

Five years old.

Mum's in rehab, Dad's
never been around.

Liam Barlow. Sound
familiar to you?

Er, no. I was...

It's just he was one
of your foster kids.

I think he was with you in 2012.

Changed his name since
then, I think. Nothing?

I've got a... a picture of him.

HE CHUCKLES That's him.

Have a look at that.

Honestly don't recognise
him. No, nothing?

There were so many
kids over the years.

And I was working back then, so
Charlie did most of the foster care.

HE SIGHS

We're friends, aren't we, Dawn?

Yeah. Of course.

I mean, I could get a warrant to
search the place, if you like.

Or you can just tell
me what you know.

Clock's ticking.

Liam was Charlie's favourite.

The only one he stayed in touch
with right up until he died.

But he's a good lad, James.

Is he? Oh, is he? He's a
good kid, is he? Right, yeah.

Why don't you tell
that to my colleague

who's just spent four
hours in surgery,

having a b*llet removed
from his spleen?

Liam didn't pull the trigger.

Oh, did he not?

Oh, so that makes
everything OK, does it?

You think the same about Braden
not pulling the trigger on Charlie?

Does that make him
blame-free as well? I mean...

Or is this some kind
of rough-justice thing

against Braden and Helen?

I didn't know what
he was planning.

I would've stopped
him. Of course I would!

I don't know where he is.

Dawn...

DAWN EXHALES

JAMES SIGHS

ASHLEIGH: 'You got anything?'
Liam's definitely been here.

I'll fill you in on
the details later,

but Dawn's not
giving him up. 'OK.'

We've just had a report of a
carjacking just outside Ashford.

Description matches Braden.

We tracing that car?

'It pinged the ANPR just outside
Canterbury. Nothing since then.'

I think he's probably
staying off main roads.

TYRES SCREECH

Everything OK?

JULIE: Gone.

Gone. Gone.

MARK: 'You really
shouldn't be here, Alison.'

I know, but have you
spoken to the police?

Yeah. I don't think
I was much help.

I have been working with them.

I came here because you're
the only one who can help now.

The detectives think I
don't have enough evidence,

and I need someone else
to stand up to them.

They would protect you.
No, I'm sorry, Alison.

You don't cross
people like Braden.

I really am sorry, Alison.

FOOTSTEPS APPROACH SLOWLY

BRADEN: Hello, Alison.

PHONE BUZZES

ALISON SOBBING 'Hey, hey, Manc.

'Look who I ran into.'

ALISON WHIMPERS, CRIES

BREATHES HEAVILY

Mrs Brooks.

Thank you.

KEYS JINGLE

DAWN GASPS Liam.

ALISON GRUNTS

BRADEN: Come here!

BRADEN GRUNTS

Now...

We're gonna see how much your
boyfriend really cares about you.

The police will find you.

They will be looking
for you right now.

Ah. HE CHUCKLES

I knew there was
something about you.

You're always watching.

How long you been ratting?

Since the very start.

Well...

Well...

You don't feel so
clever now, do you?

How could you be so stupid?

Alfie's gonna be
out in a few years.

That's not justice.

I did this for Charlie...

for you.

I never meant for
you to do this.

I wanted to take
something from them,

the way they took
Charlie from us.

Braden contacted
me. He's got Alison.

I'm gonna get her back.

Helen's gonna meet
me... take me to Alison.

I just got to give
them the necklace.

Then what?

Then when... once Alison's
safe, I'll get on the plane.

I'll manage somehow.

I just wanted to see you.

Say goodbye.

So you'll spend your
life on the run?

I don't have a choice.

You could still do the right
thing. Go to the police!

No.

No. Just promise me
you won't call them.

Braden'll k*ll her.

He's got nothing to
lose now. He'll do it.

How do you know
he won't k*ll you?

Come here.

SHE SOBS GENTLY

OK, everyone, I
want us to circulate

descriptions of Liam and Alison
to bus stations, train stations.

Let's go ports, airports. Let's
check private airfields, too.

They're likely to be more noticeable
as a couple than they are alone.

OK? Let's get on it.

Where's Liam? Where could he be?

Liam. Can't say it's
good to see you.

I'm alone, like you said.

Where's Alison?

Have you got the necklace?

I wanna see her first.

We'll go in my car.

Inside.

Braden?

Braden!

g*n CLICKS Whoa.

No sudden moves, OK?

He come on his own? He did.

And he's got the necklace.

Ah. Where's Alison?

I need to know that she's safe.

HE CHUCKLES See, I...

I always knew you were soft.

Here's your little
police snitch.

Get up! ALISON WHIMPERS

Whoa, whoa.

Liam. Don't trust him.

Shut up!

He's not gonna let
us go. ALISON CRIES

Danny Heath. Can we
just get on with this?

I tracked Danny down.

Got him to let me in
on the ransomware gig.

And I got him sent
to prison for it.

All so I could meet Helen
Redman and Braden Moore,

cos you k*lled Charlie.

That's what this is about?

You f*cked up my gig
for Charlie Fletcher?

He might be nothing to you...
but he meant a lot to me.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Easy. I'm getting the necklace.

Let me see it.

I'm gonna need you to
put that g*n down first.

No chance, Manc.

Now get out.

ALISON YELPS On your knees.

But you've got the necklace.

Why not let him go?
Not your concern.

On... your... knees.

No, no, no, no, no!

No, no, please, no...
Do what he says.

Please, don't do this,
please! Do what he says.

Just go. But you
got what you wanted.

Get out! Alison,
do what he says.

You got what you wanted.
Please don't hurt him.

Get out! Alison!

Please, go!

What you sticking around for?

You'll be next! Get out!

LIAM: Please, go.

OFFICER, MUFFLED: Armed
police! On your knees!

Stay where you are!

OFFICERS CLAMOURING

Putting it down!

CLAMOURING CONTINUES

Don't... Don't sh**t!

I'm putting it down!

I got nothing! OFFICER:
Stop resisting!

Stop resisting!
Stay where you are!

BRADEN GRUNTING, PANTING

Braden Moore...

I'm arresting you for m*rder,

armed robbery and
attempted m*rder.

You don't have to say anything,
but it may harm your defence

if you do not mention
when questioned

anything which you may
later rely on in court.

OFFICERS CHATTER

Got the suspect secured.
Get him in the car.

You OK?

We got Helen's admission
on tape, which is...

Thanks for getting in contact.
You did the right thing.

He was a good man, was
Charlie, wasn't he?

LIAM CLEARS THROAT, CHUCKLES

Is that why you did
it? Was it all for him?

It was.

I'd believe you if you hadn't run
off with a £5 million necklace.

Look, Alison was just wondering
if she could have a word with him.

Yeah, she can have
a minute. Yeah.

Thank you.

Are you OK?

Yeah.

You gave yourself up for me.

It was worth it.

Mm.

Just so you know, I was
really tempted by your offer.

Next time, eh?

I'm so sorry.

Just...

I actually like working hard.

And all I ever wanted is for
people to give me a chance,

the same chance as anyone else.

All right, it's time to go.

CAR DOOR OPENS I'm sorry.

ENGINE STARTS

SHE INHALES, SIGHS

SOFTLY: Hi.

It's nice to see
you. Yeah, you too.

COURTROOM CHATTER

COURTROOM CHATTER

COURT OFFICIAL: All rise.

Case of Liam Barlow.

Are you Liam Barlow? Yes.

Liam Barlow, you are charged
with conspiracy to rob

in that on or before 17th
September of this year,

together with Helen Redman,
Braden Moore, Antony Bates,

Chandra Bakshi and
persons unknown,

you conspired to rob
Amir Joshi and others.

How do you plead?

Guilty or not guilty?

Guilty.

FOOTSTEPS APPROACH

Hello. James.

Sorry, the... the door was open.

Oh. Yeah.

Moving out? Yeah. We're
moving into a new flat.

New start. Well, I hope...

I hope you don't
mind me coming round.

I just wanted to give you some news.
We've arrested Joseph Holhurst.

Not connected to the
robbery, we couldn't do that.

But we had a good look
through his accounts,

and we managed to charge
him with money laundering.

So Hollis and Byrne
have suspended him.

So it's not gonna
make any difference

to us getting
kicked out of here?

We also got news back
from the review board.

I didn't wanna say too much
until we knew the outcome,

but, you know, payments to
informants are based on results.

And thanks to you, we made
some pretty big arrests.

And it was your information that
led to the recovery of the necklace.

So, erm...

PAPER RUSTLING

£50,000?

Is this for me?

It is.

Thank you.

Well, don't thank me.
It was your hard work.

It's gonna really help.

Well, if you have
anything left over...

..you might wanna
think about this.

Erm...

With your skills...

..I'm sure you'll be in demand.