01x04 - Episode 4

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This is a mess.

Found this, entry records.

Amy came back here before she died.

He was lying.

Shouldn't we hand it over

to the police? I'll handle it.

I just don't want you to have to go

through the same thing that I did.

How do you get on with his wife?

I know about you and Sam.

I want to help you. Why?

Because I know what it's like

when no-one's protecting you.

I want you to come down to

the police station tomorrow,

make a statement, all right?

You were the last person

to see her alive

and you have lied

about it for ten years.

I think it's an enormous deal!

Are you covering for him?

Amy was here the night she died.

We have to involve

senior management.

We need to have our solicitor draw

up a nondisclosure agreement

and get Maya to sign it tonight

or you're out of a job.

I expect everyone

in my office at six.

At 22.15 on Wednesday night,

a uniformed officer was dispatched

to the residence of a woman

whose home had been broken into.

That woman

..was Maya Benshaw.

How the hell did none

of you notice this?

Please, somebody, tell me.

I'd really like to know.

Well, to be fair, she gave

her maiden name to the officer

at the scene, and she didn't show

up to the CSU to give a statement.

I think being dead is a pretty

good excuse not to give a statement.

A non-disclosure agreement.

Just the messenger.

You're so much more than the

messenger. Oh, come on, Maya.

You know this is complete crap.

Believe all women,

silence is violence, Me bloody Too.

It has gone too far.

Everyone's just digging up graves,

bringing down good people who made

stupid mistakes back in the

time when no-one even thought

they were mistakes. You can't make

us all keep suffering for things

that happened in the past.

At some point, you have to move on.

OK?

What if that was Gemma

lying dead in that alley?

It wouldn't happen to Gem.

She has got her head screwed up.

But Amy was different?

She deserved it?

She brought it on herself?

She knew what she was doing.

I'm going to the police. Look

We have over 500 people

in this office,

and every single one of them

will lose their jobs

if you open your mouth. Everyone!

So how am I benefiting from this?

Owen hates me,

Gareth doesn't trust me.

I will be lucky if I have a job

this time next week.

See, I am not a shareholder.

I have nothing to gain from this.

Nothing.

Have you ever been

sexually assaulted?

No. I wouldn't put myself

in that position.

Get out of my office.

You need to pick up, Owen.

It's a mess.

It's gone wrong, really wrong.

I need help.

Get in, it's freezing.

SCANNER BEEPS

Trying to hide the evidence?

Not funny.

Weren't a joke.

The police took her

laptop and phone.

Had a nose about and

left everything else.

I should probably lock the door.

Stop the nosy parkers getting in.

It's a nasty business, suicide.

Selfish.

They don't think of the

pain inflicted on them

that's left behind.

Sam, why have you been

ignoring my calls?

What did you tell them about me

and Amy? Who? The police, Sam.

What did you tell them about me?

Not right now. Sam

Just give it a rest!

So we'd like to thank you all

for responding so quickly

to this tragedy and

coming in early today.

Sam?

Now, we've arranged for a

bereavement counsellor

to come along this week,

so please make sure

that every employee

is aware of this.

Now, Duncan is going to step

into Maya's role in the interim,

and he's been working overtime

printing up these pamphlets,

dealing with depression,

grief and loss.

And we have added the number

for the National Suicide

Prevention Lifeline on the back.

So please, please, please reach out

if you're having any difficulties

You all hypocrites.

None of you give a sh*t.

You've got blood on your hands,

the lot of you.

Erm SHE CLEARS HER THROA

And I want to thank all those

who have been working

with the police and answering

any questions they've had. Look

I understand that this is upsetting,

but your cooperation

has been incredibly useful.

We don't anticipate this being

a prolonged investigation.

Any questions?

What about the IPO?

I don't really think now

is the right time.

We're still on track

for the flotation. It's on.

Anybody else?

No? OK.

Well, thank you very much,

everybody.

And remember

..take it easy on yourselves today.

Maya would want us to be kind

to one another.

I think that went pretty well.

FRONT DOOR OPENS

Can you let me know

before you just show up?

Did you find anything

interesting in my office?

Where is it?

I asked you, where is the f*cking

drive you took from my safe?

The flash drive. Yeah, I heard you.

Well?

I gave it to Sam.

You know I'm right.

This place is toxic.

She was the only one who

had the ba*ls to call it out.

The only one.

You

You're so far up Owen's arse

you've set up camp in his colon.

I was a right cow to her.

And life goes on. Not this time.

And what are you going to do?

Have a little word?

Mentor abused women?

Nah, you ain't going to do sh*t.

And you know it.

You had your chance years ago.

Instead, you f*cked

your way to the top

and you pulled up

the ladder behind you,

leaving the rest of us to drown.

Been looking for you everywhere.

Why aren't you at work?

I had to come home.

I couldn't take it.

How did you know about me and Amy?

I figured it out. How?

She borrowed my phone

that night and called you.

I am not a complete fool, Gareth.

But you still needed proof.

What are you babbling about?

The drive from my house, Sam.

I know Carys gave you the drive,

the videos, the pictures,

me and Amy. It's all on there.

If they connect that sh*t

with the entry records that show

that me and Ames were in the office

together, then I am dead, Sam.

I'm going down. The drive is gone.

What do you mean?

I got rid of it. Where? The police?

Twitter? How did you get rid of it?

I need to know it won't come

back to bite me in the arse.

I threw it in a lake.

There's one thing I've learned

in life is to never take possession

of digital content from a woman

whose husband you've shagged.

Hungry?

Why did she give it to you?

I think she thought it would

change the way I felt about us.

You sure? What if she

gave it to her solicitor?

It's ill*gal. It's your property.

It predates your marriage.

It is completely irrelevant

to your divorce.

So it is of no use to her.

Well, not in that way.

GARETH CHUCKLES

I should have told you. I'm sorry.

With all the stress, I forgot.

Carys may have found some stuff.

What kind of stuff?

Me, Amy. Little videos, pictures.

You told me you'd destroyed them.

So where are they?

She gave them to Sam.

Oh, Jesus Christ.

Sam say she destroyed them.

Don't do a thing.

Keep your mouth shut.

I'll handle Sam.

Why is no-one talking

to me about anything?

Cos you're not the centre of

the f*cking universe, Gareth.

Promise me Promise that

you'll make sure I'll be OK.

I just feel like if anyone's going

to get thrown under a bus here,

it's probably me. Well

..yeah.

You got the entry records, right?

That's gone, it's sorted?

It's not an issue? I'm handling it.

What you mean, handling?

If they get those records,

they'll have proof

I was with Amy that night

and then it's all over for me.

No, I don't f*cking have them,

but I know where they are

and I will get them.

You need to sit tight and shut up.

I don't want you talking

to Sam about this.

I'm not sure you realise the

gravity of what's at stake for you.

Gareth, you're a liability!

You're a disaster.

You're a feckless f*cking c*ck.

For years, I've been cleaning up

after you, bailing you out,

mistake after mistake.

All I asked you to do

was keep an eye on Sam.

Just keep her onside.

Suddenly, you produce this ticking

time b*mb, which makes everything

100 times more complicated

and expect me to handle it.

Again.

Stay in your corner.

Minimise the damage.

And don't put me in a position

where I have to do something

I really don't want to do

because you f*cked up.

Look at this sh*t.

Printouts from Maya's laptop,

emails, messages, photographs.

She was documenting everything her

ex-husband did to her and basically

drove Maya to take her own life.

Makes you wonder how

people sleep at night?

Thank you all for coming.

We're really grateful that you were

able to join us to honour Maya.

I would love to invite anyone

who has a memory of her to share

to please come forward.

It's OK.

Erm

Had, like, all these big ideas

of writing something

really meaningful for Maya,

but everything just sounded

..bollocks, really. Sorry.

Maya was, she was just

a really good person.

She was kind.

She cared more about me than most

people I've known my whole life.

A week before she died, she,

she gave me this little quote

that she'd written out for me.

Stick it on my wall and

look at it for, like,

inspiration and stuff.

She was always writing

things down from books

trying to, like, catch

a moment or feeling.

Something to help you out

when you really needed it.

It reminds me of a yoga

class that we took together.

I can't believe she

got me doing yoga.

You are what you believe in.

You become that

which you believe you can become.

FAINT: Death is as sure

What's that? Suicide note?

For that, which is dead.

Hello, Mrs Joshi.

We spoke on the phone.

My sincere condolences.

They said you're the

last person to see her.

Yes.

Could you tell?

No.

But, you know,

she hasn't been herself.

I should have done more.

I should have seen it coming.

No-one saw this coming.

It's such a shock, so sudden.

You never imagine that you will be

at your own child's funeral, do you?

I can't imagine what

you're going through. If

If I can help in any way

You're very sweet.

Thank you. It means a lot.

Let me drive you home.

Every time I come here, I buy

a packet of Assam teabags.

Every time I left,

Maya threw them out

and gave me a lecture

on microplastics.

It's delicious.

I'm still in the middle

of packing everything up.

The book that started it all.

Just before university,

Maya took a year out

to go backpacking around

the States with some friends.

She came back six months later with

a yoga teacher training certificate

and a copy of the Gita, as if it

was this brand-new wonderful book

that no-one else had heard of.

Could I borrow this?

It's a sacred text.

It feels like a part of her, almost.

It's just, I thought it might

help me process my emotions.

No, you have it.

Maya would want that.

Just bring it back though, please.

Of course.

You have a lot of videos

and pictures of Maya on your phone.

S? It's not ill*gal.

We found a GPS tracker on her car,

which was linked to an account

belonging to you.

Well, technically it's my car.

I paid for it.

Why were you following her, Luke?

She wasn't herself.

I was worried about her.

So you stalked her

and broke into her house.

We're still married.

Why wouldn't I have a key?

Because you don't live there

and she didn't want you.

She needed help, all right.

I was looking out for her.

You pushed her to take her own

life by making it a living hell.

Oh, no, no, no. Listen,

I wouldn't do that, OK.

I didn't do that.

The emails, the texts.

She changed her number four times.

She even had to move

to get away from you.

Coercive control,

stalking, threats of violence,

harassment, Luke.

That's what I'm going to put

forward to the CPS.

Come in.

I've drawn up a new schedule

for the next two weeks,

added several new potential

investors, which is good news.

Great.

Exactly what I want to hear.

Erm

Owen, did the police take the NDA?

Don't worry about that.

It's just, well, you know,

I didn't know what to say.

I didn't know what

was public knowledge.

I mean, what if they

bring me in again?

Maya left it on my desk

the night that she passed.

She signed it?

You're clearly very persuasive.

No, she wouldn't do that.

Both of your signatures were on it.

I'll keep it between us.

What about the other stuff?

The entry records.

I'm Well, I'm worried for Gareth.

What if they link him

The entry records are gone.

You don't need to worry.

You've been very loyal to us, Sam.

And we don't forget

loyalty in this family.

I want to say a big

thank you from all of us.

Hiya. Can I help?

What happened to the

box of Maya's stuff?

Dropped it off with

Mrs Joshi this morning.

Cake? It's vegan.

I think you should keep Adam

away from Danny.

Danny's the only friend he's got.

Danny's the one giving him porn.

You're kidding!

I gave him a right lecture.

I'm going to have to tell Ness.

I've already told her.

Jesus.

How did she take it?

She was more upset that I

called Owen a skanky b*stard.

You called my boss a skanky b*stard?

Aren't you even slightly

concerned for my welfare?

What do you mean, your "welfare"?

Did he try it on? Forget it.

Did he touch you?

Say something inappropriate? What?

Oh, I don't want to go into it.

Gem.

You should have told me

that you felt uncomfortable.

You don't have to handle

this stuff alone.

Well, it's handled.

I can't believe

I didn't know any of this.

Six of one and half

a dozen of the other.

It's gone too far,

it's like a witch hunt.

According to you,

sexual harassment doesn't exist.

I wasn't talking about you, Gem.

Yeah, you were.

You just didn't know it.

TEXT MESSAGE ALER

POP MUSIC PLAYS

What are you doing here?

Erm I had a long chat

with Gemma last night.

Well, Gemma is a silly teenage

girl who can't distinguish

between a compliment and a come on.

That's not my problem.

That's yours.

Maybe it's your husband's problem.

Don't underestimate me, Sam.

You're playing a very

dangerous game right now.

Oh, I'm not playing a game.

I'm telling you that

whatever poisonous sh*t

goes on in your household,

it does not enter mine.

You got that?

Oh, I think you've said your piece.

Have you checked his phone recently?

I don't need to check his phone.

I trust him implicitly.

Yeah.

My ex had his girlfriend

down under a different name.

Only figured it out when Bob

started texting vag*na pics

and recipes for sour dough.

Oh, wow.

Well, erm, I'm very sorry

for your personal heartbreak, Sam,

but you are projecting

unnecessarily.

Ask him about Maya.

I really don't need to.

Ask him where he was

the night Maya died.

He was with me having dinner,

trying to ignore your never-ending,

incessant phone calls.

And then he drove me home.

And then he went to visit

his elderly, frail mother

to give her a prescription

that I picked up for her

that morning in Boots. Happy?

Look, this.

Look at it.

Oh. It would appear that you are

fairly affluent. Congratulations.

Don't forget you have

to pay tax on that.

Haranit Holdings Company.

It is an offshore account.

He's trying to pay me

to keep me quiet.

This is the man you married.

That isn't Owen's account.

It's Anita's.

Now get out of my house.

DOORBELL RINGS

I suppose you haven't

been here since he died.

I never liked his decor.

You know Harry, had

to have his own way.

He wasn't easy.

He'd steam-roller

over everyone else,

but he seemed to have a

genuine respect for you.

One of the boys.

You're good with men, aren't you?

Just good at putting up

with their bullshit.

Was it?

sh*t, I mean?

Or did you enjoy it?

Not why I'm here.

Have you come to announce Gemma's

bloodline and claim your stake?

I don't want She looks like

her brothers, doesn't she?

Who was better?

Father or son?

Oh, come off it, Sam.

Everyone knows you

paddled in both pools.

Why did you transfer

that money to me?

You both thought I didn't know.

Know what?

That working for Harry Jenkins meant

you did whatever he wanted you to?

I wanted to leave so many times,

but I didn't, I stayed

and I worked harder

than anyone else.

And you still talk to me

like I f*cked my way to the top.

I worked damn hard. You saw that.

You knew what he was like.

And not once did you step in

to make my life any easier.

So why now?

What are you paying me for?

It's a bonus.

You paid off Hugh?

Everyone has a price.

Maya didn't.

I hope you weren't going to leave

without saying goodbye. Anita.

Hi, I didn't

I'm sorry, I didn't expect you.

I hoped you'd still be here.

It's OK.

READS: Now I am become Death,

the destroyer of worlds.

It's from the Gita.

Does it feel like

the end of the world?

Anita

Hm! I think we can find a solution.

Let's go and sit down.

I have the solution.

MAYA SIGHS

If this is about integrity,

then I am willing to match

whatever figure you demand

with a donation to a

charity of your choice.

I know that you've supported

a women's refuge in Manchester,

and you're intimately aware of the

impact a large donation could make

on the lives of women

suffering domestic abuse.

Name a figure.

No.

Glasses?

There, but I'mI'm not drinking.

I would think very carefully

before you leave here tonight.

Your actions at your previous

employment are now widely known.

Once you can get away with.

Twice, career suicide.

Name a figure.

I'm going to the police tomorrow

with the evidence that proves that

Amy was here the night she died,

and that this company has a systemic

issue with female employees.

I do not wish to

discuss this any further.

Go and take a few minutes to think.

Walk around the building

if you like, get some fresh air.

I'll be here waiting.

Whatever you decide to do,

I'll honour it.

I don't need time. I've decided.

Humour me.

All right, that's enough!

Come on, Sam, wake up!

I don't know what

you've done, Anita,

but I don't want any part of it.

Once this IPO is over,

I'll be giving in my notice.

I've had enough.

Sam, shut up and listen!

You don't get to leave us.

You're part of this.

TOILET FLUSHES

I made us old fashioneds.

Feels appropriate.

I'm not going to change my mind

about the entry records.

I know. I admire your tenacity.

To you.

One more.

We had to get rid of her.

She wouldn't have stopped.

HE PANTS

What happened to her?

We need to move!

The nondisclosure agreement

has your name on it, not ours.

We covered for you.

We made sure no-one saw the NDA,

or anything that might

have implicated you.

I don't know what

the f*ck I'm doing!

Figure it out!

You destroyed Gareth's

little mementos of Amy.

Only Maya knew about Amy and Gareth.

Everything about this

has been utterly tragic,

but you've been with us all along.

We've known you for 20 years, Sam.

You're family. You're like us.

SHE SCOFFS

Am I?

LOUD THUD

A sad suicide.

HE GASPS FOR BREATH

Now we can all move forward,

unless you choose to make

things difficult for us.

You were the last one

to see her alive.

She wasn't in a good way.

People could see you

and Maya didn't get on.

That argument you had with her about

the cat, that was very bad taste.

I made sure you're woven

into every single thread.

If we go down,

we're taking you with us.

How hard is it to lie to Gemma

when she asks who her father is?

You don't want it

coming out this way.

How will she take it

if you get locked away

and she gets taken into care?

She'll have nothing.

It's your choice, Sam.

It's hardly a f*cking choice.

Have you made a will yet?

Young people rarely think about it,

but it's very important.

I'd highly recommend it,

especially as a single parent.

Technically, I suppose Gemma

is next in line after the boys. Huh!

I'd love to see Vanessa's

reaction if she knew.

I won't tell her if you won't.

But I'll make absolutely sure

that Gemma is provided for

in the estate, as is her right.

Take the money, Sam.

You don't need the stress.

It's making you look old.

Hm! It's our job to

protect them, isn't it?

Little boys can poke a stick

in a hole, and that's about it.

Oh, for fu!

Are we good, Sam? I need to know.

Because if we're not

Sam?!

Sam?

Oh, sorry. SAM SWALLOWS HARD

So we've previously received

significant media coverage

and negative publicity. Yeah.

So we need to ensure the continued

rehabilitation of our brand

and reputation, with an emphasis

on fair-trading practices.

I like it.

You've done a great job, Sam.

APPLAUSE Well done.

SHE CLEARS THROA

SHE SIGHS

Hello, dear.

I'm so sorry I kept it so long.

Oh, no, no, that's quite all right.

It's just, umI'm leaving

this afternoon. Oh.

Maybe I'll sleep

better in my own bed.

But who's going to water the plants?

It would just help if

someone could see to them,

just until the

probate comes through.

They only need a little

sprinkle every other day.

Of course. Anything to help.

Thank you. I'll find you the spare.

Great. Come.

Oh, I meant to say thank you

for the cheque that you sent.

Oh, I didn't send a cheque.

The company, I mean.

Is it Mr Jenkins, is it,

the older one?

He came around with

a card and some flowers.

It's very kind of all of you.

I wasn't expecting it, but it

will help with all the expenses.

Did he stay long?

Well, he wanted to come in,

but I was on my way to the shop.

He was looking for some work thing.

Some files, a CD?

Do you mean a CD-ROM?

Yes, that's it.

I told him, nothing can be taken

until the solicitors

sort out the probate.

He was very insistent.

I found him quite rude, actually.

I didn't like the idea of him

poking around my daughter's things.

And did you let him in?

No, no. I told him to bugger off.

Well, not in so many words,

but you know what I mean.

Here. Oh.

You will stay in touch, won't you?

I feel like there's a little bit of

Maya still there when I talk to you.

You remind me of her somehow.

Mum? SAM GASPS

Have you taken too much

co-codamol again? Hm!

What's wrong?

Do you really want to know about?

SAM SIGHS

Yes.

What if we were to lose all this -

the car, the house, the money?

What are you going on about now?

Everything we have came from Fly.

I had nothing before I started

there. Not even a sodding GCSE.

You worked for it.

Yeah. I saw my f*cking soul.

Are you becoming a Marxist?

Just tell me, who is he?

Does his name have that much power?

No. Er

It's complicated.

Maybe.

If you can't say out loud,

just write it here. Just

Didn't miss much, did I? Christ!

I'm assuming Gareth and

Owen don't have a clue?

Right.

Are we OK?

Well, I don't know, Mum, are we?

I didn't want you to

think any less of me.

Then blow it up.

We've got what we need.

We don't owe anyone nothing.

Justblow it the f*ck up.

GEMMA SNIFFLES

Love you. GEMMA CHUCKLES EMOTIONALLY

What was she thinking

when she gave that money to Sam?

I mean!

Do we need to start thinking about

some kind of assisted-living

facility for her?

HE SCOFFS

Has anyone checked

her will recently?

Oh, let it go!

No, I will not let it go!

Ness, we're young,

we're rich, we're healthy,

and one of us is beautiful.

I was talking about you.

Mm. SHE CHUCKLES

Hm. I'm not really in

the mood for cheese club.

Come on, go and have a drink

and a natter with the girls

and give me a ring

when you need a lift home.

I love you. OK?

I love you, too.

Ness, it's lovely

to see you. Come in.

SHE GASPS

What's this? I

What are you doing?

Look, I was just trying to help.

SHE SHRIEKS

Don't lie!

I told them

that we couldn't trust you.

SHE GASPS FOR BREATH

Gareth!

He's not going to help you!

Please!

That Gareth has caused

so much trouble for us!

Can you just call him?

Just call him!

None of this would've happened

if he'd have just

kept his d*ck in his pants!

SHE GASPS FOR BREATH

Oh! Argh!

Do you know what happens, Sam,

when you mix benzos,

alcohol and drugs?

It depresses the nervous system.

It suppresses breathing!

Oh! Yargh!

It was a mistake, Sam.

A stupid sex game gone wrong.

All I know is Amy didn't

wander off into the night,

Gareth k*lled her!

We have to get those entry records.

We can't let it all come out.

Now, that's why we paid

you to shut up and lie.

That's why we had

to get rid of Maya.

If Maya had gone to the police

with the entry records

that placed Amy in the

building alone with Gaz,

it would've all come out.

SHE HYPERVENTILATES I'm sorry, Sam.

We'll make sure

the kids are provided for.

SHE STRAINS

SHE PANTS

SHE EXHALES

SHE EXHALES

SHE DIALS PHONE

Umpolice, please. Hm!

ErI

I think I've just k*lled someone.

DISTANT SIREN WAILS

OK if we crack on? Mm.

OK, Sam, let's go over it again.

What's on this?

The entry records

from ten years ago.

It proves that Gareth

and Amy were together

..on the night she died.

She went back to Fly that night.

The entry records

were in Maya's house.

OK.

And this drive contains pictures

and video footage of them together?

Yeah.

I hid that in my kitchen.

Gareth told me they'd argued.

He tried to calm her down.

And thena sex game gone wrong.

Idon't know.

Choking during sex,

Gareth's into it.

And who dumped Amy's body

outside the nightclub?

That was Owen.

He's the one who tidies up the mess.

Just like he did with Maya.

He staged it to look like a suicide.

That's why they k*lled her, to stop

her bringing this to the police.

Please clarify for

the tape who "they" are.

Owen, Gareth and Anita.

The family.

RECORDING ENDS

It's been a tough year,

but we've made it.

Our third quarter indicates

a significant recovery,

which I would like to credit

to all of you, the board,

for your consistent support through

what has been a turbulent time.

We have managed to redeem our image

and even tap into our troubles

with a campaign that brings

together prominent female athletes

to speak out against

violence towards women.

And also sell a lot of sports bras.

APPLAUSE

Yeah. Thank you. Thank you.

I'm going to leave you in

the capable hands of Khalil

for two minutes. Excuse me.

All right, gents,

if we open up to page one

of our business strategy

Have you had a think about the job?

I finish in an hour

if you want a chat.

No, I'm off tomorrow. Ibiza.

Ooh. Is that a good idea?

Taking a year out. I'm training

to be a spin instructor.

You did all right in the end.

Got what you wanted - power.

Ah, that's not what If you don't

turn it around for their sake,

for Amy and Maya

Tess? See, Maya thought that

people had the potential to change.

But me?

No, I don't think so.

I think who we are,

that person at our core

..that's who we stay.

I'll be watching you, Sam.

Sam?

Hm!

Now, gentlemen, where were we?