CIAN: To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
(CIAN WINCES)
(CIAN GROANS)
(CHUCKLES)
- Don't tell Nurse. - I won't. I promise.
OK.
CIAN: Goodnight.
(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)
ALLIE: I'm honestly not trying to wind you up, Larry.
- I just don't feel that great. - I don't feel great. Who feels great?!
(SPITS) When did feeling great become a prerequisite
for doing some bloody work, huh? Or maybe I missed that memo!
Jesus, Larry.
You know, the next time someone says they're happy as Larry,
I'm gonna assume they're fucking miserable.
It's got nothing to do with you, Freddy.
Of course it does.
And either you let Allie go home right now or we all go home right now.
(LAUGHS) Yeah, and how's that gonna work? No, please, enlighten me. I'm all ears.
Oi, you lot!
- (MURMURING) - All right, all right!
Just...fucking...
Fine.
(PHONE RINGS)
- Hey. - We're free of it, Freddy.
What?
It worked.
Check the news.
So what now?
Now, my dear old partner in crime,
we're gonna get drunk, sing karaoke then we'll head back to mine
and spend all night just... talking and sucking each other's cocks.
What do you say?
That you are a very strange person.
I've missed you so much.
I'll meet you after work.
I-I love you.
Sorry. You don't have to say it back. It...
It just feels nice to say it.
Well, I, er...
I lo...
Oh, no.
Baba?
Can I help, sir?
Er, I couldn't trouble you for a glass of water, could I? Tap water, please.
Of course.
(TAP RUNS)
There we go, sir.
Thank you.
Mm.
Thank you. Erm...
Sorry. Just, er...
Can I...can I ask your name, please?
Er, my name's Babeni, sir.
Ah.
Where are you from, Baba?
- DRC. - And do you...?
Do you work in the evenings, or just...just the daytimes?
Evenings too, but only in the bathroom.
And, erm...
...do you know this person?
I've seen her.
Have you seen her with, erm, someone else perhaps?
Er, no.
Oh, no, no.
Please, relax, I am not here for you.
Please, don't worry.
Ah, well. Yeah.
Thank you.
Well, have a good day.
God bless, uncle.
God bless you too.
And you can't think of anyone that Freddy brings in regularly?
Someone she's close to?
Freddy comes in here a lot... with a different guy each time.
What do you want me to say?
I just want you to tell me if there's someone particular.
Do I look like Freddy's best friend to you?
(TOILET FLUSHES)
That's twice in six months you lot have had me.
Not selling the stuff on eBay, I hope?
(SCOTTISH ACCENT) I can assure you it is entirely random, ma'am.
- (TAP RUNS) - Oh, Scottish, eh?
(TAP OFF)
Perhaps we should call you the wee man.
The wee man?
No, all right.
Sorry, it's not, erm... No offence.
Jesus, you two!
You're like those kids from The Shining.
Did you get my report?
Except you don't look the same, obviously.
- Susan? - Yes.
But I'm not about to reopen a case
just cos you had a hunch about a cup of green tea.
Ma'am, if we're right about Freddy having a partner, then we need to try and...
You haven't read the forensic report from the Matt Bowers scene, have you?
Have you?
Nah.
The pen that was used to draw the snake eyes on Simon's feet
was found in Matt's car.
It had both their DNA all over it.
You go near her, I'll string you up in a tree myself.
Is that understood?
- Yes? - Yeah.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
Yeah.
- Hey! What's the matter with you? - What's the matter with you?
# Who needs the noise of a party crowd
# Who needs the records turned up loud
# Oh, when two, we two, can have a party all alone?
# Oh, yeah
# Oh, pretty music, a cosy chair
- # Lights down low... # - So...
...truth or dare.
First crush.
You have to answer. That's the rule.
Stop worrying.
OK? I'm sure they're just tying loose ends up. It's over.
Relax.
I've not been home in... probably about five years,
and I was wondering whether maybe...
...you wanted to come with me?
We'd stay at my parents' house.
They're not there, though, so don't worry,
and I can show you where I grew up,
and my old school and all my little kid things.
What do you think?
I would... I would like that.
OK, so...
...your crush, come on.
- (MOANS GENTLY) - Don't worry! It's fine! Tell me!
Ah... OK. OK.
Erm... (CLEARS THROAT) OK, so, er...
...you remember when I told you about Pascal?
No?!
Oh, you get better and better.
- There was nothing sexual involved. - Don't spoil it.
But he was everything to me for a long time.
Did you ever tell him?
- (LAUGHS) No. - Why not?
Well, because he would have literally killed me.
And you?
Who was your first crush?
Maybe I'll introduce you to him.
I had a look at Freddy's GBH record.
The victim was a teacher at her boarding school.
She pushed him down the stairs.
I just want to take a look into it, that's all.
All right. Well, I guess we'd better go in and take a look at this thing.
No, it's all right. I didn't mean right away.
- Please. Gill wants to meet you anyway. - But she's not expecting me.
She's not expecting me! I told her I was pulling an all-nighter.
Ah, it'll be a nice surprise.
Yeah.
Let's do it. Come on.
- Come on! - (WHISPERS) I'd really rather not.
(JACKSON TAPS ON WINDSCREEN)
(LAUGHTER AND CONVERSATION)
- GILL: No...(WHISPERS) - (MAN LAUGHS)
- MAN: Yes. - (GILL LAUGHS)
Hiya!
- MAN: Sh... - (CHAIR CLATTERS)
- MAN: Sorry. - Hi, love.
Erm, I thought you had loads of paperwork to get through.
Yeah, I decided, er, I'd do it in bed, eating a croissant.
- How are you, Thomas? - Oh, very well, thanks, Jackson.
- This case is killing us, though. - Yeah.
I don't doubt it. It sounds awful.
THOMAS: It's a tough one, but, er...
Yeah, no, we'll...we'll get there.
Course you will.
Gill, this is Lola.
Oh.
Jackson's told me so much about you.
Hope he's not making life too difficult.
Yeah. You too. He's, er...
Jackson, I'm feeling pretty tired.
Maybe we could pick this up in the morning.
Where are the kids?
Oh, er, it was just getting a bit late,
so your mum's gonna keep them at her place and drop them back
early tomorrow morning, so...
Well, in that case, why don't we order in a curry?
Huh? Who's hungry?
I'm sorry, I'm just... I'm just not that hungry, you know?
No problem. I understand.
- Jackson? - Yeah?
Good work today.
Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow.
Look, erm, I can probably make this paperwork last two days.
Three days at a push.
And until I've submitted it, we can still keep working on the case - discreetly.
Thank you. I appreciate that.
Yeah, and I promise to sleep outside Freddy's apartment as discreetly as I can.
Lola?
Was that a joke?
Might just get a photo of Freddy and her partner.
(CAR DOOR SHUTS)
(ENGINE REVS)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(MUSIC)
# Something's gotten hold of my heart
# Keeping my soul and my senses apart
# Something's gotten into my life
# Cutting its way through my dreams like a knife
# Turning me up, turning me down
# Making me smile and making me frown
# In a world that was small
# I once lived in a time that was peace
# With no trouble at all
# But then you came my way
# And a feeling unknown shook my heart
# Made me want you to stay
# All of my nights
# And all of my days
♪ Yeah, I gotta tell you now... ♪
(SONG CONTINUES)
What are you doing with me?
No.
Seriously. Why are you with me?
Because the way that you look at me...
...reminds me of the way my mother used to look at me.
And the way that you love me makes me think that God is ready to forgive.
And because I'm fit and that?
Well, actually, yes. That's...that's the main reason.
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)
- Here, why don't I do that? - No, it's OK. I've got it.
(KISSES)
Morning, chaps.
- Morning. - Morning.
GILL: Jackson?
Jackson, I was thinking...
I thought we could go to dinner tonight. Without the kids.
Somewhere nice maybe?
I've got to go.
We'll, er... We'll chat later.
- Dad? - All right. Goodbye. Goodbye.
(DOOR OPENS)
(DOOR CLOSES)
(EXHALES SLEEPILY)
Sure Martin won't mind us borrowing the car?
He said it was fine.
Shit! I forgot my other key. Hang on. Give me a second.
(TAPPING ON GLASS)
I was about to come and get you.
(CLEARS THROAT)
So, that lettering wasn't made with a finger.
It's too big, and Matt didn't have any mud on his hands.
So what did they use?
- Hmm. I don't know. Maybe a stick? - That's what I thought.
Except there was no mention of it in any of the reports, so where is it?
- (PHONE ALERT) - Think about it.
If you're Matt, writing that message,
you don't...you don't throw away the stick. Why would you?
But they might.
And if they did, then it's nearby with mud on one end and DNA.
Yeah, I think that's a really good idea. We should definitely go and have a look.
Perfect! Me too.
Do you mind if we stop for breakfast first? I'm starving.
Stopping for breakfast will never be a problem for me.
No, no, no, no, no, no. I don't care. Shut up! You said you'd be here.
I need a clean sample now, Gav, OK? Now.
No, an hour won't do. May as well be next week.
(PHONE ALERT)
Fuck me! What am I fucking paying you for, man?
- Lola? - Yeah.
You missed a recall text!
- What? - Check your phone.
Er, shit.
- Well, reply, then. - I will yeah.
Now, otherwise it'll go down as a missed test.
- You know how strict they are. - We should go to the forest first...
- There isn't time... - ...because this is a really good lead.
- We should check it out. - No. We'll go later.
Look, for God's sake, if you're not there in the next 18 minutes...
Fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, fine. All right. Shut up.
Why are you avoiding this recall?
I ain't avoiding anything, right? You are.
Why do you have spare sample tubes in the glove box of your car?
And you've been on your phone all morning. There's no way you missed that text.
- Yes, I have. I missed it. - Show me your phone.
No!
Just tell me.
OK.
OK, then.
Three years ago, me and my partner, we arrested this drunk outside a pub.
Put him in the back of the car.
Went crazy.
Started head-butting my partner
and biting him and screaming and...
Vile!
I was driving, so, er...
...I just turned around to help.
And I ran a mini-roundabout, straight into an oncoming car.
Driver was in his 40s. He died instantly.
I'm so sorry.
He had a little girl.
Jessica.
Eight.
(EXHALES)
She held on for three weeks.
I visited her every single day. I went and I...
...sat with her and I read to her.
Day before she died she called me her big sister.
So, anyway...
...I was suspended for three months while the investigation was ongoing.
My back was all fucked because of the...the accident.
I mean, really fucked. I was in so much pain.
So I started taking codeine for the pain.
OK?
You don't miss a test for codeine, though, do you?
(SHRIEKS) I thought I'd got it under control.
OK? 30mls of methadone a day. I'm down from 60.
I think that's pretty good going, don't you?
- You're using heroin on top? - Fuck you!
Yes!
OK. OK, then.
OK.
Sample tube.
Quick, before I change my mind.
It's really stiff.
- Uh, Freddy? - Yeah, one sec, I'm just...
Freddy.
They didn't tell you?
You should call them.
My bed used to be right there, in that corner.
If you like, we can buy some blankets and sleep here tonight.
Are we good?
- Lola? - Shh!
I finally got through to Freddy's parents.
They worked away a lot when Freddy was young,
so they sent her to a boarding school,
where she met this teacher, Cian Fitzgerald.
The one she pushed down the stairs?
Did they say why she pushed him?
Well, they were living abroad at the time, so they weren't exactly forthcoming,
But they did give us a number of a Francine Ford.
She used to look after Freddy during the summer holidays.
Hmm, OK.
Can you get in touch with her, please, see if she can give us a call?
- Uh-huh. - And, erm... Oh!
Dom, can you find out what happened to that teacher as well?
- Yeah. - You're a star.
Lola? Lola.
(SHOUTS) Lola!
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Don't worry so much, big man.
All right?
(BABA CHUCKLES)
Yeah, OK, I went to a nice school. It's not that funny.
If you saw my school, you'd understand why I was laughing.
(MOCKS) Wah-wah-wah!
- Wait here. - Freddy, wait. Freddy!
Oh, sorry...
That's OK.
What's your name?
Lily.
Is it your first day, Lily?
Feeling nervous?
Completely understandable.
But it's all going to be fine.
I promise you.
Do you know why?
There's a flower called the lily of the valley.
Grows in Asia, mainly.
It smells incredibly sweet.
It's really pretty.
But it's also very, very, poisonous.
- (GIGGLES) - (CHUCKLES)
What do you think of that?
(CLICKS TONGUE)
(ECHOING) Lily...
Freddy.
The tour is starting. Come on.
Freddy.
GUIDE: The music lab was renovated last year.
We've got proper recording studios now.
It's pretty amazing, I'm not gonna lie.
Thank you so much for doing this at short notice.
I don't know what went wrong with our booking.
That's OK.
They're always getting me to do parent tours.
You guys are younger than usual, though.
Well, it's never too early to start looking.
The lady on reception said we might be able to speak
to the head teacher. Do you think that will be possible?
Er, yes, it's this way. You'll love Cian. He's so great.
- (DISTANT SINGING) - He treats us with so much respect.
Like we're adults, you know?
(VOCALISES)
# How shall I sing
# That majesty
♪ Which angels do admire? ♪
It's Halloween on Thursday, so the whole school dresses up.
We do a concert and everything. It's really fun.
This is the dress rehearsal.
# Sing, sing ye
# Heavenly
♪ Choir! ♪
- CIAN: Wonderful! - (GIGGLES TIMIDLY)
Wonderful!
I mean, you are essentially an angel walking the earth in human form.
But don't worry, we'll be fine. We'll be fine.
Go. Too good!
Thank you.
Hello.
Welcome to Houndsbury.
I'm Cian Fitzgerald. Hello.
Hi there. Bill.
Bill. Nice to meet you, Bill. Hello.
- Maria. - Maria, thank you for coming.
- Hi. - Hi.
Babeni.
Babeni. Thank you for coming, Babeni.
Hi.
Hello.
Sorry. And you are?
- She has been unwell. - (DOOR CLOSES)
So, excuse us.
Yes, yes, of course.
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
Hey...
Keep going.
- Freddy... - OK.
So, are you going to tell me who that man was?
Oh, that is better.
So, are you comfy?
Clearly, he meant a lot to you, no?
Are you comfy? I'm serious.
Did you know he was going to be there?
- Is that why we went? - You know,
I only ask because you should know that I lost my virginity on this very bench.
You? On the...?
JOHNNY: Fuckin' hell! Yes!
Christ alive.
Freddy, you little beauty!
The prodigal daughter returns.
Man!
I can't believe it!
I thought you were done with us.
Come here.
All right, Johnny?
- How you doing? - Yeah, all right, thanks.
How are you doing?
- Yeah, good. - Good. Great.
Cool.
Oh, erm...
I want you to meet my friend.
How you doing, pal?
Baba.
Huh?
My name's Baba.
Baba!
All right, yeah, yeah. Sound.
By the way, are you nice and comfy on this bench pal, yeah?
(SNIGGERING)
I'm very comfortable. Thank you, Johnny.
Good.
JACKSON: I am telling you, that stick is somewhere.
We just have to keep looking.
LOLA: What's that saying? You can't see the wood for the trees?
JACKSON: Yeah, but don't forget, not finding something
- is as good as finding it. - Uh-huh,
tell that to Susan.
(GROANS)
Thank you, Jackson.
OK.
Out of interest, how did you hide that sample tube?
I mean, they pat you down when you go in, don't they?
Let's just say I secreted it about my person.
(LAUGHS)
Oh, yes. Yes, yes, yes.
I have secreted a lot worse than that, amigo. Don't even go worrying about it.
- Yes. And I got some on my hands. - What?!
(LAUGHS)
It's like we're blood brothers, except for piss.
Yeah, we have invented a whole new fucking thing.
Come on, then, Baba, mate, tell us about the cogs.
What makes you tick, what makes you turn?
What do you do for a living?
I work in a nightclub.
Oh, right. What, the toilet, handing out soap? (LAUGHS)
Oh, shit! I was fucking joking.
Oh, mate. Oh, I'm sorry, mate.
Fuck. Oh, don't laugh.
It's a tough job, that.
It is. I don't know how you do that, mate, dealing with these dickheads all night.
I mean, I couldn't do it, honestly. No way, not for me.
I always give 'em a quid, though.
I do, I do.
Not every time I go for a piss, like,
but if I have a fucking spray or summat, then, yeah, course.
I've got your back, mate.
It's this one you want to look out for.
- Fuck off. - Honestly, he's a right stingy fucker.
He'll have half a pack of chewing gum off you
- and be like that, "Bosh, 20p!" - No, I wouldn't!
Well, I'm...I'm going to the bar.
- Would anyone like anything to drink? - Ah, nah, mate.
- I'm all right, thank you. - Oh, no. It's fine. It's fine.
Nah, honestly, mate. Honestly, it wouldn't feel right.
Freddy?
I'll come join you in a sec.
JOHNNY: Cheers, Baba.
He seems nice.
You want to watch yourself, Johnny.
- Why's that? - Just stop being a prick, yeah?
Fuckin' hell.
OK, I think we should do a grid.
Jackson.
Or not.
I mean, seriously, what are we doing?
We're just trying to...
No, I'll tell you what's going on here, OK?
There's a pair of serial killers on the loose,
and we're walking round a forest looking for a fucking stick!
(THUD ON GLASS)
JOHNNY: Hey up, here he is.
- BABA: Come on. - JOHNNY: Go on, son.
BABA: Let's go.
(CHEERING)
You know, you've got to respect a man who drinks rosé.
I genuinely don't think I've ever seen that before.
Just leave him alone.
What? I'm just saying...
- Keep the shape. Let's play. - Oh, yeah.
Mine. To me.
Hey!
Oh, it's over there, bobble.
You've been bobbled, mate.
You ready to go?
Yeah, let's do it.
Oh, you can't go yet!
I've hardly had a chance to speak to this guy, have I? Hey, come here.
Hey up.
Ooh, he's a nippy little fucker, ain't he, eh?
Listen, do you know what you've got yourself in for
- with this one? - Let's go.
Lovely to see you, Johnny.
I've got a cracking story for you, mate. You're gonna love it.
Please don't.
- So, there's this teacher, right? - Shut up!
Yeah? Shut the fuck up!
- Let me tell him, yeah? - Hey, it's more fun when I tell it.
Oi!
Baba? Hey, Baba. Go to the car. Now.
- JOHNNY: Fucking twat. - FREDDY: Now.
This is the only pub for miles.
So, whoever dropped that pint glass must have got it from here.
Hi. Can I help?
I'm DI Mendy. This is DS Lola Franks.
Sure. Any news?
Excuse me?
Well, I'm assuming you've come about Darren, no?
Went missing about a week ago.
Left this place half pissed, walked home through the forest
- and hasn't been seen since. - Who's Darren?
Look, I still don't think it would be a bad idea
to let Susan know what we've found...
Pfff! No, no, no, no, no.
She would kill us!
- Hmm? - (CHUCKLES)
The lab report on the pint glass will be back tomorrow.
We'll just, you know, take it from there,
when we've got something concrete. Yeah?
- Yeah. - Hmm.
I meant what I said in the forest.
You could have lost your job today.
You know what, Lola?
I don't need you to keep thanking me.
What I do need is for you...
Don't do this.
You need help.
Mm-hm.
You...you've got a disease.
My best friend died of cancer when she was 32.
That's a disease.
I could stop this tomorrow if I wanted to.
Well, why don't you, then?
Why not get help? Why not get better?
- Why not do everything you can to...? - Because I killed a little girl.
A beautiful little girl.
And I don't wanna feel OK about that.
And I shouldn't be allowed to feel OK about that.
Do you understand me?
Makes me so sad to hear you speak like that.
- Does it? Makes you sad? - Yeah.
- I'm sorry it makes you sad. - Oh, come on.
Because I know how much you like to walk around
on cloud fucking nine the whole time, right?
And nobody's that fucking happy.
Nobody. Certainly not you.
What do you mean by that?
- Ask Gill. - Excuse me?
(SIGHS) Fuck.
I'm...I'm drunk and I'm gonna go home, OK?
No, no. Hey, Lola, just...
Hey, Lola?
Hey, Lola, just say it! Say it!
- Fine. Last night? - Yes.
Thomas and Gill? It's obvious.
Yes, I know.
What?
Gill and I have been married a long time.
OK? And it's so hard, Lola,
not to get into a pattern of conflict
and...she lashes out, I withdraw,
and then it's just back and forth.
Look, if this is what Gill needs to do to break us out of that,
then it's my job to find a way of responding
and resolving and forgiving.
That's the biggest pile of shit I have ever heard.
- Why? - Because I've seen inside your garage.
Oh, come on.
And you can't ignore anger like that, Jackson, you just... (SIGHS)
It's a warning sign, man.
You've got to do something about it because...
- I am doing something about it. - ...you're not as fine
as you think you are.
I am doing something about it.
I'm waiting for her to tell me.
That's not doing something about it. That's not doing something about it.
It's the opposite. Are you fucking stupid?
I believe it's important that she tells me.
Fine.
Well, I'm gonna get in a cab and go home now.
Maybe you could get back by not getting in a cab -
see how far that gets you, sunshine.
(PHONE RINGS)
Lola Franks.
Er... My name's Francine Ford.
I was asked to give you a call.
Yeah, that's right.
I understand that you used to look after Lily Jenkins in the school holidays.
Yes,
she was my daughter's dorm mate at Houndsbury.
They were best friends.
Oh, OK.
Well, I'm probably gonna need to speak to your daughter, too, then.
I'm sorry?
(ENUNCIATED) If you have her number,
I'd like to speak to her, too, if possible.
My daughter died
a long time ago.
I assumed that's why you were calling.
Erm.. No, I'm sorry.
Why would you assume that?
Well, because Lily Jenkins was the last person
to see my daughter alive.
FRANCINE: Lily and Frederica were best friends.
They were joined at the hip.
Lily spent two summers with you.
You must have got to know her quite well.
Well, she was very quiet, withdrawn.
She still wet the bed at 11 years old.
But when she was with Frederica, she...really came alive.
The incident at the school, do you think it was an accident?
I can believe that she believes it.
Maybe that makes it true.
I guess that's your job, isn't it?
I certainly know it troubled her for a long time.
She sent me letters from the detention centre.
Do you still have them?
Oh, I don't know. I...
I'd have to have a rummage.
I'd appreciate that, thank you.
One day, she stopped writing and wouldn't let me visit any more.
Do you mind if, er...?
Do you mind if I ask you a personal question?
How do you keep going?
I mean, how...how do you do that?
I once told my therapist that I had an interest in orchids,
so he gave me this little project.
I had to grow as many as I could...
...and give them out to anyone who wanted one.
It got me out into the world, chatting to people.
I felt useful.
Would you like one?
This might sound very cheeky, but...
...do you mind if I have two?
GIRLS: # Down by the banks of the Hanky Panky
# Where the bullfrogs leap from bank to banky
♪ With a hip, hop, hippity-hop Leap off a lily pad and go kerplop! ♪
FREDDY: I had this friend at school...
♪ Down in the jungle where nobody goes... ♪
She was my best friend.
♪ With a hip, hop... ♪
I took her name the day she died.
Me and Frederica went into the woods one day.
We got lost.
Spent the night in the cold.
And when I woke up, she...
...she wasn't there.
They pulled her body out of the river a week later.
What does the teacher have to do with it?
Everyone thinks that Frederica fell in the river...
...and I'm the only one who knows she jumped.
You saw her?
I saw it in her eyes
when she told me what Cian was doing to her.
A few days later... he saw me in the corridor.
I didn't want to talk to him, so I ran away,
but he chased me and grabbed me.
I turned around to push him away and...
...he fell down the stairs.
He told everyone I did it on purpose and...got two kids to lie for him.
I spent the next five years locked up.
So...
What do you want to do?
The fingerprints on the pint glass have been confirmed as Darren Cork's.
They flagged up a match
to an unidentified hit-and-run victim in Suffolk.
I want to bring him to this place.
And I want to look him in the eye and tell him what he is...
...what he did to her...
...and me.