Jingle Bell Heist (2025) Movie Script
1
[curious music playing]
[light switches echo]
[both] You don't have to do this.
There's no point
in both of us risking everything.
I'm the one with the record.
And I'm the one that can crack the safe.
We're partners.
Ready?
Come on.
Sophia!
[suspenseful music swells]
Sophia.
Sophia!
[dramatic instrumental music playing]
[air hissing]
[violin playing]
-[entry bell jingles]
-Hey!
Hey! Can't busk here.
Sir, could you not just let us
finish the piece?
[man] No! Pack it up
and go do it down the street.
No one wants this here.
-Ta, sir!
-[man] Hmm.
[determined music playing]
-[man] Watch it.
-[Sophia] Sorry.
Hey.
-Merry Christmas.
-[buskers] Merry Christmas.
Hi there. Um, I'm just calling
about the two-bedroom flat.
I was wondering how much it is.
Uh, thought it'd be less.
No problem. Thank you very much. Bye.
[jazzy holiday music playing]
Morning, Lilly.
Hi, love.
-I'll see you out there.
-See ya.
Running late, Sophia?
-Hey, Ali.
-[exhales]
All-nighter?
Yeah. I need the holidays to end.
Here.
A little pick-me-up.
[laughs] Thanks, Soph.
[Sophia] I thought
I might find you here, Eddie.
I was just waiting
for you to arrive, Sophia. [chuckles]
-[Sophia] Leo! Doing okay?
-Great time for me.
-Okay, good.
-See ya in a bit.
[man] Yes, that's it.
Keep shopping.0
Keep spending.
That's the true meaning of Christmas.
Hmm.
-[kids shout] Mooshy Fox!
-Merry Christmas.
[kids] Mooshy Fox!
[girl whimpers]
[vomits]
[woman] Oh God!
[man 1] Oh, dear me!
Um...
Oh, Sophia, Sophia! Look, we're
short-staffed today. Can you...
[clears throat] Mm.
[man 2] She's not well!
[girl] Get me to Santa!
[man 2] Wait our turn!
[child] I want a Mooshy Fox!
[man 3] Yes, I heard you.
It says 100% cashmere,
but it's clearly a blend.
[sales clerk] If it says 100%,
then I'm sure it's 100%.
[woman] Is it Moroccan, Mongolian,
Shetland, or what?
[sales clerk] I'm sorry,
is there a difference?
[woman] If you don't know the difference,
then you really shouldn't be working here.
[sales clerk] I'm sorry,
but the item's final sale.
Unbelievable.
Uh, excuse me.
-Come on, darling.
-[dog whimpers]
This place gets worse every day.
-[dog barks]
-It's the people getting worse.
Or were they always terrible?
[Sophia chuckles]
Lilly, the cart's leaving soon
if you still want some gingerbread.
Oh, you angel.
I'm addicted.
I legitimately might have a problem.
If anyone asks, I'm in the loo.
-Eddie!
-Oh, hey, Soph.
Oh man, that's looking good.
-Lilly's gonna love that.
-Enough to go out with me?
You know, if you want to get her
a little something to sweeten the deal,
she's headed to the cart now.
-Yeah?
-Mm-hmm.
[stealthy music playing]
-Oh, uh, got a lost and found deposit.
-Oh, yeah.
You know, this one
might need to go to the back.
-Those real?
-Yeah.
Oh, the things people lose.
Doesn't even have a number on it.
It just says "Wanda."
I'll log it for you as long as you promise
to bring me back a gingerbread.
Deal. [chuckles]
-Door'll lock behind you.
-Okay.
-[Eddie] You're the best, Soph!
-You're the best.
[door closes]
[man 1] You're not security.
What are you doing down there?
[stealthy music continues]
What the...
-[keys jangling]
-[door opens]
[keyboard clacking]
[man 2] Hey!
What's taking so long?
All sorted.
You didn't do anything.
Well, it was on silent.
-You mean it's working?
-No, you're gonna need a whole new phone.
It's fixed, sir. We guarantee it.
[scoffs]
Joke.
-[door opens]
-[entry bell jingles]
[door closes]
[stealthy music continues]
Oh, Nick. How many times have I told you
not to use your personal computer?
Sorry.
Sophia, where have you been?
It's been chaos.
-Oh, uh there was a dog collar...
-I don't care.
Mr. Sterling's gonna do his walk-through,
and a kid threw up in the grotto.
I already cleaned that up.
No. Another kid threw up.
-Get to work.
-Get to work.
[jazzy holiday music playing]
[music ends]
[woman over PA]
Dr. Valentino, the OR please.
-[whispers] Sorry.
-[woman] Oh.
Didn't mean to wake you.
No, no, no. Come here, baby.
[woman] Mm. Hmm.
-Oh, I love that picture.
-[Sophia] It arrived in a box today.
Why are you sending stuff here?
We'll be done with this
and home to Philly soon.
[woman] London was my home first.
I like it here.
-I might stay for a while.
-"While" being the keyword.
-How are you holding up?
-I think that's my line.
Just worry about you is all.
Hate you're putting your life on hold
'cause of me.
-Yeah, that's really rude of you.
-[woman chuckles]
I just...
Oh, I just want you to do
your twenties right, you know? I was...
I was out partying and falling in love.
Making a baby.
[woman] Mm.
Exactly. When was the last time
you had unprotected sex?
-Mom.
-[chuckles]
[sighs] Can you put something
with housewives on?
-Yeah.
-[inhales deeply]
Just gonna shut me eyes for a little bit.
-You wanna fall asleep to drunk screaming?
-Mm.
Yeah. Soothes me.
-[woman 1] I'm not a liar.
-[woman 2] I don't want to talk to you.
-[TV show continues indistinctly]
-[Mom sighs]
[key clicks in lock]
-[door opens]
-[keys jangling]
[door closes]
[footsteps approach]
-You all right, Nick? [clears throat]
-Yeah.
[man] You wanna hang?
[Nick] I'm just doing some work.
[man] Hope it's not another one of those
after-hour jobs.
Last time you did that,
you got arrested, didn't ya?
Appreciate that, buddy.
No, no, it's just normal work.
Look, mate.
I let you stay here
to get back on your feet,
so look, if it's another job,
I can't let you sublet.
-It's not.
-But also, if it's another job, then...
[blows]
"I need help. Ralph, help me."
-Okay. Uh...
-Partners.
I'm just, you know, fixing computers,
Ralph. It's nothing exciting. Yeah.
[sighs] All right.
Look, just be straight with me, Nick.
Yeah?
Are you cutting me out
'cause I told you my cousin works at MI6?
'Cause I'm not even sure that's true.
He may just own a tux.
There is nothing to be cut out from, okay?
All right.
Fortnite in 20, yeah?
[door opens]
[rock music playing faintly]
[music swells, then fades]
[woman] Okay, but, like, which one says,
"I don't want to be
just friends, Janelle."
-Which one, babes?
-Top one, for sure.
Maybe I was closer
with the Gucci slippers.
Happy Holidays. [sighs]
Hi. Looking for anything in particular?
Yes, I am.
Wouldn't happen to have anything
a little higher end than these?
Well, everything on this side of the case
is gonna be pure gold.
Mm-hmm. What about diamonds?
Ah. That'll be in this case
right over there.
Holiday gift for someone special?
I want her to know I'm serious.
-Yeah, well, diamonds will do it.
-Mm-hmm.
-Long relationship?
-Pretty new, actually.
Oh, okay. He acts fast.
-Like any of these necklaces?
-I was thinking more of a collar.
Preferably for a small dog.
Wouldn't happen to know
where I could find one, would you?
I'm sorry, we don't sell dog collars here.
Sure you don't have one?
Yeah? Not even in the back?
No.
Yeah?
Well, maybe that'll help you find it.
[stealthy music playing]
Mr. Sterling, the camera
in the merchandise security locker
is broken.
-I'll call someone to fix it.
-[Sterling] Don't bother. I'll handle it.
The last guy did such a dreadful job.
I want to oversee it personally.
Why are you talking about it here?
In the middle of the shop floor.
I have an office, you know. Idiot.
[stealthy music continues]
Shit.
[stealthy music continues]
[music fades]
What do you want from me?
You're late.
Why do you have a video
of the Sterling security locker?
-Why are you stealing from it?
-I asked you first.
I deleted all the footage of you
from the store's hard drive.
Why would you do that?
Because... I want you to go back in.
For a lot more than a few hundred quid.
I want all the merchandise in there.
Yeah, no, I'm not doing that.
Ow.
Then I'll just have to make sure
Sterling himself receives all the footage.
You're talking grand larceny. No way.
[stealthy music playing]
I'm sorry! I know I'm late.
-I'm sorry.
-We're clearly drowning here.
-Where is everyone?
-[woman] That posh new club down the road.
Drinks are half price this week.
Oh, traitors.
-Not you, Bill.
-Cheers.
-Half a stout?
-[Sophia] Yeah.
-[woman] So how's your day been so far?
-Uh...
Cleaned vomit
out of Santa's workshop... twice.
You know, the usual.
How's your mom doing?
Uh, I didn't make it today.
Worked two shifts, but she's better.
I think. I hope.
I don't know what I'm gonna do
if she's not.
I'm sorry, love.
Don't forget to make some time for you
in all this.
-[softly] Can we have a chat?
-Uh, yeah.
[doctor] I'd like to refer her
to an HSCT specialist
for a stem cell transplantation that's had
a lot of success in similar cases.
Okay, yeah, let's... let's do that.
The wait list for an NHS specialist is...
is too long for your mom to wait.
Which means you'll need to go private
and bear the cost of care.
[scoffs]
I'm sorry, I...
I don't know if I understand.
We literally moved back here
for the free health care.
I'm still paying medical bills
from the States.
Our rent is so expensive.
I'm sorry. I thought that
you would just tell me
she was getting better.
I'm very sorry.
I do recommend that you call
and get started as soon as you can.
[softly] Okay.
[footsteps depart]
-[somber music playing]
-[monitor beeps]
-[music fades]
-[entry bell jingles]
I want half, but you have to figure out
how to get security out of the room.
-It was 20 quid in there.
-Finder's fee.
[Nick] No, no deal.
In case you forgot, I've still got you
on camera, Butch Cassidy.
You know, something tells me Sterling's
not gonna care about a few hundred quid
when he finds out
that Nick O'Connor's back for round two.
Sh!
A brazen thief
who stole millions from Sterling.
You installed the security system
at Sterlings and then robbed the place.
-I've got a bit of a reputation.
-A dumb one.
How dumb do you have to be
to steal petty cash in front of a camera?
-I stole your wallet easily.
-Fun party trick.
[Sophia] I am your inside man.
You need me.
Or I could just send Sterling here.
We've got to act fast. That camera is
gonna be replaced. Then we'll get nothing.
-We?
-It seems that way, yes.
I can get us into the locker.
You have to figure out
how to get security out of there. Deal?
Deal.
[children chanting]
Mooshy Fox! Mooshy Fox!
Mooshy Fox! Mooshy Fox!
[Nick] There's one toy
kids are obsessed with this year,
the Mooshy Fox.
Tell people you've sold out,
and I'll create a distraction.
I'm gonna get you what you need
-Then I'm gonna box it up
-Mm, yeah
Undearneath the Christmas tree
You look ridiculous.
Do I seriously need to explain to you
why there is a court order
preventing me being in this store?
And you really think
dressing as the Invisible Man
is gonna make you invisible?
-Stay focused, please.
-Fine!
-You really think this toy is the one?
-Don't trust me?
No, not even a little bit.
-Ready?
-Yeah.
You are seriously telling me
that you don't have any more Mooshy Foxes.
No, this is absurd.
Wait, I'm sorry.
Are you saying that you're out?
Did someone check the back?
Please, please. We have plenty
of Mooshy Foxes in stock.
They're right over... there.
-Right. I could've...
-Now hold on. Where'd you get this one?
Hey!
-Get off of me!
-No.
Oh!
Hey! Watch what you're doing!
You just pushed me.
I'm recovering from a bowling injury.
You should calm down.
-[man 1] Calm down.
-How dare you!
[store clerk] Sophia!
[man 2] Somebody help! Call security!
I'll go get Eddie.
[store clerk] Leo! Um, Leo!
[man 3] Hey! I got that! Come here!
[tense instrumental music playing]
-[man shouts indistinctly]
-[people gasp]
-[line ringing]
-[phone rings]
Hey, how's it going?
Almost there.
Eddie, we got a situation
out on the floor.
[grunts]
[objects clatter]
[sighs]
-Well, come on, how's it going?
-Doing great.
How's the chaos going?
[indistinct yelling]
A guy's just knocked over a reindeer.
The camera's still offline. Go!
[keys jangle]
[gasps]
[music swells]
[music ends abruptly]
What the fu...
[thunder crashing]
[Sophia] That doesn't make sense.
[Sophia sighs]
All that stuff doesn't just disappear.
Well, it does if someone takes it.
How many people do you think
are trying to rob this guy?
[Nick] Probably loads.
He might put on a nice face for
the public, but the man's a... asshole.
Won't argue with you there.
[bell dings]
Last orders!
-You want another?
-No, I'm all right.
[inhales deeply]
Uh, I could... stick
around until you close.
Walk you back to the Tube.
No, thanks.
Commute's just right over there.
Oh. That's convenient.
Truce.
[chuckling] Okay.
Truce.
See you around, Sophia.
["(Please Don't Leave On) Christmas Eve"
playing faintly]
[store clerk] Okay, doors open
in ten minutes.
No, no, no, no, no.
This sign needs to be higher.
Sophia, can you do that any slower?
We open in ten minutes.
Oh dear. You two just carry on
prepping your station.
Hi. How can I help you?
-I'm here to see Mr. Sterling.
-[woman] Right.
-Sorry, is he expecting you?
-Yeah, Detective Jones.
-What's going on over there?
-You didn't hear?
There was a robbery in the storage locker.
Oh my!
[sales clerk] Thousands of pounds
of merchandise gone. Bank deposits too.
I wonder if they hit
Sterling's personal safe.
His assistant told me he keeps 500 grand
stored in a safe in his office.
Ugh. It's how he pays for his private
hotel visits, if you know what I mean.
Detective.
[sales clerk] Ooh. Speaking of affairs,
I heard Frankie from kitchenware
is sleeping with one of Santa's elves.
Not the one with the septum piercing,
the other one.
Bet they're heading for Eddie.
Heard he was on shift when it happened.
Prime suspect.
That doesn't make any sense.
-What's her problem?
-Her and Eddie went out last night.
They did?
[suspicious music playing]
No one tells me anything.
Come on, guys. You know this wasn't me.
You don't really think I did this.
The drives were wiped.
The locker was empty.
Some high-level stuff.
It must've been professionals. Wasn't me.
I'd never do that.
You guys have known me for years.
-Come on, let me just go speak to them.
-No, no. Sorry.
Cheers.
[Ali] Something's wrong, man. I feel it.
-[pounding on door]
-[Sophia] Nick, open up!
Fifty-fifty my ass!
-Hi...
-Oh, he's, um...
I don't know how, but I know it was you.
They're saying the drives got wiped,
and the guy who got fired
can't pull that off.
I don't know what the hell
you're talking about.
[Sophia] And I only know
one person who could,
so my prime suspect
is the guy who already tried to rob him.
Who is this? Your accomplice?
-What?
-Bro, I told you to cut me in.
[Sophia] I can't believe I trusted you!
Why did you send me back there?
Did you want to pin all of this on me?
-Dude.
-No, no, no...
Hey, I didn't do this.
Nick?
Daddy?
-Come on, sweetheart. Daddy's busy.
-Brianna, wait!
Wait! Come inside, sweetie. Come on.
We're gonna sit next to Uncle Ralph, okay?
And then Mommy and I are gonna talk
for just a minute. Yeah?
Okay?
Mm! [chuckles]
[door closes]
You know Fortnite?
I'll teach you.
Every time I start to trust you...
-It's not what it looks...
-It never is!
So just tell me what it is.
What haven't you stolen this time?
Go on. Tell me the truth for once.
-It's time I stopped giving you chances.
-Just a bit longer.
[Brianna] It's been months, Nick!
Months of waiting for you to sort
your life and be there for your daughter.
-That's not fair.
-[Brianna sighs]
-I need a co-parent, Nick.
-I'm here.
Living with your schoolmate
in a shitty boy cave.
I like your shitty boy cave.
It's more of a man cave.
I'll get my own flat.
I will get on top of childcare.
Just give me more time, please.
We're going to Birmingham.
Maddie's life is here.
Your life is here.
-Your job.
-[Brianna] I can work remotely.
I've already asked them.
Bri, please. You're not just moving
a few hundred miles.
-You are moving me out of Maddie's life.
-Don't put this on me.
You moved yourself out
the day you decided on a life of crime.
That's not... Just... [sighs]
[Brianna] It's time
I stopped believing you.
-We both know it.
-[Nick] Bri, look! You'll see.
I'll get my own flat.
Just give me more time, please.
I'm begging you.
[sighs]
My tenancy's up on the first.
[door opens]
Come on, sweetheart. We're gonna go.
[Maddie] I thought
I was staying with Daddy.
-[Brianna] I've changed my mind. Let's go.
-Hey, kiddo. Can I have a hug? Yeah?
[Maddie] Bye, Daddy.
Come, Maddie.
[Nick grunts, sighs]
Okay, you should probably just go.
Look, I'm sorry,
but a decent man just got fired,
and cops are still swirling around and...
I know you said that you didn't do this,
but nothing is adding up.
Want to know why? Because everything
Maxwell Sterling touches is a death trap.
The man is an asshole and a crook
who doesn't like to pay.
He didn't pay me.
[inhales deeply] Can't believe
you thought I'd cut you out.
You know, I heard that Sterling has about
500,000 pounds of cash up in his office.
When I was installing the security system,
that was the only area
in the entire building
that Sterling wouldn't let me
have access to.
["Cold Outside (Coming In Hot)" plays]
It's cold outside
But we coming in hot...
[sneezes]
Cold outside but we coming in hot...
-Oh, Ali! Delivery for Mr. Sterling.
-Just leave it here. We'll take it up.
Oh, no, no. I got it.
-You sure?
-Yeah! Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-Thanks for the coffee, yeah?
-Any time.
["Cold Outside (Coming In Hot)" continues]
[sneezes]
[sneezes]
[woman] Yes, Mr. Sterling.
Yes, I've confirmed for today.
[sneezes]
See you soon.
Oh, excuse me. May I help you?
Oh, uh, just a delivery for Mr. Sterling.
It was downstairs.
I'll pop it in his office.
-You can leave those here, love.
-It's no problem. I'm happy to do it.
-Well, no.
-[sneezes]
Mr. Sterling is, uh, particular
about deliveries.
Okay.
-[sneezes]
-[both gasp]
Oh, I'm so sorry! Oh no.
Oh my God. Let me help you with that.
Oh, wow. Uh, I'll go get some towels.
That's a really good idea.
[stealthy music playing]
[sighs]
[sighs]
[suspicious music playing]
[stealthy music continues]
[music tempo slows]
[indistinct chattering in the distance]
Oh!
[woman] Fairly certain I mastered that
when you invited your Pilates instructor
to my birthday party.
And your 30-year-old tennis pro
is there for what, the cheese puffs?
These relationships are what
keep the doors open, Cynthia.
We are an established family business.
Is that what we are? A family business?
[Mr. Sterling] Yes, unless you divorce me,
which you won't,
because then who would fund
your shoe addiction?
-Jesus Christ, what's happened here?
-[music ends]
I think your palace is crumbling.
[hurried footsteps]
Oh, Mr. Sterling!
Lulu!
Get this cleaned up before Carter arrives!
[Lulu] I am so sorry,
sir. I'm... I'm on it.
This supplier's
been working with us since...
[door slams]
-[Lulu yelps]
-[Sophia pants]
[sniffs, sneezes]
[sighs]
Yeah... I'm so sorry.
Um, if you put a little bit more water
in this vase, I'll help you clean up.
[sneezes]
I'll take care of it.
Right. Um, I'm just gonna go.
[Sophia sneezes] Ooh.
If you were so allergic,
we should've gone with my idea.
A fruit basket?
The point is that I'm allergic.
That was the whole idea.
What did you find in Sterling's office?
There's a secret door,
probably where the safe is.
Sterling's 500,000 has to be in there.
There was a keypad that said "Castorlock."
Castorlock.
[exhales]
Their safes are like bank vaults.
So what? You want to back out now?
No.
-Do you?
-Nope.
Then it's settled.
-Good.
-Good.
You have a knack
for, uh, spotting secret doors.
You may have technical skills,
but I have practical ones.
Okay.
My grandfather was a magician.
[scoffs]
[chuckles]
A magician?
He worked as a magician in the States.
My mom and I lived with him.
He taught me everything I know.
He was the best. Like a father to me.
Mm.
Okay.
So I can get us into the store,
and you figure out a way
so they can't see us, right?
Yeah. I installed the system,
so I can get into it.
Great. We just avoid the security guards,
and then boom, done, cash.
[Nick] No, not done.
We still need to figure out
which Castorlock safe we're dealing with
before we can even start
to talk about how to get into it.
Okay. [sighs]
Sounds like we need
to get to know Castorlock then.
[stealthy music playing]
[Sophia] I did some digging.
Castorlock only works
with high-profile clientele.
So if I seem rich enough,
maybe they'll tell me
what we need to know.
[Southern US accent] Hi. [chuckles]
I have an appointment with Diane.
I'm Chantal.
[door buzzes]
Hi. Here for Diane. I'm Chantal.
Can I take your coat, your big hat?
Thank you.
-Chantal.
-[music ends]
Diane Barton.
Dynamite hat.
-So great to meet you.
-What are we in the market for?
-You said it was urgent.
-Yes.
Okay, so my boyfriend...
Ooh. [chuckles]
I mean, fianc.
God, I'm still not used
to saying that. [chuckles]
Anyway, he proposed last week on a yacht
off the Amalfi Coast. Can you believe it?
I'm not much for boats.
Get me a bit funky in my tummy.
Right.
Anyway, uh, he's British,
and I'm having to move over
a ton of valuables from the States.
You know, like clothes and jewelry
and an old crate full of prize muskets
a dead uncle left me.
Right. Of course.
Yeah.
Basically, a ton of stuff
that needs to be locked up,
and, well, Cynthia Sterling
said that you were the best.
-You know the Sterlings?
-Oh yeah. [chuckles] Old family friends.
You know, Cynthia said that you did
a gorgeous safe for her husband's office.
Really high-end work.
Honestly, I think whatever
you did for them would work for me.
[Nick] So she just gave you everything?
[Sophia] Oh, yeah.
Models, makes, finishings.
[Diane] Let me just
pull up that order here.
[stealthy music playing]
[Sophia] The bookcase in Sterling's office
is actually a door.
Sterling gets the code to unlock it
through an app on his phone,
and the app generates
a new six-digit number every 60 seconds.
There's also a second way
he can get the code.
He has a backup key fob
that he keeps at home,
and the fob receives the same codes
as the app.
Behind the door is the safe itself.
A vault sec three.
Castorlock's gold standard.
[music swells]
And I can crack it.
[scoffs]
Bullshit.
Grandfather magician also a locksmith.
-Was he also a trapeze artist?
-Okay.
[Nick inhales deeply]
All right. What's your plan?
I'm listening.
The first thing we gotta figure out
is how to get his phone.
Well, we still won't be able to unlock it.
No, but she did say that there's a key fob
Sterling keeps at home
that also gets the codes.
Okay. So we just... [scoffs]
...break into Sterling's penthouse,
search for a tiny little key fob
that he supposedly stores there,
and then escape undetected.
Yes.
Right.
His wife.
-Whose wife?
-Sterling's.
Cynthia Sterling, who has been known
to bring home a young man on occasion.
-No. No. No way.
-You don't really have to do anything.
Just get an invite up to the penthouse,
get the fob, and then leave.
Look, I've got a better idea.
The code for his phone or the fob
will come straight
from Castorlock servers.
I can tap into that server
and get it to send me
Sterling's access code in real time.
You can do that?
Y... I think so.
But we will need
to get inside the building.
[Maddie] Daddy!
[Nick] Yes, sweetheart.
Daddy, come skate with me.
[Nick] Okay, I'm coming. I'm coming now.
["Who's Up There (Christmastime) playing]
[Maddie giggling]
Look at you!
So what do you want to be
when you grow up?
-An ice skater and a comedian.
-[Nick] An ice skater.
And a comedian.
-Yes!
-You'd be an amazing comedian.
[Maddie giggles]
To all the girls and boys
Christmastime is...
[both laughing]
Yes, your Christmastime
Is what you make of it...
-[Nick] Here. Go. Yeah.
-[song ends]
Come on.
-It's all right. I can do it.
-No, it's just back on.
[Brianna sighs]
You know, if you stayed,
I could do this all the time.
I'm not doing this with you. She doesn't
even have a place to sleep at your flat.
I... I am working on it.
[Brianna] Come on, sweetheart.
You've had enough screen time.
-I'll put it in the bag. Time to say bye.
-Can I have a hug?
-Oh, I love you.
-[Brianna sighs]
-[Maddie] Bye, Daddy.
-Bye-bye. See you soon.
[Brianna] Bye, Nick.
[Brianna and Nick sigh]
[keyboard clacking]
[video games chimes]
-Hey, so you're not gonna date this girl?
-No. No, no.
Yeah, but you don't want me to join?
It's... it's... it's a Santa event, mate.
You know, we've got the outfits already.
Yeah. All right, fine.
I'm a bit weirded out by large groups
of people dressed alike anyway.
You know, once,
I stumbled into this Shrek event.
Hundreds of painted
green people everywhere.
Not one Donkey either.
Just Shreks.
Sophia! Ready?
[Sophia] Just a minute.
[softly] Let's go.
Yeah.
[door opens]
Okay!
-What are you doing?
-It fell. So I was putting it back in.
What the hell, Nick?
I'm gonna guess that's about your mom.
-[paper rustling]
-Sophia, look.
There are a lot less risky ways
to solve your financial situation.
You ever been
to a mass gathering of Shreks?
We should get going... partner.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. "Partner"?
No, no.
It's... it's... it's...
it's an American thing, you know. Um...
[US Western accent] "Howdy, partner!"
-Ah.
-All right, catch you in a bit.
"Howdy, partner."
[festive music playing]
[Sophia] This is
the Castorlock Christmas party?
-[Nick] Yeah. Try to blend in.
-[Sophia] Whatever you say, Santa.
["'Tis the Season to Be Me" playing]
It's my season
It's my season...
[Nick] That circuit box
isn't gonna be in here.
Look for a room in the back.
'Tis the season to be me...
[Sophia] Wait.
What about back there?
Behind the security guard.
[Nick] Yeah, that's where we're going.
Jesus, look at the size of him!
I'm in a holiday kind of mood...
[Sophia] Let's wait here
and see what he does.
Holiday kind of mood
Mood, mood
Holiday kind of mood
It's my season...
I shouldn't have gone through your things.
I'm sorry about your mom.
It's my season
[song fades]
What are you gonna do with the money?
What's left after you help her.
Everything I want is for her.
[soft music playing]
She's been through a lot.
Pregnant at 21.
Got fired because of it.
-Jesus.
-Uh-huh.
She grew up here
but couldn't make it work.
So she moved us to Philly
to live with my grandpa.
She sacrificed everything for me.
I just want her to get better.
I want to bring her home so she can have
a meal with the people she loves.
Without the fear that the next day
it's all gonna fall apart.
You're lucky to have each other.
I'm feeling like I should've said
a trip to Tahiti or something.
No. It's rainy this time of year anyway.
[emotional instrumental music playing]
[stealthy music playing]
[Sophia] Now's our shot.
[Nick grunts]
I hate Santa Fest.
-[Nick] He's gone.
-He's gone? Okay.
-[Nick] Yeah.
-Great.
-[Nick] Good.
-Yep.
Hold this.
[Sophia grunts]
[lock clicks]
[stealthy music continues]
[Sophia grunting]
[Nick] Oh my God.
[Sophia] What?
[Nick] Nothing, it's... it's just a lot.
-You're gonna have to pull this down.
-[Sophia] Okay.
[Nick] That shuts down the power.
And I'll get the codes.
[Sophia] Got it. Okay.
[Nick] Cut the power in three, two, one.
[powers down]
[crowd, disappointed] Oh!
[Nick] It's not working.
-[Sophia] Are you sure?
-Castorlock service is still online.
-I can't get in.
-[Sophia] Try again!
[Nick] I don't understand.
The firewall is still up.
I don't know what happened.
[people chattering and laughing]
[Nick] Look at it. All lit up, protected.
It must be on a different grid.
[Nick sighs]
I'm sorry, I just...
I... I couldn't get into the server.
-There's gotta be another way, right?
-I don't think so.
It's too dangerous. Let's just call it.
Call it?
You've done this before.
You can figure it out.
[sighs]
I never broke into Sterlings.
What?
Yeah.
Never actually robbed the place.
Sterling hired me
to upgrade the main floor security,
and I did the job.
Instead of getting paid,
I had police banging down my door,
telling me there had been a robbery
with my access codes, my programming.
Should've questioned why he didn't go with
a big firm. Now I know. Someone like me...
easy to take advantage of.
Sterling claimed insurance on the robbery,
sold the stolen goods,
doubled the profits.
He set me up.
But you pled guilty.
It was a good deal.
Reduce jail time, out in two years.
I mean, yeah, cost me my marriage,
but... I'd get to see my daughter.
Everyone thought I did it. So at
a certain point, I stopped fighting it.
I guess I liked that you believed in me.
Even if it was for being a thief.
[soft, emotional music playing]
When I told Brianna the truth,
she said someone like Sterling
doesn't need to steal.
I realized then that she'd always seen
men like him as this poster of success,
and me as, well...
Sad loser.
Okay, brutal.
Sorry. [chuckles]
I'm sorry. It's terrible.
Everyone deserves to be with someone
they can trust.
That's when I knew it was over.
[music fades]
[scoffs]
How's that for timing?
God, he's inescapable, isn't he?
[Nick sighs]
I have no idea what I'm gonna do now.
Me neither.
I'm really sorry.
And I'm sorry Sterling ruined your life.
Yeah, it would've felt good
to stick it to him.
You have no idea.
What... what are you doing tomorrow?
I-I just mean maybe you know
some other rich knobhead
that we can steal from.
[Sophia chuckles]
I'm actually gonna go hang
some tacky Christmas decorations
at the hospital with my mom.
Would you maybe want to come?
Uh...
Yeah.
Yeah, that would be nice.
[mouse clicks]
[exhales]
[keyboard clacking]
[jazzy rendition of
"O Christmas Tree" playing]
O Christmas tree, o Christmas tree
How lovely are your branches
O Christmas tree, o Christmas tree
How lovely are your branches...
[chattering indistinctly]
[both laugh]
[music fades]
-Hi!
-Hi! Hello.
What's all this?
Just thought I'd bring in
some holiday spirit, in theory.
[Mom] Oh.
-[chuckles] I love it.
-How you feeling?
You up for a visitor?
Yeah.
Mom, this is Nick.
-Hello.
-[laughing] Hello.
[Sophia] We're working
on a business project.
I've heard a lot about you.
Sophia's had time to talk about me
while she's been bossing you around?
-Well.
-She has been bossing you around, right?
She is a... very talented partner.
[Sophia] Look what I found
in one of your boxes.
Aw. Oh, look.
[gentle melody playing]
[Sophia] Aw, she's not turning.
Yeah, probably because
you kept it spinning nonstop.
-[Sophia laughs] I did.
-You did.
Bought that for her
during her ballerina phase.
But she would not go to sleep
unless it was turning.
So why don't you tell us
about this project there, Nick?
[Nick] Um...
It's a magic camp.
Uh, yeah, your daughter
is very good at her tricks.
[inhales deeply]
So I'm gonna be getting out of here soon.
Then I can start taking care of you again.
Right. Come on, then.
Let's show this sad tree
a little bit of Christmas cheer, shall we?
Come on, Nick. Grab a bauble.
A three-man job, this.
Let's do it.
Okay.
[Mom] Leaning tree of Pisa.
[Mom laughs]
Got any good Christmas jokes, Nick?
I don't.
All right. I'll have to start pulling mine
out the bag, and then you'll be sorry.
Tell your favorite one.
[Mom] What do you call a man
in wrapping-paper pants?
I don't know.
-Russell.
-Very good.
[laughter]
I love that one.
["Christmas Time Is Here" playing]
I really like your mom.
Sorry you're both going through this.
If only you were a real criminal.
Finally, I meet someone
who believes I'm innocent,
and they are disappointed.
[chuckles]
Maddie knows you're innocent.
Hmm.
You know, when I was four,
my mom took me to see my dad.
He said I wasn't his daughter
and had us thrown out of the building.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Maddie's really lucky to have you.
Probably good we stopped.
Even if she moves away,
at least you won't be in prison.
Plus, if we had gotten caught,
there's no way I would've made it to jail.
My mom would've killed me first.
Does that mean you don't want to use this?
The Gala?
[Nick] These tickets have cost me
an absolute fortune,
so I hope you're still interested
in swiping Sterling's key fob.
But how?
Look who else is on the guest list.
Sterling and Cynthia go every year.
We go to the gala.
We get Cynthia
to take me back to her place.
I steal the fob.
-You know, this is insane.
-It was your idea.
-Hmm.
-[Nick] Only one problem.
I'm gonna need a tux.
[slurps]
Ah.
["Saltwater" by Geowulf playing]
[exhales]
[softly] Come on, Nick. Come on.
Okay.
[inhales deeply]
Saltwater in the afternoon
So scared of seeing you...
Sorry about that. It's my grandfather's.
Saltwater at the end of spring...
Let me, uh, help you with that.
So tired of hiding me
Come to the ocean...
There.
Thank you.
Um...
Almost forgot.
So you can... be in my ear.
[Sophia sighs]
[Nick inhales deeply]
You got this.
[jazzy rendition of
"Joy to the World" plays]
[man] Gorgeous, guys.
That's gorgeous. Thank you.
Joy to the world, the Lord is come
Let earth receive her King...
You sure Sterling's
not gonna recognize me?
Well, if you act like you belong,
he's not gonna put two and two together.
-That's incredible.
-Really great start. Now focus.
There's Cynthia.
[stealthy music playing]
-Martini, dry, twist.
-Sure.
[Sophia] Showtime.
[Sophia over earpiece] Ask her something.
Come on, Nick. Be charming.
Big fan of these parties?
Sure.
Fun.
That's your best game?
Oh yes, the, uh, martini.
[stealthy music continues]
[Sophia] Hey, listen to me.
You're gonna go over there
and you're gonna do everything I say.
Okay?
[Nick sighs] Okay.
Say everything that I say.
Mind if I steal her for a moment?
Mind if I steal her for a moment?
-Yes, of course.
-Not at all.
[Sophia] You look like
you needed an escape.
You look like you needed an escape.
Can I get you a drink? Oh.
[Sophia] Don't improvise!
Do I know you?
Nah, I've... I've...
I've got one of those... faces.
[Sophia] However...
However...
-[Sophia] I would remember you.
-I would remember you.
The truth is, for selfless people...
The truth is, for selfless people,
they sure do like
to talk about themselves.
Do you have the same opinion of everybody?
[dramatic sting]
My husband in a nutshell.
[Sophia] The great Maxwell Sterling.
The great Maxwell Sterling.
You see, it's my life's responsibility
to build upon my family's work.
It's why being handed something is more
of a burden than building it yourself.
I felt the exact same
when I was given an... oil company...
...company from my pappy.
Right.
So you get it.
It's why I cherish evenings like this.
For once, it's not about making money.
It's more about the...
Giving back.
...deductible contributions.
-Gotta love tax deductions.
-Gotta love tax...
Um, I...
It must be cool
having your name on a store.
[nervous chuckle]
It's a facade.
Just like the man.
Between you and I, I'm not a fan.
That makes two of us.
I did fall for him when we met.
He was charming and
passionate, and then...
He showed you who he really was.
Why'd you stay?
Powerful men are not easy to escape.
What did you say your name was?
Je m'appelle...
Archibald Dankworth.
Should we go... this way?
Now tell me, is there anybody
you're making time for at the moment?
[nervous chuckle]
That's my date right over there,
with the scarf.
The heart wants what it wants.
-Well, have fun.
-It was a pleasure, Mr. Sterling.
Nick.
Where are you?
I've been hurt before too.
And I can tell you, if you let go,
it's easier on the other side.
And when you've been burned,
it can be hard to jump again,
but it's a leap of faith.
And you take a chance,
you might meet someone
who makes you feel something... good.
What do you want?
Tell her she's exactly what you want.
Let's get out of here.
Okay, that works too.
[gulps]
[elevator bell dings]
Won't your husband be home?
No. No, no.
I believe his slut of the month
is a journalist in Chelsea.
He loves parading us around
like a family business,
like everybody doesn't know his secrets.
[gasping]
But I keep secrets too.
And so do you.
-[Nick] Hmm.
-I think.
-[Nick yelps]
-What's your secret?
[Nick clears throat]
[softly] Do you...
do you know what I'd love?
[Cynthia] Hmm.
Is to use the loo.
[softly] Upstairs.
Next to the bedroom.
[Cynthia] Hmm.
Chop-chop.
[cell phone ringing]
[upbeat holiday music playing]
This is going a lot further
than I thought. She is ready to go.
[Sophia] People do this all the time.
Oh, I'd like to see you try.
I would if she swung that way,
but you're the one with the goods.
Come on, do you want the fob or not?
Maybe we don't need the fob.
Surely there's got to be another way.
Okay, Nick,
I really don't wanna pressure you,
but is right now really the time
to be making new plans?
Okay. Okay.
I'm here. I'm waiting for you
to get the fob, so figure something out.
Sophia?
[Cynthia] Archie!
[stealthy music playing]
[Cynthia] Archibald.
Archie!
[music intensifies]
-Archibald Dankworth!
-Yep!
You have a wonderful place.
Only the best for Maxwell.
[Nick] Hmm.
[Cynthia] It's all smoke and mirrors
to cover his shortcomings.
He'll do anything
to keep his business afloat.
He doesn't give a toss
who gets caught in the crosshairs.
[Nick grunting nervously]
-You already knew that, didn't you, Nick?
-[music stops]
[gasps]
I don't know what you mean.
Oh, come, come. We're way past that now.
I knew I recognized you.
You're the one my husband framed
for robbing Sterlings.
He showed you who he really was.
[Nick grunting]
But even though
that kiss was mediocre, I've
never been with someone
who was in prison before.
Uh...
Actually, I have.
-I have.
-[phone rings]
[phone continues ringing]
Naughty.
-[Cynthia grunts]
-[Nick groans]
[Nick exhales]
Hello?
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
My 10:00 p.m. masseuse
is here unscheduled?
Well, send her up.
That'll be the friend
I saw watching us at the party.
Naughty Nick.
I knew I shouldn't have come up here.
Then why did you?
You were freaking out.
I was not freaking out.
She pinned me across my liver
with her leg of iron
and figured me out like a hot wizard.
Hardly a wizard.
At the party, when you were whispering
sweet nothings in my ear,
there was this loud American echo.
You heard me talking to him?
But I wasn't totally sure what was up
until this pretty idiot here
was mouthing off about it in my bathroom.
Now I'm more than happy
to call my lovely security team downstairs
and tell them I'm being terrorized
by a sexually-depraved...
Depraved?
...repeat offender
and an American.
Or...
I can give you this.
Why would you do that?
Because you're going
to split the money with me.
I'm sorry. I don't understand.
You want to rob your husband?
I think it's time he gets what he deserves
and I get what's mine.
[stealthy music]
Before there's nothing more to take.
So here's the plan.
We'll do it on Christmas Eve.
Okay, so we're doing this.
Yeah.
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
And then we'll be off to better lives,
pretending like this never happened.
[glasses clink]
Cheers.
["Just Like Christmas" playing]
On our way from Stockholm
It started to snow...
Daddy!
Happy Christmas Eve, kiddo.
Should we open these presents?
-Yeah!
-Should we? Yeah?
Go in, then. In you go.
What?!
How cool is that?
Oh. Christmas jammies.
"He sprang to his sleigh,
to his team gave a whistle..."
"And away they all flew
like the down of a thistle."
"And I heard him exclaim,
ere he drove out of sight,
'Happy Christmas to all...
"and to all a good night.'"
I love it. Aw, thanks, baby.
Mmm.
Thanks, darling. Happy Christmas.
You too.
It was just like Christmas
It was just like Christmas...
[woman] Wasn't expecting to see you today.
Will you hold on to this for me?
You'll know if you need it.
It was just like Christmas...
-I hope you know what you're doing.
-I'm about to find out.
It was just like Christmas
-It was just like Christmas
-[song fades]
[stealthy music playing]
Just heading out, man.
[video game sounds]
All right, bro. See you in a bit.
Ah. [chuckles]
You thought you could defeat me.
[Lulu] Your car is downstairs
to take you home.
Your guests will arrive at 8:00.
Oh, and your wife changed her mind.
She will be there too.
Oh, wonderful.
[woman over PA] Attention, shoppers.
Sterlings will be closing in ten minutes.
Happy Holidays!
Hello, how can I help you?
[stealthy music continues]
[keys jangling]
[music fades]
-That's it.
-Oh. Yeah, till next year.
Yeah, yeah. See you in a bit.
-[sales clerk] Merry Christmas.
-You too. Good night.
Night, girls.
We did it! [laughs]
[Sophia chuckles]
Oh, go on. Go home, Sophia.
Almost done. Merry Christmas.
[clicks tongue] Merry Christmas.
-[Lulu] I'm good.
-[Ali] Need a hand?
No, I'm good. Good night, Ali.
[Ali] Happy Holidays, Lu.
[curious music playing]
[music ends]
Merry Christmas!
Yeah, you too.
Oh, is that one of Eddie's?
Yeah, it must be. Poor little fella.
Are you sharing it?
[chuckles] Take one.
-There's more up in Sterling's office.
-Shouldn't have told me that.
-[laughs] See ya.
-Yeah, see ya in a bit.
[light switches echo]
-[transceiver chimes]
-Hey, Leo. All clear down here, mate.
[curious music playing]
[both] You don't have to do this.
There's no point
in both of us risking everything.
I'm the one with the record.
And I'm the one that can crack the safe.
We're partners.
[emotional music swells]
Ready?
["Christmas In Hollis" by Run-D.M.C.
[playing over loudspeaker]
It was December 24th
on Hollis Ave after dark
When I seen a man chilling
With his dog in the park
I approached him very slowly
With my heart full of fear
Looked at his dog
Oh my God, an ill reindeer...
[Sophia] There goes Ali.
And there goes Leo.
But he must've dropped his wallet
Smack dead on the lawn
I picked the wallet up
But then I took a pause...
[Nick] This will get us to the stairs.
Come on.
Sophia!
Sophia.
Sophia!
[music playing loudly]
It's Christmastime in Hollis, Queens
Mom's cookin' chicken
And collard greens
[music stops]
-Someone must've forgot to shut it off.
-Yeah.
So the Christmas movie for tonight
is Batman Returns.
-That's not a Christmas film.
-[Ali] It is.
-How?
-[Ali] It's set during Christmas.
[Leo] There's a lot of films
set during Christmas.
[fast-paced stealthy music playing]
-[Leo] It's not a Christmas movie.
-[Ali] What do you mean?
Batman Returns absolutely is
a Christmas movie.
-[Ali] It's got tinsel.
-No, it ain't.
It's got candy canes.
Let's watch
a proper Christmas film right now.
Let's get back to it.
It is a Christmas movie, mate.
All right. Have one of them and shut up.
[stealthy music continues]
-[Nick] Ready?
-[Sophia] Yeah.
[Nick] 6-2-9.
[keypad beeping]
0-8-4.
[music swells]
-[music ends abruptly]
-[Nick] There's no lock.
How do we get it open?
[automated voice] Greetings, Mr. Sterling.
Please provide DNA sample.
[Nick] DNA. Oh my God.
What are we gonna do?
I had it all figured out.
Had the cameras, the codes. You said
you knew what kind of safe it was.
-You said you could crack it.
-[automated voice] Remain still.
-What are you doing?
-[automated voice] Remain still.
-No, no. Sophia, stop.
-[automated voice] DNA sample received.
Processing.
[sighs]
[soft, tense music playing]
I'm sorry I didn't tell you.
[gasps]
My mom worked here.
Then he got her pregnant and fired her.
Threatened her into signing away
any sort of claim against him.
Any claim that I would ever have.
[automated voice] DNA confirmed.
[safe door opening]
[deep breath]
Well, are we just gonna stand here,
or are we gonna take back
what he stole from you?
[emotional music playing]
[rhythmic music playing]
[stealthy music playing]
-Hey!
-What?
[Ali] You took the last one!
Lulu said there were more
in the gift baskets in the office.
-I could go for some truffles.
-Oh, you're bad, you.
-Diet starts Monday.
-No, diet starts next year.
-Just like last year, yeah?
-[both laugh]
Yeah.
Guard headed towards the stairs.
-We gotta go.
-Okay.
[Ali humming]
[stealthy music continues]
[Ali continues humming]
[suspenseful music playing]
[music swells]
[Nick sneezes loudly]
[Ali] Who's there?
[footsteps approaching]
-[Sophia] Come on!
-[frantic music]
[Ali] Freeze!
Leo! I got a code red upstairs!
-Leo! I got a code red upstairs!
-I'm coming!
[frantic music continues]
[Ali] Oy! Open up! Come on!
[banging on door]
[Nick] What are we gonna do?
Oy! Stop there! Don't move!
-[Ali] I'm coming in!
-[Nick] He's coming up the stairs.
What the hell are you doing?
We'll slide off the roof
and into the presents.
-[Nick] You've got to be joking!
-It's now or never, Nick.
[music grows suspenseful]
Let's go, Nick!
[Ali yells]
[both coughing]
[Nick] You okay?
[Sophia] You know, I really thought
that'd be more structurally sound.
[determined music playing]
Are they still there?
Think so.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Sophia grunts]
[Nick grunts]
What the hell are we gonna do?
[determined music playing]
They didn't even bother
to close it back up.
[automated voice] Greetings, Mr. Sterling.
Please provide DNA sample.
Remain still.
DNA sample received.
Processing.
Wow. Fancy.
Not fancy enough.
[music swells]
[Leo] If you're not dead,
we've got you surrounded.
-Come out!
-We've gotta get out of here.
You go out the back
and I'll go and distract them.
No, no. Uh, what? No.
You've already paid
for robbing this place.
I need you to trust me and go right now.
[spluttering]
I won't leave you here.
I know you'll give my mom her half.
You've gotta be there for Maddie.
[distant sirens wailing]
[anxious violin music playing]
I'll see you, Nick.
[dramatic instrumental music playing]
I think it's time
he gets what he deserves,
and I get what's mine
before there's nothing more to take.
But I don't just want
a few hundred thousand pounds.
I want it all,
and if you help me, I will make sure
you are both set up for life.
How?
[Cynthia] Maxwell keeps the stolen goods
in an unregistered locker in Peckham.
Once he's collected the insurance,
he will resell them.
Put them in the safe.
The police must be there to see the jewels
the moment Sterling opens the door.
So you have to make the call
at the right time.
Should we make the call?
-[Sterling] Hello.
-Mr. Sterling, this is store security.
Someone is robbing your office safe.
[dramatic instrumental music continues]
I don't understand.
Let's take a walk, Mr. Sterling.
[dramatic instrumental music continues]
[music stops abruptly]
[Sophia grunting]
Go get the other one!
[Leo] Oh! Bollocks!
That's it.
It's over.
[Leo] Oh! Ah!
[Ali] Police are on their way.
[Sophia] Ali.
[Sophia panting]
Please, it's me.
Sterling is the one
that stole the jewelry in the locker.
-[transceiver chimes]
-[Leo] I lost him. Is he by you?
[somber music playing]
Sterling is the one that blamed Eddie.
-[transceiver chimes]
-[Leo] Ali, come in.
[transceiver chimes]
Not here.
Thank you.
-[indistinct radio police chatter]
-[sighs]
[panting]
[officer over radio] Bringing him out now.
[Jones] All right, people. Make a hole.
[reporter] Mr. Sterling, any comments
about your arrest, sir?
[Jones] Clear the way, please.
-[reporters clamoring]
-[Jones] Clear the way.
Make some space.
[tense instrumental music playing]
[emotional music playing]
Just wait there a second.
Just meet her.
That's all I ask.
[Sterling] If you don't leave,
I'll have security remove you both
from the premises.
That is not my daughter.
[door slam echoes]
[Mom] Hey. It's you and me.
That's all we need.
We're a team, yeah?
Come on. Come here.
[emotional music continues]
[curious music playing]
Police have responded
to a Christmas Eve break-in
at the Sterling Department Store,
where authorities discovered millions of
pounds' worth of previously stolen items
in Maxwell Sterling's private safe.
Sterling has been arrested
and is now being accused
of staging multiple robberies
and claiming the insurance money,
most recently framing
security guard Eddie Morris.
It's believed the scheme
began with contractor Nick O'Connor,
who was convicted
of stealing millions from Sterling
after finishing work
on Sterling's security systems.
It's symbolic.
I'm gonna get my own flat.
-Wherever you and Maddie are.
-[Brianna] Thank you.
[newswoman] It is expected
that all charges against Nick O'Connor
will be expunged.
Cynthia Sterling
is expected to take control
of all of Sterling's stores and holdings.
[woman] Oh, look what the cat dragged in.
Working on Christmas?
Who works too much now?
I spent all morning with my family.
This is my holiday.
Guess you won't be needing this.
I guess I will not.
Tell me. Are you okay?
I'm okay.
-[entry bell jingles]
-[door opens]
[soft, curious music playing]
All right, then.
You get any good gifts this year?
Yeah.
-Yeah, I... I got a pretty good haul.
-[Sophia] Hmm.
But I'm gonna have to split it.
[clicks tongue] Aw, bummer.
Hope it's at least with someone good.
It is.
[music swells]
[music ends]
Tried to blame it
On the city that I love
[indistinct chattering]
I point the finger
At the people up above
But oh, babe, you'll be okay
When you get lost in your head
Some days
So life ain't going your way
Keep it up, it up, it up
[indistinct conversations]
My baby's got the big, big shoes
Trying to fill 'em
But she just might lose
Who cares if you jump through hoops?
Just get up, get up, get up
There's Jimmy trying to make his way
Counting pennies
'Cause the work don't pay
Everybody's gotta make their way
So come on, come on
Come on, come on, whoo!
I tried to blame it
On the city that I love
I point the finger
At the people up above
But oh, babe, you'll be okay
When you get lost in your head
Some days
So life ain't going your way
Keep it up, it up, it up
If it's love, if it's love
If it's love that you need
Give it all that you got
When you're down on your knees
If it's love, if it's love
If it's love that you need
Give it all that you got
When you're down on your knees
Yeah!
[laughter]
[music fades]
[jazzy holiday music playing]
[curious music playing]
[light switches echo]
[both] You don't have to do this.
There's no point
in both of us risking everything.
I'm the one with the record.
And I'm the one that can crack the safe.
We're partners.
Ready?
Come on.
Sophia!
[suspenseful music swells]
Sophia.
Sophia!
[dramatic instrumental music playing]
[air hissing]
[violin playing]
-[entry bell jingles]
-Hey!
Hey! Can't busk here.
Sir, could you not just let us
finish the piece?
[man] No! Pack it up
and go do it down the street.
No one wants this here.
-Ta, sir!
-[man] Hmm.
[determined music playing]
-[man] Watch it.
-[Sophia] Sorry.
Hey.
-Merry Christmas.
-[buskers] Merry Christmas.
Hi there. Um, I'm just calling
about the two-bedroom flat.
I was wondering how much it is.
Uh, thought it'd be less.
No problem. Thank you very much. Bye.
[jazzy holiday music playing]
Morning, Lilly.
Hi, love.
-I'll see you out there.
-See ya.
Running late, Sophia?
-Hey, Ali.
-[exhales]
All-nighter?
Yeah. I need the holidays to end.
Here.
A little pick-me-up.
[laughs] Thanks, Soph.
[Sophia] I thought
I might find you here, Eddie.
I was just waiting
for you to arrive, Sophia. [chuckles]
-[Sophia] Leo! Doing okay?
-Great time for me.
-Okay, good.
-See ya in a bit.
[man] Yes, that's it.
Keep shopping.0
Keep spending.
That's the true meaning of Christmas.
Hmm.
-[kids shout] Mooshy Fox!
-Merry Christmas.
[kids] Mooshy Fox!
[girl whimpers]
[vomits]
[woman] Oh God!
[man 1] Oh, dear me!
Um...
Oh, Sophia, Sophia! Look, we're
short-staffed today. Can you...
[clears throat] Mm.
[man 2] She's not well!
[girl] Get me to Santa!
[man 2] Wait our turn!
[child] I want a Mooshy Fox!
[man 3] Yes, I heard you.
It says 100% cashmere,
but it's clearly a blend.
[sales clerk] If it says 100%,
then I'm sure it's 100%.
[woman] Is it Moroccan, Mongolian,
Shetland, or what?
[sales clerk] I'm sorry,
is there a difference?
[woman] If you don't know the difference,
then you really shouldn't be working here.
[sales clerk] I'm sorry,
but the item's final sale.
Unbelievable.
Uh, excuse me.
-Come on, darling.
-[dog whimpers]
This place gets worse every day.
-[dog barks]
-It's the people getting worse.
Or were they always terrible?
[Sophia chuckles]
Lilly, the cart's leaving soon
if you still want some gingerbread.
Oh, you angel.
I'm addicted.
I legitimately might have a problem.
If anyone asks, I'm in the loo.
-Eddie!
-Oh, hey, Soph.
Oh man, that's looking good.
-Lilly's gonna love that.
-Enough to go out with me?
You know, if you want to get her
a little something to sweeten the deal,
she's headed to the cart now.
-Yeah?
-Mm-hmm.
[stealthy music playing]
-Oh, uh, got a lost and found deposit.
-Oh, yeah.
You know, this one
might need to go to the back.
-Those real?
-Yeah.
Oh, the things people lose.
Doesn't even have a number on it.
It just says "Wanda."
I'll log it for you as long as you promise
to bring me back a gingerbread.
Deal. [chuckles]
-Door'll lock behind you.
-Okay.
-[Eddie] You're the best, Soph!
-You're the best.
[door closes]
[man 1] You're not security.
What are you doing down there?
[stealthy music continues]
What the...
-[keys jangling]
-[door opens]
[keyboard clacking]
[man 2] Hey!
What's taking so long?
All sorted.
You didn't do anything.
Well, it was on silent.
-You mean it's working?
-No, you're gonna need a whole new phone.
It's fixed, sir. We guarantee it.
[scoffs]
Joke.
-[door opens]
-[entry bell jingles]
[door closes]
[stealthy music continues]
Oh, Nick. How many times have I told you
not to use your personal computer?
Sorry.
Sophia, where have you been?
It's been chaos.
-Oh, uh there was a dog collar...
-I don't care.
Mr. Sterling's gonna do his walk-through,
and a kid threw up in the grotto.
I already cleaned that up.
No. Another kid threw up.
-Get to work.
-Get to work.
[jazzy holiday music playing]
[music ends]
[woman over PA]
Dr. Valentino, the OR please.
-[whispers] Sorry.
-[woman] Oh.
Didn't mean to wake you.
No, no, no. Come here, baby.
[woman] Mm. Hmm.
-Oh, I love that picture.
-[Sophia] It arrived in a box today.
Why are you sending stuff here?
We'll be done with this
and home to Philly soon.
[woman] London was my home first.
I like it here.
-I might stay for a while.
-"While" being the keyword.
-How are you holding up?
-I think that's my line.
Just worry about you is all.
Hate you're putting your life on hold
'cause of me.
-Yeah, that's really rude of you.
-[woman chuckles]
I just...
Oh, I just want you to do
your twenties right, you know? I was...
I was out partying and falling in love.
Making a baby.
[woman] Mm.
Exactly. When was the last time
you had unprotected sex?
-Mom.
-[chuckles]
[sighs] Can you put something
with housewives on?
-Yeah.
-[inhales deeply]
Just gonna shut me eyes for a little bit.
-You wanna fall asleep to drunk screaming?
-Mm.
Yeah. Soothes me.
-[woman 1] I'm not a liar.
-[woman 2] I don't want to talk to you.
-[TV show continues indistinctly]
-[Mom sighs]
[key clicks in lock]
-[door opens]
-[keys jangling]
[door closes]
[footsteps approach]
-You all right, Nick? [clears throat]
-Yeah.
[man] You wanna hang?
[Nick] I'm just doing some work.
[man] Hope it's not another one of those
after-hour jobs.
Last time you did that,
you got arrested, didn't ya?
Appreciate that, buddy.
No, no, it's just normal work.
Look, mate.
I let you stay here
to get back on your feet,
so look, if it's another job,
I can't let you sublet.
-It's not.
-But also, if it's another job, then...
[blows]
"I need help. Ralph, help me."
-Okay. Uh...
-Partners.
I'm just, you know, fixing computers,
Ralph. It's nothing exciting. Yeah.
[sighs] All right.
Look, just be straight with me, Nick.
Yeah?
Are you cutting me out
'cause I told you my cousin works at MI6?
'Cause I'm not even sure that's true.
He may just own a tux.
There is nothing to be cut out from, okay?
All right.
Fortnite in 20, yeah?
[door opens]
[rock music playing faintly]
[music swells, then fades]
[woman] Okay, but, like, which one says,
"I don't want to be
just friends, Janelle."
-Which one, babes?
-Top one, for sure.
Maybe I was closer
with the Gucci slippers.
Happy Holidays. [sighs]
Hi. Looking for anything in particular?
Yes, I am.
Wouldn't happen to have anything
a little higher end than these?
Well, everything on this side of the case
is gonna be pure gold.
Mm-hmm. What about diamonds?
Ah. That'll be in this case
right over there.
Holiday gift for someone special?
I want her to know I'm serious.
-Yeah, well, diamonds will do it.
-Mm-hmm.
-Long relationship?
-Pretty new, actually.
Oh, okay. He acts fast.
-Like any of these necklaces?
-I was thinking more of a collar.
Preferably for a small dog.
Wouldn't happen to know
where I could find one, would you?
I'm sorry, we don't sell dog collars here.
Sure you don't have one?
Yeah? Not even in the back?
No.
Yeah?
Well, maybe that'll help you find it.
[stealthy music playing]
Mr. Sterling, the camera
in the merchandise security locker
is broken.
-I'll call someone to fix it.
-[Sterling] Don't bother. I'll handle it.
The last guy did such a dreadful job.
I want to oversee it personally.
Why are you talking about it here?
In the middle of the shop floor.
I have an office, you know. Idiot.
[stealthy music continues]
Shit.
[stealthy music continues]
[music fades]
What do you want from me?
You're late.
Why do you have a video
of the Sterling security locker?
-Why are you stealing from it?
-I asked you first.
I deleted all the footage of you
from the store's hard drive.
Why would you do that?
Because... I want you to go back in.
For a lot more than a few hundred quid.
I want all the merchandise in there.
Yeah, no, I'm not doing that.
Ow.
Then I'll just have to make sure
Sterling himself receives all the footage.
You're talking grand larceny. No way.
[stealthy music playing]
I'm sorry! I know I'm late.
-I'm sorry.
-We're clearly drowning here.
-Where is everyone?
-[woman] That posh new club down the road.
Drinks are half price this week.
Oh, traitors.
-Not you, Bill.
-Cheers.
-Half a stout?
-[Sophia] Yeah.
-[woman] So how's your day been so far?
-Uh...
Cleaned vomit
out of Santa's workshop... twice.
You know, the usual.
How's your mom doing?
Uh, I didn't make it today.
Worked two shifts, but she's better.
I think. I hope.
I don't know what I'm gonna do
if she's not.
I'm sorry, love.
Don't forget to make some time for you
in all this.
-[softly] Can we have a chat?
-Uh, yeah.
[doctor] I'd like to refer her
to an HSCT specialist
for a stem cell transplantation that's had
a lot of success in similar cases.
Okay, yeah, let's... let's do that.
The wait list for an NHS specialist is...
is too long for your mom to wait.
Which means you'll need to go private
and bear the cost of care.
[scoffs]
I'm sorry, I...
I don't know if I understand.
We literally moved back here
for the free health care.
I'm still paying medical bills
from the States.
Our rent is so expensive.
I'm sorry. I thought that
you would just tell me
she was getting better.
I'm very sorry.
I do recommend that you call
and get started as soon as you can.
[softly] Okay.
[footsteps depart]
-[somber music playing]
-[monitor beeps]
-[music fades]
-[entry bell jingles]
I want half, but you have to figure out
how to get security out of the room.
-It was 20 quid in there.
-Finder's fee.
[Nick] No, no deal.
In case you forgot, I've still got you
on camera, Butch Cassidy.
You know, something tells me Sterling's
not gonna care about a few hundred quid
when he finds out
that Nick O'Connor's back for round two.
Sh!
A brazen thief
who stole millions from Sterling.
You installed the security system
at Sterlings and then robbed the place.
-I've got a bit of a reputation.
-A dumb one.
How dumb do you have to be
to steal petty cash in front of a camera?
-I stole your wallet easily.
-Fun party trick.
[Sophia] I am your inside man.
You need me.
Or I could just send Sterling here.
We've got to act fast. That camera is
gonna be replaced. Then we'll get nothing.
-We?
-It seems that way, yes.
I can get us into the locker.
You have to figure out
how to get security out of there. Deal?
Deal.
[children chanting]
Mooshy Fox! Mooshy Fox!
Mooshy Fox! Mooshy Fox!
[Nick] There's one toy
kids are obsessed with this year,
the Mooshy Fox.
Tell people you've sold out,
and I'll create a distraction.
I'm gonna get you what you need
-Then I'm gonna box it up
-Mm, yeah
Undearneath the Christmas tree
You look ridiculous.
Do I seriously need to explain to you
why there is a court order
preventing me being in this store?
And you really think
dressing as the Invisible Man
is gonna make you invisible?
-Stay focused, please.
-Fine!
-You really think this toy is the one?
-Don't trust me?
No, not even a little bit.
-Ready?
-Yeah.
You are seriously telling me
that you don't have any more Mooshy Foxes.
No, this is absurd.
Wait, I'm sorry.
Are you saying that you're out?
Did someone check the back?
Please, please. We have plenty
of Mooshy Foxes in stock.
They're right over... there.
-Right. I could've...
-Now hold on. Where'd you get this one?
Hey!
-Get off of me!
-No.
Oh!
Hey! Watch what you're doing!
You just pushed me.
I'm recovering from a bowling injury.
You should calm down.
-[man 1] Calm down.
-How dare you!
[store clerk] Sophia!
[man 2] Somebody help! Call security!
I'll go get Eddie.
[store clerk] Leo! Um, Leo!
[man 3] Hey! I got that! Come here!
[tense instrumental music playing]
-[man shouts indistinctly]
-[people gasp]
-[line ringing]
-[phone rings]
Hey, how's it going?
Almost there.
Eddie, we got a situation
out on the floor.
[grunts]
[objects clatter]
[sighs]
-Well, come on, how's it going?
-Doing great.
How's the chaos going?
[indistinct yelling]
A guy's just knocked over a reindeer.
The camera's still offline. Go!
[keys jangle]
[gasps]
[music swells]
[music ends abruptly]
What the fu...
[thunder crashing]
[Sophia] That doesn't make sense.
[Sophia sighs]
All that stuff doesn't just disappear.
Well, it does if someone takes it.
How many people do you think
are trying to rob this guy?
[Nick] Probably loads.
He might put on a nice face for
the public, but the man's a... asshole.
Won't argue with you there.
[bell dings]
Last orders!
-You want another?
-No, I'm all right.
[inhales deeply]
Uh, I could... stick
around until you close.
Walk you back to the Tube.
No, thanks.
Commute's just right over there.
Oh. That's convenient.
Truce.
[chuckling] Okay.
Truce.
See you around, Sophia.
["(Please Don't Leave On) Christmas Eve"
playing faintly]
[store clerk] Okay, doors open
in ten minutes.
No, no, no, no, no.
This sign needs to be higher.
Sophia, can you do that any slower?
We open in ten minutes.
Oh dear. You two just carry on
prepping your station.
Hi. How can I help you?
-I'm here to see Mr. Sterling.
-[woman] Right.
-Sorry, is he expecting you?
-Yeah, Detective Jones.
-What's going on over there?
-You didn't hear?
There was a robbery in the storage locker.
Oh my!
[sales clerk] Thousands of pounds
of merchandise gone. Bank deposits too.
I wonder if they hit
Sterling's personal safe.
His assistant told me he keeps 500 grand
stored in a safe in his office.
Ugh. It's how he pays for his private
hotel visits, if you know what I mean.
Detective.
[sales clerk] Ooh. Speaking of affairs,
I heard Frankie from kitchenware
is sleeping with one of Santa's elves.
Not the one with the septum piercing,
the other one.
Bet they're heading for Eddie.
Heard he was on shift when it happened.
Prime suspect.
That doesn't make any sense.
-What's her problem?
-Her and Eddie went out last night.
They did?
[suspicious music playing]
No one tells me anything.
Come on, guys. You know this wasn't me.
You don't really think I did this.
The drives were wiped.
The locker was empty.
Some high-level stuff.
It must've been professionals. Wasn't me.
I'd never do that.
You guys have known me for years.
-Come on, let me just go speak to them.
-No, no. Sorry.
Cheers.
[Ali] Something's wrong, man. I feel it.
-[pounding on door]
-[Sophia] Nick, open up!
Fifty-fifty my ass!
-Hi...
-Oh, he's, um...
I don't know how, but I know it was you.
They're saying the drives got wiped,
and the guy who got fired
can't pull that off.
I don't know what the hell
you're talking about.
[Sophia] And I only know
one person who could,
so my prime suspect
is the guy who already tried to rob him.
Who is this? Your accomplice?
-What?
-Bro, I told you to cut me in.
[Sophia] I can't believe I trusted you!
Why did you send me back there?
Did you want to pin all of this on me?
-Dude.
-No, no, no...
Hey, I didn't do this.
Nick?
Daddy?
-Come on, sweetheart. Daddy's busy.
-Brianna, wait!
Wait! Come inside, sweetie. Come on.
We're gonna sit next to Uncle Ralph, okay?
And then Mommy and I are gonna talk
for just a minute. Yeah?
Okay?
Mm! [chuckles]
[door closes]
You know Fortnite?
I'll teach you.
Every time I start to trust you...
-It's not what it looks...
-It never is!
So just tell me what it is.
What haven't you stolen this time?
Go on. Tell me the truth for once.
-It's time I stopped giving you chances.
-Just a bit longer.
[Brianna] It's been months, Nick!
Months of waiting for you to sort
your life and be there for your daughter.
-That's not fair.
-[Brianna sighs]
-I need a co-parent, Nick.
-I'm here.
Living with your schoolmate
in a shitty boy cave.
I like your shitty boy cave.
It's more of a man cave.
I'll get my own flat.
I will get on top of childcare.
Just give me more time, please.
We're going to Birmingham.
Maddie's life is here.
Your life is here.
-Your job.
-[Brianna] I can work remotely.
I've already asked them.
Bri, please. You're not just moving
a few hundred miles.
-You are moving me out of Maddie's life.
-Don't put this on me.
You moved yourself out
the day you decided on a life of crime.
That's not... Just... [sighs]
[Brianna] It's time
I stopped believing you.
-We both know it.
-[Nick] Bri, look! You'll see.
I'll get my own flat.
Just give me more time, please.
I'm begging you.
[sighs]
My tenancy's up on the first.
[door opens]
Come on, sweetheart. We're gonna go.
[Maddie] I thought
I was staying with Daddy.
-[Brianna] I've changed my mind. Let's go.
-Hey, kiddo. Can I have a hug? Yeah?
[Maddie] Bye, Daddy.
Come, Maddie.
[Nick grunts, sighs]
Okay, you should probably just go.
Look, I'm sorry,
but a decent man just got fired,
and cops are still swirling around and...
I know you said that you didn't do this,
but nothing is adding up.
Want to know why? Because everything
Maxwell Sterling touches is a death trap.
The man is an asshole and a crook
who doesn't like to pay.
He didn't pay me.
[inhales deeply] Can't believe
you thought I'd cut you out.
You know, I heard that Sterling has about
500,000 pounds of cash up in his office.
When I was installing the security system,
that was the only area
in the entire building
that Sterling wouldn't let me
have access to.
["Cold Outside (Coming In Hot)" plays]
It's cold outside
But we coming in hot...
[sneezes]
Cold outside but we coming in hot...
-Oh, Ali! Delivery for Mr. Sterling.
-Just leave it here. We'll take it up.
Oh, no, no. I got it.
-You sure?
-Yeah! Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-Thanks for the coffee, yeah?
-Any time.
["Cold Outside (Coming In Hot)" continues]
[sneezes]
[sneezes]
[woman] Yes, Mr. Sterling.
Yes, I've confirmed for today.
[sneezes]
See you soon.
Oh, excuse me. May I help you?
Oh, uh, just a delivery for Mr. Sterling.
It was downstairs.
I'll pop it in his office.
-You can leave those here, love.
-It's no problem. I'm happy to do it.
-Well, no.
-[sneezes]
Mr. Sterling is, uh, particular
about deliveries.
Okay.
-[sneezes]
-[both gasp]
Oh, I'm so sorry! Oh no.
Oh my God. Let me help you with that.
Oh, wow. Uh, I'll go get some towels.
That's a really good idea.
[stealthy music playing]
[sighs]
[sighs]
[suspicious music playing]
[stealthy music continues]
[music tempo slows]
[indistinct chattering in the distance]
Oh!
[woman] Fairly certain I mastered that
when you invited your Pilates instructor
to my birthday party.
And your 30-year-old tennis pro
is there for what, the cheese puffs?
These relationships are what
keep the doors open, Cynthia.
We are an established family business.
Is that what we are? A family business?
[Mr. Sterling] Yes, unless you divorce me,
which you won't,
because then who would fund
your shoe addiction?
-Jesus Christ, what's happened here?
-[music ends]
I think your palace is crumbling.
[hurried footsteps]
Oh, Mr. Sterling!
Lulu!
Get this cleaned up before Carter arrives!
[Lulu] I am so sorry,
sir. I'm... I'm on it.
This supplier's
been working with us since...
[door slams]
-[Lulu yelps]
-[Sophia pants]
[sniffs, sneezes]
[sighs]
Yeah... I'm so sorry.
Um, if you put a little bit more water
in this vase, I'll help you clean up.
[sneezes]
I'll take care of it.
Right. Um, I'm just gonna go.
[Sophia sneezes] Ooh.
If you were so allergic,
we should've gone with my idea.
A fruit basket?
The point is that I'm allergic.
That was the whole idea.
What did you find in Sterling's office?
There's a secret door,
probably where the safe is.
Sterling's 500,000 has to be in there.
There was a keypad that said "Castorlock."
Castorlock.
[exhales]
Their safes are like bank vaults.
So what? You want to back out now?
No.
-Do you?
-Nope.
Then it's settled.
-Good.
-Good.
You have a knack
for, uh, spotting secret doors.
You may have technical skills,
but I have practical ones.
Okay.
My grandfather was a magician.
[scoffs]
[chuckles]
A magician?
He worked as a magician in the States.
My mom and I lived with him.
He taught me everything I know.
He was the best. Like a father to me.
Mm.
Okay.
So I can get us into the store,
and you figure out a way
so they can't see us, right?
Yeah. I installed the system,
so I can get into it.
Great. We just avoid the security guards,
and then boom, done, cash.
[Nick] No, not done.
We still need to figure out
which Castorlock safe we're dealing with
before we can even start
to talk about how to get into it.
Okay. [sighs]
Sounds like we need
to get to know Castorlock then.
[stealthy music playing]
[Sophia] I did some digging.
Castorlock only works
with high-profile clientele.
So if I seem rich enough,
maybe they'll tell me
what we need to know.
[Southern US accent] Hi. [chuckles]
I have an appointment with Diane.
I'm Chantal.
[door buzzes]
Hi. Here for Diane. I'm Chantal.
Can I take your coat, your big hat?
Thank you.
-Chantal.
-[music ends]
Diane Barton.
Dynamite hat.
-So great to meet you.
-What are we in the market for?
-You said it was urgent.
-Yes.
Okay, so my boyfriend...
Ooh. [chuckles]
I mean, fianc.
God, I'm still not used
to saying that. [chuckles]
Anyway, he proposed last week on a yacht
off the Amalfi Coast. Can you believe it?
I'm not much for boats.
Get me a bit funky in my tummy.
Right.
Anyway, uh, he's British,
and I'm having to move over
a ton of valuables from the States.
You know, like clothes and jewelry
and an old crate full of prize muskets
a dead uncle left me.
Right. Of course.
Yeah.
Basically, a ton of stuff
that needs to be locked up,
and, well, Cynthia Sterling
said that you were the best.
-You know the Sterlings?
-Oh yeah. [chuckles] Old family friends.
You know, Cynthia said that you did
a gorgeous safe for her husband's office.
Really high-end work.
Honestly, I think whatever
you did for them would work for me.
[Nick] So she just gave you everything?
[Sophia] Oh, yeah.
Models, makes, finishings.
[Diane] Let me just
pull up that order here.
[stealthy music playing]
[Sophia] The bookcase in Sterling's office
is actually a door.
Sterling gets the code to unlock it
through an app on his phone,
and the app generates
a new six-digit number every 60 seconds.
There's also a second way
he can get the code.
He has a backup key fob
that he keeps at home,
and the fob receives the same codes
as the app.
Behind the door is the safe itself.
A vault sec three.
Castorlock's gold standard.
[music swells]
And I can crack it.
[scoffs]
Bullshit.
Grandfather magician also a locksmith.
-Was he also a trapeze artist?
-Okay.
[Nick inhales deeply]
All right. What's your plan?
I'm listening.
The first thing we gotta figure out
is how to get his phone.
Well, we still won't be able to unlock it.
No, but she did say that there's a key fob
Sterling keeps at home
that also gets the codes.
Okay. So we just... [scoffs]
...break into Sterling's penthouse,
search for a tiny little key fob
that he supposedly stores there,
and then escape undetected.
Yes.
Right.
His wife.
-Whose wife?
-Sterling's.
Cynthia Sterling, who has been known
to bring home a young man on occasion.
-No. No. No way.
-You don't really have to do anything.
Just get an invite up to the penthouse,
get the fob, and then leave.
Look, I've got a better idea.
The code for his phone or the fob
will come straight
from Castorlock servers.
I can tap into that server
and get it to send me
Sterling's access code in real time.
You can do that?
Y... I think so.
But we will need
to get inside the building.
[Maddie] Daddy!
[Nick] Yes, sweetheart.
Daddy, come skate with me.
[Nick] Okay, I'm coming. I'm coming now.
["Who's Up There (Christmastime) playing]
[Maddie giggling]
Look at you!
So what do you want to be
when you grow up?
-An ice skater and a comedian.
-[Nick] An ice skater.
And a comedian.
-Yes!
-You'd be an amazing comedian.
[Maddie giggles]
To all the girls and boys
Christmastime is...
[both laughing]
Yes, your Christmastime
Is what you make of it...
-[Nick] Here. Go. Yeah.
-[song ends]
Come on.
-It's all right. I can do it.
-No, it's just back on.
[Brianna sighs]
You know, if you stayed,
I could do this all the time.
I'm not doing this with you. She doesn't
even have a place to sleep at your flat.
I... I am working on it.
[Brianna] Come on, sweetheart.
You've had enough screen time.
-I'll put it in the bag. Time to say bye.
-Can I have a hug?
-Oh, I love you.
-[Brianna sighs]
-[Maddie] Bye, Daddy.
-Bye-bye. See you soon.
[Brianna] Bye, Nick.
[Brianna and Nick sigh]
[keyboard clacking]
[video games chimes]
-Hey, so you're not gonna date this girl?
-No. No, no.
Yeah, but you don't want me to join?
It's... it's... it's a Santa event, mate.
You know, we've got the outfits already.
Yeah. All right, fine.
I'm a bit weirded out by large groups
of people dressed alike anyway.
You know, once,
I stumbled into this Shrek event.
Hundreds of painted
green people everywhere.
Not one Donkey either.
Just Shreks.
Sophia! Ready?
[Sophia] Just a minute.
[softly] Let's go.
Yeah.
[door opens]
Okay!
-What are you doing?
-It fell. So I was putting it back in.
What the hell, Nick?
I'm gonna guess that's about your mom.
-[paper rustling]
-Sophia, look.
There are a lot less risky ways
to solve your financial situation.
You ever been
to a mass gathering of Shreks?
We should get going... partner.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. "Partner"?
No, no.
It's... it's... it's...
it's an American thing, you know. Um...
[US Western accent] "Howdy, partner!"
-Ah.
-All right, catch you in a bit.
"Howdy, partner."
[festive music playing]
[Sophia] This is
the Castorlock Christmas party?
-[Nick] Yeah. Try to blend in.
-[Sophia] Whatever you say, Santa.
["'Tis the Season to Be Me" playing]
It's my season
It's my season...
[Nick] That circuit box
isn't gonna be in here.
Look for a room in the back.
'Tis the season to be me...
[Sophia] Wait.
What about back there?
Behind the security guard.
[Nick] Yeah, that's where we're going.
Jesus, look at the size of him!
I'm in a holiday kind of mood...
[Sophia] Let's wait here
and see what he does.
Holiday kind of mood
Mood, mood
Holiday kind of mood
It's my season...
I shouldn't have gone through your things.
I'm sorry about your mom.
It's my season
[song fades]
What are you gonna do with the money?
What's left after you help her.
Everything I want is for her.
[soft music playing]
She's been through a lot.
Pregnant at 21.
Got fired because of it.
-Jesus.
-Uh-huh.
She grew up here
but couldn't make it work.
So she moved us to Philly
to live with my grandpa.
She sacrificed everything for me.
I just want her to get better.
I want to bring her home so she can have
a meal with the people she loves.
Without the fear that the next day
it's all gonna fall apart.
You're lucky to have each other.
I'm feeling like I should've said
a trip to Tahiti or something.
No. It's rainy this time of year anyway.
[emotional instrumental music playing]
[stealthy music playing]
[Sophia] Now's our shot.
[Nick grunts]
I hate Santa Fest.
-[Nick] He's gone.
-He's gone? Okay.
-[Nick] Yeah.
-Great.
-[Nick] Good.
-Yep.
Hold this.
[Sophia grunts]
[lock clicks]
[stealthy music continues]
[Sophia grunting]
[Nick] Oh my God.
[Sophia] What?
[Nick] Nothing, it's... it's just a lot.
-You're gonna have to pull this down.
-[Sophia] Okay.
[Nick] That shuts down the power.
And I'll get the codes.
[Sophia] Got it. Okay.
[Nick] Cut the power in three, two, one.
[powers down]
[crowd, disappointed] Oh!
[Nick] It's not working.
-[Sophia] Are you sure?
-Castorlock service is still online.
-I can't get in.
-[Sophia] Try again!
[Nick] I don't understand.
The firewall is still up.
I don't know what happened.
[people chattering and laughing]
[Nick] Look at it. All lit up, protected.
It must be on a different grid.
[Nick sighs]
I'm sorry, I just...
I... I couldn't get into the server.
-There's gotta be another way, right?
-I don't think so.
It's too dangerous. Let's just call it.
Call it?
You've done this before.
You can figure it out.
[sighs]
I never broke into Sterlings.
What?
Yeah.
Never actually robbed the place.
Sterling hired me
to upgrade the main floor security,
and I did the job.
Instead of getting paid,
I had police banging down my door,
telling me there had been a robbery
with my access codes, my programming.
Should've questioned why he didn't go with
a big firm. Now I know. Someone like me...
easy to take advantage of.
Sterling claimed insurance on the robbery,
sold the stolen goods,
doubled the profits.
He set me up.
But you pled guilty.
It was a good deal.
Reduce jail time, out in two years.
I mean, yeah, cost me my marriage,
but... I'd get to see my daughter.
Everyone thought I did it. So at
a certain point, I stopped fighting it.
I guess I liked that you believed in me.
Even if it was for being a thief.
[soft, emotional music playing]
When I told Brianna the truth,
she said someone like Sterling
doesn't need to steal.
I realized then that she'd always seen
men like him as this poster of success,
and me as, well...
Sad loser.
Okay, brutal.
Sorry. [chuckles]
I'm sorry. It's terrible.
Everyone deserves to be with someone
they can trust.
That's when I knew it was over.
[music fades]
[scoffs]
How's that for timing?
God, he's inescapable, isn't he?
[Nick sighs]
I have no idea what I'm gonna do now.
Me neither.
I'm really sorry.
And I'm sorry Sterling ruined your life.
Yeah, it would've felt good
to stick it to him.
You have no idea.
What... what are you doing tomorrow?
I-I just mean maybe you know
some other rich knobhead
that we can steal from.
[Sophia chuckles]
I'm actually gonna go hang
some tacky Christmas decorations
at the hospital with my mom.
Would you maybe want to come?
Uh...
Yeah.
Yeah, that would be nice.
[mouse clicks]
[exhales]
[keyboard clacking]
[jazzy rendition of
"O Christmas Tree" playing]
O Christmas tree, o Christmas tree
How lovely are your branches
O Christmas tree, o Christmas tree
How lovely are your branches...
[chattering indistinctly]
[both laugh]
[music fades]
-Hi!
-Hi! Hello.
What's all this?
Just thought I'd bring in
some holiday spirit, in theory.
[Mom] Oh.
-[chuckles] I love it.
-How you feeling?
You up for a visitor?
Yeah.
Mom, this is Nick.
-Hello.
-[laughing] Hello.
[Sophia] We're working
on a business project.
I've heard a lot about you.
Sophia's had time to talk about me
while she's been bossing you around?
-Well.
-She has been bossing you around, right?
She is a... very talented partner.
[Sophia] Look what I found
in one of your boxes.
Aw. Oh, look.
[gentle melody playing]
[Sophia] Aw, she's not turning.
Yeah, probably because
you kept it spinning nonstop.
-[Sophia laughs] I did.
-You did.
Bought that for her
during her ballerina phase.
But she would not go to sleep
unless it was turning.
So why don't you tell us
about this project there, Nick?
[Nick] Um...
It's a magic camp.
Uh, yeah, your daughter
is very good at her tricks.
[inhales deeply]
So I'm gonna be getting out of here soon.
Then I can start taking care of you again.
Right. Come on, then.
Let's show this sad tree
a little bit of Christmas cheer, shall we?
Come on, Nick. Grab a bauble.
A three-man job, this.
Let's do it.
Okay.
[Mom] Leaning tree of Pisa.
[Mom laughs]
Got any good Christmas jokes, Nick?
I don't.
All right. I'll have to start pulling mine
out the bag, and then you'll be sorry.
Tell your favorite one.
[Mom] What do you call a man
in wrapping-paper pants?
I don't know.
-Russell.
-Very good.
[laughter]
I love that one.
["Christmas Time Is Here" playing]
I really like your mom.
Sorry you're both going through this.
If only you were a real criminal.
Finally, I meet someone
who believes I'm innocent,
and they are disappointed.
[chuckles]
Maddie knows you're innocent.
Hmm.
You know, when I was four,
my mom took me to see my dad.
He said I wasn't his daughter
and had us thrown out of the building.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Maddie's really lucky to have you.
Probably good we stopped.
Even if she moves away,
at least you won't be in prison.
Plus, if we had gotten caught,
there's no way I would've made it to jail.
My mom would've killed me first.
Does that mean you don't want to use this?
The Gala?
[Nick] These tickets have cost me
an absolute fortune,
so I hope you're still interested
in swiping Sterling's key fob.
But how?
Look who else is on the guest list.
Sterling and Cynthia go every year.
We go to the gala.
We get Cynthia
to take me back to her place.
I steal the fob.
-You know, this is insane.
-It was your idea.
-Hmm.
-[Nick] Only one problem.
I'm gonna need a tux.
[slurps]
Ah.
["Saltwater" by Geowulf playing]
[exhales]
[softly] Come on, Nick. Come on.
Okay.
[inhales deeply]
Saltwater in the afternoon
So scared of seeing you...
Sorry about that. It's my grandfather's.
Saltwater at the end of spring...
Let me, uh, help you with that.
So tired of hiding me
Come to the ocean...
There.
Thank you.
Um...
Almost forgot.
So you can... be in my ear.
[Sophia sighs]
[Nick inhales deeply]
You got this.
[jazzy rendition of
"Joy to the World" plays]
[man] Gorgeous, guys.
That's gorgeous. Thank you.
Joy to the world, the Lord is come
Let earth receive her King...
You sure Sterling's
not gonna recognize me?
Well, if you act like you belong,
he's not gonna put two and two together.
-That's incredible.
-Really great start. Now focus.
There's Cynthia.
[stealthy music playing]
-Martini, dry, twist.
-Sure.
[Sophia] Showtime.
[Sophia over earpiece] Ask her something.
Come on, Nick. Be charming.
Big fan of these parties?
Sure.
Fun.
That's your best game?
Oh yes, the, uh, martini.
[stealthy music continues]
[Sophia] Hey, listen to me.
You're gonna go over there
and you're gonna do everything I say.
Okay?
[Nick sighs] Okay.
Say everything that I say.
Mind if I steal her for a moment?
Mind if I steal her for a moment?
-Yes, of course.
-Not at all.
[Sophia] You look like
you needed an escape.
You look like you needed an escape.
Can I get you a drink? Oh.
[Sophia] Don't improvise!
Do I know you?
Nah, I've... I've...
I've got one of those... faces.
[Sophia] However...
However...
-[Sophia] I would remember you.
-I would remember you.
The truth is, for selfless people...
The truth is, for selfless people,
they sure do like
to talk about themselves.
Do you have the same opinion of everybody?
[dramatic sting]
My husband in a nutshell.
[Sophia] The great Maxwell Sterling.
The great Maxwell Sterling.
You see, it's my life's responsibility
to build upon my family's work.
It's why being handed something is more
of a burden than building it yourself.
I felt the exact same
when I was given an... oil company...
...company from my pappy.
Right.
So you get it.
It's why I cherish evenings like this.
For once, it's not about making money.
It's more about the...
Giving back.
...deductible contributions.
-Gotta love tax deductions.
-Gotta love tax...
Um, I...
It must be cool
having your name on a store.
[nervous chuckle]
It's a facade.
Just like the man.
Between you and I, I'm not a fan.
That makes two of us.
I did fall for him when we met.
He was charming and
passionate, and then...
He showed you who he really was.
Why'd you stay?
Powerful men are not easy to escape.
What did you say your name was?
Je m'appelle...
Archibald Dankworth.
Should we go... this way?
Now tell me, is there anybody
you're making time for at the moment?
[nervous chuckle]
That's my date right over there,
with the scarf.
The heart wants what it wants.
-Well, have fun.
-It was a pleasure, Mr. Sterling.
Nick.
Where are you?
I've been hurt before too.
And I can tell you, if you let go,
it's easier on the other side.
And when you've been burned,
it can be hard to jump again,
but it's a leap of faith.
And you take a chance,
you might meet someone
who makes you feel something... good.
What do you want?
Tell her she's exactly what you want.
Let's get out of here.
Okay, that works too.
[gulps]
[elevator bell dings]
Won't your husband be home?
No. No, no.
I believe his slut of the month
is a journalist in Chelsea.
He loves parading us around
like a family business,
like everybody doesn't know his secrets.
[gasping]
But I keep secrets too.
And so do you.
-[Nick] Hmm.
-I think.
-[Nick yelps]
-What's your secret?
[Nick clears throat]
[softly] Do you...
do you know what I'd love?
[Cynthia] Hmm.
Is to use the loo.
[softly] Upstairs.
Next to the bedroom.
[Cynthia] Hmm.
Chop-chop.
[cell phone ringing]
[upbeat holiday music playing]
This is going a lot further
than I thought. She is ready to go.
[Sophia] People do this all the time.
Oh, I'd like to see you try.
I would if she swung that way,
but you're the one with the goods.
Come on, do you want the fob or not?
Maybe we don't need the fob.
Surely there's got to be another way.
Okay, Nick,
I really don't wanna pressure you,
but is right now really the time
to be making new plans?
Okay. Okay.
I'm here. I'm waiting for you
to get the fob, so figure something out.
Sophia?
[Cynthia] Archie!
[stealthy music playing]
[Cynthia] Archibald.
Archie!
[music intensifies]
-Archibald Dankworth!
-Yep!
You have a wonderful place.
Only the best for Maxwell.
[Nick] Hmm.
[Cynthia] It's all smoke and mirrors
to cover his shortcomings.
He'll do anything
to keep his business afloat.
He doesn't give a toss
who gets caught in the crosshairs.
[Nick grunting nervously]
-You already knew that, didn't you, Nick?
-[music stops]
[gasps]
I don't know what you mean.
Oh, come, come. We're way past that now.
I knew I recognized you.
You're the one my husband framed
for robbing Sterlings.
He showed you who he really was.
[Nick grunting]
But even though
that kiss was mediocre, I've
never been with someone
who was in prison before.
Uh...
Actually, I have.
-I have.
-[phone rings]
[phone continues ringing]
Naughty.
-[Cynthia grunts]
-[Nick groans]
[Nick exhales]
Hello?
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
My 10:00 p.m. masseuse
is here unscheduled?
Well, send her up.
That'll be the friend
I saw watching us at the party.
Naughty Nick.
I knew I shouldn't have come up here.
Then why did you?
You were freaking out.
I was not freaking out.
She pinned me across my liver
with her leg of iron
and figured me out like a hot wizard.
Hardly a wizard.
At the party, when you were whispering
sweet nothings in my ear,
there was this loud American echo.
You heard me talking to him?
But I wasn't totally sure what was up
until this pretty idiot here
was mouthing off about it in my bathroom.
Now I'm more than happy
to call my lovely security team downstairs
and tell them I'm being terrorized
by a sexually-depraved...
Depraved?
...repeat offender
and an American.
Or...
I can give you this.
Why would you do that?
Because you're going
to split the money with me.
I'm sorry. I don't understand.
You want to rob your husband?
I think it's time he gets what he deserves
and I get what's mine.
[stealthy music]
Before there's nothing more to take.
So here's the plan.
We'll do it on Christmas Eve.
Okay, so we're doing this.
Yeah.
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
And then we'll be off to better lives,
pretending like this never happened.
[glasses clink]
Cheers.
["Just Like Christmas" playing]
On our way from Stockholm
It started to snow...
Daddy!
Happy Christmas Eve, kiddo.
Should we open these presents?
-Yeah!
-Should we? Yeah?
Go in, then. In you go.
What?!
How cool is that?
Oh. Christmas jammies.
"He sprang to his sleigh,
to his team gave a whistle..."
"And away they all flew
like the down of a thistle."
"And I heard him exclaim,
ere he drove out of sight,
'Happy Christmas to all...
"and to all a good night.'"
I love it. Aw, thanks, baby.
Mmm.
Thanks, darling. Happy Christmas.
You too.
It was just like Christmas
It was just like Christmas...
[woman] Wasn't expecting to see you today.
Will you hold on to this for me?
You'll know if you need it.
It was just like Christmas...
-I hope you know what you're doing.
-I'm about to find out.
It was just like Christmas
-It was just like Christmas
-[song fades]
[stealthy music playing]
Just heading out, man.
[video game sounds]
All right, bro. See you in a bit.
Ah. [chuckles]
You thought you could defeat me.
[Lulu] Your car is downstairs
to take you home.
Your guests will arrive at 8:00.
Oh, and your wife changed her mind.
She will be there too.
Oh, wonderful.
[woman over PA] Attention, shoppers.
Sterlings will be closing in ten minutes.
Happy Holidays!
Hello, how can I help you?
[stealthy music continues]
[keys jangling]
[music fades]
-That's it.
-Oh. Yeah, till next year.
Yeah, yeah. See you in a bit.
-[sales clerk] Merry Christmas.
-You too. Good night.
Night, girls.
We did it! [laughs]
[Sophia chuckles]
Oh, go on. Go home, Sophia.
Almost done. Merry Christmas.
[clicks tongue] Merry Christmas.
-[Lulu] I'm good.
-[Ali] Need a hand?
No, I'm good. Good night, Ali.
[Ali] Happy Holidays, Lu.
[curious music playing]
[music ends]
Merry Christmas!
Yeah, you too.
Oh, is that one of Eddie's?
Yeah, it must be. Poor little fella.
Are you sharing it?
[chuckles] Take one.
-There's more up in Sterling's office.
-Shouldn't have told me that.
-[laughs] See ya.
-Yeah, see ya in a bit.
[light switches echo]
-[transceiver chimes]
-Hey, Leo. All clear down here, mate.
[curious music playing]
[both] You don't have to do this.
There's no point
in both of us risking everything.
I'm the one with the record.
And I'm the one that can crack the safe.
We're partners.
[emotional music swells]
Ready?
["Christmas In Hollis" by Run-D.M.C.
[playing over loudspeaker]
It was December 24th
on Hollis Ave after dark
When I seen a man chilling
With his dog in the park
I approached him very slowly
With my heart full of fear
Looked at his dog
Oh my God, an ill reindeer...
[Sophia] There goes Ali.
And there goes Leo.
But he must've dropped his wallet
Smack dead on the lawn
I picked the wallet up
But then I took a pause...
[Nick] This will get us to the stairs.
Come on.
Sophia!
Sophia.
Sophia!
[music playing loudly]
It's Christmastime in Hollis, Queens
Mom's cookin' chicken
And collard greens
[music stops]
-Someone must've forgot to shut it off.
-Yeah.
So the Christmas movie for tonight
is Batman Returns.
-That's not a Christmas film.
-[Ali] It is.
-How?
-[Ali] It's set during Christmas.
[Leo] There's a lot of films
set during Christmas.
[fast-paced stealthy music playing]
-[Leo] It's not a Christmas movie.
-[Ali] What do you mean?
Batman Returns absolutely is
a Christmas movie.
-[Ali] It's got tinsel.
-No, it ain't.
It's got candy canes.
Let's watch
a proper Christmas film right now.
Let's get back to it.
It is a Christmas movie, mate.
All right. Have one of them and shut up.
[stealthy music continues]
-[Nick] Ready?
-[Sophia] Yeah.
[Nick] 6-2-9.
[keypad beeping]
0-8-4.
[music swells]
-[music ends abruptly]
-[Nick] There's no lock.
How do we get it open?
[automated voice] Greetings, Mr. Sterling.
Please provide DNA sample.
[Nick] DNA. Oh my God.
What are we gonna do?
I had it all figured out.
Had the cameras, the codes. You said
you knew what kind of safe it was.
-You said you could crack it.
-[automated voice] Remain still.
-What are you doing?
-[automated voice] Remain still.
-No, no. Sophia, stop.
-[automated voice] DNA sample received.
Processing.
[sighs]
[soft, tense music playing]
I'm sorry I didn't tell you.
[gasps]
My mom worked here.
Then he got her pregnant and fired her.
Threatened her into signing away
any sort of claim against him.
Any claim that I would ever have.
[automated voice] DNA confirmed.
[safe door opening]
[deep breath]
Well, are we just gonna stand here,
or are we gonna take back
what he stole from you?
[emotional music playing]
[rhythmic music playing]
[stealthy music playing]
-Hey!
-What?
[Ali] You took the last one!
Lulu said there were more
in the gift baskets in the office.
-I could go for some truffles.
-Oh, you're bad, you.
-Diet starts Monday.
-No, diet starts next year.
-Just like last year, yeah?
-[both laugh]
Yeah.
Guard headed towards the stairs.
-We gotta go.
-Okay.
[Ali humming]
[stealthy music continues]
[Ali continues humming]
[suspenseful music playing]
[music swells]
[Nick sneezes loudly]
[Ali] Who's there?
[footsteps approaching]
-[Sophia] Come on!
-[frantic music]
[Ali] Freeze!
Leo! I got a code red upstairs!
-Leo! I got a code red upstairs!
-I'm coming!
[frantic music continues]
[Ali] Oy! Open up! Come on!
[banging on door]
[Nick] What are we gonna do?
Oy! Stop there! Don't move!
-[Ali] I'm coming in!
-[Nick] He's coming up the stairs.
What the hell are you doing?
We'll slide off the roof
and into the presents.
-[Nick] You've got to be joking!
-It's now or never, Nick.
[music grows suspenseful]
Let's go, Nick!
[Ali yells]
[both coughing]
[Nick] You okay?
[Sophia] You know, I really thought
that'd be more structurally sound.
[determined music playing]
Are they still there?
Think so.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Sophia grunts]
[Nick grunts]
What the hell are we gonna do?
[determined music playing]
They didn't even bother
to close it back up.
[automated voice] Greetings, Mr. Sterling.
Please provide DNA sample.
Remain still.
DNA sample received.
Processing.
Wow. Fancy.
Not fancy enough.
[music swells]
[Leo] If you're not dead,
we've got you surrounded.
-Come out!
-We've gotta get out of here.
You go out the back
and I'll go and distract them.
No, no. Uh, what? No.
You've already paid
for robbing this place.
I need you to trust me and go right now.
[spluttering]
I won't leave you here.
I know you'll give my mom her half.
You've gotta be there for Maddie.
[distant sirens wailing]
[anxious violin music playing]
I'll see you, Nick.
[dramatic instrumental music playing]
I think it's time
he gets what he deserves,
and I get what's mine
before there's nothing more to take.
But I don't just want
a few hundred thousand pounds.
I want it all,
and if you help me, I will make sure
you are both set up for life.
How?
[Cynthia] Maxwell keeps the stolen goods
in an unregistered locker in Peckham.
Once he's collected the insurance,
he will resell them.
Put them in the safe.
The police must be there to see the jewels
the moment Sterling opens the door.
So you have to make the call
at the right time.
Should we make the call?
-[Sterling] Hello.
-Mr. Sterling, this is store security.
Someone is robbing your office safe.
[dramatic instrumental music continues]
I don't understand.
Let's take a walk, Mr. Sterling.
[dramatic instrumental music continues]
[music stops abruptly]
[Sophia grunting]
Go get the other one!
[Leo] Oh! Bollocks!
That's it.
It's over.
[Leo] Oh! Ah!
[Ali] Police are on their way.
[Sophia] Ali.
[Sophia panting]
Please, it's me.
Sterling is the one
that stole the jewelry in the locker.
-[transceiver chimes]
-[Leo] I lost him. Is he by you?
[somber music playing]
Sterling is the one that blamed Eddie.
-[transceiver chimes]
-[Leo] Ali, come in.
[transceiver chimes]
Not here.
Thank you.
-[indistinct radio police chatter]
-[sighs]
[panting]
[officer over radio] Bringing him out now.
[Jones] All right, people. Make a hole.
[reporter] Mr. Sterling, any comments
about your arrest, sir?
[Jones] Clear the way, please.
-[reporters clamoring]
-[Jones] Clear the way.
Make some space.
[tense instrumental music playing]
[emotional music playing]
Just wait there a second.
Just meet her.
That's all I ask.
[Sterling] If you don't leave,
I'll have security remove you both
from the premises.
That is not my daughter.
[door slam echoes]
[Mom] Hey. It's you and me.
That's all we need.
We're a team, yeah?
Come on. Come here.
[emotional music continues]
[curious music playing]
Police have responded
to a Christmas Eve break-in
at the Sterling Department Store,
where authorities discovered millions of
pounds' worth of previously stolen items
in Maxwell Sterling's private safe.
Sterling has been arrested
and is now being accused
of staging multiple robberies
and claiming the insurance money,
most recently framing
security guard Eddie Morris.
It's believed the scheme
began with contractor Nick O'Connor,
who was convicted
of stealing millions from Sterling
after finishing work
on Sterling's security systems.
It's symbolic.
I'm gonna get my own flat.
-Wherever you and Maddie are.
-[Brianna] Thank you.
[newswoman] It is expected
that all charges against Nick O'Connor
will be expunged.
Cynthia Sterling
is expected to take control
of all of Sterling's stores and holdings.
[woman] Oh, look what the cat dragged in.
Working on Christmas?
Who works too much now?
I spent all morning with my family.
This is my holiday.
Guess you won't be needing this.
I guess I will not.
Tell me. Are you okay?
I'm okay.
-[entry bell jingles]
-[door opens]
[soft, curious music playing]
All right, then.
You get any good gifts this year?
Yeah.
-Yeah, I... I got a pretty good haul.
-[Sophia] Hmm.
But I'm gonna have to split it.
[clicks tongue] Aw, bummer.
Hope it's at least with someone good.
It is.
[music swells]
[music ends]
Tried to blame it
On the city that I love
[indistinct chattering]
I point the finger
At the people up above
But oh, babe, you'll be okay
When you get lost in your head
Some days
So life ain't going your way
Keep it up, it up, it up
[indistinct conversations]
My baby's got the big, big shoes
Trying to fill 'em
But she just might lose
Who cares if you jump through hoops?
Just get up, get up, get up
There's Jimmy trying to make his way
Counting pennies
'Cause the work don't pay
Everybody's gotta make their way
So come on, come on
Come on, come on, whoo!
I tried to blame it
On the city that I love
I point the finger
At the people up above
But oh, babe, you'll be okay
When you get lost in your head
Some days
So life ain't going your way
Keep it up, it up, it up
If it's love, if it's love
If it's love that you need
Give it all that you got
When you're down on your knees
If it's love, if it's love
If it's love that you need
Give it all that you got
When you're down on your knees
Yeah!
[laughter]
[music fades]
[jazzy holiday music playing]