Reunion (2025) s01e01 Episode Script

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This programme contains some violent
scenes and very strong language
TICKING ECHOES
SIREN WAILS
- OVER TANNOY: Daniel Brennan to the office.
- Tell 'em to turn it off.
Get your things together.
CHATTER
DOOR BUZZER
Sorry I'm late.
I'm Anna. Anna Shenford.
I know you've already had
your pre-release interview,
but I'm taking over
from your probation officer,
so I just thought I'd meet you
and check everything's in order.
Daniel Brennan, in for
..murder.
Could you confirm the first line
of your nominated address for me?
SILENCE
Erm just excuse me a moment.
I'm very sorry, erm,
but I didn't book an
interpreter for this meeting.
Er, that's my fault. Erm
..can you read lips?
Could that work?
Looks like you're
a model prisoner.
Volunteering, studying.
And you've got your money,
your travel warrant.
Erm have you read that yet?
You break the law, break any
of your licence conditions,
and I hand you over to the police,
and they put you back here.
Yeah, do you understand?
You don't, do you?
Er, no. Erm
KNOCK ON DOOR
DOOR OPENS
- Ready to go when you are.
- Er, just a second, OK?
DOOR CLOSES
Um, is that your phone number,
and is that your nominated
address, your parents'?
OK. Erm
You go to your parents',
and I'll meet you there
tomorrow, not the contact centre,
and we'll do this properly
with an interpreter.
Erm
I'll call you to confirm.
Don't forget that.
You've got a second chance here.
I hope you make the most of it.
You want a lift?
LOW CHATTER
Ten years in here No-one near
No-one to sign my name
No-one to sign my name
Nowhere to hide my shame. ♪
RATCHETING
- Relax. Vinay still work here?
- He left ages ago.
- I can text him if you want?
- No. I want to surprise him.
- I don't know where he is.
- You know where.
David. It's his birthday tomorrow
night. He's having a house party.
- Vinay will be there?
- Yeah. You know what he's like.
- Tomorrow night, David.
- Yeah.
HE EXHALES HEAVILY
DOOR BUZZER VOICEMAIL:
Hiya, this is Christine.
Just leave a message and I'll
get back to you as soon as I can.
Morning. Erm, I'm calling from
Southdale's Probation Service.
It's about Daniel Brennan.
PHONE CHIMES
I missed you!
How's the speech
going for the reunion?
I've been putting it off - I
just don't know what to say.
No, you'll be great! We can look
at it together later, me and you.
- What's that?
- Voicemail.
- ANNA: - Morning. I'm calling
from Southdale's Probation Service.
It's about Daniel Brennan.
Apologies if you've
already been made aware,
but your victim liaison officer
should have informed you
that he's being released
from prison today.
MUFFLED VOICE ON VOICEMAIL
- Mum? You OK?
- Oh, yeah. Yeah, it's just boring work stuff.
It's nothing.
ENGINE STARTS
You both well?
Is Carly OK?
- We haven't seen her for a while.
- What do you mean?
She couldn't stay here.
Not after what happened.
- OK, but my little girl she's safe, she's OK?
- Little girl?
HE SCOFFS
- What?
- She was out all the time. We didn't know where. Drinking, drugs?
We don't know.
DOOR OPENS
Carly works here.
ENGINE STARTS
ENGINE ROARS
I've told you about my husband.
He died a few years ago.
Well, there's a bit
more to it than that.
He was
He was murdered.
Oh, God, I'm sorry.
That's awful!
The man who killed him,
I knew he'd be coming out
of prison at some point.
But I just blocked
it out of my mind -
- I didn't want to deal with it, you know?
- Oh, yeah, I get it.
It's strange - our
families were so close.
I wrote to him in prison.
No reply.
Requested visits.
Denied.
I just want an answer
to one question - why?
You don't know why he did it?
No. I'm sorry I didn't
tell you sooner.
I didn't want to scare you
with all this baggage.
Look, I did 30
years in the police,
and there is nothing that you
can do, nothing that you can say,
that will scare me off.
Miri's not back yet, so
we can have a quick drink.
- Wow, this is nice.
- Thanks. Will you grab me those glasses? - Sure.
What is it? What's wrong?
I'm, er
I'm sorry, Christine. Erm
Miri's going to be
back soon, in't she?
Erm
Maybe you should just
..tell her what's
going on. You know?
I don't know what
I'd even say to her.
Well, I'm sure she'd
understand, but
..you don't want me here with
all that, do you? Y'know
..just complicating things.
OK.
I tell you what. I'll call
you in t'morning. Yeah?
All right.
MUSIC PLAYS LOUDLY IN CAR:
Diesel Power by the Prodigy
VOLUME UP
SOUND MUFFLED
Blows your mind
drastically, fantastically
Blows your mind drastically,
fantastically ♪
TYRES SCREECH, MUSIC
PLAYS LOUDLY IN CAR
SILENCE
ENGINE ROARS
Dad would be so happy
about this bursary.
What's the sign for bursary?
- Award?
- Award? Nah.
Or? Maybe?
- Yeah, that works.
- OK.
Do you think I should turn off
my voice when I do the speech?
Will they have interpreters?
I don't trust the interpreter.
I'm going to work
on it some more.
- Are you sure?
- Yeah.
Mum? Are you OK?
He's out of prison.
- CUTLERY FALLS ONTO
TABLE - Brennan?
I'm so sorry.
What, they just let him out?
If he does anything stupid,
he goes straight back in.
I'm sorry.
I know it's a shock.
I only found out today.
It brought back
so many feelings,
questions about
why your dad died.
Well
If you need ANYTHING
..if you want to talk
..I'm here for
you. You know that.
I'm going to work
on this some more.
HE YELLS
YELL ECHOES
Have you got kids?
One.
You got a photo?
All right?
I said, "All right?"
What's that you got
there? Let's have a look.
Give it me.
Give it back!
Fuckin' hell!
What happened? Did you get
hit on the head or summat?
Oh, wait.
Are you deaf?
- MOCKINGLY: - That
why you can't speak?
DANIEL GRUNTS
Is that your daughter?
How old is she?
Must be ripe, I reckon.
When I get out
..I'm going to fuck
..your little girl.
I'll see you later, yeah?
SHOUTING OUTSIDE CELL
Morning!
Ah! Morning, Carly.
You all right?
Sorry, boss. The bus
were a nightmare again.
Right, what can I get for you?
What the fuck are
you doing here?
All day breakfast.
Not here.
TILL SHUTS
How are you? It's
been a long time.
Yeah.
Whose fault were that?
How am I?
I just paid off the
mortgage, bought a new car.
I'm in line for a
promotion, actually.
OK, OK.
Why are you still wearing that?
I have to go do
something important.
Go where?
- I wanted to see you, then I'm off. That's it!
- That's it?
After all this time, no
explanation. No apology.
- I'll see you in a few years, then.
- Wait!
Look, er
You're upsetting me staff.
I'm going to have
to ask you to leave.
I'm eating.
I don't know who you are,
but you can fuck off now.
Father!
PHONE VIBRATES
- Hey, you.
- How you doing?
How did you get on with Miri?
Y'know, as well as expected.
Oh, I'm sorry. What
are you up to now?
I'm just looking through
his parole paperwork,
seeing if I've missed anything.
It's about the board's decision.
It just doesn't say anything
about why he did it.
I'll tell you what,
why don't you leave it for now,
and I'll have a look at it later
and see if there's
anything we can use?
DOOR SHUTS
Oh, babe, I've got to go. Bye.
Who were you talking to?
Oh, it's just a friend.
Which friend?
- What's this?
- Nothing.
Is it Brennan?
Has something happened?
No! Nothing's happened.
Why are you being weird with me?
It's his parole paperwork.
All this time, you
knew he was coming out?
You'd just moved to London. I
didn't want to distract you.
Is there anything else
you want to tell me?
Oh, Miri
- ANNA: - I'm trying to
give your son a chance.
There was a mix-up with
the interpreters before,
but he's supposed to be here.
Is there anything you can tell
me that might help me find him?
Anyone he might be staying with?
If he doesn't show up soon,
I have to report him in
breach of his licence.
Yeah? That means he
goes back to prison.
You don't want that!
Thanks very much for your time.
They're disappointed.
- Wait.
- What are you saying?
Erm, sorry, I'm just going to
clarify. Sometimes the same sign,
it means different things. It
depends on the context. Hold on.
What do you mean, disappointed?
We regret what happened.
We'll never understand
why he did what he did.
He never explained it.
Not to us. Not to anyone.
We said goodbye to our son
..when he went into prison.
When he came out
..that's not our boy any more.
We didn't raise him to be
a violent man, a killer.
Whatever he's doing in the
future, wherever he's going,
it's nothing to do with us.
ENGINE OFF
Come on.
- MAN: - Open
the fucking door!
BANGING ON DOOR
SHOUTING AND BANGING
SIREN WAILS NEARBY
We know you're in there.
Open the fucking door!
Open up!
Fuck!
- Let him go.
- What do they want? What do you want?
Money. She owes us money.
You owe them money?
- You best let him go.
- He's deaf. He can't hear you.
INAUDIBLE
Not so tough, are
you, now, you prick?
You shouldn't have done that.
What are you doing?
That's it. You're coming with
me back to Mum and Dad's house.
- They don't want me back.
- Why?
What did you do?
They're coming back?
Yeah, thanks for
making it worse.
Come on!
Still driving that
piece of shit?
That shit is worth
more than you think.
When I'm done driving, sorted
stuff out, the car's all yours.
You can sell it for a new life.
Where are we going now?
- Looking for an old friend.
- You still have those?
Friends?
- Hey, how's it going?
- Not so great.
Not working late again, are you?
You've got to work
them cases quicker.
Has something happened?
Daniel Brennan -
did time for murder.
He's deaf. I missed it.
- I didn't book an interpreter for our initial interview.
- Right
So I booked one for a follow-up
at his nominated address.
I thought that'd be easier.
- No sign of him.
- And?
I did the bloody deaf awareness
training, I should know this stuff.
But I missed it. I missed
it, and now he's missing.
That's not your fault!
SHE SCOFFS
- Sure about that?
- He knew that he was breaking his licence conditions.
Whether or not you booked an
interpreter, that's irrelevant.
- Time to think about recalling him?
- Put him back in prison?
- I can't.
- It's your job.
He's a murderer
walking the streets.
Recall him - before
it's too late.
I tried to visit you in prison.
I never knew.
I was pissed off with you.
Still so pissed off with you.
I wanted you to know it.
I filled out a visitor's request
form. I got the train ticket.
I went all the way over.
But then
..do you know what they said?
What?
They told me that you
weren't allowed visitors.
They said you had to move to a
different part of the prison.
INAUDIBLE
DOOR SLAMS SHU
Is that true?
I lost it.
I was so angry.
What about now?
Are you still angry now?
Food's ready!
CHATTER
Put that back.
You learnt to write in prison?
Your mum always did the writing
and reading for both of us.
Me? Signing? Texting? Fine.
Newspapers? Books? No.
You could have written to me.
What was it like?
What was what like?
Prison.
BUZZER
DOOR OPENS
I've been looking forward
to this, you deaf cunt.
You're really fucked
without these, aren't yer?
Just one
..or both?
Get the fuck off him!
SLICING, GRUN
Fuck.
Come on.
We're done with these.
CELLMATE GROANS
Help! Help!
Why is your sign name Ray?
Ray?
Oh, so, when I was at school and
the teachers looked away in class,
I would stand up and perform.
They'd come up to me and say,
"God, you're always doing poetry."
And it just stuck
with me ever since.
I love that.
- Oh, do you like that?
- Yeah!
- Say, "I love you too."
- I love you too!
That man, he's been
released from prison, right?
Who told you?
There's been a link sent
round. No-one sent you it?
I can't imagine
how you must feel.
And it must be
weird for him too.
- Everyone knows who he is and what he did.
- I don't want to talk about it.
PHONE VIBRATES
Taxi's here.
DOOR CLOSES
It's working.
Think it's broken.
What are you going in there for?
- I told you.
- Looking for an old friend? - That's it.
MUSIC AND CHATTER
- What are you doing here?
- Right, does David know you're here?
Rude!
- Fuck you doing here?
- I got out yesterday.
Remember what we talked
about? Do you still have it?
Not giving you anything,
not after what you did.
- I paid for it - I want it.
- After all this time, they won't. - They will.
Where is it?
You who let you in?
Door was open, people were passing
by. I popped in to say hello.
I'm not staying. I need
GLASS SMASHES
I told you - I am not staying.
I'll inform them you're coming.
Happy birthday.
GLASS SMASHES
What the fuck are
you doing here?
Hey!
WOMAN SHRIEKS
Oi, come here.
Come on, come on,
come on! Bastard!
CAR APPROACHES AT SPEED
Get in!
ANGRY SHOUTING
- Go!
- Carly?
GLASS SMASHES
How'd you learn to drive?
My girlfriend.
Ex.
- Any news from Miri?
- No. It's weird.
She usually tells me
where she's going.
She was SO angry with me.
DOOR OPENS
- If I could just explain to
- Definitely need it.
Where were you?
What happened?!
Who's he?
Just a friend. Tell
me - what happened?
I saw him. It was Brennan.
I never thought he'd
show up at David's party.
You can go now. Thank you.
- Brennan attacked you?
- No, he didn't.
He just got into a
fight with someone else,
- that's all.
- I can't believe it.
I'll, er I'll get
some ice for that.
What the hell is going on?
Like, when did he get out?
And you've got a boyfriend,
you can't even tell me?
- Miri
- What's with all of these secrets? - No
No, no, no! Get off me, Mum.
Thank you.
We need to tell the police.
No, no, no. It was an accident.
Don't be ridiculous.
He hit you in the face.
No, Mum. OK? He
wasn't looking for me.
Whatever it is, it has
nothing to do with us.
Nothing.
Tell him he's here.
POP MUSIC PLAYS IN BACKGROUND
- Bread and soup OK?
- What?
I have a tent. We'll
set it up, camp and eat.
- What?
- We'll light a fire.
- You're joking me!
- No.
- You're serious?!
- You got any better ideas?
I'll pay. Take it and wait
in the car for me. OK?
- What are you doing?
- I'm calling the police.
LINE RINGING
Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no, no.
She's not in any shape to
make a statement, is she?
And, besides, it's
not what she wants.
MUFFLED VOICES
- What about me? What
about what - I - want?
Look, just leave it with me and
I'll see if I can get some answers.
But in the meantime, I'll just
give you both a little space.
But I promise
..I won't let Brennan anywhere
near you and Miri ever again.
OK.
- ANSWERPHONE: - Southdale Probation
and Offender Management Service.
Please leave a message.
SHE SIGHS
Calling about one of your
guys, Daniel Brennan.
He's running around
attacking people at parties.
He hit a woman in the face, and
that's an arrestable offence.
Well, you better recall him
first thing in the morning
and let the police do their job.
Fuck's sake!
You want to check it?
BOOT OPENS AND CLOSES
ENGINE STARTS
You set up the tent.
- I'll make the fire. OK?
- OK.
FIRE CRACKLES
You want more?
Where's this from?
Looks good, right?
It's from the food bank.
You can't choose.
It's good to see you again.
When I saw you again back in
the cafe, you walked in - wow!
You're so tall.
Same eyes.
Same nose.
I thought, that's Carly.
It hit me.
Carly.
Long time since I've
seen anyone sign Carly.
Almost forgotten it.
Forgot that too.
The smell, the noise it makes.
You're really giving it to me?
What about you?
After you've done
what you need to do?
I don't know.
What actually happened?
I never got the full story.
I've done my time
in prison. I'm out.
I'm different now.
Going to get more wood.
Ray, you good?
I'm freezing.
Ten years in here No-one near
No-one to sign my name
No-one to sign my name
Nowhere to hide my shame
One day soon I'll be forgiven
Even though I don't
know what I've done
Some say there's
no use in trying
To be free under the sun
I know there
won't be easy living
You can't lose
what's already gone
The ten years that
I've been here in prison
I choose
I choose
I choose
..the light of the sun
Light of the sun
Light of the sun
The light of the sun. ♪