In Flight (2025) s01e02 Episode Script

1
Is it true what they're
saying? Is he dead?
Yeah.
Jo, we need to talk
about your son.
We have people
in Sofia West Prison.
And unless you do exactly
what we tell you to do,
we'll kill your son.
In five days' time,
you fly to Istanbul.
When you arrive, I'll meet you
at your hotel with
three kilos of heroin.
You're going to bring
that back on your flight.
Three months of silence,
and then you call in the
middle of the night.
What changed?
My son is in trouble.
So I need some money
to get him moved.
You gave ten grand to
your lawyer
to bribe the governor?
Well, we gave her 15 to
drop Sonny's case.
You fly to Bangkok next
week. It's the same deal.
What happened? Sonny OK?
You can talk to me.
PHONE BUZZES
HE SIGHS
I need your help.
Call the police.
I've still got contacts on
the force.
I'll call someone I trust.
They've got procedures for cases
like this.
They'll put you in a safe house,
somewhere no-one can find you.
And what about Sonny?
Spy with my little eye something
beginning with
THEY SHOUT PLAYFULLY
Pass! Ah!
Ah! Ah! Thank you. Yes.
HE LAUGHS
Why were the cabin crew checked?
We heard a rumour that a flight
attendant was smuggling cigarettes.
OK, so no-one tipped you off about
me.
You're not going to keep doing this.
Dom, I don't have a choice.
So why are you telling me?
Give me a kiss. Yes.
Bye.
What about the lawyer?
Cormac got to her first and now
she's not
She won't pick up her phone.
And the money?
Why did you change your mind
about that?
Lucy had a nightmare.
She was scared.
She needed me.
You couldn't imagine not being there
for her.
What exactly are you asking me?
DISTANT POLICE SIRENS
Can you be on shift when my flight
gets in
and then look the other way
when I walk through customs?
INDISTINCT SPEAKING OVER PA
BEEPING
Thank you. Don't thank me.
I haven't agreed to anything.
It was random.
I didn't know you were working.
Right.
You looked scared.
Cos I looked scared? Yeah, it's a
red flag.
I should have stopped you.
You were coming from Bangkok.
Uh-huh.
If drug mules get caught there
Yes, the death penalty.
I can't let you do this.
I must be out of my mind.
Listen, between me and you
..there are things we're trained
to look out for.
You're walking too fast.
We look for people in a hurry.
Slow down.
OK. And don't look at anyone
from customs.
That's another red flag. OK.
Use your training.
You guys always look so confident.
Throughout the last three months,
I've watched you walk
through customs with a smile on
your face.
No-one would think you had a son
in prison.
So you know how to put on a front.
Forget about what's in the bag.
Wheel it behind you. Don't look at
it. Don't hold it too tight.
BEEPING
Smile.
Passport, please.
Next. Passport.
STAMPING
Don't walk too fast or too slow.
Stay close to cabin crew. Blend in
with the crew.
Tell me what I need to do better.
No, that was perfect. You're
smashing it.
But look, it's still a matter of
time.
Till I get caught, you mean.
Yeah.
I have earned the right to say this.
You're risking so much.
What if
What if Sonny's lying?
What if he did kill that kid?
Would it make any difference?
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six, seven, eight, nine, ten,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
21, 22, 23, 24, 25,
26, 27, 28, 29, 30.
Can you get rid of this? Sure.
Can you keep a secret? Oh, go on.
Which pilot this time?
Oh, hang on. You've been holding out
on me, too.
That weirdo from the pub? Saw you
both
in the hotel bar in Istanbul.
Go on, give me all the details.
Spoilsport.
LOUD BEEPING, PHONE BUZZES
Security check!
This is a security announcement.
Could all passengers please have
their bags ready for inspection?
Come around this way, please.
This is a security announcement.
Could all passengers please have
their bags ready for inspection?
Get your bag checked.
HIGH-PITCHED BEEPING
Airport staff, IDs ready.
This is a security announcement.
Could all passengers please have
their bags ready for inspection?
HIGH-PITCHED BEEPING CONTINUES
Ooh! Oh! Sorry. What are you doing?
Oh, the queue was massive so I just
thought I'd pop to the loo.
Come on.
Look, I'm sorry I didn't search your
bag.
I was outranked, standard procedure
for a bomb scare.
No, no. Uh No, you warned me.
PLANE LANDS OVERHEAD
So?
Where did you hide it?
In the baggage claim toilets, in the
tampon machine.
I know, I'll go back later.
I'll say I lost my purse in the
chaos, eh? Yeah.
Wait till the police have gone,
yeah?
Yeah, of course.
Oh. Getting good at this.
Well
..the police could be there all
night. Just go home.
Come back first thing.
No, I'm staying. But you don't have
to wait.
You've done enough, Dom. Thank you.
Thanks for being here for me.
Jo
..maybe I could No.
No, it's OK.
Count this.
PLANE LANDS
WATER RUNNING
Oof.
You look great.
No.
Did you find it?
Your purse?
Oh, no.
I know what's going on.
With Sonny, your boy.
There's all these theories online.
I reckon it's a stitch up.
Blame the English kid.
I hear you.
Sonny Don't you laugh this off.
You need to get put in solitary.
What are you talking about?
No, there's no time to explain.
I don't get it.
Darling, you need to hide.
Why?
Because there's some, um
There's rumours in the press.
I can't tell you any more than that.
Mum, I told you, I'm OK now.
I've got I've got mates.
Do you trust me?
Yeah, but
No, do you trust me?
Yeah. Right, then you start
an argument,
you insult a guard.
You don't think about this.
You just do exactly
what I'm telling you.
What if I can't?
I'm gonna get cut off, you need
to figure this out, Sonny.
You need to start a fight, I don't
know you just
Why don't you hit someone?
Because you can do that,
Sonny, I know it.
PHONE BLEEPS
Shit!
DIAL TONE
You hid it in the toilets?
There were armed police everywhere,
customs searched every single bag.
You didn't have a choice.
You're smart, You were thinking
on your feet.
Does anyone else know?
Dom?
There's no way he stole it.
No way, he's, um
He's helping me.
For fuck's sake.
He's risking everything, his
family, his career, why?
Because he loves you?
Or he's playing you?
No.
No.
He's ex-police, you can't trust him.
I say the word
..and you know what happens
..to Dom, to Sonny.
And me?
You've got 24 hours.
PRISON ALARM SOUNDS
See you next week, Yeah?
Oh.
All right, bye.
Bye. Take care, bye-bye.
Jo
Mel comes to this class.
Did you take it?
What?
The heroin.
Are you for real?
Did you?
No.
Why would you think that?
What would I do with it?
Jo, I used to be police.
Yeah, that's what Cormac said.
SHE SOBS
♪S
F fuck
Oh, it's going to my head.
I'm a fucking mess.
Course you didn't take it.
You told him about me?
No. He followed me for months.
So the heroin's gone?
Yeah.
Yeah. I went by this morning,
like we planned,
and it wasn't there.
You're in danger?
Yeah.
SHE BREATHES SHAKILY
But so are you.
Me?
Cormac suspects you.
Wh why?
You're the only one who knew.
Nah, nah.
Thousands of people go through
that terminal every day, right?
Anyone could have seen you.
So you need to go away.
Just don't don't tell anyone
where you're going, not even me.
Call in sick. Just take a holiday.
And you need to take Mel
and the kids.
The kids?
No, this needs to stop.
OK? You've put my family
in danger.
Yeah, you need to go.
And don't come back
until I tell you it's safe, OK?
Jo Jo!
No-one else knew.
No.
But, like you said,
anyone could have seen me.
Look at it another way, yeah?
Security at the airport
was airtight yesterday.
Every passenger who came through
Customs was searched.
Yeah, so was every
member of cabin crew.
Right. So who was
in a position to find the heroin?
What, just walk through Customs
unchecked?
SCRAPING
INDISTINCT CONVERSATION
HE BREATHES HEAVILY
STEAM HISSES
You need to go away.
STEAM HISSES
HE TUTS
LINE RINGS
You work fast.
He didn't give me much choice.
Sonny's in solitary.
Bravo.
He's full of surprises.
Tougher than you let on.
You say that he's innocent?
Yeah, he is.
He's found your drugs -
what are you waiting for?
You know that we can get Sonny
in solitary.
There's nowhere that he's safe.
And if I told my bosses
about the missing heroin,
then Sonny would be dead.
You and Dom, too.
So I'm doing you a favour.
Do you understand?
Good.
INDISTINCT CONVERSATION
OK.
Here's your chance.
What are you going to do?
Nothing.
Take this
and go get our fucking drugs.
Is it loaded?
You'd shoot me if it was.
I can't do this. I
The cleaner's name
is Marta da Silva.
She's Portuguese.
How do you know that?
She's been here for 13 years.
Her brothers, too.
They work hard.
Day jobs, but they're not
connected to a gang.
They've got no criminal record.
Please
..don't make me do this.
They're opportunists.
They're nobodies.
They're out of their depth.
God
They've put Sonny's life at risk.
Now, that heroin, it means more
to you than it means to them,
and that is why you can do this.
Give me your car keys.
Why?
I'll park right outside.
You go knock on the door.
You point the gun at Marta.
You scare the shit out of her.
I'll be waiting outside with
the engine running.
SHE EXHALES HEAVILY
TRAIN RUMBLES PAS
SIREN WAILS
Stay back.
Please, don't hurt me.
Please, don't hurt me.
Where is it?
Marta!
Come on, please.
It's here
It's here.
Yeah.
It is here.
It it's here.
Aqui
Aqui.
Show me.
There.
It's here. OK, I'll
No, leave it.
Go back.
Cos this saves my son's life, this.
It saves him. Do you understand?
FOOD SIZZLES
SHE GASPS Ah!
THEY GRUNT AND MOAN
SHE SCREAMS
SMOKE ALARM BEEPS
Argh!
SHE SCREAMS
Fuck.
ENGINE STARTS
THEY GRUNT AND MOAN
What the?!
Stay back!
What the?!
SHE GROWLS
Stay where you are.
Get down on the ground!
Down on the fucking ground!
Hands on your head!
Where is it?
Sink.
Under the sink.
Go on, then.
BEEPING CONTINUES
Come on.
Yeah.
Stay where you are.
Don't fucking move!
Go, go, go! Run, right there.
SHE SHRIEKS
Argh!
A holiday?
Where?
It's a surprise.
Do we need our passports?
No! It's just a short break
to the seaside.
Have you booked somewhere?
Kind of, all right?
It's a mate from work.
He's got a holiday home
he rents out.
He had a last-minute cancellation.
He asked me if I wanted it.
Well, you know, why not?
Could be nice.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's a bit sudden.
Which mate?
What?
Which mate?
Er
Whose house is it?
Dom
I'm gonna need that back.
My keys.
KEYS JINGLE
You did well.
This time.
Get some sleep, yeah?
Babe
..did something happen at work?
Where are the girls? I told them
to get ready. Hey, stop.
Dom, what's going on?
Is this a panic attack?
No.
Just talk to me.
Tell me what's going on.
How can I help?
No, we gotta go.
All right, now you're scaring me.
And the girls, too.
I don't understand what's going on.
None of this makes any sense.
I've got work tomorrow.
The girls have got school.
We are staying here.
OK? I know there is a problem but,
whatever it is,
we can talk about it.
Running away from it
is not going to help.
HE BREATHES HEAVILY
I wasn't there for you before,
but I am here now, all right?
Let's go back inside.
Yeah?
OK.
KEYS JANGLE
LOCK CLUNKS
DOOR CREAKS
Let's go.
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four, five, six, seven, eight
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13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24,
25, 26, 27, 28
COUNTING CONTINUES
..35, 36
Oh! Unlucky love.
Fuck off, Mum!
Turn the camera off!
SCRATCHING AND GRABBING
METAL CLUNKS
You don't think she'll call
the police?
Well, what would she say?
Yeah, yeah, you're right.
Cormac?
He didn't call for backup?
He's on his own.
SHE SCOFFS
Why take that risk?
But you're OK.
Well
HE LAUGHS
HE GROANS
I keep thinking, if I hadn't left
..none of this would have happened.
If you hadn't have left,
I would have kicked you out.
HE LAUGHS
No, you were right. I did shut
down when Sonny got arrested.
I just
I just didn't want any distractions.
But
..maybe we were too quick.
To end it?
Yeah
I did need you.
I just didn't
I'm not very good at saying it.
And I've thought about
what you asked
..if Sonny did it.
And would that make a difference?
When he was little,
he used to juggle his football
in the garden, right? Just
Oh, the focus.
Dead quiet, eyes on the ball,
count every kick in his head.
I used to love watching him do it.
But then, one day, it just just
started to bother me a bit,
and I realised
..it was because,
for the very first time,
I didn't know what he was thinking.
He wouldn't tell me,
and if I pushed it
..oh, my God, he would
He would lose his shit.
And I mean red mist,
full meltdown.
So, whatever that was,
whatever made him angry
..I think that's my fault.
No, no.
It isn't your fault.
He's a good kid.
And I would
I would swap places with him
in a heartbeat.
Cormac sent one of his men
to watch my house.
Oh, my God.
He tried to intimidate me.
I'm so sorry.
Just, it made me think
how terrified you must be.
When Mel left me,
I was at rock-bottom.
You were there for me.
Now it's my turn.
I've been on the back foot
for too long.
No more running, right?
I've got contacts.
I'm gonna do some digging.
Well, we can't go to the police.
I'll be discreet. No, no.
Look, who the fuck is Cormac?
Where's he from?
Who does he work for?
Oh, Dom
The more we find out, the quicker
we can start to fight back.
Is that what you want to do?
We fight back.
Starting now.