Intruder (2021) s01e02 Episode Script

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He was halfway out the
window and I stabbed him.
That's not self-defence.
That's murder!
So we can't let them
see the body where it is.
A break-in at one of the
big houses up above the caves.
He might not have been alone.
The priority is for you to find
out what happened to my son.
It's not being looked on
as suspicious.
Have you seen my laptop?
It's not here.
Couldn't drag out of
her what's wrong.
It's probably some married man
she hasn't told me about yet.
Come over tomorrow and we
can talk about the future.
What are you doing, Angela?
No. I'm not dumping it!
The thing's worth
600-700 quid at least.
Yeah, but if I wipe it fast,
they can't trace it, can they?
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
..Better, with highs
of 13 or 14 through the afternoon.
For the rest of us,
a fresher day ahead,
with the cloud and the breeze.
And after a sunny start to the
day, just a few showery outbreaks
moving through the south east
Coming back in 20.
Sam? Sam! Back in ten, with
Arnold from Eastbourne, line one.
Sam? Sam? Back in five, four
ANNOUNCER: Sam Hickey
In The Afternoon on LCR
Welcome back. More news and
sport at the top of the hour.
Now, we're joined by
Arnold from Taunton.
Hello, Arnold. Hello.
Arnold, what did you make of
the leader of the
opposition's performance?
Yeah, this is performative
wokeness, you know,
and, you know, Sam, this is just
I just need to wipe it
so help me out.
OK, is it open? Mm-hm.
Go to the login page. Yeah.
Is there a password?
No. Straight in.
What's next?
So, first of all, she went vegan
and now she identifies as non-binary
and all that, you see.
Now I was a teenager in the '60s
so I am broad-minded
Hello? Sam? Hello?
Mm, yeah. Er
Well, thanks for that, Marjorie.
And next up we have
Sandra - what are your
thoughts on the issue?
We have totally capitulated, Sam.
It's madness. Total madness.
People
It says boot.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. All right.
Deletingdata.
Did you hit enter? Yeah.
The screen's gone blank.
Right. That's it.
Is that it? Is that it wiped?
Yeah. Sweet.
And I think it's
an absolute disgrace!
And that's all I'm gonna say!
OK, Marjorie. Sandra.
Sandra! I'm so sorry, I was so
engrossed with what you were saying
I momentarily forgot
who was saying it.
OK, next up on the line we have
Kaseem. Kaseem.
Kaseem, are you there?
Er, yeah, hello
Sorry about that.
Just endless texts from
Rebecca about the whole thing.
Got to run, Ron.
What is this place?
CAR HORN BEEPS
Christ, is this the one?
It's got to be.
Oh, sh Come on!
PULLS HANDBRAKE, ENGINE STOPS
All go well?
Do you know who I am, son?
Yeah.
Have a sit down.
Where d'you get money so fast?
I dunno.
"I dunno".
The break-in the other night.
You know anything about that?
No.
No, I swear.
If you're lying to me,
you little shit I'm not.
HE CHUCKLES
Go on, then.
Off you go.
You OK to talk?
I think we've found
our other intruder
PHONE BUZZES
Angela. We still on for tonight?
Yes, yes. Any chance
we can push it back?
No. We said 7.00.
OK. Yes.
Great, well, I'll see you then. OK.
Yes. See you then. Yep.
Oh, Jesus Christ.
Hey.
Get in the car.
Fuck off.
Look, I know who you are
and I know you know who I am.
I just want to talk.
Just fuck off, you twat.
Jesus Christ.
I know you stole the laptop.
Look, I don't want to be here
any more than you do but
..we're on the same side.
Look, what happened, happened,
and nothing -
I mean nothing - is going
to bring your friend back.
I don't care what I saw.
I'm not saying fuck all.
Good. Good. OK.
So if you justgive me
the, er, laptop back
then I can go. I sold it.
Sorry. You what?
I wiped it first, like -
I'm not an idiot, so
You wiped it for fingerprints?
No.
I mean I wiped the drive so no-one
can trace where it came from.
Yeah.
HE CLEARS HIS THROA
Yeah, I'm gonna bounce, man.
It's beautiful, Mr Khalil.
Your son was an amazing artist.
He wasted his time on superheroes
and comics, you know,
but his architectural sketches
were very good.
This week, he was to sit his
A-level in Design and Technology
..so, erm
I'm sorry, Mr Khalil.
Mr Khalil, erm, why are
you showing me this?
Officer
..I just know my son
wouldn't attack a man.
I know this.
I know my son.
Like I explained
..my job is to gather information
from the families to maintain
I know, I know that.
But there's no way my son
would break into a house
unless someone was leading him on.
The investigating officers,
they considered that,
and they dismissed the idea.
There was a forensic examination.
You think they looked at everything?
You think if it had been a white boy
lying dead up at that house
My job is to liaise
between the families
Don't give me the textbook.
I've I've heard the textbook!
Mr Khalil?
Haalim.
I'm not leading the investigation
but I am part of the investigation
and I can feed any new
information that you have.
So why are you showing me this book?
Look at this.
What am I looking at?
The names at the bottom.
They could be
local gang members or
..or, I mean, they could
be street names -
but surely they could be traced!
They're cartoon characters.
Mick And Sasquatch
It's a cartoon series
..on Netflix, I think.
We are doing all we can.
We really are.
Now, if you think of anything else
then be sure to give me a call.
You make sure to call me.
My son would never
break into a house
..unless someone else was
Haalim. ..unless someone led him on.
But he would never - NEVER -
attack someone!
I know this.
Have you heard of
the paradox of value?
I'm sorry?
It's a little paradox.
I give it to my economics students.
You know, diamonds are
worth more than water.
A tiny diamond is worth more
than a drop of water. Yeah?
In fact, a diamond is worth more
than several buckets of water,
even though the water
could save a life
and the diamond is
basically useless.
They call it the paradox of value.
What about human life?
How much is human life worth,
do you think?
I looked it up.
Insurers have valued it
at about £300,000.
If a soldier dies in Iraq
or in Afghanistan
they pay the family
about quarter of a million.
How much is my son's
life worth, officer?
LINE RINGS
PHONE RINGS
Hi? Hi.
Listen, I'm just going to have to
stay out here until I find this guy.
Even if it takes all night. Sorry.
Yeah, you do what you have to do.
It's important, yeah.
Find the guy, have a proper chat,
get the laptop back.
Yeah. Yeah. You OK?
Yeah. I'm fine.
Everyone's treating me
like I'm made of glass, which
..is good, I suppose.
Except Angela.
She's being
..weird.
Really? Weird how?
I don't know.
I thinks it's just theshock.
Oh, she's probably got some
married man on the go
she'll be telling me about soon,
so she'll soon forget about it all.
Right, yeah, right. OK.
Well, I'll tell you
if I find the guy.
OK. OK. Bye.
Angela. Sam!
Oh.
OK.
Angela It's so good to see you.
Right, I knew
Mmph!
Angela!
Come on.
Angela! ANGELA!
You must be starving
I could eat a scabby horse.
Angela! There's wine out.
Keep your jacket on.
I won't be long.
Where's the keys? Angela.
I'm always losing my keys.
How was the radio show?
I haven't listened yet.
Angela! Yeah?
Oh, for God's sake
OK. Look.
I came over to say
I know what you're doing!
You can't use what happened
the other night to try to
..to drive you and Rebecca apart?
But I am doing that.
Where did you say you
were this evening, Sam?
Staying late at work?
Poor Rebecca.
She's probably
sat there right now
..suspecting you lied but
not quite knowing.
Soon she'll be spying on you,
going through your phone.
It's only a matter of time
before she finds out.
I've told you!
It was a massive mistake.
I am not leaving my wife!
Yes, you are.
Can't you see?
It's like that poor
young boy died for us.
Come on. Angela!
Angela.
Angela!
Angela! Come
Angela, come back to the cottage!
Angela, let's just talk about this
like rational human beings.
I'm not a rational human being.
That's what gives me the upper hand.
Angela!
Do you remember the first
time you came out here?
You told Rebecca you
were with your parents
and you were so worried
she'd call them.
We were standing right here when
you promised me you'd leave her.
Do you remember we kissed
over there by those caves
and we saw those
teenagers doing drugs?
Ha! So romantic!
Angela! For God's sake, come on.
Keep up, Samuel!
Angela!
Angela!
Angela!
Angela!
You think you're holding the
fucking trump card, don't you?
Don't you? Well, you're not!
You're not!
You're holding a fucking grenade
and if you pull the pin,
you'll blow you up, too.
You breathe a word of
this to anybody
I'll go to prison too.
I know.
I'll go to prison, too,
..if I tell anyone
..THAT YOU KILLED THAT BOY
Sh!
..and it wasn't self-defence!
Then I'll go down, too.
If I tell anyone,
HE WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY
AND YOU STABBED HIM IN THE BACK,
then we'll both go to prison!
We'll both go
..because I HELPED YOU
FAKE EVIDENCE! I did it!
Shut up! Shut up!
What are you going to do?
Bash my brains in with a rock
and hope those ramblers don't see?
I don't think so.
SHE BREATHES DEEPLY
Don't you just love it out here?
It's like another world.
I'm starving now.
Angela.
Angela.
Hi, Jen.
Table for two, please, love.
Great. Thanks.
OK, Angela.
This is absolutely ridiculous.
OK?
Hi. Can I order a bottle of
the Carbonnieux Blanc?
And I think we already
know what we want.
Can we both get the crab, please?
No starters, just straight to it.
Great.
Honestly, they don't
even dress the crab here -
they just drag it straight out
of the sea and into the boiler.
But it does come in the shell
so you do have to prise it open.
LOUDLY: You have to get right
in there with your knife.
This is insane, and I'm leaving.
Oh, great. Lovely. Thanks. Ta.
I'll have that
This whole charade is over.
That's enough, OK?
Angela, you are mentally unstable
..you're an alcoholic.
and you need help.
You know that head detective?
Well, he doesn't seem like the type
to dig or delve too much to me.
So I don't think we need
to worry about him.
Look, I know you're angry,
and I'm sorry.
But the other one -
Bailey or Bradley
or whoever she is
I mean, she's not even
leading the investigation
but she just seemed really,
really curious.
Lovely.
Thank you. Thanks, Jen.
SHE INHALES DEEPLY
Mm.
Y'know, I reckon all she'd need
is a nudge in the right direction
..a teeny bit of new information,
and she'd crack this thing
wide open.
CRAB LEG CRACKS
Who can tell me the term
we use for the idea that
the worth of something is related
to the work put into its creation?
Labour theory?
The labour theory of value.
Who famously rejected and criticised
the utility theory?
I'll give you a clue.
The most famous economist
of the 18th century.
Anyone?
Good God.
You covered these topics
in the last lecture!
Ah, but no - I remember now,
it's all coming back to me.
The last lecture was cancelled
because you weren't there!
None of you!
So you all troop along to the
tutorial because you know you
have to be here, and you hope
..that I won't pick on you.
But I am picking on you!
PHONE BUZZES
HE SIGHS
Well, it's not much to go on, but
..this is excellent, Mr Khalil.
It's all vital pieces that the team
can put together to form
a bigger picture.
What I'll do is
I'll log this as evidence and
No. Enough of trusting the team.
They're doing nothing
and you know it.
You have to follow this up.
Haalim, it's just a letter.
It could be anything.
It could be a first name, could be
a second name.
It could be a nickname.
It could be a deliberately
random letter,
I mean, your son was a smart lad.
Oh, this is ridiculous - you
people are just petty bureaucrats.
Have you tried to call it?
No, of course not. I called you,
expecting you or your
..proper department would
VOICE ON PHONE: This number you have
dialled has not been recognised.
Please check and dial again.
Yeah.
They usually chuck them away
when they've used them.
That's the whole point, really.
But
..you're right - it might be useful.
Ms Hickey?
I'm James Fitzgerald.
You remember me?
I do.
Last time I saw you, you were a
teenager.
What do you want, Mr Fitzgerald?
Oh, please, everyone calls me Fitz.
I know.
Is there somewhere
we can go to talk?
What do you want?
I know what happened -
up at your house with the boy -
and the police know, too.
We can talk in the car if you like.
And I know someone who can help you
in your predicament.
I can scream very loudly.
I know.
I remember.
We've got far less money
than you'd think.
Having a house custom built
is expensive.
No, that's not how
this is going to go.
You remember my farm?
It hasn't changed a bit.
Also, it hasn't been
profitable for about 25 years.
So I have to pursue
other business opportunities
in the local community.
I have an arrangement
with the local police where
they focus on important matters -
rapists, paedophiles.
There's plenty to focus on with
the world being the way it is
without bothering an old farmer
trying to make ends meet.
Course, I think you know all this,
cos someone's been digging around
from that rag you work for.
I think that might be you.
You had quite the story.
But now we find
ourselves in new territory.
One of the lads who
broke into your house, well,
it turns out he was getting money
to buy some of my produce.
The police knew you were lying
as soon as they looked at the scene.
So, if the police started
looking into your case any further,
it would lead them to look into all
kinds of dark corners.
Are you threatening me?
No, no, no.
I'm offering you and your husband
a chance to look after yourselves.
I can lean on the chief
to lean on the SIO
and all this whole thing
can go away.
Shouldn't be a problem.
Young Asian lad,
not many round here will miss him.
But if you insist on being
the crusading journalist,
there won't be anything I can do.
Are we clear?
We're clear.
I'll drop the story.
I trust in return that the police
won't dig too much into what
happened at my house.
There's no reason
we can't become friends, Rebecca.
We're nearly neighbours, after all.
If there's anything you need,
anything at all,
you come and find me.
SHE KNOCKS ON DOOR
Hey. You got a second?
What is it?
Ooh, actually, come
and have a quick fag with me.
I've found a great new secret spot.
It's great.
Its door's never locked.
And as long as you keep it
wedged open,
you can go in and out
whenever you like.
It stops all the God awful
faffing about, going back and forth
through security every time you want
to nip out for a quick fag.
Sorry, what was it you wanted to
talk to me about?
PHONE RINGING
SHE SIGHS
Mum, I'm at work.
No, but I'm still busy.
Anyway, I thought you'd be
watching Neighbours.
Mum, I'm not going to be able to
make it up this weekend.
No, I'm sorry.
But I tell you what, let's have
a proper chat when I get home.
Yes.
Right. Yeah. Yeah. I love you, too.
Bye.
My God! Did he hurt you?
No. Did he threaten you?
No, no. No, it wasn't like that.
He was
..business-like.
Look, I'm sure
he won't do anything as long as
That's what I wanted to say.
I don't want to pursue
the story about him.
Of course. I mean, obviously.
Oh, thank God. I was worried you
wouldn't understand.
God, no. Of course!
I understand completely.
I'll talk to Mark. Mark loves me.
I'll tell him
the source has fallen through.
No source. No story.
Oh, thanks, Angela. You're
I can't tell you how great it's
been to have you around.
Babe!
Come on.
I've got your back.
We'll sort this out. All right?
Hello?
I know you're in there.
I wondered if I could have a word.
Who is it? Police. Fuck.
I just got moved down from the
seafront. I nowhere to go.
It's OK. I harm nobody. It's OK.
I just wanted to talk to you about
something.
I move. I move. No, no,
no, there's no need for that.
I just wanted to talk to about
whether you saw anything
the other night.
Were you aware there's been a break
in just up the beach there?
I don't see anything.
I don't want to talk about anything,
sorry.
OK. Well, I can't force you.
You've got all the mod cons,
haven't you?
Proper little Bear Grylls.
What kind of bear?
Oh, it doesn't matter.
So, do you get much work
round here or?
Some fruit picking in summer, but
..usually fuck all.
I'm out having a smoke,
and I hear, like, running
and I think,
"Fuck, who knows who this is?" and
go to go back in,
but the guy is moving super fast so
I don't make it.
What did this guy look like?
Maybe dark hair, I don't know.
At night you can't see anything.
What was he wearing?
Like a jacket with a bird
on it or something.
He was a young guy, though,
and fit to run so fast.
All right, cheers. Thanks.
You stay safe, eh?
WIND CHIME JINGLES
SHE SIGHS
Ron?
Ron! Hi.
It is you. Hello.
Oh, wow, what a coincidence!
Oh, it's good to see you. OK.
You know these guys, remember?
Oh, my God. How are you?
I can't believe you're having
a fucking party without me.
Well, it's a work do, so.
God, boring.
I've come just at the right time,
then, haven't I?
I'll have a double gin to catch
up with you lot.
What are you going to have?
I mean, you were there.
You remember, Ron.
I mean, I was there later.
I saw the whole fucking thing.
It was fucking horrible.
We basically had to lie,
not lie as such, but lie.
I mean, if people in here knew
I mean, if this lot fucking knew,
there'd be fucking murder.
I mean, you were lucky you left
early, Ron,
you didn't see the blood.
Let's change the subject, yeah?
I know, but, like,
what I'm saying is, right
Sorry, don't mind me.
Yeah, it was all a bit random.
Right. She said a lot about,
you know,
how that night she was there,
and how she'd seen what happened.
The aftermath of it or.
To be honest with you, mate,
I couldn't make out what
she was talking about.
God, OK, well, erm,
look to be honest, Ron,
and, er, this comes
mainly from Rebecca,
but, yes, she has had stability
issues in the past.
So, yeah, OK.
HE GRUNTS AND MOANS
Angela!
Open the fucking door!
Angela!
I know you're in there!
You fucking arrogant prick!
You think you can come over here and
tell me what to do?
You don't fucking tell me
what to do.
I tell you what to do.
Fuck off. You're fucking hurting me.
Get off, fucking stop it.
THEY STRAIN AND PAN
You will not ruin my life!
You will not ruin my marriage.
You will not say anything to anyone
that puts me in danger
or Rebecca in danger.
Do you understand?!
Do you understand me?!
Yes. I'm sorry, Sam.
I'm so sorry.
I am sorry.
I'm sorry, Sam.
What is your definition, Geoff?
MAN ON PHONE: It's not about racism,
racialism or whatever.
Geoff, Geoff, Geoff.
Geoff, I'm not cutting you off,
I'm putting you on hold.
I want to know what your definition
of "British culture" is, Geoff.
That's a definition, not an example,
like warm beer or cricket
or watching the Queen's speech
or liking Only Fools and Horses,
that's a definition,
so we can all know what it is we're
defending or protecting.
OK, Geoff?
Take it away, my friend.
Sam, you insult white people
but it's mostly white
people in this country who've
OK, I have cut off Geoff now.
It seems to me that it's impossible
for people like Geoff,
and I love you like a brother,
Geoff, I really do,
but it seems impossible for people
to define what it is
they mean so we can all know what it
is we're supposed to be preserving.
OK, I think we've got time for one
more call before the news
and is that Lorraine.
Hello, Lorraine.
WOMAN ON PHONE: Hi, Sam.
Hi, what are your thoughts on this
issue, Lorraine?
I think there's lots going
on in the world we don't understand,
don't you think, Sam?
So much of what people say
is just not true,
and so much of what's really
going on gets hidden
..just below the surface.
Erm
I think we've actually got to
go to the news now, actually.
HE STAMMERS
And I actually would love
to squeeze aanother caller in.
The truth always comes out,
doesn't it?
People think that something's over,
that it's buried,
but the truth always comes out.
OK, we have now run out of time.
Erm
Er We'll be, er, back for your
news and sport.
ANNOUNCER: London Chat Radio.
Rebecca,
It was a stupid thing I did for
..for six weeks a year ago.
That's why you didn't want to
move out here.
I'm sorry.
Why now?
Why tell me now?
Rebecca, we are in big trouble.
Angela has been telling
people about what happened.
We need to stop her.
I know you're angry at me and.
..and we can deal with that later,
but we must do
something about Angela.
Rebecca, you need to call her and
let her know
that I've told you about me and her.
I have an idea about how to end
this.
But I need your help.
So what's your grand plan?
Angela always has
pills in her cottage.
A lot of sleeping pills.
We just have to get
the pills into her.
Why are they forcing
you off this case?
You on top of this copper?
She's nothing. She's not even
part of the investigation.
Stick her on the payroll.
No, she's do-gooder material.
I listened to your husband's
show today.
He sounded drunk to me.
I trust that you'll be able to
keep that husband of yours in line.
We need to keep an eye
on the Hickeys