The Inheritance (2023) s01e02 Episode Script

1
Christmas Day with the kids.
Oh, look!
Our whole lives are on these DVDs.
The pathologist's report concluded
that your father died
of alcohol asphyxiation.
A thousand pounds going out
to another company, DRD1 Limited.
Just twenty grand, I need.
You are no longer the beneficiaries.
Everything has been left
to his new wife.
Your father had been ill
for about a year. Dementia.
I think it's what led
to his drinking.
And then you helped him out
with a new will
while he was dribbling into
his fuel-soaked cornflakes, yeah?
I'm afraid we're going
to have to take the body.
But these are for you
cos I love you,
and you will thank me one day,
I promise.
I love you.
Mum looking chic.
Mum looking very chic. Beautiful!
Hey, that's mine.
What a scene. Hey?
Hey?
Hey? What?
That's mine.
What's yours?
That!
What's yours? What, this?
Yes!
You shouldn't leave it lying around.
Uh-oh! Dad,
can I ask you a question, please?
Why are we having a barbeque
in the middle of winter?
It's freezing!
Can I ask you a question?
Go on.
What do you know about cooking meat?
Ooh!
How long until everything's ready?
Dear, oh, dear, oh, dear.
I mean, talk about too many chefs!
Five minutes?
Why don't you get the chef to do it?
Five minutes!
Just make sure it's cooked
this time.
It was raw last time.
Hey, look, I'll tell you, wise guy,
why don't you just do it, all right?
The levels of bioethanol
mixed with alcohol
can cause behaviour that could show
as something close to dementia.
Right so Dad might not
have had dementia, then?
He might just have been confused
by the drugs?
She did this to him.
It's Susan's fault.
I should repeat that he could have
and, most likely,
did do this to himself.
If you really thought that, you
wouldn't have stopped the cremation.
It's my job to make certain.
And are you?
You stopped it
because you believe us.
We were right.
I can only tell you
what's in this report.
So, have you called the police,
or do we need to?
I'll tell you what,
if that will still exists,
we need to find it.
But what would that even prove?
It would show that he changed it
when he was on drugs,
the drugs that she gave him.
That'll help nail Susan.
Besides, didn't you wanna spend
more time at the family home?
Well, I didn't mean like this.
I meant in a nice way.
Oh, right, well,
when we find Dad's will
and we discover
how Susan murdered our father,
I'll be sure to crack open
the Twister (!)
Shit, I'm gonna be late.
Gotta go and pick up Charlie.
I'll call you.
See you in a bit.
And now you need to subtract that.
Have you got enough zeroes there?
Hm.
You all right, hero?
And how's
the family accountant doing?
So, how'd it go?
The levels of poteen and bioethanol
found in Dad
are high enough to be suspicious
and could explain the dementia.
What?
Apparently, bioethanol
can cause confusion and anxiety.
That mixed with the sleeping pills
and the booze and the
OK
It could have killed him.
SHE could have killed him.
Calm down.
By "she", you mean Susan.
If anyone killed him,
it had to be her.
My dad could have been murdered.
So are you gonna tell the others?
Tell them what?
Everything.
Pete, I mean
Here we are, ladies - two fish soup.
We have freshwater crayfish,
smoked haddock and salmon.
Enjoy.
Danny boy.
Your main meal's here, kid.
No pressure (!)
All right, Glen. You well?
Don't worry about it,
we'll sit here.
That table's actually
You're all right.
Yeah, you're fine to have that.
Have that.
Again, come on.
One, two, three, four,
I declare a thumb war.
Oh, no!
Yeah, I'm the champion!
Can I go on my iPad now?
Yeah, course you can.
Oh, here. Put these on.
There you go.
Tell you what, mate,
you do some double decent scran
in this gaff.
Oh, thank you.
Well, the portions need
a bit of work.
You fat bastard!
That man's an artist.
You're an artist, Dan.
I don't know about that.
Here a minute,
you get the money OK?
Yeah.
It goes without saying,
this is all on the house.
That's unbelievably generous.
No, it's the least I can do,
and it's good to see
the boys again and
Well, you're a top lad, but, erm
I can't let that happen.
I'm a big believer
in paying my bills.
So, er let's have a round
of drinks for the road, eh, kid?
Yeah.
Danny
..it's good to reconnect, lad.
Yeah. Three more beers, then, yeah?
Three beers. Go on, kid.
Oh, er, what did Sian say?
You did say hello from me,
didn't you?
I was meaning to get round to it.
I need to speak to her, Dan.
We have unfinished business.
All right.
Let me get them beers for you, yeah?
Still got that mincy little walk,
though, ain't he, eh?
Not exactly an ideal way
to spend the morning.
Still can't believe
this is happening.
Well, you better start believing.
Here, check through that for me.
Surely we've already got enough
to challenge the will?
Ah, what do you think?
Won't the solicitor have a copy
of the old one?
Already checked.
Dad didn't send one through.
And you're sure you saw it?
Yes, course I'm bloody sure.
Erm, any news on Gaudete thingy
and DRD whatsit?
I forgot to check.
I'll do it in a bit, yeah?
I'll go.
Detective Sergeant Morris.
I'm here to talk
about the death of Dennis Watson.
So, let's talk about your father.
He was, er
He was a drinker, I hear.
No. No, he wasn't.
That's not
what the pathologist's report said.
I mean he he liked the odd beer
or glass of wine, but
Look, we know who's responsible
for this.
For what?
For poisoning my dad.
Who mentioned poisoning?
The coroner.
It was in the coroner's report.
Really?
Cos when she called me,
she said we've enough evidence
to ask further questions,
nothing about poisoning.
Well, surely the woman
who benefits from the will
is the obvious choice to question.
There's no actual evidence
that he was killed unlawfully,
and a wife being the beneficiary
of a husband's will, I mean, it's
it's hardly a rarity.
At the expense of his family,
of his children?
Yeah, the children
that the will was written out for
until she changed it.
So, right, then,
you have that will, have you?
We're looking for it.
What was your relationship
with your father like?
Good. Great, in fact.
Yeah, he loved us
and his grandchildren,
and we loved him.
Cos from what I've heard,
you didn't see as much of him
as you'd like us to believe.
What's that gotta do with it?
You're very quiet.
I agree with everything
they're saying.
You need to look at Susan.
Susan, yes.
The woman he loved.
The woman he married.
He didn't love her.
Well, you don't get married
to someone
if you don't love them, do you?
Mm, you do if you're Susan.
She did it for the money.
And you'd see that
if you were taking this seriously.
What you're suggesting is a hell
of a plan for her to pull off.
First, to get him
to fall in love with her,
then to make him want to marry her,
and finally, to convince him
to write his own children
out of his will.
How powerful
do you think this woman is?
What's your point?
Everyone is a suspect
until we know different.
You don't mean us?
This is ridiculous.
14 years they were together.
You've spoken to her?
I'm just trying to figure out
what we have here, if anything.
Look
..give us a call
if you think of anything else
that might be relevant.
Do you think we are suspects?
I hope so.
Why?
It means he thinks
a crime's been committed.
14 years. It's bullshit.
Just the thought of her, you know,
getting this house, winds me up.
I need to pick up the kids.
Why can't Pete pick 'em up?
We've gotta find the will.
Pete's busy.
Doing what?
Busy being boring? Has he left
his cape at the dry cleaners?
Shut up, Dan.
What does he actually do?
Pete's fucking right about you.
I'm only joking, come on.
Just go easy on her.
Jesus.
What's going on? What is it?
Michael, Dad's old mate,
he's behind Gaudete Dynamics.
What? You joking?
It's the info I requested
from Companies House.
And Dad's been sending him payments.
Why would Michael do that?
Ah, I
So, who's DRD1, then?
I I need to sort this.
Just gonna go see him.
Dan, no. Dan. You stay there
and keep looking for the will.
I'll be back Don't go, Dan!
I'll be back in a minute.
No, just
I gotta go.
Don't do anything stupid!
So, I just wanted to say
Do you know what, I can't remember
what on earth I came in here for.
Susan.
I was wondering when you'd show up.
How did you find me?
The police can't have told you.
They're not allowed to do that.
I got lucky.
I remembered it was this street,
and I saw your sundial.
But you've never been here before.
Actually, I have.
I followed you
all those years ago.
The day I saw you with Dad.
I was so angry, I didn't know which
one of you I wanted to kill first.
So, when you left, I went after you.
Followed you all the way here.
I was gonna knock on that door,
and when you answered it, I was
But you didn't knock, did you?
Because you were too much
of a coward. Maybe.
Whereas, sleeping with a man whose
wife was suffering with cancer,
that was heroic, I suppose.
Well, you can't have been surprised
when you heard it was me.
I didn't know who you were.
I didn't know your name.
I didn't know you were
Michael's wife. We were separated.
I remember that day, too.
Dennis was mortified.
He wanted to go after you,
follow you,
to try to explain, but
My mother was dying.
I assume
you haven't told the others.
Why would you assume that?
The same reason
you didn't knock on the door.
The look of fear on your face
when I walked in the other day.
When I heard that Dad
had left everything to some woman
he'd recently married,
I thought he'd met someone new
since Mum.
Someone he maybe felt
awkward telling us about.
I didn't think he'd been,
all this time, with you.
You knew about him and me.
You said it yourself,
you followed us.
So, what did you think,
it was a one off?
Why are you here?
Why do you think?
Maybe you want me
to ignore my husband's wishes
and give you everything.
Or maybe you want me to confess
to a crime I didn't commit.
Is that it?
It's pretty convenient
he changed his will to benefit you,
then out of the blue,
just kills himself.
You just said yourself,
you wanted to kill your father.
Maybe you should
tell the police that.
My brother and sister
want you cut out of everything.
But there's a deed of variation
you can offer us.
We could come to an arrangement.
I could convince them.
Er, sorry, a moment ago,
I was a murderer,
but now that's all fine as long
as you get a cut of the inheritance.
If we can prove you killed Dad,
none of this matters.
Dennis left me everything
because that's what he wanted to do.
I didn't kill your father,
I didn't manipulate your father,
I just loved him.
Yeah. Well, so did I.
And all those years ago,
he broke my heart,
and I won't let you break it
all over again.
How are your siblings going to feel
when they discover you've been
harbouring this little secret?
I can't imagine
it would make them very happy.
How can you live with yourself?
One day soon,
your brother and sister
will be asking you
the same question.
Michael? Why didn't Dan tell me?
Think he's gone round to see him.
Should have gone to the police,
more like.
He should've done a lot of things
over the years, but he hasn't.
So, what do we do?
I dunno, makes no sense.
Michael was wronged.
Maybe Dad felt guilty?
I don't buy that.
You think Michael killed Dad?
But she gets all the money.
What does he gain?
Vengeance?
Maybe they did it together.
Maybe the whole thing
has been planned for years.
14 years? Come on.
We need to go round and see her.
We need to find out where the hell
she lives and confront her.
What would be the point?
Well, because if something bad
has happened to Dad,
then whether Michael's involved
or not, she must know.
She'll just deny it.
He's right.
You know, there's enough
doubt that we can challenge
the will, so that's what we do.
I hate her. I really hate her.
And I don't believe a word she says.
Oh, dear.
Do you remember the estate agent?
Not really.
You said he was young.
Well, he's not that young anyway,
so All right.
Right, well, I was in the cafe,
and he walked past, and I
I wanted to call out to him.
Well, I wanna call him.
"I wanna call him."
But I just felt
a bit weird about it.
Yeah, OK,
I thought you'd given up on men.
Erm, what was it,
"You're not as boring as me?"
I never said that.
Mm, I remember the hurtful stuff.
You know what, though,
some people aren't meant
to be in relationships, Sian.
Why would you say something
like that?
Just looking out for you.
I think you're jealous.
Yeah.
I-I-I'm
Well, why would you
say something like, you know,
that I'm not cut out
to have a relationship?
Sian, I'm just saying,
everyone is different.
Not everything suits
every single person.
Mm. Happily married
And you have never
..with Pete.
..you have never done well
in a relationship.
You know, you're always
looking for the next excitement,
and that isn't really
what relationships are,
not proper relationships,
not steady relationships
that go on for years.
Boring relationships, Chloe.
Sometimes
They're called boring relationships.
Great.
'You never come to see me.'
'Ooh, nice, lovely.'
Welcome to the mad house.
- I'll do all this.
- Thanks, babe.
You're a good one, you.
Oh, can you do the washing up,
as well,
when you're finished there?
Ah, ignore him, Pete,
he's very unevolved.
You come to see me so rarely,
I can I can barely remember
which of you is which.
You're a good one, you.
Oh, could you do the washing up,
as well,
when you've finished there?
The evidence is there. He was
extorting money from my dad,
and the drugs that killed my dad
was found at his house.
Michael had a grudge,
he felt betrayed
because his best mate had an affair.
So if that's not motive,
I don't know what is.
The other day,
you thought it was his ex-wife.
Yeah, and it still might be.
I'm just saying,
an investigation needs to happen.
I'll be the judge of that.
Me and the coroner.
Well, I'm going back there now -
with or without you.
I'd suggest you don't do that.
'Hey, this is Nathan.
Please leave a message.'
Hi, Nathan. It's, er,
Sian from the house.
The house I don't even know
if it's for sale.
Erm, well, you probably
don't even remember me,
but, erm, yeah, you've got loads
of houses, I'm sure.
Anyway, I'm just calling
about the house, obviously.
Can you, erm
Can you call me back, please?
I'm telling you
I saw it with my own eyes.
This man broke into my property.
You should be arresting him.
I haven't ruled that out.
He had bioethanol.
It was right there, right there,
and now it's not.
And what about Gaudete Dynamics,
how'd you explain that?
It's a bank account in your name.
Yeah, I'm aware of what it is.
I haven't used
that company name in years.
So how'd you explain my dad
putting £15,000
into that account over 20 months?
Why would he do that?
You tell me.
Mr Watson, please.
I have no idea
what he's talking about, Detective.
We have checked the bank account.
It does look like no money
has been taken out.
But a lot's gone in!
Why would Dennis have been putting
money into the account, Mr Tunnah?
Like I say, I have no idea.
The man was full of surprises.
You're just gonna believe that?
You're not gonna arrest him?
For what?
There's no evidence he was stealing
from your father.
It's like when you do that,
and then the ball went
in the bottom corner
Did they like it when you did it?
Yeah, it was really good.
Sounds really cool.
A package!
Hmm.
Who's that for?
Here we go.
Oh.
I think this is for you.
Why does somebody want
to buy me a toy car?
I have no idea, darling,
but it's nice, isn't it?
No.
All right, darling?
Where are you going?
To my room.
Well, hello.
'Sorry, I'm blue-arsed
flying. I'd love to have a drink.'
I don't remember asking you for one.
'Oh, I mean, erm,
while we talk about the house.'
Right, OK, then.
I'm gonna take these books, Chloe.
Spiritual Wisdom
From The Celtic World.
Nice. I thought we were looking
for the will, what are you doing?
She's not having anything.
The house we fight for,
the contents are ours,
that's the way I'm looking at it.
But isn't that in probate
or something?
Don't talk soft.
I've instructed our solicitor
to contest the will, haven't I?
The police investigation
should help with that.
I wouldn't rely on the police.
That Morris wasn't up
to much good, was he?
Do you want any of these DVDs,
or what?
Nice picture, innit?
Hmm.
You good?
Yeah.
I think I'm done in this room.
I mean, yeah, nothing.
Come on, let's keep going.
OK.
Aw, this was his favourite.
My
What busy little bees you are.
You know, I'm not sure
that what you're doing here
is strictly legal.
Oh, you'd know all about that,
wouldn't you?
I think you should leave.
And what do you suggest, Chloe?
Dan's right, you should go.
You haven't told him, have you?
Told me what?
I don't know
what she's talking about.
Well, it seems you two have secrets
to share with one another.
Isn't that right, Dan?
You know, for a family
that claims to be so tight,
it really seems you know or care
very little about one another.
Perhaps that's why your father
looked elsewhere for affection.
I just wanted you to know
that my solicitor has informed me
you're contesting the will.
I know who you think I am,
what you think I am.
But there's only one truth.
All of this is mine now,
and there's nothing you can do
to stop that.
We know it was you.
You and Michael.
Then it seems you know less about me
than you know about yourselves.
Oh, I forgot to mention!
This nice young man
has come to change the locks.
Hi!
I hate it when you do that,
I hate it when you do that!
I think I preferred your sister
when she gave up dating.
Huh.
I need to find out
what's going on with Dan.
Susan said he's hiding something.
So just ask him.
I can't!
Why?
Cos then he'll ask me, and
I'll have to tell him what I knew!
I think you are panicking too much.
You'll tell them anyway,
they'll understand.
No, no they won't.
How do you not understand that?
What makes you think she's gonna
say something to you now?
She's playing games.
Cos I found this.
Dad's first will.
If the changes were made
while he was officially
suffering with dementia,
it only proves
his original intentions.
Have you told the others?
You're gonna call the police, right?
Maybe.
Maybe I'll see
what I can get from her first.
Hi, what can I get you?
A bourbon's fine.
On the rocks?
Just neat, please.
You know, the key to cooking beef
is to make sure
you've got a hot pan.
And move the meat.
Erm, Chris, are you OK
to finish that for me, please, mate?
You can't just come
in the kitchen, Glen.
I haven't got any money
for you, mate.
We're friends, aren't we?
Yeah, course we are, yeah.
Cos, er
I was hoping
you could do me a favour.
I mean it's a bit of an ask.
If you could help me out
then I could, for example,
extend the debt window for a
reasonable period of time.
Right, um, what are
what are you thinking? I don't know.
I wanna see my boy.
You You know I can't do that.
You can't?
I can't do that cos it's against
the law, Glen, it's against the law.
You're banned from seeing him,
you're not allowed to go near him.
You can't
Nah, nah, I've been a good lad,
I've been a good lad.
I-I appreciate that, mate, but
I went straight for two years.
I don't think the police care, mate.
I didn't put a foot wrong.
I don't think the police care
about that.
I wanna see him.
I wanna see him.
And I wanna see her.
And you can make it happen.
Don't forget,
YOU got in touch with me.
You opened all this up again,
not me.
Do it.
And we'll see what we can
do about any
..unpleasantness.
Another one?
Just the bill, please.
Hi, Dan.
How you doing? You all right?
Uh, well, apart from the fact
that my son is being looked after
by Chloe and Pete,
which means I owe them,
and I hate owing them
because deep down I know
that Pete loves to be owed,
so, er, yeah.
My date seems
to have blown me out too,
so apart from that, I'm great.
Listen, I was thinking
about what you said, erm
you know, I'm always too busy
to meet up with Charlie and stuff
When did I say that?
Well, you're always saying it,
aren't ya?
'Are you high?'
No, I'm not high!
I'm being serious, ah.
You know, it's just this stuff,
all this stuff, Dad, Susan,
it's made me think, you know,
maybe I am neglecting
the things that matter, you know?
'Right, so you wanna
hang out with Charlie?'
Well, yeah, I think it would be good
for him to hang out
with his uncle, don't you?
You know,
you're always after childcare.
I could pick him up from school,
he could come here, help me cook,
you know, whatever.
I don't think a seven-year-old
playing in a kitchen
with sharp knives and flames
is a good idea.
Well, all right, then,
I'll come up with something else.
I'll do something else with him,
you know what I mean,
but it'd be good to see him.
What are
What are you thinking?
Just Just a bit unexpected!
'Yeah, OK, all right.
Well, is it yes, no, maybe?'
Er
Yeah it's a great idea,
he'd love that.
'What time does he finish school?'
I'll speak to you later. Bye.
OK, you must think
I'm a total dick.
Well, it was where I was heading.
Look, I've just had
a sale fall through,
and my boss has been
going mental at me.
But I've got no excuse.
Except for that one.
Well?
Can I get you that drink?
Or have I completely blown it?
Jack Daniel's, please.
Can I have a Jack Daniel's, please?
Two.
I am sorry.
I mean, the house
meant everything to us
until until she came
and and took it.
Wh-Who is she?
Does it matter?
No, not to me, obviously.
Obviously (!)
Come on, don't worry
about the house,
let's talk about something else.
Ugh, OK, like what?
Ask me anything,
I'll answer truthfully.
Mmm?
Estate agent's honour.
Well Well, then
How do you feel
about dating an older woman?
I don't know.
I've never done it.
Wait, you're not telling me
you're over 30, are you?
Oh stop it.
God, you've already gone too far.
Do you want another drink?
Get you another shot, all right,
I'll get it.
I'm sorry.
I'll get it.
OK.
Oh, what do you want?
Michael
Put the gun down, please.
I said
..what do you want?!
Please, Michael, put the
Just put the gun down.
I, er I came to ask
for you to give me the money
that Dad
put into Gaudete Dynamics.
Look, I'm sure
it was a misunderstanding, mate.
Please.
Michael, please, I'm desperate.
I don't wanna ask,
but I owe money,
and they are bad people, Michael.
Just put the gun down,
and we can talk about this, mate.
You've made a very serious mistake.
Are you gonna tell Chloe?
I don't like lying to Chloe,
but also, I don't think it's my job
to tell her, do you?
Leave Sian alone.
So we're suspects now.
What do you want from me?