Love Rat (2024) s01e03 Episode Script

1
I was conned.
How much?
£190,000.
We can't buy the salon.
I'm staying here. I'm gonna get you
your money by Friday.
I found one of them. George.
I need evidence
that I can show to my superiors.
I'm looking for someone.
You know her? Yes.
I was after your mother, Aneka.
You're in Cyprus?
Yeah. Is she still here?
Aneka?
You really are a stupid bitch,
aren't you?
Come here.
Let me go.
Be quiet.
Or you're dead.
Get out.
Please.
I'll do anything you want.
Get out!
Inside, inside. Ow!
Quickly. Quickly!
Sit.
Please sit down.
I'm not going to hurt you, Emma.
Why am I here?
Why Why have you got that gun?
I'm trying to help you.
You have no idea
what George will do if he finds you.
No idea?
He just tried to kill me.
You should have gone home
like the others.
What about Aneka?
She didn't go home, did she?
It's not what you think.
Give me the van keys.
Please, it's not safe to leave.
Trust me, please.
You lied to me.
About everything.
You've taken everything from me.
Why should I believe a word you say?
Because I just saved your life.
Just give me the gun, Emma.
I-I'll shoot!
Why is it not loaded?
I am not a killer.
It's him.
Quickly, inside.
He will kill you if he finds you.
I came to save your life.
Here, here.
George.
Have you got a torch? Mine is dead.
What happened?
Stupid bitch, I tried to make
her see sense, but she ran off.
She's not going anywhere, though,
I slashed her tyre.
Torch?
She's just a housewife.
She knows about Aneka.
That woman is going
nowhere near a police station.
But you said this wouldn't happen
again. You said this was
You piss-weak bastard!
If she goes to the police, who do
you think is going down for Aneka?
Me or the guy in the photo
who is giving her a seeing-to
ten different ways?
Move!
Yeah.
I'll get my keys, huh?
We'll cover more ground
with two cars.
Yeah, all right, hurry up.
Stay here.
We're miles from anywhere.
You won't get far without a car.
Here, there is bullets.
He won't look for you here.
Stay, please. Please. OK.
Shit! Shit!
I thought you would be gone.
So did I.
Where's George?
At a meeting in town.
I'm supposed to be watching
your car.
You hungry?
Your ankle still sore?
It's not too bad.
You need to wrap it.
I'll do it.
Argh!
Oh, no, no.
I did this all the time
when I played football.
So, is Niko even your real name?
Uh-huh.
The others, they have working names,
but I always forget
who I'm supposed to be.
Hm.
How long have you worked for George?
Too long.
Why?
I tried to leave a few times, but
my mother, she got sick,
and my father
had to stop work to care for her.
I have to support my family.
And George,
he makes it difficult to leave.
He said you were part of the Mafia.
He said that you owned him.
No, he owns me.
He is the one
with the dangerous friends.
So
George has my money.
Yes.
You won't get it back.
So, what happened to Aneka?
Her daughter hasn't heard from her
for months.
Did he kill her?
I I thought
he was only going to scare her off.
If I If I'd known,
I would have warned her.
I won't let it happen again.
You've got to take
all this to the police, Niko.
No, he owns some of the police.
If he shows them
the photographs of me with Aneka,
and he tells them
that I killed her
..they will go along with it.
What would happen if he found out
that you had helped me?
Yeah.
Where are you staying?
That shit hotel you used to laugh at
before you took all my money.
I'll drive you there now.
No.
Just take me to my car.
I'll drive myself.
Are you sure that George won't come
back to check on you?
I told you,
he's got a meeting in town.
Ripping other people off, probably.
Yeah. You are good to go.
Thank you.
I know
I have no right to ask anything,
but if you go to the police
about Aneka
..I will go to jail.
My parents will be penniless.
So I just have to forget
that a woman is dead?
What about her family?
They love her.
And they know nothing.
I will be the one who is punished,
not the person who killed her.
You know, you're right.
You have no right to ask me
anything.
I don't know how many women
you've done this to, Niko,
but that money was all I had.
And you took it.
And now my daughter will never
forgive me for letting her down.
But I'm the lucky one.
Because somewhere in Denmark
..there's a family
whose lives will never be the same
again because of what you did.
I'm so sorry.
George gave me no choice.
Bullshit!
You might not have known
that George would kill Aneka,
but she's still dead.
And what you're doing,
going along with him,
you are making a choice.
Because he will do it again.
And next time,
you cannot claim to be innocent.
Hello?
Finally. Thank God you're alive.
Pete! What are you doing here?
Susie asked me to come.
She's been worried sick.
Said you left some weird message.
We've been calling you all night.
You OK?
No.
Hey. It's OK.
It's gonna be all right.
'Can you please just come home now?'
Yeah, we're booked on a flight
this evening.
'OK. OK, I'm gonna have to go.'
I love you, Susie, I'm so sorry.
She's gone.
We'll have plenty of time
to talk to her when we get home.
All right.
We need to go to the police station
on the way to the airport.
Is that a good idea?
You said this guy was connected.
Cops on the take, in with the Mafia.
You're lucky to be alive as it is.
What about Aneka's family?
Well, you can talk to the police
once you're home and safe.
Listen
..when we couldn't get hold of you,
I thought
I was never gonna see you again.
Let me get you out of here.
OK? Then you can be a hero.
A hero?
I've messed everything up.
Poor Susie.
Oh, look,
we're just glad you're OK.
Everything will look better
once you get home.
I promise.
I bet you're glad
I am not your problem any more.
You'll always be my problem.
Just like I'm yours.
Can't wipe away 30 years.
We're gonna get through this.
Thank you for being here.
Now, Susie is setting up the spare
room for when you get back.
Er It's OK,
I'll be fine in my own place.
You shouldn't be on your own.
Not when you are like this.
Like what?
Well, you know, a bit wobbly.
So, I'll take your car back for you.
Then we can take mine
to the airport.
Why don't you have a shower,
get some rest?
I'll see you in a bit.
Yeah. Yeah.
What have you forgotten?
Please, I need your help.
Why on God's green Earth
would I help you?
You were right about everything.
I need to stop him.
I owe it to Aneka,
to you, to myself.
Are you going to the police?
No, that won't work.
He'll pin Aneka's murder on me.
And maybe that's no more
than I deserve,
but George will get away with it.
He will carry on as before,
more women will get hurt.
And maybe worse.
So, what are you gonna do?
My friend Elias is closing
a job today.
George is handing over the keys.
We can catch him in the act.
Er, we?
Elias knows me.
You need to speak to the woman,
get the address of the villa,
then go to the police.
He'll be arrested.
You'll get your money back.
Don't say that.
You will.
And George will never be able
to hurt another woman again.
You said that
George had the police in his pocket?
Not all of them. Well, which ones
are and which ones aren't?
And why would they listen to me
in the first place?
They didn't last time!
Then you will make them listen!
You made me listen, no?
There. In the blue shirt.
That's Elias.
The woman's name is Claire.
Poor woman.
We can watch them from over there.
She looks like
she's won the lottery.
Was I like that?
How did you even get started
on doing this?
When did you work out that you could
make women do stupid things?
I don't know.
I was never much good at anything.
I failed all my exams.
Didn't make it as a rock star.
But women they seemed to like me.
I knew
how to make them feel special.
How's that?
By listening to them, mostly.
And working out
what they needed to hear.
What did I need to hear?
Let's not talk about this.
I can take it.
I could see you were lonely.
You had given everything
to your husband, your daughter.
Now you're by yourself,
you don't know who you are any more.
And you needed to feel like
you could still be loved.
How could you see
all that in a person
and use it against them?
Was any of it real?
Look.
You can do this, Emma.
Could we have another bottle
of champagne, please?
Ooh. Champagne?
Nice. Are you celebrating?
I am.
New house, new fiance,
a whole new life.
Pfft, well, you need
more than one bottle for that.
Well done, you.
Thanks.
You here for long?
Oh, I go home on Tuesday.
I would do anything to live
round here.
Is your new place nearby?
15 minutes up the road.
The most beautiful villa.
I was looking at villas
this morning.
Bit of property porn.
It's not got one
of those infinity pools, has it?
Actually, it does.
Oh!
Oh, that is stunning.
Is that marble?
Yeah.
May I?
Yeah.
Oh.
Check out the bathrooms.
Double showers.
So when do you move in?
We get the keys at 3:00.
My kids are gonna lose their minds
when they see it.
I can't wait until they all come
out on holiday. Ah.
Yeah. That'll be great, won't it?
Oh.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, do you know what?
I think
I've left my card in my room.
Erm, I'll be back in a jiffy.
Good luck with everything.
Thanks, you too. Yeah.
Did you get it?
Yeah. 3pm, 24 Pelles Avenue.
You sure you want to go alone?
I think
we should keep you out of it.
I'll get Pete to give me a lift.
You trust this policewoman, yes?
Well, she wanted to see
your balls in a vice, so I think so.
Anyway we don't really have
a choice.
Emma.
If you tell me
where George kept those photographs
of me with Aneka, I can get rid
of them while he's out.
He'll have digital copies.
Then I'll take his computer.
Look, I will pay for what I did,
lying to those women
and taking their money, but
..I did not kill Aneka.
I am not a killer.
I need to be free of this.
OK. They're in the top right-hand
drawer of his desk.
It's locked,
but there's a key under the lamp.
Emma
what you asked before -
not all of it was fake.
Emma, I-I'm sorry. I, er
When this is over can we talk?
I I don't know, Niko. I
Uh
No, of course, yeah.
After everything I did, I
I'm an idiot. I-I'm sorry.
Thank you for doing this.
I know this policewoman.
How do you know
she's not on the take?
Well, I don't,
but my gut says that she's OK.
Oh, and did your gut tell you
about him as well?
Niko is one of George's victims too.
Even more than me, really.
You've always been a soft touch.
Look when George gets arrested,
I'll get my money back,
and Susie won't miss out.
The police station,
it's just here on the left.
This one.
No, you missed it. Turn around.
You're not yourself.
What are you doing?
I told Susie I'd keep you safe.
We're flying home now.
I can't go home now!
There's a chance
we could catch this prick.
You're not rational.
I know exactly what I'm doing.
I leave you alone for two minutes,
and you get some mad idea
in your head.
That's not normal, even for you.
I've asked you nicely.
Now stop this car.
I'm gonna get you home in one piece.
You can hate me later.
Emma!
What do you think you're doing?!
Get your hands off!
Agh!
You could've killed us!
Well, I did ask you to stop.
I'm just trying to keep you safe.
Well, I don't want you to.
Look, I need to make this right.
I won't be able to look at myself
in the mirror again if I don't.
Who cares?
At least you'll still be alive.
Just get back in the car.
I'm not married to you any more,
so I don't have to do what you say.
And you wonder
why I wanted a divorce.
There. There, you admit it!
What?
That YOU wanted the divorce, not me.
Oh, give over.
And you made Susie think
it was all me.
When you wanted quits, YOU!
You wouldn't back me.
I didn't wanna lose the house.
Years of hiding from bailiffs
and juggling credit cards.
And we'd almost paid it off.
And you wanted to risk it all.
We were this close to turning
the corner,
and you turned your back on me.
I just didn't wanna start again,
Pete. Is that so bad?
So, instead, you give all that money
away to some guy you've just met?
Yeah. Yeah, that's right.
I was so desperate
for someone to be nice to me
that I did something really stupid.
But at least I admit my mistakes.
Don't do this. Come on!
I'll find my own way.
If this lady has been scammed like
you, why isn't she here telling me?
Because she doesn't know it yet.
It's nearly three.
If we don't go now,
we're gonna miss them.
You wanted proof.
Well, go down there and see
for yourself.
You had a conversation
about real estate
with an English lady in a bar.
This is not proof, this is
Maybe I was wrong about you.
What does that mean?
Niko said that
George had the police in his pocket.
You be very careful now, Emma.
But my gut tells me that's not you,
that you are a decent woman.
Maybe a little beaten down
from what you see every day
and cynical
because people lie to you,
but you are straight
and that you want to do
the right thing.
I'm touched by your faith.
So, what does your gut tell you
about me?
That I'm making all this up?
For fun, or attention?
Or that I am telling the truth
about something terrible
that happened to me,
and I'm trying to stop it
happening to somebody else?
What's the address?
It's not far.
We'll just about make it. Emma?
Emma, wait.
I don't have time to argue with you.
No more arguments.
If you're gonna do this,
I'm doing it with you.
I promised Susie I'd look after you.
Just tell her
I didn't listen to you.
Or that I've gone completely
crackers. She'll believe that.
Who's this?
It's my ex-husband.
You're not doing this alone.
Not after last night.
All right.
But just keep your mouth shut, OK?
I'M doing this, not you.
I'm just here to help. Don't worry.
It's past three already.
This is it. Number 24.
Come on, we've got to hurry.
Before we go in, some ground rules.
We are here to identify people
and verify information. That is it.
Neither of you is to say a word
unless I tell you to.
Understand?
Whatever you want.
I just wanna get the bastard.
We get it, don't worry.
Can I help you?
Let's see, shall we?
I'd like to speak to your clients.
Oh, um
May I ask what this is about?
Real estate fraud,
among other things.
Someone's having you on, surely?
Are they out there?
Officer, I honestly can't imagine
where you got your information from,
but I promise you, nothing could be
further from the truth.
Then there shouldn't be a problem.
Please, my clients are here to view
a property, not be questioned.
Stop stalling!
We all know what's going on.
Em.
Claire? Claire!
My clients -
Kostas and Athena.
Again, I apologise
for the misunderstanding.
You're just doing your job.
A difficult task when you're dealing
with a confused person.
We'll let you get on
with your viewing.
So sorry for everything today.
Yeah.
Perhaps next time,
just pick up a phone.
I assure you
I'm very easy to find.
Come on, love.
I'm sorry.
Niko must have warned him.
I should never have trusted him.
I'm so stupid.
There is something else
I need to tell you.
There's a Danish woman
called Aneka Larsen.
Now, she's been missing for
for months.
I think that
George has murdered her.
How do you know this?
I spoke to her daughter.
I've got a number if you
Has her daughter reported her
missing?
No, not yet.
She thinks she's started a new life,
but she Look.
You didn't tell me this before.
Niko begged me not to.
He said that
George was blackmailing him,
that he was gonna pin
Aneka's death on him
if he went to the police. But
he's probably lying about that
as well.
I think the daughter's right.
She's somewhere with this man
enjoying a porn star martini
as we speak.
No, she can't be.
This This is Niko.
Look, I know where he lives.
I can take you to him.
You can ask him yourself.
WE are not going anywhere.
You will write down
the address
and whatever other information
you think you have
and I will look into it.
But you need to go home
right now.
Come on, Em, let's go.
You tried to warn me that Niko
was conning me again, but I just
I just didn't wanna see it.
Do you think
there is something wrong with me?
Let's just go home, OK?
We can still make the flight, just.
Give me your room key.
I'll go and get your stuff. OK.
There you go.
I won't be a minute.
Taxi!
I was just about to call you.
You lying piece of shit.
What?
Do you and George think it's funny?
Taking my last shred of dignity
and destroying it completely?
Calm down.
Don't you tell me to calm down!
You stitched me up again.
You made me look ridiculous again.
Do you enjoy it, humiliating women?
What are you talking about?
You know what I'm talking about.
No!
You tipped off George.
It wasn't Claire and Elias
in the villa,
it was another couple.
I swear, on my mother's life
But you would say that,
wouldn't you?
You would say anything.
You want proof, hm?
Here. Here is the proof. Yeah?
I went to destroy the laptop.
There was a memory stick on it.
The stupid bastard,
he didn't put a password on it.
There's, like, hundreds of files,
like, er, contracts, letters
and this spreadsheet.
That's my money.
Yeah.
And Aneka's. And all the others.
Yeah.
Have you backed this up?
Yeah.
I copied it to this,
and I hid the memory stick.
Right.
We need to email this.
OK.
I'll tether it to my phone.
Agh!
Where is it?
What?
The memory stick.
I don't know.
You're lying.
I'm not.
I-It was Niko.
Shit!
You don't need to do this.
I won't tell anyone.
I'll just go home.
Now you'll go home?
Oh, that's brilliant.
Do you think
I wanted to do that, hm?
Do you think I wanted to kill him?
I'll say anything you want.
We'll go our separate ways.
I don't even want the money.
The money!
You stupid bitch.
You've got no idea what's
really going on here, have you?
Ugh!
Oh, my God.
A-Are you OK?
He was gonna kill you.
Is he alive?
I don't think so.
What have I done?
You saved my life.
How did you know I was here?
I saw you get in a taxi,
and I-I followed you. I thought
I dunno what I thought. Not this!
What do we do? Call the police.
No.
No, he's mates with the police.
He's a very powerful man.
Oh, God, they're gonna put me away,
aren't they?
All right
What are you doing?
Come on, we're going.
Going? Are you serious?
He killed Niko.
It's just two gangsters fighting.
No-one will ever know we were here.
Now, where's the car?
Car?
I-It's down the road.
Right, give me the keys.
You're in no state.
Y-You're not insured.
Sod the car insurance!
Come on!
Are they looking at us?
Just walk, Pete.
Emma?
Thank you.
I'm shaking.
Yeah, so am I. Just
Just keep it together.
Here.
OK.
Who was that?
No-one I need to talk to.
Pete?
Thank you for coming out.
It was good of you.
I mean really good.
And I'm sorry about the money.
If I'd have believed in you,
none of this would have happened.
And maybe
..hopefully
..you'll be happier without me.
What are you on about?
Next, please.
Oh.
It's your turn.
Oh. Yeah.
Thank you.
Thanks. Come on.
Excuse me.
Yes, madam?
I'm who you're looking for.
My name is Emma Walters,
and I murdered George Beaufort.
Aneka is dead.
George killed her,
and her daughter deserves to know.
I think I know where she is.
What the hell?
I think this is a warning.
I'm getting you home right now.
Beaufort knew what he was doing
when it came to money laundering.
Um, I-I think I'd like to stop now.
'I just keep thinking
that this whole thing isn't over.'