Run Away (2026) s01e03 Episode Script

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The only one I know ♪
Has come to take me away ♪
The only one I know ♪
Is mine when she stitches me… ♪
Stand by. Stand by.
The only one I see ♪
Has found an aching in me ♪
The only one I see ♪
Has turned her tongue into me ♪
The police are here!
-Armed police! Put your guns down!
-Take cover! Take cover!
Get down! Get down!
Come on! Come on!
Go! Go! Go!
-You okay?
-That was a little too close.
Whew!
Oh!
Armed police! Put your guns down!
-You've been hit in your--
-Arse. Yeah, I know.
We have to get you out of here.
Let's pull back.
Sergeant Joel Ravenscroft. I just wanted
to thank her for saving my life.
Okay. Don't be long.
Hello, Joel. I'm Elena.
Oh!
Well, I, uh…
I thought our meeting earlier
was something, but this is, um…
What can I say?
I just like to make
a really strong first impression.
Ah!
Everyone has been burned before ♪
Everybody knows the pain ♪
'Cause I am ♪
I am ♪
A little wicked ♪
Hands red ♪
Hands red ♪
Just like you said ♪
I am ♪
A little wicked ♪
Whatever happened here
is none of my business.
I just need Paige.
I don't know where she is. She's missing.
-Why are you looking for her?
-I'm trying to find a friend of hers.
Henry Thorpe.
A young man also missing
for the past eight days.
Name ring a bell?
No.
I'll ask my kids,
see if they've ever heard of him.
Hmm.
So go on then.
What did happen here?
Paige's, um…
Boyfriend,
Aaron,
was murdered a few days ago.
Paige hasn't been seen since.
The homeless man in the video?
The one you beat up?
-Listen--
-Look, you don't have to explain.
But how was he killed?
Violently. Let's just keep it at that.
Paige couldn't have done
what was done to Aaron.
-No, but you could've.
-No.
Yeah.
Maybe.
But I didn't.
Who's leading the case?
Uh, Detective Isaac Fagbenle.
He's a first-class prick.
Listen, I…
We've answered your questions.
How did you get this address?
The last email Henry got
after he disappeared was from Paige.
She'd given him this address
and then changed her mind,
telling him not to visit
under any circumstances.
Does Maybridge University
mean anything to you?
Why?
The IP address from Paige's email
traces back to that campus.
Any idea why she would have been there
a week before she vanished?
Sam.
My son.
He's a student there.
This is a really difficult thing
you're going through with your wife.
I'm so sorry.
Any idea why Paige would be
at your son's uni?
I just need to find her.
Oh, you got kids?
No.
No, it's, uh… just a case I'm working on.
Though I appreciate you assuming kids
and not grandkids.
Don't have any of those either.
I did have a husband, though.
He could be quite childlike.
"Did"? You divorced?
No, he died.
Jesus, I'm sorry.
Oh, it's all good.
Less laundry to fold.
How about you? Married long?
Twenty-three blissful years.
Oh, blissful, eh?
Yours weren't blissful?
No, they were, um…
ridiculously blissful.
Then?
I don't think I really knew him.
Not fully.
Look who's suddenly got somewhere to be.
And in a hurry.
This contradicts everything
in Ingrid's statement about that night.
Plus, Dr. Stanfield claimed
she never left the ward.
He's trying to protect her?
Or cover his own back.
Either way, she lied.
He's definitely hiding something.
We need to speak to him in the morning.
Well, at least you'll be ready
to go first thing.
What?
Some of us like being prepared.
Order is the sanity of the mind,
the health of--
Oops. I've made a mess.
Sorry.
As you were.
Did she have enough time
to get to Aaron's flat and kill him?
When did she get back?
They couldn't find any footage
of her returning to the hospital. But…
She came back to finish her shift?
Because, look…
This is definitely her
leaving the next morning.
We need to find out
what time she got back.
And where she was going
in the first place.
Hmm.
But not right now.
Get back in here.
Up. Up, up.
What are you doing?
I've been sleeping over
for eight months, Isaac.
I know you can't perform
unless everything is ship-shape.
You missed a corner.
Sam. Come here.
Oh, hey. You're back.
Sorry, who are you?
This is Elena. She's an investigator.
She's gonna help us find Paige.
Sam, um…
Uh, could I have a word, please?
Alone?
Dad. What's going on?
Nothing. Could you just go
with your auntie?
Just for a bit,
and then we'll have a chat.
Come on. Let's get you a hot chocolate.
So…
Anything you want to tell me?
What are you talking about?
Have you seen Paige?
Sam.
Yeah.
Yeah, I saw her.
She turned up, like, a week ago.
-At my university halls.
-Surprise!
After you saw her in the park.
What did she say?
Don't tell Mum and Dad about this. Okay?
She just said she needed
to get away from Aaron for a bit.
-Why?
-I don't know.
Maybe it was like fallout from your fight
in the park. I don't know.
Did she mention any places
she may have been?
Anywhere she could've gone to?
Um… Uh…
No, I don't think so.
How long did she stay with you?
How long, Sam?
-Four days.
-Jesus Christ.
I thought she was doing okay.
I thought she was fine.
Well, obviously she wasn't.
So what happened?
I don't know. She was really upset,
and she didn't wanna talk about it.
And I wanted to cheer her up.
And so then she broke a string
on her guitar.
I went to go get it fixed.
And then when I got back, she was gone,
and she had taken like half of my stuff.
Wallet and my laptop and Switch and…
She also cleared out
a lot of the people in my corridor.
-How could you not tell me?
-Well, I told Aunt Yvonne.
-Wha…?
-Not about Paige.
I just said there had been a burglary,
and it was my fault
for leaving the door unlocked.
I tried to sort it myself, but I couldn't.
And… And… And so she just helped me
pay everyone back. That's it.
She wouldn't have had to have done that
if you'd come to me.
I would've done if you weren't so busy
trying to break the fucking internet,
punching some junkie.
-That's no excuse, Sam.
-Look, she's my sister.
I promised her I wouldn't tell you.
Well, you know,
promises like that go out the window
when your sister is missing.
-I was trying to protect her.
-You didn't. You should've come to me.
Paige came to me, not you.
Maybe you should think about why.
What the hell is that supposed to mean?
Hey?
So that explains
why Paige was using Sam's laptop.
Hmm.
Has she ever stolen from you in the past?
She stole some jewelry a few months back.
Was that the only time it happened?
No.
Get out of the fucking way!
That was Ingrid's breaking point, though.
Ingrid, here. Let me go after her.
No, we can't. Simon, please.
Please. She's breaking us!
-No, I can't just let her go.
-You have to. You have to.
It was Ingrid's way
of doing what she felt she had to
to protect our other kids.
But you didn't agree.
Ingrid and I are a team.
No one's saying you're not.
I'm just trying to work this all out
because you promised your kids
I'd find their sister.
Oh, yeah. Sorry about that.
No, you're not.
You're right. I'm not.
It's a good job you're charming
because you're actually quite irritating.
Are we having a moment?
Do you think Paige went to Sam
just to steal from him?
Maybe. Um…
But maybe she really, really did need
to get away from that bastard Aaron.
Oh, talking of that bastard Aaron.
It's his memorial tomorrow.
Lovely. I'll send them a bucket of shite.
I think you should go.
It's at the family's petting zoo,
open to the public. This is the website.
Are you serious?
You think I should go to the memorial
of the man that the entire world
and their mother knows I attacked?
Not to mention you're
the number one suspect in his murder.
-Exactly.
-Mm.
Paige might turn up.
Sorry. Uh…
-I have to get going now.
-Wait. Um…
You think Paige could turn up
at the memorial?
Yeah.
And if she doesn't,
just talk to the family.
See if you can suss out any connection
between Henry and Aaron and Paige.
-So you're not coming?
-No.
I am off to a tattoo parlor tomorrow.
Sexy.
I found a flyer for the place
in Henry's stuff.
Well, he doesn't have any tattoos,
and the place is three hours away,
so why would he have a flyer for it?
Especially in this day and age.
I think Henry was in contact
with someone there.
You think there's a connection to Paige?
No idea yet.
It's funny, isn't it?
We spend our lives telling our kids
not to trust strangers and…
…look at us.
Who said I trust you?
Maria, are you there?
-Bruno!
-Bruno!
Shit.
There we go.
Mum, will I be able
to do the show tomorrow night instead?
…for a while, love.
Come on, then.
Mum?
Why won't this thing lock?
Okay. Let's go.
Come on, poppet.
It's nice and warm.
Put the TV on, and I'll be in in a minute.
Been playing with the books, Daise?
No, Mummy, I haven't.
We can't keep stopping.
Sorry. I was desperate.
Why? Were you worried?
Yeah, I was actually.
All right? We need to keep moving.
Do you wish
I hadn't got in touch with you again?
Course not, but I know what you're like.
Every foster home we were in together,
you got me into trouble.
No wonder they split us.
Must've been a relief for you.
I didn't think you were ever gonna come
back into my life, Dee.
But now you're here, I just…
I just want to protect you.
We'll protect each other.
Look, whatever trouble we get into,
I'll always choose you.
You ready to go now?
Yeah. Where are we going, though?
Somewhere important to us both.
Somewhere very special.
Hello, we're piecing together
Dr. Greene's movements from Tuesday night.
I've been told you can pull
the internal key card entry data.
Yeah. I'll just check the system.
-Have you got any other details?
-There you go.
Oops. Sorry.
Dr. Stanfield.
-Detective, uh… Fagbenle.
-Mm.
Got a few more questions for you.
Going back to Tuesday night.
Are you certain Dr. Greene never left
the hospital during her shift?
-Not as far as I recall.
-Hmm.
As I've already told you.
Why do you ask?
We have CCTV footage of her
leaving the building at 8:03 that night.
I'll ask you a third time.
Seems a bit redundant now, doesn't it?
Y-You're absolutely right. Um…
Ingrid always, uh, nips out
to treat the staff
whenever she's working late on a Tuesday.
There's a great, uh,
Mexican street food place
just around the corner.
Because Tuesdays are, um…
…uh, "Nachos for Nurses" night, you see.
They go mad for that chili mayo.
You can ask any of the staff.
They'll corroborate.
Mm.
Thanks.
For clearing up the confusion.
Mr. Corval?
My name is Simon Greene.
I'm Paige's father.
What do you want?
-I'm looking for my daughter.
-Did she do it?
No.
And you,
the man who beat my son to a pulp,
did you do it?
Who's this?
Just one of our guests
who walked down the wrong path.
This is a family memorial for my son.
The path back to the farm is over there.
Is she okay?
Simon, hi. Um, there's no change,
I'm afraid. Any luck?
Uh, no, not yet.
Uh, so I'm just gonna have to wait
until after the memorial.
Uh, the father's not exactly approachable,
but the mother might be
more willing to listen.
Let me guess.
Gonna use some of that Irish charm?
I'm doing the right thing, aren't I?
She'd be telling me
to stop moping by her bedside
and go find Paige, wouldn't she?
Yeah. She would.
We're all here with her.
You should carry on.
And don't worry about Sam and Anya.
I'll look after them.
Sam told me what you did, by the way.
With the break-in and the money.
I was going to tell you
when things weren't--
What you don't know is
that Paige was there.
God.
What, she came to visit him at university?
Yeah. She was the one who cleaned him out.
Fuck.
I really thought I was…
I'm sorry, Simon.
Just don't spare me in the future.
I need to know everything
from now on, okay?
You're right.
How much are we talking?
When?
Fine. Hold tight. I'll be there.
I just thought I was helping Sam.
I think the mother's leaving.
I've gotta go.
There was definitely a window
where Ingrid Greene was off-grid?
Yeah. Every member of staff
has to tap in and out,
and she tapped out for 60 minutes.
But the other nurses I spoke to
confirmed what Jay said.
Ingrid sorted the food that night
as normal.
Still,
let's head to Busy Burrito,
verify timings, check CCTV--
Do you know, all this talk of Mexican food
has got me craving a chimichanga tonight.
And no, that's not a euphemism.
All right.
I'll book us somewhere.
Takeaway's fine.
No one will see us.
And if they did, would it be so bad?
If they found out about us,
we'd be done working together.
They'd put you back with Handsy Helen.
And I'd be back with Dementor Geoff.
And the gossip! Oh!
They'd think I was only sleeping with you
to get ahead.
Because let's face it,
you're not much to look at.
Why does it matter what they say?
It just does.
Drug addicts are a bloody pain
to track down.
Off-grid, no routine,
no nothing.
For all we know, Paige is with Henry.
Maybe they killed Aaron,
and now they're on the run together.
Let's face it. She could be anywhere.
And I found out
who owns that mobile number
on the tattoo parlor flyer.
A guy called Damien Gorsch.
Oh, hello, by the way.
Hi.
Thanks for that.
I'm on my way to the tattoo parlor now.
See if I can find out
what's connecting these three.
And Paige could be the key
to finding Henry, so keep at it.
Roger that.
Uh, but while I have you,
what were you doing
at 28 Marchand Street last night?
Been keeping tabs on me again?
Call it professional curiosity.
Who's this mystery client,
and why is it all cloak and dagger?
It's nothing. Just doing someone a favor.
You? Doing favors?
You've gone soft.
Yeah, and you've got work to do.
So chop-chop.
Boss, boss, can you have a look at this?
All right, I'll do that in five.
Get me some new boots.
I'm afraid you need to leave.
-This is a crime scene.
-Are you the DS in charge?
-Sorry, I don't talk to the press.
-I'm not press.
I'm a PI.
Elena Ravenscroft.
And your robbery gone wrong theory
is way off.
This is something much bigger.
How do you know we're considering it
a robbery gone wrong?
That hasn't been released.
Because I'm very good at what I do.
Well, that may be true,
but this police force doesn't work
with private investigators.
-We run our own cases.
-Yeah, I thought you might say that.
Which is why
I've already called your boss.
Funny thing, Jenni and I trained together.
We go way back.
She's on the line.
DS Talbot.
Yes, ma'am.
Damien Gorsch was shot
just as he got to the car.
And you believe he was shot first,
not the other guy?
I'm not ruling anything out at this stage.
And Damien's partner?
Husband is abroad, flying back today.
And the second murder
took place inside, yeah?
-Security cameras?
-None.
A neighbor called it in
when they heard gunshots.
And I'm guessing
whoever shot Damien took his wallet?
Correct. And his watch.
Which led you to assume it's a robbery.
Why do I feel like I'm being marked out
of ten for my efforts here?
-The thing is, DS Talbot--
-You can call me Alex.
The thing is, Alex, when something
is staged to look a certain way,
it's… it's like watching a bad play.
You spot the cracks.
The props are in the wrong place.
The actors overplay their part.
Like this.
This prop isn't supposed to be here.
I guess he dropped it
after seeing his boss get shot.
Second victim?
Robin Bailey.
Collateral.
He couldn't risk leaving a witness.
Exactly.
Hi, there. Can I have a pint
of what passes for a decent, love?
Yes, love.
You're Paige's dad.
Thank you. Here.
-Thanks.
-Keep the change.
Why are you here?
My daughter's missing.
Since when?
Since the night Aaron was killed.
Well, the way I see it,
there are two possibilities.
Either Paige killed Aaron and ran,
or whoever killed Aaron
took or killed your daughter.
I'm still not sure why you're here.
Look, I know this is a difficult day.
And the last thing
I want to do is to bother you.
But?
But I need answers about Aaron and Paige.
I hadn't seen Aaron for months.
Okay, but I'm trying to find a link
between Paige and this man.
Did Aaron know him?
No idea. Why?
He's missing too.
And he was in touch with Paige.
There is a chance that he was connected
to what happened to Aaron.
-Do you not want to know more?
-Do you have any other kids?
Two.
-Mind if I make a suggestion?
-Mm.
Instead of chasing after a junkie ghost
who's either dead
or doesn't want to know you,
why don't you focus
on the family you have left?
Dr. Greene's a regular.
Orders for the whole staff.
I always throw in free nachos.
Nurses, they work their arses off.
Was she here last Tuesday?
Same time as usual?
I mean, she's like clockwork, but…
Hang on.
Ah, yeah.
Yeah, she was here,
but she ordered in person
but didn't wait to pick it up.
Asked for delivery instead.
And she doesn't normally do that?
Probably first time ever.
-Was anything else different?
-She asked to leave through the back door.
You could have led with that.
Why'd she sneak out the back?
Maybe she didn't wanna be seen.
By who?
It's not just my daughter.
It's my wife.
She was shot the other night.
She's alive. Barely.
It happened
when we went looking for Paige,
when we went to where she and Aaron…
Where he got killed.
You might think you've got nothing
to tell me, but anything please.
A name, a place.
-You're not gonna let this go, are you?
-Never.
Look, I don't know
what to tell you about Aaron.
Anything. Everything.
Paige always kept him away from us.
All we know is they met at university.
He was older than her, and he changed her.
Sounds about right.
They had trouble with him
from the minute he was born.
Wa… You said "they," not "we."
Wiley and I weren't married back then.
You're Aaron's stepmom?
Since he was eight years old.
Truth be told,
I'm not really the maternal type.
Shocking. I know.
Aaron and me, we were never close.
What about Aaron's real mum? Where's she?
Wiley said that they met while
he was working on a vineyard in Italy.
Her name was Bruna.
So what happened?
Bruna died.
-How?
-Car accident, Wiley said.
You're not convinced?
I don't know why I'm telling you all this.
Because I have an honest face?
You look like my first husband.
-Good-looking guy, was he?
-Ha! Shit, no.
But man, he was great in bed.
So we have something in common.
Look, I like you, Mr. Greene.
And what I'm gonna tell you might help
and might not.
Wiley and I went on honeymoon
to Santorini for three weeks.
When I came to book the flights,
I couldn't find Wiley's passport anywhere.
I assumed he lost it,
so I called the passport office,
only to find out
Wiley had never even had a passport.
What?
He lied about Aaron's mum.
He's never been to Italy.
That's Damien Gorsch and husband Neil.
-They look happy.
-Mm.
Sarge?
-DS Talbot?
-Go ahead.
Mr. Gorsch's husband
has just arrived on site.
Copy that.
Neil.
My name is Elena Ravenscroft.
I'm an investigator
working with the police.
I'm not gonna stand here
and pretend to know exactly how you feel,
but I do know what it's like
to lose someone you love, and…
it is a terrible,
awful thing.
And it hurts beyond hell.
But we do need to move fast on this.
So can I ask you…
…do you or Damien know
a young man called Henry Thorpe?
No.
Or Paige Greene?
Damien never mentioned them. Who are they?
They're both missing,
and I'm trying to find them.
Henry's dad found this amongst his things.
With a phone number written on it.
That's Damien's handwriting.
And his phone number.
This Henry lad could've been a client.
You can search the database if you like.
That would be really helpful, Neil.
Does the name
Aaron Corval ring any bells?
Maybe.
Vaguely.
I don't know.
Why? Are these missing people connected
to what happened to Damien?
Please will you find out
what's happened to my husband?
And what do you want?
I need you to tell me
about Aaron's mother.
His real mother.
I see you've been talking
to my delightful wife.
Was Aaron in contact with her?
Where is she?
Could Paige be there?
After what your son did to my daughter,
you owe me some answers.
I owe you nothing.
So what's the plan now? Hmm?
Kick my head in,
like the proper family man you are?
I'd never have laid a finger on Aaron
if he hadn't wormed his way
into my daughter's life.
He sought her out at university,
dragged her into his world,
and now she's stuck in hell,
God only knows where,
and it's all because of him.
You think they met
at her university?
Who told you that?
I hate to break it to you, but…
Aaron didn't start any of this.
Paige did.
She came here looking for him.
And she found him at that shithole
of a caravan he called home.
You can spin your sob story
any way you want.
But the truth?
Your daughter wouldn't leave my son alone.
Not the other way around.
This is Elena Ravenscroft.
Leave me a message.
Elena, I've had it wrong
this whole time.
Aaron never targeted Paige.
She went after him
after she started Lanford.
I don't know why,
but something at that university
changed Paige. Call me.
What are you thinking, Dee?
Why are we here?
Surprise, Mrs. O'Hara.
You. What on Earth?
He's adopted. Henry.
Uniform have got back
with the searches from Busy Burrito.
That's Ingrid leaving.
Who's that following her?
Hello?
Paige!