Desperate Measures (2022) s01e04 Episode Script

We used it at the pawn shop.
The IT guy was with us.
We hid the camera in a poppy flower.
-Why are you here?
-I want to help you.
Do you remember when I was inside?
I could never have made it without you.
Twelve o'clock under the bridge
at Earl Road.
Otherwise you will never hear his voice again.
We'll go through it one more time.
When the cameras are off-
-you must leave the building
as quickly as possible.
Then I go to the vault.
-What has happened?
-Forgive me.
-What are you doing? Patrick!
-Move. Down!
-How can you do that to her?
-Come on!
-Please don't leave us here!
- Come on, now we're going!
Can anyone hear me?
A man has been shot!
We are locked in the vault!
Help! Can someone help us?
A man has been shot!
We are locked in the vault.
Can anyone hear me?
It's pointless,
they have evacuated the building.
Fast, jump in the car! Now!
Come on. Speed up! Drive!
Several people are missing,
so check your departments.
We have to make sure
that everyone has been evacuated.
Can anyone hear me?
A man has been shot!
Help us, someone!
Can anyone hear me?
We are locked in the vault!
Hello? This is the fire department.
Where exactly is the vault?
You have to open the door
with the safety lock.
The keypad is on the left.
The security guard knows the code.
Find the security guard
and turn off the alarm!
The police will know
that I am involved.
Check the glove box in my car.
Here! Take my keys. Take them.
We're entering the code now.
-The door opens.
-The vault is opening!
Rowan, they're coming now.
What should we do?
Come here, Varisha.
Keep pressing.
Listen to me. Time is running out.
I have to try to save Finn.
When you came back from the vault
someone grabbed you.
I heard you scream
and found you.
He forced us down here.
They took the money and me hostage.
Then the cleaner tried to stop him.
That's all you know.
-Do you understand?
-Don't let anyone see you. No!
- Otherwise you won't make it to Finn.
-I know that.
It will be alright.
It will be okay.
I must go.
Go! - It is okay.
Crikey! Dad
The call confirms
that two women and one man are missing.
We found two people.
One of them is shot.
They are in the vault. We are on our way there now.
We are still looking
after the source of the smoke.
The police have arrived and paramedics
waiting to enter.
Help me!
They took my friend in a cash transport.
We have a hostage situation.
The vault has been emptied.
The perpetrators fled
in a transport of value.
Roger.
Police and ambulance are on their way.
- We have to knit now!
-That is all.
- I'll get rid of the shit.
-Hurry up!
Track transmitter located.
Armed police on the way.
-I'll take the page. cover me
- I'll take the front.
Suspicious transport located.
The vehicle is empty.
No trace of perpetrators or victims.
Over and out.
False alarm! False alarm!
Smoke bombs on the first floor.
Listening, all devices!
The building is secured.
Police and ambulance
can now enter the building.
This way.
We need paramedics for the vault.
Gunshot wound.
Keep the public away!
-What's the latest?
-We have two witnesses.
One is shot.
The other is Varisha Singh.
-Rowan Taylor's friend from yesterday?
-Yes.
- She said they took a hostage.
- Rowan Taylor.
She was taken away
in a stolen cash transport.
We tracked it down,
but it was found empty and abandoned.
Thanks.
See you again, Ms. Singh!
You have been through a lot
since I saw you last night.
Yes, but not as bad as Rowan.
Do you know where she is?
- Have you found her? Is she okay?
-We do not know.
Can you tell me everything you know?
about the people who took her.
- There were three of them.
-Can you describe them?
Unfortunately. Two of them
wore armored helmets.
And I didn't see the other one.
Are you absolutely sure?
that they were traveling in the cash transport.
I think so.
I was locked up, so I don't know.
Thank you Ms Singh.
- Assistant Evans?
-Yes.
I go in and look around.
- Find out everything she knows.
-Roger.
Stay down here.
No one comes in or out
without my knowledge.
You two check out the first floor.
The guards are in the garage.
Bound, but unharmed.
Roger.
-Search the rest of the building.
- Yes, sir.
I'll check the vault.
Has anyone checked the surveillance cameras?
Get someone who can find
the surveillance video from this morning.
Roger.
-How is he?
- He is unconscious.
The paramedics leave
with the injured witness.
Stay! Where are you going?
I checked the cameras for Simmons.
They close at ten o'clock.
Wait! Stay!
Malcolm Taylor. Take him away.
Yes, and when they got the money
they took Rowan with them.
Then the cleaner came out of nowhere
and tried to stop them.
- Please, try to find her.
-The cleaner?
-Yes.
-Or do you mean Rowan's father?
Didn't you think about
to mention it, Ms Singh?
That it was the hostage's father
who got shot?
Yes. No Forgive me.
So much happened at once.
I did not know
that he worked at the bank.
Come on, Finn.
-Excuse me. What is this worth?
-A moment.
It is so small that it is hidden
in a poppy flower.
I don't want problems.
No, but I know what you did,
so you will help me.
I need to know their meeting place.
Or I can go to the police.
Did you meet after the robbery,
so you got paid?
Do they have a hiding place
or a secret house?
I'm running out of time.
If you know something, you must say it.
You didn't hear it from me.
I met one of them
in an abandoned building. Jobertown.
- Jobstown.
-Right.
Look in the glove compartment of my car.
Where is Finn? Is he in your car?
- I have to see my son.
-You don't have the money, do you?
I had them, but they took them.
I know where they are!
Oh my God.
Find
give me my money
otherwise I won't miss the next shot.
Please listen to me.
They are in the old Jobstown jail.
An abandoned building
in the eastern part of town.
The money is there. Several millions.
That's more than 100,000.
You can have everything.
-Millions?
- Yes, at least two.
Finn, are you okay?
Please just say you're fine.
-Why should I believe you?
- I wouldn't dare lie now.
- Take me there.
- Please, let me take care of him.
Money first.
- I just want to see if he's okay.
-You drive.
You don't seem to understand.
My bank has been robbed.
The vault has been emptied.
I demand to know what happened.
-Sir, you must go now.
-And now I'm getting kicked out.
We are conducting an investigation here.
- Go on, Varisha.
-Yes, sorry.
Mr. Powell ran out of the vault-
-before he could lock the vault,
and I followed him.
When I came back up
there was smoke everywhere.
People entered me,
I was confused.
And then he grabbed me.
He told me
to take him to the vault.
How did he know
that you had access to the vault?
-I do not know.
-I understand.
And how can a convicted man
as Malcolm Taylor-
-get permission to work in a bank?
Even as a cleaner.
I'm just a supervisor.
That's not my table.
Between the pawn shop,
Rowan's strange behavior-
-and that her father was there
I think she's involved,
and that you know something.
She is not involved.
She has been taken hostage!
I'm not entirely sure,
but I think it might be here.
Stay here.
There doesn't seem to be anyone here.
They are in there.
Let Finn stay in the car, and follow
I come and collect the money.
Finn, stay there.
Do not worry. I'll be right back.
No, he doesn't have to come.
I won't try anything!
Show me the way.
I don't think they are here.
-What do you think, Finn?
-They are here.
You were right, boss.
Come on, Patrick.
- Patrick?
-What the hell?
-How did you find us?
-Please don't shoot!
-What are you doing here, Rowan?
-He wants everything, Patrick.
Otherwise he kills Finn.
-She recognizes us now, Patrick.
-Put them down!
Why did you come here?
You shouldn't have come here, Rowan.
Deano is down!
Who the hell is that, Patrick?
Please, Patrick,
leave the money and go. Please.
- It doesn't work, Rowan.
- Well, if you care about me.
- I keep the money.
-Patrick, I've got you covered!
Take the money! Fast!
Cover me! Steve, cover me!
Shoot that bastard!
Patrick! I'm hit. It is bad.
Patrick, are you still there?
Help me!
Don't leave me, Patrick. Patrick!
You bastard! Do not leave me!
-Don't go, Patrick!
-Are you okay?
Help me! I need your help.
-I need help.
-Lay still.
- I have no feeling in my legs.
-Shut up!
Go get my money.
No. No
Stop it, Finn. It is okay.
Stay there. Everything will be alright.
Okay. Do not do it! Okay
-Do not do it.
- You should probably take his gun.
I can't let you take the money.
Why are you doing this?
- Put the gun down, Rowan.
-I can not.
- My child's life is in danger.
-My life, then? I have earned it.
Have you earned it?
You were supposed to help me.
It was just about Finn!
Never about us.
-Yes, you were very clear.
-You only think about yourself!
-Put the damn gun down!
-I will do everything to protect my son!
-Put the gun down!
-You can't get away with it.
are you sure
that you got rid of all the evidence?
What have you done?
What have you done, Rowan?
Put the gun down, dammit!
Please Patrick,
i need the money!
-He will kill him!
- It's my money!
Oh my God!
Patrick, I didn't mean to.
-Mother?
-Oh my God!
What the I said it.
With the right motivation
It's amazing what you can do.
I am impressed. Really.
No, you have your money.
Can we just leave?
-Oh my God!
-Mother?
It is okay.
Mother?
Listen to me.
Do exactly as I say.
Do you understand me? Okay.
Do you mean that you did not question-
-why her father was in the vault
dressed as a cleaner?
I know it sounds strange.
I tried to ask him-
-but he was unconscious.
I thought he was dying.
Then the firefighters came
and the rest you already know.
-Are you sure you will tell me everything?
-Yes!
I tell you everything I know.
You must find Rowan.
-Sir, you must come now.
-A moment.
You have to hear this.
-What is it?
- The control center sent an alarm.
The alarm center. Which service?
I think my mother
has been kidnapped.
Just take it easy.
Do you know where she is?
Sir.
Commissioner Simmons
enters the building.
We have two more bodies here, sir.
Both are men.
-Any trace of Rowan Taylor?
- Nothing yet, sir.
Rowan? Rowan, are you there?
Hello? Rowan?
Rowan!
Check the bodies.
There must be a key.
It's okay, we'll get you out.
Hurry up! The key!
So, Ms. Taylor.
Shall we take it from the beginning?
Yes I had just been at work
for a few minutes when the alarm went off.
There was smoke everywhere.
People ran in all directions.
I heard a scream, went there,
and then someone grabbed me.
And he pushed me in front of him.
Before he appeared out of nowhere-
-when was the last time you saw Patrick Reid?
Yes
When we broke up 20 years ago.
Did you catch my son?
He must be beside himself with worry.
Someone is coming to your apartment now.
-Can you try to focus?
-Sorry.
The vault was open when we got there.
-How did he know it was open?
-I do not know.
-So the vault was open.
-Yes, then two other men came.
They were dressed in guard uniforms.
They loaded the money
and dragged me out.
Then dad showed up. They started fighting
and a shot was fired.
Everything went so fast.
Will he make it? My father?
His condition is unchanged.
They broke into one of them
safest bank vaults in the whole city-
- without help from someone on the inside?
Yes. Wait
Are you implying that I might be
involved in any way?
I was the hostage.
My dad was shot.
We confirm
that Malcolm Taylor's car has been found.
THE POLICE
He would never rob a bank
where his daughter works.
-What was he doing there?
-I do not know!
You were angry at the bank
for the termination.
You wanted revenge and contacted
your ex who could help you.
-It's only
- You took part in robbing the pawnshop.
- It was a test.
- It's just ridiculous.
And then you persuaded your father.
But you didn't know
what they were capable of.
When they were done with Malcolm, shot
they him and took you hostage.
It ended badly, but you were
involved from the very beginning.
No.
What is it?
We found this letter in
Mal Taylor's car. You should probably read it.
I know.
I don't understand that either, sir.
Did you find any evidence
at Patrick Reid's workplace?
Not yet, but we're looking further.
And the technicians?
Four dead and four guns.
All fingerprints match those of the victims.
And the secret camera
we found at the crime scene?
I checked, and it
seems to confirm the conspiracy.
Sir, can she really be innocent?
Can you confirm
that it is your father's handwriting?
Yes it is.
My name is Mal Taylor.
I am responsible for the robbery
at Hanlows Bank-
-along with Patrick Reid.
I manipulated my daughter
to disclose necessary information-
-so we could rob the bank.
I am writing this
in case I get caught.
I want you to know that she
was not involved in any way.
Her only crime
was to have me as a father.
I do this
to pay all my debts-
-which Rowan has paid off
the last ten years.
If we get caught,
or if something happens to me-
-please apologize to Rowan.
It says that Patrick
recognized you at the pawn shop.
And later he followed you.
He discovered you were working
at the bank and saw an opportunity.
He sought out Malcolm
and offered him a share-
-if he got the information
they needed.
Yes, he said he was coming back
to set everything right.
He attached a hidden camera to you
colleague Varisha without her knowledge.
But when he realized
that you had been fired from the bank-
-they had to act quickly.
Why did he do that?
What was he thinking?
Have you heard from the hospital?
Is he conscious?
No he is not.
I have spoken to the doctors,
and unfortunately it doesn't look good.
Ms. Taylor, before you go.
My colleagues have confirmed
that your son is home safe.
- He knows you are fine.
-Thanks.
He looked shaken. As if he didn't
had slept or eaten for several days.
- I guess he was worried.
-Yes.
Or maybe he didn't get food
all the time he was gone
and studied.
-If I have more questions
- Then you know where I am.
- Chinese food?
-It sounds good.
Sometimes in life
you end up in impossible situations.
There the choice to take care
about the ones you love-
-means that one must make mistakes.
But for the right reason.
Thank you for the accommodation you recommended.
Mom will enjoy it there.
Yes, it went through.
Yes. No.
No, apparently it worked
via another budget.
In short, so confirmed
just what I already knew.
With so much focus on cyber security-
-safety on the floor is overlooked.
I'm not saying fewer resources
should be attributed to cybersecurity-
-but if you hire me
as your security chief-
-I would ensure that all requirements
was fulfilled down on the floor.
-That's all.
-A last question.
Why did Hanlow's bank fail
from a security perspective?
At Hanlows, the message was from above
purely business based.
And therein lay the system's weaknesses
at all levels.
When it gets personal
That's when people are willing
to work to their full potential.
And then
Yes, who knows what you are capable of.
Text: Eva-Marie Evans
Iyuno