Love Rat (2024) s01e04 Episode Script

1
He will kill you if he finds you.
If she gets to the police, who do
you think's going down for Annika?
Me?
My friend Elias
is closing a job today.
George is handing over the keys.
We can catch him in the act.
We're flying home now. Emma!
Can I help you?
Let's see, shall we?
It wasn't Claire and Elias
in the villa.
It was another couple.
You want proof, huh? There's,
like, hundreds of files there.
Like, contracts, letters.
That's my money.
Have you backed this up?
I copied it to this,
and I hid the memory stick.
I'll tether it to my phone.
Argh!
You've got no idea what's
really going on here, have you?
What have I done?
Emma?
Excuse me.
Yes, madam?
Um
I'm who you're looking for.
Did they explain to you
what will happen now?
When the detectives have completed
their investigations,
they will submit a file
to the Law Office of the Republic.
And they will decide
if you will go to trial
for the murder of George Beaufort.
He had just killed Niko.
He was about to kill me.
That's not murder, is it?
It's self-defence.
You accused both of these men
of taking your money.
A lot of money.
The Law Office may not be satisfied
that you acted solely
in fear of your life.
Emma
If there is something
you want to tell me
about what happened at that farm
that you may not have mentioned
so far,
you should do it now.
So, now you're ready
to listen to me.
I told you
that George was a murderer.
Niko would be alive today
if you had listened to me.
You mourn a man
who stole all your money?
He didn't deserve to die.
You're quite something, Emma.
And you're right.
Maybe I didn't do my job.
Well, Annika is dead.
George killed her,
and her daughter deserves to know.
OK. Tell me everything you know
about Annika.
I think I know where she is.
This way.
Emma!
We have to go.
The Chief Superintendent's
given me one hour.
You don't wanna know what
I had to promise him to get that.
Just give me ten seconds.
What are you doing here?
Are you all right?
They wouldn't let me see you.
You were meant to get on the plane.
Like I'd do that
and leave you here to rot.
What were you thinking?
Handing yourself in like that.
All this is my fault.
What?
You'd go to jail for me?
If necessary, yeah.
Emma
I don't think it'll come to that.
Emma. We have to go now.
Please do what I say for once.
Keep your mouth shut, and
I've got this covered.
OK. Let's go.
Niko's house was the second time
that George pointed a gun at me.
But I remember
what he said the first time.
"You and Annika
"can spend eternity together."
So?
Given the discovery
of Annika Larsson's remains,
the Law Office are satisfied
that you acted
in genuine fear of your life
when faced with a man
you knew to be a murderer.
And the Attorney-General
has instructed
that your case
will not be brought to trial.
They've dropped the charges.
You're free to go home.
Still no sign of the money, though.
Looks like Beaufort
knew what he was doing
when it came to money laundering.
Have you found the memory stick?
Not yet, but I'll make sure
they keep looking.
I really am sorry, Emma,
for making you fight that man alone.
I hope you can move on from this.
Be happy.
Thank God!
Told you I had it covered.
Oh Oh, come on.
'I just wanted to say thank you
for finding my mother.'
Just, erm
arranging to come to Cyprus
to collect her body.
Freja, I am so sorry.
At least now I know
she didn't leave me.
Of course she didn't leave you.
She had your ultrasound in her bag.
'She loved you and baby Oscar.'
Thank you, Ms Walker.
Take care, love.
That could have been Susie
if it wasn't for you. Come here.
No, it's over.
What you did for me,
taking the blame like that
it made me realise a few things.
Yeah? Like what?
That I'm an idiot.
I think in the idiot competition,
I'm the clear winner.
Maybe. I'm a strong second.
I wanted to give the house away
on a business that was
already dead in the water.
No, let me.
I kept thinking
the next deal would come good.
And it's true.
I let Susie blame you.
I blamed you.
But losing everything
losing you
taught me a lesson.
So I've had to start again.
And I'm doing it right this time.
Proper business plan.
The right partners.
And now, finally,
it's coming good.
Because of you.
But I messed everything up.
I lost Susie's money.
I'm sorry. I-I'm sorry.
No, no.
No, it's not that. It's just
How can you possibly
want to kiss me?
After everything I did?
You might be an idiot
but you're MY idiot.
And I'm yours.
I know there's a lot of water
under the bridge,
and who knows what Susie would say,
but
For you.
Thank you.
What's this?
Haven't a clue!
What the hell?
Why would somebody do that?
Niko said that George
has lots of dangerous mates.
I think this is a warning.
I'm getting you home. Right now.
I love you.
I love you too.
Niko!
225,000 euros.
I can't, I can't!
You piss-weak bastard!
There's no way out!
Get out!
That's my money.
You've got no idea what's
really going on here, have you?
I love you, Emma.
Come here.
You're OK.
Yeah.
You're home.
You're safe, OK?
Yeah, I know.
I just keep thinking
that this whole thing isn't over.
You're still not quite yourself.
The doctor said
it would take a while
for them pills to kick in,
didn't he?
Yeah. Yeah.
Just give it time.
Hey Did we show you the pictures
from yesterday?
No, no.
Kitchen units going in today.
Another few weeks,
we'll be able to move in.
I can't wait.
You did tell Idi you need to finish
work early tomorrow night, right?
Yeah.
But please tell me
where we're going.
Absolutely not.
It's a surprise.
A taxi'll pick you up here
at half past five.
It's all paid for,
so you don't need any money.
I love you.
I love you too.
Listen
If anything was gonna happen,
it would have happened by now. OK?
They can't touch you
now you're here with me.
Yeah.
Hello?
'Taxi. I'm outside.'
Yeah, I'll be there in a sec.
Hiya.
'..in this day
and age, what's wrong with that?'
'Are you
trying to open the door for her?'
Can you, erm, tell me
where we're going, please?
'There was no agenda, I promise you.
I was just being a gent.
'I wanna get some calls on this.'
'You know, us women
can open the door for ourselves,
'thanks very much.'
'In that case, where do you feel
that the chivalry has gone?
'Can we not do anything for you?
Is this equality'
Pete. I'm in the taxi,
but the driver won't tell me
where we're going.
So could you call me back, please?
'..feminism is about equality.
'Do you not wanna be treated nice
by a man?'
'Course I wanna be treated nice.
'But it's the theory
that I can open the door myself
'and I can do jobs in the house
myself'
Can you tell me where we're going,
please?
Erm, I-I think I'd like to stop now.
Wherever you can.
There you are!
For God's sake, Pete,
what's going on? What's wrong?
Well, h-he wouldn't tell me
where we were going.
And then
you wouldn't answer your phone.
I told him not to say anything
to keep it a surprise!
To keep what a surprise?
Just tell me.
Come in and see.
Susie!
Dad! The canapes
are almost gone already.
There's loads! We'll be fine.
Hi.
Hi. Wh-What's happening?
Um Ta-da!
We open tomorrow!
But how on Earth did you?
Dad?
Well, the new business is flying.
I was able to be a guarantor
on a bigger loan.
Oh. How long have you been
cooking this up for?
Don't you like it?
Yeah, it's amazing.
But we said no more secrets.
It's not a secret.
It's a surprise!
What's the problem?
No, nothing. Nothing.
Dad, I told you she'd do this.
Susie, you should mingle.
It's your big night.
OK.
Why didn't you tell me?
We both thought
it might embarrass you.
After everything that happened.
Pete.
You can't just do things like that
to me.
You're overwrought,
overthinking things.
You act like
nothing has ever happened.
What good does it do?
Focus on the here and now.
On the future.
We're building this house together.
Look, I messed up, and I'm sorry.
But I have got another surprise.
I-It's not a surprise.
It's just dinner
at the new house after this.
You can see how much we've done.
Now, shall we just
enjoy Susie's big moment?
Yeah?
Go and tell her how great she is.
Susie.
This looks amazing, and I'm
..I'm so proud of you.
Well, I'm sorry
that we didn't tell you.
Well, I think I
lost the right to complain
about you two ganging up on me
when I, erm, did what I did.
Mum, you're not gonna
mess it up again with Dad, right?
He is really happy.
And I just
I don't wanna see him upset again.
Course not, love.
You don't worry about us.
OK.
Oh, wow!
It looks like a different place
than before.
Yeah. Still loads to do.
Oh
Just hang on.
What's all this?
It's our six-month anniversary.
You soppy git!
Yeah.
I've got posh picky bits
in the car for dinner.
You make yourself at home.
OK.
Christina?
Emma. I have news at last.
You know the USB we never found?
Yeah.
'It turned up on my desk.'
They got in Niko's place,
and they're turning it into
a holiday let.
And they found it
in a box in the roof space.
And? 'It makes for
some interesting reading.'
From what you told me,
Niko said they choose their victims
when they arrived in the resort.
Well, that's what he told me.
Ah.
With you, it was different.
They knew all about you
before you even came to Cyprus.
What do you mean?
'Someone gave George information.'
Where you were staying,
what you were bringing with you.
Even which book you'd be reading.
'Wuthering Heights.
They were hired, Emma.'
Someone hired them to target you,
to take your money.
'Well, that doesn't make any sense.'
We knew your money
left a separate bank account
a few days after it was paid in.
'We thought George had hidden it.
'Now I think
it went to whoever hired him.'
Yeah, but you've never
been able to trace it.
Until now.
'The names of George's
shell companies were on the USB.'
The money pinged around
various tax havens, but
we found where it ended up.
A company called
Pi Omega Building Supplies.
Say that again.
Pi Omega Building Supplies.
'We're working to trace
the beneficial owners, but'
Emma
I wondered, do you have any ideas?
'Emma?
'Emma?
'Emma, are you OK?
Do you know who that might be?'
Here we go, love. Ah.
Ooh, it's smelling nice.
Ah.
So, remind me,
this new business of yours.
How did you manage, you know,
to get all this?
I've told you this.
One of my contacts from before
in the construction company,
he imports cement from Cyprus.
He was going from strength
to strength,
so he decided to open his own plant.
One day, he asked me if I wanted
to come in on it with him.
It's all just snowballed from there.
Why?
Just curious.
Yeah.
Is there something wrong
with the food?
It's all a bit recent, isn't it?
Yeah, but it's all on the level,
I promise.
Nothing like before.
This is my fault.
The whole surprise thing tonight,
it spooked you.
I should have thought.
No, that doesn't matter.
I'm glad you made it happen for her.
It's no use.
I was gonna wait till after pudding.
But, uh,
I just can't think straight.
Emma Walters
will you do me the honour
of remarrying me?
What?
We both lost our way before,
and I thought being by myself
would be better, but I wasn't.
It was shit. I missed you.
I missed you all the time.
And what we did for each other
back there in Cyprus,
when our backs
were really up against the wall.
It proves we belong together.
I don't want to lose you again.
Wow.
Argh!
What's wrong with you?
What's wrong with me?!
I know! Pi Omega Building Supplies.
You! The whole thing was you!
You knew the dates.
You knew the hotel.
You even knew that I'd bought
bloody Wuthering Heights.
It couldn't have been anyone
but you!
I think we need to talk
to the doctor about your dosage.
Maybe this was all a bit too soon.
What is this, some sick joke?
You take my money,
and then you propose?
I thought we were over
all this kind of thing.
Oh, yeah. I'm crazy, aren't I? Yeah.
Crazy old Emma, crazy old mum.
Well, I'm not crazy.
Not this time.
Cos Christina has found
the memory stick. It's all there.
Exactly what you did!
She's got to be making it up.
You know the police out there
are all dodgy.
You think after all these years,
I don't know when you're lying
to my face?!
All this, this investment,
it was my money!
Except
..it wasn't your money, was it,
sweetheart?
It was mine.
I did all the work,
and you walked away with all of it.
You failed over and over again,
and I picked up the pieces.
I paid the mortgage.
I talked to the bank
when you'd spent the mortgage.
I paid off the bailiffs.
And I never let Susie see a thing
because I wanted you to be her hero.
And I stopped you losing money to
that bottomless pit of a disaster
of a business of yours.
I worked my fingers to the bone
to protect that money.
And you?
You stole it from our daughter!
She got her money from me!
From her dad!
Like she was supposed to!
Look
..it was a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity to invest,
to buy a stake in a new plant.
Cement prices were going through
the roof. It was a no-brainer.
I just needed to seed money.
So you paid someone
to rip off your wife?
Ex-wife.
It was George's idea.
He was drinking buddies
with my business partner.
I didn't take him seriously,
but he said it was worth the shot.
I didn't actually think
you'd fall for it.
We've always loved a romance.
And look it worked.
It's rolling in.
We've done it.
Pete, people have died.
You killed a man.
Only cos you kept fucking things up!
You nearly scuppered the whole deal!
This business part
this mate, whatever,
was he one of George's
dangerous friends?
Did he Did he send me the bullet?
Oh.
Was that you, too?
To scare me into shutting up.
If only it had worked.
You led me to believe
that there was someone after me.
I've been terrified for months.
You must really hate me.
I mean deeply, deeply despise me.
So
So, what's going on here then, aye?
What's going on?
Why rescue me?
Why bloody propose?
Who else would go to prison for me?
I meant what I said.
You and me, it's fate or destiny,
or whatever bollocks
you wanna call it.
All of this was a test.
And we passed it. We're still here.
We can move on from this.
We can be together,
like we're meant to be.
You sad, stupid little man.
When Susie looked at me tonight,
it was like she couldn't stand me.
You did that? Not just tonight.
Not just about the money,
but every time I covered for you.
When I told her
..she couldn't have the doll
or the bloody trainers she wanted
cos, yeah, I was just being mean.
And it was nothing to do
with the fact that you'd spaffed
the housekeeping money
on some stupid pipe dream again!
Every time I cried, I just pretended
I was some stupid little woman.
But it was YOU.
You that made me cry over and over
and over again!
Well, I think it's time
that Susie knew the truth.
I think she needs to know
exactly who her father is.
You're not telling Susie anything.
Come 'ere!
Get off!
Aah.
Aah.
God.
Emma?
Sorry.
I'm so sorry.
Emma?
Emma?!
'Hello, emergency.
What service do you require?'
'Hello? Do you need help?'
'Hello. You are connected
to the emergency service.'
Fuck!
Wake up, Emma.
Please.
Just Just wake up.
Why did you have to make me do that?
What am I gonna do, love?
Jesus Christ.
Shit.
Thank God, Em!
I thought you were a gonna!
It was an accident, love!
Just come out!
We can talk.
Please come out, sweetheart.
This isn't us is it?
Please. Hurry.
It's all gone wrong.
We can still find a way back.
Come on, love.
Just give me one last chance.
OK, then.
I'll give you one last chance.
I've called the police,
and they'll be here any minute.
I want you to tell them
what you've done,
and I want you to take
the consequences.
And then maybe one day,
you'll have some sort of life.
Do it for Susie.
Do it for yourself, Pete.
Please.
Please, just
just let me go.
There's nowhere to go.
This is the end.
For both of us.
Oh, God.
Oh, God.
Pete.
What have you done?
Oh, God.
It's OK.
It's OK.
It's over now.
It's over now.
Oh.
You stupid man.
Hm.
Hey.
Hi.
Hi.
What are you doing here
sat on your own, eh?
Oh. I'm dreaming.
This would be a great spot
for a bar.
Yeah?
Mm.
Are you sure it's a good idea
to come live 'ere?
You've seen how people look at me
at home, Susie.
With pity.
I just can't do that.
Here, I can
..I can be anything I want to be.
You'd just be so far away.
Well, at least you get
your spare room back.
Mum, we already lost
so much time.
I need to figure out how to be me,
Susie. Just me.
And then, we will have
all the time in the world.
Are you gonna get yourself
into trouble again?
Probably.
Come here.
Oh!