Run Away (2026) s01e04 Episode Script

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'Cause I am ♪
I am ♪
A little wicked ♪
Hands red ♪
Hands red ♪
Just like you said ♪
I am ♪
A little wicked ♪
Something at that university
changed Paige.
Oh my God.
If I ever say I wanna do something
like that, please come pick me up.
I've lost my mind.
Says the girl who wants to join
an a cappella group.
That's much more dignified.
You did a bit of improv at university,
didn't you, Si?
I did, Ingrid, yes. Thank you for asking.
And I was extremely funny.
Ew, no.
Don't you mean, "Ew. Yes, and…"
Dad. Can somebody please muzzle him
when we meet my hall mates?
Oh my God!
Can you guys not right now?
Oh. Sorry, Anya, but I'm afraid we must.
It is a physical compulsion, my love.
How did we raise such brats?
Hi.
-Oh my God. Are you Paige?
-Yeah.
-The trifecta's complete!
-Hi, Paige. I'm Judy.
-Hi.
-Oh right. I'm Katie. Do you play guitar?
I sing.
Parents! Hi, parents! You should know
that I'm certified in first aid.
And I'm a Cancer,
the mother of the zodiac.
-It's him.
-You all right?
You're the one who attacked
that unhoused man, aren't you?
Because it's disgusting if you are.
Pretty problematic of you to assume
he was unhoused. Why do you think that?
-Piss off.
-Gladly.
It's you, it's always been you ♪
It's you
It's always, it's always been you ♪
It's you, it's you
It's always been you ♪
It's you, it's you
It's always been you ♪
It's you, it's always… ♪
Hi, Katie. Um, you might not remember me.
I'm Simon Greene, Paige's dad.
I did send you a message,
but I never heard back.
I didn't know who it was.
Really? It started with,
"This is Paige's dad."
Scammers are really creative
these days, okay?
How did you get my number anyway?
You gave it to me that first day
you all moved in together.
You said if there was
ever anything I needed.
Oh. Right.
Is this because of the video?
Because there was context--
Oh no. I loved the video.
I know what a shitbag Aaron is.
I just wanna talk to you about Paige,
and why she left Lanford.
I don't really know.
She's missing.
Oh.
I went to see Aaron's dad.
He told me that Paige sought Aaron out.
We always thought
it was the other way around.
Yeah, they first met
when Paige visited him.
-Do you remember when that was?
-Um, actually, yes, exactly.
She asked to borrow my car
January 13th weekend.
-I know because that's my mum's birthday.
-Really?
Yeah, she turned 62.
No, no, no. I mean,
Paige drove to see Aaron?
-She never drives.
-I know.
I told her she was doing too much
for a rando.
Did she say anything about him?
She kind of stopped telling me stuff
at that point.
I'm sorry, Katie.
She was my best friend.
Like, I'd never had a friend like that.
And then, for no reason,
she just started acting like she hated me.
Paige's addiction turned her
into someone none of us recognized.
She changed way before the drugs.
What?
The drugs came later, with Aaron.
Are you sure? I thought maybe
she visited Aaron because he was a dealer.
Why would she drive
four hours for a dealer?
We're on a university campus.
She could've gotten drugs
from any guy with an eyebrow piercing.
There's zero chance
she was on anything before meeting Aaron.
She changed before
getting into all of that.
I'm late for my class.
I'm sorry. I wish I could help more.
-Aaron was murdered.
-What?
Why? By who?
I don't know who, but I'm terrified
that they're after Paige.
That's why I need your help.
I need to work out what happened here,
on this campus,
that made her borrow your car
and go to Aaron.
Take a moment to think. One thing.
Anything that might have made her change.
Paige told me there were problems at home.
-What problems?
-I didn't ask.
That's your family's business.
Why are you doing this? Why?
I really need to go now. I'm sorry.
What about, um…
…the other friend, Judy?
-Can you put me in contact with her?
-I can't.
She went home early for the term break.
Sorry. Bye.
I hurried to the shop before you woke up.
Wouldn't be a Mrs. O'Hara visit
without a fry-up, would it?
Oh, that's so kind of you.
Is it all right?
Lovely.
Good.
It's so wonderful
you two are still so close.
You were always two of my favorites.
Aw. You say that
to all your foster kids, don't you?
I can't believe how beautiful you are.
You were such a feral child.
And you.
You're exactly the same.
-Thanks so much for letting us stay.
-Oh, of course.
Do you mind if I ask
what brought you here?
Just work.
We're freelance, and our employer
was supposed to book us a hotel nearby.
There was a mix-up.
Anyway, you really saved us.
So you work together?
You were fostered in this very house,
and now you work together. How incredible!
-Isn't it?
-It is.
Oh!
Sorry.
I didn't know you could produce sound.
Yeah. All kinds.
So, what… what do you two do?
It's really boring stuff.
Trust me. Not worth getting into.
Could I, uh, bother you for some more tea?
-Of course. Of course.
-Thanks.
I was, um…
…checking her pulse. I…
I must have fallen asleep.
That's a new one.
Your boss says
you've been spending a lot of time here.
Don't you have
your patients' pulses to check?
Well, my shift's over.
And frankly,
somebody should be here to be with her.
Do you think Ingrid would want you here?
I'm sorry,
what kind of a question is that?
We went to that restaurant,
where she got the takeout from.
They said Ingrid seemed stressed
and agitated,
was acting weird.
She asked to go out the back.
So, with that in mind,
not to mention rumors
of a disagreement between the two of you
and CCTV footage
of you following her to the restaurant…
am I wrong to think
she might be scared of you?
Ingrid's not scared of me.
Why would she be scared of me? I…
Dr. Stanfield, I think it's best
you accompany me to the station.
My mum, she passed away.
Ingrid wasn't scared of me.
I think she was just worried
about someone seeing us together.
Why would she be worried about that?
Well…
we used to go out together.
Years ago. Way before she met Simon.
So, maybe she thought
people would get the wrong idea.
Is it the wrong idea?
Where did she go? From the restaurant?
Look, nowhere that has anything to do
with what happened to her
or her daughter's
boyfriend's murder, okay?
I'm afraid
that's nowhere near good enough.
You were away from the hospital
the entire time she was gone.
Look, I swear,
all of this is irrelevant.
I'm in a very awkward position here.
I want to respect Ingrid's privacy but--
But if she doesn't have an alibi
for the murder…
She does have an alibi.
Which is?
It's me.
After she left the restaurant,
she went back to my place.
And I met her there.
So she couldn't have murdered Aaron.
I was right. They're shagging.
I don't know.
Ruby, they clocked in and out
of the hospital at the same time.
His colleagues confirmed it.
He himself admitted they had a thing
back in the day. They are shagging.
I think he wishes they were shagging.
But I just don't see it.
So what, you think
they were just innocently hanging out?
A married woman
and her former lover in his apartment?
And that's why Dr. Jay was reluctant
to say anything about it?
Or she was never there.
She was out killing Aaron Corval,
and this simp's covering for her.
They're shagging.
Do you think Simon knows?
Be worth finding out.
A cheating wife and an addict daughter?
Could have pushed him over the edge.
I'll go talk to him.
Suss it out.
-Hey, how's your mum?
-Fine. No change when I left.
-Are you at home?
-Yeah.
I've been tasked with retrieving
extra pairs of my mother's underwear.
Which might be more traumatic
than the coma.
Okay, Sam, look,
I need you to do me a favor.
-Mm-hmm.
-Go into Paige's room.
-Go to her old boxes.
-Okay.
I want you to look for a diary
or a planner or something like that.
Dad, isn't mum's knickers enough?
I mean, I don't want to poke around
my sister's diary.
What if she talks about gross boy stuff?
You'll manage. It's important, please.
Okay.
Haven't you been through this stuff
a million times?
Yeah, well,
I didn't know what to look for.
I've got a planner.
Okay, go to the weekend of January 13th.
-Can you tell me why now?
-That's when she first met Aaron.
Okay, I'm on January 13th.
There's a big 'A' for Aaron the arsehole.
What else am I looking for?
I don't know, really. Um, anything
that seems off in the weeks before.
Scanning for "off."
Um…
Lots of homework.
-Bit of Family Tree Club.
-What's that?
I think it's a club, Dad.
A sprinkle of a cappella.
Lots of "PVB."
What's "PVB"?
-I don't know.
-Uh…
Is it a club?
Don't think so.
"Polyvinyl butyral, or PVB,
a resin used for applications
that require strong binding."
-Okay, no.
-What are you talking about?
Forget it. It's not that.
Maybe it's a boyfriend.
A boyfriend?
The weekend with Aaron is labelled as A.
So PVB must be a stud, right?
He's got three whole letters.
So, um, when did the PVB entries start?
Um…
October 9th is the first one.
Just after she started university.
Maybe PVB's a drug thing.
No, no, no. Katie was adamant
that that started after she met Aaron.
Paige's university friend?
The mother of the Zodiac?
Yeah. Do you have any idea
why Paige would have told her
that there were problems at home?
No. Why?
Mr. Greene?
Judy. Gotta go.
How's Paige?
Come on, Ash.
Jump, Dee Dee! Go higher!
Come on, Dee Dee,
go back harder. Come on.
That was like
three weeks' worth of sodium.
I'll be swollen for days.
Crazy bein' back here, innit?
Yeah, too crazy.
Right, can we go now?
Soon.
We've got more names on the list.
-Let's just get out of here.
-Not yet.
I read they're still looking
for witnesses.
For the tattoo parlor stuff.
You remembering your jumps as a kid?
Course I am.
They were legendary. That spin move.
Untouchable.
What else do you remember?
Uh, not much. Just you, really.
Anything besides me?
Did you repress it all?
Or do you just not want to talk about it?
Through The Shining Truth, I've learned
a lot about confronting the past.
Great.
We're not just here to hide out, you know?
-We're here so you can face what happened.
-I don't wanna talk about it.
-Ash.
-Please, Dee.
I haven't heard from her
since she left Lanford.
I'm really sorry
for not reaching out sooner.
-I wanted to.
-No, honestly, it's--
No, I did.
I really care about Paige,
and to see everything that happened…
Judy, maybe you can help me.
Um, I got Sam, my son,
to check Paige's diary.
And there were lots of mentions of PVB.
I didn't know if it was a club
or a boy she was seeing?
Oh, yeah. Professor van de Beek.
He's one of the biology professors,
and he runs the Family Tree Club.
He and Paige were really close.
He was helping her apply
to transfer to medicine.
-Paige wanted to study medicine?
-Yeah.
Like her mum?
She never said.
I'm surprised to see you.
Um, Katie said that you'd gone home early
for term break.
You talked to Katie?
Yeah, and it was a bit bizarre.
Yeah.
She's been weird about Paige
ever since they had that fight.
What fight?
They got in a huge one.
I never knew what about,
but Katie kicked Paige out after.
Let me just talk to her first.
Katie?
All right. Hold on. Let me see.
All right. One, two, three.
Cute. Hold on. Landscape. One, two, three.
That is gorgeous.
Oh, you're so cute.
Okay.
She's gone.
Katie, she's packed up and gone.
She's not picking up.
Call me. Where are you?
Are you ogling the tiger
or doing your job?
I'm not ogling the tiger.
Anyway, you talked to Neil.
Right to it.
He wasn't too shocked
that Damien was on a DNA website.
I guess he's had an interest
in his biological family
since his dad died.
His biological family?
He was adopted?
So you think
someone's targeting adopted people?
Mmm. It's much too soon to say.
The cases are all so different.
We've got one murdered man,
Damien, adopted.
One missing man, Henry, also adopted.
And one other murdered man, Aaron.
Well, don't know if he's adopted yet,
but it's compelling, isn't it?
So we're looking for a suspect
with serious mummy and/or daddy issues.
Or we're looking
for more victims who fit the pattern.
Hello. I'm here
to see Professor van de Beek.
Nope.
What?
He's on sabbatical.
I need to talk to him about my daughter,
Paige Greene.
Hello?
Hello, hello, hello, yourself.
Sabbatical.
My daughter is missing.
Can you have some empathy?
Unfortunately, Professor van de Beek
has been off for the past year.
-Since when last year?
-Spring term.
Spring term?
That's when Paige dropped out.
After several visits
to his Family Tree Club.
Listen, Mr. Greene.
I did know your daughter.
I saw what path she went down.
Respectfully, Paige being missing
has nothing to do
with a biology professor she had.
I'm not at liberty
to say any more on the matter.
Please.
Bye now.
Hi, I'm looking
for lecture room number 408.
I was wondering
if you could you tell me where that is.
It's in the other building.
It's not that kind of lock.
Don't worry. I don't care.
Just sayin'.
Yeah, thanks. Um…
-Bye.
-Wait.
What do you want in there?
I don't know. My, um…
My daughter's missing.
What kind of missing?
She's missing.
But like, why are you the one here
and not the police
if she's missing missing?
Because I am.
Why does it matter?
Because maybe I can help you.
Who is she?
Paige Greene.
Yeah, I think I know who she is.
R-Respectfully,
she's really into drugs, right?
Have you seen her or not?
Not for a long while. Sorry.
Do you know anything about this guy?
You think your daughter
ran off with van de Beek?
-Why do you say it like that?
-Because that guy is…
He's that kind of guy.
-You mean he's…
-A massive creep?
Yeah.
Sorry, it's just facts.
Jesus Christ. What, you… you mean
he's had relationships with students?
For sure.
Yeah, it's all rumors,
but he definitely had the vibe.
I can't talk right now.
We need to track down
Paige's biology professor.
-Simon--
-He's been, um…
I'm gonna kill him.
Whoa, okay. Look, do not do that.
-Are you at the university?
-Yeah. He's not here, though.
I found Paige's university jacket
last night at Aaron's caravan.
She must've been there recently.
So I thought I'd come here and try and…
And then all this.
Okay, well, look, I will meet you later.
In the meantime, do not kill anyone.
Yeah, whatever.
Tell me about Henry's adoption.
You think it's got something to do
with all this?
Damien Gorsch,
a man who was in touch with Henry
before he went missing,
has been murdered.
Oh.
I spoke to Damien's mother.
She told me he was adopted
through an agency called Hope and Growth.
That's the one.
That's the same one
Henry was adopted from.
Oh my God.
I'm going to keep looking for him,
Sebastian.
I'll do everything I can.
Oh God.
Men are such dogs.
Apparently, Paige would meet up with him
almost every night. Um…
He went on sabbatical
right after she dropped out.
He has a reputation.
I need to find him, talk to him.
And if he's the reason
all this has happened, I'll kill him.
Right. Well, first of all,
do not kill him.
And if you do, don't tell me you have.
And secondly,
I have come across another murdered man.
Damien Gorsch.
He's the owner of that tattoo parlor.
Henry Thorpe was in touch with him.
He was adopted
from the same agency as Henry.
So two men, one murdered, one missing,
both adopted from the same place.
Does that taste all right?
Yeah, fine. Why?
Well, you keep looking at the waitress
like she's pissed in it.
Oh.
Sorry. I'm not the most subtle.
She's the owner, not the waitress.
I've been looking into her.
-For the case?
-No, not quite.
-You know when I said that men are dogs?
-Mm-hmm.
Well, I know 'cause I married one.
What, you're saying he--
N-No, no, not her.
Her mother.
So she's…
My dead husband's secret daughter, yes.
-Fuck me.
-Big fuck me.
And even bigger fuck me
because my mother-in-law
knew about it the whole time.
She's been keeping it to herself
all these years.
I suppose she didn't want things
to be awkward at work.
She's my tech woman.
Aw! Elena.
-That's a lot.
-Mm.
I'm sorry.
Go on. I'll catch up with you tomorrow.
You have got professors to not kill.
Yeah, yeah.
Thank you.
-Paige!
-I'm in the bathroom. Get out.
All right, all right.
Dinner's ready in five minutes.
Got it. Got it. Get out.
What are you doing?
-Are you reading my texts?
-I didn't mean to.
I just walked past, and there was
a topless selfie from Random Lad.
He's literally my friend, okay?
He was just asking me
whether I liked his haircut.
And why are you reading my texts?
With his nipples out?
Paige, you're better than this.
What kind of stuff
are you sending these boys, eh?
-Don't tell me what to do.
-I'm just looking out for you.
Oh, I can't wait
to leave this fucking house.
-Is everything okay?
-No change.
-Are you coming by?
-Soon, yeah.
I just need to drop by the house first.
Um…
I've just been to Paige's university.
Did she ever say anything
about problems at home before the drugs?
No.
I just can't help but think
that this is all my fault.
Simon, you know that's not true.
We got into a big row
before she went to Lanford.
I thought we'd moved on,
but clearly she didn't feel
like she could tell me things anymore.
She's a teenage girl.
-It'd be weird if she did.
-Yeah. I don't know.
You've got to stop
trying to make this all your fault, Simon.
Yeah, okay. Um…
I've got to go, Yvonne.
I'll see you later.
Mr. Greene.
-Mind if I have a word?
-Is Paige okay?
This isn't about your daughter.
Is this Ingrid
when she was younger?
Yeah. She used to do some modeling.
Thank God I'm funny, eh?
Are you?
She must get a lot of attention
from other men.
That's a strange thing to say.
Why are you here?
I wanted to ask
about your wife's relationship
with Dr. Jay Stanfield.
They're old friends. Why?
Your wife's alibi
for the night of Aaron's murder
has changed.
She wasn't at the hospital
like she told us officially.
Okay. Where was she?
She was with Dr. Stanfield
at his apartment.
Alone.
What?
He told us, reluctantly,
as he wanted to respect Ingrid's privacy.
Ingrid wouldn't.
What are you trying to say?
Ingrid? And Jay?
Paige told me there were problems at home.
I'm sorry, Mr. Greene.
I know what you did.
Pardon?
-Uh… What is that?
-You.
Breaking into my house, you creep.
I don't know who you are.
I don't know
what you want with me or my dog.
But this is the last time
you will ever come in here
or near my family again.
Do you understand?
Why don't you sit down and let me explain?
You've had all day to explain.
You have had days to explain.
We are so beyond that.
I've called the police.
Elena Ravenscroft, I'm arresting you
on suspicion of burglary.
And in his eye
I see the Truth's eternal light ♪
And in his palm, let me be made whole ♪
So that I may walk the path of light ♪
Praise the one who guides our way ♪
Praise the beacon of The Shining Truth ♪
Forever be The Shining Truth ♪
All right. Don't be an arse about it.
You invaded my privacy.
I can't believe
you believe in all that stuff.
Oh, Ash.
You'll choose The Shining Truth one day.
Okay, Dee.
-"Dee Dee"?
-I had to get them.
I love it.
I'm taking them everywhere.
I sorted the car too.
You're gonna love it. Heated seats.
-A warm bum is a warm heart.
-As you've said, yep.
But we can't go just yet.
Why?
Because of what happened here.
Look, I'm fine, Dee. All right?
Can we just not go there, please?
-How else will you move on?
-By getting the fuck out of this place.
Okay. Okay.
I'll do it.
No. Dee.
Can I get you anything, dear?
-No, no. We're about to head out.
-Oh, well.
-But do you mind if we chat real quick?
-Yes, yes, please. Sit.
I, um…
I wanted to know,
what do you remember best
about when we lived here with you?
Um, I remember how outgoing you were.
I remember, um…
you had long hair.
Yeah.
Anything else?
What's this about, dear?
What about Ash?
-What do you remember about him?
-Dee Dee.
Oh, please. That was years ago.
Wow, Dee Dee. So cool.
It's ruined. Completely ruined.
You think this is how
I want to spend playtime?
No. No.
-Hold still!
-No!
Is that why you're here?
To make an old lady feel badly
about things that happened years ago?
That's all you have to say about it?
It was a different time.
He was a rotten child.
And what about me?
Was I rotten too?
Ugh.
I never touched you.
No!
No. No.
How do you forget something like that?
I can still smell it happening.
What about this?
Still doesn't go any higher.
Remember?
You ripped it from its socket
that time I had the flu
and got sick on your couch.
It was a different time.
What do you want?
Do you want me to say I'm sorry?
All right. I'm sorry.
Okay? Can we stop this now, please?
Do you want to know
what we do for work?
It's actually not that boring.
We kill people.
All right. That's it.
I'm phoning the police.
I always knew you'd become this.
Don't you feel better already?
Hey.
The kids are headed home.
Is it okay if I go?
Yeah. Um, can I talk to you
about something?
Sure. What's going on?
Is Paige my daughter?
Of course she is.
What… How can you even ask that?
Ingrid was cheating on me.
What?
Detective Fagbenle just came to my house.
She was with Jay
the night Aaron was murdered.
At his flat, alone.
I'm sure there is
a very good reason for that.
Ingrid would never cheat on you.
How is that your first conclusion?
Why would she lie to the police about it?
There must be a very good reason for that.
Don't you think?
-Simon, you need to calm down.
-Paige was looking into her family tree.
She told her friends
there were problems at home.
I think she worked out
that I'm not her dad.
My sister loves you more than anything.
Maybe you need to go to the police
with what you found out about Paige
instead of doing it all on your own.
I'm not going to the police. They think
I killed Aaron. Why would they help me?
Simon, I think
you're losing your mind a bit.
To think that Ingrid could do that to you.
I'll tell you what, Yvonne.
Just you go home. I'm fine. It's okay.
Go home.
Detective Todd?
Detective Fagbenle?
I spoke with Simon Greene.
Regarding the rumored shagging
of his wife and her colleague?
He had no idea.
Oh, yikes.
Anyway, new development
on the Marinduque shootings.
Ballistics report
for the probable gun that shot Luther.
It says, "High probability
he was shot with a Makarov,
a Soviet and Taliban army-issue weapon."
Can't be too many of those around.
Could be someone in the army
who took a souvenir from the battlefield.
I think that neighbor
who had the key was in the army.
Yeah.
I'm really proud of you,
you know.
Is she mine, Ingrid?
Is she mine?
Ingrid?
Hello darkness, my old friend… ♪
Hey! Something's happening.
Something's happening.
There's blood here. Look. You see?
Because a vision softly creeping… ♪
Get me O negative and set up the Belmont.
Left its seeds while I was sleeping ♪
And the vision
that was planted in my brain ♪
Still remains ♪
Within the sound of silence ♪
In restless dreams, I walk alone… ♪
Narrow streets of cobblestone ♪
'Neath the halo of a street lamp ♪
I turned my collar
To the cold and damp ♪
When my eyes were stabbed
By the flash of a neon light ♪
That split the night ♪
And touched the sound ♪
Of silence ♪
In the naked light I saw ♪
Ten thousand people, maybe more ♪
People talking without speaking ♪
People hearing without listening ♪
People writing songs
That voices never share ♪
And no one dared ♪
Disturb the sound of silence ♪