Crookhaven (2026) s01e05 Episode Script
The Shilling Test
Liberation is coming.
It's a deep fake.
Entire firewall's down.
Someone on the inside, a spy.
Who caused the power surge?
Amira Dhawan.
I thought you trusted me.
You're asking me to go
directly against my father's orders.
We can get into the Crooked Network.
Did you get their names?
There was a thick black line.
2003. My parents were here.
You're a legacy.
Secure channel open.
Vallette reporting to Leopard.
Transmission number 56.
You won't believe how blind these
little crooks are.
I'm hiding in plain sight
but nobody sees me.
Helps I've got the perfect
scapegoat.
Bet she's in a cell right now,
probably being brutally
interrogated.
Poor Amira.
You're a legacy?
Ee'ay! I'm shook, man!
You're shook? Imagine how I feel!
But look, just because my parents
were here, doesn't mean that I'm
Technically.
Dude, face it,
you're totally a legacy.
Better practise your sneer.
That's not the point.
The point is,
is that they were here.
They walked these same halls,
sat in these same classrooms.
But for some reason,
Lockett is doing everything he can
to stop me finding their names.
I've got it.
What if Lockett's secretly your dad?
That'd make you and Penelope like
Luke and Leia vibes.
Hoo-hoo! I'm getting chills!
There's no way me
and Lockett share DNA.
Besides, he's too old.
They left in 2003.
Well, here's a thought, why don't
you just find the 2003 year book?
Figure out which two look
the most like you.
Yeah.
Yeah, I was I was going
to do that.
Obviously.
That's why they were in the library.
Yeah, they used Ede Okoru's laptop
to look up three things.
The twins' dad, Carmen's
whereabouts, and Gabriel's parents.
What did they find?
His parents names are redacted.
Why?
That's sensitive information.
But if they're crooks,
that makes him a legacy, right?
Not necessarily.
Naturally,
you keep all this to yourself, hmm?
Everything OK, headmaster?
That'll be all.
Thank you.
A year book?
This isn't an American high school,
Avery, it's a school for crooks.
Photos are banned.
That's the whole point,
we're anonymous.
So how am I meant to find them?
You're not.
But I need your help.
I've already helped you enough.
I mean, I-I thought we were
Look, last night you saved my life.
Cos I'm not a psychopath.
Look, I'm trying to
eavesdrop on my father here.
I need to know why he sent
mum on that mission,
but there's been 16 hours
of radio silence.
So stop invading my room.
I've got my own existential
nightmare to deal with.
Big help. Thanks.
Dad, he's had us shovelling manure
since six this morning.
Look, when Crookhaven calls I expect
to be told that you've won something
or been fatally wounded, not have
Sisman tell me you've been fighting.
We were set up!
This Merit and his cronies broke
lockdown, we were just trying
Why did they lock you down anyway?
I mean, unless they suspect
there's a spy in the school.
My thoughts exactly.
Ooh Smell check.
HE SNIFFS
All clear, no manure.
Cool.
What is that smell?
Ahem
Were you helping those
Merits in the library last night?
Cos if so that's really going to
test our friendship.
Obviously not.
What friendship? And you stink.
You know what stinks?
Our school was locked down,
we were hacked,
and now we're meant to
act like nothing's happened.
What have you heard?
What Literally nothing.
Was it The Leopard?
How did he get in?
Why were we locked down unless
they suspect there's an insider?
You mean there's a spy?
Mm. In our school?
Exactly.
A sneaky, little mole.
And there's one obvious suspect.
Surely if Amira was
the spy they'd know
and they've have locked
her up by now.
The Shilling Test isn't a diversion,
it's a vital test.
Right now,
it's also a vital opportunity.
The Shilling Test then a Crooxeat.
A Crooxeat? We need a circuit
breaker, they're far too close to
the truth. This is our chance to
distract Avery, to pit him
and Penelope against each other,
we can't waste it.
Unless of course you want him
to find out who he really is.
Basically we broke into the library,
got into the Crooked Network,
and Gabe almost suffocated.
It was super fun,
you should've been there.
Yeah, I should've.
But Gabriel doesn't trust me. Look,
it's not that I don't trust you.
Looks like you trust
Penelope though.
She gets to be a part of your little
crew. It's not a crew, all right?
I'm sorry. You should've been there.
It felt wrong without you.
Course it did.
Oh, wait,
I haven't gotten to the best part.
Guess who's a closet legacy?
No! Yeah.
Today marks one of the most
important
days in the Crooked Calendar -
the Shilling Test.
The ultimate test
of your pickpocketing skills.
It's your chance to turn
the Most Wanted Board upside down.
Right now we have Penelope
in the lead with Gabriel, Edgar
and Dorian down the bottom.
Travesty.
OK, the rules are simple.
You each get two Shillings,
each worth two Crooked Points,
and then you pick each
other's pockets.
And your jackets contain microchips,
so we can keep track.
Ade! You can demonstrate.
Take two.
Put it in your pocket.
PINGS
As you can see,
the light here indicates which
student is currently in the lead.
Across the week your scores,
will fluctuate, but all that
really counts is the number of coins
in your pocket at 6pm on Friday.
My father told me
about the Shilling Test.
He absolutely crushed it, didn't he?
If that's what he told you.
This year, I'm offering
an additional incentive.
A Crooxeat.
Crooxi-what-now?
If a Legacy wins, all Legacies
get to go home for three days.
If a Merit wins, all Merits go home.
Now, come
and collect your Shillings.
Sticking my hand in someone's
pocket,
and their hand in my pocket,
major ick.
And who even wants to go home?
We do.
Our own beds, mum's Jollof.
Can always come back with us, Jeezy,
my mum will be gassed.
We've never brought a girl
home before.
Rather kick myself
repeatedly in the head.
So is that a no?
Suit yourself.
You gotta win this for
us though, Gabriel.
Yeah, I'll do my best.
It's the least
I can do after last night.
Depends who he's playing for.
I'm a Merit.
Thank you, Sir.
You're welcome, good luck.
Ooh, uh,
stay behind a moment, would you?
The Shilling Test can change
everything.
Especially
when you're up against a pickpocket.
Avery's no threat.
I'm on seven, he's on minus nine.
He just needs eight Shillings
to catch you up.
Keep your distance,
no more midnight excursions.
Don't know what you mean.
Any more word from mum?
Another letter,
a sense of when she'll be back?
You'll be the first to know.
"Reminder, everyone caught cheating
will need to attend
"a workshop on how to get away
with cheating."
You're one of the most
promising Crooklings,
but right now you're right down
the bottom of the board.
Why do you care so much?
Because I was a Merit once,
and I got distracted,
so don't make the same mistake.
Take my advice,
keep your distance from Penelope.
She's your biggest threat.
Most people who win the Shilling
Test, go on to win the Crooked Cup.
Bear that in mind.
The Crooked Cup
You gotta be kidding me!
Why are you gawping at a board
you've got no hope of being on?
That your dad, Hector?
Clearly.
And that's my grandfather.
And his father.
Oh, and his father is
Yeah, we get it.
You Delacombes go
back to the Bible years.
So why were you in the library,
Dodger?
It should've been you that
lost 20 points.
And spent hours shovelling dung.
Mm.
Did Hector ever talk to you
about the other crooks in his year?
Some.
Why? What's it to you?
Well, I was just wondering how mid
they must've been for him to win.
Hector Delacombe's a Crooked legend.
Dela-doubt-it.
And that's why he annihilated
Velazquez in the Shilling Test,
just like I'm going to
annihilate you!
Velazquez?
Yeah, they were archrivals.
But poor Diego was no
match for a Delacombe.
Who's your dad?
Some nobody like you?
Oh Mm?
Yeah, I might be a nobody.
But I'm a nobody who just took
a Shilling off of each of you.
What? Mm. No.
MACHINE RATTLES
I wasn't ready. Give it back.
Sure, Edgar.
There you go.
Get back here!
Get back!
Avery! Get back!
Avery!
2003
OK, so new theory.
You and Edgar are twins,
separated at birth.
If you squint, yeah, you actually
do Kinda do look alike.
They look nothing alike, bro.
Edgar's blond.
Look, there's no way
I'm a Delacombe.
You two are the only twins
round here.
My parents' names are on this list.
But right now Hector's one of two
people who can actually help me
find them.
The other being Diego Velasquez.
Well, he wants to distract me.
Just this morning he told me
to focus on the Shilling Test.
He's part of the conspiracy.
If you cross out Delacombe
and Velasquez, that leaves nine.
Oh, and Chang, cos no offence,
you're not giving Chinese.
Probably rule out
Dipo Adebayo by that same logic.
Well, that leaves seven.
Why are you guys helping me?
Cos you helped us
find out about our dad.
And we saw you
risk your life for this.
We're invested, Gabester.
Nah, for me
it's just morbid curiosity.
Well, thanks.
So seems like Velasquez knows
something, but I'm never
gonna get a straight answer from
a guy that teaches skulduggery.
People think that Hey! ..picking
pockets is about your hands,
but it's not.
It's about your eyes.
OK, take a seat. Take a seat.
Well done.
Tell me,
how many pockets does my coat have?
Seven.
Nine.
Two hips, two inside chest,
outside chest, pen, coin, ticket
and poachers.
Which one's my wallet in?
I mean, you want us
to think inside chest.
You tapped on it earlier.
But I don't trust you.
I think it's under your hat.
Excellent.
One moment.
I swear, the gardener's been
shadowing me all day.
Yeah, I noticed that too.
Thank you.
I thought I was just being paranoid.
No, not this time.
And what makes the perfect mark?
Hmm? Someone who's distracted.
Ooh!
Looking at their phone or
checking a map or whatever.
Yeah, but you can always create your
own distractions too though, right?
Right.
Because as soon as the mark
is on to you, you've lost,
which is what makes
the Shilling Test such a challenge.
And which is why Gabriel's the only
one of you who's managed to
take any Shillings. Thus far.
Sir, I've been wondering.
I mean,
you're a pickpocketing genius.
So how come you lost
the Shilling Test to Delacombe?
No mystery.
You were outsmarted
and outclassed, right, Sir?
What about the other Crooklings,
who else were you up against?
It was such a long time ago,
I really don't remember.
SCHOOL BELL RINGS
OK, go. Next class.
Don't forget that you've got
Shillings in your pockets,
get those points.
Good luck.
Too often,
art is judged for its beauty.
When we say he is no oil painting,
we mean what?
He is not much to look at.
I've narrowed it down
to seven names,
but I won't get an answer from
Velasquez. Stop distracting me.
But these critics talk only of what
is visible,
when the true beauty of a painting
is in its layers,
in the work it takes to reach
that final stage.
I mean, you heard him,
"I don't really remember".
He was dodging my question.
So what's your next move?
Check their files,
and see who I can rule out.
So I'm going to need your pass
for the dossier vault.
No way, my father literally warned
me to keep my distance from you.
Velasquez gave me
the exact same warning.
Same words.
"Keep your distance from Penelope".
Ultraviolet light,
an invaluable tool for inspecting
a crime scene.
Andpaintings.
They don't want us working together.
Cos they're
scared of what we'll find.
See how the painting
reveals its history.
The mistakes, the wrong choices
..disregarded and painted over.
Us forgers cannot merely replicate
the appearance of a painting,
we must reconstruct
it layer by layer.
We must uncover the journey they
took to reach the finished article.
Anyone asks, I'll say you stole it.
Like I stole this.
The truth
lies just beneath the surface,
if you know how to look for it.
RADIO INTERFERENCE
The bug, I thought it was dead.
"Grid and alias remain secure
so hold position, my darling.
"But we have extraction
units on standby."
You should know that your intel
is saving lives.
Shifting the axis.
I'd never compromise your mission,
but god knows we miss you here.
She's
..going off the rails without you.
60 seconds till
the alarm kicks in.
First up, Simeon Fletcher.
Simeon Fletcher.
Sasha Petrovich.
Sasha Petrovich.
Nina Ray.
Nina Ray.
William Coe.
Come on, come on.
His file's missing.
That means two things.
One, that Velasquez
and Lockett beat us to it.
And two?
William Coe is my father.
William Coe and Anna Park.
I mean, that has to be them.
They're the only two files missing.
I say we call Edgar's dad and ask
for a lowdown on William and Anna.
Yeah. Great idea.
Yo, um, Hector,
just a quick question
Wait a minute, what if we did?
Or better yet, what
if we got Edgar to do it for us?
Yes, bro.
Uh, sorry. In what world are we
going to get Edgar to call his dad,
and also ask him about two people
he went to school with 20 years ago?
"My roommate Ade has so much rizz,
he's singed my retinas."
How you doing that?
Basic voice sampler.
All we need now,
a sample of Edgar's voice.
Second place Edgar,
you're on fire, man.
Yeah. Only three more Shillings
until you're level with Penelope.
Yeah. Great.
I spot a sitting target.
You distract them,
I'll get the Shillings.
Mm-hm. Mm-hm.
They're coming.
Huh, well, heh,
is this another gathering
of the secret library club?
Um, what, what, what were you guys
doing here last night,
are you ever going to tell us?
Book club. Book club?
Mm-hm. Actually, wait, oh wait,
what's, what's tonight's book?
Uh, you wouldn't like it.
There's no pictures
and lots of long words. Oh
You may mock, Jia, but I'm actually
a pretty keen reader,
especially romantasy.
I don't even know what that is.
Well it basically merges
romance and fantasy.
Surprisingly quite relatable.
I could lend you a copy
if you
I very much don't
Uh, Edgar you're being
weirdly quiet.
Who needs words?
Ha, see you later, Merits.
Wait, don't go yet.
Let's talk about last night.
Why don't you pull up a chair?
Later.
I've got more pockets to pick.
Specifically Amira's
and your chum Gabriel's.
Another time.
Come on.
So, you got revenge on that idiot
Merit yet, uh, what, Avery, was it?
Working on it, I'm infatuated.
Say again?
What? I mean, infuriated by him.
Ah. But
..I wanted to
ask about the Shilling Test.
I know you crushed Velasquez.
Did I ever?
He never forgave me. What about
William Coe and Anna Park,
do you know what happened to them?
No, never heard of them, no, no, no.
Weren't in my year, uh, but I can
tell you all about Velasquez.
I mean, rumour had it that he had
some poor lady pregnant,
then abandoned her
and their little baby son.
Are you there? Hello?
You still there?
How could I not see it?
He's my father.
You're not what I was expecting.
What are you four up to?
Squeeze into the outside lines
again, huh?
What is it with you, always
stalking around, up to no good?
Leave it. Leave what? This?
Ooh!
Hear that? That's the sound of me
becoming most wanted again.
Yeah, no-one cares, Edgar!
Seriously! Legacies, Merits, points,
most wanted, it is pointless.
I mean, why's it matter to you
so much?
So you can make your daddy proud?
Just like Velasquez said,
what makes the perfect mark?
When he's distracted.
Mr Sisman! Mr Sisman!
Mr Sisman! I got him!
I found the spy!
It's not what it looks like.
It's exactly what it looks like -
their calling card.
One moment The Nameless
plant a deep fake,
and then I find THIS in your pocket.
I knew there was
something off about you.
I'll take that, young man.
Well, well, well
If it looks like a kipper,
smells like a kipper,
then it most likely is
A kipper. A kipper.
Look, I don't know where
it came from.
That's the honest truth.
It's mine.
Gabriel must've stolen it yesterday
when he picked my pocket.
Oh, really?
Then how did you get hold of it?
It was left behind
when Ishaan was kidnapped.
Recruited, more like.
Go on, back to class, you lot.
Here you are.
You know, you didn't have
to do that.
Yeah, well, half the school already
think I'm the spy.
I had a ready-made excuse.
I owe you. Seriously.
Yeah.
You do.
Right, tell me,
because I have to know.
How did you let Edgar Delacombe
pick your pocket twice?
That's rookie, Gabriel.
I mean,
I wasn't exactly thinking straight.
Just found out Velasquez is my dad.
Velasquez?
Look, I am so sure of it.
It all makes sense,
the picking pockets, the way I look,
why he's always been
so weird around me.
It's cos he knows what he did.
And he abandoned us.
Me and my mum.
Whoever she is.
What more evidence do we need,
Caspian?
The burnt coin
And she gave you an explanation?
She gave me an excuse.
Ishaan vanished from Crookhaven.
Amira,
she was at home 500 miles away,
so how do we suppose the coin
got into her hands?
Hmm
Permission to search her room?
Tomorrow morning,
while they're all at breakfast.
As good as done, Headmaster.
Nicki
Headmaster.
KNOCK AT DOOR
Come in!
Ah, Gabriel
Just the man.
There's a day to go in the Shilling
Test and you're lagging way behind.
I need to understand why.
Find your weak spots. So
Vamos, come at me.
Do you really think pickpocketing's
something that can be taught?
Isn't it something you're born with?
Something you inherit?
Like, I dunno
..brown eyes?
Of course it can be taught,
otherwise
I would be wasting my time here.
Mm?
Look, that's why I'm pushing you.
You're wasting your talent.
I'd hate to see you lose to Edgar.
Why, cos of your history?
No, it's nothing to do
with my history.
Are you sure?
Cos it seems personal.
Well, you know how
Crookhaven's like.
Lots of rumours.
Don't believe all you hear.
Well, how about this,
you have a son you abandoned
Should I believe that?
Abandoned is a brutal
word, my friend.
Well, it's a brutal thing to do.
Whatever you think you know,
I need you to understand that I'm
not proud of the man
that I used to be.
And any choices that I made,
that I had to make,
I made them
to protect people from who I was.
I never abandoned them.
What's this?! Not getting extra
coaching are we, Avery?
That is blatant favouritism, Sir.
You're giving him
an unfair advantage.
You were born with an unfair
advantage.
I'm just trying to even the score.
Why couldn't you just leave him
where he was?
You need to calm yourself, Diego,
we've taken all necessary
precautions, he'll find nothing.
I am starting to wonder what
your plan is here, your endgame,
if you even have one.
Are you really going to
question my integrity?
If not for me, you'd still be
slumped over that bar in Ecuador
drunk on fire water
and self-loathing.
I know what I'm doing.
Of course.
I forgot,
Caspian Lockett is infallible.
My wallet
If he didn't want to know you,
why would
he carry your picture in his wallet?
Why are you here at Crookhaven,
in his class?
What if bringing you here is his way
of Of getting to know you?
To atone.
Or to even the score.
I mean,
that's why he's been pushing me.
Hector cheated him
out of the Shilling Test.
Now I've got an opportunity
to make things right.
As his son. OK, love the fighting
talk, but Edgar's 10 Shillings ahead
and you have until six tomorrow.
That's plenty.
Might just have to you know,
bend the rules a little.
OK, man. OK.
"Goodnight Crookhaven.
"Time to steal some shut eye."
MACHINE RATTLES AND PINGS
Why's the bug gone so quiet?
Father's been wearing the same
jacket this whole time.
If the bug's in the pocket,
why would I only pick up one
conversation?
That conversation.
Cos he wanted me to.
Most wanted, Gabester!
Ha-ha!
Up where you belong!
Yeah, but yesterday you were
on the bottom and Edgar was on top.
How on earth did you manage that?
Had a busy night.
Let's just say, Dorian Macarthur
snores like a badger.
Don't ask how I know!
Crooxeat, here we come!
That's more like it.
I'm proud of you, Gabriel.
But I think you might have
something of mine.
It's all there.
You can check.
This can't stand, Mr Velasquez!
That Merit broke into our room
and stole those Shillings.
That should disqualify
Avery on the spot.
What counts is the coins in your
pocket, not how they got there.
If he wants to play dirty,
so can we.
History needs to repeat itself.
My friends, there's only a few hours
remaining in the Shilling Test,
everything is still to play for.
Penelope, you only
need two Shillings to beat Gabriel.
Don't worry, I intend to.
Especially since he stole those
Shillings. Yeah,
but isn't that the whole point?
Don't be a sore loser, Penelope.
Amira!
Yes?
You're coming with us.
Huh, what have I done?
Gig's up love.
We're going to have a little chat,
come on. Get your hands off of me.
Where you taking her? She's
innocent, she's done nothing wrong!
So, tell me about the mission.
I'm not with The Nameless,
all right?
Any more than Ishaan is.
I didn't want to think
the worst of Ishaan either.
He was the last crook that
I'd have suspected.
And that's why I'm not going to make
the same mistake again.
He's not one of them, Mr Sisman.
And neither am I. Really?
Then how do you account for this?
For the tape, I have just given
the suspect her brother Ishaan's
jacket, his name clearly visible.
They stole it.
Like they stole him.
If only, Amira.
But wishing don't make it
so, does it?
There you are.
You can't just cheat your way
to the top and then hide.
Why did Sisman drag
Amira off like that?
Must've found a smoking gun.
Never trusted her.
Yeah, but Amira's not a spy.
I mean, why would
she take the rap for my coin if?
It's called a double bluff.
Neck-and-neck. 12-all.
Hey, you, you never told me
what you heard on the bug.
My father staged a conversation
to put me off the scent.
So the crisis isn't averted?
14-10, advantage Avery.
How about you, any closer to
figuring out who your parents are?
I know who my father is.
Diego Velasquez.
You think Velasquez is your father?
I know he is,
and that's why I'm here.
And that's why I'm going to
win this thing.
For him.
He didn't bring you here.
My father did.
And why would
he go to such lengths to hide it?
What's this?
"We must talk, The Chapel.
"5:25, meet me there, DV".
DV
Diego Velasquez,
he's about to tell me everything.
CHURCH BELL RINGS
Hello?
Ahem
Sir? I got your note.
Afraid Velasquez couldn't make it.
Argh! Woohoo!
Come on.
Not most wanted now, are you?
Oh, you might need this.
The Cooler used to be an ice house,
so it gets pretty cold at night.
Brr!
Yeah, yeah. Bye-bye.
Why am I still here?
Because if that's all you got,
Ishaan's jacket
Mm, you're right,
hardly conclusive proof, is it?
But put together with
the burnt coin
Huh? And these
A laptop, which caused the power
surge which let the Nameless
hack into our school.
What?!
And a security pass,
stolen from one of my gardeners
and used to access the power vault.
I don't even know where
the power vault is. Mmm.
And I've never seen
this pass before.
Really? Then why was it found
concealed in your room?
I'm being set up.
Someone stole the laptop
and planted the pass.
Oh, come along, Amira,
you are a legacy,
surely you can come up with a more
original excuse than that?
It's not an excuse!
DOOR OPENING
Thank you, Mr Sisman, I think
that's everything we need.
Amira, you need to run along.
They're announcing
the winner of the Shilling Test.
Don't want to miss that.
I had her on the ropes.
Another minute
and she'd have copped for the lot.
You discharged your role with
customary skill, Erasmus.
But it occurred to me that if Amira
is as you suggest, we would do
better to cultivate her as an asset
rather than simplylock her up.
Help!
Urgh!
Reckon you can set me up, do you?
Edgar.
Amira's been hours.
Think she needs rescuing?
From Sisman?
I don't fancy our chance
against him, and his tweed army.
What about Gabriel,
he should be here by now
and the final Shilling
count's in eight minutes.
It's like he's just disappeared.
Bro! Look! Edgar's been busy.
BOTH: Where's Edgar?
I think he's trying to frame me.
We know he's done something
with Gabriel. What?
Got this.
Hey, Dorian, so I've been thinking
about those romantasy books, and
on second thought they seem pretty
neat, and I'd love to borrow one.
Really? Course not, doofus! But why
is Edgar trying to frame Amira?
What? He-he-he's not.
Better not be lying.
I'm not I swear.
Then what's he done with Gabriel?
I can't, Edgar will kill me if I
And I'll kill you if you don't!
He's in the Cooler.
It's a hole by the Chapel.
Good boy.
You-you-you-you can't tell Edgar.
Offer stands.
Romantasy, if-if-if-if you
If you change your mind.
The Cooler?
Who knew?
All right down there, Gabester?
I've never been
so happy to see anyone in my life.
"Could all Crooklings gather for the
final count of the Shilling Test?"
CLOCK CHIMES
It's six o'clock, which
means the winner of this year's
Shilling Test is Edgar Delacombe.
Yes! Yes!
LOUD CRASH
He cheated!
He locked me in the Cooler.
Stole all my Shillings.
He's the one who should be
disqualified.
You want to talk about cheating?
That is rich.
Look, I am afraid to say that the
rules have always been clear.
All that matters is
the coins in your pocket.
So, Legacies get a Crooxeat.
Yes!
You're welcome.
Now's your moment, Gabester.
Fess up to being a you-know-what,
and you get to go home,
see your nan.
On reflection, I've decided to give
you all a Crooxeat.
I'm sure you could all use
a few days distance from each other
to rest and prepare for the trials.
Off you go. Shoo.
Shoo-shoo.
Well, that sucks.
I was hoping I'd get to stay here.
Why don't you?
My parents are both working, so I'm
going to stay here with Penelope.
You could join us. Be like one
great, big girlie sleepover.
Hard pass.
All right, losers,
looks like I'm coming home with you.
Knew you would.
Mum's already made your bed.
Have fun!
I'm so glad Sisman let you go.
Way he dragged you off,
I assumed he must have some
kind of evidence on you.
But apparently not.
Oh, here, Nicki,
you've got a hair on your blazer.
Thanks, Amira.
I can't believe
he used the same trick.
That's how Hector beat you.
Exactly the same.
Locked us in the Cooler.
Us?
You and me.
I wanted to win it so badly
..for you.
Uh, you know, like, um,
like you said to even the score.
Mmm.
It took me a while to figure it out,
but once I did it was
It's so obvious.
I mean, the pickpocketing,
the eye colour,
and then I saw the photo
in your wallet and like
I knew.
Look, you don't owe me anything,
I want to be clear on that.
You don't have to do anything.
You don't have to say anything
to anyone.
I just
I need an acknowledgement, I guess.
I just want to hear you say,
you know
I'm not your father.
Look, this
This is Matthias.
He lives with his mother
in Santiago.
This is who we spoke
about, you and I.
I-I thought you understood.
Um
I wanted it to be you.
INSECT BUZZES
Who?
William Coe and Anna Park.
Never heard of them, no. No, no.
Don't make the same mistake.
Exactly the same.
They locked us in the Cooler.
Us?
They're scared of what we'll find.
The truth lies
just beneath the surface.
Found you!
It's a deep fake.
Entire firewall's down.
Someone on the inside, a spy.
Who caused the power surge?
Amira Dhawan.
I thought you trusted me.
You're asking me to go
directly against my father's orders.
We can get into the Crooked Network.
Did you get their names?
There was a thick black line.
2003. My parents were here.
You're a legacy.
Secure channel open.
Vallette reporting to Leopard.
Transmission number 56.
You won't believe how blind these
little crooks are.
I'm hiding in plain sight
but nobody sees me.
Helps I've got the perfect
scapegoat.
Bet she's in a cell right now,
probably being brutally
interrogated.
Poor Amira.
You're a legacy?
Ee'ay! I'm shook, man!
You're shook? Imagine how I feel!
But look, just because my parents
were here, doesn't mean that I'm
Technically.
Dude, face it,
you're totally a legacy.
Better practise your sneer.
That's not the point.
The point is,
is that they were here.
They walked these same halls,
sat in these same classrooms.
But for some reason,
Lockett is doing everything he can
to stop me finding their names.
I've got it.
What if Lockett's secretly your dad?
That'd make you and Penelope like
Luke and Leia vibes.
Hoo-hoo! I'm getting chills!
There's no way me
and Lockett share DNA.
Besides, he's too old.
They left in 2003.
Well, here's a thought, why don't
you just find the 2003 year book?
Figure out which two look
the most like you.
Yeah.
Yeah, I was I was going
to do that.
Obviously.
That's why they were in the library.
Yeah, they used Ede Okoru's laptop
to look up three things.
The twins' dad, Carmen's
whereabouts, and Gabriel's parents.
What did they find?
His parents names are redacted.
Why?
That's sensitive information.
But if they're crooks,
that makes him a legacy, right?
Not necessarily.
Naturally,
you keep all this to yourself, hmm?
Everything OK, headmaster?
That'll be all.
Thank you.
A year book?
This isn't an American high school,
Avery, it's a school for crooks.
Photos are banned.
That's the whole point,
we're anonymous.
So how am I meant to find them?
You're not.
But I need your help.
I've already helped you enough.
I mean, I-I thought we were
Look, last night you saved my life.
Cos I'm not a psychopath.
Look, I'm trying to
eavesdrop on my father here.
I need to know why he sent
mum on that mission,
but there's been 16 hours
of radio silence.
So stop invading my room.
I've got my own existential
nightmare to deal with.
Big help. Thanks.
Dad, he's had us shovelling manure
since six this morning.
Look, when Crookhaven calls I expect
to be told that you've won something
or been fatally wounded, not have
Sisman tell me you've been fighting.
We were set up!
This Merit and his cronies broke
lockdown, we were just trying
Why did they lock you down anyway?
I mean, unless they suspect
there's a spy in the school.
My thoughts exactly.
Ooh Smell check.
HE SNIFFS
All clear, no manure.
Cool.
What is that smell?
Ahem
Were you helping those
Merits in the library last night?
Cos if so that's really going to
test our friendship.
Obviously not.
What friendship? And you stink.
You know what stinks?
Our school was locked down,
we were hacked,
and now we're meant to
act like nothing's happened.
What have you heard?
What Literally nothing.
Was it The Leopard?
How did he get in?
Why were we locked down unless
they suspect there's an insider?
You mean there's a spy?
Mm. In our school?
Exactly.
A sneaky, little mole.
And there's one obvious suspect.
Surely if Amira was
the spy they'd know
and they've have locked
her up by now.
The Shilling Test isn't a diversion,
it's a vital test.
Right now,
it's also a vital opportunity.
The Shilling Test then a Crooxeat.
A Crooxeat? We need a circuit
breaker, they're far too close to
the truth. This is our chance to
distract Avery, to pit him
and Penelope against each other,
we can't waste it.
Unless of course you want him
to find out who he really is.
Basically we broke into the library,
got into the Crooked Network,
and Gabe almost suffocated.
It was super fun,
you should've been there.
Yeah, I should've.
But Gabriel doesn't trust me. Look,
it's not that I don't trust you.
Looks like you trust
Penelope though.
She gets to be a part of your little
crew. It's not a crew, all right?
I'm sorry. You should've been there.
It felt wrong without you.
Course it did.
Oh, wait,
I haven't gotten to the best part.
Guess who's a closet legacy?
No! Yeah.
Today marks one of the most
important
days in the Crooked Calendar -
the Shilling Test.
The ultimate test
of your pickpocketing skills.
It's your chance to turn
the Most Wanted Board upside down.
Right now we have Penelope
in the lead with Gabriel, Edgar
and Dorian down the bottom.
Travesty.
OK, the rules are simple.
You each get two Shillings,
each worth two Crooked Points,
and then you pick each
other's pockets.
And your jackets contain microchips,
so we can keep track.
Ade! You can demonstrate.
Take two.
Put it in your pocket.
PINGS
As you can see,
the light here indicates which
student is currently in the lead.
Across the week your scores,
will fluctuate, but all that
really counts is the number of coins
in your pocket at 6pm on Friday.
My father told me
about the Shilling Test.
He absolutely crushed it, didn't he?
If that's what he told you.
This year, I'm offering
an additional incentive.
A Crooxeat.
Crooxi-what-now?
If a Legacy wins, all Legacies
get to go home for three days.
If a Merit wins, all Merits go home.
Now, come
and collect your Shillings.
Sticking my hand in someone's
pocket,
and their hand in my pocket,
major ick.
And who even wants to go home?
We do.
Our own beds, mum's Jollof.
Can always come back with us, Jeezy,
my mum will be gassed.
We've never brought a girl
home before.
Rather kick myself
repeatedly in the head.
So is that a no?
Suit yourself.
You gotta win this for
us though, Gabriel.
Yeah, I'll do my best.
It's the least
I can do after last night.
Depends who he's playing for.
I'm a Merit.
Thank you, Sir.
You're welcome, good luck.
Ooh, uh,
stay behind a moment, would you?
The Shilling Test can change
everything.
Especially
when you're up against a pickpocket.
Avery's no threat.
I'm on seven, he's on minus nine.
He just needs eight Shillings
to catch you up.
Keep your distance,
no more midnight excursions.
Don't know what you mean.
Any more word from mum?
Another letter,
a sense of when she'll be back?
You'll be the first to know.
"Reminder, everyone caught cheating
will need to attend
"a workshop on how to get away
with cheating."
You're one of the most
promising Crooklings,
but right now you're right down
the bottom of the board.
Why do you care so much?
Because I was a Merit once,
and I got distracted,
so don't make the same mistake.
Take my advice,
keep your distance from Penelope.
She's your biggest threat.
Most people who win the Shilling
Test, go on to win the Crooked Cup.
Bear that in mind.
The Crooked Cup
You gotta be kidding me!
Why are you gawping at a board
you've got no hope of being on?
That your dad, Hector?
Clearly.
And that's my grandfather.
And his father.
Oh, and his father is
Yeah, we get it.
You Delacombes go
back to the Bible years.
So why were you in the library,
Dodger?
It should've been you that
lost 20 points.
And spent hours shovelling dung.
Mm.
Did Hector ever talk to you
about the other crooks in his year?
Some.
Why? What's it to you?
Well, I was just wondering how mid
they must've been for him to win.
Hector Delacombe's a Crooked legend.
Dela-doubt-it.
And that's why he annihilated
Velazquez in the Shilling Test,
just like I'm going to
annihilate you!
Velazquez?
Yeah, they were archrivals.
But poor Diego was no
match for a Delacombe.
Who's your dad?
Some nobody like you?
Oh Mm?
Yeah, I might be a nobody.
But I'm a nobody who just took
a Shilling off of each of you.
What? Mm. No.
MACHINE RATTLES
I wasn't ready. Give it back.
Sure, Edgar.
There you go.
Get back here!
Get back!
Avery! Get back!
Avery!
2003
OK, so new theory.
You and Edgar are twins,
separated at birth.
If you squint, yeah, you actually
do Kinda do look alike.
They look nothing alike, bro.
Edgar's blond.
Look, there's no way
I'm a Delacombe.
You two are the only twins
round here.
My parents' names are on this list.
But right now Hector's one of two
people who can actually help me
find them.
The other being Diego Velasquez.
Well, he wants to distract me.
Just this morning he told me
to focus on the Shilling Test.
He's part of the conspiracy.
If you cross out Delacombe
and Velasquez, that leaves nine.
Oh, and Chang, cos no offence,
you're not giving Chinese.
Probably rule out
Dipo Adebayo by that same logic.
Well, that leaves seven.
Why are you guys helping me?
Cos you helped us
find out about our dad.
And we saw you
risk your life for this.
We're invested, Gabester.
Nah, for me
it's just morbid curiosity.
Well, thanks.
So seems like Velasquez knows
something, but I'm never
gonna get a straight answer from
a guy that teaches skulduggery.
People think that Hey! ..picking
pockets is about your hands,
but it's not.
It's about your eyes.
OK, take a seat. Take a seat.
Well done.
Tell me,
how many pockets does my coat have?
Seven.
Nine.
Two hips, two inside chest,
outside chest, pen, coin, ticket
and poachers.
Which one's my wallet in?
I mean, you want us
to think inside chest.
You tapped on it earlier.
But I don't trust you.
I think it's under your hat.
Excellent.
One moment.
I swear, the gardener's been
shadowing me all day.
Yeah, I noticed that too.
Thank you.
I thought I was just being paranoid.
No, not this time.
And what makes the perfect mark?
Hmm? Someone who's distracted.
Ooh!
Looking at their phone or
checking a map or whatever.
Yeah, but you can always create your
own distractions too though, right?
Right.
Because as soon as the mark
is on to you, you've lost,
which is what makes
the Shilling Test such a challenge.
And which is why Gabriel's the only
one of you who's managed to
take any Shillings. Thus far.
Sir, I've been wondering.
I mean,
you're a pickpocketing genius.
So how come you lost
the Shilling Test to Delacombe?
No mystery.
You were outsmarted
and outclassed, right, Sir?
What about the other Crooklings,
who else were you up against?
It was such a long time ago,
I really don't remember.
SCHOOL BELL RINGS
OK, go. Next class.
Don't forget that you've got
Shillings in your pockets,
get those points.
Good luck.
Too often,
art is judged for its beauty.
When we say he is no oil painting,
we mean what?
He is not much to look at.
I've narrowed it down
to seven names,
but I won't get an answer from
Velasquez. Stop distracting me.
But these critics talk only of what
is visible,
when the true beauty of a painting
is in its layers,
in the work it takes to reach
that final stage.
I mean, you heard him,
"I don't really remember".
He was dodging my question.
So what's your next move?
Check their files,
and see who I can rule out.
So I'm going to need your pass
for the dossier vault.
No way, my father literally warned
me to keep my distance from you.
Velasquez gave me
the exact same warning.
Same words.
"Keep your distance from Penelope".
Ultraviolet light,
an invaluable tool for inspecting
a crime scene.
Andpaintings.
They don't want us working together.
Cos they're
scared of what we'll find.
See how the painting
reveals its history.
The mistakes, the wrong choices
..disregarded and painted over.
Us forgers cannot merely replicate
the appearance of a painting,
we must reconstruct
it layer by layer.
We must uncover the journey they
took to reach the finished article.
Anyone asks, I'll say you stole it.
Like I stole this.
The truth
lies just beneath the surface,
if you know how to look for it.
RADIO INTERFERENCE
The bug, I thought it was dead.
"Grid and alias remain secure
so hold position, my darling.
"But we have extraction
units on standby."
You should know that your intel
is saving lives.
Shifting the axis.
I'd never compromise your mission,
but god knows we miss you here.
She's
..going off the rails without you.
60 seconds till
the alarm kicks in.
First up, Simeon Fletcher.
Simeon Fletcher.
Sasha Petrovich.
Sasha Petrovich.
Nina Ray.
Nina Ray.
William Coe.
Come on, come on.
His file's missing.
That means two things.
One, that Velasquez
and Lockett beat us to it.
And two?
William Coe is my father.
William Coe and Anna Park.
I mean, that has to be them.
They're the only two files missing.
I say we call Edgar's dad and ask
for a lowdown on William and Anna.
Yeah. Great idea.
Yo, um, Hector,
just a quick question
Wait a minute, what if we did?
Or better yet, what
if we got Edgar to do it for us?
Yes, bro.
Uh, sorry. In what world are we
going to get Edgar to call his dad,
and also ask him about two people
he went to school with 20 years ago?
"My roommate Ade has so much rizz,
he's singed my retinas."
How you doing that?
Basic voice sampler.
All we need now,
a sample of Edgar's voice.
Second place Edgar,
you're on fire, man.
Yeah. Only three more Shillings
until you're level with Penelope.
Yeah. Great.
I spot a sitting target.
You distract them,
I'll get the Shillings.
Mm-hm. Mm-hm.
They're coming.
Huh, well, heh,
is this another gathering
of the secret library club?
Um, what, what, what were you guys
doing here last night,
are you ever going to tell us?
Book club. Book club?
Mm-hm. Actually, wait, oh wait,
what's, what's tonight's book?
Uh, you wouldn't like it.
There's no pictures
and lots of long words. Oh
You may mock, Jia, but I'm actually
a pretty keen reader,
especially romantasy.
I don't even know what that is.
Well it basically merges
romance and fantasy.
Surprisingly quite relatable.
I could lend you a copy
if you
I very much don't
Uh, Edgar you're being
weirdly quiet.
Who needs words?
Ha, see you later, Merits.
Wait, don't go yet.
Let's talk about last night.
Why don't you pull up a chair?
Later.
I've got more pockets to pick.
Specifically Amira's
and your chum Gabriel's.
Another time.
Come on.
So, you got revenge on that idiot
Merit yet, uh, what, Avery, was it?
Working on it, I'm infatuated.
Say again?
What? I mean, infuriated by him.
Ah. But
..I wanted to
ask about the Shilling Test.
I know you crushed Velasquez.
Did I ever?
He never forgave me. What about
William Coe and Anna Park,
do you know what happened to them?
No, never heard of them, no, no, no.
Weren't in my year, uh, but I can
tell you all about Velasquez.
I mean, rumour had it that he had
some poor lady pregnant,
then abandoned her
and their little baby son.
Are you there? Hello?
You still there?
How could I not see it?
He's my father.
You're not what I was expecting.
What are you four up to?
Squeeze into the outside lines
again, huh?
What is it with you, always
stalking around, up to no good?
Leave it. Leave what? This?
Ooh!
Hear that? That's the sound of me
becoming most wanted again.
Yeah, no-one cares, Edgar!
Seriously! Legacies, Merits, points,
most wanted, it is pointless.
I mean, why's it matter to you
so much?
So you can make your daddy proud?
Just like Velasquez said,
what makes the perfect mark?
When he's distracted.
Mr Sisman! Mr Sisman!
Mr Sisman! I got him!
I found the spy!
It's not what it looks like.
It's exactly what it looks like -
their calling card.
One moment The Nameless
plant a deep fake,
and then I find THIS in your pocket.
I knew there was
something off about you.
I'll take that, young man.
Well, well, well
If it looks like a kipper,
smells like a kipper,
then it most likely is
A kipper. A kipper.
Look, I don't know where
it came from.
That's the honest truth.
It's mine.
Gabriel must've stolen it yesterday
when he picked my pocket.
Oh, really?
Then how did you get hold of it?
It was left behind
when Ishaan was kidnapped.
Recruited, more like.
Go on, back to class, you lot.
Here you are.
You know, you didn't have
to do that.
Yeah, well, half the school already
think I'm the spy.
I had a ready-made excuse.
I owe you. Seriously.
Yeah.
You do.
Right, tell me,
because I have to know.
How did you let Edgar Delacombe
pick your pocket twice?
That's rookie, Gabriel.
I mean,
I wasn't exactly thinking straight.
Just found out Velasquez is my dad.
Velasquez?
Look, I am so sure of it.
It all makes sense,
the picking pockets, the way I look,
why he's always been
so weird around me.
It's cos he knows what he did.
And he abandoned us.
Me and my mum.
Whoever she is.
What more evidence do we need,
Caspian?
The burnt coin
And she gave you an explanation?
She gave me an excuse.
Ishaan vanished from Crookhaven.
Amira,
she was at home 500 miles away,
so how do we suppose the coin
got into her hands?
Hmm
Permission to search her room?
Tomorrow morning,
while they're all at breakfast.
As good as done, Headmaster.
Nicki
Headmaster.
KNOCK AT DOOR
Come in!
Ah, Gabriel
Just the man.
There's a day to go in the Shilling
Test and you're lagging way behind.
I need to understand why.
Find your weak spots. So
Vamos, come at me.
Do you really think pickpocketing's
something that can be taught?
Isn't it something you're born with?
Something you inherit?
Like, I dunno
..brown eyes?
Of course it can be taught,
otherwise
I would be wasting my time here.
Mm?
Look, that's why I'm pushing you.
You're wasting your talent.
I'd hate to see you lose to Edgar.
Why, cos of your history?
No, it's nothing to do
with my history.
Are you sure?
Cos it seems personal.
Well, you know how
Crookhaven's like.
Lots of rumours.
Don't believe all you hear.
Well, how about this,
you have a son you abandoned
Should I believe that?
Abandoned is a brutal
word, my friend.
Well, it's a brutal thing to do.
Whatever you think you know,
I need you to understand that I'm
not proud of the man
that I used to be.
And any choices that I made,
that I had to make,
I made them
to protect people from who I was.
I never abandoned them.
What's this?! Not getting extra
coaching are we, Avery?
That is blatant favouritism, Sir.
You're giving him
an unfair advantage.
You were born with an unfair
advantage.
I'm just trying to even the score.
Why couldn't you just leave him
where he was?
You need to calm yourself, Diego,
we've taken all necessary
precautions, he'll find nothing.
I am starting to wonder what
your plan is here, your endgame,
if you even have one.
Are you really going to
question my integrity?
If not for me, you'd still be
slumped over that bar in Ecuador
drunk on fire water
and self-loathing.
I know what I'm doing.
Of course.
I forgot,
Caspian Lockett is infallible.
My wallet
If he didn't want to know you,
why would
he carry your picture in his wallet?
Why are you here at Crookhaven,
in his class?
What if bringing you here is his way
of Of getting to know you?
To atone.
Or to even the score.
I mean,
that's why he's been pushing me.
Hector cheated him
out of the Shilling Test.
Now I've got an opportunity
to make things right.
As his son. OK, love the fighting
talk, but Edgar's 10 Shillings ahead
and you have until six tomorrow.
That's plenty.
Might just have to you know,
bend the rules a little.
OK, man. OK.
"Goodnight Crookhaven.
"Time to steal some shut eye."
MACHINE RATTLES AND PINGS
Why's the bug gone so quiet?
Father's been wearing the same
jacket this whole time.
If the bug's in the pocket,
why would I only pick up one
conversation?
That conversation.
Cos he wanted me to.
Most wanted, Gabester!
Ha-ha!
Up where you belong!
Yeah, but yesterday you were
on the bottom and Edgar was on top.
How on earth did you manage that?
Had a busy night.
Let's just say, Dorian Macarthur
snores like a badger.
Don't ask how I know!
Crooxeat, here we come!
That's more like it.
I'm proud of you, Gabriel.
But I think you might have
something of mine.
It's all there.
You can check.
This can't stand, Mr Velasquez!
That Merit broke into our room
and stole those Shillings.
That should disqualify
Avery on the spot.
What counts is the coins in your
pocket, not how they got there.
If he wants to play dirty,
so can we.
History needs to repeat itself.
My friends, there's only a few hours
remaining in the Shilling Test,
everything is still to play for.
Penelope, you only
need two Shillings to beat Gabriel.
Don't worry, I intend to.
Especially since he stole those
Shillings. Yeah,
but isn't that the whole point?
Don't be a sore loser, Penelope.
Amira!
Yes?
You're coming with us.
Huh, what have I done?
Gig's up love.
We're going to have a little chat,
come on. Get your hands off of me.
Where you taking her? She's
innocent, she's done nothing wrong!
So, tell me about the mission.
I'm not with The Nameless,
all right?
Any more than Ishaan is.
I didn't want to think
the worst of Ishaan either.
He was the last crook that
I'd have suspected.
And that's why I'm not going to make
the same mistake again.
He's not one of them, Mr Sisman.
And neither am I. Really?
Then how do you account for this?
For the tape, I have just given
the suspect her brother Ishaan's
jacket, his name clearly visible.
They stole it.
Like they stole him.
If only, Amira.
But wishing don't make it
so, does it?
There you are.
You can't just cheat your way
to the top and then hide.
Why did Sisman drag
Amira off like that?
Must've found a smoking gun.
Never trusted her.
Yeah, but Amira's not a spy.
I mean, why would
she take the rap for my coin if?
It's called a double bluff.
Neck-and-neck. 12-all.
Hey, you, you never told me
what you heard on the bug.
My father staged a conversation
to put me off the scent.
So the crisis isn't averted?
14-10, advantage Avery.
How about you, any closer to
figuring out who your parents are?
I know who my father is.
Diego Velasquez.
You think Velasquez is your father?
I know he is,
and that's why I'm here.
And that's why I'm going to
win this thing.
For him.
He didn't bring you here.
My father did.
And why would
he go to such lengths to hide it?
What's this?
"We must talk, The Chapel.
"5:25, meet me there, DV".
DV
Diego Velasquez,
he's about to tell me everything.
CHURCH BELL RINGS
Hello?
Ahem
Sir? I got your note.
Afraid Velasquez couldn't make it.
Argh! Woohoo!
Come on.
Not most wanted now, are you?
Oh, you might need this.
The Cooler used to be an ice house,
so it gets pretty cold at night.
Brr!
Yeah, yeah. Bye-bye.
Why am I still here?
Because if that's all you got,
Ishaan's jacket
Mm, you're right,
hardly conclusive proof, is it?
But put together with
the burnt coin
Huh? And these
A laptop, which caused the power
surge which let the Nameless
hack into our school.
What?!
And a security pass,
stolen from one of my gardeners
and used to access the power vault.
I don't even know where
the power vault is. Mmm.
And I've never seen
this pass before.
Really? Then why was it found
concealed in your room?
I'm being set up.
Someone stole the laptop
and planted the pass.
Oh, come along, Amira,
you are a legacy,
surely you can come up with a more
original excuse than that?
It's not an excuse!
DOOR OPENING
Thank you, Mr Sisman, I think
that's everything we need.
Amira, you need to run along.
They're announcing
the winner of the Shilling Test.
Don't want to miss that.
I had her on the ropes.
Another minute
and she'd have copped for the lot.
You discharged your role with
customary skill, Erasmus.
But it occurred to me that if Amira
is as you suggest, we would do
better to cultivate her as an asset
rather than simplylock her up.
Help!
Urgh!
Reckon you can set me up, do you?
Edgar.
Amira's been hours.
Think she needs rescuing?
From Sisman?
I don't fancy our chance
against him, and his tweed army.
What about Gabriel,
he should be here by now
and the final Shilling
count's in eight minutes.
It's like he's just disappeared.
Bro! Look! Edgar's been busy.
BOTH: Where's Edgar?
I think he's trying to frame me.
We know he's done something
with Gabriel. What?
Got this.
Hey, Dorian, so I've been thinking
about those romantasy books, and
on second thought they seem pretty
neat, and I'd love to borrow one.
Really? Course not, doofus! But why
is Edgar trying to frame Amira?
What? He-he-he's not.
Better not be lying.
I'm not I swear.
Then what's he done with Gabriel?
I can't, Edgar will kill me if I
And I'll kill you if you don't!
He's in the Cooler.
It's a hole by the Chapel.
Good boy.
You-you-you-you can't tell Edgar.
Offer stands.
Romantasy, if-if-if-if you
If you change your mind.
The Cooler?
Who knew?
All right down there, Gabester?
I've never been
so happy to see anyone in my life.
"Could all Crooklings gather for the
final count of the Shilling Test?"
CLOCK CHIMES
It's six o'clock, which
means the winner of this year's
Shilling Test is Edgar Delacombe.
Yes! Yes!
LOUD CRASH
He cheated!
He locked me in the Cooler.
Stole all my Shillings.
He's the one who should be
disqualified.
You want to talk about cheating?
That is rich.
Look, I am afraid to say that the
rules have always been clear.
All that matters is
the coins in your pocket.
So, Legacies get a Crooxeat.
Yes!
You're welcome.
Now's your moment, Gabester.
Fess up to being a you-know-what,
and you get to go home,
see your nan.
On reflection, I've decided to give
you all a Crooxeat.
I'm sure you could all use
a few days distance from each other
to rest and prepare for the trials.
Off you go. Shoo.
Shoo-shoo.
Well, that sucks.
I was hoping I'd get to stay here.
Why don't you?
My parents are both working, so I'm
going to stay here with Penelope.
You could join us. Be like one
great, big girlie sleepover.
Hard pass.
All right, losers,
looks like I'm coming home with you.
Knew you would.
Mum's already made your bed.
Have fun!
I'm so glad Sisman let you go.
Way he dragged you off,
I assumed he must have some
kind of evidence on you.
But apparently not.
Oh, here, Nicki,
you've got a hair on your blazer.
Thanks, Amira.
I can't believe
he used the same trick.
That's how Hector beat you.
Exactly the same.
Locked us in the Cooler.
Us?
You and me.
I wanted to win it so badly
..for you.
Uh, you know, like, um,
like you said to even the score.
Mmm.
It took me a while to figure it out,
but once I did it was
It's so obvious.
I mean, the pickpocketing,
the eye colour,
and then I saw the photo
in your wallet and like
I knew.
Look, you don't owe me anything,
I want to be clear on that.
You don't have to do anything.
You don't have to say anything
to anyone.
I just
I need an acknowledgement, I guess.
I just want to hear you say,
you know
I'm not your father.
Look, this
This is Matthias.
He lives with his mother
in Santiago.
This is who we spoke
about, you and I.
I-I thought you understood.
Um
I wanted it to be you.
INSECT BUZZES
Who?
William Coe and Anna Park.
Never heard of them, no. No, no.
Don't make the same mistake.
Exactly the same.
They locked us in the Cooler.
Us?
They're scared of what we'll find.
The truth lies
just beneath the surface.
Found you!