Run Away (2026) s01e05 Episode Script

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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 ♪
Are you ready?
Just a second.
Forever be The Shining Truth.
I'm ready now.
This is a test, you know.
You're being trusted
with the weight of the Truth.
It's the honor of my life.
-And my friend, he'll get paid?
-Hmm.
Sorry. I told him I'd ask.
First installment
when the first name's crossed off.
Holly.
Go and spread The Shining Truth.
Forever be The Shining Truth.
'Cause I am ♪
I am ♪
A little wicked ♪
Hands red ♪
Hands red ♪
Just like you said ♪
I am ♪
A little wicked ♪
I really like this jumper.
Where's it from?
I don't know. Primark.
You're lying.
It feels so luxe.
And it smells like you.
Don't worry. You smell really good.
-Can you stop being mad at me now, please?
-I don't like it at all, Dee.
They just wanna say thank you.
So send me a text.
I don't trust these people.
They've been really good to you, Ash.
What, the cult that hired me
as a hitman for some inexplicable list?
Yeah, excellent guys.
What do you see in all this crap?
What actually is your problem
with my religion, Ash?
You don't have to like it,
but you're quite mean about it.
-I'm not trying to be mean.
-Well, you kind of are.
Don't take this the wrong way, Dee.
I like you all the same.
But you're different
from when you started going there.
What am I supposed to do with that?
Sorry. All right?
You're always you, and you're great. But…
You know, we had the same childhood.
I know how it feels.
It's not just something that you pray
to God about, and everything's okay.
I think I'm just happier now.
Okay.
And it's not God, Ash.
Yeah, same shit, Dee.
It's The Shining Truth.
Wait, what?
There's blood here. Look.
She was with Dr. Stanfield
at his apartment.
Ingrid and Jay?
Yeah?
-Is she out?
-I told you I'd let you know.
Look, you need to tell the kids
what's going on.
-Are they okay?
-They're fine.
I just dropped them off in town.
But I did not like pretending
that nothing was going on last night.
We've talked about this.
You promised to keep them in the loop.
They're barely sleeping as it is.
I want to wait until she's out of surgery.
They're gonna be pissed off at you
when they find out.
Can I just process all of this, please?
Right, well…
I'll let you get back to processing.
Oh, Yvonne.
And having broken in,
here you are in her kitchen.
Didn't even pour it into a cup first.
-How do you know Maria Finchley?
-I don't.
You showed up
to her restaurant four times last week,
and you broke into her house.
Look, officer,
I know how this works, okay?
Yes, I'm guilty. So just charge me.
Hi, Alex.
I need you to take a look at Kevin Gano.
I found his obituary.
He died last week
under suspicious circumstances,
and he was adopted.
Well…
What the bloody hell happened?
Uh, yeah, right, bye.
Are you still tracking me?
I'm not apologizing for that
right now.
Why were you here all night?
I was arrested.
-What's gotten into you?
-I broke into Maria's house.
-Who's--
-Lou.
It's over. I know.
-I know that Joel had a daughter.
-How did you--
I found a photo of her
when I was clearing out
Joel's bedside cabinet.
Elena. Why didn't you tell me?
I'm sorry. Uh…
My husband, your son,
had a secret daughter with another woman.
You should have told me.
Instead, you let me stay with him
and love him like an idiot.
I didn't know about it
until after Joel died.
Oh, don't lie to me, not anymore.
You think I would have kept that?
I would never have kept that from you.
He may have been my son,
but you're my family too.
Stop it. I found a photo of you as well,
okay? At Maria's house.
-Maria had photos of me?
-Why don't you just admit it?
I know that you knew!
I didn't know anything.
I only just found out Maria exists at all.
When you couldn't face
sorting Joel's affairs and I took over,
I found a document
about how he didn't want
to be on the girl's birth certificate.
That's how I found out.
It has been hell for me too.
My son betrayed
the other most important person to me,
and kept a grandchild
and a great-grandchild from me.
I'm grieving four things right now.
I need some space.
Don't contact me again
unless it's about work.
Oh, and I'm deleting
that stupid tracking app.
Sebastian, hi.
Simon…
Before you ask, yes, this is
the same thing I was wearing yesterday.
I was wondering.
Sorry.
Any news?
She's still in theatre.
That bloody app.
I remember
when Joel was getting treatment.
He had this surgery,
and I was waiting around for hours
to find out when he was done.
In the end, I went up to them,
and I said, "Where is he?"
They looked at me, like, confused.
"He's been ready for ages.
Didn't you check the app?"
It's quite new, this app, though.
Yeah, he only died a few months ago.
Oh, Jesus, I'm sorry.
Oh! Sebastian Thorpe got back to me.
There's a charge on Henry's bank account
for the same DNA site
that Damien Gorsch was on,
called "Discovered Ancestry."
Henry's the missing one
who was in touch with Paige?
And Damien is the murdered one
who was in touch with Henry.
I think Damien and Henry may have been
adopted from the same agency.
-Right.
-And they might have met on this DNA site.
They're related?
Can't assume that,
but it's a good theory, isn't it?
Could they be related to Paige?
Simon, is there a reason
that they could have been related to her?
Ingrid may have been cheating on me.
Oh, mate, I'm sorry.
She lied to the police
about an alibi.
She was actually
with a work colleague of hers
at his flat, alone.
Now, this professor that Paige may have…
Yeah, I know.
Well, he ran the Family Tree Club
that Paige was involved in.
So if Ingrid is cheating,
and Paige found something odd
in her own family tree,
I'm sure that he would know.
Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
It could be that Aaron is the connection
to the family tree site instead.
Yeah, you may be onto something
with Aaron being the link.
I spoke to his stepmom,
and she says that Wiley's story
about how he met Aaron's mum is bollocks.
He lied about Aaron's mum.
He's never been to Italy.
He said that he met her in Italy.
He's never been there.
So Enid has no idea
where Aaron's come from.
Well, these husbands just love to lie,
don't they?
Not just husbands.
-Yeah, well, you know what I mean.
-Yeah.
I'll start with the adoption agency.
Ooh! And check on Paige's bank statements.
See if there's a charge to that website,
Discovered Ancestry.
Yeah, okay. I'll let you know.
That's great. Thank you.
It's not looking good for old Cornelius.
No, it's not.
I just got off the phone
with his neighbor, Elizabeth Sobek.
She said Cornelius
was very protective of Paige Greene.
Shit.
-Remember, we want to solve this case.
-Yeah, of course. I'm just…
having a hard time reconciling.
Cornelius,
he was my neighbor growing up.
Sorry, are you just telling me this now?
I don't know. I…
I didn't want you to think I was… biased.
But he was always the nicest guy.
It's hard to believe that the man I knew
could mutilate and murder someone.
That's exactly what being biased means.
He has a previous arrest
for grievous bodily harm.
How'd he end up on the housing estate
if he lived where you grew up?
He and his family lived next door,
him, his wife, their two sons.
The nicest people in the world.
Grayson, the youngest,
was like my best friend.
But then the wife, Tara was her name,
she died of a brain aneurysm.
Horrible.
They moved away after that
without a word to any of us.
But there were rumors
Cornelius really lost it.
Maybe the rumors are true.
He lost his wife.
Maybe grief made him snap.
Yeah. Maybe.
-There you go.
-Cheers, love.
Got your Monster Munch.
What's it gonna be like
when we get there?
It'll be chill.
Just, you know, be respectful is all.
Am I not respectful?
You know what I mean.
It's all very serious to us there.
Just don't be silly about it.
I will be an absolute angel.
Am I gonna meet the Casper Vartage?
-Do not call him that.
-That's his name, isn't it?
Before he found the Truth.
It's rude to say.
All right.
Well, what am I supposed to call him?
He is The One.
As for meeting The One,
I'm not sure. He's often in solo prayer.
A bit of one-on-one time.
But all missions are sent through him,
so maybe he'll wanna meet with you.
I'm honored. Can't wait.
I think it'll probably be his sons
you meet with.
Oh, his sons. Two and Three?
The Visitor and The Volunteer.
Come on, Dee Dee,
even you know that sounds insane.
Yeah.
But so does an alien baby
being named Jesus Christ.
We shouldn't stop again.
I want to make it before sundown.
Any reason?
There's a ceremony thing I wanna catch.
All right, what's the ceremony thing?
Well, it's just for women,
so you wouldn't be part of it.
Oh, great. So what am I supposed to do
when you're there?
Just join the men's circle jerk?
Whatever.
Just forget it.
Is she mine?
So this is mine?
It's yours.
But with your money on it.
Yeah, for now.
I promise I won't spend too much.
We trust you.
That's why this is happening.
-Hi.
-Paige was on a DNA site.
Discovered Ancestry?
No, Absolute Ancestry.
If she's not mine,
are any of them?
Okay, well,
let's not jump to conclusions yet.
I don't believe this.
I can't believe any of this.
Look, there may be some other reason.
She's out. Gotta go.
What have you done?
I need a paternity test,
but done completely off the books.
What makes you think
I know how to get that?
Please, Jessica.
I don't know who else to ask.
All right, I do know how to get that.
But it's expensive as shit.
I'll pay anything.
I'm gonna hang up,
and I'm gonna text you the instructions.
I don't trust you to write it all down.
Thanks, Jessica.
Mm.
Boyfriend?
Fuck you, Sue.
Boyfriend…
Isaac Fagbenle.
I was wondering when I'd hear from you.
You really don't age at all,
do you?
My girlfriend got me into skincare.
It's all in the moisturizer.
I remember those from your old house.
Grayson used to say
they were the real things,
just put in a shrinking machine.
Sounds like Grayson.
How is he? Is he still making art?
Grayson died two years ago.
Alcohol.
I'm so sorry.
So, are you still living there?
No. No way I could afford
those house prices without my parents.
How did you end up moving here?
What you're really asking is
are the rumors true
that I lost my mind after my wife died?
Yes, in a way, I did lose my mind.
She was everything, our whole world.
Me, Eldon, Grayson.
It destroyed him especially.
That's what led to the heavy drinking.
I'm sorry.
I came from here and I got myself out.
By coming back,
I could help others to do the same
and feel useful again.
How's that been?
Well, it's been a rough few weeks here
as I'm sure you know.
So you know I'm a police detective then?
I'm investigating a number of incidents
that occurred here last week.
The murder of Aaron Corval
and the shootings
of Ingrid Greene and Luther Ritz.
The ballistics report
for Luther's shooting came in last night.
Ask what you need to ask, Isaac.
Did you shoot Luther?
You did, didn't you?
I know better than to confess
something like that to a police officer.
-If I had anything to confess.
-But you did.
If I had, and I'm not saying I did,
I'd understand why.
Please, enlighten me.
Ingrid and Simon Greene
would be dead otherwise.
They're just two good people
looking for their daughter.
What about Aaron Corval?
-Did you kill him?
-No, I did not.
You know Simon Greene is our top suspect.
That's absurd.
Simon couldn't do a thing like that.
But he could beat the shit out of him
in broad daylight?
Of course.
That monster turned his baby girl
into a drug addict.
But to kill him in that way? Not a chance.
So who did kill Aaron Corval?
I wish I knew. I'd shake his hand.
That's not really helping
your case, Cornelius.
It's the truth.
So what now? You gonna take me in?
Your arrest in 2019, what happened?
Downstairs, the guy was abusing his son.
I whacked him with a bat so he'd stop.
He dropped all the charges
because it didn't look good on him either.
I don't regret a thing.
I'll be in touch.
Meanwhile,
stop with the vigilante shit, okay?
Little Isaac Fagbenle from the big house
next door, telling me what to do.
Hello?
-We're all going electric.
-Oh, yeah?
You know the rates of gum disease
in this country?
I have patients who die
from poor dental hygiene.
-Aren't you the cutest little nerd?
-No, you're the nerd actually.
-I'm not a nerd.
-Oh, my mistake. You're a dweeb.
-I'm Irish. What's a dweeb?
-Well, it's kind of like a nerd.
Could a dweeb do this?
Oh! Steady. Yeah, definitely. Wow.
Apparently they can.
Did you hurt your back?
-Yes.
-Okay, just brush your teeth.
Dad?
Why are you in here?
Why are you in Paige's bathroom?
Well, why are you here?
This is where I poop.
Um, same.
That's gross.
How'd you feel about burnt flavor?
You're never gonna get
a girlfriend. You know that?
Why would I even want one of those?
Dad, can you order us food?
Sam's ruining my toastie.
Um, I need to talk to you two.
Is Mum okay?
She had a bit of a setback last night.
Uh, her graft split open.
She had to go into surgery.
She's out. She's stable--
Last night?
Why are you only telling us today?
I didn't want you to worry
until we knew more.
We're worried all the time. Like…
Like all the time.
I don't think we could be more worried.
So please, stop it.
You're a control freak.
-And it has to stop, okay?
-Sam, don't.
You controlled Paige for her entire life,
and she became a drug addict.
And then you try to control
who she hangs out with,
and you end up humiliating
your entire family
-in front of the world.
-Sam, stop.
You keep trying to control the situation.
And you get our mum shot.
So, stop!
Because if Mum dies,
and I can't say goodbye to her
because of your bullshit,
I'll never forgive you.
Never.
Turn here.
Dee Dee.
Stop here.
It's Holly. I'm with Ash.
Holly's here. She's with him.
Okay. Let them in.
Who the fuck's Holly?
We all have
different names here.
They're given to us by The One.
Be respectful.
See you after the ceremony.
Dee, am I gonna die here?
Mm-mm.
They're waiting for you.
Fuck!
You're wanted. This way.
Leave the phone and keys.
The gun as well.
Leave it.
Well, hello.
How can I help you?
Hello, uh, Maish.
I'm private investigator
Elena Ravenscroft.
I wanted to speak to someone
regarding adoptions
that were overseen by this agency
between 1990 and 2003.
You left a voicemail, didn't you?
Yes, and thanks for calling me back
by the way.
Well, I'm sorry, Elena,
but, uh, it was a ridiculous request.
Is that so?
Do you really think
you could just waltz in
and demand to look at confidential files?
We follow the law here.
Can I help you with anything else?
Well, you haven't really helped me
at all yet, Maish.
I have one man missing
and another man dead.
Both adopted from this agency.
What? Who?
Henry Thorpe and Damien Gorsch.
What about Aaron Corval?
Those weren't my cases. I can't help you.
But if they were done here,
which they were,
and you know who oversaw those cases,
it'd be really helpful
to talk to that person.
Because we have potentially
three men murdered,
all within the span of one month.
Their only connection,
that they were adopted from this place.
That's pretty disturbing, isn't it?
I'm sorry, you're just
a private investigator, correct?
-Correct.
-So you've got no right to be here at all.
Now get out of here,
or I'll call the police.
Goodbye, Maish.
Thanks for nothing.
Fucking Alison.
Alison, Maish here.
Some of your bullshit from the '90s
is becoming my problem.
So deal with that.
Hello, Alison.
Go on.
You're from Holly's before.
Tell me about your mission.
It's going fine.
We're working our way through the list.
But you haven't completed it.
Where's Dee?
What the fuck are you doing to her?
No one talks to me like that.
Is that the ceremony?
Tell me about the mission.
Tell me who is left.
I don't think I'll say anything
until Dee Dee's here.
You're in love with her, aren't you?
You know she'll never be with you.
If you join The Shining Truth,
you could maybe have your turn with her.
Sorry.
No, I'm sorry.
Just never don't tell us something again,
okay?
I won't.
So I've worked out what the PVB
in Paige's planner meant.
Did she ever mention
a Professor van de Beek to either of you?
-No.
-No.
Or a Liam?
So PVB is a professor
who Paige maybe calls Liam?
Yes.
Who she met up with
like 12 times a week at night.
Yes.
-This is so messed up.
-So, what I need to do is talk to him.
I think Paige confided in him
when she was at university.
-He might be able to help us.
-Where is he then?
-I'm handling it, okay?
-How though?
-I'm tracking him down.
-How though?
I'm handling it.
Oh, and if you see Jay,
Mum's friend in there,
let me know, will you?
Why?
Because I want to talk to him about Mum,
that's why.
Cornelius shot Luther.
He confessed?
Not explicitly, but…
-Yeah.
-Ah! Great.
Well, that was easy.
That was easy, right, Isaac?
Cornelius is a good guy.
He's been doing good work
at the Marinduque Estate.
Shooting your neighbors isn't
a good thing, babe.
Ruby.
He's the same man I knew. Feels like
that place would fall apart without him.
I've been looking into it.
He's been helping all kinds--
Uh, no, no, no, no, no.
This isn't our job.
-What's not our job?
-Defending people who broke the law.
We're not sitting on this, Isaac.
No matter how nice a neighbor he was.
Yeah. You're right.
So your theory that Simon Greene
shot Luther to cover Aaron's murder
doesn't really work anymore.
No, I suppose it doesn't.
-Are you having a reaction?
-I had my eyebrows threaded, arseshole.
You got everything?
What do you want me to ask him?
I want to know if these three
match with this one.
Wow.
-Yeah.
-Well, I don't normally do divorce, but…
stick them in the Fendi.
-How long will it take?
-Mmm. Two, three days possibly.
If he can do the purple one by tomorrow,
I'll pay double whatever it costs.
Right, I'll ask him.
Now go on, get out of here.
This is a sacred space.
Sorry, Sue.
Hi. Do you have an appointment?
-I'm a walk-in for Alison.
-Well, let me check Ali's schedule.
Sorry, she doesn't have anything open
till tomorrow.
Maybe she could make an exception.
Hmm. No, that's not how it works.
Did you say me?
-Ali, don't worry. I've got--
-No problem, Raoul.
I can totally take her.
Alison, before you start, you should know
I'm not gonna buy a home in Mykonos.
I know. I know.
Most people don't think they will, but--
Alison.
You worked for
Hope and Growth Adoption Agency.
Have we met?
Damien Gorsch.
-Are you his mum?
-No.
Damien Gorsch was murdered.
Aaron Corval, murdered.
Henry Thorpe, missing.
All men whose adoptions you oversaw.
-This isn't my fault.
-Nobody said it was.
Well, you're implying it
because those were my cases.
So Aaron Corval was adopted?
All I did was save those boys.
From what?
A really bad situation.
What situation?
Who are you?
-I'm a private investigator.
-Is that police?
-Not quite, but--
-So I don't have to talk to you?
Well, you should, if you want to stop
more people whose adoptions
you arranged from being murdered.
What about Paige Greene?
Does that name mean anything to you?
You should leave. I'm not speaking to you.
Okay, I'll just call the police then.
Excuse me. No, that is not…
-Mr. Greene!
-Jesus.
You got my text.
So what's all this about?
I feel like the drug stuff
is all my fault.
I just felt so guilty.
I had to get back in touch.
What happened, Katie?
I, um… I talked to Judy.
She told me that you asked
about Professor van de Beek.
Yeah, I did. I know about them.
And I think he has answers about Paige
and what led her to Aaron.
But how is it your fault?
Well, I, um…
I confronted her
about the van de Beek thing.
And she didn't take it well
and was denying it. But I knew and…
We got into a huge fight.
Next thing I know,
she's addicted to drugs.
-I'm sorry, okay?
-Katie. Katie.
I was triggered by the whole thing
because van de Beek had tried
to get with me before, and I just…
I couldn't believe
that Paige would fall for his creep stuff.
Look, you were being a good friend.
Really?
Yeah. I'm grateful
that you were looking out for her.
I swear, that's all I was trying to do.
Do you have any idea
where I can get in contact
with this… van de Beek?
There's his university email.
But I don't think he's checking it
right now. He's on sabbatical.
-Do you know where?
-Zero idea.
Okay.
When Paige told you
that there were problems at home,
could it have been anything to do
with the Family Tree Club
or anything she found out there?
I told you, I didn't pry at all.
Or did she ever mention a Dr. Stanfield?
No.
I really appreciate all of this.
Of course.
I just want Paige to be okay.
Thanks.
-Take care, Katie.
-Bye.
Hey, he's waking up.
Hi.
You okay there?
Dee Dee, are you okay?
We are so sorry about what happened.
We'll now bring forward Mother Adiona.
-Forgive me.
-You didn't do anything.
She didn't do anything.
It was that dickhead.
He wants to meet us, Ash.
Thank you.
I'm lucky to have you behind me.
Ash.
I'm grateful for your service.
I'm doing it for the money. Not you.
Whatever gets the mission done.
Okay, well, it's not done, is it?
'Cause there's still names on that list.
So why don't you let Holly and I go
and finish it?
You're right. It isn't done.
More names for you to cross off.
Keys to a new car.
As well as locations for weapons.
Thank you for spreading the Truth.
Just keep paying me.
Hey.
How are you all bearing up?
Bit of a scary night.
Jay, could we have a word
in private please?
Um, yeah, sure.
So, uh, is everything okay?
Simon! But…
How long have you been sleeping
with my wife? Answer the question.
You have no idea
what you're talking about.
Where's the confusion, huh?
Why did she lie to the police?
Why was Ingrid alone with you that night?
Why not focus
on not getting your wife killed in future
and less on me perhaps?
Hey! Break it up.
Break it up.
Tell me, have I got it wrong?
Tell me you're not sleeping with my wife.
Answer me, Jay!
There's a lot you don't know about Ingrid.
What's that supposed to mean, huh? Jay!
-Come on. That's enough.
-Jay!
-Jay!
-Enough.
Come on, Alison.
Lou, are you okay?
Ingrid and Jay?