The Curse (2022) s01e06 Episode Script

1
Gold location number 22. One's at
Tilbury oil rigs on the water now.
Seek out the middle drum. You'll
find three chains.
One is Russian and the other two
Here we go.
George, pull it up.
HE EXHALES DEEPLY
Put it down, George.
It looks like Billy flopped it
first.
Whoever killed him must have shored
the gold.
Maybe we should listen to the rest
of the tape, see if there's clues.
Fred, I can't stand listening to
that man's dulcet tones any more.
I mean, what accent is that? Posh
Cockney.
I assumed he was disguising his
voice, guv. I don't think anyone
speaks like that.
Fuck knows what people are capable
of these days, Fred.
Why don't we shake everything up a
bit?
Go on, I'm listening.
The Metropolitan Police have today
offered a substantial reward
for any information on the
whereabouts of the gold bullion
stolen in the now infamous Newham
warehouse robbery.
Once the Old Bill had offered a
reward for the gold, it felt like a
noose tightening round out necks.
We needed a way out but we were all
being watched and followed 24/7 by
police surveillance.
So it was impossible to see what
that way out was.
Mick and Phil were the only ones
that weren't being kept track of.
So Mick was tasked with digging up
all the gold.
But Mick had problems of his own
with Ma McTavish breathing down his
neck
demanding half of the loot.
We felt trapped. We needed to get
out.
I've got a bit of work for you.
What sort of work? The kind of work
that someone gets what they deserve.
Phil and Sidney. Get someone good on
it.
Fucking thing.
What about bald George? Who's bald
George?
Used to be called Ginger George.
Big fella. Rides a motorbike.
Why's he not called Ginger George
any more? He went bald.
Fair enough.
Cannae help but notice you've not
got the gold.
No.
And I can't give you no gold.
Oh, now it's getting interesting.
Just my tape recorder.
I record things on here on account
that I have no short term memory
with getting punched in the head so
many times and What's your point,
Mick Neville?
My point is that I have a new
favourite tape.
This one here, you're gonna love it.
Have a little listen.
MUSIC PLAYS No.
That wasn't it. Pretend you didn't
hear that, please.
MUSIC PLAYS
No, that's not it either. Sorry.
Just give me two seconds. Two secs.
Bear with me.
RECORDING PLAYS
Mr English has been terminated.
You killed him?
You sure he's dead? He's dead dead
or? How do you know that?
Cos my boy Percy shot him in the
back of the heed.
Now, you cross us, and that's the
McTavish way.
That's you that is. You and me
talking.
Why would I let you walk out of here
with that tape?
You think I'm stupid? Do you?
There's copies of this tape.
Anything happens to me or my pals, I
will make sure the said copies
are given to every police officer in
London.
That's not realistic.
Yes, that would be quite a feat,
wouldn't it? I might've shot my bolt
a little bit there.
On recalculation, I shall make
sure
..that 12 to 14 of these tapes are
handed out to the biggest
gossipmongers in the police force.
And they hear what you've done and
then your days are numbered.
All of yours are.
You keep me and my gold out your
mouth, all right?
From now on, I don't want to hear
talk about it.
I've said my piece. I'll be on my
way.
That's Mick out, I'm gone. Goodbye.
Oh, big man.
That gold will curse you for the
rest of your life.
Curse? What are you, a witch?
You need to lighten up, love. Crack
a window in here, it stinks.
Good day.
They still there?
Urgh. I'm so sorry, Tash.
This is all my fault. So sorry for
getting us involved in all this.
You only got involved cos I told you
to. Bless you.
It's nice of you to say that but
it's not true.
We all know the person who should be
most sorry is me because
..the whole thing was my idea.
Was it though?
HE SCOFFS Yes.
Sort of take the it was my job.
So, yes, you may have chipped in
with a little idea at the beginning,
"What if you were to rob the place?"
but that was I was calling the
shots at that time.
I was in control. I was telling you
exactly what to so, Sidney. Yes.
And I made the decision to do what
you said.
I was the one who Sorry, Sidney.
Sorry, sorry. Tash, what's going on?
The whole thing was my idea.
No. No, cos I have ideas. I had all
the ideas for the thing.
And that was my thoughts at the
time.
I had my own thoughts that I wanted
to do it.
I wanted to do it because I would
talk to you and you'd tell me
..and then you'd you made me think
that.
You made me do it.
Did I want to do it? I'm sorry,
Albert. I wanted things to be better
for us, for the kids.
OK.
ALBERT GRUMBLES Give me a sec.
OK, that's fine. Is it though? I'm
going to speak to my wife. Tash.
I'm not a man that raises his voice
very often.
And I'm not about to start today.
But I'll tell you what man I am.
I'm a man who's going to get us out
of this mess. I'm Albert Fantoni.
A man of dignity and class that
sticks by my family no matter what
happens.
Great plan. They're all phoning,
nutters after a chat and a few bob.
Spoken to about 15 old people
wanting to know what's going on.
They read it on Rental, the lot of
them.
Guv. Guv!
They've specifically asked for you.
Did they give a name? No.
What's going on Albert?
What's all this about?
Er, there's a I heard there's a
reward.
All of the country knows that.
Why don't you tell me what you know?
Then we can talk about any readies
after that.
I'm not built for this. Of course
you're not, Albert.
You don't have the arsehole for this
sort of thing. Look at you. Yeah.
I know where the gold is.
How do you know that?
Tash don't know I'm here. If she
finds out, she'll kill me.
I'm doing this for the kids. I'm
doing it to save us. Al, Albert.
You're doing the right thing.
If I tell you, will you please
promise that
..nothing will happen to the kids or
Tash and they'll get the reward.
You have my word.
But what I need from you right now,
Albert, is to tell me where is the
gold?
SIRENS BLARE
Get back, get back. I'm in the
front!
Fred, follow me.
Oh, yeah.
Take it off. Take it off.
Wait, wait! No-one touch the gold.
Albert had pulled off a master
stroke.
Keep coming, Nigel.
The previous morning, he got Phil to
load all the gold under the bonnets
of old bangers.
And a decoy he fed Saunders allowed
us all to make our getaway.
There he is. Jump in the back, I've
got a blanket for you to hide under.
No, I'm driving. I'm the driver.
Not today. Word from the top, you've
got to stay concealed, hidden.
Andrew is at the wheel.
What you talking about?
How's the gold? Let's just say there
are some very expensive cars on
their way to Spain right now.
And the gold's inside them?
Yeah, obviously, that's what I mean.
That's why they're expensive.
Right, Sidney, we've got to be there
for eight, so better get a move on.
Say no more.
I can feel how slow you're going.
Oh, there she is.
Just getting the biting point.
It's more dangerous to drive slowly
than it is to break the speed limit,
that's a fact.
Philip, don't tell me how to drive
my car, please.
Whole place is totally cleared out.
Something's going on. We need to
find out where they're going.
Can't let them get away.
Fuck's sake. You had him, why'd you
let him go?
We needed the gold. You fucked it,
we had him.
Don't you talk to me like that.
Albert's a good man. He's caught up
in something he doesn't understand.
He played you like a mug.
They've been playing us this whole
time. I told you. I fucking knew it.
We just needed a bit of Donald, that
was all. Donald?
It's not about luck, it's about good
police work.
I'm sorry I got in the way of your
good police work.
Good luck with it all, I'm done
here. You sort it.
Fuck!
All right, you grab him. I'll have
the car ready. Yeah. Listen. Well
done, Albert.
You are amazing. Yeah, you should've
seen me out there.
I had tears in my eyes and
everything.
So fucking sexy. Yeah. What? Crying?
You don't find crying sexy?
No, not the crying. All right. You
pulling this off. Oh, right.
You're like a new man. Definitely.
Yeah. I like it. Yeah?
See you later, baby. What?
I was just saying see you later,
baby. Turn the music down.
I was just saying see you later,
baby. But probably not the
right the moment's gone.
All right. Bye. See ya.
HE EXHALES DEEPLY
Hi. Hiya. Are you ready?
Er, nearly. They're in the bath. In
the bath?
Girls, get out. Get ready, we've got
to go.
What's the rush?
I've just made some tea.
Right, yeah, no. Cheers, Cand.
Oh, yeah. Is everything OK, Tash?
Mm-hm, yep.
Good, actually. Yeah.
Albert's downstairs waiting in the
car. You said we could talk.
Yeah, we can. We used to tell each
other everything.
We do. We talk. Well, talk to me
then.
I know.
I know something is going on.
All right. I know things have been
weird, but
..I promise I'm going to tell you
everything
as soon as I can, you've got to
trust me.
You haven't spoken to me in so long,
Tash.
I didn't know what to do. I know
I've been shit but honestly it was
to protect you.
It was just to protect you, I swear
I'm gonna figure it all out
and everything's going to be all
right for everyone.
You've got to understand that you're
my best friend and I love you.
Run!
What? You need to go now.
What have you done? I'm so sorry.
They're coming here.
Girls, girls, you've got to get out
right now. We've got to go. Oh, my
god, Tash.
We're still gonna be
BOTH SCREAM
Are we still gonna be friends?
Candice, I don't have time for this
right now.
Oh, my god, I'm so sorry. Argh!
I've got to run.
I'm so sorry. It was a lot for you.
Argh! Argh! OK, I'm going.
You look after yourself, Cand. You
too. You look after yourself.
Come on, come on, let's go.
Come on, girls. Come on, come on.
Quick, quick. In you get.
Seat belts on, please. Good girls.
Quick, let's go.
What you doing? Ten to two.
You know the limit's 30 down here.
You're going 10.10. I'm taking
it I'm on a suspended sentence.
I'm not gonna go over the speed
limit. We are in a bit of a rush,
Sid.
Thank you.
Time is of the essence, son. So I'd
like a crocodile.
Make it snappy. No problem.
Never resist it up here. It might be
my last for some time.
I shall have me favourite dish. Egg,
bacon and cheese double decker
sandwich.
You got chips? Yes, we do.
I'll have some chips. Rush them
through, if they're hard, don't
matter.
No problem. Would you like the
sandwich toasted?
Erm, will that take longer?
I think it'll still be ready at the
same time as the chips.
So technically it won't delay
anything. Son.
DETECTIVE IMAGINES VOICE
Right, Sid. Pull up over here, I'm
driving.
The roads are dangerously narrow.
Sid, the limit is 60 and you're
going 25.
You know what, fine, I'll pull over
then.
You can have a go. Yeah, I will.
Someone's better at driving. Sid,
that's what I do.
Phil!
You fucking bastard.
SID SCREAMS AND FIRES GUN
Phil?
Phil!
Please stay. Fucking hell.
It's going to be fun. Climb up.
Right in there.
They said they'd be here at eight. I
told them eight. Get a wiggle on,
kid.
Want to get this baby in the air.
Yeah, definitely.
Really appreciate you doing this as
well. That's what friends are for.
I scratch your back and when mine's
itchy
..I scratch yours.
Here they are. They're here. Thank
fuck.
Who's this? Phil and Andrew.
Why's he on his own? Where's Phil?
We need to go now. Where's Phil? We
need to go now.
The got him. There was a geezer on a
motorbike.
He got out, he came at us. Phil said
I was driving like a fanny.
He come out, he had a gun. Where's
Phil? Where's Phil? What's happened?
What do you mean? Phil's Phil's
dead.
What do you mean? They got him.
POLICE SIRENS
For goodness' sake.
Fucking car.
Take this fucker down.
It's Mick, he's here. Fuck, it's the
police.
Pull the fuck in!
Go there! Cut him off.
I'll break through.
Oh, fuck!
I just hope they can wait. I just
hope so.
Mick, run!
Oh, Mick, run. We're gonna have to
go.
Got to wait for him, please.
Come on, Mick, run.
Come on! We don't have time.
Mick, please run!
Mick!
Hold on!
Get him! Get him! You let the
fuckers win. I'll get you, Fantoni!
I'll get you!
Put your hands above your head.
Put your hands above your head!
What I've done now is completely
misjudge the distance.
You're under arrest for armed
robbery.