Virdee (2025) s01e06 Episode Script

1
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How long have we got left, hmm?
If we don't embrace change,
then we will always lose.
The past, Soph,
it never goes away.
Every decision we make
has to be answered for.
PAWA: I intend to surrender
on one non-negotiable condition.
DCI Harry Virdee.
SAIMA: You're really going to walk
back into the hands of the man
who put you in here
in the first place?
Please, my son's life is at risk.
Saima!
Riaz!
GUNSHO
You make that move,
everything changes.
RIAZ: I told you before, Harry,
there can only be one
king in this city.
This is only the beginning for you.
GUNSHO
MOBILE CHIMES
ENGINE REVS
DCI Virdee, we meet again.
It's Saima's.
I have Saima in my possession.
And if you tell anyone
I have her, she dies.
Now, Harry, we'll see just how
far you'll go to save her life.
MUTED CONVERSATION
Right, boys. Let's count them.
Christoph, good to do business.
I'll never let you down.
Right, lads, let's go. Come on.
We're going to control the
entire north with this shipment.
SOPHIE: We'll be unstoppable.
Is there a problem?
The count's short.
Well, maybe one of your
men made a mistake.
It's not us.
Christoph, you're short.
Short would be a couple of bags.
You're four crates short.
That's 1,000 kee's.
We weren't short at the airport.
You did something!
Armed police! Stay where you are!
Put your weapons down! Now!
INDISTINCT SHOUTING
Do not move.
Put your weapons down!
HARRY: You're all under arrest.
Keep your hands where
I can see them. Do not move.
SIRENS APPROACH
On the van.
Put your hands on your head!
Put your hands on your head
and interlock your fingers.
I'm arresting you, for possession
with intent to supply Class-A drugs.
Cuffs.
Hands on your head!
Turn around.
Walk backwards to me.
QUIETLY: Keep it together.
Nearly done.
Come on.
INDISTINCT CHATTER
LINE RINGS
Come on, come on, come on
VOICEMAIL: Hi, this is Saima.
Leave me a message
BEEP
Fuck.
Amazing work, Harry.
I can't believe
he actually surrendered.
HARRY CHUCKLES
What's wrong?
Nothing.
Boss Yeah?
I need to tell you something
Yeah?
Just
Great work, too, yeah.
It's over, Harry.
We've got him.
Right, let's get
this area opened up!
Great work, lads.
DC Summerhayes, are you
still parked outside my house?
Is Saima at home?
Her car there?
When'd you last see her?
This morning?
No, no, just checking in.
Yeah, operation in City Park
was a success.
Alastair Boardman's safe.
OK. Thanks.
What is it?
Uniform officer on our payroll
has just confirmed it's Pawa.
He surrendered.
No casualties.
He's here for me.
For us.
You know what we did.
So does he.
He's in cuffs.
He's engineered this.
You know as well as I do,
if Jai's in a cell,
it's because that's exactly
where he wants to be.
Why?
I suffered for years in an
Indian prison because of you.
And all the while, you were
using your partnership
with Riaz to control Bradford.
£100 million of my heroin
arrived at the airport.
Riaz oversaw the transfer.
You only seized 70 million
in your corrupt sting operation
because Riaz
..stole the rest
to float his own business.
No wonder I could
never buy your loyalty.
It was already bought.
What do you want?
Vengeance.
Where is Saima?
Do it!
We know you've done it before.
I didn't kill ya, because a
bullet would have been too easy.
I want the name "Virdee"
to be forever tainted
with corruption and death,
and all that I've done
in Bradford this week.
So, what now?
There will be a
press conference soon,
where you will confess
everything publicly,
that you've been working with Riaz.
You will both be arrested,
convicted, and then
..sent to prison
..where I'll be waiting.
Because only then,
will the Real suffering begin.
That's why I surrendered.
Some deaths need to be slower.
Some deaths are worth savouring.
And Saima?
I'll trade her
..for the other person
who crossed me.
Betrayal is part
of this world, but
..not from the woman
I built it all for.
Sophie?
She disappeared
into witness protection.
The only place I can't find her.
But you can.
She helped you bring me down.
Bring Sophie to me.
She will die at my hands.
Or
..Saima dies.
MOBILE RINGS
CONWAY: Where are you?
Need to go and show
Saima I'm all right.
She's freaking out.
Boardman wants Pawa
transferred to Leeds,
hold him in one of their
counterterrorism cells.
I mean, we're not equipped to hold
a prisoner of his status here,
and we're not yet sure
if he was acting alone or had help.
Category A transit?
ARUs?
No, we discussed that.
We don't want to draw
unnecessary attention.
So, it will be a discreet,
covert assignment.
I'll escort him, then,
make sure it's done right. No.
Because we need you to head
up the press conference.
You brought this home, Harry,
and Boardman wants you
by his side. Just
..delay it until
we've made the transfer, boss.
Securing Pawa is our priority.
Can you do that for me, please?
I'll see what I can do.
Any news from
the witness protection unit?
Sophie Pawa has to be notified
her husband's in custody.
I need details of whoever's
in charge of her case.
Well, Amin's already requested that.
I'll chase it up.
Thanks, boss.
Come on!
Where's Riaz?
You were told to stay away.
Just do one, will ya?
Get off me!
Riaz!
What are you doing here?
Oi, come here!
Get back here!
What is it?
Hey, who do you think
you're pushing, eh?
Pawa's got Saima.
You! Enzo, leave him.
He's going to kill her.
Pawa knows you fucked him over.
Stole some of his shit
to float your own enterprise.
He thinks I helped
you with that shit.
What's the plan?
I'm going to need all your crew.
It's a 20-minute transit
from HQ to Leeds.
That's your window.
It's the only way
we can pull this off.
So?
Can you do what Harry's asked?
On one condition.
We do this
..we put everything on the line
..you work for us.
No more negotiations.
That means that you and him,
you partner up.
Just like he's always wanted.
He says
..you do.
Man's got a point.
No turning back after this.
We do this together.
Fine.
Together, yeah?
Meet us at the warehouse.
What if I'm the only way
to get Saima back?
No.
What if it comes down
to that choice? It won't.
You should have told Harry about us.
I can help, Riaz. No.
Me and Harry'll sort this.
Hey
..me and Harry will sort this.
You don't know Jai Pawa like I do.
He's always one step
ahead of everyone.
Especially you and Harry.
CREAKING
SHE GRUNTS
I'm sending DS Amin with you.
I've been briefed, boss.
You're driving.
Keep us informed on the radio.
Stay sharp.
ENGINE STARTS
ARMITAGE: High-risk prisoner
onboard, over.
OVER RADIO: Control,
this is Sierra One. Roger that.
Prison van is leaving now.
Escorted by unmarked unit.
Right. Route is clear.
Moving towards Canal Road now.
Shit! We're under attack!
Out now! On the floor!
On your knees, or I'll
blow your fucking head off!
Put your nose to the floor.
Out of the car now.
Get out of the car.
Do it now!
Hands on your heads!
On your knees! Now!
Stay down!
Afternoon, ladies.
You, out!
Put him in my van.
GRUNTING
You're dead now.
GUNSHO
GROANS
Get in the van!
Stay down, handsome.
You all right?
Code zero, officer down.
By Pecker Street
on Burnett Street.
Virdee
HE GROANS
OK, OK
Easy, easy
Did it go through?
No.
You're lucky you wore your vest.
HE GASPS
Anything else on those vans?
Because the regs they gave
you are likely to be faked.
Nah.
We've got police checkpoints at all
motorway exits in a ten-mile radius
and orders to stop and
search any black vans.
WINCING
We need to get him down to A&E.
Could you go with him?
No! Khalil, you go
help with the search.
We need every officer
we have out there. I'm on it.
Boss.
Who knew we were transporting Pawa?
Careful who you trust.
It's done.
Pick me up at the hospital.
Ah, here he is.
The second parasite
who stole from me,
working with Harry.
He said anything?
He's been in one of the toughest
prisons in India for years.
It's going to take some time.
Harry
..you just killed Saima.
The deal's off.
I don't know if this
is going to work.
There's only so much
I can do before I kill him.
We might need to use Sophie.
Not many last this long.
VEHICLE APPROACHES
He's got to crack.
He's got to.
What the hell?
How is she here?
CLATTERING, GRUNTING
SHE PANTS
SQUEAKING
Come on, come on!
SHE GRUNTS AND WHIMPERS
Absolutely not.
You talking to Pawa
might only antagonise him.
Why?
Because he thinks I betrayed him?
He needs to believe I had no choice.
Listen, I'm going in there
and I'm floating the idea of me
and him leaving together.
It's what he's been
coveting for years.
It's the only way to get Saima back.
Why Sophie?
Why Saima?
We don't get to pick
and choose, do we?
If Pawa doesn't speak
If this comes down to a choice
between her and Saima, I What?
GRUNTING, GLASS SHATTERS
Leave us.
HE GROANS QUIETLY
How could you betray me?
They offered me a
deal and I took it.
Would you prefer I went to jail?
How did Harry get you here so fast?
They would have moved
you far from Bradford.
Riaz.
Hm.
How could I have not seen it?
I gave you everything.
Except your loyalty.
Do you think I didn't
know about the other women?
I only loved you.
Listen
I'm not here for you
to tell me where Saima is.
What the fuck do I care about her?
In a choice between me and Saima
..there is no choice.
HE CHUCKLES
HE GRUNTS
SHE WHIMPERS
This all ends where it started.
Riaz!
Oh, my God! Sophie!
Sophie!
He stabbed her.
He's fucking gone, Riaz!
What happened?
He attacked me with some glass.
I'm so sorry, Riaz.
I'm sorry.
It's OK.
Get the car. We need to
get her to the doctor. Now.
Did he say anything?
I need to find Saima.
He said, "This all ends
where it started."
I know where she is!
Pawa's old warehouse,
where we took him down.
You stay with Sophie,
I'm going for Saima.
SHE GROANS
HEAVY BREATHING
HEAVY SCRAPING
SHE HYPERVENTILATES
SHE GASPS
THUD
SHE WHIMPERS
This isn't about you,
it's about Harry.
Don't make me kill you, Saima.
He's on his way, Saima!
Come on! Come on!
What happens when we can't
trust the ones we love, Saima?
What happens when Harry
has to make a choice?
Saima?
I'm here to show you
who he really is!
CLATTERING
Saima
Saima
You're not going
to use it, are ya?
You're not like Harry.
He knows how to kill.
Saima!
Saima?
WHIMPERS: Harry
CLATTERING, GUNSHO
FAINT SOUNDS OF STRUGGLE
Let her go.
You don't get to win.
I've shot him, Harry! He's injured.
Shut up!
Drop your weapon
..or Saima dies!
I put it down, you'll kill us both.
He could have saved you
from all of this.
All he had to do
..was tell the world what
kind of man he really is.
Drop your weapon, Harry!
OK.
Justdon't hurt her.
Please.
You don't know who he is,
do you, Saima?
He runs drugs in Bradford
..with Riaz.
They locked me up, so they
could steal everything I had!
Even my Sophie!
And now, it's time to pay.
You engineered it so you
could control Bradford!
Parasite!
I don't control Bradford.
Riaz does.
Isn't that right, Riaz?
GUNSHO
SHE GRUNTS
Your time will come.
Nobody gets to win in this game.
This will never be
over for you, Harry.
Just like you said, Jai.
This ends where it started.
GUNSHO
I need to dispose of your guns.
Change into those.
When you're done,
go home.
Riaz.
You can't even look at me,
can you?
Drug dealers?
That's what you both are?
I am.
He's not.
Take your clothes off.
Put 'em in here.
Let me.
I don't know who you are any more.
I don't think I ever did.
Let me, please. No.
No. No!
No! OK.
How do I tell Saima?
Youput all this shit on me.
Whatever you need to make shit
right between the both of you.
OK.
Nothing about Paul King.
That stays between us.
Understood?
Understood.
CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK
What are you thinking?
I'd say Pawa had
help to kill Vasil
..and that same help
..turned on him,
to close the loop.
Bradford's got a new
player in the game.
Right. Press conference,
keep details light.
We point everything that's happened
this week towards these two.
Drug war.
Revenge.
Boardman still wants
you at the press conference.
No, that's all you, boss.
I swung by the hospital yesterday,
wanted to check you were OK.
Yeah, er
All clear.
They said you
hadn't been checked in.
Perks of having Saima in charge.
Don't have to do the paperwork.
LINE RINGS
VOICEMAIL: Hi, this is Saima,
leave me a message.
BEEP
Saima, I need to see you.
Please call me.
I love you.
I got your message.
What would you like to talk about?
The UKCA believe that
what happened here
was more than just
organised crime groups.
Greater Yorkshire Police have
been compromised by these groups.
I need the right people
to get to the truth.
I want you to work for me.
NEWSREADER: It is three days
since the police discovered
the bodies of
former kingpin Jai Pawa
and the man who seemingly seized
control of his empire, Vasil Shala.
Social media continues to be rife
with conspiracy theories of
how Pawa was able to escape
from a maximum-security prison
in India,
and again from police
custody in Yorkshire.
One thing, though, seems certain -
the fight to remove organised
crime groups from Bradford
is far from over.
How's the pain? Getting any better?
It's all right,
as long as I take my pills.
So, what happens now?
Well, Vasil's gone.
Pawa's dealt with.
Hm.
So wefocus on us.
We'll be unstoppable.
SHE SIGHS
He's been standing there for ages.
Never seen him like this before.
UNTRANSLATED DIALOGUE
Beegee always said
she didn't recognise who you were
when I were growing up.
That being a grandad
proper softened you.
It must have, cos
..I've never seen you
how you were with
..Uncle Harry.
My father died when I were young.
I didn't know how to be a father.
Idid many things right.
And some wrong.
Then you came along. Hm.
And I had a chance to do better.
HE CHUCKLES
Exactly.
Look, Uncle Harry still loves you.
Look, I'm worried about you both.
You need to talk to each other.
INDISTINCT RAISED VOICES ECHO
I don't know how.
We can help.
You made me this way.
Then, in one second
..made me a stranger.
Good catch.
Daddy!
HE CHUCKLES
Hey, my boy!
I miss you.
Yeah?
When can we go home?
I'm bored at Grandad's now.
Soon.
Daddy's work's nearly done, yeah.
Oh!
You go play, little man.
I need to speak with Mummy.
Give us one.
Aaron?
Here y'are, Aaron.
Take the ball.
I miss you.
I miss Aaron.
He misses you, too.
I'm sorry.
I know.
I need you to tell me
the truth, Harry.
How long have you been
working with Riaz?
Years.
I were trying to get him to stop.
And what about Paul King?
What?
Tara said she saw you and Riaz
arguing
..at the shop
..about him.
Yeah.
We were.
I saw Riaz that day.
He told me what had happened.
He said he wanted to run
and I wouldn't let him.
I don't know. Maybe I should have.
I can't believe you've lied to me
all this time.
I'm
I'm going to fix this, Saima,
make it right.
I really want to believe you, Harry.