The Gold (2023) s02e03 Episode Script

1
We have two jobs. Find
Charlie Miller and the money
from his half of the gold
and get enough on John
Palmer to bring him down.
You're going to clean my
money, then give it to him.
I'll pay back double
in a couple of weeks.
An investment strategy.
Investment strategy is
a rather grandiose term
for running drugs into Florida.
You'll pay for the school?
I'll pay for the school.
I see what you do. How you
make the island look away
to let you make your money. But
that money will bring others.
Give me your money. I'll clean it,
take a fair cut, and give it back.
He wants to start with a
million dollars a week,
then he'll double it when
he sees it's working.
All I want is what we had.
I'm pregnant.
People start asking questions, it's
me that could get it in the neck
You know who I am.
You know who I want. And
you know it's not you.
CAR ENGINE STARTS
If you get caught tapping
phones on the Isle of Man,
give this to the
Lieutenant Governor.
If you get caught tapping phones
in Spain, give this to the embassy.
In both cases, you'd
have to resign.
Thank you, Ma'am.
Go. Finally.
Go. 'Bout bloody time.
I'm going in
No, you're not.
He's on his way in.
Then I'd better be quick.
No, Nic! We're two minutes away!
Nic!
Fuck.
Shit!
Excuse me, mate?
HE CLEARS THROA
I'm, um looking
for the train station.
Two streets over. Can't miss it,
it looks like something from
the bloody Soviet Union.
HE CHUCKLES Thanks.
SHE EXHALES
HE SIGHS
Next week, double.
No chance.
People like you bring
money to this island.
But you also bring problems.
The tourists, the
drinking, now the drugs.
Yeah, tell me about it.
That bloody rubbish is
all over the island.
We confiscate it,
slap a few heads.
I won't have it in my resorts,
I can promise you that.
You do some good
here, Senor Palmer.
You have friends.
But you have enemies
too, so I need double.
And what if I say no?
The police come to see you,
the bank asks questions.
It is not good if you say no.
I pay the police,
I pay the bank,
and I pay you.
The police ignore you
because I tell them to.
The bank do not tell
Madrid about your accounts
because I tell them not to.
I tell everybody what to do.
And I'm telling you,
next week it's double.
The money's cleaned,
minus my cut,
and it's gone where
you wanted it to go.
Good.
That's a bigger
bag than last time.
Too big?
I didn't say that.
Do you have friends?
Not really.
Neither do I.
This is difficult.
If it was easy, they
wouldn't need us.
It's important
that they need us.
To hide that much bad
money in the system,
you need more good
money in the system.
And you are running
out of things to sell.
Who's he?
Bowman. He'll stay out here
and keep an eye on you.
Well, he'd best get
some new clobber,
Cos right now he might as well
be wearing a fucking uniform.
What have you got?
The accounts. If you
can call them that.
John likes things messy.
I have to piece it together
like a bloody jigsaw.
You're going to need someone
who knows what's in there,
and what's not. And be quick.
People don't know
how clever John is.
And that's the way he likes it.
They don't know how
dangerous he is either.
So you're all right?
What do you mean "all right"?
Um, well are you
getting enough rest?
Too much. I'm bored.
You must come and
see me more often.
I'm doing my best, OK?
There's a lot going on, Lena.
There's a lot going
on for me too, John.
Yeah. I don't doubt that.
Would you like to eat?
No, no, no, I'm fine. Don't
waste your energy on me.
Would you like to, you know?
Well, I don't know what the
doctor would say about that
It is OK.
Yeah, but
I mean, look what
happened last time.
It can't happen twice, John.
HE EXHALES SHARPLY
Well
..it was lovely to see you.
No.
I've seen you in Tenerife
with your envelopes.
I am not one of your
fucking envelopes.
Of course you're not. This is
more complicated than that.
Yes, John.
This is more
complicated than that.
And no, I am not all right.
Where are they?
They're in bed, John.
They waited all day.
You're too late.
I'm here, aren't I?
You look knackered.
I'm all right.
We wait weeks, then
you turn up like this?
HE SIGHS
I accept there is a
way to look at things
where I'd maybe owe you
an apology. HE SCOFFS
I should take myself off
the case. Don't be stupid.
He clocked me, Nic.
If he sees me again
The next time he sees
you, he'll be in cuffs.
If you're that worried, you could
always shave off your 'tache.
Never.
I don't think the '90s is going
to be very kind to 'taches, Tone.
You need to get your
head round that.
Here he is.
Let's hope he's feeling chatty.
PHONE RINGS
Yeah? Success.
Good. There were a
couple of complications,
but that's the game we're in.
And now you take the profits
back to our friend on the island.
Yep. Then we do it again
and you get even richer.
That's the plan.
You know, buddy, whatever you
wanted to do when you're rich,
you should do it now.
Life is short.
PHONE RINGS
Baxter Investments.
Hello?
Hello?
That pub near your office
Wouldn't recommend it. Was nearly
hospitalised by their scampi.
Go there now.
HE GROANS
HE MOUTHS
I could go in.
It's too exposed. You know that.
Fuck's sake.
I need all this land
here, behind my place.
That is public land.
Perhaps I can hide the sale,
but building permits
would be very difficult.
I ain't building nothing.
I just need to say I am.
I will need more money.
Thought you might.
No overtime, no drinking at
lunchtime, no Freemasonry.
Her Majesty's Customs doesn't
look kindly on overtime,
I only drink on Saturdays,
and I don't believe the
Masons are keen on women.
Thank you for accepting
this secondment.
I volunteered.
I work in VAT fraud,
which is actually less
exciting than it sounds.
Have you reviewed
Palmer's accounts?
Yes. I'd need time to work
through them properly,
but I can tell you they
aren't the accounts.
Not the real ones
anyway. There's no debt.
A rapidly expanding business
that fronts a lot of money for
construction before recovering
it with sales with
not a penny of debt,
which means there
is other money.
Which means there
are other accounts.
They're all our
contact has access to.
Then they'll have to
look a little harder.
This is what you've been
saving for, grafting for.
This is what you're worth.
You buy a time-share,
one week a year, you come
here and live like a king.
And today, you lot are in luck
because we've just released
our new time-shares,
which we're building
right now up here.
Best views of the
island. This is paradise.
And when you speak to this lot,
you'll be surprised how
cheap paradise comes.
I need to talk to you
about the accounts.
That's your job, ain't it?
Would be, if you told
me what was happening.
You need to give me
the whole picture.
I've never given you
the whole picture.
Why would you need it now?
If I'm getting nicked, I'll get
nicked in bloody England, not here.
Do you trust me, Shirl?
Course I do.
Can I trust you?
You don't have to
ask me that, John.
Then no-one's getting nicked.
Not in England, and
certainly not here.
So you make do with
what you've got
and don't be asking me
questions like that again.
OK, John.
Hey!
Hey. I've got the plans.
The?
For the school.
Right, yes. Um, yes,
I'm excited to see them.
Just not right now.
Oh
Wow.
I should go to the
bathroom more often.
This is my partner, Kadene. Hi.
Hi.
Man, what an island.
This is a client of mine
You want a beer?
Do you know he's got beer? Mm.
Or have I just busted him, huh?
I didn't, but then I
don't come here much.
Maybe I should.
Any time.
Nice to meet you.
I'll show you these tonight.
Looking forward to it.
No. From Russia with love.
This is crazy. No,
this is $10 million.
I could put some through
other areas of the business.
The bars and the
restaurants. Maybe then
Maybe then we say there are
other bars and other restaurants.
There you go. I would need
the accounts, the proper ones.
Then go get them tonight.
Shirley ain't exactly a grafter.
She's the first one out the
door. And I will need more time.
No.
If we slow down,
they get worried.
And we don't want 'em worried.
How's your back? Hmm?
From the boat.
I flew.
Fake passport. You came
in through the airport?!
I'm riding two horses.
Our friends from Florida,
your friends from England.
I've got to move faster.
Don't call them my friends.
Don't come here through
the fucking airport.
How can a man like
you be this insecure?
Cos of men like you.
Relax, Campbell. Hey.
These islands, that ocean
..they hold secrets
better than you realise.
Can I help you?
I'm afraid we have a meeting.
This won't take long.
Two bodies have been
found off Fort Lauderdale.
Were they Tortolians?
No, they were drug dealers. Last
seen with a man called Scott Errico,
who has links to
organised crime.
Is he a Tortolian?
No. But he's here.
He flew into Tortola on
a known alias yesterday.
What do you need?
I need Errico. And if your
police can't find him,
then I'll bring in
DEA agents who can.
We'll find him.
It's a small island.
Small islands can hide
more than you'd think.
I'll take this to the
Police Commissioner.
No, I'll deal with it.
This is nothing for you
to worry about, Kadene.
Let's go.
John?
Are you getting enough rest?
What is your plan, John?
What do you mean?
What is your plan for us?
Oh. Um Mm.
Well
..I think it's a case of, um
..just putting one foot in front
of the other for now, isn't it?
I don't What
is this one foot?
Look, I'm under a lot
of pressure, love, OK.
SHE SCOFFS I have a
child inside me, John.
That is pressure. So, tell
me, what is your plan?
I'm here.
I'm here, aren't I?
You're only here to
see if I am here.
Because if I am
here, you're safe.
I need more than
that. Oh, fuck me.
What?! Look
I say, "I need more"
and you say, "fuck me"?
I ain't got a big
vocabulary, OK?
I am a young woman,
John! With a life.
And now that life will
be with your child,
which means that life
will be with you.
So next time you come
here, you come with a plan.
You come with more than
just "fuck me," OK?
HE SIGHS HEAVILY Yeah. Yeah.
Not a problem.
CHILDREN GIGGLE
You're trouble!
Hey, come here.
Oh, I missed you.
How are you, girls?
Are you all right?
LINE RINGS
Scott Errico.
Do you know him?
Why?
Because if you know him,
you need to give him up,
or he's going to give us up.
Tell me where he is.
Governor? They're
ready for your speech.
Great.
Your heart, John
It's going like the clappers.
Shows it's working, doesn't it?
Or you're working too hard.
I'm worried about you.
I'm all right, love.
Swimming every day.
Fit as a fiddle.
Um
I want to put a bit of
security round this place.
What do you mean, security?
I don't know yet.
Fences, dogs. Maybe get a
bloke to watch the drive.
What's going on, John?
Look, um Tenerife
is getting a little
..harder, a little rougher
with the people involved.
But that's good for us,
because it means what I'm
doing now can't last forever.
Then I'll be home.
You won't be putting up
no fences around me, John.
To keep them out
or to keep me in.
Because the only time I don't
feel safe is when you're here.
You know, if this is how you come back
and this is what you bring back with you,
then maybe you shouldn't
be coming back here at all.
I know Errico.
Where is he?
The Rainbow Bar in Road Town.
How do you know?
I'm looking at him.
Barman, same again.
Get the DEA or the
local police who can.
He won't come quietly.
Secure all exits. Nobody leaves.
Police! Police!
Police! Nobody move!
Anything?
Where's he off to, then?
I'm afraid this is
a private marina.
So are this lot for sale?
They are, yes.
We have some day
boats over there
that would perhaps
be more appropriate.
I want this one.
Then you have three problems.
It's being repaired,
it's already sold
Who to?
To a gentleman from
Cirencester. He's a QC,
so not a man to
be trifled with
Well, you'd better tell me the third
problem, cos I ain't heard a real one yet.
It's expensive.
Ah, you see, I think
that's the only problem.
You think this bloke from
Cirencester has the money,
and I don't. It's
50,000 sterling.
Then I'll pay cash. And I'll
give you ten grand on top,
and you can tell them I
want it ready in a week,
and I've got a name for it too.
It's bad luck to rename a boat.
You know, considering where
I'm from and who I'm from,
to be standing here in the sun
and buying a boat like that
..I reckon my luck's
looking all right.
I think Miller's buying a boat.
I see. If he suspects
we're on him,
it's a clever way to leave
the country. Or so he thinks.
But it could play right
into our hands, sir.
International waters.
I'll need help.
Unless you want me to try
and catch him on a pedalo.
An arrest needs to be watertight
or we'll risk the conviction.
Well, have a look at my conviction
rate, sir. You won't find better.
I'll speak to Gibraltar,
line up naval support.
How many miles out to nick him?
Ten. It's hard to count miles out
there, what with all the waves
Ten miles, Lundy.
Very good, sir.
KNOCK ON DOOR Mr Palmer?
Mr Palmer?
Hello?
Hello?
What you doing in here?
I have been waiting.
Late night.
Don't be coming
in my house, son.
Sorry, Mr Palmer.
Ah, good!
May we discuss the buffet?
What about it?
The vol-au-vents are
conspicuous by their absence.
I can't discuss the
vol-au-vents again, Douglas.
I don't have it in me. You wouldn't
have to discuss the vol-au-vents
if there was a coherent
policy in place..
We don't have a vol-au-vent
policy. Well, you should,
because this place is like
the last days of bloody Rome.
PHONE RINGS
Harper.
Who? Oh, you must be Jennings.
I'm Harper from Customs. I
look forward to meeting you.
Is he there?
Who, the Guvvy?
The what?
Guv. The Guv.
The Guvnor. Jennings.
What are Customs doing there?
Answering questions you
can't. What's happening?
Baxter's flying to
London. Then follow him.
Which means he shouldn't know
that you're following him.
Yeah, I think I remember
that from Hendon, sir. Good.
Everything is OK?
Yeah.
And you are OK?
Yeah.
Oh, I had a few
drinks last night.
Let off a bit of
steam, you know?
HE CHUCKLES AWKWARDLY
Be careful, Mr Palmer.
You have an important job.
You must not miss things.
Oh, believe me, I
don't miss much.
What are you doing
in here, Shirl?
What the fuck is this?
Nothing for you to worry about.
I sign off the accounts.
I'd do time for this!
Oh, I don't know, Shirl,
you're good at not doing
time that's meant for you.
SHE LAUGHS
OK, John.
I didn't see nothing.
You can trust me.
Just like I trusted you.
You didn't answer me.
What are you doing in here?
DOOR SLAMS
How are you doing? All right?
All right?
SHE GASPS
HE GASPS
LOCK CLICKS
SHE BREATHES RAGGEDLY
DOOR HANDLE RATTLES
BANGING ON DOOR
Who have you spoken to?
No-one. Answer!
I wouldn't do that
to you, John! Hey!
This is my life that
you're offering up.
Who's coming for me?
No-one's coming for you.
It's that stuff you're taking,
it's making you paranoid.
Who is it?! Who is it?!
It must be here. Who is it, Shirl?!
This place is like a bloody maze!
Oh, bollocks, this
ain't my room.
Or is it? They all look the
same, don't they? Where's my key?
Oh, I'm sorry about this.
That Spanish beer's
stronger than you'd think.
These two
These two are trying it on.
Will you walk me to a taxi?
Yeah, no problem, love.
Go on.
Don't worry, lads, there's
plenty more fish in the sea!
I want her found.
We'll find her.
But first, I need
to speak to you.
And I think you need a drink.
Yeah, you're right there.
How is she?
Terrified. I got her out,
but she won't testify.
And now Palmer will be
more suspicious than ever.
But she reckons what
she saw in there
was a lot more than
creative accounting, sir.
Whatever he's up
to, it's proper.
Glad to hear it.
Now all we need
is another way in.
Bring her back.
I'll get her conviction quashed,
thank her for her service.
Yes, sir.
Thank you.
Thanks.
Brings it all back, doesn't it?
I suppose it does.
The old gang.
Were we a gang?
Oh, well, Sarah, you and I
were a little more than that.
Well, it was a long
time ago, Dougie.
Time does not wither
childhood sweethearts.
I think that's slightly
overstating what we were.
You never get past the
first rush of love.
You know, you never beat it.
Why are you here?
Well, you weren't at
the reunion. Um
I'm in town on business. You
know, I had a little bit of time
to play with I've seen the
watch, Dougie, for Christ's sake.
And I heard that
you're divorced.
And I heard you got caught
taking coke at a bus station.
A bus station?!
What the hell happened to you?
I mean, you were
always a little
..not unhinged, but
you know what I mean
What happened?! HE CHUCKLES
The love of my life dumped me
on the day of our graduation!
I wasn't the love of your life
I'll be the judge of that!
We were kids. We were
together for three years!
No, it wasn't three years
We were going to tour Europe,
come to London, get a little
place in Parsons Green.
We had a whole plan,
Sarah, a whole life,
and then you left me
for some mystery man
and knocked me for bloody
six! And I never recovered.
I took shit jobs
for shit practices,
and I hit the vino, and
the next thing you know,
I'm on my knees in the toilet of
a Berni Inn in fucking handcuffs!
It was Logan.
I left you for Logan.
And then he left me
about a week later.
Why would you tell me that?
Because 20 years ago,
we went to the same university
and, on occasion, I allowed
you to sleep with me,
and those things mean far
more to you than they should.
And whatever it is you're
looking for, Douglas,
you won't find the
answer with me.
And you certainly
won't find it in there.
PHONE RINGS
Baxter Investments.
Hey, buddy.
I need some money.
I can't send money to America.
They actually have some
proper banking laws.
Who said anything
about America, hmm?
I know what you say about drugs,
but on the island, they're
becoming big business,
big money.
I have a contact.
Colombian.
They can supply coca
very pure, very cheap.
How pure?
What you have been taking,
the drugs that we confiscate,
it is full of rubbish.
This will give you
what you need
Not here.
..without any
problems. JOHN SIGHS
It's only been the
last few months.
I just HE SIGHS
I needed a few more hours
in the day, you know?
Keep me going. I
understand. You know?
This is a secret between us.
Can I trust you?
You can trust me.
Back in a bit.
THUDDING
Oh, um
These are heliconias. They grow
all over the island, but I
..I'd never noticed.
We call them the Bird
Of Paradise flower.
Even after people like you
came and told us we were wrong.
I should know more.
About this island.
About my home.
Why now?
A recognition of
..commitment.
Of love.
It's strange seeing you nervous.
Well, count yourself lucky -
my father proposed to my
mother through his solicitor!
How did that work
out? Disastrously.
I'm not leaving the island.
I have work to do
here. Me neither.
Whatever happens to me
will happen to me here.
I believe, traditionally,
you're supposed to give
some sort of response?
Oh! SHE LAUGHS
Yes.
Good. Good?
Very good.
Well, at least you're not
spending our money on your digs.
It's the old
exhibits room, ma'am.
It's not a room anyone
enters by accident.
The drums are beating.
ITV are planning a documentary
on Palmer in Tenerife.
The Mirror have heard
you're operating in Spain,
and The Times have reason to
believe you're on the Isle of Man.
If any of that becomes public,
everyone runs for the hills.
We're giving them nothing, but
they'll get it one way or another.
How long can you hold them off?
A few days, maybe a week.
How close are you to
nicking these two?
A few days, maybe a week.
Then it's between
you and the press.
And if they get there
first, it's over.
The corruption allegations
against Lundy
..I'd like to see them.
What are you looking for, Boyce?
Clarity.
Oh, that's strong
stuff, that, son.
What's that been
cut with, then, eh?
I told you to give him up.
Well, that would have been
a mistake for both of us.
Instead, you looked co-operative
to the DEA, and I got him out.
No drugs.
We said that right
at the beginning.
Clean any money you
want, but no drugs.
All you need to
know about my money
is that it got you all
the way to governor.
This is my island.
No-one lives here in peace
if I do not want them to,
especially a foreigner.
Oh, yeah, um
HE CLEARS THROA
..Kadene and I are
getting married,
which means I'll be a Tortolian,
with all the extradition
protection that affords.
Wear something nice.
You think it's the Americans
you have to worry about?
I could sign legislation
to make everything you do
illegal again tomorrow.
Then Tortola would be
bankrupt within a week.
Whatever it is you're
doing, I can stop it.
No, you can't. Why not?
Because you let in the wolves.
There's two types of
money. There's, um
There's good money,
which is slow, boring,
and the only ones who get rich from
it are the ones who already have it.
Now, you didn't
have any good money,
so you let in dirty money,
which is fast and it's exciting,
and any person, any country,
any island can get rich
from dirty money, but you
..you sacrifice
yourself to get it.
And there's no way back.
Because once dirty money's
in, it doesn't leave.
It's too powerful.
You let in the wolves
..and the wolves don't leave.
So what's going on here, then?
I am taking over, Mr Palmer.
Hmm.
Is that right?
I know what you do.
I can do it better,
and you can go home to England.
You know, son
HE CHUCKLES
..my missus, she
warned me about you.
But she needn't have bothered.
I knew we'd get to this when you
started talking about cowboys.
I knew not to take
that stuff you gave me.
You were right about
one thing, though.
It's over.
I've been calling all day.
Have you?
Where is she?
I don't know. Tell her
she had her chance.
And tell her I have a team
of DEA agents on their way.
Good. Our police have work to do
and not enough resources to do it.
I hope you get your man.
There's something going
on on this island,
and it's more than one man.
When you're bitten by a
snake, you do not let it go.
He'll leave the island tonight.
We'll get back to work tomorrow.
Viktor will take you. He
will look after you now.
I'm all right.
Plenty of English blokes on
Tenerife who are handy enough.
Viktor will take you.
We are partners now with
your business. 50-50.
You are with us now.
Boyce.
Baxter's at Heathrow Airport
meeting an unidentified male.
Looks like they're travelling.
Spook Baxter and
we spook Miller.
Stay back and observe.
Will do, sir.
There are systems to
what Logan and I do,
and those systems do not involve
going to a bank in London,
withdrawing £500,000 in cash,
and bringing it to
Heathrow bloody airport.
I'm going to Spain
to see our friend,
and you're coming with me.
Why the hell would I do that?
Because you're
out of your depth.
And when people are out of their
depth, they make bad choices.
I want you where I can see you.
You think this is where
my bad choices start?
Well, my friend, that ship
has very much fucking sailed.
Look, the Feds have
two bodies on me.
If I get pulled, I get life.
But if you get me pulled
..then they'll have
three bodies on me.
You got it?
Got it. Good.
Good.
Now, let's go.
I need to refresh myself.
You're a big boy,
you can hold on.
I'm afraid I can't.
And if you don't want
to attract attention,
then you probably wouldn't want
to risk the consequences of that.
Hurry up.
Well, I can't go in, can I?
LINE RINGS
PHONE RINGS
Yeah? The American's in London,
and he's a bloody psychopath!
Not on this phone. We're at
Heathrow and he's making me
bring him to you. No,
don't tell him where I am!
He's killed two people.
Stop fucking talking!
He's threatening to do
me in, for Christ's sake!
Fuck!
HE EXHALES SHARPLY
TOILET FLUSHES
Baxter's running.
So's his mate.
Nick them.
Boyce.
Miller's running, sir, and
it won't be on the boat.
Flying Squad, nick him!
Which one?!
The one that's fucking running!
How can I help?
I've got to pull him, sir.
It would be an illegal detainment
that could prejudice our entire
If he gets away now, he's got
the money to stay gone forever!
You have no jurisdiction,
and there's still a chance
Miller doesn't know we're on him.
Lundy? VEHICLE APPROACHES
Lundy?
I'm not sure about that, sir.
Lundy?!
You're a long way
from home, son.
You'll see me again.
TYRES SKID
PHONE RINGS
Hello?
Hello, John.
I need a bit of help.
SIREN WAILS
MUSIC: Zombie by
The Cranberries