A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (2024) s02e06 Episode Script

[suspenseful music playing]
[Pip] Think about it.
He's 29.
He doesn't always recognize his own name.
We saw his boss yelling at him. Remember?
Because it's not his real name,
not his original name.
We saw him pay off Howie.
And the CCTV.
Maybe Stanley agreed to it
not just to give Max an alibi,
but to give himself one too.
- Because he was the one who met Jamie.
- And then Jamie disappeared.
- Should we call the police?
- No. No police.
I don't trust them with this.
Not after Max, after Sal.
Why do they get to decide right and wrong?
Pip.
We need to get into Stanley's house.
Tonight.
How?
We are going to be Layla Mead.
We ask him to meet
in the same spot as before, the manor.
Why would he show up, though?
I'm sure Stanley wants the chance
to meet the real Layla.
Find out who knows his identity,
and what she wants.
He'll come.
I know he will.
Okay, so we're going to lure him out.
Once he's gone, break into his house.
Not all of us.
One person
should stay behind at the manor.
Give the others a chance, let them know
when Stanley's on the way back.
- That should be you, Con.
- No way. I have to find Jamie.
- Connor, what if he's…?
- Dead?
You think he's dead?
It's okay. I'll be lookout.
No. Ravi, you should go to the house.
Find Jamie.
I'm fine.
- Jamie isn't Sal.
- [sighs]
Ravi, you're going to the house. You both.
But Stanley might be…
What if he's dangerous?
You shouldn't be on your own.
[sighs]
No, Ravi, I can't.
Ask her. She'll come.
I know she will.
["Tessellate" by alt-J playing]
Toe to toe, back to back, let's go ♪
My love, it's very late ♪
Till morning comes, mmm ♪
Let's tessellate ♪
Three guns and one goes off ♪
One's empty, one's not quick enough ♪
One burn, one red, one green ♪
Search the graves
While the camera spins ♪
[song continues on radio]
Chunks of you will sink down to seals ♪
- Blubber rich in mo-- ♪
- [clicks radio off]
Sorry.
What for?
Getting suspended?
Having a nighttime car chase?
Vandalizing Max's house?
Attacking a guy at school?
Avoiding me?
No, for… nudging your hand.
[scoffs]
I think we should talk.
Talking helps.
Okay.
So talk.
I guess it's, um…
What happened is…
After I picked you up
from the Calamity, you said…
[phone ringing]
[Connor] We're outside.
We're just waiting down the street.
[sighs]
The lights are on in Stanley's. He's home.
[Pip] Okay. Ravi.
Time to send the text.
[Ravi] He's typing.
[phone chimes]
[Ravi] He said, "When?"
We're ready.
[suspenseful music playing]
[door closes]
- He's coming, Pip.
- [car door opens and closes]
- He'll be there any minute.
- [Pip] Good.
We'll wait until he arrives,
and then you--
- I'm not waiting.
- Wait. Connor, stop.
I'm going after him.
[Pip] What are they doing?
- [Ravi] Connor! Stop!
- [banging against door]
[Ravi] It's not gonna open.
Connor!
- [door thuds]
- [Connor] Shit!
There must be a latch on the other side.
- [door rattles]
- Back door's locked too.
[Pip] Is there another way inside?
An open window?
[Ravi] No, that's shut too.
Pip, look.
Stanley's here.
[Ravi] Fuck! We can't get in!
[Pip] Look for a spare key.
- [Connor] Maybe under these?
- [car door closes]
[Pip] He's walking down. Hurry!
[suspenseful music rising]
You have to get in.
[Ravi] We know, Pip. There's no key.
What's he doing?
- He's leaving.
- [Ravi] Fuck.
We don't have time.
Hold the phone.
[Connor] Wait, what are you doing?
[glass shatters]
Did you just break a window?
Got it.
We're in.
Ravi, you have to find Jamie.
I'll buy you some time.
- Cara, stay here.
- [Cara] Pip, no!
[Ravi] Do not get out of that car.
[Cara] I'm watching her. You focus.
[Connor] We're going in.
[suspenseful music continues]
[Stanley] Pip?
It's you.
You're Layla.
I sent you that text tonight,
but I'm not her.
I don't know who she is.
Do you… Do you know who I am?
Yeah.
I know.
Stanley.
Can we go inside and talk?
In there?
Okay.
[tense music playing]
[Cara] They're heading inside.
[Ravi] Why does she never listen?
It's okay. I'm here. I'm outside.
You-- you search the house. I'm on Pip.
[tense music rising]
[music fades]
- What do you want? Money?
- I'm not here to blackmail you.
But then… what do you want?
I just want to find Jamie Reynolds.
That's all I'm here for.
No.
Did you kill him?
He tried to kill me.
[tense music playing]
What happened?
This woman, Layla Mead,
started talking to me on a dating app.
And last Friday, she, uh…
she messaged me late,
asking to finally meet me.
Here.
I waited ten minutes.
- [gate clangs]
- Then someone did turn up.
It was Jamie.
Child Brunswick?
The next thing I know…
[intense music playing]
[grunting]
- [clang]
- [yells]
Please. Please, don't kill me.
I'm sorry.
[intense music rising]
[thuds]
[Stanley] I had no choice.
He lured me here,
just like you did tonight.
[gasps]
[tense music playing]
I've been living here eight years,
and no one has ever known who I am.
Except…
Except Howie Bowers.
[Stanley] Except Howie Bowers.
Then Jamie.
Now you.
[engine turns over]
- Connor.
- Shh, shh, shh!
- What's going on?
- Someone's here.
[footsteps]
[Pip] So…
you killed him?
Pip.
Jamie…
is alive.
He's alive?
- [Jamie] Who's there?
- Jamie.
Jamie!
[sobbing]
I thought… I thought you were dead.
[Jamie] I'm okay. I'm all right.
[Connor] I found you.
[Ravi] Cara, we've found Jamie.
He's alive.
Look at me.
[breathing shakily]
I love you, all right?
- I'm okay.
- [sobbing]
He's really okay?
I promise.
He's been there all week.
Why?
He tried to kill me. I…
How could I let him go?
Wh-wh…
What if Jamie is Layla?
I'm still not sure.
He isn't.
I've received messages
from Layla this week.
[phone dings]
[indistinct]
[Stanley] Jamie kept telling me
he wasn't Layla.
I should have believed him.
It's hard for me to trust people.
Jamie said that he had no idea
what Child Brunswick even meant.
But I couldn't let him go.
I'm so sorry.
It was an impossible situation. I…
I was scared.
I knew if I called the police…
I'd have to go.
I… I like my life here.
Being Stanley.
I have friends now.
I couldn't start over somewhere new.
It would kill me.
I made sure he was comfortable.
You know, I kept him company.
I just hope not…
[Stanley] We talked about everything.
His brother, the girl he likes, Nat.
It's fucked up, but I…
I think we might actually be friends.
We're gonna get you out, okay?
No, Connor, listen to me.
You need to go, okay? I'm fine.
You need to leave!
What are you talking about?
I'm not going anywhere without you!
Please!
We agreed.
Until we found Layla,
and I could be sure that Jamie
wasn't a threat to me, he had to stay.
I really did want to find Layla, so I knew
Jamie was telling me
the truth about everything.
That's why you were at the graveyard.
You were watching,
in case Layla came for the money.
Yeah… I thought it was you for a moment.
I haven't worked out who she is either,
or why she's done this.
I know why.
She's looking for Child Brunswick.
She wants me dead.
A lot of people want me dead.
I've spent every day
looking over my shoulder.
Waiting for something like this to happen.
[exhales]
I just want to live…
[sniffles]
…a quiet life, you know?
Maybe… do some good with it.
Because the worst thing,
the worst thing I could be,
is anything like my dad.
You aren't like him.
You were just a kid back then.
It wasn't your fault.
You didn't hurt Jamie.
This isn't over.
You can keep this life. You can stay here.
- [Connor] I'm getting you out of here.
- Connor.
Connor!
- [Cara] I'm getting worried.
- What did you say?
- Connor, stop, I can't hear.
- What the fuck is going on?
- [thud]
- Connor!
She's been in there too long.
She doesn't know about Jamie. I'll go.
[sudden sting]
[Ravi] Cara.
- [phone disconnects]
- Cara!
[busy signal]
We can work together.
Find out who Layla is,
offer her money, whatever she wants.
[clattering]
Hi.
I told you to stay in the car.
[tense music playing]
Charlie?
Slide your phone over to me.
What?
Now.
- Charlie, what are you doing?
- Come on, Pip.
You've worked it out by now.
- You're Layla Mead.
- [Charlie] Yeah.
I'm Layla Mead.
I can't take all the credit.
Flora did the voice when I needed her to.
Why?
That photo on your desk,
it wasn't your niece. It was…
Emily Nowell.
She was your sister.
My twin.
Little Emily Nowell.
The final victim
of Scott Brunswick and his son.
Do you remember me now, huh?
Do you remember my face?
Because I never remembered yours.
I hated myself for it.
- I'm so sorr--
- Don't.
Don't say that.
I bet he told you his whole sob story,
didn't he?
I bet you even started
to feel sorry for him.
- But do you want to know what he did?
- Tell us.
I was 8,
in the playground with my sister,
when this older boy asks us
if we want to play hide-and-seek.
We say, "Yes, of course."
And the boy tells me to count first,
that he and Emily will go hide.
So I do.
I cover my eyes and count to 60.
No peeking.
And when I'm done,
I can't find them anywhere.
No one can until three weeks later,
when they find Emily's body!
It's not Stanley's fault.
His dad forced him to do that.
He caused all of this, not Stanley.
He helped him!
He could've picked any of those kids
in that park, but he chose Emily.
All the victims.
- I'm sorry--
- Don't you dare!
You helped abduct six kids,
knowing exactly what would happen to them!
But oh, the government just hands you
a brand-new, shiny life
and wipes all that away!
You don't want to know
how shitty my life's been since.
[sobbing]
But I got through
knowing that one day I'd find you.
- Charlie, please, just put the gun down.
- [Charlie] No!
[tense music playing]
I've waited 19 years for this moment.
I've followed every single rumor
about you on the internet.
I lived in ten different towns
the last seven years.
A new version of Layla in each one.
Looking for you.
And now I've finally found you.
Well, Pip found you for me.
Thank you.
- I knew you would.
- You've been watching me.
[inhales]
Waiting for you to figure out
if it was Luke Eaton or Stanley Forbes
because I couldn't risk it.
When Jamie went missing,
I knew I'd been right,
that it had to be one of them.
That's why you helped me,
showed me the footage of Jamie
and sent me to the graveyard.
[Charlie] I'm glad Jamie failed.
This is how it's supposed to end.
It's right that I do it.
What about Jamie? Why use him?
[Charlie sighs]
Jamie fit my Child Brunswick profile
only because he lied about his age.
He was so eager.
He'd fallen for Layla.
Said he'd do anything.
You thought you could push him
where he'd kill Brunswick for you?
I'm going to be a dad soon.
I wanted to be there for my daughter.
For Flora.
I can't do that if I'm in prison.
So you started testing Jamie?
To see what you could get him to do?
Exactly. He stole that bracelet
because Layla said it was hers.
He left cash
for a clinical trial she had to pay for.
- I think it'd have worked.
- But everything went wrong.
At the memorial, when Jamie spotted Ruby.
[tense music rising]
The photos you used for Layla.
- [operator] Emergency services…
- I didn't realize that everyone would--
Do you require fire, police, or ambulance?
Hello? Is anyone there?
- [Pip] Run!
- [intense music playing]
Stanley, come on!
[operator] Hello? Is anyone th--?
[Charlie] Pip!
- Cara, go!
- No, I can't leave you here!
- I can't hold it! Go!
- I'll get help.
[Charlie] Pip, open the door!
Pip, come on. I'm not gonna hurt you!
This isn't about you.
Pip!
Pip, you don't have to be scared!
You know me! This can't go wrong.
- [banging on door]
- [Charlie grunts]
Pip!
Pip!
[grunting]
[clattering]
[Charlie] It's just
you and me now, Stanley.
[breathing heavily]
We're out of time.
Put down the gun, Charlie! Drop it!
There's nothing you can do
to stop this, Pip.
It's not your fault!
- Please don't shoot. Please!
- [Stanley] Get away, Pip!
- [Pip] Please.
- [Stanley] Stay back.
- Please. Please, don't do this.
- I have to.
This is what we spoke about, Pip.
Where the justice system gets it wrong.
It's down to people like you and me
to set things right.
We're the same, you and me.
You know it deep down.
What if it was your brother he'd taken?
- This is supposed to happen.
- No, please don't kill him. Please!
[Stanley] It's all right, Pip.
- It's fine.
- Charlie, I'm begging you, please!
[dramatic music playing]
[exhales heavily]
- [music stops]
- [exhaling]
[breathing shakily]
No, I'm not sorry.
- [gunshots]
- [screaming]
[unsettling music playing]
[gun clicking]
[gun clicks]
Stanley?
Oh my God!
Oh my God!
[breathing shakily]
[Stanley] Pip… Pip…
[breathing shakily]
[Pip] Don't worry, Stanley.
Help will come!
[breathing shakily]
[grunts]
[whimpers]
[Pip panting]
[Stanley] Pip.
You only have two hands.
[Pip] Stanley?
Stanley? Stanley, keep talking to me.
Okay? Stay with me!
Help me! Help!
[Stanley] It's all right, Pip.
- This was always going to happen.
- No. No, I'm gonna save you, okay?
Keep talking.
[Stanley] Jack… Jack Brunswick.
[sucks teeth] That was my name.
[exhales]
It was David Knight.
- And Stanley Forbes.
- That's good.
Keep talking.
Which name did you like best?
Stanley.
- Such a silly name, really.
- [exhales]
He wasn't much.
But he was… he was trying.
He was better.
- [flames crackling]
- [window shatters]
He set it on fire.
We need to get you out of here!
[Pip grunting]
[ethereal music playing]
Come on!
I'm not leaving you!
[Pip panting]
- [blast]
- [PIp yells]
Help!
[Pip panting]
Stanley?
No, Stanley, no!
[grunting]
Seven, eight, nine, ten.
Stay with me.
You can't die!
I won't let you!
[police sirens blaring]
This is all my fault.
You hear that?
Help's coming, okay? You're gonna be okay!
15, 16, 17, 18…
Don't go, Stanley!
Please, I'm begging you! 23, 24, 25…
Pip, is that you?
- Let me take over.
- No! I can fix this. I can save you!
The paramedics will be here any second.
Pip, what happened?
Call Hawkins!
Tell him to arrest Charlie Green now!
Quickly, before he runs!
["That Home"
by The Cinematic Orchestra playing]
Where the stairs
Are leaning dusk till dawn ♪
- [paramedic] What's her name?
- [Dan] Pip.
Pip, you're doing well,
but I'm going to take over compressions.
[Pip] No.
- Pip, it's okay.
- No.
Where the rooms are
A collection of our lives ♪
[firefighter]
Is there anyone else in there?
[Ravi] Pip!
Oi! Let me through! I need to see her!
[paramedic] Medical control. No change.
- They said call it.
- What are you doing?
- [Ravi] Pip!
- Don't stop! He's not dead!
- He's not dead! No, he's not dead!
- Hey, I'm sorry. He's gone.
I'm right here. I love you.
[pulsing music playing]
[gunshots echoing]
[gunshots stop]
[somber music playing]
[high-pitched ringing]
[ringing fades]
[officer, muffled] Thank you.
I'm going to need the bra, please.
[buzzing]
It's just to rule you out. You understand?
To eliminate you.
[officer] Can you sign here, please, Pip?
[Hawkins] Have some water.
[muffled] By the time my officers arrived
at the Greens' house, they were gone.
[clearly] Pip.
Did you hear me?
I said that by the time
my officers arrived at the Greens' house,
they were gone.
Oh.
[officer] Your parents are on their way
to take you home.
Pip.
Let's go.
[somber music playing]
[sobbing]
[Joanna] Oh, Jamie!
- [high-pitched ringing]
- [screaming]
[Joanna] You're alive.
And you did it. You found him.
Pip.
Where's Stanley?
[Leanne] Oh, God. Oh, sweetie.
Come on. It's okay.
It's okay.
Pip.
- [Joanna] Let's get you home. No, Jamie.
- Pip!
[Joanna] Look at me. Come on.
I'm never letting you
out of my sight again.
Never, ever again.
[church bell tolls]
[Max] It must be the funeral today.
I can't believe
they're actually burying him here.
Don't you look at her!
Don't you dare look at her!
Oh.
Would you like to join us? [laughs]
[heartbeat]
[kisses]
Come on.
You started this, Pip.
It's my turn next.
[Ravi] I won't let him anywhere near you.
You could ask for a new watch.
For your birthday.
Yeah.
I like this one.
"Like" is the wrong word, but…
It reminds me of what I almost…
I only did it
because Layla said she'd hurt Nat.
Police say
there's not enough to charge me.
Without Stanley.
Which doesn't feel right somehow.
You shouldn't feel guilty.
I'm the one who led Charlie right to him.
What if Charlie was right about me?
What if I'm the same?
- What if it had been Josh? What if--
- You're not the same, Pip.
You'd never kill someone.
They're gonna find them eventually.
Charlie and Flora.
They can't run forever.
Okay?
I started writing again.
That's good, Jamie.
I'm gonna tell Nat how I really feel.
No more hiding behind a microphone.
It's time to be brave.
Stanley was brave.
Yeah, he was.
Looks like everyone's arrived.
It's time, Pip.
[vicar] For thine is the kingdom,
the power, and the glory.
Forever and ever. Amen.
Pip. You wanted to say a few words.
[somber music playing]
[music fades]
[Pip clears her throat softly]
Thank you, everyone, for coming.
I know most of you are here for me,
not Stanley, but…
All his friends said no, so…
I'm glad I'm not here alone.
I didn't know Stanley very well.
But I think in the last hour of his life,
I got to know who he truly was.
[dramatic music playing]
Sweetheart, look at the wall behind you.
Sorry, sweetheart, keep going.
We're here. Keep going.
Stanley…
He…
Even when he knew his life was in danger,
his first thought was to protect me…
[Josh] Dad.
The wall.
[unsettling music playing]
That wasn't there this morning!
Pip!
Who did this?!
Leave him alone!
He's dead! He's dead! Leave him alone!
He's dead!
All right, hey.
He's dead! He's dead! Leave him alone!
- Come on. Breathe. Like I told you.
- No! He's dead.
Come on, chicken. Deep breaths.
Together. Just breathe.
- Breathe. That's it. That's it.
- [sobbing]
Four. Come on.
Five. With me.
Six. That's it.
Seven, eight, nine…
- Deep breaths.
- [inhaling]
Ten.
Well done, my darling.
Well done.
[bittersweet music playing]
["Wasting My Young Years"
by London Grammar playing]
You crossed this line ♪
Do you find it hard
To sit with me tonight? ♪
I've walked these miles
But I've walked 'em straight-lined ♪
You'll never know
What it was like to be fine ♪
[people applauding, cheering]
I'm wasting… ♪
Okay, right. That's enough of that.
It is so good to have you back.
- Well, it's been a month.
- You know what I really mean.
Is that the Jamie Reynolds?
- Give me a hug. Come on, seriously.
- Oi!
Don't mess up his hair.
Don't mess up his hair.
I don't know what you are ♪
Don't leave me hanging on ♪
Don't know what you are ♪
Don't leave me hanging on ♪
He looks happy.
He's getting there.
I know you're not okay,
so I'm not gonna ask.
Thanks.
[smacks lips] Something else.
Yes, you, Pippa Fitz-Amobi,
usually get everything right, but…
you got something wrong.
Have I?
Completely wrong.
It's not your fault.
What happened to Stanley.
You tried to save him. I was there.
Not just Stanley.
Everything.
Max, your dad, you.
What are you talking about?
I ruined your life.
- Destroyed your family.
- What?
- Where did you get an idea like that?
- From you.
You said that to me
when I picked you up
from the Calamity party--
Pip, I don't even remember saying that.
But you did.
Maybe I…
[exhales] Maybe I did feel like that.
Maybe it was easier to blame you
because you're still here.
I realized something
when I was distracting Charlie.
Saying all that stuff about Stanley.
About his dad.
My dad did a terrible thing.
Lots of terrible things.
He's the one I blame,
not you for finding him out.
You didn't destroy my family, Pip.
You are my family.
Really?
Really.
We are sisters.
It doesn't matter how many times
we yell at each other,
piss each other off,
or try to help and make it worse.
You literally risked your life to save me,
and I'd do the same for you.
You're my ride or die, baby.
I'm with you for it all. Um…
Partner in crime,
help you hide a body, all that shit.
So we're okay?
Always.
[bang]
[gunshots echoing]
[Pip] Stanley, keep talking to me.
Help me! Help!
[Cara] Pip.
- Pip.
- Hey.
It will get better.
You don't have to talk to us.
Not until you're ready.
We're just here.
Pull the plug in September ♪
Stop it.
Snap out of it.
You're fine. Nothing's wrong.
I'd like to start planning my funeral ♪
I've got work to do ♪
Pull the plug but be careful ♪
I don't wanna die too soon ♪
I think there's good in you somewhere ♪
I'll hang on till the chaos is through ♪
Doomsday is close at hand ♪
I'll book the marching band ♪
To play as you speak ♪
I'll feel like throwing up ♪
You'll sit and stare like
A goddamn machine ♪
I don't get a choice in the matter
Why would I? ♪
It's only the death of me ♪
Doomsday is close at hand ♪
I'll book the marching band ♪
To play as you speak ♪
I'll feel like throwing up ♪
You'll sit and stare like
A goddamn machine ♪
I'd like to plan out
My part in this ♪
But you're such a narcissist ♪
You'll probably do it next week ♪