The Curse (2022) s02e06 Episode Script

Inspector.
My guys found a third body.
Well, I don't know anything
about that.
We can talk, can't we,
Jose? Can talk?
Detective Thread,
Metropolitan Police.
I work with
I'm sorry.
He fucking warned you.
Take a moment, huh?
I am really sorry for this.
Did he have a family?
A son, I think.
He had a picture of
a little boy in his wallet.
He never mentioned him.
Maybe it was just a picture he liked?
Can you identify the other one?
That's Clive Cornell,
also part of the gold robbery.
They were looking for the gold,
this is all connected.
You need to arrest them all.
She must be around here somewhere.
Tash? Maybe she's found out that you
lost all the gold?
I didn't lose the gold.
You let them get away.
Anyway, we've still got one car left.
Yeah, where is that car anyway?
Just if we What?
You know, if we wanted to.
Because I was just thinking,
maybe we should, you know,
do a run and What?
If we needed to go.
You know, because I've just,
I've got a really bad feeling about
this, Albert.
We're not leaving, just me and you
together. What are you talking about?
What? No, I wasn't saying that.
I was saying,
when we're all together,
later, then we'll go.
Sorry, I thought you were saying
that me
and you should leave together.
No. That's not what you were saying.
No. No. But, that's.. What?
Is that definitely not a good idea?
No, of course not.
Why would we do that?
Is it worth thinking about? It's
not, Sidney. No, all right.
That's my point, OK?
Lorenzo, have you seen Tash, Natasha?
Police? Yes, Jeff.
Why's he calling you Jeff? He
wasn't. He was saying chef.
What the fuck's going on?
Albert, there is something.
Right, Theresa, can you get them out, please?
We need to go. Girls, get your
towels, please.
Albert, there's something I
need to tell you.
What? Tash.
Ronnie. You what? Tash, Ronnie.
I knew it, I knew it.
An affair, with Ronnie of all people.
No, no, no.
How long has this been going on
for? And don't lie to me, Sid.
No, Tash
Yes, I know what that means.
Stop doing it in my face. No.
She killed him,
shot him with a gun.
So, why are you doing that then?
Why didn't you do this?
Because that's the universal symbol
for killing someone.
Silly, silly old Uncle Sidney,
just messing about with your dad.
We're doing a dance.
It was him or me.
Oh, right, OK. So,
you thought she'd do it for you,
because you're so pathetic?
Pretty much, yeah.
Maybe we just, you know,
grab the gold and run?
In the car, drive.
No, no, we're not driving. We're not
running anyway in the car, OK?
Just stop talking and let me think.
I need to think of a plan.
I'm doing a dainty wash,
if you need your smalls doing.
Yeah, they're upstairs in my room.
Also, you getting any more beers
from the supermarket?
There's beers in the fridge,
mate. You're a piss-taker,
you are, Phil. A living,
breathing piss-taker.
I'll be wiping your cherry
arse, like.
Bluebottles.
Fucking bluebottles. What?
Bluebottles over the horizon.
We've got to go.
We've got to go now.
What, go now? Yeah.
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. No,
I'm more heavy set than you.
I'll tumble down there like
a fucking boulder.
You've got thick ankles.
And thin legs and a big old torso.
I'll snap like a cracker.
Please don't be a fanny.
OK, you ready? One, two, three. Urgh.
You all right? Yeah. That was high,
though, mate. That was high.
I've done myself a mischief
on my willy.
DOOR OPENS
My name is Detective Yasmin Thread.
I've been investigating
the Newham Gold Robbery
with my partner, DCI Saunders.
Stop talking.
I was doing my job. Doing your job.
A good man's died because of you.
Wasn't my fault.
This all revolves around you.
Albert, he ain't got a clue.
Your brother is a fucking moron,
and those other two, well.
This was always you.
This is out of control now,
and I'm your last hope.
The Guarda found another body.
Ronnie Gatlin.
So, what happened out there, Tash?
Shit.
Albert, so good to see you.
Have you heard? Tasha's missing.
My sources tell me she has been
arrested for murder.
I'm so sorry, Albert.
OK, so, what are we going to then?
Um, are we gonna pay someone off or
have you got someone on the inside,
someone you know? Is it? How does
this work? I don't even know.
Please, I'm just a business man.
There's only so much I can do.
Please, I've got no-one else to help me.
There's still gold?
No, there's no gold left.
We did a deal with
the Colombians, Pablo Escobar,
and it was for cocaine,
and they took everything,
and they just knocked us.
Cocaine? Pablo Escobar? I know.
Scheiss, mensch.
We do not deal with such
men, Albert.
I don't know what came over me.
It's this gold, it's cursed.
The White Elephant. Yeah.
Are you aware of
the famous phrase, huh?
Yeah, of course,
the elephant in the room.
No, Albert.
If something is a white elephant,
the great kings of Siam used
to gift white elephants
to anyone in their kingdom who
displeased them.
See, the cost and upkeep was way
out of proportion to
the elephant's worth,
resulting in ruin
and downfall for the recipient.
You see, Albert,
with white elephants,
although rare and precious,
they're useless in
the wrong person's hands.
Is that is that the?
Um, the elephant is
Is it the The gold.
It is the gold. Yeah,
no, I was I wasn't sure,
whether I'm the elephant in
this scenario.
No, Albert, what I'm trying to say
is you're better off without it.
Yeah, no, I really enjoy phrases
and German sayings,
but, um, it's just quite confusing,
as to how that all links
with helping Tash.
You may have to accept your
wife's situation.
But you can save your children. OK.
We need to minimise damage. OK.
The police will seize all
your properties. Really?
As part-owner, you can sign over to
me, for cash.
And once this has all died down,
I can sell it back to you.
Oh. It's a way to protect your money.
OK. So, that's yeah, thank you.
I'll, just.
Um, is this definitely
the best way to go, yes?
Yeah. Just because usually
Tash makes all my decisions for me.
So really appreciate you doing what
you can to help.
Now, you must go to your children.
Yeah, OK, sure.
And make your escape.
Yeah, OK, fine. So.
OK, so, take this? OK.
Well, thank you so much.
I deal with many unique figures,
Pablo Escobar is one of a kind.
See ya.
PAGER BEEPS
PAGERS BEEP
Hold on, I'm I'm buzzing,
mate. Are you buzzing?
I thought I just needed a piss.
Did you find Tash?
She's been arrested.
What? For killing Ronnie.
What, Ronnie's dead?
Yeah, but that was self-defence.
Yeah, defending you.
No, defending all of us, really,
in a roundabout sort of way,
if you think about it.
Anyway, this is not about blame.
What did the Baptist say?
He's done us over. Fuck sake.
Fucking slippery Kraut.
He's behind the Colombians
knocking us.
Say what now? How's that work?
Right, we're going there right now.
Yeah, well, about that.
He made me sign over everything.
The hotel, all our properties.
Your beach bar. The beach bar as
well?
Yes, your bar. He did some German
sayings at me,
and gave me a suitcase full
of cash.
He bought us out? How much?
I dunno. You didn't count it?
I didn't count it,
because it felt weird at the time.
Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah, woah.
Woah, now, let me get my loaf around this.
Are you telling me you sold
everything what we own for
an undisclosed amount of cash
and a tiny little suitcase?
We should count it. Shall we? Hold
on.
Are you certain
the Baptist is behind this?
Yes, I saw the Colombian's boat at
his gaff.
There's a private little beach.
He was unloading cocaine off it.
As soon as I saw that,
I started thinking
he's got to, my mind started.
I ain't staying there. That is
suspicious. That is suspicious, mate.
Phil, you've got to say, mate. It is
suspicious. I'm not having this.
We need to go and take back what's
ours.
He's got a army. Well, I'm
not gonna give up.
I hate bullies.
Ever since Tony Clarke humiliated me
in middle school.
Can't have bullies. Now's not the
time, mate.
It's just the time.
Because whether it's one
of your classmates pulling your
underpants down at sports day,
or it's an international drug dealer
taking all your cocaine
and all your money,
bullies shouldn't win.
Yes, exactly.
I am not walking away from this
with nothing, I'll tell you that now.
Tell you what, if he wants fucking
war, yeah. That's it.
If he want fucking war,
we'll bring it to him.
Let's have it. We'll have this.
He can have it that way.
Won't we all. We having it boy?
Are we going to have it, Albert?
It's the end of the road for
me, boys.
What? I've got something I need to do.
I've got to protect my girls,
got to make sure they're safe.
You boys go ahead, you know?
Get the gold, the cocaine,
whatever you want.
Um, it all sounds really
exciting and you know
I'd love to be a part of it,
but it's an adios from me.
Adios, mate.
Won't be the same with you, mate.
Take the suitcase. You sure?
I'll see you boys on the other side.
All right, then.
Not death, just more in the near
future. See ya.
Albert? Yes, mate?
Keep your pager on.
Always.
Let's go and make some
fucking sauerkraut.
What we doing now? What do we do
now, mate?
Does anybody have a pencil and paper?
No. What for? To draw a map
of the layout of the buildings.
The only lead I've brought to
the party is this.
That's very cool. What was that,
Scarface?
No, that's my own.
I like that, mate. That was fucking
cool. Yeah, it's good, innit?
That's very cool.
Yeah, just thought of it.
I think I'm filling up.
I think the safest bet would be
for me to run straight round
the back there,
directly down towards the boats,
and you guys create a diversion.
OK, you run to the boat.
Yeah. But you wait.
Yeah. Five minutes.
Five minutes, yeah.
Oh, for, er, the only thing is,
my watch hasn't been working since
I was thrown into
the sea by the Colombians.
Let me show you, there's an old
trick you can do.
One tea and crisps.
Two tea and crisps.
I'm not doing that. Three tea and crisps.
I'm not saying "tea and crisps."
That is an old naval trick.
Napoleon used it.
Napoleon didn't have crisps.
Right, listen, you meet us at the boat.
I'm trusting you. Let's do this, boys.
The other hand. The other hand. I've
got a hand on the gun.
Put your hand in. Fuck sake. Good
shit. OK.
What is it?
Diversion. Diversion. Oh.
Fuck me, that was loud, mate.
I killed one of them.
What are we gonna do now?
We've got to fucking run. We
We are under attack.
One tea and crisps,
two tea and crisps.
Six tea and crisps,
seven tea and crisps.
Oh, mate.
OK, on my signal, you run.
Wait, what are you Mick.
GUNSHOTS CONTINUE
Why did you run?
You said to me, to run.
You said run. No, I was fucking reloading.
I didn't give you the action
to run.
So fucking confusing.
78 tea and crisps, 79 tea
Fucking hell.
Is it bad?
No, it's gone straight through you.
Everything?
I know it sounds bad,
but that's a good thing.
I took a lover in jail, Phil.
Yeah? OK. Needs must, mate.
Hot, steamy bunk room sex, it was.
Beautiful and disgusting,
all at the same time.
Don't think now's the right time
to have this conversation, mate.
I think you need to speak to
a priest or a doctor.
It's been an honour to serve
you, Captain.
Mick, I need you to run.
I can't run.
No, it's an order.
I can't run, I can't.
You can, you're not going to die.
I am dying. Sorry?
This is death. It's not.
I think it's say hello
to my little friend time.
Is that Scarface? Yeah.
I need to see that movie.
I'm going to run,
I'm going to fucking shoot
the fuck out of these cunts.
You're going to follow me, OK?
Sidney? Sidney? Sid.
I knew it, he's a fucking rat.
I told you not to trust him.
We could make a swim for it,
Phil, mate. Swim where?
Well, it can't end like this.
Sidney. Hey. Sidney. Sidney. Sidney.
See? I told you, mate. He's a good egg.
Sidney. Sidney, mate. Sidney.
Sidney. Mate.
Ahoy there.
It's time to do a deal, Tash.
I'll tell you. I'll tell you what happened.
Clive killed Ronnie,
because he found out he was
the one who brought us out here
to Spain, didn't like that.
He poisoned him, and then he shot
him, the sick fuck.
Then he came to the villa
and asked me to take him
to where the gold was.
I didn't know anything about that.
So, he took me to where Ronnie
was buried.
Told me I was next,
made me dig my own grave.
I thought I was going to die,
but then Saunders came along
and he saved me.
Clive shot him,
but Saunders shot him back.
I had nothing to do with any of it.
KNOCKING ON DOOR
Sorry. She's free to go.
What do you mean? The killer, he's
handed himself in.
You want to make a full confession?
Yeah, yeah. Whatever you're saying
she's done, it was actually me.
OK, Albert Fantoni, I am arresting
you for the three murders.
Mm-mm, no. Sorry, you just said
three. It was it was one murder.
Three. Mm-mm, no. Three murders.
You keep saying three, it's one.
Pretty sure it was one murder.
You said you did everything your
wife did. Yes, yes,
which I thought was one.
So, now, it changed.
That is three bodies, murder.
One murder, one murder.
Are you are you sure it's three
murders?
Albert didn't realise it then,
but they had absolutely nothing
on us.
His sweetest gesture was undoubtedly
his most stupid.
As for the rest of us,
we just disappeared into
the sunset, of sorts.
We still had one last carful of gold
and our lives, or so we thought.