Get Millie Black (2024) s01e04 Episode Script

Girl
know you place.
That's what them all say.
Live here?
You can't go there.
Come from ghetto?
You never going reach uptown.
You know what I see?
People who settle for something bad
cause they think
it's better than nothing.
None of them people is me.
I know one thing for sure.
I never going turn out like her.
CK One.
Eternity.
Shalimar.
Chloe.
Euphoria.
Chanel No. 5.
These bitches always
telling me how they smell.
Their way of saying I stink.
Don't matter if me shower twice.
One day, I rip a perfume page out
of a magazine and rub all over me.
Your perfume nice, girl.
You shoplift it?
Janet.
My favorite book.
Girl, girl, girl, girl.
Potential is just
brimming in you, child.
I hear you reading
Hubbard and O'Brien
even before teacher assign it?
Scared of you.
But you mark my word, Janet.
If you keep this up,
you could become a bank clerk,
or even an executive secretary.
Damn bitch, even you?
Fuck all you who say this is all I'm
expected to be.
But I'll show all of them.
I lined up a job at Somertime Tours,
just for one reason.
And soon enough, that reason
pull up to the curb
in a car I can't even pronounce.
Me going travel.
Me going work.
Me going places.
Understand me.
I'm not no fool.
One of those have my name on it?
Look like we found something
that you can't do.
And you're the one to teach me?
Maybe.
Never was part of my plan
for Millie Black to end up dead.
But me would kill
the baby Jesus himself
if him come between me
and my way out.
Freddie.
Janet.
Janet.
Freddie, please
Shit.
No, it's not safe.
I found some more.
Thank you.
You can get cleaned up back here.
Come.
Go on.
Hey. How's it going?
A boy was trafficked from Kingston
to London ten days ago.
Holborn said he called it in
to Missing Persons.
I need you to check that for me.
Millie, he's clean.
Yes, yes, I know what you said,
but the witness he was sent to
pick up thought otherwise. And
I'm pretty sure Holborn
just got him killed.
Okay Millie, listen.
It sounds like you've been
in a pretty traumatic situation--
Look, I need the shit on him
that you can't dig up.
And Freddie mentioned
the name, Ahmed.
I think it was his trafficking
contact in London.
And anything you can get on Lindo.
The boy's gone to London, so I need
to know what it brings up there.
I've just done
a full day's work, Millie,
for people who actually pay me.
Well, I'm sorry but I thought
Scotland Yard
might actually be interested
in whether or not the Met's
star detective
is mixed up in the trafficking
of a nine-year-old boy.
The kid's name is
Romeo Lawrence. A-W,
and he flew under the name
Anthony Mantel. E-L.
You sure you should be
on this case, Millie?
Look, I've got to go.
You gonna tell me what
you made me an accessory to?
I'm sorry, I can't go to the JPF.
I don't know who to trust.
How deep the shit are you in?
You're better off the less you know.
I can't stay here.
And I don't wanna drag you into this.
I just need your car.
Yeah.
Look.
Janet, you're a smart girl.
You need to tell me what you know.
We're gonna have
to help each other, yes?
Look.
When I was 15,
I get in trouble with Babylon.
Big time.
The only thing that stopped me
from going to prison was luck.
We all make shit choices,
it don't mean it has to be your life.
You know Maddox?
Who's that?
Monkey Club?
Park Chinois?
These are places?
Freddie was going to take me
out to them when we in London.
He said they love
my accent in London.
Yeah, maybe on a white guy.
How long you in London?
Eighteen years.
And you don't know Park Chinois?
Look, Janet. Who is Lindo
and what does he want with Romeo?
Why you come back?
You managed to get outa here,
and you really come back?
Mrs. Lawrence.
Big dancer, Romeo.
Oh baby, just a little bit more.
Where is he?
I don't know. Where we going?
You are up to your neck in this.
Picking him,
grooming him and his parents,
taking him to the airport yourself.
I never take him to no airport -
Okay, who then? Because I know
Freddie didn't get his hands dirty.
He leaves the dirty work
for little Black girls like you.
Forget England.
You think Jamaica's shit now?
Wait till you spend one night
in Fort Augusta.
It's thirty years for trafficking.
That baby you're carrying
won't even know you.
Look, security camera confirm
you at the Somerville Estate.
Who gave you the order, eh?
Who's the big boss?
What's happening?
Closing in on the Bombers.
Somebody put together the most
dangerous men in the country.
We soon find out who.
Well, at least someone's
doing their job properly.
What's Black got to say for herself?
Where is she?
She not here yet.
Maybe the officer took the long way
round to ask a few questions.
And you're alright with that?
She in a police car.
Say the word,
we'll find her in 60 seconds.
Say what you like.
She the only one who find Freddie.
Hey look, you know I think she's
a great detective, up to a point.
But she couldn't make it
at the Met for a reason.
And as far as I can see,
she hasn't changed.
She'll be here.
Get Corsica to mop up his own mess.
Okay, if he'd done his job,
Freddie wouldn't have had the chance
to shoot his mouth off about us.
Just Millie Black and Janet.
I'm not sure how much they know.
No.
No fucking way. It's not what I do.
Get your fucking Bombers to do it.
You know what I'd like to do?
Get on a plane home
and leave this shithole far behind.
Hello?
Fuck.
Who she?
Why you bring her here?
We need somewhere to go,
and I can't trust the police.
Just keep an eye on her
for a sec, okay?
Listen, I can't take any more problem
in the Gully right now.
You called Stennet?
Stennet, who'd shoot a baby
if they waved a gun.
No, don't put this shit on me, right?
Pattern is you don't get help.
No, the pattern is the bastard's
always one step ahead of us.
Freddie was terrified of Holborn.
He reckoned he wanted him dead.
Wait, what does this have
to do with Holborn?
Look, I know it was Freddie,
I know he's a criminal,
but Freddie has no reason
to lie about that, Curtis.
I believe him. Holborn is corrupt.
You supposed to be listening to this?
You supposed to sound like man?
What you say to me?
Bitch.
Janet.
Janet, stop.
No, please
Freddie
Freddie
I should have been back
in the UK days ago.
Do you know what I have to do now?
Lucky I showed up at all.
Babylon picked up six
of my Bombers already.
I have to lie low.
All you had to do was hire
some half-decent guys.
You know, it's Freddie Somerville.
It's not fucking
Osama Bin Laden, is it?
How come every time
we coming, him know?
Well, he's dead now.
No thanks to you.
But, that's not enough.
It's not enough because
he's ran his mouth to a copper.
And now there are loose ends.
Hey, I want back my wheels.
And the tool.
Yeah, take it up with the boss.
Drop me at Spanish Town Road.
Fuck off.
Janet,
I'm so sorry for your loss.
You know, I didn't know
Freddie at all.
What was he like?
Quick temper.
All bark, no bite.
Know a good thing when him see it.
And that was you?
That was it for him.
Look
I know it's too soon to say this,
but you're only sixteen.
You will have it again.
Maybe with someone your own age.
What, with a baby?
Besides, what me want with a boy?
Everybody think it's Freddie
who make a play for me.
Maybe even Freddie.
He didn't realize
I had everything planned
as soon as I found out
he is the boss.
Two months me work at Somertime
Tours, before him even came in.
Somertime Tours,
is that a Somerville company?
Make sure he noticed me.
Cause Freddie owns it, right?
Is that how it happened? He
People would come in looking
for work, or holiday,
and you would traffic them?
Janet, come on.
Bitch, that's why you get me
to talk 'bout Freddie.
No.
I am just hoping Romeo isn't dead.
Somertime Tours where you print
your nice brochure
for your made-up school?
No, the man who did our passports
threw in a brochure for free.
And what's his name?
Janet,
do you know what makes
the biggest difference at sentencing?
Remorse.
And how much the defendant
helped the police,
and I'm not seeing
much remorse, so
Levonne Jackson. Above
the wig store on Trafalgar Road.
Yeah, Curtis.
They use a travel agency as a front
for trafficking. Somertime Tours.
On my way.
It's open.
Oh, Jesus.
That smell
Who is she?
Miss Val.
She run the trafficking?
Shit.
Shit.
You see Janet?
You lose her?
Shit.
Fuck
Learn on the job is what them say.
And what me learn is this.
Keep fighting.
Shit.
Call Barracat.
Bigger the problem is in your way
the bolder you have to be.
The only way out is through.
Call her.
You better be calling from
the hospital with two broken legs.
Because that's the only damn way
I'm accepting you not being here yet.
Super, Freddie told me it was Holborn
he was running from.
Has Janet corroborated that?
Freddie was mixed up
in human trafficking.
He'd say anything to save his skin.
Holborn made Stennet take that shot.
You're taking the word of a known
criminal over a Met Superintendent?
Black, your judgment is so off,
no wonder everyone questioning mine.
Bring Janet in now.
Yeah, that's what I'm calling about.
She ran.
Damn.
You come in right now, Black.
Black.
Judging by the smell, the body's
been here a couple of days.
Probably killed same time
as the Somervilles.
They're cleaning house.
You don't think it's possible
the pipeline is still open?
What Barracat say?
That I've got to find Janet.
I've already got the Somervilles'
flight logs from the airport.
But we only cross-referenced
the names with live JPF cases.
I didn't check to see if there were
flights booked for future dates.
Where you going?
Can't go back in without her.
I've got to find Janet.
The fuck did you go?
I tried the landline.
You still in the office?
Me need a favor.
Is this about her?
Because Stennet's been mouthing off
about some things that went down -
There should be flight logs
in the file on the trafficking case.
I need a name and address
of anyone traveling this week.
You know what you doing for her?
You can text me.
You were right.
Daphne Leighton.
Flying tomorrow.
I'm at her house now.
I'll text the address.
Some of us not lucky enough
to have stranger
come along and give us
opportunity on a plate.
But me know one thing.
There was Janet before
there was Freddie.
If the way out comes at a high price?
Think about what you already paid.
Corner Trafalgar
and Hope.
I can tell you what you need.
Janet.
Thank God you called.
You alright?
How'd you find me?
Got your number from Freddie's phone.
Meera, what you got for me?
I ran the name that you gave me.
Lots of Lindos.
Nothing connected
to any crime in Jamaica.
Okay, so what have you found?
There's no sign of a Romeo Lawrence
or Anthony Mantel
logged in the system.
I can't see that Holborn
reported him missing.
Shit.
It's not a smoking gun, okay?
It could just be him overpromising.
Look. He's bent, Meera.
He's bent. Freddie knew it.
I knew it. I should've
listened to my gut.
Okay, it could still be a mistake.
Yeah, but you don't think that.
Millie?
You still there?
Shit.
Investigating gangs?
He's in fucking bed with them.
Okay, so Sanguis Meridian
Did they hire him to shut down
this investigation?
And who is Lindo to Sanguis Meridian?
We need to report Romeo
missing to the Met immediately.
I'm already on it.
Send me his flight number,
photos, all you've got.
Millie
It's not definitive, okay?
It's not a smoking gun.
People say me should
be afraid of you.
Of me?
Look, I'm just trying to work a case.
That case involve
killing me boyfriend?
That was JPF, not me.
Not what she say.
If you believed her,
you wouldn't be here.
And you're smarter than she thinks.
Where is she anyway?
Me want to work for Lindo.
Who's Lindo?
Me, the one who found Romeo.
Me, the one going to find you Millie.
I need to get out of here.
You take me to Lindo.
I don't know--
Okay.
Okay. It's a deal.
Call Millie. Tell her you need her.
She's not going to fall for that.
See?
This is why Lindo needs me.
I haven't been able to find work
since I've been paroled.
I need to get out
to support my family.
Me leave tomorrow.
Them take all my money.
Sell everything.
You going send me back to jail?
No.
But you just get saved
from something worse.
We're going to hold on to this.
They say where they're taking you?
Only that they'll get me as soon
as I leave customs.
Y'know, not to worry.
Place me in a home right away.
Address just for custom papers.
Someone on the other side
expecting her.
If we get the airline
to mark her as boarding.
Yes, the welcoming crew
will know to pick her up,
and Scotland Yard can welcome
the welcoming crew.
Or, better yet, why don't we send
someone through as Daphne?
Hold on, hold on, hold on.
Them know
everything.
Them ask me everything
about me boys--
Them have me sister address.
You understand me?
Should've left two week ago
when them ask.
Wait.
Was it the 9th?
How you know?
She tell you about Romeo?
She never tell me him name.
Just that a boy need a chaperone.
So, who went instead?
There's no guarantee that
they'll have ended up
in the same place as Romeo.
but at least we know that's
the last person who saw him.
Pia Williams, 28.
Millie, we have to take this to JPF.
Everyone is looking for you.
- Bis, hi, how you doing?
- Millie. Millie, Millie
Thank God you answer, Millie.
I'm afraid.
What's happening?
Them find me.
The old fort off Palisadoes.
Millie
Them going kill me.
Hibiscus?
Come alone.
Come on, come on
You've reached Bis.
Now state your biz.
Oh, shit.
Hurry the fuck up!
Let her go.
Don't hurt her. Please.
Janet.
You use me.
To get what you want.
Like everybody else.
Except Freddie.
Now shoe is on the other foot, bitch.
Take a good look.
Cause it's the last fucking
Him dead?
I don't know. Go. Go, go, go.
Pull over.
Pull over, stop.
Okay. Okay. Yes.
Just let me find somewhere.
You okay?
Everything kriss till you bring
that little girl to the Gully.
Bombo-raas, Millie.
Him is Babylon, he say -
Yeah, and with any luck
he's already dead.
Him murder that girl.
Tried to murder you.
Can't we go--
What? Report it?
He's one of the most decorated
officers in the Met.
A fucking white man.
How do you think that's gonna go?
Bis, wait.
This is all the cash I've got.
As soon as the sale of the house goes
through you can have the rest of it.
All of it.
And you do what now?
I'm going to England.
You're leaving me?
Yeah, I have to.
My whole life was in
the Gully with my sisters.
I can't go back there after this.
You're strong.
You can start again.
Millie, please.
Babylon and maybe worse
gonna come looking for me.
They're already looking for me.
You are safer
on your own, Bis. Truly.
I tried to keep Janet safe
and look what happened to her.
Millie--
You don't need me.
It was my mistake
to ever think that you did.
But Bis, there is
a little boy who does.
I hope him worth it.
Who is the new Orville?
Romeo.
His name is Romeo.
And I have to find him.
I hope you do, my girl.
I really hope you're not giving up on
us just to keep running after ghosts.
I hope for your sake
you don't find another dead boy.
He's alive.
He has to be.
I don't think I can handle
any more dead kids.
Take care of yourself, Millie-Jean.
I been waiting here for you for hours
while you off taking him on alone.
He said come alone.
He had Bis, I couldn't risk it.
Look.
What I need from you,
is to look after Hibiscus.
What the -
She needs to lie low,
maybe get out of town.
What you talking about?
You look after your damn sister.
I need your bags.
Millie, no.
No, you can't.
What you want me to do?
I have nothing.
You have your life.
Every single person involved
in putting you on that plane is dead.
No, listen.
If I don't go and stop this,
they're gonna come for you,
your kids, your sister.
And they won't stop
until nobody remembers you.
Wait, wait. Millie, man, listen.
What the fuck you doing?
I have to go, Curtis.
It's the only way to get him.
Just stop woman, alright?
Millie Black is not the only solution
to every bloodclaat problem.
Right, listen
You have your girl Meera
on the case, let her find Romeo.
If we are lucky,
Meera will find Pia and Romeo
walking through the airport
on CCTV, and then what?
What happened to picking up
the Bombers? Make them talk.
Stennet's in charge
of that investigation.
Holborn was already in his ear and
there's red tape, Curtis. You know.
You know this.
Holborn killed Janet. We'll go
to JPF tell them the truth.
If Holborn's corrupt anyone could be.
Word gets back to the gang about any
of this, they clean shop, Romeo dies.
You don't even look nothing like her.
Same guy who did Romeo's passport.
Wow, you spend so long
looking for lost people,
you finally lost your fucking self.
Find a safe house for her, okay?
- Who?
- Hibiscus.
Find a safe house for her,
because whoever sent Holborn
is gonna send more.
And they're gonna
have badges too, yeah?
- Millie.
- Please. Listen to me.
She won't survive jail
Alright, Millie man, just listen
to me for a second, alright?
Please Curtis, promise me
You're not making sense man,
you can't travel.
Just listen to me please,
I can't let you go.
Please, please, please
Millie, what the fuck man? Millie,
Millie,
Millie.
Next.
This is Barracat again.
I don't know exactly
what you're up to,
but I can make a pretty good guess.
And if I'm right,
you're putting your job,
my job, everything on the line.
So wherever you're going, whatever
you're doing, you better do it fast.
Whatever you're searching for,
make sure you get caught having it.
Because right or wrong,
everyone is coming for you now.
I can't protect you anymore, Millie.