Missing You (2025) s01e04 Episode Script

1
[dreamlike music playing]
Um Please tell
me you're joking.
- It's rustic.
- [bottles clink]
That was a fox.
A very rustic fox.
You're obviously not
getting it. [chuckles]
Just picture it in
a few hours, right?
It's gonna be night.
The stars will be out.
[dreamlike music continues]
And I've got her this.
Oh, Josh. It's beautiful.
It'll just be me and Kat.
Mm, and the foxes.
Yeah, and the foxes.
[both chuckle]
It's gonna be
amazing. You'll see.
[tense music playing]
[door closes]
What is going on, Aqua?
Why did you attack Brendan?
Stacey told me it was Brendan who'd
been saying these things about Josh.
What things?
Saying he'd tricked some woman
and stolen all her money.
Josh wouldn't do that.
I saw Brendan coming
out of your place.
[tense music playing]
I was just trying to
look out for Josh.
You know, like he always
looked out for me.
What does that mean?
I wasn't trying to hurt Brendan.
I just needed to understand why he was
trying to get Josh into trouble, so
Yeah, I followed him.
But I knew I was right when
I heard what he was saying.
[Brendan] I'm talking to the police about
this guy she's been seeing, Josh Buchanan.
This Josh guy, he
he's dangerous.
[sighs]
I panicked.
I just thought if I could
find out who he was talking to
or stop him spreading
lies about Josh
[Brendan] She's with this Josh, and
he's not letting me talk to her.
Something's wrong.
[Brendan groans]
[music fades]
How did they catch you?
They tracked Brendan's
phone to my house.
Not exactly a master criminal.
[distant door rattles]
[tense music playing]
[Kat] What am I
missing, my love?
'Cause I I I feel like
you're not telling me the truth.
- Did Josh ask you to do this?
- Josh would never do that.
- You knew him better than anyone.
- Well, turns out not so much.
[distant shouting]
Josh loved you.
He gave up everything for
you. Don't you understand?
Understand what, Aqua?
[distant clang]
[muffled] Aqua?
[banging]
[banging on door]
[banging continues]
Aqua?
- [Aqua] I can't think.
- Aqua
- All right. Sorry. It's okay. It's okay.
- [Aqua sobs]
[tense music continues]
[music fades]
[tense music playing]
[banging]
Aqua, come and have a lie down.
[somber music playing]
[knocking on door]
[Stacey] Heya.
Come here.
[music fades]
You okay?
- She's sleeping, so let's go outside.
- Okay.
Is Aqua okay?
Not really.
I haven't seen her like
this in a very long time.
Aqua said that she was
trying to protect Josh.
[Stacey] Protect him from what?
She thinks she might've
seen him a few months ago,
so she must have
spoken to him then.
He must've said something to
her for her to react like this.
- I can't help if she's not honest with me.
- Kat.
Aqua was telling the truth.
She didn't speak to Josh.
I did.
I was there.
I saw Aqua looking at someone,
and I recognized Josh
from one of her photos, so
I followed him.
[mysterious music playing]
What did you say?
- I told him to leave you alone.
- Is this where I'm meant to laugh?
- 'Cause please tell me you're joking.
- What was I supposed to say?
I see some
ex-boyfriend of yours,
who you're too traumatized
to even talk about,
stalking you in a park.
- Of course I went after him.
- [Kat scoffs]
Did he say why he was there? 'Cause
he probably came for a reason.
Well, I I I don't know.
I told him to go,
and he he did.
Why would you do that?
You don't know Josh.
- I know what he did to you.
- You weren't there.
You have no idea
what we went through.
I should have told
you. I'm sorry.
I just thought if I could
help you find Josh now,
it would make up for
what I did to you.
Kat.
No, I can't do this right now.
[tense music playing]
[ringing tone]
[phone ringing]
Hi, Charlie.
[Charlie] I know you're still
suspended, but you need to hear this.
- That bank account that Dana paid into.
- The Swiss one?
A financial adviser submitted
a Suspicious Activity Report
for the same account.
Okay, good find.
Who's the adviser?
A guy called Ashkan Chuback.
I'm gonna check it out now.
[Kat] Send me the address.
I'll meet you there.
- [Charlie] I'm not sure you should.
- [Kat] I'm not asking.
[female voice] Platform
1 for the tram to
[tram announcement continues]
[Kat] Are you sure this
is the right address?
Well, this is the
place. I checked.
- [birds singing]
- [dog barking]
[doorbell chimes]
[hip-hop music playing
through speakers]
[man] Hello?
DC Charlie Pitts
and DI Kat Donovan.
We're here to see
Ashkan Chuback.
[entry system buzzes]
Hello?
[music playing faintly]
Ashkan Chuback?
[man shouts] In here.
[hip-hop music blasting]
- [Charlie] Hello. You're Ashkan Chuback?
- [music stops]
Call me Chewie.
A senior partner
at Parsons, Chuback, Mitnick &
Bushwell Investments and Securities?
A little less floor space
than I was expecting.
- Where are your partners?
- [Chewie] Don't have any.
Well then, who are Parsons,
Mitnick, and Bushwell?
Three guys I played
cricket with in year seven.
I just used their
name for the masthead.
Sounds fancy, huh?
- And misleading.
- But not a crime though.
How can I help?
You submitted a Suspicious Activity
Report for a Swiss bank account.
We need to know why.
Who was the client?
I I wouldn't be much
of a financial adviser
if I gave away people's secrets
just because you asked nicely.
Says the man lying about
working out of his mum's garage.
They pay me to be discreet.
They don't care about my,
uh living situation.
Just tell us who the client is.
A woman is missing that
is linked to that account,
okay, so if you're helping someone
involved in, um, I don't know,
kidnapping, financial fraud
Fine. Let's
Let's see what your clients
think about the decor in here.
- Maybe you can say the fish is Parsons.
- No, no. Okay. Okay. Uh, uh
My client sent some money to an account.
I had concerns, so I reported it.
Okay? I I don't know
anything about a kidnapping.
And the client is?
[groans, sighs]
He's called Rishi Magari.
[dramatic music playing]
[Kat] This Rishi Magari?
Hm. One and the same.
Did he say who he was sending
the money to or what it was for?
No. I, uh I
tried to call him.
Nothing. He never
called me back.
Okay, so that's why you submitted
the Suspicious Activity Report?
Uh sort of.
The money was weird, but
the woman [chuckles]
- That was the crazy part.
- What woman?
Well, a a few months ago, Rishi
started talking about this woman.
He was obsessed with her.
Uh, met her online on
some, uh, dating app.
- Uh Melody
- Cupid.
Melody Cupid. Yeah, the one
Uh, the music one. Uh
He said her name was Vanessa.
Sent me
this.
Huh.
Solid ten out of ten, hmm?
One week, he's
obsessed with her.
Next thing, he's sending
half his portfolio
to some random
Swiss bank account.
Had to be a scam.
Did he say anything more about
her? A surname, an address?
[Chewie] Didn't have to.
I, uh, reverse image
searched the picture he sent,
and boom, I found her.
Meet Vanessa.
She's a cam girl.
Into all that foot
stuff. [chuckles]
Told you. Total scam.
[ominous music playing]
- [music fades]
- [phone buzzing]
Hi, this is Charlie's voicemail.
Please leave a message.
[voicemail beeps]
[tense music playing]
[music fades]
Is Charlie about? Haven't
seen him this morning.
He's at a training thing.
He'll be there all day.
He's on email if
you need him though.
[sentimental music playing]
[sentimental music continues]
[Brendan, echoing] I'll miss you
too. Have a great time, okay?
- [Dana] Come here.
- [Brendan] I love you.
Yeah, I'll see you soon.
Love you. Be safe.
I will.
[bolts clanking]
[tense music playing]
[Reynaldo] Sit.
[music fades]
[Titus] Thank you.
- Water?
- [Dana whispers] Yes, please.
[glass clinks]
[water pouring]
[sets glass down]
We have a problem, Dana.
You lied to me.
I didn't lie.
You said you'd given us access
to all your bank accounts.
But you missed one.
Your son's trust fund.
But that's not my money.
[Titus] You're his guardian.
He can't access
it until he's 25.
You can authorize
payments and transactions.
You're in charge of it.
My husband set up the
trust, and I'm the guardian.
But Brendan, he has to
sign off any transactions.
I can't just take
out the money myself.
That that money's his future.
- If anything happens to me
- [Titus chuckles]
If?
[chuckles]
[tense music playing]
Do you know why I
love dogs so much?
You know exactly where
you are with a dog.
They never lie to you.
- Incapable of deceit.
- [dog whines]
Theirs is the truest
form of love. Pure.
Honest. [chuckles]
I know what it's like to
have your heart broken.
Falling in love is
such a risk, isn't it?
You're diving into the abyss,
just hoping there's that one
special person there to catch you.
There isn't.
Your perfect person
doesn't exist.
People are unreliable.
This is a gift I'm giving you.
I'm showing you what the
world is really like.
True love
is a myth.
[dog whimpers]
[music intensifies]
We'll talk again later.
[tense music fades]
So I just spoke to the cam girl.
Real name Catalina. She says
she hasn't talked to Rishi.
Timestamps on her
live feeds prove
she couldn't have been
meeting Rishi last week,
so if he was meeting anyone
at the cottage, it wasn't her.
Well, it must be a catfish.
Dana and Rishi, both widowers.
Probably had life
insurance, pensions
Well, we know Rishi was lonely.
Not exactly a party animal.
Wouldn't have been hard to get his
attention with a picture of Catalina.
Well, that explains
your ex, doesn't it?
Well, if her picture was stolen,
then surely Josh's was too.
Josh isn't involved.
No, it doesn't look like it.
- [Kat] It was never really him.
- [Charlie] Are you okay?
- [Kat] His photo's being used to catfish.
- Yes. Like they did with Catalina.
What do you want me to do next?
I can keep looking into her.
Make sure she's not involved.
Uh, unless you
wanna talk to her?
[Kat] Not whilst I'm suspended.
We've got two people missing,
on the same dating app.
You gotta tell Stagger.
You okay with that?
Us taking over the case?
[Kat] No, of course not.
But Nia's been desperate
to lead. She'll be great.
[Charlie] What are you
gonna do while you're off?
You don't strike me
as the, uh, spa type.
I still need
Well, I still wanna find Josh.
I found some of his old articles I
thought I could use to track him down.
Do you think he's still writing?
For sure. He never would've
been able to give that up.
Try, um, AI Text Compare.
It should find articles that
match Josh's style of writing.
And will that still find him even
if he's writing under a pseudonym?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. No,
the articles will pop up.
They should lead you to Josh.
Okay.
What about the fingerprints?
Have they come back yet?
The ones on my
dad's murder weapon?
Uh, no, not yet, but I'll
I'll check when I get back in.
All right.
Thanks.
You and Nia will
be fine without me.
[mysterious music playing]
[music continues]
[Josh, echoing] Being in
nature is the best caffeine.
There's this African legend that
says the baobab was so beautiful
that the gods planted it
upside down to punish it.
- Really?
- Yeah.
- [stirring music playing]
- [Josh] I love it out here.
Being in nature is
the best caffeine.
[mysterious music resumes]
[ringing tone]
[music fades]
[door closes]
- You summoned me?
- I did.
Because you forgive me?
You tell me everything
from now on, okay?
Even things that you think
I'm not ready to hear.
Yes.
Come here. Have a look at this.
So I've been using this AI thing to
look for Josh's writing style online,
and I found this newsletter
written by someone who goes
by "The Honest Aspect."
No real name, but
it's Josh.
I'm sure of it.
Okay. Okay, this
this is good.
Mm-hmm.
And he has 25,000 paid subscribers.
Bloody hell, someone's doing well.
Okay, well, all these payments
must be going somewhere.
If we can find the company linked to
these payments, we can get an address.
Yeah, I couldn't find anything online.
He's covered his tracks pretty well.
Easy. All cheaters
love to hide money.
I know exactly how to find cash
that people wanna keep hidden.
Give me a couple of hours?
I've occasionally
been accused of being
a touch rash.
Really?
I jumped to conclusions about
the kind of man Josh was,
but clearly you loved him a lot,
so he would've had to
have been pretty special.
I'm sorry.
- Are you gonna explain the outfit?
- [Stacey] It's for a job.
Apparently, playing squash makes
married men horny or something.
Uh, it's concerning.
What do you think?
Do I let him win,
or would he be more attracted to
the woman that whoops his ass?
- I don't know. [chuckles]
- I'll wing it.
I will call you as soon
as I find something.
Don't worry. I got you.
[door closes]
[phone chimes]
[intriguing music playing]
[Stagger] Clint betrayed us.
Your dad was working
for Calligan.
[Leburne] I wasn't
paid to kill him.
I was paid to take the fall.
[music intensifies]
[music fades]
Hey. Your mum came
over for breakfast.
Told me about your chat.
Said you knew what your dad got up to.
Thought you might have a few questions.
Come here.
- How are you holding up, baby girl?
- Mmm.
I've had better weeks.
[both chuckle]
Mum told me about Dad's affair.
You worked at the station.
What was it like back then?
Oh [chuckles] Those men.
I mean, there might've
been a few good ones.
But for most of them,
being in a place like that just fed
the worst parts of their rotten souls.
And that's who Dad was?
Wasn't unusual back then.
They were all messing around.
I don't know when
it started, but
that flat of yours,
yeah, that was their
special little place.
Your dad worked so hard
to keep her a secret.
Why, if they were all doing it?
I think it was more than
just a casual fling.
When your dad died,
I had this feeling that
maybe that girl had
something to do with it.
How? What do you mean?
I don't know. It was
just just a feeling.
- And what about Calligan?
- What about him?
You grew up round here. You must've
known him when you were kids.
Yeah, not personally.
But, yeah, I I
knew who he was.
We all just steered clear.
I mean, Calligan was
that kid, you know?
[chuckles]
People used to say that you'd
pass him in the corridor
and you'd feel, like, a chill.
Pets in the neighborhood would
disappear when he was around,
if you know what I'm saying.
I don't know
if Calligan knew the girl.
[clears throat] I got her name.
Who is she?
If you track her down, you
really think that's gonna help?
Looking into the
eyes of that woman?
I don't want you
to get hurt, love.
Parker. That's all I got.
Parker? Is that a surname?
That's all I got. Parker.
I wish you'd let this be.
[chuckles] But I know you won't.
[Kat chuckles]
I don't know what kind of truth
you're gonna find out there,
but I don't think
you're gonna like it.
[Titus] Yeah, I see.
- Well, thank you for the update. Cheerio.
- [footsteps approach]
The bank called. My Swiss
account's been frozen.
They refused to
tell me the reason.
- Maybe they're investigating us.
- [Titus] But why?
We've taken all the same precautions
we always do. The same protocols.
Has anything unusual happened?
Anything out of the ordinary?
There was a small
thing last week.
We think someone recognized
the photo we used.
Started asking the
profile odd questions.
Show me.
[tense music playing]
The mark that recognized
the picture. Show him.
"Songprince" is one
of our profiles.
She's one of the women who
tried to match with him.
She asked too many
questions. We blocked her.
Bring up the police press
conference on number eight.
Thank you for coming. I'm
Detective Kat Donovan.
Fucking hell. Is that?
The same woman.
- Today, we're appealing for
- [Titus] Detective Inspector Kat Donovan.
Of Rishi Magari.
Is she trying to entrap us?
What did she say in her message?
[Kat] wearing a gray jacket,
blue tie, and a stripey gray shirt.
His disappearance is
She calls him Josh.
Well, that's not the
name we gave him.
So she isn't trying
to entrap us.
She knows the man
in the picture.
[Kat] Rishi, if you
can see this message,
please contact us to let
us know that you're safe.
We have to find out exactly
what the detective knows
and if we need her eliminated.
Find her address.
Reynaldo, come on.
Oh, and, uh you
can cull number six.
We've got what we can.
She's useless to us now.
[tense music playing]
[Titus] Bo, come here, boy.
- [Titus whistles]
- [dog yaps]
Come on, boy.
[dog whines and yaps]
Bo, come here. Good boy.
[dog yapping]
[tense music continues]
[Titus] Do we have the
detective's address?
- [Reynaldo] Yeah. Just came in.
- Let's go.
[music fades]
[phone ringing]
- Heya.
- [Stacey] Hey.
I found something.
Josh?
So I tracked Josh's newsletter
payments to a single company.
Looked through every single document
filed under The Honest Aspect,
looking for any slip-up.
- He slipped up?
- [Stacey] He did.
When he first opened the account, he
linked it to a PO box, number 578.
The name on the PO
box is Reggie Cross.
- That's the name that Brendan found.
- I know.
Kat, we are so close now.
I can be there in
a couple of hours.
No, no. I'll go.
Thank you.
[Stacey] Okay. Be careful.
[tense music playing]
[tense music continues]
I'm gonna get this, please, and
collecting a package for 127.
Yep. Can I see your ID, please?
[man] Yeah, sure.
[music fades]
- [man] There you go.
- [woman] Thanks. Be right back.
There you go.
- All right. See you next week.
- [woman] Bye.
Hiya. Collecting for 241.
[woman] Mm-hmm. Can I
see your ID, please?
Yeah.
[woman] Just one moment.
[tense music playing]
Um, this ID doesn't match.
[tuts] Oh my God. I'm an idiot. I'm
collecting for my neighbor. [laughs]
Forgot to bring their ID.
Um, I'll be back. Thanks.
[shop bell rings]
[somber music playing]
[tense music playing]
[man] 578, please.
[tense music continues]
- [man] Thanks, Jess.
- My pleasure.
[Jess] See you later.
Hello again.
Can I help you?
[music fades]
[shop bell rings]
[dramatic music playing]
[music fades]
[cuckoo calling]
[tense music playing]
[Kat] Hi.
I'm Detective Inspector Kat Donovan.
I'm looking for Reggie Cross.
- Don't know anyone by that name.
- What about Josh Buchanan?
- Is he here?
- No.
Sorry, I need to speak to him.
It's just me here. No Josh. No
Reggie. Can't help you, officer.
Leave me alone.
- [dog barking]
- [girl shouts] Taylor!
Taylor!
[water splashes]
[dog barking]
[Charlie] Turns out Josh didn't
set up his profile. Some kid did.
- Come on, Taylor.
- [dog barking]
[dramatic music playing]
- [Kat] Where am I?
- [man] Follow me.
[mysterious music playing]
[mysterious music intensifies]
[man on bench] Kat Donovan.
Finally.
I bet you've pictured
meeting me for a while.
I have.
Was it anything like this?
No, you were in handcuffs.
[laughs]
Hm.
Sorry about the journey. I
have a flair for the dramatic.
You can leave us, Leslie.
What a name. "Leslie."
Care to sit?
Why am I here?
[Calligan] You've waited a long
time, so here's your chance.
Ask me.
Did you have my father killed?
No.
[cup clinks]
- Am I just supposed to believe you?
- [Calligan] Sure. Why not?
Look at this face.
I ask you, does this look
like the face of a liar?
Looks like the face of someone
who's done a fair bit of evil.
Ah, the world's an evil place.
You know that. You're a cop.
Me?
I'm just trying to tread my way through
these treacherous waters we call life.
- Don't believe everything you hear.
- Like you took a claw hammer to a kid?
Exactly like that.
Can I let you in
on a little secret?
Never happened, the
whole claw-hammer story.
Urban myth. I made it up.
Tee-hee!
The wee young Irish new boy
everyone was picking on?
He became the psycho
everyone feared.
So you've never killed anyone?
Oh, we all kill, Kat.
God created a planet in which
every creature murders to survive.
A lion takes down a gazelle.
So cruel, but if he doesn't,
he dies. Simple as that.
That's the world God
made, like it or not.
You're not here to
listen to an old man
prattle on about the world's
philosophical underpinnings.
Take a seat.
I have certain things I need
to tell you about your dad.
So you understand
and can let this go.
Take a seat.
He was a good man, your
father. I liked him.
We started out as enemies of a sort,
but we came to an understanding.
I was hoping you and I might
have an understanding too.
- [Kat scoffs]
- Oh God, no, no. [chuckles]
Don't worry, Kat.
I'm not looking to corrupt you.
I'm not suggesting we have any
kind of official arrangement.
Something maybe more
a bit like, um
a détente.
What do you want?
You have questions about your
father's murder. I may have answers.
I tell you what I know, and
in exchange, you and me
Détente. I got it.
Okay.
I didn't kill your father.
He was an asset to
me, not a hindrance.
If someone is a hindrance to me,
I could take them out in a boat,
put a bullet in their head.
There's a spot off the coast
the locals call the Black Hole.
No one knows how deep it is.
Something gets dumped down
there, it's never coming back up.
- Sounds like a threat.
- [Calligan] Not at all.
It's just a useful
bit of knowledge.
[Kat] Hm.
Leburne didn't kill
my father, did he?
He did not, no.
So why did he confess?
[Calligan] Monte was loyal.
The police arrested him for
two jobs. I wasn't worried.
- He knew what he had to do.
- Keep you out of it.
And he did.
It was all going terribly well,
but then, a few days later,
Monte asked my permission to
confess to a third murder,
one I knew nothing
about, out of nowhere.
And that was my dad's.
Why?
What would he gain by
pretending to kill a policeman?
What did you have for
breakfast this morning?
You're a busy sort.
You strike me as a smashed avocado
and rye bread kind of person.
Now picture your
breakfast inside.
For the rest of your life.
Plain toast.
One of those little
kiddie boxes of cereal
if you're lucky.
Lunch, dinner, not much
better, to be honest.
Every day the same.
Now imagine someone offers you the
chance to mix things up a little.
A treat here or there.
A solo cell.
Maybe a better job.
A good one in the kitchens.
What wouldn't you confess
to for an easier life?
Now, that's not easy to sort.
You'd have to have someone
with connections on the inside.
A prison officer, maybe.
Or a policeman.
[scoffs] You're
suggesting a policeman?
What, that surprises you? Do you
think your dad was the only one?
[scoffs]
Your father was a
complicated man, Kat.
Perfect husband. Perfect dad.
Except lights go
out, night falls,
and Mr. Hyde comes out to play.
That's who I did business with.
Your father didn't just have a
demon or two whispering in his ears.
He had a whole fucking choir of
fallen angels on his shoulders.
I don't know who killed your
father. That's the truth.
But if you're asking about
the most likely suspects,
only a policeman could
have killed Clint,
covered it up, and got to Monte.
You know that's the truth.
Now, if there's anything else?
Parker.
Tell me about Parker.
You know about Parker?
I know enough.
So why are you asking me?
Can you help me find her?
Maybe you're right.
Maybe it is time to let
all the secrets out.
This is The Chariot Race,
painted by Alexander
von Wagner in 1872.
- [Kat] Impressive.
- [Calligan] Yeah, it is.
I own it.
I loaned it to the museum.
My way of giving something back.
[Kat] Hm.
[Calligan] But I miss it.
So I come here some days,
sit down, and look at it.
[calls] Leslie!
I'll help you find Parker.
Then you and I are done.
You forget about me,
and I'll forget about you.
[chuckles]
Détente.
[somber music playing]
[music fades]
[bolts clank]
[Dana] Please let me go home.
I won't tell anyone. Please!
[Clem] Wait there.
[dog yaps]
[tense music playing]
[Clem] Hello, Bo!
Hello, boy! Who's a good boy?
[dog whines]
[whispers] Come on.
Come on.
[dog yaps]
[Dana gasps, groans]
[blade clinks]
What's wrong with you? Get up!
- [shouts]
- [dramatic music playing]
[yells]
[moaning]
[dramatic music continues]
[music fades]
[girl] Come on, Taylor.
[intriguing music playing]
[girl] Taylor.
- [dramatic music playing]
- [man] Let's go.
The longer we take,
the further she gets.
[dramatic music continues]
[man] Once you get to
the main road, back here!
[music intensifies]
[music fades]
[Kat] Hey. [gently] Hi.
Hi. I was at your house earlier.
I wonder if you can help me.
I'm looking for someone. Um
Grandad says I
can't talk to you.
I'm just looking for Reggie
Cross or Josh Buchanan.
I think you set up a
Facebook profile for him.
Dad, why is she
asking about you?
[emotional music playing]
[music intensifies]
I'm right here, Kat.
[intense, emotional
music continues]