Oi!
- Hello? - Hi, I'm looking for Tim McKee.
- And you are? - I'm his father.
I see.
Hey!
Hey, open the door!
I'm not going anywhere so you might as well open the door.
- He doesn't want to see you. - Have you asked him?
- We don't want any trouble... - Tim!
..but you have to respect your son's wishes.
You haven't asked him!
- We know what he wants. - How do you know? Tim!
He doesn't want to see you.
- We're a community. - No, you're a cult.
- A community. - Yeah, well, I'm his father.
- Not any more. - Don't start that crap with me, mate.
I'm looking for my son. I'm looking for Tim...
Tim has no parents, no siblings, no relations...
- Don't you start that crap with me, mate. - He's chosen his own family.
I'll tear your head off!
- I'm looking for my son. - Lower your voice, remain calm.
Don't tell me what to do, mate. All right?
- Trouble? - I'm looking for...
This is Tim's birth father. He's arrived unannounced,
I've asked him to leave. He's refusing to cooperate.
- Mr McKee? - That's right, yeah.
I'm going to explain how things work here.
I'm going to speak
and I'd like you to listen very, very, carefully.
- Do you want some as well, do you? - No, no.
- Eh? - No.
Come on. Any of you?
Hey, Tim? Get out of my way. Tim!
- Get lost! - Hey! No, wait!
Wait! Come here. Please.
I'm looking for my son.
I'm looking for Tim. Do you know where he is? Please tell me.
- Top of the house. - Thank you.
Is it this way? Thank you.
Tim? Tim?
Hey,have you seen my son?
Hey! No!
Tim! Tim!
Tim, it's me! It's your dad!
- Vince, this is a mistake. - Amanda, get out of my way.
We've made our choices, you know how we feel.
Get out of my way, Amanda.
I want to talk to my son.
I'm afraid that's not possible. We need you to leave.
I'm not going anywhere until I've talked to him. Yeah, come on.
Come on, I dare you. I'd love you to.
If violence is your language, it's no wonder your son left.
What are you scared of, eh?
That they'll reject you? They'll walk away from this sham
and never come back, is that it?
Not at all. Tim knows his own mind.
All right, then. Let me talk to him.
Five minutes, no more.
Tim, come on, it's your dad.
Open up, I want to talk to you.
Come on, mate. Come on.
It's all right, the fella said I could.
Come on, Tim, just let me know you can hear me, will you?
Tim, can you hear me?
Please, mate...
All right, I'm just going to talk and assume that you can, all right?
Tim, you're my boy, you're my son, all right?
And ever since I first saw your face,
I've loved you more than you can possibly imagine.
And I want you back, I want you home.
More than anything, we all want you home.
I know you felt isolated and you felt lost
and life didn't add up to much,
but this place you've chosen, mate, it's not real.
And you can kick out at the world, you can be angry.
You can want to change things, but just include us with it,
include your mum and your sister and me because it's tearing us apart.
We're not angry with you. I'm not angry. You know, we just...
just don't understand...
..where it all went wrong.
How did we get here, eh?
Come on, I need to see your face.
I want to see your face.
I want to make sure that you're all right.
Let me see your face.
Vince, I'm sorry.
Come on, I want you home now!
I want you home now...
I want you home now. I want you home.
Please...
Come on.
I love you.
Can you enlarge the image?
Pull down to the registration plate.
Perfect.
-
Hello?
- Where are you? - I'm at the hospital.
The hospital?
Yeah, Sarah's had a baby. Me and my mum are visiting.
Craig wasn't happy, he threw me out,
but I got a quick look at the baby.
- What did she have? - It's a boy.
She's had a son.
- She's calling it Fernando. - "Fernando?"
I know!
Listen, mate, I need to talk to you soon.
Do you fancy a drink?
Yeah, all right.
Just like me, you know, it was like looking at my own kid.
Got a lovely little face, gorgeous, and these little tiny hands.
I'm just sitting there, you know, making small talk,
having to pretend to be happy for them, you know,
and I'm just looking at these delicate little hands
and suddenly I realised , like a blinding flash, it hit me.
- What did? - The solution to my problem.
My Craig and Sarah problem.
Put Craig down the hole.
Don't think about it.
Craig disappears, Sarah's heartbroken, right?
She's a new mum, she can't cope.
I steam in, you know, shoulder to cry on, supportive.
I help look after little Fernando,
try and persuade her to change his name.
Before you know it, you know, I'm back where I should be,
with me feet under the table, but with a ready-made bonus...
of a lickle baby...
that coincidentally looks exactly like me.
Think about it. I mean, come on, honestly, hand on heart,
where's the flaw in that plan?
You have to kill your own brother.
The brother that shafted me, the brother that stole my life.
- He didn't steal your life. - He stole Sarah.
You were in prison for six years.
When are you going to stop obsessing about this, eh?
When are you going to realise that it's over? That she's had his baby?
I can win her back.
Will you just..?
- What's this? An intervention? - Stop feeling sorry for yourself.
Thanks for the advice. I enjoyed our little chat.
Col, you're out of prison now, you've got everything ahead of you,
so stop wasting your life.
Yeah, well, you'd know about that, wouldn't you?
I've got a wife and I've got kids.
Oh,yeah? Look how happy it's made you,
so happy you're hanging round with me.
Jesus, Vince, something must be bad.
- I thought you wanted to chat. - Yeah, I did.
Hello.
'What have I told you about not answering this phone?'
- Have you seen Col? - Not recently, no.
Prick's disappeared.
I need you to pick up Darren and Woodsy.
Soon as possible, from the club.
Yeah, okay. I'm on my way.
- You all right, Vince? - Yeah, all right.
How's your day?
Had better.
- Where we going? - We'll direct you.
Do you want to stick the radio on?
What are we doing?
You're not doing anything. You stay here.
Me and Woods have got to attend to something.
Yeah, but...
I mean, you can tell me a few things, can't you?
Here you are.
What are you doing?
We can't get hold of Col,
so we're just checking he's done what he was told to,
and that's all I can tell you.
No one in there.
There's blood.
How would he have got out?
This is Colin's phone.
If it's urgent, ring me mum's, if not, just leaves a message.
The police are here.
Right.
They say you picked up an injured man off the street.
I was going to tell you, but I didn't want to freak you out, all right?
Ah, Mr McKee.
Yeah. I presume this is about that guy I found, yeah?
Just a couple of questions, won't take long.
You've got a brew, do you mind if I get one?
The paramedic says he asked you to hang around,
give them a statement for when we arrived.
Yeah, I didn't want to get involved.
You know, I took him to the hospital and that was my bit done.
- Can you confirm where you found him? - High Lane.
Halfway down, you know where it curves round by the park?
I was on a job and he was just... just lying there.
- So you stopped? - Well, wouldn't you?
- Might have called an ambulance. - Well, he was in a bad way, you know?
That's all the more reason.
Sorry, but have I done something wrong?
Not at all. It's just routine.
I panicked.
I've never seen anyone like that before and...
You know, I made the call , this guy needs help and he needs it fast,
so I just...
I just took him. Sorry.
Tell us about the rope that was attached to your car.
Rope?
The paramedic, he saw a rope attached to your bumper bar.
Oh, yeah, I was giving one of the other drivers a tow, that was all.
You didn't take it off?
No, it was... The knot was too tight, I was going to get a knife,
you know, when I got back to work but because of that, I didn't.
I know this is awkward, Vince, but we do need to ask these questions.
Sure.
There's something we have to inform you.
The man you helped is a known criminal.
His name is Joseph Paslowski.
He's a member of a very dangerous criminal gang
that operates in another part of Manchester.
Oh, my God.
We don't know what he was doing over this side of town,
but obviously we are... we're looking into it.
It doesn't put you in any danger. We're only telling you
because if we discover that his injuries
are linked to a serious crime...
you might be called upon to give evidence in court.
Court? Is that likely?
Has he said anything? I mean, you know, have you questioned him?
He slipped into a coma shortly after you delivered him.
Oh, my God.
Try not to worry.
Your world and their world rarely collide.
It just seems your husband was unfortunate -
wrong place, wrong time.
If we find anything to report, we'll be in touch.
That's a nasty cut on your hand. Get that seen to.
It's just one of the hazards of the trade, you know.
Is that why you had blood on your shirt?
Why wouldn't you tell me?
- Like I said, I was going... - Don't give me that crap.
Where'd you been?
The only reason you didn't tell me
was because you'd have to explain where you were coming from,
so where were you coming from, Vince?
It was Col.
- I was looking for Col. - At six in the morning?
Yeah. He called me. You know the night before?
You know when I said I was going to the airport?
- Well, I wasn't, it was Col. - Oh...
He was pissed, he was upset.
He wanted me to take him to see some girl and I said I would, all right?
And when I got there, she was in this house full of scumbags
and I was worried about him.
And the next morning it was going around my head,
so I thought I'd go and check on him and then I saw this guy.
I'm sorry. You know, I know I did a stupid thing.
I know I should have phoned an ambulance or something,
but I can't just leave someone to die alone. Can I?
Whoever they are.
Don't lie to me.
What's he got you involved with?
Nothing.
I am scared, Vince. I'm...
I'm scared. What's going on here?
It's supposed to be a bit of driving for him.
For who?
What driving?
It's a friend of Col's, that's all.
A friend of Col's?
A criminal.
- A businessman. - What kind of... businessman?
What the hell kind of businessman does Colin Vine know?
What have you got yourself involved in?
I'll go and tell them. I'll tell them now, I want to get out.
What kind of businessman? A drug dealer?
- I don't know. - What do you mean, you don't know?
How can you not know? What the hell have you got us involved in?!
I'll get out, all right? I'll tell them.
If you're driving for a criminal, you don't come back in this house.
Do you hear me? I warned you.
I warned you about getting involved with that idiot friend.
I'll tell them, don't worry.
- Vince. - I need to see The Horse.
- It's not a good time. - No, no. I need to talk to him.
It's important, you know?
You'd better come in.
Come in.
Have a seat.
So, do you want a drink?
- No, thanks. - Drink? No?
I'm all right.
I'll tell him you're here, okay?
Yeah.
-
He says to go out.
Come.
It's your mate, look.
He didn't do what I asked.
Once is an accident.
Twice starts to look like carelessness.
What didn't he do?
When I say someone's finished, they're finished.
I don't expect them to show up in the hospital.
One solo job I give you and you screw it up.
Donna says you've something important to tell me.
No, it's not important. I just want to say, erm...
I'm sorry for not returning your calls, that's all...
Ah, well, yeah...
Come with me. I've something to show you.
There's a job coming up.
You don't need to know the details, but I need a good driver.
We need to get from here...
..to here.
Fastest possible route.
Side roads, back ways, using your expert knowledge.
What time of day?
Evening. Post rush hour.
- Right. -Study it. From here to here.
What's here?
Another car.
That's the way it's done.
It works.
It always works.
The only time things go wrong...
is when people don't do what they're told.
Aah!
Hey, room service.
Hey.
Do you want the Continental or the full English?
Ah.
Ros?
Are you still the driver for a criminal?
- Yes, I am. - Get out of my house.
- Let me explain. - Get out of my house!
It's my house, too!
How is he?
He's in bed. He won't get out.
Can I go and see him?
Col?
Hi.
- I'm a huge Eurovision fan. - Are you?
Half of the year is taken up with the Eurovision contest...
How you doing?
~ '..go to the contest. ~ You could just...'
Are you, er...?
Can we turn that down a bit?
I'm watching it.
We're married. Been married for 18 months.
What I'm saying is there is a world out there.
Blimey. Richard, what do you do?
I'm a primary and infant school teacher.
How long have you done that?
About five years.
So, Richard, what are you hoping will come up?
Well, I do like Eurovision as well.
Sport. And anyone who likes Eurovision...
Six years I did for him. Six years.
They knew I worked for him, but I kept his name out of it,
you know, I stayed loyal.
And what did I get in return?
I've lost everything.
My life's over.
- No, it isn't. - I've got nothing.
Should have just...
been ordinary, you know, like everyone else.
Like these two. Like you.
Listen, Col, I want out of the gang, you know.
I want to get out. I'm in over my head.
You can't.
Why not?
What do you think they're going to say?
"Hello there, Vince.
"Ta-ra. Thanks for coming and have a nice life."
You can't just resign.
Once you're in, you're in.
Until they don't want you no more.
Can I get you anything?
How did he get out...
..of the hole, Paslowski?
How did he escape?
He must've got rescued.
Yeah?
By who?
No one else knew he was in there.
At least he's alive, eh?
You've not got murder on your conscience.
You all right, mate? You're looking a bit better.
I couldn't go home last night. It's a long story.
Fair enough. Listen, cover for me. I've got to slope off for an hour.
A MILF in Harper Hey.
- Have fun. - Always do.
I just hope I've got a job when I get back.
The filth are in there talking to Amjad.
They've probably linked him to a cell in Afghanistan, eh.
Discover we've been funding the bleeding Taliban.
Sorry for interrupting. I saw you through the window.
- Not at all. - Is this about me?
No. It's about me getting my knob out in Sainsbury's.
We're simply corroborating your story.
Why?
Your boss has already confirmed that you were attending a hotel pick-up
and that you told him about the incident straight after.
So all we need is to speak to the driver that you towed with the rope.
- What's this? - No, you've just missed him actually.
He's just gone. Kev Mitchell.
- I can call him back. - No. He's with his girlfriend.
You know, it's one of those one's he meets online.
Hey, look, it's fine. We'll call back.
You just tell him that we want to talk to him.
I'm just a bit confused about why this is getting so much attention.
There's not been a crime, has there?
There's a gang problem in this city, Vince.
A lot of people get drawn into it - drug runners, middlemen.
People think it's easy money, till they get caught.
Oh, by the way, it's good news on the guy that you saved.
He's out of his coma.
We're hoping he'll be able to talk soon.
I didn't know Kev had had car trouble.
When drivers have maintenance issues I usually get to hear about it.
We've all got maintenance issues, ain't we? Cos we're skint,
because some fat, greedy bastard keeps creaming off all the profits.
You are a lying bastard, Vince...
What?
..and if there is one thing I can't stand, it's lying bastards.
But there is one thing worse than being a lying bastard
and that's being a bad lying bastard
and you, Vincent, my old China, are a very bad lying bastard.
So are you going to tell me what's going on
or am I going to order your P45?
Just do what you like.
Kev, it's Vince.
Listen, as soon as you get your trousers back on will you call me?
It's urgent, all right?
Kev, come on. How long does it take, mate?
Give me a call back, will you?
OK, you can come back.
Not to stay, to talk.
I need details.
I need to know everything that's happened.
Start to finish.
And no more lies, Vince. Okay?'
Cos that's the only way we're going to be able to deal with this.
Shit.
- Kev, where are you? - A burger joint, back at the station.
It sounds like you better join me.
Listen, have you been back to work yet?
No, not yet. I always like a bit of nosebag after leg-over.
All right, yeah, listen, just stay there.
I'm on my way, all right? Don't go anywhere.
- Hey. - Hey.
- How was she? - Enthusiastic, grateful.
I love married women.
Haven't been shagged properly in years.
Sometimes they cry from the sheer relief.
- I know. - You know? Really?
Yeah. Truth is I've been a bit of a bad lad myself, you know.
Oh, tell me all, go on.
I went on that website you told me about.
- No Strings. - Yeah.
Met this married woman. You know, she's got a couple of kids and that.
You dirty dog.
She's got enormous fun bags.
Why do you think I was in the car last night?
What's her name? Maybe I've had her already.
- Charlene. - Charlene?
That don't ring any bells. I had a Charlotte.
Yeah, look, I went round there a couple of mornings ago,
you know, cos her husband was away and I thought, "Why not?"
Why not indeed? Where were the kids?
They were in their bedrooms.
What? You had her with her kids in the house.
Hey, respect due.
She'd had a bit of trouble with her car the night before, you know.
It was broken-down and stuff
and I said, "Don't worry about it. I'll give you a tow."
- So-? - So I did and that was fine, you know.
But I just threw the rope in the back of the car cos I was in a hurry.
I had to get to work, you know.
Then I was going away and there was this, like, fella just lying there
at the side of the road, he was really badly injured.
Really?
So I took him to hospital and I thought that would be it, you know.
It turns out he's like a really hardcore criminal.
You know those coppers that came to see Amjad?
They wanted to talk to me, you know.
Nothing bad, just to confirm my story, you know.
- Just procedure, that's all. - Right.
But the thing is I couldn't tell them I'd been with a married woman, could I?
No, you don't want that getting back home.
Exactly. Yeah.
So I told them I was with you. That I'd given you a tow.
They just want to talk to you.
Right. So you're asking me to lie to the police.
It's just a white lie, you know. Just...
Just to confirm my story, that's all.
That's it and that's the last you'll hear of it.
That's perjury, mate. That's perverting the course of justice.
I don't know what it is, but that's something.
Come on, Kev. This is my marriage.
What if there's CCTV?
No. It's Bolton Street to your house, I mean, there's so many routes,
isn't there? It's just your word against theirs.
No, Vince. No, mate.
~ I'm not getting involved, mate. ~ Please, Kev. I'm begging you.
500 quid.
- A monkey? - Yeah, right now, in your hand.
I can get it for you. Come on, I need you to do this for me.
Okay.
Thanks, mate.
What is it today, then?
Vitamin soup.
Listen, Dad,
I've got a friend coming over.
All right.
Ryan.
Is that all right?
Yeah.
Listen...
if you're happy, I'm happy. All right?
Sorry to interrupt. Can I have a word?
I'm sorry. Er...
just...continue in your groups and I'll be back in a jiffy.
Soup-er.
What the hell happened? You said you were on your way.
I'm sorry. Something came up. It was really...
Important?
More important than talking to your wife.
- Ros, please. - I'm working, Vince.
You remember work?
That thing normal people do to earn money.
I went to see Tim.
When?
Yesterday.
What happened?
He wouldn't talk to me.
He locked himself in his room.
I spoke to him through the door.
I pleaded with him but he wouldn't open up.
Was she there?
The girlfriend.
So what happened?
You just left him there, came home, again.
Well, I couldn't kidnap him, could I?
Why not? I thought that's what criminals did.
- I talked to him, all right? I told him things.
- Through a door. - Yeah, and he heard me.
I know he did. I told him what this was doing to us.
And what good did it do? What impact did it make? Zero.
At least I tried, eh? At least I did something.
You failed, Vince. You fail at everything.
What did you do, eh? You're his mother. Why don't you get down there?
Why don't you go down there?
Why aren't you kicking the door in, eh? I had to fight to get in.
- Let go of me! - Don't walk away from me, Ros, all right,
cos I've got to talk about this.
- There's people in there waiting for me. - I don't care.
Why do you think this is happening?
Why do you think I got involved with Col and all that?
- I've got no idea. - Because I needed things to change.
We've fallen apart and what do you do?
Stick your trainers on and go running but you won't talk to me, will you?
So you take up with a criminal?
Yeah. It made me feel good.
It made me feel like I could do something.
It was a stupid mistake.
Why couldn't you just have an affair?
It would have been better if he'd died, wouldn't it?
Wouldn't it? Hey, wouldn't it? It would have been better if he'd died.
Cos we could have held each other, we could have mourned our son
instead of you blaming me, cos that's what you've done.
You hated me. And I felt that.
I felt that every day since and that's not right.
Is it?
Things just happen just for no reason sometimes, don't they?
I'm going to get it.
Is your husband in?
- Get off! - Vincent McKee,
I'm arresting you on suspicion of attempted murder.
You do not have to say anything but it may harm your defence
if you do not mention anything you later rely on in court.
What's happening?
- Mum! - It's okay. It's all right.
What has he done?
What have you done?
We need to speak to both of you at the station.
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