I'll just claim that it was self-defence.
Was it?
HEAVY THUD
That the one that fired you? Don't stand for it.
Not from that.
No-one told me who to get rid of. It was my choice.
You're a nasty piece of work.
You'd never seen Jordan before the night of the attack?
No, never.
'A young man was outside my house
'and he was very intimidating.'
SIMON PANTS
BREATH QUICKENS
Listen, it's me again. I don't know why you're not picking up?
You just need to, er... Just call me back as soon
as you get this, will you?
JAGGED BREATHS
Simon?
I got your messages.
What's going on?
He's awake, Jordan Franklin.
What do you mean "awake"?
Need to go to the school and to pick up Sophie
then we can just go. What are you talking about?
Jordan's father's a psychopath, isn't he?
So he might be on his way right now.
Jordan could have told one of the nurses
and nurses could have told the police,
so, I mean, we just can't stay here, so...
So, what, we just go on the run?
Where would we stay?
How long for? What does Sophie do about school?
Look...
..there are a million different reasons
why that is a terrible idea,
including the fact that we are broke.
There is my redundancy money. And that comes through when?
In a month's time, if we're lucky.
Was Jordan definitely conscious?
Did you actually see him responding to a nurse?
No, well, erm... I don't know.
We can't just sit around here waiting...
Simon. We've got to do something.
Simon.
If we panic... it's over.
It's nearly three.
You need to go and pick up Sophie from school.
I'm gonna call myself a cab.
Well, why? Where are you going?
CARD READER BEEPS
MONITOR BEEPS
WOMAN: You all right there? Hiya.
OK.
How are you feeling, Jordan?
Any headache, pain?
ANNA: Why can't he speak?
DOCTOR: Maybe he's just a bit disoriented.
We'll know more after the scan.
But he's awake, so, that has to be a good thing, right?
Well, yes, but there's only this much I can tell
by examination, that's why we need the MRI scan
to see what's going on inside.
And hopefully, we'll do that today.
"Hopefully". What do you mean?
Paul. It depends on how he's doing.
I don't want to move him until I'm certain.
But we can talk to him, I mean, he can hear us, right?
The best thing you can do right now, Mr Franklin,
is to let him rest.
Let's get something to eat. OK? Come on.
Paul.
Don't understand, is he awake or not?
Well, yes, but he still isn't fully responsive.
He hasn't been able to talk.
He's been sedated on and off, to keep him still.
So, it might just be that the drugs haven't worn off,
or-or it could be something else.
What, you mean, like, brain damage or something?
Well, maybe, but...
..it's hard to say.
'Look, I'll get home as quickly as possible.'
OK.
Daddy! HE LAUGHS WEAKLY
Come on. All right, let's get going, let's get going.
SOPHIE: Can I play some music?
Not now, Soph, er... I've got a headache.
Please.
All right.
Not too loud, OK?
MUSIC PLAYS ON PHONE
PHONE RINGS, VIBRATES
"Detective Evans".
Who's that?
Just let it ring, don't pick it up.
Why? Why aren't you answering?
Dad?
We're just gonna make a quick stop off.
I don't mind doing it if it's a hassle.
Sure, if you like, I...
Oh, Jesus.
Give me a second, I'll have to call you back.
You know when it's bring a kid to work day,
you have to actually work here?
What do you want?
My redundancy pay is due next month, and I want it now.
Why, what's the hurry?
That's my business, I want to be paid.
I want to be paid immediately.
Why would I do that?
Because otherwise, I will ring Peter at head office,
and I will tell him what you said to me last night,
that you ignored... SIMON PANTS
..redundancy policy,
and you based your decision on a personal vendetta against me,
and that is constructive dismissal,
and I will sue you for it.
Yeah, you can...
but you won't.
You have no idea what I am going through.
I will contact everyone that you made redundant last year.
You cut corners. You're lazy.
And there'll be a grievance,
and I will drag this company through the mud
and do everything I can to ruin your reputation.
VOICE RISES Or you could pay me what you owe me!
SOFTLY: Come on, love, let's go.
Can I watch TV? Well, if you do your homework first.
Speak of the devil!
I was in the area, thought I'd drop by.
Who's this?
Sophie, this is Kelly.
Hello, darling, are you OK?
Yes, thank you.
Come inside now, Soph.
Gorgeous, isn't she? Oh.
Your wife says you know about Jordan.
Yes, has there been any change?
Not really, no. I'm gonna call his doctor later on.
But that's actually not why I'm here.
Have you got a few minutes to talk?
Well, it's not a good time at the moment.
Erm... erm... What is it?
Well, I wanted to talk to you about the call that you made
to the police 101 number.
This would have been last week, Tuesday the tenth.
You said that there was someone outside your house.
Oh, that was nothing really, just some teenagers messing around.
Teenagers, plural?
Well, on the call you said it was one lad
and that he was quite intimidating.
Well, they were just setting off car alarms
and one of them, he swore at me,
but there's nothing to make a call about.
Well, you haven't mentioned it before when we've spoken.
Well, I didn't think it was relevant.
It was the night before Jordan was attacked,
it might be the same lads.
Do you think you can give me a description of any of them?
Well, it was dark and... I didn't see their faces.
I mean, how would you know if you didn't see.
What do you want me to say?!
I've told you that I didn't see who it was.
And I wish I hadn't made this phone call, you know, I overreacted.
I've lost my job, I'm losing my house,
and I've got a hell of a lot on at the moment,
and I have told you earlier, this is not a good time.
No problem at all, I'll let you get on.
Thank you.
Mr Franklin? Yeah.
MACHINE BEEPS
PAUL SIGHS
How you doing, mate?
SOFT WHIMPER
Yeah.
OK, er...
Listen, your, erm...
..mum's on her way.
Are you good, yeah? Yeah.
I feel a bit sick...
..they've given me some pills.
You had your mum really worried, you know?
Making my life a nightmare, so...
HALF-LAUGH ..thanks for that.
LABOURED BREATHING
Hey. Hey, Jordan, hey, let me help you.
Careful. Good lad.
Jordan...
..who did this to you?
Who was it?
You went to see Jimmy?
Simon!
I love you, and I want to help you,
but you have to help me by not being such a fucking idiot!
If the police start asking more questions,
if you start acting erratically and out-of-character
and saying you need money right away,
I mean, do I need to spell it out?
SIMON SIGHS
Look...
Sorry, it's just...
OK, I'm gonna call the hospital
and see if there's an update on Jordan.
Daddy's gonna get you some dinner now.
There's a man downstairs.
What?
He knocked on the window and I let him in.
Jordan's awake.
He's like properly awake. He was talking and everything.
What does he, erm...
Has he, er, er...
LAUGHS NERVOUSLY I'm sorry.
Does he remember anything about the attack?
No. No, not a thing. Ah.
He remembers going to a mate's, he remembers going to the shops,
and then nothing until he woke up today, so...
And do... Is that... Do... Is that...
Is that, erm, is that a temporary thing, or do you think he'll, er,
get his memory back? I mean, that...
I don't know.
It's hard to tell with brain trauma, sorry.
That's what the doctors keep saying to me, you know?
Got to wait and see.
Well, post-traumatic amnesia can vary from patient to patient.
Well, he's sitting up
and he's not breathing through a straw
so I will take that all day long.
Listen, Simon, erm...
..I need to ask a favour.
Would you come in and talk to him?
Speak to Jordan?
Yeah.
Help him piece things together.
I think that that's something that the police
would deal with, isn't it?
Yes.
And if he does remember something, then we'll tell them.
I was thinking you could come with me now. Back to the hospital.
AMPLIFIED BREATHING Now?
Can I just say something?
From a medical perspective...
..Jordan's been in a coma for a week.
He's had a cardiac arrest.
He needs time to recover.
You start asking him to recall a traumatic memory,
you could set him back.
Personally, I'd leave it for a few days.
No, you're right, fair play.
But then you will come and talk to him, yeah?
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, absolutely. Yes, yes.
And then I'll take you out for dinner as a thank you.
And don't insult me by saying no, all right?
FORCED LAUGHTER
What do you think?
Well, it might be the best possible option.
Jordan recovers, the amnesia holds.
Yes, but what if it doesn't? Just one thing at the time.
Simon, I know this is hard for you,
but you have to try and act as though you're innocent.
Are you feeling OK, Jordan?
You happy to talk to me?
Oh, yeah, he's made up.
So where have you been anyway? You took your time.
It's only been three days
and I had to clear it with his doctor first.
As I understand it, you don't remember anything
before you were attacked, is that right?
Yeah.
So what do you remember from that night?
Erm...
I got a burger...
..headed to a mate's...
..I went back home and that's it. And who's this mate?
No comment.
You're not a suspect, you're a victim.
I'm trying to help you, Jordan.
You were found on York Avenue.
Any idea how you got there?
Do you ever hang around there with your mates?
Hang round?
Well, we've had reports of young lads causing a nuisance
breaking into cars, that kind of thing.
You'd best not be accusing him. Paul, please.
Never been on that street before.
And you never met the gentleman who lives at number 32
who found you? Never seen him before the night of the attack?
What has that gotta do with anything?
Paul, please let me ask what I need to ask, OK?
I've never met him, no.
He said that he saw someone running off
after you were attacked.
Anyone threatened you recently?
Do you know who my dad is?
Have you threatened anyone yourself? Jesus, what is this?
What are you doing? Now you're accusing him again.
You know how this works, I build up a picture.
It's been two weeks since my boy got jumped, yeah?
So what have you actually done in that time?
How many arrests have you made? Paul, we're making...
Start asking some proper fucking questions!
Do your job!
PHONE BUZZES, CHIMES
PHONE VIBRATES
Hello?
You're saying that I assaulted you - when?
Last week in the pub toilet, you grabbed hold of me
and threw me up against the toilet wall.
I did not!
Yeah, you threatened to harm me
unless I changed your redundancy package.
'If I was you, I'd lawyer up, cos this going to a tribunal.'
And, erm, by the way, you won't get any money in the meantime.
Oh, no, no. No, I need that money.
Whoa, whoa, you're threatening me again,
I'm hanging up. No, you...
MUG SMASHES
SLOW PANTING
DOORBELL RINGS
Ready, then?
Ready? Yeah, to go and see Jordan.
We'll drop by the hospital,
then I'll take you for a bite to eat.
Well, now isn't the best time.
We agreed.
I don't think we did.
You'd best not be calling me a liar.
I'm winding you up, get your coat.
How are you doing, Jordan?
There's someone here to see you.
Do you know who this is?
No.
This is Simon Henderson.
Who? Who?
It's the man that saved your life.
Oh, right.
Nice one.
Nice one? SCOFFS
Shake the man's hand, then.
OMINOUS MUSIC
How you feeling, Jordan? Erm...
..a bit dizzy sometimes, best when I'm sat up, but...
I'm good, thanks.
Simon's gonna talk you through what happened that night, yeah?
See if it helps you remember anything, you know?
Ah, there isn't that much to tell.
Well, you must have spoken to him, you know, said something.
Er...
I think I might have said, er... "Can you hear me?"
And then?
Well, he wasn't breathing and, er, he didn't have a pulse,
so I just started giving him, you know, CPR.
So you don't remember any of this, no?
No.
You don't remember seeing him?
No.
You don't remember being down his road, seeing him, none of that?
No.
No, I told you, I don't remember nothing.
OK.
MOBILE PHONE RINGS
It's your mum. Oh, you can't take that in 'ere -
they get all arsey.
Of course they do.
Hello.
I'm so glad you're feeling better, Jordan. Your...
dad's been really worried about you.
I think I'll just go and get a glass of water.
Hey, 32...
GASPS
..I haven't forgotten nothing.
I know what you did.
But don't worry...
won't tell no-one.
Cos I fucking own you now.
Oh, thanks again for everything, Simon.
I really appreciate it, you know.
CHUCKLES
PANICKED BREATHING
PLASTIC CRINKLING
Took your time. You all right?
Mm-hm. Yeah. Fine, fine. Yeah.
It's just been really stressful...
..with work. Why, what's happened?
Oh, just some, er, complications with my redundancy.
My boss is... boss is being difficult.
That little prick I met in the office?
Why, what's he done?
Trying to get out of paying you, yeah?
Well, it's something like that, but, you know, erm...
I'll work it out, it's fine. You say that a lot, you know.
"It's fine."
If it was fine, you wouldn't be stressed.
How's that little girl of yours?
Oh, she's fine. PAUL LAUGHS
She's doing well. Good.
And she's your only one, right?
Oh, it's a long story.
Give me the short version, then.
Well, erm...
we-we had Sophie, we had her through IVF.
Erm...
She was our last try, actually.
And, erm...
We had another boy, you know.
Danny.
So bright. He was top of the class, all that stuff, you know.
I mean, pfft, God knows where he got that from.
He, erm, got leukaemia.
Just before his ninth birthday.
He died two years later.
So sorry. Sorry, Paul.
Yeah.
Do you want me to speak to this boss of yours, Simon?
What? No. No.
CHUCKLES
No, I'll take care of it myself.
Look, you're a nice bloke,
and 99% of the time, that's a good thing.
But sometimes you have to make people do what you want.
And I just don't think that's gonna be your strong point, is it?
Just give me the word,
and I'll sort it.
Hm?
I just thought I'd offer.
Excuse me. Mm-hm.
Can we get, erm, another bottle of,
er, Rioja, please, when you're ready?
Yes, of course. Cheers.
What do you mean Jordan knows?
Well, he remembers everything.
Why is he doing this? What does he want?
WATER RUNNING
Hey, how you doing? What?
SCREAMS
BIRDS CAW
Simon?
What is it?
'Hey, it's Jimmy.
'Listen, I was, erm, I was out of order.
'I'm gonna speak to HR and make it all go away.
'You'll get your money today.
'It'll, er, be in your account in a few hours.
'I'm... I'm sorry again. I really am.'
'End of messages. To listen to...' HANGS UP
What was that?
What exactly did you say to Paul?
Well, I... I didn't ask him to.
God, I don't want these people in our lives!
When did you last speak to your sister?
It was, er, weeks ago. Why?
She's always saying that we should go and stay with her.
What? You want to go to Florida?
What happened with not running away?
Well, Kath will let us stay with her until we find a place of our own,
and then we've got your redundancy money
that we can live off in the meantime.
Plus the money we get for the house.
Whatever Jordan wants, we keep him happy.
We string him along until we're ready to go.
Then we get on a plane and we put 3,000 miles
between us and the Franklin family.
MAN: Good on you, Jordan.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Mum... I'm fine.
MAN: Go on, Jordan.
Jordan... Mum, stop.
Jordan, do you want to come round here so we can grab a photo
in front of the hospital sign?
Er... yeah, all right.
Great, thanks. Now, where's Simon?
Hey, Simon. Come on, mate.
Come on, Simon. Simon!
Don't be shy. Come over.
Yeah, top man, Simon. Just over there.
Right next to each other. That's great, thanks.
How are you feeling, Jordan?
Is it good to be out? Yeah, all right.
And I hear you're having a welcome home party.
Oh, yeah, yeah. No, tonight. Hey, er,
you're coming, aren't you, Simon? Er, yes, I am.
He loves a party, does Simon.
OK, and turn and face me, and give a big smile.
Come on, you're a hero.
APPLAUSE
SIGHS
Good to see you, Mason.
How you doing?
I'd say you're not doing too well on account of being arrested
with a rucksack full of pills.
I'll take it as read that you're not gonna speak,
so I'll say my piece.
You can listen.
Now, you can roll your eyes, act like you're too hard to care,
but I've known you since you were 12 years old.
If you're convicted, I can speak to the judge on your behalf.
I can say you've been cooperating with us.
But you've got to give me something.
Yeah? Be about...
I don't know, could be about...
Jordan Franklin.
Hm?
Listen, me and your mum, we've just got to nip out
to get some stuff for your party.
You gonna to be all right on your tod?
Yeah, of course. You need to rest.
There's no more dicking about.
What's that mean?
It means...
you ain't gonna put your mum and me through any of this any more.
It wasn't my fault.
Look, just...
get yourself better,
and then we'll talk. Fuck sake.
You say that to me again and you see what happens.
You're gonna go back to college,
you're gonna get a job. You're... I'm not Danny.
All right?
Sorry.
You stay 'ere.
Simon, can I have your passport, please. I need the number.
MOBILE PHONE CHIMES
It's him. What does he want?
'You all right, Simon? It's Jordan.
'Meet me at the Alexander playground at three.
'And, er... bring me a cheeseburger.'
Any luck? Maybe, yeah.
Quite chatty when he wants to be, Mason.
He says that Jordan Franklin's been doing some low-level dealing.
No shit, Sherlock.
Right, I know. He also says that Jordan's crew,
they hang around a shop near York Avenue, right?
And apparently, there's often a bit of bother there.
OMINOUS MUSIC
WOMAN LAUGHING
SWING SQUEAKING
SLURPS DRINK
You know what? Changed my mind.
I want a pizza instead.
Go on. Off you go.
You're trying to humiliate me, aren't you?
Well... I won't do it.
I'll tell me dad, then.
TAPS KEYS ON MOBILE PHONE
Enough.
Now, what do you want?
Fifty grand in cash.
Absolutely not!
My dad's gonna fuck you up, you know.
Right, look, I understand that you're angry...
An old twat like you getting a lucky punch in.
What's that make me look like?
I want 50K for the insult. Well...
I haven't got that kind of money. Pay me or I'll tell him.
I wouldn't be able to lay my hands on it. Pay me or I'll tell him.
Pay me. Pay me. Jordan.
No, pay me or I'll tell him. Pay me.
Fucking tell him.
See you tonight at the party, then?! Yeah?
CHATTERING
I can't believe we're having to do this.
We don't have to be there for long.
Just... do what we said.
DISTORTED RAP MUSIC
DISTORTED: Simon!
HE MOUTHS
Simon, how you doing, mate? Come over.
Good to see you, pal. How are you?
How are you, Beth? Good to see you.
Meet the lads. This is Gary. This is Sean. He's a family friend.
Big Mark. Hiya.
Nice one, mate.
We owe ya.
Yeah.
Listen, erm, can I get youse a drink?
CHATTERING
Must be nice to have him home. Yeah, Anna's made up.
And you?
Just do me a favour...
..keep an eye on him.
I'm just gonna go and...
I'll see you in a second.
Oh, look at you, 32.
All dressed up and fancy.
Right, I'm gonna make this quick, so you can just shut up and listen.
SCOFFS
Big man's got some big balls.
If I walk into a bank and ask for £50,000 in cash,
what do you think they're gonna do? Just give it to me?
Your problem, not mine.
No, it is not. This is your problem because I'm not going to do it.
Well, he won't just kill you...
..my dad...
..he'll hurt you first.
If you tell your dad...
..you'll get nothing.
If you tell the police, you get nothing.
Or...
Or you can just shut your mouth and do as I tell you.
You will get £3,000
per month for a year.
That's £36,000.
That is all I can afford.
Maybe I'll just tell him cos I want to.
Maybe I'll tell him right now.
Go on, then.
Fine.
But I want five grand a month...
..starting tomorrow.
CAR DOOR OPENS ABRUPTLY
You're late. Yeah, I know.
Bloody take it.
Just... Just get out of my car.
Nah.
You're gonna take me to my mate's.
No, I don't.
He lives around t'corner from you.
You know, you're going that way anyway.
I'm not going nowhere.
Unless you want to make me.
ENGINE STARTS
Yeah, you see, erm... it's not really a friend.
This girl I'm seeing.
Well, no, actually, not even a girl.
It's a woman. Well, I'm just not interested.
Proper MILF. Like...
Her name's, erm...
Her name's Beth.
What is the matter with you?
Have you got some sort of personality disorder?
Were you born like this?
You need psychiatric help.
Don't be telling me about my life. What have you ever done?
CAR APPROACHING
Shit.
Hey, yeah. All right, Uncle Mark? What are you doing here?
Simon's just taking me out for some food and we, er...
Er... No, I-I've got...
I've got a mate that lives round the corner, so...
He gave you an envelope. Where is it?
What do you mean?
Oh, no, er...
No, no, that's mine. He didn't give it me.
You see, I owe some people.
What is going on here?
Come with me. Both of you.
I'm-I'm... What do you mean? I'm not...
Out.
Where are you, Jordan?
Oh, you bastard.
SEAGULLS SQUAWK
CAR DOOR OPENS
Come on. Inside.
What's he gonna do? I don't know.
What was he doing following us? I don't know. He works for my dad.
Doing what exactly? Oh, this is bad. It's proper bad.
OK, I'm gonna call the police. What? No, you're not.
He's got a gun. Yeah, yeah. So don't piss him off.
Uncle Mark, I...
Look, I didn't wanna say nothing before,
but I was just selling him some weed, that's all.
That's a lot of money he gave you.
Was it four grand? Five?
How much weed do you get for that?
I... I didn't ask you!
Can I have a word outside?
You've not spoke to my dad yet, have you? I've texted him.
I told him to come here.
Right, well, you can't say a word to no-one.
No, not even him, you swear?
Simon's the one that hit me.
We got into a row outside his house.
You what?! He's shitting himself,
and I'm rinsing him for 5K a month.
I'll split it with you if you... Don't be stupid.
No, he'll pay it. Inside. Come on, now.
Oh, shit. Shit!
You need to come and get me right now!
BETH: 'Where are you?'
I... I'm on a building site, er, I don't know the name of the road.
It's near where that Tesco's used to be.
PANTING
BOTTLE CLINKS ON FLOOR
BIRDS FLAPPING
MOBILE PHONE RINGS
Hey!
PANTING
Oh, God!
Just move over, Beth. It's all right.
I didn't see him. Beth, just move over.
I didn't see him.
PANTING Oh, God!
Simon, I didn't see him. I didn't see him.
DRAMATIC SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC