County Lines

Phones off during our sessions, please.

Do you know what an "acceptable loss" is?

Some businesses have what they call an acceptable loss.

So, at the end of a job a plumber might have

a spare bit of piping they might chuck or reuse.

Same with a builder.

It might be timber or metal.

And it's also a military term used

for casualties inflicted by the enemy that are considered tolerable.

Do you know what the acceptable loss for your business is?

You.

You're the acceptable loss.

- (Boy) Tyler. - (Teacher) Right.

- (Boy) Oi, battyman. - (Teacher) Science.

- (Boy) Told you he's a battyman. - (Teacher) Everybody's favourite subject.

- (Teacher) Here we go. - (Boy) Sir, Tyler just said he's gay.

Nah, man.

- You've done nothing for two hours. - You can't force me.

You've done nothing apart from whinge about doing nothing for two hours.

I'm a big Year 9, you know. Allow it, man.

- I ain't doing this work. No way. - You don't do any work anyway.

- You see that? - (Laughter)

I'll teach you about that one later, fam.

Anyways, yeah, the guy, he came to me, yeah.

I saw him and I'm like, "What?"

I knocked him out, fam. I knocked him out. One bang.

Ah, you're a hater.

Fam, tell him, tell him, tell him. Did I not knock him out?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - (Indistinct)

- Yo! Gimme your chips, man. - Oh, allow it.

- I literally just bought them. - Shut up, fam.

Give me your chips, bruv. I don't care.

- What you doing? - Huh?

- What you doing? - Nah, I was only joking.

- You were just joking? - Yeah, man.

- I was only joking with him. - Shut the fuck up.

Idiots, man.

You all right?

Yeah.

Where you going now?

I'm just going home.

You want a lift?

- No, it's cool. - You sure?

Yeah.

- All right. - Thank you.

Yeah.

What do you want, a top knot or ponytail?

Top knot.

OK, let's see.

- Bye, kids. - Bye.

Aliyah.

Aliyah!

Are you ready for school?

Come on. Where's your bag?

Go on, go get your bag. Put that away.

Hi.

Hiya.

Hey, Mum.

Hi, babe.

Why is your hair so messy?

- Did you brush your hair? - Mm.

- Come on. - Has she eaten?

Yeah. She's gonna eat on the way to school.

All right. Bye.

Bye.

All right, have a nice day at school.

- See you later. - Bye.

Hey, guys.

He's dead. He's fucking dead.

- Fuck you, you fucking prick. - (Teacher) Step back.

Hey, hey, hey. Just sit down. Sit down.

Get back to your desks now, all of you, come on.

- Calm down. - He called my mum a bitch, sir.

- Just sit down. - What? Fucking faggot. Dickhead.

- Nah, I called your mum a cunt. - Yeah? You...

Yeah?

'Toni, it's Laurence here.

'Er, you gotta come in.

'There's been another incident with Tyler.'

Toni, we are going round in circles. You're not listening.

This is bullshit. It's your job to engage him.

- Look, we can't force him. - Yes, you can.

No, we can't.

Are you gonna punish him for what he did?

I don't think punishing him is the right course of action to take.

- Oh, I suppose that's my job, is it? - Actually, yeah, it is.

He is just...

I'm trying.

- Have you tried talking to him? - I'm his mum, he doesn't talk to me.

- Toni, what...? - Laurence, you know what he's like.

He's always just been a very quiet kid.

During every lesson he just stares out the window,

actively refusing to do any work.

And when he does say something, he's either being offensive

- or he's winding up the other boys. - Look, the bottom line is,

my son is being bullied and you are doing nothing about it.

How about I work with him for a few sessions,

see if I can get him to talk?

Some time away from Deontay will probably do him good.

No, why does Tyler have to be the one taken out of class?

Toni, we're just trying to help.

This isn't a one-size-fits-all approach.

See, that is what pisses me off about this place.

Bully a boy and you're labelled complex

but become withdrawn and you're a menace to fucking society.

Tyler's not perfect. He did call Deontay's mum a cunt.

Well, he's right.

I've known that bitch for a long time and she is a fucking cunt.

Do you remember when you tried to burn our school down?

Oh, my God, Laurence. Are you ever gonna let that go?

Well, I took the rap for you, got you out of that mess.

Yeah, well, I still managed to fuck it up, didn't I?

Well, you're a liability.

I still looked out for you.

Yeah.

Just work with us, Toni, please.

All right, I'll talk to him.

Thank you.

We'll do our best on this end and...

let's catch up in a couple of weeks, yeah?

Yeah.

Come on, let's go.

Now, Tyler.

What, bitch?

That's what I thought.

Deontay.

Did you not hear what sir said to you?

Get in there!

Oh, for fuck's sake.

I've gotta go to the shop.

Come on.

We need to talk about what happened today.

Tyler.

What, here?

£6.36, please.

Thank you.

I can't believe you called her a cunt.

Aliyah!

I wasn't. Sorry. I'm sorry.

Please. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

- What? What? - Sorry. No, no...

Yeah?

Yeah, it's good.

Who are you calling stiff? Man was a big baller, you know.

- You're a baller? - Up front. I used to bang in bare goals.

Bare goals, bare headers, take it down on my chest...

- Yeah, Sunday league, yeah? - Nah, it weren't a Sunday league.

- How old are you? - It doesn't matter how old I am.

Just stand back because I just wanna show you something.

Pretend to pass the ball to me. Just pretend.

Look at the way I'm on my toes.

- You want me to imagine? - Yeah, just pass it.

I don't know what's funny. It's serious stuff. Pass the ball.

All right, look, you see the way I just got that?

- And then look, look at that. - Yeah, I'm watching. Come on.

Do you see that? Then what I would do is just bring it down and play the ball.

Simple, just like that.

- Jeez. - So, no-one's told you, no?

You haven't seen any pictures on the internet or anything?

- What you talking about, man? - Like, man here was...

I got drafted, innit.

Man was drafted for Real Madrid.

- Real...? - Real Madrid. What?

- Real Madrid. - Real Madrid?

I was living in Spain for three months.

Man ain't taking the piss. It's serious stuff.

- Real Madrid wanted you to play? - Real Madrid wanted me

- to play for them in Madrid. - No.

I was there for three months. I hurt my kneecap.

- They wanted me. - When?

- But I got a injury, innit. - Must have been, like, 50 years ago.

You're not serious. Take a seat. Do your work. You're not even listening.

- You're just chatting shit, man. - Just sit down and do your work, man.

You're not even concentrating.

I got drafted.

- (Goal) - (Whistle)

What's going on, T?

Yeah, not much.

Are you coming back?

I don't know, man. I want to, but...

You should, bro.

Listen, we got this defence in midfield, he...

He's all right but he's not T level.

We need T level. He's good.

But that ain't T level, man. We need you.

I'll see, yeah? I'll see.

- So, next week, yeah? - Next week?

Yeah, go on, then.

Sweet.

Cool.

Oi, do you want pizza?

Er, yeah.