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Is it bad?
Is it bad?
Nah.
Stop the car.
Stop the car!
What are you doing?
- Get away! Close the door! - No! Let me go!
- Get the door! Natalie! Hold on! - Stop the car!
- Get her back in. - Close the fucking door!
Get her back in.
Now!
- Please, we have to go back. - Strap her in.
Please. We have to turn around. We can't leave her there. Stop the car!
What are you doing? That was mad.
You're okay, just breathe. Just breathe.
- We're gonna get help now. - Fuck's sake.
Aren't we?
I am help.
Where are we going?
You could drive a bit faster.
I could if I wanted to attract attention.
Yeah, but we need attention, don't we? Someone tried to kill us. He's been shot.
- People are dead. - We need to call the police.
You sure that wasn't who we just left behind?
There's no going back.
Wait. What's happening?
- Follow me. - Where the fuck are we?
Dude.
Nice and quiet, all right?
Geez. Sorry. Sorry.
You okay?
Yeah.
Turn it off.
Find some candles. I'll check the rest of the place.
Let's go.
Now. Before he comes back.
Shouldn't we wait to see what he's got to say?
You've been shot, Eddie.
Yeah. I'm okay.
But he's not. He's a psycho.
This is the only way we get answers.
Come on, give me the keys.
Hey, do you think he knows what this is all about?
Was he dead?
Who?
The man I shot. Was he dead?
I don't know. It was dark.
That shot would've killed a zombie.
Dude.
But it was an accident, right? So…
Anyone find anything with a name or password on? Bills, receipts, notes?
What are you looking for?
Can you please fill in a few gaps for us? We're a tiny bit freaked out about...
Everything.
Everything. Thanks.
- How did you find us? - And why?
Someone tried to kill me.
It makes sense it was whoever's trying to make it look like
I kidnapped Leo Newman.
You mean, you didn't kidnap him?
I went to find out what she knows.
Saw them get lifted, then I followed.
Well, thank God you did.
I don't think he did it out of the kindness of his heart.
I did it because you're my best chance
of finding out what the fuck is going on and why we've been lumped together.
It's your fault.
You're the one who's been texting me.
You were on the motorbike. This is all you.
You two know each other?
What motorbike?
You shot me yesterday.
I knew if you'd gone to the police they'd put you in a vest.
I didn't go to the police.
If I'd wanted to kill you, you'd be dead.
What the hell is going on here?
Who are you?
You know who he is. The police told us. He's a trained killer.
But I'm not your enemy.
We're the only people that any of us can trust even a little bit right now.
And we have a couple of hours, tops, to share what we know.
Whoever sent those guys already know it's gone bad.
So, who were they?
- Black ops, ex-military. - How can you be sure?
How do you think?
- Sent by who? - British authorities, FBI.
Are you really saying I shot a police officer?
Well, you killed our best chance of finding out.
So, you think he's definitely dead?
Seriously?
The good news is that officially it didn't happen.
That scene will be clear by now. Maybe apart from her sister's body.
Natalie? Natalie!
Natalie!
- No. Get off. Get off me. - Hey. Stop.
No, I won't leave her there.
They can't get away with this. It did happen.
Stop.
Anybody else got a phone?
No, they've already taken them off us.
Listen, we're all in this togeth...
She's gone. Do you hear? Gone.
Now, do you want to find out who did it or not?
So, why us?
Don't get too comfortable. We haven't got long.
Come on. What do we have in common?
We're all British and we were all in New York
on the day Leo Newman was kidnapped.
Why were you there?
We've been through this.
For the police, I know.
But this time you can tell the truth. We all can.
What's said here goes no further. Are we agreed?
I spoke at a Cooper Newman Foundation event.
I didn't want to, but I...
Why not?
Four years ago, I questioned whether Leo Newman should be offered
a place at the university
and the ethics of taking money from his mother's company.
There was a full investigation.
Everything was found to be aboveboard, and that was it.
Did you talk to him while he was there?
- No. - Really?
Yes, really. And this does feel quite like the police interview, actually.
But you must know him?
Why must I?
Because they're saying he's a student at Oxford.
Have you ever been to a university? No, of course. Well, they're big places.
Yeah, with lots of windows. I know.
Uh-huh, and there are more than 20,000 students at Oxford,
and I'm one of them.
No, more to the point, I'm no one. That's why this is so mad.
He's a carpet salesman.
No, I'm not.
Quite a coincidence though.
Do we look like kidnappers to you?
What does a kidnapper look like?
You.
You looked more like Lara Croft than a professor back there.
I'm not a professor.
And I'm not a carpet salesman.
So what are you then?
Yeah, why were you in New York?
I went to meet Cooper Newman PR about a job. Cybersecurity.
I've got a business. I'm starting it, soon.
Wait...
A multinational corporation turning over a billion dollars a year
needs to upgrade security,
so they call for a West London carpet salesman?
- I'm not a... - Telling the truth, are you?
Do you all understand how deep you're in?
This isn't just about the Newman kid now.
Who do you think they'll blame her sister on?
- No. - Fuck, yeah.
Sorry, why should we believe you?
Tell us what you know. It's your face all over the news.
And whereas your face isn't anywhere, student. Why's that?
'Cause I was arrested later, and I wasn't staying in the hotel.
And my face is all over the front of every fucking newspaper.
Pixilated.
I don't know. Maybe I did see Leo at uni.
Might've spoken to him. I speak to anyone.
Police might have found out
that we were at the same lecture or at the same pub once,
and then I happened to be in New York on the day he's kidnapped.
And suddenly, I'm Baby Driver.
Where you from?
Wales, originally.
- Which part? - Cardiff.
Your parents married there?
- What? - Answer.
Enough. Your turn. Your turn to answer to us. To me.
You've been blackmailing me for two years.
Not me, Natalie.
I know you're angry, but I was just the collector.
The way I heard it, you stole that money in the first place. So…
Yes, and I paid it back.
But those last two cash drops were for you, weren't they?
That's the reason I was in New York, isn't it?
Why didn't you pick up?
Who first contacted you about the New York drop?
You did. Tell the truth.
The police said that the company I defrauded are owned by CNPR.
Did you know that? Did they send you?
Honestly, I don't know.
It's in nobody's interest for me to have too much information, you know?
Who do you work for?
I don't work for anybody, as discussed. I'm a student.
- Studying what? - History.
All of it?
- What? - Which period? Answer.
- Ancient. What is this? - Ancient British or what?
Oh, fuck you.
Eddie!
Eddie, are you all right?
Hey. Hey, you okay, mate?
Someone find him a clean shirt.
You can see the road from upstairs. Will you keep an eye out?
Go watch the front of the house.
I'll deal with him.
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