The Responder

I'm wra... I'm wrapped up in here, you know.

In me head.

I thought I was doing something good.

Who are you? I'm a drug dealer.

You think Chris Carson's going to come and help you, don't you?

I just want to do what's right.

You're just helping me find the truth.

Maybe speak to your wife about your fears?

Have you slept with Ray?

Kate.

Me head's battered.

Me mum's dying.

And now I'm homeless.

It's good, isn't it?

Why are you even on this again?

You got him demoted, Ray.

I just don't understand why you hate him so much.

I'm starting to hate you.

Them phones charged?

Why'd you buy a phone at the petrol station?

You spying on me?

A friend of mine called to say that he'd spoken to you

about something that belongs to me.

Bring it and you get your money.

What you doing here? Saving your life.

What have you done?

Washing powder.

What the fuck...

I think I'm falling apart.

Chris?

Chris?

Wake up, lad.

Chris?

You're over your ticket.

Your ticket's until two o'clock... Yeah, OK, mate.

..and it's two o'clock now, sir. Yeah.

All right. Now fuck off.

OK.

Oh, Christ...

PHONE BUZZES

Where are you?

Nowhere.

I was worried about you. How are you doing?

How's Tilly?

She asked about you this morning.

About Ray...

No. Kate, please.

Well, he made me feel happy again.

Just...

..in the moment.

I felt loved, loving.

And I really needed that.

And I wish that I didn't need that.

You just weren't there, Chris.

Right.

And I really, really wish it wasn't him.

And I know what you think he did to you at work.

I can't think about this now.

Well, I think maybe we need to.

Honestly, I haven't got it in me, Kate, not now.

I'm not angry with you.

I'm just...beaten.

I wish you were angry.

Can I hear seagulls? No.

Are you at the beach?

Just don't worry about where I am.

Is this it?

All these years...

Fucking hell.

Jesus Christ.

Shit!

Fucking...

Fuck!

Fuck!

CAR DOOR CLOSES

Are you fucking my husband?

Oh, Ellie, I'm so sorry.

I never...

It's so difficult, I hated myself for it.

I wanted... I wanted to tell you, but...

Your marriage is gone, so you thought you'd take mine?

Ellie, please. That's not how it happened.

You mean so much to me. I'm so, so sorry.

Yeah, I can't believe it, because, you see, I carried you.

I helped you.

You were my best friend.

Tilly, get your stuff.

Ellie, please...

Bye.

DOOR SHUTS

I didn't mean to say anything. I'm sorry.

I heard you and Daddy last night.

It's not your fault.

It's never your fault.

Now come on.

PHONE CLICKS

PHONE BUZZES

Her again.

Bin her off. We can't just bin her off.

What you going to tell her, then?

Don't know.

Well, there's your problem right there, then, lad.

SHE BREATHES UNEVENLY

SHE SNORTS

SHE WHIMPERS

I'm saving your life.

What the fuck were you thinking?

DOORBELL RINGS

HE KNOCKS ON DOOR

Hello. Erm...

Nothing to worry about. Police.

Yeah.

Next door... I don't get involved.

Right. Erm...

Do you know when they're back?

She'll know.

Can you ask her?

She's not in.

Right.

Have you got a number for them?

We don't get involved.

Well, do you know if their CCTV works?

All right, I'll come back.

Yeah. You're welcome.

PHONE RINGS

Yeah?

It's me.

Why you ringing me?

Because I want to know what's happening.

Have you got something for me?

I gave you the number that Chris is using. What are you doing with it?

What do you think I'm doing with it?

I thought you'd have your team working on it by now.

This stuff takes time.

Well, then, give me the number of someone else,

so I can chase stuff up.

I'm your contact.

Who's your boss?

Rachel...

..I'm your contact.

Look, we're doing the right thing,

and it's going to pay off for both of us.

Just trust me, OK?

I won't let you down. I've got to go.

Hello, love.

Oh...! Fuck...!

Argh!

I spend all day telling people they shouldn't smoke,

and then I sit here where everyone can see me from the car park.

I'm sorry about your friend.

What happened had to happen.

The first thing I want you to do is clean up after this morning.

And then I want you to get me the policeman.

All right?

What about the gear?

The policeman is the gear.

I'm not saying he has it.

I'm saying he knows who has it.

Or, at the very least, who had it last.

It's Casey.

Who?

The baghead who started all this.

She must have switched it.

Because there's no way that copper would have turned up with jarg coke.

He isn't that stupid.

She might still have it.

It's ours, and people know it's ours.

Find her, find the copper.

And get me my drugs back.

All right? Yeah.

Sure? Yeah.

Look tired.

You ready?

You can sit down.

He's me partner. Get up.

I don't care if you're Derek Acorah and he's your fucking spirit guide.

He's not coming.

He is coming.

Get up.

This fella, the man we're going to meet...

..I've had to convince him to see us.

We aren't selling knock-off ciggies here.

This is a step up. This is dangerous.

People are looking for this stuff.

This guy, he's taking a chance.

We take him with us...

..it's disrespectful.

The state of him.

Col.

You tailing someone?

I'm a store detective.

I'm tailing everybody, it's me job.

What happened to your grid?

Ellie.

Hey.

Carson, he's bought a burner phone.

What's that got to do with me?

Your mate, the one who works for the mobile company?

Piss off.

Oh, come 'head, Col. No.