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This programme contains strong language throughout and scenes of violence

Call the police. I've still got contacts on the force.

I'll call someone I trust. And what about Sonny?

You know that we can get Sonny in solitary.

There's nowhere where he's safe.

Mwah.

You haven't told anyone, have you, Jo?

Dominic, maybe?

He's helping me.

He's risking everything.

His family, his career, why?

Because he loves you.

ENGINE STARTS

We've been on the back foot for too long.

I'm gonna do some digging.

Well, we can't go to the police.

I'll be discreet... No... I think it's Cormac.

The more we find out, the quicker we can start to fight back.

Is that what you want to do?

Starting now.

You fight back.

BELL TOLLS

Bye, Dad.

I'm on my way.

It's definitely him, he's back.

Do whatever you need to do.

KNOCKING

Come on, we have to go.

Yeah, coming.

Shit!

Fuck!

KNOCKING

Jo, come on!

Stop acting weird, you're scaring the passengers.

Argh!

# We've got a simple idea I'm gonna make it stick #.

# Do you ever feel like the room is heavy?

# Do you ever feel like the room is an...#.

MUSIC STOPS

# Feel like the room is heavy...#

How'd you get on?

Don't ask.

Fuck's sake!

You taped it to your stomach?

You're a natural.

You've been working hard.

How old's Sonny...

20?

19. 19.

So he'll be, what, 34 when he gets out?

He'll be out before his next birthday.

Ah, the appeal?

Hm-m

I get it, it's something to hold on to, isn't it?

No matter what evidence you find, Sonny's going to do the 15.

You don't know that.

Bangkok next week, usual drill.

This is your life now, make peace with it.

It's the easiest way.

DOOR CLOSES

PHONE RINGS

OK.

Yeah, he's leaving now.

Careful.

Memorise what car he drives.

Colour, model, number plate.

And then follow at a safe distance.

None of this feels safe.

So stay alert.

Remember, it's better to lose him... Than to get caught, yeah.

We need leverage.

Let's pick his life apart.

KNOCKING

DOOR OPENS

What's his routine? Who does he work for?

Where does he live?

He's cautious.

Doesn't talk about his personal life.

Never mentions his bosses by name.

He'll have secrets.

How can we hurt him? Where's he Vulnerable?

He followed me for months, I had no idea.

What if he has other people watching?

We're careful.

First sign of anything suspicious and we abandon everything.

OK.

If he sees you, lie your heart out.

You say it's a coincidence, you come up with a story.

Make it convincing.

And rehearse it till you believe it yourself.

PLANE LANDING OVERHEAD

Who's your contact in the police?

An old colleague, we go way back.

It's still a risk.

What would you do tomorrow if...

If I wasn't following a bloody drug dealer?

If something was still troubling.

If none of this had happened.

I would run a bath and I would play really loud music.

And then I'd go see a film.

On your own? Yeah, on my own.

I like it.

I like being in the cinema in the day, you know,

when there's no-one there and you can just stretch out,

put your feet up. Mm.

How about you.

Maybe I'd come with you.

Yeah.

You sure you want to do this?

I'll make the call.

Run his image through your database.

Who is he? Where is he from?

Does he have a record?

Are you still working customs?

Yeah. This is for something else.

What, are you moonlighting? PI work?

Nah. It's a favour for a friend.

No questions asked.

Are you OK?

Mel good?

Yeah, she's great.

The kids?

Well, look, you're not going to be locking them up any time soon.

Brilliant.

They're smashing it at school.

Everything's fine.

Are you sure you're OK? Shana...

Help me out just this once, yeah?

For old times' sake.

OK.

So the fight spilled out of the bar. You were scared, you ran.

We've been through this a million times.

Yeah, we'll go through it a million more times before the appeal.

Right, now. Which way did you run?

I don't know. I wasn't thinking.

Right.

Because we've got three missing minutes here.

Three minutes from the fight outside the bar

until the police finding you standing over Kristian.

Where I was trying to call an ambulance.

That's three minutes when there must have been a second fight, right?

When someone else killed Kristian.

So remember which streets you ran down

and we can find a witness, someone who can vouch for you.

What did you mean when you told me to get sent to solitary?

You said hit someone.

You said you knew I had it in me.

You never asked me, you know.

What?

If I did it.

Yeah, I have.

Right, well, that's cos I don't need to.

I know you didn't do it. How?

What? How do you know?

Ask me.

No-one's gonna vouch for me, Mum.

Even you don't believe me.

Oh, Sonny...

Sonny!

KLAXON BLARES

DOOR SLAMS

Come on. You should get one as well so we can match.

I'm not coming to your party. Not now.

Fuck off!

Please tell me you didn't get a Chinese symbol.

Yeah, it means courage.

You know that for sure?

Because I don't think you speak Mandarin.

Probably the Chinese symbol for moron.

Moron? What, they've got a Chinese symbol for that, have they?

Yeah. And it's tattooed on your arm.

Is that the best you could come up with? Courage?

Well, I'm a fighter, aren't I? A fighter?

Yeah, all my life. Sorry, who have you fought?

The odds. THEY LAUGH

You listening to this?

Yeah. Courage sounds so lame.

Here, if anyone asks, you just say it means fortitude.

Fortitude?

Well, I mean, I like it, but... Trust me.

Fortitude.

Means courage.

Just think you're really regal anyway.

I should wear it on this side.

Jordan, just cos you're 30

doesn't mean you can start acting old.

One more round, and then you're up.

All right.

Oh, no, I'm good. Thank you.

You're not drinking tonight? No.

No, I'm good.

Are you pregnant?

She's the size of a mango.

THEY ALL SCREAM Oh, my God!

God! Well, they think it's a she, so...

Oh, she! Bet you're dying for a drink.

Dying for a fucking tuna melt. You're getting cravings already?

All right, OK, no, look, I love you, yeah?

Yeah. Congrats. Yeah. But it's my birthday,

and there's no fucking way you're stealing my thunder.

Let's go. Come on.

Let's go out.

Sorry!

I'm... I can't believe... I'm so happy for you.

I know. What are you doing?

I'm ordering you a bloody tuna melt.

THEY LAUGH

Here we go. Classic tuna melt.

Can I tell you that secret now?

Oh, right. I just presumed she was your secret.

No? No.

So, um...

Me and Rajiv.

It wasn't a one-time thing.

I don't really know whose she is.

She's yours.

That is your baby.

And it's all you ever wanted.

She is.

It's wonderful. ZARA SIGHS HEAVILY

I, um...

SOFTLY: I love you. I love you.

BREATHES HEAVILY

ON PHONE: We got the go-ahead.

What's our next move?

No second chances, all right?

Call me when it's done.

DOORS UNLOCK

METALLIC SCREECHING

TROLLEY WHEELS SQUEAK

TROLLEY APPROACHES

WHEELS SQUEAK, FOOTSTEPS

ALARM BLARES

INMATES SHOUT

PAINED BREATHING

GROANS

GUARDS SHOUT

PHONE VIBRATES AND RINGS

Oh, my God, you came! Hey.

What's happened? I don't know, I don't know.

Just that someone tried to...

Is he OK? I don't know.

I got a call saying that he'd been stabbed and he's in hospital.

But when I asked if he'd be OK, they didn't...

What if this is our fault, right?

What if it's Cormac, and he saw us following him?

He didn't see me.

All right? No way. I don't think he saw me either,

but I don't know. I can't be sure, can we?

Oh, fuck. I've gotta go book this flight. No, no, no.

You can't. What? All right, if it is Cormac,

if he found out we were following him...

Oh, no. It's too risky. No, I've got to go.

No, you'll be alone, all right? And I can't come with you.

I know. I'm not asking you to.

Sonny Conran? MAN RESPONDS IRRITABLY

Please!

Sazhalyavam. I'm looking for Sonny Conran.

He's in...

I'm looking for my son. He's in intensive care.

Sonny Conran.

POLICE RADIOS CRACKLE

POLICE SHOUT ORDERS Sonny!

Is he OK?!

Sonny's patched up.

His wounds look nasty, but they're mostly superficial.

He was lucky.

We've given him a sedative. He'll be out for a long time.

I recommend you get some sleep. No.

I could suggest a hotel.

Or you could sleep here. Yeah, thank you.

Blagodarya.

Sonny.

Sonny, it's Mum.

I'm here, darling.

I'm here for you now.

MONITORS BEEP REGULARLY

ALARM BLARES

Fuck!

I'm sorry. We have to go outside. Yeah.

Is this a drill or is it real? We don't know yet.

Please follow me. No, I need to bring my son.

He's...he's sedated. Can you carry him?

No, he's handcuffed to the bed! I'm joking.

I love the English sense of humour. Please, follow me.

No... We'll come back for him.

We just need to find some strong guys.

My English is good, no? Um...

Yeah. How's your Bulgarian?

Mnoge dobre! Very good! Where are the guards? Outside.

Er, no, that's not right. They're meant to stay there.

They're meant... they've got to stay there.

Everyone has to go outside. Even the guards.

I'm gonna stay with my son.

We'll come back for him.

You have to go now.

No. Now! No!

Now!

Let go!

Bitch! JO SCREAMS

GROANS

MONITOR ALARMS BEEP RAPIDLY

ROARS IN FRUSTRATION

GRUNTS WITH EFFORT

GROANS

SONNY WHIMPERS Hey, hey, hey. It's OK, it's OK.

Fuck...

Mum... I'm here.

DOOR OPENS NEARBY

The fuck...?

Find the boy.

SHOUTS ANGRILY

MUTTERS

Jo, Jo!

Jo... JO SCREAMS

It's me. It's OK, it's OK.

Get the fuck away from us! It's OK.

Listen, listen. We're here to protect Sonny.

Him! He's... He's not coming back.

Not now.

He's not coming back.

Right? We're here to help.

All right? Everything's gonna be OK.

OK?

Did you order this?

Why would we hurt him now?

I gave you our instructions. You followed them to the letter.

So this isn't because of me?

It's not payback for the fight that put Sonny in solitary?

Kristian Georgiev's family have put a price on Sonny's head.

The appeal's coming up, and they're afraid that he'll get out.

Two inmates in the prison - amateurs, opportunists -

tried to make their fortune.

We knew it was going to happen. I made the call.

We were just too late to stop it. The fire alarm,

the hit man in the scrubs, that was another attempt.

I've called the prison governor.

There's more guards coming.

Senior guys. Guys that we can trust.

You said you could keep Sonny safe.

Cos that's our fucking deal.

We'll pay more inmates. More guards.

Someone will be watching Sonny 24/7.

And what about the inmates who stabbed him?

You don't need to worry about them now.

They've been moved?

Did you threaten them?

No, you killed them.

I don't want you in here.

I don't want you near my son.

You sure about that?

The Georgievs want revenge.

You need us to protect Sonny.

Without us, you're on your own.

FOOTSTEPS APPROACH

You OK?

What's going on?

I thought I heard something. It's nothing.

Come back to bed.

THEY TALK QUIETLY

MONITOR BEEPING ECHOES

PHONE CHIMES

Where's your scissors?

You're starting to trust me.

This tea is hotter than lava. I could burn you alive.

The nurse says that Sonny could wake at any minute, so...

You can't be here.

Tyson and Holyfield, they'll guard Sonny until he goes back to prison.

He'll be safe there.

What happened?

You mean the men that stabbed Sonny? Yeah.

Did they suffer, you mean?

Did you want them to?

They tried to kill my son.

Uh-huh.

So, that's...

I don't know.

I don't fucking know any more.

JO SIGHS HEAVILY

You're a good person.

But you're relieved that someone's died.

It's a strange feeling. You never get used to it.

Oh, right.

You trying to tell me you're a good person?

JO CHUCKLES SOFTLY

I know what my job is. And it's to keep your son alive.

Yeah.

Yeah.

If you hadn't shown up when you did, he...

Don't thank me.

My bosses are evil people,

and they own you.

Don't let them break you.

You can't promise that Sonny will be safe

cos there's still a price on his head, right?

You need to double it.

You put a price on anyone in that prison who tries to hurt my son.

There you go.

Mmm...

SONNY GROANS

Who are they?

Oh, that's private security. Our lawyer hired them.

Can I take them with me?

THEY LAUGH

TEARFULLY: I can't go back.

Oh, darling.

You know what?

You're looking bigger.

Yeah, I'm doing what you said.

Yeah? You've been working out?

Yeah. Press-ups, weights, boxing.

I'm trying. I know.

Everyone inside...

I'm not like them.

I don't belong in there. I know.

You still haven't asked me.

I told you.

I don't need to ask because it doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter... Look at me.

Doesn't matter.

Do you understand?

Yeah.

You know, I never wanted to fight anybody.

I went travelling for an adventure. Yeah.

To see some of the places you took me when I was a kid.

Well, we win this appeal, and we can go anywhere we want.

We can go anywhere in the world.

I just want to go home.

We've got nothing on Cormac.

No records, no addresses.

No criminal history? Not even a parking fine.

We know he left Belfast when he was 18, but we don't know why.

You've got to give me something more.

Why are you interested?

Ah, he used to go out with a friend of mine.

She owes him money. He's been threatening her.

He hinted that he's involved with some major players,

some scary people.

If he was, we'd know about him.

That's what I thought.

Well, maybe he's just a chancer.

If he's not on our radar, he's a nobody.

Tell your friend if he keeps hassling her,

just get it reported.

ON PHONE: Jo, it's me.

Look, the police have never heard of Cormac.

What if this criminal empire doesn't exist?

What if he's on his own?

Fuck...

Aye, keep running, you fucking rat!

MAN GROANS

CLATTERING

GROANS

Hello?

Oh, fuck!

Sorry. You made me jump.

Uh, I'm...I'm Kayla.

You're Jo, Sonny's mum?

You're gonna be a granny.

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