All language subtitles for Afterlife s01e02 Lower Than Bones.eng

(DOOR OPENING)

I'm going over Megan's
to watch Monsters Inc.

Can I have some money
for crisps and coke?

Yeah.

Thanks, Dad. Hi, Stace.

(DOOR CLOSING)

I can't go on like this.

I feel like a criminal.

- It'll be all right.
- How?

How will it be all right?

Are you serious about
getting away from this hole?

- It was you that said it.
- Just give me some time.

Time? How much
time does it take, Ray?

Come on.

- You all right?
- No.

DSS?

Care in the Community
more like sometimes.

Hi.

My house husband.
Where's trouble?

Out. Megan's. DVD.

Well, you wouldn't
believe the day I've had.

You know that guy Chris, that was
giving me all that trouble last week?

He started again. I don't know
what I'm gonna do with him.

Hi, Megan. Yeah, not so bad.
Can you put Carly on, love?

What does she like this
week? Corkscrews or bow ties?

What?

When was this?

Carly!

Carly!

Police?

Yeah, police...

it's my daughter.

Carly?

Carly?

Carly!

My daughter, I can't find her.

I can't find her. Where is she?

Well, I suggest initially we get together
like this on a regular basis, just to talk.

Talk?

What about? The weather?

You. What you do.
What you feel about,

what you do and see and hear.

Then I'd like to observe your
work as a medium, first-hand.

Oh, so what? I phone you
when someone comes to me?

Yeah. To the extent that you
feel comfortable with that. Yeah.

Just your friendly,
neighbourhood psychologist, then.

Exactly.

You could do with getting
yourself a decent couch.

Hey, let's be clear about this.
This is not a therapy session.

Good, because if you're expecting to
rummage around in my dim and distant past,

you're in for a disappointment.

When we first met, you intimated
you'd spent some time in psychiatric care.

Hmm.

Do you have a problem with
me finding out more about that?

Fine.

Do you remember the
name of your consultant?

Max Maynard at
Stillview in Manchester.

But he might as well have been a
plumber for all he found out about me.

All he wanted to do was
talk about the accident.

Accident?

How many people are
gonna read this book?

Don't worry. It's a university
publication, not a Harry Potter.

REPORTER: (ON TV) Detective
Inspector Felix George of Wessex Police

has again asked for any
members of the public

who have noticed anything
unusual in the area to come forward.

He reassured them that information
would be treated in complete confidence

and said his priority was
to find Carly safe and well.

Yes. That's the worst
of it. Not knowing...

if our daughter is
alive or dead. That's...

That's unbearable.

Carly's father Ray thanked friends,
family and neighbours for their support

and said it was now
down to the public.

He appealed for
anyone with information

that could lead police to the
whereabouts of his daughter

to look to their conscience and think of
the torture he and his wife are suffering.

I just want to know if
you've fully considered

the psychological state of
these people at the moment.

You saw that man on TV not
knowing if his daughter's dead or alive.

He's in hell. That's what I
consider. I consider that.

What if she is alive? Alison,
you have to be so careful.

You're full of good intentions, aren't
you, Robert? Writing a book about me,

one-on-one sessions in
the psychology department.

But the minute you see what my life is
really like, look at you. You run a mile.

I'm not running.
I'm being sensitive.

- A child is missing.
- No, a child is dead!

It's horrible, I know.

This is what I do.

It isn't easy for you, Robert,
how easy do you think it is for me?

- Let me at least call them and see...
- No, no, no, no. I've got to go now.

Excuse me.

JOURNALIST: Excuse
me. Who are you?

Alison.

I'd like to speak to Liz Tufnell please,
Carly's mum. I've got a message for her.

My name's Alison Mundy.

LIZ: If it's a paper,
tell them to get lost.

No, I'm not a newspaper,
Liz, I'm a person.

Liz, you had a beautiful, beautiful
girl, my sweetheart, but she's gone.

I've seen her. She's in
spirit. She's dead. I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

- Who are you? What are you saying?
- I'm sorry.

What did you say to her?

You parasite! Get out
of here before I bloody...

- You've seen her?
- Oh, yes.

Where is she?

Now?

Mrs Mundy, if you know where
she is, where can we find her...

You mean her body?

I don't know where her body is.

She probably can't
face it, that she's dead.

She's probably blocking
it out totally, poor thing.

I sat with her in
the supermarket,

until they asked me to leave.

'Cause I was
attracting attention.

Mrs Mundy, what evidence do
you have that Carly Tufnell is dead?

The evidence of my eyes.

She's frightened. She
doesn't understand.

See, that's why
we've got to help her.

Because if we can find her body,

then maybe she
can get some peace.

That's what I was trying to get out of
her. What she remembers, where she was.

And all she would say is "Dark",

over and over again.

"Dark, dark water."

And she's crying. She's sobbing.

I'm the only one
who can hear her.

The two of us, in amongst
the soup and the baked beans.

And what else did she say?

What else did she say?
What else did she say?

She said,

"I'm down, lower than bones."

Yeah.

"Lower than bones."

"Lower than bones."

I don't wanna hurt you.

I want to help you.

Is this it?

All over, then?

All the plans.

All the happiness?

It wasn't happiness that we
had, Stace, it was just fun.

This was found
washed up at Sea Mills.

Does it match the description
given by the parents?

Same brand, same
style, same size.

Right.

Right, right, right.

Okay, everyone. We're
gonna concentrate our searches

on all areas upriver from here.

And that includes Cumberland
Basin, Hotwells and Baltic Wharf.

How long is this gonna take?

(INAUDIBLE)

- Dr Bridge. You wanted to see me?
- Yes, Inspector. Thanks.

I realise you're very busy,

but I'm concerned about a
woman called Alison Mundy.

She's under the delusion
that she's in contact with spirits,

so obviously it's important
that none of your team

places undue emphasis on
anything she might say to you.

- However...
- Are you saying that she's not very good?

I'm saying she's
very convincing.

Dr Bridge, I'd like
you to step this way.

Have a listen, and
tell me what you think.

ALISON: (ON TAPE)
She's frightened.

She doesn't understand.

That's why we've
got to help her.

Because, see, if
we can find her body,

than maybe she can have peace.

She's emotionally unstable,
as you can tell from the voice.

I'm worried that this self-imposed
pressure might be damaging to her,

as well as anything else.

ALISON: (ON TAPE) All
she would say is "Dark",

over and over again.

"Dark, dark water."

Psychics and mediums tend to speak
in generalities. For instance, "water".

Everywhere is near water. A
river, water pipes, something.

It doesn't mean
anything significant.

ALISON: (ON TAPE) And
she's crying. She's sobbing.

And I'm there with her.

I'm the only one
who can hear her.

The two of us, in amongst
the soup and the baked beans.

And what else did she say?

What else did she say?
What else did she say?

She said,

"I'm down, lower than bones."

ROBERT: She plucks something out of
the air, doesn't even know she's doing it.

Lower than bones.

It sounds so specific,
you think it must be true.

ALISON: "Lower than bones."

"Lower than bones."

(CARLY SOBBING SOFTLY)

(HELICOPTER DRONING)

Where was she, boys?

- Down there, sir.
- There?

ANNOUNCER: (ON RADIO)
And now the headlines.

We've just received word
within the last few minutes,

that the police have confirmed
that the body of a young girl

found near the Baltic
Wharf area of Bristol,

is that of missing
schoolgirl Carly Tufnell.

The police have confirmed that they
are now dealing with a murder enquiry.

We made an appointment
in the name of Watkins.

Are you prepared to see us?

She had this silver balloon

that one of her friends
brought to her birthday party.

It's still sitting there in the front
room. I can't let myself get rid of it.

Stupid.

Do you have
children of your own?

- No, no, I don't.
- Oh well, you're young. Plenty of time.

Do you want white sugar? You should
have white sugar with tea, shouldn't you?

Don't know what I'm
doing with brown sugar.

I've had so much tea in the last four days,
I think I might change my name to Tetley.

You did what you
thought was right.

We know that now.

Thank you. It wasn't
easy, believe me.

How do you...?

Erm...

Sometimes I see people.
People who've passed away.

Can you see Carly?

We just want to know...

Can you help us find who did it?

I can only tell you
what Carly tells me.

How is Mr No-Self-Doubt?

Bristol's answer
to Norman Foster.

Has he postmodernised
the garden shed yet?

Well, I fancy neoclassical.
So, it's a sticking point.

What about you? Girlfriend?

Does he know you're
meeting up with me?

- Just wondered.
- Don't get your hopes up, Robert.

Hope's a funny thing.
Sometimes I think we human

beings would be a
lot better off without it.

Maybe it's one of the
things that makes us human.

Look, I'm sorry. There's a lot of
stuff going on in my life at the moment.

You know this little
girl who was found...

Wayne Rooney's at it again.

Where is the waiter
with the bloody water?

- Robert.
- What?

What am I supposed to do, Jude? What,
do you want me there at the birth, too?

Jude. Jude, look...

Shit.

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

Bugger off.

Just let me apologise.
It'll make me feel better.

I don't care how you feel, Robert.
Amazing though it may sound.

Look, come inside
and finish your meal.

Look. It's not a betrayal of Josh
that I want to have a life again.

- Come on. That's ridiculous...
- Well, that's what you make me feel.

Every time. And just
because I want to see the

light at the end of the
tunnel and you don't...

- That's not true.
- I think you should see someone.

- Talk about it.
- Great. What's to say?

- My son is dead and I was to blame.
- It was an accident, Robert!

- I was driving. I was responsible.
- I loved him, too!

You do not have
the monopoly on love.

Children are the worst.

'Cause they remind you of the
grownups that they'll never be.

Peter Pan.

Lost boys and girls.

Was she harmed?

You know, when you see her?

Is she harmed-looking?

No, there isn't a mark on her.

But you know that, don't
you? Are you testing me?

God help her.

Well, if God can't,
maybe we can.

I don't think that she's
going to have peace

until her murderer is
caught and punished.

- Does anyone else know you're here?
- No.

I mean, my super
would have a shit fit.

A week ago, so would I.

You don't have to apologise for
believing. More fool them, more fool...

She's here.

She's just over there.
She's looking right at you.

(CLEARING THROAT)

Carly, can...

Can she help us in any way?

Can she tell us what
her attacker looks like?

We have to be so gentle.
She's still so frightened.

Erm...

She got in the car because he
said that he was a friend of her dad's.

She didn't think that she
was doing anything wrong.

It was hot in the car.

The heater was on
because it was cold outside.

But it was hot
inside. It was too hot.

And there was music
playing. She liked the music.

What was the music? What kind?

He asked her if she liked the
music and she said that she did.

Okay.

Can she remember anything
else? About the car, anything?

There was a frog.
She liked the frog.

The frog was smiling at her.

- Yeah.
- And then he...

And then he...

And then he, he...

And then...

All right. All right. Okay.

This contains printouts.

Mug shots of every convicted
child sex offender in the Bristol area,

including those with
allegations made against them.

Um, you'll have... You'll
have to leave it with me.

Okay. Okay.

Call me when you've
had a look, yeah?

(DOOR CLOSING)

(PAPER SHUFFLING)

They'll keep each other
company, see? Kiss for Daddy.

Mr Bardo?

I'm DI Felix George,
this is DS Jan Pritchard.

Mr Bardo, could you tell us your
whereabouts on the evening of January 7,

- between the hours of 6:00 and 9:00 pm?
- God knows.

Here we are.

Leaving drink at Alfredo's on Park
Street. About 20 people as witnesses.

Is that good enough?

- Qu'est-ce qui se passe?
- Tu peux t'occuper des enfants?

- Sortons d'ici.
- Merci.

Papa a besoin d'être tranquille.

GIRL: Why are the police here?

It's about that girl, isn't it?

I wondered when you'd get round to
me. You must be scraping the ruddy barrel.

Come on, guys. What
have I done to deserve this?

Take a wild guess.

I thought 12-year-olds were
more your cup of tea, Donald.

Hey.

- That charge was dropped, and you know it.
- Yeah, but she doesn't, I bet, does she?

Donald Michael Bardo, I'm
arresting you on suspicion of murder.

- What?
- You don't have to say anything.

C'est ridicule, tout ça.
Mais qu'est-ce qui se passe?

- I don't believe this.
- Qu'est-ce que vous faites de mon mari?

BARDO: We're moving
house, if you hadn't noticed.

We've got a flight booked for the
south of France at 3:00 this afternoon.

Those kids are going to have all the stress
of moving into their new home without me.

- Without their dad, do you realise that?
- Oh dear, what a pity, never mind.

You've been identified, Donald.

(MOBILE PHONE RINGING)

(CHURCH BELL CHIMING)

ROBERT: Hello? ALISON:
They've arrested someone.

Go on.

(DOORBELL BUZZING)

JOURNALIST: Mr Tufnell.

Hello. My name is Robert Bridge.
I came here with Alison Mundy.

Yes, I remember you.

I'm so sorry about your
daughter, Mr Tufnell.

- Did you get my card?
- Probably. We haven't opened them yet.

I understand. Completely.

Look, may I come in? Can
we talk, please? Thank you.

(JOURNALISTS CLAMOURING)

The psychologist.

Tea. Tea.

I know it's not what you and
your wife want to hear and it's hard,

but you've got to keep your
memories of Carly when she was alive,

and let the dead Carly go.

I'd never say this
in front of your wife,

but you realise there's no guarantee
that this man they arrested is guilty.

I hate to say it.

- I know how you must feel, but...
- How could you possibly know how I feel?

What Alison's offering,

it's comfort, yes,

- but it's not necessarily the truth.
- The truth?

The truth is, she helped
us. What have you done?

(WIND HOWLING)

LAWYER: Your witness for
the prosecution, Inspector?

What were you expecting to do?

Have her stand up in court and
produce ectoplasm in front of the judge?

- Yeah. That's our problem.
- It is.

Without DNA. Without
forensic evidence.

Arresting a man on no more
than the lunatic ramblings

- of your friendly neighbourhood witch.
- I don't think she's a lunatic.

According to this,

Alison Mundy was sectioned in 2001
under the Mental Health Act, in Manchester.

I rest my case.

Now, can my client get
on with his life, please?

God moves in mysterious ways.

It was him! It was
him. I know it was him.

Well, bully for you,
Felix. That's not good

enough. You blew it,
like a bloody two-year-old.

I had you down as one of
the brightest coppers in town.

I can't believe that
you were taken in

- by this superstitious voodoo bollocks.
- I resent that, ma'am.

Don't try that one. Not on me.

Institutional racism?

What about institutional
bloody common sense?

You've obviously lost your judgement,
DI George. I hope to God it's temporary.

Anyway, I've decided we need a
fresh eye on the Carly Tufnell murder,

and I'm going to get a new
SIO from outside the area.

So I'm no longer your
blue-eyed boy, then, ma'am.

I didn't even hear that. Go.

ANNOUNCER: (ON RADIO) Police in
Bristol say they have now released a man,

interviewed in connection
with the abduction

and murder of
eight-year-old Carly Tufnell.

Superintendent Fiona Tallis of Wessex
Constabulary said in a statement today

that they are happy that the man
had been eliminated from their...

I tried.

I'm sorry.

ALISON: I'm sorry.

Felix? Please, where are
you? Felix! Felix, you let him go?

I can't believe you let him
go. After all that we did...

I suggest you direct any
further information to DI Parsons.

He's got away with it.

- Carly's going crazy. She's going crazy!
- Calm down.

The man that did this is out on
the streets, and we've let her down.

I've let her down. She's
not at peace. She'll

never be at peace. Not
unless we catch him.

Alison, quiet.

Go home.

I don't understand.

There's nothing to
understand. Go home.

I can't believe
they've let him go.

What did you really expect?

I'm all she's got. She
wants me to do something.

But what can I do? She's
helpless. What can I do?

Look, I'm finished for
the day. I'll walk with you.

You brought comfort to
the family. That's something.

You mustn't blame yourself for
things that are beyond your control.

You're upset, but if you'd
asked me, I would have told you,

this kind of evidence in a
criminal case isn't even going to...

- Don't.
- Well, it's true.

- What's true? Nothing's true.
- What do you mean?

I mean, you're reacting like this
exactly because you're in denial yourself.

Over Josh.

Over his death.
Over the car crash.

Right, okay. Am I supposed to be impressed
because it was in the local newspaper?

All you had to do was run a
search on my name and bingo.

I didn't know. Josh told me.

Right, okay. What else
did he say? I'm curious.

He's sad.

He's here because he doesn't
want you to blame yourself.

What parent wouldn't blame
themselves for the death of a child?

You'll have to try
harder than that.

- He hurts because you hurt.
- No. That's not what I mean.

Give me one tangible fact that only
Josh could know. Tell me about the crash.

What was the other car?
Was there another car?

Was I going over the
speed limit or under it?

Well, how would
a child know that?

All right. Describe it.
Tell me what happened.

He doesn't know. It
was over in a flash. And

he won't talk about
it. Not to me, anyway.

I've had about enough of this.

Yeah, you see, what you're
doing now, that's it. That's denial.

I'm a psychologist.

I know what denial is. I don't need
a spirit medium to define it for me.

- So what do you need me for, Robert?
- You tell me.

Oh, you have already, haven't
you? To help me talk to my dead son.

I was forgetting. I'm not
like Ray and Liz Tufnell.

No, you're not, are you?

You are a rational man,
Robert. God help you.

God help all of us. And God help Josh
because he's the one who needs you, Robert.

Josh is dead.

End of story.

(DOORBELL RINGING)

Who is Alison Mundy?

And why is she saying
these terrible things about me?

- Get away from my house.
- Aren't you going to ask me in?

- Why did you come here?
- Just to tell you,

if I hear you've been spreading
nasty rumours about me,

if I hear you've been so
much as mentioning my name,

I'll be back, ringing your bell.

That's a threat.

I'm sure the police will be
very interested to hear that.

They're really going to
listen to you, aren't they?

Here.

Be my guest.

Night, night. Mind
the bugs don't bite.

Kiss for Daddy.

(DOOR BANGING)

What can I do?

What can I do?

(DOOR BANGING)

(DOOR CREAKING)

Hello?

(DOOR CREAKING)

(BARDO SCREAMING)

I'd come down in the morning,

and I'd find her dancing
with her mum to...

I don't know, the latest
hit single on the radio,

and she'd go, "Come on,
Dad, join in, you're boring."

Of course, I never did.

She liked angels,
fairies, Teletubbies

and wearing her mum's
high-heeled shoes.

She had lots of
questions about Jesus...

you'll be pleased to hear.

But I don't think he
would have any about her.

Well, she's with him now.

Like everybody else,

I've done one or two things in my
life that I'm not particularly proud of.

But Carly...

wasn't one of those.

Goodbye, sweetheart.

Your mum and I
love you very much.

I think we want to play
one of her favourite songs.

(PIANO VERSION OF MORNING
HAS BROKEN PLAYING)

RAY: Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.