Original subtitles

Don't worry about me, Mum.

Don't, um...

I'm leaving this just so you can hear me saying it. Um...

I'm fine.

Barry will go into one, but tell him that...

tell him that this isn't just one of Jody's drama-ramas.

It's not. It's...

It's something really lovely.

[shouts]

[siren blaring]

[woman coughing]

[music on radio]

Just brewed.

Here, hold this for us, babes will ya?

- Just for a minute or two. - Stop it, Nelly!

- Less if you show us your tits! - Piss off messing about!

[he laughs]

It's my morning glory. It's got a mind of its own.

[coughs]

- That's getting better, then[!] - It is.

[coughing]

- [hacking cough] - Oh, I love that[!]

Do that one again. Get your face on and over to Dr Jagdev's.

I can't. I got ding-dongs to deliver.

Twenty-something orders to drop off.

Piss off about ding-dongs. You should get him to--

Let Black Susan have 'em all back on her round?

I ain't gonna give her a sniff. I'm all right.

- [he laughs] - [coughing] Shut up!

So that's me traipsing around the bingo wings?

- I said I'd do it! - Every git thinks he's funny.

He's pinching my arse in the Palms cos I'm stinking like a...

- brass's cleavage. - You're a darling!

Last time, I promise.

Ain't said I'd do it, though, have I?

Up and arse out. I'll walk you over to Dr J's.

Mate, do you want to bring it here, yeah?

If you still want me to see you all right.

You're all right.

Knowing my luck, you'll spaz-out halfway through

then fucking snap me!

[both laugh]

[distant dog barking]

Get him!

[Nelly laughs]

Check it.

- You owe me money! - I owe YOU? You owe me money!

Hiya.

That's you.

Good to see ya.

- Like your bag, Nell. - It's got to be bullshit!

- Oi! - What?

Must have left someone short!

- Yeah, sounds like you. - You're funny[!]

Just one week, Mum. Just one.

And then I'll be home. I'll be back. I promise.

Please, Mum. Please let me.

I've... just gone to see my dad

[music begins]

♪ He's just a stereotype

♪ He drinks his age in pints

♪ He has girls every night

♪ But he doesn't really exist

You know that sharks got two dicks?

Two of them, on my life. Imagine that.

You gonna start again? Coz I beg ya don't.

Sharks, crabs,

- some snakes and Lucifer. - Crabs?

- "Claspers" they call 'em. - Melon, he's starting again.

- Who? - Soppy bollocks here.

What was it last night? Nearly had us come to blows.

Something about his heart stopping when you sneeze.

- That was it. - For about a millisecond.

Every time you sneeze it stops beating for a millisecond.

It's not why we say "bless you".

It's to stop the devil jumping in before God gets there while you're technically dead.

We say "bless you" cos of the plague, the first sign...

- Who this? - We googled it!

- Hello? - Google can suck my dick!

Hello?

Google sharks, how many dicks they got.

All right, babe.

Daisy tell them how many dicks a shark's got?

Oh, I swear to Goz, God! I mean, I swear...

- [laughter] - God, Goz...

- Tell Nelly. - Piss off!

I don't know what you're on about.

What do you mean? You were right there! You watched it with me!

Why do sharks have two?

- Balance, apparently. - [everyone laughs]

- Laugh, yes! Just listen. - Where do they keep 'em?

- That's what I'm telling you! - I've seen Jaws about 20 times!

Here's to swimming with bow-legged women.

You see all over that great white right, top to tail.

Has anybody seen even sodding one prick, let alone two?

Cos they tuck 'em away up under their fins.

They retract whichever one they ain't using!

- They only use one at a time. - What's the next one for?

In case he gets a flat?

Can you imagine if you had two?

- Oh, you know it. - Imagine the mess he'd make!

- [laughter] - Lego-beast!

[all] Lego-beast!

[ringtone] ♪ You what, you what, you what...? ♪

Who this?

[barmaid] I told you before, darling, not in here.

I can't have it, Luke. Outside, please.

Get it gone, she said. Now, yeah?

- One sec. - No.

- Not one sec. Right now. - Nearly there.

You're not listening. She said not in here. I said right now.

- It's just a spliff, Nelly. - Couldn't give a fuck!

You get it gone.

- This is you. Your dealings. - My dealings?

Has 'em all about here!

The uni's there. They're locals.

Gozzy! Da chief of da leaf f'real!

Sorry, how does that make 'em locals?

Oi, you lick that... Lick it I'll rip your tongue out!

- Nelly! - Here he goes!

What have I done to this guy, Goz?

- Do as you're told, I would. - Is it cos we is Caucasian?

[laughter] Nells!

- It's just a bloody joke! - We're going!

- Go on, floppy bollocks! - We're gone.

I told you already, I don't need you to do that for me.

I was just taking the piss out of 'em.

You don't keep 'em in their place, fucking scrufftafarians take over.

They get everywhere!

What?

[squeak]

[knock on door]

[Nelly] You gonna let me in or what?

- You fuck! Step back. - No, wait. No. Wait, please!

- It's not all of it. - I'm want to close my door.

- It's not all of it. - No?

- No, it's not. - Well, where's the rest?

[train horn]

Hey. Antibiotics.

Said you got to finish the lot, regardless.

- What time did you get in? - Late. Christ! You were like...

[snores]

[laughing] Don't make me laugh, mate.

[coughs]

Cough syrup, take or leave as you like.

Fluids, though, he said loads

and you got to pack in the fags as of now.

For good, for good and forever.

He said he said that to you before, but now it's a must, babes.

Come here.

[kissing]

[knock on door] Police! Open the door, please.

You want one more along. We're 97 - one more.

[knocking] Oh, for....

Mate, you want next door! Pissing about.

- Police! Get down! - You want Olly Overton.

That's next door. I'm 100. He's number 98.

He was with me last night...

I have a warrant to search this address.

Oh, what the fuck for?

- What's going on? - You want the Overtons!

Nelson Rowe, I'm arresting you on suspicion of abduction...

You must be off your face!

It may harm your defence if you do not mention something which you later rely on in court...

You look after her, yeah?

Nelly!

- Nelly! - Are you seeing this?

You've made a mistake!

[onlookers shouting out]

[distant siren wails]

I'm DS O'Halloran, Nelly. This is DCI Thorpe.

We understand you've declined to have a solicitor present.

Don't need one. Who am I meant to have abducted?

Can I get you something to drink, Nelly?

I'll have a Stella - pint if you're buying!

You are Nelson Philip Rowe, 23-05-'72.

- Not the one you're after. - Confirm your address, please.

Confirm? Like what?

Your official address. Where you live.

Official, huh? Like what?

We found you at Martine Bett's. Is that where you live?

Well, yeah... I'm...

I'm, like, in between.

I've had my head down at Teens's for... not long.

If this is gonna mess up her benefits, you'd better put down "no fixed" or whatever.

Can you put that?

This isn't about benefits, Nelly.

"Abducting" is like having someone away, innit?

I mean, it's like grabbing someone up?

You work at the Metropolis lap dancing club on the Deptford High Road, is that correct?

Every Wednesday and Thursday?

Who am I meant to have grabbed up?

Why didn't you work this Wednesday or Thursday, Nelly?

You need to tell me what and what's going on and you need to do it sometime now?

We just need to make sure you are who we think you are.

Assault, handling stolen goods, drunk driving,

driving whilst disqualified, benefit fraud and ABH, is that you?

Oh, come on! What and what's going on?

What and what?

- Do you like broccoli, Mr Rowe? - Jesus! It speaks!

You said you didn't. Said you won't have it anywhere near your plate.

Just like Jody, broccoli makes you gag.

- What, I'm here broccoli? - No, as my DS said,

we're just trying to establish you are who we think you are.

Are you the Nelson Rowe, who doesn't like broccoli as much as Jody does?

- Were you saying it for effect? - Jody who?

- Jody McGory. - Don't know her. Who says I do?

Who?

Don't worry about me, Mum.

Don't. I'm leaving this just so you can hear me saying it. Um..

I'm fine.

- Barry will go into one... - Nah.

..Tell him this isn't just one of Jody's drama-ramas.

It's not. It's... It's something really lovely.

Do you know the girl you're looking at, Nelly?

- No. Am I meant to? Where from? - He goes on all the time

about how I'm just like his Auntie Ruth

and I'm beautiful like she is..

Wait. What was she just...? What's she on about?

..I'm not missing much. It's just one week and then...

Can you tell me the last time you saw the girl on the computer, Mr Rowe?

..I mean, I haven't run away. I haven't...

Is that her?

He didn't want me to leave without you saying yes...

- Is that what she looks like? - Can you tell me

the last time you saw your daughter, Mr Rowe?

- Will you just wait... - Do you know where she is now?

Who...? What's happened? What?

- Just gone to see my dad! - Has someone grabbed her up?

- Nelly, can you sit down? - Has someone got hold of her?

- Who's got hold of her? - Sit down, please.

[shouts] You fucking sit down!

Don't fucking stand there telling me to sit down

and making out this is about fucking broccoli.

You sit down! [knock on door]

And bloody tell me what and what's going on!

You got a moment, sir?

DCI Thorpe leaving the room.

- Well? - Is he here?

- Does he have Jody? - I can understand...

Has he said anything that leads you to believe? What has he said?

- Mrs McGory, I can't discuss... - I'm not asking.

I know you can't, not the details.

Has he said anything that leads you to believe that he's involved? Is it him?

- We have a person in custody. - Is that person Nelson Rowe?

We are questioning that person. I can assure you, Mrs McGory...

Claire. Please call me Claire.

We are doing everything we can to get Jody back as quickly as we can.

But you don't know him, so if he's down there, like butter wouldn't melt,

then that's not him, cos he's...

He goes on like he is harmless, but that isn't him, he hides it really well.

I know. I've been on the wrong side of it.

He's cruel when he wants to be. He can be really cruel.

Jody, she won't know what to do when he's like that. She won't.

- All right, Paul? - Yeah. That's all of them.

[buzzer]

It's all right. It's all right.

It's all right. We'll get through it.

I just want to see what else she was saying, that's all.

I'm telling you there's not much more, that's the end of it.

Jody telling her mum she's leaving home to see you.

- Huh! - We have the emails,

the chats for the last nine months between you and Jody.

DCI Thorpe entering the room.

So, whatever you know about the whereabouts of Jody McGory,

right now is when you should tell us.

- You seem worried, Nelly? - Ain't worried. What about?

She got the train from Surbiton train station yesterday.

She got off at Waterloo and changed her clothes.

This is her on the train to Deptford.

- There's a limit, isn't there? - At Deptford station.

- How long is it? How long? - Here she is at Deptford.

Am I wrong, but if you haven't found her after a certain amount of time

then you might as well pack up because you've screwed it?

- And this. And this. - How long is it?

Do I have to ask you in French or something?

Or Italian or Arabic or fucking Scottish? What? How long?

Do you recognise this car, Mr Rowe?

Heading north through the Rotherhithe tunnel.

That's the last sighting of Jody before she disappeared.

And I will take your answer in French, please.

In your best French, please.

Um... You're wasting your time on me.

Then why is your number the last number she called before she disappeared?

Nah, I never...

- You should talk to us, Nelly. - That was her?

It's not what your mum had in mind when she sent the letter.

What letter? What fucking letter?

She settled and happy back in Trinidad? Your mum? Glenda?

You been up my arse and all, seen what I had for breakfast?

She wants to know her only grandchild.

What do you know what my mum wants?

Only what you told Jody.

Over the months you coaxed her, groomed her to leave her home.

Bring me a Bible, let me swear to God.

Or get that Jeremy fucking Kyle in here

- so he lie-detector me! - This isn't a game!

Holding, not charging, as yet.

Just wait, wait, wait. You lot are gonna fuck up finding her, wasting time on me.

All right, the last time I was in a chat room or whatever was like never.

Never! Never once.

You need to get a move on and find out who she left to be with yesterday

because that was not me!

I'm nothing, all right? I'm nothing - in her whole life!

If she was here now, she'd be the first to tell you.

I'm nothing to her.

Really, I'm not.

Do you have an aunt called Ruth?

I did. It's my mum's sister.

And was she pretty?

She was stupid-pretty, yeah.

[Barry] Claire?

Is this you? If this is something to do with you...

- It isn't. - Someone trying to get at you?

It isn't. He's been writing to her.

Been after her for ages, nearly a year.

- This is him. - Promise me?

This is nothing to do with anything I've got going on.

Promise.

Claire. Stop, stop, stop.

Claire.

[O'Halloran] "It was physical.

"A part of my heart that I previously had no use for

"or knowledge of unfolded in my chest.

"I felt it, tangibly, my heart increase making room entirely for you."

Jody asked him what it was like when he found out about her.

Nelly doesn't answer with that level of... He doesn't have that sophistication.

Sophistication?

Jody's mum wanted me to know that there's more to Nelson Rowe than meets the eye.

- I'm inclined to agree. - So, would the tech boys, sir.

They're staggered at how expertly he cloaked his identity

and his location in his correspondences with Jody.

- Jody phoned him. - No other calls.

The entire time they'd been chatting, but her last three? Yeah[!]

- Oh, for Christ's sake, Shola. - I know, sir.

OK. You stay on all things Nelson Rowe.

Release him, but I don't want you turning away from that devious little shit until I say.

I don't know how as yet, but he's in this.

[distant dog barking]

[dog barking]

Thanks, Paul.

Nelly?

All right?

Can I just say this whole tracky romper suit business, it's pony.

[chuckles] Your clothes won't be released to you for a few weeks.

- So, O'Halloran then... - Married into it.

They call you Guinness or something hysterical like that in there, do they?

Got enough to get back?

Tenner should do it.

Thank you.

It's proper dark, innit?

Cos, he knowsme. He's got to.

Whoever grabbed her up knows who I am to her.

At least, he knows enough.

It's someone.

It could be anyone - someone who drinks at the pub, someone lives in my ends.

Proper fucking dark.

[Thorpe] At this point, we're doing...

- Mrs McGory. Claire. - [Barry] They've let him go.

[Thorpe] He's still a person of interest,

but we have to expand our investigation to explore

the possibility that a predator has used Jody's desire to know her birth father and...

[Barry] Claire.

[music thumping through walls]

- Bloody mess they made. - Ain't that bad.

Christ!

- I've seen worse. - It feels contaminated.

Have they left me anything to wear?

Why? Where you going?

They, literally, have not left me a stitch.

I don't know, Teens.

- Where are you going? - I won't be long.

They let you go cos they're done with you or couldn't hold you?

- Same difference. - It ain't.

Not really, not when I got my son in and around you.

Am I in doubt all of a sudden, Zita?

I'm asking what I need to ask and I ain't apologising if it pinches your feelings.

They let me go because they got nothing on me.

Cos I got nothing to do with it.

[car horn]

Where you going, Nelly? [phone rings]

- Heading for the bus. - If he gets on, you get on.

Let's go.

Police! Open the door! Open this door.

[siren approaches]

[O'Halloran] Back up! Back, back. Shit!

[siren wailing]

[muffled shouts] Nelly!

Nelly!

[phone rings]

- Hello? - Sir, it's me.

Here, here, here!

Stop, stop, stop!

- Whoa. -I've just come to see her.

Go back the way you came.

- Let me drive you home. - I'm not here to start nothing.

- Get away from my house. - I haven't come to cause...

Get the fuck away! I will kick the shit out of you, as God is my witness!

Christ! My kid's missing and I'm trying to see what I can do about it.

- Since when? - Your what? Your fucking kid?

- You know what I meant! - Say it again!

- I'll cut your dick off! - Jody's gone missing...

- Barry get back in the house. - Get him out of here, please.

I see her in a single morning more than you have in your life.

You've told them you've looked at me and there's nothing...

The sperm donor! The SD, that's what she calls you.

[argument outside]

[Nelly] I ain't here for you, all right?

You should have a look at him. Have a look at him!

Cos if anybody has anything to do with it, it's that streak of piss right there!

- Get him out of here, please. - I'm not going anywhere.

Relax.

Not until I've seen how Claire's doing.

I'm OK, Nelly.

How are you?

[Barry] He headed straight here? [O'Halloran] From the station.

How did he know where to find us?

[Thorpe] He's never been here in the past?

[Barry] Christ, no! Claire wouldn't have it.

I want him gone.

[Claire] I stopped breathing the last few days.

I have to remind myself, "In, Claire. Out, breathe."

Ever since...

Out loud sometimes, or I forget.

Well, you're looking good on it, CC. [laughs]

Oh, there she is.

Hello.

You are unbelievable.

Can't help I like the look of ya.

- Always have. - What do you want, Nelly?

Smiles like you, Jody does.

- She's got that cheeky smile... - What do you want?

Why are you here?

You think this could be me.

If it is, give her back.

- How? How could this be me? - Could be.

Don't you come here like I don't know you, cos I know you.

- A hundred years ago, maybe. - It's still you.

Still bloody you.

She wrote to me - a few years back.

Sent it to my mum's place. Did you give her that address?

I never...

Ain't sure I read it. I mean, I did, obviously.

I mean I must have, cos I came here cos she asked me to.

I got nearly to your front door and...

She was three last time I saw her - first and last.

Then I'm stood outside of this place and I'm just like...

I'm...

I ain't, um...

Till the filth touched me up this morning, I'd barely given...

It's not like I'd forgotten, but I'd barely given her a second thought.

A whole ten years gone.

So, there you go.

[Nelly singing karaoke] ♪ I am king

♪ And my queen will come at daw

♪ She'll be waiting

♪ In Kingston Town

[raps] Kingston Town bang boom to the hip hop

To the hippedy hop and you don't stop

To the Grandmaster gonna take his shot

To the Grandmaster gonna cast his spell

To the Grandmaster, Mr Nelly Nell

I'm here, I'm there I'm here for you

I'm here, I'm there, just we two in

♪ Kingston Town

♪ The place I long to be

♪ If I...

[backing track stops] Yeah, enough of that.

[Nelly] Thank you.

Um... I'm gonna do a two-fer, so first up is...

Gavin. Who's Gavin? [cheers and applause]

OK. He's doing Mumford or some bollocks, yeah.

And then...Collette?

Doing Tammy, darling.

Here.

[Gavin] ♪ When there's no one left to fight

♪ Boys like this don't shine so bright

♪ Soon as I see the dust settle

♪ He's out on the town trying to find trouble

♪ When there's no one left to fight

[mate joins in] ♪ Boys like him don't shine so bright

♪ Soon as I see the dust settle

♪ He's out on the town...

Free up Mum's keys.

You don't want to blank me, dick.

What can I get you, Marky? On me.

I ain't asking again, pisshead.

Dr Jagdev say it's all right for you to be out this time of night, cold as it is, did he?

- Said that's all right for ya? - Don't fucking test me.

♪ ..Soon as I see the dust settle

♪ He's out on the town trying to find trouble

♪ Drunk and being sick I feel like shit, I gotta quit

♪ I hope I haven't missed the last train

♪ Can't be stuck in Hampton Wic

♪ Three fingers down The other two up

♪ And I'll sing this proud

♪ Running with believers No time for fever

♪ And I haven't got time for yo either

♪ With your sticks and stones Sticks and stones

♪ I take 'em on my own...

Whatever mischief she's on about you know it's bollocks, right?

This ain't my mischief, Nelly. It's yours.

Bloody today of all days! A bit vindictive I have to say, Zeet.

Yeah? You been at it with me and at least three others, Marky reckons, on Teen's round.

How does that make me vindictive?

Stace. Hey, Stace. Stones and brandy for Teens.

- Yeah? - You know what?

The only reason you ain't lying in a puddle of your own claret

is because of what's happened to your kiddie.

♪ ..With your sticks and stones Sticks and stones... ♪

Now sit the fuck down!

[song ends abruptly]

Just don't think you should have her out, bad as her chest is.

Oh, my God, Nelly! Leave her be, man.

You been ploughing after women on her round.

If you was even halfway decent...

What? If I was halfway decent, fucking what?

[Teens] You'd still be a piece of shit! You would, mate.

A piece of shit.

[♪ Intro to "Stand By Your Man" begins]

[no music]

[phone ringing]

♪ Hey, this is Jody Sorry you can't get through

♪ Why don't you leave your name and your number

[laughing] ♪ And I'll get back to you? ♪

[beep]

[Stace] Was Marky right what he said?

- You had four of 'em on the go? - Don't, Stace.

Zita and then who and who.

[laughing]

Not that froggy faced one from back behind Evelyn Street?

Not funny.

You see the look on Teens? The look on her face it was...

If I were Teens, I'd get hold of Zita and batter Nelly to death with her.

Lego-beast!

Oh, for fuck's sake!

Police done this by piecing together your movements.

Heard from Zita where you were, so they double back on Teens.

See if she's sticking by where you were and what you'd been up to.

Busted! [he chuckles]

And they'll be on your phone by now, tracing it.

Keep that off, if I was you, as much as you can.

- Who's in your spare room? - He is.

Don't ask.

[laughs] See you later.

- Night. - Night.

- Night. - Good night, Stace.

[Luke] Heard what's going on with your kid.

Sorry it's happened to her... to you.

That's, um...

[laughter outside]

That's nice of ya.

- Cold out there. Night, Luke. - Night.

[door shuts]

She's got it too sodding pink for you over there, anyway.

[glasses clinking]

- Don't ask! - Couple of nights.

- As much as I love you. - Just a couple.

I have to say no.

- Cos you'd be in me mum's bed. - She's still dead, Stace.

- She's not using it. - Ha! Fair point.

- What you gonna do? - I'm gonna find her.

- No, I meant... - I have to, so I will.

Gonna find Jody.

- How you gonna do that, Nels? - Ain't got a Scooby.

[drunken shouts and laughter outside]

I'll see ya.

- Night. - Night.

Don't know you're talking about. It's quite good, actually.

- [muffled] - You try it, then.

[car doors slam]

No fuss, yeah?

Don't cause a fuss and they won't make a fuss, OK?

I'll be in and out and back with you before you know it. Yeah?

- Yeah. - OK.

Ssh. No fuss.

Thank you.

[car door bangs]

[beep]

[phone buzzing]

- Hello? - You awake?

I was until you just woke me up

Marky said I had to come in there with him.

Yeah, you proved his point, didn't you?

Said it was the only way there weren't gonna be no blow-back.

I ain't upset with you.

[deep sigh]

You should have told me it weren't just me, though.

Me and you is me and you.

And none of the others were like that, yeah?

Let me come up and see how you are?

- I got Sampson in with me. - Not to stay. I'm not staying.

It's just Marky's got your scent

and I couldn't give a shit what he says, I just want to put my mind at rest.

Darling?

Five minutes, yeah?

[thump]

Agh!

[kicks, thumps]

Fucking...shithead!

[thumping continues]

[groans]

[cries out]

Ugh!

Shithead!

[groans]

[music playing faintly]

♪ ..There are wonders for everyone

[siren blares]

♪ The stars shine so bright

♪ But they're fading after dawn

♪ There is magic in Kingston Town

[phone buzzing]

♪ There is magic in Kingston Town

[gasping for air]

[phone buzzing]

♪ When there's no one left to fight

♪ Boys like him don't shine so bright